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»iNm. 1 lUce rose* rare. , #eany one day, •a fcl« mother's hroMt, oas heart»bnt, si thm» I Md cannot play; en f«i»r knee sad rest." -wJN III )wrf<»d embrace, • MM to deep with her «weet#rt tore fttfll lighted hi* faoe . itptrlt had joined the Iwefemy Then the eldest girl, with her thoughtful eyes. Who stood where "the brook and the rtyre meet," Stoic fottly away into paradtw Ere "the rlrer had reached her slender feet. While the father's eyes on the grave an bent. The mother looked upward beyond the skies, "Our treasure*," she whispered, "were only lent; Onr da>lin(s were angels in earth's disguise. The yean flew by and the children began With longing to think of the world outside; And as each. In hi* turn, became a mnn. The boys proudly went from tho father's side. The girls were women so imtle and fair That lovers were speedy to woo ani win; And with orange blossom# in braided hair. The old home was left, new ho:ne tj begin. *8 emphatic #r t J . St^ope by one, the children have gon The boya were live, and the girls were three; And the big brown house to gleomy and lone, With bat two old folks tor its company. They talk to each other about the past. As they sit together in eventide. And say, "All the children we kept at last Are the boy and the girl who in childhood died." •Vi Saf-*uujr»M ' j ' "' B* MAT FOBD LACKEL.. . ' ^ IHorv BT THE AITTHORK-SA --The chief eventa mentioned in this sketch occurred some years before the late Civil War.] Edward De Vers had just returned from col lege, where he had been re- ; f nowned for his skill as a cricketer and ' oarsman, his propensity for outlawry of ' every kind, and his antipathy for matli- J' ": ematic&jmd classical studies. He had '•ibean enthusiastically liked there; for, S although undeniably "wild" (his v "mates" had rather admired this dis- "• tinguishing characteristic) and ex­ ceedingly self-willed, he was a gener­ ous, candid and honorable "yo^K fol- >- LOW. His parents were dead; he had been an only child, and his uucle", Joseph ? .Lorraine, had been appointed his guardian, and held in trust the young 'man's extensive property during his .minority, for De Vere, though loth to ^ i acknowledge it, was still a minor, be­ ing but 20 years old. De Vere, as I hare stated, had just ^returned from college, and was staying <*f at his uncle's country house in South •Carolina, upon an estate rather senti­ mentally named "The Woodlands." 4 Mr. Lorraine saw, with only half- . .^hidden pride, his nephew's reckless "Cl^bearing, handsome face and tall, ath- ^letic form. Mr. Lorraine was a bache- iplor, and Edward his presumptive heir. The good old gentleman had a cher- , ^fished project concerning his nephew. *jf^lHis most intimate friend and crony was the father of a young lady--pretty, . pleasing and in every way eligible; what t ^*eonld be more natural and proper than ^ Itliat his nephew and his friend's daugh- '•»' Jter should be united in the bonds of ^matrimony, after a decorous and elab- giforate courtship? And doubtless the • young lady's influence would tend to - 'make the young gentleman risk his " 'neck less frequently on dangerously- 5 ^ spirited hunters, and to give up other ^fascinating but imprudent sports to "which he was addicted. But when Mr. ^ Lorraine, upon the evening on which our sketch begins, proceeded to unfold his projects iu uLs nephew, iiiev -were > received with unqualified indignation, 1| much to the chagrin of the innocent ]fl contriver. Uncle and nephew were equally ob- . I stinate. The former persisted that his Jffard was a foolish and ungrateful boy, :£ who didn't know what was good for him. The ungrateful boy was so disre­ spectful as to intimate that his own taste in these matters was superior to his uncle's; and so full of untimely lev- , ity as to suggest that, as the young .lady (he had not even asked her name) was so perfect, it would be appropriate • that his uncle should request her hand in marriage; he ^Edward) would cer- tainly not take advantage of this mis­ taken generosity, nor stand in his ^uncle's way with the young lady. Upon which his uncle made, or rather ^roared, the following remarks: "You are a dunce, sir! You have in­ herited none of your mother's good sense, sir! Go and dress yourself, sir! »in an evening suit, sir! and pay the young lady a visit with me, and you will | at once regret the disrespectful remarks ; you have made concerning her!" And . the uncle left the room by one door, «^the nephew by the other, the latter whistling, "We won't go home until morning," with more bravado than J musical accuracy. Standing on the veranda steps, with an air of authority, l|e ordered a youth who was weeding • the flower-beds in the garden to (all j Young Israel. "Young" Israel was thus denominated to distinguish him i from his paternal relative, who had the same Christian name. He was an .Ethiopean lad of the same age as De Vere, and had been waitiiig-boy to that h young gentleman from a tender age. He soon came up the gravel walk and J presented himself to his young master a with the familiar inquiry: "Call me, Mass Ned?" Here let me state that, although christened Edward, Mr. De Yere was accustomed to being called Ned, or • even Neddie. % "Israel," he said, "I want you to go ||«ion a 'coon-hunt." 'Coon-hunting is a night-sport, and tho sun was at its setting while master and man held this conference. "All right, sah," responded Israel, with a benign smile. "Got Teady, then," said Ned, and % Israel, an accomplished 'uooa-hunter, \-t* began to make liis preparations. ( De Vere rode his hunter to the out skirts of a wood that lay a couple of miles from his uncle's house, and then, sending the horse home by one of the ever-present negroes made his way into the thicket, accompanied by Israel, and by two massive, slabsided bull-dogs, answering to the names of Bullet and Ball. By the time the sunset-light had faded, and the dusk had deepened into night, and many stars were out, Bullet and Ball struck the t ail of a 'coon. It is an undignified sport, but a fascinating and exciting one, this 'coon-hunting. ; Down in the depths of a Carolina pine- forest, where the dark boughs form a * v roof overhead, the open spaces of which show patches of pale sky, set with stars, s i or admit the mellow moonlight that i forms fantastic traceries around; the & ; eager dogs, the bbzing torches,' the v, scrambling and dashing through ^ briars, thickets and dense underbrush; the shouts and hallos, that cheer on the •0 dogs, and send their ringing echoes through the wood, among the pines; the final "treeing"' of the luckless 'coon. AH this is deeply stinitiating and en- joyable to a young, ligh^ad adventur- ' ' oft^WVDeT^lllh faction in having li2h fciannofcs authoritative commands to "fkjj the lady selected for nil future partner in life. At the mere thought of that young person, De Vere's in­ dignation knew no bounds. And on he trudged in the wake of Bullet and Ball, his trusty esquire behind him. The mischief was in the 'coon. It misled the dogs and hunters as warily »uu oa pcnusi/cuu; UH ii ik iiau been A veritable "Friar Rush." Its maneuvers threw the pursuers off its track time after time. "Dat 'coon is a comical oreetur," sighed Israel, pathetically. "You bet he is," was Ned'i rejoinder. But Bullet and Ball were alow and sure. There was no evading them. With patient sagacity, they tracked the wary animal over miles of wooded land, J>e Vere and Israel following. It was far into the night, and the hunters' energy watf near , flagging, when the joyful yelling of the dogs announced their victory. De Vere and Israel reached the spot from where the sound came and saw the defeated 'ooon seated in the topmost branches of a slender gum-tree, the dogs keeping guard be­ low. Bv the light of Israels torch, Ned took sure and steady aim, the re­ port of his rifle went ringing through the wood, and the victim of the chase fell dead at his feet. "Sport enough for one night," said Ned, patting the shaggy heads of Bul­ let and Ball. "Home now, Israel!" And Israel, picking up the defunct raccoon, led the way, as he thought, homeward. De Vere followed, his rifle on his shoulder, his head bent down in meditation. The cool dew, laden with the perfume of wild grape blossoms, was falling round him; there was no moon shining, only myriads of pale stars. It was a night* in * early April. He was thinking of his uncle's inexplicable whim, of the girl who had been chosen for his bride. Did she know of the arrangement, he wondered ? Was she winsome and pretty? "Sure not to be," was his mental re­ ply. "It's only your stiff-necked, hard- favored young women who get so com­ pletely on the right aide of their elders .and betters." , A startling collision with a rough- barked red oak broke the young man's reverie. He looked about him. "Is­ rael," he said, quickly, "is this the same way we came?" Israel had been stumbling along the road in a sort of semi-sonmolence. "Lord only knows, Mass' Neddie," he mur­ mured dubiously. "I t'ink it's de wrong way myself. Which way you t'ink ole massa's house, dey?" "I'll be hanged if I know," said Ned, frankly. Israel considered the matter. "Seben star dey ober nigger-house; tree runner dey ober tater-field," he ob­ served, intelligently. Laying down the 'coon, he swiftly ascended a sapling pine to look for the constellation in question. "Whar de seben star? Da feller gone, Mass'Neddie!" "Set," said Ned, laconically. "Whar de tree runner? Dar he is! De only t'ing for do, sah, is to follow dat tree runner." I've given out," said Ned. "Light a fire, Israel. Ill spend the rest of the night here." "Wid all dem fox aroun' ?" inquired. the alarmed Israel. "Perfectly harmless, Israel." "And so much o' wildcat here?" Ned employed an unorthodox word in connection with the wildcats, and peremptorily ordered his right-hand man to build a fire. In a few moments a brilliant blaze was burning and crack­ ling. Ned extended his length of limb on the smooth carpet of pine leaves, lit a cigar, and amiably observed that a man might find a worse place to spend the night in, which was, no doubt, quite true. Is that a light off in the distance?" asked De Yere, half raising himmrif to look. Jacky-lantern!" whispered Israel, under his breath, and Ned did not dis­ pute the point. Silence for some mo­ ments. Then Israel said, in a cautious undertone: Mass Ned?" Well?" said that young gentleman. Mass Ned, aem dog is oncommon hongry. Don't you tink I'd better, cook dat 'coon ?" "All right," said Ned, with his pleas­ ant laugh. And in this interesting task, in which lie was frequently interrupted by the importunate Bullet and Ball, Israel forgot his fears of jack o' lantern. Ned dreamily watched the three at their feast, in which he declined joining, and, after the last faint wreath of smoke had curled up from his cigar, fell fast asleep; his slumbers all unbroken, ex­ cept by a series-of confused visions, in which he now beheld his uncle re- proacliing him with tears in his eyes for his undutiful conduct; now the young lady, recently offered to him, who took the semblance of a gaunt, angular and red-haired damsel, stood over him with a dagger in her hand, threatening to plunge it into his heart unless he at once led her to the altar; now he gave chase to a 'coon that would not be captured; and now, found him' self flying before the hot pursuit of the indefatigable Bullet and Ball. The next morning the sound of far off singing woke De Vere from his sleep. Springing lightly up from the ground, he looked about him. The sun had risen, but the dew was still spark­ ling everywhere, on trees and ground, and on the leaves of blossoming jas mine, that hung from the saplings around. Close to the smouldering re­ mains of the fire Israel, Bullet and Ball were curled up, fast asleep. Near to the bivouac ground lay a wood- path, fringed with tender, bright-green grass. And nearer and nearer came the singing---sweet, silvery singing. De Vere looked around in bewilderment. Then the boughs before him parted, and, down the narrow path, a song on her lipS, came so lovely a form that one might have taken it for that of a Flora among the flowers of the wood. Her shoulders were half-covered by her golden curls, that fell below her slim and dainty waist. Her eyes were like wide-open violets, her face, a white rose, with a faint and lovely flush on it flowers lay upon her breast, flowers round her wide, shepherdess hat. The long train of her soft, white dress was tucked over Flora's arm, leaving just visible two little feet, in pretty, dew- wet slippers. So diligent had she been that morning that she had already culled a great bunch of wild flowers--trailing sprays of gorgeous yellow jasmine, big blue wood-violets, sweet pink honey-sueltle and knots of coral-colored woodbine. Bullet and Ball raised their heads, and growled out their disapprobation of the intrusion. Flora chopped her. train. aii^;fMMPK||MM4 eA tbe tiribieaKtMlGiVfe 1 . A-O.. ^.T^lifgTE i T ' ™ " ^ pine lnwiiTuMiiLdliii dark Dlue soft and loft* hnnting-boeto;» soft felt hntpnahed beck from his broad fair forehead and abort early hair; a youtig man whose handsome face, bright blue eytar *nd deb»unaire glance made a fa- vorable impression upon Flora. I beg your pardon, saul flea, oe- costing this classical divinity as she passed by; "but would you mind telling me where on earth I am ?" It occurred to Flora's mind that this yonng man bad been upon a spree; so she regarded hipa severely as she an­ swered: "You are in 4 Laurel Grove,'. Mr. Hell's plantation." "Am I?" said Ned, opening his blue eyes. _ "Never heard of such a place in my life!" Then, upon glancing at his companion's face, he felt compelled to add: "I left home on a hunt last night; my game drew me miles away; I took exactly the wrong road in returning, and came out this way. Can you tell me the distance between here* and AL* lenton village; I live near there?" . "Thirteen miles." "W-h-e-w!" It was with a prolonged and melan­ choly whistle that De Yere received this information. "Come and take breakfast with oa,* said Flora, benevolently. De Vere colored and looked down. After spending a night in greenwood, without the luxury of a morning toi­ let,' should he enter the bosom of a re­ fined and aristocratic family ? For the family must needs be both of whom his companion was a member. "I'm hardly prepared," he told her, with an expressive smile. He had an especial fondness for making jt stylish appearance. "You mean that your oostume is inapropos ?" said this young lady, strai «eriei erf bouts. "Mass Ned- see he sweetheart, air." mm Ufet aotnettag sah, Mass Neddie gone tht--dat's a W, salil ent, aooompanied by a and bows, Israel had wou d bo greatly to his maa- v But he soon saw his pk- Massa," believing that ho bad disoovcred tne secret ot nea s rejection of the allianc ? proposed to him, in a voice that made Israel shake in his shoes: "What young lady ? Whoiayour master 'courting,' boy?" "Courtin', sah ?" echoed the prudent esquire, striving desperately to undo his error. "You misunderstood me. Masa i sportin', he is, sah, wid de brud- ctfer to dVyfrung lady I tole you about. Neddie nebber did lub young la- I* SFTTTTDF T£> tt>e XISSwi jflma arfflmeetin Max of oreesed the of Associa- >t of Science next year. quality haa de-, rate among children WNiiiii from a .... ngfai* 'ugqnpm empioy- One oi the fifatiatoia fa ̂ his 3tate. was working industriously for under 5 years of Ige in NewYork from , MM* and had beenpromised a poaffilon 52 to 46 per 1,0U), says the Medical yonng man, however.got out of pa Irienoe, afld advertised flit lie would aightforwardly. "No matter; there is only my father and aunt at home just now, so there is no one you would mind but myself, and I have seen yqjj al­ ready. you know." ; "Then I'll come," said Ned. "That is right, but call yonr servant, Mr.--what shall I call you?" "My name is Ned De Vere, and (with a return of his natural audacity), "if you were to call me that, I should be well pleased. But I should rather you left off the surname, you know." "I would not be so impertinent if I were you," said Flora, severely. "I won't," said Ned. "I stand re­ buked, Miss--what shall I call you?" "Miss May Hall. Call your servant, Mr. De Vere." ;A Mr. De Vere obeyed. " /*f "Israel! Wake up, you rascal!" -I Thus admonished Israel arose, looked around with an air of bewilderment and, scarcely knowing whether he was awake or dreaming, followed, at a re­ spectful distance, his master and the young lady who was walking with him. The dogs joined the party. Miss Hall bestowed a gracious caress upon Bullet, who seemed disposed to resent the familiarity. "What were you hunting, Mr. De Vere ?" inquired Miss May Hall. Ned hung his head. "'Coons," he said in an undertone. Miss Hall looked scornful. "I admit that it's an inelegant sport, Miss Hall," said Ned, "or the name makes one think so. But what's in a name? It's an exciting sport, 'coon- hunting." They passed from fhe wood into an open meadow, thence under an avenue of graceful, bending liveoaks. Before them, surrounded by darkly-green gar­ dens, and rising majestic and tall, was venerable country house of mossy stones, with a wide-columned veranda before it. Miss Hall consigned Israel and his canine companions to the hospi­ table care of a passing domestic, and Ned accompanied his pretty cicerone into the Hall mansion. There he made the acquaintance of "Papa," who was rather a severe-looking old gentleman, but warmly courteous and cordial his hospitality, and of "Aunt Eliza," who was, to all appearances, an elderly and amiable Cipher. At the breakfast-table, which displayed game, fish and delicacies of various sorts, Ned occupied himself chiefly in bestowing smiling aifcd admir­ ing glances, from behind the erases of garden flowers and pyramids of scarlet strawberries, upon his irresistible vis-a vis, who blushed, smiled and glanced back again, charmingly. And in the face of what I have said concerning the frankness of his disposition, candor compels me to own that the glances mentioned were invariably given at times when the attention of Mr. and Miss Hall, Sr., were bestowed elsewhere. His host would fain have induced him to spend the day at "Laurel Grove," but Ned declined the invitation, promis­ ing, however, with cheerful alacrity to visit his new acquaintances again. After breakfast, and a walk in the garden among the flowers with Flora, Ned made his adieux. and returned to the "Woodlands." Walking into the house there with a knot of rose-buds upon the lappel of his long-suffering blue coat, he answered his uncle's in­ quiry with the superfluous statement that he had "spent the night out." He and Israel had reasoned together, and master and man decided that the de­ nouement of their hunt should be per­ mitted to lapse into oblivion. Days and weeks passed on, and self- willed Ned, refusing to so much as hear of the young lady to whom his troth had been plighted by his uncle, had rid­ den often to Laurel Grove, where he and sweet May Hall had roamed in the woods, gone flying down the river in a tiny skiff, rowed by Ned's own strong hands, or sat together in the old flower garden or veranda, in twilight, starlight or moonlight, Unnoticed by Mr. Hall and Miss Eliza, who wished only that they should enjoy themselves as best they might. They talked chiefly of themselves with the pretty egoti m of young lovers, experiencing their first love affair. They were so young! He not twenty-one, and she "sweet six­ teen." It seemed to her the most nat­ ural thing that this voung man, this tru­ est and noblest of knights, should be enthralled by her charms--for was she not a beauty ? He told her so, and she believed him; and like the young lady renowned in nursery rhymes, who was so boastful cf her charms as to style herself the "prettiest girl in the county," she had "looked in the glass and found it so." And De Vere, in his boyish hap­ piness, had no fear that his ardent and romantic love should be unrequited, or nipped in the bud. So these young sweethearts had a very gay and untroub­ led courtship. It was with a less joy­ ful heart that Ned contemplated the necessity of asking the consent of May's father, and of mentioning his affaire- de-coeur to his uncle. "One jevening, when Ned was at Laurel Grove, Mr. »Lorraine called his ne$iht,y'a mm «ad "You are lying, sir! Take yourself away!" was the temperate reply which this politic speech elicited, and the dis- pondent Israel hastily withdrew. "Unele Jo," said his nephew the next morning, *1 am sorry to displease yoti, sir, but I regret to say I am engaged to be married." "You are a young reprobate, sir! Leave my presence! You're not your mother's son, sir! No, sir! Not if you swore to it, sir! Leave me !" And Ned, also indignant, did leave him. Still more embarrassing was the other little ceremony that lay before the young lover. Punctilliously attired, and striving desperately to preserve a nonchalant exterior, he presented him­ self before Mr. Hall and requested his daughter's hand, modestly stating that he nad iron her heart already. Mr. Hall carefully arranged his spectacles so as to concentrate their magnifying powers upon Ned's faoe; then he re­ plied with great sang-froid: "Young man, I have no objection to you person­ ally; in fact, I have always thought you a very genteel young man. But my daughter's hand is promised already." "Not by her own consent, I presume?* said Ned. "Sir, her father's consent is the chief thing requisite. I trust that May Elizabeth is above sentimentalities." At this trying moment, the young lady in question entered and stated that she was sufficiently sentimental to pre­ fer Mr. DeVere to any other gentleman of her acquaintance. "Go to your room,May Elizabeth; and remain there until I give you permis­ sion to leave it!" Now my readers will agree with me that May should at once have betaken herself to her apartment; but, instead of this, she went instead to a little rus­ tic bench, that stood under a rose tree in the garden,and there transformed her­ self from a Flora to a Niobe. When De Vere, in passing (after notifying the scandalized father that he had no in­ tention of resigning his suit), found his little sweetheart there, he, of course, set about comforting her. There, un­ der the roses in the old garden, these wild, willful, undutiful sweethearts planned an elopement. T would never, never, say yes, Ned, but I know that papa will be sure to love you in no time--how could he help it said romantic May. So they eloped. The lady left the hall of her fathers in the dark, and was lifted into a pony phaeton, and driven dashingly away by the knight on the road to Charleston. There they were united in matrimony in the parlor of one of De Veje's lady friends, a good- natnred rrmntr matron, ready enough to oblige *tlie' voung man, who was greatly favored by womankind. The next morning all Laurel Grove was in an uproar. Mr. Hall waa de* tamed at home by a sprain received a day or two previous; but friends, neighbors and servants were galloping wildly about, making frantic efforts to arrest and bring back the rash couple. This state of affairs met the eyes of Joseph Lorraine, who had chanced to come to pay a visit to hii friend, Mr. Hall. Joseph," said the distracted parent, "we are betrayed--we are ruined! How will you comfort your poor nephew ? My daughter has doped with a young jackanapes!" "Ah, my friend; you don't say so? But young people are all--all alike these days--all alike!" sighed Joseph. Just as he said these words, Mr. Hall, forgetful of his sprain, jumped from his chair, as if he had been shot. "There they are, by Jove! There they are! My daughter and that young vil­ lain !" Where? Where?" said Joseph, eagerly, going to the open window. There was the pony phaeton. Ned drew up the reins, lifted out his bride, and offered her his arm. They came up the garden walk. "Merciful powers!" whispered Jo­ seph. "William, it is my nephew!" "Eh? What? Your nephew? I thought better of your nephew, Joseph. But heaven be praised that it has turned out no worse!" The runawav couple entered; May looking down, blushing and tremulous; Ned stepping jauntily, and holding his head unnecessarily high. "Mr. Hall," he said stifllys "you are surprised to see me, no doubt. But your daughter wished, to come to ask your pardon, as soon as possible, for becoming my wife, and, of course, re­ quired my escort--Why, Uncle Jo!" May all elopements end as happily. The pair were rebuked, but not severe­ ly; then peace was made. Uncle Jo kissed his new niece, and Aunt Eliza bestowed a caress of the same nature upon Ned, while Mr. Hall began to chuckle over the success of his long- cherished scheme. A few days later a grand country wedding-feast was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edward De Vere. And, although they "married in haste" and have had ample leisure wherein to repent, they have never done so. I have their own words Jor it!-- Chicago Ledger. Solomon and His Tupfl. An old man was toiling through the heat and burden of the day, in culti­ vating his field with his own hands, and depositing the promised seeds in the fruitful earth, giuddenly there stood up before him a vision. The old man was struck with amazement. "I am Solomon," spoke the phantom, in a friendly voice. What are you do­ ing here, old man?" "If vou are Solomon," replied the venerable laborer, "how can you ask this? In my youth you sent me to the ant; I saw its occupation, and learned to be industrious, and to gather. That I then learned I have followed out to this hour." 4 "You have only learned half your lesson," replied the spirit. "Go again to the ant, and learn to rest in the win­ ter of your life, and to enjoy what you have gathered up." Record. CABiann. experiment has shown that triehuuB are not killed by Keeping the meat inhabited by them in salt lot fifteen months. Mice fed with such meat be- eame infected with "the parasites. THS smallest circular saw is the size' of a nickel, and ia used to out slits in gold pens. It is as thiok as ordinary pay for i-AV# would smart a place. Que of tite _ 4Ka /I ind the Western young man cailed on iim. After a short conversation, the ierms were agreed upon and the broker tenured the gentleman that he would jet him a place. Then he asked his risitor if he had any references; any­ body who knew him and would vouch Oh, yes," re-paper, mak« 400 revolutions per sec- j for £ig character, etc. ona, and althoagh so thin this rapid ; plied the young man> very thoaghtless- motion keep* it rigid. ~ j ty, "Senator is my friend, and has HlBB GBUBBK has been studying the < been promised a position for me," nun- sense of hearing in insects, and finds ing the department chief who had-made that cockroaches, beetles and certain aquatio insects are very sensitive to sounds, while grubs, ants and various water larvro appear to.be unaffected by them. THK inventors of flying machines art still hard at work at their hobby in Italy, France and the United States, and perhaps in some less intelligent count­ ries. France has five societies with a the promise. Next day the broker waited upon the Senator |nd expressed great interest in the young man. He was anxious to see him placed, and was satisfied he could be of service in ob­ taining him a position if the Senator would permit him (the broker) to aid in the undertaking. The Senator, who, by the way, was one of the most honestand aredulous, easy-going men I ever saw, total membership of 500 persons who j gladlf* accepted the proffered aid, and in are intent upon the conquest of the air, | » short time the broker was in poises- Many believe in the ultimate success of: sion of all the facts concerning the ease, aerial navigation, but the Scientific He obtained a note from the Senator, »American has lately published an arti addressed to the department chief, in re- 'cla in which pretty good reasons ar« j lation to the matter, and thus worked igiven for assuming tnat until some net? j himself right into it. He was informed motive power is invented the aerial1 that the department had hot lost sight problem will still balk the most ingen* "* A1 --J ious and persestent inventors.--Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. A STORY is told of a woman in Boston who discovered and located a leak in the waste pipe of a wash-bowl, by tak of the case, and that he might say to- the Senator that a vacancy would oc­ cur in a few days. The broker then carried to the young man the message which called him to the department to _ „ receive his appointment, and claimed to •ing advantage of the fondness of oats j have procured the position for him. For for the oil of yalerian. Having put; months that confiding youth paid FEEK labor will give us wealth. Free tbfnfirhti will rriva na truth : ' ; -V- 1 ' <• * • < two cats in the parlor where an of­ fensive odor was perceive.I, the woman 'poured the oil into the basin of an upper •room and watched for the result. The cats shortly began to sniff the air and move toward a closet through which the waste-pipe ran, then jumped upon a Bhelf and purred as if enjoying a great luxury. 'The wall was cut away to expose the" pipe,, and a considerable leak was found at the very spot pointed 'out by the cats. • AM experimenter toys: "I discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron in the ground, but thought the process so simple that it was not well to make a stir about it. I would as soon have poplar, basswood or ash as any other kind of timber for fence posts. I have taken out basswood posts after having 'been set seven years that were as sound when taken out as when first put in the ground. Time and weather seemed to have no effect on them. The posts can be prepared for less than 2 cents a piece. This is the recipe: Take boiled linseed oil and stir in pulverized coal to the consistency of paint. Put a coat of this over the timber, and there is not a man who will live to see it rot." "WE live," says a recent medical authority on the germ theory of disease, "at the bottom of a vast aerial sea, thickly Peopled with dead and living things, lot course, the bulk of the dust of the air is not made upon the germs of disease, but the common bacteria of putrefaction enter largely into its com­ position, as we soon find when we leave exposed to the air any organic matter. i neBe germa ewmio cituuiftieiu ciouos, or, we might say, flocks, as we observe when a number of test tubes containing organic matter are exposed to 'the air, that they are not all affected at the same time or alike. When disease ap­ pears in a country or a patt of the country we see the same thing in its attack cf certain regions or individuals And escape of others." ' A REMARKABLE proof has lately been given by M. Janssen of the great puri­ ty and dryness of the atmosphere on [the high desert-plateaus of Algeria. >At Mecheira, a military station there, .at which he spent a month, devoting •his attention specially to the atmos­ phere of Venus, he was able to see the satellites of Jupiter with the naked .eye; and to apply an eight-inch tele­ scope, magnifying 150 times, to the study of the lunar craters illuminated merely by earth-shine, the moon being four days old. Thus favorably placed, and using highly dispersive and perfect spectroscopic apparatus, he is obliged to confess that, relying on spectrum- analysis alone, there must be more re­ serve than has been shown about af­ firming the presence of aqueous vapor in the atmosphere of * Venus; Any optical evidence of it In the spectrum is very slight. A MEW substance has been prepared for the purpose of superseding cellu­ loid. The new material possesses all the hardness and brilliancy of the cellu­ loid, and has the advantage of being fire-proof. A solution is. prepared ©I 200 parts of caseine in 50 parts of am­ monia and 400 of water. To- this the following are added: Quicklime, 240 parts; acetate of alumina, 150 parts; alum, 50 parts; sulphate of time, 1,200 parts; oil, 100 parts--the oil to be mixed in last. When the mixture has been well kneaded together and made into a smooth paste, it is passed through !the rollers to form plates of the de­ sired shape. These are dried and pressed into metallic molds previously heated, or they may be reduced to a very fine powder. The objects are afterward dipped into the following bath: Water, 100 parts; white glue, 6 parts; phosphoric acid, 10 parts. They are then dried, polished and var­ nished with shellac. A Patient Wife. "I have heard," said the kind-hearted Austin female philanthropist to the woman who lived in a dilapidated shanty in the suburbs, whose head was tied up, and who had one arm in a sling, "I have heard that your husband "beats you, and I thought I would con­ sult with you to see if we could not re­ strain him." "You are mistaken, madam; my hus­ band never beats me. We have lived together fifteen years, and he has never beat me yet," and the woman adjusted her arm in the sling. "I am so glad to hear that I am mis­ taken," replied the female philanthro­ pist. . . "No," continued the woman, sadly, Sutting the bandage over her eye, "he as never struck me a blow yet. He has kicked mo in a dozen different places forty different times, he has taken me by my two ears and bumped my head on the floor, or on the corner of the mantelpiece, he has poured hot water down my back, pulled -out my aair by the handful, and he has stuck ,)ins in me a time or so; he feeds the horse on my new spring bonnet, but he has never beat me yet, and, until he does,. I don't think I ought to complain** 1 .-r-Texaa SiflitLti#, 125 per month, only to learn afterward that the man had no more influence in getting him work than had the man in the moon. The young man is still here in Government employ, and is a most worthy gentleman--hence I do not care to give his name, but I've no doubt his is a type of many cases. You may set down any man who offers to procure Government places for pay as a fraud, and if he denies it refer him to me, and I'll guarantee to prove it.--Washington 8tW ' ' .it, An Aleohelie Ttanee. _ it remarkable ease--that of a physi­ cian of some prominence in this city-- will furnish a clearer conception of what is meant by aleoheiic trance than could be done by pages of abstract de­ scription. This gentleman inherited from his father a tendency to periodical indulgence in alcoholic stimulants, which never attacks him unless he has performed an important operation, lost a patient by death, or encountered some crisis in his affairs. The first symptom is a sense of nervous prostration, fol­ lowed by an inexorable craving for brandy, which, if resolutely denied at the moment, waxes more and more im­ perious, until denial is out of the ques­ tion. Tired out with the struggle, he yields at last and takes a mere thim­ bleful of cognac--the* beverage es­ pecially craved at such times. The drop of cognac is the signal for the mental transformation that follows. Sometimes he shuts himself up in his room with a bottle of brandy at his elbow, denies himself alike to visitors and to patients, and indulges in a pro­ tracted and solitary symposium--if that term may be applied to ai.bout in which no second person is included. Gen­ erally, when he emerges from his room and his trance he has no knowledge of what has taken placet He remembers that he did not feel exactly well and took a nip of brandy; but from the moment of that event until he awoke as from a troubled dream, memory is a perfect blank. At other times, instead oi shutting himself up in solitude with his bottle, he attends to business as usual, collect­ ing and paying bills, giving and taking receipts, bankiDg, visiting patients and prescribing for them as lucidly and correctly as though in his normal con­ dition--and all this without exciting a suspicion that he is. not in his proper mind, his conversation being as con­ secutive and coherent. as ever, and his manner the same as ordinary. He con­ tinues in this condition sometimes for a whole day, retires to bed, and wakes up the next morning without the least recollection of the events of the day before; not^ven the vague reminiscen­ ces of a troubled dream remaining to mark the period of trance through which he has so recently passed.--New York Times. The Handy Telephone. An individual, who seemed to be some­ what under the influence of drink, en­ tered a business place on Randolph street and inquired if' they had a tele-, phone. Being answered in the affirma­ tive, he laid down 10 cents and said: "Please talk for me, as my voice is verv husky this morning. up Mrs. McGeorge." "Has she at telephone'?'*. ,, "NO." rW*-..,-:- "Then 1 cant call her." "That's so. Well* call up Snyder's grocery. That'll withim six blocks of my house." The grocery was scon connected, and then the man said: "Ask the grocer it ha knows Mc­ George." "No," was the answer. "Ask him if he had just as soon run over to No. -- Twentieth street." "No," came again. "Well, tell him to pay some Jboy 2: shillings to go to that number and ask my wife if she told me we would want another gall n of vinegar by next week Friday, and she can telephone from somewhere to the postoffice and the Postmaster will send some one out fee hunt me up. Awful handy things, those telephones."--Detroit Free Prt»». On the Rail. The last census enumerated the rail­ way employes of'the United States in 1880 as follows: Locomotive engineers...... Conductors lt,*13 Brakemen and other trainmen.... .. 4ft, Statlonimn General oftioers and CITICS Machinists and carpenters Other employes ia the shops Trackmen All other employe*.....:.. iQfel ......... 63,H8U 12,030 48,96.1 I . . 43 ,746 1M.4SD ......... 81.6M ....418,057 MM that blackberries axe for fa* eouplfxjon; but who wants blackball j oomplexion. If there ia luck In odd numbers, im that wlgHS fi • ----z -- always wants to get even? Ax economical wmnan after the dentil of her infant need the remainder of soothing sirup to poiaon rats. THX mouthpieoecif fhetelenhoneiiw# be perfectly respectable, hwtthere a*| a great many things aaid against It f A m* told his tailor that he wouldn't pay for "that last epilepsy." It *a| discovered that the man meant "bad fit." ' • j/ OTJB slangy contributor says there ijl not a disease known that will "get * bulge on a man" quicker the) mumps. IT has now become fashionable iif Eastern cities to be married as early ai M 6 o'clock in the morning. This gives s " fellow a long day to repent in. AN Irishman onoe received a doctor's ' bill. He looked it carefully over, ah<| , said he had no objection.,to pay for th«pi;§| medicines, but the visits he would re- ' turn. . , THBY are raising a row with a young man in New Jersey who was engaged to marry thirteen different girls. It's get~ f ting so a man can't have any fun at all in that State. •- V; THE old proverb, "Where t&ere's » ; *31 there's a way," has been- revised to» ' • ami the situation. It now reads; ' ""When there's a bill we're away."-- Chicago Tribune. * < , * CO-OPERATION is a very economical : move, but it doesn't work well when • two women, who are joint owners- in a&' fine hair switch, both want to>gp> e«tf > J upon the same day. " - ^ A PENNSYLVANIA man has a flock of 20 wild geese domesticated and swim-. ming about in his pond. They do not' >: mate until 3 years old, and have neither" ~ ,< divorces nor second marriages. , THK question as to who is the handf ^ somest woman in America is still in dis** pute, but thousands of girls believe*"1; . J that if it wasn't for their freckles they'd! , justly be entitled to that distinction^. WHAT'B your name?" asked one- 4R-' year-old miss of another. "I do* de-* !4;i dare!"' replied the second little girl,, "you:are as inquisitive as grown people., They always ask my name, and where I& got my new boots, and all suoh fings, until.I am as'amed of 'em." A LONDONER one day by accident. : saw the sun, "'Eavens," said he, " 'ow - they 'ave himproved that there lectric - ;i light."' After a moment's pause, dur-y ing which he gazed upon the novel sights he added reflectively, "But 'ow in thunder did they get it hup so 'igh?" "I* youi will give me a position* in your store I will look out for your in­ terest. You can trust me," said a> young man to an Austin storekeeper. ^ "Trust the devil! There is so much; stealing going on that I have quit trust- % ing myself any longer."--Texas Sift- ings. THE Austin medicant continues to - • extort admiration from the oldest in­ habitant. He loafed about the gate un­ til the proprietor asked him how much he would take to quit the premises. • .,w "All I ask is money enough to buy me a cigar." The gentleman handed out a nickel. "Do you want to rob me?" asked the tramp, looking at the nickel. "What do you mean ?" "It means I am robbed again. Ill have to put another, nickel to thai one to get me a cigar.. { .... J* never allow myself to be caught sinok-1 ing a cigar that costs less than a dime." --Texas Sifting*. MB. TOPSOODY came home in rather a dilapidated condition, and, as it. was past midnight, his wife was naturally anxious. "This is a pretty time of nighty for a husband to be coming home to ^ the wife of his bosom, ain't it?" she snapped oat angrily, from the bed. < . "Not very pretty, my dear, if you could see the streets onoe," he answered i meekly. "What makes you all over mud and slush ?" she continued, taking 4 an inventory of him. "Well, my dear, you see, when I got off the car, my foot . slipped and I fell in the street." "Don't . ; tell me that, Topnoody; I don't, see how you. can lie so unblushingly."" "I « never lie,, my dear, without blushing." "Indeed,, Topnoody, you don't, don't you? Well I s'pose that is why your J face is so red all the time. I'd be . ashamed of myself if I were you, but,. ' thank heaven, 1 ain't." Then she got. j up and blew out the light, and Mr. j Topnoody got ready for bed in thaidark. --The Drummer. Wanted a Miaantkrepe. An advertiser in a Vienna paper an­ nounced his want of "a man without encumbrance, of middle age, willing to travel; must be a misanthrope, with bitter experiences of the wickedness of 1 mankind; pay and position good; every- | thing found." A vast number of misan- i thropes responded, so many, in fact, | that the advertiser had to hire a aecre- • tary to deal with them. MM Accurate Time-Piece. *' * *• While on the sub j sot1 off Waltham watches, we may mention' that wee have seen a letter from the Commander of the Gordon, Cttstle- (Castle line of Steam Packets,), who- was fortunate enough to save life at. sea>. and who for his gallant aondbct was presented in September last with a. Geld Keyless Waltham watoh by the- President of the United States, on be­ half of the London Local Mariae- Board. Referring to this Presentation Watoh, he says: "When I left Lon­ don the watch was six seconds fast*, arwi on my arrival at Singapore, it was only three seconds slow, a most extraordi­ nary performance for a watch,, as I car­ ried it on my person the whole time. I compared it every day with- my chro­ nometers on my passage out,, and it sel- f dom or ever differed one seoond from them; in fact, I found it almost,, if not as good as my chronometers,, which^ is a great deal to say for a watch earned about and subject to all kinds of jolts.* | --London, England, The Watch- _ maker, Jeweler and Silversmith, Feb. S, 1&0S* ;•:* 14. SDUAU Gen. Sherman had some sliirfe made at a furnishing store in Washington, and the cutter a few weeks, later met ^ the General with a friend walking u down tho avenue. The General re^ membered the face* but could not locate him, and the cutter greeted *>»"> with: "Good morning, General. How are you to-day?" The General stopped, shook hands* S and the cutter, perceiving that the Gen- • eraTfc mind needed refreshing, saut quietly: "Made your shirts." "Oh, I beg pardon," aaid the Gnw _ al quickly, and, turning to the gentle- ;• | man with whom he was walkî he said: £ "Ah, Col --allow me to introduce you to my friend, Maj. Schuisf* * DEVOTE each day to thaobjectthen in 'line, and every evening will tod. some* ?II .4IIi " ! - \ • .