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i /.;• v "> • • &«>,*<>*. * - j f '«V * V it® f. WUIttm, Mbr«* NMMitr. »'•• l»l»»»"l' • i **+•* . ... „ „ itaH&ntt, ILLINOIS. ^ , A DBKAM OF THE FAKM. i\ , ^IMSS MS iw^Uowi* ttests in the old barn eaves, * *» iVKTlow* twitter. and flit and fly; • /' t)w lumet in Jane, and lvrimroso tints ^^ Jw crowning the hills and flooding the sky. " ' iailU'ng CGTTE Its ihr- yrn\, DOVM THEW, ? !-f ?i%i And watching ttfth dreamy, welling eyas, TTbe milk as it fall* in tfae glittering yaU. - And the snowy bubbles that gather and riM. %«t, s*eing only the primrose hills jffi r And okv, at the close of the fair June day, -j ^^And little brown swallows that flit and fly In her happy past, so far away. j4.nl a fVr girl that leans on th« huge old goto . Watching with face all aglow, A figure that comes down the dunty road And stops there at her side to whisper low- Stall I fetch the pail?" It is Donald's vole# Calling to her at her Self-same gate. Be wakes from h"r dream with a guilty start, "Ho, bossier she tsaya, then answers him "Wait." lie had no part in the dream she dreamt; ...Her past she had bnried a'one in her woe; fjh<> had made hita a true and careful wife > And he had forgotten long, long ago. iltf&rely there comes an evening like this. .... With the subtle blending of gold and red; &nd is it sin to the living--who can say-- > • Fomctinies to dream of the long lost dead? -> ^--iliwieapolis Tribune. "WITH HIS OWN WEAPONS. f . ' t a * * ' " Itfr iSfBELLA VEEK03T. K: • t: ' arc J°n thinking about, *Ktfanile ? You have not spoken a -word /for five minutes. I can't say that you - Are remarkably entertaining this even­ ing." s. "Am I not? And do yQU really wish v 4|o know my thoughts?" "',= . ^ "Certainly I do." ' ; • "Very well, then. No wolirttn is J «atis!'ed with a man's devotion, even if •lie knows it to be genuine, if he ap- "pears to slight her in the presence of ^Others; and I think, my dear George, llhat I occupied the position of a Alighted woman last evening, when you : fievotel yourself so openly to Clara > T^aughan." f. M 'I OD^y danced with her three times," paid George. - "And sat out throe more dances with ber," supplemented Maude, "while I, •wing to the lack of men, was obliged " , 4o play the part of wall-flower. Do , Irou think that was a pleasant position •-por an engaged young woman?" "My dear child, how plainly you x , talk!" cried George, disconcerted by •». her frank appeal. ' > " "Why not? Pique should not be al­ lowed to interfere between lovers--you " inow pride's chickens are an expensive . 4>rood to keep. I confess that your , ;Conduct made me very unhappy. I ; 1(iras not jealous, remember--I have "':i>e«-fect faith in you; but I felt neg­ lected, and annoyed that you should . give Clara the opportunity to triumph over me even in senjbkunje; for she <de- lights in such viotories--little coquet \ 4hat she is." „V , "Maude," said George, seeing his /• * chance and improving it at once, only •K, too glad to bolster up a weak cause, - *1 am surprised to see that you dislike • 3Miss Vaughan. Why is it women never • Uphold each other ? In my opinion she * *» a sweet girl, without an atom of " coquetry about her*" iv • "Then you have less discrimination than I gave you credit for possessing," * rejoined Maude, quietly, though her Cf; deepening color showed that she re­ lented his words. "But we will not J s- "discuss Clara, if you please--I,wish to 5.-^1 talk of ourselves." • "Whftt do you want me to do?" cried J\ ,<*eorge, irritated at the cool way in 4\'s iehich his attack was met. "Surely *.'• - Vyou would not tie me to your side every "<w moment of the time?" "Not one moment of it, sir, if it is your wjah to be free!" haughtily ex­ claimed Maude, now really angry. J ""You can leave at once--I shall make |no effort to detain you." 1 / "What nonsense In the young r^an re- ioined, in a much humbler tone. "You ;now I could not live without you, IMamlie. But you are unreasonable; I can't promise never to speak to another B- "/.Jgirl, you know." "y * "Nor do I exact such a promise; only >4,'3- wish others to see by your conduct ?! Ithat you have sworn allegiance to me. tt am only a woman, and have all a wo- finan'g vanity. George, suppose our •sT' l^sitions had been reversed last even- Tf ' ,|ng; would you have liked to see me as » openly pleased with another man's at- ' Ktentioiis as you were with Clara?" kr "Certainly I should," he answered, "with an air of virtuous self-denial re- {freshing to see. "I would never inter- *r-i fere with your enjoyment in any way. f?? C V> Maude looked deeply perplexed, and "then faintly smiled. "You are quite safe iu saying that, s't j; because I do not believe there is an \ /-other eligible man in the village. Which fact probably accounts," she added, -with a sly laugh, "for Clara's absorp- * tionof you." George bowed. "Thanks for the compliment, Miss Arthur." fe; J "Not at alL" V Maude had the Bweetest temper in ^ , Ihe world, and her mood was fast re fei learning its wonted sunniness. f' < "Well, George, I won't soold any jV." , more, but well make a bargain; you !/ • -can flirt all you choose, give me equal "V.' liberty; are you agreed ?" . "On one condition; that neither of us abuse the privilege." V i . ' "The umpires to be our. own con li - -aciences?" "Yes." "Then, my dear Georgie, I'm afraid f|i , your career will b$ positively reck- less!" : I ' ; , . - • • - ' Maude stood waiting for her lover, jfe, j v "who was to escort her to a ball at Bed- it lord Hall; and in her rose-colored «s|>v dress, with roses in her dark hair, ^ looked pretty enough to woo a hermit. |v - from his seclusion. I jV.George, who, despite his little pre dilection for flirting, was very much in p^' love with the girl, was loud in his ad- |f!?; miration of her appearance; and when £*, the pair entered the hall together, happiness had lent a new light to g;., Maude's l>eautiful eyes. Clara Vaughan, a charming little pv* • «ylph in blue and silver, came tripping ;iAcross the floor to meet them. |fe|* "Gh, Maude," she cried, when the gjy -first greetings were over, "who do vou *,\A" think is here --just returned from Xondon?" "I'm sure I can't imagine," said 3Cande. ; / " A n o t h e r p r e t t y g i r l ? " a s k e d G e o r g e , •,?<" looking admiringly into Clara's rather fc f V>ld bHu I eyes. |e| ' "Pretty girl, indeed. As if I should I l/l |»e interested in her!" said Clara, in t ff • disdain. "No indeed--it's a handsome tToung man--none other than your old f Admirer, Maude--Stephen Black." IK'•< \ "Is it possible!" cried Maude, with a I' »Mash of undisguised pleasure. "Why, tl K X t , r* _ And g ve strange ideiks ofl̂ tAy " iMmMed George, by no means delighted with this tu*n of affairs. ' "Oh, we dont expect you to see how •harming he is," Clam flippantly an­ swered ; "it would scarcely ba natural under the circumstanoes. But Maude and I think differently. And oh! he's put his name on my card for three dances!" And she flourished the bit of pasteboard in triumph. George stretched out his hand for it. "Is there room for my name there, Miss Clara?" he asked rather stiffly, not relishing her enthusiasm, and in­ clined to think that, after all, the "sweet girl" had considerable "co­ quetry about her." "I believe there are one or two dances left," she answered with an in­ difference which made Maude smile, remembering how different her recep­ tion of George's attentions had been on a former occasion. "You had better take what dances you wish before my card is tilled," she said, quietly, when her lover had re­ turned Clara's card. "Oh, I'll attend to that after the first dance," he answered; and in another moment they had taken their places upon the floor. 0 Maude said nothing; but her quiet smile meant volumes. George spoke little while dancing; he was nettled by the marked change in Clara's manner. He did not care a straw for the girl, but his vanity was wounded. He furtively watched her as she danced with Stephen Black--a singularly handsome man, he acknowl­ edged to himself--and observed all her little airs and graces--the very arts which she had employed to please him not long ago. The moment the dance was over he seated Maude be­ side some of her friends and rushed off to take Clara, de­ termined to divert her attention from this interloper. Clara, on the other hand, was bent on retaining Mr. Black by her side, and her chagrin could not be concealed when he, glad of the pre­ text afforded by George's approach, bowed himself away and walked aciosa the room to Maude. Ten minutes after, when George, mercilessly snubbed by Clara, discon­ solately sought his betrothed, his smarting vanity needing the balm of her unwavering devotion, he found her talking gaily with Mr. Black, who made no effort to conceal his apprecia­ tion of her society. With easy grace she introduced the two gentlemen, who bowed stiffly to each other, then re­ sumed her conversation, which con­ sisted of old reminiscences in which George had no share; therefore he could take no part in their talk. In a moment he had forgotten all about Clara and his petty anuoyanoe on her account, while a pang of real jeal­ ousy Beized his heart For the first time in his knowledge of her he saw Maude entirely engrossed with another man, that man a former suitor, and his experience was not a pleasant one. He stood beside her for some time, waiting for a word or look; but she had seem­ ingly forgotten his very existence. By- and-by he quietly touciied her hand. "Will you give me your card, Maude?" he asked, as she looked around. "Certainly," she smilingly answered; but I'm afraid all the danoes are gone. * He looked at it without a word; as she had said, there was not one dance left. "I told you when we entered the room that you had better secure as many as you desired," she said, in answer to his look of reproach. And he, remembering his indifference, could axxswer nothing; That was the most miserable evening George Campbell ever spent Maude, in the gayest of spirits, was so absorbed by Stephen Blpck that he had no op­ portunity to exchange more than half a dozen words with her during the entire evening. Nor was he the only sufferer; Clara Vaughan, always on the look-out for fresh conquests, had determined to secure Stephen's attention, and was made absolutely furious by his devotion to Maude. She could not retain him by her side for three consecutive minutes; her blandishments fell power­ less on this man of the world, who knew every phase of a coquet's art, and thought Clara rather a clumsy work-woman, though she did very well for a village girl. Maude's simple frank­ ness and absence of self-consciousness suited him far better, and he remained by her side as much as possible. But Clara had determined upon one grand effort, and late in the evening proceeded to make it. Mr. Black and Maude were still laughing and talking together in a cor­ ner of the ball-room. Near by stood George Campbell, his face dark with anger, when Clara came tripping to­ wards him, her face wreathed with arti­ ficial smiles. "Oh, Mr. Campbell!" she cried; "I am fn such a quandary! Uncle and aunt have gone home without me, and I have no escort, and it is so Tate!" She paused and looked appealingly-- not at George, but Stephen, fully ex­ pecting that he would offer to do escort duty. But he seemed blind and deaf to all hut his companion, and George was forced to respond. "I shall he glad to see you to your home, Miss Clara, if Mis* Arthur will wait here until my return," he said, slowly and reluctantly. At this moment Stephen suddenly re­ covered sight and hearing. "Allow me to relieve you of the care of Miss Arthur," he courteously said, turning to George. "I have a carriage below, and shall be delighted to take her home." Before the irate lover could answer, Maude spoke. "Thank you, Mr. Black; that will ad­ just matters nicely," she said, with bright smile. "You need give yourself no concern on my account, Mr. Camp­ bell, but attend to Clara, if you please." What would George say? His face grew darker than before as he stam­ mered out something about being "glad to oblige all parties," then offered his arm to the no less discomfited Clara, and strode rapidly away. And it is cer tain that the little coquet never had a less entertaining escort than youn; Campbell was that night. An hour later, Maude stood on the steps of her house, bidding Stephen Black good-night. "And I may call to take you to ride to-morrow?" he said, on parting. "Yes, I shall be delighted to go, said Maude; and then Mr. Black sprang into his carriage and drove rapidly away. Maude turned to enter the house when a well-known voice arrested her. " Maude--one moment--I must speak to you!" A gleam of amusement crossed the girl's arch face as she turned to con front her lover. Not that there was anything calculated to create amuoe- ment in the young mint for he was absolutely white with pas­ sion and jealousy. "Why, George! is that you?" asked Maude in innocent surprise. "Where is Clara?" "Confound Clara!" he exclaimed, too much in earnesf to appear ridiculous. "If it had not been for her--but never mind that. Maude, are you going to ride with that fellow to-morrow?" "Certainly I am," she coolly answered. "Why not?" "Because I forbid it," he hotly an­ swered. "My dear boy, you have as yet no right to forbid me to do anything," was the lofty response. George grouud his teeth together in impotent rage. He felt that it would not do to take too high a hand >'ith the girl in her present mood. "I think," added Maude, as he re­ mained silent, "that you have forgot­ ten our agreement of last night If you remember " "I remember nothing except that I was a fool, Maude!" burst out George, seizing her hand and holding it tight. "My darling, I have suffered so much to-night that I can understand how un­ fairly I treated you when I flirted with that artful little coquet " "My dear George," said Maude, solemnly, "I am surprised to see that you dislike Miss Vaughan. In my opinion she is a sweet girl, without--" "Ah, Maudie, show me some mercy I" begged George, encouraged by the sly mischief in tbe girl's eyes to carry the hand he held to his lips. "I have be­ haved like an unmitigated idiot, and don't deserve forgiveness; but you'll not be cruel to me, will you dear?" For answer, Maude extended to him her other hand. "Yes, Georgie, I forgive you," she said, meeting his ardent gaze with her frank, truthful eyes. "But you must let me accept Stephen's invitation fox to­ morrow. " "No* no, Maude--I cannot consent to that." "Not if I tell you that he is my cousin's husband and has been for the last two years, you dear, jealous simple­ ton ? Oh, Georgie, I've only been giv­ ing you a lesson that you needed, and Stephen helped me with it. Don't you think we succeeded ?" And George, now radiantly happy again, admitted that they had. Well, the lesson cured him. From that time there was not a more devoted lover in the world than George Camp­ bell. Bead Inlaying. There is a very curious and effective style of ornamental or decorative art, which, though occasionally practiced in Turkey and other Eastern countries, is bv no means very common even where ~ is best known. It may be called bead-inlaying, and it is so easy that any boy or girl ten years old can achieve excellent results in it by following these simple directions: Take a piece of wood, let us say beech or mahogany or pear-tree, or, indeed, any of the fine-grained kinds. Let it be half an inch in thickness and twelve inches in length by six in breadth. Draw on it your design. This done, follow the pattern with a series of holes, bored in the wood with a straight round awl or a drill or a gimlet, as close together as possible without splitting the wood between them. Then put the beads into the holes so that their perforations will show. To secure the beads in place, the holes may first be filled with glue or varnish. The work will then be very durable. If you choose, the holes in beads may be filled with a mixture of fine trans­ parent glue anl any coloring matter, such as umber or chrome. The beads should lie sunk rather deeply into the wood. When the woods split easily, or is desirable to make the holes very close together, the holes may be bored with a hot iron rod. It will often add to the effect if a line, or fine groove, be cut with a penknife or a parting, or V, tool around the edge of the bead pat­ tern. The . ground may also bs stamped, or indented, with a wood- carver's stamp. When a very small brass-headed pin or tack is passed through each bead, the appearance of the whole is very much improved. Such tacks may be obtained with convex or half-round heads not larger than those of pins. Of course, work of this kind need not be strictly limited to beads. The dif­ ferent - kinds of marbles used by boys may similarly be set in wood; and they are made in an endless variety of color. A cabinet thus studded would be increased in value far beyond the cost of the marbles, though they were the most expensive agates. Marbles and beads may be set together. To make the holes for the former, a center-bit or auger should be used. Long, straight beads may be used with good effect To set them make grooves with a gouge, and coat the grooves with mastic or Turkish cement, or with strong varnish, and press the long beads or bugles into cavities.--St. Nicliolas for July. OF Illogical Punctuation. Coming back to the question of punctuation, I, for one, would be pleased to see the old custom of plac­ ing a full point or any point after ab­ breviated words, and Boman capitals in certain cases given up, once and for ays. What is the logic of it ? What the object of it? Anybody who knows anything knows that Messrs, Co, Esq, Eng, Hon, Bros, etc., are abbre­ viations just as well as he knows two and two make four. It may lend dig­ nity to a Latin inscription or serve as ornament to an epitaph, or what not, printed or oarved in severity of style; jut in good, plain, everyday type art, it is about as logical as it would be to sing our psalms with nasal twang be­ cause our daddies did. N. B.--I put a full point after the contraction of my name Philos into Phil, for the simple reason that if I didn't the compositor would, and I don't want him to think that I'm not a man of the period. We often make merry over the En­ glish fashion of sticking a comma after a street number, this way: 100, Fulton street, bnt it is quite as logical as set­ ting one, as we often do, after a man's name when his residence or birthplace is connected with it by the preposition of, as for example, "John Doe, of New York." Nobody thinks of setting a comma after Gutenberg's name in that way. We write "John Gutenberg of Mentz." and the compositor follows copy; or "John Randolph of Koanoke;" but why we give a comma to "Mr. Smith, of Boston," or "Mr. Brown, of Phila­ delphia," is more than I can find out American Bookmaker. if*.-* ISfe THBBE are words that strike even harder than blows; and men may "speak daggers," though they use none. • THEBE are 15,000 acres of oyster beds in the Bay of Arcachon, France, which yield 300,000,000 oysters a year. "isfeli- s l . . . ̂i p p N o i I^atiih X, Townsend, a jovial oict Rep­ resentative from the State of New York, declared that when the Demo­ crats passed the Electoral Commission Bill, they did so with the expectation that it would place Tilden in the White House; but they woke up the wrong man. Th^s Mr. Townsend used to il­ lustrate by relating an anecdote of an old DutcWan, who lived up in Troy many Yo&ia ago, and who went down to New York to find his son Yawpy. To give the Dutchman's own words: "One time my son Yawpy went down upon New York and upset a grocery. So Yawpy could not come home no more. By and by I wanted to see Yawpy, so I goes down upon Troy and takes a sloop for New York. When we gets to New York they tied up the sloop to the dock, and I starts to find Yawpy. I went up a side hill to a street I think they call the Broadway. When I gets there I looks on both sides of the street for Yawpy. rWhen I had gone a mile, maybe, in ue hot afternoon, who should I find but Yawpy, sitting upon a stoop fast asleep. So I goes up upon the stoop, and there he sits mit his head hanging back and his mouth wide open. I says: 'Yawpy!' but Yawpy does not wake up. I puts me mouth close to Yawpy's oar and hollers: 'Yawpy!' and still 'Yawpy!' and he don't wake up yet. Den I takes Yawpy py his collar and shakes him just so hard as ever I could, and I hollers so hard as you could hear me maybe half a mile, and den Yawpy he wakes up. And den, so help me shinoke, it was not Yawpy!" Edward Everett used to tell a story about himself. He was once traveling in Essex County, Mass., before the days of railroads. He was traveling in a crowded stage, which seemed too iull for even the traditional "one more," when a school-girl carre out of a house and wished to get in. They made room for her, Mr. Everett offering his knee for her to sit upon. She had sat some time upon that primitive seat, when Mr. Everett at last thought she might like to know upon whose distinguished knee she had the honor of sitting. He said, "Perhaps you would like to know upon whose knee you are sitting." She said she should. He said, "My name is Edward Everett." "Do tell," she replied, "be you a sailor man?" He said that was the last time he under­ took to get a reputation. Mr. Webster, on one of his visits to Marshfield, heard and brought back to Washington the following good story about the Rev. Dr. Allyn, an eccentric Congregational clergyman at Duxbury. When a violin was first introduced into the choir of Dr. Allyn's church, the in­ novation gave great offense to some of the worthy parishoners. Especially was the player of the bass viol exer­ cised with sorrow and indignation, when the frivolous and profane fiddle first took its place in the house of God, by the side of his sedate and portly instru­ ment He accordingly laid the case before the parson, who, after listening soberly to his complaints, replied: "It may be as you say, sir; I don't know but you are right; but if you are it strikes me the greater the fiddle, the greater the sin!" The hero of the big fiddle was untuned. At a meeting of the Republican Na­ tional Committee in 187(5, just before the Ohio October election, Gov. Noyes produced a letter from Gov. Hayes, in which it was said that Ohio was almost lost; that in order to save it to the Re­ publicans money must be forthcoming, and at once, and $10,000 was mentioned as the sum which it would be desirable to have. The committee thereupon de­ termined that Gov. Hayes' appeal must be responded to, and Zach Chandler, William H. Kemble, of Pennsylvania, and one or two others made up the amount at once. The check was sent to the order of Gov. Hayes, and by him at once endorsed and turned over to the Bepublican State Committee of Ohio. It was believed at Washington, after the inauguration of President Hages and his unconditional surrender of Louisiana and South Carolina to the Democrats, that an arrangement had been made by which the Republicans were to obtain control of the House of Representatives, and elect Gen. Gar­ field Speaker. The General believed this, and withdrew from the Senatorial contest in Ohio at the suggestion of the President, who also balieved it. There wes reasonable ground for this belief. It was understood that Gov. Hampton had pledged himself that Aiken and Evans, the two Democratic members- elect from South Carolina, would re­ fuse to go into the Ddlnocratic caucus at the organization of the House, and vote for the Republican candidate for Speaker. It was also understood that Casey Young, of Tennessee, Throck­ morton and Schleicher of Texas, Slem- mons and Gause of Arkansas, and Chal­ mers of Mississippi had been induced to make a similar pledge to ex-Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, afterward one of the Louisiana commissioners, and that these men, eight of them, were to hold the balance of power in the next House, and by voting for the Republican can­ didate for Speaker--Gen. Garfield-- were to organize the House in the in­ terest of the administration. • Martin L Townsend, of New York told a story which illustrated the out­ come of this program. He said that a negro was tramping through the woods somewhere down South, with a wild turkey on his back. He was met by a white man who proposed that they play a game of cards for the turkey. After considerable argument and more "bulldozing" the colored man con­ sented. The white man produced the <-ards, dealt them, and won the game. As he was walking off with the turkey, the negro, who had been somewhat mystified, came to his senses, and called after the white man: "Say, mass'r, w'at 'd you put up agin' dat bird ?" The question of the Republicans was, what did the Southern Democrats put up against Louisiana and South Caro­ lina in this political game they had been playing with the President? They won; they were walking off with the Republican turkey--two turkeys in fact--to which they had no more right than they had to govern the kingdom of heaven, and the Republicans were asking what good was to cpme of all this? But they lost two Stat$i$ -- -- 9"; Oatmea'* Science says that oatmeal is one of the cheapest foods we have; that is, it furnishes more nutritive material, in proportion to the cost, than almost any other food. It is estimated that 25 cents will pay for 0.29 of a pound of nutrients in beef sirloin, 0.40 in round beef, and 0.92 in neck beef; oysters, 0.12; shad and bluefish, about 0.28; cheese, 1.08 to 1.35; milk, 0.99; wheat bread, 2.08 to 2.75. Comparing the dietaries of manual laborers or mechanics in Europe and America, Heitnce ftads "that in this country a in£j« tteW. of food is. coMdtned, not by Wetl-to-do people, but also by those ia moderate circumstances, and this excess consists mainly in meats and sweetmeats, which are expensive, as well as physiologically injurious when consulted in too large quaatities. * Footes Seallh Monthly - • Xagwunips. "Mugwump" is a term applied to an Independent Republican. On the nomination of James G. Blaine for the Presidency, June 6, 1884, p. strong op­ position developed among disaffected Republicans naming themselves "Inde- Jendents." The movement originated une 7 at a meeting in Boston and was promptly taken up in New York and elsewhere. The supporters of the regular nomination affected to believe that the Independents set themselves up as the supervisors of their former associates. They were termed "dudes, Pharisees, and hypocrites," and on June 15, 1884, the New York Sun designated them "Mugwumps." The word was forthwith adopted by the press and the public, though for a time its mean­ ing was problematical. It appeared that the term had been in use collo­ quially in some parts of New England, notably on the Massachusetts coast Thence it had been carried inland* and was used in large type as a headline in the Indianapolis Sentinel as early as 1872. This, on the authority of Mr. F. H. Keenan, who was at the time editor of that journal, and had picked up the word in New England. In this instance it was used to emphasize some local issue. After this the word seems to have lain perdu until resuscitated by the Sun on March 23, 1884, when it in turn applied to a local issue at Dobb's Ferry, N. Y., printing "Mugwump D. O. Bradley" in large type at the top of one of its prominent columns. After the Independent movement was started, the word was launched on its career of popularity but not until Sept. 6, 1884, was it authoriflfctively defined. The Critic of that date contained a note of Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, of Hart­ ford, to the effect that the word was of Algonquin origin, and occurred in Elliott's Indian Bible, being used to translate such high titles as lord, high- captain, chief, leader, or duke. In Matthew vi. 21. it occurs as muk- guomp, and again in Genesis, xxxvL 40-43, and several times in II. Samuel xxiii. The word aroused widespread philological discussion, which con­ tinued long after the campaign had ended. As is frequently the case iu American politics, the word was used as a term of derision and reproach by one section and accepted with a half humorous sense of its aptness by the bther.--Toledo Blade. Regularity of Habits. Speaking of regularity of habits, a well-known Nashville lawyer said that he was reminded of a certain Chancel­ lor in the good old days who prided himself as a model, so far as regularity of habits was concerned. One day in this Chancellor's court a very impor­ tant land case was being heard. An old man name Elm took the stand, and the exactness with which he testified as to the boundary lines and other details of the case excited the Chancellor's at­ tention. After Elm had concluded his story the Chancellor took him through an examination. Mr. Elm gave his age at 84 years, said he never used tobacco or intoxicants in any form, went to bed at sundown and rose at sunrise, ate his meals regularly, and was, upon the whole, a very correct man in his habits of life, to which he attributed his great vitality. Concluding the examination the Chancellor said to the gentlemen of the bar, "You see how regularity in habits of life preserve a man. You should remember this as a lesson." The next witness was also named Elm; and he as well as the former showed a remarkable degree of vitality and power of mind. He told with de­ tail what he knew of the case at issue. The Chancellor finally said: "Mr. Elm, you seem to be a well- preserved man. How old are you?" "I am 94 years of age and an older brother of the man who has just testi­ fied." "Have you been regular in your habits through life?" "Well, I do not know as to that." "Do you ever use intoxicating liquors?" "Well, I never go to bed sober." "What time do you retire?" ^ "That depends altogether upon the convenience of the occasion, sometimes early and sometimes late." "Do you use tobacco?" "I have been chewing and smoking for forty years, and could not do with­ out either." ^ By this time the lawyers were laugh­ ing, and the Chancellor remarked: "Well, gentlemen. Elm is tough, whether you find it wet or dry."-- Nashville Banner. A Queer Philanthropist. Stephen Girard was a man under a possession. He had a great talent, and it dominated him. In his pursuit of business he was as keen as a lover, and as blind to outside and diverting in­ fluences. It was not money-making that was his passion, that came as a logical result; but he .was absorbed in, and devoted to business. He some­ times hardly seemed jbo realize the value of money to other people, and that a man should be ruined because he could not command a certain sum on a certain day was almost a crime to him. No one h«d a right to get into such a position, and he should ask no pity. Girard had no patience with failures. If a man had feet let him stand on them. No one found Girard will­ ing to act as a crutch, although he could go into the houses whose very air was death, and in his arms carry out meni who were dying with a pestilence. He believed in fraternity, but his employes were--his employes. In his counting- room, his bank, his house, there was but one will, and that was his own. He paid for the work done for him. Did the worker need any money ? Had he necessities beyond his income ? What was that to his employer ? He kept to his limits in all his relations in life, and never lost a clear sense of relative posi­ tions. After his brother Jean died, he took charge of the three orphan chil­ dren left in Philadelphia. He sent them to the best schools, but he paid the bills out of t ha little estate their father left His house was their home, aud he was kind to them. He never bought a shawl or dress for one that he did not for the others, and he remem­ bered their girlish fancies. After they had married from his house he petted their children, and liked to have them about, and, indeed, felt a right to the little people, but he never adopted these girls, and never seemed to have a father's devotion for them. He corre­ sponded with his family in France, but he was too busy watching the markets of the world to give much time to indi­ viduals, even if they were his rela­ tions.--The Domestic Monthly, lit. Frauds Gallon has been collect­ ing statistics regarding temper. He has received what he believes to be ac­ curate descriptions of 1,981 persons. These reports, given, of course, under the pledge of secrecy, he has classified, tabulated, and published. The result is a very striking picture of English BQcial life. Mr. Galton finds that out of 1,981 specimens who liava been the uncon­ scious subjeot of vivisection more than one hftlf--53 per cent.--are reported m bad-tempered. The number of ad­ jectives used in describing the various farms of disagreeableness speaks vol­ umes for the amplitude of the lan­ guage, and libraries for the amplitude of our vexing eccentricities. They are as follows: "Acrimonious, aggressive, arbitrary, bickering, capricious, cap­ tious, choleric, contentious, crotchety, decisive, despotic, domineering, easily offended, fiery fits of anger, gloomy, grumpy, harsh, hasly, headstrong, huffy, impatient^ imperative, impetu­ ous, insane temper, irritable, morose, nagging, obstinate, odd - tempered, passionate, peevish, peppery, proud, pugnacious, quarrelsome, quick-tem- pered, scolding, sharp, short, sulky, sullen, surly, uncertain, vicious, vin­ dictive." Forty-six in all, and hardly any of them indicating a mild form of unamiability! This is certainly too bad, and one is tempted to throw the entire evidence out of court It will surely seem to most of us that the great majority of our own acquaintances have reasonably good tempers; and when Mr. Francis Galton, author, metaphysi­ cian, and Fellow of the Royal Society, says that 52 per cent, of people are bad-tempered, we are inclined^ to an­ swer that one of two things is true: either Mr. Galton's co-opcrators have used the word good-tempered to mean possessing a temper better than the average, or else that the persons who engage in this work of criticizing their relatives and friends were naturally the people least likely to pass favorably jndgment But Mr. Galton's next point is more interesting. He classifies his subjects according to tex, and obtains the re- Bult that women are better tempered than men. Of the women reported to him only 45 per cent, seemed to their relatives and friends to display bad tempers. This makes the difference in their favor about 10 per cent. Unfor­ tunately, however, we are not informed whether Mr. Galton's co-operators were mainly women or men. In case a fair share of them were women the judgment rendered is certainly a curi­ ous one. But the question of sex is of much less interest than that of heredity, and here Mr. Galton's statistics have a pos­ itive value. They are summed up as to results in the following paragraph: "Do good-tempered parents have, on the whole, good-tempered children, and do bad-tempered parent have bad- tempered ones ? I have 43 cases where both parents are recorded as good-tem­ pered, and 25 where they were both bad-tempered. Out of the children of the former, 30 per cent, were good- tempered and 10 per cent, bad; out of the latter," per. cent, were good and 52 per cent, bad-tempered."" The London Spectator, in comment­ ing upon this paragraph, says that these figures are more than usually in­ conclusive. With this we do not agree. The fact that positively good tempers are eight times as frequent among the children of good-tempered parents than among the children of bad-tempered parents seems to us to be highly sig­ nificant. Nevertheless, the figures are inconclusive if Mr. Galton means, as the Spectator infers, that the good or bad tempers are a physical inheritance, and that a bad temper is a quality born iu a person, which may be restrained but cannot be eradicated. Such an opinion as this contradicts common observa­ tion. It is as possible for a bad temper to disappear from disuse as for a good muscle to disappear from disuse. To disbelieve this is to disbelieve in moral evolution. Moral fiber may certainly be developed. But then the question comes, What leads to its development? and here we see the significance of Mr. Galton's figures. Positively bad-tem- pered children are five times as fre- qnent in the families of bad-tempered parents as in the families of good-tem- pered parents. " Character is as capa­ ble of inheritance as physical or ma­ teria] wealth. It may not be inherited at birth, any more than the wealth is inherited at birth. But nevertheless it does descend. Spontaneous generation of love is as impossible as spontaneous ' generation of life. It is only born of love, and can only be nourished by love. The parent who cares for the character of his child may be almost certain that that which he himself lays up will be inherited, the heir having no option whether or not it shall accept Under the will.--Christian Union. Boss Raymond in Sing Sing. I entered the library of the prison, and was somewhat taken back to be confronted with Ross Raymond with the convict suit on. Tlio suit here is of a grayish stuff a good deal like the old Confederate uniform, with a stripe of black, which runs around the cloth in­ stead of at angles. Even in his prison garb Raymond retains his handsome looks. It was his shape which so well enabled him to play his confidence games. When President Garfield was shot Raymond was on the staff of the New York Herald and was sent to the Washington bureau as an assistant A tall, heavily set man, with handsome, swarthy face, black eyes, and black hair, and with the polish of manner, he soon won the confidence of his fellow- craftsmen. At Elberon, when the dying President was removed there, Ray­ mond was a positive favorite. Once established, he began his confidence operations and left many to regret his acquaintance. Subsequently, when discharged by the Herald for crooked financial deals, he drifted west His play was to draw draft) upon the Herald and have them cashed by those he could dupe. Finally he abandoned his wife, and with a female companion was next heard of in London, where he assumed to be in the confidential serv­ ice of the Khedive of Egypt In London he lived quite swell, but, of course, at somebody's expense. Then he drifted back to the United States and left his trail of duplicity from San Francisco to New York. His latter ex­ ploits added forgery to his catalogue of graces, for which he was indicted and convicted and is now eking out a seven years' term. He is the assistant libra­ rian of the prison, and is also an aide to the chaplain. This would seem to imply that even within the prison walls he has successfully practiced his confi­ dence game.--New York letter. THERE is something better than the gift of tongue; it is the gift of holding the tongue. FALSE doctrin'--The "quack's" mode of treatment 1 A5D A Bio spread--the sky. *"• - lard factorv ̂ ̂ ,,.PrlAys f leading pan in life--the blind man s dog. 'i| THE bald-headed man is just as well 'J satisfied with a back seat as with a fronts one--at church. * A POSTAGE stamp is like a youngster. It always sticks to business better after it has been thoroughly licked. i WMJI;N a man loses money faster at poker than he makes it in his business, < 1 something is going to drop soon. , VIOLET--Ma, how do people know that it's a man in the moon? Mother ' ^ (sadly)--Because it's always out nights. LADY (to friend calling)--You won't mind my going on with my work while you are here, will you? Then I slm'n'i feel I am wasting time. OLD MAID--IS this parrot for sale? Pird-dealer--Yes, mum. "Can't he talk ?" "Not yet, but he understands S everything you say to him.--Texat Si/tings. AN Indiana man drew a revolver on ^ a doctor, and the doctor drew a box of H pills on the Hooeier. Both fired at once, and neither can recover.--New- ; man Independent. X HEIRESS--I am afraid it is not for " me that you come here so often, but for my money. Ardent wooer--You • are * cruel to say so. How can I get your money without getting you?--.Boston Courier. SOME man who would invent a new ^ swear-word that would be as expressive Yj and effective as the old favorites, and at the same time would not be wicked, would surely fill a long-felt want-- Somerville Journal. MBS YERGER--Matilda, who was that man you were talking to last night at the back fence ? Matilda Snowball- Has yer nebber felt de inflooence ob de tender pashun dat yer axes me sich queshuns?--Texas Siftivgs. "GOOD-BYE is a simple little phra«e," says a writer, "but ah! how much there is in it" True, indeed, and we never realize more fully how mnqli there is in it than when we see two women bid­ ding each other good-bye.--Boston Courier. ACCORDING to records kept for many years, London fogs are becoming less frequent every year. This will be a oruel blow to certain New Yorkers who were talking seriously of adopting Lon­ don fogs, because they were so awfully English ye know.--Peck's Sun. THE reports of burglars had made the mistress of the house cautious, and she reminded her maid-of-all-work that the door at the foot of the back stairs must - be bolted at night, and told her the reason why. "They wouldn't come up­ stairs, would they?" asked Abigail. "They might," said the mistress. "And go into the rooms where folks are sleeping?" "Yes, indeed." "Well, if they ain't got cheek!" A MAN was in the smoking-car on a Dakota train and put his head out of a window to look at some stock. In drawing back his fine silk hat came off' and fell down by the side of the car. "See here, conductor!" he yelled, "I lpst a $5 hat out this window--what are you going to do about it?" "Just step back to the hind platform of the^ v sleeper and pick it up as you go past," ^ replied the conductor. "We're behind ' time and trying to make it up, so I can't stop for it"--Dakota Bell. "WILL you please allow me to ask you why you have stopped here?" asked a passenger on a "backwoods" railroad, addressing the conductor, who had just come into the car. "Yes, sir," the conductor replied; "hot box." "Hot box!" exclaimed the passenger; "hot box, when we haven't averaged eight miles an houy!" "I can't help that;, we have a hot box, all the same." "I; don't understand it," said the passen­ ger. "There's no mystery connected with it," the conductor replied. "We stopped too near some burning cord- wood back yonder, and the box took fire."--Arkansaw Traveler. Seals for Letters, Bow were letters sealed before invention of gummed envelopes? The first seal consisted of a ring that was affixed to a clay or bole, or later to chalk or creta astatica, a mixture of pitch, wax, and plaster. The use of wax did not begin to become general till the Middle Ages. Beeswax, ren­ dered yellow by time, was the first material used. Then came sealing wax mixed with a white substance. Red wax began with Louis VL, in 1113, and green wax made its appearance about the year 1163. In the thirteenth cen­ tury yellow, brown, rose, black, and blue were added to the foregoing colors. Black wax is a rarity met with in the seals of the military religious orders. Among the ancients ring seals were used not only for sealing letters, but also, as small locks were not common, for sealing caskets and chests that con­ tained valuable objects; and they were even employed for sealing the doors of houses and apartments. Under the first empire people began to use wafers, which were brought from Italy by the soldiers and officers of the French army. The wafers were cut with a punch out of a thin leaf made of flour. Finely gummed envelopes gradually began to replace Bealing wax and wafers nearly everywhere. The first envelopes, which were manufac­ tured in England, dato back to 1840. The machine for folding them was in­ vented in 1843 by Messrs. Edwin Hill and Warred de la Rue, and in 1849 was so improved by the latter that it. was capable of folding and gumming 3,600 envelopes per hour. Since 1850 the annual production of envelopes has been greatly increasing, and there are now being daily manufactured in Paris alone 1,500,000. • Goethe, after his return from Italy, almost always sealed his letters with an antique head, such as that of Socrates, Minerva, or Leda. The astronomer Lalande's seal had a ship engraved upon it, and Meyerbeer's had a lyre, with the legend "Always in tune." Victor Hugo had a very simple seal. At the sale of bis effects Arsene Hous- saye bought a seal with the initials V. H. so arranged that when inverted they formed the cipher A. H.--Exchange. That Explains It. "I see," said the stranger to the. driver of a New York bobtail-car, "that according to the rules of the company, you are not permitted to handle the fare. Does that company mean to in- sinuate that you are not to be relied on?" "No, sir. It's not that at all," said the driver, hitting the horse a whack. "But, you see, the company is afraid if we accumulate money too fast we might quit the business, and they would not be able to hire anybody capable of fill­ ing our places."--Texas Siftings. . BAKERS can be forgiven for being somewhat crusty.--Washington Critic. € .11 V'Xf "::S • '"m v;,j m