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y *2?™ "V ',?»• ;4W» •» -J % * t s -Jjr , *| f t:.*.^ '*" , - ' 4,'*i !' A"' '4*1* o .'*• |g 1R3CGBADI;ATKD. • WILL CAKLETON. ' "; -J,0 We've had Dome flrit-?lasn fruitage, boya, 4? *>Jidall the bod pf>ars in o»r bankets, & ~ t>iw tiro sev.-nil jewel di toys s Metnc rV'd qv.w>r, oW-fashioJiod eas)teti; Ijjlil* eJlvur morning bolls will chime Kilne certain t>ncs that ne'er were yaatfd, ' iFtom that unprecedented tim«-» That grand old day we graduated t. * » \1 •; TVas a ehc&f of bopps and fcara; .' • "* *. <st» that came, CIOBS covered, tow$ ( i the Just day of four years .%»• , taCkt were to lmil<i up or undo us ; ... »bour wowiahed ami dreaded moB%| From which WP shrank, for which W» watted; That inward fear and outward boast* The fine old day we graduated! p:*MB«Mrtrhcia n prrcioua jnrico f >• ; Of Mmilefl tor our intense oblation® . And looked from many-eo'ored eyes - »'.? *. Made quittical by old flirtations ; And Learning glanced ns through i Wltbcold astuteness that we bated; We ki?>y how nrnch wo never knew That ttyins day we graduated I How all the sad uneasypast Was wrenched from History's possession. In cartridges of periods cast. > And fired in rounds of quick succession! Bight's winsome look, Wrong's loathsome I hap*, Were unequivocally Btated; And lucky that which could escape Da all--that day we graduated I Ah me! it all was bitter-sweet-- ' That time of music, flowers, and splendo*; The future life was marched to meet, The past, with memories rich and A sombre fragrance filled the air-- A mournful joy, ne'er duplicated; Both night and morning lingering thant. That changeful day we graduated I And when "Good-by" came, grimly atlMt And handed us Our hands at parting, We saw on what n. lonely tour Of out-door effort -we were starting- We who had wrangled, schemed, acq fought," At? dear old friends each other r&ted| IjOve twined about us as it ought, That eolemu day we graduated! s£ > --Hdrper's Weekly. v. • r •:k LESSON IN FRACTIONS, BT M. K. a. It VM each n blow to ute, touch a bitter, overwhelming blow! *1 had been so com­ fortable and happy since the schoolmaster had hoarded with me. The big front chamber had been so grim and ghostly, al­ ways shut up and empty. It was our spare room when poor, dear Charley was alive; bat now that I was a widow and poor, it was a needless luxury to keep a guest chamber. None of our old friends cared to visit me now, iust when I needed them most; when I was lonely and sad and mis­ erable they refused to come. But when Mr. Slade took the room I didn't grieve about the loss of friends. It seemed odd to have money for the guest chamber, but the way that I was situated reconciled me to the thought very speedily indeed. Then when my boy Charley got into that scrape at school I should have died if it had been anybody but Mr. Slade. "Madam," he said, "your boy is mis­ chievous--very mischievous." "Yes, sir," I said, meekly. "And to extend a rope in such a manner that the unconscious heels of his teacher should be tripped up thereby; to fill the hat of his instructor with stone?; to put wax upon the bench so that the tails of his coat •nay adhere to this sticky substance and \Hus come to exief--all these things are 1|ry reprehensible, madam, and merit a ylign punishment." ^es, sir," I replied, and wi])ed away my ®**ful tears, for I knew what was com- »3r Charley would be expelled from lool, or dreadfully beaten by this in- man. It was better to have him .expelled, but either was horri- And with that little white lamp that he took from his waiscoat pocket, he made the machine perfect in five--in two JninuteB. Now, how could I help watching him from the door again, as he walked a way to school; and let iiis coat tails flap as they may. or be knock-kneed to eternity, how Could I help sending after him my heartiest benediction and blessing? Andean it be wondered at that, only two or three months after when he was going away. I was like one stunned and bewil­ dered? We were sitting in the little front room, and I was finishing off that diagonal overskirt for Mrs. Chappel. Charley had gone hunting to tho». woods, for it was al­ ready autumn, and an early frost had set the leaves aflame. A breeze from the west blew my hair into my eyes, and I put it back with a trembling hand. The soft, warm day of golden light suddenly seemed to cloud over and become one of moody sadness. "I have an opportunity for advancement in my profession," said he, "which it would ill behoove me to put by. In my native town is offered me a position of trust and confidence, no less, I may say to you, dear madam, than a professor's chair." I hadn't the least idea what he meant. I knew that one chair differed very much from another, and, whereas, one Wfts com­ fortable, easy, enjoyable, another might be for the time being a seat of torture, but wherein a professor's chair excelled I could not at that time imagine. I sat quite still and the rufle fell from my hand; my foot rested upon the treadle of the machine, and I sat and stared at Mr. Slade like one demented. "And it has occured to fie," he went on, "that the position I have/held here, which ie an exceedingly easy and pleasant one, might profitably and suitably he filled by tme of the other sex; the duties are not at all .hazardous, and could be performed more raedily, it appears to me, than those pertaining to the needle. I have spoken to the committee in your behalf, and with a little attention upon your part to the simple mechanical requirements necessary, and a little help upon mine, you will be ready to fill the position at once." "Who? I, Mr. Slade? Why, you must be crazy! Then, feeling that this was not a respect­ ful way to speak, I added that his kindness for me had led him to overrate my capa­ bilities. "Why, Mr. Slade," said I, "I never got beyond the four rules in arithmetic." And npon these depend everything," he replied. "Come, put by your work, and let us see what we can do for a first at­ tempt. " It was of no use to refuse. His was one of those material natures that always con­ quer. Half an hour after I was sitting close by his 6ide at the table, with Charley's Blate under my blurred eyes and Charley's pencil in my trembling lingers. The rosy evening light streamed in upon us, the soft south wind bringing resinous odors through the windows from the wood where Charley yet lingered. "Now, my dear Mrs, Sweet," said Mr. Slade, and the very gentleness of his tone, the tender rendering of my name, made me shiver and shake, for I could not get the thought out of my head that when he was gone there was nobody left to deal tenderly with me or mine, "now pray try and give your .thoughts to the subject in hand. It is tfle simplest thing in the world, and these,rudiments once conquered the rest will f OHQW. Now, a man sold his farm for $8,730,find fourteen-fifteenths of f &•<. sfe.- H; i *'• was tall ungainly ; "the tails of his ; did nottljtp as gracefully as many ler coat close by. Charley said he was knocK-kneed; perhaps he was; I don't know what that term means. He might have been knock-kneed, but to me that day he was all that was desirable in man. The way he managed Charley after that Was miraculous; there in no other word for CL The boy was as wild and untamable as ft young colt when Mr. Slade took hold of him, and shortly afterward he was the most tractable and orderly of mortals. I could see, though, the time and trouble it cost to work such wonders with him. In the spring they wtnt fishing together, and Mr. Blade taught Charley how to manage his feook and line, and wheedle the poor little fish to his bait. In mid-summer they got up s collection of beetles and bugs and all softs of things. It was terrible to the poor insects, I suppose; but, oh, dear Heaven! what a rest and comfort it was to me to have Charley amused and kept out of trouble. tnon Mr. Slade, to con- clus advice, and invaria- occasions, to grate- I began to Me in him, fa bly take it fully tak« pairing thfegi troubleBomi*<le put up the Bfca&M time, and hun should have the machine of his knack in re­ house, putting in nsils. He always 4be house-cleaning pictures; and what I without him that time of order, Heaven only i • it" knows. I had Sliress to finish for Mrs. Chappel. and Mp working away, when, all at once, the Machine began to squeak dreadfully all W* morning. I oiled and fussed at it, INK all to no purpose; it squeaked more aad more. And, to crown all, the nice pumpkin pie I had made for Mr. Blade's kwoheon was burned to a crisp, I smelied it, and rushed to the stove, but too late. It was a black ruin, and I sat down and cried over it. It seemed to.me so sad and terrible I wanted to lie down anddie, when in walked Mr. Slade to his luncheon. "It,s no us* coming in," I said. "I don't know how you can board here, anyway, I am 6uch a miserable house­ keeper. It would be BO much better if Charley and I were dead." "What has happened?*' asked Mr. Slade. I felt ashamed when I saw the look of alarm in his face. "It in very sad to burn the tfrust of a nice pie all to a crisp," I said. "Do you think so?" said Mr. Slade. "Now for me it is a most excellent mis­ chance. Of all things in the world I re­ vere the burned crust of a pie. I have hesitated to declare this prediction, because I know it is a remarkable one, and not at all likely to be shared by the majority of people; but fortune has favored me to-day. Mrs. Sweet, let us have the pie by all means!" And he actually lifted the horrible black thing to the table, and ate it--yes, he ate It--which was the most graceful piece of martyrdom I ever saw in a man.And then I got courage to tell him how I burned it; that Mrs. Chappel must have that dress, and the machine had begun to squeak in the most hon-ible way; that I'd oiled it and fussed with it, all to no purpose, and how I was to finish that dress of Mrs. Chappel'B with the dreadful noise distracting my poor brain. I didn't know. •We'll look at it," he said, in that rest­ ing. e»n»l*rtija«, soul-cheering way of his, and sm I iollo wed him into the sitting- room, I knew in my heart that he would exorcise that squeaking demon from the machine. And he did. "It's the ball." he said; "it's become smooth from friction, and if - you'll bring ma a little flour or meal, Mrs. Sweets-stay! hers is a piece of chalk, which is better ttanalL" this is seven-ninths of the cost of his house, and the house cost 6even times as much as the store; now what was the cost of the house and store?" His voice was so persuasive, 6o distinct, it must have been a pleasant voice to listen to at school, even if the poor little eads could make neither head nor is meaning. I looked at Mr. Slade, " £ window, where the sunset shone, and d hills beyond, and ittle jdjjUe ago all b; s. Sweei raster, "I be| w first rules. It To rife to leave you a prey to the habits of these village women, who aunt their finery in an obtrusive and un­ becoming manner, and grudge you the poor reward for your labor." "She Baid the seams were crooked, and perhaps they were," I said, for I knew he meant Mrs. Chappel. "I am not very good at 6ewing or--anything." Then two big tears rolled out of my eyes on Charley's slate, and blurred the school-master's figures, which so distressed him that he got up and took a ttfrn about the room again. "Dear Mrs. Sweet," he said, quite im­ ploringly, "if you would only make up your mind to master these firsl rules. A man sold his farm for $8,730-^-" ' "And I'm sure he got a good price for it," I broke in; "and whatever he got for his house, it must have been all it was worth. As for his store, I don't know anything about it; I can't see that it's any of my business, Mr. Slade, and I can't bother with it just now. If it was a house alone, or a store alone, or a farm--but to cut them all up and put them, together again like a patchwork quilt is impossible for me to think of, Mr. Slade, I can't do it, I never could, and it's ridiculous to ask me such a thing. Mr. Slade. All I can do after you go away is to go on working for Mrs. Chappel till I drop dead; and if it wasn't for Charley, I wouldn't care how soon that would be." Then I put my head down on the table and cried, ready to break my heart. I couldn't help it. I was the most wretched creature in the world, and my heart was full. I couldn't help the cry, and I'm glad now that I did. For suddenly 1 felt his Btrong arm tremble on the back of my chair. "It is so sad and terrible," I said, "to have the seams always crooked, and Mrs. Chappel--" "Confusion to Mrfe. Chappel and her crooked seams! Tell me, madam, Mrs. Sweet--tell me, dear little heart, would it not even be better to give your future to a grim old pedagogue like me? It shall at least be free from crooked seams and puzzling problems." I heaved a sigh of relief, and his strong arm fell sheltering areung me. "If heaven will vouchsafe to me," he said, setting back to his dear old wordy way, ' your sweet companionship for ail tlie days to come, I can even find it in my heart to be grateful to Mrs. Chappel and wish her well." 1 don't know what I said, but everybody knows that I never could see any fault in Mr. Slade, and I don't to this day. He fills his professor's chair, and I have ever BO many comfortable o>nes at home Charley is a splendid mathematician, but there is s little fellow just creeping in fractions, and he came to me the other day, his dear little brains sore and puzzling over the self-same sum. "And please, mamma," he begged, man sold his farm for $8,730, and fourteen- fifteenths of this is--" "Go to papa, darling," I said; "he found out the cost of it long ago; but as for me, dear, I'm glad to say that I never could make it out--never." A Choice Toilet Article.; A very refreshing lotion, possessing cleansing and clearing qualities of high order, may be prepared very easily by any lady, in the following manner: Take a pint of orange flower water, and • pint of rain water, with a sprig of rosemary; add to this four ounces of castile soap, scraped finely boil all the ingredients together, and bottle "up tightly for use, as may be wanted.^ This article is called pearl water; it Is of simple preparation, and is one of the most innocent and effica­ cious of the articles pertaining to a lady's toilet. -V FEAB is the greatest safeguard to moral action. LINCOLN H A NEW LIGHT. Bow Hi Will Be JnUged by the llintorian ' tit the Future. The North American Review has done a material service to the cause of historical truth and the memory of the greatest man of modern times by pro­ ducing in fac-similo the dispatch of Secretary Seward,as corrected by Presi­ dent Lincoln, conveying to the American Minister at ̂ London his first full instruc­ tions after tlie outbreak of the rebel­ lion. It has not been generally sup­ posed that Mr. Lincoln, with all his ex­ traordinary ability in so many directions, was a skillful diplomatist, capable of coping with the wisest and most ex- Eerienced statesmen of that class. The istorians and the people have been alike disposed to ascribe the principal credit of the Lincoln administration in such respect to Mr. Seward, and to as­ sume that Che President was content with making general suggestions con­ cerning foreign interests and compil- cations,. leaving to his well-equipped Secratafy of State the practical man­ agement of such affairs. But it now appear^ that from the beginning Mr. Lincolri" took.a direct control of that very important and delicate part of the vast undertaking in which the Govern­ ment was engaged, and that in that line, as in all others, it was his superior sa- gncity vliich most contributed to safety and success. This famous dispatch was -prepared with special care by Mr Seward, under th$ <ffrite of May 21, 1861. The new Administration had been in operation less than three months; tlie war was in definite progress; the country Btood aghast at the grim and awful prospect; and shrewd emissaries from the South vete luiown to be importuning foreign governments for recognition ofithe Con­ federacy, with decided chances in their favor. ? With things thus conditioned, it lis easy to believe that Mr. Seward brought his best thought to bear upon task of setting forth the position and purposes of the United States, and warning other nations against interfer­ ence in support or encouragement of the insurgents. It was a contingency of the gravest sort, in which a single false or foolish step meant sudden and serious, if not complete, disaster, and the utmost caution, without surrender of right or appearance of alarm, was necessary on all accounts. Mr. Seward fully understood this, and acted accord­ ingly ; but able and adroit as he was, he did not satisfy Mr. Lincoln, and the President, who had probably neveir be­ fore in his life seen a diplomatic dis­ patch, took the document, and by eras­ ures, amendments, and substitutions, changed its tone in many particulars and readjusted its drift and scope with a discrimination as precise as it was sound and advantageous. These facts are interesting and sig­ nificant not only as a revelation of Mr. Lincoln's wonderful natural ability and quick appreciation as a political ob­ server, but also as additional and strik­ ing testimony in refutation of the notion that he leaned upon his Cabinet and was slow to assert his personal judg­ ment and authority contrary to the sug­ gestions of the distinguished men who composed that body. The droll saying attributed to him that he "had no in­ fluence with the Administration" was not founded upon any sense of actual chagrin or disappoiatirtent in that re­ gard. wKS unqualifiedly and at all ,tiiile3 tlie head of the Government. His was the ablest Cabinet that any President has ever had, from Washing­ ton to Cleveland, and'he swayed it as pleased--if not in one way, then in nujther. The records show that in all tea?ly important transactions he re­ served to himself the right to pass final judgment, and to arbitrarily dictate, if necessary, what should be done, and how it should be done. Modest as he was he believed in himself thoroughly; kind and generous as lie ywas, he did not hesitate, at proper times and for laudable purposes, to play a stern and resolute part. The men who were closely associated with him very' soon learned to respect his opinion and ad­ mire his character, and they oftener leaned upon him than he upon them, as they more than once acknowledge. It was no humiliation to stand corrected by a man who always knew so well what he wanted, and was always able to finish such clear and positive reasons for his belief and his instructions. - Noted Graves in Washington. Washington has one of those cemeteries pronounced by people with that taste for gruesorfe things to be "the loveliest spot on earth," and to which strangers are carried, and ex­ pected to rhapsodize over the forest of monument*, with all their painful and unpleasant recollections. But in Oak Hill there is at least the interest at­ taching to the resting place of the dis­ tinguished dead, and as such is worth visiting. This cemetery is in George­ town, which is technically a part of Washington, and is four or five miles as the crow flies from the Congressional Cemetery. Here lies the body of Chief Justice Chase. No man, so honored in life was ever more neglected in death. When he died he owned not a foot of ground suitable for his burial place, nor did his daughter, Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, buy it for him. Ex-Gov. Henry D. Cook, the Washington banker, owned a lot in Oak Hill, and offered a resting place to the dust of the great jurist. There was he buried, and for years his grave remained unmarked, and except for the attention bestowed on, it»l»y ex- Gov. Cook's orders, quite neglected. Some of the friends of the Chief Justice Ohio, hearing that not even the plainest stone commenorated his grave, combined and bought a block of plain granite, with the name and age of the Chief Justice on it. It got lost on its wav to Washington, and remained for several years boxed up in a freight warehouse. At last curiosity moved some one to open the box, and it was discovered to hold this memorial stone. It was then forwarded, and certain persons, rather than apply to Mrs. Sprague for money, paid out of their own pockets the small cost of putting the stone in position. Here also lies buried the body of John Howard Payne, the author of Home, Sweet Home. More than fiftv years ago he had been the friend of *Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the George Peabody of Washington. Payne, it will be' re­ membered, died and was buried in Tunis. He had often expressed a wish that his bones might rest in his native land. Three years ago, Mr. Corcoran carried out a long-cherished design of bringing Payne's body back to this country, and erecting a monument over it. It was placed in Oak Hill Cemetery, near the main entrance, and on the noble monument is inscribed: "John Howard Payne, author of Home, Sweet Home." Mr. Corcoran himself has a plot here, where lie the remains of his only child, •who died in her early womanhood. • circular temple in the severest style Stanto family monument and under the floor Gen. lieno'B tomb is _. and also that of Edwin M. _ Hie great Secretary of War. Whether Mr. Stanton committed suicide or not has never been conclusively proved. His wife did not long survive him, and they lie in the same grave, covered by a plain block of colored marble, with a simple inscription. Lorenzo Dow, the Sam Jones of a by­ gone day, also sleeps in Oak Hill. The Btrength of the ruling passion in death was exemplified by his directions to have an eccentric epitaph on his tomb­ stone, but instead is put a commonplace verse from a commonplace hymn. Among the last to be placed there is the wife of ex-Attorney General Brews- $er, who left Washington only a year ago, the picture of health and beauty, to be brought back a few week ago to tenant a grave in tlie old cemetery.-- Washington letter. Consnmption of Coal by Steamerf. The amount of coal used depends on several things--the size of vessel, rate of spepd, class of boiler used, number of cylinders in engine, etc. Late im­ provements ^ in the marine steam en­ gines, especially the introduction of what is known as the compound en­ gine, have accomplished a very great saving in the average amount of fuel used. Ho show what progress has been made in this particular, the following facts may be quoted: The paddle- wheel steamer Scotia, of the Cunard line, put afloat in 1862, and at that date regarded as the best and latest type of engineering skill, a vessel having a midship section of 841 square feet, con­ sumed 160 tons of coal' per day, or 1,600 tons on the ten days' passage be­ tween New York and Liverpool. The City of Brussels, a screw steamer of the Inman line, put afloat in 1869, and having a midship section of 909 square feet, consumed 95 tons per day, or 950 tons during the .passage. The Spain, a screw steamer of the National line, launched in 1871, with compound machinery, ^ and the longest vessel on the Atlantic, having a length of 425 feet 6 inches on the load line, beam molded 43 feet, draft, loaded^ 24 feet 9 inches, made the passage in September with 53 tons of coal per day, or 530 tons on the ten days' run. All these three vessels had the same average speed, and only a small percentage of the gain in fuel consumption could be ascribed to the finer lines and propor­ tions, and therefore better sailing quality of the later constructed vessels. Still another recent instance is given of a steamer having the compound engine which used but forty tons of coal per day. The four-cylinder compound ien- gines of the White Star line use more coal per day, but make faster average trips, so that the aggregate is about tlie same for vessels of the same relation of average power per tonnage. To illus­ trate even more forcibly the success of modern improvements in utilizing the power of coal, we may mention an in­ stance put on record in 1885. This was not one of the first-class steamers, trimly built with especial reference to making good speed, but a large vessel, constructed particularly for the convey­ ance of bulky cargoes. It was the steamer Burgos, which left England for China with a cargo w eighing 5,600,000 pounds. During the first part of the voyage, from Plymouth to Alexandria, the consumption of coal was 28*2,240 pounds, the distance being 3,380 miles; the consumption per mile was, there­ fore, only 83.5 pounds, and the con­ sumption per ton of cargo, per mile, 0.028 pound; in other words, half an ounce of coal propelled one ton of cargo a mile. This is recorded-as the most successful instance yet known of utilizing the energy of fuel in trans­ portation.--Inter Ocean. Breeding Saddle Horses. The hunting horses of Great Britain are saddle horses in every sense of the word, and may be as readily trained to fancy paces as any other, Their chief quality of excellence, however, lies in their elegance, speed, and stoutness-- the ability to carry weight fast and for long distances. The Kentucky saddle horse comes nearer the English idea of a hunter than any other in the country. The increase of wealth in cities tends year by year to make the demand for really fine paddle horses greater and greater. In relation to the manner of breeding, an English journal gives, on the authority of William H. Pratt, one of the most successful breeders of light horses in Ireland, distinct rules for the breeding of hunters and saddle horses. Having determined just what you in­ tend to breed, it is held that this must never be lost sight of, and for the best results the mare should be 4 years old before being bred. In other words, procure a young mother that has arrived at maturity and is healthy, roomy, round, well-shaped, large-sized, with good temper and good action, and re­ member the better bred the mare is, if possessing these qualities, the more valuable she will be. This accom­ plished, the general rules of guidance are given as follows: The dam, as a general rule, has a more direct influence on her offspring as regards health and size than the sire has. The offspring bred from greatly dissimilar parents in either size or character should never be used for breeding purposes; their offspring will certainly prove to be mongrels of non­ descript character. That the parents should be as similur as possible is arule the neglect of which has led to more disappointments than almost any other rule I know of. A pure thoroughbred sire that has got good ones should be selected, and I do not think that a really good weight-carrying hunter will ever be bred from anything but a thor­ oughbred horse. Tlie sire has more direct influence on the bones, heart, tendons, and nerves of the foal than the mare. A New Sewage Scheme. The precipitation method of treating sewage is to be adopted in London on a large scale. The sewage is left in tanks, and the separation of the solid portion Is hastened by the addition of lime and protosulphate of iron. The liquid be­ comes as clear as fresh water, and may be drained anto the Thames; while the solid matter is to be pressed into blocks for transportation to the sea. The pro­ cess has been tried experimentally for some months, but is now to be applied to 9,000,000 gallons of sewage daily. Condensed Sweetness in Medicine. At a recent meeting of the Royal Dublin Society, Prof. E. Reynolds called attention to the importance of saccharin to medical men for sweeten­ ing the food of patients to whom sugar would be injurious. This substance^ obtained by Prof. Falberg from coal- tar, is said to be 230 times as sweet as sugar, and experiments thus far made have shown no harmful effects from its use. Its present cost in England is about $10 per pound. * ^ ^ ^ V w 'a.-^ •> In the Neighborhood of Margate. One of the attractions of the district is Canterbury, with its narrow lanes, its "curious gabled houses, and, above all, its cathedral. It should be visited in early spring, to make the picture com­ plete of the Canterbury pilgrims, who, tired with their long journey from SoutHwark, and still ir.wardly digest­ ing the talefe that wiled away the hours as tliey traveled thitherward, go on their knees in two long rows up the steps which lead to the shrine of the "holy blessed martyr." The shrine is now no more; Henry VIII. and the "reformation," as the guide will tell you, have to answer for its de­ struction. Much has been de­ molished which once formed part of the beauty and attraction of the minster; and most of the evil deeds cofhmitted are laid at the door of Cromwell and his Puritans. Part of th6 crypt--the largest crypt in England-- is partitioned off, and tlio descendants of the French Huguenots hold in if their weekly services, hidden away from the eyes of the worlcj. Again, there is Ramsgate to be visited, and on the road to it "Bleak House," high on the cliff at picturesque, quaint Broadstairs. How moist and smooth, how inviting for a long run, look the sands deep below the cliffs in front of the stately Gran­ ville! No children dig and gambol about on this spring afternoon, although on the fairest summer's day they could not find a more charming playground. Round the corner, hidden by trees antl shrubberies, is East Cliff Lodge, which knows its philanthropic owner of other days no more. All is in a state of con­ fusion ; the house wliera Queen Caro­ line and later on Sir Moses Montefiore spent their days in being restored, and all looks 'unfinished except the inotto over the front of the house, "Think and thank," and the daffodils along the pathways, which are thriving in spite of all the turmoil around. The mauso­ leum where Sir Moses and Lady Mont­ efiore are laid to rest under simple granite slabs, and behind it the white synagogue, look like a small piece of the East transplanted to the North. The tomb is an exact model of Rachel's tomb in Palestine, surrounded by cedars said to have been brought from Leb­ anon by Lady Montefiore; the syna­ gogue is flat-roofed, and receives its light from the top only. All around is very quiet; but the immediate, neigh­ borhood of the chaste buildings is dis­ appointing. It seems to be the play­ ground of the young generation of Hebrews who live about town, for everything is trodden down and neg­ lected. Or is it that the eve of the master, whose spirit rests upon the whole, is wanting? But no. "Sir Moses' tastes were not at all thai way; he had too much on his mind to attend to these things, and since Lady Monte­ fiore's death it has always been so." Now the full moon lights up the scene: it looks stranger still and more mysteri­ ous, and the violet light which falls through the skylight on the two graves in the mausoleum makes them look far more unearthly than in the daytime. The Jews return from their Friday night service, and liamsgate vanishes behind the hills and dales. Post-Mortem Usefulness. North American pork is, after all, not the worst in the market. From Cape Tiburon, Hayti, comes a story that eclipses anything the Prussian protec­ tionists ever charged on our Yankee butchers. Three brothers, sons of the negro pilot Marsette, left their home on the beach and began to supply the market of Tiburon and Grand Guave with meat. Their specialty was an at­ tractive variety of fresh pork steaks that found a ready sale, till one day a storm-flood washed out a ^and-bar at the mouth of a neighboring bayou and revealed a whole abattoir of carved hu­ man corpses. Suspicion at once pointed to the Marsette boys, who at the time were absent on one of their weekly cruises, but were caught the next night in the act of landing a fresh cargo of victims. They seem to have procured their subjects, as medical students would term it, by cruising along the coast and raiding solitary fishermen's cabins and jiuigle-ranchos; Conscious cannibalism is, however, by no means confined to the Feejee Islands. The Rio Virgeu tribes of the Arancanos Indians, on the northern coast of Chili, do not hesitate in hard winter to keep the pot boiling by slicing up a few of their superfluous relatives; and Dr. Nachtigall is positive that tlie country north and east of the Congo is swarm­ ing with two-legged man-eaters. The Dyaks of Borneo, who gather skulls as our red men used to gather scalps, now and then eat a personal enemy as a matter of hygienic precaution, on the theory that the wizard spells of the dead man'n relatives can thus be ren­ dered ineffectual. Sporadic cases of cannibalism occur in every East Indian famine. The nations of Europe alone are in that respect total abstainers, at present at least, for Roman traditions date back to a time when the Liestry- gones of southern Italy kept special stock-yards for fattening their prisoners of war. Thinking Women. Surely this is the Golden Age for women of thought! In other words, matrimony in our grandmother's day was one goal toward which a girl's face was set from infancy. All did not reach it. No, but the old maids lived along, looked upon as a class who had in some way missed their callings. We are wider awake now, we women, and we are growing! Not that we make better wives and mothers than the dear old ladies of olden time, but we are not a bit behind in those capacities. It hurts no one to use her brain. Thought is a gift which "scattereth abroad, yet increasetli," and, say all you will as to the general weakness of the sex, we do think more now-a-days, and on a more extended range of sub­ jects than we used to. As the woman was made for man's helpmate in life's daily tasks, so was she given her share of the burden of thought. The day has come for her to see that she, in her way, he, in his, must be the mental and moral up-build- ing of the world. ( Let her be able, intellectually, to answer her boy's questions, broad enough to make him respect her opin­ ions, pure enough to elevate all woman­ kind in his eyes, and such mothers will give us men fit to be fathers and hus­ bands to a future and more progressive race of women.--Champe Carter, in St. Louis Magazine. HOPE, nothing from luck, and the probability is that you will be so prepared, sov forewarned, and fore­ armed, that all «hallow observers will call you lucky. J THE sun in July is too hot for • boy to work in the garden. It is as much as he can do to get through his cricket games during the month. > The Field of Bnena Yista. The distance from Saltillo to Buena Yista is seven miles, and the charges for a boy and a burro was about 30 cents. The donkey was a small, unas­ suming, mouse-colored creature with one ear cut short, but the other had size and length enough for both, so we couldn't complain. The pack-saddle was about two-thirds the burro's length and bulged out about six inches on both sides. The driver told us of his fine-going qualities, but said he couldn't understand A*nericano -and that his name was Santiago Santa Anna. All being ready I mounted Santa Anfta and the driver followed behind with the donkey's tail in one hand and a short stick in the other, which he used to guide us with. There wasn't no bridle or halter on, as it wasn't our place to drive. The day was fine and all went well while the boy remained at the helm, but he left his post of duty once and we ran into a thorny chaparral thicket; then all went well again. We met several parties similarly mounted and cared for, while we were overtaken by others, thus the time passed pleas­ antly away. On the way we passed a number of lone crosses with a pile of stone at their base. These marks the site of a murder and the stones are thrown at the foot of the cross as a mark of respect for the dead. While this post-mortem respect will never re­ store the stranger to life, home and friends far away, yet the average native believes that it goes far to ameliorate the crime, and hence murderers and brigands often resort to it as a means of imparting peace to their own souls. In due time we reached the hacienda (ranch or farm) of Buena Vista. The battle-ground is located in a nar­ row mountain pass, where the peaks of the Sierra Madre tower up -2,000 feet into the skies. One side of the pass is obstructed by deep ravines, irrigation' ditches, and rocky knolls. On the other side there is a level, roeky, tree­ less space, with patches of cactus, wild maguey, thorny little agarita, and a few scrub gincliarche bushes. Sotne of the breastworks are yet to be seen and are in good preservation, and relics of the battle can yet be found on the field. The level plain referred to above is where Col. Jeff. Davis threw his com­ mand of Mississippi Rifles into the re­ nowned V form while supporting the Indiana regiment. This move on the part of Jeff. Davis has been regarded as being a prime cause in turning the tide of battle in favor of the Ameri­ can army. The country in the locality is a rocky, barren, parched region, with scarcely enough of tropical scrub brush to support the flocks of goats that browse in the valley and on the mountain side. The landscape view from the field is lonely and dreary. The bald peaks above the timber line can be seen as far as the eye can reach. There is little appearance of life of any kind. The storms of sand and dust are frequent and fearfully oppressive to man and beast. Our Mexican veterans will remember such a cloud was the advance warning to them of the ap­ proach of Santa Ann& against Buena Vista. These strange and busy scenes, common to the plateaus of Mexico, are pleasant to the inquiring tourist, but far more pleasant, to leave than to live among. After spending a day in obser­ vation we returned to Saltillo, with a greater respect and deeper sympathy for our soldiers, who met and defeated an enemy more than four times their own number, and that when country, climate and all the clans of the moun­ tains were against them.--Letter from Mexico. ,. A Few uI)on'ts." The new book, "Don't," contains, among other things, the following di­ rections: Don't chew tobacco; don't expecto­ rate; don't whistle at all; don't laugh boisterously; don't grin. Don't speak ungrammatically; don't pronounce incorrectly; don't use slang or profane language, s Don't say doo for dew or due. Don't say dooty for duty. "A heavy doo fell last night," one rustic will say. "Du tell!" will come as a response from an­ other. Don't drop the sound of r where it belongs, as ahm for arm, walim for warm, hoss for horse, govahment for government. The omission of r in these and similar words--usually when it falls after a vowel--is very common. All this is very good, says a contem­ porary, as far as it goes, but the reader cannot help thinking that it doesn't go quite far enough. The author makes frequent reference to the fact that he is writing for a high class (he finds society in this country divided into classes), and in view of this fact ho presumably addresses intelligent, re­ spectable people, he should have added the following Anglo-Saxon rules of con­ duct : Don't be a hog; don't be a pig. Don't enter a house by the back door; it is a sign of low breeding; also a signal to let the dog loose. Don't work, and then you will be cer­ tain to have scrupulously clean linen. Don't let a street car run over you; you might get hurt. Don't stand in the rain without an umbrella; you might get wet. Don't expectorate in the peach-blow vase; peacli-blow vases cost money, and are bought to look at. Don't bag your pantaloons at the knees; it is an indication that ybu sit down too much. Don't thank your hostess for your dinner; it will give away the fact that yon dine generally at a free lunch. Don't attend a wedding in your shirt sleeves; else it will be taken as proof positive that your uncle has your coat and vest. An Inducement* A Dakota real-estate agent was visit­ ing in the East. "Have you a church at your place?" asked a friend. "Church?" "Yes, a church." "Oh, yes, I know what you mean-- one of these things where they ring a bell like thunder every Sunday morn­ ing. Yes, we've got one." "Don't you ever attend ?" "Me? No, I never have yet. I put in $25,.thoughf toward building it." "How did you come to do that if you don't take interest enough to attend?" "Oh, I knew what I was doing--we couldn't sell any to\vn lots without one. There's nothing will catch the Eastern speculator when he comes out <buy real estate like a church with|$jM)ng, slender simple sticking up on itliKe the nozzle of a tin oil-can.-- Estelline Bell. SOME tasteful individual very cor­ rectly remarks that the best lip-salve in creation is a kiss; the remedy should be used with great care, however, as it is apt to bring on an aflection of the heart NATURE furnishes the seed of genius for wisdom to FUB AND POINT, AwoTbEB washout--on the line. ^ THEBE is generally an "if" in way. Frequently the sheriff. 4^ "WHO shall decide when doctors dil^H }, agree?" Alas! sometimes the unde4>- taker. "I WONDER w hat makes these buttons „ burst off so," Dora petulantly exclaimetf[ / v "Force of habit, I think," lie said softly. "I Do love dress!" exclaimed a voungp society belle. "Then I should 'think ' you would wear more of it," replied # cynical bachelor. ' MRS. MURPHY--I Bay, Pat, whal would yez do if the ould house woutf tumble on yez and crush yez to deathf: Pat--Faix, I'd fly for me loife. THE miscreant has been arrested wh& '; at a social party said that a vounglacfy playing the pianoforte was Hkean ap& - because her fingers were 'niong keys. * „ . A GOOD many women are a good de|t v.: worse than they appear to the nakeH- - eye--nearly every one of them lool# " under her bed every night for a man. . "SUBSCRIBERS continue to pour in,^ cries the editor of a saloon-keeper!^ journal, exultingly. No doubt of it, 0 alL They are just the kind of men m ? pour in.--Texas Siftings. j. "YES," said the old man, "my sonif; are very ambitious, and they are getting, along well. One is the Captain of a' tow-boat, and' the other is a iM- sician, and each is trying his best to seii who can make the most money. " "AhP said the listener, "a sort of heal ^ tow match, as it werq."--Boston Coutr> ier. ;t:- AN exchange thinks that the Ch|» nese way of removing dandruff witih sandpaper is the most effectual. Pef- liaps it is; but the common Nortli American Indian has a plan whicife though quite abrupt, is said to be reasonably sure. The system is too well known to need mentioning.--Estel- iine Bell. SPRING POELTSF 'I A bended pin was on the chair, And tbere sat down the teacher. He Bpraog three feet into the air And then let out a screecher. > n* A frog sat on a log and sang-- ' His heart was full of joy, , A boy approached him from behind " With purpose that waa far from ) Into the pool the froggie sprang, With taunting crack that meant "g'langl" And euchered thus the boy. A BOSTON school-teacher had told her pupils that ancient Athens was noted for its literary culture. "And now, dear children," she went on, "tell me why Boston is called the moderit' Athens." The dear children didn't' seem to know. "Because," said th» * teacher, "it is also noted for its literary --literary what? It begins with Cr "Literary cranks," responded one of the children.--N. F. Times. "JOBBTNS, dear, didn't I hear you remark something about that murder case being decided on its merits ?" "You did, madam, and so I repeat." "And wasn't it a horribly brutal affair?" "It was, my love." "And the fearful deed actually threw the victim's family into the most dreadful suffering and want?" "Precisely, yes'm." "Well, that shows how depraving the study of the law is. Nobody but a lawyer could see any merits in such a horrible case as that."--Yonkers Gazette. THE following story is tpld of Victor Emanuel: The King and one of his friends, Signor J., had taken shelter for the night in a hut of a countryman, who had not the remotest idea of thfc- identity of his illustrious guest. Tha King noticed that Signor J., who was sitting near the fire next the host, kept turning away his head. "What is ttie matter with Von ?" asked the King, in French. "I can't stand the smell of this man," said J.; "he smells like wild beast." "Bah!" said the Kin^ "any of us would smell like that if we went for a week without washing." "O;- never!" "Yes, we would: I'll try it myself." So the King went to worlt conscientiously, and never washed him­ self the least little bit in the world. At, the end of five days J. came up to hin|, and, touching him respectfully on tl;e elbow, said: "Your Majesty has woo your bet, and not at the end of a week, but of five days." The King shouted with laughter, and was highly delighted with the whole adventure. Sat Upon. It is an unpleasant thing to be s%t . upon. In the metaphorical sense we,;, of course, mean.. It is an ill-bred tliin£ to sit upon people, and yet how often is it done. There are some people who * make it the business of their lives. Do 7. we not all know the habitual sittef down? The fellow whd contradicts your every statement, and trips you up on some'minor detail. Who, when yon mention casually that Gen. Blister was. > at the battle of Fredericksburg, out: "No. Gen. Blister was not at tl^." * battle of Fredericksburg." When you say that you are convince^?,® that he was, he shakes his head and re* iterates: "No, sir; yon are mistaken." Then when you go still further and give as your proof that you saw him op. * the field, and took lunch with liiip shortly after the battle, again shakes his head, and more emphatically than before repeats: "No, sir; you are mistaken. You did not see Gen. Blister on the field." When you get warm, and ask him whether you are to believe the evidence of your own sense, he replies, perhaps, after a long argument, that he does not wish to cast any reflection on your senses, but that you did not see Gen. Blister. You might have seen Col. Blister, as he was not made a General until three weeks later. You say this is merely a quibble. He replies:' "Ah! but yon said General, and he was not a General," etc., etc. • A This fellow is a hideous bore and wet blanket, and ought to be sat upon him­ self. Let us sit upon him.--Texas Siftings. " Food in England. It is well-known that England's food- producing power is very small com­ pared with other countries, and were it not for her large imports the state of things might be serious. Mr. Meclu, speaking at an agricultural meeting, said tnat there were 46,000,000 acres iu that country, and 32,000,000 inhabitants, and only 40 per cent, of those 32,000,- 000 were fed with British food, and the 60 per cent, would be without their bread, and a good deal of their meat* butter, and cheese, but for foreign im­ ports. This was not a creditable state of things, for there was no doubt tlia* if a larger amount of capital and intel­ ligence were invested in the land, enough would be grown to feed the people without any foreign imports. THE wise man seeks the cause of his defects in himself, but the fool, avoid­ ing himself, seeks it in all others be­ side himself.--Confucius. "Si . ' ! !Sft