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m ruin-s Or nu: (ma â€"â€" fie Arne-curs Which lave Been Prepar- ed for one Ilse): Sea and the Baltic. Thercisone fact that, under ordinary circumstances, should furnish a reasonable guarantee that no European war would be undertaken voluntaril by Russia before 1893. She has deci ed that her troops must be rearmed with a repeating rifle, in order to put them on an equal footing with those of her neighbors; and this cban e ' 1 ‘ Six torpe _ I could hardly be completed m m dun e; 1e ' Baltic and two for the Black, of eighty-one teen months, or two years. Butas tons, is one of the fastest vessels in the world, having made twenty-six and a half knots per hour. The Ilgin and Saken, tor. pedo gunboats of 600 tons, with protective eck and 100 tons of coal rotection, have a of twenty knots an carry six tubes. be Kasai-ski, also constructed by Schiehau, has made twenty-one knots, and another vessel of the same'type has been laid down at Nicolaiefl', besides two others to be - built by Sehicbau at his own works in Germany. The Anacria is a twenty-one- knot torpedo boat built by him for, Russia. do boats are building, four for the offsets to this motive for delay we have the 3 to“ “db Two: we N”gen and Eochland. enthusiasm stirred up by the Franco-Rus- complel’ed “4 Ab°v were dealsned for sian alliance and the exigencies of the Dar- danellcs incident, which might pnecipitate twcnt «two knots. Last winter eight new torpe oboats were ordered for the Black at Nicolaiefl', and three at Sebastcpol. " In hostilities, whatever Russia’s interest to I Sea fleetâ€"“V0 ‘0 be built 3" Odes“, three tpone them. “it eauwhile the growth of Russia's fleet has . 35°“: Ruuia- has 3 very Powerful fleet of attracted attention. A glance at her geo- phical position shows that her naval'ing Very high aP9“! area in home waters, exclusive of those in u torpedo craft, both boats and cruisers, hav- ds. Taking the Baltic and the Black seas together, the torpedo thePacific,arc divided intothoseof the Balticlcm“ ofallaorts. built and building. must, and those of the Black,which aretoo distant , according to the informatiop. nearly «anal. toefl'ect a junction in caseof need. Moreover, . 1f they do 110‘ exceed. 150 ID number. and both forces are under restrictions which, asSir E. J. Reedphrascs it, approach nearly to the conditions of blockades. In the Black Sea the fetters are those of the Bosphorus forts and the European treaties from which she is now stru ' ling to free herself in part. In the Baltic t e blockade is that which is enforced by nature nearly half the year. With her accustomed energy, however, Russia has constructed a navy during the last twenty-five years suited to her especial needs. She began with a series of monitors, launched during the latter part of our civil war. Next followed the admiral class, con- they are provided with officers and men won are well adapted for this peculiar service. THE LUCK OF A STOWAWAY. Started for Brazil llldden In a Cash. and (‘ume Back a Very Rich Man. Eduard B. Kneese, a commercial Kin of San Paulo, Brazil, told the story of his 'fe at the Palmer House Chicago, recently and his sister, Mrs. Lily Kneese-ltaree was a witness to the veracity of the greater part lifilin ‘0‘ f0“? “1"” “9133 0f 3130‘“ 3,700. of the tale. Mr. Kneese is a well-preserved WM “Placement- A if?!“ “WP 1“ advance I middle-agedman.‘ He said he had travelled was furnished by the circular coast defence thgumnds “miles to see again the Bigger he ships or floating batteries, ofthe Popofl’ka y. d] f _ ' " ' class.’ Their displacement is about 3,550 I i: N:wb8Â¥1ee::imne years ago m the“ home tons, the speed about eight knots, and the! u Thirtymne yen}, ago,” he began_ at] ‘mment "W", “401‘ bm‘m hadem- and entered college .m New' Orleans. Father {our smaller “WE-r, , ,, _ , was a cotton merchant, but an ardent But one of seam 8 chief contributlpns m Abolitionist. When I entered college I fell naval “Mullen-0“ W93 made 13,“? 1“ Phe. in witha crowd 'of young Southerners, and form offirmorcd cruisers combmms, hzsh I soon became imbued with the spirit that 'Peea “mill OOd‘PmlfeC'vmn “3‘1 an efiecmve governed my companions. When war "Was. battery. ‘. T e General Adinlral, 18-11110th declared I joined the Crescent troop with m 1873:_ W33 *1“? Ploneer 0‘ this ‘31“‘3- She the rest of to college chums and went to was built of iron, wood-sheathed under the front. hat was the beginning of the will“, and “Pillared. She W“ 0‘ 4,438 ‘9“ trouble of my family. Father, mother, dlsplflcementi “beamed 13 133°“: “"1”! brothers, and sisters, all except Lilyhere.” 1,000 W33 0‘ ‘30“: With “3‘ endurance 0f casting a glance of affection at the woman net‘flyorooo mile“ at 10,1‘110“: had 6 inches beside him, whose eyes filled with tears at of ai‘mor at the water hue and around the the remembrance, it turned a aim“, me, and battery, and acurved protective deck. This evenmy letters were returns unopened. was a great advance on previous types, and the system was taken up and improved upon in many navies. “ Near the close of the war I was taken risoner, and was confined seven months. .Vhen peace was declared I was turned upon Passing now to the last five years, and ' to the streets of Baltimore without a cent of the Black Sea fleet, the first group to notice money or a friend to whom I could go. For are the Catherine II.'and Tchesme, launched three days I lived with scarcely a. bite to in 1886, and the Sinope in 1887. These three eat. battleshi s, of 10,181 tons displacement, are was thrust from every one’s door. belted f roughout with compound armor none too stron , Southerners were not wanted, and I I was NOTES ON SCIENCE AND HDUSTSY. Acco ' to the recently published expe- rience of a en ‘ eer,oneofthemost satisfactory methods 0 treating wire ropis, to insure their better preservation, is to il graphite in tallow, and apply this butter- like mixture either with a brush, or let the . rope run through a vessel of trumpet form, filled with the grease, the lubrication tobe repeated about every four weeks: this treatment is found to be a protection against rust, preventing also abrasion when the rope comes in contact with any hard bodies or substances. Graphite grease also prevents the rubbing of the several wires together or against each other, and it finds its way even into the smallest interstices. Unlike hemp ropes, those of wire cannot be piled, but must be laid on the ground in wheel form, and their preservation is romptsd by an application of crude lines 011 mixed with vegetable tar, this mixture, unifome ap- plied, serving as a coating which reduces the wear and tear. In order to secure a good condition for these ropes when under water or below the surface,a composition of thirtyâ€" five litres of slacked lime, and from fifty to sixty litres of mineral or vegetable tar, is found to be effective, the mixture to be well boiled and a plied hot. Galvanized wire ropes are un esirable as drivin ropes, as the tin coating is worn off in a s ort time, and rust soon follows. A new cold saw for sawing iron and steel has been invented, known as the Potter saw, and has been introduced with great. success in Pittsburgh. It is a circular saw of fine steel, tempered somewhat hard, and about one-quarter of an inch in thickness at the periphery, and ground slightly thinner at its centre to clear itself easier in a dc? cut ; it is made to revolve at a slow spee tense friction created rather than teeth, so that the. new machine cuts but one inch 3. minute. It also differs from the ordinary circularsaw in this respect, namely, that it. is not the-work that moves up the saw,>but the work is fixed stationary, and the saw is made to travel along the table through it. t is driven by a worm wheel and screw of some four or-five feet in length, along which it can be moved easily by handscrew gear or by self-acting feed gear. The saw runs in a tank of solution, the greatest care being necessary in regard to the quality of the material in this solution ; it is composed of ten pounds of whale oil soap, two allons of lard oil, and fifteen pounds of sa soda, with water added to make forty gallons. Some of the paper products from oat. refuse accordin to the method pursued in Scotland, are y no means deficient in the qualities of strength and serviceableness that characterize the product of other materials water, in order to float ofi‘ mustard and _ I . . ‘ other seeds with which they are frequently and “as new y 1“ despam more or less mixed, and which, if not separ- from 18 to 12 inches thick and havea3-inch when I boards a vessel bound for Brazil- - - - protective deckw Their batteries consist of and secreted myself in a cask about one- ! :fizdénggx?zgyogztsxggge,th&°?::h§%:§ six 12-inch rifles on disappearing barbstte third full of water. carriages in a redoubt formed by 14-inch remamed there,.and~was nearly dead when armor, besides seven 6-inch ,rifles on the discovered. The officers treated me brutal- gun deck, and revolving cannon and to tubes. 0 1y, for the skipper wasa Northerner, and Each vessel cost about $4,500,000. had no sympathy with a Southern stow- The two earlier are lfi-knot ships, but at away. the trial of the Sinope the machinery, which was furnished by Napier to Co. of Glasgow, make my ‘~‘ Upon arriving at Brazil I started in to fortune, resolved to stay there developed 12.750 horsepower, which gavea until I was wealthy. Naturally, I had a ed of 17.85 knots. About a year ago, at severe time, as I was unacquainted with the icolaiefl',was'launchedtheTWelve Apostles, people, the customs or the laugua e of the of 8,200 tons d fsplacement, fortheBlack Sea country ; but at last an old Englis carpen- flect. Still another laid down at Sebastopol is ter gave me a place to Work, and from then the battleship St. George the Victorious. A on '1 had a. much easier time. I spento few third, of 12,460 tons, has been commenced years with the Englishman, and then, hav- at Nicolaiefl‘, while it is reported thata new ing some money saved up, I battleship has been planned for the Sebas- topol yard. But none of these, except pos- patented a ,machine for coffee cleaning that I had in-‘ ’ vented and started for the interior to sell it. sibly the Twolve A ostles, could be made 1 got up into the diamond country, and while available within a s iort time. The circular there I had an adventure that nearly cost shi s Novgorod and Popou, with their 18- me my life. inc armor, belong to the Black Sea. " I was putting up amachine for a planter N oticeable néxt in the Black Sea fleet are upon the banks of a little stream, and while six gunboats, the Donetz, Uraletz, Teretz, not busy wandered 1,224 tons, 2,000 horse power, and two 8- gathered'up stones. down the brook and An old negress who Kubanets, Zapor ‘etz, and Chernomoretz, of waited upon me saw the specimens in my inch and one (Lin guns. ' They are of If t room and presented me with three pieces of ] drau ht, for the purpose of being use in beautiful crystal. I left there a few days! the anube, if necessary. Several other later, failed to pack all of the specimens, vessels, mostly unprotected cruisers, need leaving one of the crsstalsm my room. The not have special mention. In the Baltic fleet. besides the four armor- diammld: and the 1398"?“ confirmed his self. clads of the Admiral class, now of little im- portance, and the l’oiarski and so on there is the Peter the Great of 9,340 tons, four- “10“81“ .1 had teen knots’ speed, and four 41-ton guns. There are also eight belted cruisers, rangin v from 5,800 to 8,000 tons, and with a spec of fifteen or sixteen knots, and from seven country- The Alexander II. 0“ alive. to ten inches of armor. planter discovered it and thought it was a suspicions by saying that. I had found that or i and two more. The planter in my possession, and "was trying to escape with it. Consequently he notified the police and searchers were sent. out all over the A reward was offered for me dead As it happened, I was hunting in “d Nichol“ I., of 3,440 tons, hM-e a com. the forest, and heard nothing of it until a plete belt of steel armor fromsix tofourteen weak 15"" ,‘Vhen I returned ‘0' the City! inches thick and nine feet wide, with a When 3' Poncema“ "dared "‘9 merW “P battery of two 12-inch guns, four 9.3mm, my hands. A bullet whizzed by my ear the eight (3 inch, and four 35-inch, the 12-inch n6“ illflmm'» and I Obeyed and Salve myself guns bein in a 10-inch armored barbette “P. » . . '1hese vessels, which have a speed er made “11 sorts 0‘ “gdogles- V tower. of sixteen knots, are fine modern war shi s. Of course I was cleared, and the plant. “ I love the land have adopted.” con- Montiun must be made “130 of the pam'at eluded Mr. Kneese. “ I am successful now Azowa, an armored cruiser of 6,600 tons, having a 6-inch belt, eighteen knots of speed, and two 8-inch and fourteen 6 inch guns :of the Ghangoot, 6,625 tons, launched at St. and shall return to Brazil after a short visit with my sister. Aluminum. a priceless ’ treasurel l’ctersburg last autumn, which is to be fol- Aluminum is a white, ductile, metallic lowed by one similar but prtlmlily larger: substance,resembling silver. It is suscepti- the havmun, a turrcted battleship of 9,500 ble of a higher polish than silver, and is not inns, sis-teen knots speed, and four 12-inch afl'ccted b atmospheric changes. Sulphur, and r Lunch guns: finally, the Rurilt, nitric aci and diluted sulphuric acid do not y. incl.- \vlll‘ be of_10,900 tons, with armor injure it- in the least. A solution of caustic t-r - 0‘ medium thickness, asggdof eighteen potash or soda, however, will dissolve the lil'mlm a steam radius of 20, miles, and a metal with t case. It is also readil heavy urm‘amgnt of four S-inch and sixteen soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid, wit “Mb “p‘dm‘m “ff-“‘32 “1-” ydfifd‘i‘mom a... «1 0f the unarmored steel cruisers the . ‘3 c“ u“ . ‘ . we" largest and fastest in the Admiral Kornilofl', m "Q9, by WEN"! “l” “med “ "m" (£5,000 tons. built at St. Nasalre. The Orel, cmade: Thu.” y.“".‘““ the nl°d° °f about the same size and built at Glasgow, is Pmd‘mw“ “‘3 5° 3"“ m?“ by Dfivme the“ an auxiliary cruiser, being the tenth of the “ “mm be pm‘l‘we . m “umc‘em qum' nulch.“lked_of volume“. geek, She oh. 3 titles for manufacturing purposes. The tsined the unprecedented aveI‘sO speed limes“ “W” """""”"‘“'”‘v woexpewve ‘0 under naturaldraugbt of 19.37 knots on the. “'“m”: “ V "V "‘:""Sive use 0‘ the new measured mile dunng‘a period of six hours. "le‘i‘l‘ "ff "‘ '* ’~ I I'vge‘ntlyu Peins 1“ The Via“ “a the Rind‘ an, of 2.965 to”, high as >. . .I . ~ . . i | [3' an improved a.” bone power. and know. There FT!:¢C'.~~ .. 'u i ‘ .-. ml.) m men] “ml. n, m! pamim Merkuri‘. eh”. . .. ‘ l .. .. mm is now obtained class, 3.000-ton unprozrmoinruiun. Very-Hm": -. $333. lingtltfhas been sold nosiceable are the llu'ee armored gunqnif-Im »',\ 95mm 1or rom _$I.50 to boats Grossisstclii. (:rexuiustchi and Sr.“ '2’ -'~‘ ‘ecenty WINWIUOH has u,an mm gm" of run. .t . 1;.c puCe to a dollarapound, and Otragenii. 1.49? tons, yet surviving a 5 inch water line, belt a cellulose mfl‘n dam, a 9- inch ands 6~inch bros-offloading rifle, and securing 135 knots' speed. This is certainly avery marked type. The imperial yacht Pole Star, “5,602 tons and 18.85 knots, scountry phce near Dresden. intent u n can be used in war times: a cruiser. completing a new Russian opera, as we us But in her torpedo craft Russia h" per- bisontorio. MORL' He is also busy pre- hsps gained most cczcnritv. fro 1. present indication,pwe are warranted in stating that the price will still see a re- markable reduction. - .â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€"-.â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Anton Rubinstein has included himself at , The Adler, a, paring gbook. of musical criticisms and new 33;). introduced .by Schichau, of 150 opinions for publication. A day and a night I l the water very thoroughly stirred, as this facilitates the separation of the foreign seeds, and allows them to float to the surface. The out husks having gradually settled, the surface scum and any floating matters are drawn off by an overflow pipe at the top of the tank or skimmed cfi‘ by any convenient implement after which the water is well drained 05‘ by a waste water pipe at the bottom of the tank and beneath a perforated false bottom, or fitted witha strainer which retains the husks. l he husks may be. left to steep in the water five to ten hours after removing the scum, .as this, by softening, helps to loosen the silica from the fibre and facilitates the subsequent boiling process. One of the most interesting practical in- ventions lately put upon'the market is from I a knitting machine mauufactory in Dresden, Germany, the apparatus in some respects resembling an ordinary knitting machine in its‘make up. It can be readily employed as such both on round and flat w'ork, but is especially adapted for variegated patterns in their usual diversity. It is capable of working variegated patternsâ€"cardigan stitch, purl' cardigan, two-and-two rib, and also embodies the peculiarities of a striping machine, producing in one piece of goods . single, colored,_striped, and many colored lpattâ€"erns without changing the machine it- By the simple placing in or out of the I back thread in the slotted thread conductor ' it is claimed any desired number of colors and shades can be produced, the eflect being i such as to give the impression that the pat- ! terns are the result of embroidery. For dyin aniline black, a process has been broug t lately to favorable notice, in view of some special advantages which its use has demonstrated. The process con- sists, briefly, in first passing the goods of glue and 20 per cent. of aniline salts, and, this being accomplished, the black is devel- oped by treatment with chromates, ferric or while the old hot saw was run at a high rate, and did its work by means of the in- ‘ used for this purpose. The process consists 310W 5' died the summer daw- . in first immersing the Oat husks in a tank of - I 0 t Tm mam' Aladdie sailed outon a calm blue sea; And two maidens fell a weeping. " nus," said they, " Tie a doloful day: Mayhap never-more To the swectgreen shore Shall lovsr to me And brother to thee. Shall lover to thee And brother to me. Come back from the treacherous, smiling sea." Agood ship went down in a wild, wild sea: And two maidens tell a weeping. The years passed by And two checks were dryâ€" A wife and a mother with babe on her knee. Sat croomng a tender old lullaby. ’ , Nor thought of the lover bencath the sea. But ateventldc. By a lone fireside, A sister sat weeping for him who had died. Who came nevcrmorc To the bright green shore. To wander with her the sweet meadows o'er. ZITELLA COCKE. _â€" A Rose by Any Other Name. Firstthe teacher called the roll. Clos't to the beginnin', “ Addelincy Bowersox !" Set the school a grinnin‘. Winter time. and stingln’ cold When the sessxon took upâ€" Cold as we all looked at her, Though she couldn't look up. Total stranger to us. tooâ€" Coun folks ain't allus Ni h so a ameful un olive some people I us. But the honest facts 18 then, .A ddehney Bower- Sox’s feelln s was so hurt She cried half an hour! My dest was acrost from her’n! Set and watched her tryin' To p'tend she didn't. keer. And a kind 0‘ dryin: Up‘hcr tears with smiles-tel I bought, “ Well, ‘ Addchney Boweriox is plain. but she‘s Purty as a pincy 3" It‘s bc‘n many of a year Sence that. most oncommcn Curious name 0' Bowersox ., Struck me as so abomny" Nlibblc and outlandish-like; I changed it to Adde- ‘Liney Daubenspleckâ€"and that Nearly killed or daddy! - Janus WEITCOMB RILEY. ‘: Book of Ages.” " Neath the c'ouds the sun was sinking Shedding beams of glolden light : As across the fields wandered, Plucking buds md blossoms bright. Sprin was fading into summer, And i. o sky was soft and no ; Nature shone in all her be no , The trees passessed a greener ue. Fleecy clouds across the Heavena Slow pursued their lofty way: Softl called the hidden robin, Deep my thou hts were, as I pondered ; Climbing up t e 310 ing hill, - " Till a voice of pin ntivc sweetness, Rose behind the ruined mill. Long I'listened, half entranced, . Sweetly rose the solemn hymn: “ Rock of Ages," high and higher Swellcd until my eyes grew dim. * Gently stealing in the twilight. Near the, ivy-covered wall,. Soon I saw the singer near me, ~ Sheltered from the dcwdrops ’ fall. Two wce girls with f-rustful faces. (Thou h t 0 night was falling fast :)‘ The ad wan ered after blossoms,‘ " Ti lthcy lost their way at last. But the Friend of little children , Kept‘their feet from dnn'ger‘s way, ‘ ‘ - '- And the star of even‘ bri htencd. As they lost the light of a . When their weary feet had failed them, - - stud the sun had left the sky, Down they sank, their arms entwining :â€" “ God will save us byand bye.” . 1 will sing. then He will hear us, Whispered soft the oldest one; Thus it was that “ Rock of Ages" Brought the trusting wands-recs home. BERT KELLY. The Oat-Threshing. A little brown old homestcuddiowered in trees, That 9 er the autumnlundscape shine afar, Burmnp‘r With amber and with cinnabar. A yellow llll-Slde washed in airy seas 0f azurc.\whcre the swallow drops and flees, Midway the slope. clear in the beaming day, A barn by many seasons beaten gray, Big With the gain of prospcrlng husbandries. I In billows round the wide red welcoming doors Highpfics the golden straw: while from within Where plods the team amid the chafl‘y din, The lopd pulsation of the thrcsher soars, Percistent as if on.th could not. let cease This cheerful proclamation of her peace. Cruan G. D. Ronun'rs. Song of the Last Wildflower. : I Tho’ the winter winds my requiem patter, As they hoop me round With a deep snow mound. And wide the leaves of my bloom they scatter Yet I do but s'ccp . In my winter kce Copper salts, according to the met/had So the wild Winds‘songis idle chatter. usual] pursued. "aseine may also be em- ploye , in which case a five er cent. solution ' My tender Shoots. they M0 spent 3nd WeoI'Y; ‘through a bath containing some 10 per cent. with a sufficient quantity 0 aniline salt and from either blood or eggs can be used in the cold. The advanta e of this new precess is said to be that the b ack is faster to rubbing f f 'Tis a long: time ago . . Since we shot from the snow, That I long for rest: But the winter‘s blosl. '4 So you must not weep for my fate. my dear-ic. For the conglof praise ‘free aniline is used at the boil; albumen 9 And me stricken woodsthevare now so dreary than when dyed without these bodies which | Why is winter lilcst’ of course, is a point well understood by the John’s Humor- trade. The minister caused a little mild excite- ment In his church one forenoon by turnin over two leaves of his sermon instead 0 one. As was to be expected, this trifling cir- oumstance was commented upon by one or two of his hearers after the service was over, audit was while looking on the humorous side of the matter that one member said to another : g “I suppose, John, that ministers are no like you or me : they canna be put not of their job if they happen to mak’ a bit mis- take.” “ No; they are there for life, or till they commit some serious error which unfits them for preaching the gospel," said John in all sincerity. “ And yet it Was touch and go wi’ oor minister the day '3" continued the first. " Nonsense. H00 due ye think that 1'" " Because he was very nearly losing his place this mornin ,” replied the frivolous one : and he in ulged in a self-satisfied chuckle notwithstanding his more serious friend’s remomtration that it was not a day for making jokes. ‘ Experience is the cream of life, but it soon witb age. « Then taken up by a heavenly lyre: I That then I hear ,- From the dying vcar~ C A sweet swan song that the \vindunpmise For the winds so drcar To a mortal car ‘ Are elliords of the harp that the spent Your D O.”- I hear the strain rise high and higher In the breaking down Of each Christmas morn ; Then. sweet and sweeter. _ In wondrous metre. "1‘15 given words by an angel choir. And I lose myself in a trance of wonder, An sink to rest 0n Earth's warm breast, As she lies. snow-manned. the cold skies under. "Pill spring and the showers Awaken those flowers Still deal to the unbound river's thunder. Joszrn D. Cnaepnx. The injury to Lieutenant Peary, the leader of the North Greenland Expedition, was caused by a peculiar accident. The steamer Kite struck a large ice-doe, and as the wheel was torn out of Ihe helmsman’s hand, it flew around with a swift revolution and struck one of the lientenant’s l fracturing both bones. Lieutenant Peary is not disheartened, however, and he hopes to be able by about May lst, when daylight again glimmers in the arctic re one, to start out on snow-shoes and go arthcr north than any other explorer has travelled. - smart and FALL FUN. Mrs. Nemmerâ€"“ How is the society here 2" Mrs. Malapropâ€"“ It is m sf cir. cumscribed Hebrews. One swallow doesn't make apt-mg, but one cold will make a seaside resort so sick that doctor’s medicine is of no avail. . " I took my husband for better or for worse," said the gamblsr‘s wife. "And you found him a better,” replied her friend. The latest Epidur- ballad is mlitled “ Be Never Cams 1:.” This is robably due to the fact that he did not l: trip ticket. . He (on the straw ride)â€"-“ Don’t you think goo had better be wrapped up in my coat t” kg: ’Yes. But hadn t you better put it on ." If Eve “ put on airs," it may be remark- ed extenuatiou that she had little else to pu on. The American hog is still excluded from France, unless he goes over disguised as a tourist. A man certainly has little to do when he spends his time trying to break down his prosperous neighbors. New rye is hi h. Old rye is not high until it gets insi e a man. Then it is fre- quently very altitudinous. Adam was the first odd fellow, but when he took Eve into partnership he ceased to be of the independent order. You may catch the mosquito And crush if on will, But the place w ere he hit \Vill be sensitive still. Hay Fever Victimâ€"“ Doctor, can’t you tell me how I can find relief from this con~ stant inclination to sneeze 2" Physicianâ€"- “ Yes sir ; sneeze !” Doctorâ€"“Did you have a heavy chill?” Fair Patientâ€"â€"" It seemed so.” Doctorâ€" “.Did your teeth chatter!" Fair Patient; “ No ; they were in my dressing case.” ‘ ‘ Gigantic Lady (to policeman)â€"-" Sir, can you not see me across the street i” Police'- man â€"“ See yez across de strate, is it 2 sure; mum, I can see yez amile ofi‘.” ' Old Bachelorâ€"“ Do you expect to marry, or do you prefer to keep your liberty, Miss van Sand ‘2” Miss Van Sandâ€"“ What a funny question l I intend to do both.” Alas, for all their ecstasy, They knew not what was best : The young man reached the front door, The old man did the rest. Ministerâ€"~“ My dear sir, you are full of whiskey. You’ll pay for it some day.” Tipplerreâ€" “ Will ‘2 Then (hic) step across the street and tell the saloon-keeper. He’ll be glad to know it." Teacherâ€"“ Tommy, man has been called the ‘ laughing animal.’ Can you mention some other attribute that raises him above uve a round- » the mere‘brute 2" Tommy Figgâ€"“ Yes’m. Heâ€"he knows how to spit.” Paresisâ€"“ The Summer girl is a great mathematician.” Sofi'edâ€"“ Is that so i” Paresis-â€"“ Yes. She multiplies our joys, divides our attentions, adds to our cares and subtracts from our incomes.” ‘ “ Pray tell me how do maidens \v00 ’2” She answered him : “ 1 don't Know how: becauseâ€"becauscâ€"aren’t you Aware they,always won’t l” J inks-â€"-“ That man does not look very yet ~ you so] million.” Winksâ€"“ Smart? He’s a genius. :He’s a great inventor.” “ You don't'say so. What did he invent ‘2” “ He invented an apple barrel that won’t hold scarcely any- t ing.” Bro. Smithâ€"W Deacon Passer must be tried for heresy.” Bro. Preyâ€"" What’s the cod deacon done ‘3” “ He wanted to bet two dollars that Pharaoh’s army would never have been drowned going across the Red Sea if they had had sense enough to wait till the tide was out. \Vifeâ€"“ Mother is oin to have her icture taken to-day.” us andâ€"“ Is she?! ay I go with her and see her having it done 2" . Wifeâ€"~“ Certainl . Why do you want to o '2” Husbandâ€"“ The photographer will tell or to look pleasant, you know and I want to see her that way for once. " “So you passed yourself as a widow while you were away, ch 2” said Mr. Briggs to‘his spouse, who, by the way, is rather good- looking. “ You ought to be ashamed of yourself but I suppose you are not. ” “ Of course, I am not, ’7 was her reply. “ I did so merely on Johnn ’3 account. You have no idea how kind alfthe gentlemen were to him.” Reporterâ€"J ‘ Now, I want all the facts about the suicide. How old‘was she '1” The Interviewedâ€"“Just nineteen,” Reporterâ€" “ H’m! Talented and all that of course. Beautiful, with Venuslike figure and hair that reached to theâ€" B the way, why did she kill herself?” The nterviewedâ€"“ Be- ' cause she knew that she was too homely to live ”. ‘ ._._.._____.._â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"- Poverty A Blessing. The Rev. Mr. Beid,.a ver pious minister, visited one of his poor paris ioncrs, who had been taken ill. When about to take his leave he held out his hand to the object of his visit. who pressed it affectionately, at the s nne time thanking the pastor for his kind solicitudc about his soul’s welfare, and in conclusion said : " God grant ye, sir, great abundance o’ poverty here, and a double portion o’t through a’ eternity." » "What!" said the astonished minister, “ do you wish me to become poor?" “ \Vi’ a’ my heart, sir,” answered the old man, seriously; “ ye ken, a hundred times an’ mair c has tauld me that poverty was a great b essin,’ an' I’m sure there‘s none I coluld wish to see better blessed than your- .e l." A solemn pause ensued. At length the minister said, with an air of touching humility ,which showed he felt the full force of the cutting reproof. ,“ Well, James, I confess I never thought seriously on that point till this moment. Poverty cannot be a blessing; It is at best a misfortune." fl Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, writing to a friend in San Francisco, from Samoa, under datoof July 16th, says there is “ a constant tumult of threatened War and massacre of the whites".in that country. 0! her husband she says : " Louis ll ridiculously well. You should see him come gallopin up from Apia, looking so well and cheery. t would do your heart good. Be it busy on ' The Wrecker’ and several short stories of island lifeâ€"depends that are very interesting," he has made a _ v .- n m 0» z-zaetuwhxszocfls o‘. .. .. coo-mu pm.“ -a . oer-mm W, a»... “v”, . pronâ€"w”... .: .__ _ ,fiflb‘. «showmanâ€"a..- .M; . aw...” .7“..- .. f : rived-â€"