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The famous Burlington butter, made in Wabcheoter county, YPa., is made from com of no special brood, simply good dairy cows, selected from the local market. They are fed clover hay. and from six to ten quart: ol good meal daily. ininl Cows need light, not only for their own health and comfort,lhut because ood butter cannot be made from the milk 0 cows kept in dark stables. Air, light, cleanliness and warmth are four essentials of a cow stable where cows are kept tor ‘pro t. The ofit from a cow depends very much upon t e start she makes at the outset of her milking period. If any mishap then occurs, it is a setback for that season, if not permanently. For this reason practice the rearing of cows for milk and butter from calfhood. If cowa are troubled with diarrhoea, give a quart of raw linseed oil containing an ounce of laudanum, is a recommendation of the Chicago Dairy Review. Change the feed, and add to her drinking water altable- spoon of pulverized nitre each day, also a uart of tea made by boiling a handful of aneed. A few rules for making good butter are : First, he very clean in milking, washing the udder and teats‘heiore beginning; use tin 'is, well scalded and clean; strain in a eep pan, about eight inches in diameter and twenty inches deep; keep the milk L- A .1 __‘-_ cool; do not allow the cream to-stand over thirty-nix hours on the milk; churn the cream thirty-six hours after skimming. and keep the cream at a. temperature of 62° be- fore churning. ”luv w..- vâ€"â€" 7- but there are sooornpanying points that assist the expert in making this selection from a number. After examining the ears feel the skin on the rump and observe that it should be soft, velvety, and fall again: to its position when the hand is removed. The hair should be fine and silky, with a yellowish cast underneath. The milk veins should be very prominent, large and uni- form in size, knotted or waved, and' the udder well balanced, _egcte_nding full to the SELECTINGâ€"A leu Comâ€"The beat sign for richness of milk is deep orange color inside the ears. Such is said to beiofalfible the bod shoving a{taxidermy to avoid w- The census of 1875 was taken when the cumuht 08 f“, "10‘ teats 9"“ “d at richest portions of these two provinces had re lat intervals. With “10 esoutcheon well been devastated and depo ulated by the do 110d. (1311de being easily rubbed there- Taiping rebellion. Since t at time there from. and the cow should be not only a good has been a 8'3“ inpouring of people from fwd“ but 3 800d drinker also. other re 'ons of the empire, especially from those (1 stricts where the famine of 1878 STOCK NOT“!- prevailed. The natural increase of popula- A good sharp fodder cutter. need at every tion has also been very great, and it would feeding. will save more than its cost, as be safe to say that these 90,000 square miles well as pay__i'or__the labor of c‘utt‘ing‘evefv have now more than 80,000,000 people. uuuvâ€" . v-â€" rear, and min tor‘vkaéd in front: The bones should be fine, the eye mild and expressive the bod showing a tendency to avoid ac. cumulet ng fat, the‘ tents even and at regular intervele. with the__eeout_e_he9n_well "v--.â€" ("J season. All the con-as food should be passed through the fodder- cutter. . Much of the profit of the farm this year will come from the pigs. The pig for proâ€" fit is the pig that grows from the start and keeps on growing every week, and every dey in the week, and every hour in the day, never stopping for Sabbath: or the first of July. -- v _V'. To do this it must be good stock and be well fed. The "side table” must be used freely. Plggy’e aide stable is simply a pen into which none of the older hogs can enter, where atleut twice a day he find- some slop, Me 9! pend-09:33,} little corn, and a little oil meal, and all the sweat milk available, and fed always sweet. A good thing is to sink your elop barrel in the and its full length and keep it covered. 1: will not sour under thirty-six home. With this, and liberal feeding of tb» dams and lenty oigood grass, pigs will .mke a rapi growth and be read when inc new corn in ready, and both wil go in'n nurket at a pmflt.â€"[Fatm Journal. If {Armor- more generally realized to what. tn extent the size and value of their cattle. and the profit in raising them, do- ded on the way in which calves no cared {cordon-lug yho figut six n_.onths,_ there would be more pains taken to keep these growin from the start. A calf that is neglecte and ntinted in its food durin the first month: of its life, will almost a ways show the effect; of it ever afterwards, and seldom recover even under the beat of care, so as to reach the size and weight that it would had it received proper treatment at the outset. Better sell the calf for veal than attempt to raise it without giving it the care it needs. Calves should be taught to out as early as pcuible. so the milk ration m1 ha supple- mented by other food that will insure s ro- pid .wth. Shorts, ground onto, or barlo mea , with a little oll-cnko meal and goo hay will soon be eaten muirlly by the cnlvoa and hoop the n in n healthy. thriit com“. tion. They should also he nilowml plenty of exorciso on a good patsturo.«-{ National Live Stock Journal. Old strawberry bade, now past their use- fulnoss, an) genom‘ly in prime condition for the pMonof u fine crop of late oabbageo, Guinea-var. "at and nn. 0! the uim lo tumor (an. lush Ind ml k. the wholuotue diet 01 the 1m to pure Ind quiet I cm: the min: 01 um. thaw I Get thee hence Dolmonloo ! on. yo modem vhndu flu. A “Manda (aunt! Gino me bw'x the table bruit! With its bowl: to clan And white. Iron spoon- ln hund- so msntul. I“): I0 lunuioun, by the paint l 011.“. fields 0! golden main I 0!: 010 hdoyon tunic leU E Nibbiosgpllorln nuwng .uk. , _ -n _.....|. .â€"A .nlllr‘l "aw-vu- __ .V, WM k'now yovol inuih-md-mllk ‘! Once Again In foreign land! 0'" my bowl. I clap my hands. Giving! flunk- thnt. u o! yore. luah-and-milk I can once more. Oh. the my check: It (we I Oh. the If"). I0 utmn and brave I flu! huddullk has n; the Intent 0! the cation and tha greatest. Countrymcn, u yo no wise. From thetawn turn on your eyes. Vile Iymn tug-rely. ghyng 5nd brawl, w uv .. nu _..â€"1 _ And an seem-'1; bi’déihox. OI! to the handy life of old ; 0! w thelfiolda of green and gold ; 803k ugglu the $me wwa. _A AL- __-I_.. lav- â€".â€" _-V._r -V low the modem. hoe the unite, PARK. Husband-Milk- DAIRY Norms. “ARDEN NOTES. molllom, turnip}. colony. winch l\ “WIIUW. Wquy-o vv-v-J , :1 thlpl 0th! gudcu mp0. 1‘. 3.0wa crop o_f_ mum-.mgy y¢ factory o! powwo- my on such has» I! planted in t this month. A sucoaldel poultry-raiser feeds wheetin the morning, barley et noon and wheat in the evonin . In addition?» the barley-he gives the s ops sud refuse from the kitchen other bolflng it. The wheel; gives a. rich yellow color to the yolks which is so much desired in the oitgv where eggs are sold in retell markets. The two demoyln «elements with young turkeys we on food and the morning dew. They should not be given food thst is uncooked for the first few weeks. Old breed soaked in show milk is best. Next comes Indian men! pudding. In these asses the food is swollen all it oeu'be 'before taken into the crop. One of the most valuable articles of food for young turkeys tie onions chopped fine. They should have all they want and often. The to s use as good as the bulbs. If the reader lines to see little turkeys have 3 good time, feed them some chop (1 onions. Pounded crockery is also once lent. 'If it were uotgood for them they would not eat itso rea 'Iy. After they have grown so thata little uncooked deal will not injure them, uncooked corn is recommended, or small grains, like wheat and buckwheat. They will soon beso large as to need no speck! watching. The population of China has been a mat~ ter of much discussion and doubt among foreigners. It has been claimed that the fi urea of the Chinese census are much too hfgh. There is, however, no known reason why the oflicials of that country should ex- aggerate their population. There is no dis. puting the fact that the ' means existing there for arriving at an accurate census are most ample. Every heuse must have a list of its inmates hung at its door, and a viola- tion of this is visited wimpunishment. The imperial and local tax re based in part in u the numbers of the people. The most iflicultfiax imposed upon the pro- vincial rulers is the furnishin the amounts of money demanded by the mperial-Gov- ernment, and any excessive census return would only increase that difficulty. It is only aiair presumption that if the census returns are incorrect they are too small rather than too large. The census of 1875 gave the population of the emp re at 435,! 00,000. Since that time Tonquin has been lost, with several million people, and Kashgaria has been reco uered. Among no eople with any degree 0 civil; ization is t e birth rate so high as in China, and, although the death rate in the densely crowded districts is very great, there is every reasan to presume there are now 450,- 000,000 people in China. These-figures represent more than one third of the population of the lobe. It is a. greater population than that 0 all Europe, and three times the number of people on the western continent. Even at these enormous figures the average number of people to the square mile for the whole em ireâ€"85â€"is got so high as in some perts o the United tates. - In the great mountain ranges, on the arid plains of Kashgaria and the snowy regions of Mongolia and Manchuria the pulation is sparse, but in the eight centralxprovinces of China properâ€"in the fertile, alluvial soilsâ€"the population is denser and more crowded than in any other region of equal extent on earth. The villages there are almost beyond enumeration, and the num~ bers of walled cities incredible to those who have not seen them. In the two Kisng rovinces, at the mouth of the Yangtz iver, with an area. of 90,000 square miles, the population in 1875 was 72,000,000, and there were 125 walled cities. Bulgaria, the little country in Europe which we hear so much about of late, is a veritable rose garden in itself. In no part of the world. says Vick's Magazine, has the cultivation of the rose come so near per- fection as in this small state, and, although the soil and atmo here of the country has much to do with t e success of‘ the work, the native inhabitants have made such a long and cagefulstudy of the plant and its needs that the have 'creetcd wonders out of their fields 0 blooming roses. As is well known. the flownrs are own there for the nrpose of extracting t e preoione aroma Known as “utter of rose," but this oircnml stance does not detract in the least from the eppeerenoe of the roses. The bushes require considerable care and attention, and they are seldom allowed to attain a height of over six In the great rose gardens where the flowers are raise for manufacturing the ‘ attar of rose," the bushes are seldom grafted or bud: ded. The roots forming the bushes of a oung rose garden are taken from the old hashes and carefully burned with plenty of manure. where they send up youn shoots. These reach their full rowth fn about five yv-rs, and for flteen years will yield I-‘r e crops of roses. When an old hen! gins to fall the bgshes_ are feet. cut ‘ uwsy and new shoots allowed to spring up, or the whole field plowed u sud note from another bed set out' in the r place. A successful rose-grower keeps several roee gardens at all times in different sto es of development, so that when one garden ge- glns to be unproductive another one is obout ready to come ln. These roses blossom lo the letter part of May. when all the neigh- lmrhood is employed in licking them and getting. them to the distillery. . a In addition to the great industr of ex- treating the precious aroma from t e roses, the inhabitants of Buigsriu make quite a business of cxportin rose slips and roots to difl‘crent countries. he facility with which the roses grew in the fertile valleys of that countrK makes it a profitable business to misc t e bushes for nnrkct. The cuttings for buds are sent hundreds of miles, packed in long mss and surrounded with straw disposed ongitudinslly. Population \of china. A Land of Roses. Povu'u News. 'w awo- in yet be grow: granted in t :0 early wt of which wd fives All“!- Pvnx All. AT Mustâ€"The season of the year is spprosching in which doors end mn- dows sre ususlly closed, and the nutter of re sir becomes one of serious importsnoe. ring the dsy, the sic of living-rooms is pretty eertsin to he chsnged more or less by the frequent opening of outside doors. Dur- ing the night. however. not infrequent! sll outside openings us tightly closed, on the occupsnte oi sleeping-rooms might elm-t ss well plsce themselves for the eight or ten sleeping hours of night in so sir-light box. In the morning, persons who thus deprive themselves of lifegiving oxygen, the greet necessity of life, swskp unreireshed and dispirited, lsn id, psle snd week, with hesdsohe, gidd use, no smtite..snd_msny oth r gmptoms of foul Poisoning. in whi h 0 system hss Men subjected. This seoounts for s very in e t. of- the colds and other forms of phys cs wretchedness, of which s good msuy oomplsin st this sesson of the your, ’s‘ndvhieh‘ is‘eYdinstily sseribsd to the ehsnge of season. The system is till- nun- Disonban or Dietsuomâ€"All the vital functions are more or less preemies of com. bustion, and they are subject-to laws simi- lar t) those which regulate the burning of :eoal in our fireplaces. The reason why we allow our fires to burn low or go out alto- ‘gether, 'is that'We put on thomueh coal or that we allow them to be smothered in ash- es. ~ It is the child who hes the fire from the top to break the c and make it burn faster : the wise man lies it from below, so as to rake out the es and allow free ac- cess of oxygen. And so it is with the func- tions of life, only that these’being less understood, many a man acts in re rd to them as a child does to the fire. T 0 man thinks that his brain is not acting because he has not supplied it with sufficient food. He takes meat three times a day, and beef tea, to supply its wants, as he thinks, and puts in a poker to stir it n in the shape of a glass of sherry or a dip tom the brandy bottle. And yet, all the time, what his brain is suffering from is not lack of fuel, but accumulatieh of ash, and the more he continues to cram himself with food and to supply himself with stimulants, althou h they. may help bim,for the moment, t e worse he ultimately becomes, just as the child breaking the coal may cause a tempo~ rary blaze, but allows the fire all the more quickly, to becomesmothered in ashes. It would seem that vital processes are much more readily arrested by‘the accumulation of waste products within the organs of the body than by the want of nutriment of the organs themselves. V r of a few fever etms [I all sufficient. to Bring on a. violenp i new, by uniting 63-0 to the ed with lmpu rities u u result of deficient oxygenationpu of the blood, and so the bod becomes. in a hi 1: de 0e, 13qu tibia to Al carnage of_ vital malice. “Tue reception fever breeding um at with winch the an. sues are filled; u t e result of deficient nir cleansing. Ventilation of living rooms is of great importance at all times. but the sup- ply of anrunple n ount 9! fresh air toeleep- Lug-rooms, is doutgly important dating the hours of sleep. Colnn Bin-mimâ€"The use of cold water ass ath or or inn-y put-pone: is 1 re- actionary. The cold bath in onward, or even‘safe, when it produces a rapid return of the blood‘to the surface immediately after the first impression made. whether by im- mersion or “fusion. The surface must quickly redden, hnd there must be a low of heat. If ithcsecfi'ecpa‘arg not_npid y un- parent, cold bathing is bad; and no such ei- ects are likely to be produced unless the circulation be vigorous and both the heart and blood vessels are healthy. Great mis~ takes are made and serious risks are often incurred by the unintelligent use of the cold bath by the iveakl or unsound. Moreover, it is necessary to er in mind that there is seldom much energy to spare after middle age, and it is seldom expedient for persons much over forty to risk cold bathin . No one above that age should use the tu quite cold unless under medical advice. It ispos- sible to he apparently robust, and, for all the average purposes of life, healthy, and yet to have such disabilities arising out of organic disease or weakness as to render the recourse to heroic measures, even in the matter of cold bathing, perilous. Cunn run Bonnrnmmâ€"Take the juice of the leaves of rue, one tablespoouful ; od, strong soft son , one tsblespoonful; en the juice of one re onion; theees three articles should be thoroughly mixed, then add a piece of slum end a. piece of copperas, each the size of a small marble, finely pulverized ; when the whole has been yel mixed it is ready for application, by nriog it into a soft, thin leather beg or or cloth to fit the diseased member, but not very tight, let it remain on till euppuretion or scattering tslSes piece. The time it takes this compo- sition to produce euppurstio‘n depends on the length of time the elon has been _in pro- french" 7761;} ii Qii‘lfigronenlly nmove the .pul tom the bone in the course of two hours, when the sufl‘ering will cease. Don N013: Pnouon Smartâ€"A writer in the Scientific American says that there is no better sleep guard than machinery. A person hnving a spring oneltptrio or water motor to run her Bowing machine need only remove the needle. place the machine near the tlent, and let it run. The infant or inva id would soon become accustomed to it. Time will the sewing machinc new or knit up “ the raveled Ileeve of care”â€"â€"-one atroke more than its manufacturers have hitherto claimed for it. The latest novelty in surgery is the trons. \ planting of hair from n Newfoundland dog‘ to the bald hood of 9 men. This remuku is (Vltion was recently performed ib‘ ow ork, in the” one of 3 young men who had lost his halr'by being overcome with as in n chemical loborotory and foliin with his head so near the fire that his see p wns dostro ed. After his recovery from the ion il noes which followed the accident, his hen was ashore and smooth as n hillisrd hall. The operation consisted in scrapin tho man's scalp, then loosin a section o the dog‘s skin, with one em of the piece still stisched to the snimnl. The dog was then fastened in such a manner that he could only Inovo his head. Then the do was placed nonr the. head of tho utiont mu tho section of skin fustonod to i in head by {moons of ndhofiive pinstor, bandages. etc. After remaining thus for A Week the sootion of dog skin grow inst in the man‘s head and tho pioce was nolmmtod from the dog. It required thirteen such 0 mrations to cover the hood with rich curly mlr. Transplanting llalr. Ilfllfl‘lo Tm: Wonw‘s Cannon. The report of the Deputy Master of the British Lint‘containe a statement of the coin~ ego of gold and silver for 1886 et the chief mint. of the world. By this it appears that the totsl' net nmount of new coinego udded to the existing circulation in am ya; ms, in gold, $80,561,020. end )3 diver. “26.320380. Of this lstter amount newly 852,000 000wu coined in India, 830.000.000 in this country, and $27,000,000 in “nice. The Indian coin: e ‘ris shoot 80 per oeu‘t. Quote: than for t e prmdini our. 1‘» told not increase of coined gal . ucoeldin'g to the eatimste of the Econmiot. at London, In nbout 2; per cent. ; the increiee 0'! the cdned (liver wn shout 4} per cent. This is on the hash of s present‘fiimnted mount 0! cdnedégd of 83.200. .000 and of silver offlfiw. ,- 000, or, in ell. ”MflOOflOOof colh.‘ Though these timsteei ere. necesesrily very far {mm .Egge tramwmhw. t afford no groun or nppre enslon us to ‘e'efl‘ect of inndequata circuletin medium. And it must be remunhmd'ast if the modern economy in the uctusl use of money be token intonansldeqtqu the sunny of cur- LL‘_ ’A ' Forum-nos or rnBLSTA-rm. , The popoiltion of the Unired States at the resent iuie is estimated at 61,700,000, of w ich number about 10.450000 are eup- posed to be"f6r'eign-'born. In 1860 the pro- portion of forei .born was 14.5 per cent. ‘in 1870 it weal Lam bent" and thi‘ year it is estimtwd “”6!!! per cent, othc immi- gration from all sources for the year 1886- 87 being put at 510,000. In an article in the July qum', ;P§<_Jf. Hall; Bojeien‘dis- 70 barréll :71 I.“ w,vvv Pvtuuw, Invauvâ€"nâ€"a â€"vâ€"â€"â€"u~-_ tore; “other fruits of all kinds, 2' 000 pounds to the cnr. They are now builéing care of 40,00010 69,000 pounde‘ca ncity, in which 500‘boxea of oranges can be oaded. the July Forum, ;P£of . H'. boyee'en uls- cusses the dangers of unrestricted Immigra- tion. He argues that the time has come when the {Roblem should be met, and he proposes to restrict. immigration to certain specified eludes. Cmmcuxs m mm UNITED STATES. Chulfied by denominations the Metho- dists léad.‘ with 4, 532, 658 members. The Roman Catholics ome next with about 4 000, 000. "Thee {gnaw the Bap tints with 3 726. 020 , Preabyterians 1 092, 436; Ln- bhnrnnu “Oh 220- (‘nnarnmhnnn’hstai’ 436. - {SEEM 9'2‘o,33o‘ E'Congregzstionslists, 436,.' 370, and Episcopalians, 430,531. The largest pnmpin engine in the world is et Friedensville, _f s., used to pump water out of a. zinc-‘mine. . It was ’ built at Merriek’s foundry, Philadelphia, in 1870, at: 00st .qf nearly $1,000,000. Its parts were so warmth“ all the bridges sleng the line of the‘ orth Pennsylvania r‘nilroed, from Phil-dolphin. to Center Valley, were s hened to insure egtinst accident. Its cylin er hss s‘ diameter of 110 inches; the fist/on rod is fourteen inches in diameter. t hes a stmke of twelve feet, and in one minute forces over 20.000 gallons of water, or 30.000.000 gallons daily, out of the mine to 3 height of 130 feet. From St. Peteradewn to Leo XIII there have been 258 Popes. Of these, 82 m venerated as stints. 83 Were martyred, 104 were netives of Italy, 14 were Frenchmen, 9 Greeks, 7 Germans, 5 Asiatics, 3 Africans, 3 Spaniards, 6 Delmstiens. One wss 5 Hebrew, l e Tbrsoisn, 1 e Hollander, l e Portuguese, 1 a. Candiot and 1 an English. and proc'uro it. and mourn it. “ hen he had secured the cash he went to other bunkers to make 3 deposit. The second house refused to acwpt ‘the money end eposlt until he hed ¢ leined to them in the fullest manner whete e got it. They never had so large a d it made in cash at one time. They won! not acceptitwithout hnowingwhere it came from, and looked 0? him with an: icion for having so much cash in his possess on until he hnd exp hifibd the circumstances of his business. Of course the Bank of lung land had money enough to men such a check or a_ much larger one, the same.“ the United States trans!" would be able to meet a great demand. at the fact that. £68,000 should boa stumper for two of the biggest. banking establishments of London indicates how small a part actual cash plays in the business transactions of AL- .1-.. | House drains may be kept sweet by pour in comm-as water down every few weeks Cfiofldo of lime is an excellent disinfectant the diy.‘ Big Bank Checks. STATISTICS. hla glor , there was a grand gala production at the Brand Opera. How my rolgni king; and Kiowa occupied the bozo: tn balconie- lt impossible for me to «flunk ; the may not: usually occupied bx the claqueun were filled with nobleman. Tbg Princess Borfheee, sister of the Emperor, the beautlfu cud accomplilhod l'sullno aparkled in her box, eclipslng all wound her by the a leudour of her loveliness, u the sun does ta ntellltoa by the brillllnoy of its rpya.“ On hgr nec_k Ibo yore s geck- Inc, the diamonds and massive rle of which, intertwined and blended w th tren- ecendent art, at!“ further enhanced her in- oomnmble brilliancy. When the entemd her x there wee a. murmur of generel ed- mlretion. The Imperiel box 0 ned in it- tnrn, end the maker of the wor eppeered, saluted b these kin end princes with e logmideb e cry 9! “ we I: Qanenur!" “ It was gener‘llg remsrked that the Em- press seemed ups is to take her e es off her sister- in low, end s peered tobe ssclnsted, deulod, like the c or oecupsnts of the vest auditorium, with the marvellous brilliancv of the machine. Suddebli the box of the Princes Ber heso open and e young msior reseuged himself, wearing the bril- liant b ue and silver uniform of the sides- do “mt of the Emperor 's stsfl'. “ Ber Ms- jest o Empress, p"maid he, bowing low. mires the wonderful necklace worn by your im rial hifihness, ind has expressed the “VG iest do to to examine it closo." ' This episode occurred toward the middle of the second set. The cnlr‘ acld come dud poised ems Â¥. The third act concluded in tsturn. he fourth not come and passed. and the outortsinment concluded, yet still neclgleoe was not returned. ho- Princess Bor hose took this for s chsracteristic freak o Msris Louise’ s Next did, hgqeveg‘flhe-sskod if the-neokls‘ce lied pleased the Empress, and whether she had found the setting and arrangements of the jewels » to her taste. The Empress was thunder-truck. for the had not seen it; ahd had sent no ofiicer for it as described. Ne- poleon deig‘ned to mix himself up in the affair. He had the names of all the stafl ofiicers on duty the preceding evening ascer- tained. And then, one by one, under some text or other, he had them called before ‘s sister. She did not recognize one of them. They summoned the Prince of Otran- te, Minister of Police. A long council was held. Everything possible was done, but in vain. The unfortunate Bouch was ready to tear his hair in despair. He had set his keenest ‘bloodhonnds at work. His'best de- tectives were literally run 03 their legs with- out result. As to their Imperial master, .he was literally bubbling over with rage, and was almost on the int of thrashing his chief of police. But neither the necklace (which was worth nearly $1,000,000) nor the ands..- oious thief was e'ver éeen'agai'n. “ Hawthorne waited for moods," says the Earth, “ and mounted his tower stairs for composition only when the fit was on him. Dusky rocessions constantly moved about him as e Walked his piny hill-top, but his characters rarely spoke to him until he had looked his study door and shut out all ingress from the world of living beings. AnthonyTrollope. whose novels Hawthorne firefly del' hted in, wrote every day regu- l} , when e was engaged on a new story, a given number of manuscript pa es be- ‘fore twelve o'clock. and smiled at t e idea ‘of waiting until he ‘felt like writing.’ Thackeray was constantly studying char- acter, and his observation was unceasing. His eyes were on the alert in the street, in the club, in societ , everywhere. I remem- ber one evening e whispered to me in a brilliant drawing-room : 'How I envy you fellows who are not in my place. and are not obliged to utilize professions“ all these fine creatures for our next nave .' Dickens .was at one time so take): possession of by the characters of whom: he was writing that they followed him everywhere, and would not let him be alone for a moment. He told me that when he was writing the ‘Old Curiosity Shop' the creatures of is imagina- tion so haunted him that they would neither allow him to sleep nor eat in peace ; that Little Nell was constantly at his elbow, no matter where he might be, claiming his at- tention and sympathy as if jealous when he spoke to any one else. When he was writ- ing ‘ Martin Chuzzlewit’ Mrs. Gamp kept him in such_paro:_:ysm_s of laughter by whis- cup of ooflee with you wnue we were wait- ing fot the train. I didn't like the way on asked me. Keep quiet.' I have the 00:. at Half an h u: before you said to Mr. I" r :J‘COme,‘ ’a eta cigar,’ and away you went, hol in arm and not givin him a chance to ac e. When we met ohn O‘Howdy on our way to luncheon on said :â€"‘Juat m time, John ; come take unch with us.’ And then tonight, when we found the trainan hour late, you look- ed at your watch, tufned to me, and said [in a queetioning way :â€"‘ Would you like a cup of coiled? And I did want it ; I wu ‘ tired and a little hun , but I would have fainted before I Won (1 have accepted such an invitation. And you Went away a little bit. vexed with me and had your _c9_fl:eo and poring to him in the moat inopportune plwoaâ€"soxtetimea even in churchâ€"that he wal compelled to fight her off by main force when he did not want her company." Mr. Burdetto insists that he overheard a women lecturing her husband as follows on board a min :--“Now I'll tell you why I wouldn’t 0 into the restaurant and have a eup 9! 00_ ee with you while we were wait 0n_o ovenfing when Napoleon}. wu_ ln__dl breed and butter by yourself and didn’t en- joy it very much. In effect you said tome : -â€"‘ If yon‘Wsnt a cup of coffee, if you really want it, I will bu it for you.’ You are the best husband n the world. but do as nearly ill the best husbands do. Why do you man seem to dole things out to your who: when you fairly throw them to the men you know 2 Why don‘t you invite me heartily “you invite them? Why don't you say, ‘ Come, let's get a little colTec and something,’ and take me right along with you? I on wouldn’t say to a men, ‘ Would on like me to gound buy you n. Cl 515 ?‘ hen why do you always issue your ittlo invitations to treats in that way to me? Indeed, indeed, my dear husband, ii men would only not toward their wives ns hearti- ly, eordis ly, frankly as they do tnwnrd the ‘men whom they nmet, they would find cheerier companions at home than they i could at the club." The Princess heckiaoo. Didn‘t Ask “or Right. Habits 01 Authors.