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- TJfce high-born Princess Hilgft dn. »t ^ ; -M. Awl Out the youth to* ••"***« 1Mb £ nrinff auick at errands, skilled In eonff, je«t with him she thought no wrong. • fi« imi «o it chanoed one summer day, At <*«*», to "while the time away, > i v ' The page and Princess sat at play. At length she said. " To play for .< f Cs only sport to labor brought ,s;; 60 let a wager guerdon thought." * | He answered, " Lady, uanghthsve t ^ i Whoee worth might tempt sPrincess high ̂ Her uttermost of skill to try." « And yet this ruby ring," she said, « ril risk against the bonnet red With gnow-whWe plume that browns Ityhwd. " And should I win, do not forget, 1 Or should I lose, whichever yet, ru take my due, or pay my debt." 4«wl eo they played, as sanfe the aua,; ; Bet when lie game they played was tone Xh* page's cap the princess won. -* jfy diamond necklace," then she oM, It! match agaiuut thy greatest prid^ , The brand held pendent at thy side." " No* indeed," exclaimed Annie, toss­ ing her head ; " Fm not a baby." 4 Annie, with a last hurried glanoe in Ifche gloss, hastened below, and, aa the iwniage drove to the door, she was cau­ tioned again and again to be extremely careful. Taking her seat, she was driven ,«way at a rattling pace. Amved at her destination, the office >f the gentleman holding the money in rust, Annie was ushered in by a clerk. seGood morning, Mr. Alger!" she .uwi ims't! • i pered glal bravs, lire," « • «* -ai it wnii , If tlir' •$*•••*«< ji Ti.itV" "Hot so," he said; " that ton; Borne oft by noble hands and Tkj me my dying father gave. only for a true man's touch, ?' I hold it dear and prise it much-- Ko diamond nocklacc mates with i « Bat, though my father's ghost be wroth, ru risk the weapon, nothing loth, Against thy love and virgin troth." Reddened her cheeks at this in ir&, Thifrdaughter of a royal sire. And. flashed those eyes of hers like fire. "Hiy words, bold youth, shall work thee ill! Thou canst not win against my skill, bat I can punish at my will. "Begin the game; that hilt so line Shall nevermore kiss hand of thine, Kor thou again be page of mine I" Answered the page: " Do not forget, »win or lose, whichever yet, take my due, or pay my debt. » knA let this truth the end record : I itt to-day my father's sword TO be no more thy page, but lord." Down sat the pair to play once more, Hope in his bosom brimming o'er, fiwi hara with pride and anger sore. From square to square the bishops crept, The agile knights eccentric leapt. The castles onward stately swept. Pawns fell in combat one by one; Knights, rooks, and bishops could not shun Their fate before that game waa done. Wen fought the battle was, I ween. Until two castles and a queen Guarding the kings alone were seen. '«Check!" cried the Princess, all elate; "Check!" cried the page, and sealed the fate Of her beleaguered king, with--" mate!" The Princess smiled, and said: " I lose, Kor can I well to pay refuse-- Fkw my possessions pick and choose. "Or diamonds bright, or chests of Or strings of pearls of worth unto! These may be thine to have and hr w #T costly robes to feed thy pride. Or coursers such as monarchs ride, Or castles tall, or manors wide-- *' Any or all of such be thine; But. save he spring from royal line, No husband ever can be mine." „ M Kor jewels rich, nor lands in fee, Steeds, robes, nor castles, pleasure me; "W»y love and troth be mine," said he, Wor shalt thou lack of state and pride Wher seated crowned thy lord beside, As Knut the King of Denmark's bride! f gold Did, old; , j " Bing marriage bells from sun to sun, *" And tell the gossips, as they ran. How Sweden's Princess has been won." • --Appletona' Journal for JTovember. jam • < • BILL'S ADVENTURE. .»!;• "SLIPPERY itr.i.i '*/ *> • *1 Three sisters, Jane, Maria and Annie •**Mr?ifMfcall, lived in a small bat comforta- We cottage situated just within the sub- ,,;Pfbe of Milford. Their mother had U « .•w ' f, ^ed some three years previous, leaving ,,k|iiem means far too meager for their sup , port They had, therefore, to seek a -livelihood as best they could. Jane, the «tdest, had turned tier musical talents to good account, and had become a popular #L*fnjuad sought-after teacher; while Maria 1" |ud found employment in a retail cloth­ ing establishment. Annie, the youngest .*!* i W the three, kept house, and, by making line embroidery and fanoy work of vari oas kinds, had earned many small sums „ of money. By their diligence and economy they • ..bad not only Ml untouched the sum be- •:,h ippealhed by theis mother--their father 1 li fted died many years before--but had jjtvtr^^&led it cach year until it amounted more than £60g. With this sum • they intended to purchase a house their own, and thus save the rent they -wroee paying. ^ ^ . For weeks they tramped from place to M^Vv^laoe, looking at the various dwellings ̂'Offered for sale, and had at last made up "•*" minds to buy a" nice, cozy little •ij.plaoe, situated but a short dhftance from niiieir present home. I The arrangements for the purchase of v- \he house were completed, and the sis- • I' : ten had begun to pack up their house­ hold goods preparatory to removal. The • ' money belonging to them was in the -•custody of friends, who had lent it out &t interest for their benefit. It was ;agreed that Annie should call for this -money, she being at liberty, and pay for 'the house therewith, or as much as was required. For this purpose a carriage Jfl Chad been engaged, and the three sisters * were now awaiting its arrival. . " Now be careful, Annie," warned -Jane, turning from the window; "be •careful you don't let the money out of iftftgfemr hands until you give it to Mr. Bur- .̂ hard, and get the deed." * J. *'9* ^°n t 156 afraid," assured Annie, •who was looking in the mirror, and ar­ ranging the set of her wee bit of a bon- f j»r t>! net; "don't be afraid. 1 can take good **'•* car©of that." " I should hope so," said Maria, help- |i wftvj? ing Annie witli her cloak ; "O, wouldn't <36 "Tf.*- || jje awful if vou should lose it! "Ha, ha! laughed Annie, gayly; " the idea! How can I lose it? I shall the best of care, I assure you. •"Well, you'll make haste back, won't -you, Annie? " said Jane; "because we bought to go to Mann & Oo.'s to see N»t II** ; .7 . MZJL- !> mm t .?• • V&4, B -j* '* *•> L^dtabout getting that new carpet." <«Yes," answered Annie; "I'llmake Wh»ete home. But don't you think I had Abetter stop and look at that new set at £ »g9 We ought to buy a brand- new set of things for our sitting-room, hadn't we, Maria?" " Yes, indeed," replied Maria; " and Ha want some nice pictures for the "wills, too, and I shall look for some the , first opportunity I get." "Vfeil; here comes the carriage, laaid line, who/was on the watch at the window. "Hadn't I better let my en- ; gagement go, Anixie, dear, and accom ';mqt wml" » . WIT "Ah, good morning, Miss Maskall!" responded Mr. Alger, looking up from jhis papers. " Gome after yonr money, teh?" Yes, sir,"replied Annie; "I'm jnst going to pay for our new house." ""^ell, I haven't the monevhere, but, las you are known at the bank, 111 draw 'you a check;" and Mr. Alger, taking down his check-book, wrote the required i iorder and handed it to Annie. A check Ifor the sum of £700. As the house was : !to cost but £600, Annie was to pay that ' sum for a de6d of th© place, and retain the remainder for household expenses. " Shall I send a clerk with you, Miss Maskall?" inquired Mr. Alger; "that's quite a sum for a young lady to handle." " Oh, no !" cried Annie, blushing ; " there's not the slightest need. I shall be very careful. Good-day, _ sir!" and Annie, going to her carriage, was driven to the B---- bank. Presenting the check to the cashier of the bank, he glanced at her, recognized her with a pleasant word, and, counting out the required snnf, handed it across the counter. Annie, clutching the notes tightly in her hand, hastened down the high steps, and, taking her seat in the carriage, was giving directions to be taken to Mr. Burchard's, when a clerk, bareheaded and with a pen behind his ear, hurried down the steps, and, before the coach­ man had time to start his horse, was at the carriage door and accosted Annie. " I beg your pardon, ma'am, but we neglected to take the numbers of those notes ; if you will allow me a moment," and, stretching out his hand, he took the roll of notes, and hurried back into the bank, leaving Annie waiting for his return. Annie waited a few minutes, and then grew impatient. With an indefinable fear in her heart she hurried away to the cashier of the bank. "Axethe notes ready for me?" she asked. " Notes, notes--what notes ?" inquired the eashier, in surprise. "Why, I--I--gave the notes you let me have to a clerk, who said he wished to take the numbers of them." "Gave them to a clerk?" cried the cashier, astonished. "Y-yes sir," almost crying. " Then you are robbed!" exclaimed the eashier. And taking in the situation of affairs from the disjointed remarks of Annie, he consulted with the manager of the bank as to the best means to be employed to catch the thief. Annie sank in a chair in despair; she felt as if her heart would break. Here, after all the cautions not for one moment to let the money out of her hand, she had lost it--lost it, perhaps, beyond hope of recovery. The people of the bank questioned her closely regarding the manner in which her money was taken, how the thief looked, dressed, etc. Annie, with tear- wet eyes, answered as best she could, and waa promised that every effort would be made to catch the thief and recover the money, but it was probable, seeing he had such a start, having without doubt at once slipped out at a side door, that it would be a long time before any­ thing would turn up regarding him. " I am exceedingly sorry for your mis­ hap," condoled the manager, "and 1 shall spare no expense in trying to ferret out the rascal." "An ingenious fellow, whoever he was," observed the cashier; "the idea of representing himself as a bank clerk wasn't bad;" and the official chuckled at the cunning of the rogue. Annie tried to dry her tears, and with a sad face and aching heart returned to the carriage and gave orders to be driven home. Sh* had never before met with such a misfortune, and it completely up­ set her. To think, too, that she had given the money to the man with her free will, as it were. She could not re­ strain her tears, but cried dbftly to her­ self all the way home. She dreaded to meet her sisters, and thought how great­ ly they would blame her. On arrival, she found both Jane and Maria at home, and waiting for her. " Have you the deed all right, Annie ?" cried Jane, as soon as Annie had en­ tered. And then, seeing her sorrowful face, she cried, " Why, Annie, what is it f you have it, haven t you ?" "Oh, Jane!" cried Annie, throwing herself on her sister's breast and sob­ bing grievously; "Oh, don't blame me; don't, please, I can't bear to hear you. -I hav« lost the money 1" " Lost the money !" cried Maria, her face growing pale; " why, Annie!" "O^, dear!" moaned Jane, looking sorrowfully on Annie, "how could you, Annie, oh, how could you, when we told you to be so careful ? Oh, dear!" "Oh, don't scold me, Jane; please don't," sobbed Annie, piteously. " I-- I--didn't mean to, you know. Y--you see I got it from the bank, but, just when I waa driving off a young man, bareheaded and with a pen behind his ear, looking the very image of a bank clerk, stepped up and said that they had forgotten to take the number of the notes, and so--so I--I--gave them to him. Oh, Jane, I thought, of course, it was all right, he spoke so simply. Oh, what shall we do ?' » The sisters mourned grievously for their loss, but generously forbode chid­ ing Annie. Indeed, they saw that she was really quite ill in consequence of the occurrence. And before evening Annie had to be put to bed, and a doctor summoned to her, who found her in a raging fever. For days and weeks Annie was con­ fined closely to her bed, and. as there was no one to take care of her, Maria gave up her situation and remained at home, nursing and doing the house­ work. Their money gone,, and only Jane earning anything wherewith to pay their increasing expenses, they were at last obliged to let a part of their house. This them, Maria procured a girl to assist hir, and posted in Hie front window a notice, " Furnished Apartments." " O, Annie!" cried Maria, one after­ noon, bursting into the room where An­ nie lay, " we've just get another lodger. A young man this time, and such a handsome one!" " Don't be ' soft' on him, Maria," said Annie, smiling; " though I suppose, of course, he is perfect." "He looks so," said Maria. "He says he is from home, and has only just arrived. He told me that he wishes to keep very quiet on account of a near relative of his, who is trying to find him, and destroy him, in hopes of succeed­ ing to a large property." " Pshaw !" said Annie, contemptuous­ ly. se I uon't believe it. It's too romantic by half." " Well, of oourse I don't know how much truth there is in it," said Maria, rather dubiously. "Anyhow, he wants to remain unknown. He's lodg­ ing across the way at Mr. Beach's." "Well, see that he pays you in ad-, vanoe. I should judge from your ac­ count that he is as likely as not to be a swindler, a regular lodging-house thief --they all tell some such stories." A few days later Annie was sufficient­ ly well to rise from her bed and walk about the room. She was still quite weak, but some of her old spirits shone in her eyes, and the loss of the money was gradually fading from her daily thought. The young gentleman seemed to have made himself quite agreeable, for Maria became rather shy and silent when he was the subject of conversation. And Annie often wondered where Maria went after the morning's work was done. When, however, she was spoken to about it Maria laughed and said she was out marketing; but Annie strangely sus­ pected that Maria was out promenading with the new lodger. One morning Annie thought she was strong enough to go down to the break­ fast-table. So, dressing herself neatly and giving an added puff to her hair in view of the fact that she was then to see the lodger for the first time, Annie was led down sta;rs by Jane. She oould hear the heavy, guttural tones of old Mr. Zimmerman, who was in a violent confab with his wife, and the laughing voice of one whom she teok to be the new gentleman lodger. En­ tering the dining-room, Annie was tak­ ing her geat when her eyes fell on the young gentleman directly opposite. He was looking at her stupidly. "Oh, On!" cried Annie, on meeting his glance; and she stopped short, un­ able to articulate another word. "Ah, Oh, a--a--excuse me, ladies," muttered the young man, backing out toward the door; and, getting the han­ dle, he opened the door and bounded down the stairs into the street. Annie recovered herself in a moment. Dashing to the window, she threw it up and shouted as loudly as she could: "Stop thief! stop thief! Oh, stop him* stop him!" Fortunately, a policeman was loung­ ing nearly opposite, who, on seeing An­ nie wildly screaming " Stop thief," and the young man fleeing as for dear life, started in pursuit. The lodger ran fast, but the policeman ran faster, and the former was soon in his grasp. "Oh, Annie," cried Marie, "how you frightened me. Who is he?" "Why, he is the thief who stole our money," said Annie; "I knew him the very moment I set eyes on him." " A tief!" cried old Mr. Zimmerman, turning .to Annie; " vy, he told me he vas a nopleman, he did I Mine gracious ! He hash got 60 pounds from me. Oh! mine vrau, vat shall I do?" " Here he is, ma'am," said the police­ man, hauling the thief into the room. " I know him, ma'am. He's Slippery Bill, one of the smartest rogues, ma'am. I've had my eye on him. Wliat's he been up to now ?" Jane told him of the loss of the money. "Just like him, ma'am," exclaimed the officer on hearing the account; " just like him. He is one of the shrewdest rascals I ever saw. Well, he is nabbed now, thank Heaven." The lodger, otherwise Slippery Bill, of unenviable notoriety, stood carelessly with Ms back to the open grate fire and smiling dubiously on the throng. The policeman took the precaution to slip a pair of handcuffs over his wrists, " For you never know, you see," he said, "when these kind of fellows will give you the slip." " Giff me back mine sixty pounds," cried the German, shaking his fist in the prisoner's face. " Giff it me back, you bad one, yon; giff it me, I say I" But the psendo gentleman only smiled at his simplicity in so easily parting with his hard-earned money to a complete stranger, and whistled softly to himself. The prisoner was taken to the police- station. On searching his room, the money stolen so adroitly from Anne was discovered concealed therein. Great was the joy of the sisters on re­ ceiving it. They are now living in the cozy little house purchased with the re­ covered money, and are as happy as the day is long; while the author of their misfortune is lodging in the fine house known as the Portland prison, as quiet and retired as he could possibly wish to be. Annie is careful to whom she in­ trusts valuables, even for a moment, and Maria has an aversion to lodgers, and particularly to new and strange gentle­ men lodgers--so the notice " Furnished Apartments " has never been displayed at their windows. 1 they did to a respectable German family of the name of Zimmerman, and, as this family desired if possible to board with How the Mew York Broker Began I4f» at •:\m Sing Sing. [From the New York Snn.l ."Take him to the receiving-room," Warden Clark said to the keeper. Gil- man nervously touched the warden's arm, as if to say something, and then, turning to the keeper, pointed to his valise, and said timidly: "That is mine." " I will take care of that bv-and-by, the keeper replied, and then Oilman fol­ lowed him down stairs to the receiving- room. In the bleak receiving-room, when Oilman entered, there were the six other convicts who had been brought up hand­ cuffed. Oilman quietly awaited orders. He looked quickly at tne other convicts, but without any appearance of repul- sion. " Fold yonr arms; stand, in line, with your faces to the wall," said the clerk. The men ranged themselves in line. Next to Gilman stood a negro who was under sentence for larceny. Gilman stood at the end of the line nearest the clerk, and the first inquiries were put to |iim. " What is your name ?" " William 0. Gilman." " How old are you?" " Forty-three years." " What is you business ?" "A broker." " Where were your born ?" "Norwich, Ct." "Have you ever been arrested be­ fore ?" * " I have never been arrested at all. "What!" exclaimed the clerk, in a loud voice, as he looked up at Gilman in astonishment. "I have never been arrested at all," Gilman quietly replied. " Never been arrested!" said the now- bewildered clerk. " Then how comes it that you are here ?" To this question Gilman made no re* ply, and, as it was a question that the clerk was not authorized to ask, Deputy Sheriff Burns, who was in the room at the time, said that Gilman did what was proper in net answering. As soon as the clerk recovered from his surprise he asked, " Canyoti write?" "Yes, sir." " Then sign your name to this roll." Gilman took the pen and signed "William O. Gilman" to the roll in a firm, plain hand. " What have you got about you ?" said the clerk to Gilman. Gilman took from his pockets his knife, pocket-book and a few trifles, and then took off his watch and chain and gave them to the clerk. Then, suddenly thrusting his hand into another pocket, he took from it a key. " That is the key to my valise, up stairs." Again the clerk was astonished. "The key to what ?" he exclaimed. " To my valise, which is up stairs." " Your valise! Well, we'll see about that by-and-by. Have you got anything else about you ?" " No, nothing but this ring," pointing to a plain gold ring on his finger. "Take it off." "I can't get it off." '* Then we will file it off." Gilman, after some tugging, succeed­ ed in taking off the ring, and then he gave it to the clerk. The convicts were then taken into the ante-room to be shaved and have their hair cut. But, as Oilman's face was smooth and his hair closely trimmed, he was passed by, but was kept in the room until the other convicts were attended to by the barber. Then he was taken to the bath with the others, and, after he had removed his clothing, it was taken away. By the side of the bath-tub lay the coarse striped prison clothing, which was put on after the bath had been fin­ ished. During all this Gilman showed no feeling, and, excepting that there was a set look upon his face, seemed un­ changed. In the yard the seven convicts, in their striped clothing, were placed in Indian file, Gilman at the head. Next to Gilman a negro was placed. " Put your hands on the shoulders of the man in front of you," said the keep­ er. The negro put his hands on Gil- man's shoulders. " Now march, keeping- step." The convicts marched a few paces, halted, turned, and marched back again. This drill was kepi up for about half an tiour, and, although Gilman had not eaten anything since an early hour, his step did not flag. His conduct made a good impression on the prison officers. When the drill was ended Gilman and the others were taken to their cells, where they will remain, excepting at meal time, until Mondav. Thus the Pine street broker began nis prison life. Telegraphy in Switzerland. Telegraphing is cheaper in Switzer land than in "any other country. Being a part of the postal system, the telegraph is as common as the postoffice. There is not a village, however small, or wher­ ever situated, even in the highest regions of the Alps, that has not a Government telegraph working night and day. The charge for a message to any part of Switzerland is only 10 cents. The double postal card is also* another great advan­ tage. This enables you to send a busi­ ness order, etc., on one part, Mid on the other your own address, so insuring an immediate answer without expense or trouble to the receiver. THE Jewish Messenger thinks there is something inexpressibly humorous--if there were nothing more serious and saddening in the fact--that both Rus­ sia and Turkey fight fox the most part with borrowed weapons and borrowed bonds. Heavy Damages for Libel. A $10,000 verdict has been rendered against the New York Herald. Mrs, Phcebe Robertson, keeper of a boarding- house in New York, sued to recover $10,000 damages which she had been subjected to by the publication of a "personal" advertisement in the Her­ ald, cautioning persons to beware of blackmailers alleged to be at her house. She showed that, after the advertisement appeared, she went to Mr. Townsead, Mr. Bennett's lawyer, with a retraction, which she desired printed in the Herald. Mr. Townsend referred her to Mr. Ben­ nett, and the latter refused to print the retraction. In defense, Mr. Bennett de­ nied all knowledge of the notice, and denied that Mrs. Robertson had been in­ jured, as she claimed to have been. The jury brought in a verdict for $10,000, to which the Judge added $500 as extra allowance to her counsel. sects had led them to remove their eggs to a place of safety, fearing rain, and this Eroved true. It, was not long before a eavy shower fell and the ant-bed in the Jrard was flooded, but the instinct of the ittle bugs had saved them from any loss--they had moved in doors to keep dry. After the rain was over, and when the skies were clear, they returned to their outside home. Mr. Wurzbach has thrown away his barometer, and will hereafter be guided by these little ants in making his rain bets.--San Antonio {Tex.) Express. Roberts' Revenge. Last April a man named Roberts, who came out here from Delaware, was capt­ ured by the Indians near Dead wood. When they had robbed him of every­ thing except shirt and pants, six of the seven redskins were m favor of turning him loose and lettir g him get back to the city. The seventh savage protested against the action, and when he had to submit to the majority he struck Rob­ erts in the mouth with the head of his tomahawk, smashing out several teeth and inflicting other injuries. Roberts took a good look at the warrior, and as he was turned loose he vowed to get even if he had to stay out there until Darwin turned back into a baboon. The mills of the gods grind lor the savage as well as for white men. Rob­ erts and a score of others have a camp about two miles above us. Indian beg­ gars and loafers come into all the camps almost daily, and the other day the old top-knot who played smash with the Delaware man's teeth entered the camp and wanted to trade a lot of fresh veni­ son for bar- lead. Roberts identified him in an instant, and the venison and the savage were "jerked" at one and the same motion. All the men in the camp knew how Roberts had been served, and, when he had the right man in his grasp, there was no one to plead the other side of the case. The .Indian was staked down on the grass as a first move. He rec­ ognized Roberts, and, realizing that the hour of reckoning had come, he whined like a dog. He offered rifle, knife and all else to settle the dentistry business; but the miner couldn't have been bought off for $10,000. When he got ready he went to work with the red man's tomahawk and deliberately knocked out every tooth he could get at, and he didn't miss a great many, The Indian had no more grit than a boy, but yelled like a regiment of caval­ ry going into a fight. A tooth for tooth was not enough for Roberts, and he coolly sliced off his victim's ears, working slowly and doing a first-rate job. Then he sheared the warrior's top knot off and turned him loose to find his friends and receive their praises on his early assumption of fall styles. The wretch didn't wait a second after being told to go--didn't even ask for his ears as pocket-pieces. Roberts has them pinned up as relics, with a bagful of teeth hanging above them, and to stran­ gers he explains: "The durned Injun who picks my molars with his Thomas-hawk wants to leave the country on the very first train, or he'll wish he'd been born a buzzard !" --Black Hills tetter to Cincinnati En­ quirer. The Average Height of Men. The Druggists' Circular, in noticing the questionable statement " that we are becoming a degenerate race," discusses the tables prepared by Dr. Baxter from the records of the Provost Marshal Gen eral's Bureau, made during the civil war. These examinations were made during the latter part of the war, after tne finest fighting material had been enlisted, con­ sequently these statistics do not over •estimate the average development of the American people. From the tables of Dr. Baxter and those of Mr. Gould, gathered by the Sanitary Oommission, the Indians are shown to be a tall race. In the comparison of States the Indians would rank as high as the ninth, though it is curious to see that they head the list of nationalities. Here follows the table showing the superiority in stature of 501,068 men of the various nationalities--185,448 for­ eigners, three-fifths of whom were from Germany and Ireland--the former hav­ ing a few more thousand than the lat­ ter : 1. U. S. Indians.. .67.934 2. U. S. whites....67.672 S. Norway 67.467 4. Scotland 67.«16fi 5. British &merica67.014 6. Sweden 66.896 7. Ireland .66.741 8. Denmark 66.648 9. Holland f6.637 10. Hungary 66.584 11. England 63 577 12. Germany 6 >596 13. IT'S, colored...®5.531 Graded according of the inhabitants NATION. »n t runes 14. Wales..... .6R.418 15. Russia .£6.393 16. Switzerland....86.381 17. Went Indies....66.307 18. France 6G.277 19. Poland 66.211 20. Mexico 66.110 21. Italy C6.000 '22. South America.65.899 •23. Sp;in 65.636 24. Portugal 65.432 Mean of total... .67.300 to the mean stature (American born whites), the different Northern States stand as follows: Mean height STATC. in (ncfum. 14. Maryland 67.814 15. Ohio.... 67.682 16. Vermont 67.583 17. Delaware 67.490 Ants as a Barometer. Mr. L. O. Wurzbach is no longer a disbeliever in the intuitive perception of insects. A few days ago a lot of small, red ants made their- appearance in one of the rooms of his residence in great numbers, many of them burdened with eggs which they had originally deposited in their subterranean home in the yard. They were carefully watched, and their object in moving was studied. They were observed to go underneath a large trunk which sat in the room, and it was presently raised to see what the mseots were doinj* under it. It was found that they were leaving their eggB there. Thev were not disturbed, and Mr. Wurzbach continued to study their movements. He anticipated that the intuition of the in- SAG" 1. Kentucky 68.677 2. Kansas 68.551 8. Minnesota 68.371 4. Missouri 68.337 5. California 68.307 18. Pennsylvania...67.470 6. Nevada 68.280 19. Djst. Columbia.67.353 7. Indiana 68.080 20. Rhode Island.. .67.290 8. West Virginia..68.005 21. New York 67.274 9. Wisconsin 67.910|22. New Jersey 67.022 10. Maine 67.898 23. New HampRhire66.9'29 11. Iowa 67.895124. Massachusetts. .«6.89l 12! Illinois 67.835 25. Connecticut 66.687 13. Mkhisan 67.820 ^ Mean of total 67.673 3CEVEK GROW OLD. BI IlffiJI CLUK. - The BO--ons may titer*; new dresses of graen, Vrape eVerjr change la a various sheen; From sunny to somber, tne singing leaves «igt Still cheering or soothing, with rare melody. Aye, nature is zealous each change to unfold, But the heart in its worship can never grow, Never grow old! though the wrinkles of care *ft Displace every dimple and silver the hair, " Throw shad sws where sunshine waa wont to repoae, wither where flouriwhed the rose, Yet still throbbeth m, where no eye ran behold, The heart In its worship that never grows old. Though the Idol long since, with the chanoeaof time. May have lost all his beauty of manhood and prime, With age and misfortune bowed low in the dust, And won in life's struggle of strife and distrust The dross for his wages, still miming the gold. The heart tnat has worshiped, can never growMggg. And thus in the race most successful and fleet We find near the goal of a sunny retreat «« The mem'ry of hopes, and the mem'ry of wo«#l That lit rip morning, and thrillinelv Rtirrea The young heart to rapture its love to unfold. New, radiant and beaming, that never crows old. --Chicago Ledger. , PITH AND P0IK1 Splendid Eighteen. A light-hearted, impulsive young lady, writing to a friend over the arrival of her eighteenth birthday, tells it in this joy­ ous style: " Darling J , I must write to you to-day to tell that at last I am splendid eighteen I Think of it- splendid eighteen--not timid fifteen, winning sixteen, blushing seventeen, or even bold nineteen, but--splendid eighteen! I shall commence to live from this day forth. I shall love everybody and everybody will love me."--Utica Herald. ' Singular Malformation. Among the novelties of the Paris Ex­ hibition will be a youth of 14 with feet shaped precisely like his hands. He can use them for tne same purposes, and plays upon the piano with both hands and feet, having a peculiar chair which enables him to curl his body into the necessary position. He is a verc good performer, and speaks both English and German. His French is yet imperfect. WILLIAM GOODMAN died at New- burg, N. Y., Sept. 22, aged 101 years. He was a farm-laborer, and continued at work until the day before he died. but man WHY it rains in very hot weather-- The heat opens the pours of the clouds. "As TO cattle," remarks the Qraphict " the Indians want short hons. Aa to whisky, long ones." CHBOMOS have gone out of fashion, x a great many papers give away a with every subscriber. WHEN a Colorado man is asked whether he likes to be lynched, he says : "No, I'll be hanged if I do." THIS is the latest form of wedding in­ vitations: "Gome around and see me capture my mother-in-law at 8 o'clock sharp." AN eminent philologist, when asked what " modus operandi" meant, replied: "It is Latin for 'how the old thing works.'" AN experienced boy says he regards hunger and the schoolmaster's rattan as about the same thing, as they both make him holler. THE editor of the Franklin (Ey.) Patriot says that when he started for the dentist's, the other day, he took a tooth- hurty gait. * A MAN with very large feet had a pair of boots that were much too big for him. " Why don't you sell them ?" a friend asked, "I had them half sold (soled) once," was the reply. A MAN hid in a public doorway and jumped out and kissed his wife. She didn't whoop and yell as expected, but remarked, "Don't be so bold, mister-- folks around here know me." "GENTLEMEN of the jury," said a counsel in the Criminal Court, " do you believe that my client was guilty of sell­ ing beer to a boy in a small bottle ?" The jury thought it a mixed proposition and disagreed. A VERY tall, thin Highlander said that he " had a cold in his head, originating in wet feet." She looked at him slowly from head to foot and back again, as u measuring the distance the cold had to travel, and then ejacuated: " Gracious me I you must have got your feet wet some time last year." A TRAMP who called at a Danbuxgr house for something to eat, and was or­ dered off the premises, indignantly in­ quired of the proprietor: "Is your name Hilton?" "No." "All right, then," rejoined the tramp, in a softened voice, " I was going to say I wasn't a Jew."--Danbury News. LITTLE boy No. 1 to little boy No. 2-- I "Do you see that freckled, pug-nosed,f red-haired little boy over there ?" "Yes."j " Well, he's the son of my father anal mother; but he's no brother of mine.f What relation is he ?" Does the reader| give it up ? So did little boy No. 2. Yet it's an easy puzzle. The first little boj lied. MALE friend of lady visitors--' your sight so very bad, my poor woman' Do you think, now, you could see a shilling, if I were to show you one y| Elderly party (promptly)--"Thank yi kindly, sir. I ounno' about a shillin' | but I'm, sure I oould see half crown!" (Male person hands it ovefl directly.) A TRAVELER says Russian babies never washed during their first yea In America the boy babies are washt regularly by their parents until they ai about 7 years old. From that time uutj they are 13 they may get their feet wl once in a while by some untoward ac<j dent, but their faces are rigidly treat on the Russian system. " WHY, my sweet Arabella, you lis papered this room since I was here in f spring--beautiful design ! Does it re resent sea-weed or some pretty lit brown blossom?" "No, Mrs. Spr gins, haven't papered it. These gers wick you see is where I masl moskeetars on the wall!"--New Ghraphic. A DOCTOR asked a bachelor dry-gc clerk if his health continued good dur the heated term, and the clerk replij " Scalp of Mohammed ! you don't pect a fellow to get up any gilt-ed| cholera or anything on boarding-hc toast and fried liver, do you ?" Thel nevolent doctor sent the destitute cl a peck of cucumbers. J Great Beer Guzzlers. The statistics of the military prise Oberhaus, in Bavaria, contain some rious information as to the capacil the Bavarian soldier for beer. OW artilleryman, who was discharge lung disease, said that twenty qua not exactly hurt him. A second, son by profession, said, " I never up to more than ten or twelve qt but after that it goes quickly;'" third was of opinion that, if he coul| it, he would drink twenty-eight qt day and not feel it. ANOTHER couple of poor peopl going to be led to the altar of mony. Baron Edmund Rothschi] Paris, is to be married to Mile. Rothschild, of the Frankfort brar the family. They will have to std housekeeping with the paltry cap] 8100,000,000. THERE are no less than 2,360 of American apples. CHESTNUTS are selling in the $2.50 per bushel. VICTOR EMMANUEL'S inoome is 000.