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'-0ki Pot death shall «iing another Bqpoad the KhadosT* of tike tomb; Ott yoeder shore * bride ia waiting * Until I ooxne, la mte field are cUMna ptaftag, And Users--O virion (if deBght!--- I saa the child and mother etrajtaff In robe# of white. iff f boa, then, the longing heart that fltealtny the treaaarea one by 9M, m eaU XTiee b2eseed whan Thon mi afreet Tbe parted--one. •••yss u t* ••M •M iwfci- FRIfrCIPAL AND INTEREST. "Oh, mother, mother,; I «ua so '%edP . :•>>,/ •- " Cheer up, my child, we have hoi tery far to go. Come closer; let me - brush the dew from jour curia Now take my hand." But the child hong back, sobbing wkh weariness and exhaustion, and the pale young mother, bending over her in the vain attempt to soothe the hysteri­ cal excitement, did not hear the rumble of advancing wheels until they passed dose to her and a rough, hearty voice eanlaimed: "What ails the little girl ? Ain't sick, Jteahet" - r Mary Ellsworth . had never seen Farmer Baynesford before, yet the moment her eyes rested on his wrinkled, •on-burned face, with the shaggy brows overshadowing kind eyes, she felt that he was a friend, and made answer promptly: "Not sick, sir, but rery tired. We law* walked a long way." "Got much farther to got" aakedthe turner, tickling the horsed ear with the and of his whip. " To Brockton." Jfr. Baynesford gave a low whistle. 'That's four miles off̂ and the gal is pretty nigh used up al- ̂ " i know it," said the woman, with a sigh, "but I have no money to hire ftlodpug nearer. In Breckton I hope to obtain work in the factory." " Fanner Baynesford gave the seat of i&iw^ona thump with his whip handle that made old Bonney drop the mouth- fol of clover he was nibbling from the roadside and prick up his ears in astonishment. "I won't hear to no such thing!" **i/l ia energetically. "Why, that child igra't go twenty rods farther! Here, get in along with me. You wqn't be none tbe worse for a bit of supper and a good night's rest. I know Hann&h'll sooid." he muttered, as he lifted the little girl to his side, and extended his hand to the mother ; " but I can't see folks perishin' by the wayside and never offer to help em. I don't care if she scolds the roof of the house oft" f He drove rapidly along, nuking occa­ sional interjectional remarks to hi*h«raet "while Mrs, Ellsworth drew her thin ahawl around the little golden head that already drooped drowsily upon her aiioulder, and thought with a deep sen­ sation of gratitude upon the shelter •heaven had provided her in her sorest Stout / It was an odd-shaped old farm-house, gray with die storms of nearly half a Century, with a broad door in one end overhung by giant lilac bushes, and a kitchen where even in the bloomy month of June a great fire roared up the wide- throated chimney, and shining rows of v, tins winked and glittered at every up­ ward leap of the flames. , h Mr. Baynesford jumped out of the Wagon, threw tiw reins over a poet, and went in to conciliate his domestic de»- #*• "Look here, Hannah,®* said he to a > ' till, angular-looking female who emerged •- from a pantry sear by, her face nearly or quite as sour as the saucer of pickles "^»e was carrying. " Jest set a couple ®ore plates on the table, will you? I've brought home a woman and a little gal * , I found a pie^e below, e'en a'most tired <> death. They was calculatin' to walk f • an to Breckton, but I thought it wouldn't •;* " ;||urt us to keep 'em over night." % " astonished at you, Job Baynes- »aid his better half, in a tone of . fcdignaiit remonstrance. "We might just as well hang out a tavern sign at ©nee and be done with it; you're always twingiag home some poor, miserable lireehir or other, and--" "There, there, Hannah," interrupted r. Baynesford. " I'm always willin' to .you when you're anyway reasonar-(> >le, but it goes clear ag'm my grain to pj"® poor folks a sufferin' and never §ftretcb out a helpin' hand. 'Tain't ileripture nor 'tain't human natur'." "Well, go your own gait, Job Baynes> ford," responded Ms wife, tartly. " On- %:*&•- 'y mat,k my words, if you don't end your ̂flays in the poor-house 'twon't be * \, through no fault o' your'n 1" , She shut the pantry door with a |i" -.?f>ang that made all the jelly cups and $mlk pans rattle, while Job, with an L<? pdd grimace, went ont to help his gneats 0f. alight " Don't mind my old woman," he sail •liti' »pologetieally, as Mrs. Ellsworth apranf to the ground. " «>»«*« All evening UtUa Mary sat by the fceadh, Willi her hand in ner mower's and heir large bine eyes fixed earnestly upon the krnd farmer's fata. "Whatareyoatbinkingabout, dear- aatraaked Bum. Ellsworth onoe. She drew a k»«eigh and whispered: *' Oh, wunm*. he is so Kind to us !** When MaryEllsworth and her little girl set oat next morning on their long walk to Breckton, Job Bavnesford went with them to the gate, fambling uneasily in his pocket and glancing guiltuy around to make sure that Hannah was not Within seeing distance. When Mary extended her hand to say good-by, to her astonishment a bank bill was thrust in it. , " Don't say ao.hin'," muttered Job, with a sheepfsh air. " Ten dollars ain't mnch to me. and if you don't ehanoe to get work in the factory right away it may be a good deal of use to you. Needn't thank me--you're as welcome aa the flow jrs in May." He bent over to kiss the child's fair forehead, and stood watching them until the two slight figures disappeared, and only the golden sky and moving orests of summer woods remained. "Ten dollars !" ejaculated Mrs. Bay­ nesford, who had witnessed this little episode from behind the curtains of her milk-room window. " Is John Baynes­ ford crazy ? To give $10 to a poor, strolling vagrant I If he don't get a piece of my mind---" And she hastened out, her cap-border fairly standing on end with honor. Job awaited the coming temper* with phil­ osophic coolness, his hands in his pockets, and his lips parted in a good- natured smile. It was not the first piece of Mrs. Hannah's " mind " that had been bestowed upon him, nor did he suppose it was likely to be the last. " She means well," he said to him- solf, when the volley of wrath had been discharged on his'luckless head, and Mrs. Baynesford had returned to her butter-making, " but she's got the greatest faculties for scolding of any woman I ever saw." The years flitted by, sprinkling the steep old tami-liouae with crystal drops of April showers and thatching it with the dazzling ermine of January snows, many and many a time. Gray hairs crept in among the locks of Farmer R&ynesford, the care-worn wrinkles be­ gan to gather around his mouth and brow. Alas! those swift-footed years brought troubles innumerable to the kind old man. " Twenty years!" mused he, one bright June morning ; "it don't seem possible, Hannah, that it was twenty years ago this very day that I caught that ugly fall from the hayrack and got lame for life." He looked down at the crutches by his side as he spoke, and sighed from the very bottom of his heart Hannah stood in the doorway, tossing oorn to a forlorn little colony of chick­ ens. Twenty years had not improved her in any respect--she was gaunter, bonier and more vinegar-laced than ever. "Yes*" said she, slowly, "and haps you don't remember that it just twenty years ago to-day that you threw $10 away on that woman and her child. I told you that you'd end your days in the poor-house,, and 1 don't, see but what my prediction is likely to come true. Didn't 1 say yon would live to repent it?" " I won't deny, Hannah,'* said the old man, " but that Fve done a good many things Fve been sorry few--we ain't none of us perfect, you know, wife--but that is not one of them. No, I never for a minute repented being kind to the widow and fatherless," Hannah shrugged her shoulders, bnt made no reply. "Didn't you say you were going up to see the rich lawyer about the $5,000 to- day ?" she asked, presently. "Yes, bnt 1 don't suppose it'll be much use. If he'd wait a little I'd do my best to please him. Jones says he'll | be sure to sell the old place from over our heads, however; they tell me he's a hard man. I mean to explain to him just how the matter stands " I told you how it would be, long ago 1" ejaculated Hannah, unable to re- strain her vexation. "What on earth ever possessed yon to sign for Jesse Pair- weather?" " I s'posed he was an honest man, *^d I wouldn't see an old friend wronged." '('Fiddlesticks! " exclaimed Mrs. Baynesford. That's just your calcula­ tion, Job! There--Zeke has brought the wagon; do start off or you will be too late for the York train." And Job meekly obeyed, only too happy to escape from the endless discord of his wife's rotting tongue. The rayg of the noonday sun streamed brightly through the stained-glass case­ ments of Mr. Everleigh's gothic library. The room was decorated with appur­ tenances of wealth and taste. Velvet chairs, with tall backs of daintily carved rosewood, were scattered here and there; marble vases occupied niches beside the doorway, and the rarest pictures hung on the ptaieled and gilded wall. But the prettiest object of all--the one which the rich lawyer oftenest raised his eyes from the writing to contemplate with an involuntary smile of pride and affection --was a lovely woman in a white cash­ mere morning robe, trimmed with vel­ vet, who stood opposite, arranging flow- , ers in a bouquet. She wore a spray of I berries, carved of pink Neapolitan coral, at her throat, and tiny pendants of the same rare stone in her shell-like ears, and the slender waist was tied around with a pink ribbon. "There, Walter, isn't that pretty?" she asked, holding up her complete bou­ quet. " Very pretty," he answered, looking not at the roses or geraniums, but di­ rectly at the blue eyes and golden curls of his beautiful young wife. " You are not even noticing it," she pouted. x Bat the •aif anvr- orutoh echoed on the instant he spoke she row had sputten her, and hands claaped together listening aa liat- tently as though her life ckpeafed on hearing every word. The old man waa pleading and aorrowfnl--ha* hnabead politely inflexible. At length Job Baynesford tamed to go. " Well, sir," he said, in a subdued tone, " I don't know mooh about law and law books, bat it does seem hard that an old man should be torned oat of the home that has sheltered him for sixty years, and all for no fault of his own. They say you are a verr rich gen­ tleman, sir. Five thousand aollacs may seem a small sum to you, but it ia my all" Mrs. Everleigh's soft voioe broke the momentary Bilence that suooeeded this appeal "Walter, oome here one minute--I want to speak to you." He obeyed, somewhat surprised; she drew him into a deep recess of stained- glass window, and, standing there with the rosy and amber shadows playing about her lovely brow, libs some fair pictured saint, she tdld him how twenty years ago a wearied child and its mother were fed and sheltered by a kind- hearted stranger; how he had given them money and kind wishes, when they were utterly alone and desolate in the wide world. " But, my love, what haa all this to do with my business matters 9" 'Much, Walter! I am that little child!" "You, my dearest?" " I, my husband, and the noble man who, I am persuaded, saved toy life that night s6ands yonder with gray, bowed head and sinking heart I" "Mary, you must surely be mis­ taken." "I cannot be mistaken, Walter. I should know him among a thousand. / You said you loved me this morning--- now grant me one little boon !" " What is it, dearets ?" " Give me that note he spoke of." Mr. Everleigh silently went to a small ebony cabinet, unlocked it and drew out a folded paper, which he placed in her hands. She glided up to the old man, wao had been gazing out of a window in a sort of reverie, ana laid her soft hand on his arm. " Do you remember the little golden- haired Mary whom yoa found with her mother, wearied out on the roadside, twenty years ago ? " " Do I remember her, lady ? II was but this very morning I waa recalling the whole scene." "And don't you recognize me? " she said, smiling np into his face, as she drew back the drooping curls. "I am little Mary!" He stood in bewildered silence. All of % sudden the truth seemed to break upon Mm, and he laid his hand upon her head with a tearful blessing. "And your mother, my child ? " " She has been dead for years, but it ia my dearest task to be the instrument of her gratitude. Here is the note yon indorsed; my hOsband has given it to me. See." A small lamp was burning ia one of the niches; she held the bit of paper over the flame until it fell a ©load of light ashes upon the flow. "Well!" Mrs. Baynesford met her husband at the door the instant his crutches Bounded on the little graveled path. " Why don't you speak ? Of course I know you've nothing bnt bad news to tell, but I may as well hear it at once. Have JOB seen the gentleman? What did he say ? ** " Hannah," said old Job baynesford, slowly folding up his gloves, " do yon remember the $10 I gave that poor jotwg wanderer a score of years ago to­ day ? " "Why, of course I do. Didn't I remind yon of 'it not twelve hour.-! ago? What has that to do with oar troubles, pray?" ' ̂ "Just this--to-day I received pay­ ment, principal and interest!" " What do yoa mean, Job Baynes­ ford?" " The little golden-haired child that sat beside our hearthstone that June evening is Lawyer Everleigh's wife, and I have seen her burn the note that has hung like a millstone around my neck for many years. She said it was but paying a sacred debt of gratitude; bat Heaven knows I looked for no such reward." There was a moment's silence. The old man was pondering over the past, and Mrs. Baynesford was so taken by surprise that she really could not say anything. " And now, wife, what have yoa to say about my financial mistakes?" said Job, archly. Mrs. Baynesford had no argument suited to the emergencies of the case, and she wisely said--nothing.--New York World. Itored the growth of hair by Mae .'d ornde kerosene. And Mgiaiun that the use of it was the mwH*! of curing a chronic rheumatic teudejMW. -- Dr. Jbofe's Health Monthly. & DB, UNNA, ok Hamburg, says that the pigmentary matter whioh occasionally blocks up tile pores of the face, pro­ ducing bldok points or " flesh-worms,** is soluble in acids, and he therefore re­ commends the free use of vinegar and lemou jnioe aa a local application to Boston and remove them. WATBB, even in all its purity, does not seem to quench the thirst and stimu­ late the body, as it produces additional perspiration and passes through the pores almost like passing through a colander, leaving the system exhausted and weak; besides, a drink of cold water when suffering under a degree of heat is dangerous, even at times pro­ ducing sudden death. Latterly, in En­ gland and elsewhere, a drink is prepared by mixing oatmeal with water in the proportion of three or four ounces to a gallon of water. This is found not only to satisfy the thirst better than water,- or molasses and water, even when tempered with vinegar or other acid, but to produoe additional strength of body. Oatmeal possesses a peculiar aroma and acts as a stimulant to the sur­ face of the skin, so as to cause the com­ plete digestion oi the liquid. Men em­ ployed in an atmosphere of the in tensest heat are much comforted with it, and become very fond of it Brans AND SOAMJS.--If a burn or a soald is superficial, plunge it instantly in cold water, then sprinkle over with flour until no more will stick on ; in three or four days there will be a new skin if the scale is allowed to fall off of itself; or apply a thick layer of common eotton so that it shall remain in its place. If the injury is deep, spare the strength of the patient in every possible way, cut off the clothing, wrap up in blankets ; if much pain give opium, chloroform or ether, and let the necessary attentions be given while insensible; apply a flota­ tion of half an ounce of chloride of soda and three grains of morphia in a pint of water to soothe the burned surface ; then wrap the patient in cotton batting. Cof­ fee is better than brandy or aloohol to keep tip the strength, because the ro» mote effect of these is to chill; or lie un­ der water on a couch of leathern straps; or cover the body most completely with wheat bran in case of extensive scalds of children. In all cases let the body be exposed to the air the fewest number of seconds possible, and do all that can be done to compose the mind and save the strength. QUANITIT OF FOOD.--If children are very hearty eaters their food should be of the simplest kind, and thus prevent eating more than the system really needs. The first reason for consuming food should be necessity, and the second may be the gratification of the appetite. Usually children have appetites so strong that they need no stimulants, no condi­ ments, as spices, pepper or mustard. These articles should be reserved for failing appetites of debility, and age. They are useful only by way of increas­ ing the appetite and promoting the dull digestion of what is eaten. They may stimulate the nervous system, and should be avoided in all inflammatory tenden­ cies of the system. The excessive use of sirups, sugar and molasses may in­ duce fermentation in the stomach and long oanaL In moderate quantities they are useful, and, sometimes are strongly needed. ArtiAtsf preserved in sirup should be sparingly taken, as they are usually not easy of digestion. Since health and growth demand that the amount of food should vary with the •mount of exercise, the kinds of food should be such as may supply the needs of the system; the amount of food should be no more than caji be easily digested. Cutting Out. The most desperate, yet generally successful and popular, aoluevments have been those known as "cutting out"-- that is, attacks by open boat upon an enemy's ships in an enemy's harbor, and I may cite one as among the most brilliant and picturesque of these exploits. The small British frigate Seahorse was blockading another frigate of about equal size in the harbor of Porto Caballo, on the Spanish main. The idea of "cut­ ting out" the fsigate from under the Spanish batteries by means of his small, open boats, manned with only one hun­ dred men, inspired Captain Hamilton, and, when communicated to the crew, was received with three hearty cheers. The boats, commanded by the captain himself, left the frigate at night and made for the harbor, not unobserved, however, by a Spanish launch "row- iug guard"*at the entrance. This did not deter the gallant assailant. Two boats proceeded to out the cables, the others attempted to board at different points, two only out of the six succeed­ ing at first The"Spanish crew, number­ ing three hundred and sixty-five, retired before the headlong attack of probably not eighty assailants, and two boats' crews remained to tow the enemy out if captured. For some minutes the issae one-fourth of which was' was doubtful, but while the deadly claimed for a pout mortem examination smuggle proceeded below our lithesome made without the request or even the 8aiIors sprang aloft like a flight of night- knowledge of the relatives of the de- birds; the gaskets were cut, the sails ceased. When this item was announced dropped curtain-like from the yards, the one of the heirs inquired whether the sIliP 8aiued life, and floated out like a Extravagant Charges ef Physicians. Some time since a widow lady of our acquaintance in Philadelphia, without a family, died in this city at the extreme age of ninety-three years. Although she lived in plain circumstances, she was generally known to possess considerable wealth. In the settlement of her estate two physicians, who attended her last, though not long, illness, presented to the auditor a bill for their services of $800, the " Because I see something so much better worth looking at," he said, pl'ay- . *>«*»ground. "She's kind o' sharp iSpokan, but she -well *fior all (?./ We ain't all just alike in our notions, you - , know." wor'<l were like you, sir," the young widow, with tears in her 'JJfi " there would be less want aufferiiig. by far." Mr. Baynesford pretended not to hear; he waa busy lifting little Mary X out. '% 11 i " Set on them blackberries, Hannah " | . "- said he, toward the close of the evening lineal; "the little gal's so tired she can't 'ja nothing solid." . "I was calculating to keep the black- ' f,. berries lor the donation party to-mor- # '•jfrwom? ssid lbs. Baynesford, rising with ntber an nnwiOiiur air. ? "Nonsense," quoth the farmer, with /a toosd laugh, " I'm having a donation m faitj of my own to-night Here, little ii one, see if those berries ~ fully. "Do you really love me so very much ?" she asked, throwing down the flowers and ooming around to his side. He rose and drew her caressingly toward him. " My dearest, yoii are more precious to me than the whole world ,beside J" She let her head rest for a moment on his shoulder, and when she raised it there was a tear on her eyelashes. "Oh, Walter, if mamma could only see how happy we are 1" There was a knock at the door. Mrs. Everleigh slipped from her husband's arm with the prettiest blush in the world, and was very busy with her flow­ ers when the rich lawyer's " right-hand man" put his grizzled head into the room. , " ̂ 1'® tnan wants to see you about that Fair weather business." V Show him in Don't look so disap­ pointed, love, he said, as the grizzled head disappeared. "I shall not be de- tainea three minutes, and the horses are at the door." •̂"7 Everleigh never troubled her pretty little head about business mat­ ters, so she never looked up a* the halt­ ing sound of old Mr. Baynesford's examination was made to ascertain why •the old lady lived so long, or why she died so soon. The point and propriety of the question were at once seen by the parties to whom it was addressed* and led to their manifest embarrassment; but, rather than a suit at law should fol­ low, the objection to the extraordinary claim was not pressed and the unjust charge was allowed. There is a growing tendency in the summer cloud or a vision amid the roar of guns from the battery, the continued fire of musketry, the loud curses of the Spaniards, and the measured splash of the oars When the straggle ended out­ side of the harbor one hundred and nineteen of the enemy lay stiff and stark, ninety-seven were wounded, while the loss of the victors was trifling! This brilliantly successful exploit was of the irregular and desperate kind to which medical profession to demand extrava-! the wel1 known saying, " Cent magnir gant and unjustifiable remuneration from j Mue maU c« n'est pas la gueere," would apply, and it shows that in war not only patients, especially if they are under­ stood to be able to make the exacted compensation. -- Philadelphia Record. DON PIATT is not satisfied with this life we all live. He says: "Happy! A more miserable, soulless, non-intellectual people never existed. We live in ball­ rooms and board on the streets. All the sweets of domestic life, all that ' sweet content the sage in meditation found,' all the real graces of love and beauty, of a quiet life, are denied us." Life is somewhat feverish, going on under the pressure of steam and with the speed of electricity--but it is not the dismal thing Piatt paints it to be. The difference be­ tween now and then is this: Then they stood by and looked at the flowers, and simpered over them; now we pluck the roses of content as we run, and enjoy them aa keenly as those who, in times past, leisurely lingered over them. A NEW YOBK rat catcher says that American rats are decreasing in size every year, and he thinks that another fifty yean will bring them down to, the sise of mice. Save your old mice-traps. details of house!, old management, auehas house iurnishit g, care of beds «d bed­ ding, w ;hing and ironing, eagce of the sick, etc. The girls, we are informed, are also thon uglily grounded in science, mathematics and English literature. If there is anything that challenges the unlimited respect and devotion of the masculine mind it is the ability in woman to manage well her own house­ hold.--Chicago Daily News. A. - MIL SCIENTIFIC HISCELLAF& li­ the chances of success^ but the object to be gained, must decide. Beaders of naval history know that there were spec­ ial reasons why at all hazards the Her- moine should have been captured, or rather recaptured.-- The Nineteenth Cen­ tury. What Iewa Girls Are Taught. At the Iowa Agricultural College every girl in the Junior class has learned to make good bread, weighing and meas­ uring the ingredients, mixing, knead­ ing and baking, and regulating her fire. Each has also been taught to make yeast and to bake biscuits, puddings, pies and cakes of various kinds; how to cook a roast, broil a steak and make a cup of coffee, how to stuff and roast a turkey, make oyster soup, prepare ma­ terials for other soups, steam and mash potatoes so that they will melt in the mouth; and, in short, to prepare a first- class meal, combining both substantial and fancy dishes, in good style. Theory and manual skill have gone hand in hand. Vaat store* of learning have been accumulated in the arts of canning, pre- selves quite at of the deepest widow was, however, soon obliged to cut the joke short, for one of her suit­ ors, after annexing a pair of candle­ sticks, introduced a bunch of long fin­ gers into her pocket and abstracted her purse. Store Clothes aa* Civilisation* '/••• P" r" As showing how easy it is for a savage to cast aside " the trammels of artificial­ ity to rush into the glowing realities of savage life," the following is told of Bautzani, a famed Basuto chief: Bant- zani was a nephew of Mashesh, of South African renown. He had taken, thanks to a missionary education, all the outer manners of u dandy. He wore a tweed coat, a white shirt, suspenders, a watch, ohain, seals, gloves, and even a paper collar. He could talk of books, and was a subscrib# to the Natal paper. Friends of Bantzani were quite positive that the charms of education had won Bantzani from the wild habits of his clan, for the young Basuto loved to loll in an American rocking chair, and cer­ tainly such an educated young fellow never would any more, so it was sup­ posed, find pleasure in cattle- stealing and house-burning. The question of battle with the Boers was »not agitating the savage mind, and Mashesh, it was thought, was only holding back the dogs of war until Bantzani's decision was heard. A meeting was called, at which Bantzani desired to be heard. He is de­ scribed as having been dressed in well- fitting clothes, with patent leather boots, a straw-colored necktie around a stiff Byron collar. There is some doubt as whether this latter adjunct of civiliza­ tion was linen or paper. As an excuse for human error, we are to suppose it was paper. Bantzani began to speak in a slow, inanimate way. He was talking of the advantages of peace and all it would do for his people. "Lions only have to fight and are miserable, but be­ hold the sheep, how happy they are." Then his shirt collar hurt him and he made an effort to open it " Our chil­ dren go to the field and carry books and improve their little minds, instead of wasting their time in wild-bird catch­ ing." Then his shirt stud jammed into his neck. " People--wild people--the Kafirs call this bondage--nevertheless, the happy quietude of this life, which leads to contentment, has pleased me, but--but--" here the sharp, unyielding, knifeblade-like edge of his collar sawed into his swelling neck. Then he yelled : " I am tired of this imposture! These clothes confine my limbs once unfettered by any of the trammels of this civilized world I am trying to praise." Then, with a mighty effort, he tore the collar from his throat and trampled on it In­ creasing in violent gestures he flung off his coat, his suspenders, cast aside his trousers, and in an instant was stark naked. Before him lay in one disordered heap his clothes. He danced on them. He rushed to a fire, seized a brand, and with his own hand set fire to the school- house, and as it blazed, grasping a rifle, he at onoe became the fighting chief of the Basutos. Some time afterward, at the battle of Tirni, almost alone, " he defended with desperate courage a mountain path. Since his relapse he has become more and more savage, and, although he is fairly well off, and still maintains a carriage and horses, yet his pleasures are pagan, and he it a thief and a liar." How much off this falling off from grace may be due to that paper collar future philosophers alone can determine. Knely invented descrip­ tions of the natural instincts of his race really pale before this actual narration of facts.--New York Times. The Palm Tree. There are districts of Tinnevelly,.in Southern India, where the soil is so dry and sandy that it is surprising anything will grow. Yet where this powdery red sand prevails for miles we have walked through plantations of the stately Palmyra palm, the great stems rising to an immense height, and the trees in the most vigorous health. Here, as else­ where, the sap flows most freely at the hottest time of the year, and when the soil is without vegetation and almost without substance, when the only shade is that cast by these branchless trees from their narrow crowns of leaves, when the only clouds are clouds of dust, "when the streams are dry and the wells are ex­ hausted, and the largest rivers aie only beds of glowing sand," there is the singalar spectacle of these Btately trefes flowing continually with their fountains of sweet water. How is it possible? we often asked. Bishop Caldwell, whose house lies close to such a desert, tried to answer that question for himself. He dug into the ground to observe the course of the roots, but as deep as he dug " the thread-like roots of the palm burrowed deeper," until at last, "when forty feet below the surface he came upon waterand here the roots, drink­ ing in the refreshing moisture, pene­ trated even further among gravel and stones, and he could follow them no more. The riddle was solved; and any one may feel what a new beauty it gives to the comparison here. The roots of the Christian life sink down into the living waters. They are fed from the peren­ nial fountains of the Spirit far out of sight And the service and freshness of thafc life, and all the influences that flow from it, do not depend on what we see, for the soil where such a life grows is often spiritually barren, but they depend upon the roots striking down among the living waters.--Good Words. Amateur Brass Brands. Forty-five or fifty years ago a humor­ ous reporter in a little town way down East--Massachusetts--bewailed the fact that an amateur brass band had been or­ ganized. He declared that his slumbers were disturbed by the incessant tootings of the organization, and he savagely an­ nounced that if the thing continued much longer he would start out with his flint look musket and make an example or two. He wrote merely in fun. In fact, he was a member of that very band, and spent half his income in keeping it go- But his contemporaries did not salaries of £160. £150, and $120, re- ! KUVW th}*' Tb«? 8fi2f,d f1 - - - • and made it apply to the brass bands of A CAPTIVE balloon is to be used aif the Paris Observatory for making meteoro­ logical observations at a hight of a mile and a half above the surface of the earth. A RUSSIAN savant offers the novel but absurd hypothesis that hail is cosmical origin, and is captured by our world in its journey through space in the ^ame way that meteorites are attracted to thin planet B VLLOONBSTB have a unique method of taking " soundings" to learn their dis­ tance from the earth when traveling in the air at night. A loud shout is given, and the seconds are counted until the echo from the ground is heard. From the time required for the return of the sound it is easy to compote the hight of the balloon. WHEN a drop of nitric aoid is allowed to remain a few moments upon the sur­ face of a piece of metal, filed bright and clean, a pale ashy-gray spot is left if the metal is wrought-iron, a brownish black if steel, a deep black if iron. The car­ bon present in various proportions pro­ duces the differences in color. ° This is therefore considered a sure test. THE curious phenomenon of phos­ phorescent ice, observed in the Arctic regions, has been described by J. Allen. Whenever the observer Baw a lump of ice shattered at night by the vessels car­ rying him, he perceived a curious light emitted by the frozen fragments. The light is very like that produced by break­ ing a piece of sugar in the dark. D». SIEMENS commended the open fire-place for its sanitary advantages. Unlike radiating stoves, it warms the walls and furniture of a room more than the air. If the air within a room is hotter than the walls moisture condens&s on the latter causing mildew and fer­ mentation, with resulting liability to disease on the part of the occupants of the room. MANY coffee drinkers have undoubtedly been disturbed by the widely-published theories of Dr. Bock, of Leipsic, who pronounces coffee and tea to be the chief causes of nervousness and peevishness so common in our time. Upon this point, however, doctors disagree, and we find Dr. Henry Segur arguing that the effects of these beverages are far from injurious. As a remedial agent he believes coffee to be of great value, while its use promotes digestion, and otherwise exerts a health­ ful influence upon the system. To con­ firm this belief he points to the fact that habitual coffee drinkers are generally healthy, and live to a good old age. How greatly would human knowledge be narrowed had the microscope never exisited. The wonderful instrument has not only revealed the magnitude and im­ portance of the unseen world about us and shown many hidden marvels, but it has furnished a means of studying disease which will never cease to be an inestim­ able boon. It has shown that the body is preyed upon by a variety of or­ ganisms, producing disease, whose cause would never have been suspected with­ out its aid. The knowledge thus gained has in several instances led to tbe dis­ covery of methods of rendering the at­ tacks of the minute parasites compara­ tively harmless, thus conquering several dreaded maladies. Observations of this kind are only of a very recent date, but the progress made has been very remark­ able. All epidemic or contagions dis­ eases are now believed to be due to microscopic organisms in the blood, and it appears quite probable that M. * Pasteur's plan of vaccination may ere long be successfully applied to all ail­ ments of this kind with the result of greatly reducing their ravages. It is hoped that these new ideas concerning disease may soon lead to a material les­ sening of the death rate from such wide­ spread disorders as scarlet and typhus fevers and diphtheria. Truly great is the work of the microscope. The Queen's Household. The Clerk of the Kitchen has a salary of £700 a year and his board, and to aid him in his work he has four clerks, who keep all the accounts, check weights and measures, and issue orders to the trades­ people ; he has also a messenger and a "necessary woman." Besides these of­ ficials of her Majesty's kitchen, there is the chief, with a salary of £700 a year, and four master cooks at about £350 per annum each--who have the privilege of taking four apprentices at premiums of from £150 to £200 eaoh--two yeomen of the kitchen, two assistant cooks, two roasting cooks, four scourers, three kitchen maids, a store-keeper, two " Green Office " men, and two steam ap­ paratus men. And in the confectionery department there are a first and second yeomen, with salaries of £300 and £250, respectively; an apprentice, three fe­ male assistants, and an errand man; and, in addition to these, there are also a pastry cook and two female assistants, a baker and his assistant, and three coffee-room women. The ewer depart­ ment, which has charge of all the linen, consists of a yeoman and two female as­ sistants only. The gentleman of the wine and beer cellars--or, properly speaking, her Majesty's chief butler-- has a salary of £500 a year. He has to select and purchase wines for -the royal establishment, to superintend the de­ canting and send them np to table. Next to him are the principal table- deckers, with £200 a year each; the sec­ ond table-decker, with £150; the third, with £90, and an assistant, with £52-- their duties being to superintend the laying out of the Queen's table before dinner is served. The plate pantry is i R under the care of three yeomen--with i f,'. ulorioB r.( J?1 ftrt _£?1 Kft ttlOrt ! KUOW tills, it apply board -- a groom, and" six assistants. ' lIleir own ,own8- Since then it has an spectively, besides lodging-money and ! . board -- a groom, and six assistants. ' , . These offices are of great trust and are "ua"v 'th® round ot the press of - ' tno United States. It is now a staple. seeing that at a rough i m, , , . • , , - gold .nd silver plate »t! not overpaid, J'cJir.loTi. p^.br,T„rth I th. b.„d i»not »p to the about £3,000,000 and included some | ̂ leailt four-fifths of the reporters who very precious specimens of art workman- ! ,k'uT^e auiateur hands as a bore do so ship. Ihe getting in of her Majesty's * l>e?a?se 18 expected of them mt. h« an <.n^i We haven t hauled our organization over the coals to any extent yet, but shall ii coal must be an important and arduous task, as no fewer than thirteen persons are employed all the year round on thin duty alone.--Chamber's Journal. A London Woman's Experiment. A young, rich and pretty widow in London, with plenty of animal spirits, and in want of some innocent amuse­ ment, hit on the original plan of in­ scribing her name in the books of a matrimonial agency as a wealthy but blind candidate for matrimony. The number of suitors was legion, and the charming widow amused herself to her heart's content. Some came in shabby clothes, some stretched themselves at full length on the sofa and made them- they don't get to work and practice more regularly, even though we admit that it is wrong to do it Fact is, an amateur band is not a nuisance. After three or four weeks it plays so well that half the citizens turn out to its rehearsals and un­ qualifiedly declare that it has made won­ derful progress. The pride and boast of most towns is the brass band. Yet the local paper is expected to refer to it in sneering terms.--Larmie City Boom• erana. AN ambitious man whom you oan serve will often aid you to rise, but not higher than his knee; othsrwise yon might be in his light. A oonw aamihQator--The pig. A uom employment--Making g»si A HABP set-The hen on porcelaia eggs. Th» plaoe for flats--In % tenement house. Euwmcnrr in Franklin's time was a wonder, bnt we now make light of it. AN eminent historian trsces baseball back to the time when Bebeoea went down to the well with a pitoher and caught Isaac. A PHU.OSOFI0EB ssya, "The man who laughs is the sympathetic man." It is astonishing how many sympathizers a fellow has when he dips down hurts himself. "WHAT is the whole duly of a mar­ ried man ? " " To be agreeable to hia wife." " What is the whole duty of a married woman ? " " To be agreeable." --From the French. "IF I have ever used any NNLRINH words, Hannah," said Mr. Smiley' re­ flectively, "I take them all back." "Yes, I suppose you want to use tiyww over again," was the not very soothing reply. AN old eoaple were walking down the street reading signs, when they tan across one which the old man read thus: "Johnson's Shirt Store." *« Well. I de- olare!" exclaimed the old lady, '• I won­ der how he tore it!" " PA," asked Fogg's hopeful the other evening, "what kind of a comb do they use to curry chickens with?" "Cox­ combs," responded Fogg, promptly. Fogg says he believes in alwsfrs answer­ ing a child when you can. A MICHIGAN man saved himself from a watery grave the other day by hanging on the ice with his chin. A man pos­ sessed of chin enough to hang by ought to cut a figure in Congress. New York Commercial Advertiser. ' LITTLE POLLY, 5 "aged, attends Trinity Church. On reaching home, she de­ scribes it to her mother: "It was ever BO much larger than our chapel, and colored glass in the wiudows made into pictures. I saw the Riug, Queen and knave, bat there wasn't any ace." AN old man with a head as destitute of hair as a -watermelon entered a drug store and told tbe clerk he wanted a bottle of hair restorer. " What kind of hair restorer do you prefer?" "I reckon I'll have to take a bottle of red hnir re­ storer. That was t he color of my when I was a boy." EXTRACT from a young lady's letter : "And, do you know, Maud and I are quite sure Capt. Popple had taken too much champagne at the ball, for he took out his watch and looked hard at the back of it and then muttered: 'Blesih my shoul! I had.n't any dea it was this time o' night'" " How ARK you and your wife ooming on?" asked a Galveston man of a col­ ored man. " She's run me off, boss." " What's the matter ? " "lis to blame, boss. I gave her a splendid white silk dress, and den she got so proud she had no use for me. She 'lowed I was too dark to match de dress."--Texas Sift- tags. A GENTIIKMAN was relating to a friend how a party of young fellows got full at a wedding. He said one of them went np stairs just a braiding. The friend said : " Well, what in the world is braid­ ing? That is anew one on me." The man who was telling the story said: " You don't know what braiding is, eh ? He was braiding three strands, two strands of legs and one strand of ban~ nisters." That seemed to be so plain that any man who had ever gone up stairs drunk could readily realize the situation.--Peck's Sun. PROPER ENGLISH. O why Bhall we say for catohed, oanght, Aa grammarian* some say we ought ? Let us see How things be When thia kind of teaching ia taught: Tbe egg ian't hatched, it ia baught; My breeches aren't patched, they are paoght; * John and Jane are not matched, they are mavght; My dcor isn't latched, it is langht; The pie wasn't snatched, it wan (niaught: The cat never scratched, but Bhe scrannel , The roof waan't thatched, it was tfaaugjfE " ; ? If English must this way be wrought. It soon will be natched --that is naught E. H. M., SUMPTEB, S. C.: "lama young man, a carpenter by trade. I feel that I must go to Texas. Please answer. Is it very hot in Texas in summer, and what could I make by working at my trade in Austin?" It is quite hot; seldom abve 90 o, however. With re­ gard to what you could make, working at your trade, we presume you could make tables and chairs and wheel-bar­ rows and bed slats and such things, that is if you understand your business; and Eou might make amends by leading an onest life, for whatever rascality you were guilty of in the old States 5 or you might make your escape if the officers get after you. There is no end to the number of things you could make in Austin, beside a good reputation, if you would set your mind on it--Texas Siftings. Fisk's Superb Bar-Beea. Thespians with enough money on hand to pay lor a drink sometimes drop into the magnificent bar-room fitted up by Ed. Stokes, of Jim Fisk antecedents. It is by long odds the most elaborate plaoe of its kind in New York, and it may be doubted if there is another equal to it in the world. The room is about fifty feet square, with the bar in the middle. This arrangements give the bar two sides instead of one. The floor is covered with carpeting fit for the best drawing-room on Fifth avenue, rich but*not bright in color and so thick that no footfall can be heard. All the woodwork--bar chain, tables, etc.--is solid mahogany, richly carved and giving a certain tone that no other kind of wood imparts. When lighted up by magnificent crystal chandeliers the effect is superb. Heavy draperies and enormous tropical plants add to the richness of the whole. The walls contain several paintiugs, of no particular merit, and some pieces of statuary of very decided merit, stand near the bar. One is a splendid marble figure, life size, resembling the figure known as "California" in the Metro­ politan Museum collection. Another is in bronze and has for its subject an erect female figure, nude, like the one in marble, with the head of a satyr grin­ ning over her shoulder. There are other striking pieces, but these two are notably so. Many of the regular frequenters of the place are sporting men and stock­ brokers. A Wall street firm has an office at one end of the room, and the sound of the ticker is heard all d&j.~New York Letter in the Hartford Times. SOMEWHAT mixed : A gentleman who had spent half the winter at Washing­ ton endeavoring to get a private bill through Congress, returned to the bosom of his family a sadder and a wiser Shortly alter bis arrival he was met by a friend, who greeted him warmly with : "Glad to see you back again. How about your bill ?" •< Bill--bill?" said the disappointed solicitor, confusedly, with a dim recollection of an encounter with i the hotel-keeper, "I left it unpaid." IT ia really of little consequanoe who we are--it matters more what we are.