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rlfcok, oiMk. nir. i the pile ot tin, «ir; wlllhttto .* ItadSoCtlne, sir. ISIASSESSSSUNR.; "kssssssiss'-rn Theo&lV KB t that takes my eye-ft M>rnmT spirit liMikets-- fetft-.it which jinnies in the parse, And passes at the banker"*. 0 TO me the srtrl that's got THE 4 liftv thnn*»n(i cool, Mr; 1 <fere not if she a V<ui ft or Old, i P rtt* or a fool, sir. Be ulie as meek as any saint. Or as tlie devil bold, sir, III Khut my eyes • <> every flult, It PIK 'H only got the (fold, >lr. #»,• <>."• i""-- »• rut- p 1/1,4 "*»l)wMWr TrUmne. »£~ in EMBARRASSED DETECTIVE.* * On the 15th of March, 1872, at 9 tfclock in the evening, a hackney coach Stopped in front of the entrance to the Boule Noire ball-room. A man got out erf the vehicle. He was about 35, tall Mid slender, with unintelligent and bold- looking face. He had a small flaxen mustache, curled up at the ends and well cared for, and wore a black velvet sack coat, bound with broad silk galloon, a soft hat planted a little on yue side of his head, and Suede gloves. ^ * Another man, for ajjjuarter of an hour pest, had been walking back and forth Mi the pavement. He had on an over­ coat buttoned to his chin, with a small ffreasy collar extending beyond the Bayed edge of a black satin necktie, ft huge hat pulled far down over his head. He carried a heavy cane in his hand. His complexion was florid. He Ifftd a thick mustache and very short ifide-whiskers, out square on the c>eek. These two men accosted each other -"'Hid, in low tones, exchanged the follow­ ing words: "Here, Dubrisart, here." "Maroon! Was it you who sent for Yes, it was I. But there are too lHany people and too much light on this pavement. Let us cross the boulevard." "Shall I keep the hackney coach?" "Yes; we shall have but a short job, tm we will return immediately aiter- . ward to the prefecture." Tliey crossed the street, and when l&ey were on the opposite sidewalk alone, with their backs as^inst the little stall of a tinsmith, which was at file corner of the Rue des Martyrs, Marcon, the man with the overcoat, grasped with great cordiality both the . &ands of Dubrisart, the man with the tfclvet sack coat. "Dubrisart, my dear Dubrisart," he •lid, "I am delighted to see vou again. You never fall in our way any more; you work the great political lay now; you go on missions to foreign coun­ tries. At least I have been so informed. And to think that you began at the very bottom of the ladder in my bri­ gade--tiiat I was your superior!" "And you are still my friend, my dear old Marcon," replied the other. "I have had luck; influence has been used in my favor." "Beside, you have merit, education, good breeding and refined manners. You dress with more taste than any man in the whole prefecture, not even excepting the Prefect himself. You beong to an honorable family, and can «peak ErijKuh for which reasons yen were intrusted with your first mission to England, under the Empire, when you went to look a little into what was taking place at Ti-Toue-Tiken--in short, at the residence of the Orleans Princes." "At Twickenham.* ' i? "Yes that's it. As for me, I have •Continued to vegetate among small af­ fairs. This evening, however, some­ thing important is on hand. During the •day a ce rtain Aglue Ripon came to the prefecture. Oh! you don't know her 1 She is a celebrit.- of the ball-rooms and low drinking-shops about here. Four Of five of us were chatting about the . stove. The girl entered the office like ft fury, saying that she was acquainted with one of the Chiefs of the Commune, .-A man who had robbed, burned, aliot people and done everything else! naturally we offered Mme. Ripon a •chair. She proposed to turnover to us this evening, at the Boule Noire, Stafner, who was a Legion Commander Wider the Commune." *. "Styy'lier!--the Qiao vho stabbed me m a little cafe at Belleville ia 1860?" "Yes, and I sent for you because I remembered the particulars of that •tabbing affray. I do not know this Stafner, and 1 thought you would not be displeased at the idea of aiding ns *I>e been «fcK* twice andWWfe <wt. II daft* tin." "Take cmrcl" continued Maroon, raising his tofcfe. ' "Ifyo*--" • • f "Toa areon the wrong tack," whis­ pered Dubrisart to Maroon. "One shook! never be hasty with women. Letafie Wlk to her." Approaching Aglae Ripon, he said to her: "Listen, my little beauty; listen a moment. You are right about St. La- zare. It dont kill, and a woman in your position is not hurt by a* six months' sjonrn there. Quite the con­ trary sometimes. But you have a rep­ utation and you cling to it. - Well, if you act wisely we will take care of your reputation, and no one shall know that you betrayed Stafner. We will install you at the lower end of the ball-room at a table beside the orchestra near the entrance to the garden. You will re­ main there with these three gentlemen, who will give you vin sucre to drink and cigarettes to smoke, the Govern­ ment paying for everything. Monsieur and myself will be in the garden. When Stafner arrives you will go to meet him. If you try to lead him in the di­ rection of the exit door the agents will throw themselves upon him aud will not touch you; they will tell everybody that you sold your friend for 50 francs. But if you bring him, like a good, clev­ er girl, into the garden, we will collar both you and Stafner. There will be nothing for you to be ashamed of. You will be taken to the prefecture, but will be set at liberty fifteen minutes after­ ward, and can finish your evening at Vauxliall or the Elysee Montmartre. Do you understand, my little beauty ? Of course you understand, don't you? And you will be reasonable ? Why, to be sure you will? Farewell for the present. Go with these gentlemen; we will wait for yon in the garden, and you men give her plenty of vin snore to drink." Aglae mid the three agents crossed the boulevard. Maroon gazed at Dub­ risart with evident satisfaction. "I understand the secret of your suc­ cess in the profession," said he to him. "You know how to capture women." "And men, also, as you shall see. Let us enter the ball-room. It will amuse me to take another look at the Boule Noire and Stafner. I still bear the scar of his stab on my arm." They climbed the fifteen steps of the stairway and entered an immense hall, in which were combined, in a highly concentrated form, the odor of pipes and the perfume of hot wine. The or­ chestra, with af deafening noise of brass instruments, was playing a quadrille. The girls and nurses of the quarter were dancing in the middle of the hali. On each side of the circular promenade, which extended aTound the ball-room, men and women were seated at tables. One heard the gurgle of heavy, dark-red wine as it was poured into bowls of white faience, and the sound m >de by crushing lumps of sugar in the wine with pewter spoons. Dubrisart and Marcon walked a short distance along the promenade and stopped near the platform occupied by the orchestra. The women stared a great deal at Dubrisart, because of his velvet sack-coat and his gants de Suede. Aglae Ripon and the three agents were already installed at a table, around a bowl full of wine. Dubrisart looked at the woman and sent her a stealthy little greeting. She answered with a smile. "CGUM, old -man," said Dubrisart to Maroon, "let's smoke a cigar in the garden while waiting for Stafner. The woman will bring liim to us, 111 answer for it, and, until then, we can have ft little chat.". The evening was cold and the place entirely deserted. They went to the lower end of the garden and sat down on a bench. "I have a good cigar for yon to smoke," said Dubrisart to his com­ panion; "I bought three or four boxes of excellent ones at Antwerp." "Oh! you have been to Antwerp, mm. j'.-sraS? M'J • <• ,-T him to I went there three weeks ago after the Comte de Cliam- " With all my heart, and I will recog- •" nize him, you may depend upon it. He :M coming to the ball to-night, then ?" p . > "At 10 o'clock." "And Aglae Ripon?" "Three of my agents, Cervoiser, roilat and Chaulet, will bring her. They ought to be here by this time. After she had made her denunciation the girl wanted to go, but I kept her in charge. I know all about a woman's •fits of anger. They vanish as they •opine, in five minutes. She had only to meet her friend again--for he is her triend--to be filled with remorse and .Warn him ar d the whole job would be Spoiled. She had an appointment with St afner for this evening at 10 o'clock, "tod that was all I wanted. I told her that the Government would pay for her dinn-ir and for a hackney-coach to take »er to the ball, but that she could re­ turn home only aftter she had put Staf- j ' ;||er in our oJ'atelies. Ah! they are j»robal>ly ir, that hackney-coach which 3lia« ju#* stopped on this side of the • rThe doer of the vehicle opened a tew ' Meps from Dubrisart and Marcon. They ' ,s cw emerge from it, flanked by three ^ lagents in citizens' clothes, a tall girl, ^ff clad in a brown woolen dress, with ft .rC little gray cloth sack and a black hat, C-'-i|?|lfrom the left side of whioh hung ft bunch ^ """j** *jof large red roses. One of the agents * y* "Vj came straight to Marcon, while the two others kept watch over the woman, who :\r?% glanced around her with an air of un- easiness. "M. Maroon,"%aid the agent, "yon ! »• must talk to that girl. She disturbs %gftme. She wept in the hackney-coach. ,- JK-.' Two or three times she wiped her eyes wit*! the tips of her fingers. It is quite certain that she regrets what she has done, and is afraid of what she has yet todo." "I will talk to her," answered Mar­ oon, ftnd he approached the woman. "See here," said he to her, "no fool­ ishness, if you please! Your recordtis at the prefecture. I have looked into it ft little. It contains some ugly things, and, if I wanted to send you to St. Lasare for five or six months, plen­ ty of pretexts could be fouud. You are well acquainted with St. Lazare are no*f m-mst. . ' ? ("t r "•& £ V * 'A then?" "Yes. to look bord." "You travel ft great deal, do yo* not?" "I have been constantly on the go since the 4th of September." "You did not remain in Paris during the siege, did you ?" "No. After the 5th of September I saw what the Government of the National Defense was worth. Those gentlemen conceived the idea of holding Paris without the secret police. They were fools, absolute fools! As Iliad the reputation of possessing a certain amount of merit, they asked me to be­ come the Secretary of a newly-appointed Commissaire de Police, \vW could not get along with his duties alone. I de­ clined. I do not like sedentary igni­ tions ; I need run ing abent, coniiig and going. I »aid to myielf: ' One day or pother they wi 1 reorganize the secret police, then they will want nae.' I left Paris with a company of sharp­ shooters. For two months we scoured the Forest of Fricans, and at Hie expiaa* tion of that time, as we were somewhat thinned out and disorganized, we went to Tours to rest and recnuk Ik was< about the 15th of November. "The first perscm I met at Tours, in the Rue Royale, in front of the Hotel' du Falsan, was big. Yersac, who, prier to the 4th of September, was in t£e? Chateau bi igade. He conducted! me at once to the Administration of Geneaali Safety. On the way he told me that' Mons. Gambetta was a man who ludl r< per ideas of government; that sino»> arrival they had been engaged, iix reorganizing the secret poliee< and tiftfe they were greatly embarrassed^ It was. not difficult for the Government of Tours to improvise- Prefects,. Sens- Prefects and Generals, but aacn of the police can not be improvised. There's j where our strength lies. They aj» aJh I ways obliged to return to ns. "They gave me a very agreeable* posi­ tion, and when they learned that 1 had been, under the empire, to Twicken­ ham, Baden and Weodnorton to watch the Orleans Princes, they said to me: ' You are the very man we want. We know that the Prince de Joinville is hidden somewhere in one of the pro­ vincial armies. Try to find him.' I began to search for the Prinoe de Join­ ville. It seemed to me exceedingly droll to be doing for the republic the same business I had done for the em­ pire ten years. Ah! old man, one be­ comes terribly philosophical when on» has been fifteen years in the political police. The empire made us run after the Orleans Princes; the republic made us run after the Orleans Princes. No matter what change in the Government it is alwavs the same thing, you see. "We uftimately nabbed the Prinoe de Joinville. He was fighting against the Prussians in the Army of the Loire. We kept the Prince a prisoner for five e Prince a pusoner for five i tbe ldfch to the lSfch af J m- wry rtMam, lecture. After SfedHt Malo, to gland. "When I saw the Jersey packet, a big white and blue steamer, depart with the Prinoe on board* I reflected that all this was a triie extrftordinftry. They had found me on the itiocto of Tours in uniform, and Altogether disposed to take the field again with my comrades. They had made me remove my uniform, uid I had just sent out of France a man who also wished to fight against the Prussians. Bat when one is m the police and likes the profession cue must not look too deeply into things. "The fact is that our business is not monotonous. To think, for example, that I, who am now chatting with you in the little garden of the Boule Noire, arrested on the 13th of January, 1871, the Prinoe de Joinville at Maus, and on the 17th of July of the same year the painter Courbet in the depths of a closet in Paris! To think that I paid my respects on the 17th of January, 1872, to the Emperor Napoleon at Chis- elhurst, and on the 24th of February following to the Comte de Chambord at Antwerp!" "You talked with the Emperor and the Comte de Chambord?" "As I am talking with you, Marcon. It required no great tact to gain ad­ mission to Cliiseilmrst. One went in there as if it had been a tavern. All one had to do was to address the con­ cierge, to say that he was a Frenchman of distinction, and that he desired to be received by the Emperor. One left his name, together with his London ad­ dress, and the next day he had his audi­ ence letter. I had arranged a very pretty little Bouapartist history for myself. My grandfather, a Captain in the Imperial Guard, was killed at Wa­ terloo, etc. etc. Everything went off like a letter through the postoffioe. Ten or twelve of us were received in a batch, at the same time, one Sunday, after mass. We were shown into a small blue saloon on the ground floor, and whom do you think I saw beside the Emperor? Our former chief, M. Pietri. When my turn came to speak a few words I said something about the condition of Paris, where there was no longer either safety or police. I added that everybody regretted the empire and the administration of M. Pietri. The Emperor smiled, and as I was tak­ ing my departure M. Pietri grasped my hand and told me that I had spoken like a good Frenchman. "My campaign at Antwerp was more difficult. They summoned me to the prefecture and said to me: 'Go to Ant­ werp and see what is taking place there.' I demanded permission to start on what day and at what hour I thought best, and to act on my arrival in my own way. I received the requisite au­ thorization, and it was agreed that I should not be stinted in regard to ex­ pense. They sent to Antwerp five or six persons. I let my comrades depart, and did not set out until the 22d of February. The pilgrimage to Antwerp was then at its height. I went early to the depot of the North. I examined the passengers as they arrived. I said to myself: 'The train starts at 7 o'clock in the morning and reaches Antwerp at 3 in the afternoon. I must carefully choose my compartment, open a conver­ sation with my traveling companions, and have people to answer for me when I arrive at Antwerp. I have eight hours for that. It's more than I need.' ~I was, as yon ea» readily dressed irreproachably, seriously and simply, in sober-hned garmenta I had brought with me as my servant big Versac--you remember--the man I met at Tours. We are great friends now, and always work together. Be is a capable fellow, but he likes to fiM minor roles; roles without responsibility. He was, however, well paid for this trip. He made the acquaintance, en rsute, of a little jewel of a Legitimist lady's maid, who told hira a pack of tilings about one of the meet aristocratic fami­ lies- of the Faubourg Saint-Germain. Versac is a handsom« man. The-lady's maid fell in love wiifh him. He found the little angel again in Paris, and die is now of great use tons. "In the depot I spied out an old gentleman with a -woman of about 30, not very pretty but %*ery agreeabtei I was attracted toward? them. I scanned them closely. I saidJto myselt: £,They will do!' I got into their comparttnent. I Said not been decei ved--they wet** go­ ing to pay their resp«cts to the Sing, fw once on the train i it was no longer- the Comte de Chambord; it WBS> t&» Kiag! In the vicinity of the station) of La lurches we told etwh other ouraames ar»f rank. The okii gentleman* was ca31sd the MarquiR de Bonstasaon. I callfed myself the U&n>n de de-iLostrac. If I Ihsre a Bonspartisfc history, I have also<a>very complicated! Legitimist history,- which is adhoifeby hung- upon two namte of extinjot fami­ lies.. At Creil I learned the name* th**young woman. She was th«^diui^i»- ter of the old Manyns and the widtonr of lie Comte de la Rfballiere. Jiitween Gmii and Compiegno the old Marqpw told me his history. Between Gba»-- pitjgoe and Fergnierl told bimimn&, I woe a Frenchman from across l&e seat who had oome with tiw Mbwfce- vidfto volunteers < tte take panst in, the war, etc. Atr F6rgnier the Mawjiia, the* Comtesse and I breakfas jbdl aft the saaae table. At' Antwerp we« wan# to the same hotel; and that ev«*ingr Ver­ sac took our dtenands for ai.i amliwnce t*>the Com tie- de- ftlaoas, at the Hotel Sasnt Antoine. The Marqms,, ia his | letter, had spokea of me, acsiil isamine had spoken of the> Marquis. made, ae it wer<4.a> ouaabination. . £ was no lunger alene;-. I ^ad a godfather, and what a godfa&er!--a Mhnqgtah with grand sil nor haiit, all in cvito,. aad with a majestic- and; nenerable air.. He was, I assure you*, t&e choice gaaaonger of; the whoto traim. "The noxt Jay we w«n»> received sfc the Hotel, h&<nt Antoio«i,ini a squad ^ from tnwmtx to twentw-ffcw p(irsoc«v It was* dun*, as at u/hiaelhurHt, in batches,. When the King eaterml tHwre was a grw.it sensation. The old Miar- quis was'altogether o^sreome. Hft foil upoai hi* knees, and tdb»y had alH the troable ia the worU to get him up again. He insisted on kissing the King's hand. Hia language grew in- oehereat; he sai<\ that now h** eould <fie, eto., etc. W» bore him back to the Hotel du Graad-Labourenr» where we were stopping. He took to his bed. iThe Comtesse and I passed the even­ ing with him. Eight or tea parsons of oat batch called to ask abow the old Marquis* condition. The following day we returned the visits we had reoeived. I remained at Antwerp until the de­ parture of the King, seeing host* of people. 1 came back with a report and notes whioh did me the greatest honor. "If I were the least bit inclined to be foolish, I could tell you that the Com- teaae leaned lovingly on my ftrm ftnd at the arrived, and the woman is bringing him into the garden." At these wo«fe|» »l>okea by one of the agents, DubrupMt and Maroon arose, crossed the garden, and, standing upon the threshold'of tltedoor, gaaed into the hftll. TheyaftW, ooming toward them ftlofcg the oircalar promenade, Aglae Ripon, on the aim of a small, red- haired man, in a gf»y paletot and soft hat. The small man was talking a great deal, and seemed very lively. The woman did not appear to be listen­ ing to him; her step was uncertain, her look vague. She must have indulged largely in the vin sucre. Almost con­ stantly, with a mechanical movement of the left hand, she pushed back her three huge red roses whioh beat i-gainst her face. Two of the agents were closely following the pair. "Do you recognise him?" said Mar­ con to Dubrisart. "No; when I saw him last he wore ft full beard, and had brown hair. This man is beardless, and has red hair. But we shall see verv soon. I have a sure way of telling if it be Stafner." When the woman saw the garden door, and recognized Dubrisart and Marcon waiting, one on each side of it, she drew herself up, stiffened herself, uttered a cry, and sprang backward. But the two agents seized the man and the woman by the shoulders and pushed them violently into the garden. Marcon shut the door. At that moment the postoirelle of a quadrille ended, and 5<X> voices shouted, furiously: "Again, again!" "Let go the woman," said Dubrisart, "and bring the man here under the gas jet. Good! And now, my friend, show me your left hand. Come, open your hand. I say; open your hand. Ah! there is the imprint of my three teeth. I gave you that mark, my friend, in exchange for your knife tlirnst. Put the hand­ cuff on him. It's Stafner." At 10:30 that evening Dubrisart and Marcon arrived at the prefecture. One of the chiefs of the service was there. They reported the result of their ex­ pedition to him. "Everything is perfectly satisfactory," said he, "and I thank you both for your zeal and tact. Marcon, you can go; but, Dubrisart, remain a moment, if you please. I have a question to ask you. Several reports have been made to me in regard to the receptions at Antwerp. In one of these reports a certain Baron de Martonne de Lustrao is stated to have used very violent language. He spoke publicly against M. Thjefs in the most outrageous manner. You did hot see this Baron de Martonne de Luatrac, did you?" "^es, monsieur, I saw him." "You do not mention him in yorw re­ port. Why is this?* "Because I myself was the persetu" "I suspected as much. See what it is to do police duty in » whimsical fash' ion, each one on his own account, with­ out instructions and wifchout discipline; In every line of your report you speafc of a Comtesse de la Iiiballiere." "Yes; ft very refined lady, whose- father----" -t " The Marquis de Bousttason--I know --I know. Wait a bit." The ch'ef of the service arose and opened at door. "Mme. ltobert," called He, "be kind he?e." - And the BarortMe Martonne de Lus- trac saw enter the Comtesse de la Ri- balliere, dressed in the plainest and humblest fashion. The Baron and the Comtesse- stared at each other with a disconcerted and bewilderedlair. "M. Dnirisart, Mme. Robert; Mme. Robert, M. Dubrisart," saidlthe Chief. "Now takxwgood look at each other, and have ttie kindness, whatever you meet in the- future, to remember that both of van are in the police service." Dubrisart" and Mme. Robert quitted the ChiefaKoffiwe and, as the^vwere de­ scending (me of the stairways of the prefeoture^Dubnmrt said: "There ii»<oBly cne thing wiKeh pnz- zles me--w*ho» wr» the old ^oan ? He positivelyliad tfc» air of a nobleman. Where did you, utaeartli that prodigy ?" "He is nryvfafctaer," replied lime. Rob­ ert. "Formerly Ike was an aator, and one of tUe bestt first old oaft on the boards!" Ytearlbw Sacrifice!. A gocdlmaim jGflXB ago a csmlier took a little Ikd froau a neighboring poor- house, radlwhatii the boy InuLSbecome a youth hsewas gwsa a respoaniMe posi­ tion in the luiuk. «£ which his jarron was practically the Itaad. Later iibe cashier stole m a®e< 4 hajBi^lL^.OOO fron&rthe bank. Exposure was^ftirefttened eve -y day, and the guilty-oihaast.im a period c»£ depres­ sion, c<«afessedttb»the youth tJat lie pro­ posed iOikill himself. Young; Ray, the protege, was amiirfwn with h «ror, as he thought of ti»> terrible turn? in affairs, but having watgh&d the matter, the next | day be thre.-w, himself into fche breach. !l! THE FAULT CIRCLE. MASK StnvsxnjhE.--Carry the radi- auee of roursrin in your face; let the wdrld hkVe the bebeflt bf it. Let your cheerftihiess be felt for good, wherever you are, and let your sinfies be scattered like sunbeams--"on the just as well as the unjust." Such a disposition will yield you a rich reward, for its happy effects will come home to you and brighten your moments of thought. Sm ile at the higher and better responses of nature to the emotion of the soul. Let the children have the benefit of them, those little ones who need the sunshine of the heart to educate them, and would find a level for their buoyant nature in the cheerful, loving faces of those who lead them. Let them not be kep| from the middle-aged, who need the encouragment thev bring. Give your smiles also to the aged. They come to them like the quiet rain of summer, making fresh and verdant the long, weary path of life. Be gentle and indulgent to all; love the true, the beautiful, the just, the holy. THE MOTHER RULES THE WOULD.--It is hard for a young mother, who has not yet overcome the wayward tenden- dies of her youthful nature, to realize the influence she exerts over her own little ones. She is constantly sur­ rounded by successful imitators, who copy her morals and manners. As the mother is, so are her sons and daugh­ ters. If a family of children is blessed with an intelligent mother, who is deli­ cate and refined in her manners, and does not consider it necessary to be one woman in a drawing-room and an en­ tirely different person in every-day life, but who is a true mother, and always a tender, charming woman, vou will in­ variably see her habits of speech and perfect manners repeated in her chil­ dren. Great, rough men, and noisy, busy boys, will always tone down their voices and step light and try to be more mannerly when she stops to give them a kind word or a pleasant smile, for a true mother will never fail to say or do all the pleasant things she can that will cheer those whose lives are shaded with care and toil. The mother of to-day rules the world of to-morrow. PROFANITX.--We are emphatically in the age of profanity, and it seems to us that we are on the topmost current. One cannot go on the street anywhere without having their ears offended with the vilest words, and their reverence shocked by the most profane use of sa­ cred names. Nor does it . come from the old or middle-aged alone, for it is a fact that the ywinger portion of the community are most proficient in de­ grading language: Boys have an idea that it is smart to* swear; that it makes them manly; bu# there never was ft greater mistake ih the world. Men, even those who swear themselves, aro disgusted with profanity in a young man, because th*y know how, of alt habits, this clings the most closely and increases with yeam»- It is the most in­ sidious of habits, growing on ooe so in­ visibly, that almost before- one is aware he* becomes an accomplished euorser. REMEMBERED STOQIES.--Children are Yery fond of twilight and bed-time stories, and the futara life e>f many a little child has been' molded, as Sir Walter Scott's was,. Sv the- weird, im­ aginative recitals po«x*l atr tfkese hours into their eager intelligences. Children are m> easily influenced' t)buA parents should lie particular what & told to i them, and the storie» should be- suited I tb the capacity of the- ohild. There are * lltWb' cues Who must be raetroum io sleep by the quiet rafrai* of some nurseij song--a stery- woaid excite tliem ta» wakefulness orrtb > badi dreams. Others- are so constituted! that they will faJ9 asleep as soon: as the-atbry they •mveJ »told. Sometimes mothers* are Brris'reiasfr? to make up .stories and1 not q^nok t®» remember those tha^know, in wUieh ease a good wayv is to» ttoke the raatem&ered part and'n&ake ifr&nueleiis f«r a liaUf original story. Fcwrinstaaee, tk»ne- ii* a pretty litt£a- poem wlftoll' some one wrote, we- have firgottea who, andj. ih> fS&otV we btevo forgotten the poem, bob we* will sappoBC* and remember,it in i this* way: ""Ilitu-a was once upon a tiine iia the kingdom of No Mam's Xiand a»ilitfcLe- boy vfcbb ' neoaor was ready to go >tfcibed- No raaiter %ow late it was-he-would ery aud cry,, and all the little - stem* w«jnld come- *Sii!ing down on tliei-aaoonlbemms auri lbi& in at the window aadiluu^nh at tliSe little boy who--never--wanteds--to --go*--t®>---bed--b<JO-h(X>! andloilo- night Inifcr littdie boy sat;up in.bie^.^mli asked the littt£» stars what they thought ti it. Atid: a< gieat shining star: l&oHadt very externa and answered--amii thi» is all "we can remember of the paeon:: "W* h»ve a Fatber, little bocfr. "Who (tui'des us on our wwry. Ve never quesUon; v>iien.H« flyaki listen tiDi obey I" / Boston* Baked Bean*. Mrooston peper laments.tii# Sierfl'me •offB®«ston baked beans, a rldsii fiuaaous in Yankee' legen Is and nev»>))ap<«r para- Vgra^iiis. It "~#as not l««sni generally |.iSjmsa that Jloston baked* he«ns were „ , . t laiSwfy but suwly passinj-f»vay. Such, He saggestc^.aaid the cas W eagerly ; Hia^ver, ap1#ars to Uie tiie- ^1 fact. , „ accepted thc»suggestion, tluithe should Boston j jftper says tliafe within the ('he was again g?«ng fishing, fastea the g^allb upon himself and ab-^^i:pa«* few v< *rs the cast: off beans, of / On thoefouaitlh morning, i soonl, thus laavuftg his patr«i honest «* | jpOJ&>and of M»or has iacHeaewd, "while and whether the inscct is a mid or do- mestie lw, the Htan««) is identical throughout,--Good Words. Ml Arp m Natnre aad Sn|enttthR| There are some curious Indian corn, and one is red ears and the speckled eftfS coane from when you don't plant' any but white corn; and another is, why don't we find an ear with an odd number of rows on it ? You can find, a four-leaf clover, but I have never found the odd row on an ear of corn yet. It is always fourteen, or sixteen, or twenty, or some even number, and I would like to un­ derstand what corn knows about mathe­ matics, and what objection nature has to odd numbers. Bttt "nature is full of mysteries. I was looking at some honey* comb the Other day, and wondered how it could be so true and uniform and per- feet even under a microscope, and yet be all made in thetdark. And I would like to know how the lightning-bug kindles the fire so suddenly, and I've noticed that there is not only liglit in it to show him how to travel, but there is power in it that -pushes him forward and always upward. He rises as he lights, which is a good emblem. When a man sets himself up as a preacher, or a teacher, or a statesman, and under­ takes to throw light around upon the people he ought to so live by precept and example that he would rise higher and higher as he luminated. And right before me in front of the piazza are two vines climbing' a cane--one a ma- deria and the other a jessamine--and they cross each other at every rouiid climbing in opposite directions, and I have tried to make 'em reverse, but they won't. You may tie one with a string, but it will squirm ftnd twist out of it and go according to its nature. This weather is good for some things. I never saw as fine a prospect for turnip and sweet popatoes, and then the flow­ ers keep on blooming, and I don't have to water 'em every day like I did last summer. But these dog-days are very unpopular, for they say thwt fresh meat won't keep, and milk turner sour, and children have boils, grown- folks have headache,'and mosquitoes sing around and snakes perambulate. They say that dog-days begin when the- dog-star rises with the sun and lasts- about a month, and the ancients wh»' worship­ ped the stars believed that when the dog-star and the sun got so> eime to­ gether they went to fussing' and the maligTtant influence of their cfmrmel was felt aJIS over the universe. T&is- super­ stition has been handed domr to us from tffre generations who have gone be­ fore, and it shows how long a wipersti- tion will' hang on to our nature. It is like seeing the new mocn over the left shoulder, or through the- brush of a tree', or like beginning a journey, or to make a new garment on Sriday. It is astonishing how we let these-sense­ less superstitions take hold of lis*, even when we-dferc't believe in them ii all. I stayed »ver fright once with a r/Jtti of more than ordinary sense--a H&R>ng- minde<lr welll-balanced man--and when I asked hito why the carpenter" who built his new hmsse didn't ceil up * that hole overhead he said he wouldn % let him, fo®' it" was bad luck to flrasli a house,, said! that plank was left cST on purpose;:: and! when that man iovgot anything and' west back after it he- al­ ways madfe a cross mark on the grownd and spafrin it befenre he turned r«nil. There* ii-;a> clewr old woman ifrnhig near us wlio >mivfci*s lye soap for nr vwife and she* makes ilr, By the moon, .an i8 de­ clares mostt solemnly she can't good soap any other way. And Gi<een Foster tibldlme thmft if a man had a big lot of children- aasd wanted his * hog meat to»make ai lbs-rap of gravy he nuast kill liis-porK in tiie dark of the swrwn, for theurit woulffishrink and juice r,w»y; but if he-wanted! ifr to swell up and make a big show lie must kill it whil * tflie moon was on itiie*ihcrease. I'm socry I didn't know that? when I was r aisang my flojk!, for they were powerful fend of gravy, audi i# was a trouble some­ times to get enough for 'em witb. aut a great sacrifices at aueat.--Atlanta iSfam- stitutwnj Mtamimg Work. Sir- Walter. Scotti used to do aigood day's work before Ms guests w «» up. Daniil Webster aJbo worked ini the morning, audi botdi seemed at 'tisure, though it waft* not known how ift was secured. A<g$odi s&ory is told of Inrner which shows- his; appreciation©! the morning hosuat:. Lord EgtejKmtt Mice invited ftTorner to atay a w«ek. ait Petworth a~«L paint twoipieturea* for- Mm of some &Lvorite bitf» of scenery, on, tlie estate. On the fir^i morning of his visit LcatS Egre- mont askec3/£urjie«- what he sliauld like to do, and biie>'g|3ea& painter rafpiied he would go fivhing^. The nexk. rooming at break iio* Lord f i inquivadiw]&at it would i^ease Mr. Tjarner to»iio>;: as&tl he repliedtiftkat, hav­ ing enjoyed! hinw<kdf so much ^wsterday, would go>lish.ing again. On tlitv- thixd morning ^leard Egre- mont tliGDghttha would waitj&xr Turner to annoo&ee- his own and was greatly realised) when he qu-«tly said he the world's 3yes> thongh ^dackened irsi his own. Whair the public Hieard of tli»j Westport rsHAbevy was that jm, bank clerk, named Ray had stolen Detectives, found several clews, bctt not until ywaass. after was the secret di»- closed. Qtia- e£ the detectiiives who hull been employed in the casc^eame up wi&> Ray undae stall more romrettic romane#,. 'Slie deteiraway. according;to his remiiisr fences p Klllishfd in a Saui Francisccv^iap- jer, waa aalletl to a WesfSern city to 'Jul­ iet out iiltt person wh« had robla*li a , private Iloisse of 200 gpld eagles. Tbe | only maai txnder arresil was one fthnxy I Martin^ As soon as itie detective; saw Martin iike former sai$: " You ara> Dal­ las Ragt, who robbjrd the Weetport bank.**' Ray then toiii the true of the rcdhery, and the: story has been ver­ ified iiiu-e. Ray clauiaed that lif»wasin- noceaii ul the gold-«agle burglao^y, and asked! the detective-to take a n«,4e to his swot-tib^art, a Mssa Morse. \¥h«n the lathir heard of h»tr lover's pi*vdiuiment shs> threw her wl^lie soul into> Obtaining pv»e£ of his inaoeence. Shis* went to the house where the robbeay had been, •oafemitted. Having asked S the bnrg,- kudy had left aoything in flight, sl«» was given a handkerchief that had been dropped by the intruder. She put th« the liandkan&hief to hear nose and ex­ claimed : "Find the thief who useafehia perfume (naming the peculiar brand) and you will find your eagles." It was found that only one drug stora in the city sol«t that kind of perfumer>, and that only one bottle had beon bought withjja the preceding month* Need it be addsd that the purchaser was traced, the eagles regained, and the lovers mar- rwr A DKESDKN artisau has made a pftpor Vftfcoh vUAhkttSittodliBt tunfik. re."TT! , ; w zT? rf4 th» price c i the clasr^tc pntoducts, hot, firtstii the t^aee of c««kitigr> has beerj sailed but - Jigutly." ^n ai eonsequene * the Boston Wan-cart TShnatt so profitably nor so conrjaon as it Tiaedl to be. Thta very distressing wf things f w ttie people to wlion^itlie tSatulent lie n as "deaaras remenaUeiMHl kisses af'ilNr death." Ihe bean-pelb- is the axle -an which t3to- Hub re^lNwek The beajr is the gentih stimulatiiini of the mind ijkat results Boston l^ttuireroourses. Qb is the foo«il which Bc*ton enltnre liv^a on. It pref'ftkes the Hositw bard to. 4<M)g, and t1xi-li(Kston seer- to transcexdbntal reveh^icni which no, one but habitual eater»iof the veiwatvd Boston V^aii can appTwiate or uadtrsiand. T<^> deprive the Hbatonian oA his native dn>li would be to > revolntioiuae his cliara<tiai*;. The Bcetonian of the-future would) probably be- as uncultursd as the persistent con- s itjttsr <of hog and hominy efr tile west. 1 7^osit*i bakeiti beans must ha-nestored to i, tJljilfi- jmstine- vigor. "7 m* • • Honey. . -ir ' Thp Iwttty is, as a iwie-, v«y swe«# and fragraat, but it is wjm«4ime8 injuri­ ous to husaan beings. Mere I may mw tion that no bee can rawfk honey out et flowers, as is popularly s.wpposed. She licks it out with her toogue, the cod of which » covered with hairs, so as to convert it into a brush, scrapes it be­ tween the jaws, and so passes it into the crop where it is changed into honey. What property may be in the crop whieh converts flower juice into honey, we do not at present know. To all ap- pearanoe, the crop is nothing but a bag of exceedingly-fine membrane, and yet, after remaining for a little time in the crop, the flower juice undergoes a or lord E- unable io.<ion««al his anxi ^y, said: " WelU. Mar. Turner, I -wan only too# glad foKryom ito enjoy yoitoself, but yo* are talking -of going away to-morroi*, and I falti aaixions about &e pictures" "Coma- u^n stairs to Wjjr room," si jd Turnts«v."aivil set your linnid at rest." Nothing: could excendi the surprise and 'iteUgfat of LordiEgremont w'Jen Turnm* iiitroduced liiiit two exquisite pictT4,'fis.p«inted as lie liud desired. TW gr«at man had! Bison each ru»»rn- ing with the sun, midi before bre^iitfast lia<A.by a good day"i- work, carmxl his r'nwnntin fishing. --Mctiicheat^jUMes. <k-., -i *i.K, Men initials. We receive weekly 237,429 ijtii^rtiries the real names of noted' authors tuid other celelKitiee; and we>take this occasion to answer a few of tiie many qpestions now am file: Mr. Ii P. Roe is, private lif*». Early Potat» Roe; Mr. W. S. Gilbert was chrisUtted Wilson Seedlings Gilibert; Mrs. A. M. Diaz m her own taucily circle ii. called AnW Meridian Dteut; Mr. R. ii. Stoddard ia known utosg literat#ors as Raise Hades Stoildard; Mi\ W. D. HowelLs calls himself, in strict secrecy, Way Down Howells; Mrs. A- D. T. Whitney was named after the American District Telegraph Company; Mr. E. C. Sted- man is proud of the private appellation of Early Closing Stedmad; Mr. S. S. Cox is frequently hailed by his Con­ gressional associates as Santaoruz Hour Cox; Mrs. E. D. E. N. Sonthworth re­ joices in the fact that she is sufficiently wealthy to Eat Doughnuts Every Night. --Puck. ' A HOUSE in Cairo, HL, was set oh ire by an injud.eious English sparrow which carried a lighted cigar stub to ita teo?i»ttt q! stra^r wder the Qftretu A jEwmucft .eepwdbi **"lr ayoungwidor. A LITTLE fellow in a primftiy school was asked by his, teacher to nidu the word knife.* After he had cottwfir done • so, he added, "Bit what's tlft K l»f?" \ A BOY who disootered ft ai|Btimber> growing on the vines, ran excitedly in-/ to the house exclaiming: "Mamma,i - mamma, we've got a pickle on ourrf " squash!" if "WHAT can I do for you to iadnoeyou ' to go to bed now?" asked i maounB of her 5-year-old boy. "You can let ttte sit ' up a little longer," was the youngster's" response. ••••• *r p A MAN asked for admission to » show|l for half-price, as he had bat oneieye. But the manager told him that it would take him twice as long to see the show as it would anybody else, and charged him double. > "WELL, I swan, Billy," said aa farmer to an undersized nephew was visiting him, "when you ta~ that 'ere plug hat and spit two or times there ain't much left of you, there?" ' "YOUR father telTs me, Tom, that you, ' are taking soft courses this year. SVhat|*i 'v are they ?" "Well, you see, mother, it'si a term borrowed from the turf. A softf* course is a heavy course, and ft heavy course is a hard coarse. See?"--Har* vard Lampoon, EVEN the "old watch-dog of the Treasury," with the Nation's millions behind him, oould not assume the mali- v gant expression of jnhm vigilance ; which is worn by an old hen studiously ; „ sitting on a broken taasber and two door-knobs. "•BATHE!" exclaims Miss- Culture, of Beaston, who was at Swampscott. "No, , indeed! Do you think I would expose* myself to the gaze of those* vulgar, ig­ norant people on the beach?" Why, not one e»f them is a subscriber to the At­ lantic Monthly." A 3SEW book is called "Haw to Keep Store',"" It is a work of several hundred pages*, and life is too short to> read it. Thebtsfcway to keep a stove-is to ad­ vertise* judiciously, and thus peevent it falling? HI to the hands of the-Sheriff.--< Norrittfowm Herald ONE day we had some Dufcih? eheesa on the Sable, and I asked Many if she would hawe some. She answered, "If you please." Willie, two years jgpomger, was asked! the name question. ISb didn't want an^.bnt wishing to be as petrte as his cousin,, made a low bow, aad said, •"If yon no# please." *r "So TOim baneiness is picking ti|h. eh^" said a faceti®us cobbler to a l-ag-jiicker, who had-jjist commenced operatiane OTT ^ an ash barrel iiQt front of his sho*ji door. "Yes, audi I »€«• yours is men£ag!" quickly replied the ragged urchin, glancingvat the- dilapidated boottih the cobbler'jjH handlV-- Yonker's Statewaan. "Musico/'--Yew ask how we- pro­ nounce giano^ffeste. We are not oasaetly certain whether- Ibe best usage aathor- izes founxnr fiv«- syllables; but akSriend of ours,, who is-wall up in such mafebers, as lie lives in a fl»uinmnity thickly pop­ ulated by the piaau»-forte, pronounces it as a oonfoundsd nuisance.--Jib&fam Transcntfiiil RUSTRO critio (<fr> artist paintingwiri of doors). "NoWj.ttiui's real kinder na*er- al, ain'tfcit? Btitt what makes ye -wasttj, gw tiMflgjww ttfaan dsr»«d oldjallan^j / trees? Ye'd ought, to go right ufr-baclf"^ here cater Skinner's hill, whaane yd could ose< something sorter interesting-- the towels aa' tho-Biaptis' meetin' li»aser an' tho*new bric&ljigh skule." A LiTTXiE,44ye«B'o4d frequently ~a»enit to the meadow with, her father wiien he showedlvisitoare, lii» superior cfJtlev of which hb< Avas proud. One dsiv,. shi wishe il to • show a. visitor her chtekcna^ of wlxieh shes> tbo*. was proud. Whil# they were- • staudung by the cuapv. sh# said: "I wishi 1 had more ofil tfcem| 'causci-they areeso*werr booful. Btihl'vfi only got ftVe>-iiead of hens.' ^Soucup coun dthem fCwrjwuirself." FASHTONABIST -women who ar* ad­ dicted to dogs>, paw make their liitle- dar- lingrA" robes - srff tShe same material a|; thei .iown dresses*, so the pair exacts * ly matched; iatblleotually and iso«ially» A rran habitually tied to a dbg! is ft bouadless liiLisaiitee whom 't'swee- base flatisery to liiawitli a club, buitek woman ^ dogt>inaniao. i» infinitely womei. Yoii can kick a ruai^ dog out of the house^ buj<wlien a womaai makes a.(social call oil you with lioir dog, into tlie- house tli*t flea-bitnftn yelper comea^seratcheft the tidies sad! sleeps on this- sofa and gnaws the Ottoman, and theae'*SI a social rovolution unlesa you affecti»'«mgoy it. --Hawkey#*- Wanted Bhk Take Mom Ekcreise. Scene: Offlice of a pot-spous-doeto^ who knowah it all. Entertis«d ma«| who dropednfaft a seat, and says, that h(| wants treatment. The Doctor puts oil jhis eye ^Ibeses, looks eat his tongue, i jfeels of lacs pulse, sounds iife chest, and . jjthen draw» nqp to his fuIH Bright, and, /says: old story;, my friend.. Mien ca«tt live withoutjfresh air. No» use tryrjig it> I could moke myself at corpse, like you are doing by degrees* if I sat1 diown in my jtRfee and didn<h stir. "Sam must have fresh air; yoni must ta^e loeig walksand brace up bj staying outdoors. No sr, 1 could moit» a dri^ft store of yov^. and you weald think I was a smariyman, but my- ad­ vice tj>yon is to walk;, walk, walk." Pnfcrisnt--"But Doator " Dwtcw--"That's oight. Argils the question. That's my .reward.. Of course you know alQ oJoout my bnamess. NOK^ will you taiia- my advice ? Take lotgj walks every >Say, several aiaaes ft day„ and get your hJotxl in circtjlation,* Iftitient--"I do. walk, Doctor. I * 4>octor--"Of eoorse you do.walk. I kaow that; but walk more. Walk ten tamee as much aft you do n#w. That ' w31 cure you.*" Patent--"Bwb my busines* " Doctor--"Of course, vow business prevents it. Change your business, so that you wiUi have to walk more. What is your business ?" j, Patient--"T am a letter-carrier." 1 Doctor (paralyzed)--"My friend, peft». mit me to once more examine yoa tongue.*-- Neio York Sum. Look for Yearself- Sir Astley Cooper onoe gsve this ad- vice to a young medical student: 11 That, sir, is the way to learn yoiir business; look for yourself; never mind what other people may say; no opinion or theories can interfere with information acquired from dissection." F.RMOUT lawyer has printed ft book to prove that the world is fifty million years old, and there is no re&acn why people shouldn't live ft thousand years. Probably th^y doal just out a( sheer idleness.