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t* , 4 4. *- 51» ! fc*; .;'*•!* j. tow Dy. s^* -; doth dhv 'i » •, k «W»aw*T . i tm'.i, • 11 l;*ht of day, , \ warmth and oM|g# f , ^ MUtoptsu? • Ilala*! , .j'tlself awav » i •»" j . |t» W» 1 Of lis*. 5 * ;'<» :•','/: .. tinebe«r»n-al«t i «... j ... „ it does It cones tapussr"* ' - in Harper'* Mngatin*.. * v; V ' OlAMMD. X i&eteetlve's Storyf;";.. w BY H. C. TABLET. •i& « 'V. ^ »* e"f# •'. str . And so you want to hettilutstaange of the Barton murder, said tin? ire, as he helped hindf to a «jnt, and settled Ms legs on the Mantle. Well, 111 tell it, though Tin a plain man, and sha'n't be able to sprinkle it trith mash high-fa-latin. It ain't always ^longest words that sound the best, my thinking. About that mur­ der--that happened when I Iras first 'jjint on the police force, and it came along something like this: To go back a little, I must tell you that the Bar •> 'ton» had. got to be quite elderly peo­ ple, when, to the surprise and eternal ^ titMfaston of all the old gossips in the .. country, the doctor's wife waked up one viw. j^orning, and found herself the mollier of the cutest girl baby you ever saw. As ycu may imagine, there was, great rejoicing in the family, and Dr. Bartonfushed off up to Barrington to ftAlt&e fcbod news to hi* bwom friend, dd Squire Armjrtage. Then and there, old men put their heads ' together, and WKed that when the son, Jack, and Anise--that's what they called the Barton baby-- should ottm of age, they should marry eacfcother, aadthus unite the two leMrifil*. Yearsweat on,and, siagolar as it may seem, as the young people grew older, they proved the wisdom of . tMr respooti»» parents, by felling des- peratdj m lore, and, on the day that Ja^ attained his 21st year, the an- nooiioemaitof their betrothal was to bemade public. The 21st birthday " arrived, aad the old Squire--Armytage *Vas fcafe name--fixed up in fine style to celebrate the event. Squire lived in great state at on. His femily eqnsiated of wife, bis son Jack, and an son, Mathew by name. Army­ tage served both boys alike, at least so far as appearances went. If Jack had * flw Mae bought for him, why a •m* was got for Mathew too, and vice vena. Armytage was a rich man, and V bis money like water when the i on, and he made great prepara- for the birthday fete. It was to be a stonmog thing.* All the gentry for miles around were to be invited, and they responded to the invitations to a man, and woman too, for that : "Blatter. Banners flew in air, pennants fluttered, and a big bind from the city ' *Wasbrought down to furnish the muai-. Along with the rest several policemen ' * *WwStationed in the house and grounds to see that nobody insnlted the guests rAr madeoff with the valuables. That's ;.:0^»e Way I happened to have a hand in ,4tinthe first place. Now Mathew, for some time previous to the birth-night ball, had not been in I? health, and the Squire was a s * '• f^ood deal worried about him. He had ami his arm in some way, breaking the •bone, in falling from a wall, and that, ^ with various other causes, conspired to v %eep him indoor.* more than the Squire y ,.thought best for him. ^ i But Mathew told the Squire not to acftaint, but to go on with a^-!, party, he would do what he could •ti.f • everything pass off in good IMP*: : > ' . *>»< >WeHt- the night came, and so did the „ people. Everything promised a suc- oessral termination of the evening's en- jovment, when I saw Dr. Barton whis­ per something to the Squire, and the Squire suddenly got as pale as a dead anan. " I heard Barton tell Armytage to go 'Into the little study that opened on the itrrate, that he had something to show ; ; The Squire promised he would, and got up to go, but some one then t called his attention for a moment, and *1 Barton passed int^ the study alone. $; li M, Well, from my post in the dining- jvore plain clothes that night, and passed for one of the guests--I i everybody who went into that " whtdt or came out. m -A#®1 8 t̂l,e Squire went in, and !mmI out again, and called Mathew, vW I ->f;-.#nt-Msthow just a moment before 'Ir. • tapped into the conservatory. It u jpft maim more'n half a minute before ;:.^:v^.:.w-v-^«iMbo4f-threw open the study door, ^ and «ried (oat, "Murder! murderP at A 4^.touW® w Of their voice. Sfe • «i we all rushed in at once, va" Squire with the ; ^ . awnilest look on his face that I ever *aw, standing with a knife in his hand, > «1} VSA^HIIUI bloed* and Doctor Barton L flo?r with a Wg hole in ^ Vt,4 he ever 00014 be. f r . t % ' * t teA^ou there was a scene there. * ̂ >n : r. )%MD eriedaad screamed and fainted for. A"'1*® c»me dirootlyt>her W' * •ake- «»«*er," cried Jaek, ». _ _ |<n dpne." k, ®<Jn"re never said a word wtwo-mmntes. * tl&1(lilih|Mt scene I er«r saw in my IJiv f? £fo VjaSly, he threw hb knife down, p % the body. The blood tu "•iii wftill iwwmg out of that hole in the down on the floor. '*aid the Squire in the mourn fnusst<voice, "dead, and it was my own ^ it," an' then he begun to ^ The minute I went into the Mom, I ,'J, . noticed that there were signs of a **»§? u"' A chair was overturned that -- WW WAd man had evidently been a "l|ti|i!te;'»nd the cuff of his shirtsleeve lli»^d «»d torn, one of the bnttoop tliat had fastened it <8ff and gone. His watch and a purse full of money on his person, so it wasn't any one that wanted to rob had done the killing. policemen on the ground in. We soon had things idiut, for after all there's $ipline in such a crisis to get on gwtets » ere only too glad their things and go home, and mvmm* ^ and'-%^#f«iMMwl a Jwy : The l»# went qn Alt not Iconld seel^idi Jaslcwasmost cra*y about Ms father, aad between yon and me I didn't wonder at it a partid*. There Jack was, adl his pioipedh in life just turned completely upeide-aowa and spoiled in a good deal less time than it taltos me te tell it. He tried to apeak to Anise, but Mrs. Barton put a stop to that in a minute. She told 'em both right then an' there, that there was an end to all their hopes, and she never wanted the sttbjeet of their inarryin' meationed between 'cm agin. Blast w»y eyes, if that wasn't a a hard one though. There these two had been brought up from their cradles thinking that sometime oi other they would make a match of it, and now to be heartlessly told that their fine plans was all ended and done with was patty hard to bear. But then, that's neither here nor there. Anise vowed right before us though that she'd stand by Jack till she died, and she said she didnt believe the Squire killed her father, any more than she did herself. Well, with daylight, as I said before, the Coroner arrived and held the in­ quest. The Squire listened to the evi­ dence of his neighbors and friends, with an apathy that everybody wondered at. He acted that curus, more like a man in a dream, than anything else. But the mystery only grew deeper with closer investigation. The Squire was at lost put on the stand to testify in his his own behalf. "Now, for God's sake," says Jack, as he helped his father to rise up, "re­ member that your life is at stake as well as the family honor." The old man was awful touchy on the score of family honor. If he had a hobby--that was it. "Yes," says he, in a voice that made me think of the November wind a whistlin' through a pine-tree, "yes, the family honor, 111 be sure to think of that. And then he shot a queer glanoe at the sheet which was spread out over the body of the dead doctor, and sighed and dropped his head. I tell you in that one night he had changed awfully. As he leaned on his son's arm, pale and old, and a tremblin' in every limb, he looked like he'd got a shock he could never get over. "Mr. Armytage," says the magistrate, "you'll now proceed to give your testi­ mony. I warn you against self-crimi­ nation. You are upon your oath." Well, sir, fcr the firet time since the tragedy, the old man raised his head with something like his accustomed spirit. His eyes flashed. "Remember to whom you are speak­ ing, and govern yourself accordingly," says the Squire. That's the talk," says Jack, girin' him a encouragin' pressure. "Only be yourself and you'll come out of thus all right, yet." Fm not here to bandy words with you, Mr. Armytage." retortsJthe magis­ trate, "mv busiuess is to listen to your evidence, and the best thing for you, is to say at once what you have to say." Then the Squire kind of tottered, and all at onoe sunk down helplessly in his seat. "I have nothing to tell," says he, in a tremblin' voice, and again looking in the direction of the corpse. "Father," cried Jack, "father, what under heaven do you mean?* "I think I can understand all too plainly what he means," says the mag­ istrate, severely, "but as I said before, he need not criminate himself. Now, see here, Mr. Armytage, I want to ask you one question." The Squire looked up slyly. "One question ?" repeats he, breaking out into a bo.'sterous laugh. -Why, ask a thousand questions if yon life**; 111 answer them all." A shudder seemed to go over every­ body in the room. You see this was a phase of the old Squire's character, that was new even to his best friends, and he had some even yet, in the face of the horrid evidence that was ac­ cumulating against him. The magis­ trate began to look at him pretty sharp. Mr. Armytage had suddenly stopped laughing, and now, apparently indiffer­ ent IO the people about him, sat twirl­ ing his thumbs carefully over and over, a strange and inexplicable expression on his pale and careworn features. "N ow, then, give me your attention, Squire," says the officer in a coaxing voice, "Did you and Dr. Barton ever have any difficulty or hard filing* be­ tween you in your lives?" "No," says the Squire, shortly.. "When you went intc the study, Wa* Dr. Barton there, or did he come a lit­ tle later?" The Squire stopped ! twirling l»j« thumbs. "He was already there," says he. "Very well. Now, Mr. Armytage," as nearly as I can fiad oat, Dr. Bsrtda wanted to see yon privately. He wanted to tell you something. State to this jury whether the secret he wanted to reveal to you concerned your own affairs or his. or both." The Squire looked up furtively from under his eyebrows. Jack sat beside him, white as a dead man, doubt, fear and confirmation all struggling for the mastery in his breast. "Dr. Barton had something to tell ioe," said the prisoner, for the first time evincing anything like real emo­ tion. "Was it about yourself or your af­ fairs?" "It concerned my family honor," eries the Squire, beating the floor with his feet. "Now, then," said the officer, cau­ tiously, "what did Dr. Barton tell you?* A look of fury swept over the face of the prisoner. He assumed an erect po­ sition, his eyes glared with anger. All the weakness and singular vaccilation of manner that had characterized him since the tragedy seemed momentarily to forsake him. He told me," roared he, striking the table with his clenched fist, "That ~ was haiftoring a great villain in my bosom. He told me that, and offered to show me the proof. Then he suddenly stopped, faltered, and sank down again, beginning once more to twirl his thumbs over and over, now faster, now slower, seeming to forget everybody in this occupation. Well, Jack was positively ghastly you see he felt, rather than saw, the contemptuous glances that was leveled at him by the crowd, and he sat there perplexed and worried by his father's -strange testimony. "When Dr. Barton told yon tw, what did you do?" ' "Do 2" says the Squire, a-leaning his head on his son's shoulder, as if he was his fa- ftoaipr said a word, aad the „ ito get vexed. "Mr. Armytage," s^ys he, a-slowly wavfag a laaa Joieflnger, which thfe Bqttfce watched with a sort of tesoina- tk» as ft moved before his eyes; "did joakflllta Barton r A long, shuddering sigh escaped the prisoner. Again his ayes traveled over to the dark oorner of the study where the corpse lay. Heshot a fnrtive glance at the moththat covered it from sight, and began muttering to himself. In a perfect fever of surprise, every­ body in the room bent forward to hear what he said. . "Gas was out; felt sticky and wet. Fell down--and my knife, Yes--pulled my knife from him"--he ceased sud- d«ply--then burst into a long, low shivering laugh. The officer raised his hand, warning- ly. "Hush," says he, "let him alone for the present, but watch him." Well, that closed the examination. The jury retired, and after being gone but a snort time, brought in their ver­ dict according to the evidence. And we took the Squire in oharge for the murder, in spite of Jtoks remon- trances. The law, you know, don't take much stock in such a thing as sen- timentalism. A week passed--a terrible, never-to- be-forgotten week--in the annals of those who took part in the tragedy at Barrington. The body of the late Dr. Barton was laid away in the cemetrey with great pomp and oeremony, fol­ lowed by the biggest funeral proces­ sion ever known in this part of the country. While the old Squire, raring and tearing with brain fever, occupied one of the cells at the county jail. Surgeon Ctaa a minute I was At that instant air- to deed oom- 4 ihe Snr- charged with the awful crime of mur der. As you may suppose, this was a dreadful blow to the Armytages. If Jack went about looking more like a dead, than a live man, whv he had a full mate in Mathew, who always rather delicate in appearance, now shut him­ self in his room, the very picture of a galvanized corpse. Well, at this time, while the old Squire was raving with the fever, un­ able to be brought to trial, a singular thing happened. Bather, let us say, that, from one of the most-common and every-day occurrences in life was born a very great and unexpected result. Now, then, that which gappene^ was nothing less nor more- than an invita­ tion to a wedding. On such a small circumstance as this hung the clew to a solution of the mystery of the murder at Barrington. Now this invitation came from a far-away relative of Mrs. Barton's, on her mother's side, a third or fourth cousin, who lived in a very remote part of the country--California, I think--w£o was not only very eccen­ tric, but also very rich. • This lady and ancient spinster had at one time formally made Anise her heir, and now she wrote Mrs. Barton that, having had a good deal more than enough of single-blessedness, she had changed her mind about living and dying an old maid, and was about to wed. This being the case, she wrote to in­ form her cousin that the presence of herself, her daughter Anise and the doctor (sha had not yet heard of his death) was absolutely indispensable to her happiness on thfct occasion. And, she added, en parenthesis, having not the slightest idea whatever how that simple clause was to effect the lasting happiness or misery of two families-- that all her wedding presents-- and they were quite numerous--had so far been diamonds of the first quality. There was one thing, more particularly titan another, that her eccentric relative vialued, that thing was concentrated carbon--in the form Of diamonds. Too penurious, however, to expend her own well-beloved dollars on their purchase, she had taken this unique way of let­ ting Mrs. Barton know just what sort of a gift would find the highest favor in her eyes. Mrs. Barton, thinking of Anise's future prospects, instantly de­ termined to dispatch the wedding pres­ ent, which, from the hint so kindly conveyed in her relative's postscript, she knew was expected. Mrs. Barton, however, could not but feq} slightly amused at the manner she had taken to make her friends know just what sort of a gift to send her. "There is no help for it, Anise," says Mrs. Barton; "diamonds she wants, and diamonds it must be. But as nothing but the very l>est of diamonds will suit her, I don't hardly see my way toward making such a purchase. Your poor >apa left things sadly unsettled, and I lave no money to spare just now." "Well, mamma," says Anise, going to drawer and fetching out a box with the Doctor's sleeve-links in it, "whv not take out those stones in papa's cuff- buttons and have them reset in the form of a ring? They are very fine, and cousin would prize the ring doubly on account of the diamonds, and beoause they were his." "So I will," says her mother. And with that, as there was really no time to spare, they got themselves ready and' took the train for the city, with the doctor's broken cuff-buttons Mrs. Barton and her daughter both went straight to Ball & Black's, and showed the diamonds, explaining what they wanted. It was while showing the broken link that the clerk looked auttle surprised, and finally says he: "Madam, how long have you owned those buttons?" "My husband had them made to order here years ago," says she, surprised in her turn. • ' - ' "Well, look here, then," says he, a-turning round and fetching out * tray, "perhaps this will interest you." And right there, a-winkin'in the sun­ light right before their sstonished eyes, was the lost half of the i"iwth>g button. Anise gave a screech. Where did you get this ?" says Miss, a-snatchin' at the diamond. "This is my papa's. I fastened it in his cuffs myself that very night of the--of and then she stopped. "See here; it is a perfect fit," matching the two broken links of the chain together. "And here is his initial, the letter 'B,' scratched on this tiny bar. Where did you get it?" "Not so fast, Miss," said the clerk, politely, taking the diamond from her hand. "This valuable was left in the care of Ball & Black until it should be identified and called for. Then all of a sudden Anise stood up there before him, and told him, alt ex cited as she was, the story of the mur­ der of her father, and how an old man his friend, was in prison charged with happene<f*f|tiB ale, if I toll youl tftlffed game the the mwsing half of that Black, thi*| "the •Well, "tltttpiitii ef nolessapejtaii eralof tUe~ " Holy smol struck "all ot a hiMip. the old Sq derofD*. , mindevlf 1. ted.|lot that unconsciously the fracas, fa* OeneraV Un shape of -the cuaOMHia, the damuing evi&nc# of his TBi Murderer had slipped into tMitrtet, aad, irhile the old Squtet, oui «WM Mathew,the de4dw*3 committedan9 the villain had been obliged, to make his escape before he had com­ pleted the work 0{ rdbbery. "Well, there was only one thing now that I couldn't reconcile wlfclrthis new theory of mine, and that was the fact that I had been watching the study-door all the evening of the mttrder, and, to my certain knowledge, nobody 1>ut the Squire and the aodto* hid entered the room at all. Whoeter kflled Dr. Bar­ ton must either have already been in the study before I took up my station at the supper-table, or have entered it by the window, xbfe window of the study, however, had been fotind to be fastened down, and there were no marks on the sill or the sod under it. Obviously, my present move was to interview the Surgeon General and find out how he happened to have Dr. Bar­ ton's diamond hi his possession. Cautioning Mrs. Barton and her daughter n*rt to mention a syllable of what had occurred at Ball k Black'* until they heard ftpift me, I telegraphed the Surgeon General1 and, after a good deal of emfiiai^mdhim st last at the St. Nioholas Hoiel, in Philadelphia. As you can imagine, he was mightily surprised wiifltt I broached the subject of the diamond, but, readily enough, told me all aboftt how he came by it, and what he told me just completely floored me, I'll own. Wellj he said tha£ he had been oalled to a consultation at Little Barrington, Little Barrihgton, you know, being about Ave miles distant from Barring­ ton proper. That the consultation, which in this case had lasted longer than usual, had made it impossible for him to to ofttoh the early evening train for the city, and that ho had thus been obliged to wait until the 4 o'clock train in the morning. He said that, not feeling sleepy, he had taken a long walk, and that upon going into his room at the hotel, at a late nonr, he had been surprised to find a gentleman waiting for him with a broken arm. This gentleman told him he had met with a serious aociddit, was a stranger away from home and friends, and that wanting his arm attended to properly, and hearing of the Surgeon General's presence in Little Barrington, had made bold to intrude upon him and ask him for his services. He said the arm was in a very bad shape, evidently having been lately rebroken, but he did it up, and his visitor then went away, remunerated g him handsomely for his trouble. Well, he got into bed and slept until the porter rapped on his door, in' the early morning. Jumping up hastily, about the first thing he saw hanging to a fringe of one of the soiled strips of linen which had been wound round the of his late visitor, and which he the Squire opened the door to hi* til# tor resisted and ohnc to "Mathew so oioaety thai IM could not get awaj. Mad with fear, lest his father should return and eaten him in the act of Btrp$$)iit$ with Barton far the oheeks, hesaatched the Yenitian paper-knife-- wfiioh injMwlfor was a two-edged dag­ ger--sod struck the Doctor to ttieheftrL He hsd harely time and forethought •nough to turn off the gas, ere his father actually returned to the door. Ilwi to did along in the dark and ~ through the open window of the iloslng it quiokly behind him, and hurried by the back way up to his own room, where he straightened his disordered clothing and went down stairs. However, he was in a terrible situation, for ia the sudden and furious struggle fat ; the papers his arm was broken again, aad he dared not apply to a looal practitioner to have it reset, knowing full well that it might lead to very unpleasant inquiries ot the least. . Happening to know that the Sur­ geon General wan to be at Little Barrington that night, he ouietly left his room, after the fiivt excitement had subsided over the discovery of the murder, and,going to Little Barrington, made bold to ask the Surjreon General's assistance, knowing that he would think nothing of so small a thing as setting a broken arm, and would be gone away, aayway, with the first train in the morning. Well, sir, his plan worked to a T-- as the saying is. Everything was done on the spur of the moment, but if he had been fixing up his calculations for a month, he couldn't have hit on any­ thing better. If it hadn't been for Mr?. Barton's old-maid relative want­ ing a wedding present, and stipulating that that same present must be a dia­ mond of the first water,* why I don't think the Barton murder case would have ended an it did. The Squire, of course, was fetched home to Barring­ ton and finally recovered his health, though his. mental equilibrium win never what it was before he went into that little study and found his friend there, dead, right before his face and ey&. Matthew was taken to prison, tried, oondemned, and died in his cell with the quick consumption. And Jack! Oh, bless me! He and Anise were duly marrfel according to the first' programme. They live in Europe now, and five little kids tell the story of their felicity.--Chicago Ledger. arm had east in a pile in one oorner of the room, was that there diamond button. He saw that it was valuable, and, putting it into his pdoket, thought he would mention it to the londlord. But at that minute the team vfhistled, and, forgetting everything, he gathered up his grip-sack, and put out for the station, arriving just as the cars were moving out. iieachipg the city, he once more thought Of the diamond, and remembering what the young man had told him about his being a stranger in Little Barrington, he carried the jewel to Ball & Black, to await identification, thinking that sooner or later so valu­ able a thing would be missed and looked for. He gave me a careful description of his strange patient, and, with the big­ gest bug in my bonnet that had ever been there, I started with the Sheriff for Barrington again, this time with the certainty of putting my hand on the real murderer of Dr. Barton. Well, sir, we marched straight to Armytage's house, and I asked to see both the young gentlemen. The serv­ ant said Mr. Jack Was out, and that Mr. Mathew was not well, and, beside, was preparing to go away. I told the serv­ ant plainly that it was important busi­ ness, and Mat I must see Mr. Mathew. Well, with that he oame down. From the very miauta h* entered the room he seemed to know that something had happened. £Mathew," says I, a-taking him by his bandaged arm, "Mathew, my lamb, the jiff is up." But he was gam** I tell you. - "I don't understand you," says he, shaking loose from my grasp. "What do you meant" I mean," sspsl, taking hija a little tighter still, "f mean to take you in charge for killing Pr. Barton." Then he got a trifle whiter, but I'll be dodgusted if he didn't try to brazen it oat a Httle longer; and he never did give up until I Md him about the Sur geon General and the diamond button Then, all of a sodden, he kind of wilt­ ed and fell over ift • fit, Mid when he came to he oopfesked the whole thing and told how he did it, Mid why You see, he had been playing fast and loose at cards, and ended up by foggidK a lot of notes, with not only his father's name to 'em but the doctor's In the bargain. Thkpieoe of villainy the doctor had just discovered on the day of the birthday fete, and it was this that Dr. Barton had told the Squire, the Sroof of which he Intended to show him i the study. Mathew occidentally heard enough of the doctor's story to put him on his guard, and he immedi­ ately determined to steal the papers from the doctor before he had a chance to give them to the Squire. The proof oonsiited of several checks, all forged, and well knew if the Squire ever set eyes on them he would be disgraced forever and be disinherited was Sterage ef Tea. Since the era of steamers the fact is undoubted that cargoes do not arrive in nearly as good condition as in the old clipper davs. "Steam" is about the commonest form of damage known, and it is surprising how small an escape will taint a large quantity of tea. On the other hand, damage which Is attrib­ uted to steam often has nothing to do with it. Many teas do not keep, and they commence to ferment almost from the day they are packed, and in pro­ portion as the style of make of the arti­ cle falls off year bv year so does its rawer of keeping. The tight-rolled, lard Ningchows of years ago went oft very little, and the merchants of the last generation almost classed tea with wine and cigars, and considered it rather the better for age; whereas, nowadays, it is looked upon, and very properly, as a perishable article like ratter. Considering that tea is packed in wooden cases with close joints, and almost hermetically sealed in lead, it is astonishing how it will get tainted. A case was recently seen where a whole Warehouse caught the smell and flavor of oranges merely, it is said, from oranges having been carried through >art of the building. We have also leard it stated that in one or two ware­ houses where wine is stowed all the teas run more or less "winey." This flavor, when natural to the tea, is not considered objectional.but when caused by any foreign contact prices are heavi­ ly affected. In household cupboards tea may often be seen stowed next to cheese, apples, lemons, and other highly- scented articles of consumption, and then the lady housekeeper is surprised at the various flavors combined in a single cup of "unrivalledearly-picked." It may be argued that a flavor even of cheese is preferable to none at all, but as "good wine needs no bush," so does good tea require no flavoring; and good tea can still be bought if the American uublic will only pay a fair price for it. The experiences gained by the case in point should impress on all retailers the necessity of carefully selecting the place for stowing tea, removing it from any stock likely to exercise any injuri­ ous effect, a precaution neglected by many grocers to their own no small itrimant.--BOH Ion Budget. 5 - F ' • -- • •» Halcyon Days. . < ¥ ' Acoording to the ancients, the king­ fisher, called in Greek, Halcyon, was so named from HAlcyone, a daughter of JSoius, wad the wife of Ceyx. The story goes that Oeyxwas drowned while on his way to consult the oracle, and that, in a dream that night, Haloyone was informed of the fate of her husband. Next morning, as she wandered discon­ solately upon the shore, she found his body washed up by the waves, and, overcome with grief, throw herself into the sea. The gods, in admiration of their mutual affection, changed them into kingfishers. The kingfishers were supposed, at that time, to make their nests during the seven days preceding the winter solstice (about Dec. 21), and to lay their eggs during the seven daya directly following it; and it was a popular superstition that the sea remained calm and tranquil while they reared their young. And, therefore* these fourteen days were called "halcyon d*v»," or days of calm, pleaaant wsathor. On this account the ancients regarded tlie halOTon aa a symbol of tranquility, and beoause it lived near the water it was consecrated to Thetis, a sea-nymph. The bird about which such wonderful stories were told Was probably nothing,more than the common kingfisher of Europe, (Alcedo iapida), the habits of. which are very much like .those of the belted kingfisher.--St. Nicholas. VIRCEHNES, In<L, manufacture* 180,000 to 90,000 butter dishes daily, HP* Garcia, «wual, with "Geod m«*nteg7N Coward." " Human enduranoe has its limit, and Mr..£fevi» thought he been insultnd long enough. word, until each determin The quamd soon brought ii neighboring cowboys to the spot. mode of combat wss " A chain securely locked fpches long, wa» ffiven to each duelists. The obliging cowboys then owered the men into a dog a esoent of seventy-five feet. There hey were to remain until one killed he other. A key to the lock was given to each, and no one was allowed to in­ terfere further. The rest of the cow­ boys then went to work, as if nothing unusual had occurred. For some days nothing was known as to the result of the enooonter. On the sixth day, however, Davis, very weak and emaciated, returned to camp, dragging after him the lifeless body of Jesus Garcia. The story Mr. Davis tells is as fol­ lows : "The fight began as soon as we reached the bottom of the canon. Being locked together, each was always within reach of the other's knife. After such deliberation as the few moments during our descent permitted, I decided that, unless the first blow were fatal,-the chances were decidedly in favor of the party assailed. I accordingly allowed the Mexican to strike the first blow. He plunged his knife into my side. As soon as I found his arm thus stretched forward, I cut the musoles of his Yight arm near the shoulder. Immediately his knife dropped. While he was stooping to pick up his knife, I sent my blade into his body . from the back. Before I could strike again lie had pioked up his knife and cut the cords of my arms, so as to render them both useless. "Here we both stood for a few sec­ onds, when I discovered that his heart had been reached. His body soon fell in the death struggle to the ground. The chain was so short that he brought me down with him. In a few minutes he was dead. 1 was so weak from loss of blood that I lay down by his side. We lay there for five days and nights, until nunger drove me to make a test effort. I climbed the steep incline of j the walls of the canon and reached the camp, carrying Garcia on my back." Death to lesqaltees aad File*. The discovery that castor-oil possesses the faculty of killing and keeping away flies, mosquitoes, and other insects wss recently made by a French scientist named Bafford, who noticed that certain rooms in his house in which castor-oil plants were ing were entirely free from these disa­ greeable insects, although other apart­ ments were infested with them, He found lying near the plants large quantities of dead flies, and a large number of dead bodies were hanging to the under surface of the leaves, which caused him to investigate the matter, and the discovery was made that the plants gave out an essential oil .or some toxic principle which possessed very powerful insecticide qualities. • There is no doubt that the idea of keeping out inseots by this means will prove very popular. The plants are hardy aad need but little care.--Phila­ delphia Record. * ' Otyect-Teacklag. s : The teachers at the school for ihe jsons of Japanese nobles in Tokio ap­ pear to have hit upon a notable method of teaching physical geography. In the court behind the school building ia a physical map of the country, between 300 and 400 feet long. It is made of turf and rock, and is bordered with pebbles, which look at a little distance much like water. Every inlet, river and mountain is reproduced in this model with a fidelity to detail which is wonderful Latitude and longitude are indioated by telegraph wires, and tab­ lets show the position of the cities. In­ genious devices are employed in illus­ trating botanical studies also. For ex­ ample, the pine is illustrated by a pict­ ure showing the cone, leaf aad dissect­ ed flower, set in a frame which shows the bark and longitudinal and trans­ verse sections of the wood.--Nature. _ npjfc dmanttf be whip -Bo*," said out intetdb He . S m01ioaaire, but she#ln*t d0hjlt» so sm^teraed a ssaNaade man^i^ money, 'far 1 sha&nebber get de letter. BettiM&berTer ijyjjflMfa, an* above aft ihfngi, dsap, am' ]&•» dtaten evil s'oiety, an* you'l kim Outer ** top ob de heap. YoVe got jam two min­ utes to catch dat train; let punctuality be your motto. Bun!" [From Cart Pretzel'* VetklrJ "THS lay of the last Beating his hotel bill. "THAT beat* me," said Mr. Hiajeek, as he joined his index finger to the family broom. GOOD, strong, salty, wet tears soothe and cleanse the heart, as does the dfcw when it falls upon the three-legged clover. IT is not always the case thst a man who stands high has a haughty bar­ ing. The man on top of a ladder can better afford to be humble than the one at the foot. IT is a mistake to suppose that un­ expected things always happen. When you go up to the bar aad put down a nickel for a beer, you dont expect to get a 10-cent whisky, and you are hot disappointed. If there is a moment when we feel the throttle valve of our yearning for the ungrospable turn loose and the whirligig of our senses seems to take the eccentric motion that preoedes the dosing out of business, it is when a healthy, robust, June bug marches, with uncertain tread, between us and our under-garments, and they uponas,- OFrom Chicago Chsek.] Thh Parisians who suicide by dl^rl* ing are almost slways found to be in Seine. THE fellow who was tossed over the fence bj a choleric bull knows what is meant by coming out "at the little end 'of the horn." "WHY dont that engine start?" "On account of a defunet dog." "How in thunder can a dog itop it?" "I dont know, only the engineer said it was 60 a dead scenter." K THS ofltee boy would wonder, Wlten e'er be made a b.under, Why he shorld stand iron When he wu settluc thonder, Threafnlnff connection to r What Salem Tewne Should Have ! Called. I A certain representative from the jaorth shore of Massachusetts was pamed Salem Towne. It was his first {term as a Legislator. On the very first " iy of the session a certain measure me up for ballot, and the Speaker of House, who was a personal friend f Salem, took the trouble to 4fivise im how to vote. The new member as evidently flustrated in his novel po­ rtion, and when a ballot was taken oted directly contrary to what he had een advised and what he intended, he Speaker, sorely vexed with his nervous friend, left nis seatfl^me down the aisle, and, tapping wm on the shoulder, said: "Salem Towne, thby (miscalled you. Your parents should bare named you Marblehead."---Cot* Chicago News. The Tragedles ef the Nesta* ' The song-birds nearly all build low; their cradle is not upon the tree-top^ It is only birds of prev, that fear dan­ ger from below move than from above* that seek the higher brandies for their nests. A line five feet from the ground would run above more than half thb nests, and one ten feet would bound more than three-fourths of them. It is only the oriole and the wood pewe* that, as a rule, go higher than that Tim crows aad jays ana other enemies of the birds have learned to exaii*^ this belt pretty thoroughly. But the leaves and the protective oolormg of most nests baffle them as effectually, n<F doubt, as they do the professional o-olo- gist--John Burroughs, to the Cetib ury. • A MOKXBEAX. priest advises that the money now spent in public processwms be used in erecting statues of cele­ brated Canadians in the public squar* of that oity. With the man who gave tbeth . But seen be found, Ae time came round. The cause of all bis wond*; ; ^ . J , if he like lightning rolls' With ai^dbl8«nknd don*. f He seldom sot the thunder. IM an employment office: Young man appears m answer to an advertise­ ment of "Salesman wanted." "Didyou advertise for a salesman?" "Yes, what can you Bell?" "Almost any­ thing, I guess." "Well, you may Ipok over these circulars of the Hymeneal Marriage Aid Association. You can have a position there." "But what shall I sell?" "Sell! Why, man, sell men, women, boys--anybody you oan entice into the scheme. Why, we have sales­ men who sell as many as a dozen vic­ tims a day, and make money." The ap­ plicant thought over it. ALL this rumpus over the Germans ostracizing the American hog from their society, and the European prejudice against our canned goods, brings up a train of thought that, like Banquo's ghost, will not down until it is sprung on an .unsuspecting public. If it is asked what nation of people makes it a business to can edibles, it is meet to say the American. Now, if the Euro­ peans like the goods in the American can, and they are better for gourmet or cannibal than any one but the Ameri­ can can can, why should not the French, especially, accept our can in exchange for their can-can? If the American can can-can, oan it be as truthfully said that the French oanoan cans? ; Answers to Correspondents. f§̂ §§ Young America.--No, it is not right to require a young man of 14 who goes to school to olack his own boots. No well-regulated mother would insist on such a thing this year. If your mother persists in refusing to black yonr boots, perhaps you can get your sister to. Etymologist.--The expressions you mention, sooh as shoot the hat, etc., are undoubtedly derived from shoo fly. The process is exeeediagly simple. Shoo fly. Shoo at the fly. Shoot the fly. So with the hat, or any other ob­ ject of dislike. Leisure.--Certainly. An editor's sanotum is managed and maintained for impecunious gentleaqen of leisure to spend their time and tell stories in. If the editor of the Bugle of Liberty kicked you down-stairs and read yon out of the area merely beoauee you sat down in his sanctum r^ hSf lnaa- uscript and spit on his exchanges, he comautted an unprofessional sad un- Eardonable blunder. He ought to ave fed you into an eight-blinder printing press with cutter and folder attachments. Boarder.;--We dont know much about that mister now. We boasded It was a long time age. We think the preparation you speak of was in uitf tbra/^tfooks like^eef and chews like car-spring. It is optional with you whether you eat it ev not. You neednt unless you ohoeefit you know. Shoe-pegs do not furnish a nourishing soup. We don't know how it is with shank, soup. It defends on where you get the shank. Wopm Eke it for a* sole article of diet. --Xxchange. MR. KINGSLEY, Secretary Chandler's brother-in-law, is the survivor of a once ; large family, in which sudden death has been the rule. Out of nine who have died not one was ill an entire week pre­ ceding death. One of the parents was killed by an accido&t, aha the other droppe l dead with 1 heart-disease with­ out a moment's warning. Four of the chiidi ' n died within a few days of scar­ let-fever, two others were burned to death c i the feteamer Henry Clav, and anotb .• was thrown from a carriage. AN 1' linois farmer bought a Jersey cow f .. $200. He ifaa sold two of her calves - or $1,000 each, tfre cow feet- mU for *10,000. , . > " ' *ss V' a, .. . " . VY ' - • * : - • > • <T" '-far./* .a f - JL - " ..... vv-- " V * 0"&£T-