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«KlkCAI> OF THIS ' »* JOMKFHINJ5 FOttAHW"" Wt'..- '*' Mwl of the house," said lie,., ,, with afeeling of mniiy pride$' ' ;*tw tho wants of im* family, #hefr pvory-*i*v vincia I i*rovfd<ii| : m<i my order rmist bo obeyed vi 4 t.A» ff twere ths king's decree, . <; Mrtuifttress as well as maid ; Tor I'm head ot the house," aatftMk "I call the cook ti account' If she's given to wasteful ways J And know tho o*ru:t amount My wiffl f«»r • nth itrni payst I aettle the bill and so ( Tho probers ai:<! butchers, yon ABd merchants and milliners kort» I am head of the house," said lie. . **y domestic afTntra al! move ta'ke clock-work, from mom till nighty Add that is enoagh to prove ^hat mv wavof doing i* right; Ml subjects ol*y my laws. And with my r* quests agree, And order prevails because . Iam head ct the house," said i*Wu » The wife, though she did not boast, - 11 Of any superior skill. ; Or claim that she ruled the roost, Or followed lier own sweet will. Was roiuiv to note and quell Marau litis of maid or mouse. That everything there might tell That she vras the heart of the " The comfort of those aronnd s I Was :ilways her daily care; However narrow tho bound Of home--it was home-like there; In parlor, in kitchen, or hall, Wherever she chanced to be, A'bfauty was over all, ,. Btor the h e a r t of the house was she. Another with pomp and pride May rule, and their scepter sway; But over the mgle-side She reigns in a quiet way: Another may choose to be Tlie heod-- she will not demur; For the heart of the house is she, And that is enough for her. v # M o n t h l y . fi > •') ?¥' • BROWN'S ADVENTURE. bad all been a week in the jungle ^Without catching a glimpse of a "fur jacket," 5- and but for the novoltv and the high festi- > val for which the occasion formed an ex­ cuse, they were beginning to get rather dis- „ gusted with their expedition. They thought sadly of what Smith and his party would be , saying when they, the Smith party, returned +.i . . triumphant to their bungalows with pep- \* ' haps three or four tiger skins, not to speak of other game, while here they had only accounted for a sambur deer and a few wretched antelopes. While matters were at this stage. Brown, who loved adventure better than sleep, and " seemed impeivions to tropical suns, shoul­ dered his guu one afternoon while all the v . rest of the camp were steeped in alter breakfast oblivion, and hied out through the jungle fcr a shot at whatever chance might throw in his way. He hoped at least •to come across a jungle fowl or two, or per­ haps a peafowl, to replenish their some­ what empty gamebag; and if bigger game did offer--why, he trusted to his luck and his good breech-loader to make the best of the situation. V The spreading .foliage overhead, with its >•{ flickering sliade, sheltered him from the di­ rect blaze of the snn, which it largely ab- T sorbed; and through the cool shadow b?low i he w ound over a thick carpet of dead leaves,* between clumps of interlacing creepers and trailers, long thorny canes with terrible hook-shaped pri.kles and dease inasses of ;; leafage; and between the huge trunks of j~. » . sal. ceesoo. toon, and other trees which IjC here, for hundreds of miles east and west, I jp; - initialed the slopes of the mighty Hima- layas. Not a breath of air stirred, enough > - even to agitate the smoke of his cheroot as f-[ it curled straight upward; nor did a sound break the intense stillness of the forest depths. Here it seemed as if the foot of • ' man had never intruded to disturb nature's primeval garb, or ever essayed the task ; V of cutting down and transferring to the dis­ tant haunts of men the huge trunks. All seemed in its wild and natural luxuriance, *-> as from time immemorial. Every now .;c' ' , and again rare creepers, all ablaze with -5 , ' llower3 that had wound themselves in thick. _ leafy masses around the trunks of trees, ar- fx*' rested Brown's attention, or% parasite ii ^ orchids of brilliant hues thajMfnbedded their roots in them. Brown^Was a keen g admirer of nature, and, alone as he was, ; communing with her, he felt the quiet, ; ; , * deep snirit of forest life stealing over him --that strange, indescribable feeling which Cooper and Mayne Reid have so well de- ,tv scribed as wedding the great prairie hunt- |y,'\ ere of the West to their woodland life. . Now and again a rustle among the branches ^ caused Brown to'look up, and a brilliant jungle fowl in all his glorious plumage flashed across the sunlight, but too quick for him to take aim. Still, by gauging their flight through the supervening foliage he managed by and bv to drop one or two. Nothing of a larger kind offered, however, and he was bethinking himself of return­ ing to camp, from which he must now have strolled a considerable distance, when a slight rustle among the undergrowth sud­ denly arrested his attention. It was noth­ ing but an antelope that trotted out and cantered slowly away as if quite unused as yet to that novel creature man, that had in­ vaded its solitude. A ruthless bullet, how­ ever. soon undeceived and rolled it over, but for a moment only, for up it started again and limped away at a feeble, labored pacc. Brown gave chase, thinking it would soon drop, but still it kept its distance, un­ til, managing to reload as he ran, a charge of No. 2 brought it down. He had now got his antelope, but what was his consternation on looking round to find that not only was the sun by this time veiy low down, but that he had lost his bearings. Another half hour or so in the tropics would bring total darkness, and here he was in the midst of the jungle, he knew not whither or how far from camp. He only hoped he was not too far for the report of his friends' barrels to reach him and direct him toward them, or vice versa. Without such a guide the more he attempted to reach camp the more he might be wan­ dering away from it. Acting on this idea he fired shot after shot, listening intentjy in the intervals for the wished for response, but not a sound replied to his signals! Things were beginning to look serious. The dusk was already deepening into dark­ ness, the mosquitoes beginning to buzz and the fireflies to glance through the foliage. There was no chance now of his friends coming out in search of him in a wild goose chase at the best, and that, too, in the lawful prowling hour of the four- footed denizens of the forest. Though not one of them might be visible by day, yet Brown knew well that there might "be plenty of them in every direction at night and, therefore, for him to attempt a solitary journey to camp would be still more dangerous. So there seemed noth­ ing left but to bivouac where he was for the night and make the most of the situa­ tion. Accordingly be set about his prepara­ tions without more delay. First he looked about for a tTee that would afford a safe and comfortable perch. This he soon found in one where several large arms branched off from the main trunk at an elevation of about fifteen feet from the ground, and which promised a comfortable roost at the fork or point of juncture. Before ascending, however, he was resolved not to leave behind his birds and ant -lope as a tasty morsel to any stray tiger or leopard that came prowling about •o he tied one cord to the birds and an­ other to the antelope and the other end of each to his button-hole, and thus accou­ tred began to ascend the tree. This he managed slowly and with some difficulty, •wing to the darkness and smoothness of the trunk, and to his attention being every now and then distracted by imaginary rus­ tling below, but with the help of his hunt­ ing knife and sundry excrescences on the bark, at length he stood upon the branches with a triumphant feeling of being, in a •inaer, secure and housed for tfce night. & only hoped some gliding boa might not come upon him unawares and entwine him Ilk its gentle embrace! But beyond that it would puzzle, thought he, even the feline powers of the leopard to reach him in his ••rial bed chamber. H« now pulled up his birds, and hitching the other cord over a beaach of the tree, he soon had his ante- Mojhtwg i»- <,# , muined now but to load and put within easy reach his double -barreled friend, at}d to iittach himself to the tree as a necessary precaution against slepp. Having done all this h<i lit his cheroot. Soon the red glow anst the fumes helped to dissipate the last ti ace of vexation at his po- si ion, and to throw him into dreamy pni- losophiKings, which seem the precursor of sleep. Tiie forest sounds whioh night h'»<l awakened far and near now fell upon his ear. as if the authors were abundant nil around, despiti :heir quietude by day. He recognized tka deep-throated roar of the king of the forest, the sh illow half snarl, half howl of the leopard, and the bark of the wolf. An interlude occasion­ ally broke in upon these in the trumpeting of an elephant or the ginat of a lhinoocras -- thos^ huge and harmless animnls gradu­ ally becoming extinct through the wanton assaults of man. At times some of tha roar­ ings came very near indeed, and more than once Brown thought he could detect a cat­ like movement over the leafy carpot bi low, but this gave hi in lit lie concern. Gradually the sounds grew fainter and further off till they ceased altogether. Brown was asleep! How long he had slept he knew not, when a strange, undef.nable iinpivs-iioa of something wrong caused him suddenly to open his eyes and stare straight befVre him. There, shin ng thrush the foiiage, and * seemingly close to him, appeared t«o*tars of intense brilliancy and richness, the only gleams amid the pitchy darkness. He (ould not remove his eyes from them, lint kept staring as if magnetized. Presently he thought there was a slight swaying or movement of the stars, and hardly feeling as if he were yet awake, ana with the impression of being under some strange fascination, he tried to rouse himself, never moving, however, nor yet once lifting bis eyes off those glittering lkhts. Gradually, as reflection grew clearer, the truth dawned upon him with almost overwhelming force. There Was no doubt he was under the blaze of a hungry tiger's eyes, the owner of which was ap­ parently gauging his bearings before pfo- t eeding to business. The discovery almost retritied him for a moment, and then all his coolness returned with redoubled force. Everything depended on his self-posses­ sion. His only chance of life, he felt, lay in making himself master of the situation, and this he was resolved to be. Without moving a muscle, without flinching or faltering, steadily he returned the tierce glare that was fixed upon him. In this 6tare was concentrated the power of the human mind over the brute. He felt this power and knew its efficacy from the ex­ perience of many previous occasions. Seconds and minutes passed, and still the two continued thus motionless, staring at each other. As each minute passed Brown felt more and more that this monster that could have torn him to pieces with ease was yet powerless to touch him so long as he kept him under the check of his eye. The least wavering on his part he knew would at once be detected by his terrible vis a vis and signal his fate. The idea of seizing his gun had never entered his mind. Before he could half reach for it the animal would have been upon him. By and by. as Brown's eyes got accustomed to the darkness,' he could discern, crouched on the very branch on which he lay, the outline of a tiger, dimly visible, only some three yards off. The time that now passed was intensified into a length that seemed interminable to Brown; but still there was no movement of the enemy. At length the glaring eye-balls, he thought, drew nearer to each other, then one gradually was lost to sight, and soon after the other. Then a stealthy, cat-like movement and heaving of the branch, as of some animal retreating along it, till pres­ ently a soft plunge and rebound of the branch indicated its having quitted its posi­ tion. It was not the sound of a leap to the ground, however, but rather of springing from one branch to another, and Brown did not yet feel quite secure, though at the same time thoroughly mystified to account for the movements of hif enemy. Not less puzzled was he to understand how the animal could possibly have reached him ia a place that seemed inaccessible to a tiger and where be had thought himself perfectly secure. Presently he heard a dull thud, announc­ ing that the brute had reached the ground, and Brown at length diew a long breath of relief. He felt that his foe was fairly gone --routed from the field; and this with but a single effort on his part! The tension of those last few minutes left a strain from which it took Brown some time to recover; then his first action, needless to say, was to get in hand hia "trusty friend," to be better prepared against any fresh emer­ gency. Insecure though his quarters were now proved to be, he had no alternative but to continue there for the rest of the night. To descend and attempt to search for others would be the more hazardous of the two, with such neighbors about, and, besides, an almost impossible task in the darkness. He resolvtd. therefore, to keep awake the rest of the night and keep a cat's lookout for contingencies. The bloody track of the an­ telope had, no doubt, he thought, led to his being discovered, though possibly it was more in quest of the antelope than of him­ self that the tiger had scaled the tree. How he had done so still remained a puzzle. Brown did not close an eye again that night, which seemed interminable, and took him a dozen more Havanas without getting him through it, but, happily, he had no more deadly visitant than the mos­ quitoes. At length a pale, purple glow through the foliage indicated approaching day, and soon thereafter Brown descended from his perch with stiffened limbs, but with a keen appetite for "cheta hazri" (early breakfast), despite his night's ex­ periences. He now found out what had so puzzled him about the tiger's ascent-- namely, that the branch on which he was resting almost touched midway another huge semi-broken branch of a neighbor­ ing tiee that was bent down to the ground, and thus afforded easy access to the ani­ mal. Shouldering now his antelope and birds. Brown lost no time in making tracks for camp as best he could guess. He kept tir­ ing off a shot at intervals to apprise his friends of his whereabouts, and at length a faint answering report reached his ears sufficient to guide him on in the right di­ rection and relieve his mind of all anxiety. Soon thereafter he was hailed by his friends amid a perfect shower of ejaculations; all the answer that they got was a wail of hunger and a cry of "cheta hazri," after which Brown promised to relate his adven­ tures faithfully and truly. Over a cup of steaming mocha, hot toast, cold fowl, and eggs, Brown recounted his experiences of tbe night and the hairbreadth chance on which his life had hung of waking at the right moment. How he had done so he could only regard as providential. Two days lat:*r the skin of his tiger visitant adorned the front of the camp, spread out in the sun to dry. The antelope that had attracted the brute to Brown's roost served as a bait to lure him a second time to the tree, where he now fell a victim to the rifles of Brown and his friends, who were en­ sconced above; and where Brown had the pleasure of passing a second night in his old quarters, though now in company with his friends, and after they had secured themselves against the dangerous accpss by the branch. LANDAD (MAIDC-LIIM. The Dog, , Joaquin Miller has a great antipathy to dogs. He says the Greeks are the only people who know what to do with a dog. "They put him at the gates of hell.' But they had a greater antipa­ thy to men. They didn't leave them at tbe gates. They shoved them in. Boston Post. A VULGAR fop called to a bootblack to polish his shoes, and showered vitu­ perative epithets upon him for his slow­ ness, till at last the little fellow stopped his work, and looking up, exclaimed, See here, mister, 'tain't no use to work on your shoes till som your tongue. OLB BABIES. / What M QW Nturse Has to BN^ About .Cartas for Th«niu Where a mother has nursed her baby at her own breast the weaning is an iiu Sortant tiling, sava "an old nurse" in th oaton Globe. The baby should b weaned about the end of the ninth or tenth month. Do not wean the child all at once, but very gradually. Day by day increase the length of the in tervals between suckling it, and increase little by little the supplementary food These last two rules must not be taken too literally. Babies vary greatly in regard to their growth anil rate of progress. The first teeth sometimes appear on tho seventh month, and some times not until tho end bf a year. J know one case in which they did not come until the baby was 18 months old. Where the baby is backward with its teeth its weaning should also be delayed, and the change of its food (if it is bottle-fed baby) should be also deferred to suit its particular case. If, however, the mother's milk gives out or runs thin l»efore the regulation time for the weaning arrives, it is bet ter for both mother and child that the weaning should be proceeded with even before the first teeth show any signs of coming. Between two evils choose the least always. Give as little medicine to a baby as possible. Avoid cordials, paregoric and every sort of sleeping mixtures. Opium is the basis of four out of five of them. Don't poison your baby by the use of anv of these things. Wind is a very common trouble with infants dfuring tlioir first year. Some­ times relief is given by laying the child on its stomach across your lap and gently chafing its back. A teaspoonful °f peppermint and water (half and half) will generally stop the trouble. Three or four drops of sal volatile in a tea- spoonful of water is also a good remedy. Be very careful as to dressing the baby. Let comfort be the object, not a showy appearance. Be sure and have a good bellyband of flannel, cut bias, applied properly around the baby's back and abdomen. Let it firmly sup- povt the baby's abdomen, but oil no ac­ count let it be too tight, or you may produce the very evils which this band is meant to prevent, such as rupture, etc. Use as few*pins as possible, and let those pins be safety pins. Never pin a baby's clothes with a common pin. It is quite possible to make a baby's en­ tire wardrobe so as not to require a sin­ gle pin to be used in dressing it. Strings of tape do just as well and are safer. Never use a diaper twice with­ out washing, however slightly it may be soiled. Let every diaper be very dry and nicely warmed before applying it to a baby. There is nothing more important than the daily bath in bringing the baby along successfully. Many a little ailment the warm bath promptly cures. For the first month or two give the baby a warm bath daily, with the water at a temper­ ature of 98 degrees at first and later at 96 degrees or 94 degrees. The even­ ing, just before putting to bed, is the best time to give it. After bathing the cljild should be carefully and gently rubbed with soft napkins, being held in a new, clean, and dry flannel receiver. Complete immersion up to the neck is the best way to give the bath. R$ib the entire surface of the skin, while in the bath, with a soft sponge. Btf particu­ lar as to the temperature of the bath.,. Test the water with a thermometer, iftyl be sure it is not lower than the figures above given. As to walking, be very careful^Taot to force the baby to walk before it is well able to do so. Bow-legged children are usually the result of this forcing busi­ ness. Aljout the fifth or sixth month a vigorous baby will begin to kick at its long clothes and show many signs of a desire to use its limbs. Shorten its dress at that stage of its growth, and But that was centuries ago, and that put it on the carpet in a sitting position, j state of things has quite passed awav. I t w i l l t h e n b e g i n t o s p r e a d i t s a r m s a n d * " - - - - - - learn the motions of crawling. Put a few toys around it and leave it to its own pleasure. Don't be alarmed if it should fall over once or twice on its side. Only in that way can it learn the use of its limbs. As to teething, I prefer to advise young and inexperienced mothers who have trouble with their babies at the teething period to call in a good doctor unless the trouble is very trifling. Where the baby goes into convulsions I should say it is always a serious enough case to call in a physician, unless you have had a large experience in such cases, with other infants, and feel sure of your ground. A convulsion is a very startling thing to a mother with her first baby, who has never seen anything of the kind before. For the benefit of such let me say that a convulsion is worse to look at than it really is. Many a cl\ild has had dozens of them and growh lip to be a ftrong man or woman. Whenever your first experience of a convulsed infant comes, remember these directions: Loosen the child's dress at all points to avoid choking, and lay it down on a bed or lounge and give its limbs freedom; hurry up a large bowl or a small tub of hot water (not too hot) and put its feet in, add apply cold water (iced is better) to the head with cloths. Then send for the doctor, and he will find it necessary in most cases to use his lance on the child's gums. I might go on writing a great many other things, but as I had doubts where to begin, so I am in doubt where to stop. To settle the doubt, I will put a stop right here to these suggestions about baby-management. ai the sata6 lima pointed out the verbal nTor. The saino gentleman a\ked him io repeat the ninetieth verse oj the sev­ enth chapter of tho book of Numbers. Alick almost inslanllv replied: "Th re is no such verso. The chapter has only eighty-nine verues." Gassendi had ac­ quired by heart (5,000 Latin verses, and in order to give his memory exercise he was in the habit daily of reciting 600 verses from different languages. " Established" Church. In the United States wo have no "es­ tablished" church. Each religious sect stands on exactly equal footing with every other religious sect. Our con­ stitution and laws do not recognize any one sect in preference to the rest; they are one and all entirely independent of the control of the State. In England, the case is different. The Protestant Episcopal church there is "established" by law. It is controlled and practically governed by the political law. Indeed, in theory at least. English law recognizes it as the only church, and regards every Englishman as be­ longing to it. The sovereign is, in that land, the supreme ruler of the church. Directly, or indirectly, the queen has the authority to appoint all its arch­ bishops and bishops; as also, a great number of the deans, prebendaries and canons, who form the governing l>odies of the cathedrals. The councils held in the two provinces of Canterbury and York cannot deliberate without the con­ sent of the queen; nor do any of their acts become binding on the clergy until the royal assent, which is, in effect, the approval of the cabinet, has been given them. The clergymen of the State church are appointed, not by their con­ gregations, but either by the queen, by the bishops, by the lord chancellor, by the universities, or by private persons who have bought or inherited the right to choose rectors or vicars. There are more than eight thousand "livings" which are thus the property of private persons, and some of them are subject to bargain and sale. The Imperial Parliament lays down the laws by which the church is gov­ erned. It provides penalties for cler- gymen^who offend against the ecclesi­ astical laws or tlie religious tenets of the church. Moreover, the arch­ bishops and most of the bishops sit for life in the House of Lords, where they are known as the "spiritual peers;" and they sometimes take an active part in the proceedings relating to other than church matters. The revenues of the established church, the funds by which its bishops, clergy, and edifices are supported, are mainly derived from lands and other properties which have been in its hands for many generations.. Some of these properties belonged to the Catholic Church when that was the established church of England; and continued to be held by the State church when it cut loose from Rome and the Pope, in the time of the Tu­ dor s. In other cases, wealthy and de­ voted members of the church have left, from time to time, large sums for its uses; and these have formed endow­ ments for the support of the clergy. Again, parliament has made grants, es­ pecially when new dioceses have been created by its act. No tax is levied upon the people for the support* of the church, however, and every person is free to contribute to the support of any religion lie may profess. He is not bound to contribute to the support of any religion. In former times, tfie English law dis­ criminated sharply between tlie mem­ bers of the State church and those who held a different religious faith. For a long period, no one but a Church of England man could vote, or sit in Par­ liament, or hold any civil or military office. There#were times, too, when "Dissenters" and Catholics could not worship after their own fashion without being severely punished and persecuted. But that Remarkable Memories. There was a Corsican boy who could rehearse 40,000 words, whether sense or nonsense, as they were dictated, and then repeat them in reverse order with­ out making a single mistake. A phy­ sician, about sixty years ago, could fe- peat the whole of "Paradise Lost" with­ out a mistake, although he had not read it for twenty years. Euler, the great mathematician, when he became blind, could repeat the- whole of Vir­ gil's "TEneid," and could remember the first line and the last line on every page of the particular edition which he bnd been accustomed to read before he be­ came blind. One kind of retentive memory may be considered as the re­ sult of sheer work, a determination to­ wards one particular achievement with­ out reference either to cultivation or to memory on other subjects. This is frequently shown by persons in humble life in regard to the Bible. An old beggar man at Stirling, known about fifty years ago as "Blind Alick," afforded an instance of this. He knew the whole of the Bible by heart, insomuch that if ft sentence was read to him he could name the book, chapter, and verse, or if book, chapter, and verse were named he could give the exact words. A gen tlemnn. to test him, repeated a verse, purposely making one verbal inaccu­ racy. Alick hesitated, named the place viltto tea toe pi Though the established church is still maintained, those who do not adhere to it are endowed with every political and civil privilege. There is complete toleration, at least, for every sect in England. The question, however, of "disestab­ lishing" the Church of England--that is, of separating it from the state al­ together, and putting it on the same basis as any other sect--has of late be­ come a very prominent one in English politics. Many leading statesmen are in favor of this step. The Irish (Protest­ ant) Church has alread$ been* disestab­ lished. • The State Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian# will probably ere very long submit to the same fate; and is is very likely that, before many years, the bishops will disappear from tho House of Lords, and the church will be separated altogether from its present dependence on the state.--Youth's Companion. . She Was Bony. John Henry, a masher, stood on the corner with one of his kind, waiting for girl to come along whom he might crush. At last, a thin young woman from the rural districts came by, and John Henry thought he had found her. tVs she passed he said something about her being bony, but he went after her, and catching up, he said: "Good afternoon, miss." "Good afternoon," she replied, sizing him up as if she was going to put a price on him. "Ahem, miss, ahem, I-ah--," he hesi­ tated. "Well," she continued coolly, "why don't you bark?" . "Bark! Bark! I don't quite under­ stand, "lie said inquiringly. "Oh, you don't? Well I might have known better than to have given you credit for so much intelligence, but in our country a puppy that has had any advantages of training always barks when it finds a bone." Since that date John Henry is a changed man.--Merchant Traveler* He Looked It. A tramp applied to a crusty merchant for a small loan. "It's against my principles," he said, "to give money to such fellows as you." "I hope, sir," said the tramp, "that fou will change your mind in my case; want so little, you know." "How much will satisfv^vou?" "You may determine that, sir.** "Well, here's a nickel; now don't spend it for whisky." "You might do that, sir," said the' tramp, taking the money, "but I won't." "I might ?" queried the surprised mer­ chant. "What do you mean?" "Well, I mean that you look like a man that would drink 5-cent whisky, and I know I'm not that kind. Gootfa day," and he disappeared hurriedly.-- Merchant Traveler. -- '-1 THE gamesome humor of children should rather be encouraged, to keep up their spirits and improve their '§* strength and heal Restrained.--Lock*. curbed *>r Woman SnAiitb The political dogma of the eight* tenth century, that suffrage is a natural right, led to an early demand for its extension to women. Condorcet, a French political writer, published in 1790 a plea for the citizenship of women. Tho constitution for the Col­ ony of New Jersey, framed in 1776, per­ mitted all inhabitants of certain qualifi­ cations to vote, irrespective of sex. This act was repealed in 1807. The agitation against slavery brought forward tho claim of "natural rights" again, and some persons began to assert that just­ ice demanded the extension of tho franchise right to women. The first woman's rights convention was held at Seneca Falls, N. Y., July 19, 1848. It based the claims of women on the Dec­ laration of Independence, and demanded equal rights. The . first national woman's rights convention was held at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 23, 1850. Soon after this the people of England also had their attention directed to the sub­ ject by the writings of John Stuart Mill and others. In 1866 the Americ an Equal Bights Association presented the first petition for woman suffrage to Congress. In 1868 the New England Woman Suffrage Association was formed, and the first systematic effort began for memorializing legislatures and Congress, obtaining hearings before these bodies, holding conventions, cir­ culating documents, etc. The agitation had by 1870 assumed such dimensions that the Republican convention in Mas­ sachusetts, held Oct. 5, 1870, admitted Lucy Stone and Mary A. Livermore as regularly accredited delegates. Since then more than one State convention has indorsed woman suffrage, and several national conventions have resolved that it was "entitled to, respect­ ful consideration." The Legisla­ ture. of the Territory of Wyoming, by an act approved Decem­ ber 10, 1870, granted the right of suf­ frage to women, and even previous to this date it was exercised by them in Utah. The same right was granted in the Territory of Washington in 1883. Woman suffrage, limited to school elections, has been conferred in several of the States, to wit: Women may vote at school meetings in Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Vermont, and in the Territory of Dakota; at school elections in Colorado and Min­ nesota ; for members of school com­ mittees in Massachusetts, and at meet­ ings in Michigan and New York if they are tax-payers. Widows and unmarried women may vote in Idaho Territory as to special district taxes if they hold taxable property. In Oregon widows having children and taxable property may vote at school meetings. In Indi­ ana widows or unmarried women not minors, who pav taxes and are listed as parents, gi ar lians, or heads of fami­ lies, may vote at school meetings. In Kentucky any white widow, having a child of school age, is a qualified school voter; if she has no child, but is a tax­ payer, she may vote on the question of taxes. The British Parliament, by an act approved Aug. 2, 1869, granted the municipal franchise to women in Eng­ land and Wales, and by an act approved in 1870 extended the privilege of voting for school boards to rate-payers, in­ cluding women; further, June 3, 1881,- an act extended the municipal franchise in Scotland to unmarried women and widows. Prior to the passage of these acts women holding property had, by the custom of London and the custom of some other parts of England, certain rights of suffrage in municipal affairs. In the Isle of Man women have the privilege of voting for the members of the governing assembly.--Inter Ocean. Driving at Sight. How to illuminate a read in front of the horses in driving at night is an im­ portant matter. The usual side-lamps on carriages, or the attachment of a lantern to the dash board, fail to reflect the light where it is most wanted, and the suspending of a lantern to the front axle is objection­ able for many reasons, but it is the best ftlan for shedding the light where it is he niQ^iyaftfteded that we have seen tried. But a Philadelphia physician suggests the attaching of the lantern to the breast collar of the harness, which he says he has tried with perfect satisfac­ tion; and he has evidently had some ex- {>erience with the ordinary methods of ighting, for he says the various forms of dash lights are pretty much the same, in that they put the light just where it is not wanted, illuminating the horse's tail and hips and the buggy thills, with a brilliance quite unnec­ essary, which intensifies the blackness of the shadow cast by them just where one most wishes to see clearly. "My light is a common tubular lan­ tern, with a reflector, and a spring for attachment to the dash. In place of putting it on the dash, I slipped the spring over the middle of the bretwt collar, directly in front of the horse. Every part of the road in front of me was plainly seen, so I could drive with as much confidence as in broad daylight. The conditions necessary for success are a level-headed horse, with fair breadth of chest, and a shoulder-strap attached to the check hook, to prevent the lan­ tern sagging down between the horse's legs, when for any reason the traces slack. It would be well to have a short strap sewed to the inside of the breast collar, to slip the spring through, so as to prevent any lateral motion." How to Treat Children. Four good rules are given by Gertrude R. Lewis in The Interior: 1. Do not promise punishment for a certain offense without giving it, if need be, and do not delay it; fear, as well as hope, deferred maketh the heart sick, and the temper sour. Do not refer to it again, and never send a child hungry to bed for any offense. It is a crime against the child's health and welfare. 2. Do not "fib" if you don't want your child to do so. I saw a child punished on the 2nd day of April for telling the "white lie" her elders had told the day before. Many a mother would be horrified at being thought untruthful who doesn't hesitate to tell a falsehood to get something awav from a child or pacify, it when papa leaves. Do you suppose the child does not soon see through your subterfuges ? 3. Let the meum and tuurn in tho household be strongly defined, and do not force generosity. Let exact justice come first, and insist only upon that, always giving the child due apprecia­ tion for all its little sacrifices. A^very good rule of division was that adopted by two sisters. One divided, the other took her choice. You can rest assured there was never a candy more in one pile than in the other, and much distress of mind was saved thereby. 4. If you want your little boy to cordially detest the little fellow next door, throw the latter's virtues at him on every occasion. SENATOR STANFORD thinks that Mprf mduism-will now die out of itself. The Krapp Works at Ema. In the beginning of this century only • town of 3,480 souls stood where now dwell nearly 70,000. The surrounding district has also been made populous, chiefly by Essen. A wonderful and im­ pressive scene! Around the many- storied edifices with their high chim­ neys that make the iron-works--these must be at least a hundred such--the vast plain is dotted as far as the eye can reach with buildings of the innu­ merable iron and coal mines, with chimneys floating white banners of smoke. The landscape is variegated with pretty hamlets, glimpses of rivers, endless poplar avenues along white highways, and everywhere moving lines of shining * cloud where trains of the three great railways that encompass Essen speed perpetually and in all directions. Frederick Krupp, belong­ ing to an old Essen family, started his works in 1810, but lie suffered by a ten years lawsuit, which, though won, bur­ dened him with debt. After his death, in 1826, his widow barely managed to secure for her Alfred a good education, and when he was calle^l to the works, in 1848, he found, to use' his own words, three workmen and more debts than fortune." It is, he, now a hale and hearty gentleman of 73 years, who has built up the Krupp works to their present immensity. The firm name is still "Fred. Krupp," but the works - do • not belong to a company, nor yet, as some suppose, to the government, but to this one man, Alfred Krupp, who thus owns probably the largest business in the world de­ pendent on an individual. The works within the town cover more than 500 acres, half of which are under cover. According to a census taken in Septem­ ber, 1881, the number of hands em­ ployed by Mr. Krupp was 19,605, the members of their families 45,776, mak­ ing 65,381 persons supported by his works. Of the laborers, 11,211 were engaged upon the works in Essen, the rest being employed in the surrounding mines, the branch works at Neuweid and Sayn, and the mines in Spain (Bil­ bao), from which, though less extensive, the finest ores are brought. Mr. Krupp owns 547 iron mines in Germany. He owns four sea-steamers, and there are connected with his Essen works 42 miles of railway, employing 28 locomo­ tives and 883 cars, 69 horses with 191 wagons, and 40 miles of telegraph wires with 35 stations and 55 Morse appa­ ratuses. The establishment possesses a grand chemical laboratory, a photo­ graphic and lithographic .atelier, a {mnting office with three steam and six land presses, and a book-binding room. The establishment even runs a hotel-- an excellent one, as I have good reason to know--in Essen; and three years ago, for the advantage of the population he has gathered, Mr. Krupp erected a large central supply store, connecting w ith it many branches, extending its benefits to all parts of the town and to the colonies he has built for his workmen in the neighborhood. Of these stores and of the colonies more must be said presently. Although rumors have gone through the world of the vast extent of these works, it is difficult from mere printed statistics to estimate the im- pressiveness of this great industrial center until one has looked upon it from some height, and attempted to wander through and around it. To the general world the name "Krupp" has almost ceased to be per­ sonal; it signifies a particular imple­ ment of destruction. Two-thirds of the work here are devoted to things belong­ ing to the arts of peace--all the parts of steam-engines, locomotives,iron axles, bridges, rails, wheels, tires, switches, springs, shafts for steamers, mint dies, rudders, and parts of all varieties of iron machinery, are prepared here for manufacturers. That is, they are not combined here; all the iron parts of a locomotive may be obtained here, but not a locomotive, although nearly all of the locomotives and engines used in the works are made in them. Both Brahma and Siva are in the empk>y of Mr. Krupp, but the creative power prepon­ derates, and if the destroyer is more famous it must be attributed to the world's keen interest in a fight.-- Harper's Magazine. The Kentuekian Hotspur. "Let all who are not cowards follow me!" cried McGary, putting an end to all prudent counsel on the eve of the dreadful battle of the Blue Licks. The Kentuekian winced under the implica­ tion then, and has done it in a thousand instances since. Overbraverv! The idea runs through all the anachronistic pages of Kentucky history, drawing them back into the past centuries of his race. It is thi3 quality of temper and conception of manhood that has operated to build up in the minds of the woifld the ridiculous figure of the typical Kentuekian. Hawthorne con­ versed with an old man in England who told him that the Kentuckians flayed Tecumseh where he fell, and converted his skin into razor-strops. Collins, the Kentucky Froissart, speaking of Ken­ tucky pioneers, relates of the father of one of them that he knocked Washing­ ton down in a quarrel, and received an apology from the Father of his Country on the following day--a little man. too. His son was the second Pepin of the house coming to this State and here faithfully nourishing his fam­ ily and his temper so long as he lived-- the representative of many. I have been quick to mention this typical Hotspur figure, and to cast upon it the sulphurous side light of historic remi­ niscence, because I knew it would come foremost into the mind of the reader whenever one began to speak with can­ dor of Kentucky life and character. Better have it up and be done with it. It was never a faithfully true face: satire bit always into burlesque along lines of coarseness and exaggeration. Much less is it true now, except in so far as it describes a kind of human be­ ing found the world over.--James Lane AUen, in Harper's Magazine. An Example* Little Laura, only 6, and her mother, only 26, were at the Louvre, in front of the* Venus de Milo. Laura--"Why did they cut off the lady's two arms?" Mother--"Because she poked her fingers in her nose."--Chicago News- Letter. Hello! The growtlyjf the telephone is one of- the most renmrkable in the history of inventions. In August, 1877, the num­ ber of instruments in use in this coun­ try was only 780. In February, 1885, 325,574. In January last there were 137,223 miles of telephone wire in this country. There are 5,186 persons fur­ nished employment by the exchange's. A STUPID man, in buying a book, said to the bookseller, "I will take two copies while I am about it, as I may wtofc to reid it twite." PITH YOUHG ladies like because it leads them to a bridal A BUFFALO girl, whose beau is a bricklayer, says he is too kiln for any­ thing. THX widow's might la never so folly realized as when she is looking for a second husband. SOME men are like eggs. You can't tell whether they are good or bad< tmtQ they are broke. A STUDENT of human nature saya anything can be (sharpened Put a lead pencil in a woman's hands and see. IT seems strange that we never meet the man who has drawn the lottery prize; but we frequently hear of the man who came within one or two num­ bers of it. THE old woman who asked tot a gold r^8> sixteen parsnips fine, was prob- ably related ^ to tho elderly gentleman' who said his daughter was attending the controversy of music. MANY generals who served in the late war, and were wholly unknown to fame, are achieving distinction now in nar­ rating their exploits. Even Mark Twain aspires to be called General.^ Maverick. • . THERE are hundreds of men in thin country who spell as imperfectly as the late Josh Billings, yet their names never appear in the papers, as they al­ ways manage to fill government offices. --Maverick. "MOTHER, what is an angel?" "My dear, it is a little girl with 'wings who flies." "But I heard pa]>a telling the governess yesterday that she was an angel. Will she fly?" "Yes, my dear, she will fly away the first tar- morrow."--Vanity Fair. IN the path of philosophy woman has seldom strolled to much distance, but when times are tight she can go to market with a dollar bill and come back with more comfort in a basket than a man could crowd into a two-horse wagon, if told to back up and help him­ self---Chicago Ledger. "WHAT is your'name?" asked th» Sheriff of an old negro who had con^d in to pay his taxes. "Jim Fry, sah, fodder o' de late Mr. Fry:" "How long has your son been dead?" "He ain't dead, de late Mr. Fry ain't." "Then how can he be the late Mr. Fry?" "'Case he's neber on time--allnn late* sah."--Arkansaw Traveler. M. D'HARP has been treating himself to a new hat. Proud of his conquest, he showed his purchase to everybody next day. "What did you give for it? asked a friend. "It cost me 15 francs." "But it is marked 16 francs on the lining." "True," softly replied +M. D'Harp, "that is what I paid the hatter; but I went without my dinner yester­ day."--Paris Journal Amusant. BAGLEY (confidently to pickpocket on the back platform)--"My good fellow, I wish you wouldn't try that." Piok- pocket (in great trepidation)--"I, sir? Why, I " Bagley (soothingly)-- •There, there; don't apologize. You've.... been trying to pick my pocket, and I think it my duty to tell you that the wallet you're fingering is filled with bills which I've been trying to oollect for six months, and I don't believe you can do any better." THE small boy who helps'the histo­ rian to make history is getting a good deal of reflected French from his sister. His very first concern after taking it into his head that he was learning the language was to find out what "Do you love me?" is in French. With that mastered he proceeded so rapidly in his study that the other day he de­ livered the following sentence to his young preceptress: "M'aimes-tu? If you m'aimes-tu me, I'll m'aimes-tu you; but if you don't m'aimes-tu me, I won't m'aimes-tu you!"--Boston Record. MR. MALAPROPOS (to Miss Charm ante/ who is smiling and animated)--"You re­ mind me of an old French teacher of mine [noticing a change in Miss C.'s ex­ pression at the adjective]--O, not that you're old, or look like her; not that, but--" Miss Charmante (again radiant) --"No? But how then?" Mr. Mal­ apropos--"Well, she used to say, you [enow, that it was so absurd for people to laugh in conversation, for to laugh is always to distort one's face." Miss Charmante--"And you consider that I--" Mr. Malapropos--"O, But you don't, you know; that's how I hap­ pened to speak of it."--Harper's Ba- zar. THE MODERN 8HA*8PEARK. "How wags tbe weather, good my lord?" "It wags It was the tongues of tboae who foed on it: Aspenaulatos twixt this and that extreme And nowhere seem* at home." "The fiokle thing I I would 'twere more amenable to law Or rather, that it were not subjeot to Perpetual change. Then 'twould be always sun Or always moon." "Or always out of gear. As now it is, with people's whims. 'Twere best Andromeda, to leavo o lima trio thngs To wobb o 'round as is their olden wobt. Some intellects there are, as thou dost know. That havo r.o other thing to batten oa Than this same weather, and 'twere sad indeed If elemental parts should strike a groove Where they would glido in smooth monotony And come no change of diet for these folk. Withhold. Andromeda, thy purposed plea To have the weatber bureau minus fctopa, For while it taps its variation tanks It trims th • menu of this race of crank!.* --Yonkem Gazette. The Modern Shakspeare. "The day of days is at the door, me lord." "Let him but tap and he may enter in." J "And if, Henrico, he should tap for thee a cask of fine old santa cruz, no doubt tliou'dst speedier turn thee to his letting in." "Now damsel, thou'dst winged my tenderest yearn: that is the very santa- clause I'd like to see'in this year's rec­ ord of its charities." "Then should old Santa Claus bring santa cruz, thou'dst cruise with Santa till thou'dst much accrued?" "That's gospel, coddling, be me hal- idome." "Aye, marry, be thy hollow-dome in­ deed, for such thy presentparlaaco provetli it." "Egad! thou'st poniards in thy pate this morn, and they do prick as they were pointed, too. But if this dome be hollow, as thou say'st, why not to wassail then, and get it lull?" "An' thus fulfill the matter of mo hint?" "An' it be so, then, ergo, 'twill be so. Tho' I've foresworn me bib, I yet would bibble at the Christmas-tide, for now good cheer the prime religion is, and tho' we brew the same in flowing sack, 'tis not so sacreligiona as twotild seem."--Yankers Gazette. DOCTORS say that women should be cautious how they call to offer sympa­ thy to neighl>ors having sick childrenT. Women's clothing offers inducements to fugitive bacteria, and several instanoes have been recorded lately in which contagious diseases are known to have been brought about by germs carried into the household ja jkhe folds of heavy woclnn fabrics. . M.' *. JkiEii -1. 1 ,