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BAVMIU'S SOJfO. | -V ,5 , BT I. EDGAR JONES. "'"'f •^r-py $r«h tireless voice an<l flery breath 4 ' IntonlnR labor's sons, 1 bare the bearis of (crest pine*;' Mjr fiteel nrtiiH, swift and atrong. V !'E?ove t're'ess Wades, which, to and fro, . "'hrongli fragrant timber come and go, . In constant streams the giant pines J>% v2 Are ciutcln a wi hin m> jrrssp; "Ify metal Borviint.s, swifc and tru« • Their mighty bodi«fi clasp iSsfnen. bo!d in Iron jiaws, .they f«el ^•/rhe thruats of my swift, flashing steel. ;..:'HMt whirling, like revolving light, » 'iho raws go round ann round. • ' &.ud buz* likti swarms of nialit bFM, Wli^ro wheels and sh'iff.s rewound in chorus with the clasli and clangs if modern toil's obediont "gangs. All day, all night, the giants com* ? From forests far and near, ; And march in tiles, brown, dark, Mid w|K' Emergint; clean and clear, ,. . . " |n ranks of purest whits and ROM, Socreased in worth a hundredfold. : ,||igh up aloft, in carven wreaths, - " Bilv smoky banuovs fly ; Wliilo toiin'not. of flame' from lofty towtM Glow redly in the sky, '<0r paint th<; clouds with -- n HgM JRenoctoil hv tha wavoa at night. V f^fhe fragrant product of my toi^ * 1 My busy wh els and hands, V^_jL t borne bv whi te - witigeJ ships and SttMtt To distant, tre- less lands, fo riso aqain in cottage homes, ' . • • r iof-y piles with atately dowel. . "• And so, untiring, still I toil, . . . C o n v e r t i n g i n t o g o l d *hP trees ordained to be my spoil Through days and year* untoM; ' Obeying still, an be*t I can, Vhe nianiate of my master, math . - il®D ?hal! resonud through passing yMDI > T.ie tune of busy mills. , , Vieir JaU-ir c.')or::s echiv.tl from ;iP'K:-p:n:!iod encirc ing hills;, Ibd-astnal anthems, grand and strong, t?' 1' t*d by the d -^r-lchged caw-mill's ---J*f«rr- Or*i n. AN OLD-TIME LOVE STORY, of tlie sea. Eibera made hia salutation OD entering, but the moment his eyes rested on the maiden's face he became agitated and lost his usual calm self- possession; for at once he recognized the beautiful being of whom not long since ho had been speaking to Beatrix. So confused was he At this sudden en­ counter, that he had hardly voice left to utter his name in response to the inquiring look of the pompous mer­ chant Panoll'o. The latter, at Rivera's entrance, had checked his perambula­ tion of the room, attributing the artist's confusion to awe of his own prcsenoe and ignorance of the world, and brusquely enough endeavored to reas- suro the diffident painter, So clamsily was it managed, and with such an air of condescension, moreover, that Ribera was immediately roused from his ab­ straction ; rising to his full height he replied, all his old pride visible in flash­ ing eye nnd curled lip: "Neither wealth nor power, nor anght that is wont to inspire others with awe, could humble ma or cause me to lower my gaze; and if you be­ held me in embarrassment, it was from no other cause than my intense admira­ tion of one of the Creator's most beau­ tiful masterpieces." His eye met that of the lovely Laura, and in her blushing cheeks and droop­ ing lashes it could not escape him that Panolfo's daughter participated in his feelings. Ther spell of enchantment was upon them, and before either had exchanged speech the mute language of the eye assured each that they were loved. Unconsciously Panolfo fed the flame; for the more con­ descendingly he played the patron to the artist, the more 'sympathetic grew i Laura's glances, and the more anxious "It is mine, signor," cried Ribara, stepping forth from the crowd. " Who art thou ?" r "My name is Ribera. I am here un­ known, and only wait to become that which your highness shall makeinel" "What reward dost thou ask?" "The title of 'First Painter to the Viceroy of Naples.' " "Thy wish is granted. How muoh hast thou received for this picture?" "Sire, the merchant Panolfo offered me twenty-five ducats for it, but I spurned his offer. However, he can content me anofeer war. His daughter Laura and I love one another fondly, devotedly." \ .»• "To-morrow ye shall be united." Sure to his promise the viceroy caused the union of Ribera and Laura to be solemnized the following week. In a short time Ribera la Espagnioletta be­ came the most renowned painter in Naples. But Panolfo, who had most cordially assented to his daughter's union'with Ribera, never let a day pass without boasting that he had been the first to recognize the genius of the illustrious sign painter. TOWNS WITH ODD NIXES. Homes Built by Swallows. A pair of chimney swallows built their nest over the inner hall door in the dwelling of a writer in Chamber's Journal, the outer door being left open at night after the work began, to give the birds access in the mornings. Though the bird left its nest whenever any one passed in or out and flew about so long as any one stood in the door­ way, which not infrequently occurred, five birds were safely hatched and fledged, the young returning to their War being BT JAMKS GRAXT. nest for some nights after. declared against the birds as a nuisance f^1ap?e!r to atoneJor^tlie^pam of j br the housekeeper, and it being diffi- __ .4. - _ . ^ argue otherwise, orders were occasioned by her father's i ' • One morning, more than two hun­ dred years ajro, a painter stood before his easel, in a parrot in Naples ab­ sorbed in earnest contemplation of a work he had just completed. "I know well enough," said he, with his hand .to his brow, "that there is no lack of genius hcrei I might even lay me down at once and die, and my name would be rescued forever from ob­ livion. " Ribera had tasted the full bitterness of genius unrewarded, and stern poverty had been his lot Had he chosen to lower his ideal and paint for the taste of those whose only idea of a picture consisted in that it should be of great size and contain plenty of bright paint, he might havo coined money. But scorning this Ribera re­ mained poor and proud. He was still in the full glow of en­ thusiasm, when the door of his studio opened, and a little, shriveled old dame shuttled in, bearing a wooden trencher with a very spare meal upon it. and laid it down upon one sida But find­ ing that the painter took no sort of notice of her, she at last tried to make him conscious of her presence. "When I heard you talking so loudly as I came upstairs," she said, "I thought I should find a real customer here. But I don't wender no one will buy such a picture as that," she con­ tinued, pointing disdainfully at -the canvas on the easel; for it must be re­ marked that old Beatrix, shared tlie prejudices of many of her master's critics. "It is truly lamentable, good Beatrix, that it does not please thee," said Bibera, patting her gently on the shoulder. "It is much more lamentable to thin^ that you are minded to die of hunger/' replied the old dame. "Scanty as yoi^r dinner is to-day, I only hope you may have as good to-morrow; but before that can happen you must give me the means, for mine are all gone. And yet you will always be saying that you «ould be rich if you liked! Why have you not finished that portrait for the Countess of Verona? a lady who would fairly have covered the canvas with gold for you, and secured for you the patronage of the viceroy himself. It might have been the making of yon!" "Don't talk to me of that woman, Beatrix, said Ribera, with a gesture of contempt, "with her modish face ana her lack-luster eye. Ah, if I had the young girl to copy whom I met awhile ago, I would have painted her with ecstasy!" I "You are a fool," said the servinpf- woman; "happily for you, your friends have not lost their wits, but have been thinking far more of your welfare than you yourself have. Come, dress your­ self now, and go and find out Chris- ' iOhher Panolfo; he is waiting for you." •"Whoisthis man?" ""One of the richest merchants in Ifples." ' "I know him not." "But he knows you welL They havfc been talking to him about you; he has an excellent opinion of your talents, and wants to order a picture of you. This is as good as ready money; will you reject this too, as well as the rest?" "No, certainly not, said Ribera. "If this Panolfo. is a judge, and will take the trouble to come to me, he will, be­ yond all doubt, set a respectable price on this masterpiece before us." " What I you will not even call upon him?" Ribra coolly turned to the window and shrugged Ids shoulders. - "No? This is past all bearing," cried Beatrix, with the greatest indignation, as she planted herself before him with aa almost threatening air. "I teU you plainly, you must go to Panolfo." - Ribera shook his head. "Ah, I see," continued she, "I must 40ax you to obedience. This shows a bad h eart, Ribera. Though I made you angry at first by speaking ill of your painting, you must forgive me, and go to Panolfo. Here is your sword, and here your hat, which becomes vou immensely when you just perch "it a littlf' on one side, so. You may hide your jerkin beneath your mantle, for it is a little too shabby to be seen in open "daylight." Still chattering on, as if she would Sver cease, Beatrix waited only till e artist had finished attiring himself, and then, thrusting him out of the toom, she gave him one more volley of •ncouragement as he descended the #«irs. "When you arrive at the other end of Hie town ask for the merchant Panolfo. Vind you do not forget his name; he -lives in the grand square nearly op- f*^3ite the palace of the viceroy. Pare ^e well, fare ye well, and bring me ?ack all the good news you can." Arrived at[ Panolfo's house, two of :\"*he servants conducted liibera into a tjfickly furnished apartment, which afforded a superb view of the spacious tardea adjoining it, and of the blue lediterranean in the distance. A jjttiddle-a^ed crrandee, cornulent, with , dull vulgar cast ot countenance, jbaced, yawning, up and down the room. At an open window sat a j oung girl, tier hpad resting on her hand, eagerly prinking in the delicious perfume of lias-orange grove and the breezv a*oiiia humiliation manner. "They tell me, sir," began the mer­ chant, that you Sre not wanting in talent, but that yon are poor and in need of work. I have always taken pleasure in fostering the arts, so we will see whether you deserve one's pat­ ronage. " Ribera bit his lip and l>owed-- -it was all he could trust himself to do. Laura noticed the scarcely hidden play of his features, and to soothe the rising storm, said sweetlyj "You are a stranger here, sir?" Her voice seemed to touch every chord in the painter's heart. His brow grew smooth again as he replied: "I was born in SpaiD, signora, near Valencia. I have been in Rome, Venice, Florence, and Parma; in every place I have visited I have left traces of my work behind me; wherever the divine art of painting flourishes there I have gathered honey as a bee from summer flowers. I am now settled at Naples, and never intend to leave it," with a meaning glance at Laura. " What induces yon, sir painter, to give this city your gracious preference?" asked Panolfo, with a sneering smile. ! Although Ribera felt the blood slowly rising to his face, he managed to answef calmly, "That is a secret, signor." I "You are toa curious, father," said Laura, throwing a little oil on this in­ cipient conflagration. "Signor Ribera doubtless wishes you to infer that he loves." "Yes, signor," said Ribera, "I love, and with an ardor that will last for my life!" ' "A truce to this fencing," impatiently said Panolfo. "Let us come to busi­ ness. Come, my good sir, are you minded to earn five-and-twenty ducats ? But yon have not yet informed me what branch of your art ycu pursue?" "Tell me only," said liibera, "what you think of ordering." "A sign for my wareroomP This was too much. Ribera moved as if to rise, but an imploring gesture from Laura restrained him; his anger, however, was so great that he could not find words to say whether or not he accepted this proposal. "Are you not inclined for it?" said Panolfo. "Why, it would be the finest possible opportunity of making your­ self known, and if you have any talent you could have no better way of show­ ing it to the public. Do something de­ cent for me, and all my fellow mer­ chants will give you commissions forth-! with." i Will you trust the choice of a sub­ ject to me?" said Bibera, with sudden animation. "On no other condition will I undertake your commission." "Well." replied the merchant, "I have confidence in your taste; do what you like for me." "And what price do you stipulate for?" qsked Ribera, with a smile of bitterness. " As I told you before, five and twenty ducats; and that, according to my notion, is paying the thing well. You need only make a beginning, and, if I am satisfied, I will let you paint my portrait too, and double the amonnt. You see, I know how to do things." "My thanks to you," cried Ribera, rising to his majestic height. "Had you left it to me, I should have said' five hundred ducats as the price; but I only ask to fix the picture I shall paint for you for one single day over the door of your house and it shall not cost you so much as a breath. You are in the right. I must make myself known, and I seize the opportunity that presents itself. You may give it out publicly, signor, that you have concluded a good bargain with the first painter in Naples. In a short time we shall meet again. Adieu, signor. Farewell, signora." Ribera slowly withdrew. As he lingered a moment*beneath the window of the room he had just quitted, a purse fell at his feet. It contained 500 ducats, and a slip of paper on which was written in delicate characters: "My hand and fortune for the first painter in Naples. A few days after the occurrences nar­ rated above, a large crowd was assem bled in front of Panolfo'B house. Every one was pointing toward it or dapping his hands, and asking the name of the artist who. during the preceding night, had erected as a sign the magnificent picture of the Martyrdom of St. Bar­ tholomew. The enthusiasm of the throng soon manifested itself in ve­ hement clamor. Never till then had such a subject found such an inter preter; never till then had the pencil of mortal man soared to so high a de­ gree of expression and power. The news soon spread over the town, and the crowd in the grand square grew so large at last that the viceroy himself became anxious to know the reason. Accompanied, therefore, by his favorites, he repaired to the spot opposite the house of Panolfo, and, seized with astonishment and admira­ tion at the sight, cried aloud: "Who painted this masterpiece?" There was no reply/ "Why does the artist conceal him­ self?" continued he. "Let him come forward and rely on my protection. All the painters of Naples.shall be schooled by him. Once morej whose tnasterpieoe is this ?" issued against another year's occupancy of the premises. In the following May the birds were promptly on the ground, and set resolutely to work in their old quarters; and though warned off by having the outer door shut again and again in their faces, and kept so for hours each day, and always till late morning, the birds lost no opportunity, when the door was open, in building their nests for two long weeks. Even some time after that, when it seemed certain they must be nesting elsewhere, they came occasionally, as though loth to give up their loved haunt. Five successive years these birds returned, trying hard to get a reoccupancy; and when their favorite corner was gained such a delightful love chatter was heard as only chimney swallows can in­ dulge in. It seems fair evidence that the same birds have always returned, from the fact that it is unusual for birds to enter a hallway which is well frequented, the same corner always being chosen, and each year their ef­ forts growing less persistent. In the head of the rainpipe, nearly over the front door of the same house, a pair of starlings have reared their brood for several years. Very unwill­ ingly they, too, have been proceeded against as a nuisance. For three suc­ cessive years the spont-head was stuffed with dry pine branches, each year more carefully, to debar the birds; but each year, after much labor, the birds forced an entrance. In 1884 a bird-house was erected for their convenience on an oak tree in front of the house--which is the favorite perch of the starlings-- and before nesting-time the spout-head was boarded over. The birds tried their utmost pecking powers on the board in vain, and for a day or two visited the bird-house--which in an­ other site had been occupied by star­ lings--but, contrary to the usual habits of the birds, they built their nest "above board," under the eaves and as close to the old site as possible; and here a brood of young birds in early June were safely reared. An Eccentric Drag. Among the standard medicines quoted in the medical books of Nurein- burg of 200 years ago are "portions of the embalmed bodies of man's flesh, brought from the neighborhood of Memphis, where there are many bodies that have been buried for more than one thousand years, called mumia, which have been embalmed with costly salves and balsams, and smell strongly of myrrh, aloes, and tither fragrant things." The learned dootors of France, Ger­ many, and Italy all made great use of this eccentric drug, and in the seven­ teenth century grievous complaints arose of its adulteration. M. Poinet, chief apothecary to the French King, records that the King's physician went to Alexandria to judge for himself in this matter, and, having made friends with a Jewish dealer in mummies, was admitted to his storehouse, where he saw piles of bodies. He asked what kind of bodies were used and how they were prepared. The Jew informed him that he took such bodies as he could get, whether they died of some disease or of some contagion. He embalmed them with the sweepings of various old drugs, myrrh, aloes, pitch, and gums; wound them about with a cere oloth, and then dried them in an oven, after which he sent them to Europe, and marveled to see the Christians were lovers of such filthiness. But even this revelation did not suffice to put mummy physic out of fashion, and we know that Francis I. of France always carried with him a well-filled medicine chest, of which this was the principal ingredient. A traveler also records how one of his friends found in the tombs at Ghizeh a jar carefully sealed, which he opened and found to contain such excellent honey that he could not resist eating a good deal of it, and was only checked in his feast by drawing out a hair, whereupon he investigated further and found the body of an ancient Egyptian baby in good condition and adorned with jewels. He does not record how he enjoyed that meal in retrospect. Imagine dining off the honeyed essence of a baby Pharaoh!--Nineteenth Cen­ tury. About Thaddeous Stevens. When Keitt, of South Carolina, was once eulogizing the institution of slav­ ery, and talking about a pious deacon on his own plantation, Thad Stevens grimly inquired what the price of dea­ cons was in the Orangeburg district of South Carolina, and whether a ne­ gro would bring any more on the auc­ tion block because hewas a deacon ? When the invading rebels burned bis iron foundry neai Gettysburg, duriLb- their raid into Pennsylvania, he i .• pressed regret that Lee did not order the burning of his liabilities at the same time. And the ruling passion was strong in death, for when his doctor said one day during his last sickness: "Mr. Stevens, I think your appear­ ance is better to-day!" old Thad dryly responded: "It isn't my appearance that troubles me, doctor, but my dis­ appearance." WE have all forgotten mora than we Temembex; Boomtrieltjr Stops In with A11 the State* Vktn Patriotism Runs Skort. [Chicago Journal.] Whan the people of a town in this | oountry set about naming their post- office tnere seems to be no limitation 6ut upon them by Uncle Sam except lat there cannot be more than one postoffioe of the same name in the same State. The Presidents have all been honored. Washington leads the list with 82. The hero of New Orleans, however, beats the Father of his Country in the number of names de­ rived from his name, he having 41, while there aro only 17 for Washington. But there are 25 Mount Vernons, against 9 Hermitages and 20 Monticel- los. Jefferson is honored with 23 and 19 derivatives; 24 Madisons, 21 deriva­ tives; Adams 12, derivatives, 30; Har­ rison 17, 13 derivatives; 4 Tippecanoes, and Tyler too 4; Van Buren 11, Taylor 21, 33 derivatives; Polk 4, Pierce 4, Fillmore 16, Buchanan 12, Lincoln 27, derivatives 14; Johnson 8, Grant 16, derivatives 29; Hayes 8, Garfield 25, Arthur 19, Cleveland 18. Of othef Eublio persons Hamilton )iaa been onored by 29, Lee 20, with 47 deriva­ tives; Lafayette 21, Lamar tine 3, Gam- betta 1, Vilas 4, Hatton 17, Hawthorn 10, Billings 3, Irving 19, Garland 8, Jnpiter 2, Juno 4, Jumbo 2, Hamlin 8, Bayard 7, Evarts 1, Bonaparte 1, Na­ poleon 7, Hancock 20, Jenny Lind 1, Job and Joash each 1, Joseph 3, Joshua 2, Blaine 20, Logan 15, Hen­ dricks 7, Lamar 11, Manning 1, Tilden 9, Zeb (Vance) 1, Sumner 12, Jay 5, Conkling 7; and Roscoe 12, Neah 4, Montgomery 22, Montezuma 10, Whit- tier 3, Whitman 6, Milton 25, Gameliel 1, Paul 2, Seott 17, Ivanhoe 8, Tenny­ son 1, Columbus 23, Hudson 26, Hugo, 3, Thad 1, but whether for Thad Stev­ ens or he of Warsaw, is not known; Humboldt 9, Hume 5, Gladstone 10, Pamell 7, Horace 9, Greely 7, Cid 1, Barnnm 3, Gould 3, Eads 1, Don Juan 1, Delilah 1; Bacchus 1, and Wiggins 1. The list begins and ends equally well, having 11 Alphas and 11 Omegas, with a Genesis, 1 Man, and 1 Eve. There is an Eye in North Carolina and an Earliog in Iowa. There is one Foot­ print on 4 Sands of 2 Times. There are 3 Laws, 1 Fee, but not a Lawyer. Ohio has an Africa, and Pennsylvania a Congo. A Fish Hook is aptly located in Pike County, HL There is Fact in Kansas and Fancy in North Carolina, a Fairy in Texas, and 2 Fays. Minnesota has Faith and Kansas Fame. Alabama appears to have had a hard time at one period, for she has named one office Fall and another Silpup, while Louisiana has a Hard Times Land, Texas an Exile, Florida a Czar, Georgia a Crane Eater, Tennes­ see a Miser, Missouri a Mirabite, Cali­ fornia a Gazelle, Georgia a Drone, Ohio Delightful, North Carolina a Lovely, Indiana Corrects, Missouri Useful, Washington Useless, Arkansas Delay, Tennessee one Speck, South Carolina Dutchman, Georgia a Duck, Missouri Lingo, Tennessee Aunt, Penn­ sylvania a Crumb, Georgia and North Carolina each an Alligator, Montana an Anaconda, California an Angel's Camp, Texas a Baby Head, Oregon a Bake Oven, Florida a Banana. An eating house station in Indiana is called Alldine. There are three Bachelors with a Bachelor's Hall in Virginia, and a Bachelor's Retreat in South Carolina; Texas has a Dime Box, Albany a Dug, Kansas a Dun, Wisconsin a Dry Bone, Georgia Hard Cash, Pennsylvania Bullion, Kentucky Hard Money, and Alabama a Dollar. Texas says Glory, Kentucky Goforth, Missouri Good Night, Texas Good Luck; Oregon has Glad Tidings, Texas Graball; Arkan­ sas and West Virginia each have Gin, South Carolina has a Bonnet, Georgia a Hat and a Hatoff, Kentucky a Habit, Tennessee a Hatmaker; Kentucky has. Honesty: Texas Ditto, Florida a Han- lOver, Tennessee a Pokeberry, Ne­ braska a Humpback. Pennsylvania' Husband, Alabama Widows, Tennessee Help, Texas Hayrick. There is a Total Wreck in Arizona, a Trump in Tennessee, Worms in Dakota, an Viper in Kentucky, Vox Populi in Texas, Sodom in Ohio, Vulture in Arizona, Shoo Fly and Seclusion in Texas, Pig in Kentucky, Poetry in Texas, Pop Corn in Kansas, Pure Air in Missouri, Pumpkin in Georgia, Potato, Rain, and Peanut in Virginia, Pea in Alabama, Peculiar and Umpire in Missouri, Phil­ anthropy in Ohio, Recovery in Georgia. There is a Phil, a Bob, 2 Zifa, Zig, 3 Als, a Mascot, 2 Niq, a Bill, a Bob, a Bat, 2 Bens, 1 Barefoot, 2 Big Foots, 1 Big Bug, 2 Chaps, 1 Catfish, 1 Calf Killer, 1 Bride, 3 Butterflies, 1 Butter­ nut, 1 Blood, 6 Olios, 2 Enigmas, 3 French, 3 Germany, 1 Funny Louis, 1 Mermaid, 1 Ni Wot, 3 Nameless, 1 Mud, 1 Mouse Tail, 1 Mossback, 1 Clam FallB. 0 California has You Bet and Tennes- soe U Bet; Texas, Uz; Georgia Ty Ty; Tennessee, Uns; Colorado, Unaweep; Virginia, Ah Sid; Tennessee, Yum Yum; Colorado, Zem Zem; Tennessee, A. Z.; three States O K; and Colorado O. Z. Missouri says Pay Down and Georgia Pay Up." Idano, Sweet; Tennessee, Sweet Lips. There are two Stops, 1 Stump, 3 Suns, 3 Moons, 1 Sniff, and 3 States, closeing the list with Why Not? Oor Institutions in Danger. By the close of the present century, and perhaps earlier, there will not be an acre of public domain upon which corn and wheat can be raised without irrigation, subjeot to pre-emption or homestead entry within the present limits of the United States. Real es­ tate will increase enormously in value. Our surplus population, no longer hav­ ing the fertile area of free land over which to diffuse itself, will accumulate in cities. The rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer. The middle olass will gradually disappear, as the struggle for existence becomes fierce and relentless. A dim conscious­ ness of impending peril has already penetrated the public mind, and in obedience to its admonitions the Chi­ nese have been exclnded with barbar­ ous rigor, in violation of treaties, and notwithstanding the sonorous mani­ festo of 1868, that "expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all peo­ ple," and that any declaration, instruc­ tion, opinion, order, or decision of any officer of the government which denies, restricts, impairs, or question^ this right, is "inconsistent with the princi­ ples of this government." In ol edienee to the same impulse, the acquisition of real estate by aliens has been rigidly limited by act of Congress. The de­ mand for further legislation in the same direction is imperative, and cann6t be disregarded. The sophistication of the national suffrage by the nnrestrained administration to citizenship of assisted paupers, fugitive felons, and the avowed enemies of the social contract must cease. Our capacity for assimi­ lation is exhausted. More than one million skilled and unskilled laborers are now unemployed, or employed at wages inadequate for the rapport of themselves and their families Trade and industry are menaced by unlawful combinations that resort to the destruc­ tion of life and property to accomplish their designs, and the hour .is approach­ ing when the active coalition of the conservative forces of the country will be necessary to prevent destructive or­ ganic changes in our social and polit­ ical system. The constant infusion of fresh blood is essential to national health, but there is no blood poison so fatal as adulteration of race. We are no longer homogeneous. Unity of pur- £ose and interest does not exist. The ordes of socialism and anarchy are openly organized under the red flag, drilled and armed, inflamed by incen­ diary appeals, denouncing property as robbery, and openly declaring war against all social institutions.--Senator Ingalls, in the Forum. A Cool Man. "I see," said Colonel Boland, as he tried to make a ring of tobacco smoke which would last till it got to the ceil­ ing, "that some of tli3 papers are talk­ ing about instances of coolness and bravery in the early history of the ter­ ritory." "I noticed it," replied Judge Persim­ mon, "Well, old Cy Weatliersby, out at Pierre, used to be a cool one." "Is that so ?" "Yes. Right at the side of his bed was a window the bottom of which was just on a level with his bed as he lay there. One day he heard that some fellows were going to gather on the op­ posite side of the street and shoot him through this window after he hod gone to sleep." "He moved the bed I suppose ?" _ "Not much. He simply sawed about six inches off each leg of the bedstead which let it down below the window a little, rolled in and went to sleep. The boys blazed away through the window and broke his wife's arm in two places. Old Cy never woke up till morning." "Was he always as cool as that?" "Usually. One day he was going into a saloon and met a fellow with a double-barrelled shotgun. The fellow shoved the muzzle under his nose, and says he: 'Smell o' that!' Old Cy sniffed at it a couple of times and then says: *1 don't smep nothin' peculiar. 'W'y ye infernal fool,'yelled the man, 'I mean I'm goin* to . blow the whole head right* off of ye/ *Oh, thunder,' said Cy, 'that'B it, is it--what made you fool me 'bout the smellin'?' It dis­ gusted the fellow so that he went out and shot himself instead of old Cy." "Any other instances?1* "Yes. One evening just after dark he was sitting in a rocking-chair by the open door smoking when he saw a man sneaking along behind the fence with a gun. Just then his wife came into the room and old Cy said: 'My dear, won't you take the rocking-chair here by the cool o'the door?" He got up just as deliberate as you please and she hadn't more than sat down till the fellow blazed away and blowed all her back hair off. Old Cy was always very thought­ ful that way about his wife. Once they nominated him for the legislature and a big crowd went up with a band to serenade him and get him to make a speech. He thought the boys were after him again and he stepped to the door and said: 'Gentlemen you will have to excu-se me, my wife always 'tends to these matters!' Then he bowed and went out in the kitchen and told her another woman was going past with an eastern bonnet on and she rushed out and got all the music and bowed and thanked them and threw kisses at the chairman and then the crowd went back and nominated another man. This mistake made old Cy feel pretty blue for a long time, and finally he pined awav and died thinking about it. But I tell you he was a cool one while he lived.--Dakota Bell. Frozen Meats in Siberia. No precautions are required for the preservation of beef, for it takes care of itself. Nearly all butchers kill at the beginning of cold weather a suf­ ficient number of animals to furnish provisions for the entire winter and allow the meat to freeze. There is no fear of any food changing in such a temperature. The fish become so solid and stiff that they are set up on their tails against the walls of the markets, be their tail ever so long and the fish ever so heavy. Often fruits preserved in ice are placed upon the table of the Siberian evening meal, the method of keeping them being similar to that employed with meats. As soon as the severe cold sets in they are exposed to the air, if possible toward the north, where there is no sun to reach them; they thus be­ come completely fro/en. When eaten they are found to have retained their flavor marvelously, not­ withstanding their change from a frozen rigidity to the thawed state necessary for use. At the moment of being served they are usually as hard as wood, and, if they chance to fall rattle like stones upon tha floor. The beat of the room gradually softena them and they assume their original form.--Youth's . Com- panion. • - • Boys And Girls In Tnrkey. There is nothing very romantic about the American method of introduction to school life. Some time after tho shaver has asoended to the dignity of short breeches, the parent, or an older brother or sister, leads lum to the school and deposits him there, going away without even a kiss to sustain the terrified and homesick tittle soul. Far different and kindlier is the Turkish custom, described by Sunset Cox in The Youth's Companion: "Not until a Turkish ohild reaches his sixth or seventh year does his edu­ cation begin; and his first day at school is celebrated with ceremonies that are unheard of in America. No other such ponies are to be found as the iron-gray ponies of the east, and one of these is gorgeously caparisoned for the new pu­ pil, who is met at his father's house by all the school, dressed in holiday clothes." "A priest makes a short prayer, the child is placed upon his pony, and the pupils, male and female, are formed in doublo line. The procession moves, singing hymns as th >y go, with the lit­ tle hero of the day following, and thus lie i=» initiated into the new world of learning. • Snap Jau ; ment. "What is your business?" asked the census marshal. "Bartender," replied the citizen, "And where do you tend bar?" "Down at the United States Court building," replied the Judge. And the census marshal slapped his book shut, and as he went away said ho would come down that way $ome morn­ ing and wet himself with ia cocktail. He heard the Judge say he would be more likely to get a hentail, but thought it was just one of the bartender's jokes. AN old man keeping an ioe-cream sa- Iloon likes to see,young people enjoying themselves. Thomas Jefferson's Ingenuity. I think it. is not generally known with what pleasure and zeal Jefferson brought his mind to bear, not only upon the development of his some­ what grand ideas in regard to a home, but upon the most minute and peculiar contrivances for convenience and adorn­ ment. He drew plans and made esti­ mates for nearly everything that was built or constructed on his place. He calculated the number of bricks to be used in every part of his buildings; and his family now possess elaborately- drawn plans of such bits of household furnishing as "curtain valences" and the like. Many of his ideas in regard to building and furnishing he brought with him from France; but more of them had their origin in his brain. There were no bedsteads in his house, but in every chamber there was an al- oove in the wall in which a wooden framework was built which supported the bed. His own sleeping arrange­ ments during the lifetime of his wife were of a very peculiar nature; in the partition between two chambers was an archway, and in this archway was the double bed; one chamber was Mr. Jefferson's room, and the other was his wife's dressing-room; when he arose m the morning he got out of bed into his own room, and Mrs. Jefferson got out into her room. After his wife's death her room became his study, and the partition wall between it and the library being taken down, the whole was thrown into the present large apartment. Oyer the archway in which the bed is placed is a long closet reached by a step-ladder placed in an­ other closet at the foot of the bed. In this were stored in summer the winter clothes of the family, and in winter their summer liabilaments. At the other side of the arch there is a small door, so that persons going from one room to the other had no need to olamber over the bed. In the smaller chamber, when it be­ came his study, stood Mr. Jefferson's writing-chair, which was made to suit his peculiar needs; the chair itself was high-backed, well-rounded, and cushioned, and in front of it extended a cushioned platform, on which Mr. Jefferson found it very pleasant to stretch his legs, being sometimes troubled with swellings of the smaller veins of these limbs. The writing-table was so made that it oould be drawn up over this platform, legs and all, and pushed down when it was not in use. The top of the table turned on a pivot; on one side of it. were his writing ma­ terials, and on the other was the little apparatus by which he made copies of his letters. By his side was another revolving table, on which his books of reference lay, or were held open at proper angles. Near him also stood a pair of large globes; and, if he wished to study anything outside of this world, he had in the room two long telescopes mounted on brass tripods. Convenient also were his violins, one a Cremona, and the other the bass-voil saved from the Shadwell fire. Besides the book­ shelves and the somewhat simple fur­ niture of the library, there were a number of oddly contrived little closets, in which were stored liis multitudinous manuscripts. There is a writing-table now in the possession of the family, which was frequently used by Mr. Jef­ ferson, and which is very ingeniously contrived. Two of its four legs ar# hollow, and in these run rods resting upon springs by which the table can be easily elevated, the other two legs being also extensible, but in a different way. When Mr. Jefferson was tired of writing in a sitting position, he could stand up and raise this table to the de­ sired height. When he wished to use it as a reading-stand, the top oould be inclined at any angle, and a strip of brass was brought into use to keep the books and papers from sliding off. Opening from the library was a large room inclosed with glass, which was in­ tended for a conservatory, but was used by Mr. Jefferson as his work-room. There he had a work-banch, with all sorts of carpenter's tools, with which he constructed a great mauy of the small conveniences he invented.'--Frank JB. Stockton, in the Century. Money in Mines. Queen Elizabeth leased all her royal rights to a company of mining adven­ turers, and under license from this company the well known Hugh Myddle- ton realized a large fortune by success­ fully mining for silver in Cardiganshire. This fortune, it is said, was in a great measure expended by Sir Hugh in bringing the New River to London;but the enterprising Welshman went on mining to the end of his life, and no doubt with tolerable success. At any rate his, successor, Thomas Bushel, drew a large fortune from the Bame mines and obtained the royal permis­ sion to establish a mint in the Castle of Aberystwith, where from 1638 to 1642 silver pieces were coined, which are still tolerably plentiful in the cabinots of collectors. So great, indeed, was the value of the bullion raised that Bushel obtained a grant of the Isle of Lundy as a storehouse for the treasure; and when the Civil War broke out Bushel was able to show his gratitude to the King by clothing the whole of the royal army in the West, as well as by lending the King the sum of forty thousand pounds in specie. Eventually Bushel . sank nearly the whole of his fortune in supporting the royal cause; and the most productive veins of ore being now exhausted, Bushel abandoned his Car­ diganshire mines and went prospecting on the Mendix> Hills, led to this course, it is said, by some old prophecy of the enchanter, Merlin. Some years later valuable veins of ore were discovered at Gogerddan, near Aberystwith, on the estate of Sir Car- berry Price, and in the year 1690 an act of Parliament was obtained in the interest of landed proprietors, by which the ancient claims of the Crown were abrogated, and only a royalty retained upon the product of gold mines. On the act receiving the Royal assent Sir Carberry Price rode straight from Whitehall to his homo in Cardiganshire, accomplishing his journey in fortv-eight hours, and bonfires were lighted on all the hills and general rejoicing insti­ tuted, in celebration of the event.--All the Year Round. Our College Presidents. An eminent writor, showing what an excellent thing is a college education, cites the fact that there have been seventeen Presidents of the United States, and eleven of the seventeen were college men. Well, that's so. But let's weigh these presi­ dents on tho finer scales, as long as we're going into statistics. Who were the Presidents who iwcr wont to college at all, and precious little to UHT NT-hool? Washington, Jack* on Lincoln--oh, well; the college may have tho other fourteen; its hardly worth while count­ ing any farther.--Bob Bu.rdcLle. NEVEB wait for a thin? to turn up. Go and turn it up yo-irsolf. It takes lass time, and it is suror to be done. ram Aim poiim. Affair--a galvanii L THE way to get fat is to go all around. THE last demand for light--the gaa bills. ' ' ® SvmnuB dower !br a widow^Iiti- ower. OHE spooney girl in a deserted con­ servatory is worth two in • crowded ball-room.--Carl Pretzel. SWEDE'S iron" appears in an adver­ tisement. If Swedes iron they might go into copartnership with the Chinese who wash.--Texas S if tings. THE Empress of China has composed 60 verses of Chinese poetry. No won­ der the Chinese are skipping out to other lands like country editors dodg­ ing a board bill I--Newman Independ­ ent. "S PEA KINO of shad, would you say the price has gone up, or has risen?" in- a school-boy of a fishmonger, replied the scale-scraper^ "speaking of shad, I should tay it had roes." "WHAT are the wild waves saying?" is the question. Just now they are Baying not to come near them unless you engaged your rooms a month ago, or are willing to sleep in the bowling alley. PROF. PROCTOR figured that the earth is shrinking about two inched a year. That accounts for the nervous anxiety manifested by some people to possess it while it is Of some size.--Buffalo Ex­ press. LIGHTNING knocked over three men wl\p Were'sitting on a box in front of a grocery store ia Patterson, N. J. One of them was knocked senseless. The other two exclaimed: "Leggo! I'ni coming right home!" • "Do you think the man legallv guilty ' according to the evidence?« was the question; and immediately every law­ yer present inquired with fe ctreme anx­ iety: "What is tbe amount of his as­ sets and liabilities?"-- The Judge. "WELL," said St Peter, opening the gate, "who are you?" "I'm a base-ball umpire." "Come in, what is left of you, my poor man. It is those who sufler most below who find easiest en­ trance here."--Boston Courier. OLD GOLDDUST (on his knees.to the Widow Bullion)--Ah, madam 1 I adore you. Widow B. --There, there! Do not get excited, Mr. Golddust. You have let your teeth fall in my lap.' Shall I give them a caramel ?--Life. "ETHEL, dear, you are looking pale and ill this morning?" "Yes, mamma; I went in bathing yesterday and got my feet wet." "O, careless girl, and spoiled your bathing suit, no doubt. Never let "that happen againf'--Bur- dette. YOUNG Man (to sexton at church - door)--Isn't the sermon nearly done? Sexton--About an hour yet He is only on his 'lastl.y' Young Man-- Will it take him an hour to get through his 'lastly?' Sexton--No. But there's the 'one word and I am done,' and the 'finally,' and the 'in con­ clusion' to come yet. MEN will hurry, and rush, and risk their lives to get across the street in front of a passing horse-car and then stand five minutes idly on the curb­ stone vainly trying to impress a pretty girl, who was married five years ago, and who wouldn't look at them even if they were gold-plated and set with diamonds.--Homerville JountaL "PAPA," said a precocious Chicago youth, "does the store man milk goats when lie gets buttermilk?" "No, my son; what put that into your liea?d" "Well, anyhow, folks milk goats, don't they?" "Certainly,my son." "Ain't a goat a butter?" "Yea" "Then why ain't . a goat's milk buttermilk?" "Here is ten cents, my son; just go over to the corner grocery and tell the man you want to exchange it for a nice, large, ripe watermelon."--Carl Pret­ zel's National. Honitan Loefe. Lyme Regis and Beer, a small fishing village a few miles west, in South Devonshire, are the centers for all there is left of the Honiton lace indus­ try, which has totally disappeared from Honiton. This exquisite fabric, once so greatly in vogue, was gradually killed by the introduction of Brussles and Valenciennes lace. When Queen Victoria, from patriotic motives, do- sired to have her wedding dress of En- glisli-made lace, it was witli the great­ est difficulty that sufficient lace makers could be brought together for the pur­ pose. Many of them were women who had given up the occupation for Years. This particular gown was of most elab­ orate design, figures, or sprigs, being applied to brussels net instead of being worked in with the net as now. Curi­ ously enough, I stumbled across in a littly grocer's shop at Lyme Regis, the chief of the origihal workers upon this dress. Mrs. llugg, for that washer name, was delighted to find me inter­ ested in the lace industry. Her face lit up as she told me the queen sent her a ticket to the the ceremony, that she might see her handiwork worn in state. Aided by Mrs. Rngg, we gathered to­ gether a group of the Honiton lace- makers, and the artist of the party photographed them. Among other things these lace-makers told me that the designs drawn at Somerset housa for the queen's wedding gown were in the possession of tho women who put tho lace together. Afterwards I saw them--a curious assortment of several hundred pieces of cardboard pricked in the most ingenious geometric and flower patterns, adapted, of course, to the necessities of lace-making. The lace-workers wished to make a jubilee offering of these to the queen, thinking that she might choose to present them to same art school or collection. They were greatly disappointed, however, to reoeive a somewhat peremptory reply to the effect that the queen declined ° the offering. I found more lace-makers at Beer than at Lyme, while Stdmouth, still further west, on the Devoashire coast, boasts of being the present artis­ tic oenter of the lace industry. Honi­ ton varies much in quality. The most beautiful now being produced is made under the stimulus of the prizes offered in connection with the arts department of the Bath.--London Letter. Carl Pretzel's Philosophy. A goot frow, und a goot veekly news- baper vas bully inkredicnts for a feller to mix ub mit his efery day life. Efll manners make corruption some communications vhen der communica­ tion has some goot manners. Common senses vos grow shmall vhen dor fool gets plenty gelt Der lawyer vos known by der friends he has got--in der jail house. Der liver pad, yoost like a bug bed, gets der best society in. A temperenz feller mit a ret noqe, must beei$*an oxtremenpologfist--Sun­ day Chicago^Natlonal. BUSY live* busy w/»ter«, fit gen­ erally pure.