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V -.T/V- m •f «. W-ctrao&Aiiu V.. ^ k~iw4«. * i«a<«d tad r ft feller to »tav mad make a r«mt for Muaygou tohave a. bit of ft tie Mm* w^th tbeboysaw! help out the fdo, Bffl-i*ofct alwu tak»mWe Jlmmy-je uy Jimmy ain't [MNetkWf . ' „ tour boots, now, I fflftis hiifl; Jimmy I me wua chums, * year or two a£o fu a lively (oupl# 0' but. itt totdT Jimmy hacl changed torn Kb 1W gro*ed thoughtful and still, - . . nt his Kent County Bid he alwus PrfsciH." I don't know as they'd promised, the feller was not now in the auniinft the mintf • vfr * * tat > the knot. [ ye, Bfll, he was 8tu$k waa kinder rough, . .|Bw» he wu out with the boys afore, bat Jinnay wns«olid stuff# * Aad twftg joHt his nature, ye see, to git more -quiet and quiet, When g 4bfcd When she writ bin a letter be couldn't eat nothtn' by it I And Jimmy was on his muscle, and made a rat- tUif good fft&ke, And tbebeat of us staid this spring the aussed .* .M, rwfrays toltmmk; DM, tO' JMke a loryj story thopt, Jittony^t eaugbt In atrA]r, . " ; 4>d ft bis white pine rolled trfef Jrfig fcafflyt- Ksned him o«t like a tatp, , ^ X run over to help him where lie'was l)leedin' . and still, Sat bajUdn't know me at all, then, but kinder whimpered "Friscill." JBta blood \vas ineltiii' the saow; act another , 5 word -or a groan, •Aad all there was of Jimmy wfts there ftS dead ' * < as a stone. And I took it upon myself to let the girl know „ . about it, v • v v Do I writ to a cousin of hern 'down there, and told him not to shout it ' Too loud in her ears, at first; and what d'ye . think he replied V ^Why, the girl had married a drummer the day alore Jimmy died I LIEUTENANT Love-Leaf from the Grifnd ' of Gaines' Hill. _ i • -- XJ ASlaONT P. HOBBB. m There was lively skirmishing along the front of Griffin's brigade that Friday morning in the famous record of the Seven Days' Battles, which fotuid the Army of the Potomac on a range of heights between Cold Harbor and the Chickahominy, designated as Gaines* Mill. As the brigade advanced through the broods to meet the already exulting foe, Weeden's Rhode Island battery opened with solid shot and shrieking shell, and the first hot collision of the sanguineous day commenced. In one of the companies of the Fourth Michigan was a young Lieutenant, who, "though popular because of bravery of presence in action, was notable for his •effiminate features and physique. Forward forged the bora, in blue un­ der the winnowing fire froraC the Con­ federate lines. J Xieufc. Frazer's face was white* to daathliness, and his grip on the sword hilt «eemed weakly. Though the roar of battle was around them and the sickening thud of the gpinshot and the groans of mortal agony TOought avenging comrades up to a fitch of haggard frenzy, Capt. Yeezy moved to his Lieutenant's side and' died: '"What, man! Are you frightened at this scrape? Egad! 1 think we have •the best of them!" "Frightened ?" rejoined the Lieuten* ant, shrilly, above the sullen and un­ ceasing roar, the quivering intonations of musket volleys and yells of desper­ ate hosts. "Capt Veezy, did I shrink' •t Fair Oaks?--at Williamsburg? No,; it is not fear that effects me now. But this is sacred ground to me--and there are things of memory attached to yon. little creek which smite deeper than a ruthless bullet could, and " He stopped short, for a shot had struck his sturdy Captain, and that offi- oer fell dead at his feet. The First Lieutenant promptly and 'bravely assumed command, and a rous­ ing cheer greeted the slender figure Which sprang to the fore with upraised •word. forward, boys! forward!" he cried. Tfcea the smoke grew denser; like tongues of lightning the belch of mus­ ketry gleamed through the sulphurous iiase, and gallant waves of human life were dashing out fiercely againaf one ^another. , Suddenly Lieut. Frazer staggered! *o one side, catching feebly at a sapling, then sunk limply to the earth. Another moment and he was isolated from the whirling holocaust. But he was not wounded; the lew! "that had hummed and whistled along the whole brave line of blue had merci- fully missed him. Tlie quake of battle rumbled louder «nd louder from left to right, and the lieutenant stirred not. Further and tfurther rolled the booming and the roar, where on the right famed Jackson now turned loose his host against the reek­ ing array of blue. Fo or a brief spell a strange solitude 3iew around the vicinity of the uncon­ scious officer. .Presently a huge dog, leaping and • nosing, burst through the foliaged un- • dergrowth--then paused and sniffed at *the still body in its track. An instant later the animal behaved 'M if possessed, whining and yelping in plejunre and anon licking the hands and face of the seemingly lifeless figure. ^V-afaMpr opened his eyes. , v ""Tige!--Tige!" broke faintly from his j,rS lips, in excited recognition. The dog, overjoyed, tugged at his •aleeve and trousers, capering briskly «bout, and seemed striving to pull hirp •way from the spot. Frazer staggered up and endeavored to •caress the mysteriously familiar brute, Irat the latter avoided each motion and drew him step by step, through the woods. I "Tige!--good Tige! Come here to % ' Hae. Ah, you know me even in this dis fgoise, faithful pet. Let me pat you, *Tige--come. It is such along, long time *ince I felt of your shaggv coat--come!" The dog barked playfully and avoided <4B0eh reaching effort, and the pale Lieu tenant followed further and further *thn>ugh the pathless aisles and over the lully track until they had passed the ^Confederate right by an involuntarv de- toof and at last reached the miniature Uw fountaining north of the river. Here an bumble cabin came abruptlv laloview. Standing before the cabin door were "three figures--a man and woman white "witttyearK, and another man, a sturdy HEsllow in robust age and health, whose Hwmeet face was bronzed and handsome. The three appeared to be engrossed to the dull outbursts of taut battle. At thia'point the dog rushed swiftly " " about the trio, The old woman shaded Her eyes, sar- ing: , I think I see a man aorosii the clear­ ing; and if my eyee do not play me a trick, he'Wears atthifohrm. I hope the soldiers won't tifebt ivft' tthis way and destroy our poorlittle home." "Well, well, rt&tbar." tho- ag<ed hus­ band rejoined, "tiiat would be. hard, it is true; and yet, „ were it - not for good William here, I would answer, no mat­ ter, let them come and lyll us, too. Our hope» went out so long-ago,̂ w'h^n Leil* fled from us, there's not nfuch left in life for Do, pohow." , . "^Ppc ̂ . L l̂ia.' -- RO*>r Leila!" she sfghcil. v "• - A deep and ever-present woe was ̂ n th« hearts of farmer Grfcnge and his aged wife. ^There new, do not worry," spoke up stout William Banning.^ "Be of good heart, Mr. Grange.' The .fight, to rcy ear, seems to be gctiog the other way. Ah! Id be. •WTth the Northern army but for yon aud the vow I" made, that for* sweet, lost Leila's sake, I'd never leave you and would try to make you comfortable. But wait till 1 see who that can be. You right, Mrs. Grange; there is a man on the clearing «dge} And ha wears & ftitit of t^luei \Tige is acting tery strangely,' I think.*" ' The tall, bold fellow started briskly Toward the uniformed figure that ap­ peared to be clinging to a tree for sup­ port. "It's a Union officer," he uttered, to himself, as he drew near; then his strong arm was just in time to catch, the form that reeled and would have fallen. Gathering the mysterious sufferer in his embrace, he hastened back to the cabin. As he approach, his face, even through the hardy bronzing, was markedly palid and his eyes shone strangely. "Quick!" he cried. "A bed I There is a life at stake here more precious than all the jewels of earth !* They placed the limp, insensible form upon a couch, and Mrs. Banning was left alone with the mysterious pa­ tient--for will Banning had whispered -something into her ear that thrilled her old veins like an electric spark. ' As the two men waited in suspense, Mrs. Grange at last came to them, and she was trembling'from head to foot. "Ah, William, you know who it is that is under our roof?" "Yes," and a sob that seemed to tear his heart burst from the young man's lips. "Tell us, mother, who it is?" asked farmer Grange, though he $oos trem­ bled, as if he knew the answer, !: ; "It is our Lelia " " '*~ "Called back at last!" he murmured, brokenly, while tears trickled in the furrows of his cheeks. Under that roof Lieut. Fra2er was •known for whom and what he was. The days went by; the list of killed, wounded, and missing went North from the bloody field of Gaines' Mill, and Lieut. Frazer's name was in the third classification. More days elapsed, in which the brain of a dear one fought through the far- nance of a delirium; and at last the magic touch of a mother's nursing hands brought Leila Grange back to life; she could speak with the solicitous ones around her. "Here is Will Banning, Lelia. He baa been very kind to us for years, and he is anxious about you. Will you 8peak to him ?" Lelia closed her eyes; she turned her head wearily on the pillow and said: "Will Banning must have forgotten me by this time. Why should he care ? Better that I should have died unknown than to live in a world so full of unliap- piness and punishment for me." "Leila!" It was a strong voice breaking with a sob that half interrupted her, and Will Banning stepped impetuously to the bedside, sinking to one knee, grasping the two white hands lying weakly on the coverlet. r "I have never forgotten you, Leila! All is right,- and there is no bitterness between us. You loved the other best, you went with him. That is all--but, oh! Lelia, I loved you so!--I loved you so!" Will, dear Will, I have trampled upon your love, but there is no other sin against me. I have carried my mar-' riage certificate always in my bosom, under the suit of blue; mother has it --and--John Drayton died at Bull Run. I did not think ever to see my home again," and the poor voice of the heart sufferer grew fainter. "IU re­ join the regiment, for I've been quite a , man, and they called me a brave young officer. None knew my seeret. The fighting kept my thoughts from home-- and--" the tired girl's head rolled gently aside and her senses departed in quiet slumber. But when she was well again Will Banning interfered with the rash inten­ tion she had expressed. " You will stay with me, Leila, darl­ ing, for Heaven has called you back purposely for me. No more fighting, but peace, and love for yoa and me, Lelia." The F°orth Michigan never after­ ward heard of Lieut. Frazet, and only three others knew of the happy trans­ formation that brought happiness to two good hearts out of the bloody grime at Gaines' Mill. §¥ His Friend Was a Dummy. There is sometimes a sort of pie- turesqueness about the peculiar de­ lusions of an inebriate, and this quality reaches beyond the mere disgusting and borders upon the realms of. the pathet­ ically grotesque, and while we cannot but regret the weakness of the indi­ vidual we are forced to smile at idiosyncrasies. One of these peculiar cases occurred the other evening at one of the prominent hotels in the city. The hour was late and the majority of the sedate and well-regulated guests had retired. Suddenly the front doors were thrown open with a bang, and through the aperture emerged a young gentle­ man who but a few hours ago bad de­ parted in all the glory of spruce clothes and fine linen. Now his hat was on the back of his head, his clothing was dis­ ordered, and there was a drunken leer upon his handsome face. As he stag­ gered toward the desk it waa noticed that he was dragging behind him one of' those dressed models which the clothiers of the present day exhibit in front of the clothing stores. Approach­ ing the clerk with an unsteady gait, the intoxicated individual called out: "I shay, hie, old boy, can't yer take, hie, care of Harry? He's shoo drunk to shtand. He wantsh to got to bed." The clerk obligingly took care of the "dummy," which the inebriate fondly imagined to be his friend. The young gentleman consigned himself to the care of two Btalwart porters, who con­ ducted him to his room.--Providence Telegram: . FBOM the Gernup --. the daofiag ADT1CE. - i VTM Great A|«MU« 0«M >ot iMlsra la OlsSpu MM llek-Kuem. "There Is altogether too much gloom about mo«t sick chambers," said Col. Robert G. Ingersoll to a New York Commercial Advertiser man. "People tip-toe in and about and wear long facee and act generally in a way that would make even a well man sick, and is Ikrnnd to make a sick man worse. I believe many a man has been hurried aprosfe the dark river by this horrible," souf- depressing treatment, who might have become well and strong and useful if he had more sunshine and fresh air in his room, or the odor of flowers to offset the smell of drugs, and smiling, hope­ ful countenances about instead of woe­ begone visages, whose ever glance be­ tokens the lows of hope and the belief in the speedy dissolution of the pain- racked patient. "I had a friend onee named Haley, a royal good fellow, of whom I thought a great deal. On one occasion I received word that my friend was dying and he wanted to see me, and so I went over to his house. I met his wife and she had a face as long as the moral law, and ten times more uncomfortable. Weli, I Vent to see Haley, and there he lay counting the moments in a bitter fear that each would be his last. I don't know what particular disease he was troubled with, but either that or the medicine had turned him into a vivid saftron color. 'Haley,' I said. Til be hanged if I want to die with such a com­ plexion as that. You would be in a pretty plight to go mooning about the other world looking like a Chinaman.' I went out for a few minutes, when the poor fellow began to enter into the spirit of the subject himself and I showed liim his face in a looking-glass, and that brought a smile. Then I turned to his weeping wife and told her to cheer up; that Haley was not going to die; that ho was good for twenty years to come. " 'The trouble with your husband is that he is scared to death,' I said. 'You all come in looking so down-cast and sorrowful that you give him the impression he is done for, and take away his courage to fight against his sickness.' "Well, the result of all this was that Haley commenced to mend, and time and again since then he said that my visit saved his life. "On another occasion there was a Ma­ jor in the army, whom I knew very well. He was taken ill, and be­ lieved he was going to die. I believed he was simply homesick, and went to see him in his tent. " 'Major,'I said, 'you are so sure of dying that I have written your obitu­ ary, and want to read it to you.' He protested, but I went on with the read­ ing and detailed every pleasant incident of his life. Before I finished a smile flitted across his face. After the obitu­ ary I read him a story of something that was supposed to have taken place a year after his funeral. It was a de­ scription of his widow's second mar­ riage. There were a good many more people at the wedding than at the funeral. Well, this treatment had the effect to change the current of the Ma­ jor's thought. It broke up his halluci­ nations, and he recovered, and did good service during the war, and lived a happy life for many years after." i l Women's Feet. AS'reneh artist has been publishing his views on women's attire and - the study of grace. We extract as follows: And what shall we do with our feet,? Well, if you are not fortunate enough to possess either small or well-shaped feet the plain skirt that is so much worn now is out of the question. But if you are enamored of these plain skirts then you can get around the difficulty in this way: Have an under-petticoat of thin lining (silk is the best, as it does not cling to the knees, and is light for waltzing,) and to this fasten a flounce of plaiting four inches deep all around the bottom. The plain skirt must fall over this to within an inch or at the most an inch and a half of the bottom. This plaiting forms a broken line, and that, you know, means a softened effect. This irregularity of the edge of the skirt hides part of the foot at each step, and so the size and shape are undefined. And here is a suggestion, drawn from observation of Parisian women: Have you ever noticed how neat a French­ woman keeps her boots and skirts in the muddiest weather, and do you know how she accomplishes this feat? Her skirt is short at the back, shorter than the front. For convenience and neat­ ness in walking,a few inches more or less in length in the front of the dress make positively no difference; it is the back of the dress that causes all the mischief. The walking costumes of Paris are all made shorter behind than in front, and, far from appearing awkward, the effect is jaunty. This sensible fashion makes it possible to hide ugly feet and yet keep the skirt free of mud. In the house the shape and trimming of the slipper can greatly obviate the shortcomings of nature, 'if the foot is too wide, it is, from an artistic point of view, a mistake to wear a pointed shoe; for the narrow toe, by contrast, in­ creases the width of the ball of the foot. A rosette relieves width if it is made as broad as the foot and then long so as to reach some way up the instep, especially if the latter is flat. The rosette hides the actual dimensions of the foot by this means, and the whole suggests the pretty 'cavalier' shoe.--Boston Tran­ script. a • Brass Mole's Powers. A friend recently returned from Pekin tells us that he saw a method of cure which may be new to some of our read­ ers. In a temple outside one of the city gates is to be found a brass mule of life size, supposed to have wonderful healing properties. Patients suffering from every imaginable disease seek this temple to, obtain a cure. The method pursued is as follows: Supposing you suffer from sciatica, you go with all speed to this famous temple, and, hav­ ing discovered the particular part of the brass mule corresponding to the painful region of your own body, you first rub the animal a certain number of times - and then with the same hand shampoo your disabled member and then--well, then the pain goes. The special feature of this method of cure is its delightful simplicity. Is your tooth aching ? Just scrub the mules teeth and afterward your own, and, voila, the cure is com­ plete. Have you any ulcer of the cornea? Pass the tips of yonr fingers to and fro over the particular eyeball of the mule and then with well-regulated pressure rub repeatedlv the afflicted eyes. The mule has unhappily lost his sight during the many years he has been engaged in his benevolent work, the eyeballs, we are told, having been grad OflUy worn away as the result of con •taut friction, until now you have onfty tfca empty orbita to 4|»r«te3ij>£>n. TJ»* is® Mtt«*llip»||iu înaU djp)etiona with pot on to cover -W ss.*,y .friction Tff nnirnt pafiimii iniilji r^w,. |>erfectly "whole mole »iHid» ready at hand await­ ing the dqr when hi* old colleague, having fallen to pieces, shall give him an opportunity of likewise benefiting posterity.--China Medical Journal. Haw Stofrn* Are laifc Onr earth only receives a small frac­ tional part of the sun's heat; but, what­ ever that may !be iu the year, more or less than the average, the entire surface of our earth^must feel and be subject to the effects. And one thing is cer­ tain--namely, that a year or series of years, of oxoeesive sun-heat will inevit­ ably be yea$f jtnd seasons of excessive atmosplrano disturbances, because in­ crease of jneat will produce excess of evaporation, excess of electric action, and, necessarily, excessive precipitation; and, during a prevalence of this excess sun-heat, there must be over limited areas violent storms both summer and winter. When very large areas of the atmos­ phere have been, by excess of heat, brought into an unequal state, as large areas of lo\yer stratum of highly-heated air' and vapor, which is also intensely electric, the conditions to produce sand­ spouts, waterspouts, and tornadoes, are fully ripe. The upper and colder layer of the atmosphere cannot cool the lower highly-heated and vapor-ladened stra­ tum so evenly and quickly as to pre­ vent vents in the form of funnels form­ ing from the lower stratum to the higher stratum, and causing a rupture which takes place upward in a pipe form, just as water in a tank or basin, having a bottom means for discharge by a pipe, flows out with a whirling motion in our northern hemisphere always in the direction of the hands of a clock-- and so the heated, highly electric, and excessively vapor-laden atmosphere breaks into the cold atmosphere above when at the level of the dew point" invisible vapor becomes visible? parting with its latent heat, which so rarities the air as to force some of the condensed atmosphere in visible cloud, mounting thousands of feet above the condensed dew point and into a region above the highest peaks of the highest mountains. . To feed this pipe, o-, as in some cases, pipes, the lower stratum flows in from all sides to rotate and ascend with the velocity of steam power, sufficient to produce all the disastrous effects of the wildest tornado, there being almost a vacuum at the ground or water line, as the phenomenon may be on the land or over the sea. On the land trees are twisted and uprooted, houses are un­ roofed, solids of various kinds are lifted from the earth and human being;? have been blown away like dead leaves. They are, also, records of railway wagons having been blown off the rails. In deserts entire caravans have been buried beneath a mountain of blown said--camels, horses, and men; while in Egypt there are ruins of cities, mass­ ive temples aqd monuments deep buried in the adjoining desert sand. At sea many a good ship caught by a tornado has been overwhelmed and sent to the bottom whole,^--fall Malt Gazette. The Resemblance to liirdu and Ani- I • mats.. One of the curious experiences of life is to note the queer resemblance in human faces to certain animals and birds. We believe thia fact has been dwelt upon before, but not so interestingly as it might have been. It will be observed that Sifting8 throws a charm of its own around any subject which it touches. We know a dearlittle blonde woman who always suggests a white rabbit with pink eyes and ears, and we almost ex­ pect her to give a startled leap gome- times, so strong is the resemblance. There is another dear old lady who is very like a turtle and goes about much in the same way; and- there is a man who always makes us think of a camel rolling from side to side like a veritable ship of the desert. There Are beaks which suggest the hawk. It is ah awful'thing to fall into the habit of tracing these funny re­ semblances in faces, for it is impossible to get out of it, and it grows upon one. The fish-hawk face is sometimes seen, and its owner always seems as if he might swoop down any moment for a fish. We know whole regiments of rats, with precisely the expression they have when they come up out of a hole to nose the atmosphere, and there is our cat-faced woman who does not even lack the whiskers. It is impossible to look in her face and not expect her to break out into me-aow. A treacherous cat-face, with eyes that shine out of the dark with a green and gold glitter is not unknown. There is a grand musician who has the head and face of a lion, and after the resemblance is once seen it can never be forgotten. These are curious freaks of nature that can hardly be explained.--Texan Sift- ingss. Loaning Babies. They have actually established a bus­ iness in Paris for the express purpose of loaning babies of all ages from 5 months to 2 years at a given rate per hour, with or without perambulator, according to choice. • Some young women given to "carrying-on" came to the conclusion that approachable young mothers inva­ riably attracted more attention than they did themselves. There is some­ thing piquante about a young mother, something which appeals to the broken- down blase rouea of the boulevards. Hence the industry, which, by the way, I am told is flourishing beyond expecta­ tion. The rates are moderate, and the children are always remarkably well dressed in clothes owned by the associ­ ation. The babies are supplied by poor women, many of whom are only too glad to see their children well fed in ex­ change for their services. The price for a baby is 2 francs an hour with per­ ambulator and 1 franc an hour without a degpsit of 10 francs being required with each child, the deposit going to the mother if the child is not returned. You mqst admit* the^t are ingenius in France.--Truth. A New Help for Harvard Students. A new help to student-work is for a professor to gather out of the whole library such books (no matter how many) as he wishes, his classes especially to study. These are put in an alcove under his name; his pupils have access to them all day, and take them over-night, re­ turning them next morning. This plan is new, but it groWs in favor. In 1880, thirty-five teachers thus reserved 3,330 books. In 188G, fifty-six teachers re­ served 5,840. All books lent out, num­ bered in 1880, 41,986; in 1886, 60,195. This rate of increase greatly outruns that of the nuiqber of students. It Sgeake of an iacreasipg industry and productiveness. Ana the best thing ahoht the intellectual life here is that it is hopeful and not tin^id--it looks for-, ward.--Henry (/• -Podger, in theAmer* m* ••• BAV LM* at This BssslHU I-- Assembly This Vmur. a Orsstsr 8nci«w than Ever. [SPECIAL COBBBSPOSDEJTCE.] BAY VNCW, Mich., BaptanlMr, ISM. Five years ago at the mention of Bay View everybody asked when is it; now it is how can I reaeh it, for everybody wants to come here. I am not surprised at the change, for "WhM» has plsftsore such a flsld Bo rich, so thronged, so w»U suppllsd?" ' The beauty of lake and pleasant cottage life, and the „ of the Assembly season invest with a rare charm. Beautiful Bay View, one involuntarily utters a thousand times. No romance is stranger than the history of this delightful place. Twelve years ago it was a dense wilderness and thirty Indiana and chiefs united in the deeds Of transfer of the site on which Bay View now stands. To-day nearly 300 cottages, some as ornate as Newport villas, nestle among the amphitheater-terraced groves looking out over the beautiful bay which travelers often liken to the fair Bay of Naples. A few days ago the census was taken and over 2,000 people wire found spending the season in this summer city, which has only three families who stay all the year. Besides, hundreds come eyery day from Petoskey and surrounding re­ sorts to enjoy the Assembly meetings. In two years the population has doubled and by 1890 it will be 4,000. Said Bishop Vincent when here a few days ago, "There is no limit to the possibilities of Bay View." Hundreds of newspaper letters have described the place, its cultivated society and the varied Assembly attractions till little can be written that is new. And yet the Bay View of this season is quite another than the one of one and two years ago. Scores of new cottages, new avenues, new public buildings and larger Assembly plans characterize the progres­ sive Bay View of this year. The pioneer days are gone and the period of elegance and perfection in cottage and park, pro­ grammes and schools is coming in. One is continually impressed with the large­ ness and freedom of everything. Ample public buildings, spacious parks, a beach line a mile and a quarter long, room enough for a city of twenty thousand, and plans unfolding for the largest sum­ mer resoit and summer university in the land. The Assembly of 1888 went out on Wednesday night with fireworks "in a blaze of glory," closing the mo3t success­ ful season in the history of Bay View. The attendance was much greater and the receipts nearly twice as large as last year. What days and nights of rare delight were enjoyed through that long three weeks' holiday! Bong and eloquence and entertainment in the general programme by the most gifted people in the land, supplemented popular schools in charge of able instructors. Every year new plans are evolved to extend the usefulness of the Assembly. Next year it may be a W. C. T. U. training school, or a Bible school or a society of fine arts or all three. This year the advance was directed to three new departments whose success has been un­ precedented, and have attracted wide attention. Eight months ago the Sum­ mer School for Teachers was first an­ nounced, and this season the school teach­ ers took Bay View. Loud Hall, the gift of Hon. H. M. Loud, of Oscoda, erected and furnished for this department at an ex­ pense of over $4,000, excites the admira­ tion of everybody. It is a combination of school, home and dormitory, something entirely new, and a great success. Super­ intendent David Howell, of Lansing, is at the head of this department, with a fac­ ulty of such strong educators as Miss Ma­ tilda H. Boss, Alfred A. Wright of Boston, Miss M. Louise Jones, Prof. Fall of Al­ bion College, Prof. Lodeman of the State Normal School, and Superintendent Per­ ry , of Ann Arbor. A more delighted company I have never seen than the three or four hundred cultivated teachers who congregated daily at Loud Hall. Each one goes home to recruit a large delega­ tion for next year, and the leading educa­ tors are discussing the question of chang­ ing the annual State Association to Bay View during the summer. Another suc­ cess was the new Normal School for Sunday-school workers. One hundred and fifteen earnest teachers from Congre­ gational, Methodist, Presbyterian, Bap­ tist, and Episcopal schools and seven States registered in the first class. What next in Bay View's widening plans? Nothing less than a School of Music occupying an entire building, with a recital room seating a thousand people, and illustrating daily by instruction, mu­ sical lectures, rehearsals, recitals, and concerts the best taste and higbfest art in music. It is said the general programme was never finer. We have heard daily such eminent talent as Bishop J. H. Vincent, P. S. Henson, Geo. P. Hayes, J. DeWitt Miller, Alfred A. Wright, Boston Stars, Amphion Club, H. H. Ragan, and Frank Lincoln. Two days weie largely givenj over to the W. C. T. U., which has always had a sympathetic welcome here. Five missionary days of great interest were sandwiched in the middle of the gen­ eral programme. Every d:»y wns full of good things, from the beautiful Kindergarten to the Church Congress in pwift succession passed in­ spiring devotioanl and hnppy children's meetings, Bible readings, sweet vespers and impressive Sabbath eventide services on the beach, excursions and receptions, lectures and concerts, classes in art and oratory. Every night I retired with a conscious joy that a day of rare privileges had been well spent. The summer resort is an American in­ stitution that has come to stay, and so fax j as I know Bay View is the best of its kind. c. L. S. C. Hen of Great Memories. As an illustration of how the memory may be cultivated in retaining a long list of numbers, one has only to observe the freight conductors, and very often remarkable examples of re­ tentive memories will be found. One of them recently talked to a St. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter as follows: "I have been on the road as a freight conductor for fourteen years, and in that time my memory has had a care­ ful training in the particular line of retaining the numbers on the cars. I start out on a run and know the num­ bers of all the cars with which the train is made up, and while some cars will be left at stations along the road and other cars will be taken up, yet at the end of our run if an officer asks me if I have a car number so-and-so I can in­ variably tell him without referring to my book. "Now, when it is remembered that the train m&y be made up of forty cars, and that the numbers ran all the way from the hundreds to the twenty-five and thirty thousands, and that a dozen cars may be taken off and another dozen taken on along the road, my statement undoubtedly seems incredi­ ble to those not familiarly acquainted with this particular department of rail­ roading. But it is a fact, nevertheless, and I have known quite a number of freight conductors who have memories of equal retentiveness. "Noting the numbers on the cars daily for years, a conductor becomes so familiar with the work that his mem­ ory holds these large numbers with but little difficulty. The style and peculiar finish of the cars from different roads are aleo learned, and a conductor at a glance can. tell the road to whifj* j| «ar $slo**s asfar as broaneee ittT-v-fv, in Sonth- A Last summer west Missouri I sort ofxeonion of olft was held by the abrtwt loot hills of Osark Mountains. An nM lady who knew more about soap msiang than of Swinton's Language Lessons, came and sat down beside me, knowing me for an Illinois man and opened the conversa­ tion by asking: "Well, how is you enjoyia' yourself?" * Oh, fine!" I replied. "This is ex­ hilarating." "Do yon ever have My picnios orer thar in Ealinoys?* "Yes." " Platform dances and red lemerr ade ?" ."Sometimes." "Ever have any Circle swings?" "Most always, and a brass band to play for them." "Whew! you fellers must be way np over thar to have a braes band to ac­ company you around thq/'world, fie call it here." "Yes, there is a great deal of vanity displayed by our people." "Can you play a brass band?" she innocently inquired. "No, auntie," I replied, "but I can knock the head out of a bass drum. "Ever have any of these here doll racks, like that thar feller yander?" she asked, as a man with a voice like a saw­ mill whistle was yelling: " One ball-- one baby--two balls--one baby--three balls--one baby!" If they hit more than one doll out of three balls he al­ ways give them credit for it, but it was not generally the case. Sometimes they would miss altogether, and then it would be three balls and nairy baby. "Yes," I answered, "we very often have such things, but not a man like that one to run them; if we did lie would be in the penitentiary and his in­ fants in the furnace in less than twenty- four hours." "How do voa like onr jpicnics by the side of your'n ?" "I like yours the best--here a fellow can put his feet upon the next seat, cross his leg» and smoke a clay pipe and no one will say he is 'stuck lip,' as would be the case in Illinois." "People very sociable out where you cum frum ?" "Not so much as they are here. Now, here a young fellow gets his sweetheart a stick of striped candy, an orange, and htm self a cigar. Then they lock arms or join hands and walk around as happy and contented as if they owned the State. That's what I call sociability." --Detroit Free Press. A Dreadful tyiniTel. v This is the way a good many boys' quarrels begins, and, happily, it is the way in which a good many of them end: "Huh! I guess I ain't afraid of you." "Well, I ain't afraid of you, either." "You'd better be." "Pooh!" "Oh, I'll give yon something to 'pooh' for." "You will, hey?" "Yes, I will." "Better try it on once." "Well, I can do it." " Well, you can't." "You think I'm afraid of you, or any body like you ?" "Well, if I couldn't whip you with one hand, I'd sell out." . "Oh, yes; it's easy to talk." "I can do it." "You'd just better try it once." "You look out or I will." "I ain't afraid of vou. and your whold FAMAYTHROWE&*."fe " "Ain't?" * 5 "No, I ain't." -- "Talk's cheap." "You touch me once, and see ^hat'. cheap." " Touch ye ? Bah! If I touched you once, you'd never know -what hurt you!" "Well, doit then, smarty." "You say much, and I will.n "I dare you to." ^ "You better look ottt. I never take o dare."" "I dare ye! I dare ye!" . "You better shut up." " Cowardly calf! Took a dare!" "I ain't through with you yet, .yon big--" "Look out what you say." "H(J me! I'd smile to see yon hit me." "Yes; you'd smile on the wrong side of your mouth." "You try hitting me, and see." \ ' "Bah!" "Oh, it's easy enough to say 'bah!'* "You say much more, and I will giv<* you one." "You/ will?" "Yes." * "I dare you!" ; t„ "Lookout! Here I coma!" "Come on!"' . * "Huhr , "Bah!" - They separate, and, half an hour later, are seen arm-in-arm, one of them having been given 5 cents, that he has spent for gumdrops and "divided even'" with his late and fierce foe.--Golden Days. #1 National Hereditary Hatreds. Periodic recurrence of emotions and passions appear not only in the life of individuals, but in the life of peoples. The Coreans inherit a tendency to ab­ hor foreigners, and periodically to kill or drive them out of the land. An out­ break of the sort is anticipated at the present time. All the foreign consul­ ates are guarded by soldiers, and an American man-of-war has gone to assist as far as possible. Hatred of Jews is an European inheritance, and about twice in a century an outbreak of a murderous sort may be looked for. It is not confined to the rabble, but covers the educated and upper classes. These things are unreasonable and unreasoning. They are in the blood of heredity, and are purely emotional, rising to frenzy at timeB. The average white American has an emotional dis­ like for negroes.-- St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Don't Want Their Faces Washed. One of the young doctors in attend­ ance at a Buffalo hospital, speaking of the treatment of patients, said: "The operation which is dreaded by nearly every male patient is the simple one of washing the face. It's queer, but nearly every nurse wants to wash the face of her 'case' the first thing she does, and re­ peats the operation as often as possible. Now, a man ordinarily doesn't care if his countenance is scrubbed by a smil­ ing and pretty nurse draped in cool white linen, but there is rarely a nurse who combines with these personal at­ tractions the ability to do this work neatly. A loose wet end of a towel isn't the pleasantest thing to have splashed around your face, and then it is seldom wiped dry.--Boston Journal, OUR guides, we pretend, must be sin­ less--as if those were not often the best teachers who only yesterday got cor meted Cor their A BtTMj A AXTTHfoman frequently finds it •! colt day when he puts his money on the! old horse.-- Time. f A NEW poatoffioe in West Virginia is:- named Caress. It will suit the "nils--• New Haven News. ^ A SANCTUM filled with squatters ought to entitle the editor to the foil benefits of the good hereafter. -- Whitehall, .Times. Pa8se\ger--Do we stop long enough ':; at the next station to eat a sandwich ?' Conductor---No, sir, we only stop twenty minutes.--Life.- | A SOAP peddler, came near being mobbed in Chicago the other day. Chi-* eagoans will stand almost anything but , a personal insult. A TIX can, like a moral, often adorns sjj a tale, says the Kansas City Times. ̂ Please cur-tail all future remarks on - this subject, as you love us. "YES," she said, the waves in a storm remind me of our hired girls at home." J Hired girls, madam ?" "Yes, they are sueh awful breakers."--Ocean. "PA," inquired a little boy, "does *;'" Satan ever go to Europe for a summer vacation?" "No, son," replied the old* > gent; "Satan stays at home and attends l| to business." > | A PASSENGER who takes tip two seats in a horse-car is the same man whoiM takes his shoes off on the step at home before using his key.--Germantoum^ Independent. y _ A NEW YORK wholesale liquor house gives its employes allthe whisky they '.; want to drink. The firm evidently Jfl wants to see the men get ah«»«n1 -- Yonk- il ers Statesman. "COMING through the wry," as the oyster said when it slipped down the | throat of the crooked-iieuked man. "I'd • askew _ to be quiet," retorted the aforesaid individual. - TRAMP NO. 1--I say, Jem, I've got a dandy new name for me old shoes. Call 'em corporations now. Tramp No. 2-- i i Fer why, me boy?" Tramp No. 1-- Y 'Cause they've got no soles. | IT is said that dreams go by contra- * ries. That is why a girl is almost tickled i to death when her sweetheart tells herl>' he dreamed of an old lady the previous 5 night.--Hotel Mail Chrystal. "WHAT makes you jam everybody up 'M in this comer ?" yelled a man in a crowd to a policeman. "I want to preserve or- ? der," replied the policeman, as he pro- S c^eded to pound a man into a jelly. I SARATOGA belle--You woull scarcely believe it, Mr. Oldboy, but the lady seated near the open widow has over il 200 dresses. Mr. Oldboy--Is it possi- ; ble ? Why doesn't she put one of 'em on 9--Neiv York Sun. -& * How is your employer,- ;Sambo? I -,.i heard he had a bad fall." "Yes, sail,, |i but he's sufferin' most from the reaction before he fell, sah." "Oh, the reaction came first, did it?" "Yes, sah, de mule | kicked him ober."--Springfield Tin- | ion. ;i MAGISTRATE--You are charged with stealing chickens, Uncle Joe. Uncle 1 Joe--Yes, sah, so I undersjtan's. Mag- ^ iat rate--Have you ever been arrested before? Uncle Joe--Only wonce befo', ; you' honah; I'se always ben berry lucky. *1 NOSICE, Travers," said a Balti- nqorean to the famous New York wit "*hat you stutter a great deal more thai: J when you were in Baltimore." "W-h-y, (§ y e-8," replied Mr. Travers, darting a |j U ok of surprise at l«is friend, "of c-course I do. This is a d-d-r--d sight b-b-big- gur city." SHE--Where are you going, CJharley ? He--Going to the opera. She--Ah! I understand. The ballet. But why don't you go to the monkey show in­ stead? I think you will like it ever so much better. The monkeys, you know, have four legs--twice as many as the ballet dancers. "MARIA," said Snifkins, as he sat ai the breakfast table, "just glance at the weather bureau's predictions for to-day in the newspaper, will you?" "It says fair weather and lower temperature." "'Fair weather and lower temperature I Ask the girl to find me an umbrella and a fan."--Merchant Traveler. TWO BABIES. Than is a little baby Always gentle, alwayn swoet. Who doesn't lack a beauty That can make a babe complete; Who never cries untimely. Who is never, never rude, i; While anything she doesn't j No mortal baby could. So winsome and BO daiuty ' That the careless turn to 1 But OI this perfect baby J j. Is a baby in a book. * k- . ( 1 here is a little babv f: 1 With sunshine in her eyrfs, t i '* And many a fault the critical Might coldly criticise. Her nose is oversaucy. Her temper does incline . When her small world is going wtaa$:, To take a twist like mine. And half the people pass her by, : j Nor deem her worth a look, But O! she suits me better Than the baby in the book. ---Good Housekeeping. The Cost of Napoleon's Greatcoats* Of all the historical garments whici crowd the great museums of the worlc* none are more famous than the "graj overcoat" and "chapeau" of Napoleon I celebrated* in Beranger's and Baffet's poems, and painted by scores of aspiring French artists. At a recent search through the archives of the times of the great conqueror the tailor's and hatter's account for some of these articles of clothing has been found, and it appears that for each of his "chapeaux castor" he paid 60f., while his "redingotes grises" cost him 160f. apiece. The overcoats were always made very wide, for, contrary to the custom of theoffioem of that period, Napoleon never took oft his epaulets.--Pall Mall Gazette. Undivided Responsibility. Editor--You say you wrote this poetiy yourself? Young Man--Yes, sir. Editor, sternly--You are pertain of that? You are positive that no one helped you? Young Man, earnestly--I am positive. I wrote every line of it'myself. Editor, sadly--Then you must die. I hoped you might have some accom­ plices. (Draws an old-fashioned wood saw from his boot leg and saws the poet in two.) ' , "Why did he saw him in two?" . "So he might cut him up the more easily, thou simple one."--Brook­ lyn Eagle. He Was a Native. "I think," said a visitor to her hostess "that Mr. Inskip is an anomaly." "Indeed he isn't," reiterated the hostess decidedly, "he waa born in New England and so were all his people be­ fore him." ' A broad stare and silence from the vjj astonished visitor.--netroit Free Press. ONE touch of hufcor makes the whol* * *" JP- ,r i J?A," "®ji iyfe :i^MM *£L. J:' ».~A -Am i 'i '-m-