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TEN EYCK'S FRIEND.
Ten Eyck hit 1 fallen asleep on Ho
barl's lounge. As there was u screen
before the lmiiigo, Ton Eyek was of
i-iiirso, iuvisilili' to aur o!ie che who
miiht t'nt.-r the tsln.li'). Tho place
emiity when he hal v iiue in. lml what
ever liil.ir.geil tn Orant llohart was
share aii.l jiroj.i-rty ileelared1 nf
Warreu Ti n I'.yck, anil therefore, the
latter, havin: free n ;- e an 1 his own
key, fflt at ierfeet liherty tonleeji, lviul,
lounge, or amne hiniM-lf hy any avail-
alile nieuns i ttli. r in llolvai's jr.--e!H-e
or aliseikv.
S ) ho had 1. .-i n, or. iliiout ehoos
if had ll;'i pell.-.! In I. ill asleep on the
lont'go behind the m-p-cii.
It was r.early Mitivet when he awaken
ed, roused by a sudden soft confusion
of sounds-tho door closing gently,
fooMops in tiie room, then Hobut's
voice, and another !
Was he Mil! asleep and dreaming ''.
The voice was the voie.-of Helen Blaine,
the woman he was engaged to marry.
Tea Kyck hulf-ror-e, w iih a smile on
his fact-, ready to call out a welcome or
greeting of some kind - for he supposed
this M-itittion to refer solely to hiiu-f-elf.
He was not sulhciently awake to re
mind himself that Mis- Blaine had no
possible means ol kuowing he waj to be
found at Hobait's udio at that par
ticular time, especially as he had left
her in the morniug with full iuteut to
spend the day wi'.h his cousins in
Oiauge.
At the first consciousness of her pr-s-
ei.ee he rose, smiling. He had heard j
her voice only ; then, instantly after- j
ward, his bciise made room f..r the.se j
words, uttered in soft, purring tones.
hul f -seol.li in'. Ii ilf eoMV in
"And all these days that I have not
. seen von, bad, can-loss bov ! What !
have Ton been domg wUh vourseH. no' j
even to write to vour poor gill V j
the'-My love and' my angel V Ho-1
li0,.-ait. teftly. Ho seemed to think it
necessary to any uo more.
Ton Eyek sat gasping, while long
kissea were exchauge.l. It seemed as if
the world were crashing usunder and
failing his feet, but he kept tirni hold
ot himself amid the terrible conflict of
feeling and passion which had so sud
denly assuileil him.
He did what perhaps the niceties of
honor might condemn., but what, ninety
nine honorable men out of a hundred
would have done constrained himself
to re-iiime again the attitude of sleep,
and (. . ) with every libre of his being,
mental and physical. And this is what
he heard between those long pauses
lovers delight in :
"How fortunate we .should meet!
You will put your bonnet oil'. You will
slay a little while. Oh, but yon must !
No one will cmie in now. 1 would
have tried to see you thiseveiiingin any ;
ease. I knew Ten F.yck would be
nway."
"I would rather be here thananv-
where iu the world, dear you
know that; but it will be dinner-time
directly. Oh, don't tease about my
bonnet ! If you could see how my hair
is all screwed and twisted up, you would
beg me to keep my bonnet on. Do yon
love, me? Do you expect to be for
given? Nearly a week since I saw you.
It a week to-day, Orant."
"I have been mo hurried and so wor
lied. I am dead tired, dearest. Hay
something sweet to your poor boy.
Don't scold nnd frowD, now that I have
yon to myself for live precious minutes.
I expect you to pity, forgive nnd love
me. I deserve it all.
"Poor, dear darling ! There, and
there, and there ! 1 would kiss awa all
your worries and your troubles if I
could. Dear old net, what lias happened
to vex and tiro him so?"
"I did not see my heart's delight for
a whole, week. Is net that sufficient?
And now she scolds roe."
' Hecati'-e nho adt-ros yott too nineh !
Hut wouhl you have eotne to rue to
night in any case ?"
"Through flood and tiro !"
" Then you will eome ? II is opeia
night ; mother and the girls are going,
bnt I can have a headache and stay at
home for Imi. Oh, flrant. Fate in kind,
after all V
"Kind well, p1i- pive ns a erutub
of coiufovt now and then. It is better
than nothing, I suppose. But when you
are married "
" I shall always love you," says the
soft, thrilling voice. " I eau never feel
for Warren ns I do for yon. Oh, yes, I
know he is good and lovely, but what
islhen.se? 1 like him and respect
him ; ho will be a splendid husband,
but I never mean to give you up as
long, dear, as you love me."
"You make mo so happy ---happy !"
murmured llobart, while Ten l-'.yck,
lying white and still, clinched his lists
and set his teeth.
This was tlie man whom he had called
friend, and this was tlu woman who had
seemed an angel of truth and innocence,
whose air of virginal purity had almost
chilled t he ardor of his love at times
and awed it into calmness.
These two, his dearest upon earth,
had taken from Lim all that made
life dear. He felt an almost irresistable
impulse to rush upon Hobart and choke
back into his throat those lingering,
happy whispers of contented love.
Toward Helen he felt a sort of trem
bling horror, as if her freshness and
beauty had been suddenly changed by
loathsome disease. And then, the ter
rible surprise of it all served to render
him powerle-s. lie could not shape his
thoulitt or intentions to any ilelinit
,n.l
The moments that seemed like heavy
years dragged by and the words of ten
der, impassioned parting were softly
inten d, ami at last Ten I'.yck knew that
h" win again alone. It was onlv for an
instant, however, but in that instant bis
plans were made, llobart came up al
most immediately, and began whistling
over his pencils and putting aside his
canvases and east Is for the night. In
the course of his work he stepped be
hind the screen, and discovered Tom
Kyck, to all appearances in a sound,
untroubled sleep. He started back with
a spring, and then stood rooted to the
spot. His heart ceased beating; cold
drops of perspiration stood on his fore
head ; he leaned against the wall for
support. After a moment, during
which he watched the calm face stud
closed eyelula, and heard the long, reg
ular breathing of th'-' quiet sleeper, tho
color came back slowly, tho warmth to
his frame, nnd a smile of thanksgiving
iv .s ltd on his lipa. Thank Hod ! was
what h" said inwardly. He thanked
'he i: real Judge above that his perfidy
to his friend had not been discovered.
"Hallo, my boy! Do you intend
to become a second Kip Van WinkU ';''
And Ten Kyck rolled off the lounge.
' L'l,"l! l'r''g' l'n'' 11,111
-"""d lefpily :
" Confound it all ! how long have 1
,'"n ,M r0 '' 1 1,11,1 nn Tl'ointment at
Jovo. .p.arter to ,-ix : Let's
G -0 dinm r. '
Wurren Ten Eyck. having suffered at
one blow the loss of his dearest posses
sions, proceeded quietly to his revenge.
He had determined to jilt his fair alii
anced, in the most gentlemanly manner
of which such an net is capable.
For a week or two he visited her, and
behaved much as usual only with a
slightly perceptible languor and indif
ference. Gradually his calls became
less frequent, nnd each of shorter dura
tion. He pleaded press of business, in
disposition, accidental obstacles, and
continued perfectly kind nnd courteous ;
but to Helen and to Helen's friends his
defection was plainly evident.
The preparations for tho marriage
still weut on. Ho sent her handsome
tirescuts, now and tWn, in a nonchalant
way, as if the engagement had suddenly
occurred to him, but nil the charming
.'tit s. ns of love had ceased, and Helen
felt blankly and bitterly that her em
pire was at an end. To Oraut Hobart
she said nothing.' She shut her white
teeth over tLo -rios of puin, uii-1 aBor,
and humiliation that ngnin and again
rose wildly to her lips, and held her
head up, facing the world with what
pride she might, and glaucing nt the
futuro with shuddering fear. It was in
one of these moods of emotionnl excite
ment, not hnving seen Ten I'.yck for
l nearly two weeks, that she sat down and
wrote him the following note:
" Will you be frank with me, War
ren ? I ask nothing more. Have cour-
itiio to speak truth to me. There has
crept into ley mind a fear, I feel it al
most a certainty now, that I have lost
your love. My heart breaks to write tho
words, for, more than ever, more than
ever, I adore you. What will become of
me if we must be parted? I am not
I demonstrative. It is hard for me to ex
j press the depths of feeling in words; but
you must a-mdp mat wiiu my uinuw.ieu
heart r intt you, and you alone !
Sometimes I ' feel convinced that you
would be glad to be free, of the bond
that holds vou ? Oh, forgive mo if I
wrong vow tou, so noble, so honor-
able it is &ot possible you could ever
forsake tlie. poor girl whoso only treas
ure i-t yuiir love. Ask your own heart,
Warren, and tell ine, once for nil, the
truth.
" Your own faithful Hf.i.ks."
With this note iu his waistcoat pocket,
but with no definite intention in partic
ular, Ten Eyck lounged into his friend's
studio, late a? ui(,ht, and found Hobart
smoking by the open window.
Broadway was almost quiet at this
hour, and the star-lighted sky above
was very quiet, indeed, with the pence
not known to mortal life.
On Tea Eyck, Hobart's personal charm
was potentas ever. The habit of friend
ship is wonderfully strong in some
natures. These two had been comrades
since boyhood, had played, studied,
traveled, planned, executed, enjoyed
and suffered together, and, to his sur
prise, Ten I'.yck discovered that the fact
of Hobart'.s treachery had not uprooted
his old clinging affection for tho wium.
After the first fierce nprisiug of in
dignation came a deep and settled sor
row. He knew tlie time of hi.s associa
tion with Hobart must now be short,
but meanwhile their intercourse should
be the same as ever.
He could not do without the support
of this nature that had been so long tho
counterpart of his own.
As he entered the studio nnd saw
llobart sitting alone and tlnughtfnl,
there was a positive stirring of tender
ness in his heart toward the man who
had wronged him.
"Hello!" was tho comprehensive
greeting exchanged, as Ten Eyck
dragged a chair forward an 1 lit his
cigar, throwing his hat behind him on
the floor. "I was wondering if I should
find you in or awake. What cigars are
these? Not the same old Irvings, are
they?"
"Tho very same. I thit.k they ltn
provt on acquaintance. Odd you should
come in at this moment, Warren. I was
jnst sitting here, remembering the day
at Milford, when you fished me out of
Skinner's Toud. I was going over the
whole thing. You hung your life en a
thread for mo that day, my boy,"
"I think my mode of rescue was rather
peculiar. I know I dragged half your
clothes off in the struggle. I made
havoc of your wardrobe, whatever t i e
I did."
"'ou ciuiehed me back from death.
I shall never force! the moment your
arm came around me. Warren, from
my heart I wish you had let me go under-
I wish to Ood you had !"
"Well, why. iu heaven's name'.' Bui,
of course, you dou'l mean what you say !"
"Yes, I mean it, indeed. See here,
Warren, there is something that has
got to bo spoken between us. Before
you came iu 1 had made up my mind
that it must be spoken, and then you
appeared as if iu answer to my very
thought. Warren, you have always
trusted mo. Yon have given me vyitr
confidence full and free. You have re
lied perfectly on my truth and friend,
ship. Is it not so ?"'
"Need yon ask that question, l iraui ."
"Well your confidence was mis
placed. I have deceived and betrayed
yen. I am unworthy of the trust you
have bestowed. I am a scoundrel, Warren.-'
"You have betrayed me?" repeated
Ten Eyck, quietly. "Iu what manner?
How was it :'. I, you should betray
me ?"
"You must not ask me that! I tell
you that I am not worthy of your friend
ship, that I nm disloyal - Good God !
when you come here and hold out your
hand to me, and look at me with your
honest eyes, I feel that my place is in
the dust before you. I can't bpar it.
Warren, you have never known what it
is to be tried nnd conquered by temp
tation. It all came upon mo suddenly.
Until six months ago, my life was hon
est and open to yon day and night.
Then something happened, and almost
before I knew my own danger I had
forfeited my own self-respect, my honor
tho dear right to call myself your
friend. If I could tell you all if I had
had courage at the beginning to speak
truth to you perhaps yon could have for
given me. Bnt tho rights of another
were involved. I can't even explain or
ask your forgiveness "
"Suppose there is no need to ask it V
Suppose I forgive yon and let you keep
your mystery all the same ? Look lu-re,
Orant, you are not ory disloyal when
vou makeconfession ot your disloyalty !"
Ho held out his hand suddenly, with a
sort of eager smile on hi.s face. "If
you were not still my friend at heart,
would you care to make this confession
or grieve because it needed to be made?
Take my hand, old fellow. Grant, I
am more glad than if some one had
given me half n million of dollars that
you have mnde this confession. I don't
want it in plainer word -. Whatever the
sin is I forgive yon. No need to feel
cut np, my boy. Shako hands, and let
it Vie forgotten."
"I can't," said Hobart, huskily, turn
ing his head away to hide the tears that
had rushed to his eyes.
"If vou could know but your kind
ness -your generosity Warren, you cut
me to the heart !"
For a 1 'iig minute tle i" was silence.
At length, turning impetuously, Hobart
spoke :
"I can never take your hnnd again,
the hand from which I have received
only help and kindness, unless I am
true to you, Warren. This is the con
fession I must make to you that I love
Helen Blaine. I have spoken words of
love t" her. I have tried to take
your place iu her heart knowing that
you loved her and were, soon to make
her your wife. Now, do yon think I
ought to tako vour hand in mine? '
For nil answer Ten I'.yck str tched
his hand out nnd grasped Hobart's
heartily. That clasp, and the silence
that followed, were eloquent indeed.
"Confession for coufession," he said,
quietly, and commenced again to pull'
his cigar, which had suffered neglect
for some moments. "I will say to you
what I would say to any ono else, that
I nm trying, as gradually as possible, to
break my engagement with Helen. It
is daily more apparent to me that we
aro not suited, and I nm hoping that
she will be shrewd enough to dismiss
me iu time."
"' are trying to break the engage
ment?" Hobart asked, slow ly in an ac
cent of deep surprise.
Ten Eyck nodded. "It will not be
so easy a matter, I am afraid. I have
jnst received a letter from her that has
discouraged me considerably. Perhaps,
under the circumstances, I am excusa
ble in showing it to you !"
llobart received and read the note,
his face changing to the very pallor of
death. His hand trembled until the
paper rustled like a leaf in the wind.
As he ended, it fell slowly to the
floor, and he sat looking nl his friend
in a terrible, silence.
"I am justly punished," he said, in n
low voice, at last ; "sho has deceived
me, too." He drew a scrap of paper
from his lircast. This came to me two
hours ago. Kead it, Warren. We shall
learn by-and-by what women are!"
Aud Ton Eyck read :
"I wait "d for my boy a blessed hour
to day. What detained you, dearest ?
The park was low ly. And I wore the
little blue bonnet yen admire, nnd sat in
mv shady coiner and loved and waited,
and no one came. Will expect you to
morrow, same lime and place. Have
not had a word from T. E., and it is
more than a week since we met. I was
earnest wluu I told you I would try to
break the engagement. 1 think he is
beginning now to :r..M. my inten
tion ami is too proud to oppose it!
God grant! With a thousand hr.ppy
hopes ant! thrice as many hisses, all my
thoughts and all my heart, I nm your
own littl" girl, your Hkli-s."
The uott' was written ou the delicate,
perfumed paper with which Ten Eyck
had always kept his alliaiiced supplied,
no smiled a little as he picked the
other letter trom the floor and com
pared (hem.
There wna none of the amazement or
indignation apparent that nobart had
expected this revelation would iironse.
Ten EveU merely said :
We shall never know women nei
ther vou nor 1, neither Gods nor im
pels !" And then ho continued calmly :
The fact is, my surpris came long ago.
I knew of this aflair between you and
Helen tw months past. You remem
ber tluii1 'lay you came in and found me
asleep on the lounge? I had not been
asleep, frrant in fact my eyes were
opened protty widely !"
Warren ! Warren !'
Oh, well, don't mind it so much, my
boy! don't mind it now, I can un
derstand how such a temptation might
overcome a man. Anyway it has not.
separated We have each other, nnd
Helen may have any one she can
get!"
"God is my witness, it began with
her!" said Granl, low and solemnly.
"Sho sought mo here. I tried to be
firm and loyal, but n moment came
when her arms were round mo, and
everything was swept away in a whirl
wind of passion. T asked her then at
once to break with yon nnd share my
life, such as it was ; but. her honor, she
said, bound her to be true to yon. ll-r
,, oh, her lienor ! Yet I have not
tho right to b'.imo her, God knows !
Warren, how is it possible you can for
give me this?"
"('omo with mo to South America,"
was the quiet answer. "I have made
my plans. This day week we can sail.
I intend to leave Helen a few thousand
dollars to take bcr abroad, nnd she will
soon make a biilliant match. I don't
think we need, either of us, keep her
on eur conscience to any great ex
tent." "Oh, God, 1 loved her !" said Hobart
with a groan. " 1 would Intvo staked
my life on her love for me. It is hor
rible ! It is worse than death to know
her - w hat sho is !"
"You'll got over that, denr fellow,"
said Ten I'.yck, kindly, putting his
friend') broad shoulder. "I felt terribly,
too, jnst at first.
s t
There was a great lm.?, and stir of
gossip in Society's little world when
the engagement between Helen Blaine
and Teu Evck was ileelared "off,"
Ten Eycl. very kindly allowed the sin
of jilting to je at Helen's door, and ;
Helen bore her share of blame in ex- '
cmiilarv I'l'liiteneciiiid humilitv. To her 1
intimate flit mis she said, with a vir
tuous air of resignation :
"Why should people find fault with
mo for saving Warreu, and myself, too,
from a life of misery? It required some
courage, but wo were so entirely un
stated so utterly at variance."
Her tone left her hearer to infer that
the misuitability and va-iance were all
on Warren's side, and that her mag
nanimity alone prevented her making
known to the world his faults and
vices.
But Ten Eyck, scaling the Andes and
bhouting his enthusiasm to Hobart, with
yells and gesticulations that astonished
their sober-minded guide, had little
tl, .,!.( ,! I., ..nr.. r.r r, i.nli.lnm
. . . , , !
Do Had leit neiun.i. in irntn uis nemi i
nnd hands were full of care for his
friend.
Bv a Strang-ironv cf Fate, it was he I
who ministered to Hobart, who cheered
and encouraged him, and watched over, i
with a woman's tenderness, the man
who had ho deeply wronged his confi-!
deuce, but whom he had loved with j
more than a brother's love.
Both Sitles of the III Hire.
"Say, mister, are we on this side of
the bridge or the other?" asked a placid
old lady of a gentleman on n Court
street car, yesterday morning.
"We are on this side," responded the
gentleman, gravely.
"Lnws me 1 Then we a'n't anywhere
near Greenwood cemetery yet ?"
"Yes, madam, wo are within a few
squares of it." Animal Hurler.
"Sakes a massy ! 1 thought Green- Certain animals, including especially
wood was on the other side of the the dog, horse, mule, elephant and cat,
bridge." j but also the chimpan.ee, orang, various
"No, mtdam ; it is on this side." apes or monkeys ; the pike and otlur
"Well, that pesky conductor told me fishes; sheep and other animals, some
it was the other 'ide when wo started." ! times become voluntary patients, nud
"It was, madam, on the other side j sometimes notably ptlie'il or snluuis-
then, but we have crossed the bridgi
"Then, wo aro ou the other side!"
"No, madam, wo nre on this side of
tlie bridge. We've passed it."
"And is Given w I on the other
side?" she asked, starting up in some
alarm.
"No, it is on this side."
"Don't try to fool mo with your noi.
sense!" exclaimed the old lady, indi;
nantly. "Dju't try to make mot n'likthat
Greenwood is on this side of the bridge
when 1 know butter, and don't try to
make me believe I'm on this side of the
bridge when I know I'm oa the other!
Don't ye do it ! You want to be careful
how vou amuse yourself with me, or I'll
tit you out with a new set of ribs !" and ronght into piomincnee Py su tiering
thJ old laly shook her umbrella iu nm! its relief. There are many irist..n
warninuas to'the source of additional I C,'N ,f war regimental elephants in
physiological development. " The idea,"
she coutinued, turning to the pas'-en- 1
gers, "of trying to muddle an old ;
woman that might be his mother! I'll j
bridge ye. both sides, in a minute, j
('.inductor, pist a- soon as I get ou this j
side of tho bridge, yon let me out, or
this will be your tombstone trip to I
Greenwood "' j relieve themselves bv plaintive groans,
Audthodiimo straightened back and though obviously regarding the inllie
glared defiance, while her well-meaning j tion of pain us a necessary or nnavoi.hi-
informant concluded that it wasn't too ble par! ol the operation, prepare thetn
warm for him to wslk to his destination. selves for suffering by drawing iu the
FASHION SFRUS.
Khadximir silk is largely imported foi
fall wear.
Tho reps of this new silk art rutin i
flat in appearance.
surface,
Satin surahs, with a glaet
prod nee man v lovclv c. lor
transitions.
Plushes and velvets, plain and em
bossed, are used for trimmings of satin
Surah, and for wool stud's.
Shoes with lattice-work straps all over
the instep are worn with stockings
mntehini? tlie costume in color.
While bead bassementeries are on j
the wane as fnshiouablo trimmings,',
black jet is more worn than ever. I
Black and white is a favorite combi
nation for fall and it will probably ex
tend into the winter costumes.
A slashed or open sleeve vorn with
mourning dress is tins season supposed
to indicate that, the wearer is a matron.
It is the custom at the moment to
decorate wedding cakes with a profu
sion of white flowers, natural or arti
ficial. Fraises composed of from three to
five rows of pleated lace are frequently
seen enclosing the throats of the most
fashionable women.
Autumn millinery shows the summer
modes greatly nmplilled. This enlarge
ment of styles is carried out very gener
nlly. There nre some petite fashions in
headgear, bnt not to such nn exngger-
itfed extent as presented in the opposite
sizes. The poke bonnets have high
tapering crowns. The importations
give felt for nutunin wear, and for win
ter there nre plush and beaver chapeaux.
Near Chattanooga they have estab
lished an industry novel in this country.
It is a sheep dairy for the manufacture
of cheese. Sheep cheese is a favorite
article of food in Austria, ami this en
terprise begins with n stock of l.lMMl
sheep.
FMTS F0 I'll F. (TlilOI'S.
Fliiler the early laws of the Atheni
ans a false witness was to be thrown
headlong from (lie capitol. Treading
lown another's cornfield by night was 1
punishable by d. ath.
There is a weekly sale in Paris of
toads, which nre brought iti casks filled
with damp moss. Ono hundred good
toads are worth from Sl " to 817. These
are bought for gardens.
During a storm in Vermont, in 170,
the lightning struck a horse in pa-turn, public will not find fault with the rem
buruing off his hair, or pulling it out, j ulies used.
cutting a l.ole two inches long in his Mavor Kite.', of Philadelphia, says,
head and throwing off his shoes. The . "1 do not intend to icnmvn a single
horse recovered.
j The term xuaker was first applied to ' or b'lu k, if he does his duty." Good
l the sect in derision. When Geoigc I for Msvor King.
j Fox, the founder, was brought before j Professor ( ieorge II. Cook, state geol
the magistrate he told him to . m!,. be- egi.-t for New Jersey, lias come to the
f"re th
word of the Lord.
Many strange sounds, real or ini-ici- j
nary, have b en heard in the workings ;
1 ,.t X- V. . 1 1
" " '"N""- '
to ex.,t on a distant island iu
i ue jtayot nengai a puctiomenon huown
as the "B.rial guns," which is often
heard nl the beginning of a rain-fall,
and is like the sound of the tiring of s
cannon. An observer has decided that
these sounds are atmospheric and in
some wav connected with electricitv.
Mr. Home, reporting on the villages ol
the Himalayas, describes exceedingly
powerful noises heard in the highest
mountain peaks, to which the native s
canascribenocau.se. Above the town
of Koimbatur, in Madras, is a pond
which the natives carefully shun, be
cause frightful noises issue from its
depths.
i sive, quiet ami nnconipi ni.in-? as well
I ns intelligent pa'ietii s of the phy-iei.m
j or surgeon. V"' only :. i, but liavinu'
thems"lve cvp. ri 'ii 'd lie- bein lit of
', man'., medical or Mir.Tic.il si. ill, they
i I. ine-; t'le'r yotin or then fellows as
p.vti 'tits to him. and 'Icy c opor.iie
j with lie' physician or surgc-m in hi
! treatment, ei her b shoin-g ih pa
' tients what to d", or by compelling t lit-i t
! acquiescence in nun's ai rangeni. r.!s for
; their behoof. As medical or surgical
! patients, moreover, some of the lower
I animals stand in the most favorable
I contrast to man in respect, for instance'
to their sagacity, selt control, fortitude,
! gratitude or other virtues that nr
India going reularlv, day after day, of
their own ar.'ord, to military hospitals,
to get wounds di-os-el, usually after
having been taken there o'lce or tic
by their in iliont . I'ln y submit them
selves to any necessa it operation'-: un
derstand the surg"t i's o'iect and
co-operate with him . express pain and
breath as man does, recogiiio and put
cotitidcin in the surgeon's voices and
persons as tho-e ol friend.. Ol nn
adult male elephant we nre told. " that
the surgeon might operate, he readily
extended himself on the ground and
bore with patience the application even
! 0f lUiniii)j; caustic. The a.'utetioss ,.f
the pain would sometimes force from
him a painful groan. But to the doctor,
who, by inflicting momentary torments,
sought to accomplish his cure, he ex
pressed lie liveliest emotions of grati
tude.". i'r !nmli .Allium-.
An INthetie Wife.
"Say, I'll tell you something if yon
won't blow it," was tho way one in ni
saluted another.
"All right - go ahead."
"You won't give ii away until I say
so ?"
"Not a word."
"Well, my wife has got to bo ;n -thetic."
-Nov"
"Suro's you're born. I ha e siispi nl
that she was working that way for . .. e
time past, but it's only within a day or
two that I became p tsitive "
"Well, that's wonderful. Sty, how
does she act ?"
"Languid-very languid. She lops
! around, drawls her words, writes sad
poetry, and the sight of an old pie-tin
i or a banged up ohromn entrances her.
j Congratulate mo (in my luck."
"I do-I do. That is -"
I "What -r
) "Don't build hopes too fast. Be sure
you arc right a-nl then go ahoail. I la
bored for a whole year under the delusion
that my wife was developing ns nn a s
Hictie, and when I cimo to talk to her
father he said she was always more than
half-idiot by nature. Go slow go slow.
The difference between nn .esthetic and
a fool is so mighty small that yon can't
afford to make a mistake and be placed
in a box." - t'ire JVu.,
ITF.MS OF INTEREST.
Butting hoptoad ami chestnut burrs
in boarders' beds is one of the ways in
which frolicsome rrirla amuse them-
selves in tho t'atskills.
nuts, instead of tents, were nsed by
the ancient English soldiers, as the
modes of warfare consisted chiefly iu
sieges and standing camps.
Dr. Bliss says whisky has prolonged
the -life of the President. All right,
Doctor, cure the President ami tho
man from the force, big or little, white
conclusion that Caiie May aud Suuder-
land counties ate slowly, but surely,
set t ling into the sea.
When Lieutenant Flipper embezzles
everybody s ivs, "the colored
cadet " When Captain HoWgato steals
spiti.iliMi nobody remembers that he iHa
white man, or charges him with his
race. Colored men should Have a pro
portional share in the public service, so
far .is lliev evince fitness therefor.
Foretelling Hie Weather.
Meteorology has been enriched by M.
De Parville. a French scientist, who has
published his observations on tho tem
pt r.iture of the present summer, which,
throughout Europe, has been unusually
high. He C .mes to the conclusion that
this liih temperature c.iuld have been
foreseen, .and enunciates the principle
that the temperature of the earth's at
mosphere is dependent on the changes
in tin1 moon's inclination to the earth.
"The distance of the moon from the
equator,'' he says- " that is, the incli
nation of the moon'- path to M'o plane
of the equttor varies every year, pass
ing from a maximum to a minimum
limit ; and the meteorological char
acter of a scries of years appears
to be mainly dependout upon the
change of inclination when those ex
tremes have been touched." Observa
tions, he claims, show that the rainy
years, th. cold winters and the hot
summers return periodically and coin
cide with these extreme declinations of
the moon. In the latitude of Paris, he
siivs, the rainy years have occurred for
the past century when the moon had
reached the extremes of '- aud 26 and
I, degrees. These rainy years aro sep
arate. I from each other by periods of
about three and then of about six
years. The severe winters coincide, as
a rule, witinn a year wnn me panic ue
clinations. while the dry, hot summers
come in half way between two wet
years. The la t wet year was 187r,
when the moon's declination was 18
degrees, and tho next one, under the
rule enunciated, will be iu 1S84, when
the declination will bo 'Jli degrees.
Tin.-year, therefore, aud 188- should
be marked by a maximum of heat and
dryness, aud the winters by a miruimura
of coldness.
Pea tli Warnings.
Superstitions associated with the last
stage of life, says a recent English pub
lication, are very numerous. Every
incident out of the common course of
natural events is seized upon by the
...iperslitittus as a death warning. The
howling of a dog at night is the sign of
approaching death. An ox or a cow
breaking into a garden is an ill omen,
and it is still a saying when i; person is
dangerously ill and not likely to recov
er, " The black ox has trampled upon
him." Another common omen of death
is the hovering of birds around a
house, and their tapping agaiust the
window-pane. Among the death -presaging
birds may be mentioned tho
raven, the crow and the swallow. The
crowing of the cock, also, at the dead,
of night is regarded as equally ominous.
If nn apple or pear tree blooms tw ice a
yeai it denotes a death in the family.
There is a popular idea prevalent in
Lanca-hirt that to build or even to re-
i build a house is always fatal to ono
member of the familv. and we nre also
told how the household clock has been
known to depart from its custo
mary precision in order to warn its
owner of approaching death by striking
thirteen. From a vtry early period
there has existed a belief in the exis
tence of tho power of prophecy at Hint
period which precedes death. Again,
the interval between death and burial
has generally been nssociuted with,
various superstition::, fears and prac
tices. Thus as soon as the corpse is
laid out tkere is still a widespread cus
tom of placing n plate of salt upon tho
breast, the reason being, no doubt, to
prevent the buddy swelling; although
there is n belief that it nets as a charm
against any attempt on tho part of evil
spirits to disturb tho body. In th
north of England it was customary,
only a few years ago, to carry "tha
dend with the sun" to the grave, it
practice corresponding with tho High
land usage of making "the denzil," or
walking three times round a person,
according to tho course of the mm.
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