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Ami 110(10 drew in ar I. . i..v I t,ss-l alone
Without relief,
And paused n moment wl.oiisho heard that
in. .an;
'Jinn raised her glowing; eyes awl met initio
own.
Never a word slip -aid,
Yi'i still I (-azeil ami still was comforted.
Then I ling li.w with Monil'iniis grace
She I u l Inr 1 1 i ii. t nit. .(i my eyes,
ll. ri'iinl haml mi i n y binning fiieo,
Ami at li.-r ! -ii bright visions rise,
I"ri-.li w.hhIs iiihI streams an. I iiiiim.'igiiio.l
r-ki.-v.
In softest t.ill..
Kli.' sang til., song tliat lias nn el.vso.
That ileal hl.'.ss snug which no knows.
Save she a..n..;
Till' sm-g tli.it ! mm II. i .lli-liml'V.
Til - s..m; i.f endless j. t.ifv
An I 1 1 1 1 u : -love;
An.I as I li.t n.-l t.i th" vni.'c almvo,
I ti ll ii-i.ii.. nt lining from I lied. -ad;
Slowly I rny im I niisc.l my drooping head.
- .Si. onv.
THE DOWN-HILL ROAD.
"I uili" I liovir yr 'limit Jonah's
an i. It nt tliat In' hail a few y ais npi, iliil
I. "In n Ii.. ami I was goiti' In .Murry
viile, Iradm'.' Wai. if I hain't, lit- n 1
"ill, that i-, il yt.ii won't I'll liitn that I
... i. n't, Van-.' 1:. '-. alius - iin' a woin
an.an'l loop m .thill' .i 1 1 . - j i -1 1". and I
allnw there is si. in.' things I ran't keep,
an. I this i- on- ..n Vm.
"As 1 -a i- gni.T .i -av, Jo.iah hail u't
I" i'.' ami git ,i . t i.f siT, some paint, a
few rails t.. I' the fence with, some
nnal an' hrin. in' .me thing an' am.tlirr,
I .Imi't n in. iiiIi.t what now, only I
ha.) on isi..ti to remember thi s., few. IM
g. I In f ve s..;n,. i.-ttoii cloth, enlikcr,
mola-si ., -n-.; r, , . -., ... .,. him I
mn s-i 1 I'll lo .. I. Ml :i too. S I packed
mill., i l':;s into a p. i k nnasuio of mis,
mi' I ha. I pretty n. ar a pound of feathers
lied Ui in a .a.i r bag that 1 hail boon
sivin' along, so thought IM take 'nil
hi' turn Yin towards my rlolh an'
things.
"Wo toad, d Ui an" U"t stalti d rally
on.- Salur.iay inomin.' Wr took thr old
may mar.' an' tin- limi'i. i warn". Vr
si r, .To iah 1 1 i : 1 1 1 h.' t oiild In iiiLf thr
rails In II. r la a Ion:; wavin. Thr ilash
l. -ird was split oil (iri lly low down, hut
In -aid hr mu ss,.,! tw.nild hold all wr
should want to I. lint; wilhmit siillin'
mil. So dr.. vr aloii"; an' ;;..t to town
al.out ti n o'..l i k.
"I wnit round to .larol.sY and sold my
i l'hs, an' to llydr Taylor's with my
fralhrrs, hut thry wouldn't oivr tin- tnv
prii r, mi I jrst put Yin hark into thr
wam, sin' wi nt to l.ooinis's and lioiiht
my cloth and things, an' m'l hark to
Williams's Maldf ulinv .losiah alias
krrps his lmrsr at jrst two o'rlork, an'
hr Wa'll't tllllr. so Wrlltlotllr III i 1 1 i nr r's
simp to ;;it my luituiit lird, an' so told
thr stal.Ir I, II, r to t. l! .losiah whi rr I
was, an' to romr alt. r mr with thr Irani-
In n I l'o til. ir III.- I.unnit hadn't l.rrli
I. in hi d, an' ill a I'm miiinlrs up drovr
losiah. Now, if you ivrr wrnt any
uh. ir with a man that's alias in a hurry,
why, thi n, it's no iisr for mr to uiulrr
lakc to ti ll yr what I wrnt throu.jh with
.-try in' to krrp that maii from mdn' "IT
without mr or sasiu' that mil I i tit-r. lint
wr L'ot s nt. d at last, and .losiah savs,
...yshr:
" 'Wr'vr .;ot -irh a load, and its so
kindi r hot, I'm miii' to takr thr down
hill mad; it's a rood dial ni.jhrr that
ivay than 'tis t'otln i, an' a hrttrr road,
an, iM'i pt that pi sky hill.'
' 'Vi s,' says 1, "pi sky hill-' is jrst
whi rr I shan't m1. I'vr lid down that
hill "in r, a hol.liu' on w ith all my mioht,
.in' like trr pili h.'d out ihr waoin lira. I
list. No, sir, il'jnii u'" that load you'll
iiavp tn slop an' h t me ml nut.'
' Now you know .losiah as wrll as I
In; hi "II do any lliiu.' to savr a cut r
aionrynra minutr's timr, and hr's alias
-ay in' "tiui" i tin mry."
"Will, I li t him h.ivr Ins way tilth' !'
lhaii tn havr any mmc wnids aluait il,
out will II wr ;;o I'l till' hill I ynt Ollt,
4ii' altri' .l..si ah I. a I took a I cud n'
I'oliackrr into his moiitli, hr and the old
narr jou'm'd alon; Iml I srl. a f,.w l.i ain
llc llrl'l'irs 'luliusldc thr mail, and stop
ped t i pick a few m Ym, wln n I hrn.1
iinrthin' ;;o ki i slam, and thrrr the old
aiarr wa-. Ilat down, the wapiti kinder
tandin' on cud, an' Josiall n-sprawiin'
uoiind nil the li.iisr's hack, an' the jiiif
r mola -i s. pot n' paint, an' iih-hsimv o'
):is on top of him, an' somrthin' o'
iillhcrhad wet my Ii;ilT of fralhrrs an'
aadc a his: hole iu't, and things was
Kinder Mpirr.rd niit.i 'cm, so that they
vas a-pullin' nut in all direclinns. The
mrk ftnt nut n' tile jllLT, all' the fcllCL'
iails was stan'iu' in the air, sonic mi 'em
'.lo-s-ways mi' I don't know what not.
If that didn't heat all the sights 1 ever
sco. I never wax su tickled in my life,
an' if it had killed him I don't hrlirvr I
cou'd have helped lalVm', for there he
lay, covered with paint, molasses, feath
ers, oats, hran an' dirt, an' a madder
man you never see than he was.
"Xow, .Insiah don't very often swear
in my hcarin', luit I tell ye there was a
blue streak on't down that hill that after
noon, what wa'ti't already streaked with
paint and molasses. Says I:
" 'Josiall, whut's happened? Don't ve
like the t.'own-hlii roadi
" 'Consain it! that'll woman all over.
Ain't satisfied with eein' a man Ktoe
tound in this way, without twittiu' on its
hrin' his own fault ; an' tint aint all; ye
won't sleep a wink to night 'tilye've told
ev'ry man, w uuian an' child in the neiijli.
Inn hood.'
"I j' st st I Here and hild on to my
sides 'til thought I should ;;o nil', an'
when I mt so I could speak, says I: Mo
siah .lours, you're a pirtiire frr a foniiek
Almanack, if ever there was one, elitilled
'A henpicked Inishainl, lanvd an' feath
eicil an' ridin' on n rail.' , mad as he
was, he c .uldn't help l.illia', hut he
didn't lall'lon, fr ), .,. Kt kinder
.cthcred up, an' liepm to pick nlT the
fca! hers, iin' hiok al himself, and take
kinder of an inveiil ny o' things his
counleiiance fell a rod, 1 t II ye. Hut if
you'd hen there, as I was, an' sren the
molasses and oats drippin' nlT hi ttow-sei'-deirs
into the tops of his shoes, his
hands all paint an' sand, an' hi stove
pipe hat all stove in on nne side, wit'i a
hi"; uaiili o' putty, you'd 'a Ihoiiudil the
specimen o' humanity was the wu-t you
ever see. lie went 'round an' liemill to
pick up ihinus, an' says : '.losiah,
what's l.eeom- o' thai cud o' tohackcr
ye put in ycr mouth jest as ye started
.IT."
"I.'osh! Saiiiantha, I mii-l luvswal
le d i.'
"Ve ou ;ht. r seen hi- eyes when he
said it. Ill' il had a pimcil him then and
I here, I should have laurlyd to seen that
scart and iiiclatie hoi v look nil hU face
us s.ioii as I leinimli d him mi't.
" -SwaPeied it .'' " says I.
" 'Ves, swallell'd it. I mi' -s if VOI
had hi hi jounced out of Ihalerwamii t ! i
way 1 was, you'd a-sw allcn-il y. - tonmie,
an' I declare 'twould a heen a finnd thini;
for me i f yr had.'
".I"s as hr sai l that. I looked down
tic load. What should I see a cumin'
luit Sun I Vase's team, an' if you had
set ii .losiah ,lon. s and thrin feathers
a -tr. akin' it throii.di that coriii. l. ymi-
il. t, you il a thoii'.rlit the I.vil One was at
hi- heels.
"A Sun come alon' up, says he:
"'Whv, Mis' ,oni s. what's tl lat
in : Did y e ml spilt mil : "
"'No,' -ay- I, 'h'aint, hut ev'rvthini;
el-e has.'
"I should think -o,' says he. 'Mas
i verythini; roiie.'" "
" 'Vis, i Veil to .losiah.'
' 'Was Mr. .lone, with ye:"'
"'lie r.M, I. ut he ain't now;' an' 1
lai."hed auin. as I ihoiivhi h.-w that corn
I miit lie fealhi'ied oiil i I hat lime.'
"C iii'i I help ye to ii..;it up things a
little:'"
"No," says I; oaiess .losjah'll lie
hack pretty ip:ii k.'
"'Then he didn't ml hurt, did hi '.' "
"'Ii, no! I oiiess he'll kem out on't
all ritrhl,' -ays I, hut 1 ki p' up a terrihle
thinkia' all the time, wouderin' how he
was mum' out on't without lue there to
help him I'm. I his shirt an' llini;;-; for
tho' l'vr lived with that man "join' on
twenty live years, an' alias put his shirt
in the -ami' place, y it he alias come to
mi' say im.' :
" 'S.imanl ha, whi rr's my shin:''
" al, Sam he hislcl the waoiM
'round a little u'l lie i mild ml hy, an'
he picked up some o' th ' things, an' he
dinve alontr. liv-au'-hy I licenl t!ie
hush s a kinder craekin' liehind me, an'
I looked 'round, an' there was .losiah
a meat liiu' .iIoiil.', pe. kin' thnnioh the
hushes, an' w liisperin-;
" 'Samaiitha, is anyliody 'round there.''
" 'No,' -ays . -What ye 'I'raid im'.
h'ainl ye ijol ri'rm'd up el.''
" 'Vis, the liesi could. I can't nit
it all oil my hands, nor out o' my hair,
an' 1 don.t want to s.e noliody till we
"el out o' this scrape. For """"'"ess"
sake, Saiiiantha, I wish you'd scratch
some dirt over that paint an' stulT there,
so 'twon't look quite so dest rue: i ve. Sich
coiisarned luck, anyway! 'nother time,
Saiiiantha, I wish you'd stay to hum!'
" 'tiood land o' livin! what hev I
doiie Didn't I tell ye not to take this
road!'
" 'Will, 'nother time, set ill the wamn,
then, an' 'not he a-piliu' out jest fer a lit
tle hill.'
' '.lest fer a little hill! I fehnuld say
so! You'll jest like tcr had me a-wal-lerili'
'round in that mess, too, wouldn't
ye.' I tell ye what 'lis, old man, I don't
care to leather my nest in that way.'
" 'Wal, feather ycr nest or not, wo
shall have to work mighty hard to make
up this ere loss; an' that ain't all, I'm
tlii nk i ii' nuthcr. That joiincin' I mt an'
the run through the cornfield has shook
my dinner dow n, an' I shall he mighty
"lad to mt hum an' m't somethjn' feat.'
"There he was, hen Ihroiiuh what he
had, an' iiiniiniin' over all he'd lost, am
yit the fust thine; he thoum'it on when he
really conn; to his senses, was oatin.'
Wal, we not hum afore dark, an' sich
kecpin' Sataday ni;ht you never see;
mi' to save our gizzards wr couldn't git
that hoss cleaned ofl so Wi l ould drive
him to meetin' Sunday; an' .losiah had
to stay to hum for the same reason the
hoss did.
"Somehow I felt do tickled all the
tini" a-thinkin' ' the scrape that I w.i'n't
in a very go-to-tneetin' mood inyrf; hut
I thought inelihe 'twould soher me down
an' I guess 'twould if it hadn't a lien for
the sermon. Ye see, our minister preach
ed to young men that Sunday, an' when
he says, says ho: 'Young men. In-ware of
th" down-hill road; it leads to destrtw
t;o:i," 1 thought o' .losiah an' his de
struction on that road, au' I siiicUoro I
rim"'.! out-I couldn't help it. An' ti;
this day I can't hear them few wind-
w ithout fi elin' j"s' so." rhm.
It im l iglil ng lii the Orient.
The Persians have their ow n pcouliai
pastimes, and thai .some of lln in corre
spond very in arly with our own. Si roll
ing down towards tin- shah Al.ha
liaaar in Teheran the same owning afin
talking with .Mr. I! , my attention i-
iitlraeteil hy a small crowd of Teheraiiis
of the lower and commercial class con
greg.iteil in an alley-way, writes Thomas
Stevens in (h'tiutj. Kroin the eM'ilenient
and tie- dull thud of ohjeits sinking
nmiiiisl each other, it is apparent that
rival owners of lighting rains are permit
ting their champions to struggle for the
mastery.
These little contests around ipiiet cor
ners are of almost hourly ma unvnee, ami
a stroll of fifteen minutes ahont the
st roots of the Persian capital is iuipo.si
hie w ithout encnuiiti ring mild-eyed
"spoils" loading their pet ram; tenderly
along .y a string. 'I he necks of the
ram- are encased in liro.id leathern col
lars, gaily oiiiami'iited with heads and
cowrie., an. I from whicli an- suspnide I
amulets to ward of the evil eve, and a
ch ar toii. d In II. This hell, 'dandling
from the collar and jingling merrily a'
he walks along, announces the approach
of a luht ing ram and his ow n. r or at ten
daiil. Sometimes on,, micls a proies.
sion i f several, each one in charge of a
si-paralo a' ten. hint ; these engage in a
regular toiii'iiam. iit for the entertainment
of his miost .
The lighting ram of Teheran are of
the hig tailed variety. The In 1 is
geiilleiiiss impersonated, and their con
tests an' comparatively lame perform
ances. Tin- owners hot freely on the
prowess of their respective champions,
wagering anything from a dinner of a
aar kaln.hs to a stake of sov. r.d toman-;
and plenty of Ti hi rani sp .i l. depend
entirely upon their r un lor a living. Marie-sod
with no hair-splitting nicotics nor
worrying ih linilions hot ween amateurism
and professionalism, he salli"s forth and
lights his ram for the wager of a lueak.
fast I'm- hii If and a reed of harley for
his pet.
Like knight errants of old, the Per
sian sport and his lighting ram wander
the street .-, seeking lialt'o everywhere,
winding a few kcratts to day and losing
them again to-iimn'ow ; true soldiers of
foitune these, often having to hatllefor
their lueak fast l.eloie eating it. Many
oi the smaller merchants own lighting
ranis, keeping ihom tied up in front of
their shop. When Inisiaess gets dull,
they send ehalieiio.es to rival lueii lianis,
and lights take place daily, sonn-limes
purely for amusement and sometimes for
ix wager.
Ilase Halls.
A fair estimate of the nuiuli.T nf lull ;
made for the present season is , j, t., .
i ii H i, i ii n I, or ..no for every ten of I he pop.
illation of the entire country. The hard
unyielding hase halls dial are now Used
hy professional ballplayers are very dif
ferent articles from I hose which were in
vogue a oiiarler of a oeiiturv ago. In
fact they differ as greatly as the present
game of hase hall doe. from that which
was playid in those days. "Dead"' or
professional hase halls are made entirely
hy hand. According to rules laid dow n
hy tin- league they must weigh within
live and a .piarter mim es. I i 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1
her hall, weighing two ounces, is used as
the foundation for two ounces of woolen
yarn that is wound around the hall, and
permits of it coming within the regula
tion size, weight and shape. The limit
in size is nine inches in circunifcrem e.
The yarn used makes the circumference
nf the lull cnlisiderahly more than
this, hut it is corrected hy undergoing a
hammering process, after which the little
spheres are turned over to the coveler-,
who invest them with a casing of horse
hide, sow n w ith linen thread. Non-professional
halls are made hy niachiiieiy.
To show the dilTeleliee ill the speed, care
and cost of inauufaet irre nf hase halls it.
may he stated that a certain factory m ar
New York can turn out s,ui)0 machine
made halls in a day, while the limit of
manufacture fur "dead" halls in the
same time is eighteen." --A'cio Xrk .IA7
unit Krjiftn.
Small Arts.
It is ipiite wonderful to think how
strangely forgotten and lost the small
arts are in Kngland. In some countries
the very children can carve in w 1, in
others they can make artistic pottery; in
Kgypt they cinl.roi.h r, inlay, iiml wink
in jewelry; hut in this country our pe i
plo can do nothing, and have learned
nothing outside their trade. The agri
cultural lahoror, it is true, possesses a
very considerable and varied amount of
knowledge he is skilled in many way.;
hut the nieohaiiio, tho factory hand, the
shopman, knows nothing and can do
nothing outside his trade, and, which is
worse, he considers every kind of handi
work as a trade in itself, to learn which
would he learning another craft, after
taking all the trouble in the world to ao
iplire one.
Shall he who has learned to make
shoos also learn to make cabinets? And
shall the goldsmith also heoonie a st-ine-cutter
And is the evening ic well as
the solid day to be given up to labor
And is it right to invade another man's
trade territory Art Journal.
WAKRIOKS OF ASSAM.
A Mi-ssiioiinry's Lifj in a Cot'iior'
of HinUuhtnn.
A Fci'jiln Who Oiuatiiei:, Their Holier
with Human Skulls.
"1 was sent to Assam." said Dr. K. V .
('lark, a missionary, to a reporter of
the Washington Jiniln';.;tii, under the
auspices of the American lliptisl Mission
ary union, nf lt iston, M iss. Myself and
w ife were the lirsl while people to set
fool in Assam, w hich i a -mall valicy six
ty live miles in w idth and Yin miles in
length, and has about e.oiiujlilil of popu
lation. ' It is situated in the iioi'lhwesteru
put of lliudoostaii ami is an Knglish
possession. The inhabitants of the Naga
Hills an- wild mountaineers, living
in , oni. 1 the summits of the mountain-.
I'p to live years ago these people were in
dependent; the groat wars of India never
sin eeedi'd ill subjecting them. They de
light in war and are barbarous as are
Am. I n an Indians. In the same manner
lis our Indians take the scalp the Naga
warriors lake the head."
" They're nut head-i aler-:" iniriund
tin-scribe, with a shudder, wondering if
the doctor's long life in that country h id
not led him to paitakenf the A-sani oils-loin-.
"No," i .'ill inn. .I the doctor. "They
are called In ad cutters, and they orna
ment their houses with long .strings of
skulls of captives as tokens nf their prow
ess. I'nlike our Indians, they cultivate
the soil and entertain the highest respeet
Inward the women. Any ob-ei'iie talk
in the presence of a woman is severely
punished. 'They w.ak hard for their liv
ing, knowing if they do not they iiiut
perish. 'Their homes cotisjsi of rude
b. Million houses wilh leal l'oof.
".Medicine is u..t known, and liny
fancy all sii Une-s or evil that happen to
them is heeaiiso some d.-ily h is boon dis
pleased. Hence tin: bloud of animal- is
shed as a sacriliee to app :ii' the indig
nant god. 'This sacrili. e lirst commences
with a fowl, then a pig, and lastly cattle;
if long continued it sometimes impover
ishes a whole family. 'The general name
for deity is '-oonngi aiu.' 'There ar no
'peeial names for their deities, as tin y
worship a house, site of a house, etc.
All debts must he paidjlliey have lint
learned limy to repudiate.
"Of sin they have a strong impression.
I'lcipieutly untenanted houses are soon,
all possessions in tin-house having boon
abandoned. 'The idea is that it is sinful
to steal goods thus left. When some
member of a family is killed by .1 tiger,
by drowning or by the falling nf a tree,
these arc considered sinful poisons, too
polluted to be even tiilleheil.
"Among the hill people there is no
caste. The Asaiuese are betrothed al
from three to live ami marry al ten years
of age, being then fully developed. Ill
appeaianee they are much like the ( hiu-c-e,
but are much more muscular and
hardy. 'There is a fine la id for gospel
teaching among them. When lirst
w. iit among the Assamese th" T.nglish
were scared, hut afterword rendered eve
ry assistance, because lli.y found we
wne establishing peace nn their border.
"I'p to the present, time there have
boon four villages largely ('liristianiz 'd
and many converts mad. . 'There is no
written language. After in any yens nf
labor I -lleoieileil in redi
in tin ir language a roll,
and school books."
'The duel. ir ohibted
pi inted in As-anies.'. It
iug to willing
1 tioii nf hymns
lii-t book
Iraiislatioit
of i chapter of the llible. translated by
tin- doctor, and printed mi a little Amer
ican press sent from Huston to the town
of Moiling.
"And all the letters have but one
sound apieeo. continued Dr. .'lark, "and
the language is in some respects, lash-r to
acipiiie on that aecouut. The chief
towns in Assam are (inhaty, Nowyoug,
Ti por, Sibsagor and Dibloogiir, which
is the head of steam navigal ion of the
Hrahamapootri river, which was our
nearest government station, though forty
miies away, and only reached hy paths.
'There are no roads, ami all travel is on
tho back of elephants."
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A IVrsiati (iaine.
There seems to ho as great a dearth of
games among the youth as among the
grown people in I'er-ia, slill they may be
seen winning walnuts from each other by
games very similar to the marble-play
iug of the American and English youth.
A favorite game appears to he plaeing
each a certain number of walnuts alon.'
a marked line at a siitlicieut distance
apart to allow of another one to pass bo.
twren without touching.
'The line is formed m ar the base nf a
low wall. They then take turns in
knocking tho boiiso walnut olf the wall
so that it rolls through the line, and ai.y
nuts dislodged from the scratch are con
sidered won and transferred to the win
ner's pocket. llohblo-de-hoys nf twen
ty are often seen play ing this game of
walnuts, as also pilch a'id-toss for cop
pers. Sipiabhles are of freipient occur
rence, hut lighting seldom results, f,,i
the inoek-eycd youth of the Shah's do
minions are more paeillcally constituted
than we were when you and I vm r
young mid were wont to peel off mn
on. its on the smallest pro noal ion. () ,i
ii.!.
A Tiiimsanil I) illar M itli.
It is by im means the most beautiful or
striking in color, for it is painted, as you
in ay say, in a single color of grayi-h
brown, though in many, many lints of
that color. Its form i- the more wonder
ful, for its secondary or hinder wings
leach hack into long tails an eighth nf
an iie li wide and over four inches long,
o that the ins-i t measures about s. yea
inches from h a I to tip of tails, and be
tween four and live inches across. It is
ol the general shap" of what is known as
our Inn. i moth, the large greenish while
tailed moth; hill in the luua the (ails ale
only two inches long. 1 do not think
any other moth or bull, illy has so groat,
eccentricity of form. Hut the most won
derful thing of all is that il is the only
illsl-Ot i.if tin- kind ever found.
Thirteen years ago a son of Pi of. M.y.
or caught it in a harbor shop in liio Jan
eiro, into which it had ll mil during the
evening. He sent it to his father, who
had boon a collector for many years.
When the ho containing il wa-npoiied.
mid the great entoinologi ! dropped his
eyes upon it, he almo-l faint "I will de
light, and at ..nee w is oH'-ivd a hundred
dollars for it.
'The new s nf the discovery of il -pi. el
rapidly everywhere among cilloetoi'., and
diligent search his boon mi le ever sine.
to Iin. I another of l kin I. bin in vain.
It siamis alone, perhaps lie I i -i of an al
most extinct - ios, but smviy tl v
one that rests in air on onlomolo gisi',
pin. This fact that il delie. duplieal ion,
together with ils kingly form, will help
you to remove the shudder that rs
over you as ynii hoar its nam-, Jehovah,
for by this name the princely insect is
known among scientist.; -.',e.i,(..i,'. .. .
.. It should bo stated, however,
that its happy ow m r did not intend oiV.
iug it this name, but somehow the real
name, .n'itvi; was changed into Jch.iv.ih
when it was being catalogued, and so it
has remained.
It is hard to place a value upon this
precious insect, for Dr. Meyer values it
almost as his own life; hut I have hem
told a thousand dollar- would not induce
him to part with il. We can believe this
when we are told that a kind of beetle
found in the We-t was sold, f..r s. y. ml
years, at one hundred dollars a specimen.
Prof. Meyer's entire eolloolimi is valued
al $40, (Mill. ( W.;, i l,lti uili,l .
Ho I, auk oil ITerce.
Within the eireV of the :i 1 1 1 hoi's dog
aeipiaiiilancc was a dog named Kaiiuek.
lie was a bull dog. and though of a very
savage nature, yet he was faithful to his
master and he appeared to have a keen idea
of the riiliou'oiis, for ho seemed to know
how horridly ugly In- was, and to t.iku
supreme delight in terrorizing n t only
all the dogs and child'eii in the neigh
borhood, hut even the gr,,wn people as
well. It was this dog's gr.-al pleasure o
hap from the ground to the top of the
fence, and thence , the r.ap of the gale
post, w lion-h-.-would sit f.-r houi-w aloh
ing up and down for some vielim 1,1
practice his bugaboo business upon.
When a timid or tn rvoii; person appeared,
and the dog seoiu. il p. know all sueh,
then ho appeared not o notice lli. tr ap
proach, gazing in every other direction
until the intended victim arrived nearly
oppo-itc the post. 'Then he dropped
suddenly down in front and glan d at
him w ith bloodshot eyes and projecting
ti i th and such all appearance of b roeiiy
that the passer-by generally stepped out
into the gutter. I'ew people had the
courage to brush past him on the narrow
sidewalk, and when the passer by had
inu-t.'ieil spunk enough to rcyaiu th
sidewalk again, thou Kaiiuek would
jump down from his post, ami, ru-hing
to his master, wag his tail ,-m.l hideously
grin, as much its to say "Didn't I scare
them, though !"--l'ii4?ii,u-tti .'oy-i'e. .
The Price ol a lllauk Shut,
"Wo had," said one of t hoefow ,1, "one
nf the fiinnie-l die-Is I ever -aw at 10!
lego. It xva a put up job, of 00111-0.
The pistol, wore not loaded with b ill, hut
the din lists did not know (hat. They
stood up like men. apparently , but one
of theiii got so nervous he tired I., hue
the word was give... 'That placed him
al the mercy of his opponent, who was
a poor chap ami rather shrewd. As
0011 as the pistol wont ill' the indi
vidual who tired il got 11 l. ily si an d.
Th.- other si, mil calm and il. l, iniincl,
and proceeded to take h isiin ly aim.
'Don't shoot !' yelled the vid im ; don't,
shoot!" 'I believe il is my turn, i-'.'l
it."" he asked, and turned th
mills. "Of course il i-; go ahead." And
he again leisurely cov.ied his man.
"Hold on! Hold on! Til give you isjuil
if you won't si t !' '"Taiu't enough:'
'I'or heaven's sake ! I'll give you ..-"ii.!'
Tl..- man with the pistol sneered and
covered him mice more. 'How 111111 h
will you take' 'A thousand dollars.'
I'll give il. Put that cursed thing
down.' And he paid his little $Hilil."
-Sin yiinii,;i ChrotihU.
Something to Jag His Memory.
Angelina Oh, ma, do let us have
some of that nice glacier stained glass
decoration.
Mother W hy, darling.
Angelina Well, you see, mother, it
..-minds one so tuueh id church, and
church suggest ; the man iago s.-rv ice ;
mil it s.-ems b ui" a- if II my w nc
"tie thing to jog his memory. -'i.aV,
Si n:in k m i.i's.
The brain ..f i lion.ss ha- li.cndi'-'.
seeled al I! lU' , and found to he in many
c-pools ill 1 1 rill. .'l .to bel we n I he dug"..
and the o il Y I. i iin.
A prize of is.ymo is ..1 o. , r ih.
bos essay on , !,. iricily applied to mo
tive power and lighting hefove January
1, lsf, the killg of the i gi H Io'i',1'
donor.
I he air ol dill' lent places seems I 1
1
vary iilile in it . piopoi-ioa- ofoygo;i
and i.itr ..;. :i, air lately brought t": .mi
Cap- I being ab-iiit lik" lii.t . f
I'r.'ine.'.
Sigiioi li .ailiieei s-ipjiosi's the ih loca
tion 01' III tool'- to be that of ail e plo-ive
gas fume I during the s'li'l.iiv hciting "'
Ih in 1-. in I he atmosphere, and a--, uoi
luting 1 hi, lly iu the vacuous - 1 f
behind the mas. in its very -will llghl.
I.al- ii'Vc-ligatiotis iudicale ih 1! th"
chlorophyll, or green cloring --.ih-1 in,
"f the I. :ii, -, is m - I liab.- to p., .
1 J 111, tabic m ill. -I absorb, d h t ! 1 - . ..0.
I plant-. Wh'-n vines hay, b. , mi
niiicl vv il li - ul j 1l1.1t - ..I . .pp r. in "i "I
Ml, Hlol.ll is llep'l' il' 'I III I lie e UV -,
merely a doubtful 11... app. uiic: in ih-
jlli' C of t ill' g.'.lp s. Tl .lc.iVe- C'llleU
much iron, ihnibiie . -In to 1! h .
il -nil 011 whie'i lli.y Im . ..low.
'.' ll.ni is 11 , live, hut .1 p! ml Ire:.
Il hold- to b- .pu:i int.. a Hi:-- ol I I-.
ol pi 1 uliar t w 1 I- in 1 a. 1. Ii 11. . -Ii -w a
under the micro-cop. , 1 -11. . i.i'K in i "!. ;
iz.d in:!. I. I.iu. 11 l!ii..i.l i'i i b, -piii'
bccaii- I he 1 a til. res i.avo 1 . ilaia I'.-i ;h
..ess lie ir-u;f:,oe-.u,;, h cables ll .m
'..cling tog, th.-r. II n.o ,1 is in. j ,!.. j
to miikc a.- line Iin. 11 a . "it, .11 ; loih, I
it is .1.111 h s longer.
A v'alif'.rnia p ip. r ici ne. that on
lanu near suelluig. m Men .-d o.iut v. :
there is a Well bis f... t ,. , p
III -Ol l I I .
,, 1 ; 1. . , ,1 1 t
w lii.h c-,:isbiul h -ei. I- up a I urge v ..ii :ie ,
,' 0.1 ' '
ol air. l. II a lain storm "i a r--,ig
Kind is impending, the volum- of .-cap. I
ing air increases s,, a. p, roar audibly . !
The will covr i- !'iinii-h. will, a v. n't. j
Hy the . lo ing of ihi-forafew iiiinnl -, j
th tilin d air I. ever--iiliicu nt f,,r, e, j
when lib. rale. I. 1 . inak- 1 noise !;ke i!i, j
escaping .-.to im ..f a I " -ai"t iv c The.
well fiiriii-l" s an ah in I 1 1 --I , -. . I:, nt (
":ll, r. j
Astrnllnlllical b l book- pine I III
-mi's d. n-ily at a bl'l" in-. re I hat. I hat j
of wab r. bin in a r. . nt hclii'e Mr. .1. ,
Noiin.iii l.ockyor, i,.. Ijigii-h a ti,i uiicr, :
express! d I lo- opini, ,11 licit the -il 11 r.aily ,
ha- ,,, more lii.u, ... eighth the density I
olwabr. If tin- mow I.-curecl, the s;,n.
is simply an oleum,... glol I glowing
""- I 'M- l!'l";'1 :" '''',l,r" 111 '
son. . -lice i.f t ll'' ell. U lllolls pres.. 1"- ei-
. , , .
lug at Hint pail. I ir temperature i- a
,, , . , ,
niall i al which ho a can ,.nl gu. --
... ' . ,
vet, and seicnlili.' .sinuib , range I roie
;i no, 1 p. s 111111 u.m
Successful ( -ibireil Men.
A asiiiii'.ioii leibr I., ih- ( hica-o
.,..,,.."'. i', -: A g..o. many ! tin . ,
U".l 111,11 who h:,. Iieeii pi.. mill, ul 01
public life I. iv i- 111 inaged ! a., uiiiiil.it.
nn. re or h f...iiu. s during lie ir . a;. . 1-
since the slave days. I 'r--. I 1 1. 11, I ,-- : -
worth, perhaps, f , ;. 1 omit.. .o. 00.1.
I.vneh. who w:,sa m-mher-.f .',,.
tn.,,, M,-i'sippi. and w!, wast ,i,
ry Chairmai, ..!' the la-. If l.li. ,1, N ...
ti. ml ( o,iv . nt ion, i- ..!' h
'es colored 111 -.1 in ll; country, p. rliap
the w. alll'i. -I. II- 1, is a largv p':,.,t ,
'ion in M :-':--' ppi. .-wn- a good .i.-.1
properly in ashinglo'i. and h i- s an
line farming l.in-l- in 'ho . -t. I'
S, ll.lt or Uril. " i- allot llol W . et'iV eo -e I
aian. and. lik. Lynch no i i.ii.:;.-. I, i
mad. all his no an y by hi- own . . 1 1 i. :; --ille:
liv ing in a slab of I',. , . I ,!a. (' ,11
gie-siiian Siii.i'is, of South ar-dina. i
a not In 1 wealthy c'l! n. He own- .1
gnat deal of valuable land in "-"Uth
"ar.'liu:. audi- oiitir ly in hp, n-b :ii iu
1 financial way. SaialU, vvi... wa- a
-lave befoi'. tin- war. a-'i-bd In capnir
tig the (' MifcL rale v. ... I ,,f which h,
'lad hem made t 1 1 1 1 1 pilot, and re
eived for ilia' son',, ,. 1 , on-id, i.ib).
inn in pi ic 1 i'.;;. y . 'This mom y he in
Zi .led in S. ul ii I' n-olina fanning land.,
A 1 1 -1 1 ill it was so, at lav s.,c during
'ho war. ol-l auiilig ihc I 1 ll-i .it v.iy l"W
figure. W hi n tie ,ple-l ion of I il le w a
ais, ,1. 0,10 of hi, c ,., . was bro.ighl into
'he Supreme '.-nil and n.'i'lc a ii -t case.
The decision w as in hi. f-,or. and ina.L
aim a wealihy man. II !iv . in a v. ry
ilain, iinprcl. ul i. ui - -ly le here, aith.-ugh
plile ahl. to 01 1 upy ;i li.ilnl - ,' c tah
'i.hmciit. lb ha. an elegant home ir
olltll ( 'alolill.l. lie 1 villi is great re
gar. I lor his i,!, I misin --, and it is ,, 'al
od thai he look In 1 ..in- linn . afl, r tin
v icis.iiud-. of war had in ide her pemi
, ss. to h's ow II home, guv e her the hi .1
ipartinenl'. iii th-- lioii.e, placed bi
'ioi'scs and eariiagisat her disposal, ami.
with hi. wife, wailed np. u and . aied
1 ... I. ... , .,. I . I . . Ill .. I ..
con. trained by slave laws.
'Tile Tai ly-Cliising Muveinent,
Amelia What I. this 1 .irly-clo-ing
movement, pa '.
Pa It's a i,ov. i.n iit b, shut up hoiiu -iihoiit
ll, re.-hours 1 11 in i ev 01 y dav. Al'
humbug'. All humbug! I .111, opp.-ed '
to it.
'rm md ; 1 think if - right
"Do V'Oli: Vel'V Well; th' 11 I'll hi
to-night. Wli. ii 'lb org,- call- toll him
the hour lor a l join nniciil w ill be sl,ai
nine instead id midnight.''
t The High) Side of the
I've lived -ixty years ill this frisky old
world',
An' n lots of hang in' an I tiiriiin'.
An' liny ol'lhom. I - llj.- sweat of my brow,
.My b lea. I an' my Lull. a- lieoii . .1111111',
An' I vo l.-ariied many things 111 III-way of
I. III. I fuels,
I ii"or wa-. .'iny cr.'.a' scholar,
A a' here's on- for y..ii. Whatever you il"
Young man an y ling woman, I'm uai oin'
. yon. loo
l'e.' Hi ri M side of th. ,ollar.
s- .. 1 , . .1
.. matter hoii inn. Ii you mav want this or
If y emfl -pue Ih no y to buy it,
Pout run i.iio.--l.l. oi-you'il iiiioklv regret
'I hat -.on ever were .-ui.... to try it.
Tli-uglr your clothe- may l.o while ntth
s.'.iiiis. mil you Ii in 1
lioii-h e.lg. s nlVs an' 1.11 . oil ar,
I. -I wail to g"l new nil It;.--am.' ym eail
I",
Y-"ing lean aa' young w oinaii. I in warnin'
V-.ll loo
An' I ...ii the right -ol.-of il,e.l..lar.
1 'Ii. tl 'I an' Hie troubles that would be,
In, I .
I'hl iI'oyn in I li"ir .e-,t 1 (oni g'owin'.
All the b: s,,g's. ,i,e ,.- beautiful lloW'ls,
that loll.s
In their -a ,-). uoiiM I ..ii-iautlv sowiu'!
i'l. id. hoiii-s.-ui H,e In., ihai u.. ul. lift be
os.
If ail this ,.,in pie-.,. pi went. I lolle i
Thai I lav ilou I , jo.i S I, il. i. r oil do,
N '-nog "liaii an . 1 t 1 ii.iiinn. ! 111 warnin
1 you. I....
K'. p ..n ill" r.ghi i.'. .. 1 he dollar.
; - " '- ''"''"
Ill .101:01 S.
The , ;uh! day clock is continually 011
-hike.
- ul :,, e i, ,,-.,lH m ole about
., ., , ; , ,.
What is il,,- , -1 ; was asked of a
wit. "'Twelve p. in.," was the curt, re
I'l. The .pi. . 11 of S.i vi.i iiiidei -lands h iw
1 " s. w . H, 1 ui . ui- ate - e 1- 1. ;i o ic ie-
'
I"1. 1 1 i I h' r.
v-' ;.'' ';'l ilii'b., when schoolboys
g" "ii -f;ko the urbane professor coiiic-
1:1 ,!"
ll c.-l- is-.'s ;, w. ek to feed 11 circus
tiger. Al ( li.it rale what would tin'
1 -llily board of a cat a-moiiiil to.'
lll,1r nf ciirio-il i. s want
, , , original hlil-h with
win, hil,e sign ,.f iin-liui 's were paint-
,,
1, , ,' angc say-: "Monopolies lire
reaching oui I'uilli. r with .'ilaiining ra-
i.jd - '',e ,.,. Ul:iy . ol
l.ii-li.
A o,,.,,;,,. correspondent says of a lit
,,.u.Mu conversation is
, , ,,- ,',.. r,.ow ! he nuisth,.'
lain, ru iiu.'d.
.
A "dmg loan ear w lines, the lJ,,s-
, ,
t"" U'.i d n I -iv. "l.-t's skip the
1
gutter. !i" remarks, "l.-t us slid-
doii'v ."..il. ui Iin' marginal depression
1 1
of th. public llioiollvhl'.irc.''
" !,,.." -aid a 111. lulu 1 of th, ( ana-
,:;m 1 1 .ii-c of lomiii.uis to the
io.;.,lis who w.n Irving to
choke him oil'. "who hiay.d
i'i, ;,.'" "t ,i.;in ,vii," i'..,.i, ,-,
member, amid a y, 11 of delight,
Idle in Persia.
Th""Jl 1Vr-:: " !l linl"- h 1
"' ,!"' "" 'mpr"-'rcs..ve empire,. ll
"" I"""1' sT,i' " ''
bid one wago.i load ,d any considerable
Iniglh. No railroads have b.-.n built,
a. ih" s-iia'u vvi, I not incur lie- liiiam ial
ri-k. 10 r make an iuv 1 -j :, nt of ion ign
capital , cure. The I. digraph now con
11. . !- the capital wiih pl"V inoial 1.1 pit al s.
'Tn. ns .,f living ha greatly increased
111 tin I i-l few vial'-. M.,.t of the Per
siaiis arc very r. tin- tenants or agri
iultiir -i- f"!'iiiiug the j rest class. .
im l. iianl with S iii,.niii is ion-id, red very
rich.
'The social life of Persia has not.
changed p' re. ptibly. "The Persian of
the genuine yp, and old school hardly
1 1 1 i . 1 Is - him-, ii 11. a condition to he seen
until hi- hair ami hi ard have bo. n dyed
and his linger nails siaincd, if 1 1 . hisiin
g. rs als... H" rises at the cailv dawn,
and icpials th, 11-iial prayer: and having
1 1 11:1k a 1 up of b .i. if he bo rich enough
t,. : If--I'd il. goes to the Ii, Id or to his
-!i. p. At IU..'. lock he sit-down in his
place of hu-iness 10 cat a breakfast of
I read and s,.ur milk which has been
I. m light upon a Hay and sel before him.
'Tin- hour, of midday, in summer, an.
passed in sleep. Labor, w hen resumed,
i- continued until -nihil 'The principal
nnal of the day and the lu st he call
all'oi'.l -of meal, rice and savory dishes,
j- pnlakeii of iii company with the mem
bers of liis family . and after nightfall,
and in the open court of Ihc house, 01
upon Ihc roof. If im liii", I t-. drink wine
and arak, the ni"-t approved custom is
to indulge al this hour. He satiates his
third, if that he pos-jblc, by drunkenness,
" '"" !'"' u ', .. ,,
'"H I he door, and going to bed." Ciu-
?int,iii i'otttin. r.'o'..
To M ike the Iteils.
' I.aviiia "If I am going to have a
flower gard' ii this season you must get
f -in. body lo make I lii' beds.''
Ph i iciu- "All right, my dear. I'll
Imp into an employment niTiec in town,
t'c v. rv morning, and tell them to send
. nut a i 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 : t ii I . "
And dodging tlu-colTee cup which she
hurl-lathis eid, ho hastened around
the ( orncr. there to await an inward
cir. --Iwrvit Free Pre.