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Jf Mother Would Listen.
If mother would listen to me, di&rs.
hhc would freshen that faded gown,
Bhe would sometimes lako an hour's rest,
And sometimes a trip to town.
Ami It shouldn't he all for the children,
The fun and the cheer and the play;
With the patient droop on the tired nioutb,
And the "Mother has had her day."
True, mother has bail her day.-dears,
Whou you were her babies three,
And the stepped ahout the firm and the
house
As hnsy as a hee.
When she rocked yon all to sieep, dears,
And sent you all to school.
Anil wore herself out. and did without,
And lived hy tho (ioldeu Uule.
And so your turn lias come, dears.
Her huir is growing white;
And her eyes are gaining the far-away look
Thst peers beyond the night.
One of thetodays in the morning
Motlict will not be here,
Bhe vl.' fade away into silence -
The mother so true and dear.
Tlicu what will you do in the daylight,
And vh it in the gloaming dim?
And father, tired and lonesome then,
I'ray, what will yon do for him'.1
If you want to keep your mother
Yo'i must make her rest to day;
Slust give her n share hi the frolic,
I An I draw her into the play.
And if mother would linen lo me, dears,
She'd buy he: a gown of silk,
"With buttons of royal velvet
And mllles a white as milk.
And she'd let o I do the trotting,
W hile she sal still in lior chair,
Tint mother should huve it hard all through
it siril.es me isn't fair.
-(Margaret K. Sangster.
THE GRAY COUPLE.
i'v r it. i 11 ui. 1:3.
My friend l iiimiiuls is 11 handsf
f"llow hurting (lie nosi anil ennics
his foriy odd years gracefully. Ho is
n bachelor, but kind licarlcd on 1 1 10
whole, u good story toller ami good
company when you havi tho blues or
get into ;i sentimental snarl with your
wife.
Kuuiiucl owns a hotel on Ling -iuhI,
out! of thoso cool, iiict North
Shore places overlooking 1I10 Sound,
llo does not aspire to manage it, but.
ho sj ils some of the hottest days of
tho year out lliero ami occupies hini
Bi'lf p!enairdy with lining nothing and
doing it prot lily.
A short limo since my wifo niul I
wcro his guests for 11 week lit tho
Mansion Homo. O 10 rainy evening,
when tie long grass forbade wander
ing nuil tin; Sound iva gmy with fog,
Kiiiiiinol cti'.criaincd us with a story.
My wifo was unusually restless uml
continued pacing up and down tho
long piazzi, alleging mosquitoes, until
Kummot's good-natured narrative had
bey nit us follows:
"Iid I ever toll you about tho Gray
Collplf!?''
"I don't remember it," 1 said.
'Perhaps Althea does."
Aut Allhou didn't. So Kumincl be
gun in earnest.
Ono afternoon I wus sitting Lore
in tho porch when a carriage drove up.
It wii3 n very neat yellow affair drawn
by a Eorrol horno with a bunged tail.
The occupants were 11 lady and gentle
man, both dressed in gray. The gen
tlcinitn was perhaps my own age and
tho lady was about twonty-tivo or so.
She was one of those gray-eyed, gen
tle, fragile creature. Herman was
manager then, but ho did not
coino immediately, so when thogentle
1111111 asked if I was the proprietor I
answered -No, only (ho owner.'
Then I whistled for Herman mid
Uskod him to kindly wait a moment.
'In the meantime Iliad opportunity
to look them over and form an im
promptu opinion. 1 guos-cd them to
be brido and groom, or very nearly
so there was such a palpable attempt
at appearing easy and accustomed to
the situation. At all events, 1 took
something of a fancy to them and was
rather glad when they dismounted and
made arrangements with Herman to
remain a fortuig lit. They wore given
the corner suite, just above and look
ing out on tho pi '.. i above this. Ami
thoy settled down very comfortably
and unpacked their small valises and
the banged-tail sorrel was put away in
the st h bio and carefully fed and
w lered. Now, tho (tray Couple
were 'gray' iu more than one senso of
(he word. They wore .Mr. and Mrs.
Nathaniel (iray by name, and they
were all togged out in gray clothing
gloves, hats, everything. Their eye
were gray, and 1 believe the gonilo
liian had a gray hair or two.
"Well, a day or two parsed and thoy
teemed very happy and contented.
Thoy wore comparatively a bridal cou
plc, lor thoy h id not been utirriod
three weeks. They were everywhere
huud-iii-haiid almost, nrm-iu-arm, any
way, and delighted with each other's
good taslo in matrimonial selections
that was clear enough, liut after the
first two or ihrco dai of sunshine the
sky seemed to cloud up. Mrs. Gray
Hjpoaied one morning looking fright-
fully pale. She hu nothing to say
and she wouldn't cat a mouthful of
breakfast, (iray spent all tho fore
noon fussing about his banged-tnilod
horse and after luncheon went oil' for
a drivo silouc. 1 suspected a tir.1
quarrel, but 1 didn't wish to intrude.
However, I must say it made me feel
bad to sco tho poor little woman walk
up and down the porch with such a
broken-hearted look in her eyes.
'Finally she went up lo her room.
But (iray didn't return. Ho stayed
away until 1 begun to think (hero
must bo something rather serious
about it.
"Mrs. (iray did not conio down
again, either. S) I found ono of tho
chamboruiid9 who seemed to liavo
good sciiso nnd put her up to go and
sco if anything had happened. Sho
camo back and reported that Mrs.
(iray was lying faco downward on
her bed, not moving or seeming to
breatho. Of courso I sent her up
again at onco to see if Mrs. (iray was
dead. Sho wont up and rou-cd her
and the lady said sho was only rosl
ing; sho would come down in the
porch. Hut before she hud had limo
to do so Gray drove up, sprang out
and sent his horso and cu t to tho
stable. Ho looked around, saw that
his wifo was not in sight and hurried
up stairs. 1 had an idea he was a
little frightened. And 1 felt sorry,
for I had taken a sort of liking to him
he was ono of thoso good-natured
fellows, always ready with a harm
less jest, even though ho wasn't es
pecially brilliant.
"After a good while ho camo down
gain, looking simply woe-begone.
I say,' I said, moved by a sudden im
pulso, you'll pardon mo if I'm mak
ing myself olllcious. But is thero
anything tho matter? Anything that
I could do to help you to sot things
right?' Ho looked almost relieved.
Why, ho said, 'I'm in a deuco of a
fix. I hardly know what to do. It's
an absurd thing, too, and yet it's
growing sorbins. My wifo is tho
dearest little thing on earth, and yet
she has some high-llown ideas that
well, I don't know but they are going
to part us. Sho want to leave me
and go homo. Not to her mother, for
she hasn't any, but to an old maid
cousin of hers who has filled her up
with ridiculous notions of honor.'
"'But what liavo you boon doing?'
I asked. -How havo yon misbehaved
yourself to deserve such punishment?'
Why, that's tho humiliating part of
it,' ho said. 'It's so absurd. Tho
truth is, I was in tho war and I was
wounded. And I never happened to
toll my wifo about it until hist night.'
Ho b'.urled this out like a big sehool
bov, but ho sccniod relieved when he
had done so.
" 'Oh,' I said, 'I understand. Weill
good gracious! Of courso you were
very very young when you were in the
war. A mere child. That's easy
enough. Lei's sec 'ti t to 'Si, twonly
years; 'I'l, scvon more, makes twenty
seven. Suppose you were fourteen.
Why that's only forty-one. A man of
forty-onois young."
" 'It isn't tho ago, it's the wound,'
he said, with a little groan.
" 'And you mean to tell mo sho is
n't proud of them?'
"Ho tried to laugh, but only suc
ceeded in a sort of grunt. 'They're in
my back,' ho says.
"Well, of course there was a mo
incut's silence. 1 wasn't as ready as 1
might havo been. 1 didn't want to
grin either. Then he went on hastily:
'I was a inero boy; carried tho colors
mounted. My horse was shot llrst and
reeled sidewie. I couldn't turn him
back quick enough and a shot ripped
up in? back in and out ricochet 1
think they call it. There's two big
holes and they rost mo a year in bed.
But Celia will uever get over their li
catioii.' "I reflected for a few moments,
then I said :
" 'I'll try to help you out. 1 was in
the war, too, for a few days. I'll tell
a war story that may servo a purpose.
Where is your wife?'
" 'Sho's all dressed to go,' ho says.
'She begs me to take her home. She
isn't mean, at all, only just broken
hearted, and I feel liko a fool.'
" 'Have you your horse hitched up,'
I says. 'Lot her think you're going
to drive her home. While it's being
hiiched she'll be down bore in tho pi
azza and listen, no doubt.'
"Si Gray oboyed and tho poor lit) lo
woman caiuo down, unaware, of
course, of my knowledgo of her
reason for distress.
"(iray went down to the stable and
1 drew up my chair and began lo talk
to her.
'Sorry to hear that you are going
away, Mrs. Gray,' 1 said. -I've taken
such a fancy to your luisbiud. But
then, I've only discovered that he and
1 were comrade in buttle once.'
"SJ,e turned a shade paler.
" 'You you wcro iu tno war?' she
asked.
" 'Yes; but I wasn't lucky enough
to be wounded much less do anything
heroic. But then, after all, Mrs. Gray,
a great ileal of heroism goes unknown
and unappreciated. '
" 'Yes,' 1 went on, 'sometimes thoso
who are nearest and dearest are ig
norant of deeds of their loved ones in
tho past, which, if they but knew,
would till and thrill them with pride.
How many peoplo, Mrs. Gray, do you
suppose know of your husband's
wounds and tho noble way ho received
(hem? Few enough.'
"I looked around to sco if Gray
was returning, but ho was nowhere in
sight.
" 'And even if thoy did know of the
bare circumstances,' I went on, 'how
littlo idea they could form unless they
had seen him as I had seen him that
day, in tho thick of (ho hideous strug
gle, tho bullets whi.zing by him, I lie
powder clouds blinding and choking
him, tho shells bursting at his horse's
foot, and he, child that he wa6 barely
fourteen dashing forward wiih tho
colors. When 1 remember it, I al
ways think of tho poem 'Boy Brit
tun.' 1'crhaps yon know that poem.
Au e.xquisitj things. Ye, (iray was
as eager, as daring a young hero' 1
heard the wheels of tho cart coming
up from the stable anil miulo a big
jump to end it. 'No retreat for him
no rot rout t A shot shattered tho
flagslnll' In liia hand. He stood in the
stirrups and held his right arm up
with the precious rng. Another ter
rilic explosion, anJ the horso went
down under him. Ho freed himself
and turned to catc'.i a comrade who
had fallen and was being trampled,
and u shot siruck him iu tho side and
ripped through his buck I Think of
it a boy of fourleon a tender
child V
"Mrs. Gray's lace had changed
strikingly s sho listened. She sat
leaning forward and fairly hanging
on my words. Her lips had almost
begun to work, when up drove (iray,
good untitled and impassive wiih tho
banged-tailed horse. As ho sprang
out, she rushed toward him.
" -Oil, Nutlie, Nattie! We won't
go wo won't got 1 want to stay
I've changed my mind, Nattie!'
"I disappeared into the house and
ho took her upstairs sobbing. But I
knew it was all fixed and 1 felt quito
happy."
Kuinmel paused and drew a self
sa'.islied breath.
Althea, my wife, had come up and
stootl leaning against the porch railing
with her eyes iu.enl upon him.
"Ami was it all true and just as you
aid, Mr. Kuuimcl?'' sho asked, smil
ing very sweetly. My wifo is con
sidered a great beauty by good judges.
"H'ni! Supposing it weren't," lie
laughed, "what would you say?''
"1 should say 'Oh, what an awful
liar!' " said Althea with beauty's own
audacity.
"My dear," I corrected, "you
wouldn't at all. You'd merely mur
mur 'Blessed are tho peacemakers!' "
New York Mercury.
Frogs (ironing l'opulnr.
Whore there is a largo supply of any
one articlo on the market, it neces
sarily follows that there must bo a
good demand. There is upon tho St.
Louis market a largo supply of frogs,
ranging iu size from obesity toHtteuu
ation. Tho frog, however, ulllcted
with embonpoint is at present the
leader iu the social swim. Frog rais
ing is evidently a growing industry,
and on tho word of l'nul Pietri and
Julius Daiiecen is bound to thrive.
Frog-eating among the Americans,
these gentlemen say, has grown won
derfully within the past year or two,
and they, from the nature of their
business, are iu a position to know.
Although these gentlemen do not con
duct a frog farm in the rear of ihcir
place of business, they are known to
havo concealed iu the neighborhood of
their kitchen and wilbin easy grasp of
tho chef many well developed singers
from the mar-liy low lauds, all of which
aro alive and full of hop. A man at
tho market who receives a fresh in
ynico every day of these sprawling
warblers, which so recklessly jump at
a piece of red llannel or a seductive
minnow, says that their sale has be
come one of the most important
branches of his tiuiucss. St. Louis
Star Sa igns.
Very Siicnestive,
Ynng Mr. Doliey How lovely
thoso fleecy while clouds look lying
against that blue sky.
Miss Flipp Yes, iml ed. They
look like, delicious ice cieain on great
blue, saucers.
1 lolley Y-e-s er. would you like
some ci emu. Mi-s Fiipp?
Mh Flipp- I n't care if I do. How
kind of vou to suggest it, Mr. Policy,
IHIUMtKN'S (Old MA.
To A III I I Kill I V.
"Butterfly,
Thou triflhi).' tiling
ltriyhl of color,
l.iijit of wiiiu,--Hast
I lion, then, no other care
Than to ornament the air''
Hither, thither.
High mid low.
Why mid whitlu r
liost thou tii"
"From the garden to the lidU"1.
From the He d-llower In the sed-e.
1 flutter, Mutter eery here.
Save to he fair
I have no can.'.
An idler am I.''
" lie! u lie!
Ilen-'e, '. ii iisi 'It s thin.', awav !
.V,i. limn needed kaui. . stay!''
l.lial.ftli Hall, in HI. Si' hi lav
SI'AliltoW VS. CAT.
I was sitting at my desk one morn
ing not long ago, when my attention
was suddenly arretted by the, loud
creaming of a sparrow proceeding
from the yard of an unoccupied house
lo the rear of mine. Tho crie wcro
responded Id by at least fifty of
her companion, who answered her
call by such prodigious (halter thai
tho whole neighborhood was aroused,
fho cause of this disturbance was
ihis: One of the cellar windows was
protected by a wire grating, which in
some way had hocoinu loose ill tho
top ; through this: opening, in a mo
ment of recklessness, bad f:illeu a
young sparrow while taking its first
lessons iu learning how to lly.
Now this yard, I ho house being
smpty, has all Mimmcr long been the
rendezvous for several largo cats.
When the ipui row fell into the w in
dow, he found a glass shutter behind
him, and was (bus a prisoner. Two
of I he cats saw his fluttering to get
out, and at once made a tierce rush
for the window grating; and although
they tirighlened almost to death
young Mr. Sparrow, who hail never
seen the wicked eyes and spiteful
leelh of a cat before iu his life, they
could not get nt him wiili their
wicked claws. But his danger was
very real to the mother-bird, and it
was her en- of distre-s that b' oii'.'lil
her feathered friends to her help and
rescue. And how did they set about
il, do you think ?
We all know that the sparrow tho
feathered street Arab-is not only an
impudent littlo fellow, but execeding
ingiy pugilistic ami courageous. Upon
this occasion two large mule sparrows
tit once alighted upon I he yard pave
ment, and not more than Ihreo feet
away from the eat, who were slill
intent upon tho fluttering youngster
behind tho window grating. Then
the mother-bird fluttered in tho un
just over the cats, screaming ami
scolding, and being answered vehe
mently by all her friends. The two
sparrows on the pavement kept hop
ping about dangerously near to the
cats, chirping and scolding also.
Their littlo game, of course, was lo
distract the cats' attention from tin'
young bird, and this they succeeded
iu doing so w ell that the cals alternate
ly chased them and then attacked the
bird behind the bars.
This performance was continued oti
and on for two whole days, the cats
giving up tho contest from time to
,iine. "When tho cat is aw ay, the
mice will play,'' the old saying goes.
Iu this case, when the cats were away,
the mother-bird Mew in behind tho
grating and fed her oll'spring, and
also gave him lessons in tiling until
the young bird could fly high enough
to reach tho opening he had originally
fallen through, and then, assisted by
the parent birds, be managed to reach
a vine that trailed from the fence ui
the exieiioion windows, anil so ho u a
saved. 1 ni'i g'.ve up the ship!'' were the
dying words of tho immortal Law relic?
on board of the Chesapeake. "Hjn'i
give up the bird!" was the motto ol
Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow, ami right
gallantly did they wage their baltic
for their offspring. Next I i tho tha'
youngster goes llying he must be waif
of cats, and not fall down behiui
collar window without his parents
permission. Harpers s Young I'e.i
I'le. Mho Mrs. Grundy Has.
Mrs. Gr.iudy was a personage i it i
drama called "Speed and l'lou-h,'
written and presented iu tho lirt eai
of tho present century by Thomas
Morton. She was the wife of a pros
perous fai mer, for whom, hi neigh
bor enviously says, "The sun seems tc
shino on purpose."
The play made no impression fron
i literary point of view. Thomaf
Morton is a forgotten dramatist. Nc
ono ever bear of "Spevd am
Plough.' But Mr. Grundy is now,
as in the play, the pel s.iniliruliou ol
the consensus of public opinion, ami
has attained immortal fame.
MADAGASCAR.
Birdseyc View of Hip World's
Third Largest Island,
Its Situation, People, Govern
ment and Industries.
Madagascar is tho third island in
the world in size, being larger (hail
(real Britain, and ranking next to
Borneo and New Guinea. Following
an; some of ils stiitistii :
Madagascar i i iu the I udian ( Jeeaii
and is separated from the southeast
coast of Africa by the Moz imbique
Channel, !?:lo mile wide us its nar
rowest point. It is H7" miles long
from Capo Amber iu tin; north to
Capo Si. Mary in the south, and ils
average breath h is ;loM miles. Its urea,
including the islands adjacent to it, is
estimated at 2i'K,'no square miles, a
iqince larger than nil New Kngland
and the Middle Slates, with Virginia
thrown iu.
Its population is about :l,.")Oi,ooil.
Tho people are divided into many
ti ihes or clans, of w hom the Hovas,
numbering about I.hi'o.imhi, are the
most powerful ami intelligent. Oth
ers are the Sakalavas, Beisiieos. Bavas,
lii'tsimi, Sakaras nod Autaiiuvus.
The government is an absolute
monarchy, iiU'airs being conducted by
a prime minister, who is iis-istcd by a
cabinet. The present sovereign,
(k)iieen It'iuuvaloiia, vt as born in 18iil,
and succeeded to the throne in 1 ;!.
Foreign relations are regulated by
Fi ance, which has established a colony
around the Bay of I 'ien-Siiarez, and
exercises a protectorate over the
island.
The capital is Antananarivo, i-ituated
In the interior. The principal ports
.ro Tamalave on tho east coast, and
Mojauga on the northwest.
Christianity is acknowledged and
protected by the. iroverniuent, and
many natives are converts. The mis
sionary societies support the schools,
which number I son, and have about
one hundred mid seventy thousand
children under instruction. There is
a standing army of twenty thousand.
The existence of Madagascar was
lirst made known to I inropeans by
Marco i'olo iu the thirteenth century,
nearly three huudre I icars before it
was discovered by the Port iiguc-e.
Franco tirl f-ent colonists there as
early us lip. siii.c iili 'ii she has
periodically striven for couirol of the
island.
Agriculture and cattle breeding arc
tho chief employment of the natives.
Trade is principally carried on with
Mauritius, Hcuuion, Gie it Hi itaio and
France, but recently there has been a
srrowing commerce wiih this country,
tho exports to the I'libed States
(lining IS being Mr.,,'i,'i.", imports
!(';,tsot'. The chief arlieles exported
are cattle, iadia-i ubber, bides, burns,
collee, lard, sugar, v.iuil la, wax, gum
copal, rice an. I see-Is. The imports
aro cotton goods, rum, crockery and
metal goods.
Absence of proper roadways und
other menus of coniinunica ion neces
sitates the carrying of all passenger
and goods by native bearers, and re
taids tiie development of the in crior.
There are, however, large forests of
valuable woods, which are now being
felled by Fiiropean companies, and
gold, copper, iron, lead, su phur and
graphite are among the mineral pro 1
ucts. France has had several limes dur
ing the present century to maintain
her authority in Madagascar by force
of arms, tin; lu-l occasion being lhn."i,
when a treaty was signed by which
the French protectorate was t'oiiiiaHv
recognized by the Malagasy Govern
ment. It was afterward iccoguized
by Fiighmd iu ilie Anglo-French
agreement of Im'o, but l lie practical
exercise of the French nuiin'iity bis
been somewhat retarded by (lie resis
tance of the natives, encouraged by
the Fnglisli residents, who have in
creased their power of obstruction by
becoming admitted lo the native coun
cil of the Hovas. Mali and Kxprcss.
"laslai.t!) Killed"
I loath never came as -wifily as that
to a soldier unless blown to fragments
by an exploding shell. At Stum; IJivcr
1 saw an infaiilri man li uck betw een
(ho shoulders by a solid shot. He w'.-is
flung 4H feet or more and reduced to a
pulp, and yet he was gasping :iil sc,-.
pud after being struck. At .scund
Bull Kun the man next to me on the
right was shot tluoujli the centre of
tho forehead. We were kneeling-.
Ho bud his gun to bis face and bad
tired tho shot and had cried out, "Mi
God, I'm hit!" before he fell over on
his side. While we were (oi iniug , -tie
line in lite streets of Frederick-.
burgaiill"d sbcil exploded iu
ranks sijiii '.'o teet awav. One m u
was blown to fragments so com
pletely wiped oil' tho face of the earth
that, not a linger of him was to bo
found. Tho shell probably exploded
just as it hit him. The man on his
right had a leg and an unit blown oil'
and was Hung ten feet away, yet bo
was living and trying to speak half a
minute later. The ouo on bis left was
cut iu two above tho hips and one of
his arms blown over the heads of the
second line just forming. This man's
eyes did not clotc for "0 seconds.
At Spottsylvniiia a sergeant on my
right was shot through the heart a
the lines were advancing. The body
was afterwatd examined by the.
surgeon, and ho said the bullet had
passed through the henrl. The man
advanced at least four steps after
being hit, and then clutched at a sap
ling and said, "Keep right on; I've
been hit!'' He must have lived fully
.to seconds after receiving the shot.
Iu the cemetery at Gellishurg three
of us were lying down behind a uioiiu-
uient which hud toppled over, and
were using il as a breastwork. The
man on tho left wus shuck by some
missile, pioluibly a fragment of shell.
which uncovered the w hole top of his ;
head. llo laid bis vim aside, stood tin !
at full height, and then shrieked out
and fell backward. As we turned lo
him he raised bis light arm, and bis
lips moved as if he were trying to
give us some message. M. tuad, in
s. I.onis U-M!dio.
How hilgni'c Secured Attention.
U 'preseiitat ive Kilgore was I he hero
during a night session of the lust Con
gress, of a unite but exptc-sivo scene.
Mr. hiigorc had a little bill iu which
his interest was fully aroused, and iu
its behalf hi; asked the gentleman in
the chair--who, i: happened, Mas not
Mr. Crisp for bow' long a lime he
might occupy tin; attention of the
House. The spei.ker pro tem. gavo
Mr. Kilgore iiuu-utilly good measure,
teliing him lo go ahead, as an hour
was at his disposal. The Speaker
turned his attention elsewhere, and
the IIoiiso hummed away iu its u-nal
couvcrsuiiona! fortissimo. Then fol
low od a siiddou silence, so out of (ho
usual Ibni-i: style that the temporary
Chairman was astonished into elevat
ing his eyes, only to liml tho members
looking at Mr. Kilgore in silent .111111-0-meiit.
There stood Mr. Kilgore saw
ing the air with bis arms and perform
ing all the gestures in the 1110M com
ple'e oratorical text-book. His lips
opened and . shut as if yards of Con
gressional li'eciird copy wire issuing
from between them. Mr. Kilgore
was extremely animated, but not a
sound wus heard.
'What is the mailer, Mr. Kilgore?"'
demanded the Speaker. "I told the
gentleman from Texas he could havo
au hour to address the House on this
IIIIM-ll'l1."
"I know it, Mr. Speaker," smiled
Kilgore, "but 1 thought the IIoiie
would prefer a pantomime speech nnd
it wouldn't distuil) their conversa
tion." 'Fho Speaker, according to
Kaio Field's Washington, had lo im
pair his dignity with a smile, but evi
dently Kilgore knew best what tho
House appreciated, for when the vote
was taken ihero was not a single dis
sent. Tea, Especially Oreen.
Tea is a plant that grows iu China,
.lupun and other parts of the world.
There are two varieties, then nigra
and then viridis black and green tea.
The same plant produces both kinds.
Green tea is made by one kind of
treatment, black tea by another. Tho
shrub is raised from seed like hazel
nuts, pinned in nurseries; it is net
out when about a foot high; lives for
lil'leen or twenty jear and grows
sometimes as tall as six feel. It is
picked four times a year. The first
picking is the best when the leaves
are covered with a whitish down
This is in April, the next iu May, the
next in duly, tho last in August. One
Chinaman can ph k about thirl, ell
pounds of leaves per day, for which
he receives sixty cash or six cents.
The green leaves are spread out on
bamboo frames to dry a little, the yel
low and old defective leaves are picked
out, then they lake up a handful of
tho leaves, eas them iu 11 boiled pan,
get them warmed up and Sipieiv.e out
; he superfluous juice ; this juice con
lai ns an acid oil, so net i 1 lis to irril 110
.!.o hands of the workmen. Then
! .1..... tl.r..., wM..lil!i. ;,.(!,,.
then every scpuruto leaf is rolled up
into a little ball like a shot ; then they
throw the-egreen tea shot 1 to a pan
-lightly healed, stirring them up to
warm every pari alike; then they cool
1 he tea, and the shot are picked out
ne by one, the best for the lirst or
'inest chop. Then il is packed.
roil Free Pie-s.
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The ehool census of Chicago shows
population of ",."0'i,o00,
The Parting.
What shall I fay to you, love, for farwell .
What eun I give you for nuiK'eal spell?
Is there a language that holds in bis heart :
Anything sweeter for lovers opart 1
Than the dcur words of the old Germsn'
strain,
"Till we shall meet again - Aiifwiederfeheii!"
.Swei l it may he, yet it cannot express
All my deep louuiiig to help and to bless.
Vet, in the language of France I may rind
; reeling more tender, less carefully kind,
Will not this phrase hear my message to tbee?
''iood-hy, my friend -Adieu, nioiinnilr"
old and unfeeling it seeiueth to me,
So I would fain that my farewell should bo
In the one lunguuge that truly cuu prove
All that the heart feels of passion or love;
soft as the musical rivulet's flow
Hippies the parting "bund-by- Addio!"'
Ah. there is nothing, my own, that carl
reach
iHep to the soul like our pluiu Kiish'su
speech.
Sweeter and truer ami dearer than all
foreign love phrases of cottage or hall
liing- the old song I lint we breathed, you
and I.
Win n night would i-cver us "Sweetheart,
(tiLid-hy !''
"Sueethi aii. good-hy --iod be with you,
sweetheart,"
I- the farewell that I say from my heart,
SiHiihhiK in v fears in their llutlcrhtx pain
With tl Id words ot the tender refrain
Said tis .niier. throuch a treinuloiis sigh.
1-hy. sweethi art ; dearest sweetheart,
g.-od-liy'"
Helen iiauncey, in Harpei's Uazar.
HI IIOHOFS.
.dcivury had wings on bis heels, lid
must have had soar feet.
Turn In: Witl-Xo; how tho deuco
can a man kiss II10 wrong girl, any
how ?
If 1 want you I'll wire you," U
what the llorint said to I lie ehort-
I stemmed rose.
A picture of a
tir of gloves recent
; ly took lirst pri. ) in Pari-4. An oll
j hand draw ing, loo.
! It doesn't follow that a man up-"
proves of a cyclone even if ho is c ml"
: pletely carried away with il.
1 .tack Ford - 1 o you believe that a
j fellow ever dm make a mistake and
i kis.s tho wrung girl in the dark, you
! know ?
"lros.s the ( hi. ken: Oh, yes, ol
' courser, and see that it is well dressed.
: So much depends on appeartiucos now
I udays."
I fur any ! le ul prophecy
I 1 11 l .till l en need lint ait ;
It's a sorry politician
! W'hii can. I. it prognosticate.
"Why docs Miss S. address all her
vcies to the in. miii?" "Well, I sup
pose it is because the man up there il
the only one w ho can't run away."
Will you love me when I'm old?'1
simpered gay Miss Oldgirl to ho'
youthful intruded. "Why, my dar
ling. 1 do," responded ho in mild sur
prise. S range that lying, liko other things,
should not becMiii't commonplace and
vulgar through constant use. I'
would, probably, were it not that (here
are so many things in the world to lit
about.
('holly Weckless Mariana, if yoi
do not love me I shall blow inebwaiui
out. Miss Money bags (f rcezingly)
1 hope, Mr. Weckless, you will not bi
so inconsiderate as to commit suicidi
(ivcf our new parlor carpet. There an
other places far more appropriate.
A Very Old Hose Hush.
As long ago a the yeir bV'2, lliidO'
slieini, France, is mentioned in his
(ory. Iu thai year, we are (old, Lewii
the Pious, Charlemagne's sou and suo
cesser, made it tho seat of the Bishop,
lie intended by his father to be estaU
lished at the neighboring town of K'zo.
Loss than 11 century before, Charle
magne had brought the heathen Saxom
into subjection, and Christianity wai
yet new in the land. Gunther, tin
lirst Bishop, had been Canon of tin
cathedral at I'Ueims. Threo years af
ter his elevation lo the new Kpiscopai
See, he con-ccraicd the iirt chapel,
naming it in honor of the Virgin Mary,
This chapel is supposed to have occu
pied the site under the present cathe
dral, where the crypt of tho lie VI
church is built.
A pretty rose bush that now clingi
to the outi r wall of the cathedral choii
is said by ti. adit ion to have growi
there sine; the days of Lewis tin
Pious himself. In tho twelfth century,
when the choir and crypt were being
enlarged, a protecting, hollow wall
was built around the rose bush, il
order that tho vine might continue (0
grow about the building when the nen
wad bad been completed. A bit ot
the old arching may bo seen behind
the altar in tho crypt. This is the
' present voucher for the great ago ot
j tho rose bu b, and it must be admitted
j thai many traditions repose upon t
! less solid foundation. Architectural
I Kecoid.