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THEY'VE CUT THE WOOD AWAY.
- They're ctf the wood away.
The cool green wood,
Wherein I used to play '
In happy mood.
lbe woodman's ax haa ciott
Each noble tree,
And now, alaa I la left
No shade for me. ,
The brooks that Bow to Kay -
Are dry before '
Theflmhotsnmmerday,
- And flow no mora. .. - ,
The fields are brown and bare.
And parohed with beat;
JJo more doth hover there '
The pine scents sweet. ,
Ho more his note is heard
To blithely line
Where erst the woodland bird
WonloMt and slnct
No more the wood Bowers bloom
Where onoe they bloomed.
Amid the emerald gloom
Of ferns entombed.
Fled, now, the woodland eights,
The scented airl
Tied, al! the sweet dcM-rhta
That once weretherol
I
And fled the gracious mood
That came to me.
When to that quiet wood
. I used to fleet Boston Journal.
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CAL AND INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC
For catalogue and fuller informal! .
adJrens,
Err. J. U. NrwuAif,
.-.' CrBbam, N.C.
IIE CONQUERED HER.
"Ten to one vou'll fall in love with
her," said Fred Edgerly, energeti
cally." "I won't take the wager. I don't
want to rob you. Edcerly. -.
"You think you are proof against
any amount of attractions after bear
ing; assault and battAi-y from West
Point belles for 'fire years and up
wards," Edgerly answered, laughing
ly, as he glanced at the handsome
bronzed face of his friend, as they
drove over the high road leading
from Carmen station to Hurl ton Top,
where the two men were expected to
join Mrs. Hurlton gay party. - "But
you have not seen Miss Viner yet;
when you do prepare to surrender unconditionally.
"You seem to forget that I am not
an impressionable school boy, Ueut.
Fleetwell answered, with a scornful
smile curlinc his lin under his heavy
mustache, . "I have seen hundreds of
women handsomer and more charm'
inc than Miss Viner, I dare say. and I
have escaped heart whole, fortunate
ly," he added with a sarcastic curl of
the up, which escaped ma mend s no
tice. "Fortunately I and why fortunately I
Surely when a man is good looking,
wealthy and in the army he ought to
marry and give Hostages to fortune."
"Perhaps lie ought, if he can," said
Lieut Fleetwell, carelessly.
"If he can I That can't apply to you,
Fleetwell. There is hardly a woman
in five hundred who would refuse
you."
"Is there not! Why I"
- "Because you are rich and hand
some, in the army, and and eligi
ble." "Excellent reasons for a woman to
marry me;" said Lieut. FleetwelL a
trifle bitterly, "and equally excellent
ones to keep me from matrimony," he
added, as they turned' in at the park
gates and drove up the avenuo to theJ
old Jtiuriton mansion. It was a nne
day, toward the latter part of Septem
ber, bright and cheerful and sun
shiny, and the grand, stately old
brown stone building was loo kin c its
best in the haze of golden sunlight.
' Ti 1 n
it was upwaru oi uvo years since
Lieut. Fleetwell had seen uis cousin's
stately old mansion, and his handsome
dark eyes brightened as they dwelt
upon it, arid brightened yet more
when they fell upon a lady in a pic
turesque tea gown who came out on
the wide stone steps with her carer
hands outstretched and her dark eyes
aglow with pleasure.
"My dear Jerome, how glad I am,"
she said, as Lieut. Fleetwell took the
little hands in his. and bendinir. kiss
ed them with a graceful, Old World
courtesy wnicn was pleasant to see.
"Jtrranic is tuning, or course, Dnt ne
will be bock early. What an airs tt is
since we met"
"It is a lonir time indeed." Jerome
answered in nut low, nca voice.
"but looking- at you. Florence. I am
inclined to think.it is five months,
and not five years, that have elapsed
since I went to West Point"
"Wait till you see my boys." she
said, lautrhinc-. as she turned to greet
the vouufi- colleeian with pleasant
1 r I .T. j j " . . i A
unuuu cuunray -emu uio iwu svnw
men louowea ner into we uau, a
stately apartment in keeping; with the
exterior of the mansion. "Host of
my lady guests hay driven over to
Bam by s Head." Mrs. Hurl ton said, as
she led the way across the marble
pavement towards one of the many
doors which opened into the ball;
"Alias Viner and I ore alone. Kr. rxL-
rly, I have good news for you ; Miss
asan is comiuir to-morrow. '
As she aooke aha nushed onen a
door leading into a pretty, dainty,
lather sssthetio look ins; room, where
tea was waitinir. and which at first
seemed to be unoccupied, but as the
door opened a lady who was standing
by the open window turned slowly
round, and came toward them, hold
ing out her hand to Mr. Edgerly, with
a smile, which did not blind him to
the sudden c-leam of intense eac-er ad
miration which flashed into Lieut
Fleetwell's eyes as they rested upon
She was yery beautiful there could !
hardly be two opinions upon that '
point She was small, though queen
like; and her dress of some soft cream '
colored material, which fell around '
her in soft folds, showed the beauty
of a figure which was nothing less
than perfect
"Lieut Fleetwell Kiss Viner."
aid Mrs. Hurlton, quietly, and Miss .
Viner bowed slightly, whUe the faint-
est tinge of pink rose in her (Air face
as she met Lieut Fleetwood's eager, j
dark, admiring; eyea.
Hurlton Top was one of the very
pteasantest bouse in the country to
stay at for the hostess exercised the
greatest discretion and judgment in
the choke of ber guests, and spared
no pains to make their visit an envry
tl'.i CO. HsJJon wsj, ts
many anotner happy wire, a match
maker at heart
It very soon became apparent to
some of her lady visitors that their
pretty hostess had design against the
peace of mind of her husband's cousin
and Fred Edgerly smiled to himsolf
as he saw how hopelessly and irre
trievably in love his friend had fallen
with Miss Viner before many days
had elapsed. . , ,
September drifted Into October. On
a smooth lake some little distance
from the house an idle boat with idle
oars was floating down with the cur
rent The moonlight played at will
on the placid breast of tne lake.
Such the picture had one been a
mere spectator to the mimic scene
but to the two actors surroundings
were lost sight of they thought only
of themselves. ; '
Mocking the silver moon when they
glanced upward, they see could across
the lake and through tho trees the
twinkling lights of Hulton Top and
bear the merry voices and gay laugh
ter of the group on the bank from
which they had lust escaped. Arch
smiles had passed between its mem
bers as they saw Dorothy Viner and
Jerome Fleetwell stroll off arm in
arm to where the little boat . was
moored. , . ,
: The women had almost ceased to
be jealous of Dorothy, or to ask
where lay her charm. When she ex
ercised her fascinations men bowed be
fore her first from necessity, then
from choice.
. But though her victims were count
less, she was 24 and Dorothy Viner
still. , However, this time she had en
countered (her little sister said) a foe
man worthy of hersteeL -What she
was. among men, Jeromo Fleetwood
was among women. Therefore, see
ing these two brought under the same
roof, and thrown into daily inter
course, rumor was rife, and specula
tion awaited results with bated breath.
Meanwhile the little boat floated calm
ly on the surface of the lake. .
"Miss Viner I Dorothy I"L
It was the first -word that ci ttfer had
uttered in full ten minutes. She look
ed quickly up at the speaker. The
white knit scarf thrown carelessly
upon her dark hair, out from which
peered the .beautiful pale face, lent
her some of the moon's mystic charm;
but meeting the earnest- gaze of the
dark, magnetic eyes bent upon her,
hers fell for an instant Then, as
though ashamed of the momentary
weakness, again shot a questioning
look into Lieut. H Jeetwell s face.
- "Miss Viner," he repeated, calmly,
"did you know we were in langerr'
"In dancer f" .
Tho dreamy look faded from her
face, the color deserted her cheeks
and, shivering heavily, she glanced
up at the blue vault where sailed so
majestically the Goddess of Night
down into the dark depth of tho waters,
ouiy to see the silvery moon's brill
iancy reflected there, around, about
her. All was oeacefuL
"No," he said, in answer to her look
"not from- any of these. The moon,
tho wind, the water all are our
friends to-night We are in danger
from each other."
Oh, howshq prayed tho moon might
tail to inoko apparent tho instant rush
ing of blood to her check I She felt
it glow like a warm crimson rose,
even while she raised her little head
almost defiantly as though to hurl a
challenge at his audacity. Men had
made lore to her in many forms, "but
always as suppliants. This man dared
to suppose her iu equal danger with
himself 1
"You deal in riddles, Lieut Fleet,
well." she returned, coldly. "I am
accustomed to plain speech.
"Rather cay that plain speech is to
you an unknown tongue, and that 1
am the first mnn wiio has dared to
speak frankly. Would you hare me
speak phi ner still? You shall have
your wisli. A week longer under the
samo roof with you, a week more of
exposure (o your fascinations and my
snip would go to wreck and ruin ou
the bar: unless" he leaned nearer.
and his voice grew softer, moro full
of tender feeling, and his hand fell
on hers very lightly, but with caress
ing grace "unless, Dorothy, you
would let it float your pennon and
guido it into the sufo harbor of your
love.
She had been wooed many times,
and iu many climes, by many men,
but nothing, had ever moved tier at
this Wooinir, on this moonlight nitrht
in October, Yet this soldier this man
lurel to tell her that in another week
this all might come to pass.
Others had sworn to go from her
presenoo to put an end to Ihoexistcncc
sue bad- renriri-ed miserablo. or had
vowed that henceforth woman's smile
would bo gall and wormwood, or
pleaded that she bad shorn their man
hood of its strength and rendered
their life a burden.
This one did none of these things.
While his strength yet was his be saw
and met the danger.
"A week hence," she said to herself
bitterly, "and the flame might singe
him. Now his wings Are all unscorcL
ed. He does not say t 'I love you I
'In time I might love you P Was h
then to win so easy a victory! Never P
"Let ns go homo," she interrupted
in a constrained voice. "It is grow
ing chilly."
"Dorothy, is this my answer P" .
"Your answer," with an assump
tion of surprise. "I was not aware oi
any question."
"loo shall not have even this ex
cuse. Will you be my wifeP
His voice was hoarse and stern, and
his rrasp tightened on her band.
"You hurt tne, Lieut Fleetwell,"
she complained petulantly, Butking
An effort to withdraw ber lingers.
Instantly he released ber.
"I see that 1 hurt you," bo returned
courteously, and took up the oars.
"Pardon me," be continued, "I will
sot do it ever again."
A few bold" stroke And the boat's
keel grated on the shore. Ten min
ute later and th two reappeared
at Mrs. Unrlton's beautifully appoint
ed salon. On the parterre beyond
shone the red light from a man's ci
gar.' It was still there, still gleaming
when she had gone up to ber own
room," he crossed to tie window to
pull aowii the shade, but stood a min
ute, fascinated, motionless.
"After to-night he will forget me,"
she murmured, sadly. "And I I
shall remember him forever I"
Then, as though 'a sudden truth
had burst upon her, she threw down
the shade, to throw herself, with a
auick. imoetuoua motion, prone upon
her couch, and weep the first heart
tears she had ever shed.
"It is all over-i-Miss Viner has re
fused him." This was the general ver
dict, when, twenty-four'Tiours later,
Jerome Fleetwell bid his friends adieu,
and withdrew to town on plea of sud
den business.
The news soon reached Dorothy.
"I have not refused him," she said
aloud : "not even that satisfaction is
mine," she said to herself "nor ever
will be I It was only the might have
been.'" v
He was not a man, she knew full
welL to pluniro desperately into flir
tation, or associate pis name at once
wrUn onATTtAW wAman'B Aa vt snot i la.
WtMS sjiiwwiwi wviiisiii BPf w w a veru w
ter or rise earlier or in any way dis
turb the even tenor of his way. The
difference between them was only
this his heart was healing,
already healed, but he would bear its
scar to the gravo; hers was a festering
sore, wnicn nurt tne more sne uao lei
the physician who might work its cure
pass ber by.
The summer wanes to a close. Au
tumn had touched the mountain and
hillside into a glorious beauty of brown
and red. ' Then came winter's lagging
footsteps, mercifully bearing the ex
quisite white shroud of snow to cover
up all sums of devastation and decay.
The season In the gay world was at
its height' Occasionally murmurs
among the debutautes for its honors
arose at the fact that thouerh Miss Vi
ner's fifth winter, her former success
paled in its most effulgent light She
and Lieut Fleetwell constantly met
She almost wished he might avoid
her, but at their first chance encount
er he had approached with outstretch'
ed hand.
"How charming you are looking,
Miss Viner," he had said. And all in
vain she had watched for a tremor in
his tone, or a shadow of embarrass
ment in his manner.
"Only a week between' him and
shipwreck," she thought bitterly.
"Uh, he has sailed so far from tne fa
tal rock that doubtless ho would-now
lauch at its suDoosed dancer and I
I was weak enough to think he stood
upon the precipice brink r
TTie new year had come, and one
evening Dorothy stood alone in hor
father's drawing room, looking out at
the fast Catherine darkness,, when
through its somber sliade she saw a fi
ure pass and mount the stops.
visitor," she ntttered, wearily; then
waited the inevitable announcement
she knew must follow. But spite oi
her every effort, she' started when the
servant throwing open the door, call
ed out "Lieut Fleetwell I" Oh, how
glad she was thnt the rooms were not
yet lighted as she went forward to re
eeivehiml
, "May I welcome you in darkness!"
"As you will," he answered. "1
have but a fow moments to stay. I
am come to bid you good-by and to
ask you to bid mo bon voyage."
"Bon voyage. You. aro going
abroad!"
"Yes. I sail on Thursday. I lies!
toted about calling, but my desiro tc
see you led mo to believo you would
pardon my audacity in supposing my
going a question of enough moment
to make it worthy a special call."
"My friends .are always welcome.
I did not suppose it necessary you
should hear that repeated now. .
"Nor is it It was only a morbid
fancy on my part which induces m
to question it I shall como back, I
trust, with my mind clearer. At least
I shall be some years older. When 1
return I presumo I shall look for Miss
Dorothy Viner in vain, until I find
her in some matron, equally charm
ing. I cannot imagine her quite staid
and portly."
So he could speak thus lightly of
hor becoming the wife of another
mnn! And ho was going away; she
might never again hear uis voice nor
see his face. It was too cruel I He and
fate were too strong for her. The tean
gathered in her black eyes, but thi
darkness hid them.
He rattled on h had no need to
speak. Then he rose toco.
"Oood-by, Miss Viner I" he took
ber hand iu both bis ''Oood-by I God
bless you f -
Was it ber fancy tint just at the
last uis voice trembled I
Ho crossed the room; he had gained
tho door. Another instant he would
be cone; another instant it might be
too lata.
"Jerome V she said softly.
Two strides, it seemed, brought him
back to.uer side.
"You called me, for what! To make
my come harder 1
''Oh, is it hard! In-merof tell me.
for my own heart is breaking I
V,...- i..u;t
Dorothy I what does this mean!" But
the sound of her sobs was his only an
swer.
"Dorothy." be continued, "can it
be that 1 have iudced rou wronclyl
Look up, my dorlingl Is it your wiih
mat i snouiu stay r
men aba found ber voice. I
thoucht you did not lov me enough."
she murmured. "But stay, or if you
must co take me with you."
"1 will, be answered uer simply as
ba folded ber in bis arma
A month Later a creat steamer mov
ed slowly out to sea. and as tbey stood
on tne deck, band clasped tn band,
with the sslt oreere blowtnc keenly in
their faces, it bore them away into the
placid beauty of the coming night
toward th Old World And the new
life. Walter L BUkey in New York
Graphic '
The function of a negro's blacs skin
is supposed to be the conversion of the
sun's light into beat The beat thus
renenUed remains in the skin and
does not penetrate to the deeper tissue.
Being thus provided with A sun proof
armor, the negro can stand An Amount
of beat that would be fata) to a white
man, and he runs hardly any risk of
funstrvka, New York Tk jt&sb.
ANIMAL LOVERS OF MUSIC.
Elephants, Camels and Bones Charmed
J by Melodious Sounds,
Man is not alone in his appreciation
of the charms of music. Animals
which come under its influence often
show their liking forit though among
them, as among lords of creation,
there are evidently some to whom the
sweetest strains give no pleasurable
sensations. A visit to a circus is al
most sure to show that the noblest of
all the inferior animals is not insen
sible to tho power of music, and ii
able to discriminate between its rari
ties. Horses there may be seen trotting
and galloping, advancing and retir
ing in accordance with the strains oi
the orchestra, and even dancing tc
tunes. It is no uncommon thing to
come across a horse which will strike
up a kettledrum with its fore feet
keeping in perfect time with the mu
sie that is being played. Mr. Ste
phen, in his "Book of the Farm,
"There was a work horso of my
own which, even at its corn, would
oesisi eating anu listen attentively,
with pricked and moving ears and
steady eyes, the instant he heard the
note low G sounded, and would con
tinue so to listen as long as it was sus
tained, and another was similarly af
fected by a particularly huh note.
The recognition of the sound of
bugle by a trooper and the excite
ment occasioned iir the hunter when
the nack cives toncue. are familiar in'
stances of the nower of horses to dis
criminate between different sounds.
They never mistake ono sound for another."
In the latter part of the Seventeenth
century Lord Holland, who was noted
for his eccentricities, used to trive his
horso a weekly concert from a covered
gallery erected in their stable ror tnat
purpose. He contended that listening
to good lively music had tho doubly
beneficial effects of improving then
coats and tempers; and his view of the
matter is borne out by a witness ol
one of these strango concerts, who rtf
cords that the animals "seemed to he
greatly delighted thereat" -
Numerous experiments have shown
it to bo a fact that elephants are great
lovers of music. It seems to have been
pretty well established that simpU
melodies afford these intelligent beast
far moro gratification than elaborate
harmonies. Naturalists, from Buffon
downward, havo noted tho elephant i
partiality for melodious sounds, and
the matter was thoroughly tested ohm
at the JarUin ties Plantes at runs.
Several prominent musicians interest-
ed themselves in tho experiment nne
tried their rortunes tn exciting tho iu
tercst of the huge pachyderms.
Krcutzer succeeded in apparently gnin
ing their warm approbation for some
simp Jo tunes which he played ttpot.
the violin, but when ho wont on ic
giro his audience variations they won
at no pains to conceal, tho lack of in
terest that they felt in tho perforin
once. An elaborate piece of music, hi
which several instruments took part,
was just as badly received; but when
Jfuvcruoy. began to play npou tat
horn it was evident that their, semi
bilities were thoroughly aroused, aniJ
tney niado eirorts to get as near me per
formoras possible, snowing tueiren
loyment of his skill tn most unmis
takable fashion.
More than one traveler in tho east
has noted among his impressions oi
that port of the world tho surprise h
felt on witnessing the cheering effect
wuicu music uaa upon comets, xmr
Ing long and tedious marches the con
ductors of caravans often comfort
those patient creatures by playinc
them, and tho sound of musio ha!
such a good influence upon them that
however weary they may be of then
heavy loads, they step out with re
newed Vigor, seeming literally re
freshed by the melody. It has been
noticed that while lions appear to en
joy the high notes of a pianoforte,
they are greatly disturbed By the Ion
ones. A lion will lie gently waving
lis iau to ana rro as long as tne per
former keeps his hands among- th
treble notes, giving every indication
of pleasure at the sounds emitted from
the instrument but directly a bast
chord is sounded its Attitude chAoget
completely. It springs tip from uu
repose which it has maintained during
the playingof the higher notes, huhei
it tail furiously and, dashing about
its cage, gives utterance to the deepest
yells. It is supposed thAt the Ion
notes sound to this animal like the roai
of some rival with whom it wishes to
flcht
The Arab have a poefJo saying that
the song of the shepherd fatten th
sheep more than the richest pasture oi
the plains, and no doubt the proverb
turn a foundation in lack in the east
shepherds may often be observed sing
ing And piping to the flocks under
their charge with a view to making
them contented and docile. The Rev.
J. G. Wood, whose death has left so
wide a cap in the ranks of observers oi
tne animal woria, leu oi a lAmc
which delighted in musio and showed
a great deal of discrimination regard
incit Cheery tones, such as tbo
L l. i . 1 1 1 S ,
vj wuicu quauruic ana poisw ati
danced, were this little Animal's fa
vorite. Anything of a solemn or
mournful tendency it plainly disliked.
We are told that'll had the deepest
detestation for the nAuonal anthem,
and would set up such a eonUnnoui
baa-baA as soon ss its ears were struck
with the unwelcome sound that the
musxnaa was fain to close the per
formAuce. being silenced by mirth ii
not pity. London Illustrated Hew.
"Master Smart" cried the teacner,
"1 want you to put your mind on your
lesson." "I would gladly do so, re
plied lb boy, for it was be, "but at
present 1- am abar-nt minded." The
teacher stood by his side a moment
and then brought the ruler down
on the place wuere the lad brain s
OMhl to be Willi retounding whack.
i uu piean, stuu lite great instructor,
'that you are rapped in thoucht.'
And without codiinc to a role the
eomioite rose, And shortly after the
bouse AiljourueJ. DurueU ia Brook-
. "t'orblddea." .
The exhibits of machinery and of
the industrial arts are in some respects
the most interesting and suggestive to
Americana of all the departments
of tho Paris exhibition. The corre
spondent of The Scientific American
commends the excellence of the work
manship of the French find Belgian
machinists, while he thinks that in
point of design, and especially In light
machinery, the Americans are supe
rior to them. Though the exhibitors
are very - willing to have their ma
chinery examined, and patiently and
courteously expluin their methods of
workinc. some of them, not wholly
unnaturally, show great annoyance if
any ssetcn is iuhuo vi weir nuicmuc
A few davs ace I was iust begin
ning to make a sketch of an odd piece
of designing, wheu the machinist,
putting the engine together, caught
sight of my pencil and note book, ana
the celerity with which he cot up and
came over to me put me on my guard,
so that I just prevented him- from
.iial'hinrr in v book out of m V hands.
"It is strictly forbidden (CPest abso-
lument aeienu"; to nuiKe BKetcnes,
said lie. "and I won't have it"
This, however, was not true, there
being no official prohibition of mak
ing drawings for scientine journals.
Puttinc mv sketch book away.
bared my cuff, and made a pretense to
sketch on it tie was completely non
plused, and began to look about for
an olllcer. Then I turned to him and
asked: "Is it also absolutely prohibit
ed to carry away the design in your
head?" ,
Whereupon I turned my back to
tho engine, took out my note book.
tore out tbojsmbryo sketch and hand
ed it to him. Ho tore it into shreds
with creat satisfaction, whilo L with
. my back still . to the engine, made a
sido elevation, and a plan of the con
necting rod end, for that was an
irna art1 si1iwaw1 It liim ''
tl A0a BUVIIVU I 1KIUI
Ho looked at it called his assistant
to see it shrugged his shoulders,
spread out his hands, and said, "Mais
qu'estce quo on peut faire avec un vo
leurcomme ca! (But what can b
done with such f thiol"?)
The most laughablo part of tho whole
business Is that theso nion, or many of
them, soeni to think that Americans
want to conv their desiens. whereas in
a great many coses tho tilings sketched
are absurdities from an American
point of view. Youth's Companion.
Bulutlns; wltb the Bat.
rtiiisinsr the hat as a mode of saluta
tion is goucmlly acknowledged to be a
mark oi polite attention.
"Being tho easiest part of the Euro
pean dress to be taken off," sayi
Leigh Hunt "hats aro doffed among
us out of reverence. For the "game
reason, tho orientals tukooif tho slip
pers instead of tho turban. Among
tho Turks, dolling the hat is regarded
with cxtremo disfavor, as it is denot
ing a servilo, if not indecent uuraili
ation."
Taking tho hat off or not taking it
off lias mado moro trouble than many
people suppose. Tho (juakcrs were
tho first to bring the matter into a
legal controversy at tho Launccston
assizes in 1050, when tho well known
George Fox and Chief Justice Glynn
were tho contestants.
"When wo were brought , into
court," says Fox, "wo stood u pretty
while with our hats on and all was
quiet; and I was moved to say, 'Peace
bo amongst you.'"
; The prisoners, refusing to remove
their hats, wore taken from the court
room. When they wcro agaiu brought
before the judge. Fox was asked if
hats were mentioned at oil in tho Bi
ble.
"Ye. "said the Quaker. "in tho third
Daniel, where thou mayest read that
the three children wcro cast into the
fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's
command with their coats, their hose
and their hats on."
As a token of respect uncovering the
bead is an old courtesy. If we ran
believe the writer of Will Bagncll's
ballad, even the ladies or that time
were accustomed to doff the crowning
glory of tne cranium on some occa
sions. '
The crandees of Boain claim the
richtlo wear their hats in the n res-
en c of the sovereign to indicate their
nigner position compared witu tne
rest of the nation, and the privilege of
remaining covered in tne presence oi
royalty has been occasionally granted
in England on account of some par
ticular service. A few of the curious
documents crantinc such a concession.
and signed by the king's band, have
oeen preserved. isoston uiooe.
"Sloid." a term which is becominc
common in educational discussions, is
not nearly so formidable as it looks.
It Is Swedish, is pronounced "sloyd,"
and signifies a system of wood car
Tine Imported from the Swedish
schools thatstsnds midway between
the kindergarten and manual train
ing. The distinction between slnjd
and wood car-Tin c. so far as the advo
eates of the former have made it clear.
1 that, while wood carvinc is taucht
chiefly so that the pupil may acquire
a livelihood, the object of slojd is to
develop the pupil's faculties, and the
ns or beauty of what he makes is a
minor consideration. Slojd, too, em
ploys several of the larger carpenter's
tools. like the saw. plana bit and
chisel.
The Swedish idea of sloid is that it
shall teach the dignity of labor.- and
that no toys or ornamental objects
shall be tnada Ly the pupils. This a-
cetkisro is not favored by the Ameri
can promoters of the study. New
York Tribune.
e Csillkely.
The Actor Kin I clay the lecitt
Well, you just give mo a chance, and
if 1 'on't paralyse you it won't bo mv
fault
The Manacer (coldly) Let mo sec
last season you were on the rood with
the Niacara Nei combine!
The Actor ;deprecatinclr) Yes-
only a tank drania, but I made a big
hit in it
The Manager fas before! Ah. res.
IunJerit.-im ypu wera th tau.
JOSh BILLINGS' AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
A ' rtrltiT fipenment Written la Hook
Store Twenty-two Yfuus .Ago. . 't
-That quaint humorist Join .. Bill
incs, penned the following letter in
Oarleton's book store in this city more
than a score of years i-go, and for
warded it to his literu friend, Mr.
Bowen, of Fort Plaitu '
v "Dear Charlks: If you can git tre
a few kalis to lektur out your - way it
will be clever in you. . Sorry that I
have no -pictorial biography of ms
face to send you ; the fact ia that I ant
so cussed humbly that 1 cant be took.'
I bave sent to England for one of. tits'
Book Billings. Those publishers are
worse than resurrectionists they steal'
a man while living. I ought to have,
had at least $500 front the. London
publishers, but never had a centi
My lektnr on milk has been skimmed
for lycetfm taste. There-ain't any
thing in it that need make cnybodJy
faint away, and I believe there is some
nervous. truth in it- ;m-'f-vi'. '
'As regards the catastrophys in my
biography thus far. I can only state
that I was born in Massachusetts, be-'
tween two mountains, in the-year
1820. ; At the age of IS, the first busi-
. ness I attacked was the wool business1
driving sheep. 1 hod never been1
away before, and everybody seemed
to know more than i did. i saved my
self, but lost tho flock of sheep pretty
thoroughly. At 10, 1 brought upon:
the west bank of the Mississippi, even
hi them days quite a stream. The past
thirty years have been divided, multi-;
plied and substracted in and among;
the various schemes of a vagrant tern-"
perament supplanted in a strong; nat-'
ural constitution, such as husbandry!
in the wilderness, where there -s was
more wild bees to hunt than, oats to
cut: merchandizing at tho forks ofay
mud turnpike with a stock of farogan
boots, Lowell calico, and whisky by
. tho quart; runnm" a high pressure
steamboat on the Ohio river o lively
life, where man can see human nature'
with the bark on, and learn how to'
swear with great precision. Also
speculated in West India stores and'
potash, the two- linrt crops of a new
country; an auctioneer, and for eight
years a land hunter on Indian trails,,
and mado tough by riding a ho skin
saddlo and eating ocoru fed pork and
corndodgers.' - " " f'! .
"My life had been a success thus
for, for 1 am still alive, but pecuniart-'
ly, who ever mado money by playing
the ecccn trick wanderer from ono rude '
vocation to another but little better'
than a common trapper and honey -and
venison hunter! I have had
much comfort out of all 1 this, and
would not take the best form in -the
suite of New York for the sights I
have seen. ' My literary raid has been
short but sweet i have bad as much'
fun out of it as auy man who ever -lived,
and when I reflect that it is but
little more than fl vo years since I first'
put comio on paper, I can .certainly,
foci that if I have not mado much '
coin, I havo the quiet satisfaction v
knowing that I have never written a '
line in nialico agninst tho truth or'
virtuo of tho world. I micfat have
gained moro wisdom by sleeping in a'
cloister, but would bave missed, the
larks' wild son? in tho morning' andi
the sober boot of tho midnight owl iny
tho wilderness. I was never sick all'
day iu my life; never saw a man" in a'
tight spot but what1 1 was willing to:
loosen tho screws: havo lived among
tho high and tho low, and'never put
in my pocket a knifo or a pistol. Ex'
cuso this if it looks like egotism. I only
mean to brag on the joy the world has
furnished mo. Yours tenderly, -'
"Josh Buxixaa,".
"New York, Jan. 20. 18G7."j -
Now York Sun.
- . r - ' -
y "WM Till I Oe Tow Hoem
She was an intelligent curruretLi
motherly looking lady, a good church'
member and a teacher of a Sunday
school class, but sho looked in wail .
simulated amazement at the street'
car conductor when he passed her
back fourteen cents iu. change for tjie
quarter which sho had tendered. '
"Yes' in ; one fare and two L half
fares," explained he. . j . ,, ,
"Two half forest she murmu-ocL,
questioning) y. l!v, 4-
"Yes; that boy's more than S jeers
old." - - ' y
"I'm 7 years old," volunteered tbei
youngster in question, as if bethought ,
his testimony would straighten oat
matters. .,-
Hi mother blushed perceptibly; bat, V
woman like, she would have tho net
-vord:i i - i . '
"I never paid for him before. ' f
! 'Oh, yes. you have, ma,"qouth thi
terrible infant cry anxious now to.
establish his claim of tain a big boy.,
Uis mother settled back in her scat,
ber face the bulllo ground of emotion,
But the boy spoke again: '
"Quit nutlgiu ino." 1 : . 't
H mother whisncrcd somethlnir ia.
that boy Vcar that settled him. Buf
falo Uourier.
Moewo and Spja-row. . " . ' -n
A curious scene was .witnessed Ui.
Palace yard, Yv'tatniiutcr, : England, i
A sparrow was. .ickiti- up tho corn'
which had fallen, from, tho horses",
nosebagi, when a mouso npiiearod and
proceeded to dispute with lLo Kparrow
his right to tho dainty morsola A
fight ensued, which lasted, for some .
minutes, end then the srcirow beat a
retreat The sparrow had evidently i
been injured in the tussle, and for a
time was unable to Or. - At last the
sparrow flew up, and a catnui finish--
ed tne inciceut by fciiiiu-r the mouse
with a whip. Exchange.
i , i
TenrUma Class Slaken. : - "-',,
Cliaaibers' Journal notes a ton-fl-le ;
circumstance in couhectiou wiih t'ia,
Venetian glass industry, foul that is
that after many years of work when
the workmen aro between 43 and 60
years of ego theytcjrii) to Wo tboir .
cicbt and, after a thort wh.! are
wLolly blind. Thero socrrs ti 1 ? no
remedy for this ui.fort j.-i.itu t of
thinjra, for many protective tievis
lave been tried iO'""t c:e.-f.s. ,
blind: ei is esu J i i
heat and a". so ly r.e f '
ccisir-r C.;t.'$ T ;