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"GOD MOWS."
Oh ! wild and dark was ths wloUr night,
j. fflsa Um emigrant ship went down,
Bnt Just ontaide of ths harbor bur,
In the ilgbt of the startled town I
Th wjndf howled, ana ths ee roared,
And barer a soul oonld sleep,
Have the llttla onaa on thalr mother's brcaata.
Too young to watch and weep.
No boat oonld lire in tba angry aurf,
No rope oonld raaob the land i
There war bold; breve hearta upon the shore.
There was many ready band i
Woman who prayed, and men who strove
When prayere and work were vain,
Tor tba ann roee ott the awful void
And the alienee of the main I
1 AH day the watohera paoed lie aanda
Atte? they si eased the deep t
All night the booming minute-gone
Echoed from kteep to eteep.
"Glvs up thy dead, O ernel aea P
They cried athwart the apaoe i
Bat only a baby'a fragile form
Kaoaped from Ua etern ambraoe !
Only one little ohild of aJl
Who with the ahip went down.
That night, whan the happy bablee alept
8o warm In the ahaltered town I
Wrapped la tba glow of the morning light,
It lay on the abiftlng aand,
Aa fair aa aeolptor'a marble dream.
With a ehell in tte dimpled hand.
Here ware none to tall of Itaraoa or kin,
"God knoweth," the Paator aald.
When the aobbing children crowded to aak
Tba name of the baby dead.
And ao when tbey laid it away- at laat
In the chnrcb-yard'a hnabed repoee,
They relaed a etona at the baby'a head
With the oarred worde "God knowe I"
. NiofwUu.
Earning One's Capital.
A Blery for Towns: Hew.
BT AMELIA K. BARB.
Deacon David Speers was taking his
after-dinner smoke. Perhaps the long
clay pipe looked a little incongruous
with the handsomely furnished room,
and the massive silver plate on the ma
hogany sideboard. But for that matter,
the deacon himself was an incongruity
a little, common-looking man, not
very well dressed, with a Kob Roy bon
net on his head, and knitted, gray
worsted stockings on bis slippered feet.
- Certainly a Terr wide contrast to the
handsome, stylish-looking fellow who
Interupted bis reverie by a very frank
and noisy
"Good evening, uncle. Can I talk
awhile with you?"
"That depends Robin, on what your'c
gaun to talk aboot. I'm in no mood for
cllsh-ma-clavers."
"I want to talk about business, un
cle." "Humph!"
"You know, uncle, that Aleck Lang
and I have been good friends."
"I have heard so; but I don't know
it."
"Well, we have. To-day Aleck came
to tell me that he is going into the carpet-weaving
business in Kilmarnock.
He intends to buy Thos. Blackle out."
"Heck I He'll need some bawbees
for that."
"His father will help, and he asked
me to join him. What do you think
about it?"
"How long have you been wP Has
tlet" "Five years."
"And how much have you saved?"
Well, to tell the truth, uncle, noth
ing at all. What with Jessie marrying
laat year and Rosa this, and the pres
ents I had to give, and other expenses,
my savings all went away."
"Humph!"
"I thought perhaps that as the busi
ness was such an old, sure one, and as
both the Langs would be Interested in
it, you would lend me two thousand
pounds, for such a wonderfully good
chance !"
' The old man removed his pipe, and
looking Robin in the face said :
"7 have made it a rule to never lend
money to young men!"
"A very unkind rule, when it touches
me, uncle. You were never unkind to
me before."
"I am no unkind to you now either,
Robin."
"Only two thousand, uncle! And
auch a chance !"
"Quid heevens, hear the lad ! 'Only
twa thousand ! Did ye ever earn twa
thousand pounds? Did ye ever save
twa thousands? When ye have,
Robin, come to me an' I'll talk wP ye
aboot lending ye the sum."
"But uncle, the thing is not a new
venture; it is sure to pay."
"It is gaun to have new masters; an
men at sixty are na sae sure aboot things
paying as lads of flve-an'-twenty are."
So the young man went away much
disappointed and not a little angry ; but
other mends looKea more lavoraDiy on
the plan. Two thousand pounds were
borrowed and Robin Rae and Aleck
Lansr bought out the old-established
carpet-weaving house of Thomas Bla
Icle.
The first year the concern. In spite of
falling prloes, did very well. Robin's
share of the profits not only gave him a
good living, but paid his Interest and al
lowed him to lay by nearly 100 to
ward clearing off his borrowed capital :
and the next year things were still
brighter.
in th fourth year of the enterprise
Robin Rae called again on hla unole.
He was sitting smoking in just tne same
dress and attitude.
"Good evening. Uncle David."
"Good evening;, Robin. How's busi
ness?"
First rate. I don't como to-night
aDout DuainoM.
"Heck! What for. then ?"
"I'm Kolnar to be married. I wanted
to tell you about It.',
"That's a malr kittle risk than liiait
lo's business, Robin."
"I think not. uncle."
"Wha's the lassie?"
"Jessie Lorlmer."
"The minister's daughter."
""Yes."
"What tocher has she?"
"Just her beauty and her noble nat
ure ; she Is of a good family, too, and
has had the best of educations. Why,
uncle, she can do most anything paint,
draw, play the harp, sing like an angel,
' ' I
"I'm feared shc'l be kind o' a matrimo
nial luxury, Robin. But she's a bonnle
bit lassie ; I baa seen her : yet I doubt if
she's fit for a truir man's wire."
"You'll come to the wedding, won't
you?"
"Surely, surely."
It was a very grand wedding, and
Uncle Hpears made quite a sensation by
giving the bride a check for five thoua
and pounds. Indeed, Jessie seemed to
have quite captivated the old bachelor,
and he soon began to spend a great
many or his evenings In her pretty
home.
Three years passed happily away. In
Robert's home there had been some plea
sant ohanges ; and Uncle Spears danced a
pretty baby Jessie occasionally upon
IiIh knee, and looked admiringly and
wondcringly at his own wee namesake
In his cradle. Down at the mill things
were apparently equally prosperous oil
the looms were at work and the very
weirare of Kilmarnock as a comunity
was sensibly connected with the busi
ness of "Lang & Rae's Carpet Mill."
But a great deal of this success was
only apparent, for it hang upon chances
entirely beyond the control of the young
partners in it.
They had been compelled to borrow
largely, and had big interest accounts
to meet, and a great deal of their paier
being from houses unknown to local
banks, had to be cashed at very heavy
discounts.
All these things were much against
them, yet so great was their industry
and energy that they might have turned
all into "happy circumstances," and
won in spite or the odds against them,
if yarns had not taken a tremendous,
and quite unlooked-for fall. This, of
courne, was followed by a number of
failures, in montof which they suffered.
Not all their efforts could now gather
together their numeroun lines of enter
prise, and they found it equally impossi
ble to curtail them, and so, after a month
of desperate, anxious struggle, the firm
of "Iang & Rae, Carpet Weavers," ap
peared in the list of "Sequestrations."
Old David spears, with that subtle In
stinct indigenous to capitalists, had long
foreseen, and resolutely refused to med
dle in the matter. A coolness had,
therefore, gradually grown up between
uncle and nephew, and when the end
came Daniel was not among those who
offerecT Robert and Aleck advice and
sympathy. The young men behaved
well ; they surrendered everything,
even to their home pienisning; Dut
Scotch creditors are a pitilessly just
class, and did not fail to stigmatize as
dishonorable and unbusiness-like the
speculative and risky nature of the trade
done by the broken firm.
Aleck at once sailed for Sydney,
where he had a brother, and Robert
took his wife and children to the manse,
while he endeavored to find a situation
But weeek after week passed, another
winter was approaching, and nothing
had been done. Unce again David was
smoking his after-dinner pipe and was
interrupted. This time it was his
pretty niece Jessie. His face soltened
wonderfully when he met ner large
tearful eyes, and laying down his pipe
hurriedly, he went to meet ner. lhe
courtesy was a very great one, and it
gave Jessie hope and courage.
"Uh. uncie, sne saia, "we nave sore
need of you."
"Mv puir little woman ! Sit down
and tell Davie what he can do for you."
Jessie s tale was soon told her tears
told it best "Robert's heart had quite
failed him ; they were almost penniless,
and they had worn their welcome out
at the manse.
"Then you'll come here, my dawtie,
you and itoDert, and Jessie ana wee
Davie; an' we'll see what your man is
tit for. If he canna find his feet wP a
wife like you, I'm no sorry for him."
So the next day the family moved
with their small belongings to David's
grand house, very much to the annoy
ance of Mistress Janet, David's house
keeper. This lady Indeed soon made
things bo unpleasant that it was evident
to all parties there could be no delay in
a decision, and Konert, almost in despe
ration, resolved on trying his fortune In
the New World.
David, pressed by his housekeeper's
grumbling, and by his affection for his
nephew, knew only of one other way
he could advance Robert money for n
new effort; "but It would be the ruin
o' the lad," he said thoughtfully : "I'm
doubting If he s learnt his lesson yet
he must e'n go to school again." So he
praised Robert's suggestion and offered
to pay tne passage oi me whuio ianniy
and give him 100 to start life with.
Rather grumbllngly the offer was ac
cepted, and in a few days they were on
the ocean, not one of them aware of the
real Interest and affection which fol
lowed them "but they'll write tome,
said David to himself, "they'll write,
for thev ken I hae plenty o' siller."
Once on a new track, all of Robert's
enerarv returned. He sought lniormv
tlon from all he met, and when he ar
rived in New York, he had a very clear
tdAA of the direction he ought to take.
Provided with a letter which a fellow
passenger had given him to the proprie
tors of the Mattatook Carpet Mills, he
found his way there and readily obtained
work. A tart of his 100 waa used in
furnishing a little cottage, and Robert
enjoyed a degree of peace and comfort
to which he naa long oeen a stranger
The next year lucky event rare him
prominence. A large mill In the neigh
borhood Imported some machinery for
weaving a peculiar kind or rug. ana no
one could be found In the locality able
to make It run smoothly. Robert heard
or the dilemma and onered his help.
The loom was familiar to him and his suc
cess easy. He hod found his place, and
he knew It; day by day he made his
skill and energy felt. He rose to over
seer business manager partner.
Still he varied very little the quiet
simplicity of his home. Jessie and he
had found out how little they really
needed for huppincss, and so, year by
vear. whatever tliev Raved wi invested
In real estate. The land grew In value
IX' Vi 1 1 a tViav alnrtt anil urArlrnl o f nt Viet I
things, and ten years after Robert's first
investment he found himself, by the
simple growth of the village, a very
" Hiiv vaivT nivyb awiva n vi vu mm wwi
ncn man.
Just about this time Uncle David sent
them a very urgent request to come and
see him, and as he offered to pay all ex
penses It was accepted. The old man
was now nearlng eighty, yet he was
wonderfully hale and bright, and met
them at the steamer, apparently little
older for the ten years that had elapsed
since he bid them "good bye on the
very same spot. He liked Robert's way
at the first glance: "he has the look o'
a man wi siller an' he bears hlmser
well. I'se wager he's a full purse in
his pouch."
Another thing made a still more fa
vorable impression on David ; Robert
was not anxious to speak on business.
Indeed David had at last to ask bluntly :
Weel, Robin, what kind o' kintry in
yon."
"It is a great country, uncle !"
"You'll nae done weel, I suppose ?"
"Very well."
A long pause.
"You'll no be needing ony help now !'
I have money lying Idle."
" 1 hank you Uncle David ; but I have
fifty thousand dollars lying idle myself.
I thought some of investing it here, if I
can find just the machinery I want."
lou re gaun to manufacturing
again ?"
"leslknowall the ins and outs of
the trade there is a good opening in
our town. Yes, I am thinking about it."
"You'll no be wanting a a partner,
eh?"
"If I can get the right kind."
"Would I do?"
"You! Uncle!"
"Well, yes, laddie; an' you ncedna
scorn at me. I'll put a hundred thou
sand to your fifty, an' we'll ca' the firm
"Kae & Hpeers. "
ion could not leave Scotland, uncle."
"Was I thinking o' sic a daft thing?
I'll trust my interest P your hands. I 11
hae my full rights, mind; an' you shall
hae a lair allowance for doing my wark
as well as your ain. We'll put every
thing on paper, and I'se hold you
strictly to the bargain."
lhe proposal made half In banter,
finally assumed a very real shape, aud
it was agreed that when Robert returned
to America he should start a new manu
facturing firm under very different aus
pices to his first venture.
But the oast was onlv once alluded to.
and then David introduced the subject.
You'll be thinking, Robin, very
likely, o' the day when I wouldna lend
you the twa thousand pounds."
"lou were quite right, uncle; no man
ought to borrow money until he knows
the difficulty of making it and of sav
ing it; young men can't know these
things; they belong to experience. "
"xouhad that lesson to learn then,
Robin, an' I thought ye might as weel
learn it o' ither folks as o me. One
fool whiles teaches anither fool, an' both
grow wise thegither. Sandy McClure
let ye that twa thousand, and he was
nane the waur o the lesson ye gave
him. There would be fewer young
fools if their were mair wise elders."
So Robert's visit was a great success,
and the old man shed the last tears he
ever shed on earth when he bid the chil
dren good-by.
"lou'll tak care o wee Davie for
my sake, Kobln," he said, tenderly,
holding the lad proudly by the hand,
"for wnen I'm no longer to the fore,
you'll let my name stand i' the firm, till
he's ready to take my place; so
then the hundred thousand will aye be
in David Speers' name.
And to-day the house grows and pros
pers, and is known far and wide as the
firm of "Robert Rae & David Speers,'
though old David has long been gather
ed to his fathers in Kilmarnock kirk-
yard. Robert's early failure has brought
forth a late and splendid success, and
betterjthan this, his kind hearted ness
has almost become a local proverb.
"I make It a rule never to lend money
to young men, but if you want to go
West or south I'll buv vou a ticket, and
give you nrty dollars, it the right stun
Is In you.'that is enough if not. it is
plenty to make ducks and drakes of."
But somehow very few young men
that Robert Rae helps, do make "ducks
and drakes" of his fifty dollars. In
many and many a case it has been an
ample foundation for a good life, a good
fortune.
Young men, earn your oxen capital !
eir.KM.
Always remember no one can debase
you Dut yourself. Blander, satire,
falsehood, Injustice these can never
rob you of your manhood. Men may
lie about you, they may denounce you,
they may cherish suspicions manifold,
they may make your fallings the target
of their wit or cruelty; never be
alarmed; never swerve an Inch from
the line your Judgment and conscience
have marked out for you. They cannot,
by all their efforts, take away your
knowledge of yourself, the purity of
your motives, the Integrity of your
character, and the generosity of your
nature. While these are left, you are,
in point of fact, unharmed.
Tlti twAnim wf the DaHUmI-
c. .. . ;
While the Butlani are trenrthen
ln their forta at Odea with Krnpp
gas. the Tuft are, it aeema, aubatl
tellDg the name modern weapons for
the big cannon which for agea have
watched the straits of the Dardenelle.
Bigger than the blggeet "Woolwich
Infant." or the 100 ton gun of the Ital
ians, these ancient cannon still retain
their former position as giants of ord
nance, the calibre of the largest being
something like twenty-nine inches,
while, as oar readers may remember,
that of the Anglo-Italian weapon is bnt
seventeen. According to one of the
I beet authorities on the subject. Major
uenerai Lteiroy, k. a., tne present uov
ernor of Bermuda, these monster can
non were cast as long ago as tho ISth
and 10th centuries, and are fashioned
entirely of bronze. The cannon balls
provided are of stone, and far from be
ing useless and unmanageable, as one
might well suppose such gigantic fire
arms to be, they have, it appears, sev
era! times been made nse of with con
siderable effect. Some of the weapons
were employed against Scutaria, in Al
bania, by Mohammed II., in 1478, and
we are told that during the siege of
that place, from Jane 22 to Jnly 21, no
fewer than 9,534 huge cannon balls
were hurled against the town.
As General Lefroy has remarked, in
his interesting history of these guns,
the supply of powder necessary to have
carried on such a terrible bombard
ment mast have been immense, while
the quarrying and cutting of so many
monster stone projectiles is a task
scarcely to be realized in these days.
Travelers have given strange accounts
of the guns whose ngly black muzzles
are to be seen from the Straits, and
marvelous legends are told as to their
terrible might and distant range. But
it is very questionable whether they
could bowl a shot for a thousand yards,
even if the cannon were strong enough
to resist a heavy charge. However,
they certainly did some damage to a
fleet of oars which forced the passage
of the Dardanelles in 1807. for on that
occasion eight vessels were struck and
nearly a hundred men killed and
wounded. Thie was the last time they
were naed in action, and the replace
ment ot them now by Krnpp guns
shows that the Turks have no longer
any faith in the on wieldly giants. For
some years past their numbers on the
shore of the Dardanelles have been
growing less, ana a ntue wnue ago
one was presented as a specimen to the
British government. When Bishop
Pococke visited the spot in 1740 there
were, it seems, forty-two in all of these
huge weapons, and he quaintly says of
them: "They are always loaded with
stone ball, ready to sink any ship that
would offer to pass without coming to
anchor in order to be searched; they
tire likewise with ball in answer to any
ship that salutes the castle. As this
does much damage when they fall, so
the lands directly opposite commonly
pay no rent. London Daily Telegraph.
The Pyrmlde.
The Immense stones used in the erec
tion of the Pyramids of Egypt were ob
tained from the quarries in the Arabian
hills, and were carried to the river, and
over a bridge of boats. They were then
brought forward by means of a cause
way, which of itself took ten years to
construct, and which Is said to have
been a fine work with Its polished stones
and figures of animals engraved upon
them. One hundred thousand men
were employed at a time, and these were
relieved by the same number at the end
of three months. A long time was
spent in the leveling of the rock on
which the edifice stands, and twenty
years for the erection of the pyramid
itself. The stones were raised step by
step by means of a machine made of
short pieces of wood, and, last of all,
commencing from the top, the stones
were cemented together with a layer of
cement not thicker than a piece of paper,
the strength of which is proved by the
age of these enormous memorials.
Heatal Activity.
If the water runneth, It holdeth clear,
sweet and fresh; but stagnation turneth
it into a noisome puddle. If the air be
fanned by the winds it is pure and
wholesome, but from being shut up it
groweth thick and putrid. If metals
be employed, they abide smooth and
splendid ; put them up and they soon
contract dust. If the earth be labored
with culture ityleldeth corn ; but lying
neglected, it will be overgrown with
bushes and thistles, and the better the
soil is the ranker the weeds it will pro
duce. All nature is upheld In Its being,
order and shape by constant agitation,
every creature la Incessantly employed
in action conformable to its designed
use. In like .manner, the preservation
and full improvement of the faculties
depend on their constant exercise; to it
God hat annexed the best and most
desirable reward success In our under
takings, wealth, honor, wisdom, virtue,
salvation. Barro.
The Cevsi Flws.
Emperor William the First is, as
everyone knows, very fond of flowers,
and his birthday table is always orna
mented with most magnlflclent bou
quets ; and, among these more brilliant
sisters, a very modest wild flower, the
Corn Flower, or Blue Bottle Centanrea
Cyanut), never fails to appear. All the
sons and daughters of the Immortal
Queen Louisa cherish, in memory of the
dear departed, a decided preference for
this flower, and this preference dates
back to an apparently very insignificant
cl rcumstanee. The Queen Louisa spent
the two years from 1800 to 1808 in Ko
nlgsberg, and lived during the summer
months on a country estate. The soli
tude of the place, broken only by the
rustling of trees, the singing of birds,
and the hum of insects, sothed the trou
bled spirit of the sorely-tried Queen.
Here she often rambled about with her
children, giving motherly words of
counsel, which would cultivate the
mind and heart and steel the character.
One morning, as the Queen was about
to take her customary walk in the park,
a peasant-girl stood at the garden gate,
and offered her a basket of Corn-flowers.
The Queen graciously accepted the
present, generally thanked the girl,
took with her the flowers, over whose
beautiful blue color the Princess Char
lotte, then ten years old, expressed fond
admiration, and went into the park
When they had come to a resting place
the Princess attempted, under the
mother's direction, to weave a garland of
the Corn-Flowers ; and so great was the
mother's joy over the success of the at
tempt that the usually pale cheeks of
the PrI ncess fl ushed to a br lgh t red . And ,
when she pressed the completed wreath
on her beautiful hair, it was so becom
ing to the fine, nobly cut features that
the admiring brothers and sisters
among them the present Emperor gave
loud expressions of Joy. How delighted
the Queen must have been as she saw the
eyes of her children glisten over a trifle
whose material value was scarcely wor
thy of account.
The force of arms had brought mis
fortune on misfortune to the dear
Fatherland. Who could have Imag
that the Princess, then adorned with a
garland of wild flowers, would ever
wear the diadem of an Empress? Who
could have dreamed that the apparently
annihilated Prussia would extend its
protecting arm from cliff to sea, and
would exalt Louisa's son to mighty
power and honor as Emperor of United
Germany?
But the Queen saw an Eden to arise
in the glad hearts of her children,
through innocent joy, out of which
springs of purest delight must flow.
With deep emotion she pressed her dear
ones to her heart, and the Corn-Flower,
which had given her so much pleasure,
became her favorite flower, as also that
of her daughter Charlotte.
When Charlotte, twenty years later,
as Empress of Russia, gladdened her
borne with a visit, the people of Ron
igsberg thought to awaken in the mem
ory of the mighty Empress an exceed
ingly pleasant recollection, when young
maidens, ornamented with Corn
Flowers, appeared before her, scattering
the way with flowers. And they were
not disappointed. The Empress ex
pressed her thanks and joy that they
chose the Corn-Flower with which to
honor her.
A PlMkalae er.
A certain class of people confonnd
culture ot manner with insincerity,
and blunt rudeness with noble frank
ness. They admire frankness so much
that they would lay no check upon it,
and even look upon efforts at self-con
trol with a suspicious eye. This, like
all extremes, has, with much error, a
kernel of truth. Manners are so often
assumed to hide the real character, and
are so often at utter varience with the
heart that lies beneath them, that it is
not strange that blunt, out-spoken hon
esty should denounce them as channels
of hypocrisy and deceit But though
this culture is often allied with dupli
city, there is no necessary connection
between the two. On the contrary, it
may be an important element in the
motive. Many people really desire to
be what others only wish to seem. The
sincere man or woman who scorns to
cultivate manners will never reach the
fall growth of which he or she is capa
ble. It is one of the laws of our being
that every inward disposition is
strengthened by the outward expres
sion which represents it. For example
an earnest person truly desires to cul
tivate a generous and kindly spirit.
Insensibly he becomes more humane
and benignant in character. On the
other hand, we have known men whoee
hearta were originally true and tender,
bat who adopted a gruff, cold, and re-
pellant manner, that not only causing
pain and alienation In others, and also
blunting their own susceptibilities,
crushing oat their sympathies, and
cooline their affections. Thas the
character is ever sensibly affected by
the manner, and no one whe desires to
elevate himself can afford to neglect
it
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Sir Walter Scott's hooae la Xdln-
burgh was recently sold for $11,100.
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versity of Michigan at the present tlnM.
Daenerre. who gave a name to the
dsguerrotype, Is to have a monument la
far Is.
Whales and seals suckle their
young.
-The State of Virginia will collaet
tax of one eent on each drink of liquor
sold at a bar.
The butter and egg trade of Web
ster City, Iowa, last season aggregated
nearly tau.wo.
The. New York Open Stock Board
ha disbanded, and the Gold Board will
lose up May 1st. - "
There are 991 llgbthoose keepers
employed by the United States, at a cost
of $594,600 per annum.
Over one and a half million dosen
eggs were shipped from Nashville dur
ing the month of February.
Rev. Dr. Houghton has been pastor
of the "Little Church Around the Cor
ner" for twenty-seven years.
In point of railroad mileage Ger
many heads European countries. In
proportion to area, Belgium.
Fred Grant has been sent to the
State prison for burglary, but it was
Fred Grant who lived in Rockland, Me.
George Macdonald, the novelist, has
eleven children, and the boys and girls
alternate regularly through the whole
number.
General Hancock is to be assigned
to the Southern military district again,
much to the satisfaction of the residents
of Louisiana.
English capitalists have loaned to
foreign countries a total of $336,094,-
423, which they are not likely to get
back again.
The Home for Women, founded In
New York by the late A. T. 8tewart,
has been fully furnished, and will
shortly be opened.
At Florence, Arizona, there Is a rea
turant kept by a Chinaman, with a
Mexican wife, a negro cook and a white
man for a waiter.
A grand ball is to be given In If nsl
Hall, Boston on the 9th of April, In aid
of the old South Preservation Fund.
Save the old church.
The German Postmaster General
proposes the introduction of postal
cards serving for all countries In the
Postal Union, at the prioe of one penny
each.
An extra session of Congress in
June Is a boon the boarding-hooM
keepers of Washington do not often en
joy. They Indorse the new adminis
tration.
Soup bouses are growinr in favor
all over Germany, owing to the distress
caused by business depression and the
resulting hard times among; working
people.
Mrs. Jackson, of Boston, spends
her time in coliectinr money with
which to redeem articles pawned by
poor people in that city during the past
hard winter.
Manufactories of wood at Chicago
number 326, with a capital of $7,671,000;
employ 9,363 hands, pay $4,013,870 for
wages and produce goods to tne amount
of $18,807,000.
The Dominion Government la said
to have under consideration the ques
tion of an appropriation to have Canada
properly represented at the Jraxls JCxhl-
bition of 1878.
There are no less than twenty arte
sian wells in Meeme, Wis. A fountain
struck last week throws oat 3,000 gal
lons per hour, through a hole eighteen
Inches In diameter.
In England In 1873 iron and steel
rsils were selling at 15 and 33 per
ton, respectively; now, they may be
had for 6 5s. and 7 6s. Pic iron has
fallen to less than half Its price la 1873.
The old Schuyler mansion at Albany,
N. Y., where General Burgoyne was
confined after his surrender at Saratoga,
belongs to the widow or ex-rresldent
r uimore, who at present resides in
Buffalo.
A Baltimore inventer is rained. He
invented a kind of air cushion for
women's bustles, put all his money into
their manufacture, and now a change
of fashion has left the stock valueless on
his hands.
The Prinoe of Wales has decided to
place his two eldest sons on the ship-of-
wsr Brtttanla, In order that they may be
subject to naval discipline, although not
necessarily with the view to adopting
the navy as a profession.
A statistical Parisian boot-maker
has recently given American ladies the
distinction of having the smallest feet
feet bv nature among their sex. and from
them he ascends in the order of Spanish,
Italians, .Russians and Jiugliab to tne
Germans.
The Rhode Island Flab Commis
sioners put 130,000 salmon and 30,0000
land-locked salmon Into the various
rivers of that State last year, and stocked
twenty-five ponds with black bass.
Their efforts In shadculurc have proved
very successful.
At the old King's Arms Inn, Lan
caster, England, Is one of the three
clocks invented and constructed by Ben
Franklin. It has three wheels and
strikes the hour. It Is soon to be sold
with a number of other curious and his
torical objects. - "
Madame Bonaparte, of Baltimore,
is now in her ninety-fourth year, and It
seems probable she may yet realise her
expre-sed wish to live to be one hun
dred years old. Though feeble, the
maintains full possession of her mental
faculties, and takes an active Interest
in public affaire, especially abroad.