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Thou has passed from life, ami thou knowee
The light U quenched Id thin eyee, I wot, '
The roae-red mouth, it as wan and sere.
And thou art dead, my poor, t!ead dear., :.tf ;
Dda summer night, myself tfajf iil ?
Thee laid in earth with a ahndderins awe
The nightingales fluted iow tLirgelike lays,
And the-stars came out tori 4 thy Vler to gaze." '
Aa the morning train throngli the wood denies
Their litany peala op the branching aisles ; -The
pine trees, in funeral mantles dreesedT!
Mn prayersf ojjhsju
And as by the mountain-tarn we wound
The elves were dancing a fairy round, . J
They stopped, and they seemed, though start
led thus, .
With looks of pity to gaze at us.
And when we came to thy lone earth bed.
The moon came down from the heaven o'er
head.
She spoke of the lost one. A. sob, a stound !
And the bells in the far-away distance sound.
The Three Sisters.
5 Really it's quite a riddle, when one
comes to think of it," said Mrs. Dale, put
ting the tips of her ringed fingers medita
tively together. 1 "Jeannette is a charming
girl with a most taking way with her. I'm
sure thei can be no doubt about her mar
rying satisfactorily. And Marion's music
is an excellent card to play. But when one
comes to Philippa "
"An odd little Gipsy, isrft she?" said
Mr. Dale.; " "Decidedly impracticable, I
should think."
i 'Neither pretty, accomplished, nor wo
manly 1 " sighed Mrs. Dale, gloomly.
Mrs. Darrel Dale had no children of her
own, and she knew the social position
which any middle aged matron gains when
she is surrounded by pretty girls. So Mrs.
Darrel Dale had invited her brother's
daughters i from Hemlock Hollow, in "the
Catskill Mountains, to spend the summer
at Niagara Falls with her.
; "I dare say," said she, confidentially, to
her sister-in-law, the farmer's wife, they'll
all marry well before the season is over ;
andj in any event, the experience will be
worth a great deal to them." -
; And honest Mrs. Humphries took all her
ten years' savings out of the Hemlock Hol
low Bank,1 to equip the three suitably for
their summer, campaign.
j Jeannette took to waltzing and the Ger
man as naturally as if . she had been born to
them, Marion slipped gracefully into a
j musical and literary groove ; but poor little
Phillippa seemed to fit nowhere. She was
shy and silent in the ball-room, struck un
accountably mute j when she ought t.o be
talkative, and seemed to prefer the woods
beside the great cataract, when all the
world flocked to the ball-room of the Clif
ton House, or the International.
"Because, Aunt Theo," said honest Phil
ippa. "I never know what to say to the
gentlemen when they ask me to dance."
"But my dear j child, " said Mrs. Dale,
that's not the way; to get into society. " 1.
' 'I I don't think I care so very, much
about society,' Aunt Theo,"' said heretical
Philippa.. i
i "Then you'll never get married in this
world." j ,i. . I "'v.--;; r
( All the party, however, felt a deep
interest when the cards come, out for the
grand fancy masquerade ball at the Inter
national Hotel, and Mr. Dale gave each of
his nieces a hundred dollar bill, to: enable
them to appear suitably for the occasion.
i "I shall personate Undine," said Jean
nette thinking how well -she would look in
sea-green crape, crystal fringe, and water
lilies.
"And I shall be 'Sappho,' " cried out
Marion. - -
"Capital I "said? Mrs. Dale. "And you
Philippa?" j
"I don't know yet," said Philippa, con
tracting her black: eyebrows. "Mr. Morti
mer says I ought to go as a gipsy."
"Then; my dear," said Mrs. Dale, "be a
gipsy, by; all means. If Mr. Mortimer, is
good enough to express an opinion, it should
not be neglected.'? ,
I And both Marion and Jeannette looked a
little jealous, for the Hon. Hugo Mortimer,
from Montreal, was the lion at Niagara
Falls just then, and his gracious notice was
enough to insure the lucky recipient a front
place in the ranks of fashion.
"When did he say tfeit, puss?" demand
ed Jeannette, jerking out the ribbons of her
sash. .
. i i Oh, yesterday, when we were over on
Goat Island." iv
H 'Did he walk with you?"
"A little way."
; "I hope you made yourself agreeable?"
suggested Marion,1 tartly. -
"I don't know whether I did or not,"
said Philippa. "And now, Aunt Theo, if
you'll give me the bundle of work, I'll take
it to Ehse Dupre. There will be just time
before tea for us to walk there and back."
; "But the band will play presently and "
"Thank you, . Aunt," said Philippa;
"but I don't, care for the band. "
h "Philippa," said Mrs. Dale, "I do think
you are the strangest girl I" -,
Elise Dupre was a slim, consumptive
looking girl, who lived among the spruces
and tamarocks on the Canadian side, and
took in what sewing, embroidery and lace
mending she was j lucky enough to get a
girl whom Philippa Humphries had become
somewhat interested in, : perhaps because
she was so friendless, and shadowy, and
forlorn, j " .
i But instead of being singing at her work,
Philippa found poor Elise sobbing at the
window, while her grandmother, a hook
nosed, saffron skinned old crone sat rocking
herself back and forth by the fireless hearth.
The girl put her brown warm hand on
Elise's shoulder, r . . . f 1. . -
"Elise,?, said she, "stop crying. Tell
me what is the matter ?" :
"Don't touch me, 'mademoiselle," wailed
poor Elise, They are coming to take me
to prison to-night."
; And then, in answer to Philippa's startled
TWILIGHT BURIAL;
eyes of inqtiiri >ol& kerJiow MraJ St
George had sent a white moire dress there
tb.teretrimmed witlt costly Spanish blonde
prMrs St, 'QeorgeotVi'Mton. , House;
,whose , pearjs and "iamondsy . and splendid
toilets, were the marvel "of th place and
howjby. 8omejai6ntjthepl4 grandmother
had contrived to sirnset""? kerosene lamp
tipoh'it"" !' i
" "It is. niiriedj-of . course,' 'said Elise,
clasping her hands an4 I cannot pay - lor
it rso-1 am to be'srrested f or the money it
is worths" yT'Z i
"She must be an
immilnlln t : .
SheiS a bftrwrmqjM 'flATrtrVTil
elfeisighM'TffiseT w& knows not the
meaning of the word 'mercy. And if they
put me in prison, my old grandmother; will
starve."
"They shall not put you in prison!" said
Philippa. "How much was the dress
worth?" '
"A good deal of money, mademoiselle.
A hundred dollars !" wailed Elise. :
'Philippa Humphries put her hand into
her pocket, where the hundred dollar bill
that her Uncle Dale had given her lay in
side the folds of a tiny blue velvet porte
monnaie. "There's the money," said she." "Give
it to the odious old harpy, and don't cry
any more ; for your eyes are swelled twice
their usual size already. "
?. Elise looked incredulously at 4he little
brown slip of paper.
"But, mademoiselle, you are surely not
in earnest I " said she. "You cannot be!"
"Ycs, I am," said Philippa,. shaking
back the jetty rings of her hair: from her
solemn black eyes. -'fTake that money,
pay Mrs. St. George, and don't talk, any
more about it." ;
"Well, Philippa," said Mrs. Dale when
her niece came back again, "have you de
cided upon your character yet ?"
"Yes," said Philippa quietly. "I will
be Cinderella !"
"Who?" said Mrs. Dale, with her hand
behind her ear. 1
"Don't you remember, Aunt Theo?
The Jittle brown skinned girl who stayed at
home when her sisters went to the prince's
ball."
"What a very odd choice!" said Mrs.
Dale.
. 'Isjit?" said Philippa. "Well, I al
ways did like to be different from other
people, Aunt Theo."
The masquerade ball was a brilliant suc
cess. . r "Undine," in silver-green crape and
water-lilies, was as lovely as a dream.
"Sappho," was tall, and pale and delight
fully classic ; but there was one drop lack
ing in the cup of feminine happiness. Mr.
Mortimer, for whose benefit half the belles
of Niagara Falls had dressed that evening,
was not there.
"So provoking of Philippa, " said Aunt;
Theo, to go and throw away that money !"
"My dear," said Mr. Dale, "a good deal
is never thrown away. I And really that
Cinderella idea of the little girl's wasn't so
bad. Ha, ha, ha! she did stay at home
when her sisters went to the ball. "
i ' She will never learn wisdom, " said
Mrs. Dale, with some' asperity. It's so
strange she doesn't care about such things."
But as it. happened, Philippa -did care
about such things. And at' that identical
moment she. was standing , bri one of the
star-lighted verandahs without, with a pink
Shetland shawl around her shoulders, peep
ing surreptitiously through the windows .! at
the waltzers. k
"Miss Philippa!"
She started guiltily." - '
"Oh, Mr. Mortimer! I am not doing
wrong, am I?" 4
He smiled as he drew, her arm through
his.
"But why are you not dancing inside ?"
"I I preferred not to-night. "
"Little Philippa," said Mr. Mortimer,
standing still under the shadow of a droop
ing elm, "you are equivocating now. And
as it happens, I know the truth."
"I don't understand you," said Philippa.
"My valet is in love with Elise Dupre.
She has told him all about your deed of
kindly charity and he has told me 1"
"Yes," said Philippa,. in a low tone,
"my uncle gave me money for a dress; but
I preferred helping Elise to going to the
ball." , -
iYou told your aunt jyou were going as
Cinderella." . , j .
"How do you know? But that isn't
strictly true, " laughed Philippa. ' 'I was
to be Cinderella. And so I am!"
"Then, Philippa, if you are Cinderella,
will you let me be the Prince?"
"Mr. Mortimer!"
"Sweetest, I have been looking all my
life for just such a pure, ; noble hearted
girl," said Mortimer. "And now that I
have found her, I shall not willingly let her
go." ,
"Do you mean "
"I mean love, that I want you for my
wife. "
Mr. Dale could hardly credit his own
ears, the next day, when Hugo Mortimer
formally requested of him the hand of his
youngest niece in maxriage.K,And Mrs.
Dale lifted her hands and eyes to the ceiling-
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"To think that it should be Philippa af
ter all!" - 7
1 "As for "Undine" and 'Sappho," they
swallowed their mortification and congrat
ulated the little brown gipsy as cordially
as possible. i
"After all,'' said shrewd Uncle' Dale,
Philippa invested her hundred dollars the
best of any of you.
. j. 1,.; Workfngmen.
Before you begin your heavy spring
work after a winter of relaxation, your
system needs cleansing and strength
enlng to prevent an attack of Ague,
Bilious or Spring Fever,, or some
other Spring sickness that will unfit
you for a season's work. You will
save time, much sickness and great ex
pense If you will use one bottle of
Hop Bitters In your family this month.
Don't wait. See another column.
A. Tijrer Hunt.
; rt.On .Monday; - Jan. 6, two tigers belonging
to $he exrKing of Oude, whose house is on
the left bank of the Hooghly, escaped from
their cage, a keeper having incautiously
left' the door""of their cage . open when
cleaning it. T One was shortly after killed
fcx"the King's grounds by a Superintendent
pf Police, t The other swam across the river
and landed near the, ghat; 4a - the botanical
gardans. ; Shortly after landing he knocked
down and mauled Mrl Bierman, . one tif . the
Eurbpein assistants Mr: Scptt and he
had,af er first seeing'' the tiger, gone into a
thoubut came-out again to-Jook for - the
pbrute,their,1attention being momentarily
disturbed by the chattering of a monkey
an unusual sound in'the Botanical Gardens.
The brute seized his opportunity and spring
ing past a native, who Was in front of the
two gentlemen, knocked down one ; ; he
then immediately returned to his lair, and
remained in he gardens all day. Owing
to the presence of Stripes in the gardens,
various picnip parties had to return without
landing, though one party foolishly insisted
upon landing notwithstanding contrary or
ders, but was soon obliged to beat a retreat.
Toward nightfall the bne was heard giving
tongue near the banyan tree, and shortly
before daybreak it killed two bullocks in a
small clearing a short distance to the, North
of the treee. j The bullocks were tied up in
the shed ; one it dragged outside, and ate
one iiindquarter, the other it left dead in
side. Early' on Tuesday morning some na-.
tive shilkarisi were in the garden trying to
stalk Stripes ; one of them, while peering
intoa small brake,! was 'severely handled,
and is not expected to recover. During
the day these shilkaris were . t einf orced by
some gentlemen from Calcutta; but their
efforts to get hear Stripes were unavailing,
and they retired about 4 o'clock and left
the grounds; I In the -afternoon a machah
was erected in the jungle to the North of
the gardens, near the scene of the kill,
from the top of which the shikaris might
have an opportunity of potting Stripes
should he return to the scene of his feast
the nigh before To make matters doubly
sure, an awning was improvised on the roof
of a small pucka-house not far from the
kill, and a. live bullock was securely tied to
a tree a few yards distant from the house,
within full view of the shikaris on the roof,
some plantain trees being cut away to give
better aim. A speculation had arisen as to
whether Stripes would prefer dead meat to
live ; in the course of the. night the question
was set at rest. Shortly after six-f oar gen
tlemen proceeded from Bishop's College to
the scene of the kill, and placed themselves
in positions for a good shot two on the
machan, two on top of the pucka-housc.
It was then discovered that shooting could
not be depended on without something to
eat; one of the party immediately went off
for materials) for food and drink, and as he
was returning with j a chaukidar distinctly
heard Stripes not fair off. He hastened on
with the food, which was soon despatched
inside the jjmca-house, tables and ,chairs
being dispensed with. Posts were! again
taken up, 'and soon after the brutp was
again heard giving tongue, as he was browl
ing about in: search! of food; this went on
for about an hour, the bullock near the
house showing evident sigs of intense
alarm, though perfectly silent. For half
an hour alter this the stillness of a clear
moonlight night remained perfectly un
broken ; all eyes were on the stretch, when
suddenly, wjth a magnificent bound, a fine,
full-grown tiger was on the bullock. In
stantly a shot was fired, the brute doubled
up, and the bullock bolted off at full speed ;
another shot was now fired, and Stripes
evidently received this too, for he sprung
aside into th jungle about 20 paces, moaned,
and all was still. The shikaris being un
certain whether Stripes was really dead de
termined toj spend the rest of the night
where they were, it not being considered
safe in the uncertain light of the moon to
venture in search of him, beaters being at
a discount. Soon after some chaukidars
arrived with beaters: and passed close to
where Stripes was last seen; the men on
the machan then came down and spent the
rest of the night on the more comfortable
roof of the pucka-house, belonging to a cow
keeper. ' As soon as it was light all hasten
ed down to have a look, and there sure
enough was jStripes, a magnificent animal,
lying on his right side quite dead. One
shothad caught him on the left shoulder,
the other in the right flank.
Hoses.
The rose has been a favorite flower from
time immemorial among the civilized na
tions of Europe and Asia. Many ages ago
Anacreon sang the praises of the rose. He
calls it "thie most beautiful of flowers,"
"the delight of the gods," "the favorite of
the Muses," and since that time it has been
denominated the queen of flowers. It is
frequently spoken of in Holy Writ, and
Homer often refers to the rose, both in the
Iliad and Odyssey. It may be said to be
the oldest of celebrated flowers, and in the
impassioned strains of the ancients, we find
it associated with the lily of the valley, as
expressive of all that is pleasing to the
senses and renovating to the mind. In the
mythologic iages it was sacred as the flower
of young affection and endearment, and of
mature love the flower of Cupid and Venus,
and stripping this of the mythological phra
seology, which in all cases was a fictitious
mantle, thrown around somethidg previous
ly felt, no similitude of any flower could be
more appropriate. I The rosebud, the sweets
est object that appears in the garden, is typi
cal of all beginnings from the issue of which
joy and pleasure may be expected. Antio
chus slept upon a bed of rose leaves; Mark
Anthony begged. Jthat Cleopatra would cover
his tomb wth these flowers, and, mea rosa
was a favontejlttixm with Roman lovers.
Homer lias ladorned" the shield of' Achilles,
and the helmet - of Hector with roses.
Among the) Greeks it was customary j to
leave bequests for the maintenance of rose
gardens over the grave of the testator, and
at Torcailoj near Venice, an inscription may
still be seen, which shows that the fashion
was adopted in Italy. In Turkey, a stone
rose if often sulptured above the graves of
unmarried women. A charming bas-relief
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pn tlie tomb pf Madame j de i la Live, who
diedjat the agev of twenty-one, represents
lime mowing a rose with his scythe. , Ac
x)rdihg to Indian
mythology, Pagodastri,
one of the wives of
Vishnu, was found in a
rose; h Zoroaster is said to hae made a rose-
tree spring out of the-earthy and bud ? and
bloom in the presence of Darius, v who had
called upon him to perform a rniracle. - In
one of the books attributed to Solomon
eternal wisdom is compared to tose-trees' at
J ericho. ir Princess! Noumahal; the -most
lpvely; lady in the harem of the great mogul
had ai canal filled with rose-water, and rowed
about in it Iwith JersgstwmspTtT the
heat of the sun disengaged the essential oil
fromjthewaterf and their majesties having
observed the fact invented' otto t. of roses.
The Persians of Shiraz stop their wine bot
tles with, roses to gijve the wine a pleasing
perfume ; and during the festival of Abrizan,
which takes place during the equinox, Per
sian ladies throw rc ses at each other when
they visit- "On entering the gardens of
the royal palace of Persia," says Sir Itobert
Porter, "you are struck with the appearance
of rose-trees full fourteen feet high, laden
with thousands of ijoses, blooming and dif
fusing a delicacy Of perfume, that imbued
the whole atmosphere; but in these "deli
cious gardens of Negaristan, the eye and
the olfactories are not the only senses re
galed by the presence of the rose ; the ear
is enchanted by the wild and beautiful notes
of multitudes of nightingales, whose .war
bling sems to increase in melody and soft
ness with the unfplding of their favorite
flowers, j Here, indeed, i3 the genuine coun
try of the nightingale and the rose."
Roses! in a wild state are natives of Per
sia, India, China, Barbary, Europe and
North America and confined to the Northern
hemisphere, never paving been found wild,
very ner .Jo or south pf the equator. The
vast conelhent of Australia, rich in botanical
treasures as it is, bjas not yet revealed to us
a single species. J Among the wild roses of
North America are RosaHudsonensis, found
on the shores of Hudson's bay, within the
polar circle, where it produces clusters of
double pale flowers i. Rosa Lucida is found
in the marshes of Carolina. Rosa Woodsii
is found on the banks of the Missouri along
with R. Carolina. I Rosa Evrantina grows
on the marshy banks of the rivulets of Vir
ginia, and is extremely difficult of culture
in gardens. Rosa Parvif olia is a di minuti ve
shrub found on the rising grounds of Penn
sylvania. Rosa Setigera is found in South
Carolina, and R. Lavigata, "a climbing
species, inhabiting the woods of Georgia,
and was used by the dusky belles of the
forest to adorn their hair.- The rose of
Mexico, Rosa Montezuma, is a fl'reet scented
thornless species, if whichaT?ftunds in the
parts of Cerro VentosoJ near San Pedro,
where it was discavered by Messrs. Hum
boldt and Bonpland. Asia can boast of a
greater number of species of the rose than
the rest of the earth united, thirty roses that
admit of accurate definition having been
already established. Of these the vast em
pire of China, where both agriculture and
horticulture are ar s in high estimation, has
a claim to fifteen. The Southern provinces
of Asia,- comprisiig those of India, offer
many curious species to our observation.
In the gardens of j Kandahar, Samarcand
and Ispahan, the ijlosa Arborea is cultivated
in greater prof usion by the Persians; this
shrub, which attains a considerable size, is
covered during spring with an abundance of
white and scented
blossoms.
About ltats.
In their natural! wild state the rats live in
tribes of from 40 jtd 60 ; in the winter more,
in the summer less. Being idle or at rest,
they lay in one heap, alternately below or
on top, changing their positions very fre
quently, so as to give each one an oppor
tunity to enjoy the warm place at the bot
tom. The rat has a very peculiar taste.
In case of great hunger anything, from the
soie of arold boot to the prime rib sof a
best quality steer, is acceptable. A rat can
hardly see in the daytime, and if you meet
him in the sun's rays, you may depend
upon it, he could not - see you at all: but
his hearing is so acute it will tell' him
actly where you are, and warn him of
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danger, lie is a near-signteu animai. in
the nicrhttime he can see a little, but not
In
much better.- The number of rats in New
York, according to a careful computation
made by Mr. Issacsen, is estimated as fol
lows: There are about 15,000 stores ; allow
ing 40 rats to each, would make 600,000.
There are 5, 32 2 stjables. Rats abound there.
Allowing.100 to each we get- the total of
532,200. Averaging 50 rats each to the
3,000 factories would give a multitude of
150; 000 rodents in these places of daily toil.
In the 52,000 tenjement houses in the city
there are at least 100 rats in each, which
would make a toal of over 5,000,000. The
54 slaughter-houses of New York afford
homes for about 0,000 rats in each, making
540,000, and in the 56 breweries, with their
grain-filled lofts jand bins, probably a like
number of rats find their home. , In the 10
distilleries it is safe to assert that there are
over 20,000 of the rat genus. The markets
and meat stands around town, about 1,600,
nflFnrd dwellincr'-nlaces - for unward of
5,000,000 more.
In the 28 railroad depots,
filled as they are
with crain. there are about
2.000.000. whilemtheDublichalls. churches.
hospitals, asylums, banks and theatres be
tween 8,000 and 10,000 are comfortably
established. It may be safe to locate 100
rats to each of the 300 bakeries in the city,
which would gite a total of 30,000. A
grand "nest-biding" place for rats is in the
hotels, and allowing 500 to each of the 179
hotels,' would give the number of these per
manent boarders at 89,500. There are
about 40,000 dwelling houses, in each of
which there dwells an average of 10 rats,
leading a quiet and retired life, and this
would roll up the rat population 400,000
more. Beneath land in the vicinity of the
500 piers of the city there are estimated to
be 20,000,000 rats. - The canal-boats, grain
elevators and store-houses on the river front
afford; protection . for 20,000,000 more.
Every ship that lies at wharves carries a
full cargo of rodents. The ecwers through
out the city swarm with rats, but they are
a different species from the house-rats, be
ing of a reddish j brown, of large size and
exceedingly savage.
Ilercalaneum and Pompeii.
-Next year will 'be the eighteenth centen
ary of the great eruption of Vesuvius, which
resulted in the total destruction of Hcrcu
laneum and Pompeii, and a proposal has
been "made in Italy to celebrate the event
in some ' suitable manner. - The people,
however,' seem- to have been too busy with
their demonstrations jn honor of. Italia Irre
denta to have given, as yet, any practical
shape to the 1 idea," but it now appears that
it wilL-be 'carried out in a manner totally
unexpected and rather prematuri;,. but pro
bably more- appropriated 'than even the in
genuity of fete loving Italians could suggest.
Whatever form the unique commemoration
might take, it could hardly be more grand
ly accompanied than by the sm0ker and
thunder, and cascades of liquid fire produced
by the volcano itself, which is already in
what appears to fbe the preliminary stages
of another great eruption. For two or three
years the mountain has given signs of re
turning animation, and the prognostications
of an extensive outburst have taken thous
ands of expectant visitors, doomed however,
to disappointment, from all parts oi the
continent to witness the awful and splendid
spectacle. This year the disappointment of
tourists will not be so great.' Cascades of
lava, thrown up to a height of 300 feet,
with their accompanying showers of ashes,
and the. mighty column of smoke curling
high into the air and carried gently away in
a long trailing mass far across the deep blue
sky, with patches here and there of lighter
colored vapors expanding in the air and
mingling with the clouds these are features
in the fair scenery of Naples and Castella
mare which are reserved only for the favored
few among the visitors to the sunny south.
Even if the eruption does not attain more
majestic proportions, and if its full force is
to be reserved for next year, the sight of
Vesuvius in its present state is worth along
journey to see; but should the gathering '
volcanic forces, of the activity of which v
Central Europe was but recently a witness
in the ' series of earthquake extending from
Belgium to Piedmont, and from the Elbe
to the Loire, gain strength, and seek an
outlet in j the "safety valve" of Vesuvius,
the full event which decided the fate of the
buried cities may receive still more signifi
cant commemoration. - '
j On Wheel.
The pedometer consists of four tough-
light wooden wheels, supplied with an outer
rim of tough india rubber. These wheels
are secured to a frame the shape of the foot,
which is strapped to the pedal extremities J
jn the usual manner.-" Unifi, roller fiea "
these-little 'vehicles are not under? but are'
placed on each side of the foot, thus giving '
the wearer a good standing, as well as a
solid footing. The rear wheels are three
inches in diameter, while those in front are .
but two and a half inches. This gives the ,
foot a slight incline, and when in motion
has much to do in impelling the pedestrian
forward. ! Extending from the toe, with a
slight Icurvatoward the ground, is a piece of
casting termed the pusher, which is simply
used in mounting an elevation or steep in- .
cline.j From the centre of the heel a small ,
brass wheel extends backward, serving as a
guide, as well as brake. The whole scarce
ly turns the scale at a i pound weight. In
using them no more effort is required than
in ordinary walking. The wearer step
with his regular stride, and is amazed to
find himself skimming over the ground so
rapidly with so little muscular effort. Mr.
Hobbs explains the . mystery of the rapid
movement in this manner: A man whose
stride! is thirty-two inches will traverse f or-fy-eight
inches, or one-naif farther, with
the pedometer. This is because the body
is in constant motion. For instance, says
he, the traveler starts, and, while he raises
one foot to step, he continues rapidly on
ward juntil that foot is set down and the
other!rai8ed to' make another step. This
gives him more momentum, and away he
goes over two miles in the same time that
it would take him to accomplish a mile with
the feet. No effort of the body is required
for their use, as in skates. The traveler
simply plants one foot before the other, and
finds himself whizzed along at a lively rate.
Charlie's Moustache.
A young man and his girl sat near the
fronts at Burdette's lecture, the other even
ing, j The young man carried his head on
one side, it being forced into that position
by the weight of half of a very tender mous
tache' which was composed of seven hairs
upon 'one side and eleven upon the other
side of. his nose. When- the "Hawkey e"
man had just finished convulsing his hear
ers with an account of a youth's first shaving
encoiinter with a barber, the. young man
leaned Over to his girl, and whispered :
"That's true to life, I can tell you."-
"How can you tell me?" inquired his girl.
"How?" he repeated in a whisper; "why;
by experience, that's just the way I felt
when I first got shaved."
"When was that t 77 she asked.
'.'Oh," before I raised my moustache," he
returned.
"What moustache?" she queried, a little
surprised.
1 "WJiat moustache do you suppose ?" he
retorted, turning red.
, "Why, Charlie," whispered the girl, "I
never saw any moustache. Do you mean
"Never mind what I mean," hissed the
young man, between his clenched teeth.
And he stared very hard at the lecturer all
the rest of the evening, but somehow
couldn't see anything to laugh at. Sunday
night he went to see a new girl;
EarlyTea.'
The first brewers of tea were often sorely
perplexed with the preparation of the new
mystery. A writer speaking of the first
ever drank in Wales says the lady was one
pf a party who sat down to the first pound
of tea that ever came into Penrith. . It was
sent as a present and without directions how
to use it! They boiled the whole at once
in a bottle, and sat down to eat the leaves
with! butter and salt, and they wondered
how1 any persons could like such a diet.