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Hiitlenvor.
"Whit ha t tliuu for thy seattero.1 so; I,
t) So.vor of til) plain;
Where lire tin- ininy S 'lliwtM "h 'nv.-
Thy hopo should hrins again ?''
"Thoouly record of mr work
hies in tli i luir.uJ Brain."
"I l t.'onqu l or uf a tliou-tand Ii lis!
In duel linn 'I' di ght,
AVI ik g.o-.vlh.s i-r imrlih nnnraiilh
S;mll crown til V bro-v n." inighli '
"O ilv t!li bl )-s mi of my lifo
H'l-iS wi loly in th-J light "
"AViiat is th uiiv.sl of thy s lints,
tii)l! who, lost abide!
A"li--ivgiow thigiu-lamliof thy chiefs
In bloil n it-1 sorrow ilyl;
AA'hnt have l by serv nils :o; thy pains! '
"Tlit only to have tried,"
J.il.u War I Howe.
OUft OIlWiRELLA,
HV II11M Vs III NS ItM.I.I.-ll.
S!u- was our nursi m.iid and a sort of
fat-tot sun. AA'e thought we could scarce
ly get alon ; without Iter. And e
r.i'lod her "(Mi- Cinderella," playfully,
nil 1 not at nil repto .clilu ly. Oar cm I.
liad gone off, and, my Wife being sick
it t lie lime, B:Uy u idi-rtook to get our
breakfast. She succeeded, altera fashion ;
Imt itlio so cov r -l her usually lli'iit per
son with allies a-i 1 coal suml that my
little daughter, C irissy, callo t her Cin
derella, and ill.- name stncU.
Tin- way we got Btty wis this. Our
b y hahy, little .A I innaliik., had to In.
nut in the air, an I my w.fe, M . .l id
kin I nut John .lu lk n, i-ceilsinnn
mill florist, mi cess r to Jariniti A ,lul
kins suggested that, as the seed ship
:n dni ig a go I business and the
;;r- cnln me were iim to their full a
parity, as we wit.' a!le toJo'cp a conk
mid a ( ham'ii i in il 1, wu might as well
go fulhcr an I hav. a n gti'ar Fi'inch
bonne, w ith libbias and a c ap like a
new pudding In;, to wlncl little Mar
iii nl uk: on ili-j sub-walk. 'J inn we
Ci-iiid adil to tie- comfort of th- family
mid show an almtrtng population the
i . b.ihy i f l lie period -growing tin
two plants on one stalk. I mil; jested in
turn that wo had better m -v .- i lit to the
(ar b-n wher- there w is a him I sum-; house
for which 1 ha l not bei-n able to secure a
tenant. Here my belter half intei po-ed
n veto. .Ali i. .In lkim hid been born
and t-i-i'd in th-- city, and in the city she
would liv; ai l di'. I. !.,- ler father,
the late M -. J um in, there W:n II- over-luiuin-;
her unvv ej-ressel r solution.
At ien'lli this ui I'.ter w.w settle I by a
cnuproinis.', I didn't yt the Kieiich
bi):iue, but I came upon a tlernian one,
n a rt of am itcur niirs ; a i: were. A
J-niui; jjiri fresh from l'iiruhe,
wh-i spoke Kii;lish very well, but a lit
tic stilted, M she h id learn .' 1 it at
school, was looking for a s tuation as
teacher, blto had ooo 1 rec iiu n -n la
t ions mid vn vouch. 'd for as respecta
ble by the (i rin iii c msii!, who w is an
f cca"ionaU'Utoni"r of mine. In il -l';.n. t
of sotn ethin-' b-tter, .she-a ji ,-e I to teach
Clir-siy H itn in a;i I the pia i.i, nnd to
f,;ve the b iby attention ii'id an airing
w hen we thought pr-ipcr, Sj 1 mgiiijod
1 er at very rcwuuahlt- w ii-s.
Il-.-r name was K sab.-th l:ieinfe!dt;
mid so we traiis'ai-d her nam.- into K .
nbetli, an 1 from that into U.-lty. The
only iliawl-ac'c was that she wa very
pretty and graceful, ami had the small
est feet tin 1 hands I ha 1 ever seen vn
girl; but that juU iiae l tlu baby, who
was toe very no nutter; every one 1
mitted his be..uty. S.ic j;rew to be in
valuable, for she ttii uol out to bj a
f;ood seamstress, and wh realy to tura
her hand to anything.
Hit by bit wo got her history. Her
father, who was a cadet of ti good fami
ly, had m-irried the daughter of
a mechanic, when Uio hea l of tho hi use
cast him If He ha 1 obtained n situi
tiOii us librarian at Cirlsruhe, mid there
lie managed to live coinfoi tnbly and
educate his only daughter, who had
lost her mother when on y live years
old. Then when h ) die I, the baron,
her ui.cle, would h.ivu rec iguizod her,
but she reseated her father's treatment
mid rejected his i ller of n home. Uelieving
he could earn her living in Am .-rica hs
n teach t, she ha 1 sol I tlu hmsj'iold
i-lfects left her and came to this country
with a slender purse, whose contents
were nearly cxhamtel when we fjot 1 er.
Anions my c jstoiuers was Mr. liul
K-iton, n rich bachelor, who is a reat
flower fancier mid an iiinateur gardener,
with a conservatory large enon ;h for a
greenhouse nnd a great desire t t grow
new varieties of plnuts. II; was not
much over thirty, but had so l-ronz -d
himsi If by travel that ho lookeii oiler.
When he grew anything novel, which he
larcly did, he always gave me the stock
platit to pr pai;nte from, so that he was
very useful; and he got i-. tho habit of
dropping in the shop and chatting once
or tw-c - -vcek, or i v -n oftencr, ami
we;.!' - i.ilite intimate. O.io day it
was j ist lii months alt r B-tiy had
come to Hi ICxli-n came in tho shop.
Ho was in a state of exeitemcn', and had
evidently not come to buy or to talk
pi ants.
'Judkins, oil fellow," he said--he
always called nio "old fellow" when he
was in good humor I had a ipiecr thing
happen to mo to-day. I was cro-sing
town togoovirto AVi.lianisburg when I
foun I I had rippc I one of my shoes. 1
Til u O HO in col'h'cr's shop in
VOL. IX.
Avenue- A, nnd stepped In to have il
sewed. While 1 was waiting for it 1
saw, standing on tho counter, waiting
repairs, n pair of tho prettiest female
shoes in the world. They were worn
down, but perfectly even on tho heel und
soli', an 1 tho feet they belonged to limit
bo simjily p.-rfeet. S nail, high instep,
well aii.he.l perfection. 1 said to the
cobbler: 'The child that wears those
ought to In: hanlsoni'.' 't'.iild!' said
In-, '.die's a fraulein, an I very retty ut
that.' Me did not know her name, but
pronii-ed to liad out. I am b imd to
get acquainted with her, and if she's all
right she has good blood, ns her feet
show and she'd have me, by .1 n-e, I'll
make her Mrs. Kvto i,"
There was something so comieul in the
i.U-n f n until c'loosio' a wile by her
feet that 1 lauheil outrigh', and so di 1
h".
Ktoa canio in a week after, nnd
among other things I asked him if
he had foun 1 the young la ly with the
pretty feet. lb; no bled, looked grave
and at unco began t talk about new
plants in the shop, one, a f.isrliia, in par
ticular. "It is new," I said, "but will not be
for sale till next year. 1 am getting up
a stock. If you a I mire that so much,
) on ought to look nt the one I have at
my house. It is covered with bloom."
"I should very much like to joj it," he
sai I.
"That is easy," I rcplie I. "1 din at
three o'ebci on S.iu l.ty. If yo.i will
coiu-j then and take dinner with mo I'll
show you the fu-chia and something
Ii lei -the handsomest baby in New
York." "With pleasure," said Kxtop. "The
platit is at tract ire and the baby irre
sistible," Rxtnn came according to invitation.
Aft r dinner, and he had sulli' iently e
amin -d nnd admire I the fi; e'na, I! -tty
brought in the baby. Kvton's praise of
the child ipiitu won mv wife's heart. It
was pron mm" I to b-a prodigy, and
Kxtou snapped his ti ig-rs at it, and
rlio-'k .'-iMoOed for it III a way that won d
have iloii) credit to an cxperieiicjl
family man ; nnd hi! wi u nl up by giving
the nnr-ein ii.1 soiu .- alvice about it.
manau'i'iiieiit, which, to make it more im
pressive, as he said, he expressed ill tier
m in, which he spoke 11 n-ntly.
Kxton came to s"0 us again, on some
prctrx'. am! aiiiitel th i habit of coin
ing fn ipieutly. lie never seemed to hnvj
i in ugh of that baby ; ami as when
ever In.- cam - it liad to be broil ;ht in, and
kept lln re, my wife got us;d to -t and
left him with the b iby and ils nursey
while she b -ga l tobuiid an air castle.
"You may depend en it, .Iihn," sail
she, "that the baby will profit by this.
.Air. Kito.i is very fori I of M uin i lu'o,
and as he hm neither chick nor child and
is not a mirrying m m 1 shouldn't be
surpri-ed if h .- 1 -ft it a nic- p-tiuy."
I smiled, for I had no hopes of that
kind. My wile often r.'curro I to it, but
suddeii'y droppe I the snbj c'. and said
no more about it.
O ic ilny there came a letter w ith a
foreign postmark addressed to lijtty.
She translated its i ontunts to my wifo
in co'-.li lenc , and they h id a c:ifa!
over it. Then there was n deal of sew
ing going on. 'J he sew ing machine was
kept busy, but it. was always shoved
aside when I cam; in, witii h'uihes from
the girl and giggling from my wife. 1
supposed they were m.ik ng something
for me against my birthday, a-id I kept
very ipiiet, to let them have the satisfac
tion of surprising m . Hut when my
birthday had come and gone, and there
was nothing sai I, I was a littie pu..led.
Ouo day, later on --it was a pleasant,
sunny day in the Indian Summer I
was detained at hone; till near ten
o'clock. 15 'tty had gone out tj air the
baby. I wtnt to the station of the ele
vated road in the next street, and when
half way up the Bteps chanced to look
down the cross street. There I saw
Betty wheeling Mariuaduko's carriage
on the sidewalk, and alongside of her
walked Mr. llxton, who was talking to
her earnestly. A policeman, a new one
on the beat, c.ni,'ht my iy , and with a
slight wink no bled his head toward the
couple.
'Well," I said t myself, drawing
long breath, "I inn astonished, to say
tho least."
That afternoon Kxton lounge I into
my shop and I asked him into my back
t lliee, whence I had previously ij-cted
the clerk.
'M . Kxton," I said, "I have always
had a great resp.-ct for you, but "
"Hut!" he interrupted. "Does that
mean that I li ve lost your respect f''
"Not ipiit','' I replie I, "hut I was
sorry to see you to-d iy tilling our little
IK-tty's hea I with foolish notions. She
is a goo I girl, even if sho bo nothing
but a nursemaid
Here he interrupted me again.
'I beg your pardon, Judkins; but file
is something morn than a nursemaid.
She is a gentlewoman, every inch, and
her filling the position sho does, under
the circumstances, n no discredit to
her."
"I don't say that it is; but ns you do
not intent to marry lnr "
"Hut I do intend to marry her," he
again interrupted, ''and in three weeks'
time. As she has no relative here, the
German consul h is been go id cm u jh
at my request, to represent them tit
ho wedding, and with their full con
sent." I nv rely stnred nt him.
"I probably owe you an explanation,"
ho said. ' i) m't you rein nib 'i' 1 told
yoii I intended to find tho owner
those little shoes an I if I could win her j
to maki her my wife? When I came to
vour house I soon found thai she wns
iv-abeth von II leinfel It. AVm-n 1 was
at H -idellieig her cousin was a classmate
a n ft im intimata friend. 1 wrote to hint
about her and soon lentnol that she had
refine I their oilers of assistaucc, in re
sentment of the family treiilm -nt of lu r
I' it her. 1 honored her spirit. 1 wrote
asking their approval of my suit, which
they gave, a id t i cy sent to her at tin.
same time a hainlsom ! sum for her t mus
sel i, which she only accepted at my
r. quest. She is quite my equal, socially,
in spite of taking a nurse's position
rither than be idle, llr blue blood
mikes no d iT'retic, you tiny as well
un lerstand. I marry her and not her
family, and, ns she cou-mts, would
miik; iier my wife, if siie wero tho
daughter of a str;et sweeper."
or course, all I could do was to con-
gratu'.ate him and say no more. H it I
told my wife nb nit it when I got home.
",! ihn," sin; remarko I, "never do you
say that a w un in can't keep a s cret.
What do you sup' O-e all this sewing mid
fixing has b-en fori"
They were married, and they have been
in Europe for the last year.
My wife was r'gltt about somo good
coming to M.irnvi hike, though it did
not tako the shape f a legacy,
On his
wedding day Kv.ou handed m; a paper,
"Mr. .I.iikius," he sail, "I have
robbed your boy of his nurse and he has
helped mo to a wife; s i I owe him s one
reparation. I hav invested tweiity-fivo
hundred dollar;, to be paid him when
he coin;s ol age, : I ing witii its accumu
lated interest, and this m ikes you trus
tee. It is not much; but it wi.l help,
with what you in i y a hi to it, to give the
young m in a stmt." New York Mer
cury. Varieties of I'orn.
Some writers assert th ,t ma -, or In
diati corn, was known in the early histoiy
of tlic world to the Chinese, founding
their theory on drawings of a similar
grain in ancient I'iiinesj manuscripts. If
this wero true, the culture of tho grain
was wholly lost in later years. Thero
has been much discussion on the sut j;ct,
but Aiphouse do I'.indollo, who may be
regarde I as an authority mi the. biibj nt,
in his valuable worlt, ' o.-igin of Culti
vated Plants," says: "M ii. is of Aineri
e l l origin, and iv.n not, intro lue;d
into the old warl l uitil af.er tho dis
covery of the new.'' It was. found by
the first ixp'orcrs of the western hemis
splurj to hi in cultivation by the na
tives, from ow htiglaml to t lull, but it
is thought to have ongnated in the high-
hulls of Peiu mid Bolivia, as traces of it
have been found there in ancient tombs
aud-iti geol gletil deposits with the earli
est traces traces of m in in that l.icility.
As to the piesent existing varieties of
com, it may b; noted t. at the mai.;
plant is nlT ected in a remarkable degree
by climate and soil, mi l a local variety
can bo establish ! at any tini ' by tho
selection mid continuou; sowing for a
few years, of seed showing any striking
peculiarity. All the varieties in culti
vation in tho 1'iited States, from the
smallest kind of pop-c irn to the etior
mom specimens of mai.; grown in tho
wcstiru and southern states, are but ona
species, ana -wo the r differences to pe
culinrties of climate and soil mid to
continued selection in cultivation, In
ter Ocean.
Mi -directed Energy.
Tom Cooke, the comical fi Idler of
happy memory, is sai 1 by l)r. Spark to
have relate I the following story to Sir
Henry Bishop: A son of th; Emerald
islo wns ob nine-1 to blow an organ in a
certain city. Being thoroughly unac
quainted with the business, ho never
having seen an organ brake before, it
was doubtless tho guiding star of
his destiny that leJ him to the spot,
for
' There's a divinity which shapi cur ends,
Kougli liw tlu ni how we will. ''
Tho time having arrived to "h t tua
pealing organ blow," the signal was
given, but there was no wind. It was
repeated twice and even thrice, but still
un wind. Tim del -iv .-. 1
awkward, the congregation was getting
uneasy what was to be done! "Blow!
blow!! blow!!!" issued simultaneously
from half a dsz'ti diilerent mouths, but
not the slightest jihyr stirred within
the chest. Tae organist hastened to f e
blower's sanctum, when lo, how sublime
the spectacle that presented itself to his
astonished vision! Clinging with heels
nnd hands to tho wooden handle of tho
bellows, there hung the full grown pro-
tege, his eyes starting from their sock,
i ts, and his cheeks distended and crim
son with cll-irts to force his breath into
tho end of that long wooden handle 1
Musical IJ c rd.
A Sufficient Keinon.
Miss H. "W.iy is if, Mr. A, that
whenever you r'-fer to a Biston friend
you invarinb'y use the word fellow i"
New Yorker ' th, b'ciuso he be.
longs around tho Hub, you know.".
Bjston Uiobe.
ITnsilOR() CHATHAM CO., N.
I HlhDKEVS COH MX.
I'n'llitK 'i'lit-in I p.
"Shall I v,a and call tliem up,
Siiowilrop, daisy, buttercup! '
l.ispi.l the ruin; "they've hud il plenmnt
winter's nan."
i Lightly to their doors it crept,
l.i.-teii-'il while they .-o-jmlly slept;
(ii'tit'.v wi kothem with its r.ip ii-tnp-n-tip' !
i.Viickly woke, them with ils nip ,-t-ltip n-tap! ;
S-.oii their windows on'ii.d wide, - ,
Kvervthinit astir insi-b-: j
Shining liea N c uin.-jeepiiv "lit, in frill und j
cup; '
"Il was kind of you. d-ar K lin,"' J
l.iiilu'd they nil. "to i-ienc pain;
AVe wore waiiiiiR for your nip a-tap-a tap!
"iily nai ini; for your n, eu-lnp-a tup!''
Ileorge t'oopi-r, in Si. Nicholas.
Ilusv a U llil "I Wn Tmni il.
A black cat, which lived in a country
house, and whir li was so wild that it
never approached any one except when
it wanted food, became all of a sit bleu a
I decent, well-behaved member of feline,
j society. 1 will tell you how this came j
I to pass. One day there was found in a j
j spring trap in the grounds of this hou-o '
f tabby cat which h-.d been caught by !
j the paw. The poor thing was in such'
; j,;,;,, that it was thought it would have :
to be killclto put mi end to its misery.
tn looking at the wounded paw, how
ever, it was believed that it could be
healed, and so the injure 1 cat was taken
into the kitchen and placed in a com
fortable basket by the tire. This had
hard.y been done when the wild black
cat pushed through the crowd of on
lookers, and guing straight to the
i basket, at mice began to lick the other
cat's crushed paw. Krom that very
j moment the blac'v puss grew an altered
j creature. Its lieiceuess left it and it he-
came tamed, it, as we say, domesticated.
Tim bruised foot so oi got well, nnd tic
two cits lived together ill tho In-us,:
quite happily ever aftenvnr Is.
A ! lllii: J iy.
Olive T. Miller in the Atlantic writes
of lnr leathery pets as follows; AVhcti
he litis more of any special dainty th in
lie can cat at th" moment, as meat or
bread and milk, he hides it at the back
of his tny. And when outside, nothing
can be droller than the air of concern
with which ho goes around the floor,
picking up any small thing he finds left
purpo ely for him, a burnt in tli h, a
small key, stray plus or a marble, and
seeks the very best and most secluded
spot in the room in which to hide it. A
pin he takes lengthwis; in his mouth,
which ho closes as though he had swal
lowed il, nnd at first J feared he had.
II.- has no doubt about the best place for
that; ho long ago decided that between
the leaves of a book is s.ilest. So he
proceeds at once to It ;d a convenient
volume and thur.ts the pi i far in out of
sight. A match gives him the most
i rouble. He tries the crack under the
grooves in the molding of the doors, the
; baseboard, ha ween the mattin
tnd the
wall or under a rocker; in each, place he
puts it caie(ul:y and pounds it in, then
hops oil, attempting to
ccrtied, as if ho had not lie
ik uncoil-
loing liny-
thing.
But if he .-c.'s that he is obsei ved or
the in itiii is too plainly in sight, he re
moves it and begins again, i mining ai d
hopping around on tin !li ,r with the
li!0-t solemn and biisinc-like air, ns
though he had the affairs of nations on
his shoulders, tho m itch thrust nearly
the whole length into h:- mouth. 'I he
place usually decide I up 'it is an pen
ill; I otweeii the bie d Is of matting.
It is iimu-iiig when he i il: IP es to get
hold of a lux of matches, t.ccideiilill?
left open for ho fe Is the necessity and
importance of disposing of each one and
is busy mid industrious in proportion to
the task before him. It is not so pleas
ing, however, when in his hatiuin ring ho
seta one off, a3 he olteii il 's; for they
are "parlor matches" and light with a
small exp'odm, which l ightens him
half out of his wits, and me as we',
lest be should set the hotis,' : tire. The
business of safely and s purely s cretin
one nialih wi'l frcq'ii ti ly ic upy him
half an hour.
He fin Is the oddest hiding p'aeei, as
in a castor b 'tween th" wheel and it's
frame ; up inside the s-iit of n stuff -1
t hai1, to reach w hich he goes in tun nig
the springs; in th-side of my slipp.'r
while on my foot font; in the loop of a
bow ; in the plaits of a rulll-; un ler a
p"hw. Olten when 1 get up a sliowei
I of the jay's treasures falls fr mi v irion -
hiding places about my dres- .mils,
m itches, shoo buttons mil oth -rs, and
I am never sura that Ishill no, find
soft, milk-soake I bread in my slipp -r.
Hut tho latest discovry and most an
noying of his rceeptac cs i in my hair.
Ho delights in Man ling on the high
back of my rocking chair, or on my
shoulder, mi I he s um discovered several
desirabl ; hiding places conveniently
1 nclir. 'sl"'1' " i:l '"' ,r
un ler the
loosely dressed hair. I did not obj i t
to hi using thee, I ut when he attempt
ed to tuck away some choice thing be.
tween my lips I rebelled. 1 never cx
pectto find a keyhole that he can reach
free from bread crumbs, and iho open ings
of my waste basket are usually 'ce
oratcd with obj -c s half driven in.
f-o our lives gli lo on; the river ends
wo don't know where, aid th; sea be
gins, and then there is more jumping
shore.
(,'., rll'Mi 2:5, ISS7.
TI'ACIHXGTIIH BLIND.
Hoportor '3 V
of Sirjlitlo-
sit to a School
,i Pupils.
Ititprestiiig r.icti About tli) Blind that
are not O.-n'raHy Known.
A New York Sun rcpter has been
visiting a sehool for the blind. AYe quote
from h s interesting account;
The niperintendeiit was nnnoiiuced.
The reporter turned to the blind ladies
and thanked th'-m for their courtesy.
lie unconsciously bowe 1 low to their !
unseeing eyes, as men nod and geslicu-- j
la'e at the telephone. Turning to I
limit I!. AVnit ho looke 1 with much ui j
liostl v into his I'f'i. Tii"J' wen the eyes j
that did tiie seeing for .Vtrt sightless j
human bungs. Wombrful eyes they
lire, beaming with kindliness ml itilelli-
genee, with merry twinkles lurking in
the corneis, and conveying a n m.-irliiible
impression of depth, ns if tlo y wile,
storehouses for others' visions. Tliosti-j
purintendellt sai l that there UM !"." 1
pupils in tho building, nnd that the main
hall can seat 7"iO.
"What is the proportion of blind per
sons to the total population !''
Abiiit one in every t ' mm for this lat;. '
tub-. Tli. s holds gool throughout
America and K nope. When you get in
Africa, where there is sand; or in the i
mining regions, where ace Men's abound;
or in extreme inrtln rn l ititules, where
the glare from ice and snow d i ..' es, the '
propiiitiou is gr -aler. t
"Whom do you r cuive h re ,'''
"AVe take children of eight and over,
mid we give them an education. We do
not take grown persons. Most oftho-i
have obtain "1 their education before they
b c ime b'in I. Tw impressions pl. v.i I
nb -ut blind person. People wih read
of the remarkable exploits of a man like
Fawc-tt, and they will cone lib- that nil
blind persons .ire won let fully gilted.
Then they will see sour: him I persons
who have not been e lueated, and they
will conclude that all blind persons tire
helples. The truth is, blin I persons
who get their education in institutions
for the hliti I can be ii, velop - l into won
derful profl"i"iiey, but lho-e wlio h ive
teeeived their eliicalioii before they be
c ime blind have h tr I work all ih.-ir life."
"What proportion of the blind do the
institution deal with ;''
"It is very iniii.il .smaller than people,
have any idea of. The number of blind
pers;ns under ten years of a;o is only
7 per cent, of the whole numb -r; be
tween 10 and 2K years, 1 Ii per cent. ; be
tween '2J and o i, tit p. re.-tit; an I ov r
3U year-, .id p r i i u' ; so that the num
ber of schoolable biui'l d es hot exceed
l i er cent, from which it appears that
out of I'M) of tho blind get their edu
cation an I training in schools tor the
seeing if at ail."
"Are tho other senses nior' largely
developed by the loss of the sight.'''
"Ttie capacity fir general develop-
incut is diiiiiiii hed i.i prep ntioii to the
' important'; of the facu.ty that is b.-st in
! an unaided condition. Win n tin- lo-s is
I supplemented by proper in- ans on 1 lip
i pliance of instiicti n, then n blind per
son, the mind being unall i ted, is yet
Hisccptib'u to the high; t di-Xelopme it.
Tids is shown by the attainments of m -n
! in practical li es ich as l-'awct', Selli,'
the remarkably siiccee-ful furniture man
, of Niwh'irgh, and S iiiti-h.-rson, who wes
; blind at four years of a j-', but w ho sue-
j Cieded S.r Isaac Newton, as professor of
I matli 'iutities att'unori lg '."
"What faculties and senses nr.: most
developed to replace the lost one;"
'Memory and the soise of hearing.
j They have to rely upon them more.
; Hearing ran be develop d so finely that
they can tell whether furniture has boon
taken cut of a room and n place I with
! new, an 1 know when the location of
furniture h is been chaii'je I. In walking
along the sidewalk they can tell when
t they coin near a post."
' " I'nat mii-t be a so: t of nervcplione,
isi.'t ii :''
! "I can't say what it is that enables
; them tode'ic! th -past, but they can d"
it."
'Can the v detect colors by the touch,
, us is claimed ',"
"IVi p'e humbug lie -nisi-Ivr about
that. In very coarse f.( ,rics, like j i!e,
the blind can soui'-t imes ti II lie- i- ilor by
, the feel of tic t- ure that is . hangc I
I by the c iloring iintii r. Hut tln-ycan-
nof detect color in glass. IVopI; see
. them assorting colore 1 hea ls. It is not
; the color but the si t that i nab e them
i to put tin in in the right boxes."
"It.) the blind have any idea ol
1 colot
I "Where they hive been blind from
chi'dliood they have none. AVh it othen
have is a matter of meinori". When the
optic nerves tiro go:i" i virything is as
black ns tar to them "
i Naming the Hahy.
I "Isn't it a cute littie thing.''' said Mrs.
j (iiishly to her husband, ns sh
baby up to him.
held the
"Yes, it is, an 1 doesn't it look like
i me! It's got some of my ways nlrealy.
j I'll wager that it'll grow up tn be just
like me. By the way, wo haven't named
it yet What would you suggest ?''
j Well, if you're anything of a prophet
1 I'd take chances right tto v on naming it
I Ananias." AVasliingt.ni (Yitic
NO. !.".
Calorcr to (at.
I'obcr. P. Porter says: Thero are in
Loudon at least :i,oou in -n and woincti
who earn v.iy comfortable livings as ca
teic-rs to cats. This tra b-, while it ex
tends suini'W'hat into the We-l Eti-1, -l -es
not fl urish in the walthy ii--i-jh'i"i'-h
'ods, where the cats are often fed w.th
d.iaity M'l'aps from tiie table. I I the
!" ist End, with its 2. biio,o i i of h'iin iti
l-cings i iosely paik'-l iasing!.- i- 'in. i:i
narrow stri.e-ti tle-lc are in it- ij
f I -Hi the labli'. "We ate 'il'l!::'- 1 to i-.,t
c'o-i-," said a B-- he.il green w inni lo
ill". "Our cats ;o't n ilaint.i
o d liitin or the von ig 'nns g. I t:
dainties a. id oftoniini' s tin
A vast majority, t 1i-i . I ,
! mill, on or mote o! I, i i-lia
; live on boiled hinsi tl sl", a
: ne at iiian" is tin.- purveyor
I for the pooler, lili-bhe ati I
! cats of the met r'-poli-'.
An able-bodied cat can I;
i bly on ha'f a pmm-1 of cat
' day. The co-t of th.s in" it
i meat shop is a pi nnv p r
entire army ol at.-, wei
fill: half-pound of lie i
; about !:!'! horses p -r -1.
-opti'io I, in the avi-'o.'
, of a dead lior--, 1 am t
pii'iu Is. A i oti-. -I- r.iii
: of ili-: u im t hois-.-s than
i go round, owing to tic
meal mail,
; A AAcst Indian Home.
! Two hours' d riving br-orht iistoth"
i cntititice of a pla-ittil on of utiu-'y I
! and c 'lis qu-nce. Ail its -q.j. .; tin. u;
i were o;i th largest sea1'. A i" : .' ev-
I'U" of roy il :ii in i on I ; i t I
I I'O d to the Hi. if, or loei-e, if
I call it, and w foiin 1 I h it
residence hid len in il i',v. raig '
en l,i
in y so
I', b-w
O's, till I
at tin- cenlie of a bi-au!iful in i '
: tropical vegi-tatioii. 'ili- lion! vet ui'
1 whic'i seem -d lodosi tii .iv ni; -, ns i
! approached, was q-i t" e -v n- I wi'h
sllpel'b boll gainv.l.i I Vtlte, tie- oloi
' I r c's of wlio'- ll-iwi-rs form I ti n
; pete veil of imp -n.-il purph', won b t.
: to sec. P lin-i oi t tr- es aL-i
i with splen lid blossom
ill im", purple ih ai a -n i
iul plumes, tin- s-cirl'
b oi'liiing i ,'iclu- s kit
po:n -et t i
I i-i i ; in g
1,1 i -i us
oti iv-ev
all
mid I
i le. '
O -ca-ioti il -.pai-s i, - 'on ; t-i tin- .v,ios
: iilTurde-l loom for part- ires, an 1 a' si.i h
i sj.ots were seen r-i-e in piof.i-ion an I
i variety, as Weil ns oilier d -iicale 11 -w- V.
! Tun yellow j ss iitiin-- an I th-'C io- j s
1 samine - i n-ji-.-ii i-.i--. I u. c I
; over the i.rehwav ! a w il', a tl s) y
orchi 1, though not in blo.som-, wh:. h t
afterward leaino I was the v nulla. Above
ail this tangle of grao - an I In auty and
fragrance arose an le-easi-ma' an a i oiliu,
a traveler's palm or a gi .atilie cuibi.
Allierieatl M igat'in".
A H.iotl I n- file Hlillll.
A remarkable in.-t : -.unent, which will
prove a veritable boon for the blind, has
just been invented Innc, writ s a Par's
cirresp m l nt, by a M. Pephau. who di
rects the scliool iin I ho, j j-,1 f ,,- iier-nns
deprive 1 of their sight. The boon i.
other than a small press whiih will ena
ble blind people ;iot only lo piii-t the
raised chaiactcr- which they : t : able tn
read with their ling-is, hii'. n'.-i the or
dinary cliarai ter.s on the sain-' -he-! of
paper. A sy-t -in uf writing for th bllti I
pcple has, of cours--, ahci I ,' ii.-,-n in
vented by Braille, but it i lily pitmiite-l
them t ) coininiriicate with c ;, i: oih,
whereas the new im chaui-iu cti.io'-s
ihcm to f iriil l-tieis wl.ii h i in b-r-ai
by every holy. Ilea-. -oforwa' I, tl.i l.
fore, blind persons will be able I i.nu
miitiicale by letter with th-ir frieti.U.
w ithout b-ing obliged to have recnurs.
ti) the assist un-? of o'her. Th-' tn
vi ntor has been ably as-i-t-d in the con
struction of his in-tiiiin-tit by Al. St.
(iorgon, a professor in the : Imo. ot Art
and Coinni-rc of Ai.x. 1' is estimated
that the minimum cost of ce ll pic's will
be :hir!y francs.
A Tiger-Tamer's Peril.
A tiger- tain- r p- tlor.iii i- , i ., n i i
very n iir lost lis- l:!c t i; oth-r I iy
ihrcilgh the in gligi in ot h - tviit.
II is attached to :i l.irg.- in -a ig-i ,- in
the Put r, nnd in th- sain- i i :- .is the
tiger he lias t. un I there is another one
that is particular y .sav.igc. A piit.ti -n
iss'iippel iilt i the cigi- when he i i r
forms, and the tame tig. r is li t into the
compartment with him. O.i this no a
sion his attendant let tn the wiong one,
which immediately sprang on tie- tamer,
lie got out of its way, and -h a I it a
blow on the h-ad with a In avy w hip h"
iiad with him. ilis attendant then kept
iho animal at bay with tin iron bar, and
finally m ceo led in driv.ng it back tj
the other cmp irtinent.
A Alan AAilh a It g Appetite.
There is a lio'iny litile oid man in Es
sex, Mas., who is always c iting. Three
meals a day .are only an aggravation to
his appetite. He wi 1 ri-e at '! o'clock
; itl the nil riling and cat a slice of nn-at,
some eggs, several pieces of bread, cut
of ham and perhaps a few potatoes. At
7 o'cloi k he cats a hearty breakfast, :u
tl he has another. About 10 he begins
to grow hungry again. And so, like an
avenging Nemesis, hunger chas s him
day and night. lie is alweys craving
food, mil yet more than in: repnttiblu
physician says the man is p-rfictly well.
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the oil y la in ly is in ,t: .ui-niv.
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tl.er," sa.-l P '-, wl. tl t'o p i- I he
gall Inking iit- pu - ', "tii ' p is uot
there, sir, it's II 'II- ii- I i elilo'l- y."
An o.,l 1 i i;, - ii 1 In- .-111 I li it tell
li' i mine p. i- !i i-Mi I.- r a i el- p:-- wi th -out
citilng 1 . m. a . I iv is a Ivl-e I I 1
mark the . ;- ; 1 I - , :iu 1 c.-iupl i
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(oias i'i the Mouth.
The B s. n II o-i -i.s ,.:i :!, sill j it
oi ladn i an I oth- r- u-ln t lh- m-mtii l-i
h"!d i ilie: "I is ipi; - i .ncin iii
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tii. k' 1 wiih-'i - : !-.- i ii i . in ' pui-o
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in-tea I , ! i t, ,'h I !'.' - I ii th- ll i- it
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Hi ii ing I p the ( h cketts.
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hii- n -!.--. .- i ,',.o tl , ,:,v- hi, , oi-!- .
ens up at right. Ala ii' -liadown th".
dog b'-gius' ills i 'la ov r tie pi, in -c-,
an I li. vi-r s-,,j,. un! il i v iy lowl is
I dr. veil up -i' d : - iii th" hen lioin . If a
chicken slo iw's ;i d - p. i- it i,,ii tint I o i et ire
t i its roci-i in , j ".-;. tii d e: di tvi s it in
tin- he-i i, u-e an I -I iti i- :.'i i r '. -it tho
ilo.-r until the i i.ieken tak-s a pen- 1 on
. the roost.- i '., ,-1 ... II ':i !.
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A Sin e -.sl'iil Man.
j 'There is n mm wlio i.i- done well,"
I rellillked 11 a'-illsotl. "He g"t on t" a
'pull' sum- ears ago, and has made hits
I of money i ll' of it."
I "Poht:el;in .'" 1 .1 j i i !' I D-llilh-y.
I "N-i. ih n i-t," I- p I ll ibinsnn, villi
fs somethin-' "f :i hole to his frieii is.
,N:w Voth t i'l.
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