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Dentil and 1,1 To,
"Cnder the roots of tho roses,
Down in f lie dark, rii'li mold,
Tlio dust i f my dear i nn reposes,
Liken spai k which night incloses
When llic ndic of the diiy ure old."
"I'nder tlio awful wings
Which bro d over land and sea,
Ami whose shadow nor lift nor flue
This Is the order of things,
And hath 1 1" 'ii from of old;
First production,
Anil last dosti notion;
So the pendulum swings,
Whllo cradles nro nicked and bells are
tolled."
"Not under Hie roots of he roses,
Hut mi lr tlio luminous vin-:i
Of the King of kings
The soul of my love reposes.
With tho light of morn in lier eyes,
Where tlio Vision of Life disclose
l.ifetlmt sleepi not nonlies."
"I'ndor or over the skies
What is it that never dies!
Spirit If such th-ro b
Whom no one Inth seen nor henrd,
We ilo not acknowledge lhe;
For, sp knii or written word,
Thou art but a dream, a breadth:
Certain is notion.; but Dentil!."
tK. 11. St. il lnrd, in Independent.
A DIFFERENCE IN MEN.
"There's Mirh a diffronco io mon,"
nid Cirry V'innll.
But," safely suggested licr mother,
"looks arc oaly skin d nop. A id i: it
comoi to t hit, Ssl-di ll-own is a hand,
somor man than Felix Graydon.''
"Ah," nod led Carry, "lint Mr.
(iraydon ii so ty'ish ! Mo wonrs his
very collar dilTorontly aid look at tlio
rut of Iim c!oth;s! '
"Caroline," said her mother, solemn
ly, "I havo no patience with you.
Stand up boforj mo, mid letnn look at
ymi."
' What for, moiheri"
"Stavl up, I say, an I let mc look at
you!" reiterate I M s. Vnal, nslirov.il,
oldorly woman, with koen blue oyos
an I throo horizontal wrinkle ncioss
her foroha I, and Carrie, much won
dering, obeyed.
"Humph!' omuiontcd Mr. Vtnall,
after a brief surv.y. "D rk bltu eyes,
nothing much out of tho common; a
little pug nose, nie teeth, and a lot of
flulTy, yellow hair, which, would look
tidier if you romlel it into n flit knot
at tho back of your head. What is
thero about yon, I'd iiko to know, that
two young men ordinntily stn iblu
should lose their h 'mis about you. ?''
"Mother, whit -tran'O things you do
fy R',':;!od C rry. sinking back into
her chair one more.
"Aad iloyou know, cnild,' went 00
Mrs. Vinall, that you arc playing with
tho most impnitant litorests oT your
'ifc! Tli re's nothing that r 11 potsibly
1 o so much to you 111 a good husbnnd.
Why don't you m-iko up your mind
nbout i: ?''
"I don't know!" hesitated Carry,
biting her pink Ihgerniils.
"Then set yoursel f about knowing,"
admonished Mrs. Vinal', tartly. "I
cm'tlivo forevT, you unit compre
hend, and you'v; loiler.d your way up
in lifo after such a fashion that you
can't possibly earn your living by your
sclr. And if you don't marry now,
whilo your goo I looks last--such ni
they are I'm suro I don't know what
w ill become of you ! '
Mrs. Vinall spoko with a roguish
spirkloii her cyo, although her lips
wcto wrcnthod with gnvo solemnity.
Carry caught up her bonnet and ran
out of the -00m.
"I'm not g d ig to stay hero to bo
lectured nuy mor-," sni I she, lau;hing
i 1 tpito of hcriolf. "I'll go to tho vil
lage after somo more satmm-pink wool
to finish my shawl.''
"And you may stop at Bridge's,''
audod her mother, "and get mo a
pnekago of matrhc, and half a pound
of Oolong tea, and some cheese."
' Tho prettiest little crenturo in tho
caunliy," sho added to herscl', with
true mator.ini pride, as she watched
Cairy go tripping down tho lane; ",i:id
it 1 could only sco her well sttiltd in
lifo 1 shouldn't euro how soon tho good
Lord took mo away. Ii it I do w ish alio
would fl id it in lier heart to fancy
Sclnh Brown, hu'a such a goo I, sub
stantial youig man. Felix (iraydon
moy have citified airs about him, but
I douot if, in tho loug rin, ho'll w ish
an I wear ns woll as tho other one."
A"d so Mrs. Vinnll went down stnir3
to her pritty untie occunsti 'n of skim
ming cream, in a cool, ito c-floored
dairy, where tho light si ted in through
a screen of quivering wooJbino leaves,
and tho milk-puns shono is if liny wcro
irjple of hammered silver, instead of
commonplscs tin.
Such a c olden, m'try midsummer
day as it wa-I W.ii won d cv. r havo
suppose I that it wou'd chango i.to that
fierc, suldon st orm J
Mrs Vinnl whs standing on the door
stop looking up at tho sky from under
her shading hand, whi n F.lix (irny.lon
cam sauutcring along tho quiet coun
try road, a sort of modern Adoni .
"Looks Iiko a storm," sai I In, care
le sly.
At iho same moment 8 dnh Brow 1
j imp:d on the fence, 1n his working
drc, with scni"'lii g in hia hind.
"I've found n whip-poor-will's ro
lot Carry, Mrs Yiaall," said he. "1
I
nearly steppo l on it whon I was cutting
tho grnsi on tho north sido of tho big,
oblong me 1 low. Sin has always
wantod one for her collection. Thero
it wa, riht cloio to tlu ground jmt
a tnnglo of sticks and stims. "
' Ye," sai J Mrs. Vnnll, nbsontly,
"C'arry'll ba nwUi ly pleased, .lu t lay
it on tho window-sill, S d nil, p'.onsc;
it'll ho safo thore, 1 do wonder whsro
sho
"Whcro Carry is!' repontod Brown.
"In tho home, isn't she?'
'N'. S'10 went down to tho village
for somo pink wool ami mutches and
things an liour or more a-o, and I'm
only afraid she'll bo on tho way homo
now, without a sign of an umbrella or
a cloak, or nnjtain but a wliito muilin
scarf."
"lust hand mi) an umhrilU out of
tho house!" cria 1 S.lnh B-ow.i, with
alacrity. I'll run back to the meadow
for my coat in half a minuti, an I go to
meet hor."
"Tiint won't lia neccsMiry," curtly
interposed Mr. (Jrnyloi. "I'vo a si I
sun-umbrulla li"ro, an I I II i ring Miss
Carry back all 1 1 ht. "
Ho walked luirii idly 01, but Selnli
Brown still lull out hii hand to Mrs.
Vinnll.
"Tho umbrella, please," said he.
' It's hardly worth whilo tho two of
you going," said Mn. Vinall.
"I'm going a ter Carry, or I'll know
tho renson why!' said Solan, in a ri-ao-luto
Voire.
And Mrs. V111 nil gave him tho nm
brolla, with nit a word of lurth.'r pro
ton. Ilo hurric I baclt to tho I10I I for his
coat, nnd struck into tho hi ;h roil by
a short rut at very usiry tin point
which Mr. Folix tirnrdnn had roacln 1.
And from that poi it th y wilked 01
together, yctsjparuted by tin width of
tho high roul, occasional. y d.rtiig
belligerent glances at each olhir, nud
never exchanging n friendly wor I.
Both were good walkers; both w;ro
dutcrmincd to bo tlio Ii st to tjsc in
pretty Cany Vinnll lrom tho coming
loin post.
lust about hall way to tho village,
how. v.t, as th.-y nearj I n disolnto old
brick houso, mil lvwol with too much
shulo an J evergreens with tangled
vine, 0:1 winch "I'o L-l" had hung so
long that it was popul irly suppose I to
bo a pirt of the mural decoration,
tho rnia c una down in di.ying sheets,
the thundor rolled, and avivil dart of
lightning shono for u second iiL-foro
their 1 yes, ns it secinud to bury itself in
tho ground.
I 1 tho snmi mom?nt they saw Carry
Vinnli' luce at tho opoi dour of tho
old brick liouv, lior hmd bockoning to
them.
"Sho Im taken r;f 11 J there thcrJ,
of all places ii tho world I ' hoarsely
criol flrnyilon, breaking tho spell of
silence which hn I roi ;ne I so long be
tween tli 111. II ild on, Brown! Do
you kniw what they're udng tin brick
homo for now i Siio don't, that's vjry
cvidjnt ! '
"Vo--, 1 do," sail li own. ' Old
Mills is storing hi pr.w.ler then for tho
blasting in Djv.t U 'i-ki."
"Don't go no ir tho place!' shoutod
firnydon. "Ii lu'tyou hnir her motli T
any that sh. hi I a lot of nutclii) with
bor? Mitche liinpiwl-r mnguzinc!
and with a thiinder-itorin Iiko thii rat
tling overhoid ! C.lit) her: tell hor
to com: out hero to u ! '
"Sho couldn't lunr you il you shout
ed to her with a boatswain's trumpet!'
retorted H-ow.i.
"Mm til i v !" roared (iraylon, in
stinctively put'i'i; out his hin i to stop
tho other, 'Mo yen want to bo blown into
tho middle of tin next liildi J)t 1 you
sco that lust 11 tsh of lightning? '
And ho fnirly took to hi hceli, hur
rying do wn the ron I which le 1 to tho
distant village, without even pausing to
look Icliinl.
Selih Brown glanced after him with
a cou.ite:iuntfo ol i .liuito contempt.
"I alwayi tliou dit he w 11 a poll roon,"
ho muttered. "N w. I am suro of it."
Ho ju nped tin fer.ca like a young
deer, and hastened, with longstiido,
to tho old brici house.
"Oh, is it youJ' fai l drry.not with-
ut n sud len shadow of disappointment
in her luce. "It's very good of you to
como for ine, l'.n sure. B it I thought '
"You tin light you saw Graydon,''
interpoiod Brow . "Well, ynu did,
but ho lias an cnijag Muent in tho oppo
site direction. I'm sorry I am tho wrong
one. But conic, Carry I"
"(),;t in Hint lair. certuinly notl"
si l tho viilago be . lit y, with an air of
ditidon. "I. t us tay hero until it is
over. It's a tr it ty n!d p!n", I know;
I ut the roof i. w t r-light, and"
"And there's your parcol, Cirry.
Come I
II 1 toe k an oblong paper pnekao
from her risp, and then drew tho un
wiling little b .11 J uidcr hii arm with
gce.t'8 force.
"But I shall get nil wetl' she da
clnre I, still hanging back.
"Curry," bu sail, "do yon know
win re your nrei"
in ihs obi bric'N house, to-bc-surcl'
sho linn red.
"You are in n pond r magazine. And
y ur life- r sy peih ipi depend 11101 the I
Ut tlLCJ W..I.U W- (4B JltuCl) bvtwcvn ,
oiinclvoi and this dingorom place," ho
nddo I, in a deep voice, ns another sheet
of b'm lightning blu.ed nnd vaniihed
lofore their ryes.
She w n quick to com; rohend the,
an 1 11 peril which surrounded them
quicker still to Iristou out into tho
driving tempest, clingin; convulsively
to his arm tho while.
"And you yi,u ramo hero to rcscuo
me?" sho faltered.
"Do you think I rf u'd stand calm
ly by and sco you cxposod to peril Iiko
I hi ?"
"Hut Felix tirnydon "
"Felix Grnydon thought of himself
only. Felix (iraydon is n thorough
paced puppy I ' calmly olnervo I Brown.
Not until thoy wore almost homo did
Cirry Viuall spook aqnio.
"It don't rain so much noi?J'" sho
snl I, with a long, shii bleiing sigh.
"Do you think wo need walk quite so
f.n.U"
"Am 1 I urrying yon too much, Carry?
Why didn't you sny sot"
"Oh, il i-n't tli it ; i ut Salah "
His eyes soft' lied into nudden light.
II ; Iiko I to li'nr hii qu :i t oil liililo
iinmo protiouncod by tboso chorry-iipj
bps in so winning n faihiou.
"Ye", Curyi''
"You said jmt now a littlo whilo
ngo "
And then sho panic 1.
"I said wh it, C irry .' '
"You said that you woro sorry you
woro tho wrong one."
"Ye', Ciny."
"But, Sehili, you are not tin wrong
one," murmured Cirry, with her cheek
closo to hii w. t contilei v "You nro
tho right one !'"
"Cany, my dnr.inr, do you m:nii
it?"
"Yes. 1 do menu it!' crie I out tho
girl. "After tho way Fo.ix (iraydon
has lu ll ived to lay, 1 ih v r v.a it to seo
Lis facj ng.'ii. Ho h n cow.ivd -1
mom -.piiitod cow ir l ! II w in! I b ivo
Hod away, to s.cure hi - own sa ely. tin I
loft 1110 to perish in that horriu a death
trap. Bit you oh, Solah! -you aro a
hero!'
"My darling, I di I nothing that any
other m m woul I not imvj doue."
"Th.Mi Felix (Jrnydon i,n't a 111 in;
he is oaly a curl'' liercely declared
Carry.
Tin storiu rol'.e I awny into the l lntk
oning east, tho o il pow ler m.igi iao
escaped destruction for tho once, but
Carry Yinali's fata was di finitely seL
tol.
When M'. Cray'lon tiled ho lereivcd
a curt "Mot nt bom !" 11:1 I Mrs, Vinall's
shrewd laco was full of satisfaction.
"Carry has chosen well," shosiid.
"Alter all, sho was tight. There ii a
difference in men!" jS.lurday Night.
An Owl Thai killed Ducks.
Orlando Seamoii", a larincr living nt
Parish, N. Y., found n duck in his barn
yard dond an' parti illy eaten. Ho
tli'Might the slay -r was a coon, nnd so
ho borrowed a steel tr ip ot his neigh
bor, (ijorgo Tliayer, and set it near tho
rtmni m of tho tin ;k. Tin next morn
ing tin trap and duck were both gone.
Seamons got Tlnyer's coon dog and
tried to run tho true;, I ut the dog
snilTe.l around nnd liydown with mi
ex ression of contempt 0.1 his rotiiite
nn c .
N -thing further was seen until a
week ago, whon 'I'll v . 'r found a duck
torn to pieces under tho shed in hn
barnyard. Thayer is nn old trapper and
hunter, nnd ho did not t ike any stock
in tho coon theory.
After dark tho next idght ho set a
trap near tho remains of tho iltuk. Tin
next morning tho trap was still set, but
tho duck had been dragged ono side,
and moro was eaton from it. Ho thon
set throo traps ahout tin duck, and
enrly tho next morning he had tho cul.
prit, an enormous c it owl. Hi had got
ono too in 0110 of tin traps Tlnycr had
set, nnd upon tlio othor foot was a trap
tho one li nt Soanio-'s wit h t b chain
broken. Tho owi w is also caught 111
nnoth ir ol tho trnpi set l y Th iyor, so
that ho wai held by th.co traps, and
they were none too much.
His toos wcro ns large ni a man's fin
ger, und tho trap on his e., which
would break a tint knit's leg, hud not
broken tho skin.
His wings measured six feet from tip
to tip, nnd hii heal is twice as 1 ir ;o as
neat's. Ho bud not I ecu bothered to
carry a steel trap for livj weeks and
earn a living besi lei. Mr. Th.iy r has
him chain.'d up in a barn, and is fee I
ing him upon nil tho de'ictci s of tho
sonsoii. Now Yoik Sin.
The Fnslcst ti moled Crnlsci.
Thu ni iiior-plat d cim it luuuortalito
has boon nMc l to the elTectivu -Irongth
of tho Bri ish nvy. Six- is 0110 of tho
fastest cruisers of any lass i.llnt, aad
probaiiy quite tho lastest ol nrmorod
ciuisurs, b.ving nttnincl a speod of
1!) 1-2 knots nt hor triV. She i. of
5000 tons displacoincnt nn l S'ulO horse
power. The aimnmcnt oi tlie -bip con
sists of two 22 -ton and t 11 ." ton steel
br-ech-loa lin ; pun, 1; u.t d on
Vjvasseur fittings, sixtui-ii :t .1 under
i,nd G-pounder quicv firing and
nn cquipmunt of machine : tins and
"Vlute'ien I torpedoes Sh w n L uilt
A t' .alh-i .-, ut a cj: of '.:, 000.
( INI lUth.VS (OI.I MN.
Sonieliudv.
Soini boily crawls into inaniori's b"l
! tlust at the I ron k of (lay,
J Sniii;les up c'oso and whisoeri I011 1,
I ' Siiii'UhIv's come to stay,"
imeliiKly rushes through tho Iioii-,
I Never once shuts the iloor.
utters hr playthings all 11 round,
Over the nursTy Hour.
liiiil soii the foiii'o iiml tears lier clothes-
Neverii bit carosshe
oie'lioily h'lilis v. ith roguish eyes,
I i lliroiih tier I ingleil ha.r.
M iineli 1 ly's in.-.'' slies.iys "leit then
Sionel u ly il.a-sn't care."
- livery t Imr S it unlay.
Oild Imprisonment of a Spin row.
'1 he following ii.onoi of truth w.-u
not ciippo I from hiitcry, but ii the re
sut of observation. Tho I'ittiiur
D-'spalch says:
"For many weeks a prominent citi
7.011 living on West Allegheny strcu
has been feeding Iho sparrows lrom tin
front verandah. 0 10 of tho lirdsli
noticed, wis always on linn I and up
pcared 11 ixioui to t food. It wuii'-:
invariably cirry olT 1 rgo pieces 0
bread and lly to a tree c'oso by. dopoiit
big the food in a hole in Iho limb.
Tnis the bir 1 di lev ry Iny. Kiinlly
tho man criclu led to in i'iu no investi
gation. Hi procmed n la l ie-, nnd,
looking i ito the In!", was k-.i r pi : ' I t
se a sparrow iinpii-onel nnd bein:
kept nlivo Ly its m tin for w.icks. Tin
bird was securely fastc:.e I by 11 smal.
piece of wood, which w.ii wc Igc:
tightly near tin openi ig. I'iii little
sparrow ci.u'd only ;;et its hen I out.
Tho man soon 1 1 1 -r t ; I tho littlo plis
oner, which manioiste I iti appreciation
by rhuttering lou lly. '
Live Hulls.
During a (r.iiup t ir.mgh tho wood
of Vim Dijiuen's I.md a spnrtsmai
obscrv:d what he thought to bo im
men so hornet ' nests hanging to the
limbs of high t-eo'. H i spoko of thoai
to hi. host, a-d t!io next dny tin far
mer, e,oing with hin to tho woods,
sail: 'Watch that nost whilo 1 tiro at
it." .Vi tho ro.n-tof th-j gun burst
upon tho nir the ncM, or bdi, fell apart
as if by mngic. while a loud rhirpinn
ciruo from oach fra ;mont, that instead
of dropping to tlio gr. 11 id roio hig!
abi.vo tbi trees and wi.ige.l itiolf awny.
Tho round gray bull was 11 clu-tero
wood swallows, and tho farmer told list
sportsman th it whon he first saw o 10 0
thorn ho clixboi up 011 a high liint
with a mosquito net to captiru what
ho had also supposed to bo a homed
nest.
Thcso are tho only birds known t(
hnvo this roinarknblo habit. At cer
tain tiiuoi in tho 'lay th -y will bogin tc
cougrogato nlnut a treo, an I suddonly
several will alight upon a dead liml:
nnd cling to its unlcr si le. ():her
will join them, hanging with theii
headi down until a bad is formed that
grows rnpi liy, tho uew-co inn a'ight
ing nnd cliiiL'ing to eath othor with tluii
claws, a1 d linully tho t:i 1 1 r j (lick is
s-uspendod in a er at lull. Il w 90 few
birds can suitnin tho weight of nil th;
others seems nirncub 11-. Sometime!
they appear to bo nslcep and tho In - i
dropi 11s if the birds near the li mb had
Io:-t their hold. It then f il.s apar'. and
the birds lly aw iy.
In a 'I'ossiiiii l.irt.
( 10 hu nl roil and sixty ' p isiam 1 hn I .
died together ia ono ro mi. or 1 limbing
about on :oles plnco I therein for theii
ace ommodation.
That's wh-it n dournal man saw at th
wholosale grocery an I sot-d store of ,1.
C. McMillan & Cj , on M .rieltn street.
Tin 'possum room wai as dark 11:
F.rol 11 .
On a numb.r of pic. mining aero -tho
room weie little 'p h-iiiih, li; 'pos
Mill's, fat ' pos-su ii", g. ay ' p vs.lins, blaci'
'po s nut, ciety ono witheuap) ing lit t It
blac.i 1 yos and giiaaing teeth.
O 10 cieat I ig fellow that wei;hod 1?
pounds was hanging ly his tail Iron,
the gas jet, ho having reached tho j"
by jumping from a polo cloio by.
Cud lied up in tho coruor of a littli
box on the floor was a littlo rgrny pos
sum that growled and snarled like 1
cat w henever any other 'po.ssum cam
r.ear his home.
Thi i 'pos-inn was tho smallost in th
lot, but wli 'mv-r ho approached
bunch of his f.l.owi they always parte
to m tko room lor hi n, as ho was un
iloubta lly "the to..k of tho walk.'
S .1110 of tho 'possum stay in this roou
tor two wi'i ks, i ut rr.o-t of tin m re-
nriin tlo ro only a fow days before thej
nro taken out to h.ivo their nocks
cracked.
They aro fed on garbago just as a pi::
is fed.
Two of tho 'possunn escaped one
niodit, ami the next morning tho mir.
gled remains of It chickens w. re found
scattered about tlio Moro room. Tin
McMillan 'poi-um house is perhaps the
on y one 111 t lie world, ns the niiiiiinb
aro generally ki p! i 1 coop i 11 itu thej
aro wimtod fur the ' alt e. (Atlant:
.1 urnal.
Instead ot complaining of tin thorn'
among the ros, wu shout 1 Le thank
ful there aro roses among tho tUoras.
MOTIlHR-OIMMiARL
Where tlio Supplies of Tliis Ma
terial Are Obtained.
Mon, Womenand Childron Dive
After the Oysters.
How littlo peoplo pcnerally know
nbout many of tho things which they
hnvo in common inc. This is notably
tun in thn 111 :i t : 0 r of tin muteiinl
known ni mothui-of-poarl, which is
Used for jewelry, rrochot hooks, paper
knives, kni c handles and a variety ol
otiier objects. Whero docs it. ornio
froir, nnd how ii it obtained ? aro ques
tions which ure not readily answered.
From a writer i 1 Li Nature sn ngont
of the Frcni h govornmon t, sent to in
quire into the production of mother-of-pearl
it is learned that this article is
tho principal produc'ion of Tahiti; that
thii ii what stimulates her commerce
and gives riso to tin r.lntivo important
exchanges which take plnco in tho fur
olT lands of Occanicn, and thiit this is
what nttratts those vessels which, for n
century past, have been sailing among
tho do'olato und w ild idmdsthat maku
up tho nrcliipi'l i;oos of Taumotii, (iain
bier and Tnliuni. O i account of its
rariiy. mothcr-of-piar! hasilwiyi been
nn objotl ol luxury. I! loro navi jntors
went to that pait of the world which is
lost in tho iniiiielisily of tho I'acilic
Ocean it was still rator thin it ii now ;
it had mom v.ilu-i, p.-rhnps, but it was
ns.uio lly neither moio sought for nor
moro pi 1. 1 I.
The mot ber-of-j onrl employed in the
i'ldu-trlos is iiirnished by the various
spcci.s of .-loll fi-lies, tho most c
tco.nel, i;;o-t in le-cent and nl?o tho
most beautiful being tint prolticod by
the 1 cii'l oyster. Agnie, two si rls o!
pearl iv-tis aic il 1 si in :r iii-lio.1. O 10
of th .0, known as tho pi.itadino i-ne-bngriui
intir g i 1 ill '-rn), is lound in
Chi 11 ii, tho Ii du-, in the lie I Sen (IT
the Cuuoru i-liind-, to the noithwest of
Australia, ii th- lliilf of Mexico, and
pniii'iar v n II the Tn iiM lu an I ti.uu
bier Islands. Tin; other, moro mm
iiiouly known as the pearl oyster, is
leu id 1:1 the I .ill s, in the sea of
tho Anlilles, 1:1 th - li .'l Sea and to tho
north of Au-.tr.illn. 'I'm: pi tudino
has 11 liar.l.r, 11. ore u.uro and more
transparent sh-il, and ono that
nt tin it s larger dimensions than that of
tho latter. S uue have I con found that
measured as many a 12 inches in diam
eter, and weight d more than 20 pounds.
Tho tncleagrinn radiata rarely exceeds
four inches in its largest dimensions,
nnd never rem lies 11 weight of live,
ounces. Tho twospcties furnish pearls.
According 10 the lasbion or tho pre
vailing tai-te, Minu tinus th iso i f ono
i.ro (ueferred und tomtit uue Ih-isu of
the other; novel t h' less pintad ino have
a bri. liter lus'.ro nnd moro transparent
and intense toms than those t! its con
gener. It is d illi ult. the writer says, to es
tiina'o the money valiio of 'hi pearls
collects I in the French pnss-ssi mi of
Ocenmci. In Lis opinion it would
nmount to ifii.l.tiilil .1 year. Thu most
important murk' t for lino pearls is
lound in F.ngland.
Tho pintadino comes from tho tropics.
The archipelago of Taumotu and Cum
Lier, ns alien ly stated, is thu point
whero it is found in tho groat -st nbun
dance. Ib re it rinds tut round ings that
aro most c .ngcnial to it. Thii nrchi
polngo, which was mine x I to France
nt tho same tiin.1 us the islands of Tn
Ii it i nnd Moovea consists of
80 islands, almost all of
which yield mcthrr-of-rcarl nnd
T2 of which aro inhabited intermittently
by individuals of the Maori rncc. This
peoplo arc said tojlw indutrious,docil",
submissive, of mild and simplo man
ners, obscivr.nt of laws nnd regulations
imposed 0:1 them, und aro ut tho saino
time ono of tlio poorost classes of
peoplo on tho globe. Tho narrow
tonguo of land, or rather tho crown of
arid reefs that surround tho lagoon ol
thcso coral islands, and which is desti
tute of vogetation, scarcely allor Is this
peoplo sutVuient food f 01 their muorablo
and precarious 1 xiMeiicc.
Hxplosivo Hi lie-Balls,
dpt. in S;iange:i berg, an Austrian
chemist, hns for years tiled to utilizo
an invention described as a "Sproug
Kugei' or "Blasting-bill," a hollow
r ill j bullet warranted to explode (fivo
seconds after firing) with forco sufli
cient to disconnect body and soul of
tho toughest c i v ilry-hoiso. Tho mili
tary commissioners of four diffirciit
statos Irivo rccogniz ;.l tho dynamic
valuo of tho contrivaxo, but "with
sincere regret," etc., hsv.i folt obliged
to declino tho patent, ai incoiuiiatiido
with the tridition.il uiigesof civili7.nl
warfare. A rill ;- bnl , they argue, cv.n
f nimed nt nn army of wanton inva
der1, is intended to disable, rather
thai to Lulcher an ndv. rsury, nnd ex-plo-ivo
projoctilos, l onilnhelli excep -cd,
must bo coi sidored ns inndiui.si
ble in the panoply of Christian urn ies
as tho poisono I nrrows of tho B-a7.ilhn
sav ige. Tho disl met ion r-ce us som -what
Miialojous to tin einra-nl o. th-.t
Bull b valet who inossoi the review
of a French infantry r giment, anA
turuc 1 to hii 111 1st r wit'i tin renin Sc
tlr t "blue unit-r:n is porfi clly absurd,
except in niou it i I nitiller and rogi
mental mil it i 11 ;' bu', with nil its in
consiitincios, tho recognition of tho
general pri icipio is a step in the right
diicctinn. A Irigado of ilisa'dcd
soldiers is put lmrs do combat as ef'rc'.
ually ns a heap of disinomb red corpses,
nnd tho evolution of the imitkct mnrits
a steady ibcroaso in th. i.o of tho
missilus. Twoliundrel yoars ago tin
trumpot-shap.'d blunder 11 9 of a .-an-idi
infaitry soldier was loud id with two
ounce balls; tho heavy flintlocks of
King Frederick's musk'teeri tired 18
balls to tho pounl; whilo the fur moro
(llicient projoctilos ol tho improved
1 French Lebel jgun nro not much latg r
than peanut'. Firctl at short range
tho iivorago quarter-mile distnnco of
modern bnttlcs a 1 ullet of thu l sort
will go throu h nnd through a soldier,
bras'-foil cuirass nnd nil, leuving him a
b Iter chinco of recovery than tho
I leatlen baso balls of tho mi ldlo n;es;
yet in nino out of ton ca cs will p it him
on tho sick list, not for that d .y only,
but for tho rest of that campaign. --
An Aivakeneil lutercsl in I'urest 17.
'Iho increasing popu'urity of Aibir
D iy in nil sections of the 1' iiml i. an
other evi !nco of tho uwakeued in
terest in forestry. X"br.nkn wns tho
lirst stitc, we b.di ;vti, to set apn t ono
dny in each year for tho good nnd I ml J
alde 1 urpn-c of planting treoi. 'Ibis
was in lTt; nnd smco that time moro
than I'll OuO urres of Nebraska land
havo been ji'niitcd with trees. Tho ex
amplo hat b ;cn largely imitatid in
11' her western slates, und, indeed, Ar
bor Dy is li'tely t) becoun popular
over tin length and breadth of th; I' 1
ijn. In (i.-orgii tin 3 niijoct of f ir
istry ii roceiving ntlmtiou in tho pub
lic schools.
We can ill spare one woo Is ami for
ests. They nro a source of wealth, of
hoal'.h, of pleasure, ns well as of beau
ty. Il is est i mill c I that tin annual
forest pro I not of tho I'aited States
amounts to $ s M) no 1,1) )u -moro thau
doub'e tlio vain of llio cotton c op.
Over lo 1, 111 it 1 miles of railroad, with
their demand for cross-ties, nnd tho
numerous other wood ruliri ig, w jo 1
con 'U 111 ing c:itor,i: is-os 0: tlio couotrv,
are a lerriblo drain upon tin wools and
forests; and in'u- tree pla 1 1 ig is nunlo
equ il to tho co i-um pt ion, tho forests
wil. bo depleted. O.10 result of tho
stitpping if tho f rest lands will bi in
creased nnd more destructivi spriig
Il ods and increased a id moro ruin ui
summer diou : lit. with da igcrom re
sults to c 1111 it ! and health. As con
necto I with forestry. Arbor Day ii to
be one. uraged. We but imperfictly
comprehend ns yet bow much a general
taste fir troo ru tiro w mid leal to tho
boautilicat io 1 of out ri:i'-, ami how
much thii same bcniitilic 1' ion would
lend to health nid comfort. IMail and
Fx press
Cicking (nlloii in Texas.
It is estimate 1 that the aim 11 1! 1' uton
crop of t In I'nit 'd S' ntcs is more than
? 000,11011 bales, :i large portion of winch
isliirni.ho l by Texas. Tho aveiago
balo contains "iO0 pounds of lint. I'h'ro
arc three and 11 half pounds of seed to
the pound of lint, 2 10 lolls to each
pound of seel, and every bill his to io
picked by h md, ono at a tinn.
Supplied w ith a Ion g b g, wo began
on a pice ! of cotton w ith rows half a
mile long. Tho bottom crop of cotton,
con-isting of the bolls nearest tho
ground, is tho first to open, so that tho
picker mut eithor stoop or get 03 his
knoes to r.-: c'l it.
Beginning in tho morning as sooa ns
it was light enough to see, wo worked
until II or 12 o'clock aad, starting
again at 3, wo picke 1 11 nil dark. Tin
weather was hot, !i" to 100 in the sha le,
nn I :i "i in tho sir'.
0 1, tho long, long rows! Half a
mile on tho knoes, working bo h hands
ns fast ns poisi'do, and pulling trash
out of the cotton with the teeth! Fifty
cetils for 100 pounds in tho sec I is all
w o were p d I ; and workns har I cs I
might, about 100 pounds would be nil I
dull I pick iu n day.
Ic.nnot underst md why tho colored
people like tho work so much. Tney
will pick 1 itton lor half tho w.igos they
could get at other work. It mny bo
becnuso they go in crowds and mako a
frolic of it.--D troil Frco l'rcss.
Tastes.
It is noted that nearly all tho ladies
in the Whi'e House have been as-ici.
ated in tho public mind with somo dis
tinttivo tasto or quality. With Mrs
Grant it wns interest in rational nff irs;
with Mrs. H iycs, tmipcrance; with
Mrs Cleveland, beauty, and wiih Mis.
H irri03 it promises to bo domesticity.
Nearly nil of tin items about her toll of
her doing her own marketing and
pruiso her skill as 1 hoiitckcepsr. San
Francisco Chronicle.
A My Hint.
Tho editor of the Sign, a magnrine
publish 'd by the stu loot 1 of tho N w
Jersey N rmnl School, says:
"There 1$ -ino in which $ ono
o' ,..ii $ i i $ t who 1 $ -tiding
ia their $111 fcriptioni.
Best.
Let lis rest ourselves a bit,
Worry-- wave your hand to it
Kiss your tlnger-tips; and smilo
Il farewell a little while.
Weary of the weary way
Wo have conio from yesterday,
I. -t us fret us not, instead,
1 if the weary way uhend.
I."t us pnuso and r itch our breath
I ill the hither side of dentil,
Wlnl we soo the tender shoots
'f the grasses -not the roots.
While we yet look down not up
To seek out tin. buttercup
And the ilaisy, where thy wavo
1 ' or the green Imnie of the grave.
l.-t ns Iniiui h us smoothly on
l.istle-s billows of the lawn.
An I drift out across the main
if our childish .1 renins R(;uin.
Voyage i ff, beneath the trees,
1 1'i-r the field's enchanted seas
Where the lillies are our sails,
And our seigu Is, nightingales.
Where no wilder storm shall boat
Tlui'i th wind that waves tho whent.
And no tempesls burst about
Tlie r lil laughs wo used to lnvo.
I.'iso all troubles gain release,
Langii'.r und exceeding ieai'e,
('rinsing idly o'er t'10 vast
( iilm mid-ocean .if tho past.
I.-! us 1 a st inn-selves n bit,
Worn ; -wave you hand to it-.
Kiss your linger-tips mid smile
Jt farewell 11 little while.
- (.Iiinics Wbitcomb Hiley.
Ill MO ROUS.
A tir'tllsh place -Tlio ribj.
CaiHi s a riso in (1 un -Yeast.
l'oor quarters Mnglish shillings.
There is a charming claiticity about
a girl of eighteen Springs.
A trood ninny dough hoads nro still
found among tho upper crust.
Some folks are so peculiar that thoy
will not cut salt fish unless they know
it is Irish.
la a school of full tho young ides is
doubtless taught not how to shoot but
how to swim.
Tho man who Aids fault when bil
ncwspnpsr isdamp ii equally dissatis
fied when it ii dry.
'i'ln oiigin of tho expression "raining
c ts and dogs," is probably iho same as
"II li.in ; omnibuses"
The belief that ti h is brainy food is
necouiito I for by tho fact that fish ara
ulwnys lound in schoo1''.
It is a 1 ir ions f i t that one of tho
most prolific, of insects is never mora
than an uut to hor own children.
A clergyman says: I onco married
n handso no young couple, and as I took
the I ride by tho hand at tho closo of
the ceremony and gavo hor iny warmest
congratulation', sho tosied her pretty
head, nn l, pointing to tho I ridegroom
sail, 'I think hois tho ono to bo con
gratulated.' The I'solul Peanut.
I'ln 1 canut is a useful product
much mono so, indeed, than poop!o
imagine. Wo all know how extensive
ly it is eaten in its roasted state, but
therein ly no means li s llio extent of
its va ne. 'I ho nut contains from 42 to
"id per lent, of n nearly colorless, bland,
fixed oi', resembling olivo oil and usod
for similar purposes. Tho best is ob
tained by rot I expression, but n large
quantity of inferior oil is preenrod by
heating tho foods Leforo pressing. It
is a no-.-drying oil, changing but slow
ly by ( po-uro to tho atmosphere, and
rtmaimno; flui 1 in cold several de
crees bolow 1!2 dogroos Fahrenheit. It
eoitnins besides oleic and palmitio
nci Is, two other oily uci Is, which havo
been cal'o I tho arachic and Lypo-
ir c, though it is doubtful if they nre
reilly distinct. Tho principal con
sutnpti n of tho oil is in soap-n n't ing.
In D S '. Virginia b 'gnu tho man u fac
tum ol peat ut flour, tho result being
a p iu inly pilutnblo biscuit, while
(I- orgta has long mado pastry of
po.imlel peniiuls The kernels roasted
nro lnrgo y 11 c 1 in tho manufacture of
chocolato, while tho nmaude do terre,
ns has ben shown, is usod by tho con
fectioners. It is also euten ss a fruit
and toasted for coffee. "Tho poor
man's fruit," tho peanut, is capable of
su-taitiiug life for a long time, owing to
its pei 11 inrly m.tritivo qualities, tho
negroes u-ingit alike in poirilge, cus
(artl or as a beverage. Nor does its
Usefulness end here, for tho viies form
asph-ndil folder, ns good as clover
hay, whilo hogs wi.l fntlon on what
thoy find in the ficl Is nfter the crop has
been gathered.
It is an easy crop to raise, the ds
mnnd for nuts has trebled within the
past lew years, and has never yet
equaled the demand. Tho quantity of
peanuts used in this country may be set
down ut 11,000, 000 bushels per annum,
and this seems alnr re a count; but as for
back as 1 Sft7 there wcro imported into
Marseilles alone from Africa more than
10,(100 000 bushels v .lued at $5,000,-.
000. At pnscit tho nveraee prico of
peanuts mny bo set down at fivo ccntss)
pound. So that, by setting dowa
America's product ns fl 000,000 bushels'
of 22 pounds a bushel, it rei noscnts a
proiue; vilu-il nt $11, if'i'i. Off. Sin '
VrancUco Chronicle.
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