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"ITs IlcUrr lo Laugh.
The eimiiicbt skbs aiethe fairest,
Tlit' happii .-I hours arc the best.
Of all i if life's hlessiiios the rarest
Aro'pii t"r s nf pleasure and rest.
Though I'ateiseur washes denying,
Lot em h hear hi? jart like n man,
Nor darke n the world with our sighing -s
belter to lau'li when we can. .
Each In art has its bunion of sorrow,
Km !i sunl has its shadows profound.
' l is si !liine wo re yearning to borrow
"'mm those who may gather around.
Tin h i Hi w ear faces of pleasure
1 he world will be happy to n an.
A ix-ott 1 is to i no a treasure
'Tii hi lh r to heigh when we can.
HIS NEIGHBOR'S BEES.
U V AMY It sNlml.l'II
It v us n Etill,. froity evening in Octo
ber, 'with the moon just eld noiigh to
cast a ruddy light on the I' rif-oarpeted
path, and the ancient sli no wall, all
liroiiltn.il over with lichens a'i'l ma
Iho air was ins'.inct with sweet aro
matic siotit-i, anl one rcii liht burned
like a beacon star in thecottage w.udow
on the hill.
"l.o.ik!" eaid Fieda Fcnwick.
'Minima has lighted the lamp! 1 's
high tmiu we were l.oni"."
"And you haven't said yi's!' mout'i
fully uttered Jack Tievelyn.
"And I don't mean to say ye !"
Jiiksea'cd himself on the stone wall.
ju.it where tho bun luid been tnke.'i
down. Ho w as a liaudsom i, Minbiiined
fellow, with spur'., ling blndi eyes mid
a rich, d.u k complexion, as if, in hi-,
fur bm k ancestry, there had been some
olivc-brovei (Spaniard. Flcda leant'i
ngainat the bars, tho moon turning her
fair hair to gold and lingering like blue
sparks in the deeps of her laughing
eyes. If ever oppo-dtcs existed in
nature, they xitcd there, and then.
I've a great mind to g awny to
fin," said .I.ii k, slowly and vongcfully.
"On,' family rotorlel Fied.
''Anil never romu back again!'1
Oh, Jack!'"
"Tin; idea," he mod, raising both
hands as if to invol.e the fair moon her
self ly way of aiidienro, "of n gill re
fusing to he married simply because sho
hain't got ii inn particular port of a
wedding gown to stand up in."
"If 1 can't be marred like, other
girls, I won't be married at nl'," de
clared Fled , compressing her rosy
lip-.
"The i lei of keeping a man waiting
for thai! 1 groaned .lack.
' 'It wen't be long," coaxed Fieda.
Kul, look bore, Flida, why can't
we go ipiictty to church and be mar
ried, any day, and get the gown niter
waidsi" pleaded Jack.
Hut, Jack, it wouldn't be tho t-ami
thing at nil. A girl gets married but
once ill lur life, uu 1 sho wants to luok
decent then."
"My own darling you woul I look an
angel in anyt hiug I '
"Now, iii t that, .Taik! ' laughed
Flcda. "It's what my school children
call Hairy.'"
"I hiln ye, ur school children," mid
Jack, venomously. ''I halo your
school. I despise tho trustees, aud I
should like tj see the luilding burn
dowu. Then yon would bavj to coni'i
to me. "
"No, I shouldn't, " averted Flcda
' I should lake in millinery and dress
making u.itil I hal cm nod enough for
the while silk duss. I never would
Oh, J uki Who's that I"
"A tramp? I'll soon stttl-i him with
my blackthorn !' cried 'I'revolyn, spring
ing up.
No, don't," whispered Fled.i,
shrinking close to him; "it's Mr.
Mmgdon. He's on his owu premises;
thejo woods belong to him. It's we
that are trespassers. Wait! bland
still until he hast gone by. IIo's very
near-sighted, mid ho will never see
us."
"And who," breathed .Tack, as u
stout, elderly persuu trotted slowly
across tho patch of moonlight, and van
ished behind tho otilT laurel beige, "is
Mr. Mingdciif"
'llju'tyou know? Our neighbor.
Tho new gentleman who has bought
Smoke Hill."
The el I r.uve who is always rpiar
eoling with youi''
"Yoi tl"J very man ho hates bees
so intoloi aliiy, and wants in iiiinm to
take away all those lovely hives, down
by the south fence. He says ho can't
take his con titut on in p ace, beciuso
ho's always afraid of being stung."
'Whv don't ho take it sc mewleie
else, then?'
"Tnn''s tho very epiestion," said
F.eda,
Mingilen, ch? I behove h mud bo
Harry Mingdcn's uncle it's not such a
very common name,' sa;d .lick, reflec
tively. "And Harry's my collegcchum
and 1' m going to ask him to bo my
host mm nt tho wedding."
"Oi, Jack! 1 hopo he isn't ns disa
gree ible as his uiicb'!" crio I K tt;da.
"He'i a trump!"
"He. ides, I don't belie vo bis unrle I
will iet hi.n come!" udded the girl.
"Not let him ome ? Why shouldn't
he?"
"H 'cau-e ho hates us bo on account
of the b e.."
"Hut, I tar, Fledi!" ciicd the young
man, "this c.imj lie itos matteri ! 1
premised to go anl so II irry Muigden
when I was .w.i here.''
' C i'id see him, then; but don't
iiio:: : , the name of Fcnwicl:, foryour
life."
"Indes I I shall. I-'i't it the uame
of all others in which 1 take tho most
i i i I, ':'
"Oh, . I irk, you will only make mole
t:t";blo! It'll be wuno than the bee'.
I'm mise in-, Javk, or I'll never, never
. I oak to von again."
And Jek hil to prjimso, after som
unwiiliii'.; fashion.
yr-. lYmwcli, a pretty, fade 1 little
wi l i-.v was full c harged with in ligua
li n whin Finli rvluinel f r.'in her
hle ll in the woo I i.
' Mamma, what is the mittei V' said
Fie la.
' One of tho hive? wis t. tipped over
ton ght," nobbed Mrs. Fen wick; "and
I'm mho he d:d it."
"It was the wind, mamma.''
'No w.nd ever did that, Fie la.
!it I et it up again. I will never,
never .in ilii e my upiary to his absurd
prejilieos."
' P ar mamma, if you would on!,'
have the hives moved to tlm other side
of the' garden ! ' peilel Fada, caress
ing y.
' A 'i I sarnficB a ipie tmn of princi
ple! Ni vci ! ' replied the widow.
Mis. Fdiwick, oidinarily tbo most
unliable of women, was rouse 1 on this
sulij- ct to im obstinacy whic'.i eould
only le chaiacter ?. id a vindictive.
And Mr. Fzra M ngden was ten tiin ;s
as bad a. his neighbor.
"'lh.it woman is a dragonosi, Ha'.'
he sa d to his nephew. "Sho keepi
i hose bees simply to annoy me. 1 hate
lues, liees hato me. Every time 1
wnlk thc ro I get stung."
"Hut, uncle, you shouldn't brandidi
your cane about so," reafoued Harry.
"It's sure to enrage 'cm. "
"I don' t hi indiih it on tho woman's
side of tbu f 'nee. If her ahoininabto
buziug insert persist in trespassing in
my garden, am I n it buin l to protect
myself (' ' sputter-! 1 Mi'. M ngden.
'C.iu't you walk soinewhe e cl-eJ"
"C'.in't she put her bei-s smno wh' re
i-U t '
' li'.i', mic e, all this seems such a
trivi.it affair."
"Tiivial, indeed! If you'll been
i-tiing on your noso on I your i-nr and
your eyelids and everywhere else, would
you call it tiivial? I never eat honey,
and I've always coniiderod bes to be
an absurdly ovenatel sec l in of ento
mology. What biifiness have her bees
In be devouring all my llnwers? How
would she like it herself? '
1 1 n r y Miiigden smiled to sen the do
glee of fury to which (he old geulli niiu
wiisgi.idii.illy working hiins-'lf up. Ho
was ahead in Jack 'J'revelyn'a ciniti
dence, an I thus, to a cettuin extent,
enjoyed the unusual opportunity of see
ing both sides of the cpieslion.
"L ok heie, sir,-' nod he, "why
ib. n't you set up a colony of bee-hives,
yourself J If her bees lilh) your flow
el., let yours go foraging into her gar
den, h t her see, n ymi suggust, how
she would like it herself. l'tit a row
of hives as close to your side of the
fence, ni you lan get It. If they fight,
lei 'em Tig-it. l!jes me an uncommon
ly war-like lace, I'm told; if they agiee
what is to pieveiit 'mi bringing half
the honey into your lnvosi''
"Hy Jove,'' mi l Mr. Mingden, start
ing to Ins f.'et, "1 never thought of
that. I'll do it! 1 wonder where the
deuce they sell bois! Thcro isn't a
moment to be lot."
"1 think 1 know of it plno where I
could bu5 half a b "ii hives," said
Hairy.
'The gent cut ui wants to buy some
lu es," n d Fied i. "D ar mamma, do
soil youi ; we can easily get all I he
hoaey wo want "
Hit I've ki pt bees all my life,"
-a d Mr-. Fen w ick, pileously.
"Yes, but thcy'i J mi. Ii n care,
mamma, now that you aro no longer
youn, nud you are loud y nldo to look
aftei I he in in swarming time, and "
(she d ue I not nlliidu to the trouble
they who making in Uuigiib.uly ie!a
lions, but glided swiftly on to the next
vantage point) "it wi I bj just exactly
the money I want ti I'm Is h the gum for
my we Id ng dress."
.Mis. F.'iiwicVj faro snfloned; t.ho
kissed Fleda's cat mind cheek, with a
deep sigh.
For your sake, then, darling,'' said
i-he. "lint 1 wouldn't for the world
have Mr. Ming leu think that I would
concede n single inch to '
"I don't know that it is any of Mr.
Mnoibn's InisiniMS,'' sail Fieda,
i,,.....!.-.
Th -next day M.. M uigdcii trotte I
to look at his new ponse-.tioni.
To bad that Harry had to go back
to town before he bad a chance to seo
how the bio-hives looked in their
plac.1," 8cliloiiz;d he. "A capital
idea, that of hi. 1 wonder what the
old lady will Ka) when i-hc fees the op
pisiiion upiary! Won't she bo furiouil
H i, ha. ha! '
Hi nlju lel his spectacles a3 ho
hastened down towards the sunny nouth
walk whio'i had heretofore been the
batile-groii id. There was the row of
square, while hives on his side of tho
fence but lo! au t behold! the bench
that hal cxlend-'l ou the other sido
was vacant and de-erled!
"Why!" lie exclaimed, coming to an
ubi upt standstill. "What has shu done
wi'h h t Lees?"
".Sold 'em all to you, sir," said
.1 noli, thy gardener. "And a line lot
they le! And not au unieasonible
pi ice iiui'li-.u ! M'-. Hi'.ry luukul nrter
that hisself.'
' I hop'j you'll be very kind to them,
sill" utteie I a soft, pleading little
voice, aud Klfleda Fenwic's gollen
head appearc I just above the pickets of
tho fence. "And 1 never knew until
just now lint it w.u yo.i who bought
tin m."
'Humph ! ' said Mr. Mingden.
' Hit, 1 hop-, alter this," kindly
added Fieda, "that we shall never havj
any mote trouble as neighbors, I
mean. It hat made me very uuhappy,
and "
Tho blue eye', tie) faltering voice,
incited the old gen I Ionian at last.
"Then don't le. it m ilceyou unhappy
any longer, my dear!" sai 1 ho, reaching
vi r the pickets to shako hands with
the pretty special plead r. "Haug tho
bees! After all, what difference docs
it n:iiko which sido of the fence they'ru
mi? Po you're tue little school teacher,
are you? I'm blessed if I don't wish I
w.u young enough to go to trhool to
you myself!"
F.eda ran back to tho ho tie in secret
glee.
"I do beliove," sho thou j!it, "tho
Montague and fijiu'o'. feu I is healed
at last! And I do believe" (knitting
her blond brow-), "that .lick toll
young Miiigden all about the boe.s, and
that that ii the so'ii'iou of this my s -ter,'!'
Hut t'nit evening there came a pres
ent of while grapes from the Mingden
greenhoii e to Mn. Fen wick, w ith tho
old gent lo'n.iri'is card.
"lie must have been very much
pleased to get tho hies," thought tho
old lady. "If I had only known ho
liked lees, I should have thought very
differently of him All this shows how
clow we should be to be ic-vj servants'
gos-ip and ncighb uli od tattle! If I
had known he was the pure ascr, I
should havn decline I to n tgr.tiatc; but
perhaps everything has happened for
the he,t!"
.Ink Trevelyn though!, so, when he
stool up in the village church, a fort
night fi i m that linn I edde a fair vision
in glittering white silk, aud a vail that
was like crystulized frost-work. And l
the stiange.st pint of all was that old
Mr. Muigl n was theio lo givo the
brido away !
"I take all tho credit to myself," j
mischievously whispered Harry M ng- I
del, the "best man." "Hut I'm afraid
i
it is easier lo set machinery in motion
than to slop it nfb't wards! A'ld it's
jud possible that I may have an aunt-
in-law yet."
' 's ran ;er things have happened," j
eft d the In i legi oom. -Tit! I.:!,je:
Flu lit Hot neon Nhaloc !
The canal schooner II. l! F,!y of
I'hiladel p i a Oeoige Moore of D hiwaro !
j
master, nirive l lecentlv with a cargo j
of lumber from North I'arolinu. Main j
John ltennet r. puled that when in i
Chesapeake Hiy, two whales were seen
first on the pelt bow, diitait about 8
quarter of a mil", lashing the water j
into foam. Ai the vessel drew nearer j
it was seen that one was ah tit thirty i
feet in longtli, tlu other a Utile larger, j
and that lliov were engage I in deadly ;
i mill). it. 'I'i.o whali'i w ould rush at
each other, soui!'. mn stri t in with j
their hug , square heads, but oftener i
dodging the blows, and the sina ler
seeme I to have tho best of it. They
sound it! i flea anl ns often as th-y I
caiiio to the sir face they threw the
water fifteen or twenty feet into the air !
f i out their b'ow-holcs. When they j
camo together l ho blows sounded liko j
tho fall of a pile driver, only uot so j
char, nud the thrashing of their tails j
threw the water half masthead high. I
The crew of tiio Ely watched tho com- j
but for nearly ha f an hour, during
which tho larger whalo was stoadily
driven towoir I tho shore.
Coin pn rat he HI Ii no logy.
He Win n nil Indian gives a present,
it is nl'.v.iys with tho expectation of get
ting something in return of equal or
greater value.
Siie Whv, how funny. Thai's jus,'
X ic'.ly like oiii wed lin present sys
tem, i-s i t it I
(HII.lHtKVS HU.rMN.
tx i itti r -irnrs.
There was once a lotii- kiit-n.
Vime fur was hrnwn and gray;
tshe wouhl drive the i.Uu r kitties
From the bread and milk away.
There was I'lenty in th saucer,
Tlitre was more upon the shelf,
Hut Ibis naughty, greedy kitten
Wanted all of it hi r. If.
She had been coaxed and petted,
She h.nl beeu inmislie I to ,
Hut Kittic still would snail and bite
Whatever we would do.
And when the meal . over,
If there remained a hit,
She did not want the . thers
To have a ta-te of it
There w is another kitt-n,
A little downy bail.
h i would st and wait fu breakfast
Till Miss : reedy ale it nil.
She would wipe her dainty w hiskers)
With her i ui'v velvet loot,
And wait in meek subnii.-sioii
For souie'hing she could eat.
She would not drive the kittens
From the br-ad and milk away.
Now. like which of these two kitties
Will our darling he today '
-r.,
llFFi:ni.T minis.
Besid .'S tarlli bui lowers tliero lire
wood buiroweis among the birds. You
lli know tho habit of our woo Ipei ker,
if boring into a tree and building
within the opening mide. Tiie nut
hatch m ikes a sbuil ir nest, as docs the
South American toucan i bird with an
enormous bill, which it thit.t, as a
defensive weapon, out of thj door of
its dom.ciic, to warn oil aggres :vo
monkeys, snakes or other enemies
Then there are swinging nests, which
laugh; from the end of a bou;h aud
rock Iho infant bit I.e. on the troo tops
until they nro old enough to fly away.
Perhaps you have seen tho nest of the
Haltmmro oriole, which is constructed
lter this fashion, though S' me Alricvi
birds build very beautiful au I wonder
ful hanging n.'St'. Among the-e urn
tho weaver biids, whose ne ts are ll isk
shaped and wovca in and ou! as ucitly
as a basket-mak 'I 's woik; and the
tailor. bird, wh ch -ows r tie .t up in
leave i, Using a fibre or Mini root for
thread and her bill for needle. The
Australian hoiiey-onler make, a hum
mock of fine grits, which sho swing!
from two small tough lwi;s, and alt
the humming-birds, 1 b lieve, mao
h inging nests.
Another class of bird, mako nests
daubed w.t'i mil 1 ; you k ow tlej Ma k
binl mid swallow do; so does llil home
martin, and t hero may he others I can
not remember just now. There is an
African birl the ov-ii bird that
makes a round, hollow ball of mu I, at
the side of which sho opnn a door and
lines inside with softe.t moss an )
feathers. The nest bakes a- hud as a
brick, and furnishes n veiy substantial
home fur the little brood which is
reared within. I could loll you of
many other curious tie si s if I iiad l i run.
1'ic.ujune.
TI1F. VOfNO AND TIIK OLD,
It is sometimes Slid that Western
nations have somo things to learn from
tho dignifij I and urbane Orientalists,
and assinedly Young America might sit
at the feet of Or.entil you'.hs to Hud
tha they possOiS virtu is worth cn.ul.it
ing. Courtesy nud rov.Menr nro two
virtvei strenuously iuoiilc itcd by tho
Orientalists, nud cunsic iou ly lucking
in typical Yotm ; Auieiiea. Som i
American bidi in their t' ini talk llip
pantly about tho "guv'nor'' and the
"old m..n, " by way of designating the
father whom they are commiudud to
honor, thus recklessly trampling under
foot all filial reverence.
1 1 the heathen nation of Chin i the
government lays great iross upon th-j
family relation, and clu d en aro naied,
not outy in the most dutiful regard for
their parents, but in a most profound
respect for elderly people. Age alone
entitles a man to respectful treatment
in China. When a p or old man, it
at ranger, enters a small Chinese vidags,
the people Icavo their various occupa
tions nud stand in respectful quiet until
bo hai passed out of sight. If this
runii'i old man had appeared in some
Amerie in villages, ho woul I perhaps
have boon called a "tramp" and "an
aid codger," with possibly a volley of
stones to add zest to tho greeting. I i
China, if a person bvjs to be a century
old, he has tho privilege of petitioning
government to bud I an elegant marble
nionumcut commemorative of tho fact.
There aio many si.ch memorials in
Chin a.
Does age win tho respect which is its
due from Young Ameiica? There is a
(rent charm in the fresh cnthusinsni of
youth, but mature sge and old age have
their immeasurable advantages. Honor
tho veteran who his fought long on the
hattlcficl I of life, mid now flags a litt'o
in the conflict. What can reflect a
sweeter charm upon youth than tender,
gei. tlo courtesy to iho nped pilgrim?
I.i-t ad tho gracious virtu 'S bo grouped
under Iho gospel bnnncr.
WATKKY VILLAGES.
The Slrano Homes of the
Bololo Tribes in Africa.
Building Houses on Piles in
Swamps to Avoid Enemies.
From a commercial point of view-, the
richest ntll lent of tho Congo, the great
Fast African river, is the Li'. i.ugu,
whose mouth is situited a f.-'-v miles
above the Ilu'ii. The I. I ungu is
formed by the confluence of two livers,
the M ! in 411 and I.opori, which, uniting
nt the p ip lions Vili.i- nf M issauku .o,
iicneefor! it form a 'ream a mi'.u in
width, an 1 probib v one hundred and
lift ; m.lus in long h, until its waters
ae -wallowed up in those of the
miguty C jugo. This lower stietch ol
river is inhabited by litukuudu ivory
and slave traders; the upper ieacbe, as
far as the swamps around the head
waters of the M iliiiga iiu I Lopori, by
the Hal du proper, and ru le tribes of
elephant hunters, who st ore their iv jiy
until the periolie.il visits of tho down
river trader;, when they exchange it
for heals, cowries anl bra.s ornaments.
The e iiolul i 'r.oos arj au oppressed
and persecuted pe ip'.e.
Tum i a:i inolTi'iis'vc, they fa I an
easy pr y lo tlu ov.u whelming numbers
of the powerful inland tribes of the
I.itfcinl'o and Nioaib;, wlio are contin
ually making laids upon them, cap'ur
irg them and selling then into slavery,
and eating those who are less suitable
for the slave in iliset.
The Lulungu and it two groat feed
ers, particularly the Ma iug.i, tbw
through a swautpy couit'.ry, tho gieater
part of the land during the rainy season
being under water.
S i swampy r i', 'bat nil tho native
villages on the upper reaches of that
river aro built on piles standing in
water from two to four feet in depth.
It is a strange sight, when tho water is
high, to see nil these hoti-cs, dottc I
about on the river, looking like float
ing boxes, and cmircal to observe a
native li-htng from his tiny veiauda or
wl.cn he wishes lo pay a. visit to a
fr end across the wa:, or journey to
another part of the villiig) to seo him
step into bis canoe from off his door
step, and paddie about the streets of
swiftly running water.
Ivory is hiddci for safety in the
water under their hoiisei, or at some
point of the forest known only lo the
owner, where the loiij tree-dunks
stand up out of th i brown, d irlv-shad-owed
flood of the swollen river, an I,
should he wish to sell it. he must dive
down and fe'ch it up.
The e ffect seen from the river of one
of these villages is very striking, huge
trcci nro felled all about, so as to ren
der tho progress of an approaching
can oa dilfiouli. Th tso wro'chel hoii-ei,
without walls, and with a lire made ou
!i flat lump of clay, or a platform foimed
by cross-sticks, form inle;d wretched
habitations for humai beings. You
will seo on some prominent position a
bilge war-drum, jo that in case of nn
attuck, or any danger arising, the sur
rounding villages may bo signale I, nnd
timely warning given.
Tim natives liv.ng in theso watery
ettloments say that inland they can
find strips and p itches of dry laud, but
that if they live tin re the slave-raiders
find cut their whi iealiouts, aud arc con
tinually pcrsei uting them, so that,
though it is incoiivcnie it an I wietched
living in houses on piles, they naturally
preterit to the danger of slavery and
death. However, they aie not flee
from molestation even ua b r theso cir
cumstance, as the slavc-i ai lers fiom
the lower reai'hcs of the river form
large expeditions, sometimes of 2' HI
and t JO cauoo", well-annel, nil 1 go up
nnd kill, catch and take them into
slavery. T.'ie I. hj r.
I'loiveis mill the Children.
There are but few children who aro
not attracted by the beauty and sweet
ness of flowers. We bavj often watch
ed with great iuterest the seemingly
natural ten lency of voting children to
admire flowers. Ficqiienlly wo have
seen them gazing with rapture iipui the
picture of a flower, aud smelling it
with apparent di-appointmcnt that it
yielded no perfume. Tho chill appeals
to instinct tveiy know that a tliwer in
delica'e, innocent nnd pretty, and it
niay be laid down us a goner 1 rule that
a boy that i. brought up among fl iwers
will develop into a better man than one
win is a stranger to flower'.
If we could have our way, wo would
adorn with flowers the homes from
which Come our criminal classes. They
woti'il nut banish rtiinn from tho r.mi
uiiuit f, I lit they would gieatly lessen
it. Fiowe-s tiinke pcop'e gentler, softer
nud better, and the lather and mother
who do not neglect lo pri vide this holy
in fl notion for their children are doi ig
them a set vice that pi rhiip the eterni
ties nl uic will toll tliu v ' 1 1 o of.
Novelties in 1'uper.
It ulro a I c ar wheels made of pnper
aie more diiinb e than Iron.
When sir-uig lioro is used paper can
be ma le into a substance so bard that it
i :n scarce y be snatched.
Hlacl walnut pictuie fiames are made
of up r a id so col tei that no one can
tell them fi out the original woo l.
An ItVian monk ha succeelel in
constructing an organ where the pipes
are mide of piper pulp. It has 1 bid
pipes of various siz'j.
Tho litest idea is to use paper instead
of wood for lead pencils, by using a
patent preparation by which it can bo
cut as oas ly as the softest wool.
The ceilu-g of the assembly chamber
at Albany, N. Y., is in ide of papier
inaei.i-. It :s a uio.-. of its kin 1 and
npp.-ars so 1 !;; marble a - to deceive the
moil ex pert eye.
Cracks in floors nroii id tho skirting
be ard or other parts of a room may be
neatly filled by tl.oioigl.ly soikiog
newspaper in paste made as thvk as
putty and forced into the cracks with a
paste knife. It will soon hat den and
can be painted.
A store in Atlanta, Gi. , hss been
built entirely of paper. Tho rafters,
weather bear In, roof anil flooring aro
all made of th.ck compressed paor
bonds, impervioUi to wa'cr. On ae.
count of the surface of the paper being
sue otii and haul it can lot catch oil lire
as easiiy as a wo.nl.ui building. It is
liiiiud warm in cold and cool in hot
w caiher.
A paper pian i lias litelv been ex
hibited in I'iris. Tue entire c iso is
111 ! le of c mp ess'.d paper, t ) w iiicll il
g.veu a hard surface, a cream white
briliiii'it polish. i'.ie legs and sides
aro iiinam nled with arabesque! and
flora! design t. Tho exterior aud as
much of tho interior as cm be seen
when the instrument is op n aro cov
ered with wreaths an I iiio lallionspaint
cd in miniature.
A new m II for the manufacture id
paper from moss lias been recently
establish1' I in Sweden. Paper of dif
ferent th i-kne-ii and pasteboard undo
of it h.-.vj ahead y been shown, the
hitler e ven in sheet thrco-qiinrters of
an inch thie'i. Il is ns haul ni wood
and cult be en-ily puinted and polished.
It has nil the good qualities but none
of the defects ed wood. Tile paste
board can b'j li-ed for door ami window
frames, ;:re!iite turn! ornaments an I all
k.ndsif limit lire. s'. 7. "e ' itir..r.
Store NaiiioH in Mexico.
One of ih" oldet th ng, here, says a
City of M x.co letter, is tho naming of
the stores and shop;, where upon tho
signs, instead of the name of the pro
prietor, appears somo elaborate appella
tion that often causes one a smile from
its inoongi uily with the goods on sal".
For instance, "The Electric Light" is a
pulque shop, the "ilii"on of the
World" is a biend shop, iho 1 "Palace of
the World ' is a boot store, the "White
Venus" is a bulchei's shop, and so they
go. Scvoial of the grocery stores aro
calb'd by the names of the gicat cities
of the woil I, which is very appropriate,
for it is from them v.e obtain all lux
uries for tho table. Insteal of being
direc ted to the firm of So-and-So, onei
is told that certain goods can be had at
the ' City ol New-York," tho "City of
Hamburg," etc. The shadow of the
ll.lTel Tower has reached and fallen
upon the city of Mexico. A gorgeous I
new sign, nil white, bine, and gold,
bears tho tall name and a fl ig-decora toil j
representation of the same, "The E ITcl J
lower, and wit Inn the store one Units
most delicious French ouifectiouery.
A I'ohil Ab ml Itrooins.
Says a In oom r r u deale r: "A few
years ago, all broom corn was so
bleached with sulphur fume, as toniako
it so wli.te that it neaily destroyed its
pliability, and it sometimes broke to
pieces mucli more rapidly than it should
have done. Now the brooinuiakers
have gone to the other ixtieiii ". They
dye their broom corn so green that
housekeepers aro afraid to break off ono
of tho splints to test a cake with, for
fear they may bo poisoned with Palis
green.' '
"Why do thry do so.'" he was asked.
"Well," said lie, "1 don't kuow ex
nelly, but i suppose styles must change.
Then, again, the housekeepers may
have f 'imd out that the white broom
didn't wear so wo 1, nnd caused a elo
inand for green ones."
"Hut aro they really dyed with Taris
green ?"
"I can't sa,- as to that. It doesn't
look like it to me, but I I rather bo on
tho s if snl and not eat any of il."
Taking a Deep Interest in Him.
Dr. P ile You've boon working liko
a hero, elector, to save young Starvely's
life. And hi as poor as Job's tuikevt
loo!
Ir. Ilnekcm That's jut it. He
owes me 7." already on my bill, nnd if
he d ei lwn't get a cont. lltrjier't
Cuvir.
IIooIiit nnel Prnyln?.
iSnid Farmer .Tone,., in a w hining tone.
To bis good old neighbor i .rny.
' I've worn my kr.ee- through to the bono,
Ii il it ain't mi use to pray.
'Your corn looks just twice as good as mine
Though you don't pretend to be
A sliiuin' light in the church to shine,
An' tell s.ilMiiion'.s Ir.o.
"I've prayed to the Lord a thousand times
I-'or to make that .re corn grow;
An' w hy j'our'i Ilea's it so an' climbs
I'd Kin a deal (o know."
Said Furtner tiray to his neighbor Jones,
In hiseav. ipiiet wnv,
' When prayi-rs g-t mixed with lazy bones
They don't iiinl.e tannin' pay.
''Your weed-. I notice, nr-good an' tall,
In spite of all y.,iti prayers;
You may pray I n ,-ta till the heavens fall,
If y. oi d oii't I up the tan s.
"I mix my pr.iwrs with a little toil,
.Wong in , eiy r-o ;
Au' I work this mixture into the soil,
tjuile vig'ioiis w it h a h- ie.
An' I ve disi'uvere I. t 11-n!i still ill sin,
As sure as you are born,
This kind of compost well worked in,
M ikes pretty decent corn.
"S w liile I'm praying I u'C my lnio.
An' do mr level best,
To keep down the weeds along each row,
An' the Lord, he does the rest.
"It's well fr to pray, lutli niu'lit au' morn,
As every farmer knows;
But the placsj to pr.iv I' r thrifty corn
Is right between the rows.
' You must lueyniir bauds while praying,
tlloll.'l.
If an answer you would got.
For prayer w on l:i;i es an' u rusty boo
Never raised a leg en.p yet.
"An' so I l-i lie. e, my go. d "Id fiiend.
If !! tin- 111 lo will til" din'.
I-'ii on ploiuh'n,.. . lean to t!"- harvest's end,
You mi i-i le.e a- well as p:.iv "
III MOI'tllS.
"Mine is a p-uie-liil occupation,"
said the glazi T.
Talking of getting on in life, tho
man who slipi in tho mud is almost
bound to ri-o.
Life i- too short lo spend precious
moment, rai-iiig up people who would
sooner walk on all fours.
All things tun ' to him wlio will but
xv a t, but in si, in;; le-ilaurautB tho things
are cold when tiiey arrive.
"You can't eat youi- dinner and
have it, too," said tho sympathetic
steward to tho seasie k passenger.
He There's nothing witty in the
wag of a dog's tale.. S ie Hut it's tho
animals way nf expressing a smile.
It is unkind to make a j :st of not inl
navigation before inventors of nir
tliips. It is a sour point with them.
' It is no ii'o ti l ing you to look
pleasant, '' sai I tlu pho" ugrapher to the
pretty young lady, "for you cannot
look anything el-e." And his sc.icino
worked beau: il'ully.
A teacher in on i of tbo public schools
win cxa'iiiii'tig a cla-s in physiology
nnd asked: "What i ra tbo last teeth
to come?'' ' Fnbe toi l h, '' shouted tho
sniall boy to whom the question was
addressed.
The M ka li- of Japan has issued an
edict ngiiiisL duelling. If the Mikado
will not tole rati" un h n harmless pastime
as duelling it is not likely that he wil
ever poimit the introduction of base
ball into hii empire.
A Wonderful I'lieminilie Kiflr.
P mi ti llord, the cnigmal inventor
of the I'aris pneiiinitic pos-t system, has
made n pneumatic rill", which is said
to be a wonder. U i. iitsciibed this
Way: Tho weapon is much lighter than
nny of the iirmy idles now in u.o. It
resembles the ma j.i.iue gun in that a
steel cartridge about a spin and !i half
long an I as thick as a man's thumb is
attache 1 to tho barrel by means of a
screw. This cartridge contains 300
f-hots, which can be d iM"h:irgod as rap
id y or slowly as a ma i de-ires. At a
recent trial tie.' bad travelled with won
h lful uc ouiaey, and penetrated deep
into the wall of the shooting room. As
somi as one car r dgo is emp'icd of its
300 shots another ( a i be screwed on
the cun in the twinkling of an eye.
Mr. O iTonl s.i-s ih.it the 30') shots in a
caitridgc can be produce I ut a roct of
nbout three pence. T.ie gun itsolf can
bo manufactured for nl nit f ".
No riiiee for Tunnels1.
A Scotc liniaii, who had been em
ployed neatly all his life in the build
ing of railways in the Highlands of
Scotland, caiiu to the I'uite I States in
his later years nud settled in a new sec
tion onthe plains in the far West. Soon
after his arrival, a project iiinie up in
his new homo for the construction of a
railroad through the distric t and thi
Scotchman wa applied to, as n iiinn of
experience in such matters. "Hoot,
mon !" said he, to the spokesman of
iho sihonie, "ye omnia build a r'alwny
across this ketitry !" "Why lied, Mr.
Ferguson?1' "Why not? ' he repeated,
with an air of settling the wholo inat
!cr, "why not? And dinna yo seo tho
ncutry's as flat as a fluie, and yo have
aaw placo whateover to run your tooa
ttols throng V Argonaut.