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Drcnm-Lnud.
I'p anchor! Cp uncliorl
.set sail find away !
The ventures o ihc.nii hud
Are thine for a J. y.
"Yo, bcuve hu!
Aloft Hinl alow
Elf sailors ore singing,
Yo, brave ho !
The breeze that la blowing
50 sturdily Mroiijj
Mini! ti I up (by Mil
Willi tin.1 brea'b of ii sung.
A f'.y nt (lie nmst-hend
Keep watch o'er the sra;
lllon n i iiiIjit i f trc-srs
Thy l-amiiT slia 1 be;
Thy rrcudit Hi lost, laughter
That sail soutu b ivc missed,
Tliy eur-ti the kisses
That never wre kis-cd.
And bo, (or r far in.d'l
Horn rnrrry In Juno,
tf J iij.Iv red rosea
I'ijp:! h a inl monii.
TliniUr iic.irls thai mi blight
I nsts down oil the sea,
I ul k flold i f tlic Etltlsct
Her fort me sli ill be.
And cir.'lij
Mon- temidcrly f' cet,
'Love am I, love only,
l.nve peifeet, roinp'it-.
The world is my lord-hip,
'1 In1 heart is my slave;
I mock at t lie i gi s,
I laugh nt tlic i;r..ve.
M ilt tail uidi mo ever,
A drc. in haunted sea,
Whose whispering waters
shall murmur to line
The kivr-l.auiited lyrics
poets haw ma lo
lire lire hivl a fetter.
Kit love was a IV.-ii-i J
Then i p with I be audi r!
51 t fail ami away.'
The ventures of luvi'-l .n I
Are thine for a day.
- JS. Weir Mitchell, M. 1., in llnijwr
FORSAKEN"."
Dirk (tunnel's uin! lvnn lli'iieu
journeyed l.y llu luaii ear tliat ran
f.om West port to A'-liill on it lino
September day in 1SMI. Dormers Was
:n F.nglisbmali who had ihliei died a
Scotch properly n ml wore a Tain o'
Sdnntcr can out of compliment to it.
(In was- .'!0 years of a-e, ami was
"doing" Hie We-t of inh'ii.1 for the
M'coiiil time lliat year, li.iving licen
nver in the spring siikI i.iin!i iI an
Apiilfox on t lie confines, of Clare.
Bruce was a born I'nlod mian, ami as
m il wore an Lii-ii-d touring ttiit.
lie liiul spent ail t i it latter cars of
Ids life abroad. Dormers bail fume
t Achill to fish nil the lleiiil, lo make
the iisecnt of ( 'i-i'iiliaii, n nci lo see a
winsome face wliicd be bail viewed
(ami interviewtd) during bis lir-i
visit in Ilie spring. "I -liall dene
again," lie dad promi-cd III! trustful
ow ner of it, anil alt Iioii-j li be was
i)iiiti' a eoininoiij dice yniir.g I'.nglisli
man, go far a ordinary sin- vte:i', lie
never really broke bis word to u
woman.
The Scotchman li.ui but one actual
object in going namely, t i redress,
if possible, a wrong be 1 ia I been
guilty of in bis iiiiregoner.itc daiy;
lint In! did not eaie to ineiilion it, it
(be limn for ip.1i e-.s'uij; mijjhf In1 over.
So liu preti inleil eurioiiy to revixil l In
fountry in wbii.-b some of lii a early
years bad been paseil, and a'to a de
irc to pieU up "nil Irish lmrtie or
two," (iml perlmps a fieiple of ponies.
When they pot lo Itu'ort ami bail
dined, the two went out for n -troll,
ami ili-eusfoil their pl.in for the next
.lay.
I shall turn out rally," sniil (tor
huts, 'ami do roiiii' t -1 ( if tin' day
is frooil rumiL'li ; tin. I if it isn't, whv
wir can do 'ioitirh;i:i, or tl.e Watch
ToWt". or whatever rise you like."
'Clitiuk ; ou,-' sniil llruee, --ltut I
believe I shall pn-h on to Kecni."
Mr. Jlicliard 1 jiiiilt wns not ol'len
known to blush, but bis faee certainly
reddened u liitlo us lie turueil round
ipiiekly and scanned that of bis friend.
'To Kecni! ' be repeated. "Wliy,
liow very odd! 1 tuns; jro there my
eclf. Do yon know the piaec at all?''
"Yes, or nt least I did years ujfo. I
bnve no doubt there am plenty of
clianfes now."
Itoili men bad cvidemly soiiictbintr
to bide. However, altbouyli they
looked rather eiirion-ly at one anolher
they mnoked a jieaecful pipe toirether.
liotened to the son" of the rasi-hopper
warbler ait it reeled i.ut i:s continuous
little "whirr, whirr," like the Kpin
nix of a fishing reel and then went
back to their hotel to h..ve what I hey
called "nn early turn in."
Next morning betimes they set out
for Kecm. Situated n tlio eoinhcrii
tlopo of tbo niiobly CroiiLjhiin nnd in
tlio mid-'t of (he most beautiful emer
ald green pastures they found the pit;
ttircxpic village looking its loveliest,
tlio warm nin-liiiits lighting tip the
IMirffctly golden stininl beneath it, and
a refieshing breeze Mealing in from
the wide sea, and stilling the dutilias
and glailioli in the wili-earnl litile
gardens. Ilefore tiny eaine wahi'i
igbt of liahilatious, however. Ihcy
bad to pass through n i ' of iinfie
ijiiei'lrd bind, with !!: in us ot ; eol
U upon it, tbo old roof i)l which
v coert( with (iiakiii"; pra-sos aao
loose stones. Close, to it was a wall,
with an ivy-twined cross on tbo nia:
,iii, ntnl front this a pi ifeelly cleai
stream went babbling awtiy Ik join :
-core of otle rt in (lie nu'.nlows.
(1 inner was foremost w hen they
came up lo the spot, and Bruce iaw
him s. art ami beard dim utter i n ex
clamation as lie turned quite round
and drew his comrade quickly into
diailow.
"llusli!" ho whispered, "don't
-peak, or she'll bo frightened; bit:
look, ami tell inc presently what you
think.''
B lice, rearing up bis (all, ptroiglil
figure, peeped silciily over the slaiii
ing corner of tlio ruined cut I age roof,
and snw a diuii haired, dark eyed
splendidly handsome girl selling down
a pitcher, which wns much too heavy
for her, and with the ell'irt flushing
In r cheeks with becoinming crimson.
Having placed her jiilclier by the
cottage wull bIid wa inYnil to resume
bcr Imrden and go her way, w hen her
ye t'uughl Itruee's helmet, and bluei
ng and confused, bhe glanced tit him
inquiringly. The young man hesitated
wliether lo retire or go forward; bit;
die bitter iinpuWo prevailed, and in
voluntarily lifting his If'id covi.-rinj;'
lie nd;.'d her about the welfare of n
Mrs. .folliire, w ho had years ago live I
at Keem.
"She is dead,-ir,'' ilie gill answered
simply; "Iml bcr busbaiid is alive, and
I live with him."
"Over in that, direction?"' Hruci'
tisked, pointing away to llio rigli'.
"Yes, sir; jul there. He's now old
and weak, .mil 1 i.'ome to the brook
every morning for water, an.l saw
him carry ing it up."
S:;o did not wait for further eon
verse, but declining the aid be off-red
her, poised her pilclier g ai'e
fullv upon her strong yo.mg bhuutili-:-ami
walked it way bv the back of thu
r iiueil hut.
l'ormers started forward us th". did
so, hut was restrained by his friend.
'Weil, (call this cool," the young
Ivigli-Iiiiiiii said, vexed'y. "Yu
luotiupo'ii.i; all the talk. l!y .love, I'll
go after her and let her know that 1
have kept my promise."
((nice, instead of aiis wering, quietly
linked the f-pia!,er's arm within hi
own.
"You hhall si i her p.ccntly,'' he
said; "Ion meanwhile I have .some
thing seiious enough lo talk to you
about. Seventeen years ago my
mother (a widow) died, leaving me to
Hike charge of a little two-year-old
girl a sister's child, whom she bail
adopted. 1 was a lad, wilhout nincli
balla-l or money. An advertisement
about n li-hery templed me to this
part of Ireland, and being charmed
with Aehill (though Ilie li-hery lurne.l
ill a uivtb), 1 Moppc I on here Willi
the linle one at the house of a farmer
name 1 Jollillc, his good wife being
particularly taken with the child.
Weli. one day I fell in with rhiiw ni"ii
who were making up a parly to tempt
fortune in California. II didn't take
much to persuade me lo join them. (
gave tlic dollilles what cash I could
spare to care for my little cousin, and
away I started, promising to be back
in live j ears.
T he fellow- I went with were hon-e-t
enough, but We met with no good
luck for a long while, ai ! w h-n the
live years were up I had scarcely
enough money to keep body and soul
together where 1 was, and not a cent
had I lo send home. Cm ashamed to
tell you (hat things went on so for
another live years for 1 w as a bad
manager, an idler when ( onirhlto have
worked and by that time the world
bad so hardened my heart that I almost
forgot the ,Iollifl" and my obligations
to them, mid if I thought at all of the
child I had left behind, it Masonic lo
think ami hop-! that she muht be dead.
At leutrth, as I h ive told you, I turned
up gold. In time I grew pretty rich,
came home to the old country, met
you shortly after, am! !e!oriiiiiicd lo
break old ground airuin, and if possi
ble do ju-ticc to these good people of
Kcem.
".J iilllT-1 is not a common 11:11111: in
this place. Tbo man, I have learned,
is alive, his w ife is dead, ami the girl
whom we saw here at tlio well is
Win f red Morion, my dead mother's
niece. I have been everything that
was wrong, I know, hut I may yet re
pair inalteis; and as you have been
good enough to re-train yourself from
interrupting me or knocking me down
will you please go sliaigbt to Mr.
Jollille's cottage mid tell him and
Winfred that when Ivan Bruce shall
have pulled himself together a
bit (for I 11111 really npsw, old chap),
he w ilt come right up and a-k their
pardon, and thai they will let him
shake .hetii onue more by the hand."
Two hour- 1 f e.' :i III 1 T , :;,u.h:ug
trio--two mtu oj1 uirl wuu diuib- I
.eg up tbo grFat shelving shoulder of
Mievo C'rougban, by tlio smooth moor,
and asee:ii ; Winfred, or "Wisha." at
;hey foiui 1 sin. was called, neatly and
uelli'y dre-sed, and quite 11s delight
d with her new cousin as she was coy
and timid wild dis friend. They
climbed on further, (o the very edges
of the grand tea dill's, and peeped
down them inio the gieen valleys far
benea h, where the wild touts browsed,
and (he sea bird-darted llniuigll tbo
foam b low, and Wisha pointed out to
1 hem 011 the right the crag; of 1'. oad
liaven, and tlic islands or Inni-bglor,
lunislikea ami ltcvilaun, utid ou tbo
elT those of Turk, IVilliii and ('lure,
with (,'ic w Bay stretching right up to
iVeslport. mid the gran I ('rough
I'liirick Mountain forming its magni
ficent boundary on the south.
As they journeyed home to dinner
Hi lice talked a little about the fiituro
and of certain thinns ho iulcol 'd to
do, and the restricted hi-torian is
hound to say that while the hippy
Scotchman paused to speak a word or
two toti lad about a pony, the still
happier Englishman found an oppor
tunity lo utter a word in another quar
.or on a very dill-rent top e and
when old .lollilVo challc 1 Wisha on the
subject of lier compleion, over the
homely lit le board, not one pre-eut
believed a syllable of her cleverly on
coetcd story admit "a cow liming
fiighicned dec" on the shelving dill's
of ( 'ri ii-haii. London Dramatic
News.
'Hi j l.nrfc-est Stul binary lingiae.
At the l'liendsv ill" (IVnti.) zinc
mines there is in operation the largest
stationary engine in the world. Dining
the past few months it lias
pumped dry by underground lr:ii mirro
nearly every ore pit, spring and small
stream within a radius of live miles.
The engine is known as the "lVesi
ilenl." is of .".ntxi horse-power, and is
run by sixteen boilers. At each rev
olution of its po ih rous wheels a hu II
stream is thrown out, the number of
gallons raised every minute being
li.iioo. The driving wheels are 00
! feet in diameter, and weigh -l'l Ions
cadi. The sweep rod is 1) le t long.
The cylinder is 1 lo inches in diame
ter, wliile. the pi.-lon-;od is l inches
in diameter and make- a I I'-fo t s! 1 oko.
The engine has a bn la-t box capable
of hohliug ' o t ms, and to I' I lite
boilers o.s tons of end are required
daily. On Ihe engine is the largest
nut in the world. It is hexagonal in
shape and wei-hs It'co pouu is. To
tig-Iron or loose 1 (hi- mil twenty lie u
arc required, while the wretn d that
tits it is '.'ii fee: long, l'rom the end
of the walking-beam of the engine lo
.he bottom of the shaft the di-tance is
:tu t feet. The imioury on which the
engine rest- is o,s feci, deep, some of
the foundation stones weighing live
Ions.
Hi sorted l'ariiis in New ('ngliliiil.
" The report of the Labor Commis
sioner of Maine shows," notes ihe New
York I'ress, "that over three thousand
farms in thai State have been aban
doned by thdr former occupants. The
same movement has been going on for
years in other parts of New ('.ngiaiid.
The native Americans are leaving the
fauns for the ciiics nnd tin' West,
Some :.uecei d in winning weaitli nnd
perhaps fame besides; the majority
seldom achieve a belter living than
they would have had on the aucc-lral
farm. Hut the farms do not all re
main abandoned. I'.iieigner- see their
value and take them up for a song,
eventually saving a competence by in
dustry and pali-nce from ihe soil lb it
Ihe some of the old set tiers had ileseit
cd. There is something painful and
pathetic in the spectacle of homesteads,
which once sheltered the children of
the Pilgrim and the I'liritan. now ten
anted by strangers who know noth
ing i f the trad lions and the struggles
of the earlier occupants. For tbo
present, perhaps. 110 change is likely."
A .Natural Inquiry.
A certain w illy bishop found hini-
self a lew mouths ago crossing tbo
I B iv of Fiimly.from Digby lo St. .John,
I in couipiiny with a certain Mr. 'as.
I well. The Bay of Fun ly ha a repu
j tut ion for luibiieiiie only lo bo
ma'ebe.l In the lingi -li CI niinel or
the Bav of Bis
Mr. Ciisw.
was i
1 stru .'gling with a vio ent attack of
sea-sickness: bu' the bishop, who was
j above such wakues", was very cheer
! fill, and inclined to conversi'iion. Jlo
bad failed, however, to catch Mr. Cas
well's name correctly, and persisted in
railing I11111 "Mr. A-we'.l. At last
I the sutleier, in a moment of ease, tor-
ice led dim. say iug,
; "Caswel:, my lord; my name is
Caswell, not Asivell."
Oh!" sad the bishop, eying him
critically, as a new spasm seized upon
his i.nhajipy acquaintance. "Well,
Mr. Case, el, don't yon think you
vv ..;. 1 '. i A -wcil wilhout the sea?"
Harper' Mugaziuc
IHlLltUEVS CO LI' MX.
THE POOR HV.
His fare was a picture of beauty and heslt'J,
Anil his checks wen; as red a- tlic rose,
His eyes verc as brird.
As t lie stars of the in;ht ,
But he didn't wear very good elotl'rs.
Two 1. (tie brown curls found u hole la Lis
hut,
While oilier hid under its lirini,
While tlic people pa-ie I by,
Never tnrniiig an eye
nn a poor little fellow like Iiim.
His li lie red hands liunif dowu by his side
As l.e luoke I in thu window to gic
All lue In a ul if 11 1 toys
That WDIild please little boys
More blc-t and more happy than lie.
His fattier was dead and his tno.bpr was poor,
And Ilie crowd kept on hurrying by,
Tb" 11 In- picked up a sack, 1
Threw it over hit buck,
And ae left with a tear in Ms eye.
lie tiioti-lit of his mot her In bed at homesick
And his fee iiiu's he tried 1 1 control
A he stopp. d bcr.- and lln.ro
On tlic stn et every where
To pick up a stray hnnp of coal.
A ireiitli nun -:.ve him a quarter to go
Ami purchase M.iin nice lut'c toy.
And the licet that was sad
In the hrc i-t of ih .t lad
N'evcr heat hi a happier boy.
lie lifted the rim of h:s little brown hat
A vol thankul him. the preude-t of boys,
Hut in! never went hack
To that -t ire with his sick
To invcH it in purcli.isii. toys.
No! no! on l e went t- the river in bate,
With a feclin- of joy in bis soul.
No toys bad he bought.
For the little hoy thotidit
Of bis mother, aid spent it fur oat.
(Will S. Hayes in ( oniiiierclul (iuette.
1.KM.111 op i.iH. iN r.i:r-i.M.
The life of a bee depui ls upon how
much work it does. In tin; busy sum
mer mouths liny do not live much
more than thirty or forty days, but in
the winter, win !i reslin in a hulf
usleep s'nte, they may live six month.
In the summer sea-on they lead lives
of the greatest activity.
nil. km: or 1 in:.
A fanner went out into his field
with his little sou to see whether the
corn would soon be ripe.
"l ather, bow is it," said the boy,
'that soiti:! stalks bend so low to tin
earth, and others hold up their heads?
Aro l.ot the slraieht on, s the best?
The others which stoop low down be
fore them aro surely not us good, are
they?" The fullicr plucked off two
ears, nnd said :
'See, this ear which bent modestly
is full of the finest emu, but that
which stretched upward proudly is
quile barren and empty,
"To ci.rry one's bead up very bili
Is ol ten a sign of vunili . '
TMI l 11V KIMiM ".
We have heard of laming almost
everything, but we Wcio surprised
when we read in the Christian ut
YVork some time ago of a lady taming
a i sp. Hi,, found one on her wii.
dow which appeared lo be dead, but
jt w as only chilled by the frost, a.ul
when she took ii upon a .ece of paper
and put it by 'he lire as -oon as it be
cam.: warm it Hew lo the window again,
where it stayed till day . The next
morning it was again chilled so it
could not m ve, nnd ''e put it near
the stove a sain, when ii did us it had
douo the day before. Sj the con
tinued lo do every morning for some
days. But one day she was surprised
to tind thiil it Hew tip 011 her shoulder
instead of going to the window. She
put her finger near its head and it
crawled upon il. From that time she
began to feed it with pieces of apple,
mid pear, an 1 after ilia! it wouid fly to
the lady many times during the day
nnd Ihe two became great friends.
"it: win a Tiir.it or ttik 1:1 si.s navy."
l'eter the (inat tiaveled to Hol
land in search of knowledge and (ha
mechanic ails.
Here le.'.iuiug iilso how to build
boats, hu returned to Knssia and con
structed with his own hands the big
double-how ed whale boat which has
been (tubbed "the 01 and father of the
Hussiau navy," and t i :r. w hich sprang
literally tie! lir-t great fleet of Russia
111 visiting St. I'etersliiirg today you
are shown l'eler's e ttage, built of
round logs and painted red, thu palace
thin ho built in 170.;. icid from which
be superintended liie h iilding of his
new cap'lal. It contains only two
rooms and a kitchen, their combined
hizc being about lil'ty-live f?et by
(W cnty feet in hrcadlh.
T ho bed-room on the left, in which
lie also dined, has been converted into
u chapel of (bo Itu-sian-lireck faith
an I is often crowded with worship-pel-,
who are atlrueteil by an ikon of
the Savior, which accompanied Peter
in his buttles and etleclcd the discom
fit in c of Charles XII. nt the famous
battle of Poltava. A substantial
boii-e has b"cn erected over this du:
(uric cottage nnd the wlmleboatof
l'eter, together with .'be rude bench
011 whiih he sal. aic also preserved
t.,c.e H hicago Xiviuld,
COUNTEKl;IiITHlS.
Their 1'uptnre Is .i-i Extremf.iy
D.flicult Maiter.
They Work in Car-js and arc
Ruled by a Civcf.
The Secret Service Bureau in this
eily is not a widely-adverli-ed p ace
and the met hods Used in detecting I ic
counterfeit money uicti are kept al
dose as thu name of the bun au would
imply. Outside of the otli ; i.so.f
there is prolivbly not any one who
knows how inauv men are einiilo ed
in running dow n those who inake :av
sell the b.ii-v coin or c iiinler:'eit the
bills. This kind of detective work i
one of themo-t d llienlt.as tie- counter
feiter is usually a man who is intelli
gent and careful to le-eo his track well
concealed. The days when lie manu
factured bis coin or Woiked over the
bit of paper to nr.kc a note iu some Worker, l.etween zo iiml 00 mine
country recess me over. The !;l,.g,. tn'dd e c'uss manual professions, ami
cities are now found to be Hie most "f"''- ' educated persons who prao
secuve spots for the making of i tKl '"'":h "tiu.l professions. Kecetit
eotinlei fcil money, and there he is
les., liable to br. discovered.
At the least suspicion do is enabled
to pack up and move away on half an
li lie's notice. The. linker of the
money never passe, it. lie would not
bend to such low wotk. II is the
skilled artisan who only makes nnd
sells at wholesale. Tle're is a!- a
middleman who buy s th; si nil and
makes a profit in s,.ing it in small
quantities to III 1 ui-n w ho do id- p.i-s.
ing. Sj Ilie detectives, wit I'm I little
difficulty iu sieuiitig the poor ignorant
fellow s wli go around to sui.iil stores
and buy a clieap al lien) and ticn oiler
11 bad dollar, procuring good change,
meet with obstacle at fe,- -ti p in
trying to get their dutches on tlic
principals. Often a liimiii ciap-e-.
during willed the detectives are kept
dnsy following tip clews, before they
get near Ih" man, and then aie liifll.'d
by dis suddenly
hanging ! 1 is r.sml
haunts and I clivals.
To get the evidence, is also a vcy
diflii'ult mailer and the law is strict,
requiring that the ai re-le l 1101:1 dad
tie; intent to pass and knew i. Was
counterfeit Monty, wliiie in the ca-e
of the mini 11 fact urer the c idi'ti. e mils!
connect him with the making of ihe
coin. If a quantity of tools are found
iu a douse wdi !; are ch arly ti ed in
making bad coin t lie defense will In
set up that the plant was left by a
ooan.e, . so,,.,-.0, a . , ic. -on ,. "
airesieu piny win ciaim ne was noi.
11 ware of their nature, an I a cloud of j
reasonable d oi'it wi.l Ic r.ii-"d by the
lawyer del'en lin;:' hinl. Si the i',e.
teetives always try to catch the maker
in (lie act of unking.
The detective IVIIst u so 01c.it cue
not to throw out the lca.-t word 1 1 1:1 1
Cou'd betaken suspiciously bv the t,i:Ui
against whom he is collecting . V id- 11. e.
Once in a wliile a passer, wir.oin'
rested, will disclose: tde 111 iker. Inn
that is rare, iiml f.ir the mo-t part they
remain inn.e while going thro, gd the
jirocens of law. and never giv e a hint lis !
to where ihey procure 1 ihe stull'. Of'
course the old counterfeiter-, on com- j
ing out of prison, are w. itched, hut
not much useful inform. itlou is gained i
in this maimer. Tleuc are sever.d I
1
gangs of counterfeiters that the .-ecret I
Service men would l.ke to got hold of, ;
The two- lollar crowd are iiiraiug out
lots of bad biil. 'Iho silver ilol ar
men are evidently very active, while
there seems to b as many bad qu li
ters out as e ci. Tiie makers of the
latter class in this city have a large or
ganization which works iu apparent
harmony.
For instance, there is n chief who
rules the gang. If he is captured his
,a,l,li; f ,lls """"" '' '
tde compauv, u-ual v lime of service
. .' - .
being Ihe qualili -an 01 or promotion.
Tlic monev i di-li ihuied among the
passers, who go out iu 1 mil-, one to do
tlio "shoving," a coin at a time, while
tho other carric-. tho bag and watches
for danger. I be Italians are the men
wdo do most of the pa--ing. Many
use fruit slaieis to work .- II bad coins
in cdaiige. It is n it nn iki ly lliat a
good deal of III ! nn ill e.uililel feit
money is ma le iu Italy and isdil over
here.
To gel these petty passers the id
leclives haunt the saloons, gei uc
qu linted with the men, an I i ng rat ime
themselves until thev me Irustel snlll
cieiiily to be sold lie bid eiin. Hav
ing once purchased a lot, I tn detective
pretends 1 ha' lie has pas-, d il, gels
some m re, and is i. trodiiccd to "thcrs
of tiie jjiing, in I finally, when a good
I nl 1 i 1 r 1001 ' in I linnlU . u lion a 00, id-
raid is
ill.
ly number have lie - 1 pla-cd,
made and the 111 1 are gathel
Many bank. T-bring lull, to the bu- that town. Tlic money ti its been in
reau for ii.speeiion, and an ajent fnun vested in a mortgage on one pieco of
the department at Washinui travels ; real estate in Lubec for fifty years and
though the country, vi-'ning banks ! t'i interest regularly puid. I'iUJ
aud liuuiicial boiibcs, picking up bud j field (Musi.) Advet titter.
bills. A fine specimen was shown in I
this city lalely of a pen-aml iuk-mado 1
twenty-dollar bill. It had been mule .
by a monomaniac, and was not for
business purposes. New York
rime;,
(.'riiwdi of ItraiiiH.
In the inferior ruees the I1-1 I ee ifos
to grow af;ei' I'd veins of age. Iu the
superior race the bend of the intelli
gent and educated man iin r uses in
volume until '.'!, I'J and ; cars. The
skull has re .died its maximum devel
opment when Ihe hone, eotupo-iiig it
are W " dd. d toge her, so us lo render
the "inures invisible. Once the sutures
are s didilied, the future growth of
I I the brain is impossible, which is on id
10 explain Iho insiirinoiitiiablo difli
cu'ty experience 1 in trying lo teach
illiterate adults.
The solidification varies according
lo the investigating; activity of the
brain. It takes place between the
ag. s of I.'-.' and 'Jo years in the task
I riineiits in tin.' fotnaie colleges ol
I li'u-sia prove that wom i'i's head,
though natiii'ahy smaller than man's,
is susceptible to similar ilevelojimeiit
under educational (r.'aliiient. The
sku'N of great thinkers grow through
out life.
The frontal sutures of IVcal, Kous
seau a:id others who lived to a ripe
old age wore found open. ( loin.iari
s'iii of il c individual skulls of diller
etit races discloses the singular and
important fact that in the inferior
beings the soiidi tietit ion of the su
tures begins in the frontal, or intel
lectual, region of tlio brain, and term
inates iu (lie occipital, or animal. In
the ens? of the civilized man, on the
contrary, tbo solidification, beginning
much later in life, Ktur's in the oeeip
' 1 . . . ... ,
i 1 al, passes to 1 lie parietal uone, aim
i llience to tins frontal, thus giving to
tde last moment (lie fullest scope to
tlio superior function. Chicago
News.
t "I'ti' l.' SiunV Military Koud.
; The military road, of which I have
! just spoken, d as coa.stni 'ted by the
i Fulled State government to connect
the military posts, of the Far We.-t
, h iid one iiiiathei , l!ci.'inniiig at Fort
; Leavenworth, on the Missouri Hiver,
I il pns-ed through Fori II lev ut the
' junction of t ie forks of the Ivaw, and
I then, still keeping up the north side of
the llepiiblican Fork, went 011 lo i 01 1
Kt.im.y R(iil fa. lhcr w.
then lo
Port Laramie, which in those days was
so far on tne frontier of our country
1 that few people ever saw it except
, military men and the emigrants to
I California. At the time of wdich I
; am writing, there had been a very
heavy emigiatioii to Ca iforuia, ami
1 companies of emigrants, bound t 1 the
1 I dden Laud, still occasionally passed
; nlon- the great military roar.
I luiei'liiciug this highway are innn-
n;et atiie trail- and wagon-track'1, the
1 traces of tho gre..t migration to the
! I'.ldoiado of the Paeiiic; and here and
; there were the narrow l ii'ls made by
Indians on their liuutii.g 1 x oeililious
I and warlike excursions. B'-ad.", sued
ns our emigrants bad been accustomed
' to in Illinois, there were none. First
came the faint traces of linuiaii feet
a id id' unshod horses and ponies;
then the weil-deliiieil trail of hunters,
trappers ami Indians; then the wagon
track of tde military trains, which, iu
course of time, were smoothed and
I formed info the mililary road kept iu
repair by the Fiiiled States govern
ment. St. Nicholas.
Feels Heller.
"Arc you happie.-since your second
mari'iaee?" he asked of dis friend us
j u.ev ,.0je down town on a Hroudway
ear.
Oh, much happier. "
j "Tlien il w.n a ease of love?"
I "FmiciIv, the siune us wild my lirst,
I but there is this ilifTorence I feel
I more sell led."
j "In your iniiid?'
"Yes, iiml all other wnvs. It was
J lievir qui e o'car in my fust venture
I w ho ran the douse, but in this case
' even thing is plain sailing, and 110 oc.
j elision for dispute."
"She knuckled, eh?"
I "(Mi, no, she's boss." New York
Sun
A Long Mortgage.
One of the oldest 11101 (gages in the
State was "1'fied" in Luboe last week.
Major Trescoit. a ((evolutionary hero,
who died al I uhec. in lH'JC, left by his
I will the. -urn of $.'tli). the income of
'
which wa to be. devoted to Ilie use of
piildie schools in Histrict No. 11, in
A Biithili'y Soprr.
When berries '!! 1 ti c thorn,
that's the I e.y I'Oe 1 orn!
When the h.ivi" .'ire sc. r 1 in tic al.
And a ' the b i.thi ml gr. ; is p.ilc,
Wl.i'si 1 iniiinliiL' liecN lira-boat the corn,
"T" as then my pri tty love was bora.
When I ti rs wi...' Ihe I'-errc b-i'n,
III V,,-e! a! ' lis -i. M-res s.:.;' ;
In d.irs' 11 e-' 1 l.i. - 11 t. '- ere cbiU
III ll. ..1 .l.e s ule", 11 i-'- tl 1-
lixi 1 -i (III l o ii. t i.-i -I :,s ' . "o.-!l
I ( wint ry caie--iny '01 Wi.s i".ra.
O wai in.- nioioh ith ire--es tori!
II hii 1 lie oil h no 111 .r. f..r:"! n '
For tllee, lleo.L'1! 1 a I til lie lull' e I'"' '"',
In licaven lia tr 1 111 pet i i el- sbaa biow,
The rose of' e. tie- .'..ir of iiiui-ii.
Shall crown tl. uuoitli i.iy hoc was born.
-.M.u-aii t 1.. W I- i . Toocs-liciu .erst
111 VOii'H'S.
A fertile lliciue -T;;o beaver !i:d.
An i.bsoi bieg subject A piece of
blotting paper.
"A greu' ti; iveiiiei,: ou fo it"
When the eh -pliant watus ;.iiuo.l.
'The dime niusctini man b ids a licit
on tde fat woman for ;: lv.iie.e saiary.
(Jtieen X'ictoria sckl'-iii retires 1 ef u-o
2 a. in. Her son does not think too
retire- soon enough.
There i.-n'l much deception about
ilrc stii.ike. . They urc g-io'rally busy
vt den ll."V seam-seu .
l! is true that all old c--(:cl.e' lll.'iy
liveioiigr-.ee, oh! age w ithottl ever
reaching bis dcelinla-; years.
Tde members of t;,.i Fai uiers' Alli
ance may doubt!, is b-set iluivn M
being iu favor of hocem rule.
"Why hdlo! You arc the h-! per
soli I expected lo inert.'' Well, I
tun the laid person yo.t have lie !."
Do"S tde t oil : r le
dad two feet of water
I've be'.-n in tie- boll
das got ottt."
Smiley N i.v. r-'u
want a very lar.o' j
grapbt r All rl.'hl, si:
-X.. It's
o i ever sinco
Not a drop
ul.rr, I i-o.i't
ettice. Pdoto
'I'hcn jileaso
close y our niout li.
He "I fear I shall never he perfect
ly happy, i.iyil.ar." t: "Why not,
darlin ;?" He "ILvati-i; I cm never
forg.l nil li. : mean td'iu.s I know
abu.tt invscif."
Tde Skill (if triaiiiiiils.
I have been -truck lately by too way
ill which I II- I :i!.l:c a e ; 1 le; ested il
Ihe work i'!' 1 i ;'!h:i"s-, n 1!. I a.n sorry
to say, in lien- i... or j j-n-pcls of
ri form, but iu wl atix r 1 1 omiecled
with their criin; i.-iiity at, I lie- jil'isoii
life t 1 V didi it h ad-. A.I inlaid
w nili'ii box made by aac S.wlell
while ill pris .in attracts crouds I .!' r
a W i hingtou slice! -1 window, in
wbicd il is, exlnhileil. The box, by tbo
way, which is said to be cm opo-ed of
nearly forty-live hundred pieces of
wood, is of excellent workman-din.
and shows the maker's inp- uity and.
patience lo a good deal of advantage.
It improsci'd me an. w with the often
expressed idea that if criminals would
only r.se in re-pc .'table ucciiput.ona
the skill w hich they dev . le to nefa
rious way s of earning a living idey
would make d iiiil-ouie incomes. Bu
tdere is soinelhiug in ti e excitement
of criminal praelice w hich, in certain
litl'ures. has an allraeiion heyoti 1 1I1O
steady viuiii of dunnhum hi i.esty .
l!o-i, u Post.
Yalue id the Metals.
Tde .lewi-le; s' Circular (dis its rpad
ers tliat in 1SS7 the vaiuaii ill of the
met::!.- nr.i.-d in tic Fnited States w.-im
estimated al tf".'ol, 1100,0011 im, th.n ,,f
tde litiueruls of every kind, including
the natural gas u-.d miueral watei, At
ji'JSSI. 01111,0(10, (is l0(li;,()I.M, l"'ll in JSNj.
Altdoii-li precious me,':. Is are also)
found iu 1 lie Al'clieuie--, th" uiinei
ptil Slates wdi're goid is found aro
Caliloriiin, Colorado mid Dakota,
while Colorado, Nevada, Ftad and
Moiilann .ne richest in silver.
Tde pi'opoi lion in I he yd Id of gold
and silver li. is diature 1 entirely siueo
ISfin; for Ihe decade from IS.VItO
ISe'.t. S.'io.i.ooo.oiio eodl airl S 'io.'i,(iiO,
IMiO siiver were mined. Tho two de
cades fi 1 I J-io I to ls7!! sb awed a
decided dianiie s7o,ii'',on(i goid and
$140,00(1,0011 silver ; from lsso 10 1
only ' 1 ' 4 . .""Hi gold iiml $ i7o,i'oO..
(MMisiher. In tde y ear 1-7 die ininos
fiiriiishcl s:t:t,loii,i gold and S.'ul,-
4on,or.o silver.
Smallest Hook liter Printed.
Tde smallest luck ever printed since
! type was invented is, perhaps, tlio
I microsfopo edition of D.mle's ' Divine
J Comedy," which was exdihited at tlio
Paris exposition of lss-'. Tin; volume
j of '(H) pages was somen li.it less tdan
j liulf an inch sipiare. Two sdcels of
' paper sufliecd to contain all jif Hie 1 I ,
', 3'.';l verscR. Tde (ypo in (dis little
j book w as cast in 1MU, dut no com-
plete boos dud hilherii) been turned
out, the (lillieiiliios for compositors
anil revisers being m ruluoiis tliat no
0110 would continue the work for any
length of time.