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Onward.
Onward to llir KMiiiIrr
'Tis a song I love tu shitf.
Cheering all the wrary-hearlo-1;
Onward to conic higher thine;.
Onward to the (toldon,
Tn the happy anil the true;
Not lo ( niio ami lui'iiilnl rn lies
lint some I'.i eil of good to ilo.
Onward to the righteous
All who go at tint 'h call,
Here 1 write them down as heroes,
Though tfioy battle but to full.
On aril to the nolile.
With a spirit nut to yielil,
With a heart for any weather.
Ami the truthful for a shield.
XV. A. Havener, in i iiiie-I'i'm -lerat.
A COSTLY MISTAKE.
You won't forget, Thomas?" said
old Mr. Millingh mi.
"No, I'lii 1 ! 1! b, I won't forgot."
"l!ee,iife, ymi know," said Mr.
Milliugham, with a troubled counte
nance, "a man looks so old without
any teeth. And I'm not sixty yet not
until next week."
No to-be-sure, I ' n.-l.t Hob!"
"And that dentist promised them a
week ago leu days ago!" added the
old gentleman.
"Dentists never do keep their word,
you know," soothed liis) nephew.
'And, Tlmtii'ti, if there are any
clmiee violets and ro-os in market, you
may Fend me down a box by express,
you know," added Mr. Milliiighuin,
iretcnding lo bo intent on I he scientific
chipping of bis egg-shell.
Thonrns, the irreverent, burst into n
great roar of laughter.
Hello!" said be. "So yon really
Intend to give me an aiint-in-law, do
) on, I 'nolo Hob?"
Mr. M illiugliam assumed a de
meanor of great dignity.
"1 there anylbi:ig so ridiculous in
that?" said ho. ' Didn't 1 just tell
you I wasn't sixty yet?"
"ISut, I'liele Hob, who is it?"' per
sisted Tom Tatloek. "lo you know,
I've beard some sort of a rumor of
this in the village.but I simply laughed
nt 'em.
" Hi, you did, eh?" said Mr. Milling
linm, much eU'ended. "I'm glad you
nre so easily amused. Hut isu't it ten
o'eloek, Thoma. If you mean to
catch that ten twenty-live train. you've
no time lo lose."
"If I can't walk a mile and a half
in twenty minutes," observed Tout,
helping himself lo a fresh slice of cold
boiled beef, "I de-erve lo be cashiered.
.Iut a drop more ooll'eo, I'nele Hob.
Hcally, your housekeeper doe make
superb onlVoe! Now then, Where's my
ulster and gripsack?
"I wonder," Mr. Tatloek pondered
to himself, as he waked, with tin
long, swinging strides which pro
claimed the practiced athlete, down
toward Applegate Depot, "w ho it i
that has woven a network around dear
old I'ucle Hob? Whoever it is, I hope
she'll make him happy. Hat the idea
of a frosty-haired old one like him
thinking ef matrimony!'
And nt the idea Thomas Tatloek
Jnughed so heartily that he had.to stop
anil pick up the gripsack, which es
caped from his hands.
It is too good a joke!" said be.
.lust at this particular turn of the
road a pretty Cothie mansion of cut
mono with marble trimmings enine in
view. A rather mature young lady,
in an extremely youthful hat garland
ed with poppies, came out on the
piazza, leading an asthmatic pug dog
by a blue ribbon.
She waved a neatly-kidded hand to
ward the young man, w inch gesture
be cordially ret ui ned.
"May I come in?" he called out.
The mature young lady coquottisldy
drew out a jeweled watch, and mo
tioned toward the red top of the dis
tant railway station.
Thomas shook his head, laughing:
but he accepted the hint.
"Yes, I know," said ho. "Kxprr
trains, like time and tide, wait for tn
man."
And waving bis hat, ho plunged
down the sleep hill, reaching the little
elation only in time to jump on board
the train.
Thomas Tatloek was an embryo M.
I)., whose brand-new shingle hud only
just been hung out, and whose ambi
tion was boundless.
Miss Fraucella Martin was no incon
siderable heiress, though not especially
young, and Thomas had aspirations in
tlsnt direction, although he had not as
yet breathed aught of them to the
uncle who had furnished him with an
education nud a'i out lit of surgical iu
Ktruntcuts und medical hooks.
"Time enough for that when she ac
cept nie," said he to himself. "The
governor i a jolly old soul, but he'd
poke no end ot fun at no if I couldn't
bit it oh". And it would be a comical
eoiiglotil' ration if we should hotb Imp
jH'll to get spliced at the same lime!"
Mr. Tallin k went bin k to New Yorl
ml outlined bis money, lie looked
tentatively at the check which good
l'ncle Hob had given him.
"Yes," he said t himself, "I think
it will do. Those silky-jacketed King
t 'hallos fellows eot a pot of money:
but she's fond of dogs, and a fellow
has got to make a bold stroke once in
awhile. Franoie shall have the pret
tiest King I'huiics in Marker's store,
and I'll follow the matter right up
w ith a proposal. I hope l'iu lo Mob
will bo equally expeditious ha, ha,
hill"
And once more Doctor Tom hurst
out into :i peal of hearty hi lighter
"I mustn't forget his (lowers, t'.iu
dear old chap!'1 said he. "Nor yet
his falso teeth!"
lie was as good as his word, lie
had not been in New York six hours
before be had interviewed the ll (l ist
and Doctor Pulljaws. Violets and
loiig-stemmed roses were reaonabiy
ebeap, as the snows of March were
just melting under the sunshine of
April, and the Faster demand was
over.
lloctor Pull jaw was full of abject
apologies; the new "upper and lower
plate" had been unaccountably mislaid
behind a box of assorted teeth whie'i
was to be sent, per steamer, lo Sou.h
America.
lie could l.ot possibly imagine, be
said, how it had happened, lie deeply
regretted the inconvenience to which
he had put his old friend, Mr. Milling
haii'. ; and as he spoke he wrapped up
the useful article in pink jeweler's
wool and layers innumerable of silver
paper.
"Now, then," said lloctor Tom,
-I'll go and buy that dog, and then
the maller'll be settled."
When he returned, a hi range mirac!"
had Worked Itself. Nothing sin. i t of I
a patient had appe.tivd upon tie- scene
a gentleman with a broken leg, vii
had been carried iu from tint adj i 1 1
ing squai e, where a senii-inebriatoil
cabman had achieved the distinction
of running over him.
Doctor Tom Tail ick set the leg in
the most modern style and fell a thrill
of triumph. Then he remembered
what time it was and rushed franti
cally lo the express olli.'o and sent hi
pa reels oil", (he curly King Chaios
desperately jclping In-hind the bars of
his temporary prisoii-hnns", and th
ho'-hoiise l! iwers breathing sweetness
even throuyh their damp cotton-woo!.
that almost neutralized a package of
l.imbiirgei cheese that was packed di
rectly under it.
Doctor Tom breathed a sigh of re
lief us be went back to his olliee
again.
lint the rearer, not being a medical
man, trammeled wilh olliee hours, is
privileged lo follow the packets to
their linal destination.
Please, sir, the expre-s agent 'ave
left a box," said Hannah, Mr. Mil
liugham's old housekeeper, holding the
door one-sixteeiiii of an inch open
for her master had a pious horror of
draughts, "Paid !"
"It's all righ', " sa'd Mr. Milling
ham, lidding, to himself, " The teeth
and high lime, too; and probably
the flower, also."
".Marked i'orward without loss of
time !' " added Hannah.
Perishable!" nodded Mr. Milling
ham. "I see!"
"Wilh Mr. Tom's card tied to it,"
said the old servant, whose enuncia
tion was extremely slow anil distinct.
"And it's barkin' ami whiuiii' dread
ful!" "What !" shouted Mr. Milliiigluun.
Vud please, sir," went on Hannah, j
"if you'll dense to come and unchain
it yourself, for I always 'ad a 'orror
o' them things never since my boldest
brother was bit by a mad dog an" came
near losin' 'is life."
Woman," said Mr. Millinghani.
what are you talking of? I'uehaiii
a box of (lowers? I'lichaiu a set of
false teeth?"
"Please, sir, it's a dorg!" explained
Hannah.
"A dog!"
Mr. .Millinghani started back, lie
had an inherited fear of dogs. His
father and grandfather before him
had hated dogs.
It's it s one of Thomas' hateful
practical jokes," said he, mopping his
forehead wilh a pocket handkerchief.
That boy never will learn wisdom.
Hing the stable beli, Hannah. Ted
Dennis to bring up a loaded revolver
and shoot thcbiute. I'eallv I've mil
up with a great deal from Thomas,
but there is a limit lo human endur
ance :
Miss Martin's elegant nla .cas il.e
next place at w hich the ill-omened ex- I
pre-s wagon paused to deliver goods.
The u bile. capped ami milled-
aproned maid came smirking in, for
he was neither blind nor deaf, and
had alreadv ha,:ii'iled several shiewd
... ;n sses a to the state of feeling hi- i
ici u Miss Mul tin and the )ouiiyhii-
'A package from Doctor Tntlock, i
miss," mid she. "Two packages j
one litilii and one big. How's your
toothache, mis.?" j
l-'raiieelhi Martin put d.n n the hand- j
glass w hie.! tiie bud been dolorously
holding before her face. j
Her front teeth wore blackened with j
insidious decay, ami one was gone, so I
thai Miss Martin's occasional smile j
was not as unreservedly sweet as i'
might have been. . '
"How do you know they were from i
the doctor, .lane?'' said Miss lYanrcllu, j
blushing. I
"Here's bis card tied to 'em, miss,"' j
said .lane, wilh an incipient giggle j
"lo both of 'cm." I
"Such roses!" said Miss Martin, i
ecstatically, lis she opened the larger j
box "such Neapolitan violets!''
"Do look at t ho oilier, miss I" ex-
claimed eager .lane. "I'll go bail it's j
a bracelet !"
Miss .Martin opened it, and dropped
die precious inclo-ure with a scream.
"Well, I never!'' cried .lane, loop
ing to recover it. "A double set of
ful-c teelh sent to you, with bis
card!"
Franeella burst into flood- of somi
hyslcrical tears.
"I I knew my teelh were defect
ive," she wailed, but it wasn't fol
ium to remind nie of it! I Hug the
odious thing out of the window, .bine.
I'll never speak o him again!"
Doctor Tom Tut lock's mail was not
a thing of joy to biiutlie next day. It
emtaiued two letters, and tuis was
their respective contents.
The first one also contained a ct of
false teeth, packed in cotton wool, and
read :
'.Mi;. T. T ti K : Sir 1 regret that mv
teeth do nut liieel your approia'. lint when
i n quire Mi nes i preter to nnler Ihviu
mys, It'. .May I ropiest that hciu'efori h yn;:r
vi-ils he discontinued?
l'll Ni I ! I A M l:ri"
The second
itidwrlling.
was in l'ncle Mob's
Your v.ihrar pra-iicil joke in
"TlloM.V
spiahne; nic a ilug by express is the ia-t straw j
tl.ul l.n.nU ll, 1 1. 11... I'..,-, I
.-.r,l I ,l,.,ir,. , ir l,.-, IV
to
you. I!. M ii. i in. ,ii am."
Tom's letters of explanation were
returned unopened, and the next week
he heard Ihat his uncle and Mi-s Mar
tin were engaged.
lie groaned deeply.
'.lust in v luck!" said ho.
just because of the merest little
take." Sat unlay Night.
And
Shepherds on Stilts.
The I, anile, the great savanna of
France, which stretches from Mordeaux
to Mavonne, is a region .similar to the
Mad l.inds of our own country.
Many vain atteinps wen
duce trees to grow upon
one M. Mrein mticr cone
made to in-
it. At last,
' i
ived the idea
of planting, with the
line seeds, the '
seeds of the common broom, whose
hardy tuft should protect the tiny
sapling tinlil it could stand bv itself.
The result surpassed hope: pine
forest have sprung up and endured
throughout th(! I.andes: they have
broken forever the power of the wind
storms, mid their pitch ami limber aie
even a source of some riches to the
department.
"There is one striking specialty of
this district," writes Mr. lidwin Ami
I'ix. "This is iho shepherd on stills,
Ihe Xicunqtto, immortalized by l'osa
Miiubeur, and mentioned by many
travellers.
lie is peculiar to this region.
Perched on these woo len supports, at
a perilous height above the ground, he
lalks gravely over the landscape, eu
aided to behold an horizon of triple
range, and to oittstride the fleetest of
his vagrant flock. When so inclined,
he is quite able, it is said, to execute
a pas soul, or even a jig, with every
appropriate flourish of his timber
limbs, and with surprising grace and
abandon.
-Hi
thighs,
stilts aie strapped to the !
not the kmes. for greater !
freedom, ami ho mounts from his
cabin roof in the early morning, and
lives in the air throughout the day.
A third stilt forms bis seat, and makes
of his silhouette a ludicrous and
majestic tripod.
"This genius's chief auiiiseinetit is
startling!)' domestic; it is knitting
stockings, and engaged iu this peace
ful art. he sits with dignity and whiles
away the hours. How lie iiiaiin-uvres
when he accidenlly drops a noodle, 1
have not been able to learn.
"A dignitary of It. rdeaux arranged
a fete and procession in the l.amlcs on
one occasion. Triumphal arches were
creeled, hung wilh flowers and gar-
lauds, and the feature of the parade
Was a sedule platoon of those hef-on-like
shepherds, dressed in skins,
decked with white hoods and mantles,
pieeeedi'd by a band of music, and
slalkding by fours imposingly down
the line
pauiou.
of itianh." Youth's Com-
(HlllUtKV.s (OI.l'.MN
ki'Pr sTiii,
Win a vexing words are said to you,
Smile, ami keep hravi ly si ill ;
inn y ii : (ungues ill h iu- their way,
l.i i ymi say what ou will ;
Then shut vmir lips, speak not a word,
Thii is tin- w iscsl plan,
Aii'i sili ncc hurls Im mentors in.no
Than any answer can.
outh's I olnp illioll.
iiii: i nxsi m i r..
An liasiein tale relates that a fa-
j iuoiis magician piescnted his stiver
I cigu with n costly ring, the metal of
which possessed a singular power.
I Ordinarily it rested with ease upon
i I lie linger, iiii object of beaut y and
i adornment. Mul the iiioiiich-Hi wrong
purpose or evil thought was harbored
in the mind of the monarch a sling or'
I pain darted from the ring Cuoiigh the
sensitive flesh. The magician' gift is
an oinliicm of that priceless jewel th.it
I is the peculiar heritage not only of the
j pilaee, but of the humblest home.
! livery on
! ll.T.l'ils- .
i-s.i's it a conscience,
'ig Youth's Manner.
a mm; i
The crad!
V illlt lill-K-SIII i t .
that ll ipteeit should
choose for her princely little baby
must ho ji very grand all'.iir, don't ymi
ihiuk so? Pei Imps made of choice or
costly woods of even of a precious
iie-lal. In eiih'-r ease it must, yon
think, he luo-t I. vttnifiilly shaped and
perhaps carved with the figure of
sweel little cherubs, watching over the
favored mortal baby ns he sleeps softly
amid his clouds of lino linen and deli
cate lace.
This may all I e. What made me
think of it was -umetliing that I heard
a traveler tell about within a few
days.
The traveler bad lately com" from
France. While in that country he
had visited the oiwuof Pan among the
Pvreneos Mountains. In this town.
high up, looking over the vaib ) s, slim Is
an old, ol 1 castle, dark and gray ami
rlooiuv. It was built, in the olden
. ,1:,.VP- "'l!t'n ,h"n
was much lighting.
j and nobles and pl inei-s bad to live In
j l':l-! u' "'" w;l!ls "''!; and
; "'' keep .ml their enemies that
the blessed simnoiit w:,, kept out too,
and the big rooms and halls were dark
and di-iiial enough. Here in this
east!? of 1'au, iu the year of looi!,
said Ihe traveler, lived the old King
of Navarre, and lr re, in this same
year, was Imrn bis or.indsou Henry,
Prince of Navarre, afterward know n
the world over a Henry iho (Jreat,
King of France and Navarre. He
was called great not only because he
knew how to head tic armies ,,f his
kingdom, lighting hi- cumins, hut
because he loved his people and tried
to make thelii happy au l prosperous
as well as glorious.
S i his people loved him, and after
his death they cheri-b-d everything
Ihat had belonged to him wilh the
greatest care. Here, in his castle of
Pan, i still treasure 1 the cradle iu
which the royal baby was rocked to
res!.
It is a cradle made all of tortoise
shell. Shouldn't vo l think it would break
very easily? It would if it were t bin
and polished lcrtois(...bel!, like a girl's
dainty bracelet, which is almost as
brittle a glass; but there is little dan.
ger of this royal crude.' meeting imv
such fu e no more danger l ban if the
shell were still on the back of ihe tur
tle, its first owner! The shell is not
polished or alien d in n iy way. It was
taken from the back of the big sea
turlle (w ho had carried it so long-,
and thought himself so safe in his
stint sliell-h'ius ) and was cleaned
and turned over on its back.
Then only a little blanket was laid
in it, for the voting Prince of Navarre
; was not brought up delicately, and iu
! his verv cradle was taught lo lie
wrapped in a rough blanket, instead of
on soft cushions, amid luxurious linen
j and lace.
j TI e traveler did not tell the friend
j with whom he was talking whether or
j not the turtle-shell cradle was mounted
! on rockers. If not, how could the
j ciadle have been r eked without iriv
; ing the poor little baby a nr-1 terrific
jouncing?
I A little buy, w ho was walking with
j the traveler and his friend, .aid that
lie di lu'l Ih'iil. the little Prince Henry
, had half comfortable a tine of it
,is hi own lift i - baby broi.er at
home: and 1 shouldn't wonder if licit
I were true. Hut, perhaps, after all. it
isn't good for
laiiies to be quite so
comfortable, ll may be that more
babies would grow up to be strong
and hardy men and women if they
were not Irea ed iptile so tenderly at
the first. St. Nicholas.
Hent whalebones ean be restoiod
and ned again by soaking Ilo in ter a
few hours iu cold water.
I A KING'S COXOUEST
How the Late Ruler of Hawaii
Captured Samoa.
! Or.i? of tho Most Ridiculous Ex-
i
peditions on Record,
j
At one lime timing bis career the
late King Kal ikaua bad a hankering to
I possess Samoa, and, us this iu ive iu-
Volved conquest, he had to have a
navy. My dint of squeezing bis ow'n
imtuey bags and iho-e of his intiuiale
I friends he contrived to get together
! o, unu, vtiilt which sum he bought a
i small man-of-war. Hearing, however,
that the Samoans were tolerably well
! tixed for defending themselves against
invasion, the Hawaiian king concluded
that it would bu the real smart thing
j In make his warship still more terrible.
Accordingly he converted it into a
i gunboat at an expense of .jo,oo0,
j which sum he raised by further levies
I upon the gentlemen who were with
him in the scheme of conquest
These preliminaries having been pro
I vided for, bis maj -sty appointed a
, goodly lot of naval ollicers, and they
were all congenial spirits not inured
1 lo life upon the billowy deep oh, no!
j but Iborouirl.ly j vial fellows who
! could be counted upon as lovul lo their
I - .
j hing so long as I here was a drop of
j cider iu the royal cellar.
The lat Ihiinrhis majesty ami these
I gallant old salts did before setting sail
! was to unite iu a grand banquet at
j Honolulu, and having eali-u and
j drunken in execs the whole parte el
j ol! iu a tug for the formidable gunboat
that lay in the harbor. Now, as luck
would have it, the sailors in c'mrge of
' this gunboat, following the illustrious
ex imple of their king and his noble
fellows, bad also li -eu indulging iu a
j banquet aboard ship mil so much of
j a banquet, cither, as a drinking bout
and every la-t one of them was hilari.
ously drunk when the royal tug
steamed up aside the gunboat and
! made an attempt to grapple thereunto,
j The sailois, fuddled beyond the eon
i ditious of responsibility, ivfuo. to
! let the new-comer board the ship and j
threatened to throw the whole lot iu:o !
' the sea if they m: fool on the vessel.
This was a pretty stale of alliirs,
but the king and hi party bad nothing
lo tlo but wait until the sailors got
j sobered up, and that was a long lime
! say, twenty-four hours.
Once embarked and fairly on Ihri;'
way, the royal parly resumed their
carousal, and it befell that Ihe more
' liquor they draiil; and the nearer they
got to Samoa the less anxious they be
came to engage iu hostilities with the
people they bad set out to conquer.
Mitt whether this was due to the liquor
or lo Ihe gradual change of climate,
or both, we shalt not say, for we do
not know. This much, however, is a
part ef history. When they entered
the harbor of Samoa it wits as friends
of the Samoans, and disembarking
they carried in their hands not the
weapons of war, but certain imple
ments: and utensils of peace viz:
empty bottles, flask and jugs, where
by was Indicated a thirst not for blood
but for a gentler beverage.
Well, king Kalakaua and bis navy
bummed around Samoa untii their
funds were exhausted ye, and their
credit, too. Then (for necessity en
genders sngarin ) they wisely deter
mined to return home. At the last
moment they discovered that they
needed fuel to keep the gunboat going ;
moreover, the ship's larder required
rcvictiialing. Here was a pretty how-d'-y'-do!
The Sotnoiiiis inhospitable wretch,
es! decline 1 either to give or to lend
the llawaiiaus the needed supplies.
Hut you will trust us, won't you?"
demanded the king- "We're a trifle
short just now, but we'll remit the
cash by next mail steamer."
The Samoans laughed a hollow,
heartless laugh. There wa nothing
green about them. They were not on
earth for their health. With thee and
like metaphors and allegories thev
gave their visitors to uuder-luinl that
they, as parlies of tin; lirst part, wou'd
require cash in baud tor the coal and
victuals needed by parties of the see
ond part. To make short of a long
story, the king had to leave with the
Samoans the big brass whistle of his
gunboat. tlie two splendid cautious and
all the small arms, as security for the
payment of Ihe debt incurred by the
enforced purchase of coal mid food
siitliciei t lo take the parly back to
Honolulu. In due lime the whistle,
cannon and small arms w ere redeemed,
lint never again did Kalakaun go in
search of conquest or sutler his
thought- to be directed bv ambition o
the contemplation of possibilities in
volving either bloodshed or hard
ships. ! iiii-iigo New s.
A Florida lice gives milk.
."Sew York'n Oldest llonsc.
The oldest house iu New York
stands at No. 12 'J William street. It
va built in Iiii1", during which year
the corporatio;i opened up the strcels
between Wall an I Fair streets. Fair
street is now called I'ulloi sheet.
Lots wore sold by the city and one of
the terms 0f purchase required tho
buvcrs to free! buildings thereon of
brick or stone not less than two stories
high. This house was built of nar
row Dutch bricks Ill-ought over f'-oni
Holland as ballast and laid in an im
perishable teiliciit, which is as hard
to-day as the bricks tlieiu-elves.
On the grounds immediately back
of the house was shed the first blood
of the devolution. This was at tho
battle of (iolden Hill which was
fought two months before the lloston
massacre. About eighty members o f
the Sixteenth I'egiiiicnt of Foot
(Htitish) bad taken up their position
on the highest point of thelioldeu Hill
which was situated on the block now
bntiided by William, dolin, Fulton
and Hold streets. The sons of Liberty
hastily coPected some muskets and
pistols ami inarched t' the hill deter"
mined to disperse the soldiers nud
make them prisoners. Hlood was shod
on both sides. ( Ine old man was shot
through Iho head, three citizens and
five soldiers were wounded. The
house was used at various periods be
fore and during the llovolutioii ns a
tavern. Among its patrons were
tioorge Washington, Karon Steuben,
(ieneral I'utiumi and Lafayette.
New York Telegram.
Showers ef Hlood.
Showers of blood from the sky are
very rare in this day and ago of the
world, a fact which makes their com
paratively common occurence in the
olden limes only Ihat much more ex
traordinary and unaccountable. In
the "Annals of IJetnarkable Happen
ings iu Home" mention is made of 11
diH'crent showers of blood and other
substances mixed he; ween the year
.lll A. D. and 1170. llesides these
there were two "showers of much in
tensity, of which the liquid resembled
pure blood and was not intermixed
w ith other matter as heretofore report
ed." In I 'J ..' we find record of a
shower of blood and dust over the
larger part of Italy. In Ml'.'fi snow fell
in Syria, "which presently turned
into largo pools of gore." A monk
who wrote in I2"1 tells of a three
days' shower of blood nil over South
ern Furopo. In the same year a loaf
freshly taken front Ihe oven "did
bleed liken new wound" when sliced
at the table. In IS IS the great chasms
made by the earthquake at Villach,
Austria, "sent forth blood and a great
pestilence followed." burgundy hud
a bloody shower in Kiiil, and Ded
fordshire, Ftiglatid. witnessed the
same phenomenon iu 1 t.'iO. In I08t"
hailstones fell in Wiirteinbiirg which i
contained hollow cavities tilled with :
blood. The last bloody sdiower on
record occurred in Sinni in 1S02. i
St. Louis Hepublie.
The Opium Habit In China.
In conversing with :i Japanese gen
tleman recently I obtained some in
lercsting ami truly Oriental inside in
formal ion regarding the prevalence of
he opium habit in China, iu which
country my informant resided for
some years. lie says that at home the
lower classes, corresponding lo our
( icstical indwellers, are not, as a rule,
addicted to the insidious habit. ( Ipiuin
smoking is, in fact, much above the
average of their purses, but the mer
cantile and upper classes are, with
Home honorable cxe 'ptious, given up
to "hitting the pipe." The very
otlicia'.s who promulgate edicts for.
bidding the people to use the drug are
themselves, in irost eases, victims of
the habit, and the house of a wealthy
Chinaman i pretty apt to contain a
special room tilted up in gorgeous
style and pro ided with a parapher
nalia necessary for the enjoyment of
opium smoking. New York Sun.
Cantilever ltrldg.
The word cantilever is variously
derived from cant, nil external angle
and lever. The principle of a canti
lever bridge is this: Take two see
saws and place them in a line, so that
the ends of the iwo balanced boards
shall bo some distance apart ; weight
(lie outer ends, and lay a board be
tween the inner ends. Now, if you
have anchored the inner end securely,
you have a crude cantilever bridge.
Tho piers of the bridge need not be
directly under the centre of the see
saw bo. rds or cantilevers; they may
lie more or less under the ends of the
cantilevers. The new Niagara bridge
jo a fair example of a cantilever bridge ;
the now Forth bridge is a perfect ex
ample, because its cantilevers are ac
curately placed. - New York Dispatch.
Waking nntl Sleeping.
i.
The ojien eye
May scan the sky,
And stray the blue
From slnr In stnr,
Put eyes Ihat close
In soft rcpiwe
Can traverse realms
Henioter far.
it.
The rye unhid
Jly lash or lit!
t an gird the ocean
With a glance ;
Hut eyes locked tis,'ht
In sleep take (light
lb .yowl the waking
World's expanse.
in.
The eve. by day,
fan soar sway j
Ami grasp the green earth
In its span ;
Hut folded eyes
Cun pierce the skies
And their diviner l
Seen Is scan.
.lames Newton Matthew
IHMOH01S.
The crawfish is an export on side
walks.
Tin: bill-poster knows his place and
there he slicks.
"Well, I'll be blowed!" as the till
horn said to the .small boy.
Women are wedded to fashion and
they love, honor ami obey it cheer
fully. Talk is cheap, when you ean send it
through the telephone at the rate of 10
cents an hour.
Argument is often introduced lo es
tablish falsehood. It lakes few word
to make truth convincing.
livery heart knowetli its own bit
terness. Many a man who looks
happy is wearing :i shirt his wif
made.
I suppose it's all profit iu the drug
business?'' "All profit? Do you sup
pose we get fixture and showcases for
nothing? '
".lane, the biscuits were lil- e lumps
of lead this morning?" "Yes'ni, 1
know that, but then I hoard you say
the master had to have a heavy break
fast before going to bis business.
Minnie Oh, yes, .Iconic Figg was
there, of course: and making herself
generally obnoxious, as usual. Mamie
You onght to be ashamed to talk so.
deiinie doesn't make herself obnoxious.
She's boi n that way. he merely
makes herself conspicuous.
AgOIlt of Menevolellt Society TIlO
people of that tenement house on Kay
street are wretchedly poor, but they
are proud ami independent. They say
they need no help. President of so
ciety Then how do you know they
are very poor? Agent 1 Mumbled
over nine dogs tin their stairway.
First
'iildie Mention of the Cold
Ills.
eovery.
In the spring of Ss San Francisco,
a village of about seven hundred in
habitants, had two newspapers, tho
California!! and the California S'ar,
both weeklies. The printed m"iilion
of tho gold discovery was a short para
graph in the former, under date of tho
litli of March, stating that a gold
mine had been found at Suiter's Mill,
ami that a package of the metal worth
thirty dollars had been received at
New Helvetia. Five weeks later tho
Star announced that its editor, K. C.
Kemble, was about to take a trip into
the country, and on his return would
report Ii is observations. lie went to
Colonel and cither saw nothing or un
derstood nothing of what he saw, for
he preserved absolute silence iu his pa
per about his trip. On the iUh of
May, after a number of men hud left
San Francisco for the mines, he came
out wilh the opinion that the mines
were a "sham," and thai the peoplo
who had gone lo them w ere "superla
tively silly." The increasing produc
tion of the mines soon overwhelmed
the doubters; and lie fore t be middle of
June the whole territory resounded
with the cry of "gold! gold I!
gold ! ! !" as ii was priiitetl iu one of
Ihe local newspapers. Nearly all tho
men hurried oil to the mines. Work
shops, stores, dwellings, wives, and
even fields of ripe grain, wriv left for
a time to take care of themselves.
( 'enlury.
The English Crown's It It'll Perqui
sites. The total sum that annually reverts
to the crown ot Fngland by reason of
the owners dying intestate without
known heirs, lapsed legacies, eic., is
about ,oII0,immi, The exact figure for
the year HH9 w as f 4'.:i,!!!,., as staled
by the treasury solicitor in the return
presented to l'aiiianient last session.
Of the balances iu baud, a portion is
from time to time handed over to Iho
exchequer on account of "crown shtirs
of estates," and a part for grants to
successful claimants. - I'hilade Iphia
Hecord.