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Coiilcnfmcnl hi Nntiirp.
I would not change my joys for those
Of Kmperors ami Kings.
Whnt hns my gentle friend, the rose
Told them, If might, ilo yon suppose
The rose that tolls me IhiiiRs.
What secrets have tlipy had with tree.-?
What romps with grassy spears?
Whnt know they of the. mysteries
Of butterflies and homy bees,
Who whfeper in my ears?
Whnt says t!ie sunbeam unto them?
What tales have brooklet told?
Is 'here within their diadem
A finale rival to the j;. in
The dewy daisies hold?
Whnt sympathy have they with birds,
Whose sonns are souks of mine.'
Do ,hey e'er hear, ns though In words
'Twns lisped the message of the herds
Of grazing, lowing kino?
Ah no! iive me no lofty throne.
Hut just what nature yields.
Let me but wander mi, alone
If needs be, so that all my own
Are woods and dales ami field.
John Italics, in Harper's Wrekly.
Under Three Umbrellas.
'If it didn't look as if I wero trying
to gain fdiiio benefit from your um
brella," lie remarked, in lit! Ii timed to
meet her on the church stops tif tor tor
vice, "I would ak to walk home with
you. I didn't expect rain when I left
lioine, so I iiiu unprepared."
llowcver," canto her clear ivply,
just nreh enough to ho fascinating mid
just tender enough to be frank, "if
you'll carry my umbrella and let me
turn my energies to keeping my dies
caught ti out of 1 1 io mud I'll be very
thankful lo you."
'J'hey had walked, strangely enough,
half way home in aluiist complete si
lcnce,wheii a man and a wonrin pasci
tliem, like them, underr oik; umbrella,
but, unlike diem, the woman wns held
snugly close to I he man's si lo as sho
cluii to li's arm. Ii was a pietuio of
thai open freedom which so u'idoiiia.
bly marks a congenial mm and wife,
whose companionship has ripened into
frank trust.
As they pasod K ibori Cuittiight
aid, half thought fully, perhip:
They arc sensible. Jf (wo are
trying to iiso one umbrella, they him
surely (, be oomin 'tided if dry strive,
to lake up as little room as possible.
Even if it bo noon, won't you lako my
lirm?"
"It'll I hy arc plainly nol such
such strangers as we," sho rciurned,
conscious that both were trending on
dangerous ground.
"Aro wo sirnugors ?'' ho n-kod
qil'ckly, turning his eyes Kcnrchingly
to l.er.
The prcliy faro grew n trifle pn'e
against ils light-brown hair. A lump
teemed to rliinb lo Icr throat, but she
returned, bravely: "Yes that is,w c'l1
always bo strangers compared with
them."
lie stopped f ir an instant niulg. ."d
llxedly at her till a hot ll'i-li Hew up
from out her dark fur collar and
wept under the velvet string of her
iluimy brown bun net.
"Always'1' he asked simply.
"Yes. Why, can't yo'.l tee that they
tire married?"
She tried to laugh it away, but ii
would hav) beca difli lilt lo tell
which pair of lips quivered the most
or which p;iir of oyes swum in the
deepest mist us too two Marled on,
both silent, bolh sad, both rcidi.'ug
that H liltle tragedy had occurred in
that In ief iuslnut under that dripping
umbrella on the noon boulevard.
Kight yoa-s went by and found
(iabrirl Yaughuc alone in t ho world,
villi tieocs.-ily for keeping up a life
in which all interest and n'l energy
were dead. Sho ha I al 1 ist arisen
from a ledums Linos, and (he nurse
herself scarcely recognied the tall,
pale, bad-faced woman, with the shun
dark curls, ns ihe brigbl-eyed, light
haired girl of six iiioihIis before.
Gabriel had one thing cb-nr I i Iniyjnd
only one, and (hat was a memory.
And some of our dearest memories
are (lie cruelc-t pails of our lives.
When finally she (stood beforo a mir
ror, and reitll.od that that changed
choalure was hersrlf, u mighty re
solve tilled her she would go lo iho
source of that ni-niory.
She knew where he was; she knew
thnt ho had married three years after
that bitter morning in the rain, and
had married a wealthy wife. That
was the reason that she bad lln ut him
back from her long ng, just bceau.?"
of his poverty. Not that it would
pain her, a thousand limes no! Hadn't
t.ho cried out, ii'ght after night siu,
that starvation with him would bo
only bliss? Ilut sho had known his
nmbilions and bis capabilities; knew
his dreani9of success, and she realir."d
bis ability to turn the dreams into
rcnliiics. She was poor. Would sho
permit herself to hang a niill'tono
about his neck? No, sho would hurl
Irs heart before she would ruin his
life.
Tiiii had p;"veil that sho had b-on
right. His wife was a beautiful
woman, mid her wealth had opened
boundless opportunities to him. lb
had risen sho had known that, he
would. H it, now that she scarce'.y
was able to know herself, eho would
vciitnro into his world mid see for lier
fclf how happy and proud and pros
perous ho was.
So, having spent till but her lasl bill
for her ticket, sho Mcpprd into Phila
delphia one spring evening, steeling
her heart to what might follow. Thu
next evening she had walked past his
great, rich house and was starling
buck when a sudden shower burst un
expectedly upon her.
Sho gathered up her skirls in that
particular way so characteristic of a
dainty woman, and was hurrying
along when all at once she was con
scious of a sharp, childish cry at her
side Turning, sho beheld a tall sad
faced man trying to rjuiet a frelful
baby of about ' years, which hold out
ils dimpled hands to her and c: icd :
".Mamma! Mamma!''
The gontlcinan strovo to tp it and
(iahriel started on. Hut sharp ami
piercing camo I lie 'Mun-ma!'' mid
her heart bade her linger.
1'or tin Inst time tho man spoko to
her.
I must bog your pardon, madam.
His mother has just died and some,
thing about you seems to have reealle I
her lo him."
Gabriel's heart softened at o:u:o.
ti ling slraight up she to"k the tiny,
outstretched haads in Icr own and
nun Pinned : "J'oor, motherless lilllo
one."
The father ho!'! out his umbrella
over her ami for the fust tune she
looked at him - the face was Kobori'sr
She was find for the rvuse of turn
ing to baby again and murmured
seine 1 ding unintelligible.
However, he had not recognized
hei.so si e drew all her strength to h'T
atsWlniicc and succeeded in hiding her
emotion.
'It' you will wa'k under my 11m
biella.as 1 am going your way for this
square, you can keep dry. And, ton,
I fear baby won't like to pail with
yon now."
There was no easy way to rot real :
it would have been absurd to scud oil
in a changed direction through the
polling rain, so she continued talking
hurriedly to tho child. As they reached
thu foot of Iho broad stone steps she
slopped, ! cannot thank you enough
for having calmed l,?!ie. His nuno
left Ibis morning 11 in I It - will noi be
cons dod bv anv of the other servants.
So I finally told Mrs. (' arke, the
hoiM'kcppnr, that I would Iry nini for
a walk. Hut wi.l you not lake the
iiiubiellii? It will bo a shame to ex
pose oursolf lo such a deluge.''
S!io gracefully declined all thanks
and en Ii kind oilers, and gid id
quickly oil', a tall, blackcd-roln d ligure
d.iiiug tho watery drops. Itut a pir
f' el shiiek from baby arose when he
found himself deserted In litis la-diiou,
and each succeeding cry became
louder and more disiiessing. Again
i ibrirl could not go. Ajain she came
!::ck to him.
"Will you please come inlo the
house with him? Mrs. Clarke may
(hern be belter able to got him away
llian ."
S (i iluiel, carrying the child, en
tered his house, unknown, but wel
come i von then.
Leslie was not (o ho easily deceived.
and all the ruses wero seen through
immediately by his careful, big blue
e os.
"Wo must got a nursemaid this
very night,"' declared Mrs. Clarke, as
she endeavored in li-r praetiea', : dd
hcartcd way to inveigle tho young
hud from his new "mauiiii 1.''
"Hut," groaned Mr. C 1111 ti ighl.
where can one get one which he can
trust on such short notict'?''
A bold idea entered Gabriel's head:
Sho tried three or four times lo speak,
and her voice failed. Finally she
clinked back Iho lump in her throat
and said :
"Would it he presumpi iioih for mo
to oiler myself? I can show yon ex
cellent reference'", an I I am now look
ing for some such position."
"You a nursemaid ?" exclaimed Mr.
Cointright in iiinnemeiit. Then, a
moment laier, he would have given
much to have it back unsaid; her
plain black gown was darned at ihe
elbows it was merely her way of
wearing it that gnvo her Ihe appear
and of a woman of long founded eul
tuie and dolicncy.
Two years went by, in which Miss
Varney, a she was now known, un
discovered, was loved by and
loved in return Mr. Coiirlrighi's two
children. It was one evening in
March, just before dusk, when sho hail
left Leslie up stairs asleep and had
iu-l coino down lo the drnwi !.'-room
with Mabel, to Flay wMi the child till
her father camo to dinner.
Ilo was Into and Mabel had wnn
tiered oil' lo a hack parlor, thus leav
ing Gabriel alone in the dimly lighted
room when Mr. Courtriglit finally
ciHered.
"I shall call Mabel," she began,
staring from her staiion by (ho win
dow. 'o, Mips Varney; stay. I have
something to say to you. You re
member how 111 ved 1 was tho first
lime Leslie called you 'miminn?'
You thought then, 11) douhl, that it
was because of Iho memory of my
wife. Partly so, but mostly bc:auo
as I looked up at you I thought for
an instant that you were Iho woman
who might have been hi. mother if
Iho fales had been kinder. Do you
know, Miss Varney, that you often
remind me cruelly of a woman 1
loved better than the world?-'
Your wife?" SI10 was glalthat
it was dark enough to hide tho tremb
ling of her lips.
"No, not my wife. I loved Marie
one way; she was tender and true to
inc. Hut the woman (hat I really
loved " Then, after a short pause,
he went on: 4 -1 1 u 1 what 1 meant (o
sty to you is this: I have learned to
lovo you a thousand 1 1 nils belter than
Mario, and sometimes, I almost think,
us much as I loved the dearest one.
Can von, will you halo me if I ask
you lYos lo be Leslie's uir.nunt in
truth as well as in word?''
Slowly came the reply: I'.'it you
love the lit si woin in bo-t of a'.l, even
yet ? '
' Yes, I d i. 15 it, as I s iid, I of.
ten almost think (hat youaros'in when
1 stop to realiz.! how 1 foci toward
you."
Moment afier moment went, by.
The shadows c.imo e 'user and tin rim
of lighter 1 1 Kids near tho west liori
grew narrower. Al la-t she.
fa tl: "I, ton, loved in fie long ago.
Iiiu lean never in any way lovo an
other man. Hut "'
I! fore she could liuisli ih' sent unco
Mr. Court weight had ivo 'guiy. ?d in
bis governess Iho "best lovd one of
all.'' and it, is needlevs lo say Hint Ihe
umbrella episode resulted in Miss
Vaughn's really becoming Ihe mamma
i.f b iby Leslie.
('niching the Oclopus.
It is 110 trick lo catch them. Tin y
:11c pulled out with hook mid line from
the deep walers of the S mini just like
lisii, and are found on ihe rocky hoi
loins of tho fishing banks," said a
fisherman in Seattle. "Look alibis,"
continued he, raising Ihe slimy mass
of legs and pointing to a perfect
counterpart of a parrot's black beak.
"That's his mouth. lul like a par
rot's, only much larger and more
p iwcrful. When once I hose jaws
fas'en on tho bail they never let go
until lamk'd on the ilcck of the boat.
They so. (loin give us much trouble.
Kxporience has taught Iho men how lo
handle 1I10111 safely. The only care
necessary is to prevent their fastening
li dr stickers on the sides and bottom
of the lo it. If by accident or care
lessness ihev should succeed in doing
so, tho octopus is safe, for the suction
of those cnp-like di.-ks is so great lhat
nothing but. 1 lie knife can dislodge
lliem, and as Ihey ruu'l be reached they
it awa-.
"The men know by Ihe weight oil
ihe lino and its ae ion whon an oclo
pus is hooked. Then, by means of
poles, the line is kepi away from the
boii', and, watching a favorable op
portunity, with ihe assistance of boat
hooks, ihe fellow is suddenly yanked
on board uud ieft lo thrash its life
away on dock. Of course, Iho men
have leai 11 d to keep c.nefully out of
rc.ieh of it tentacles. On a clear day
and in clear weather one can 81-c an
oclopus at a great depth. Their bodies
usually lie hidden under shelving
rocks, leaving om or nitre of those
long feelers visible, moving cautiously
back and forth.
'Hailing a hook with a whilo rag
and d.'nppiug it close by, it is fun to
watch their movcmculs. They pre.
tend not to see the bail, believing it
is a living prey. They will advance
their feelers inch by inch, and grad
ually their body, and retreat again as
if to draw on the intended victim.
Playing tho bait back and forth ex
cites their cupidity, and whoa salii
tied with the result Iho beast makes a
spring for the bait that for lightning
like speed beats anything on record.
Of course, it fastens its razir-liko
double-back-action beak into the rag
and holds oil like grim death, allow
ing itself lo bo pulled out of the water
rather than let go."
In the Orchard.
He How the trees arc moaning and
sighing today.
She So would you, if you wore as
full of green apples m they arc.
Lifo.
CHILDREN'S COM JIN,
CSSi:S IlIFFKR.
Weo Alice fell down the minery stairs,
And bumped her forehead and scratched
her face;
The old nurse tried lo comfort her pel,
by, yours isn't such a doVful c;ie!
"Your dolly never uttered a word
When her arm was broke in the closet
door."
Wee Alice lifted her tearful face
'Ild she ever utter 11 word before-"
illUa K. Mosby, in Independent.
.i'Ai:ii:i p.v , t.'insi..
In n cjunlry town in Northern
Pennsylvania there lives a man who
soils milk, carrying it from houso to
house morning an,' evening in a small
1 ,,,,,.,. Thpi.c u M
about that, but his companion on theso j
daily trips is the very Pirangest you j
ever heard of an old gray goose, '
who follows him about in the most !
dignified manner and stands watch
over the carl, letting no one go near !
it in his master' absence. His name '
; is Major, and his master '-ays bo is
I just as use! ill as a dog would he
; jXcw Vork Advertiser.
SIM.IMi Mi R,
I A four-fooled creature ll'at sings is
! certainly curious en nigh tif have ils
j existence doubled, and many people
do not believe that such a thing as a
I singing mouse has ever l.to 1 scon, or,
j more correctly speaking, hoard. It
has, (hough; and in a cci'.iin house
j beloved of ni'cn giuur.-lly, what
I sounded like the voice of a very small
i bird was ofien heard in Iho wall. A
trap was set for (ho uptcal ions ones
; that ki pi up a coiislani sqin'-ikiug and
I gnawing, besides nibbling ei y viand
that lliev could po-sibly g.;t at; and
one night the dainty bils. ,f ehecMi
lured into captivity a 10. 11-e (hat
j looked liko other unci and a 'toil like
j a wren. Such a y iier.i,.; miisieil
! lilllo warble could m-:. vI; renin from
j any other ihroal Ihaj tl al ol (he tiny
i bird.
I Hill it w::s soo i u oed F'eyond a
j doubt (hat mot;..io ,1 .! it .:ie self, and
! that he mii-l bo the , 1 Vy :?gcr who
I gavo Ihe mysleiiotn e-'dl c-o.vcrl. so
j the m xt ibing wa. 10 v. .f.tj him a
I cage. It was tpih ,.11 i- oiuiiiiui
one, as uncommon ..t he . -,- limiM-ll'
glass globe eovdi"! will- 1 'letting.
A warm nusl was ar.angcil V it, and
I the curious little pe;f ainor I 'd. very
I kindly to his luxiir: u , qua,-.' "s. lie
had, of cour-o, ih) best .:!,. pso to
j nibble at, and he. cc uicntly i-u:idercd
himself in clover. put it. airs,
j too, and seciuod to '.-now w 1 1 1 1 ' i v,i
I being watched. At such lines he
would raise himsc ,, mid try wVih all
' his small might am, main to ' ;(. like a
canary. Som dimi s ha woul '. b id up
I one paw, aiul then ho was a I n::, fl .d.rPlj
j prima done, sending fora such
loud notes Inat it w;,s almost veiling
j to hear him.
j liul an e isy lifn did not ;n lo
agrre wilh I lio .iiunsiny lit th ... lent,
j and pnssib.y lie pined for the ,io' 10 in
tho wall, with ii boundless f tvf'oin,
where he nay linen left hi ;! ung
hai biiriaiiMit play." In a few ! sh:
. died willnul any aiparenl cau?A mid
! Ihe experiment of caging a 'i,'ing
I mouse was altogether iiiisueoes.s-'. ',
' Oilier four-feo'ed wanders Hio
bcea kept In ,ood c mdilion for a n" ,di
I longer lime, giving abundant .'!
I Iniiity to make tome very inieroN
i discoveries in regard lo I heir mu-i;4
organs. They ilo not, it appears, s;
I wilh llu- r throats, like oilier sjiigs-'eff,
j but with their noses. Their vc!
clionls arc vibrating folds of Ihe tk'C
al theoiiilot of cadi nostril, and tx
performer can vary the lone from higVi
' to low by using more or less force, it
; expelling lbs air. When quite, tjy
himself, Ihe sound produced by the
: finger resemble that of an .11 di.i 1
harp; but in a cage, when the snail
I prisoner is ofien singing forell'ect, tin
' roles arc much bolder.
A cat purrs v. ry much in the san'j
j way as a mouse sings, an 1 ,th -iio
signs of coin lot t and satisfaction. H't
Ihe mou-c's song, unlike- that of tho
cat, has given 1 i-e to many absurd
superstitious, ami houses have acquired
the bad reputation of being haunted
because of singing mice in the walK
The soft wai.ing sound which the song
then assumes is said to come from tho
uneasy spirits of those who have been
murdered; and the servants who aro
frightened by the singing mouse could
never bo made to believe thnt the 0011
tiuticl picking and stealing from tho
pantry arc done by tho singer himself
and his near relative. l-'or although
it seems ns if so gifted a creature
shou'd be above such night maraudiiif. ,
he is really 110 belter than his comnjoii
place companions. Harper's Yiung
tVople.
Kentucky has a colcrod Stato Teach
ers' As location.
BURIAL AT SEA.
The Ceremony as Performed on
a Man-of-War.
A Sailor'3 Funeral is Pathotir;
in Its Dignified Simplicity.
j wa'or 1 n cold winter nighis should
Tho ordinary demands of ship j 'ry the 1 ll'tcts of a spoonful of honey
routine, his dnlies alow and aloft, in I instead of sugar. The change will
harbor, upon the ocean nil are so j Mirpi i-e them. II mey may, indeed,
ha, udmis, so dependent upon quick rcp'aoe sugar as an ingredient in the
eves, strong hands, clear beads and . cooking of alino-t anv article of food.
ts !
alert intelligence that tho least mis- , In ricc-pud lings the writer invariably
chance of judgment or of grip, tho ' uses h uiey inslead of sugar; (ho
slightest physical mistake may be J flavor is much more, delicious. Tor
fatal. Ho assured the sailor feels this, j preserving most kinds of fruit honey
It is bred in his bone; it is tho earliest is far preferable to sugar, as it has the
and latest lesson ho lonriis and this quality of prcerving for a brig lime
porpelua! menace enters his soul so 1 in a fresh stale anything that nny be
deeply and so early that even in J h'i'l ' it or mixed with it, and pre.
Mrongest and blithest manhood his venting its corruption in a far super
face is ill I,., I will, iho i.athos horn of i ior manner to sugar. I'or many mod-
; thin cruelly of the sea.
j When the maritime .lack dies he is
; buried without much undue ceremony.
A brief pi ayer, a shotted hammock,
I the lee rail ami all is over. Hut
1 on board a ship of war a sailor's
j fiiiiort. is pathetic in ils digtiilie I
I simplicity. ,j inu-ter ot the ships
company is, naturally hi sad as 1 Ins,
and vou can see it 011 the faces of a
when Ihe subdued thrilling of the
bo'sw'n's whistle is followed by the
I the long-drawn-out and in ululated
j call, of "Ail bands bury Ihe
dead!"' The lii"ii come aft quiet y
and lake (heir allotted station. To
j leeward tit sea, or on the port side of
. Ihe quarter dock if in pol l, the soa
; men are ranged in Ihe front 1:111k; be
' hind them are Ihe ordinal)' M amen
; iiml in iho r ar of both the appion
j tiees and the landsmen.
; In Ihe gangway forward of Ihe
j mainmast on sic h ships as slill have
sail power, the senior petly lln or
Mand ri attention. Around the colli n
folded in the jack or national ensign
tire gronpi d Ihe pal.-beareis, se'i cud
Usually from the dead man's toe-s or
gun division, and ec al band, rest
ing on arms, (lie marine guard is
paraded. Nearest the ci.llia are tin
chaplain and the captain, and then,
in ihe order of their lank, streli h all
the other ollieers of ihe ship.
The ensign at the p-tik, or stall',
ll'lllers Iremuliug.y al hal t-mal, ami
from overhead the yard and stay
tackles swing lazily, ready to lift the.
ci Ilin outboard. When tho weather
permit, tho way of the ship is stop,
pod, and, it may be, lillli! flickers of
idling steam curl upward and to Ice
ward like incense, and the wind in the
backed and fretting topsails ct nnurs
a dirge. The order lo "line vcr" is
passed gently, and while the beniidl'ul
words of the burial sei vice are being
read the hush of the living is acconlu
a ed by Ihe low accompaniments of
sea sounds by ihe 1 maple of 1 a :m
wa'eis eddying slearnward, and by
the surging of the broc.i in the bid.
lows of Ihe canvas and through the
rigging ami gear.
Whoa ll losing prayer is said, the
lasl blessing given, Iho tackles are
manned, Iho colli u is s'rippo I of ils
Hags and -lung in straps, and slowly,
rr voro itlc, is liois'ed above Iho rail
ami clear of the ship tint it it i poi-cd
over Ihe billows. The marines load,
aim, lire in nli three volley, that
awaken raiding echoes in the hidden
spaces of the ship, the bugle sounds
'laps'' tenderly and swclly, wilh a
newer meaning of sleep and rest ; the
coffin swings further oul, and is low.
nod gent y iiuiil the foam and spoon
drift moisten il ; liie tackles are de
tached with a sudden jerk, ami in an
iintanl Ihe, weighted box shoots
downward, bedded in foam and
bubbles, and all is over until (he so 1
gives up its dead.
In a little while Ihe cheery whistle
thrill out tl call to dii y, the hali
masted ensign ..ilnii'i '.; i.e dasher
block, il.t. .up is brought (o her
c mrse, and da -!iy !:e .""ii take tip
I heir wearying routine of 1 to lives so
sadly hiokeii. An unil-nal quid tests
upon the vessel and around the 1 1 1 1
(aides; b'tl in the groups gathered lo
smoke during the supper hour, and
after Ihe hammocks ate piped down,
the vir lies those heroic uud lione-l
n a virlues of the dead sailor are re
called, ami with a li'ii.li'in -s born of
comradeship e'o-er than any oilnr
men except soldiers may know.
Harper's Weekly.
'Ihe l'M's of Henry.
A writer in the lloriicultinal
Times expresses surprise I1.1t honey is
so seldom ston on tho (al les of tie
people of Ibis count! y. Money," ho
says, "is at once a valuable Medici no
;,n I food. Foul air, iiupieper ventila.
lion, sudden changes of wcillier, the
exposure of lungs and il.roat to a
damp atmosphere, are the source of no
cud of throat and bronchial troubles. A
free, regular, and constant use of
honey is probably the best mcdicii o
for throat troubles there is. It is tl 0
most wholesome ami economical sul -slilute
fir hullcr, being as a rule half
the price of that article. II y is of
moic service in our to. .king than
many people imagine. Those who
indui'Mj in a glass of grog and hot
icinal purposes honey is invaluable.
To lown residents who may bo jaded
and look careworn tiller ihe excite
ment of lale hour', when the skin be
comes dry, red and harsh-looking,
Iry 1 ho ell'eels of rubblii ' gently a lliiu
c 'tiling of honey on Ihe face before
going lo bed. It is one of the, linest
: eo-inouesin mo worm.
Aliie, hitl Legally Heiul.
Human life U not a piie dess article
in China, it i 1 It mi sold. Tho oile r
day I pointed lo a fat, jolly Chinaman
111 Hankow, about '"! 111 bs up the,
Yangise river, saving :
"Thai is a very happy -looking man."
"Yes, for a dead man lie does look
jolly," said the coiisii'.
I lead," I said, "wh it do you
me in ?"
"Why, that 111 in is legally a de.nl
man. lie was .g . 1 1 -.- executed alter
Ihe Taiping rebellion, and pronounced
dead otlieiaily."
"What's tie: pn'ling paradox?'' I
Well, thai man, like many others,
was 1 on lemiie I to die, but, being
rich, he hired a .iib-li!u e lo die for
him. There arc pl-niy of .starving
son- in China w ho, at the 1 oininand of
a fader, will kill ihcniscive- for gain.
Thai Chinaman llierc paid about ''!
lo a 1 1', ignorant brother to lake his
I place
really died by ploxi.
lilti'e had literal ly lived
; I he poor u
in hunger all his life. With if.V) he
literally wallowed in wealth for three
months and tic: 11 died for il. This
ofien occurs in China. Hundreds of
thousands of rebels ueie massacred
after Ihe Taiping rebellion, but the
rich gcner.iilv e-eape.'" Philadelphia
lh: D.srrl Shall Itb.oin.
The do-crl shall id ossein iike a gar
den. If the civil engineer 11 illaud is
righi Ihi prophecy Is near fulli lincnt.
Ii dl an I Ii is siihmiited a report to Ihe
Academy of l'miice upon walers found
under ground in (he Sihara. His ex
ninii a ion of Ihe ground was confined
10 the region nbeiil the oasis of III
G dealt, and pr-veil so rich a supply
of water that he believes the whole
dose. 1 caii b: ciinvorlcd into a net
work of fertile oases.
lie is til pioscnl engaged in prepar
ing . a clrirt and a ile-crip ioii of the
region which wili indicate Ihe spots
where an ar csian boring i. in hi, 0
t , 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , certain lo bring a volumin
ous jei of wider lo the surface. Mich
a ctcaii n of 1 icw wells tin' people in
habiting he vast desert will look upon
as a iniracie, and Ihey wili he prepared
lo bow down before and acknowledge
the supicmacy of the workers of such
miracles.
Li oilier words the execution of the
scheme of M. Holland will do more to
conquer (he desert for I ranee than anv
scienlilic or warlike expedition ever
could have done - i Chicago I'libitue.
I'riuiilho I'uriiiiui: in Spain.
Consul 11. W. Turner at C.idv.,
Spain, in his rep 'i t l the Male I i -p.irtiiieut,
says: F.lcctrioity is no;
used in Spain as a power for Ihe pre
pit! -ion 1 f fai 111 tii ieliiucry or iinplc
ineiiis. Ninety p r cent, of the fariu
ei s nt I his pi o 1 m e don'l know what,
eloliiei'y i. and not one has ever
(iieiigbl of 11-ing it as a force for Ihe
propagation and grow th of pi nils, is
Ihe answer gien me by the clli it. in
charge of the aeiieul ural iutci essj if
I he prov inee. Agricultural e nidi
lions existing here arc almost ihe same
a thofc of Ihe tl .e of Knlh and
II 1:7. A stick sharpened ut one end
fcrvcs for a plow.
I'iel uies in illiislrn ed Hib'rs rep
resenting Ih'1 sower win wrni out lo
sow nic also true pi osculations of Ihe
Spanish husbandman in seeding time.
I, 'aping hooks of ;he time of l'jrar
gather ihe harvest of Ihe present.
Asses mid oxen trample out Ihe grain
and I be w inds of heaven separate tha
w heat from the chiifl.''
Whatever IsIs Hcsl.
I know asniy life grows older,
And mine eye have dourer sight.
That under i nch rank wranir somewhere
There lies the root of Itixht ;
That such sorrow lins ils ptirposf.s,
l!y the sorrowing oft ungiiesseil,
lint ns sure as the sun brings inornins:,
Whatever Is is best.
I know Hint eneh .linfiil notion.
As sure 11s the niht brings shade,
Js soiuewhojT, some time punished,
Tin the hour be line delayed.
I anew that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the heart's unrest.
And to grow menus often to sutler
ilut whatever is is best.
1 know there are no errors
In the jiieat eternal plan.
And all things work to.'etlier
For the linal good ol man.
And I know when my soul speeds nnwsrd
Jn its Hi and eteinal ipiesl,
I slistl say as 1 look back earl Ii ward,
Whatever Is is best.
K In Wheeler W'i'cix.
m 'juniors.
A rousing appeal 'l ime In get up.
A man with a history: Tho book
sgetit.
A fly i best oil' when ho lights on a
dicky paper.
A cent in your pocket is worth two
on your hainlko; chief.
"Chops for mo." said the hatched
faced man to I he w aiter.
The worm must i contagious "i
Ihe early bird would not catch it.
What is done cannot be, till lone,
especially if it is a hard-boiled
'gg-
After (lie pickpoi ket has sucecidi d
in getting bis hand in ho lakes things
easily.
Clara I wan! something lo iniii h
my head tonight. What would you
wear' Maude S jiiiething ligb'.
It shows Ihe advantages of position
that w hen a woman begins lo lin n a
man's head she first gets on the light
Milo of him.
' Whcuamoihortclsl.fr boy ho L
! gelling lo be just like bis falhcr, h"
' knows very well it is not intended a
a compliment.
Proof positive; Adelaide -Why
arc you so sine he lovts joii? Made.
: leiuo - Hecausi) be shows me the letler-
yoii write lo him.
j "Is that a good dog ?" -l u ed lo
' Ihitik so, but I have my doubts, now."'
! "Why?" "I've had hint a moinli uud
j nobody has tried 10 steal him."
"Orlando, 1 didn't see. you with
t M i-s Spoons at the concert lasl night,"
I 'No, Percy; I'm not calling on hoi
any more. 1 can't until she 1 ell. -ids
I what she said lasl week." "Ah! what
: did she say?' "Well, sho said I
needn't call any more."
1 A (111 ions Industry.
1 The idea of flower farming for per
j fumes seems lo be exciting a good deal
' of iiileie-t in New South Wale, as
j many inquiries on Ihe subject have
, lately been submitted lo t lit; agriciil
' luial deparlmeut. There tire at pros
eiil in iho colony 110 means of iilus
lia ing the pracicai operations of Ibis
industry, but the Agi icult ural Gazelle
of New Sotiih Wales hopes that thie
dclicioney will si on be supplied by the
iiisiiiuliou of e.xpei imeii ta'. plots on
one or more of fie experimental
farms. Tito Ga.eue points 0111 lhat
in scent farms largo quantities of
wa-le material from nurseries, gar
den, orchard-) and ordinary farms
might he piolitahly uiili.cd. while oc
cupation would be found for some
who aie until for hard manual labor.
I A government perfume) farm win
laielv established at luiclly, in Vie.
1 terin. and Ihis promises lo be reinaik
j ably siieeesvf.il. New York Witness.
Cuban Ways.
Many Cuban way sale different fiom
' those of any oilier people on Ihe Globe.
! A Cuban, when ho desires to bring a
pel sou to him, motions him to gn
j away. They put keyholes upside
' down, and applaud in the theatre by a
. prolonged hiss. Postage stamps are
; sold everywhere but at the post i line,
j and lo gel revenue stamps you do not
I go to a government ollieiat, but to a
I broker on the street. The people live,
i on Ihe first floor and do their cooking
upstairs, the cur es and chamber ser.
vants aie men iu(ead "f women, and
, agricultural implements are. sold at
j chocolate, shops. St. Louis Globc-
licmocrat.
Only a tjueslioii of Time.
Aequuintiince So your son has
hung out his shingle ns a doctor has
he any r'ients yet?
Proud Parent Not yol ; but hn has
raised a i.eard and bought a pair of
eye-glasses ! Puck.
Cyrus . Cady, who died iccenlly
in I leaver, introduce! the fust mow.
in-' machine in'o Cob. ra lo.