: , i ) I The Water Mill. CPl'!, never "Ca ' Again with water that Is past." v - Why mourn the sun that has f unk in the . .... . west; " , v - ; my mourn ithe mirth, that is part of the past, ' ' - Why mourn the music whose notes are now still, "Why mourn the water thafs gone past the mm: The tun of tomorrow win rise in the east. iue inirin of tomorrow will grace a new feast, New music tomorrow will bring a new thrill, jw wsier tomorrow will run through the The cool winds of Autumn may scatter the leaves, - - The reaper will gather the. bright shining The grist that is ground will its purpose ful- fill. It needs not the water that's gone past the What matter If Winter must come with its frost. There are joys which without it would sure ly be lost; - Jte ana me snow cannot throttle the will, yor freeze np the water, that runs through the mill. A new year will open with heaven's new Sprlne. ..- ew hopes will be borne on the zephyr's soft mug, ew music will come with the robin's gay sm-1" grind a ncw grist at the B. 6. Potts, In tie" Christian Inquirer STOLEN DIAMONDS. BY MARLTOX DOWXIXQ. Ab, Damon, old boy! Glad you've dropped in. I've got something that I think will Interest you, seeing you are a newspaper man. What do vou thjnk of this?'' and Mr. Wards worth, or the firm of Wards worth & Blank, manufacturing jewelers of Boston, piacea a paper, m the hand of the youug journalist. - "au nai.a goouiy mm lor some one' replied the reporter as he read; ".-,ooo REWAHD. For the apprehension of the criminals or the recovery of the diamonds taken from the iu"JtttT! & Caspar, London, u omuui wctciiiucr lsi. ilia tnouEht I tbt therms Lave been 8m,Iw.,,, tn J" z -oo,v wv 4.M4iiva as no attempts hnve been made to disnose of them either in Great Britain or upon th comment. Uealers and officers of the law are cautioned to be on the alert. The iewU stolen are of the first water, large stones. anu me wnoie amount valued at '30,000. . Signed) Jaspar, Stcrgis & Jaspab," London. "vum ue use loosing tor a neeuiC 1U tllft har-mow. T ilmnlil eorr n commented Damon, as ho finished the perusal of the notification. "Very much," replied Mr. Wards, worth as he folded the paper and re- piacea it in' his Docket. "Yet it wouia be a diflicult matter for any one to dispose of such a quantity of diamonds even though they succeed in getting thorn into the countrr. Nevor- mejess, it behoove? U3 in the business iu xcep a suarp lookout, and to in- 4uire cioseiy wnera a stone comes . i rrom, that is brought us to mount. If the rogues attempt to place their plun der on the market within six months or a year, they will staud a very good chance of being apprehended; but if they can afford to wait, and have nerve enough to retain the diamonds in their possession until the excitement has died away, the thieves may be en abled to get rid of the gems in small lots without causing suspicion." "Well, I hopo it may be yonr good fortune to run across some of the sparklers, for I would like to see you capture the reward," repliod the re porter, with a smile. my no Knows out what it may come your Way ?" returned the jewel er, laughingly. "You board most of the incoming vessels, and I should think might stand a pretty fair chance to hear of any smuggling game, and by working up your information be able to claim some of the Englishman's five thousand pounds." ixoi so mucu or a chance as you might Imagine, my friend," replied Uamon. "True, I might have to re port the arrival of vessels, and of course visit many of them, but if there was any smuggling detected, it would only be my duty to write the ttery for the paper, and I could not expect to receive any credit from the aotbonues for the apprehension of we guuty parties. But it was not t talk shop' with you that brought me in. Doyoujeo this?" and Damou y yucKage, neatly wrapped in paper, yet not so disguised but what riAiri tin k vumu seo tnat it was a quart uoiue. -mat is some are, old Bur gundy. At least the stewar.1 nf British steamer affirms that it Is. Now I want you to come to my apartments tonight ana tate a hand at a game of whist, and you will have an opportu- nity to sample the Wine. What say your? "iwouia ue only too pleased to make one of the party, not whollv on account of tho contents of the bottle lor you Know -a am somewhat ab- temious, but to enjoy a quiet game Of Whist' "Very well, I will look f0r you at eight o'clock, sharp. uooa-Dy, and -- --- - I with little ceremony the hustling j0Ur- naust turned on us ueei auu 1Crt his inend's place of business to complete ihe arduous labors of the day. At the hour of eight two reporters and two jewelers, all old acquain tances, were seated about a table in Damon;i room, enjoying thennelyei hugely ai they laughed and chatted over the topics of the day. At length the host arose and said: "Xow ye, supposing we try the quality of the steward's present I don't suppose that any of us arp con noisseurs or wines, although we might be able to know what would make a good newsnaner Rtnrv against it, or tell the quality of a piece of gold when taking it in hand. How ever, we all have tastes, and . in this free country, are at liberty to express our opinions. So. Mr. Wards worth. yours, first," aud the reporter-essayed to fill the glass of his frie: AUhough Mr- Damon had carefully removed the cork, vet to hi only a feeble stream of liquid issued forth. "Ah;" he remarked, "something has fouled up the neck of the bottle. Never mind,- we'll soon fix it," and taking a long lead pencil from the breast pocket of his vest, he wiped it and thrust Jt into the aperture. With a gurgle the wine bubbled forth, then a bard substance struck the bottom of the goblet. 'Why, if the villains who put up this Burgundy have not left broken glass in the bottle," exclaimed Damon, with ill-concealed disgust. "They t """ custbm era,' Stepping to his bachelor cupboard the reporter took therefrom a silver spoon, with which he fished out the foreign substance and dropped it upon the table, exclaiming, 'There's the thing which might have been the cause of some one's un timely death, and the subject of a good article for the morning jour-, nals." A cry of surprise escaped the lips of the jeweler-guests as each simul taneoasly stretched forth a hand to grasp the small object which had been the means of so disturbing the equan imity of their host. "Why, Damon! It's a diamond!" cried Mr. Wards worth, excitedly, "A diamond!" rciteratod the reDor tors aghast with astonishment. me t ' , , , .....""" not a valuable gem, I never saw one," continued Wards worth. "What say you, Richardson?" turning to his companion in the trade. "It is a stone of the first water," conclusively replied the experienced dealer in precious metals. ' "How came it in tne Dottle, do vou sun- pose?" "Cau it be one of the stolen jewels, think you?" asked Damon, his news paper instinct leading him with light ning rapidity to trace their "find" to the steward who had given him the wine, back across the Atlanticr even to the vaults of its original owner. Perhaps," answered Wardsworth, his voice huskv with excitement- "Tint. I " - and we will examine the contents of the flask." If the throats of the quartette had been parched with thirst, they would not for an instant have thought to moisten their lips with a drop of the liquid. His hands trembling, Mr. Wards- worth struck off the neck of the bottle by a single blow of a fruit knife which he took from the table, then allowed the Burgundy to flow freely ont into the China bowl. With bated breaths, the men watched the glitter- ing spray as it fell from the jagged edge of the shattered glass! Diamond after diamond mingled with the ruddy wine, and sparkled with scintillations which dazzled the eyes of the beholders I For a moment the occupants of the room stood about the table, speechless : Then the jeweler grasped the hand of his host, and exclaimed: "Damon, your fortune Is madel These are undoubtedly the ieWels which were taken from the safe of Jaspar, Sturgis & Jaspar, London, and the reward of twenty-five thou sand dollars is yours. A small for tune, my boy, a small fortune!" Then if the Englishmen's gold comes this way. it shall be divided info four parts, and you, my friends, shall share with me,w returned the re porter, promptly. "Bat what is to be done? I know a column exclusive for the morning paper," and the young man sprang towards his desk with the intention of writing out a startling story of the wonderful re covery of the stolen diamonds, valued at 150,000. He was restrained, however, by his friends, who assured him that to pub lish the matter now wonld be to serve as a warning to the thieves and thwart the ends of justice. "We will take the diamonds down to my store and lock them up," said Mr. Wardsworth. -Then notify the police, who wiil probably arrest the steward, and then cable across the news. "I am sorry that I have been the means of cansin? trouble to the man. for we are old friends," observed Mr. rttmnn "The steward mav be innocent" urjred Damon's companions. "Do - - - you think if he knew the contents of the botUc he wosld be likely to give ft away? No 'sir." added Mr. WTards- worthj "you may worth. iMn mv m.t .nrAl iht 6oma of the principals in the affair have blundered, and blundered badly. aeverthelesi. it was a brilliant scheme to smuggle the diamonds into Amer tea by this mean 6.' Tte jeweler's argument proved cor rect. The arrest and trial of the steward of the ocean steamer elicited the fact that he had been intrusted with a bottle of wine by an acquaint ance in England, which he was asked to deliver to a gentleman who would call for it in Boston. ' There was no name attached to the package, and he supposed it was of no more value than others of a similar brand which he had m his charge, belonging to the ship's stores. lie put it in his room, and never gave it a second thought, until on reaching port he was presented with an order for the delivery of the wine. Being in a hurry at the time, he handed the caller what he thought was the right bottle. Then, a little later, when Damon came on board, he made the reporter a present of the one containing, the srems The steward was subsequently ac quitted by the authorities, but received his discharge from the steamship com pany for his indiscretion. Damon, the reporter, was given the reward, but could not prevail upon his friend3 to share it with him, they urging that it belonged to him and him only. Once a year, however, up the present time, the quartette sit down to a little dinner together, and as may be sup posed, the principal topic of conversa tion is that wonderful bottle of Bur gundy, whoso contents were never drank, though a portion of them serves to enhance much of the feminine beauty both in America and England, although few of the wearers realize that their glittering gems were once eagerly sought for when they were "Stolon Dinmnnda." TYankftft Rladft. The Sense of Smell in Dogs. The sense of smell is by no means so developed in man as in dogs, cats, and other animals, but it is often ab normally keen in individuals deprived of other senses; blind deaf-mutes, foi example, can recognize their friends and form an opinion about, strangers solely by means of this sense. Possi bly, however, animals are only sensi tive to certain smells, while uncon scious of others that affect us. If this be the case, they would naturally be able (,6 follow up one particular scent more easily than a man, this scent to which they are sensitive being to them less confnsed with others. Dogs are able to track their masters through crowded streets, where re cogniUon is quite impossible, and can find a hidden biscuit even when its faint smell is still further disguised by eau do cologne. In some experiments Mr. Romanes lately made with a dog he found that it could easily track him when he was far out of 6ight, though no fewer than eleven people had fol lowed him, stepping exactly in his footprints, in order to confuse the ecent. The dog seemed to track him chiefly by the 6mell of his boots, for when without them, or with new boots on, it failed ; but followed, though slowly and hesitatingly, when his master was without either boots or stockings. Dogs and cats certainly get more in formation by means of this sense than a mau can; they often get greatly ex cited over certain smells, and remem ber them for verv 1 j 0 W.VV.D. Chamber's J ournal. Why Mountain Tops Are Cold. The decrease of temperature expe rienced on ascending to the tops of the highest peaks of mouutaiu results from various causes; to say that it is "because of the lofty altitude" is not sufficient. To begin with, the greater ratification of the air, which Is always encountered in upward travel, neces sarily diminishes the absorbing power oi me air. lbe temperature of the atmosphere is greater near natural sea level because such air transmits the rays of the sun without decomposing them, and cannot, therefore, be heated by them before reaching the surface of the earth, where decomposition sets in and frees the heat contained In the sunbeam. It is a well-known philosophic fact that the air receives the principal por tion of its heat by what is known as "radiation" from the earth, and th greater the distance from average sea level tne less must be the power of such heat as a warmth-giving quality. Another, and perhaps the chief, rea son is that the vapor screens, which so effectually tempers the climate of this country and prevents the rapid dis persion of the heat from the warm earth, diminishes as we ascend a mountain and allows the heat to be freely radiated, leaving only its oppo site behind. St Louis Republic. A Do That Fares Samptnously. The latek Duke of Marlborough, so the story goes, did not like dogs, and when he married Mrs. Hammersley, who had a pet pug, it was decided that the animal, who was getting old, should be left behind in the States and-"boarded out." Some fifteen hundred dollars were spent annually on the dog, whose homo is in Phila delphia. It is, accordin? to alocai paper, bathed every other day in hot mUK andv fed with chopped steak. It wears a blanket out-of-doors. Its kennel has divisions for sleeping, eat ing and bathing, the sides being glass. f Argonaut 1 JAPAN AT THE FAIR. Japanese at Work on Their Headquarters in Chicago. Artiskns With Quaint Cos tumes and Curious Tools. Jolly men from Nippon land worked all day yesterday at Jackson park, says a recent issue of the Chicago Kews-Eecord. They worked because the Japanese government headquar ters mpst be completed for the open ing of the Exposition, and the time ! short for the undertaking. Something about the quaint cos- lumea, the sroodT nature of the work ers, the peculiar forms of the struc tures under way drew the crowd of vwitors to the north end of the island to watch the nroceftd The toilers are as picturesque as a "iV WA 0ii Japan can be. They were ai wort on a temporary house that looked like a joke. The Umbers were Olid enOUZb. but therfi W!Tnfc ft n.tl in the whole affair. The cross-pieces ere lastened with pieces of jute rope. The carpenters used no ladders of anv sort, but climbed from ground to top uu oacK again with the agility of pro- irapezists. The men who worked aloft had bunches of rope vt ,neir waist, with which they Aa8ieucu ine umbers passed up to them. vrer in another corner of h . i closure, which prevents the wnrtma from being overrun by spectators, is bnea run of curiosities. Ther r planes that look like toy tools and that arearawn toward the workman in stead of being pushed from him. The adzes have long, curved handles and broad, curved blades. .When the Jan anese carpenter wants to cut with his T m - - aaze ne holds the end of the curved handle with both hands, turns the blade edge upward and chops as brisk 1. M. iy as u ne really were working the right way instead of unside down. But the handsaws are tho great curios of the collection. They are about as long as a butcher's cleaver and the teeth are set with a slant toward the handle which is only a strong, round piece of wood bound to the saw with a fiber wrap. For all their implements seem but toys the men achieve surprising re suits. They already have the founda tions of the three Japanese, temples ready for the upright columns aud were busy yesterday assorting the fin ishing material' that was shipped from Japan to go into the superstructure. rrt - ' . j.ne woi-King costumes of the men were as curious as their implements. A blue-colored cap with ear-mufflers, a heavy blouse over a tight httin shirt; trousers that would do beauti fully for bicycling, they fit so close: felt or cloth shoes, some with flapping soles, and all devoid of heels that is the garb of the laborer from chrysan themum land. Watching the Japanese at their work, one can understand why they captivate the foreigners who visit theii country. With all the urgency of the contract, there is an amazing absence of foremen, of loud commands and violent imprecation. The laborers move about as serenely as if it were a pleasure to work. When they address each other it is with an inflection of courtesy and good nature that wonld drive an American "bb88,1 into frantic suspicion of an impending strike While the artist was sketching some of the men, the others quit work long enough to pass judgment on, the sketches and then went back to sort ing timbers as though such pauses were the prooer thing, even in a rush. A Whale and Her Calf,' A Companion contributor, an old whaleman, says that he onco saw a whale calf killed, and has no desire to repeat the experience. It was off the roast of Lower California. A whale had been killed and the boats were towing it toward the ship, when the men caught sight of a large cow whale with her calf, at the windward. The fourth officer cast off from the tow and went in pursuit The boat soon came up with the whale, but when the harpooner was just ready to strike. he became alarmed, and taking her calf between her fins,- started with the speed of a race-horse in the direction of the dead wnaie. As she neared it she slackened sneed. and the calf swam In her wake. Presently the young one seemed to get bewildered, rushing from one whale to the other, and soon it broke water right beside the second mate boat. All bands bad been cautioned on no iccount to Injure it, as such a proceed- inw would make tne mother furious; but an Indian, seeing the creature so near, could not withstand the tempta tion. lie seized a lance, and the next minute the salf s life-blood npurted all over the boat. A few minutes more, and the youngster rolled over and died. The officer was still chiding the In dian, when the mother whale was seen approaching her offspring. Slow er and slower she swam. Then she lay still, while quiver after quiver iras seen running through her bodr. In rain she tried to make the little one tnckle. At last, in her despair, she placed her flukes under it and tossed i into the air. It tank and was seen no more. . . All this time the men had sat mo tionless, watching the lTctiiig scene ow they began to puiL , It was to late. After shooiing out of the wale for her full length aud falling b again with a tremendous spl-islithe mother made straight for iha sjcoml mate's boat. The officer shoicd to his men to jump for their livesJ They obeyed, but the mate aud the Indian stood at their posts. The next instant the whale ) leaped on of lhe water and threw herself straight across the boat. It was shiv ered into pieces, and the two men were iustantly killed. ' " By this time the crews of lhe oth-r boats were leaping into tho sea, in spite of their officers' commands. When the enraged creature broke water again, however, a lance thrown by the bomb-gun transfixed her. As she SWam round and round in her death flurry she tried in vain to reach the uaio. xuen mhj rolled fin pWardt and lay gU11 a he men? clambered into thf Iviata again, and no doubt all felt, like our contributor,: that pne such spectacle was enough for a lifetime. Youth s Companion. FatVUse as a Food. Liebig taught that fat snilt .,n in the body and that the free carbon com bined with the oivpen tk-n ;n -3 -f O aM IO piration to produce carbonic acid, nnd that it was by the act of respiratory comoustion that the bod- ht wo maintained. Fatty foois were hmM considered necessarv n h,i ducers. Recent investigations, how. ever, show that though fat is spilt up ana combined with oxygen in the production of heat, especialiv durinir muscular, exercise, the process is ef fected in tho tissues by the action of the cells, and not in tho lung, as for merly taught. - The use of the fat is now regarded as three fold: 1. To maintain the body heat. In cool lnitniao j .u- body is subject to rapid coolino. fattv foods become a necessity, so that the carbon may be easily supplied for combination with oxygen in consump tion, iience the Greenlander con sumes large quantities of blubber and oil. - 2. To produce force. A muscu lar tissue is only produced at the cost of oxidation in the tissues; fat is rapidly burned off during exercise. If absent the tissues themselves would be wasted. 3. To prevent the use oi albumen. A purely albuminous diet is wasteful. It has been proved ex perimentally that a small amount of meat food taken in consideration with bread and fat suflices to maintain the albuminous structures of hA hn.it . iVUJ belter than exclusively lean meat diet. Fat stored in the body as-adipose tissue is a bank on which the body may draw for supplies of energy and heat when required. It is stated that in the Franco-German war of 1870 tho German Emperor, acting on the strongly expressed opinion of Ebstein that muscular fatigue could best be supported ou fat, gave orders that each soldier should have served out to him 250 grammes of fat bacon. It is also a well-known fact that fat ani mals bear deprivation of food betler than thin ones. Pittsburg Dispatch. Travelled on a "Dead Man" Tirirt. Live men can travel on railroad tickets calling for the transportation of a "corpse in a casket." The rail roads have granted this prerogative without any fight The case in which the decision was made was that of Harry Knight of Denver. He was suffering from what was thought to be an incurable disease and was brought to this- city by his sister for treatment. On the advice of friends she bought round-trip tickets, the re turn portion of her brother's ticket be ing made out for a corpse. Instead of dying in this city Mr. Kuight got well and went back to Denver with his sister. He insisted on travelling on the "dead man" ticket The con ductor objected at nrst, but finally ac cepted the slip under protest He re ferred the matter to tho officials of the road and they decided Mr. Knight had a right to hit ride back to Denver. This action may have been influenced by the fact that the transportion for a corpse is double a first-class fare. Chicago Post Too Many Oranges Not Wholesome. "Too many oranges are not whole some for any one who has a tendency to gastric trouble," ay a well-known physician. It Is generally supposed that orange are particularly healthy; and in many families they are regular concomitants of a breakfast table. parents thinking that they must neces sarily be wholesome, whereas in some eases they are positively injurious. One of my patients, a boy of 12 or thereabouts, has had a severe attack of stomach trouble every winter for several succeeding years, attacks for which I could find no apparent cause. until I happened to find , out by acci dent that every year, about that time, the family received a barrel of oranges from Florida, upon which the children were allowed to regale themselves - ' freely. This was the whole trouble; oranges did not agree with the child, and when he ate them freely he was ill. 1 stopped his eating them and he has never had a recurrence of the trouble. "TN'ew York Tribune. Il QCAIXT A5D CCUOUS. The true amber is a fossil gum. rm m ..... xne .Middle Ages were famous for their soups. Processes for printing colored cali coes were invented in 1764. In the Island of New Britain a man must not speak to his mother-in-law. The free lunch eaters of New York City consume daily two tons of potato salad. The electric welding of metala was fisst practically applied to commercial work in 1888. Chrysanthemum salad af.er the Chinese style is a new wrinkle at the Paris restaurant. J It is said that furnished flats lately built in New York City have pianos built into the walls. In sorting over the letters from va rious parts of tho world, 197 different ways of spelling Chicago have been found. In Mexico a street car can be hired for personal use for $3.50 per day, with a right to stop at one place for two hours. A piece of sycamore limb about eight inches square and completely petrified was recently found near Los Alamos, Cal., by Samuel Sirrine. . A deaf and dumb book canvasser old seventy-six books within four days recently in three small New Hampshire towns, with commissions amounting to $150. A Maryland woman entertained three guests some time ago, named Mrs. Sprinkle, Mrs. Shower and Mrs. Storm. It should have been a quar tette aud balanced by Mrs. Sunshine. The ragman's prolonged and some what doleful cry, which used to bo heard more frequently than at present in our streets, hus its prototype in Genoa, from which it came directly to this country. , Santa Anna District of California produced this season, without irriga tion, a stock of corn that was nine teen feet high. The distance from the ground to the base of the first ear was nearly twelve feet. Robert McGee of Kansas City, was scalped bv the Brule Sioux Indians iu 1872. Since that time he has lived in almost constant agony. Tho entire "top of his head is almost entirely with out skin. He wears a linen covering over his head. Virginia has had only three repre sentatives iu the cabinet since 1849 W. B. Preston, Secretary of the Navy by appointment of President Taylor ; A. H. IL Stuart, Secretary of the In terior undei Mr. Fillmore, and John B. Floyd Secretary of War under Mr. Buchanan. Rather more than sixty-nine persons in every 100 in London are liviug in comfort, while rather more than thir ty in every 100 are living in poverty. Of these twenty-two are poor and 6even very poor, while not quite one pergon in every 100 belongs to the lowest classes.. Marriage by Capture In Israel. We read in Genesis, xxxi, 26, thai When Jacob had secretly made ofi m with his wives and flocks, Laban upon overtaking him asked, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives taken with tho sword?" From which it is evident that the practice of carrying off wo men by force was not uukuown. In Numbers xxxi, we read that the Is raelites, having defeated Midian, saved thirty-two thousand virgins as booty. They had at first spared all the women, ns spoil, which shows that it was quite usual to do so; but on this occasion Mo6cs induced them to murder all those who were not vir gins. In Deuteronomy, xx, 14, women are classed as spoil; and in Deuteron omy, xxL 11, 14, are the regulations to dc oDserveu in taitmsr to wire a woman captured in war. In the song of praise attributed to Deborah and Barak, when exulting over the defeat and death of Sisera, we find (Judges, v, 30 : "Have they not sped? have ! they not-dirk'ed the prey: to every man a damsel or two?" These are all cases of capture de facto, and they show 'conclusively that the Israelites captured women and took them to wife. That it waa also a common practice among the neighboring na tions we Infer from I Samuel, xxx, 5, where David's two"wivei are carried .off by a raiding party of Amalekhes. But, besides hostile cap tire, the Israelites had also marriage with the form of capture an important point for it shows that marriage by capture had formerly been the normal mode of obtaining a wife, and that the cut. torn of ages bad caused a semblance of violence to be considered necessary, eve a in marriages made by arrange ment. The Old Testament tbrae la to "take" a wife, as for example! Genesis, xxiv, 67; "And Iaae Lrought her auto her mother Sarah's tent, and tbok Ilcbekab, and she be- came his wife." Popular Science 3Ionthly. The value of the boney and wax produced in tho United States durin" tbe past year ha been estimated at $20,000,000. is One Relic Left. rv,- i..tj . r,ipr never tired . Of grumbling nd he most conspired To ridicule things nowadays, In contrast with o?d-fashioned ways; He'd sandwich jeremiads 'tween ' Each mouthful of his eating, .And sighs for things that once had been lie ever 5 ci'vo uThere hain't no more oJd-f&sbion' sense He my with enipbwis intense. "No more oU-fasb!on circus shows!" v. w.fhton rains or snows!' 'So more olJ-fashion hearthstone log3 "No more old-fashion sleighing '2o more old-fashion' pedagogues P -So more old-fasbion' praying I And so he kept a drumming at So more okl-fa&htone'd this or that Till Mumm, our silent boarder, coughed. And said in accent crisp yt soft , The while a meaning g auce be shot O'er rim of lifted tumbler ''Well, anyway. I guess we've got", A real, oid-feshioned grumbler!" Boston Courier. HUMOROUS. Lightning cxpress-rThe telegraph. When a man is on his knees be fori a lady, tho presumption is that he i bent ou marriage. " lie I can tell just what people art thinking of me! She Indeed! Hoi unpleasant it must be for you! f - Many a fellow who is coneplcuoai for his sighs before he marries turm out to bo a very small man . after ward. - Brown AVhat do you use barb win fences for? Hayseed So the hired man won't stop to rest every time he climbs over. School Teacher Why were tit prisoners who wcro executed called 'poor sinners?1' . Scu61ar Bccaim rich sinners always get off. The youth heaved a sigh as he murmured, Quite happy I'd be, that is certain, If fringe only looked on my trousers As well as it docs on a curtain. 4,No,M said Many Springs, "I yeve. stand before my mirror any more. That determination, I "presume said her sarcastic friend, i "is the re. suit of mature reflection." . lie ou say you love me, nut cau not be my wife. Is it because I am poor? , There are t,etter things in tho world than money. She Quite true; but it takes money to bujrUiem. , Mrs. Fangle I've advertised for a servant for a whole week with no re- . suit. Mrs. Cumso Well, I adrer- Used for a good-looking help-lady and had thirty-four to select from the first day. Mrs. Dal ton Do you always have good luck with your bread? Mrs. Young wed yes, indeed. Mrs. Dalton How do you manage it? Mrs. Young wed I always buy it at tho . , bakery. , That lawyer wouldn't charge mc anything for his services. I suppose he has an eye to business in the future." "Yes. It's as much a case of paving the way as it is of waiving the pay." Rosin for the Yolce. An Italian scientist has just made a new discovery which Is likely to ren der good service to professional sing ers. From the vibratory influence of ro6in on violin strings our doctor argued that a similar effect might be produced on the vocal chorda. After dissolving a quantity of roaiu in spirits he applied the solution to the"6ald chords by iuhalatiou. But, what is ei ill more marvelIon, by adding certain substances to these inhalations, different results are ar rived at. Add tincture of benzoin to your rosin and tho voice will jump up an octave; balsam of tolu will lower it half an octave, whereas spirits of camphor will extinguish it altogether. Those unfortunate persons who live next door to an opera singer wil please note. Brothers In Congress, Jot since tho days of the IV'asb burns havo thcro been brothers in the same Congress. History in this re. spect will repeat itself next year. Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, wiL enter upon his fourth term, and at the same lime his brother, Kcpreeen lative Cockrell, of Texas, will begic his first term. The Senator . youngest of the brothers by two and a half years. But he has eighteen years tho start of the Texan in Wash ington life. Both were Coirfederaiet from the beginning to the end of the war. Both attained the responsibility of the command of brigades. The el der Cockrell directed the famous Globe-Democrat. : The Ages f,VarIM'JiIr4s. Herr Wcisraann, a distInguiLed German biologist, has. pointed out that the average duration of the life of birds it by no means well known. Small singing bird lire from 8 to 18 years. Havens have lived for 100 rears and parrots still lo tivlty. F owls live from 10 to 20 years. The wild goose lives over 1 00 years, and swans are said to hare at tained the age of S00. The long life of birds has been regarded as compen sation for their lack of fertility and, the great mortality of tbeir young. ; Qualified. ' 'Then," he said, rising, ! am (0 understand that you decline me abso !utcfr.,, "Xo,M sho answered, i mada no och sweeping assertion. ; I wa kcep your presents." fXcw York Herald.