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At Vaally Fair, j

At Vanlb-Fair, as we bow and smileAsw talk of the opera (after the weather)s we o lat ot fashion and tint and s t y l e Twe kt ow we are •la/lnf a part togetha

You tow that tke mirth i wear I borrow[ know irour smUe is a mask to sorrow.We lino n that unmer tike silks and lacesAnd ba< k of bflauarm, l*u«*lng raoes,lie secr|Bt trouble and dark despairAt vanl y Fair.

At Vanity Fair, on dress parade,'Our o ilors are bright ana our sabres e;«p^«

Buf yoti know my uniform's worn and fraj wli»d£taiow your weapons, despite their s '

Are dul and worthless and badly batter* L

That cl Me inspection win show how tattehxl

And •tjn««ar« the banners that uauntj above

That (x mrades hate, while they swear Uxtr love

That n bed like pleasure, walksAtvanityralr.

At vanity Fair, as we strive tor plaoe,As w > push and jostle and orowd and hlnTr,

We low w the result Is not worth the raoefWe k now the price Is not worth the wo#rr.

Thai it flghung lor seu wo must wouod each

That n uoh'of our gain means loss for aJther •That he crown ot bay leaves tadee ijrhlle it

Tho br >w of the vlotor, with thorns not dresses •That honors are empty and worthless toAt Vad ty Fall

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DIAMOND OR PASTE?Will Onrliale had doilnitoly inadn np hla

oaind to propose to AngiiHtji Coltonr-" Aw-

gnHta Ann " an Lnr unH<>]ih{i,tioat«d rblatio.u

phrased it, in thoir ovoryday Uilk.

" Hho is a diamond ftinonK Klun* po'bblos,"

ho declared with all a lovor'n onthtiHiaam.

" Aro you qnitfl mini that BIIO* is! a dia-

mond at all?" dryly IIHIUMI Dr. Holto^i.

Mr. Curlifllo luul boon H|x>r]il!ri« thn mim-

mer at Groton 1'oint, \n u dreamy desultory

sort of way. Ho WIIH imo of tluiHo f<>rl|inaU» -

ifortimuto—yontiK mmi whoMu <*>rr>or In

\ (\Iroii(ly in IK 1 c h I of {litMit. Ati o|<l ntiolo

in tho WI-HI, imli.-H had hiH{naal)i»d{ him n

il-tly to liin i4id in a railway addd.mt,

hud luft hiii> a hoimn on Fifth avennjn and a

,n.l juHt as ho was

t»«|>ating U> enj-iy himnnir thoroi^hlj, a

imnky oo\iKh devnlopnd iUolf, tho ]n«Ucal

talked grimly of impending

bion, and he waa ordorod to tbe

r the Buminor.

" There is nothing the mattor with me,"

•aid he, impatiently.

But there will he," arerrod the learned

disciple of Esoulnpiun, "if you don't ohack

this thing in itu Tory inooptiou. Atlantio

City, now, or Newport, or "

Nonsense," said Oarllalc, " I don't oar«

>ny of those fashioimhin rcanrts. If I

to be bauUhad auyvrhim, I'll O)|.K«K> thn

plaoe of exile mysoll 1 What do yoki se,y to

Orotou Point f .

" Grotou i'oint I Oroton Toiut!" repeat-jd tho doctor, with a puzzled air. " I maybo vnry doflclent in modern geography, bnlI milKt say that I never hoard of GrotonPoint!"

" .No, nor anybody else," said Will Car*" And that in the roitsou I amIV* a nolitary ftuhln* aUtion

on jthe Malno <'o««t. Thoro's absolutelyuolUing thoro but nurf and ana-gull* 1"

Abil ao Groton 1'oinl wns neloctoii for Mr.Oariiule's summer rmidonoe. 'llie^e was alittlp ono-ittoriod hontelry there, frontingtbe sea, with the post-offloB at one «ud of it,and! a variety sUtre at the other where youmigiht ljiuy anything from tallow-oejidliandj matohea to an almanaa and a plow,queer quaint sort of a plaoe, and yet WillUkcidit.

-Shore, it WMtbal Miss Oolton 0ir«w b«i

netj over; his un»uspeotlng heart, one day,

whfn she lost the five-dollar Jold-plocx

wh^rawtth her mother had sent hpr to tlu

•tore for a lot of oarpnt warp, Betsn yards

of fed flannel, and a hoi of baking powder.

KhcJ was so pretty and plump and diatraot-

nd,land hor blue muslin gown Mt off hor

liloiido comploilOb and burnished

«x.|.n«iU>ly--and Will had not sw>t •

iiiili but tho fat landlady for a week

th.'jy found tho gold-pieoe, lylog among

iltH by tho Boa-shore, whei* it r

,npod from Auguate'a |x«)ket •

,,1 m , t her ImiKikernhlef to bi

who are irOnblnsoiue

ha wind »pl tt

aion- but Mr. CarlUlejloel

tig Hioro aerioua atlll his he*H I

' A flshernmld of low degrse l 1 he had

litod, laughingly, when ha cottfaeaod all

lii«m things to hia oollegs ^"tvin. )ronB«

IMtoo, whose qalet skrter I>etO« he h»d

jiiMi a<lmlred In a sort of way *hst» both

the young men w „

• A w»d r e - bud, don't you see t A geno-

ne dttughUr of Nature, who has *s*er be«s

nut of sight of the Atlantio V

" Oh I" aiild Dr. Helton.

" Ot oonrse eJie has no fUrirt polish.'

a<1do<! 4J.vrli«l«. " Hh» will have # w y t h i n «

mm. Hut M"» ia ao rofroahln|( as t*m\-

i«l with Uia eonrenUonsI oily )n>un|| UMIT

tluit .mo gota ao tired <*f I"

' E»nUy," *»<d Dr. U*lU*x. «aoln« U.al

UU fri«m<l »l»Ht<"l him to sajr M»»UUn«

ll^r falhor «»wna a IHtl. fta»intf-sma*»

iZI lJo , y.m know n^H»»n4«.lHB all thai s»rt <rf thing I lU »••* T»»o Jaflk, If you'll pnwiaa * * to «»•»

rault with tha *rii<mtv«Uass of 0»- thl»«."Ui I'll i«4mle..- -l«1 l>r 1W*.».

" t oonoede all of Out," slowly spoke Bel.Ion ; " bat I don't call her exactly a lady."

"Pshaw!" said Carlisle. "Your Idee*vn formed on the haoknejred model of Bar*.toga and Fifth avenns. A girl like AngnaU

oa,pable of any degree of polish. And didyou observe what a sweet, low roloe she had- l i k e a late ?"

'Granted—but It struok me that hergrammar waa a little shaky, now and then."

"Oh, grammar—that's nothing. She'llsoon piok a P the phrases of the people sheIs with. Women are naturally imitative,/on know."

"Carlisle," oried his friend, qulokly,yon are not engaged to her t"'• No | bnt I shall be, within the

twenty-four honrs," boldly aasei" I beg of you, do nothing rash," entreat-

ed Belton. '' (Wait a little until »" Don't preach," said Carlisle, a Uttle bo,

patiently. " I tell yon I1 re been consider-ing the matter all summer, and Ty madenp my mind."

" Then there Is no use In my arguing tbepoint," said Belton. •

No nse at all," oried Carlisle. " I oallmyself a not oontemptlblo Judge of oliartuvtor, and I pronounce Augusta Oolton to be

M of the sweeieet and rarest types t4 trnsomanhood I"By this time, howoTsr, the long-Impend

ing storm had burst. RhceU of ratn ixmreddown -livid lightning nUtt the aky, casting

lurid glow on thn boiling waves -tinpica*ant Bhoweni of spray began to deluge them,

'or and anon. '" f hopo you are oerUin about the path,"

said Helton, who was quite new to this ooaatoountry.

Well, I thought I waa," ebswered Car-lisle. " But the tornpest and darkness saom

v« roottxl out the old landmnrka. Her*ne one nornlng. I<nt's ask him. My

'rloml, are we in the right way ti* t»M

and Inebrkled voioo. " (loin' bank lo pnb-iBh. Oo'weil Oeoolril Horror go

bank to pul>li<votiah."t'a old dolt<in," anld HnrlUlo, «<>rna-

what dlaoomfltrid. " Ho-jsn'l alwuya wiber.other M«a-fftrii>KViu«l>, he likoa hU

ion. wilbHut

d (Wladmlro I

h»,.,| ),

will \w Klvrn In iiwlrumonUl) K l i ny.

Nchoul* Illlll <lill,ll<l«t<-«rilllcitii'M may Im *\

limn conlnlnlufr furthrr partliH

of lWrd of Kdufhltnn.H I , HAND, l>nwtd«ot.

; « W W N , Clerk.

awfiy Iho m,mTllloo* -whHi proton I'olivt, when th.

1 Ain't goln' t«> Point," inwormi a soggy

nthnr-ln-lsw «l*rt, eh ?" said llaURhrug of the ahonldnra.

-on should am, how .r.Relirall^

CURIOS-TIM OF MATURE.

" Here U a ourioslty," said a botanbrt. ItM a little bail of wood or fibre tha* when

held in tbe palm seemed endowed with life,>lling over and orar tad leaping into the

air." I've had people oome to me with these,"

continued tbe speaker, " and eay they werebewltoheA. One man believed he had dis-

A HBBO1HH OF THE WAH.

baostiTe paperthe learned «

whioh he tried tosocieties, showing

that here was tbe beginning of both animaland plant |lfe. In fact, the Uttle gall, foithat is what It I*, baa attracted a good deal

d*rk-oolorad faaeoteposlted in t p U * f ,n introduomTOto tb*

" Tlinl it the U>il>g I I

1I<M,O awkward inlali..,,0),i,,p I,, tho mean ,

linn am the <i)<t mmi In u:li"H hank U» UMI '<

Pnbllc-ouah ' I «i«HH««t that wa go hank

to Uie oottage and g«t AugnaU'a l l t t l . broUier I

to pilot us In the right dlroolion. Or, per-

haps—I know they hava a liUle spare room

where undar tha aavea - t h e y ean keep

UB Uiere all night. I don't lika Jo as kit of

them, but I 4 * not see what alee we oaa

do."

,oro lo,orVin« »l <'»« ' " ' W e * - • ' »•«•» ''

Itnlr aiirtirlKo it wtui not .it«>ri«l. A tiny

window at th« loft waa pnahecl Ihe laa«t bit

and tha vofno of tha fair Augnatav

alirillor and ahnrpor thnn ho «vor ootibl )s»v«

believtwi possible, miUahrioked the tempest

" Go away !" she orlcxt, Into tho darknesa.

Clear out, I won't have you In th* htmmn I*

" AugnaU Ann I" ramimatraUKl the vole*

of old H n (MUm from Uie Inalde.

" Hold your Umgue, m a ! " a<ro»me<l An

gusU. " I've told pa, lima and again, Uw

it time he oam« homo at (hi . h-mr of

night, I wo.iMn'l lot him In N.. If ha aat

Uie rooka until daytirnak An<1 I RMMUI

to atlnk to my word, m, thoro I tt'a t>m bail

of him, a<> it ia, t<» «ixrll my ohanr«s with a

<Aij »HW»I by thia a<»rt ot «"•"«» "»». »»'' '

't tUixl It I Got out, pa ! Don't aUrxl

whining th.iol.t W

,,rio<l Iba iittUfnl <t«ogH

r I V..n'll I. . B l «1 wl.-t.

l * t him in I I).

lug r" Hhnt nj. I" t

b«r. "<M.. I kt.

irbiU J am h«r», I ain't g>*n* *» P»»t np wtlhpa'a »«a»avi..r Ar. you Rolng away. J*. »»ain't y.m ? l»««ina« If y«m aln'l, I'M Ihronb.rt wat«r ovor you R - p allll, m«, I eay I

It'll do Ui« •!•! f<K>l tt""* fc" •••T m l t '"night in Ui» rain Tl.»re !" aft»r a mmnatit'irii«,,^ " I «"— »»«•• sh..la*Wls.l hy U,liUrn. lU'd totlor I"

And the window waa abut vahaniMiUy U>woe n*w, Uavtpg Iba two fri.n<Va BUnrtll•n U>a il.xw-Btop. in «!«• night a»».1 I M | W

They r«* »""»• to U>eir 1'"1Bt"a" * i t e f

l,mH. wet walk. l» tho «r.ur«» «if wbtnh thejw«,t <v1Uat^«rably «u» "I ""•»* wayIhoy war* »>.»h«r of «b«m snrvy ft* U»anight's adventure w^ and fwbw» Uw»«g1»they wn

" It's aatrmUhlog how mmj It U to* %to he iota«*k«n," aaM OarllaU, after adl«,o«, - lh«y w»r» sitUnc brf«we the woodIre tn their owi

lUlt-m \**a~\ over and gra«p«<1 h\m h**UL" IU thankful, old follow," said

roai have e^i^ .1 as easily as U>UAtitfuaU Ann w»var aaw har «4ty BW»1»

ajpOa *»4 as ah* <U4n't rm^A thm pap***,mil, mlaa-J |»ro«lving U»» ru<*it>o. In a W»wY,»k daily, o* Uta marriaj* * Will CWIUUfa, a Mi— l««i<«

" Bo i* ia only a plant," said the reporter." Not exaotly a plank, but tbe unnatural

growth of vegetable matter oa trees, bttshea,or shrubs, oaused by tbe secretion la tbebark of an ineeot egg that batohea andoaneea tbe growth. In thia eaaa, yoe eee,tbe gall is UttU larger than a mustard seed.

" The gall la prodnosd In this way i Th«•gg* of a very snail dark-ooloredknown aa oynips, are depositedand from some secretionwound, the vag«UbU matter entombe Utein«Mt in a ball of fibre separata from theleaf, from whioh tt finally drops. Tbslarva's movements la restraint create Meeuriotu activity.

" lliera are many kinds of galls, andthough they are Injurious to tree* they ar«Invaluable to man, and are staple commodi-ties. The ordinary oak galls of oommaro*are ms/le by a oynips. When they are green,blue, or blank, tfce Inseot la In th«m, butwhen white It baa eeoaped. Kngland Is theomirm of the tnule, and reosives galls from(hrrtnany, T«rk«y, KgyP*. Oblna, andbay. Tk* gal la are uaad for a varUiy ofpnrtxwaa. One eort at blaating powder laina/1o irt [Krwrlered (alls and nhbrrata, IIthe tmiat valuable prodnM la Ink. This Urna<1« from Uwm almoat arrtiroly.

"HMHIS often Jump ab<mt In the sewmysterious way. In Moilno strangers seenurioiia aoofl known aa d*vll'a >i««n, .jtimping'awtri:. In apjMaranne It Is a am*lria»K<ilar body. Hie flrat tlm. I aaw theac«.KM1. I was aur* that thoy woro arrangp'iwith tnanhanloikl apringa, aa thoy not mil

l)jo air. Mnk opon ono of ll.o aaoda and tbmyalory la oinlnlncxt. Tha ah«ll i« liollr,wal

'ink, nnntAiniriK nothing but a white larvtlinl l iu oaton out nonrly all tbo inUir!..nn-l llno.l it with allk. IU motlona rxuwai'iiUio alrangn movemonla.

•Home. BMxia m..To hy an •ntirol, ,11/TPTt t.rooMw, that of aitilo«1ing. A friond ofno got some BA«<1» In India unoe aud pthem on his oabio Uhlo All at ono an eiploaion Ilka that of a r«rvol<

ml ba revived a blow on tha forehead that>w IIIO-KI, while a looking glass o|rposlU

as abatUrwi. Tha aa«di had beoonsa•d, and all at one* the oovering exploded,aoatUring tbe aa«4s In all dlr«otUms. Thatia tbair nitimw of dlaperaal, and a larg«

.r of plants bavs a aimlUr method ofMattering Uvair saad."

COLOR BO MORTaLITT.

Anatln Aotnred partr imm*d Jakevary lala a few days ago in gattlng down tn

trm. Hla afnploya*. Coloneli)iiik<w) Jaka la aomawhat awvara )«n«ua««

want yon tn understand Uila triflln|'ill novor An. If yon aan't goi r1»wn V

h In Unw, I'll hlr. Bomolw^y who1 II'MS, «t>m'( b« har<t <m ma," anroa .yoa filled with UarsWhy, whafa U.- matUr with yon V

tn,b,Hiy .Uk Vink I I <1on't know wbtek am gwtntM

IU fuat, my wlf. or my «\,\ miI am aorry I a}x>ka so harshly aa that

<1l<tn't know tt WM ae b»<t asfm'l n**1 rm abmtt Ow a*«r. t." TVutk ro«. boss. Thank y

tA off twa w«ntM*il moraine (VOOMI AlktpUa aaka4 Jakaaa* h- mmmA by saytaf tfcas Ms wife aaWlotbOT warn 4yta«. « U i b* a*a aawa Ml

•n Iba st»«et UM <Uy balore.<y\%\" n « U t M a iaaax

Bbatu<t IU lor*.hal la half r»*or»>«r aa Iho lW<n >V»

StttwH«r W!»g <*»< l J > * * * *

Aa to w<»

will, e

.1—e •«.«

l. to oat

I saw by the PhUadelphU papen tb*other day that the Grand Army posts hadgiven a reception to Mrs. B. M. Bonsai,and happening to walk down the street withO4a. Sheridan, I asked him If he knew hor." Do I know her V he replied, with a sur.prised look on his faoe ; " I should say Idid. That woman w u worth a whole bri-

I of soldiers and sevornl batteries oftillery down in tha Wlnohnstor campaign,1 she was one of tho genuine heroines ofwar."-

" Tell me about her."Well, you see, I always believed in

fighting on Information. People said I WMreokleaa and daring, and all that, and whenI happened to win a fight they said it waaBheridan's luok. But I toll you therewasn't any lnok about it. I never went itblind. I always knew what I was going to

before I made a strike, and generallyried to strike at the right time.

" And down there in '04," continued theleneraJ, " when I lay before Winchester, I'anted information of what wan going o

motny'a linos, and I wanted It awfulI must have it, don't yon see ; bnt

I was going to got it I didn't kiik w u jirnUy well acquainted In all that

ountry, and one day I asked him if heIdn't know some one In Wlnohnnter weonld <l«-pm»fl on. He said there wan a I

aknr girl in tho town that bo thoughtright, and I oonoh)d<td to try hnr.

"There waa an old darkey who hod Ainlon patch about fifteen miles from my

dquarUrs, and he had a peas to go Intotfinoheater throe or four times a week with'•g«tebl«a for Uie Omfndnrata officer* andown p«r>pla. I ha/1 him brought Into rnr

tarter* one night and aaknd him if henow tho anbooi ma'am. He aaJiT be <ll(n/1 than I askmi him If he could got a noi

har wlthotit giving hor away. Hn an!"oulrl | arid than I wrote bar a Inttnr <

»«• r»{mr, appoaling U> her loyalty, nn<|ii«iU,<l hor tt» giro wiiim tiifonnaUou <at waa K'-i;.w <„> in tha ral>ol r(ii,i|,," I wrnptiod Iho II.,to up tn Un foil in

I <l<w««y PArry tt Iri bin mouth Thn nmtV lie went Infj, f/iwn with a IIMUI of voga. |« .a>. . lgav. l l l / ,b.r ."

'oryUiing old Rnrly wu doing AfU

t», a *Uva*ls« Me wy-

'•a. Art** You saM O>-T

atv.1 half an tumr tTUt r»« Uft ytmt wU<bar* lo saa If you b«'1 <1rawo yin

wa««a tot \mrt m»nU> "riol.Ur aairi Amy waa dying; Ti j<

talioa in fdianka <at IMMKm, ymt wrrnWta{MM . l« n ,>h 4/lnc. I balUve I 414 say..In'l kMrw whUk td 'mm WM srwVnla*Mi, and I Aoa.1 kax»w Omt f*

rt tet AU fast. tn»t-"Mere (Sotoetel AUaplae t»tarTati>as MM

ovwtnr wttb a* aSo belva. M 4 ia)

HOME COMFORTS FOR FARMERS.

The oomfoTt'of the farmer's family shouldnot be overlooked. Very old farm-hoaaei,and those that ire oheaply built for tempor-ary uee until a better one can be afforded,are often most uncomfortable in amenweather. Windows and doors admit theixternal air more freely than is required for

ventilation. Weather-strips made of Indiarubber are very effective, but .they are not

be had everywhere, and require more olan outlay than is always convenient. A lit.tie lngennity will provide substitutes. Forthe windows, plaoe small wedges betweenthe upper and lower Bashes, to prevent rat-tling, then paste on stripe of brown paper

' " t h e cracks, using stiff flompaste, or that made from rye meal with alittle alum added. It is well to leave on*upper sub. to be let down, aa may be re-quired for ventilation. Doom may be madetight by tacking ta iWi listing or foldedstripe of woollen oloth along the sides andtops. The opening at the bottom of doorsis usually the largest. For these, takopleoos of small scantling, of the propellength, and oover with old carpet or othei

it fabrio, Htufflng the side whichgoes against the door with wool, cotton,

with bay, to make a sort of cushion.While it is well enough to have the kitchen

opon direotly into then» , It ia ^inntna in Winter,which ran lm nloIn opmxul, nboulhe inado in s\toh

tn woatlmrHlnoplng room* lnold. Tlioao w

imfortable for the in-If possible, a storm door,

>d before tho kitchen doorbo provided. Thisnannor an k> be taken awajtid Rtorod for futurefiwnv bmiM>a are ''usually

old foet

IB FOROBRT HEREDITARY t

wish to oall your attention to two curi,'facts, tays an official of the Secret

tarvioe at Washington recently to a corres-•ondent. Counterfeiting runs in families,nd without exception the men engaged in

are all poor. For instance, take theillard family. Thomas, Benjamin, Georgeid John, tour brothers, all in our clutches,igether with an aunt There is onerother out of jail, but we" are satisfied thai3 is an honest man. Thomas Ballard is aonderful fellow. He is the only person,

10 far aa we know, who has succeeded inimitating the fibre paper upon which thegenuine notes and bonds are printed. Atiresent he is serving a thirty years' sentence

a reward for his discovery. He is a' of no ordinary attainments, and he

rented a prooess by whioh he waa able toa genuine two dollar or one dollar bill

id completely remove all the traces of inkfrom its surface. Then with a counterfeitplate of a higher denomination he would?rint upon the genuine paper and thus(•ise the note. Speaking about raisingtotes, here is a check on the Third National

ik of New York, whioh was raised from|451 to |28,968, and paid, in 1876. The•mpetratore worked off with ohemicak allbat was written in the oheok except theignature, and I regret to say that we 1never been able to disoover who did( it.

ore are three steel plates whioh •«avedby Ulrich for a five dollar issue,

'he engraving is done on soft sirhon completed the plate is hardened. To

& you some idea of the amount of laboitakes to engrave these plates I can only

ihould not 1)0 dntonml from making thera-»olvo(t comfortable through fear of beingthought " old womantah." If «misl<>«p on account of oold fort he shouldwarm thorn. Bottle* of hot water will.wor, but nro not no good as blocks of satone. Klooka of bard wood that haveturpentine, If placed in the utove oven earlyin th* evening, will be found excellent foot-warmnra. In driving In tho country in venol'l wonthor, a foot~wnrmer of some ki:Will add tfrwtly lo the eornfort of themnklng the Jotirnoy. — Atnerfr/titurltt.

HK;U POCKRT-BOOK.

ming to notice a« o no walki-ly overy

j lint for t

rally hn

•t Dial thoy |oy in them,

abn a iatX) „ n<l I

i«1 »n'1 waa B<>m« to join I^o'» nrmy

'aa far onougb off to prevent hi* K«itlttt

k, I mtulo an attack and nant.urotl Win

' IHd you find tbo girl wlion yon got infc

r]()o«w) I rlidt and rr.y rorKifl tit fha

battle WM wrilton in hor «OI,,K>1 room."

Waa ah* evar rewardo.l ?"

W«U, I got her a piano in Uie Treaanr

[layartmant. and it waa thoro abo Hot M

Uwi with hor buaband , but, I I

alM la •rntltlo.l U> a pmaioi

THE DrVORCS

1"- InUr.Ovan. ! | ( W ^

with rocoipts ft

m l - , ,,,rmr,rnr..bi of (,rtirlrfl to b«> gott.i

wliiU' ahopplng, bits of poetry cut froi

n«w«pap«ra urul aach trifles, valuable onl;

to thn ownors, wo pan think of no groati

tomptAtion t/. tho at root thief than to snatch

fn.rn thoir nlondor flngors the lightly hold

artirios. Tl>on, M though womftl hadn't

ruro onr.tigh afxttit Ihoir cU>thei, th*y gon-

ernlly r<»rry a few amall pnrkages boaides.

It la almoat a rarity l o m > man go along

tho «tr«»t with hU arma fettere<l with bun-

d!oa ; il ia alraoat an wpial rarity to see

woman ontiroly tr«o from them. Henoe

walk viatmlly invigornUw a man and fatigues

a wotnrtn. The main difference ia in pock-

oU Kr-ry pnasiblo nook apd corner

mnn'i enH that can bo %o utilized has a

aafo, «nt«t*nli»l pocket In It. He puts hd

wulr-h, hi* monoy, hla hAtidkerchief,

and ail <ith«r little personal oon

• aafoly awny in thoae ; he baa no fill

v , n « m for tho'r safety. Hi '

«n«ly a«kin((. " Hid I Iny down m;

» yon Been my hi

Hiay

ot line are organized just

Protwhiywiwl <mi 'UilT hae )uitoa. Thora are gw«l

of the divornet Ijhae )n»t oauao f.ir

Botis why

potning Into live <iaa "f proparty which

a. TJMW* ar« ftmnkonnaas and nruol

ty, Otmf urn s.r<«a aina wblnh Jruriify tb«

ag '4 U»» maUiiD'mUl knot >,nn» tn a

graaA wail*. Mat wry on* of Utaae Juati

a*Ua Kr«s« M * « eomm-ttoaa In a trirlal

ilk wnljfe o«cbt b. >- Uk«n by Ui« neck

U the lr.ml.i- whioh ««4 Is 4lvor«e men)>Ume Uuui woman Hi»J

tnral '' I . M M " '4 w

—V It la *r(naliy

| lika hia work. -lloiUm Oiobe.

COUOMINO.

It la w>m*tim«s forgotten that ooughs-

properly • " nallarl and in thoir integrity

ar« r*,nrul«iTa. eijjiralory efforts intended

In «j*ri from th* air calls

long*, or tram the windpipe or laryn:

ettbar BM>r«tloaa or exudations, or

•SonaJly taniga substanoes, which Impede

tbe «rt of nwijiraUon. Unfortunately, there

la aaiHom ahy oirwUnt relation betw

On tranaonry and fore* ot a oough and

j.hr*lr*l M « 1 for i l T>>ls la beoanae

a«H b«(ng, 'it miirw< p«rfoiinad by vlrto

"t a a xwrtaJ axnltation of th« nervon

• ; .Um, Ui« <U%Ttm of •iciUWHty of thi

rurrriHa non<vtm»<l in tha pro4n<:0<m ot thi

m:i»r4lar ocmtraMlona priMuring cyiugh

Urrnino* Ita f«rrr« and rVwiuonny, inaUai

their lwing g<irarno^1, as they ou^ht to hi

*..!C!T dy tlm •ii«on<-io« of oipulaior

JCOHMB

ay that we haveifteen months c

evidence that Ulriohimpleting them, Perhaps

he greatest aurlositles in our entire oollec-lon are the bUU whioh made their appear-ice about four fears ago, executed with atn entirely by hand. At first we thought

that It must take a great amount of time foi(he rascal to turn out one of those bills, buttow we think that he produces about one

a week. The denominations are fifties,twenties and tens, and they are turned into(lie Treasury for redemption from all parUtf ti>» Union.

A Dakota farmer hays that the only thinga cyclone cannot lift from a farm is themortgage. . j

A hand grenade ia« been invented thatwill put out a fire. ; One is wanted now thatwill put out a oat when thrown into a backyard. :;

New York manufacturers do a great busi-ness in making canes tipped with alligatorteeth to sell in Florida as souvenirs of itaswamps. ;

The New Orleans! Picayune has though*It over and conies to the conclusion that" the man who knows what to do- next ifl"ie wise man."

The Troy Preu says that the Presidenthas three Presbyterjans, two Episcopalians,one CongwgationalfBt and one Bill ChandlermhisCabW

The story comes from the West that at anevening dance recently a mob forced itsway into the building and hung tip the fid-dler and the bean.

Don't! eat so much on one side of yourmouth all the time,? was the warning a littleap-townboy gave iis sister} "if you doyou will grow fat all one-sided."

An Iowa town of 1,300 inhabitants is en-deavoring to maintain twelve church organ-izations. This gives everybody in town whopretends to sing a cjianoe in a choir.—J5«w.ton Post.

Some people always overdo things. Itwas so with the fellow who telegraphed to awealthy maiden lady whom he desired toparticularly please on the occasion of herbirthday, " Many happy returns of the day -'^ the future as in the past."

" Can you give me a little money on that!

KfiUPP'S FIFTY-TON HAMMER.

The fifty-ton hammer with which Krupplo-lnbors hia large flteel blocks bears thelame '' Our Fritz." Its stroke on the,000-ton anvil, although the latter rests onchaljotU of upwards of 100 square feet in;ze and is surrounded by water, causes aloafoning no)no and a concussion' resentiliug an earthquake. The hammer bean

inscription: "Fritz, let fly." Thiiinscription has tbe following history:When, in 1877, the Emperor William visited

le works at EssetL, this steam-hammerItracted his attention. Alfred Krupp, the

father of the present head of the firm,presented to the Emperor the maohinist,Fritz, who, he said, handled the hammerwith auoh nicety and preoision as not to

[jure or even touch an object placed inthe centre of the block*. The Emperor atonce put his diamond-studded watoh on the•pot indicated, and beckoned to the ma-chinist to set the hammer in motion. Mas-ter Fritz hesitated out of consideration forthe preciousartiola, but the "old gentle-man Krupp" urged him on by saying:

Fritz, let fly." Down came the hammer,id the watch remained untottohed. The

Emporor gave it to the machinist as auvenir, " old " Krupp added 1 000 marksUte handsome present and caused tha

to be inscribed on the ham-ican RegitUr, ParU.

wjcount of yoursdfcbis morning Vdon't believe I can this morning 'will yoi • • • - •You hai

'No, I. " Well,

appoint a time when you can?e traded with me a good deal and

have never paid me La cent." " I know i tI ani ajfree trader."

The employe of a patent medicine es-tablishment came in to report to his obief

a the condition of a man c whom they

BR FLOODS.

n* i

K Smithsonian savant in speaking on thembjeot of tho late great flood in Ohio said

me i " There to too muoh uld about thepart played by forests, or rather Uie cutting•way of forestry, In owning thii abnormalrise of the river, and not enough said aboutthe great change whioh ia rapidly takingplaoe ell through oar old and well settledagricultural districts. The fact is; that theImmense eree, of low, wet lands and swatowhich is being annually reclaimed by sur-face draining and tiling ia the prime factor,

i my opinion, though not the sole one.Why, only think of the millions of aores ofland which naturally laid under water foi

were trying a new medicine. Said he:"It has made him pretty drunk', but Idon't see that it has! bad any bad effect on.him."—Boston Post.

" The best suit I ever made," remarked •the tailor, after proposing marriage andbeing accepted by his lady love. "Yes,"Bhe?eplied, " I am: your maid to order." 'After they rare married, however, he al-ways declared that she wift ready maid.—Cincinnati Saturday Night.-

Zulerka carried a lighted candle to thefront door the other night in order to speed

departing guest. A puff of wind blew -out the flame, and Zuleika's small childolnng timorously to; its mother's skirts andpeered out into the i dark. " Oh, mamma,"she oried, " how I should hate to be'a can.ale and have to go out at night!"

As Blooms was sitting in waiting for ajroung lady he was to take to the theatre np»wn one evening, her small-boy brother«ntertained him, saying: " Toil better lookout for my sister if you marry her."—" Andwhy, my little man?" queried Blooms." Because," replied the young imp, " ihe'tgot a red-headed temper, I tell ye!" ,

< < What* J the population of Chattanooga ?"asked a Knoxvillian with an inquiring turnof mind of a citizen of Chattanooga. " Oh,it is felly—but first tell me the populationit Knoxville," said the OLattanoogan^J' No,-you say first," insisted the man fromEspx-rills. '' No, you say." " No, after yon."They subsequently changed the subject

Pat was sawing a log with one of thesenew kind of cross-out saws whioh bave batone handle instead of a handle at dthet |end. "Pat," said a gentleman who wa»-passing, " what kind of a saw Is that faafrtgot?" "Faith," he answered, while the ,perspiration rolled down his faoe, " and it'sa new koind, and a very foine wan at that." '

Why do you like It better than the oldstyle with two handles." "Because,? hereplied, " it saves the wurruk of waa man.1*-Philadslphia CaU.

snvoral days and i i weeks and monthsafter w«t ipells, that are now, by drainage,

l d th hillto

NefrVSPAPBRS HOME AND ABROAD*

ftdvertlslaff More CrenersJ M> Ii»»Ae* Tftuuain New York.

Tha cheapening of rates has arisen, froma desire on the part of newspapers of thebetter class to obtain a large circulation^Their proprietors saw the population trflm. ^twry to their news-centres rapidly increase,,,without any marked addition to their rob- -icription lists. • The gain all seemed to go

tha small low-priced papers. They saw,h h L d dil i lik thly left as dry as the hilltops; no too, thai the great London dailies, like the

the Telegraph and the Mtanelting of snow, this work of surface oould boast of circulations approaching 800,-

tho broathi

:,. .^m. n.erof>.rc. wa fltil that couj

fuucfl.™ <rf a r<rm*I.al. m, at loaal, pbyally holjrftil k!»d is. l.i fa^l, iUaif a

a«<l 4i*vinWly ehararler. "

in pracUoe

«cit«gb as a palmoaary siTeotl

ia ita*4f tam\AA ~ Utute* I*M$L

gining U constantly going on and 000 each, while there was not an eight-pag*

i i N Y k ith ti orwill continue to be enforoed paper ixi New York, with one exception,i t h t ripot along Uie banks and the environs of p p

in any other American city, that printednd Its tributaries will be so hand-y

60,000 copies a day through the week. ThaT idI «1 by farmers, as to disoharge instantly

, p y gLondon papem, except the Tiv*$, are Hid

W h l dsmile t» U U>14

a» «#• e/r»W at U»e« 4m4 W» be 1»

a*»all U.n.j.

London p a p e , p ,for one penny-two eenta. Why ahould

l i iihe whole aqueous fall into the

l of the main river. This unlockingpy

not an American paper of equal size gain abband sluicing, as it were, at once, all the

p pgreat circulation and a profitable bubew-

t t ? Thnatural Und reservoirs, aa 1* being nowgby reducing ito prioe to two cents? The

b t h b H hdone, cannot help but be a potential factorUVW IB A DBBTOft'B r«ISOB.manner of originating abnormallyrow in tbe begj»»t»g s*vt ailerTi» ..vlsHnaMi of Ufa te

/all.

Ibay apa aw* a«rva4

Th» jail baa »«•«• la &*

UM U T M ul mAs fat l«*a as l^Tu, la

high water, and mark my words, yon will aiBrmaUve and to act according ry, bave, Tbe obliged annually in the future to regu- believe, made a mistake. Ne V York Is not

lTh* «Ah** 4«y a lHemexok genUeroan m larly reoord increasing high Water marks of London. With Ito rotol* it hu only twoflood in the Ohio and other riven situated London1* five,

of people inUMH» at length lw« wV. H«l«1 'mf Ia raa>tJ<mes to hiti.« kww/4 e ehriU, aWrp

l «(«« .r.Ur.uf f<mtt4 *ah*rp-f*«ed,in lbs room under

like it, doe almost wholly,.if not entirely, tothis cense. Up in UM northern Motion of England who can be reeled by a London

t th lof Ohio the fanr.ra are doingg ^

morning paper before sunset, there are .lewftbi l«swr« sad more underdrsinlng with til* and

Burface ditching than ever know* to be-g

radius of New ^ork, and by no mean* tU di fdone there heretofore) naturally enough, are the natural oonstittieftcy

metropolUan Jonrnala. In two hou»'d h

tt» market near by U increasingtte demaad* and tbe land to worth

p Jride eastward a region to monad wh«Mpeople regard Boston as the centre ot tb»Si^ liW for H*w T « ^ >*&

s. irett ot New Tockovino.of whioh PUl^W^jJI

^ i l tod JonnvaUiJ - f * 'Tbe maamotb looomoUve » Oobemado*Wo. trj, m-Dtly VmUt at tU

, p .of being »b. largest In tbe wotld, medeUUl trip oa Thursday to tke t BH

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