GLEANINGSThe famil y ja r is frequentl y a ju g.

Holf-t uudo men tiro apt to worshi p thoirmaker.

A crunk i« usuall y n uiun whoso bondis turucd .

A sensible opinion—One that coincidesyi i Ui our own.

Tho cause of woman stiffnigfl- -A scarc-ity of husbands .

The more Turkey is tried , tbo inorothere 1a of Greece.

Ol a man suddenly struck dumb , itmay bo paid that his melancho ly dazo has.come.

A polilo way of dunning a delinquentuebtor ia to send him a bouquet of for-orc i-ino-nots

There bio two Bides to every question ,bat a bullboaded man will always bettuai he is right.

A (short bor so is soon curried , bat hemust first " bo cang ht . The same may besaid of a abort cashier.

What is the difference betwee n truth.and egfjs ? Truth cru shed to earth willrise again. Eggs won 't.

Popinjay *ays that ho wishes he couldinduce Iuh wile to try the earl y-closingmovement on her mouth.

As a. street car conductor took a ru ralpassen ger 's money thu other day, heculled it an agricultura l fare.

Tbo wife who buys n " duck of a bon-net " usually bus to cull on some oldrooster of a husband to nayfor it.

Then is ouo thing to bo said in luvor•of onl y iiiiurin go. It gives the couple a. few iiiiiiu yuui 'H to liml out which in boas .

A eytiienl old b . ic .h thr , \v li< i looked ini. "p un it pa rlor full ol }ouug women , inllmd rooiu attire , called it an "al t gai-d ciy '

,Shn wiih plump and beautiful , and hevvux wildl y fund of her ; who hutod nini ,jiu t womanlike , she stro /o to catch him.fU<e wuii iv lly .

*' I wonder how that man eon danco onthe light roj iu with Hiich facility ?" ''Oh ,ii'a easy enough . Ij iUo everything else,it dan to i>u taut. "

•' Wh y uro those things on your dross¦called bug lo triniuiiugs *' Ooorgo wantedLa know. " Oh ," Kuiily rop liud _ lightl y,¦" because pa blows over tbo bill."

Teacher : What is an engineer ? BoyNo. I : A man who woi ks .m aug inu'Teach , r ; What is n, pi.maur ? Boy No.2: That man that works the piano.

UudraR soiI kid is tile favorite materialfor slippers , Buys u fashion journal. Itmay bu added that slippers are not a fn-voiHo material w ild tho uudroi iMid kid.

" What is the Gorman method of treat-ing? " inquired an old physician ol a freshyouug medical Btndei j l. ¦' I really don 't.know doctor , but 1 suppose ii 's beor ov-.ory liiuo."

In old times a J iar was legally puni sh-ed by having a hole bored throug h histongue. If ihi.i were the custom now ,itouio politicians ' tongues would roi-ombluji porous planter.

Going ufiourity lor a rolalivu is a gocddeal like 1 ching u r ed-hot poker with tbotongue , There iu nothin g to ho gained ,j ind only nliont ono man in n million cando it without being scoroh id.

Landlady— " I wish to nay tha t therewill Ihi duuinrt to-day for everybody ,'i'liono who have paid th eir board bill willflot pudding ; for th isuett. T/iooo y/Uoiiftve not will ploauo ilonort tbo table. "

"Oh I" exclaimed Minn Dntibwoll ,' • what n elcvt r man that Mr. Fogg iuJHo in really qnit o n physiognomist. Iwn» telling linn last uvoning I had bo-voma quit o t rolicicit t iu painting, and lio(aid , ' I wim nnrn ol it , intuitu *), your tocoiilinwii it. " Chorus — •• Indeed! '*

•' Oh , nay, nut ," exclaimed a brig ht lit-tle girl in n hotel , while nt Jinno r , "hasn 't

that iimn over there got awful big enrol "" Ilmili, child i tho gentleman might houryou ," ennlioixid the nrotho r. '• Well, ilia,"

retorted the pr ecocious youngsler , "if hecouldn 't lii'At - mo with thon e ears , ho bet-ter haul 'em down.

'• Well , Unhurt , an ' 'oiv did you likeHnmoriial " "Oh ! Hi liked it vsollenough , yon know , only they livo bobliirntiiii fiiut over th orn. " " Do thoy,(hough 1" " Aye, an ' they do thai . W yMuriit mo if they don 't live no faot thatwhen limy nosd ' a man to pinion for tunyear n he luuv im hont bin term in novel) ,yo know, "

" Well, the fruit crop might ho rotdown as a total failure ," imid the iiuporln-ti ' iident of the largest frnit -oiiiiniiu/f fac-tory iu (lio uUte " A total failure , youmig ht , cull it. " •' That will iklmnuH oloaoyour cstn lilliih iiioiit , then ," imid tho vlui-tor. " Oli ! no, no!' xiplind tbo uuperln-tendent. " On the contrary, wc hava toAiup tny mi adilitional force. Yenrn ivhenIhern hi no Irult we turn our nttc ntlimiilmoiit unti iely to putting up jtillic u; uud(hen , a llt ilo Inter on , if the potato ciropturiiii out mi we iix |teut , wo will ciio about.'1,(1(1(1 ,(1(111 iinttmlii of poari i. " And mi thevisitor , iiilmit with tint grind n\vo thatfalls neon ooinin .tii peop le when Ihoyill mil ) in tbii prn iiniicitol geniuu, wuulu ult-ly out ol the ufllei .. bo naw a car-lo ad ofSiiiof u and !io-t i.i mili iudiii g ill Iho i!ccr .'i<il the jully dupailmenl .

the theolog ical hoiiz- .n , and almost everynee in Wi.'idlield had ho.i lil of him. no(bore \v;is no hut k of nil amlicnco-

J j iit to Theodora 's ineffublo dismay, tbnlii.ll young innu who walked so compose.I-it ill y out on the platform was no otherthan thu finnlc fared peiHon who badHlooil on her kitchen threshol d , only (heday before , and ovoi heard hn- diatribeon the Kiibject of uude tired guests .

ITudcr the kIiihIow of the resi.'ti shetiii ' imd redder still.

"Oh. my tongue— my unlucky tongue!"sho H iiil fpin tiea 'ly, to hert >olf . "1 al-ways knew it would lend mo into trou ble!What ninsf lie have thoug ht !"

And , us it limy lie inferred, Theodora 'sdevotions—albeit , she was iu reality nsweet , siiicei o little Chrimiau—did notdo her much good that morning .

Mr . llervey came across into the par -sonage when the sermon was over ; andheld out bis hand to blushing Theodora¦• Wc meet again ," ho said with a smile.••I can ' t hel p it ," bur.-,t out Theodora,

iu desperation. "I meant every word Isaid , Mr. llervey, it was all true. But—'ml it didn 't apply to you V"

"I nudeistand ," ho said quietl y. "Iwas a little nettled at tho meinour , for Imer ely wished fur a temporar y shelterwhile thoy were ic- fiiri ' inliing my room atII.o Star hotel , r.ut 1 can easily see , nowthat 1 have thoug ht tho matter over in anew light , that u minister 's famil y mustbu sadl y pestered with volunteer guests.I' rn j think no mere of it . Miss Iteed. "

And he spoUo so frankly and pleasant-ly tbr.t Theo became quite at her ease,while be carved the chicken , and she pre-pared the crisp lettuce unci tbo limp idoil for tho salad .

IIo was taken up to Mr . Reed s sick-room after dinner , and hud a pleasantehat with him before 'ho afternoon ser-vice. *-v.v

•' You have done mo a gtcat favor , sir ,"said the elder clergyman , when at leng thlio parted Irom his guest. "An d weshould esteem it a piivilogo—my littlegil l and I—if you would make your homoat the pars ona ge during your* stay ir.town .Should we not , Tuoo , "

Theodora hung down her head andturned pink to the very roots of her hair.

'• Ye."," sho said , almost inaudib ly."Only—l am ashamed to tay so. Oh ,pupil , " biding her face on his shoulder ," I have behaved so badl y .' I nevershould have taken it for grunted that Mr.llervey was like thu rest. "

And then infinitely to Mr. ITorvoy 'samusement, sho told the whole interviewwith Deac on I 'oweis.

Mr I teed K' n i led as he M.iok ed Thco 'shead .

" My h l t lu girl h; onl y a lj t t]o girl ,"said he, •' and soun-liuuis forgets that thetongue is an unruly ineinner. But showil l improve iin nlm grows older. "

Mr . llervey rpi -m the hummer at Wip !'li eld. J lo was revising the proof sheetsof ii tlie uhii.'i(-a! volum e, mid Jil ted thequiet ninl seclusion of the li t t le village.

J' l.-rlni pK , too , ho liked somet liiii;; elseabout it . At all events , althou gh ho didnot mak e l i e ]>: i iM>i i i ig n his In.me , liespent n go.id deal of his t ime there.

" Then , " ho said mie day—they had bo-• ' ¦>: ¦: ¦: fnh i. I i i i iiii. , by ll i is time— " youlinvi t Lif ted so ninn y of t l . t i petty trial sand annoyances of being a lulumtci 'sihin g ht i r I J i i t 1 wond er if you would everconsi lit. to he u minister 's wite 'f "

" Well ," said The n, half laug hin g, halfliJijHbjng , " i t would depend a good dealupon who the in inisier was ."

"Su pp r -Hu it was Henry llervey '! ''" Do you real ly mean it ! ' ' naid Tli MV.

suddenl y growing gr uvo.• ' J t is Ktiui i gf , isn ' t it '. " said he, "that.

I should lose my \\{r.\\\. Ut kucIi a Utile ,toriniigaiit as yon proved ynnmnlf l i ielirst day I ever saw you '! But it is aforegone t'oneltisioi. -l am entirel y atyour ineiey. H ni " - | . Tin o, will you bomy wif e? ''

And Then placed her hand In his witha lovely look of awe and happ iness , andaim wurai l:

" -I, wiU !"])eneon l'owois could not comprehend

it uU." If he ui'ivi'ii a tmch a hi gh tempered

girl mi that ," said Urn dencon , ' ' bn (Iocsit at his peril. Why, I never wau so be-rated in my life as I wan that day at thoparsonage. "

" Bui , pn ," said tbn deacon 's daug hter ," every woninii finds her master soon orlater. Now , I think Theodora has foundhers. "— llvli '.n / ''ranch h'nwc* in theJ imu AVnd: lleu 'istcr.

jumping into tho wa 'or try to reach thespot where I sec tho curl s rising again ,but , when there , nothing is seen but acircle of waves , and iu my mind 's eye 1can see my beautiful darling eovonat thisperilous moment I cal l her by that en-dearing title) ly ing at the bottom ol thepond , (.rasp ing her lilosson e ti ghtl y inher hands , and hor wondciful voicehushed forever. This thoug ht gives tuonioi o strength , and I make a bold dash ,catching her arm just at tho third andlast rising ol tho licdy.

Limp and lifeless as she is, I hurry toshore and lay my burden under the treej it kt as Hid eotneH down tho path. Tak-ing in the situation at a glance he quick-ly ibi ces a restorative between the girl 'slips ; thi s af ter a few minutes is Mvallow-ed , and she slowly opens her eyes .

Seeing Hal bending over her , she savs:" I think I have sprained my foot iu myfall. "

"If that is the case, my friend can at-leiid to that ."

Turning upon me a pair of oyes whichleseraliled violets quilled with black lace,so beautiful are tho lashes which naturehas bestowed upon her , she smiles as 1step forward , alter motioning to Hal notto ptoceed auy further , as 1 am almostsure ho is going to give n leng th ened de-scri ption of the a flair and make me ahero .

Now comes tho bandag ing of tbo smallfoot , which for tho /i rs t time in my lifeseems cruel to do, tor I see her tightl ycompressed lips and tho look of pain up-on her face. After finishing this taskHal takes her in bin strong arms , and Ifollowed with tho child to tho cottagewhore the young lad y had told us to takehor. The door is opened by a ladywhoso age, jud ging from her appearance ,is scarcel y more than the girl 's whom Halhas already taken throug h the door andseated.

Wo learn from tho conversation thatMrs. Gordon , who is a widow , with heronl y child , Leo, and her sister Violet , (Imight have known that my young lad ycould have no other name when possess-ing those oyes) had let the cotta ge fortho sninmcr , owing to the recent illnessof Ills. Gordon , and , havin g found thomountain air so healthful , they hud de-cided to reside theie permanentl y.

Haviug made my patient as comfoitable us possible , we take our departure ,but not before arran g ing to como on themor row- I had decided to prolon g myvisit for a low days, for I thought ol thelone hours which Miss Violet would Jtaveto spen d before she would be able tostand , and perha ps I might sco hor fio-ijut snt ly durin g this brief time , andagain hear her voice, this time with thokui>w)eih ;o tl t at J have met and conversedwith my enchanlrooa.

During our way homo Hal is compelledto listen t o my pra Ue, to which ho re-sponds with a kuowiqg smile, telling moIlmt my train is duo. What eu ro I nowfor trains.

"The stars sluill full , and tlio nngul s bo wobian t ,',r.re I cisiiso to lovo hor , ruy rjueou , my i]in;eii. "

U'llis makes Hal silentl y grasp my handthereby bringing nip down from , tho re-gion of tho clouds , where I luyo beensailing, say ing ho sympathiz er, grea tlyivj t l i mo, but perha ps Violet has alieadya lever , mid l;u wouldn 't lose hi-* beaduntil he knew somethin g mur e uoiiceui-ing tlio mysterious young lady.

Viol et have a lover! Heaven forbid !do t u o ; I must not let tho Bu.spiciim ofllul, who has struggled throu gh lite untilIl ls t l i ir t y-lif lh year without falling inlove , for i-un moment enter iny mind.Then away all doubtu .

"Hill , 1 rather imagine that they thinkit was you j umped into that pond , soplease do not enlighten them to-morro w,for—well , to tell tho truth , old boy, Idon 't boliovo I could stand havin g thoseny os look—oh , you know how it is withHie , lo, im yon I'oyo nie, |a|fo the tl iank smid keep silent, "

Jiul does not like to promise lids, lintseeing my look of misi ry, he gives hisconsent. Tim day following and manysucceeding da js find us at "Tho Host ,"which name had boun given to tlio col-lage, nnd with each visit I feel my admir-ation and love grq w stronger for my pa-tient , who , with Mrs. (iordon , is nownltlo to j oin with us in our rumblings ,but na my admiration for her growsstron ger I imagine that she, iu tuin ,avoida mo, while Hal sho welcomes withIhn smile which formerl y had been equa l-ly divided between us.

Corning ono day upon hor at tho veryappl e tree where I had lirnt Been hor , Illcturmili ed to tell tlio o)(nct state of myfeolingu toward her, thinking that afterthin was done I would lnavo hor forever ,there by loping all the ambiti ous hopeswhich had once been mine. Lj ing ontlio grass at hor foot I pleaded earnestl yfor hor lovo.

"Since the day when tbo tona n of yourfwcot voi'oj reached my our, nnd nineo Iliohl yon in my (irin n, fearing Unit nailhorof iih would got to shoro , my thoug htshave dwelt constantl y upon you , mydarling, my own darling, for imch I willcall you for once , and then Violet" —nowI cutcl i a glimpse of her eyes, and neeamazement written tluiro , which recallslo n ,y mind Hint I have, without llul 'iiiiHiii hinn cn , told my little fipnrot.

"I thought—why Mr. Charlton , Ithought your friend—but don ' t yon knowthat I love yon anyhow ," nays Violet ;then follows a burning blush at havinghi on no niit ' ipoknn , lint by thin limn 1luiVO Ihn dear girl clone in my arms , whichl.iro if ter will ho her renting placp, - Ishiill now care for my patient an for mylife , Imngine our joy on returning toIho coltngo wo ilnd that llul' ii heart banIn on struck by tbn littlo widow, who bancommuted at noma future time to becometit-t wife. L'our happier people were nev-er neon limn tbonn gathered together Unitevening at "The l|oti t ," nnd all owii |g tomy lli' ftl patient. —1 'Utaburu /Vein.

Wordo of Wisdom.

CVoinieii are ladders to heaven.Love in Ihn pnnii l of the universe.Tbn aids to noble life tire all within.A vvinii head hath n clone mouth to it,It in infam y to din and not he miniied.A winii lawyer never goeii to law himselfM ho goes nlowl y, goon long and goen

far,Barefooted men must not go among

llnirnn.All that in human must retro grade it it

tloen not advance.II in a hiniu liiiil nccomi tly of our nit-

lure to lovo noiiiething.Throe things lo lilie—cordia lity, good

humor and mii tlifnlncini .If tl t y hand he in n lio ii 'n nini ith , got it

nut an (nut an thou cannt.Uofilsn not lo lio informed , for that

shown pride or stup idity.Show may be naiiily piirithaued , hut

liiipp iiicnu iu iilwuyii a homo made article,

Ouo of tho most important dut ies oftho chief inspector of the PoBt oflicb de-partment is to detect railway postal clerkswho steal lette rs containing money. Toaccomp lish this Col. Miarpe follows neimp lo but ingenious system , which hoexplained the other day to iho writer.

"To catch those thieves ," "I construct-ed a lar ge railroadm tip of tbo UnitedStates , which han gs in my office. .

Now, supposing a man mails a letterin Boston for Kansas City contain ingS50—a very bad pr actice, but people willdo it. Tho loiter nover reache s its des-tination , and prett y soon wo get a com-plaiuin g letter , stating tho circumstances.

"Now , if tho supposed case were anisolated one, wo probably would donothing. Tbo letter , in going from Bos-ton to Iiansas City, would pass throug h30 or 40 hands , and it would bo uselessto try to Jix the blamo. But tho Bostonman's case is not isolated. Every daywo get from one to 50 similar comp laintsfrom nil over tho country , and this fact ,as you will see, enables us to locuto themischief .

"First , we ascertain exactl y when andwhore the missing letter was mailed andits address. Then wo are read y for themap I spoke of. I tako the Boston man 'sletter and a bunch of similar comp laints ,and then I begin to stick pins into mymap. I know just tho route which a let-ter would tako to go from Boston toKansas City, and I stick pins along tosketch out the course. Then I take tbonext compla int. Perhaps this is from aman who lost money transmitting it fromMobile to Chicago. Very wol L I tr ocoout the line suck a letter would take.The third , perhaps , was sent from Now-York to San Francisco , the fourth fromNew Orleans to Buffalo , the tilth fromSaginaw City to Philadel phia, and bo on.Now, before very long tho maps beginsto look quite interesting. The pins orestrewn all over the country, but wo noticeone track—say, for instance , betweenChicago and Cleveland—where all thelines unite. That 's where tho thief is.

"Knowing now where tho steeling isgoing on, we advice our most trustedmiin ill that division—wo have to trustsomebod y, you know—that there istrouble in this section , and tell liiui tokeep a sharp lookout. AVe inquire in-to tho habits and associations of theclerks , and wo are , parba .'S, able tospot the man at onco. At other times itis rnore difficult. But wo always fetchhim. Defection is certain ."

"But don't the clerk know of this sys-tem ?"

"Perfectl y well ," rep lied Col. Sliurpo."Then why do thoy steal ?" was asked."There , ynu ask mo too hard a ques-

tion ," said the inspector. "I 'm sure Ican't toll. I only know they do, nod Ihostory of almost all eases is tho sauio . Apostal clerk will bo tempted , and willsteal a letter thet he feels has money init. For tho next few days ho is scaredto death. Ho thinks every bod y readshis guilt iu bis face, and ho is certain bewill bo caug ht and put in prison. Heresolves never to steal another letter , andprobabl y he dops not. But generally inabout n month or two mouths his fonvnnd remorse have worn off. Evidentlyho has not been caug ht and is not hubpoctod. ,\ good, obimoo comes, nnd Uosteals another letter. This timo ho doesnot wait a month before he tries it again.And before long ho is stealing all thoJotters lie gets hold of which (toniainmoney . About t!m,t time I ani stickingpiny into my map . It is sure death.Soniotimcu we got more than ouo , as ausher will , now and then land two orthree , fish at onco whoa the biting is vovjlively. Wo caught thre e in two weeksonce, in different parts of tho conn try.when wo supposed wo w. nro ftttor onlyone, "

"lint why do men keep on stealingwhen they nee others caught and under-stand that tho machinery of detection isho por lootf" again asked tho reporter.

"As I ouid before ," replied tho inspec-tor , "that I can 't answer , excep t in thinway : Every rogue thinks himself r> Utilesmarter than any body else. He seen tllntho in too cunning n,nd ci\n cover his tra cks

Tho Detective 's Map. I Compi led tor tbo Hag-Harbor Express |SCIENTIFIC DnSO EIiAWY.

An English astronomer considers thathis fox terrier has thointolloj taal develop-ment of a child two years old.

Cases ol lead-poisoning in Paris havebeen traced to bread and flour , a millerhaving filled tip certain holes in his mill-stones with load.

A favoril " prehistoric unite o! measure-ment , according to Mr. R. P. Oray, waseleven inclioa , and may have been deriv-ed from tho length of the human foot.

Tho best filterin g agent , according tothe recen t experiments of Dr. PercyFran qland , is spongy iron. Powderedcoke ranks next , and is very good j butanimal charcoal soon becomes worsethan useless, although excellent at first.

Tho water in tho Gulf of Bothnia inreported to bo falling quite rap idly. Oneproof of this is tho fact that a large stoneon the Swedish coast now rises threefoet nbovo walor at mean tide while fiftyyears ago it was barel y visible at lowesttide.

Tho thirt y-inch object-g lass of thenow telescope at Pulkowa , the greatestrefractor in tho world , has been carefull ytested , and so excellent have been its per-formances that the rarel y-bestowed tri-bute of the honorary gold medal of theRussian Emp ire has been conferred uponits makers—tho Messrs. Clark , of Cam-bridge , Mass.

A fine skeleton of the sea-cow (Iiliylinaf l igas) -has just been procured fromBehring 's Island for the British Museum.As recentl y as 1741 this lar ge but harm-less animall animal , measuring somethirty-five foet in length and weighingfrom three to four tons , was quite abun-dant off the shores of Alaska and Eam-sehatka , but has now become totall y ex-tinct.

An account of the "Anomogcne ," anapparatus for imitating the great move-ments of tho earth 's atmosp here, hasbeen given to tho French Academy ofSciences. By means of this instrument ,which takes the form of a miniture re-volving globe, the trade winds , ascend-ing and descending onrrents , and othernormal atmosp heric phenomena , are re-produced.

The Sotmo op the Adboba. —In re-sponse to some thonaands of circulars ,Dr. Sophns Tromholt has received thetestimony ot 144 per sons in Norway con-cerning the emission of sound by thenorthern lights. Of these persons 92believe in trio aurora-sound , and 53 as-sert that thoy have heard it themselves.The sound is variousl y described as siz-zling, hissing, whizzing, crackling, rush-ing, rippling , rollin g, Sapp ing, croaking,roaring, etc.

In recent experiments the averagecrashing forco resisted by red bricks was6830 pounds per square inch. Theywere slightly cracke d. Bricks suppor t-ing about one-seventh of this load—or63 tons per square foot—have boon ac-cepted as safe for high towers if still un-cracl ted. At tho base of the tallest brickstructure in existence—the famous chim-ney of -120 loot in height at St. Bollox,Glasgow—Ike pressure is calculated at0C70 pounds per square foot.

Anotue k Aluminum Process. —In a newFrench process an oleotrio current actsupon a satnraf ed solution of sulphate ofaluminum in tho pr esence of a solutionof common salt , tuo two solutions beingseparated by a porous vessel. A dondlochloride of aluminum and sodium is form-ed, vjbioU in decomposed and the , oln-nimum not froo is deposited on tho nega-tive electrode. It ia claimed that theimportant rcnult ol cheapening tho man-ufacture ct aluminum may bo accomplish-ed by this method.

Biiains in TEitTiAn v Tiuk s.—In a paperon tho size of tho qrnin in extinct animalsProf. Marsh , o/Yofo College, hau brou ghtforward tho remarkable faot that in therace far life durin g pout agoa the uurvivalof any particular grou p of animals de-pended on tho nizo of their brain as com-pared with that of thoir contem porariesof tho same claim. Brains won then , annow, and tbo brain of animals ornuhodout of existence was always found to berelativel y nraallor than that of those out-living thorn.

Ar tificial Prnt ouiOM.—Tho action ofRuporhoated steam on molten cast-iron ,rich in carton , liaa yielded a productidentical with tho hydrocarbons formin gcrude petroleum. Borth olot Hiinka thindiiioovcry oflbru n possible explanationof tho orig in of potrolonm , viz. : Soa-wutor penetrates floaur os to depths whoretho earth is very hot , formin g iii^porhoot-cd iitoam , which , coming in contact withmolted iron rich in carbon , is decompos-ed into hydrogen nnd oxygon. The oxy-gon unites with tho iron to form oxidoof iron , and the hydrogen combines withthe carbon , tho ronulting hydro carbonspanning in a ganoouo state to rock-stratasuitable for thoir condensation an oil.

AN' rio.ui'rvoi' Uiuwiiai.—Tho liml bridgedwore of wood, and tho earliest of whichwo hare any account woo built In Homo500 years B. C. Tho next wan eventedby Juh na Cnot iar for Iho paooago of binarmy across tl io Rhino. Tra jnn 'o greatbrid ge over tho Danube , 4770 foot long,was mudo of timber , with nlono pieru.Tho Romann also built the first utooobridge , which crooned tho Tiber. Sua-*pension bridgon am of remote origin.A Ohine.'io ono mentioned by KiroYioni'/mi mudo of chains supporting a road-way 830 foot in length , was built A. 1>.GD, and is ntill to bo soon- The firstlar go iron brid ge wan erected over thoBovoin iu 1177. Tbo ngo of railways liaabrou ght a remarkable development , inthin branch of ongii iaorinn;, oupocially intho conulrnol.ion of brid gou of iron andntc ul.

fllioll Ifoni>» in Ore gon.Tho coast of Ore gon is dotted wllh do-

pooitn of lihollu , Iho only records loft of anumerous race of peopio now pr ooUoallyextinct Tlio traveler iu told that thoyvio.ro formed by tho l'mli-enting Imlitnui.It in probable (lint tho IndJanu of tlio In-land vnlloyiimado trips to tho coant andfeaiited on nholl-fl iih at certain ucosoiin.There minit havo bona liiimonr u) numbersof tlicnn, au lite f.iioll dopam'lu are numer-ous and many of thorn oxtonulvo , Bomoof them are oil tho very uhoro of thoocean , ivlwro thoy aro laid open to vlov/by Ilia wearing uwoy of tho lank t oUioruare situated . along bays and olroamu ,many hidden lty a covering of Bull , andumioifood (111 pniiotriutud by the tjudo oftho laborer or the plow of tho li iiubaiul-nmn. —J' orlluiul wttionlun.

Tho nchofdo at Kauion , I'u., are cloyedtr.'i r.c ;c:::it c? t.'i'srl 'tl f'tv r r.

"No, I won't!" said Theodora liee.l ,impetuously ; "I won 't! I won 't! sothere 's an end of the mutter ."

Theodora was busy making pear mar-malade , with a pocket handkerchief fast-ened. Beatrice Cenci fashion , over theluxuriant brown liesses, a huge checkedapron envelop ing her trim l i t t le figure ,and sleeves rolled lip above the elbow

Deacon Powers stood opposite, ner-vousl y feeling of his bristl y chin .

Theodora was young mid pr etty, withlim pid , hazel eyes, rings of brown lmirstraying like lloss silk over her temp les,and rosy lips.

Deacon Powers was elderly and wrin-kled , with an indescribable sharpn ess inhis face, as if it had worn away in eon-lac! with the world.

"It is getting to bo an imposition ,"

said Theod ora, brus que ly. "La st weekwe had two tract distributors here , andweek before that old Mr. Dodding tonand his wife and thro e children stayedhere live days , so that it should bo con-venien t for the semi-annual conventionIn fact 1 don 't remember a sing le monthwithout company since we huvo lived attho pars onage. And wo have no girlnow , and pii j .a has tho neural gia ; so youmust t ell this young clugjmeii to gosomewh ere else. I won 't have himlieie! '

" Hut. inv dear Miss Heed— ''"I ' m not your dear Jli.s.s Iteed ," said

Theodora , vehementl y. "If I wi.s, youwould tiy to spare me a littlo of till thi sannoyance . Yes, I know I am tbo minis-ter 's daug hter , and as such , am expectedto have neithe r feelings , nor piofereaconor sensibilities of any kiiid. But I'mhuman , after all , and I decline to keep nperpetual free hotel for every ono whocomes in this direction. "

"Your predecessor , Miss Ke td—thelamented Mrs Smiley—was never averseto entertaining the saints ," reproachfullyuttered the deacon . " Her door was everopen, and her amia ble hosp itality— "

"Oh yes, I know! '' said Theodora" And she died at 40. I intend to livo agreat deal longer tliun that. She waskilled by sewing societies ami companyand Dorcas meetin gs. I 'vo had enoug hof that soil of thing, and I mean to stop.If the church people desire papa to en-tertain all creation they must raise hissalary— that 's all ."

"But , mv good yonng friend— "At th at momen t, however , b (bird per

son unexpictcdl y appeared on tlio scene .Tho door between the pa rlor and kitchen,which had , uuperc eived by .Miss lteedand Deacon Power s, stood slightl y ajar ,opened—a tall , frank faced young manstood there , with a derided color on bischeeks .

" Deac on Powers, pray assure thisyoung ludy that 1 will not trespass uponhor hosp itality . I'erlni ps we had but tergo on to the nest place at onco."

There was something in his sir andmanner which caused tint deacon to shootout ol tho kitchen like nn arrow from th ebow , and the next inoii .ent Theodora win:alone.

Sho colored and bit her l i i> ." It 's all true ," she said , ' e.e iy v > . , i d

of it. lin t I'm a littl e sony he heard itPerhaps bo wasn 't to blame , ulior nil .

And Theudon i went vigor ousl y on w i t htho pear marmalade , until tli fi old clockin the corner shuck 11; and Hum she.poured out a cup of chocolate and ran upt> her father 's room .

Mr. lteed was silting before Ids si inlytable, bis tn .nplns resting upon his hands.his oib .iwi t amon g tho chaos of books' andpapers. Theodora went lo bis side atO icii rtnil laid tier baud on hm head .

"Papa ," she said wistfully, " is yournotiml gin worse t"

" Very much worse , Then ," lie said ,lifting his pain glazed eyes to her eager ,questioning, young face " 1 do not be-hove that I can preach to morrow ; I donot believo that J can ovn prepare a ser-mon. "

Theodora looked iigbai -t"But , papa ," said she , " what , can ynu

do? Old Dr. JJenion is out of town , andM

" My dear ," Haiti tho poor old clergy-man , praising his hands to his Ibr obbingtemp les , " you must send a note lo Mr.Horvoy, and nsk iiiui to olliciate in myplace, ns a upncinl favor. '

" Who is Mr. Hurray ;'" said Theodora." I don 't know ," si ghed Mr. K «nr ii " I

only know that be is to bo at Winrieldthis week. St out probabl y ho will bn (itthe Star hotel. "

"Ver y well , papa ," said Theodora ,feigning a eheorliilnc hH sho wan far fromfooling. " Drink your chocolate now ,thero 'a a darling, and don 't fret yourselftho leant bit in tbn world, and I will seethat all arra ngements are made. "

So sho ran down stairs and nut her *ulfto thinking.

A tfti btititi t tu must be found for thepulpit , and hero wan 12 o'clock on Satur-day.

8ho ital down and wrote it l i t t lo note ,consulting the dioti oniir y more than onceto make nnro of errors , and car efullycopy ing the whole because of a spa tter-ing little blot which fell an if of " maliceaforethoug ht, " directly aeroii.i the necoiullinn.

" Dr .ui ,Mi t If i: t ivr.v —Will J on gruntns tho great favor of p reaching in pupa 'splace to-niorrow ! l i e is very ill of lieuralg in , nnd in iiua l l n even to prepa re asoniio ii. We iilmll lie greatl y obli ged ilyou will i lh ie with us to .morrow alterchurch. Tiin oniMiA l t i i:n.

And i i f lur fiii i i s f \ i n g licrnelf that it wasall rig ht , nhe carried it l i t i rnr . l t to Hut Sbirhotel.

Mr. llervey wan not iu, hadn 't been insince morning , .

But they would give him the note di-rectly on bin arrival ; no Theodora hur-ried home ngnin , and in the c.ii iriin of t i nafternoon n colored boy from the bol elbroug ht n curd , on one mile ol which wimengraved " Henry llervey ," whi le uponthe other wan written : " With Ih o grout -<ut t pleasure. "

And the miiiinlc i 'ii dau g hter , " on boii-pitn blo! bought intent ," roanted a pair ofchiolterit l o illnclcd the ingn dii ntn of a(talad , tna .li) a peach pie , and linlfml it Imifot bread, which wan light and whi le an aaoa foam. |

"I 'll show him that tint cnunlry g i i l nQtuuiriitiind good housekee p ing ," naid jTheo to henitilf.

Mr. lteed wan nnt able to leave bin iiofnthe next motn in g, no Then put on b ei J[pretty blue and while muslin dre .n andtlio gyitay hat with the rimnn Hint bee.Hu eher dchcatn complexion no perfect)!' , ninlWent to church , nf 'er (hat i.ecing that thetable wan all nprniid for tint cold dinner ,nnd the eoll'eti put simmerin g on theulovo. '¦

Tin church was fu l l . 'Mr. Uerve .v waa u l ining l i i i i i i nn r v i n !

A High-Tempered Girl. ;One of tho odd sights that meets the

gazo of a stranger traveling on I he LongIsland Uailrond as soon as Babylon ispast , is tho number of nlgn boards alDxedto fences, trees and posts , with some legend or other inscribe d thereon , but inde-cipherable ns tho train ambles along.Tho frequency with which they appearall along tho road nat urall y excites a live-ly curiosity in tho stran ger . Should hehappen to be a sportsman his curiosit ywill ho afforded ample opportunit y togratif y it. Perhaps this unfortunate isen route for n certain station set forth inthe enticing gnido-book as a localitywhere all kinds of game are to bo foundin abundance. But nine ! how often ourmost sanguine antici pations are utterl ydestroyed by tho reality. Ho alights athis destination , with his heart filled withall manner of joyful hopes, jumps in awagon awaiting him , and ore long is tak-ing in tho cool bracin g air of the country ,and tho chall ' mine host gives him con-cerning the pro epecls of game.

There is ono characteristic of tho ruralLong Islander which is never met withanywhere else, and that is his habit ofcircumlocution. To a direct questionwhether birds aro plentiful in tho vicini-ty, ho collects himself , thinks a momentand delivers a reply which is neither apositive negation , nor a satisfactor y an-swer , and leaves tho question er in a con-dition truly bewildering.

His shrewd nature will , however , per-mit him to say, iu a somewhat restrainedburst of confidence , that if " he (tho citygunner) had only been down here lastweek he could havo shot any number ," orthat " Jlr. So-and So was hero two orthree days ngo and took homo with himten or a dozen brace. " Iu a somewhatunsettled slate of rniud as to his probableluck , our gunner retires for the night.Br ight ur td eorl y tho following morninghe sets out , but has scarcel y gone a hun-dred yards from tho house when his at-tention is directed to ono of those sign-boards which he found so numerous enroute, the import of tho inscri ption nowdistinctl y and significantl y legible : " Allshooting or trespassin g on thoso pr emis-es forbidden under penalt y of the law ."Go where ho will these sigus appear atevery poin t , and , at last , perfectl y dis-gusted , our friend loaves for home. Thiswas au experience , that myself and friendshad last Pull , and no doubt of many oth-er sportsmen. A writer of an article in adail y paper , published in thla city twoweeks ago , speaking of a club controlling3,000 acres of game preserves , says: "Aneffort has been made by the club to puta stop to tho ravages of tho pot -huntingclass of shooters who abound on L.ongIsland. You cannot convince the ' nalives ' hero that thoy aro inju rin g them-selves by the indiscriminate destructionof the birds and fish of the Island woodsand waters. " To nvort this so-called de-struction this ari stocratic olub arrogatesto itself to do the destruction , which isdone to such a degree as urea to aston-ish tho natives.

Almost all the farm and wood lands ofLong Island couliuiiing a siuglp bovy ofquail are posted by individuals or clubswho hire tho privilege for often a moresong, to tho exclusion of their formervisitors ami even tho residents thorn-selven.

-Tho Island , in fuel , is almost ang licizedin many parts by its recent nomenclatureand by tho gr owth of fox- hunting clubswith all the tran np lnntod and efi'oto cos-tumes ol Eng lish fox chasers.

There is a ohiiruiiiig little haml et, cosi-ly located on tbo shores of Littlo Pecon-ic Bay, where I ami a. few fviundft huvoboon wont to visit those last ton years .Prom its almost ucclusivoness it was rare-ly visited by the Summer sojourner , andstill more rarel y by sportsmen. Onocould almost rel y on ln|(|i)({ haino withhim at the d\u\ ot. a week' s visit ten or adozen quail. Here wo always foundfriends and cordial greetin g. But nowthings are sadl y changed. Wo paid itonr annual visit last Fall , but an aug lo-maniac club hailing from Southamptonhad hired tho shooting privilege of alt thoavailable farms , nnd tho grounds wo hadbeen permitted to gun oyer i t) years pastwore denied u«.

Tho sonson tor quail and other up landshooting is not far off, and some sports-men, not aware of tl io dep lorable condi-tion of affairs , may ho perhaps thinkingof fay ing Long Island a visit. To suchI take thin oppo itimity of giving them afriendly warning. Thin , however , app liesstrictl y to up land shoptjn g. An regardswild fowl shooting, J doom it an aut ofj uulico to say that , taking into consider-ation tho proximity of Now-York City,Long Inland can 't bo excelled iu this par-ticular. Pi.oo h'n Fie ld.

Notoo From Pariah Ilocord.

Tho Queens fJonnly Sentinel nays:I 'ho first Locni il tree on Long Inlandwas jn'ormht in 1(IB(1, an it in oivid, fromVirg inia , t>y Captain George Sands , nndnet out en tho fiti'tn ot bin father , JohnSands , near the bottom of Cow Neck.

Long Island van known in tho earlyt im on ni l (Seawnnltltii, or tho Isle ol Shells,and tho oust end of it wan known an thorenorl of the Indians for tho mntori nl putof which thoy nutni|fa(ilip ;ed their wam-pmi money .

Inooiu'o iia'i'Ion oi' TmiNi'iiti is.—March21, lKt ll , Flushin g mid Newtown Bridgemid Turn p ike (Jn crtnan y t April (I, lfiOl!,Wallahont Brid ge nnd Bond .Company jMarch ',!, 1H0II , J amaica and t fonlinwnyTurn pike CJuitir jtinyj March 17, 1H0D ,Uronki yn , Jamaica and Fliilhtinh Turn-pike Company ; March 20, 1812, Ilornp-nt iiad Turnp ike Compan y i March 20,1H1II, Jericho Turnpike , Company i MarchII , 1HM, Williiiniiib iirg Turnpike ltoad ,and Biid go Company t March 25, 1810,Newtown and Jlmihwiok ltoad nu t) Ti|iu-pilm Company.

Dakcino not At.i.nwi' .ii. —A ntor y in toldin //myiiT'n, that when the clergy ofConnecticut met nt Woodbury to com-inamorato the Heabury Centennial , il wanthoug ht that to drink a cup of tea andupend an nvonii n; in tlio old lioiuio whereKoabury renided , would not be out of theway. The lioipin in now (icmiplod by avot 'xiriih ln million of Koin e threo-u corej earn or more. Tint Conimittoo waitedon her to gain her nusent , which wunreadil y given, "Bui ," nhe added , "youiniint understand ono thin g, gentlemen !I tun a strict Metlioiliat , nnd tliore mintlit ltd ilimriiw "

• -^ ,*«*— Tint dealhn from cholera iu .Spain since

the beg inning of the outbreak of Mayhave certainly numbered 01 ,(15(1 ; but tbomedical men Imll t ive tluit tho real fi gures(ircoiid those by unv tiral thoiinnndu.

Flood Itoek , in Hell (late , continues tonink nl thu , into of four or live feet perilny.

From Tho Turf , Field nnd Farm .Lon K Island 's Posted lands . Governor HtU and Pr ison I*aeor.

Governor Hill is devoting all his timeto catching tho labor vote which loft bisparty last fall. Ho does not answer thoterrible Tweed charges ; he has noth ingto say about taking §80,000 Irom thoState to pay canal claims and pocketi nghalf tho .amount , and particularly doesnot nlludo to his alliance with Jay Gouldand Jim Fisk in tho Erie ring consp iracyPerha ps the governor does not explainbecause ho can rot explain, and even ifho did defend himself the mischief ispast and done.

But if Governor Hill is n friend oflabor , i' bo is opposed to contract con-vict labor , there is a way to prove it.Wo put bin) to tho test now. Tho Ile-publicon party has abolished contractlabor in prsons. The law that effectedthis chanye is being violated ! It- is vio-lated lO-day, AND HEBE AT THE CAHTOI. OFTHE STATE, THE Ol'FICIAL HOME OF GOVERNORHi li. 1 We ask him to right this wrong.For over a year the workingmen of Al-bany have doma uded that it be ri ghted.Thoy have proved and they will submitthe evidence to Governor Hill , if he willreceive them and accept it, that on tho23d of February, 1883, a contract for con-vict labor at the Albany penitentiary wasrenewed bef ore the existing contract hadexpired ! that this was done because itwas foreseen that in a few weeks thoBepnblican legislature would havo abolish-ed contract prison labo r. The contractnt tho Albany penitentia ry which was re-newed by its Democrati c superin tendentand inspectors Februa ry 22, 1883, didnot expire until May 1, 1881. It wasrenewed over a year before il had ex-p ired, and it was renewed for J ive year * ISo while contract prison labor has beenabolished throug hout the State , it willcontinue to exist in Albany fo r over J ouryea rs to come.

Clothing 'Which Prevents the Body IromSinking.

The Lord Mayor ol London and a lar gecompany of naval and militar y ofiicinloand others witnessed some experimentsin tho Thames at ¦Westminster on Satur-day afternoon , Sept. 2G, from the decksof river steamers. Six or eight persons ,clad in costumes of ordinar y appearance ,and not ono of thoin able to swim, em-barked in a small bout. Then the tallfigure ol a woman rose suddenl y in theboat , and , with a frantic wave of hor sun-shade , tumbled overboard. Two of herfollow passengers , who seemed to be na-val and military officers , throw themselvesinto tho water to roscuo hor, which , hodsho boon Einkin g, thoy might easily havedone , althoug h thoy know no more ofswimming than herself , for , clothed asthey wore , they found it» impossible toein|;. AU tho others , ono by one, follow-ed until all wore floatin g comfortablyabout with thoir heads above water. Itwas explained that tho clothing worn bytho adventure rs was made of a fabric inwhioh fluo threads of cork woio inter-woven with wool, silk , or other materialand , without presenting any consp icuouspeculiarit y of appearance , rendered thowearer perfect! ) buoyant. Tho inventor ,Mr. W. Jackson , is an exhibitor at thoInventions Exhibition J' all Mall Ga-zette.

End of tho Tito Fish.Tho tilo fish was discovered by officers

of tho United States Fish Commissiontiro years ago. Its homo was on thoouter edge of tho one-hundrcd-milo plc-toau that runs along tho coast lino, lto-ccntl y o roost remarkable event lookplace in connootion with this discovery.Vessels began to arrive from tho reg ionwhore it was made , bring ing roporta thatthe surface of tho ocotm for bundled olthousands of square miles in area wascovered with desk fioh of a variet y strangeand unknown to tho witnesses, but whichproved to bo tho tilo fish of the commisnion. Vessels, afterward arrived in dif-feren t porta , nil telling tho name story offloating fish carcasses nnd tho immensedesolation , which from some cause andin some way had visited tho ocean depthsBat , stranger than all , no trace or signof tho tilo Iiuh has been found by theori ginal dincovorom , nor have tho mostcarefu l and long continued researchesreunited in bring ing a specimen to thosurface nineo the timo when it wouldooom, universal sentence was executedupon them , and thoy passed out of ox-iotoncn ,

Ho Won Ilota tnott,"I have had trouble with ono of my

nei ghbors ," naid n fanner the other dayafter ho bnd climbed Hires flights of stnirato interview a Gri nwold street lawyer.

"Exactly, sir i I suppose it in your mis-fortune to livo neighbor to n moan man f"

"Hi ii cattlo got into my field last spring. ""Did , eh t Well , wa can tako him for

damages , and you are stiro of your cane.How many head , utuf what shall wo putIhn damng en at? "

'•Well , you noo I got mad about il andturned iny hogn into his 'later patch ."

"Aw I Can ho provo it 1""Oh , I owned it right up, nnd wo

ngrood to cull matters square."Um pli t Perha ps, however , wo can

make out that you worn tempora rily in-sane and not in a condition lo make bar-gains. "

"Oh , it isn 't that , sir. Three dayri ngoono of my horiio ti was killed. "

"Exactl y.""Th e honnt ran iigninnt my neighbor 's

.bailu td wire fence. ""I uoo. Tho fenoo won n dangerous ob-

struction. Your homo wan in tho high-way t"

"No , uir. IIo wnn in my neig hbor 'sfiold mid tried to jump out. "

"l luml""Can you tako the ciuin and make any-

thing out of ill""H -o-rd-l-y. Hold on, I won't ngroo

t(> secure yon any damages for your homo,but I'll fix it no lio can't collect anythingfor his feuou. That leaven you with nhomo bido worth $2 and tho proud con-soiminiious of havin g stood up for yosrrights like tm Airioricn. il."

The farmer laid down a 0f> bill mid tholawyer was retained. —J 'Yce J' reuu.

About tho meanest pleeo of utojilii %that linn occurred lately took place at/ionVi Church , near Brhilol , Intl ., recent-ly. Homo ouo pa-ted out. the ooruor-ci touonnd Dhutiaotod tho plcotm .nl money andj4::. .-:..j v *j . " i n if.vi « j :: :ii,

We ask in behalf of the opponents olcontract-prison labor that Governor Hillexercise tho authorit y vested in him andright this glarin g wrong to the workingmasses. It is here under his very eyes.If ho is what ho pretends to be—the do-voted friend of labor—bo will act in-stantl y. If he does not act the working-men of Albany and of tho State willknow that ho says what he does notmoan.

From tho Albany Evening Journal.

" Yes, just n few bourn more of pleas,uro , and then back to thu city, where Imil Hunt 1 hhn 'd have ph iisaiit rncollielions of thin brief visit to your bca tit ' fulmountain home. "

I , Jack Charlton , bad opened nn officein the thriving city of L ¦- ' - • - , nnd havingwaited long enough , an 1 thought , for nchance lo disliugmnh myself in Iho nnrgl-ed line , hud accepted an invitat ion froma college oh tun to rest a few weeks at lu'shome. I have lnirdl j liuished tho aboveenntcnen when nty friend gra nps my arm ,Hii j'ing i

" Dul you ever hear a more uielodionuvoice !"

I stood iij iell hound while the words ofIho guind old hymn , " (tool; of Ages,"wnri ) wniluil throug h Ihn rustling Ireen Inmy oar .

" Ital ," says t , " I muni and wil l net,Iho owner of Unit voice Whom doesthis pa th hind in I "

" Diii 'cl l y to Ihn pond >uu niluiired unini ich ye-ilerday. I t h i n k II is noa r l l i e t evon w i l l find vmir warbler. "

Leiit ing bun to follow more nlowl y, Irush nlong the palh , and when near t l iopond nee a picture which nluill bit en-gt tued upon memor y a l i fe l ime. Healedon a swing ing houg h of tin app le .tree bythe pond 's aide in n young lady, in lookncar csly more than u child , and , whi le

p twinging in amu sing herself breaking oiltipp le l i l i i t iH oniii am) showerin g th em over

! Ih o gi.lden locl tii and in to thu lunula of aI l i t t l e boy standing near the edge of the! wilier. Tbn girl bud ilei'l ted bur goldenj c u t l i Mvi lh b loiiati iux , and her but iiliin ,( w h i c h in t in ) lo nnd uwnying sli ghtl y toj iiiui ( t o wi t l i l i te biiti g li. I itmiiing lightl yforward and i.toniiiin; her tioni r , nhe is

j say ing in a musical , snout (one of voice:" Caleb Ibia one , lial ty, and keep it foiai inlin. "

I At th in point I jump ed from iny p laceI of eii i ie ealmeiit , mcing that the limb' which in holding In r sli ght \vei |; lil. in

tt 'owly unvo t in g from the nged tree , butbefore I can reach there the bran ch hintbroli ,in ninl J mill (In, braiilifnl head withall ill. wealth of (lowers , sinking down ,down in to the water which Hal told mewan deep enoug h to drown one whowould venture in, Slopp ing long enoug hIn t ell the chi ld In keep n t i l l and wait forAun t i e , I pul l oil' my coat and t ' liticn , and

MV FIHST PATIENT.

From the Fiehinri Gnzutlo.The lobster propels itsolf by moans of

thin plates attached to tho body which ituses nn oars. Its eggs aro attach ed totho under side of the body and oarrlodabout i and. to protect thorn from rock ybottoms tho tail of tho animal is doubledup under it , completely covering them,Thoy aro sai d to bo lobnters in tho Modi-lornnean which have no olawo,

The crab in a higher order of . nnim iilthan tho lobster. The fiddler crab in nocalled from tho peculiar nhn po anil mo-lion of itn claw. It has a sot of grindin gtooth in tho interior portion of itn stom-ach , nnd a grinding movement is k,«pt upalmost contin uously. Tho eye of Ihocrab in very peculiar , conninting ol n no-tion of tuben bound together , each tuberepresenting n single oyo. IIo noon oitig-lj by combinin g tho imngen in bin mindafter tho manner of a moiiiac. Tito longfoolorn of a crab are d.ouigned for ronoh .ing into crov^oos ol the rook altur itnptoy. The giant of all crabs is found intho bay of Joddo. lis legs aro clovenfeet long mid it scarcel y hnubody enoughto hold them together. The hermit crabis a queer sort of nnimiil , whioh taken upits habitation in lihollu vacated li.y oilieranimals. If a ||orinit crab was placed ina tub of water with several shells il woulduxnmin o them all, and thou nelocl thatboot adapted for its comfort. If (wo orHires cr tibn wore put among tho satn nnluills they would often tight for tho boutuholl. Tho hermit often travels about inconjunction with u polyp, nn a moans ofprotection from tho ontopua. Thu polyp<\oou thu lighting, while tin t crub carrionhim nbot itmid collects food for both .

Tho palm crab lives in coooanul nrov eit,II tours off the hunk with its clnwii , limn,morn throug h tho shol l, and then lifts nutthe meat in chunks with its piucoru , Tliopalm crab linn a npno lal breathing appar-atus , which enables |t lo livo out of water.Tho mnut peculiar of all tho oral ni in acertain imeoien which lives in tho uioun -lainii. The nnlnm ls keep well out of theway duriug Ihn daytime , but thoy arefond of mailing moonli ght excursions inlittlo grou ps to wet tho ir gills in water,Thoy not Infrequentl y stop at vofloUblogardens in thoir marches , and the dnuingo they do make thu farmers their ene-mies. T'lin barnacle is of tlio name ((en-end species au Iho lobster and the orub.

A chip oft' the old blook. —MonofhtliBiiiiibiirg wmi romp ing wllh hui ynim/{.eat oD'nprln 'f the other day. In order lolest the child 's affection , bn asked : "Ml ta -nob , vinh dneti you lovo incut , mo or yot irmadder t" " I loves you most , by tv/clf-lilM l.er uh-J lll."

About tho Lobotor Fam ily,

THT3 PEEIL OF BUSTICATING

it wag in ttio nuuunor sermonThat I took mo, I would htnto ,

1 r.iui Ili a cures of cfUco but t irufl.-iOut of town to ru <<ty-Kitte.

Ba t txtfbru I left tlio city,Mko a ful ltiful ht llo niau ,

I went to see tuy prettyUit lt> uiu lropo lit—Ann ;

Aud I tola Ue.r— tteklu lover—Am 1 kisHed her at tho guto ,

Tltnt tier mouiory, timo or dmlanooNever could Auu -ibi luto.

l:ui4 y-Kr.to huj littl o learning--She had Ioh I it all you neo —

lint she bad a most attractive ,Heud y-rnuh Annuity.

t-" o 1 nobi'il hor if she'd mtvrry .And t thoug ht my luolivu bid .

But she huw it and refu sed me -Said me tiny, this Kil ty-diit.

I whs T(-ry much cru xt fallenAt this grave Kato-nHlrophu ,

Aud I hied me to tho city,M etropulit-Auu to kcc.

I whlhtd into bi.r parlorAt a quarter after eight .

And felt that my elatinubid luv features Autiio-tuati i .

Who should meet tuo but her mother ?And my Uetwt Btood very htill

Whe n Hue tuld mo Auu was rnitrriddTo it t t ioitHitud dollar Kill ,

TIiuh , when I «ot -'No '" for Auu- aworAnd prevuri-Kated , too.

Hill li uii linked Auu if she loved himAud .she wrote him ttilt- I doio';.

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