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over for a few hours, few ol tnese can ueir steed is otteu a "cayuso," and to LITTLE ANIY. IIISTOKIC 1IOLYKOOD. osist the battle-scene aud a look into A Southern Story of Lire In the Vlckbur the queer shop. Once hmido they are dress well is to "rag proper." When a cowboy goes out on tho prairie he "hits the flat" Whisky is "family disturbance," and to oat is to "chew." sure to come away with some relics, for Little Dandy" the boys called him. Ho joined our company in Vleksburg His bat is a "cady," his whip a the Yankee can describe the battle so vividly and speak with such pathos of tho poor fallen heroes to whom this or that relic belonged that only a heart of just before the siege, and none of us "quirt." hl rubbor coat a "slicker," his leather overalls are "chaps" or stone could hold out ithin three chaparrals," and his revolver is a "45." Bacon is "overland trout," and mouths after tho openlngof be had to send to Springfield nfter another consignment of relics, but those did unbranded cattlo are "mavericks." A recent conflagration in a remote not go off so readily, as rumors wore circulated casting a doubt over tho or- Chinese village destroyed the ancestral homo of tho family of Confucius with all its contonts, texts on 8 to no, com- n.

Still, a fair business was carried on, ami tne a hukco is said to navo mentarlea, wondrous carvings in jade made such profits ni will enable him to retire in affluence liko his predecessor, and alabaster, priceless jars of porcelain, and jewels, and precious metal Dick Moon, which is why I remark the work in brief, one of the most remark A l'crll. It is probable that no greater stroke of fortune rould have liefallcn Mr Charlos A. Williams, of Minneapolis, than tho recent failure of a surgeon in this city to insert a rabbit's eye In his head and make it grow there Mr. Williams lost one of his own eyes whoa ho was only 13 years old, and having a prejudice against glass eyes ou account of their unhappy habit of trying; to look around corners and of gazing heavenward when tiie natural eye is bent upon the gitumd, his soul wa filled with hopo when he learned that-a New York ophthalmist was satisfied that bo could transplant a rabbit's eye to tho human head, and induce it to take root and grow. Ho camo to this city, and a large rabbit with lustrous hazel eyes was selected for the victim.

Mr. Williams was informed that there was no hopo of his being able to see with tho rabbit's eye, but that it would have a more natural appearance titan a. glass eye, aud would conduct itself in-harmony with his other organ of vision. It is only fair to presume, however, that this win merely a littlo subterfuge ou the part of tho surgeou to-induce his patient to submit to the ojieration; for if tho optic nerve taken root and grown, and tho eye had-lived and flourished, there is every re--son to believo that it would have continued to see as well from under eyelashes as from tho rab results of Yankee enterprises in the able literary and artistic museums in south are nowhere more sucu than at the world, containing as it did nearly Manassas. every extant memorial of the great Curious Clock.

Whon the Emperor V. of Spain re teacher, la that building, erected about 600 generation after generation, the male heirs of the Chinese philosophers have dwelt in broken line for 2,500 years, bearing tho title of Dukes. tired to the Monastery of St Yuste, he took with him Tornnno, bis clock-maker, in order to while away the time by constructing the movements of clocks. So wonderful were isome of tho pioccs of work which they made, Renovating; Clothe. Black silk may be sponged with a not dine on beans baked with a cube Ot pork on the top of them, and when the satirical boy shouts to tho "selectman" detached iu secular duties the Urst day of tho weok that he must have forgotten "to put his beans in the bake last night," this fact Is popularly recognised.

The bean is the wholesome food on which tho western pioneer subsists. Until roads enable daintier dietary to be indulged in, the gold-digger practically lives on bacon and beans, and on prospecting expeditions no food is more palatable or more sustaining. Without "his regulnr beans" the California miner would regard himself as starved. "Hash" may be all very well. But in a pound ot beans boiled with an ounce of pork there is as much nutrition as in a haunch of lean venison.

Chicken fried in cream is a southern dish. It is a compromise between the "Happy Dispatch" of an Indian bungalow in the Mofussil, and the spateh cock of a mure leisurely The clam, as the chief material of a "chowder" soup, may safely be reckoned on to give a bad quarter of an hour to the unwary enthusiast, but the shad cooked after the eastern fashion iB sure to be fully appreciated. And above all are we to have If boansform the national dish of the eastern states and fried chicken of the south, ha-esh, to give the word its proper pronunciation, is assuredly the staple of the west In any new district beans come first; but ha-esh proclaims that the resources of the boarding-houseUodper are enlarged. What this dish ik composed of no man not in tho trade has ever yet been able to say with any approach to certainty. At a rough glance it appears to be a compound of potatoes, meat, onions, and pepper, all baked together.

But they who recruit exhausted nature on ha-esh without having doubts as to the animal which Bupplied the meat are endowed with the faith by which mountains are removed. "Sir," said the Colorado mountain hoteikeeper when the "tender-foot" ordered quail on toast, "Sir, you mean ha-esh, and you're going to have ha-esh. It shall never be said that any man went back on his victuals in my house." Like the frijolcs of a Mexican posada, hash in the ante-railroad days was the ono article of diet to be reckoned on at a western wayside house. But surely we are also to have hominy and succotash, those dishes that the monks would not believo any one except the devil had a hand iu Skttcu of Vl.lt to tlio Old Hootoh oe. Quern Mry' flooln.

It was a chill, drizzly day. It did not positively rain, but camo so near to It that It might well be described as a Scotch niist. I sat at tho window of my hotel, overlooking Princes street, Edinburgh. There wore few pedestrians in sight, and this, taken with the state of tho weather, brought me nearer to sleep than to any thought of the business that had brought mo to the city. After awhllo I resolved to shake off my lethargy, and devote the afternoon to "seeing the lions," in spite of wind or weather.

Full of my new resolution I descended to tho entrance, hailed a cab, and signified to Jehu that I wanted to go to Ifolyrood. A short drive through aint old-fashioned thoroughfares and I was set down in front of the palace and was left to my own resources; indeed, I was loft very much to myself, for, with the exception of two sleepy-looking sentries pacing back and forth, I could Bee no living thing. It was not a gala day in the heart of Midlothian, atmospherically or otherwise, and I was rather pleased, for in that case I was not likely to be troubled with a crowd of companion sight-seers. I took a look around mo. Thereon my right hand stood Arthur's soat and the crags, like two glim monsters with their heads in the clouds.

Altogether the scene was not inviting; so I made my way to the arched entrance of the abbey through which many a royal cortege had passed in the days of old. After a few preliminaries and a scarcely perceptiblo display of red tape I was admitted, and made my way as soon as possible to Queon Mary's rooms. Understand, Queen Mary was my particular divinity, or rather had been when I was a boy.and perhaps no man lives who does not carry with him a portion of his boy heart, even into the center of his manhood. As it happoned, or as the weather willed it, there were but two visitors besides myself; so I thought I was in luck. In Bpite of tho watchful eyes of my guide, into whose hand I slipped a good sized "imago and superscription," 1 contrived frequently to linger a moment or two behind the party and thus enjoy the luxury of a dream or two alone.

I saw the little supper-room decoction of soap bark aud water il very dirty, and hung out to dry, or if only creased and needing to be fresh tliem, until the machinery was shown to them by the ex-em pcror. It was ordered by Chflrlcs that when ho should die all of theso clocks should cease run ened, weak borax water or alcohol, and where possiblo, it is better pressed by laying pieces smoothly and passing them through the clothes wringer screwed very tight If you must iron, do it after the silk is dry, between two damp pieces of muslin; the upper one ning and it is said to bo a fact that his orders were obeved. MISSING LINKS. They kilt claim jumpors In the west-ru part of Kansas. A cult with eight legs and two bonds li In possession ul a farmer at Liver-Bioro, Cut Adolphe Houssaye writes from Tarls that Albani, at sixty-two, ia Dinging grandly as ever.

There are sixteen thousand colored teachers tn this country. The schools In the South are attendod by one million colored pupils. Thomas A. Armstrong, editor of the Pittsburg Labor Tribune, is quite generally spoken of as the Presidential aiulidato of the Labor party in 1888. A New York court recently decided that where the foreman of a cloak factory, backed by two lady assistants, declares a cloak to be a til, the customer has nothing to say in the matter.

Two very anciont skeletons, supposed to antedate the presont aborigines, have been unearthed two miles north of Tucson. Arizona. They were in a sitting position and encased in a wall of bowlders. John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, grandson of the great nullilior, has the second largest cotton field in the United States.

He was a captain in the Confederate service at eighteen. lie is now tortv-one. Tsai-tien, tho sixtoon-year old Chinese emperor, has assumed the responsibilities of government. His wife is a great beauty. He selected her from a lot of over ono hundred girls scut to him for inspection.

The lifo of a largo stcol gun is claimed to be 200 rounds, with full battering charges, and, as tho guns cost from $75,000 to $375,000, according to size, the cost of tho gun alone is thus, per charge, from $375 to $1,875. Officer John Sornphim, of the Philadelphia police force, speaks fluently soven different languages. Everybody knew that Philadelphia was a heavenly sort of place, but it was not generally known that sho had seraphim on her police force. A German investigator found among condemned criminals 22 per cent who were left-handed, while a comparative research among other persons showed that the proportion, of the left-handed is not above 9 per cenf. This is rather a sinister estimate of the morals of loft-handed people.

The catering at a recent legislative reception in Augusta, is said to have been in keeping with other arrangements for the affair. A Bangor lady who attended gavo a friend the following graphic description of the bill of fare: "Very dry sandwiches, very bad cuke, wet water, very poor ice-cream, and coffee of tho same quality." Another king of Spain camo to Ge may better be Swiss, that you may see what you are doing through it This neva to see a clock which had been mado by Droz, a merchant of that city. Upon the clock were seated a shepherd, a negro, aud a dog. As tho hour was struck, the shepherd played upon his flute, and tho dog played gently at his is a little more troublo than ironing the wrong side of silk, but you will be repaid; the hot iron gives the silk a feet But, when the king reached paper-like feeling; above all, never It-It enough Interest in him to make any inquiries. His extreme youth (he was about 16) would havo excited our sympathy under other circumstances, but the war-worn veterans In the trencher had no use for tho curled darlings of tho parlor, and Little Dandy's appearance was against him.

The lad wore the gray uniform of a private, but it was of tho very finest material liner than anything worn by our Generals. His buttons had an unsoldierly glitter. Ho sported white handkerchiefs, carried a pocketrinirror, and every morning hu combed and curled his golden locks until they looked like a girl's tresses. "Hello, Little Dandy!" yelled the soldiers, whenever tho young fellow passed them. To this rough salutation he always responded with a bow and a smile, but his soft ways did not win favor.

When wo met in town we passed him by without notice, and in camp we let him alone. Little Dandy was proud after a fashion too proud to notice tho slights heaped upon him. He went through the routine duties without complaint but nothing could induce him to abandon his pocket mirror and his fancy toilets. The siege was well under way and we were no better acquainted with Little Dandy than at first He shared our meals of moldy corn bread aud mule meat without a murmur, and it must lie admitted that this raised him somewhat in our estimation. But we still had to learn what a true heart beat behind those glittering buttons.

An angle of the enemy's works was dangerously close to our intrenchments and we had to keep our heads well sheltered. When we raised a hat on the muzzle of a musket it was invariably riddled with bullets. Ono morning we found our men being picked off by an unseen sharpshooter at tho rate of five or six an hour. This astonished us.be-cause we were all keeping under cover, and the men who were killed all occupied well protected positions. Where was the sharpshooter? This was' the question uppermost in every mind.

We were not long in satisfying ourselves on this point Just outside of the aijgle of tho Federal works stood a giant oak, whose leafy top afforded an admirable covert for an active rifleman. A vigilant scrutiny convinced us that the man who was doing such deadly work in our ranks was- concealed in this tree. To reach it he must have made his way there during the night, and he would have to remain there all day. But we could not stand it even one day. His aim was so unerring that every time his rifle cracked a Confederate bit the dust.

We tried a rattling discharge of musketry, but a moment later the report of the rifle rang out, and another of our comrades fell. It was evident that, from ourosition, it was almost impossible to hit tho Federal rifleman. If wo succeeded in bringing him down it would be by some lucky random shot. Possibly a man outside the works would bo ublo to draw a bead on our wary foeinan, but ho would be under tho guns of the enemy and there would be a thousand iron silk wet, or even very damp. Satin may be cleaned by sponging lengthwise nevor across the width, with benzine, if greasy, or alcohol, or borax water; this will not bo injured by direct contact with iron; press on the wrong side.

Black cloth may be sponged with ammonia and water, an ounce of rock ammonia to a wine bot forth to touch an apple that hung from a tree, under which tho shepherd rested, the dog flew nt him and barked so furiously that a live dog answered him, and tho whole party left in haste. Venturing to return, one of tho courtiers asked tho negro, in Spanish, what time it was. There was no reply; but, when the question was repeated in French, an answer was given. This frightened the courtier, who rejoined his companions, and all of them voted that the clock was the work of the evil-one. bit s.

Still it would havo been only a rali--bit's eye after ail, and whatever it saw would have been seen from a rabbit's standpoint. Mr. Williams must gradually have acquired the habits and modo of thought of a rabbit, at least om that side of his body most affected by the new eye, and this unnatural blending of human nature with rabbit nature would havo been far more inconvenient than if he had two rabbit's-eyes, and had thus been wholly me-tempsychosed. If, for instance, with-tliis rabbit eye controlling him on one-Bide and the man nature on the other, he had gono hunting and encountered, a fox, the man part of him would have been for shooting the fox, and tho rabbit instinct would have impelled him to-quit the neighborhood as rapidly and unostentatiously as possible. He would thus have been torn with conflicting emotions, and a few such experiences-must have undermined his health and broken him down physically and mentally.

How would he have conducted himself when walking through his own garden? Would the tender green lettuce and the beautiful red-veined beet-tops most have delighted the eye of-. the man side or tickled the palate of the rabbit side? But these- tle of water, or liquid household am monia, diluted very much, may be Upon the belfry of the Kauthaus, in used. Black cashmere may be washed in borax water, and as indeed, may navy blue. It should bo rubbed only between the hands, not on a board, and tho water only pressed, not twisted out Each width folded in four as which the Indians taught the rugnm Coblentz, there is the head of a giant bearded, and helraeted with brass. The giant's head is known as "tho man in the and whenever a Fathers to concoct, roasting cars ami buckwheat cakes, griddle-cakes and where, on that iebruary night long ago, poor Riz.io had been murdered by Darnley, Ruthvcn, and others.

I stood long and gazed upon the stains ol Smoothly as possible, and run through countryman meets a citizen of Coblentz away from that place, instead of say blood which, of course, are not there, ing, "How are all our friends Coblentz?" he asks, "How is the man in the custom-house?" At every stroke and then I turned to look at the queen's work tablo and the little odds and ends upon it This was my delight and I could not keep my eyes from it I had of the bell which sounds the hours up on the clock, the mouth of the giant opens and shuts with groat force, as if it were trying to say, iu he words of "pome from the south, and even those bits of portable dyspepsia, the "hot biscuit," without which no American breakfast is complete. In tho matter of cooking the Americans have rapidly progressed frum tho time when the pioneer roasted his buffalo or "deer's meat" on the end of his ramrod, and, to make a distinction without a difference, tho "gentlemen" of the great fur company ate red salmon and the "men" white. In some parts of the country in Texas, for example, which Horace Greeley declared needed nothing so much as a dozen or two of decent cooks it still lacks much in this respect Yet at table d'hote of a ten-year-old western "city" the travel turned to leave tho apartment and follow my guide and the two other visitors, when a most singular circumstance occurred, for which, of course, you will have to take my word. Longfellow, "Time was Time is Time is past." Fredcrio O. Mather, in Popular Science Monthly.

A -French physician, who holds that From a feeling not to be described by groaning anil crying are operations by the pen I somehow became aware that I was not alone in the room although I which nature allays anguish, tells of a knew perfectly that all doors were lock man who reduced his pulse from 12(j to GO in the course of a few hours by ed behind us, and that my party was giving full vent to his emotion. If people are unhappy about anything he er i amazed to find a dinner which for excellence and variety it would be dif advises them to go into their rooms and comfort themselves with a loud ficult to surpass London. Uncle Zeke at tbo zoo. boo-hoo. Tho production of gold during 1886 tho wringer, then opened and hung up to dry is tho best way.

Cashmere so treated, if it is of good quality, will look like new. Pongee silk ia supposed by many never to look so well after washing; but if properly treated, it may be made up again with new added, and the difference cannot be seen. But as usually washed, it is several shades darker, and sometimes has a stiffness to it, although it may not have -been Starched; this change of color and stiffness is due to its being ironed wet Again a pongee dress will come from the laundress covered with dark spots; this is where it has been allowed to dry and tlien been "sprinkled down;" the sprinkling shows. Tho remedy is simply to put it again in water, dry it, and iron it when quite dry. Pongee requires no more tare in washing than a white garment; it will bear hard rubbing if necessary, but it must not bo boiled or scalded.

Treat it about as' you would flannel; let it get quite dry, aud if you use a quite hot iron, not hot enough to singe of course, all the creases will come out, and the silk will look like new. The reason it darkens it to iron it wet, is this: If it were put into boiling water the silk would darken as flannel would. If you put a hot iron on the damp silk you convert what water remains in it into boiling water; it is thus scalded. A silk which has changed color in the wash may be partly restored by washing again. Parenthetically, I may remark that this ironing them wet is the reason gentlemen's white silk handkerchiefs become yellow with washing.

Catherine Owen, in Good Housekeeping. Stanton and Tbe President. exceeded that of any previous year siueo 1830, and almost equaled the pro janees against him. "I'll kill him or die!" cried a shrill Among the yesterday's visitors tU the zoo was an old colored man, who spoke with a befo'-de-wah accent. By the group of children who were with him he was called "Uncle Zeke." It voice.

duction of that your, lms amounted to $35,000,000 in 18)0, against Good God! it's Little Dandy!" skoufc- 800,000 in 1885, an increaso of over gomehstanee in advance. 1 felt that no presence could-ever bo more real; indeed, I fairly looked back to see, ahd was not disappointed. There, only a few feet from where I stood, was a lady. She leaned slightly over the little table, upon which ono of her hands rested. Her outline was handsome in the extreme, and I remember thinking that my eyes had never gazed upon a form of more perfect loveliness.

Her robe seemed to crimson velvet, while tho upper part of her dress, albeit of quaint cut and pattern, was ablaze with jewels. It was tho work of an instant for mo to recall pictures I had seen and descriptions I had read, which, when taken together, brought the conviction that 1 stood in the presence of Mary, Queen of Scots, or rather the air drawn semblance of that royal lady. I was ed a dozen men. $3,000,000. The production of silver.

At the risk of our lives wo peeped was evidently not Uncle Zeke's first vis- over our breastworks. jLituo uanuy as nearly aa can bo ascertained, was The amount of gold bad already made his way to the open bullion imported into the United States pace between the works and was edg- was $17,947,518 and tho exports $27, 862,637. vigarounu on me rigni oi me ires. The Federals saw what he was up to things Avould have been trivial compared with his inevitable feelings had' hunger driven him to leek a restaurant, and had he there found a dead and dressed rabbit hanging by the- heels in the window. The man sitfe' would havo urged him to go in and eat, and the rabbit side would have torn him away with loathing aud disgust.

Such trials must in time have worn out his manly will force, and left the rabbit side iu the ascendant, ia which case he would have been liable-at any moment to make incursions-upon the Minneapolis, lawns, topping, about on all fours over the rich greea grass, taking here a nibble aud there a. nibble, till at length his very appearance might have changed with hi instincts, his ears elongated and stood upright, and the unhappy man have fallen a victim at last to some street dog. This great peril Mr. Williams has escaped by the failure of the rabbit's eye. Xeu) York Times.

Discouraging to tho French- A little scene of which I happened' to be an eye-witness: A cavalry officer on a weedy nag, devoid of every atom of blood and breeding, emerges from his barracks and slowly wends his way in the direction of the Invalides. Ia fevv moments tho said steed turns, sharp round, almost unseating its rider, sjuL makes for its stable. It is pulled upland the officer patiently endeavors to persuade it to resume its course. After a few steps the maneuver is repeated with tho same result The passers-by-halt and await the issue. Among timim is a tall gentleman of sportsmanlike appearance, whoso critical eyes'- has-been nttracted by the strange-spectacle.

Thirty times, at least, is the of liccr swung around by the- stubborn brute, but so timid is he tltat though, armed with spur and whip he avails himself of neither, whilo the reins is so devoid of firmness although perceiving the maneuver ho can do nothing to prevent it At length he yields, and trots back in tho The Indian reservations of tho and fired a broadside. When the smoke cleared away and they saw the boy United States contain 200,000 square miles, and their population is about The Lonely Traveler. The reader of this little aneedoto will bear in mind that Oakland is a suburban city just across the bay from San Francisco. A kind-hearted citizen was watching the crowd of enstbound overland passengers as they swore over tho assessments for extn baggage and rushed about shaking hands with and kissing the friends assembled to see them off at the ferry the other day. Finally his attention was attracted to a man who stood apart, also watching the scene, but with an expression of deep sadness and grief on his face.

"Anything the matter?" said the citizen, sympathetically. "Arc you in trouble?" The forlorn-looking man sighed and shifted a well-worn carpetbag to his other hand. "I have lived in this city among these people for eighteen he said, in a faltering voice, "But now that too, am going away, there is no ouo to see me off'; nobody to shake my band aud wish me a pleasant journey," and he brushed away a tear. "Oh, I shouldn't- fed so bad about that," siild tho kind-hearted citizen, encouragingly. "Perhaps your friends didn't know you were going.

Cheer up, my friend. Come and take a drink with me." The lonely man sighed, hut accompanied his consoler across tho street and sadly gulped down several beers. "Well, good-by, old fellow," said the stranger; heartily shaking the friendless man's hand. "Here, put these cigars in your pocket to smoke on the train. Good-by and good luck to you.

By the way, where are you going?" "To Oakland." with a flushed face and streaming hair, aiming his gun at the top of the old oak two hundred and sisty thousand. Twenty-six thousand square miles there was a tremendous cheer. It roll ed along both lines the hoarse Federal shout minsrlinff with the wild "Rebel not startled. To me, at tho time, there did not seem to be anything strange about the matter. I simply stood and looked into her magnificent eyes, which were modestly lifted to mine.

In a few would locate eaeh family upon a half section of land, leaving a surplus of about 170,000 square miles, which veil." lo uie zoo, lor uu jjuasuoocii arity with the animals which belongs only to the student of natural history and the frequenter of the zoo. "Derc now, children," said the old man, pointing with his cane to the cage, "I want to call your 'tention to dis nu-imal in partik'lar. He ain do jungles of Asia. You remenibiih dat de bible ax dis question. 'Can a leopard change his "Well, dis am de leopard and dere am de spots, and he can no mo' change dem spots dan a ycller man become black." "Oh, Uncle Zeke," sajl one of the little girls, who had been to Sunday-school, "the bible speaks of a leper, a man who is suffering with a-" "Don't you contradict me, chile; don't you contradict Uncle Zeke," interrupted the old man, and he pounded the floor with his cano until all the frightened animals began to growl.

The venerable negro had become excited that he sought the fresh air, and as he assembled his little flock near would produce annually $4,480,000. This amount exceeds by about $660,000 seconds my ir'-d ran over all the try Bang! A man in blue came tumbling and crashing through the branches of the tree and struck the earth with a the entire sum appropriated for the payment of their subsistence and civili dull thud. It was the sharpshooter zation. ing scenes of her life; indeed I seemed to be taken out of myself, and wafted away back into tho stirring times when the Lords of the Covenant stood every man with his sword drawn, and the hap Another cheer rent tho air, but this time it was from' the Confederates alone. The feeling of protest against being made a show of is born with us.

Who less Mary was the sport of circumstan has not seen a little child pout and be A sheet of flame blazed along the Federal works, but when the smoke lifted we saw Little Dandy coming full tilt in ces, By and by I came to wht had al silent when requested to exhibit his our direction with a smile on his lace. ways seemed to be a curious part of her history, her escapade with Bothwell, infantile Many men would do the sanio if the court "Thice cheers for Little Dandy!" esies of life did not restrain them. leaped from hundreds of throats as tho boy vaulted over tho breastworks, and and once again I mentally formulated the- question, 'Is it possible that so much beauty could ever find anything They hare, like the little fellows, an inner perception that much of the we rushed down upon him to hug him, the large row of old poplars, soino of which have recently been cut- down, he to love in that scapegrace lord? I ask- honor they are getting is undeserved, in our frenzy of admiration aud joy gave the children the benefit ol his and that more of is insincere. As But Little Dandy sunk down upon a heap of loose dirt, and then we saw the to the praise-seekers and pretenders, do such consideration embarrasses uieuiutuons. now much like a man am a tree, after all," he said.

"De tree sends down its roots into tho groun' and abso'bs nourishment'fromde earth, crimson stains upon his breast. "I kept my promise," he panted, San Fran them. Philadelphia Ledger. myself the question, but judge of my amazement, when the figure answered it The lips moved; "No," it said, "he never owned my 1-ive; but think, my subjects were in open rebellion; my husband had been a brute when he ought to have been my protector; I was a woman in a strange country, without a cisco Wasp. And then, as our Colonel took his hand, just as man gains sustenance from de the little chap looked up into his face products ob de earth.

An' den de tree and said: puts fo'th its leaves, which take nitro Tm afraid Pve made a poor soldier. "When first returned from our wedding tour and set up housekeeping," said a Buffalonian who some months ago became a benedict, "my wife would place her hand on my shoulder when sho saw me making preparations to go down-town, and in an appealing toue say: 'Don't be in Sometimes I've bothered you I know. Please remember that I was not very trusty friend in the whole wide world; what could I do?" The infinite patho? with which she uttered those words brought a pang to my heart, and, I We quote the following anecdote from "Recollections of Secretary Stanton," by a clerk of tho war department, in the Century: "When Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, was appointed military governor of his state, the secretary of war caused to be tilled out one of the blank forms used for notifying military nominees of their appointment to office by the president, and when he had signed it and caused the seal of the department of war to be attached to it, he concluded that it would be well to have tho sign-manual of the president affixed to tho instrument He sent the commission to the White House, with the request that tho president would sign and return it immediately. Mr.

Lincoln took tiie document and read it over carefully, and then began turning and twisting it about, as though in search of something. At last he handed it to ths bearer and said, ironically: 'Did Mr. Stanton say where I was to put my 'No, replied the astonished clerk; 'Can you tell asked the president, 'whereabouts on this paper I am to pat my The clerk looked at the commission and saw the ample signature of Mr. Stanton immediately at the foot of the body of the instrument, with the counter-signature of tho adjutant-general to the left He saw also a neat, snug-looking white space beneath the sign-manual of the secretary of war which Mr. Lincoln might have occupied to advantage had he seen tit, but the clerk was politic and replied: 'I don't see any place provided for your signature, Mr.

Presi gen from de atmospheah, jus' like de lungs of a man take de oxygen; an' de sap, it go all thro' de tree, jus' like de blood in a man's veins, and de tree, it blossom like de blossom on a man's strong, and and I did tho best that I could." must confess a tear to my eye Jnvol His head fell over. Poor Little Dan a hurry, dear: business is not pressing, nose. So de tree grows an' by an' by, dy was dead! -Atlanta Constitution. mivuuceo. toward her, eager to express my sympathy, that sympathy maybe, its cut down an' used for stove and I want to talk with you half an hour longer.1 Now she glances, at which clings around the heart of every wood, an becomes gas an ashes, jus like when a dead man's put into a oleo- Mannnssas Kclics.

the clock the moniont I draw back from the breakfast table, and anxiously inquires: 'Aren't you afraid you will Scotsman for one who may have erred much but whom the world treated not well. As I moved the figure vanished margetory. Or, maybe, de tree falls ober doad in de forest, where it decays The results of Yankee enterprise in pushing the Old Dominion forward to wealth and prosperity are nowhere be late at the oflicer an becomes part ob de soil, an de air. The usefulness of asphalt paper ap and I was alone. Opportunely, to save me from mak jus' like de body ob de man what's bur more seen than in the old town.

at whose outskirts was fought the first battle of pears to bos demonstrated by ita cn ied. But come long, ch'ldren, you stantly multiplying applications. In the late war, writes a Manassas, don't know nuflin 'bout dem he concluded, as he led the way to the thin sheets it is found admirably ing a fool of myself, my party returned on their way out, and I joined them, full of wonderful dreams and theories, but silent as to my In descending the Btairway I was first, with the janitor two steps behind. You will adapted for wrapping silks or other Greenings for John. Bull.

The failure of the apple crop is a serious disappointment to a number of dealers who hoped to very largely develop the business of exporting apples, which wa9 begun only three or four years ago. In Europe, and England especially, no such apples are raised as can be grown lwre, or if there bo some the price is so Jsigh as to put them beyond the reach of people of moderate incomes. Fcr some years attempts were made to export npples without much success. The apples rotted tou quickly. But science and patience have overcome that obstacle, and apples can now be laid down in Liverpool or London in as good condition as when shipped.

American apples, liko American cheese, have become favorites there, and good prices are realized. In 1884 New York exported 220,000 laurels oj choice apples; in 1885, 802,000, and in 1886 about 350,000. It was expected that half a million or more barrels would be exported in 18S6, aud contingent charters for that number were obtained. But wo did not raise apples enough to supply the home demand at average prices. The RbodVe Island Greening is the favorite apple for export, both because of its flavor and because it keeps better than ran-eties.

flew York Sun. beaver dam. fabrics that need protection Ironi moist correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer. About a year ago a Connecticut peddler came along, and while disposing of his goods conceived one -of "There, children," he said, as he ure, also for lining cases, packing leaned over the fence, "that's a beaver. boxes for pianos, and, rolled np You notice, he's swimmin' in de water believe I was surprised when that staid those grand ideas which emanate only opposite direction.

A little boy who iav lookiug on exclaims: "Tho horse ha conquered his ridor." What, I thought, must have been the reflections of the other spectator to whom I alluded, and who turned on his heel and walked on. He was tho German ambassador. Pan's Cor. London Ttle graph. Tho Beggars of Generally tho eye ests upon one of the numerous beggars, who are always at hand, muttering their words -of praise to the donor of a penny or their curse to the.

unheeding passengers. The -majority are blind, or pretend to be so, and each one has his favorite spot, where he sits in his rags, perfectly oblivious to al! but his own wants. Others are hideously main'icd, and the offensi ve part is always held up'to view, in the -hope of exciting pity. These are mostly men. The women and children have their beaten track, over whichs they follow people and implore aim.

They seem to go no further, and often by thet emphatio rcpet'tior. of "hiddj git" we rid ourselves of thorn sooner. We seldom see tha i regarded, except by Turkish and it is said that they give freely, us fna Koran requires it of them. They are particularly gen- erous on all day of special religious observance. At such times these bey-' gars congregate in the most and Jloubtless make large We learn that many of these pitiable- looking creatures are in reality very well off, and only don their poverty for the sake of trade.

They have meetings, and there decide where to fcAe-np their positions and how1 to divide; their spoils. Cor. San Francisco Citron-idle. An old Maino lobstcrman estimate" the number of lobsters caught on that one minute an' de berry next he am from tho Yankee mind. Ho rented a into pipes, for conveying water.

Asphalt tubes are but one-fifth the weight old gentleman gave me a slap between the shoulders, hard enough to make my climbin' np de bank. He's jus' like storeroom, had representations of the watch-chain rattle, and shouted: "Hel battle painted on the door, and adver of iron, will not rust, and are quite tough and strong; they are simply lo Sims; gone to sleep, eh?" Mv sur some temp ranee people 1 knows or berry fond of" water sometimes, but ready to take soinethin' more solid when dey kin vet it You see how flat sheets of paper, of a peculiar quality, tised extensively in towns and cities on the Virgiuia Midland railroad that- he had a collection of precious relics from prise was rather than dimin dipped in melted asphalt, and then rolled upon a cylinder. the battle of Manassas which be woidd sell at a low rate. About tho same his tail am? Well, his head's jus' level, an' you wouldn't kotch him sign On Race Foiut, C.ipe Cod, there used to bo a big bell with clock work that would mournfully toll it whenever it ing a magistrate bill, not by a Poor old Uncle Zeke! Before he con time he received several barrels aud bottles from Sprfe'field, and then ished, when 1 1 cl ijpand fouud that it was not the msn at all, but my young law pr.vor, Russell, who had come to the city on the same business as myself, and Having been shown up to my room found mo "doing" old Edinburgh in a very entertaining dream. William Lyle in Scottish American.

American Pishes. was set going. The bell was under cluded his sentence the fence gave way. eover, but projecting from tho house was a long, nicely balanced lever with lug uponge on the outer end. Iher and proceeding to explain how the ommission obviously came about when the president interrupted hira and said in a dignilied tone: 'Take the paper back to the secretary of war, with my compliments, and say that the president will promptly sign any proper commission that may be sent to him for Governor Stanley or anybody "I should like," says John Euskin in a recent letter to a friend, "to see home rule (in my senso of ruling not yours) everywhere.

I should like to see Ireland undor a King of Ireland; Scotland under a Douglas, tender and true; India under a llajah; and England under her Queen, and by no manner of means under Mr. Gladstone or Mr. Bright" This confirms the rumor that the Empress of India considers Mr. Buskin a crank. was a little roof over the sponge to keep the rain off, but when a fog came on the moixiore would saturate the and the weight bearing the lever down would start the machine and set the bell to tolling.

If the fog soon disappeared the sponge dried out he was reajdy for business. When the relic store was opened it looked like a little arsenal. Guns and pistols of all kinds and in every stage of decomposition hung on the walls or stood in the windows; tattered battle-flags lay about in confusion, and flattened bullets were to be seen by the bushel. Most relies were labeled with the date of the discovery and other interesting information about the relio hunters twenty years in gathering the precious mementos. As Manassas is situated at the junction of the two railroads, there is daily a number of persons stopping precipitating him headlong' into the icy waters of the pond.

The children joined iu a chorus of lament which brought the guard to the assistance of their aged friend PhilaiUlplua Times. Kinch Kitchen, living near Tallapoosa, says he has not been tho least mad or vexed in fifteen years. Mr. Kitchen says fifteen years ago he swore off from getting mail and has kept his resolution from that day till this. Probably there is not another kitchea in tks country with a similar record.

"What was the land of jiromise?" asked the teacher. The smart, bad boy at the foot of the class said he reckoned it was this United States, aim that it got its name during a Presidential campaign. And the teacher was so amazed that she forgot to send him Jnwn two plpea, ItunktJt. Professor Lockycr declares that only about 6,000 stars are risible to the eye. The London Standard speaks of the dishes to be expected at the coming American exhibition, making some mistakes q'ljte above the scant justice of exclamation points in parenthesis.

In America, it says, tho bean is the national herb, quite as much as the yam is in Fiji or the potato in Ireland. A New-Englander would scarcely regard Sunday as duly observed if he did and the lever stopped tne bell. The cowboys have a language intel ligible only to the initiated. TheV call a horse-heritor a "horse-wrangler," mi! a borne-breaker a 'bronco-buster. coast tho past year at 23,000,000, La smallest catch for twenty A.