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Bfttvlxt your hom. uid min.,
Oh, lov., th.r. la a grzvoyard lylaff,
ini’, avery tlma you came.
Your atepa wora o'ar the deed, end from thed yl*#.
Your face wee dark and aad—
Your even had ahadowa In thohr very kanghtM,
Yet tluer glanoee mele me i-iia.l.
And shut my own to what waa coming aftea.
Yo’ir voice had deeper chord*
Tlikn the A’.uliau harp wtien nik’ht winda blow,
The melancholy munic of year worda.
None but myeelf may know.
And, ok. yon won my heart
by row* unimeathed—by worda of lovennepoken;
Bo that, aa how wa part,
Yoa hare no blarna to bear, and ye.—‘tie broken!
How Shall I hear this blow, how heat resent ltf
Ah, lore you have not left me even my pride!
Nor elrcnxth to put aelde, nor to repent It;
‘Xwere better 1 had died!
Yon eaine beneath my tent with friendly greeting;
Of ell my joys you lied the better part
Then when our eyee end hands were oUenuet meet
ing.
You struck ma to the heart!
Koleee a murderer, that your victim, living,
Can face the pae.mg world, and jeat aud atnUal
No lee-, a trailer, for your show of giving.
Your friendship all the a inlet
Well, let it pass! The rlty chiir-hvard lying
H-twiit our honi.t is hut a type and sign
Of t e waste in your heart, aud of the eternal dying
Cos ad sweet hopes in it me.
The Forgotten Grave.
Out from the city’s giant roar.
You wandered through the open dooff
Paused at a little pail and apad.
Across e tiny hlllook laid;
Then noted on your dexter sid.
Borne moneyed magnate's “love or pride;"
And so, beyond a hawthorn-treo,
Showering Its rain of rosy bloom
Allko on low and lofty tomb.
You came upon It—suddenly.
How etrenge 1 The very greases' growth
Around it seemed forlorn and loath;
The very Ivy seemed to turn
Askance that wreathed the neighbor urnt
Sunk was the slab; the bead declluod;
And left the rails a wreck behind.
No name; you traced e e "7,"
Part of “affliction" and of "liaaven;**
And then—O Irony auatcre 1 —
* You read In letters sharp and clear,
"Though loaf to Sight , to Memory dear."
■•■*-
A ULIMPSU OF (.EM, WASUINOTON.
Tliorfl eume a Hunuhiny d.-,y in April,
1789, when George Washington, Fivai
dent-elect of the United KtatHN by tho
nnanimouN voice of ih>* people, stood on
a balcony in front of Ihe b'euate Chamber
in the old Federal Hn.ll on Well street, to
take the oath of' office. An immense
multitude filled the streets, and the win
dows aud roofs of the adjoining bouses.
Clad in a suit of dark brown cloth of
American manufacture, with hair pow
dered, and wi‘h white silk stockings,
silver shoe-buckles and steel-hilled dress-
Bword, the hero wljo had led the colonies
to their independence came modestly
forward to take up the burdens that
peace had brought. Profound silence
fell npon the multitude as Washington
responded solemnly to the reading of ihe
oath of office, “1 swear—so help me
God I” Then, amid cheers, the display of
flags, and Ihe ringing of all the bells in
the city, our first President turrfed to fane
the duties his countrymen had imposed
upon him. iu sight of those who would
have made an idol of him, Washington's
first act was to seek the aid of other
strength than las own. In the calm sun
shine of that April afternoon, fragrant
with the presence of seed-time and the
promise of harvest, we leave him on his
knees in old t!t. Paul's, bowed with the
simplicity of a child at the feet of the
supreme ruler of the Universe.—Scrib
ner’t ilat/uiine.
THE CROWN JEWELS OF FRANCE.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph at Paris, writes: “The
crown jewels of Franco have returned
to us. At the turn of the war they
were secretly despatched to England,
and only last week was It judged safe
to recall them. In number, accord
ing to the inventory made for Louis
XVIII., they were already 64,812,
weighing 18,751 carats, of £837,900
value. Since that time precious stones
have risen enormously in price, and
the late Emperor added to his treas
ures. The crown of France, in which
is set the ‘Regent’ diamond and 6,360
other jewels, was valved at £310,000
half a century ago. The other fa
mous diamond, the ‘Saucy,’ is set in
the first Emperor's sword, a knick
knack priced at near £II,OOO, A
plaque in brilliants of the Order of
the Holy Ghost is calculated at £16,-
000. The crown jewels of France were
stolen on August lGth., 1792, by a band
of forty thieves, who cllmed the lamp
posts and broke through a window of
the gem-house. A poor wretch was
guillotined for this offeuoe, whereof
he was perfectly innocent; but one
guiltless head more or lees made
small difference in 1792.’’
A man in Omaha was shot by a des
perado, and the belie lodged harm
lessly In a pack of playim cards in
his inside coat, pocket. Hu' this Inci
dent did not increase the sale of cards
in Omaha. Every male citizen was
already supplied with the article; but
they have all shifted thorn from their
boot-legs to their Inside coat pockets.
ROSEWOOD.
It has puzzled many people to de
cide why the dork wood so highly
valued for furniture should be called
“Rosewood.” Its color certainly does
not look much like a rose; so we must
look for some other reason. Upon
asking, we are told that when the tree
Is first cut, the fresh wood possesses
a very strong, rose-like fragrance—
hence the name. Thero are liulf-a
dozen or more kinds of rosewood
trees. The varieties are found in
South America, aud in the East In
dies and neighboring islands. Some
times the trees grow so large that
planks four feet broad and teu feet In
length can be cut from them. These
broad planks are principally used to
make the tops of piano-fortes. When
growing in the forest, the rosewood
tree is remarkable for Its beauty; but
.■uchlsits value Id manufactures as
an ornamental wood that some of the
forests where it once grew abundantly
now have scarcely a single specimen.
In Mudras the government has pru
dently had great plantations of this
tree set out. In order to keep up the
supply.
Unitino Iron to Brass. —One of
the recent improvements iu tho art
of metallurgy meets a Jong-felt, and
important need, and will greatly fa
cilitate and simplify some operations
hitherto attended with much uncer
tainty. It is well known that the dif
ficulty of uniting iron to brass is
created by the unequal rate of expan
sion in the two metals, which destroys
the unity when the tomperature is
I changed. To meet this obstacle, an
English artisan has invented a pecu
liar kind of alloy, the expansion of
which under the influence of heat is
represented as being so similar to that
of iron and steel, that the surface may
bo regarded when thus joined ns per
manently united for all practical pur
poses. This alloy, ns described, con
sists of three parts tin,thirty-nine and a
half parts copper, and seven and a half
parts zinc, and the variety ofuses to
which the material is adapted in met
allurgical industry Is of course quite
largo.
Tdbe Wf.i.ls. The most practical
method of obtaining tube wells is
claimed to be that which is now in
vogue in Paris, the apparatus for driv
ing the tube being u sh/iple arrange
ment, consisting of common quarter
ing setup as a triangle: other pieces
of quartering also guiding a rammer.
The tubes keep themselves frea
from dirt, aud when a spring is
touched gives as great a supply of wa
ter as the pump can draw, the water
being as clear as. that <h.. .a from a
well with a reservoir. Tho tubes used
'n this case are ordinary three-inch
gas pipes, which serve the purpose ad
mirably. Tho bottom cud is shod with
a solid iron spike, rather larger than
tho tube, so us to clear the way for it;
and for about eighteen inches up from
tho bottom it is perforated so as to ad
mit the water freely, but at the same
-l.ile to exclude gravel.
CHK ORDER OF PENITENTS.
A religious sect sailed the Order of
Penitents exists in Colorado and New
Mexico, the chief doctrine of which is
that sins ean only be eondoned by bodily
sufferings. In Lent they pnnish them
selves, the leaders hearing confessions
and prescribing penalties. Flagellation'
is commanded in many instances, and the
Denver New* describes one occasion as
follows: “A fifer, priest, and image*
bearer wnerged first, followed bjr the
penitents, each one carrying a, whip.
These whips were made from the dried
leaves of the soap weed. With etfh
step each penitent struck himself with
the whip across the nailed back. The
blows were very regular—right, left,
right, left—and in a few momenta the
whip-lashes were crimson with blood.
For three miles these self-torturers
walked and whipped themselves, though
toward the last thsy were too weak from
pain and loss of blood to wield the scour
ges with any fofce."
Pressure of the atmosphere is now
applied to raising coal from the mines
in the Creuzot district in Ftauco. The
air is exhausted from a hollow tube
running along the shaft from the bot
tom to the top of the colliery. At the
foot of this tube ie a piston, flitted
to it, and supporting a cage into whioh
the coal is loaded. When the cage is
full, the air from the mine is allowed
to press upon the piston undernoath,
and kjtere being a vacuum above the
piston and the cage, the load is borne
upward to the surface. Not only is
the coal raised in this way, but the
ventilation of the mine is vastly im
proved, for the contaminated air of
the colliery flows u:> through the tube,
bearing the loaded cage above it,
while its piaye is constantly being
supplied by the inflow of fresh air
the Etu'fsrt.
CHINES IS ACRORATS IN SAN FRAK.
CISCO*
An article in the San Francisco Call
says •
The Chinese tumblers lately intro
duced iuto the Jackson street Chinese
Academy of Music are,indeed,marvels
in tlie line. A number of athletic Mon
golians appear, stripped to the waist,
and begiu a sort of combat on the
stage. At first the fighting appears
to be promiscuous, but six or olght
finally ally themselves ugninst one
man, and try to overcome him by
springing against him and striking
him full in the breast with the soles
of their feet.
He meets this curious mode of attack
by standing like u statue, while the
others fall heavily upon tire floor. A
number of tables are next brought out
and plied one above another, until a
height of about twenty feet is attained.
A performer, whose weight is not less
than 150 pounds, mounts them, and,
springing Into the air toward the floor
aud the stage, strikes both feet with a
heavy thud upon the bare breast of a
mun standing about ten feet from the
foot of the tables, throwing him vio
lently to the floor. How a mau can
sustain such a blow Is a mystery.
Again the agile acrobat ascends to
the top table, and, springing upward,
turus a somersault, while all the tables,
except the lower one, are suddenly
taken away. Upon the only tublo
left ho falls with a force apparently
great enough to break every bone in
his body; but he leaps up again im
mediately and turns back handsprings
across the stage.
Again he climbs to the top of tho
tower of tables, while a second lies
down upon a table, a few feet from
the base of the tower. Turning a
somersault In mid air, he fails upon
the other body, the two breast to
breast, and bounds off again with a
second somersault. Other acrobats
cllmbod to various altitudes, and fell
upon the stage,alighting squarely up
on their bucks with a force that is as
tonishing.
These feats are all executed by men
in a semi-mule condition,so that there
is no chance for padding their clothes.
The manager informed the Call re
porter that the tumblers were trained
from childhood, and became habitu
ated to the terrible concussions only
by years of practice. He added that
many were killed in training, of
maimed for life.
RUSSIAN HOUSES IN WINTER.
The windows are invariably double,
and the space between tho sashes is
covered with a layer of fine sand, de
signed to absorb moisture and pre
vent the frost from silvering the
panes. Twisted horns of paper con
taining salt are set in it, and some
times the sand is concealed by a bed
of moss. There are no outside shut
ters or blinds, for they would bo
useless, since the windows remain
closed all the winter, being carefully
filled in around tho edges with a kind
of cement. Heavy curtains of rich
material still further deaden the effect
of the cold upon the glass, a substance
much more permeable than is gener
ally believed. Open fire-places are
rare; when they do exist they are
used only in spring and autumn.
They are closed and tilled with flowers
—which are truly a Russian luxury.
The houses overflow with them—•
flowers receive you at the door and
go with you up the stairway;
ivies festoon balustrades; jardiuiers
adorn the landings on every floor. In
the embrasure of the windows bana
nas spread out their broad silken
leaves; talipot palms, magnolias,
camelias growing like trees, mingle
their blossoms with the gilded volutes
of the cornices; orchids hover like
butterflies around lamp shades of
crystal, porcelain and curiously
wrought terra-cotta. From the horn
shaped vases of Japanese porcelain or
Bohemian glass, placed in tho centre
of a table or at the corner of a side
board spring sheaves of superb exo
tics. And all this floral splendor
thrives as, in a hothouse. In the
street you are at the pule; within
doors you might believe yourself in
the troi>ics.
■gw™'! l 1 . . -a
an Improved Lamp. Au improved
kind oi lamp for lighting streets lias
been introduced to some extent, and
with much satisfaction, in some of
the cities of Europe. Tire glass
shade of these lamps Is oval, with the
lower part open; and the principal
Improvement consists in the use of
two porcelain reflectors, the one on
the lower part of the chimney, the.
other at tho centre of tho glass shade
or bell, and which are found to throw
down on the pavement considerably
more light than do any of the street
lamps in ordinary use, while the ex
pense is uot groat. Both of theeo re
flectors are outsi > tho shade, and
thus escape being blackened by the
smoke. The upper one radiates light
to a distance, but always downwards;
the lower one sends the rays down
near the lamp, and prevents uny
shadow being cast.
NUMBER 12.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
At the Jardin des Pilots, Peris,* goes*
recently died aged 203 yean.
Chinese mandarine wear six loch Angel
nails, stained like tortoise shell.
The Boston Poet has discovered that
bachelors are more honest than married
man.
Tht testimonial raised for Captain
Webb, who swam \ aoroei the English
Channel has reached $20,000.
One cent per bushel makes a difference
of $10,000,000 in the valne of the annual
or up of corn in the United States.
Late foreign advices convey the intelli
gence that American competition has
prostrated the Russian grain trade.
The French drank a thousand million
gallons of wine last year, a comparatively
•mall amount of spirits, and a little wot**
taken medicinally.
Lncy Hooper is of the opinion that th*
great need of Paris is a large Yankee
population—people who get out of bed
and begin business before ten o’olosk In
the morning.
The first number of an Arabic news
paper has just been issued in Paris, edited
by M. Fkiriin l'iuuaon. It ie intended
for the instruction of the Arabs in Al
geria.
When a French army officer is eonvict
*d of a felony his epaulets are torn off,
his sword is broken, and a private steps
fmm the ranks and kick* him. After
that the civil authorities take care of
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark ef Mechanic Palls,
Me., agreed to separate, and she got a di
vorce. She soon changed her mind, and
wanted him to marry her again, lie re
fused, and alie killed herself with •
pistol shot.
Robert 'Williams, "an old white man,"
stole a mackerel worth 16 ceuta in Rich
mond, tho other day, and received ss
punishment six toshes and one hour’s
imprisonment. The confinement cost the
State 90 cents.
General Tom Thumb proponei to buy
a Teias ranche, whore he can pereh him
self on a horse, strap himself to two navy
revolvers, and gambol over the prairie
with 10,000 long-horned steers, branded
with the Thumb monogram.
John Bertram, of flalem, Mass., in view
of the depressed state of business, re
cently destroyed thirty thousand dollars
in mortgages which he held against poor
people. We suppose there is no great
danger of contagion.
One of the ni.wt gucoesafnl missions la
the world is that of Barraah, carried oa
by the American Baptists. Recent re
ports state that fifty-one natives were re
cently baptized in the valley of the Ir
rawaddy.
The Shah of Persia has In his palace a
terrestrial globe said to be of solid gold.
It ie surrounded by dreles of the same
metal,and adorned with all sorts of gems.
All the countries are indicated by inenw
tatinan of diamonds and precious stones
of various colors.
Voltaire, seeking In popular emus
themselves the means of preservation
from them, said to his friends, the D'Hol
kites, who had railed too much against
the Divin B- iug at rapper, “As Ido not
wish to be murdered by my serv ants to
night, allow me to shnt the doors.”
The flmith.vonian Institution is making
a collection ef apw-.icamas of all the mi.
male of the United Stutee that ore hush
ed or trapped for economical purposes:
and also of the different apparatus need
is their capture by hunters, trappers, and
sportsmen.
Columbus. Ga., claims tho position of
the Lowell of the Konth. She is now Wa
ll: . <5,000 spindle* and 1,000 looms, be
sides mwy iron and other industrial ea
terpristo*. The eify was destroyed in
1860, and oil these hare been repined
since with Southern money.
Hereafter every Israelite who ean pfflw
dues a certificate that,he has been educat
ed at any school whatever, is to be Ss
eorded the right to select s domicile any
where throughout the Rcsniaa empire.
Tho old law forbidding Israelites resi
dence outside the limits prescribed h f
the government is thus superseded.
The widow of the Rev. William Li
vesyis prwhjng in the Methodist pul
pitin Braintree, Mas*., made vacant
by the death of her husband.
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A Kentucky Democratic paper nom
inees 'Hiununu mid Gordon for 1880,
and hays it ha* enlisted under that ban
ner for t c f'gbt