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TIIKTOtDA\n THE BHJf. v V. XU LEY. . x . oiiriout*-lifcp,” Mid the tn^-toid. 44 I’ve twittdrrdlor min pIJ day ; And I got -up Mfetk and b"l end till uooii, JJuith<t>uD, W* lla*ed-nwny Till 1 thfld dtumb down in a craw-nib hoi*. Weary at heart end Kick at aoitl! 4 ‘ Dozed away for an hour. And 1 tackled tbe thlnn again ; And I arixic and euQg| till I knowed my lung Waa just alxTiit to give In— And then, thinks I, ’eft it don’t rain now. There’* nothing in mmem’ auyboyt in a while soidr farmer Would com© a-drtvla’ |>:at; And he’d hoar tny cry, and atop and aigli, Till I 1' at laid buck at In*-1 And hollered, B tin! ’ till I thought my throe* Would burst open at ever’ note I 41 But I fetched her! oh, I fetched her! ’Canne a little while ago, A I kind o’ act with one eyo abet, And a-aioglng aoft and low, A tojcc dropped down on my fevered brain, A-aayiu*, 4 Kf you’ll jot huah I’ll rain I* ” SACRAMENTO. It was an odd name for a girl— Sacra- | men to. So the girl herself thought as she stooped down l>csiile a spring at the foot . of a cottonwood tree and lazily dropped ■ ncr pail into the water. “It ought to have been given to a boy, ; if it was a fit name to give to anybody,” she said, quite aloud. “But lam more boy than girl anyway.” This last was added rather bitterly, as she looked, at her brown, rough hands and her bare ankles, and thought of tb<> “boy’s work” klio had to do. And it was hard to believe that this was the best kind of a life for a young girl like Haeramento. Here she lived alone, for her father was down at the mouth of the canon all day. The gar den work she was obliged to do, and the care of the cattle foil upon her. It w*s not often that slip saw any person -but her father, although now and then, in spite of herself, she came in contact with the rude men of the ruining camp up ulhivu, Ycf Sacramento lmd her dre am—one that she “ scarcely dared to own;” but it came to her often as she went about her work. She knew that down at Santa Barbara ntul in the towns along the coast, and far, far away across wide stretches of the oontintfnt to tlio greut East, there .Wcie girls who lived very different from her life; anil she dreamed of such a life for herself. “Oh, if I could only go away from hero !” she cried out, almost as one cries for help. “If I could only go down to Huu Francisco and go to scfiool there for a single year ! Ah, if I only had $500!” Suddenly there was a stop—not of a man, but a horse—on the bank behind Iter, and then someone spoke. Bho knew the voice without looking up. It was Fete Lnrrabeo, a fellow who lived down on Haluiemann's plantation, two miles along the trail. Ho sometimes rode by. He had not heard her lust words at all ; yet strangely enough his own were a repetition of them. " Five hundred dollars, Sac,” said he. “Five hundred uollais in gold! I)’yo want ter earn it? There’s yer clmnoe,” and lie threw down to her n bit of paper crumpled into a hall. •800 rtrwAnn Tho above amount will ho )ijd for Information leading to tlio arreat, dead or "alive, of \V alter Humors, who has wurkoil for '' tints past uu Maxwell’s raneh. Haid Kisium is about IS years old amt (lvu and a half foot high, rather good looking, with light, ciirly luui-, l.luo eyes apd a light musttohe. VVhtiu last ko:u ho lmd on ft. black slouch hat, gray l>u>dm.M tuul with blue it.umel slUr% aud IxMti with tofif toys maAek Vvßlithe maker's ur.mr, ' The name of ih fit.--'* —— i the bottom of the bill. Sac ramento, having glanced it through, looked up. “ Ho’a been atouUii'horses.” exclaimed rote; “got off last, night with four of Max’ll's best somewhere. That reward won’t do much good, though. Thor Regulators'll lorno him and string him i ufi; i(*W Tft*|hA law’iK git (lliMod. They're nevin' a mectin’ now up at tho Gulch. I tell yo, they arts mad. They’ll make quick work if they ketch him. l'er lather’s there. Yo uoodn't look fur him homo ttforo night much. ’’ Then, af tor a word of two more, tho man rode on ; and promptly Haeramento* took up lier pail, and, with the Sheriff's bill still in lier hand, Went slowly up the bank and across the trail toward the house, thinking very seriously about the BVK) all tho while. It was Home hours after this, and the afternoon sun was going down behind The tops of tho mountains, that Hacra- Uignlo,.having finished her housework, \*W .preparing to sit down on the porch t<> do her sifwing, When she was met in the doorway by a young man she lmd never seen Wi>re. And yet he was no stranger. The girl knew )um instantly, although tlie slouch hat ums-puHed down over tlio flaxen heir k’td Wuc'eyes, and the gray pants, torn and muddy, had been drawn out of the Isfot legs so as to uo longer allow tho rod Uips.of tho boots with the maker's niups qe soen.. It-was the She did not, however, express any surprise as she saw him. Bho was,ac customed to tho sight of rough, evil men, and at the Jirt glance she had felt that this one could not bo either very wicked or very dangerous. He was nbt much more than a lad, and hail an air of gentleness and good breeding id*out him that six months of Western life and tlio miserable plight he was in st the moment had liy no menus de stroyed, Ho seemed to be short for breath, too, and iie was trembling as if lit) liud Aeon running. ’ Iheflu’ctmdy h raised liis baud to wn*! kU hat -and (hen, wOiuikdig him self, dropped it again. “ Could you givu nw sotuotliing to eat and ilntdir he iwhftl in a hesitating voice. —Anything will do. lam very htinCTy. ,I-j[ hjdqjpthryg to bet I ’ “ Come in,” said Sacramento, gravely. In her voiet> was naither kindness or uu kindness. She was tryinsr to realize the | situation she was m. “Como in audsit i dewp.“ Thou she went into the closet near by and lwgn taking down from the shelves j milk and bread and meat, as she slowly* j Aid so turning over the matter iu her | mind. Here was this man, who had been stealing horsus, and far whose cap iw/t oflbfed. in'her kitchen. Fivs hundred dollars! Exactly the sum aht had tieeu wishing for—the sum ; that would take her down to San Frau tdsco to school and help her make a lady of herself. And tins sum might be hers if she ooui<l m some way secure | this stranger or scimrinnii kecpdlitt ill the hoJxfeU But* htd p niyivied. fiSp 1 Why.-dSmm-dly treStcFSblp. He was weak and exhausted, null in the drawer | of the kitchen table thfre waa aJuaded revalveiyhj^E'Xv* u > She *eame out presently and set the things befoye bin*, hwiyjiag also a tea pot fro#llie aatUpna ring for him a cup of Tea; Then she went and sat down by the window Aisl w*tchbd him furtrtsßfis be nto. ’* In* wpife ’of Ins caution he had taken off his hat ..while. he WM-erthw./ %* could . bteriiM see what m whs like. It was an almost boyish face, worn, but not i wicked, with tho curling hair lying in damp clusters upon his palu brttw. In the bauds, 'sman HM wefl-sbaped, and it, all ltis motions and manners she feit that she could read •omething of his story. Siio had heard before this liow young lads in tho East, filled with ro mantic notions about Western life and adventure, sometimes felt llieit way out to the ranches of the Pacific slope. Per haps he was one of thesfi. As she looked at him, fancying all tliis, and realizing the terrihlft utrait he was in, and the probable dark fate that was before him, her heart yearned with true womanly sympathy*; and her feel ing found expansion before she was able to restrain herself. “Oh, how could you do it? How could you do it?” she suddenly ex claimed, her voice quite full of what she felt. He looked up at her in wonder ; hut as his eyes met hers he understood her. “ I did not do it. Upon my honor I did not!” he said. “It waa that man Dennis.” Haeramento breathed a great sigh of relief. Horse stealing was held in that section to ho a crime worse than murder; and she was by no moans free from the popular estimate of its grave nature. “Oh, lam glad of that I” said she. jtnt—” Hlie hesitated, and then went on, doubtfully. “But then how was it? Why did they say it was you? And why did you run away ?” “ It was Dennis’ doings, their laying it to me. He did that to clear himself. And after that, you kqow as well as I do, there would have been no use in trying to prove myself innocent. They always hang a horse thief first, and thou con sider Ids guilt afterward. I had to run to save my life.” “ Do you know that there is a reward offered for your capture V” “ I know the Regulators are after me,” answered the young fellow, suddenly. “ They came pretty near catching me, too, this noon. I just escaped them and came down the canon by the mountain trail. I have had a hard run tor it, and what with na sleep or food fur twenty four hours 1 am about used up. I felt as though I could not go another step when 1 saw your house. You —you have been very good to rne. 1 shall never forget—” “ But what are you going to do now?” interrupted Haeramento. “ You are not safe here.” “I know it. But I them off tho track at noon, aud I do not think they arc within five mi led of me. Now I have bad something to pat, I will take to the woods again. I hope I may got away. If I don’t"—liis voice trembled and tears came into liis eyes. “If I don’t, I shall get a hanging, I suppose. Oil, what a iool I was not to prefer homo to this sort of thing. And yet, I would not earn so much cither, if it wasn’t for inv faUior and mother. ” And then tho poor fallow fairly broke down. “ Hark 1” Haeramento exclaimed. She lmd been crying, too; she could not help it. They both listened. Iu a moment they heard plainly tho sound of horses coming down tho trail. The girl turned with instant self-possession. “Go iu there I Quick I Quick! Thero is not a moment to be lost I Hero, tako your bat 1” And handing his hat to him she half pushed him across the room and into her own little room that led off from it. Then she hurriedly oloarod tho table. ugijn,i barely fiutHhfng the task as tlio horsemen halted at the door. 'M n.i%< ui. Une was lilt hijUqja. Sacramento knew the other t.iw liet’ rigid, 'iiiev were rough, but of flio better sort of thqpo who made up fife flweflfcrs in Kelly uulch. The facts of nil thm* were uteri and.forbid ding, and they evidently had been ruling hard, They dismomitod together, “Hue,” began her father iih heeutored the door, “hevye soon anything of a young cl lap, afoot or a-horsobook, com ing this way?” Sacramento had expected tlio ques tion and was ready for it. And sho meant, if, ikwupi pyasiliU’, to aumiiM' it withpqi a Rfi... - 1 "A ybufift ehap 'abbuf 18years6T age and five foot aud Gialf high, rather good-loduijg, and with rod-top boots on ?’ ” replied she. “ les I yes t That's him !” oriod one or the other men. eagerly. “Have you soon him? Huh ho been bore/’ “I was ou]y quoting 'from this hand bill," said Haeramento, taking the paper from tho shelf where sho hud laid it. “Then you haiu't seen him at all?" asked, the father. “I have been right here all day, and nobody lias gone b.v except Pete Larra boe. It was he who gave me tlio bill. Am you sure became this ufajr.the—the —hq*uwßij*M” ; } .“NA; lait wo didn't know but he mighter. The chances is that he sloped off to tho mountains, meiuiiu’ ter go through Stovepipe Puss. They’ll git him, though, afore sundown.” " It's sundown now,” observed Buorn wolito, “ Then they’ve got him now," was the sententious response. “ And w*e should be too late for the lmngin’ of S'o ril'd go Itojb Least wrys”-t-this \taA added to is eotnpanfbim—“ VouM bittbr poipo,iu Hiiil hA4e a bitb lifotV fe go. ” Bo presently tlio three meu 3at down to tho supper that, tho young girl quick ly prepared for them. And while t hey where eating she herself, at lier father's bidding, went out to take the saddle off Bueno, his horse, and give him liis feed. As alio approached the door once morn a tow minutes later she heard words which oiiased her to stop and listen, . “I don’t like ter say anything against diet kid o’ yonrn, neighbor, ” oue of the men was saving, "hut it lie* kinder sCorned ter me ail tlier wliilo’s though she sorter lied soma ’at on her mind like. Yo don’t s’pds* sho knows am thiug ’bout tliet young feller, urter all ?” Sacramento’s father laughed at this as though it was too absurd to be ecu qjdißrod. Tho other, however, was not to bo laughed out of his suspicious. “Furall wo know,” persisted he, “she may hev him hid here somewhere dh the premmysis.” “ It's easy enough to see,” n'tnrned the proprietor of the said “ premmysis ( ” tet At. “ Where d’ye think she’s hid lmn ? In her bednxim ?" As he said this Sacramento, who mis now near onougn to see into the kitchen; saw her father rise from his chair and step to the door of the room when' she had congealed die fugitive. Her heart utmost stopped iieatmg as she saw him push opeu the door and enter the room, followed by his companions. “We’ll make a clus search of it whdewrtrr nßonflyT she' EBW him - * And then she stood there in terrible suspense upon the porch, expecting' every instant to hear Urn, about that would follow the discovery of the fugi tTev*Oll' ft ' f‘ ilut no such shout was heard ; and it, a moment after, the two men again, her father still laughing at his friend. what could it mean ? Had the young man been able to conceal himself in the room Mid so sjvode ! bail 1 sun was ndt possible. Then she thought of tlio window. Ctfuld he have escaped from tho room by that? Tim Hinnow Was so email she could scarcely believe that lie could have crept through it. And yet he must have done so. She went hurriedly to the hack of the house, and then down beyond the horse sheds. No one could Vie Bken, Silo halted ft moment under a live oak tree just at the edge of me garden. Tho evening *.va i very calm and still, and the twilight shadows were deepening fast. Was It. the rustling of the wind in tho boughs overheud that caught her ear ? She listened. “ Hist 1 lam here—in the tree.” Tiio words came in a distinct whisper from direetiy above her. She stood and thought a single mo ment before replying. Then she said, “ You must get away from here atonee,” in an eager whisper. “ One of the men suspects something, and they may at any moment make a search of the place. lam going into the house a minute. Get down at once and go frrough tlio garden and across the trail to a spring that yon will find there. It’s at the foot of a big cottonwood tree. Stay right there until I come.” Tnen she went back hurriedly to the house. The three men were still sitting at tho table, mid Sacramento felt rather than saw that one of them still regarded her suspiciously as she came in. Bhe did not s|X“ak to them at all, hut went directly through the kitchen to her own room, and in a moment came out, went about her work in the kitchen, and took up a pail, apparently to go to the spring for water. Tea minutes later, standing m tho shadow of the cottonwood, young Som ers heard a step, and then nacrame .ito. leudiug Bueno all saddled and bridled, appeared. He started forward. “ Hush I ” she said, “ they may come out at any moment. Fasten to what I say. Your life depends upon it. You must ride straight down the trail for a quarter of a mile. Then close by a big cottonwood, just like this, you will strike a path to the left. Bueno will know it, once you get him iu it. It will bring you out, half a mile on, at n cor duroy road that crosses the swamp. This end of tlio corduroy has got out of order and there are some logs laid. Lead Bueno across and then pull tlio logs away. If you can do that, it will make trouble for those who follow you. Beyond tho swamp is a big plain. Strike straight across it, keeping tho moon square on yonr right—the moon will be up by that time—aud three hours’ rid ing will bring you to the new railroad. After that—God help you to get safe away 1 ’’ Haeramento paused, and put out her hand. “Can you remember?” she de manded. “I can, but lean never forgqt —” “ Never mind that. Here, take this. It is a little money. Yc>u will need it. Now mount and ride—slowly, a littlo wav, anil then for your life.” Tho young man still had hold of her hand. The tears came into his eyes. The next moment ho was gone. The next morning Haeramento tobl her father the story itiid coaxed him into forgiving her. And tho following after noon a man brought Btfono over from tho railroad town; and then she knew that tho fugitive was safe. Hix weeks later a lawyer from. Santa BnrMfii with n* letter from \wit,-i ssoiuors. Hr waft with his friends at New York, and lie begged Huero— un uto to accept, us a gift of gralitir Lo, ut least tho ainouut ol tlio reward that had been offered. And so it wus that sho went down to Han Francisco to school that winter, after all,— Youth’s Companion, .lustin* Late but Sure. Socrates was a stone-cutter by trade, but too lazy to follow so honest a calling. He loved to talk too well, and spent liis time lounging on street corners and gathering young men ns idle as himself around lum. Ilis personal appearance was disgusting in tho extreme, and fine has but to gaze upon tlio Louvre east in the gallery of which wo are so justly proud, to straightway sympathize with poor, abused Xnutippo. He bail a flat, nose, thick lq>s, prominent eyes, bald liqad. low,.Broad figure, and awkward gait, wont barefooted and half-clad, was a bitter enotu.v tq Cleanliness, knd a mountebank iu maimers. He married a woman to whom ho was attracted by her singular conversational puwißi, mid alt hough ho beliovdd he himself excelled all his contemporaries in that respect, yet he found that she far excelled him in the command of language. He eared nothing for the welfare of his wife or children, left them to support themselves as best they might, while he spent the time ho could spare from the curbs on seances, and wasted the treasures (>f his thought at the feet of Aspnsia and Theo dote, whom he pretended to desire to convert, that ho .might thereby add lustre to his invu Hume—sly old dog —and in addition to all this, he would invito the lazy creatures who surrounded him to diue with him when there was nothing in the houso to entertain them with. It is natural that this would bo very irritating to a proud spirited woman who was struggling for herself aud little ones. What woman in existence could have borne her soul in patience* under such provocation?— Post-Dispatch. .Harried for Love. Tl nun w ire has married f<jr lovi* is a liappv fvNow. *He is generally cheerful, and always thinking about tlio dear ones at home. He prefers to live out of town for the sake of the children, lie is rarely late at business, rises early, gardous a little, eats a hearty breakfast, and goes to the necessary labor with a light heart and a eleau conscience. He often brings heme pleasant sur prises for liis wife aud, children. You may recognize him in trains loaded with parcels, which lie good uuHmxlly carries w ith ‘perfect unconcern of what others think—a new bonnet, music, books, a cloak for his wife; while iu another parcel the wheels of a cart, a jack-in-the box, a doll, or skipping rope, intrude through the paper and suggest tho nursery. He ip brave amt,kind, though he makes uo noise in tin* world. The humanizing influence of that darling red-cheeked little fellow who calls him father brings a glow and rap tqiu.of the purest pleasure* jearth holds/ for tltosian bjx* ha* iewf* fW* Rn* •and (Fast) his will always lack something 4-lie wilt be les* bun urn. Jls* ’•k > 7 than otlblq Q U V This Is ihc noble, the honest, the only form of hfc Uist imparts real content ment and joy, that will make a deathbed glorious, an,L love see psiys.- *tljt,igh its teark. It is UUsClfiih, so ter.- dcrly true; it Satisfies Uto iiigfcret ift stibets, if stimulates men to tbe best deeds they are capable of. —Yonkers Statesman. _ . T Ihe liorsosijoe doesn't bring good , iuck when the horse applies it. Workingmen and nar. 1 Sherman. It is not many years since Sumner, standing in Boston n the Fourth of July, iu one, ; of tho finest orations on record, announced the dietrine of peace: that arbitration should, take the place of war. The idea thou seemed novel, and peonle derided it as Visionary and ha practical. Hlohe tlich tfirtny cmel wars liuve desolated the earth, and the tread of hostile armies have shaken many countries. Europe and America have trembled tinder the roar of cannon. Still the idea of peace has been spreading. Statesmen, philanthropists and philoso phers have welcomed it and deprecated the spirit of war. The parties who in augurate war liavo always depended upon the workingmen to fall in and fill tip the ranks. It is one of the bright omens of the day to see that this class is no longer in favor of barbarous war. No class suffer more at its hands, yet war ahvay*s confidently counts upon the workingmen to fa)' into its ranks when ir blows the fife aud beats the drum. War al ways comes to desolate the homes of these people. They have accepted it ns a kind of unavoidable necessity — something that had to be done. Labor troubles have been pressing upon the laborers until they liave had little time for other considerations. They liave been trying to take from opprensiv laws the stings which have wounded them. Now the laborers see that one of the great disturbers of their peace arid pros perity have been the wars which have called them from their peaceful pursuits and disturbed their industrial prosperity. Now they sec that war is a wrong, bar barous and cruel tiling, and they pro p >se to throw all their influence against wars. At the great Trades’ Union Con grens, recently held in London, the President, speaking for the Congress, after alluding to the obstacles which press upon industry, said : “First ol all there are the artificial laws which hamper industry, anil of these none are more important tiyavi those relating to the land. After what has been passed this session iu regard to Ireland, we can not be silent upon the subject in reference to England and Scotland. Next, the most important of all, is the question whether we are going again to tolerate Ibis country waging war against other people for the sake of increasing or per petuating an empire? "What iuterest have we, workmen, wliat interest have the people of England in carrying on war for the sake of empire ? If our po sition as workmen is one .of independ ence. we ought to recommend the inde pendence of other workmen ftnd of other nations. It is not merely | that these wars do untold misery U> tjie poor aud to the working classes ly the actual mis ery they cause, by increasing the insta bility of industry and employment, which is unstable enough without any addi tion, lei t these wars are profoundly de moralizing to tiie country engaged in them, and are crimes of the worst.kind.” These , sentiments were wariqly cowered by the.congress of vorkingmen. When the men who work aud the myn who fight iti the ranks make up their minds that they will no more go out to the wars to lie butchered and diot down like hogs, peaco will be possible. Wo gladly hail this movement of tho workingmen in England, Will the workingmen of America imitate them, and oppose all projects looking towards unjust wars? The men who form the great body of the armies of the world must assert tliem •iMves agaiYst the huibarisms of war. They must'come oiit mid fight down tlio ambitions of generals, diplomats and rulers, who are ever ready to plunge a nation into war for some paltry object. The lust of ambitiop, the greed of power, the desir'd for fame, anger or revenge are usually the unholy motives which bring wars and all their calamities upon the peoplh. The workingmen of England htiVe done wisely in protesting against v. fit. —lndicniapolhUci akl. The probability that nearly every large town or city will soon Vie supplied with large quantities,pf electricity for lighting purposes has given rise to con siderable interest in the plan of making tise of the same supply for producing power for fight household work. Several small motors have been devised to meet the expected demand. The-first of these little machines was constructed about three years ago by M. Marcel Dcproz, and was found to work effec tively. A second apparatus of this kind has for some time been used by M. Trouve, hu electro-magnet bring used in place of ibi permauetii steel magnet of Deprez. This motor drives a sewing machine eery readily, although it is of very small size. Trouve’s little electric canoe at the Paris electrical exhibition was pro pelled by some of these engines, and M. Tissandier lias suggested their use for balloon steering. The last and best notor is that of Mr. Griscom, tlio American electrician. Oho of these powerful little machines, four and a half inches long and weighing little more than two pounds, will run a sewing ma chine very rapidly with a small expendi ture of electric energy. The lack of labor-saving conveniences iu the house hold lifts often been deplored, but the introduction of electricity seems to offer a source of power which may serve in many ways to lighten the toil of the v etu\v housewife. Paris Oysters. It always made me mad to see a Frenchman sit down to a plate of raw French ovsteis—for when ho did so he did it with an Air which seemed to do dare that of all countries none save France tvuld raise au oyster, and none • ave Frenchmen knew how to eat an oyster. Yet the poor creatures, in all their self-conceit, sat thus before a plate of thin, coppery bivalves with naught of condiment before them, save salt, pep j*et aud vinegar. And I was obliged to gaze on all this ignorant pomposity, ns to the oyster, with visions before my eyes of the palatial oyster saloons in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and WaShitigtqn, where human culinary skill b. s reached its highest flight in dealing with the oyster ; anil the “ roast,” “pan ro.'-.t," "fried,” “fried in crumbs,” “ rii din batter,” “plain stew,” “box stew,” “Boston stew” and “broil.” all ; st to the range and scope of Ameri ■can ingenuity iu dealing w ith the king of i ivalves. And to regard these conceited Frenchmen looking as if they had r< ached the acme of human perfection j *. (Ruling with tfie oyster, when entirely ignorant of America’s triumph in oyster c* *4iiug, and I unable to boat the i ,- tigsnf au idea into their vainglorious I raisa,! — Paj'is letter. The Soap and Water Cure. The Mexican Government has offered g fvwaril'of $100,00.1 for any invention t :t will prevent yellow fever. If some ♦ tie*prising American could disguise s .p in such a manner that the Mexicans * ■ wild not know what it was. and get them to using it, he could rake in that SIOO,OOO. Of coarse, if he should be found ofit he never would leave the uritrv alive, but there is always great ri <k where much is to be made in any uusHiM-s. — Peek's MtheauJcee Sun. "rrtri rw* tlr RarhflrUa * —— To her fell the care of the tea-table. “ Will you have a cup of tea?’ ehe asked, with that far away look ill her o+e, expressive of anything rather than tfie administration of course creature comforts. The robustbarbarfan assented. A cup of warm tea on a cold winter afternoon was a pleasant prospec . Poetry led the way to the table. Look ing back over her shoulder as she went, and speaking to the youth In the forner, she said; “ The divine ethos!” As she spoke a radiant smile eamo over her face—a smile that had been hired to express spiritual illumination and the consciousness of priesthood. “Do you take sugar T' she askeit sweetly, in preparation for her hospi- The robust barbarian answered: “No; no sugar, thank yofi.’' • . Poetry held the tea-pot in her liana, poised in mid air—the tea uupoured.^ “The grandsublimity of Dautemarcned with the lovely tendness of retrarca, she said again over her shoulder to tlio youth in the corner. “ Do you take sugar ?” she then asked the robust barbarian kindly. “No; no sugar, thank you, ' this latter answered. Poetry poured out tho tea. During the process she said, with great sweet ness aud touching hospitality: “ I may give you sugar ?” “No; no sugar, thank you,” was the reply. The tea poured out, Poetry took up the milk jug. “ The many sideduess of Shakespeare and the perfect form of Goethe,” she said again over her shoulder to the yottth in the corner. To the robust barbarian, ‘ ‘ Sugar ?” “No,” said the robust barbarian, quickly. Poetry poured out the milk. Still holding the cup she looked back to the youth in the corner. “And add to this transcendent whole the stately march of Spenser,” she said. “This is what tho true poet should be— and this is what you will pome day be.” On which she hastily shoveled' in two spoonfuls of crushed sugar and handed the cup to the robust barbarian, with a cliaruling smile. “ You take sugar, I think ?” she said, very sweetly. “I hope I have made it sweet enough.”— Hnmr, Journal. Prehistoric Tides. At present the moon is 240,000 miles away, but there was a time when the moon was only one-sixth part of this, or say 40,000 miles away. That time must have corresponded to some geo logical epoch. It may have been earlier than the time when Eozoon lived. It . wns more likely to have been later. I want to point mit that when the moon was only 40,000 miles away we had in it a geological engine of transcendent power. If the present tides be three feet, and i? the early tides bb 21(j times their present amount, then it is plain that the ancient tides must have been 618 feet. There can be know doubt that in ancient times tides of this amount, and even tides very mnch larger, must have occurred. lak the geologists to take account of those facts, and to consider the effect—a tidal rise and fall of 648 feet twice every day. Dwell for one moment on the sublime spectacle of a tide 648 feet liigh, and see what an agent | it would be for the performance of geo logical work ! Wo are now* standing, I suppose, some 500 feet above the level of the sea. The sea is a good many milesfrom Birmingham, yet if tlieriseand fall at the coasts were 648 feet, Birming ham might be as great a seaport as Liverpool. Three-quarters tide would bring the sea into tho streets of Birm ingham. At high tide there would be about 150 feet of blue water over our heads. Every house would be covered, and tho tops of a few chimneys would alone indicate the site of the town. la a few hours more the whole of this vast flood would have retreated. Not only would it leave England high and dry, but probably the Straits of Dover would be drained, and perhaps even Ire land would, in a literal sense, become a member of the United Kingdom. A few hours passed, aud the whole of England is again inundated, but only again to be abandoned. These mighty tides are the gift which astronomers have now made to the work ing machinery of the geologists. They constitute an engine of terriiic power to aid in the great work of geology. What would the puny efforts of water in other ways accomplish when com pared with these majestic tides and the great currents they produce ? In the great primeval tides will proba bly be found the explanation of what lias loug been a reproach to geology. The early palicozomc rocks form a stupendous mass of ocean-made beds, which, according to Professor William son, are twenty miles thick up to the top of the Silurian beds. It lias long been a difficulty to conceive how such u gigantic quantity of material could have been ground up and deposited at the bottom of the sea, . 1 he geologists said : “ The rivers and other agents of the present day will do it if yon give them time enough.” But, unfortunately, the mathematicians and tlio natural philoso phers would uot give them time enough, and they ordered the geologists to “hurry up their phenomena.” The mathematicians had other reasons for believing that the earth could not have been so old as the geologists demanded. Now, however, the mathematicians have discovered the new ana stupendous tidal grinding engine. With this powerful aid the geologist can get through then work in a reasonable-period of time, and the geologists and the mathematic ians may be reconciled. —Lecture by Prof. Pall. Inventor of the Postage Stamps. The Hon. E. A. Mitchell, Postmaster at New Haven, Conn., claims to have in vented the postage stamp in 1847, aud shows several samples of the original. It did not differ mnch in size and form from the present Government stamp, but was of brown color, was printed on or dinary paper, and contained the words, ‘ ‘Paid New Haven Postoffice. 5 cents. 11 A. Mitchell, P. M.” Mr. Mitchell j hail them printed for the use and conven | ience of citizens of New Haven, who had | complained to him of tho delay some- j I times occasioned by their being' unable ! I to prepay letters except in office hours. ! I Tho stamps were sold by the Postmaster, I and accepted iu prepayment when affix i ecL A high price is put upon specimens \ of this stamp by the collectors, and the j present Postmaster at New Haven has ! frequent application for them. One hundred and fifty-three mills in Lowell, Mass. New' York News. Unit’s nothing ! We have a twenty-dol | Inr gold piece which isn’t anything like j as large as Lowell, and it contains 20,000 ■ j CossiDßitm. the common habit of , wife-beating in England, the Pad Mall Gazette wonders whether there are not | too many compliments paid to English j bravery'and gallantry. J Tin, pAmanee Ot BqjkfaMKth'CMr I Ten *go, one oppressive sum- ; mer night a gefif’eman, who was then i arid isnow’a dealer in teK M spicesi m New York, was a guest at tuC -troy House. He asked the clerk if there were any amusements tb*t evening, and, receiving negative answer, manured where h* could find a cool spot to spe4 au hour or two. The clerk advised a ride on the street cars to JHbja and back The gentleman boarded a car. ,^ e ** *” h*ir> sat a young lady, the daughter of a poor, bift respected Englishman, then a resident of Albia. The young was not very young, neither Vety Jian^ nl ®; but was attractive and bright, lie* cupation was school teaching. A re mark by the gentlem2n led to an in formal conversation, which occatne eo interesting that when the young lady N residence at Albia was reached she was not aware of it Until tbe conductor called he* attention to the fact. After she had gone the gentleman asked the conductor who the lady was, The conductor, who had supposed the twO Were old friends, gave the young woman’s naGe, Haul the gentleman : “I would like to meet her a"aiu. I 3m a widower with two children and live iu New York. I have never met a lady in my life who looked, talked, and acted so much like my wife i as the young woman I accidentally met on your cal.” The conductor, taking an interest in tliG I'cmiaittic cusg, ausworod ! ibe varied questions of the widower, and I finally agreed to take his card to her : and ask for an interview at her home. On the following evening an introduc tion took place, which was followed six months later by a marriage, investiga tion of the gentleman’s statements eon cerning his standing having verified them in detail. Tho former, widower now has five children and a happy home in all respects.— Tru>/ Times. A Polyglot Family. There is living at Middletown, Mass., a family in which nine distinct languages are spoken, namely, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic and Turkish, besides any number of. dialects connected mostly with Italian and Hpanish. The head of the family, who is a native of Zurich, Switzerland, is a musician, who, -after extended travel, settled in Tunis, North Africa, where he held the position of musical director for the Bey. _ He married there a lady who was a native of Arabia, but born of Italian anti English parents. Children were born to them there. Tfiey settled next at Constanti ' nople, and resided some years at the Turkish CapitaTT There he waa the Sul tan’s chief musician, not only'having the charge of the bands of nll hja regi "nieiiis at iTlii -Capital, bit also*ef the music of the Sultan’s harem. Other children were born,to tliptn at Cqnstacti iibp?.',’Hel'M the Turkish Capital to come to America, dwelling a year ■ iu Germany and traveling in Italy* before coming here. Of fonrteeu children, several of whom were born In this coun try, only six are now living, and all but one are residents of Middletown. The oldest of these, who is the wife of Mr. Frank De Morvelle, is by birth an Arabian, and speakes all the languages known to her family except Portuguese and Arabian. The next younger member of the family, who is a- "resident' of Brooklyn, was born in Constantinople. The eldest son, whose marriage was lately published in the Press, is also by birtli a lurk, and the other throe—a sis ter and two brothers—are American born.— Middletown Press. Parallel* of Morality. A man has a right to take pride in his moral character. It is the one tiling that counts with men in the long run down the ages. Intellect coupled with infamy does not last. Time covers it with ueg; luct. Intellect to live, must bo associ ated with some right principle, and cor rect conduct. There must, be something manly about it. A great many things are pardoned to private conduct when it is known that the man’s public princi ples are pure and noble. There can be no question but Webster, in private life, had many shortcomings, but where do you look for healthier, or more rnanly words than you And in his letters and speeches ? There is this, too, to be said of him. He never made any lofty aud ostentatious display of liis sentiments. He was conscious of his principles, but he never made them offensively promi nent. In excusing the faults of Lord Bacon, the Pall Mall Gazette says: “The most offensive part of Maeauley is tliis assumption of a lofty moral tone when he is libeling a great man. In the case of torture, as in the latter case of cor ruption, it is clear beyond doubt that Bacon’s error or weakness consisted iu this, that he was not so far in advance of contemporary morality ns we, might have desired. But there is a wide distinction between a man who breaks accepted and recognized rules and one who is only not in advance of them. A compliance with questionable, but hardly yet questioned, practices is compatible with lofty and patriotic aims, whereas a man who, judged even by the contemporary stand ard, is a contemptible suenk can hardly bo credited with any kind of virtue. Nbw, Macahley gets a cheap credit by refusing to allow this plea of Bacon. To the average conynon senva of mankind it looks very virtuous to say that cruelty and corruption is corruption all the world over.” —lndianapolis Herald. The Harem of the Wealthiest Turk In Ld remit. We remained several days in Edremit, while preparing for the ascent of Mount Ida, and made excursions in the suburbs, which consist chiefly of olive groves and cemeteries. On the smooth roads that wound under the olives we always met a variety of travelers—Turkish gentlemen on horseback, attended by a train of ser vants ; officers of the army, finely mounted; caravans of camels, gypsies driving trains of pack mules, and farmers in their rude carts with solid wheels drawn by oxen or buffaloes. Late one afternoon in a retired grove we were con fronted by the harem of the wealthiest Turk in Edremit, returning from a neighboring town. The carriage held the more elderly ladies, but the younger ones, to the number of about half a dozon, were mounted man fashion on spirited horses, each. stl which was at tended by a Greek servant. They were dressed in white robes, which draped but did not conceal the . form ; and the yashmaks or veils which they wore were uot transparent like those of the beau ties of Constantinople, for the traditions of the harem are still respected in the in terior ol the land. At sight of the portly matrons in the carriage quickly covered their faces, but the young Cir eassians iu the saddle, slender girls of, righteen or twenty, returned full upon us the dazzling pomp of their beauty, that singular beauty which dwells In cold feature, haughty spirit, and still, luminous eyes. —New York Times. Prince Mm ah, ol Servia, is a hand some man, tail, dork and imposing, 1 coking more like a Frenchman than a Slav. In I-ioiTT there are hospitals for super, ’animated cats, while human suffering scarcely elicits a case. Thh vineyards of the Napa Talley, California, averaged, in 1880, about eignt tons of graphs to the acre. * Ax earthquake in 18F.I caused a large area of land near the delta of the Indus to become a large inland sea. Neaki.y 3,000 tons of wrapping paper were made in one month, by fifty-one mills, in the United States. There have been more earthquakes in Hpain than in all the other parts ol ! Europe taken together, Italy excepted. In the columns of Berlin papers are freement notices offering children in presents to whomsoever wishes to adopt i theul. Thu elevated roads in New York now | operate 3/250 trains per day, running ! tuily one minutes apart during the busiest hours. There are tliirtv Egyptian obelisks scattered over Europe. Rome has eleven, four of which are higher ihan the oue in New York. The railway system of India includes 8 611 miles. ‘The gauge is three feet six inches. All lines are built primarily for military and not commercial purposes. It seexis that at Havre so many ships have been built that iu the course of a year or eighteen months the port will be able to boast of tliir-ty steamers, oi great i dimentions, intended for the tranatlxatic trade. The lafff*st flag-stone ever cut was laid in before the fire. It meas ured 16x25 ’ set and was twelve inches thick. Ou- ilmost as large has lately been qnarrled in Waterville, for which $5,000 has been offered in Now York city. The total amonnt of copper produced bv the mines of tho world is estimated at 130,(W0 vt*>a,- of which the United States only contributes 30,000 tons, while Chilileads with 45,000 tons, cfosely followed by Spain, with a product of 25,000. ‘ To grow richer at the rate of more' than $2,000,000 a day is the present happy fate of this nation. The annual increase of wealth in the United States is estimated at $825,900,000, while the annual accumulation in Great Britain is. $325,000,000; in France $376,000,000,. and in Germany only $200,000,000. Annual incomes reach the highest aver ages in this country and Great Britain— sl6s. As the result of extended navigations made by the minister of public works in France, and which demonstrated that transportations by water would cost only about two-fifths as much as by laud, $200,000,000 will lie expended in improv ing inland navigation. This is to be done from a comprehension of the fact that French manufacturers must have cheaper rates.of transportation to hold their own against German competition. THE WORKSHOP. A German paper says that a roof can be spade fire-proof by covering it with a mixture of liine, salt, aud wood ashes, adding a little lrmpblack to give it a dark color. This not only guards against tire, it is claimed, bnt also in a measure prevents decay. Mouse boles in walls and closets should be first filled with lime and afterwards plastered over with plaster of Paris mixed with water. It is a good plan to keep a paper of the latter in every house, as it is useful in filling cracks, and mi many other ways in household economy. A brilliant black on iron and steel may be produced by applying, with a fine hair brush, a mixture of turpentine and sulphur boiled together. When the turpentine evaporates there remains on the metal a thin layer of sulphur, which unites closely with the iron when Seated for a time over a spirit or gas flame. This varnish protects the metal perfectly is quite durable. The following method of softening putty is useful to those having hard putty to remove from sashes: Take soda or potash—the latter being preferable—and dissolve it in water ancl mix the solution with fresh burnt, fresh slacked lime. After the mixture has stood for a time, pour off the clear fluid and bottle ™ use. Putty moistened with this fluid quickly softens and is easily removed. To prevent the cracking of cast steel in hardening, a -correspondent of the Metal Arbeiter places the article first in a tiu box, where it is packed with clean wrought iron drillings, and after luting the box carefully ho heats the whole slowly to a dark red heat. After cooling it very gradually he finds that all internal strains which otherwise would have de veloped cracks in the tool during harden ing are removed, and when steel to be hardened is thus annealed no further trouble is experienced. The following rules should be ob served in the care of grindstones : 1- Don’t waste the stone running it in water, nor allow it to stand in water when not in use, as this will cause a soft place, and consequent un even wear. 2. Wet the stone by dropping water on it from a pot suspended above the stone, and stop off the water when not in use. 3., Do not allow the stone to get but of round, but true up with a piece of gas a “hacker.” 4. Do not leave the stone out of doors in the wind and weather, as this hardens it and makes it less effective. 5. Clean off all greasy tools before grinding, as grease or oil destroys the grit. 6. When you get a stone that suits your purposes, keep a sample of the grit to send to the dealer to select by, as in this way you can always secure one that suits. A printer at Dubuque has been con victed of violating the Sunday law by fishing on that day. It seems as though there is an epidemic of crime going through this country that would event ually knock it to pieces. The man at Dubuque will evidently claim that he was inspired. There is too much of this going on. Wonder if he caught any fish.— Peck's Sun, “ Mabel, I think it is about lime I began to brush your teeth,” said a mother to her thW-year-old, whose sole pnevioua experieiice liad been limited‘to n hairbrush, and was almost thunder struck, qt hearing the following interrog atory comment eg her intention; “is there airy'hair off them ?” - lo oven- !_•’ I r . At a conflagration a worthy citizen gants with stupefaction an the steam fire-engines. “ Well, I never,” he says, with deliberation. “I never expected to see snich criminal, senseless wasteful ness ! The idea of wanning the water before throwing it on the flames !” As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every minute o i time.