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OLD LOVE SONGS. At. lovet dear iovei what tender songs they sang— Those poets to tho women of their choice; Vet nono more tenderly than I to you Bad It pleased heaven to give me but the voice. My heart stirs, but my lips are ever mute. For all my common words have common ways; And nono are high enough that I should daro Essay with them my lady's perfect praise. Vet, when I hear these others sing I feel Such passion as the poor gray weed well knows. Condemned to grow in flowerless nullity In gardens where there blooms full many a rose. . —C. A. Pratt Prosperity of tho Maoris. “New Zealand has more debt in pro portion to its size and wealth than any other country in the world,” said Father Wissel. “There was a great deal of faith in gold mining for a time, hut tho yellow ore failed to materialize in suffi cient quantities to put the miners' busi ness ou a paying basis, and tho mines were temporarily abandoned. The Eng lish have not given up hopes^vet, and companies are beginning to take hold of the enterprise of hunting gold again. Tho Maoris, or natives, call their houses waoris. They raise potatoes and com, dig gum or do anything for a living, and they are very intelligent people. Tim Maori people'are better off almost than the whites, bceanso tiiey possess a lot of land that the whites do not. They have the king country, and their gardens, fruit farms and horso pastures aro well taken care of. They aro very fond of horses and keep lots of them. They buy vegetables, guns, coffee, tea ard grocer ies in tho towns. Their war dances aro interesting, and at them they havo all sorts of games. Sometimes they bccomo warlike toward tho whites and refuse to let them pass through the exclusive Maori country.”—Globe-Democrat. TIio Matting of Fancy Candles. In the big factories lozenges and mot toes are stamped in tho sheet and then cut out separately with patent cutters Wafer lozenges are moro carefully pre pared than tho thick, round kind. The latter nre fed into a machine like a job printing press, by tho sheet, and come out round, hard confections. Wafers aro cut by hand. Fruits aro now crystallized to somo extent by wholesalers in this country, but not as successfully as in France. Opinions differ on this matter. Somo dealers ileclaro that hero the fault alone is in tlioquality of the fruit. Others assert that wo havo not acquired the French secret of preparing the syrups and getting them to penetrate to tho heart of the fruit. Tho finish of fine candies is put on by wholesalers in tho same way as in retail houses, where all work is per formed by hand. Tho syrup used in tho process of crystallization is used "'in tho making of clear candies and stick goods. —Chicago Herald. A Tacit of Tnstc. Ono Of tlio most irritating of tho recent idiocies of tourists is the fashion of leav ing cards at the tombs of distinguished people. Tile bust of Longfellow in West minster Abbey is constantly surrounded by these inappropriate bits of pasteboard, and the grave of ‘ II. II.” is said to ho literally 'covered with tile visiting cards left by tourists who climbed tho lonely mountain near Colorado Springs to visit tiie last resting place of the poet and novelist. Nothing hut nn abundance of tiie most egregious vanity and absolute lack of taste could prompt mi action so idiotic as tiie following of this absurd custom.—Boston Courier. An*r!*cr ITso for Photography. The Latest use to which the magnesium flash liglit.luesbeenputis tiie photography of tho human eye. At tho suggestion of Du Bois Reymond, a normal eye, after a quarter of an hour's rest iu a darkened room, was photographed life size, tho re sult being that tho photograph showed tho pupil ol’ the eye dilated to its fullest extent. As these photographs permit of measurement, they cannot fail to he of great value to medical science.—Photo graphic News. An Incentive to Industry. While it Js ordinarily tho custom of carpenters, masons :uid painters to con tract for their work by tlio day or by tho job, there are occasional deviations from it. Ono expert carpenter in Philadelphia makes hist contracts by tlio job, specify ing that ho shall receive a bonus if ho finishes before .a certain time. As ho is a rapid workman ho contrives to earn considerably moro than lie would if con tracting in tlio customary way.—Chicago News. Only "Think of It. Mattie—Don’t you know, I’vo found out something awful about Mr. Green. Hettio—Why, what can it be? “He’s n Mormon, or a bigamist, at least.” “A bigamist!" “Yes; he fek! 11“ tfvat I '-• wii'o wosonc of a thousand! G !/ jtUa of it!”—Bos ton Transcript. Not Mtu-.i “Oh, tiie From-’ man was very harshly treated. They threw him off tho bal cony into the street. ” ‘•They did? Well, wav he hurt much? Anything broken?” “Nothing but his English.”—Haiper’a Bazar. Tlio average school life of tlio woman teacher in the west is about two years, and tlio farther west eho goes tho less time s’uo teaches. A note raado by a minor is void; a contract rnado with a minor is void; a contract made with a lunatic is void. Be tho same thing that ye would ho i called. i Hovel* of the Hebrides. Tlio hovels were as cheerless within as without. I do not know why it is otic takes liberties with the poor ono would not daro tako with the gich. It is no small evil of poverty that it is everybody’s privilege to stare at it The people of Har ris aro hospitable, and receive tho stranger with courtesy, but you can see that they resent the intrusion. It is not, I fear, to our credit tliat curiosity got the better of our scruples. Wo knocked at a cottage door ono Sunday afternoon, J , ns excuse, asking for a light. As we drew near we heard the voice of some ono reading aloud. Now it was silenced, and a tall old man in his shirt sleeves camo to tho door with an open Biblo in his hands. Within, on the left, was tho dwelling room of the household; on tho right, tho stable. Cattle and family share the only entrance. Into the room, through a single pane of glass, ono ray of daylight fell across the Rembrandt like shadows. On the mud floor, at tho far end, a tiro of peat burned with dull red glow, and its thick, ciioking smoke curled in clouds about tho rafts and softened tiie shadows. Wo could just make out tlio figures of two women crouching by tlio fire, tho curtained bed in tlio corner, the spinning wheel opposite. All other details were lost in gloom and smoke. Until you seo it for yourself, you could not believe, that in our Nineteenth century men still livo like tliis. Miss Gordon Cumming says that to tlio spinning nnd weaving of tlio women “is duo much of sucli comfort, as wo may seo by a peep into some of their little homes. ” But our peep showed us only that women weave and men work in vnin, and that to s]ieak of com fort is mockery in a cottago of Harris, or, indeed, in any cottago we saw in any .part of tho islands. For all those wo went into wero alike iu their poverty and their darkness. As a rule tlio fire burned in tho center on a circle of stones, and over it, from tho roof, hung chain and hook for tho kettle. They havo not changed ono jot or tittle since, a century -ago, they moved Pennant to pitv- , Tho Origin of n Poem. Longfellow’s poem of this title tells liow tlio Moravian nuns “consecrated tlio banner in a chapel or church and pre sented it to tho hero with injunctions that he should bear himself witli bravery and magnanimity tinder its folds nnd that if ho fell in battle tho banner should ho used as his martial cloak and shroud.” Tlio concluding lines me: Aud tho warrior took that banner proud. And it was his martial cloak nnd shroud. It is a fact that Count Cnsimir Pulaski, visiting Lafayette when ho lay sick at Bethlehem, Pa., in 1770, procured a ban ner from tho Moravian Sisters in that place. But all tlio pretty garniture woven by tlio poet around this simple cir cumstance lias been brushed away by historical research. The sisters did not livo n cloistered life, and Pulaski bought tho banner from them in the prosaic order of trade, for by soiling this kind of work they supported tlicir house. On tiie death of Pulaski tho banner passed into tiie hands of Capt. Bentalou. of Bal timore. and is now in tiie possession of tiie Maryland Historical society in that city. In a newspaper interview Mr. Long fellow told the origin of the ;>ooni ill these words: “It wan one of my early works. I wrote it while at college. I read in a newnpiqier that tho Moravian worm :i at Bethlehem had embroidered a haulier nnd presented it to Pulaski. Tlio story made an impression on my mind, and ono idle day I wrote tlio [ioem. I called them Moravian Nuns because I had gathered from something I had read that they were called nuns. I suppose I should have said Moravian Sisters, but but tho change doesn't spoil the ro mance.” New York's Chinese Residents. We have a Chinese imputation of nearly 10,000 in this city, hut it is a rare sight to see any Chinaman applying for help at any of the public charitable institu tions of the city. Our Chinese residents are.always ready to assist each other in all tho emergencies of lile. Most of them belong to societies of- mutual assistance on the Chinese plan. When one of them is penniless he ear. Iiorrow money. When one it: out of work lie finds others ready to aid,him i.i procuring it. When ono is ill, nurses furnish tlio needed service, and if lie dies the expenses of his burial aro always easily obtained. Several hun dreds of them havo become well off through tho business of their wash houses, Thero are no loafers among them, and oil of them are noted for their industrious lives. There nre few of them addicted to tlio opium habit, though many of them occasionally indulge in tlio fumes of tlio drug. It is mainly tho wealthy men among them who oujoy the luxury of Chinese wives, but others who desiro to form white matches find no difficulty in doing so, so far os tho procuring of mates is concerned. As a rule, tho children horn of these unions udopt tho American style of life. The Chinese of New York boast that they produce proportionately fewer criminals tiian any other element of our population.—New York Sun. Between Asplnwali and Panama. Aspinwall has risen like n Phoenix from its ashes. Tho laat Colombian revo lution, happily curtailed by Uncle Sam, has left the town scathed but still there. Aspinwall, or Colon, with a stress on tho “on,” is not a healthful place. There is a funeral train to Monkey HiH every day, sometimes twice a day. It is a hospital city, as well ns a sea port, and the men who have been inveigled into delving amid tho treacherous marshes of tho isthmus nro filling coffins at the rate of eight or ten per diem, and ono coffin docs tlio duty for many. Men are cheap, but tho coffins aro dear. As to tho canal, all I can say is that there is more machinery ignobly rusting between Aspinwall and Panama than would pierco a dozen forty mile canals. SYSTEMS OF “CHECKAGE.* Jm Howard Thinks They Aro a Nuisance, Policy of ifemesty. Aro wo a nation of liars, thieves, cheats? If not, what is tho meaning of tho universal suspicion which poisons every brother’s cup? Why tlieso checks in street cars, these mechanical contriv ances in barrooms, tlieso private detect ive agencies? You remember what a hubbub was created years ago when con ductors were compelled to wear mossivo medallions, with intricate mechanism, supposed to show correctly the number of fares taken. They looked like so many Japanese gods with bungling, onerous, burdensome ornaments about them. Tho directors suspected that tho conductors were stealing, aud every timo tlio con- - _ , ductor pulled tho spring that rang tho In exact proportion its the Panama , boll j J0 cballeuEcd public scrutiny, and tram recedes from Aspinwall does t 0 the suggestion came to every mind, “tho faith of tho traveler vanish j? 1 * 0 | company suspects this man to be a thief,” nothing. For the first ten miles all ) s | and so they did suspect overy man to ho well. Then things begin to take on their | athi( . f and theydoubted tho accuraoy natural shape. There are Americans, y,eir mec |, an "j sm ^ well, because co- Europeans, Chinese, natives, g'lziug at i ver .]y a[u j secretly they sent spotters, tlio cars ns they pass tow n after town on 0 j d men> y 0U11 g ] a dies, tender children, tlio line, but tlio faces of all bear tho , workingmen iu every possible disguise, same impress. ‘‘All hope abandon, yo . to jjeep tally of the number of people who enter boro. Every man who goes j w j, 0 rodo upon the cars and paid faro to work or starts a store on tho isthmian for tho priv ;i ege . Aa it was in Boston canal route is a silent partner with King E0 j t was in Now York and in all tho Death. It is a lottery out of which the j great centers. Tho system of checkogo adventurer hopes to emerge a winner. ■ j n u£c U[)on our railways today is not But tho winners they crowded tho de- | on ]y C \-pensivo to tho companies and an pot at Panama and what were they! i intolerable nuisance to tlio traveling For tlio most part hospital patients, or j public, hut a direct impugning of tho in- subjects for hospital treatment. Feverij tegritv of every man in the employ. It brooded over every inch of those forty- . j buy a ticket from hero to Boston, seven miles between Aspinwall a |"l I an d pay in advance. I pay $5 for my Panama. \ou breathed it in the air; ^cket, and $1.30, or whatever, for a seat you drank it in the water; you beheld it j n a drawing room car. It should bo rank, pestiferously potential m the sur- ; quito sufficient for mo to give up my roundings of every palmleaf roofed liu., ticket to a gateman ; .enter the depot, every single story tenement, every j an( j my ot i, cr ticket to tho porter in dwelling on tho lulls along that fated charge of the drawing room car, ns I forty mile stretch.—Cor. San Francisco e nter tlio car. Chronicle. Tlio ilohonzollem “Wlilto tally." During the middle ages, a noble lady, surpassingly beautiful, of the house of Orlammule, fell madly in lovo with a prince of Uio reigning house, and sent iiiui privately word of her love and an offer of marriage. The prince would gladly havo married her, but for the fact that his parents would not consent. Social intercourse was somewhat re strained in thoso days. He was com pelled to dispatch a page to tho lady with an ambiguous message, declining her offer on tlio ground that “four eyes” stood in tlicir way. Tho young widow believed that lie referred to her two chil dren. and promptly put them to death, notifying him that tho obstacle was re moved. A terrible scene ensued between tlio prince and his murderess lady love, after which lie fled into solitude and die died of remorse. Since then her gliu-t is said to Ik? condemned to haunt the halls of tlio Hohenzollerns, and her npiicaraiico ia a warning of deatli to somo members of tlio family. About fifecen years ago, Climbing Tip the Blgi. I am not certain whether It pays or not to go up on the Rigi. When the weather is clear you can see three moun tain ranges all snow capped, 12 of IB lakes, 17 towns and cities, 40 villages, 00 odd glaciers, and this in a circumference of about 300 miles. Glorious, I admit, but oh! tho discomfort of tho descent again! It takes longer to como down than it does to go iip, and passengers are jerked, jerked, jerked from apex to base so rudely that life is no longer a pleasure ere wo liave reached Vitznau again. Out on such cogwheel contrivances for hu man torture, say I; the old fashioned dil igences may havo been slow and cruel, but they wero Pullmans alongside of theso now fangled cars. Four years ago I climbed tho Rigi, mere child’s play after doing Pilatus, and I havo not grown much older since I said I would climb it again and I did so day before yesterday. It wad'a worm after noon. Not a breath ef air, and the sun shining full on mo tor half the distance. By half-past 7 o'clock I had reached the kulm or highest pciut, and there I threw myself on tho earth and saw the sun go down. Then I had my feet and legs well rubbed with liniment, meanwhile eating dinner, and then I went to bed to bo called early enough to see that 6ame sun riso again. Tho Rigi Kulm is the. best place I know of to observe the splen did ruddy glow that comes over tho great Alpino peaks at tho rising and setting of tho sun. Unfortunately theso effects Of light do not lust long, but they aro mar velously beautiful Night before last ns tho sun went clown it became first yel low, then dark re l and In on instant everything touched by its dying rays as sumed tho sarno ruddy tint. This lasted for a couplo of minutes after tho sun had entirely disappeared, and then suddenly everything turned black and lol the stars wero shining.—Henry Haynle in New Orleans Picayune. Instead of which, I am stopped at tlio gate ns I enter tho . depot, in order that u gateman may No Clinn0c , Acalnit Gamblon. punch the ticket. I tako my seat in the J j„ 1840 th „ t famous magIclant Robert car. In comes a train conductor, who noudin roquested by thojjudgo of tak«i my ticket and punches it n three , lnstructlon of t ]f 10 tribunal of the Seine or four different places I settle down t o examine and verify the genuineness of to read my paper or my book and along j m of cards been seized room conductor, w ho j t] possession of a man who enjoyed l gives me another in : nnythJn £ but a ^ovy reputation. A peculiarity of tho cards was tliat they wero perfectly white, and it was impos sible to detect tho least proof of their having been tampered with or to find the slightest mark upon them. Over his work Houdin spent a fortnight, now in specting them with the unaided eye, again by means of superior lens. Every individual card of tho 150 packs was in spected again and again. Ho was giving up his work in despair, when, of a sud den, closo to tho corner of ono of tlicm, ho perceived a dullish spot. Looking at , ,, , it closer tho spot disappeared, but holding was when a man could go with Ins friend t a distance from him the spot ro tate a cafe, order his lemonade or what- j appearcd . Following up this clew, he, over he wanted, generally tlio latter, , ascertained that on every card there ex throw his money on the counter and i isted n 8pot which, according to its posi- walk out. Now lie has to perform tlio : tion on * th ocard, indicated tho suited service of a waiter. Haying taken Ins ! thoTnluoof tho card. refreshment ho waits while tho attendant comes the drawing tidies my ticket and gives its placo, on which lie punches tlio year, tho month, tho day of tho month, tho number of the train, tho number of tho car, tlio number of the seat, iny destina tion and the amount paid, all of which takes my timo und gives him unnecessary labor. Wo pass beyond Now Haven, and another conductor comes, nnu lio has to punch my ticket, and another conductor comes nt Worcester, and ho has to punch tlio ticket. Then they como along again and take up tho tickets. Como with mo into any of our bar rooms, our restaurants, our cafes. Timo oi'i'acamnt'of^soinoreiwrted aplieimances ^toob-ick o™ta Ho l >ursued th ° furthcr ’ for of Lie White I^dy/rraVttMhTbeight SK fr^wM^dra^ a LS «S.‘ Uw whetber .° that the kaiser had every ono of the 700 1*"°“ *■?-*»?** <# rooms in thoSclilosa tnorousrhlv soarcliod. , . . ... . . . t .. ... rooms in tho Set,loss thoroughly searched. whicll amouai ia „ hown in g i arin g tetters i.uhe liois. of finding some clew to the; tho machill0 M the impression is m-.-.rry; Imt had he succeeded, I doubt ^ T||U th „ cu8tomer w Spelled whether tlio people would have given up (Q sometimes a distance of a lmn- their net superstition. Many ore ready dred At aI1 cvent8 ho must carry enough to testify to haying seen this i( . whcrover tll0 (:ashicr chancc3 t0 hb pale white robed apparition before tl.O t;( , l[od . Uo lialldj tho chcck and tl)0 death of tho late emperor mid stones mo , )ev thfl ^ wj his mouth nre current of her having shown herself , T „’ ! Cos: that time.—Lucy C. npolitan. nnd walks away. In other words, tho barkeeper is distinctly informed by this procedure that Ills employer has no faith in him, ami both ho and tho cashier is informed by this mechanism, which reg- hos tho slightest chance of winning with a person who plays only to live. Tho conclusion ho arrived at was that there is no such supposed favorablo chance, and tliat tho amount of tho non-profes sional’s losses is limited only by tho mag nanimity of tho professional.—Boston Herald. The I’rincc's Hungarian Cuuchman. During the recent visit of tlio Prince of Wales to Hungary ho was much struck with the magnificent mustaches worn by tlio coachmen of that country. Ono man in particular roused the admir ation of his royal highness l>v tlio fierco- ness and graco of his hirsute adornments. Tho prince engaged him. On reaching Marlborough house tho jehu saw that tho coachmen, footmen nnd, in fact, all the servants wore faces devoid of hair. He nt once sought a barber and bad his faco shaved dean. 'When tho prince saw him again ho was horrified. “I engaged you for your mustache and for nothing else,” said his royal highness. That evening the Hungarian set out for his native land.—New York World. Favor! to nororages la Persia. Tlio great boverago in Persia is sher bet, which is plentifully supplied, and of which there are many varieties—from tho bowl of water witli a squeezo of lemon to tho clear, concentrated juico of , , . ( any sort of fruit to which water is added And, after nil, do checks check? t to diluto it , T ho preparation of sherbet, Thieving conductors wero supplied by r w hi c h j 3 done with the greatest core, is ingenious mechanics with little arrange- a very important point in so thirsty u merits by which, while pretending to C0UXlt L ti Persia, and ono to which register, they in reality pocketed tho faro f xnucli. timo is devoted. It may bo either without registering. Barkeepers, by col lusion with cashiers, can, if they wish, railways wero retained by conductors, they having duplicate slips furnished them by the accountant in tho office. Human ingenuity is certain to lx: met by human ingenuity. In tho long run, tak ing ago after age, accumulated facts havo crystallized themselves into a pro verb, “Honesty is tho best policy,” and dishonest men know just as well as tiro good and true that tlio path to success lies in tliat direction, and tliat leaving all question of morals out of considera tion, the best “policy,” tlio truest way in whicll to servo one's selfish purpose, is to be honest. There must be responsibility some where. Somebody must he trusted, and nil this intricate system of- clieckogo doesn't amount to shucks. If n man is dishonest nnd lias not brains enough to Tlio books that are most widely read ; buow that, in spite of his dishonest ten- defraud their employers. This very week j of pomegranates, cherries or lemons ono of our railroad auditors tumbled over j mlxcd with 8Ugar nnd 6 ubmlttcd to a a plan by which fares collected on steam 0^;,, degreo of heat to preservo it for Children of KurxOS City. Professor Stanley llall published re- I isters the amount, that tlicir employer centlv the..•suit of examinations mndo trusts neither of them. I of very little folks in Boston schools. Professor Greenwood inudo similar in vestigations among tlio lowest grado of pupils in tlio Kansas City schools, and a table ol' comparisons is printed. The per cent, of children ignorant of common tilings is astonishingly less in Kansas City schools tiian in the Boston; even tlio colored children of the western city made a mucli better showing. Another subject of investigation is the ulteged physical deterioration in this country. Examinations wero mado of hundreds of school children from tlio ago of 10 to 15, and comparisons taken with tlio tables in Mulhall's Dictionary of Statistics. London, 1884. It turns out that the Kansas City children ore taller, taking sex into account, than tho average English child at the age of either 10 or 15, weigh a fraction less at 10, but upward of four pounds more at 15. while tlio average Belgian hoy and girl com pare favorably with American children two years younger. Tho tabulated statis tics show two facts, tliat tiie average Kansas City child stands fully as tall as tho tallest, and that in weight he tq» tho beam against an older child on the other side of tho Atlantic. r ' *♦**• • expressed from the juico of fruit freshly gathered or from tho preserved extract are novels; and after them come works of travel and adventure, histories, biog raphies nnd autobiographies, and pic tures of current manners and customs. Popular poetry treats of love, effort and disappointment; white moral and phil osophical essays and religious treatises— unless concerning somo new sensational religion—are found, if anywhere, on tho shelves of tlio bookseller. In short, tho books tliat circulate are books that treat of human relations and activities; they keep us in mind thereof, and therefore they servo to augment and forward Another Civilized Ailment. A curious affection is paradoxical deaf ness. Dr. Boucheron, in a note to tlio Paris Academy cf Sciences, lately stated that tiie patient is lieaf for speech m tlio silence of-a retired room, yet hears tho same in tho midst of noise, ns in n mov- tbein. They maintain the heat of die- i ing carriage or railway train, or ia tho deucy, success can ho obtained by honest methods alone, no power this side of heaven can keep him from cheating, and cheating for a white witiiout detection.— Joe Howard in Boston Globe. missions, tho sharpness of rivalries, the rumor of success; they spur us on when we flag, invite us when wo linger, and as sure us when wo doubt; wo return from realities to them, and they drive us bus.. with fresh impulse to realities. For G books tliat would keep us at^ome have uo taste nor- leisure. ’ Traveler. street. Tho disorder, wliicli is grave, | progressive and sometimes hereditary, is caused by compression of tho labyrinth of the —Arkansaw Traveler. A Paris linn ha3 produced porous glc-a ; for window panes. Tho porea are too j fine to admit a draught, but they assist "in ventilation. preservo : winter consumption. \ i Another sherbet much drank is called i guzang ebben. It is mode from tho honey of the tamarisk treo. This honey is not tho work of tho beo, but is mado l>y a small insect living under tho leaves of tho shrub. During tho months of August and September tho insect is col lected find tho honey is preserved. When used for sherbet it is mixed with, vinegar, and, although not so delicious, os that mado from fruit, it makes an cx- , colled! beverage. • Only among the rich and fashionable aro glasses used. In all other cases sher bet u served in china bowls and drank from deep wooden spoons carved in pear- wood.—Youth’s Companion. ' ' every day you ono or i ‘dog” advertisements in the no If owners didn't lovo their d wouldn’t go to tlio expense of ing for them. Most of theso iostd havo been stolen. The thief eelte the to somebody else. Then bis “pal” gr to the rightful owner and obtains a hand- romo reward for recovering thn nnimnl. Tlio New Zealand government Is ad vertising for qualified persons acquainted witli tho best apbtems of dairy farming, and competent to instruct dairy farmers in New Zealand as to tha best methods of preparing their produce for tho Eng lish market.—Boston Budget. Sir Daily As:::' lice. The f- t «:* e u; :.:; record was a lunar o • was. observed at Babvlon 721 B. < * r win Arnold, tho editor of The . egrnph, wrote his “Light of w.iibt traveling in the railway : to mui r ro. i his newspaper of-