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3J;nic • * TRENTON, GEORGIA. During the last fifty years the climate has so changed that a man can now live at an altitude of a tenth of a mile higher than before. Governor Waterman, of California, will not permit paid attorneys to appear before him in the interest of those seek ing pardons. The rate of mortality among the In dians increases about ten per cent, a year. The more they are civilized the faster they die. v The whole number of Christians in China is now over 32,000, while those in Japan are over 19,000. In each country ovar 4000 were added duiing 1887. It is not an uncommon thing for emi grants to land at Castle Garden, New York, with families of nine or ten children, and recently a husband and wife, with thirty-two children, disem barked there. There is said to be one house in Chi cago which maintains seventy commer cial travelers in a single State, and whose yearly expenses were made SIO,OOO greater by the passage of the Interstate Commerce Law. The interest taken in art in France was shown this year by the crowd of people present at the so-called private view of the Salon. So great was the anxiety not to miss the spectacle that 10,000 people gained admission. A Chicago police justice has made a funny legal blunder. He has built a fine house on another man’s lot, and the man will neither buy it nor let him re move it. The surveyor got the wrong line, and the owner of the property wasn’t saying a word. Since the organi'ation of the New York Cremation Society, three years ago, 18G bodies have been incinerated there— -120 males and 57 females. Interested people declare that cremation is gaining ground, and this New York society has now begun to pay expenses. A discussion is going on among som of the Eastern papers a 3 to what flowe r should be chosen as our national em blem. The Chicago ITeral/l thinks that the blossom most emblematic of modesty, the distinguishing trait of American charrjcter, is undoubtedly the shy and shrinking violet. After all, Buffalo Bill’s visit to Eng land was not without substantial results, declares the Atlanta G nxti'u-ion. He claims that he introduced pop corn into that country, and it ’is now very popu lar. At one of Buffalo Bill’s exhibitions 20,000 balls of pop corn were sold, and even the royal family munched this delicacy. Empress Victoria, of Germany, has turned inventor, remarks the New Or leans Times-Democrat. She drew plans from which a writing desk has been manufactured, which enables the Em peror to write whether lying in bed or standing up. It is available in any posi tion, and the mechanism employed is said to be intricate and remarkably effec tive. M. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, a French Scientist, gives figures showing the quantity of tobacco consumed in the dif ferent countries of Europe. The rate per 100 inhabitants is, according to him, as follows: Spain, 110 pounds: Italy, 128 pounds; Great Britain, 138 pounds; Russia, 182 pounds: Denmark, 224 pounds; Norway, 229 pouuds; Austria, 273 pounds. Proceedings in the New Mexico courts of justice are usually conducted in the Spanish language, records the New York World , and it very often happens in a trial, it is said, that not a Single juryman can speak English. The two lawyers who stand at the head of the criminal bar in the Territory owe their success almost entirely to their fluent command of Spanish. The Chicago Herald remarks that “Pennsylvania is said to have been the first State to break over the old and well established custom of hanging murderers only on Friday. Many other States, Illinois included, now depart from it. There was never any good reason for it anyway, and as there are few States that do not need a hanging every day in the week, it is well to do away with it altogether.” An experiment in co-operation will be tried by the Knights of Labor of Glen wood Springs, Colorado, and will be watched with interest. A tract border ing on Grand river is to be settled and turned into farming land, where fruits and vegetables may be raised. Canning works -nd other enterprises are to be •stablished in time. The colony will pay its officers no salaries, and all dis putes are expected to be settled by the decision of the Beard of Arbitration witl* out going to law. Paris is talking about erecting a mon | unxent to Jacques Daviel, the first oculist to practice excision of the cataract. He described his method in a paper which he read before the Academy of Surgery on the 10th of November, 1752. The editor of the Western Electrician thinks the Edison photophone possesses such vast possibilities and its achieve ment has awakened an enthusiasm which has not been manifest since the intro duction of the telephone. It may, ht thinks, serve a thousand different pur poses. It . may aid the business man throughout the working-hours and charm him in his leisure moments. Em ployed as it can be for both pleasure and business, it may revolutionize life in both these aspects. Berlin, it seems, has gradually beconu the headquarters of the carved wood industry, supplanting Switzerland. Six hundred artists in wood carving, the same number of turners and 700 car penters are engaged in manufacturing such articles as cigar cases, newspaper and picture frames, napkin lings, etc. The value of the annual export of these articles is given as 5,000,000 marks, and this is exclusive of the costly carved wood furniture the manufacture and ex port of which are assuming large pro portions. F. G. Krelschmer, of Pierre, Dakota, said recently to a Chicago reporter! “The warpath is a thing of the past. It \ makes the people living on the borders o£ the Sioux reservation smile. The Indian ■ does not want to fight. Ido not believe twenty bucks could be found on the Sioux reservation who would take the warpath. They have Sitting Bull as u living example. Last summer I made a trip over the Big Sioux reservation alone, slept in Indian tepees at night, and I had no more fear of danger than I have here in Chicago.” The Crown Prince is waging war against the dandies of the Pruss an army. He recently gave orders that the English trousers and pointed laced shoes—Eng lish points,” as they are called—“which some of the gentlemen wear of late,” should be abolished and replaced by the military trousers and Prussian shoes— most unornamental coverings for the feet. The order is not liked, and in creases his popularity only among the older officers. He also ordered the bands of the various regiments under his com mand to practise the historical tunes of which he professes to be a great lover. The modern airs, which had become very popular among the soldiers, are doomed and already the tunes of “Hoheir friedberger,” “Torgauer,” “Sebastopol,’* “Radetzky” and “March to Paris,” echo again along the streets of Berlin. The small boys do not wh.stle the accompani ment to these, however, a certain proof that they are not popular. But the Prince is happy, and thinks Ift is daily increasing his resemblance to t rederick the Great. The New York Herald says that “the fact that leprosy exists in ftc Baltic provinces and that emigration from those provinces is unrestricted brings home to us a crucial question. Shall we not resist the introduction of the leper in the l nited States? And in ajking this question might we not likewise enter fully into this whole business of imigra tion. Why should the shores of the United States Be the dumping ground for every nation? The emigration busi ness is a large one, but it is almost en tirely under foreign Bags. We are onlv concerned in it so far as to find homes, employment and protection lor those who come. It is not to diminish our hospitality to say that none shall come who are diseased, criminal or paupers. Leprosy once surely earthed here and it would be ineradicable. The true way is to keep it out, and while doing that we might keep out other things which we welcome in our all too easy way.” Of that vast work, as projected, the ship canal between Bordeaux, on the Atlantic seaboard, and Narbonne, on the Mediterranean coast, it is stated that the cost will be some $130,000,000, and while its length would be about 33C miles the use of it would be a saving of nearly 700 miles by vessels going from southern France or northern Italy to the northern Atlantic. The plan, it is said, contemplates having a railroad run along the margin of the canal, and using loco motives to tow the vessels through, by which means, it is believed, a speed of seven miles an hour may be maintained both day and night, as during the hours of darkness the canal might be illuminu ted with electric lights. There would be, according to the plan, thirty eight locks in the canal, and the depth of water, twenty-seven feet, would permit French armor-clad vessels to pass through the canal, thus uniting the two sea coasts of the country, and avoiding the passage through the Strait of Gibraltar, which might in time of war be blockaded by the fleet of an enemy, and would deprive the English of cer tain advantages which they now in the Gibraltar fortifications. It is thought that,for commercial purposes,the patron age of the canal will be sufficient to pay a good return on the money invested if) its construction. REMEMBER. Remember, when the timid dawn uncloses Her magic palace to the sun’s bright beams; Remember, when the pensive night reposes Beneath her silvery veil in tender dreams, When pleasure calls thee, when the heart is light, When to sweet fancies shade invites at night, List, through the deep woods ring Sweet voices murmuring Remember! Remember, when fate's cruel hand has broken For aye the tie that bound my life with thine; When, with long years and exile, grief un spoken Despairing heart and blasted hopes are mine. Think of my sad love, think of my last adieu. Absence and the time are naught when love is true, Long as my heart shall beat Ever it shall repeat Remember! Remember, when beneath the cold ground lying, My broken heart forever is at rest. Remember, when some lonely flower is trying Its petals soft to open on mv breast, Thou wilt not see me; but my soul, set free, Faithful in death, shall still return to thee. Then hark to the sad moans Of a deep voice that groans, Remember! —Alfred De Musset. THE SUBSTITUTE The Rev. 51 r. Pennell, pastor of the First Society, Brookville, entered his house one afternoon in July with an ex pression upon his countenance so unlike the look of weariness generally there visible that his wife, noticing it, in quired : “What has occurred that has afforded you such evident gratification?” “You know that I was wishing that I might have a temporary relief from my cares, but was unwilling to take a vaca tion because of my belief that no church should, even for one Sunday, be without preaching?” “Yes, and I know that you owe it to your people, not less than to yourself, to rest lrom your labors; so doing you could accomplish much more. Have you decided to go away for a season?” “Read that,” he replied, passing a letter to his wife. She unfolded the missive, whose con tents were: C —, N. YL, July 12,18—. Dear Brother Pennell— You will be surprised at hearing from your former class mate in Andover, between whom and your self there has never been any correspondence; but a few won Is will render all comprehensi ble. From my remembrance of your views respecting the duties of a pastor, and from what 1 have heard of your faithfulness, I apprehend that you would not sacrifice what you, perhaps unwisely, regard the welfare of your people to your physical and of course mental health and strength. A young man whom 1 consider very gifted has been studying with me for nearly two years, and would like to preach a few Sun days experimentally. Provided you wish to be absent from your charge for a month or six weeks, my friend will gladly supply your pulpit during that time, for no other com pensation than his Board. If, however, you shad choose to make him atrifiing donation,it will bo very acceptable, as he has to provide for himself entirely. I shall Be absent from home until the mid dle of September, so if you think proper to accept my suggestion, please write to Mr. Thomas Smith, Boston, whither he is going to visit friends, on receipt of this. v\ r ith kindest wishes, Fraternally yours, William Blake. “You will avail yourself of this oppor tunity to recuperate your energies?” asked Mrs. Pennell, having finished the letter. “I shall. It seems too much like a dis pensatisn of Providence to be neglected.” “1 am so glad.” Mr. PenneJij. went to his library and wrote to Mr. %.iith, mentioning the let ter from “Brother” Blake, and inviting him to substitute for him the coming six weeks. Three days later Mr. Smith came to Brookville. He was of medium height, slight, pale faced; had long, abundant whiskers, worn a l’Anglais, curly hair of the same hue; blue eyes, that were sharp, in quisitive, penetrating: regular features; was evidently not far from 25. The following Sunday he occupied a seat in the pulpit with Mr. Pennell, but took no part in the exercises, except to offer the closing prayer. At the conclusion of the morning service—the only one for the day—the pastor introduced him to the more prominent members, with the remark— it soon became stereotyped: “Mr. Smith will preach for me while I am having the vacation which it appears to be my duty to take, and I think you will have no reason to regret the temporary change.” Every one expressed his pleasure at hearing that Mr. Pennell had concluded to rest; no one doubted but that Mr. Smith would satisfactorily meet all re quirements. Indeed, the new comer had already done much toward securing the favor of those who were to constitute his congre gation. “What a fervent prayer! How earnest he seems! He is destined to become dis tinguished,” and other like observations might have been heard, sotto voce, from the elderly people. The maidens whispered to one an other: “Did you ever see such side whiskers? What magnificent eyes he has! Isn't he fine looking?” and so on. The next kabbath the subject of his discourse was: “I was a stranger and ye took me in.” As a literary production it was masterly, and it was delivered in a manner that held the audience spell bound. When he descended from the pulpit, an old man, whose frame was bowed, whose hair was silvered with age, ex tended his hand, and said tremulously: “Brother Smith, in my more than eighty years I have never heard so excel lent a sermon as yours.” “Thank you,” returned Mr. Smith. “Y’our kind words are encouraging”— and a blush suffused his face. From that time his praises were on every lip. People who were noted Sab bath breakers went to hear him; the prayer meeting had an attendance larger than it had ever before known, the “sewing circle,” usually discontinued through the hot months, was reorgan ized, and of it he was the moving spirit. The young men liked him: the young women—married as well as single fairly adored him. With reference to the gentler sox, he acted circumspectly, being courteous toward all, but manifesting no favoritism to any of them. In a fortnight he was as popular as a clergyman could desire to be. “ I should like to ask a great favor of you,” he said to Mr. Campbell, cashier of the local bank, a “pillar” of the church, as he sat in conversation one evening. “ Do not hesitate to ask any favor which it is in my power to grant,” was the reply. “It is not exactly the thing for an humble servant of the Lord to wear this ring”—extending his shapely white hand, whereupon sparkled a large dia mond. “It indicates a taste for display, that, commendable with the rich, is rep rehensible where the wearer is poor and titting for the vocation that is to be mine. I do not wear it as a matter of display, however, but because it is an heirloom, from which I have been unwilling to part in the season of my direst need. The people cannot know my motive in having it appear upon my person, and will probably misapprehend it. I would ask if you are willing to give it a place in your safe at the bank?” “Most assuredly. Carry it there in the morning, and 1 will deposit it where it wil 1 be secure.” “ Thank you. My mind is relieved of a great responsibility.” The next morning he went to the bank and saw his ring placed where Mr. Campbell convinced him it would be “ secure.” After an absence of five weeks Mr. Pennell returned to his charge, and Mr. Smith went from Brookviile to a small village in .Maine, where he was engaged to preach for a short time, he said. There was a wide and deep regret at his departure, and not a few of the mem bers—especially those who had joined under liis administration—freely ex pressed their wish that the “lay preacher” might continue to substitute for the regular pastor, whom such re marks reached and deeply grieved. Finally matters settled into their former channel, and moved on peace fully for the greater part, though not without an occasional disturbance, such as the parish had not known prior to the advent of Mr. Smith. Toward the close of September a panic was created in the place by the rumor that the bank had been burglari ed to the amount of nearly soo,ooo—a rumor that proved true. The day that this announcement was made Mr. Smith again came to Brook ville to obtain the ring, which he had thought best should remain in the safe while he wa< away. Despite the gloom of those who had suffered by the burglary, they were glad to see him, and, learning his loss, were so sorry as almost to forget their own. “Though the intrinsic value of the ring was considerable, I valued it chiefly because it had been in our family so many years—handed down from one to another generation,” he said, “but my loss does not deserve mention, with that wdiich some of you have experienced. It does make me feel a personal interest in the affair” —this to the directors and de positors— “and I would suggest that you at once telegraph to New York for Mr. in America. I regret my inability to re main and learn the result of your inves tigation. If you succeed in recovering the stolen property, 1 shall appreciate your kindness if you express the ring at once to me at Rochester, N. Y.” Mr. Campbell promised to do so. Mr. Sgiith thanked him and was gone. The detective named was summoned by telegraph; and within twelve hours arrived in Brookviile. To him the President stated all the facts in the case, of which the officer made memoranda. Then, as if in verification of these state ments : . “The door of the bank was locked when you reached it?” he said, interoga tivelv. “It was.” returned Mr. Campbell. “The safe was also locked?” “Yes,” “The windows were fastened same as usual?” “They were.” “Who knows the combination that you use on your safe?” “No one but myself.” “Have you ever committed it to pa per?” “I have. And that paper is now in a sea : ed package, holden by my attorney, and to be opened only in case of illness that renders me unconscious or my death.” “Do you know that the package has never been tampered with?” “I suppose that it has not. Will learn shortly.” And he wrote a note which he sent to his attorney. “No suspicious person has been in the village recently?” “Not that I am aware of.” The officer began the examination of the premises, frequently referring to his memoranda. Meanwhile a sealed pack age was handdd to Mr. Campbell, who, opening it, said: “The paper is unmolested.” “Are you sure you have never acci drntally disclosed the combination to any one —that no one lias ever been near you when you have opened the safe?” “The only person who has ever been near me when I have opened the safe, with the exception of the officials, is the gentleman who substituted for our pas tor this summer.” “And how did he happen to be near you then.” “He came to leave a valuable ring for safe keeping.” “You opened the safe in his presence, and he unsuccessfully tried to open it after you?” “Yes,” in astonishment. “Describe his personal appearance.” | Mr. Campbell did so. “That is all for the present,” remarked the officer. Four days elapsed, during which the detective seemed to give the case no con sideration, devoting his time with this, that and the other one, on any subject except the burglary. Then he went to Mr. Campbell. “Your description,” be said, “of the gentleman who substituted for your pastor this summer tallied so nicely with a burglar who has operated in the West 5 that I at once made up my mind that the two were identical.” Mr. Campbell gave a start. “Leaving you, I called upon Mr. Pen nell. and learned the name of the clergy man by whose recommendation Mr. Smith came here. To this minister I immediately wrote. The reply is”—read ing a letter: C , N. Y., Oct. 2,18—. Dkar Sir: —ln answer to yours just at hand would say: I know no one by the name of Thomas Smith: never had a student; never wrote to Brother Pennell. The evening be fore I left home, last July, a yoang man. in all respects like the one you describe, called on me and asked me innumerable questions concerning Brother Pennell—so many and so strange that I wondered at it. I intended t# write Brother P. about this man, but neglect ed it so long that I deemed it best not to write at all. Wish now that I had, as it would have prevented tho imposition which has been practised upon an esteemed co worker ana his people. Yours respectfully, William Blake. Mr. Campbell was too much astonished to speak. “Probably this man Smith—or what ever h.s name may be—learning that your bank did an immense business, re solved to burglarize it long ago. con tinued the officer, just how he chanced to adopt the clerical robe I cannot say, but, having determined upon it, he could easily tind the name of some one who was your pastor’s classmate at the theo logical seminary, by consulting the cata logues of the institution for various years. Fortune favored him in selecting Mr. Blake. He had never corresponded with Mr. Pennell, but was thoroughly versed in his ways. This circumstance enabled Smith to write to your pastor, with no fear of detection by reason of the pen manship. The time of writing was also opportune, as Mr. Blake was on the point of leaving home, and Mr. Pennell could not write to him couceruing the would-be substitute. “The ring —it may or may not have been worth something—was the ruse by w T hich he gained a knowledge of your combination. When you opened the safe he learned the number that you used, and his unsuccessful attempt to open it after you was a mere ‘blind.’ Of course, to obtain an entrance to the building was an easy matter to him. I shall this very clay go in pursuit of him, and my advice is, say nothing of what I have told you to any one except the directors, more than that I have obtained a clew to the perpetrator of the deed, until you hear from me.” Farlv in December Mr. Campbell re ceived a telegram from the detective in New York, which contained the single word: “Come.” He went to that city, where he found Thomas :Smith, alias various other names, in custody, who made a full confession, quite substantiating the officer’s suppo sition, and restored all he had taken from the bank save a few hundred dollars or so. When Mr. Campbell returned to Brookviile with the stolen property overy one was astonished. They were more astonished on learning the true character of the “lay preacher.” “His first text should have been, ‘I was a stranger and took ye in,’” facetiously observed one of the church members whom Mr. Smith had espe cially pleased. Since that time no one of his flock has expressed any desire that another than the Rev. Mr. Pennell administer to his spiritual wants.— Hartford I'imes. WISE WORDS. May to-morrow be all you wish. To know the new search the old. Even a cur can bark at his own gate. There is but one step from triumph to ruin. He is wise who can preach a short ser mon. It becomes a wise man to try negotia tion before arms. Fame comes only when deserved, and then it is as inevitable as destiny. The higher the rank the less pretence, because there is less to pretend to. If a man is fit to go higher he will show it by beiii£ faithful where he is. We expect other people to change their opinions, yet cling tenaciously to our own. Be content with enough. Y’ou may butter your bread so thick that you can’t eat it. We are taught and we teach by some thing about us that never goes into lan guage at all. A man who lends money to his friends shall never see either his friends or his money again. We generally hate those whom we have iu.ured move than we do those who have injured us. There are words that strike even harder than blows; and many may “speak daggers,” though they use none. A good many people know just what is the matter with others, but never found out what was the matter with themselves. The man who minds his own business is never out of work, never out of money, never out on a strike, and never out of his head. All that we possess of truth and wis dom is a borrowed good. You will be always poor if you do not possess the only true riches. A host of minds, of profoundest thought, find nothing in the disclosure of science to shake their faith in the eternal verities of reason. Two Heads That Do Not Agree. Leighton Foster, Bennie Evans, and Lewis Bishop spent Saturday in hunting for turtles, snakes, toads, butterflies and bugs along the banks of West River and on the West River meadows. Among other specimens captured was a turtle, which has two distinct heads and necks, both perfectly formed, and they move in any direction. The turtle is ebout as large as a silver half dollar. If a fly is placed in the mouth of one head the other immediately tries to seize the fly. The turtle has considerable trouble in walking, owing to the fact that the heads at timps become possessed of the idea of traveling in opposite directions. This generally results in a struggle of the feet and little progress. —New Haven Palladium. The Sun an Incendiary. The Chemist and Druggist (London) records the fact of a chemist shop just opened at 1(5 High street, with show bottles in the windows, which, acting as a buring glass, set fire to the store. It was discovered before much damage was done, but serves as another warning against placing show bottles where the sun can reach them in show windows.— Sdereijic American. FAIR CHARMER AND SWEET Plfi^ Her silken gown it rustles And she goes down the stair And in ail the place there’s ne’er a fac One-half, one-half so fair. _ . But oh! 1 saw her yesterday- " And no one knew ’twas she- When a little sick child looked up and smiljß As she sat on my lady’s knee. Her fan it flirts and flutters, Her eyes grow bright—grow d And all around no man is found But thinks she thinks of him, But oh! to her the best of all, Though they be great and grand, Are less than the sick whose smiles eoj quick At the touch of my lady's hand. Her little shoe of satin Peeps underneath her skirt— And a foot so small ought never at all To move in mire and dirt, But oh! she goes among the po And heavy hearts rejoice— As they can tell who know he. weu- To hear my lady’s voice. Her glove is soft as feather Upon the nestling dove; Its touch so light I have no right To think, to dream of love— But oh! when, clad in simplest garb, She goes where none may see, I watch, and pray that some happy day My lady may pity me. — II. C. Banner. HUMOR OF THE HAY. Hum, sweet hum—The beehive. Loud shoes—Those that squeak badly. News of the weak—The hospital re ports. The latest thing out—Generally your match. The home stretch—A nap on the lounge. Two for a scent—A pair of blood hounds. Can a bank that can stand a loan be called an infant industry? When the young writer reads the re views of his first work he often finds it is a guyed book instead of a novel. Tht Journalist. Gentleman—“lf you will get my coat done by Saturday I shall be forever in debted to you.” Tailor—“Oh, if that’s your game, it won’t be done.” — Siftings. Luxuriant verdure decks the plains, The clover sweet the sunshine fosters, And now the browsing goat disdains Tomato cans and circus posters. —Boston Courier. Down on the seashore a single wavf from a pretty woman’s handkerchief will attract more attention than all the wave* of old ocean put together. Texas Sift ings. The porcupine is probably the best in formed of all the animals. He can give you more points than you will know what to do with in a week.— Burlington Free Press. “And so the ice cream season is again upon us, George, she said shyly. “Yes,’* he responded. “I never pick up a paper now that I do not expect to find some awful case of poisoning ” —The Epoch. Beneath a ripe persimmon-tree Two learned lawyers chanced to be. ‘•Climb,” said the first: “I’ll catch—you toss ’em But t’other shook his head: “A r o/i possumP* Etiquette—lt is correct to address the Lords of the Admiralty collectively as “My Lords,” but it would be equally appropriate to add: “I hope your War ships are getting along satisfactorily.”— Punch. Hotel clerks are popularly supposed to own the biggest diamonds in the country, but this is not so. Baseball! diamonds are the biggest things just now in the public eye.—Rochester Post- Express. A Pennsylvania man who had a land slide of about a million tons come down on his cow pasture, posted the following 1 sign on the debris: “A new lot just re-1 ceived. For sale cheap.”— Burlington l Free Press. Sir Morell Mackenzie’s work on “The Voice” is a standard authority, and yet' the distinguished physician failed to' note one important fact, which is that ; the voice cheers but does not inebriate.; —New York Sun. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”— A maxim quickened by Shakespeare’s touch. Alas, that Shakespeare did not tell us if A rose by any other name would cost as much! “Dress,” said Smith, with all tho force of an original idea, “ does not make a man.” “No.” replied Jones, gloomily 7 , as he fingered his wife’s dress maker’s bill he had just received, “ but it often breaks a man.” —New Yos/c Netos. Bihold him a man once exalted in station, Of friends and of future bereft A few simple words solve the whole situa tion; He monkeyed with stocks and got left. — Siftings. As long as aerolites must fall, why do they not come down over the hackman who rings door-bells in the dead of the night, and wants to kno y where No. 449£ is? It is too long to wait for fu ture punishment in cases of this sort.— Courier-Journal. The breezes flit soft on the prairie, The steamers ply free on the main, Maud swings on the gate like a fairy, And summer’s come back once again. —Duluth Parographer. The man who has a brand-new type writer, and leisure, and lots of linen wove manuscript paper, cannot help feeling thrt he has it in his power to make a big literary reputation for him pelf, if he can only think of something to say.— New York News. There was a young man in Cuba Who was learning to play a tuba. When the frail alto horn Tooted loudly in scorn. And provoked a rebellion in Cuba. —Chicago News. “He’s no better, doctor. You told me to give him as much of the powder as would lay on sixpence. I hadn’t six pence, but I gave him as much as would lie on five pennies and two and it’s done him no good at all, at all. —San Francscio News-Letter. “I see,” said Mr. Ringfinger, of Phila delphia, “that the tachyglosus hystrix at the Zoo is dead. That is a sever® loss.” “Cfh, well,” returned Mrs Ring finger, “the Zoo is rich. They can send round to John WauamaKer’s and get an other. 1 hain’t got no symp’thy for them folks.” — New York Sun.