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I Several Parisian papers note the di me of population in France. One says “We can fix tire day, not a distant dsy, whan by the perennial falling ol ol births r rauco will have lost one-third, of its popviotion. The result is fatal. Within Kilf a century Franco will have fallen belo' Italy and Spain lo the rank of a oecoud rate power, There is no denying the figures. If this continues, in addition toother causes of docadence, we are a lo?t nation." Speaking o' the Snckville Incident the London Truth says: “This ii not the first time Lord Sackvitle has been doped. A little while ago a man cams to him and said that th; British legation was to be blown up that evening, and that he alone could prevent it, This bo promised to do if l .e were at once piid $3110. The sum wasv.hauded over to h in, how when he he went had 'done’ about Roasting jjhe British everywhere mln>s ler. The man was a Iprefessioual card sharper.” \ The young gentlemaiV aged six and a half, who is now Crow?) Prince of Ger many, and will Erapero\ be KiJiiperor whoa the present young is dead, is al ready being turned inlocVsoldu:*. Every day he is compelled chubby! few over half an hour to move his h’gs and hold bis discipline, immature body according to military and is seve e!y drilled by sn ancient Sergeant-or. lie wears the regulation uniform nd returns tho salutes of aged Ggrerforals with diguified nonchalanc e New M^ork philanthropists arc turning dir f.jkTtention to the alleviation of the •gills' sufferings. There is ai-o an iomake the factory girl more ia depi 'eat and to this end large sums of mont, have been raised with a view to establishing schools for instruction in the different branches of mechanical labor. It is claimed that if girl? and young women are taught a good trade early in life they can be placed where they can make au honorable livelihood independent of brutal employer? and sordid factory-owners. The latest gigantic scheme in South America is being carried out by a French syndicate which is to bi l l a ra.iwav from Montevideo through Brazil, Para guay and Bolivia to the f’aei/ic const at a C03t of $300,OOO,OOO. The provincial bank of Buenos Ayres has lodged $13, 000,000 in gold dollars in the Na ional bank to the credit of tho National Treasury, and it is estimated that tho bank to day has a stock of go d vxcee 1 iug $30,000,000. The Argentine llc public is on the eve of another boom aud the state of affairs could not be more satisfactory. Tbe Chicago Times believes that tho next census will show the great city on Lake Michigan to be second, in point of population, to New York. In !he census of 1890 it was fourth. The «lathat (he popuisFon oi PWago may to day be estimated at 1,03,’,000, and adds; “Chicago ad mittedly is gaining more rapidly in popu lation than Philadelphia, a city wli ch has made nil the territorial increase pos sible, whereas in Lake, Hyde Park, and Lake View, Chicago has three large cities immediately acrost the street. [Without incorporat ng the adjoining suburbs Chicago, it rs clear, will pass Brooklyn in 18.IO. With these suburbs p< hiengo, it will be shown, will past Philadelphia and gland second only to New Y'ork. Then commences the race for fust place, a contention who h may continue through several decades, but with success certain in the long run for Chicago, which is destined to become a than London,” *9 3, ’-nr * ? UM IW oi tog t'Oliml gtauwiwih IP taken in I SHO. Tt will surprise many Air readers to learn that the census of K8S9 has only recently been eonyincj. pin, nuiouc. -ixoiutnesnecessary to per fect the census is large. There are separate books on population, nativity, age, sex, religion aud occupation; on smployes in mines and industries, me [hauiealand agricultural, and the extent |f manufacturing; the kinds and nutn HL of lire stock in the country; the ^Bing.and Hmines, dairy products; the output and the value of ores, coal, oil, (as, etc.; everything that pertains to [he manner in which citizens earn a livelihood; ail about children of school age or younger; criminal statistics ol Every available nature, and data about [he ^ insane, the deaf mutes, and the d. The next census will be much More voluminous than the one now com pleted, and the Chicago Newt thinks that the commissioner who undertakes Its compilation will be entitled to I he prayers of the ordinary citizen that he may survive the ordeal and not remain In office until the appointment of his sue lessor. ,’riminals Hare Brains Like Animals It is interesting to know that at the resent time Professor Benediki, of lienna, is weighing, measuring and ree prding the appearances of the brains of IrninaU. In the Medical Congress held ■ London in 1880 he exhibited the Inns of forty criminals, murderers and Iiers, and he has certainly persuaded K.i-e:f lemble that tbe brain of a murderer may that of a lower animal in cer K definite ways. [There k emblance seemed between to him the to arrangement be a strong of Is convolutions in the brains of some .ukejs and that in the brains of some Iminais. He went even farther and id leness that murderers’brains had a special to those of bears. At tbe d;B? Issson I on this subject the general feel was that these beings certainly had ■her K poor brains, brains with large E less developed relationship convolutions, be there Instrated no distinct to de* between them and the lower ( led Jlilic Comtfg Journal VOLUME I. The Children. They are such tiny fret I They have gone so short way to meet The years which are required to break Their etepe to evonnws, and make Them go If ore sure and elow. They are such little hands! Be kind; things are so new, and life but stands A step beyond the doorway. All around New day has found Such tempting things to shine upon; and so The handa ere tempted oft, you know. They are such fond, clear eyes, That widen to surprise At every turn 1 They are so often held To sun or showers; showers soon dispellsd By looking in our face. Lovo asks, for such, much grace. They are such frail fair gifts! Uncertain as the rifts Of light that He along the sky; They may not ho here by and by. Give them not love, but more, above And harder, patience wilh the love. —[Washington Critic. INHERITING A WIFE. “Good by, Helen,” said tho voung man, with a flush of anger on his hand some fac% as ha turned from his uncle towsrds th. palo girl standing by tho window. “Goodby, Frank,” sho said, listless ly, proff ring him a slander white hand. Ho took the hand, and, bending over, lightly touched her forehead with his lips. She raised her head to address him with a force 1 effort, and he was gone. “Th: young fool thinks ho can defy me,” said M\ John Duncan, angrily, l ut with love and pity rising to his kindly gray eyes as he bent them upon Helen. The latter was the rich old man’s adopted daughter, and in her seemed centered all his hippiness, Sho was his idol, and he had planned to make her his heires*, or (hat she should share all he had of this world's goods with Frank Duncan, his nephew, But this latter contingency was ‘to be that these young people should havo bis fortune togethor only as man and wifo. Helen M rioy had been an orphan ever since she could remember. Sho hsd ondeared herself to old Mr. Dun can by her sweet, unselfish lifo and her devotion to him as her benefactor. She and Frank had been throwa much together, as a matter of course, and old Mr. Duucan, as he looked at his favorite nephew’s handsome, ani mated face, and then at Helen's sweet oval picture, framed by her mass of bright hair, when the two were to gether, declared to himself that they wero made for each othor, and that it was plainly tho work of Heaven that they should bo thrown accidentally in each other’s way. But ha had juit now serious mis givings whether or not Heaven ever had anything to do with such a young scapegrace as his nephew. He had just received a terrible shock, and he was stirred by anger, disap pointment, and pity for his fair Iljlon. Then, too; ha w«» placed in so deli ertf * poaiHoa t'u«i Uv hardly knew what f “L, , 0 , er „ U>< • , n “ ’ ‘ ac->? ranee JJ J'jg CTef “^.n a word of “But he can’t defy mo with im punity !’ growled the irate undo, as Helon had not replied to his first re mark about the young gontleman in question. “I will not leave him a farthing! I will make a now will! IIs shall be a beggar for all he’ll get from me I’ continued John Duncan, stamping hi* foot fiercely. “Oh, father 1” said Helen, appealing ly. “What has he dona to anger you soT “Done!” shouted tho old man, fairly exasperated by this question, forgetting for the msmsnt that Helen did not share his news, and therefore Indignant that she should not join with him in condemning the young man’* henious crime. “Done?” ho repeated, in rising tones of freshly kindled anger. “What hasn't he done! Upset all my plans! Destroyed all my happiness 1 Tells me he’* in love with that French girl, Elise Courtois, and that his happiness, hi* very life depend* upon his marrying her I And he has the effrontery to ask my approval of such a ridiculous step 1” Tho old man paused only at eight of Helen, who had sunk pale and tremb ling upon a sofa. Her delicate fingers were interlaced, aad there was a look of *uch unutterable pain in her faco that even Mr. Duncan's anger fled be fore it. Inen with . , sudden thought , his a anger rose again, and ho demanded, “Has the villain deceived you, Helen? m loU n ““ ,, tile , truth ,, By hoaven, if he * ’‘as, IT!——* “Oh, no. no; ho has never spoken to mo of—of-■” “Thera, there, my dear I I only wished to know—d meant it all for your good,” sail Mr. Duncan, tenderly. Helen fled to her chamber to think, aad to recover, if possible, from the sodden blow she had received. Erero had been no spoken words *f them for tho threo years * .constant visitor TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1881). tho first love of her pure young had found • safe resting place, that it was reciprocated by him, as yet not proclaimed, for good and sufficient reason on bis part. Her But it was all over now. eyos were open to the mortifying truth. She cried for pure ahamo at first, then for Her face was all dims as she thought of tho possibility ol the knowledge on tho part of others of her misplaced love. Then her cheeks and brow became deadly cold as slio realized that her young b epos were all withered and dead. When Mr. John Duncan saw that the light had gone out from Helen's eyes his anger toward his nophow knew no bounds. lie kDew that Frank had gone from his presence with a fixed do termination to win the girl, Elbe Cour tois, it possible, in spite of all op position. And he knew what he could not speak of to IIoleD, that she had loved his headstrong and misguidod nephew. Tho old man was closeted with his lawyer soon after this occurrence for several hours one day, and tho result ol the conference was n row will. Three years pass. Thoso three years following the de parture of Frank Du can in disgrace from his uncio’i homo had boon to Helen Morley joyless years of silent suf fering, unshared by a sympathetic heart, unspoken to a pitying ear. She had suffered in silence, and had tried to walk her allotted path with outward composure, And old John Duncan,., though ho had been more tondor and solicitous of her wolfare than ever, saw that ha could do but little to lighten her burden of sorrow. But Jilin Duncan had gone now. Thcro was no longer even liis loving care to shield Helen from hor own misery. It had been but a few wookj since the old man had blessed Uolen with his dying breath aid passed away. Sho was sola possessor ol lii» wealth. Frank Duncan had been summoned, but was somewhere abroad, pursuing his ignis fatuus iu tho 3hape ol fortune and Eliso Courtois. He had lost sight of the French girl with whom he hal become infatuated about the time hit uncle had dismissed him angrily from his bo^iso. Follow ing up a clew he oVertookjper finally in Paris. It was a chanco meeting on one of tlio gay streets of tho French city. Tho young man was wild with joy as he es pied her coming toward him. Ho rushed upon hor with far more of en thusiasm than discretion. E.iso drew back in surprise at his offu?ivo greot ing. “Have forgotten all the psst, you then, Eliso?'' asked Frank, bitterly, as he saw by her cool demeanor that sho had changed. “Oil, no, I never forget,” said Elise. “Did you not get my letter at the time I loft my uncle’s!’’ ssi'l Frank, “Ob, yes; I received your letter, and one from your sees about foe same lime, in which he informed milyou were no longer his heir, pus " faggar.J* said the young woman, laughing aloud. “Good heavens, Elise I can it be that you are mercenary, then! I did not think-” “No; I suppose you thought I could many a beggar just as well as not, and continue to work at millinary for ray living, and for yours, too, perhapsi” said tho girl, lightly. “Elbe, hear mol It is not toolatol My uncle, Iom ture, ho* not cut mo eff in his will. Will you not return with mo, and, for tho sake of tlio past, lot mo call you my own Elise—my wife?" “Hush!” Baid the girl, warningly, a* a man approached. “I could do noth ing of the kind. Let me present yon lo my husband, M. Fennel." And, to his intense disgust and morti fication, Frank found himself tho next lastant in the embrace of a vivacious and voiuablo Frenchman. Tho new view of the lovely siren in hor coarse ness and mammon worship, togethor with this presentation of a heavy, vul gar man, past middle age, as her hus band, was a combination of circum stances that completely disenamored Frank Dtincsn, and he find precipitately 4s so’on as released from tho man’s clutches, amid peals of langhtor from the giddy French girl and nasal adteux from her male companion. Old Mr. Somers aat in his dingy little law office, tcratching his ear with hi* pen, and glancing occasionally at a letter ho held in his hand. Tho letter was from Frank Duncan, aad informed the lawyer that he, Frank Duncan, would c–U upon him in a uay or two on business relating to his de ceased ancle’s will, “Tho young scamp must know that Helen is the pease sor of the old man’s es'ate. Ho will be courting hor for her money, and he doesn't Uoservo such a girl anyway,” said Somers, with a growl. “And, worse than all, to think John Duncan has fixed it in such shape, that—but I'll deceive him a little.” ’ Tho gruff old lawyer had in a sense welfare with a jealous eye. So, when Frank presented himself, ho said, brusquely, “You are cut off without a shilling, young man, and you deserve it" Frank colored, but felt tho justice of tho rebuke; but he ventured, “And Helen—Miss Morley?” “Oh, aho is provided with a moder ate annuity. The rest goor, I believe, to some institution—ahem,” said the lawyer, choking a little at tho fib. “Thank boa veal'' said Frauk, impul sively. Tho old lawyer sprang to his foet in a passion and, facing tho astonished young fellow, shoutod, “You thank heaven than that she is a boggar, too, do you!'' “I am glad that I may go to her and comfort her and bo to lior what I once was, without a suspicion that I come from morcenary motives,’ said Frank, exultantly. “Alioml That's all right, young man. But you must bo awaro that your past conduct doesn’t rccommond you vary highly. I speak plainly, for Uolen Morlcy is my ward.” Frank wiacod under this lash, but all the same ho was rciolvod to bear it in silenco, and tho scales had fallen from his oyos now, and ho rememborod tiifling incidents in their livos—Helen's and his own—which lod him to boliovo that ha had throwa away a piarl. Ho would sock to recover it again, and was glad that tho impediment of money did not bar tho way. Ho knew full well that his foolish in fatuation for tho gay superficial E iso, which ho had mistaken for love, would provo a formidable obstacle; but with youth, repontaneo, perseverance, and an earnest devotion to hir purposo, ho hopod to win H Ion's esteem first, and afterward, perhaps, her lov. “Confound tho young scamp, he’s got good points, after all,” growled Bom ! IS. Aud so noleu thought whon tho ol d lawyer told her about it, and made her understand bow difficult it woul l be to keep Frank long ignorant of ths pro visions of his uncle’s will, Throe mouths are a brlof measure of >timo as tho ages roll onward, and yot three short months aro sometimes so crowded with events boaring directly upon our lives that years—aye, an age -—are as nothing id comparison. Three months of penitonca, of unob trusive devotion to Helen, of evident shame for his past conduct, and an un mistakable determination to atone for it if possible, on tho part of Frank Duncan, won tho callous old lawyer to believe in his sincerity. And, better than all, it began to tell upon tho hard wall of reserve that had grown up between Helen’s unquencked lovo and her pride till it fairly crumbled away. “You forgivo mo at last, Helen; but lean never forgive myself for being so stupidly blind and for having caused you years of pain besides,” said Frank tenderly. “Lot ths dof 1 ', bury their dead, Frank, but let us who now live again live oily in tho present, and hope for compensation for our past sorrows in tho future.” i’j^nd I thank Heaven that I did not have tVifr f » woo you as an heiress. I wit! worf* f°r you, and wj will bo liap py Halont colored and was silont for a moment)? Stops were heard in tho hall, and Mr. pomers was announce!. “Cutoff, without a farthing and yit happy apparo-tiy,” inking »»id tho lawyer, bru.qusly, out a legal document and reading: “And if Frank Duncan forsako bis foolish object aud marry my adopted dangler, Huton Morley,within threo years and ei x months from tho date ot this testament, I do bequeath to him half my for'uie.” “Brttor than you deserved, young man.” Helen blushed aa Fran v caught her in his arms.—[The Idea. Swarming Butterflies. Several species of butterflies havo been known to swarm in lmmcnsa num bers at certain periods, but in tho States, so far, only ono spccios attracted particular attention in way. It is the Archippu3 butter and is of a bright orange-red with black and creamy-white. ranges front Canada to South and is ono of tho most com species in the Mississippi Valley. Bofore obtaining its wings, it foods on milk-weeds, where it may bo found a largo worm or larva, beautifully with black, white and yellow, having four long, slender horns, at each end. In August, 1880, I first saw this but in swarms. Two swarms, each hundreds of individuals, flying, only a few miles apsrt, in valley of tho Minnesota river, both eastward in (he railroad clearing heavy timber. Such swarms apt to tccur at almost any Uma April to tbe last of October. never fly very far without tter and this probably accoui the low n^jeos WO Btj f t DEEP SEA CABLES. The Earth Encircled by Nine Great Submarine Wires. How the Work is Done by a Little Army of Operators. Although It Is comparatively a very brlof period since the first submarine telegraph cable was successfully laid bo tween Ireland and Newfoundland, such vast Btrides havo bcoa made in the per fection, construction and laying of deep son cables that the oaithis now almost entirely girdled by thorn. Tho coast linos of tho Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia are festooned with countless miios of submarine cables that loop gracefully from tho ocean bed at regular intervals to touch at some busy seaport or relay oflico. Tlioro aro now nine great submarine cable companies in the world, with over sixty thousand miles of csblo, extending to tho re motest parts of the habitable globe. Tiio greatest of thoso companies is the Eastern Tulograph Company of London, with 33,000 miles of cable undor its control. This Hue starts from Lind’s End, England, and runs under the ocoan to Lisboa. From there it loops to Gibraltar, then under the Moditerra nean to Malta and Alexandria, ovorland to Su z, undor tho lied Boa to Aden, under the Gulf of Arabia to Bombay, looping around to M idras, to Singapore, to Bii.'on, to Hoag-Kong, Amoy and Shanghai, in Chino, to Nagasaki, end ing at VladivLtock, Eistorn Siberia. Africa is ioopid o.i tho oast from Adan to Zir.zibir to Capo town. On tho wost coast 4000 miios of cable only touch at four placos. Another long cable runs from ^Lisbon to Pernambuco. South America is fostoonod on both coasts as far south as the Argentine Repub lic. The Eastern also has a liae lo Iodia throu ;]i Persia, thence through the Persian Gulf, There are nine working cables between America and England. AU tho Wost India islands, tho Grecian Archipelago and Australa-' sia are reached by cables. To work those vast lengths of subma rine cables a good sized army of opera tors is omployod. Not much has boen written about thoso men, but thoso deep sea cabio operators constitute one of the finest bodies of skiliod workers in the world. AU iho cable linos are manu factured and owned In England. These cablomcn are bravo, fearless and far above the avorage intelligence. They never flinch from going where duty calls thorn, and they are most important fac tors in commerce, diplomacy and pro vincial government. They are groat traveler^ and numbers of them havo been in every port of tho known world. Tho deep sea cablemcn are taught tho rudimentary elements in London. Tboy aro thon aunt to Porta Kurno, Poqzance, where they becomo familiar with the working of tho siphon recorder, tho spark and tho transmitter. Whon pro ficient they are dotnilod to any place touched by cable. Thoso operators aro well paid, work short hours and very seldom leave (he service. They aro called upon to work in the deadly fovors ot Panama and Africa, to faco wild boas.sin India, to work among prowl ing bands of robbor nomads in Arabia and Persia; they must live in the cholera-stricken cities of Siam and Chino, tho yellow fever of Cuba, tho torrid climato ol Sauth Amorica and the bleak coast of Eistorn Biboria. Butin spito of tho fact that tho cabio lines are laid through such postiiontiat countries, tho morality rate among tho cable opera tors is vary low. This is no doubt duo to tho fact that tho companies aro con tinually changing their men about in such placos. An operator is detailod to very unhealthy places for six months or a year. lies is then sent to somo very healthy spot. M sn are often trans ferred from Pan ami to Nagasaki or Cape Town. To keep those vast liaos in order a number of steamships aro fitted up for that purposo and ths men spend a fow pleasant months on board them, taking turn about. Il an operator marries and locates in a place ha is ailowod to re main there. Tho men live a very pleas ant life, except whon they are detailed to dangerous or unhealthy stations. Tho men always roly on ths protection of tho homo Government and they fear lessly go to stations in tho wildest spots of Arabia, Turkey, Persia or Africa, conscious of ths fact that if tho natives molest them a British gunboat will soon make things howl In that vicinity. Tho largest forco Of operators aro kept at tho repeating stations, wh«ro all messages havo to bo transferred. At Suez and Adon 60 cable men are em ployed at oach station. O r the Ameri can Bide tho largest force is at Heart’s Content, Newfoundland, where thcro are 40 men. This is a steady colony of cable operators. Nearly all of the Ctier men are mnrriei,and aro bringing up families. They havo a chapel, school, club-house and own their own houses. At the cable stations tho co m pany builds eevoral buildings, iurniiflBHHg iochidfl| club-house NUMBER 1). Marriage is encouragod, and when a man marries he is given a small house, his fuel and the doctor’s services, all free. Life is made a* pleasant as possi ble, and the stations are furnished with boat housos, sail and rowboats and fire arms. The men are given thirty days’ vacation with pay yearly, The leave is cumulative, and if a man works five years ho is given five months’ leave with pay, and his passago paid to whatover part of the world ho may live in. The cable men are regarded aa a spcciea of supernatural beings by tho different wild tribes in outlandish countries.—[Now York World. Why tile Primrose Blooms at Night Our evening primrose does not bloom in the dark hours for more sentiment and moonshine, but from a motivo that lies much nearer her heart Fiom the first momontof hor wooing wolcomo sho listens for murmuring wings, and awaits that supremo fulfilment anticipa ted from her infant bud. For it will almost invariably bo found that thoso blossoms which opon iu the twilight havo adapted themselves to tho crepus cular moths and othor nocturnal insects. This finds a striking illustration in the instancos of many long tubular-shapod night-blooming flowers, liko tho honoy sucklo and vaiious orchids, whoso nec tar is boyond the roach of any insect except the night-flying .hawkmoth. It is true that in othor less docp nocturnal flowers tho sweets could be reachod by buttorflios or boos during tho day If tho blossoms romainod opon, but tho night murmurors receive tho first fresh invita tion, which, If met, will loavo but a wilted, half-hearted blossom to greet tho sipper of tho sunshine. This beau tiful expectancy of the flower deter mines the limit of its bloom. Thus, in tho ovont of rain or othor causes pre ventive of insect visits, tho evening primrose will remain open for tho but terflies during tho following day, when otherwise it would havo drooped per ceptibly, and extended but a listless welcome. I havo seen this fact strik ingly illu-tratod in a spray of mountain laurel, whoso blossoms lingered in ex pectancy nearly n week iu my parlor, when the flowors on tho parent shrub iu the’woods had fallen several days before) their mission having boon ful— flUod. ■hi l^e specimens the radiating atn'.3l/uj In pockets in tho side of tho blossom cup, and scorned to brace tho corolla upon its receptacle. These stamens ore naturally depondont upon insedFagoncy for their release, and tho consequent discharge of pollon, and I noticod that whon this operation was artificially con summated tho flower cup soon dropped off or withered.—[H .rpor’s Magazine. Remodeling (junker Mnrrlngo Laws. Important changes in tho marriage laws of the younger branch of ths So ciety ol Friondi nro now under consid eration and will bo submitted to the next quarterly mooting. The chan ,03 rccommendod nro “to discourage”* in stead of to “Jiicouatcnance” mixed marriages; or striko out ths prohibition against courting or “keeping company” with or attonding the weddings of peo ple who aro not Quakers. Tho rulo recommending “treating with” persons violating thoso regulations and “testify, ing against” them in case they remain obdnrato is materially modified, giving tho montiliy-mealing the right to con done tho offoosa if tho accused gives evidence of boing approachable in other respects. Paragraph 54 of tho Book of Discipline, adopted in 1840, renders parties liable to bo expelled for marry ing out of tho order, or, if both amen able to Friends’ law, without the sanc tion of tho monthly meeting is modified to allow tho retention of tho member without a written acknowledgment, provided it b> found that lie or sho is dosirons of continuing a member of tlio society. If both parties are “amenable” and after care has boen extended are not prepared to make satisfactory ex planation in writing, they are to bo re leased from membership. The last par agraph has also been rendered more liberafln its provisions for authorized marriages with porsons not members of tho Society of Friends.—[Philadelphia Inquirer. _____ Injury of Bandaging the Eyes. The custom prevalent among physi cians as well as the laity, of tightly bandaging or tying up the eye as soon as* it becomes inflamed or sore, is branded it bad one by a writer in Health. Ho says: “It precludes the free access and beneficial effects of tho cool air, and at the same time prevent* and greatly retards the free ogress of the hot tears and morbid secretions of inflamed conjunctiva or cornea, or both. In thoso cases, too, where a foreign substance has got iato the eye, the bandage (which is usually clapped on tho first thing) presses the lids more closely against the ball, and thus in creases the pain and discomfort by aug menting the laceration* cauied by tho foreign body. This cannot fail to be harmful. In thoso ca*ei the ONLY A WOMAN. ! > woman, shriveled end old! prey of the winds end prey of the cold I that are shrunken, Eyes that are sunk™, Lips that were never o’er bold. Only a women, forsaken and poor, Asking for alms at the bronze church door. Hark to the organ' roll upon roll The waves of its music go over her soul I Silks rustle )>ast her Easter and faster— The great bell ceases its toll. Fain would she enter, but not for tbe poor, Swingeth wide open the bronze church door. Only a woman, wailing alone. Icy cold on an ice-cold stone, What do they care for heri Mumbling a prayer for her— Giving net bread but a Btono. Under rich laaes their, haughty hoarts b-at, Mocking the woes of their kin in the street. Only a woman. In tho old days Hope carolou to her tho happiest lays; Somebody missed her; Somebody kissod her; Somebody crowned her with praise; Somebody faced out the batttlo of life Strong for her sake who was mother or wife. pomebody lies with tress of her haiifv ' a Light on iris heart, where the death-shadows are. Somebody waits for her Opening tho gate for her, Giving delight for despair; Only a woman—nevermore! She Is dead in snow at tho bronze church door! —Christian Intelligencer. JIUMOU OF T1IE DAY. A private affair—A musket. The King of Grcace—l’e'.e Ko'.euin. A brassworker—An insurance agent “A writing pen”—An editorial sa. turn, A mail-bng—The capture of a huY band. A high handed proceeding— Petting a town c ock. It doesn’t hurt a missionary to be shot n his tracts. Heal estate transfers—Boys throwing mud at each other. The ups and downs of life are better than being down ail the time. liaining than cats and. dogs is surely no worse hailing strangers.— I.fe. What’s the matter wilh a howling mob? It’s all riot.— H'Wiift ton Critic. Face powder does not always help the a young woman to go o f quickly iu matrimonial market. “Your laundress appears to be very old.” "Yes; she belongs to the iron age. "—Boston Gazette. A pretty girl don’t object to reflections on herself when they come from a Iook ing glass.— BnniviUo Bree c. Dogs are said to spenk with their tails. Would it be proper, therefore, to call a short-tailed dog a stump orator? Adam had one thing lit his favor. Eve couidu’t ask him whether he had loved any other.woman beforo he met her. \ Whene’er mine infant lift? bis voice In acrents tar from ineliow, His fare and lungs suggest a sym phony in red and yeli-oh! — Ho it on Carrier. A lot of little bootblacks bo India perched rubber on a curbstone may not boys, yet they aro gutter perchers.— Siftings. butcher's is still unpaid it won’t do to order a roast; it’s more diplomatic to ask for one. “And do you say I am not n good wutohmaker? No one over left his watch bcic second to be repaired that he didn’t coma a time.” Little Girl—“last Cwistmas I Ututg up my stockings. Wliat did you up.'” Abseut-ininded watch.”— Sifting, i. Georgia (taking inthedlmew -1 – ii®! “What’s that, pop?” l’op stij mummy." Georgio—“Too ' *t to anybody, ain’t hoi” “What game do you scholars school^. pie. most? ’ inquired one of the tees. “Hookey!” ey cried the bojw in unison.— Harper's Bazar. A Berlin scientist asserts that salt is conducivo to longevity, but he seems to lo e sight of thu fact that it destroys freshness .—New York Sun. Magistrate (to > liiuaman)—“What is your complaint against tins young mau?” Chinaman (unable to collect a b aundry bill)—“Ho too muchce by-and-by.” Whene’er I hear tho banjo’s wild think Lugubrious ’tis like ting a-lingy click most tough, I spring And very, very stringy. oston Courier. Untipfed Waiter (meaningly)- “Haven’t you forgotten something, sir?” Guest (meditatively)—"I'm—er—let me soeA O, ys'. I forgot the toothpicks. Thank you.”— P,iSHde!f/h>ft Biurl. morning “Well, after Mildred,” 11re election, remarkeShA-frt^Qjg “tii^^^H up ” “that “Yes,” replied of dance ttse Higl isi Girl, variety Burlington^m ously elevated.”— SSTER AN INTERVIEW WITH A®i “Ithink," asserted the Bostoir ‘■For him the proper term is, ‘A To horrid dub skin,’ but I prefer him an epidermis." —New York Sun. “No, young man,” said the jeweler, ad-j “I’m sorry, but I can’t give you an vertisemont. Y'ou see, I’m troubled with! dered heart disease, me to stop and advertising, my physician so has that or-j may enjoy absolute rest and quiet. Jewelers' Weekly. fsrxcini.v OS? A NONSENSE VEBSB. tl Afl« ‘‘Ah', who broad ImR seen the aud,soaring,claimthe mailed lob, ter rtsej 3 Ciup her li 1 wings, s i es lVhen tower, did the owl, descending from her j Crop ’mid the fleecy flocks,the tender floWeria J Oi the young salt heifer and, plunge, fish-lik with pliant -reive limb In tho wave . t£BQ swim?” — The Progress of Mart. Using Sugar to Make the Fife Go A great mystery in a certain hm hold in Boston has been solved. soifl M head of the house, who bought the barrel, often wondered “how H world the family used as much ing as they did,” and hi* wife, the]H not much given togoing > to said she guessed they didn’t moie than to other the kitokenf folksy* •v go Iho in time to see not a acoopful Bugi of j on the fire. and its fine! a tho fire flash up in that the ha to quicken the fill said, “we must U coal burns that^H broke waitin’