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TV Heart Will Hat* lu Way. Fuor Kraaoo torn te-r l»»* to ruto, Aiul Keep an bowart grip; Y«t mm. »ill aomeUmm play the f'*»l, And pn tb'-ir wit* U* slip. la* Judgment Mutton w condemn, Aim! < *drt»» »UU cry “Way," Mwm* Fancy tong* bw aong to thorn. Ami glvm Ua- heart it* way— It* own iteligtaUul way— In *|<it* of all that Thought can do: In ajnte of Judgueiil, trt>.l ami tru Ao I al. Kipwimw* *»«r knew — Tie t«ul will hara it* w»y. Ho Natare will* it old and young, The w,M*t and Ilia bmrt Haw ‘Might the .train from I'amion’* Umgue, And fall bur .wort illirmd Ti» w«<. to hr <»( human kind To own dear Nature', .way Fur, imdat the dim, <old nwlni* of mind, Tb» heart would to** it* **V Ito own dalightlnl way In «P<U of Wtadom > haziest rule*; In .pita of aagi* and of i* boota. In rpil* of reason wa re but fool* - '.’la heart will liava it* way. Hot yiaidw itiikl, by Nature Ihl, N< ru* of life to guide Han I rodmina with l» r tboughtful bead. A ini manhood in It* prid* All rui .11 pleasure'* hM-dh*n iivw, AM after tolly .tray Al every *<•, In < very pton, 'Ju. In-ait will ba.a it* way— Ita own <leli< iou* way In ajiit. of all the head <an do; In qnu of judgment, trim! and true, In *piU of -Ml ««|«w>nn*e too, Th* baart will liava It* way. Ala* for him whom* heart la dead To every gvuarou* Imai, No lova light on hi* life to abed, No rympatby bo ll im«-t. Tie brtu r far to give the price Tliat fool* bi folly |*y He iu.li in everything but vine, AM give the heart It* way— lb own delightful way la rjuU of Windom', golden ruto*. In epit* of «ag>'“ »nd of wbooto, We’rt all lint erring, love •dek fool* We giro the baart Ila way. “HER YANKEE.” AN IN<J!I»KNT OF THK WAR There in i long lapnc of yearn lietwcrn Ibui Lirw and thia, but tin* in< i<l« nt hax kart ti<4ie of ita pathos or Ixauty, b<’< •au’w of Uiat I tvu new bor now rm hhf trip* along to *in * n awf < t little girl of 7 years, her sunn) urlh blown bu< k from a fair f<»r« bead, lici bright bln** ryea glad in the ibtiu< flit liappinriM of childhood. It *.»a in IHO4 that then* were a few era of war brought to G for inrar • ’«! ion and kept here aeve/al Um>i tlit. well guarded. Little Hallie puewei! (he prison «-v« iy morning on her way ti • huol, and, with childiah <uri oa.iy though not fvincing any fear, she wutiiii look at the gh»oiuy place of con fln» ’ ’nt giving a glance of commingled pi> ..id awe h! thr prisoned, peering h >|h Wily from the mall windows of the forbidding house The men, weary of the monotony of captivity, were jlad to ae* the little sunbeam as it tlnt<d by. morning and evening, though it left th rm in iihadow. There wiu oih’, how« ver, pide and sick, whi n, thu child ga/4 <1 at in mute ayin pathy and he in return would smile nt her mtd once hr -:dl«d her, saying: •‘t’otm lid bid me ’..''Mml morning, and fa II in* your natiir. n A!tr» t<'<i by his g»ntl« manner and refill* <. appearaniT, dn approached and Mud My name k Sullie, and what is your uainrF’ •H'tmrlir,’ 1 he answered ; then hr said, “Mi dear little girl, if you have any tiling in your but k» t pleatM- give me tone thing to rat, for I am aick and can aot »at prison fare.” “I will give it all to you, but 1 don’t knew how to get it h iy up there.” the guards to let you pasa.” With chlldiah ctintidencc she went to thr nuarrnt guard, but »*.- i-umtcouvly tofuwvl. and doing b<i< k, told tin- Ykbk:«- Hr thru bude her n*k the guanl* to pa** thr bu< krt to him. Ki tunuiig to the .rtitiurl, she said so •arrnwtly, “Plomt carry this to that j>. or i an, who is so sit k." that thr Con fedi r.str soldier could not resist the pic. I i<a t-yns and manner, or the com p* dr feelings ot hi* own heart, anu takinv the lunch pa«s*»l it a* re quesf-d. So it ermtinued for n week, until the cliiid was .. rd cviniug with two buckets, on. Io l irsclf, th other for "l.> r Yankee.’' She wm afraid tonveal her secret id hom<, tearing she might I* denird the prnr gv of fendinc her Yankee, and when her mother asked her why she earned two bucket , and why she chose th* daitiHeat and Ircst of all on tile ta bh, the replied "Oh. mamma, it is for a |X«pr |s-r*Hi net able to buy nice tilings to cat ” The < vision w par donable under the ein utuMamw. Often did »he deprive licraeh of delicacioa to put into Uir '‘other" bucket, and *' it w< rd • n for tour no uth«, the guards d lowsr her to |>ass fn * ly. ami her mot hi r «o< i ur.u.'ing her in her charitable deed, but never dreaming who was the reeijri •ot At last Sall to paased one evening arid I’ < priaoa wa* empty. Her Yankee and his < ompanions had been exchanges! ami haii gone to join their irsprs tive com mnt.dk. Sallie quietly stopped taking hia lut cbm and her moUier »uppos<>d sire iitod simply txvomc tired yf it Four months }ra**ed in comparative y«avx, when the dread cry was heard. •TV Yankee* are coming C Everybody tried to be calm and collected, but very few *ucceed«l. Hoon the town wa* “blue," and Sallie’* mother had her front yard and porch full of the blue coated rtranger* and arming them two Lieutenant* *nd one Captain. The lady had *liut all her little children into the le-droom with the injunction, “Be per fe< tiy quirt." The Captain announccri that he would like to have dinner for himself and men. Pale ami solemn, not afraid, but feeling that the intruder* were her em-inics, she le.: them, and going to her room to *ee after l' ■ children found them “mute a« mice,” with the exception of Sallie, who would run to the window and turn the blinds Her mother begged and *colded in an awful whisper—“ Don’t do that, Sallie!” “Just a little bit. mamma. I won’t let them see me," and suiting the action to thr word, she turned the blind very carefully ami caught a glimpw: of a face that she and she alone of all the family, had ever seen before. “Oh! mamma, there, my Yankee! she exclaimed, forgetting all precaution* and instructions “Let rm- go and see him ; I’m not a bit afraid ! Ihr jr»or mother, already in a state of Iw-wilder merit, thought that her bright and beau tiful child had suddenly luvorne bereft of her senses, and cried out, “Hush, Hallie! You have no Yankee, and they 11 kill you if yoq go out there’" Being <‘on>|H'lled to superintend the dinner, she locked the door to keep the child safe ami returned to the kitchen. When dinner wa* ready Mrs. went through the room into the hall where the soldiers were mm tabled. Hallie slipped her golden head out ami stood partly in the door, while the men, slowly and silently, marched to the dining-room. When the seventh man passed he glam ed at the child, and in a moment of glad recognition, caught her up in his arm* and kissed her again and again. “Mamma, I told you this was my Yankee!” Mrs. stoisl in a state of amaze ment bordering on stupefaction, and the men were as much astonished. “This is my sweet little Salliel" the Yankee ex claimed, and the child wound her arms around his neck whispering, “Charlie, 1 have that Yankee dollar you gave me yet," "Madam,” said the soldier, “I must explain this scene, as you seem to be in total ignorance of my acquaintance with your little daughter. While I have never bail the honor of seeing you before to-day. I am no stringer, us you see, to this dear child. She saved my life by feeding me daily for months when 1 was sick ami feeble for want of proper nour ishment while a prisoner in this town.” With tears fllling his eyes ho < outinued, “Ah! you would not be surprised nt my loving !mr if you only knew, could com prehend, the dreariness of prison life and how this little angel brightened it by her visits and her charity. Do not have any fears, madam. I would protect your interests nml this child with my life.”, I do not know how long the soldiers remained in <1 , but tiny left to join in other battles and Charlie was killed in one some time after. Sallie is married, has a lovely home, two beautiful and interesting children and is a kind neighbor and friend.— .Veir Orlean» I‘h-ayuM. Two Wall Street Picture*. A H|H‘<"Ulator in four years has paid one firm in Wall street the sum of $230,- 000 in commissions, says a New York letter He was a wealthy man when he went into the street w ith a laudable but unw irruntubh" desire to increase his pat rimony by speculating in stocks. Now, so heavy have Iwen his losses that ho would be satistbal if he possessed tho sum he has paid out in commission*. A* it is, he will cheerfully accept a elork ship in the said tirm, who wish to avail themselves of his numerous acquaintances to increase their custom If he had been Contented with a handsome sufficiency for the day, amounting really to a super abundance, he would now be in atlluenee instead of in the jiosition of comparative destitution he is. * On the other hand, a young clerk t few years ago < ommeneed to sjieculute in the street with the savings of a year - ab-tinemi from smoking, and now ia worth in leal -tat »ver $1,000,000 and >i vend more in wcurities In Wnll stei'et sp tl ulation. more than in anything else, w hat is game for one mau is ruin for another. Providence and Quails. “They wore discussing in the Illinois legislature," -aid a gentleman from Springfield, “a bill to prevent the distrac tion of quail for three years. S|M‘eeh<’* of various sorts were made. One farmer 1 »dv*n< ed the suggestion that there w< r# too many quail. If they should lie pre served for three y< :,rs they would cat up all the crops Then up rose an honest Granger, whohaduot opened hi* mouth lx-fon-. with this valuable contribution to natural history, delivered in a drawling, squeaking voice; Mr. Checrman, I've i lived iu Hlinoy. man and boy, for forty i yearn Enduring all of which time I’ve fol’.i red agricultoond pursix'ts exceptin’ : for v, ven years, when I was a-runnin’ of ' a saw mill, and I have obsarved this about quail; Whenever there is too many quail the good Lord He freezes them out. 1 J That settled it," -PAtwiueyvAM OecvrJ, HUNTING LEOPARDS. | How the Savage Animals are Utilized in India. The Ferocioux Obeetah Trained by Native l * to Hun Down *nd Capture Antelope*. It wa* here that I writneMed the only instance I ever naw of the black buck be- . ing run into and killed by the cheetah, | or hunting leopard. Many consider this * low kind of sport, but I think it i* quite equal to partridge shooting, beside* being alxautiful sight. I shall therefore dexcribe a* well •« I can what I saw. On arriving, with my friends, at the place of meeting in the jungle, we found a few rough and-ready-looking native* in charge of three carts, or rather small two-wheeled platforms, drawn by two bullock*. On each vehicle sat, in an erect attitude, A beautiful leopard, strongly chained and with a hood over hi* eyrt, similar to those m«-d for’ hawka. We were soon under way and driving toward the herd of antelope* which could be seen grazing in the distance and which had been marked down beforehand. There was no difficul ty in getting the carts to within 120 s yards of the deer. Then one of the chee- , tahs, a fine male was unhooded and set free. Its departure from the gharry and its decision in choosing the most covered line on the open plain for rushing on its prey were so instantaneous and rapid as to be quite marvellous. It seemed to vanish from the cart and appear simul tam ously halfway toward the fine black buck it had sighted out for attack. When at about thirty yards from the un suspicious troop, they suddenly became aware of the deadly peril they were in. One and all sprang into the air with gal vanic bounds, and no doubt expected to escape easily by flight. But the hunting cheetah is, I suppose, for a hundred yards, by far the fleetest of all wingless things; and this one was soon in the midst Os the affrighted throng, which scattered wildly and panic-stricken in all directions, as their leader —a fine black buck- -was struck down in their midst. Their he lay, alone, in his death agony, in the deadly clutch of his Ix autiful and re lentless foe. We all ran as hard as we could, and were soon surrounding the strange group. Neither animal moved, for the buck was paralyzed by fear his starting eye balls and diluted nost: !.s alone gave evi- I deuce of life. The cheetah, on the other : hand, with his body spread out over the prostrate form of his victim, seemed to ; strain every nerve iu pressing his prey j against the earth as, with his long sharp fangs buried in its delicate throat, he con tinued the process of strangulation. He was very motionless, but his eyes were fixed upon us with a glare of extraordina ry ferocity that became intensified as his keepers rushed forward and seized the deer by the hind leg. The brute now growled fiercely, and, tightening his clutch, looked so extremely dangerous that 1 was far from envying those who were in such close proxiipity to him. But they knew their trade. With a long sharp knife they cut the deer’s throat and ! caused the warm blood to spout in tor rents into the face of the half-wild beast, 1 whose whole frame now seemed to thrill ! with ecstaey. One of the operators, in : the meanwhile, caught a quantity of the crimson life stream in a wooden bowl, and forced the steaming fluid under the very nose of the excited leopard, who quitting his hold, at once began to lap with avid ity While engaged in this process the leather hood was swiftly clapped over liis eyes, and the collar with two chains at tached, was adjusted round his neck. While this was going on a third man had cut off one of the bucks hinds legs, and this the “lion’s share,” was held close to the bloody chaiace, which was no sooner emptied than the brute seized the meat thus provided with a vice like grip. Each chain was now grasped by a differ ent man, who by keeping apart so that the tether remained taught, kept the leopard between them in such away that neither was within reach of his claws or > teeth. Then the third individual, who had ever retained his hold of the shank” bone of the leg of vinison, gently drew the cheetah to the little cart that had now been brought close up. As soon as the lieast felt himself against the edge of his own familiar chariot he sprang light ly upon it and proceeded to demolish his succulent morreau at his ease. I now in” spected the carcass of the doer, with a view to ascertaining, if possible, how the cheetah had been able so instantaneosly to strike down such a powerful animal immediately on getting up with it. I at once observed a single long deep gash in the flank, which evidently caused by the decisive blow. But I could not im agine with what weajxm the leopard had been able to inflict this very strange looking wound, for the cheetah ha* a foot like a dog, and his claws are not re tractile. Turning then to the beast, as it sat on the cart, I inspected it closely, and saw that the dew-claw, which in the dog appear* such a useless appendage, is rep r> sented in this brute by a terrible look ing talon exactly suited to the infliction of such a gash. Otsr / oilan St at tone. The perfection and magnitude of adul teration of coffee has stimulated many inventions for that purpose. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. W<’k :>* if you wore conscious that your body has a soul in it. Ila life will bear examination in every hour of it, it is pure indeed. If any one says ill of you, let your life be so that none will believe him. He who strives after a long and pleas ant form of life must seek to attain con tinued equanimity. “We never see a tear in the eye,” says a celeb ited writer, “but we are re minded of a warm heart. Whatever else we neglect, let us keep up the habit of communion with God. Prayer is the key of the position. U a man empties his purse into hi* head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Let every man take care how he speaks and writes of honest people, and not set down at a venture the first thing that comes uppermost. The man who is suspicious lives in a constant state of unhappiness. It would be better for his peace of mind to be too trustful than to be too guarded. If thy friends be of better quality than than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things: the first that they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have much more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thy self, and not forthat thou dost possess. A I’argetman’* Ing nious Game. Not many miles from Chicago lives a targetman who, for nearly four years, has played a little game admirable for its boldness and ingenuity. The duties of a targetman, every one should know, are to keep constant lookout at the crossing of two railroads anil to swing the red danger signal over one track at the approach of a train on the other. For ten years one man has held the position of day target man, and he is still there. Four years ago the night man was killed, and the day man, acting under instructions, re ported the name of a man competent to take deceased’s place. This man was ac cordingly placed on the pay-roll and re ceived his salary regularly from the pay car. The junction at which these men were employed is merely a crossing out on the prairie. There is no house there beside the targetman’s shanty, and, a few rods away, his humble dwelling. A few weeks ago it was accidentally discovered that for four years one man has drawn two men’s pay, and that the man who was hired four years ago never existed, save in the imagination of the man who pretended to hire him. But the target man who drew two men’s pay did two men’s work. For four years he has lived in that little shanty, night and day. Not ten hours in all that time has he been farther from the crossing than the little frame house where he ate his meals. Twenty-four hours a day and 365 days a year he has been on the lookout for ap proaching locomotive headlights and smokestacks. Os course he could not have jierfonned such service as this with out assistance, but all the assistance he had was that of au automatic signal rig ged up by himself during a few of his many leisure hours. Stretching an old piece of telegraph wire half a mile up the track in each direction, he drew it taut and affixed a connecting trigger to the surface of the rail, so that the wheels of every approaching engine would pull the wire and drop an old hat into his face a* he slept in his shanty. By this means he was enabled to secure plenty of sleep be tween trains, and at the same time be sure of being awake and on duty when ever needed. Every pay day he present ed at the car not only his own order, but that of the imaginary night targetman, properly indorsed, and thus received the pay for two men’s work. This story is told upon the authority of an official of the interested company, who adds that the question now is whether the man shall be compelled to give up one of his salaries or be permitted to continue his little scheme. It is admitted that his du ties have always been faithfully per formed.—Chicago Herald. Lying Too Far Apart. In a hunter’s camp different men be gan to unfold their yarns. Among oth ers a Kentuckian said he once shot a buck in such away that tho bullet, hit ting the right ear, passed through the heel of the right hind foot. Jeering and laughter greeted thus monstrous story. “Brown,” called the Kentuckian to hi* companion, “tell these fellows if what I say is not as true as gospel 1” “Why, yes,” replied the other, “I saw it rayself. You see, gentlemen, when he pulled the trigger of his rifle, the buck was just scratching his head with his hoof." Then he whispered to hi* friend, “That was a narrow escape. Another time don't lie so far apart.” Like a Growing Crop. That was s profound philosopher who compared advertising to a growing crop. He said: “The farmer plants his seed, and while he i* sleeping the corn is growing. So with advertising. While you are sleeping or eating, your advertisement i» being read by thous.inds of persons who never saw you or heard of yon or heard of your business, and never would had it not been for your advertising. ■ STAGING IN THE HILLS Taking a Trip by Stage to the City of Deadwood. A Journey in the "Wild West" that i* In vested with Many Novelties. The name of Deadwood, a city that is ■till in the “wild West.” in spite of the rapid improvements thirty years have seen west of the Mississippi, is familial to many people who know nothing what ever of it except that it lies somewhere out in the mining region. Traveling from the East, it can be reached within one hundred miles by rail, the remainder of the distance must be taken by stage. The railroad ends at Buffalo Gap. Six horses, carrying a stage coach with three seats in it, await the Deadwood traveler. If there are more than six passengers and any of them are inclined to obesity, there is apt to be a lack of comfort. If it is during the spring or autumn rains, there is much jolting and careful driving, and perhaps some seasickness among the passengers. In the bitter winter weather, warm wraps, furs and heated soapstones are necessary. Perhaps the ride is most de lightful in the autumn, when there is gol den morn, and lazy winds and a cloud of purple haze in the west. The one hundred miles are traveled in thirty-six hours or thereabout. Every ten miles the horses are changed, and every twenty the drivers change. The stations are simply large barns where the horses are kept. These are as well trained, and enter into their task with as much spirit and seeming delight as the horses of the fire department in cities. They grow to be familiar with every step of the journey and know their driver as children know a parent. The coach stops for meals at regular station*, three times a day. Quite an excited in terest is visible at all the towns passed through. The coming of the stage, with its galloping horses, its air of mystery and restlessness and the charm of know ing it has come from the outside world, which, like Rasselas in his valley, every one envies to be in occasionally, is quite an event in the lives of the village people. Csesar in his commentaries, speaks of the inhabitants of inner Gaul gathering around the merchants when they came to trade, and asking questions innumerable. The merchants were often tempted to ex aggerate and sometimes to invent stories of the outside world, which temptation they often yielded to, and were eagerly believed by the Gauls. So the stage coach driver after answering many ques tions to suit himself amid the admiring gaze of the populace, with a flourish of his whip, a word to his horses, is gone. Gone for a wild ride over dangerous roads, now winding along a mountain path, now between roeks, now along a river bank, and again out into the level mesa like stretch, that seems to reach in infinite distances on every hand. The drivers find their work to possess a strange fas cination. No stage driver ever feels con tent to go back to the tame life of a town dweller. Each one of them has his repu tation and is known by his peculiar char acteristics all along the route. In the lower part of the stage, under the seats, is a place for baggage, much like the hold in a ship. The trip is worth taking, especially in spring or autumn, when the driver is glad to give a share of his seat for at least a few hours each day or night. Deadwood is a very pretty town hen> med in by mountains. It is in the ex treme western part of Dakota, not far from its boundary line. It is only 250 miles from the Yellowstone Park, and i* surrounded by mountains upon every hand. Some valuable gold and silver mines are located near the town. Da- trait Free Preen. How We Spoil Our Lungs. House air is almost always filled with more or less dust. During the winter, when the ventilation is imperfect, this is especially the case. The stove is a most common cause, as its heat dries up every bit of dirt in the room, and it is wafted about by currents of air, and stirred up by the skirts of women. Women proba bly do not know how much dust their skirts send into the air whenever they sweep over the carpet. It is invisible to the eye, except when the light of the sun shines on it All this is breathed, and helps to spoil our lungs. Is there any help for it? At least one; and that i* ventilation. Frequent and thorough ven tilation, especially when the rooms are swept and dusted, while it does not rem. edy the evil, makes it less. A Man of Serve. “Know Jigbeet Os course I do; and what’s more, I know him to be a man ol nerve.” “Nonsense! He's as timid as a mouse. A man of nerve 1 Ha-ha 1 What in the world put such a notion as that into your head?” Well, sir, I heard him contradict hi* own wife the other day, and in public, too, at that.”— Chicago Ledger. The largest dog in the country is said to be a SL Bernard, owned at Glen Cove» L. L He measures seven feet eleven inches from the end of his nose to the tip of his tail, stands twenty-five inches ! . high and weigh* 123 pound* Best Awhile. I will be still to-day and reat, I will be still and let life drift; I am so tired that it is beet Neither my hands nor eye* to lift. lam so tired—it is no use, My will can not my need obey; 0 Care, I ask a tew hours’ true*, I pray thee let me rest to-day. And so, shut up in restful gloom, I let my hands drop listlessly; Within my dim and silent room I would not move, or hear, or see. Oblivion dropped on me her balm. I tell on slumber deep and sweet, And when I woke was strong and calm, And full of rest from head to feet 80, toiler in lire’s weary ways, Pity thyself, for thou must tire; Both body, mind, and heart have day* They can not answer their desire. Birds in all seasons do not sing, Flowers have their time to bloom and fall • There is not any living thing Can answer to a ceaseless calk Sometimes, tired head, seek slumber dee,. Tired hands, no burden try to lift; Tired heart, thy watch let others keep, Pity thyself and let life drift A few hours’ rest perchance may bring Relief from weariness and pain; And thou from listless languors spring, Aud gladly lift thy work again. HUMOROUS. Seriously, is the dog star a Skye ter rier. All that is left of Athena is a spot of Greece. Circuit Court —Sneaking around the house to avoid the dog. Woman is not much of a philosopher, but she is proverbially a clothes observer. One swallow doesn’t make a summer; but if it’s of the right stuff it will make a fall. “What is your idea of love, Mr. Sin nick?” “Three meals a day and well cooked.” The only leading lady that society rec ognizes is the one who conducts a pug with a string. “ Pa, why does a man break a promt® so readily?” “ Because, my son, it is ee easy to make another one.” A surgical journal tell* of a man win lived five years with a ball in hi* head. We have known girls to live twice as long with nothing but balls in their head*. Never despise a friend because he hap pens to have grown rich. Go to him, take him aside, tell him gently of his faults and ask him to lend you five dol lars. A clergyman who was officiating at the funeral of a young girl began his dis course with, “Oh may this bereaved father find consolation for the death ol his only daughter”—and then happening to remember that there was anothei daughter, the offspring of a second mar riage, he added, hastily—“by his Aral wife.” Mammies Found in Pera. Tjie ancient city of Pachacamac wu long, long ago the Mecca of South Amer ica. The name means “He who animates the Universe.” It was a resort of pil grims from far and near, and also the burial-place of tens of thousands of an cient dead, and from a study of many mummies found there much light has been given to old-time customs. Many of these were enveloped in s braided network or sack of rashes oi coarse grass, bound closely about the body by plaited cords; just beneath these coverings were wrappers of stout, plai* cotton cloth, fastened by a gay cord of llama wool, and about and next the body a garment of finer texture; the body it self revealed a mahogany-colored sur face. Th*" implements of the person’s trade were inclosed among these many wrap pings, also a copper coin. About women mummies were wrap pings of finer cloth, and always a comb grasped by one hand; this seemed as if made from the rays of fishes’ fins, having for handle the hard, woody part of the dwarf palm. In the other hand lay a cane-handled fan, its ornamentation the feathers of parrots and humming-birds. About the neck were three strings of shells, and, as with the men, domestic implements lay between the various cov erings—an ancient spindle for cotton spinning, half covered with spun thread, as if death had surprised the woman busy with her daily toil. If a mummy was discovered seated upon a work-box containing bits of knit ting-work, weaving implements, skeins and spools of thread, needles of bone and bronze, a comb, knife, fan —the small domestic properties given to one opening to fair sweet womanhood—then was it understood that a maiden in her youth and beauty had been laid away; that the sleep of death had come with unexpected summons, for at hand were her cosmetic tubes—bird bones, these with a wad of cotton to close the opening, and with some sort of a little mill for grinding and preparing the pigments. Added to these was a mirror—a piece of iron pyrites shaped like half an egg, the plane side of it highly polished. The maiden’s hair was braided; a thio narrow bracelet encircled one arm; there Was also an ornamental golden butterfly, and between the feet of the young girl lay the dried body of a pet bird —often- est a parrot was thus honored. — Harper i Bazar.