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Fellcliy. T)m> cat Bang on tb« Im/ k-rard f/ncw, Wbcnor all but *be hn4 fl* <1; 1 mv rt/« k of < «4Dinon wrwo And flung Il nt Ixjr bend, 1 flung rny l**t luJ Ilana’nt>, My rbah, my ftrittar !*d: Tn null, with |4t*u*i<>n quit* intmaa, With Mrango rMitort*d J;nMUiiM>tn» Tluit < at Ming on tlw I wk yard fair w U banco nil But hJh« bad fl**!. I *ith Nt range {rrandiloqumm. In rocißing tows* I phm/l, >1 v ImmH* were gotw my Lant <1« (• i*ao— My Munday Ixw imd Nfavl: AH thing* or pHty or hnnwn>/- Found I'xigz-nw-nt on t Im> abed Th>* fHiiM* wondered mu<*h fi<»rn wlimi/t 7bey came, But MiH. with grief inb m* f IKha aang upon ft*** lm/-k yar«l fence, Wlmodc all But Um * had fled. Elm- mttwal f other r<-*» l«*nt I oft had wuled tliern /lead. For tlw'y wi n* uiimm* k/ving "g<'UU,* 1 And dw< It nlove my head Th»*y mmmwl fbrtr string/*! Inatrunu*nt4, Which *»t/ /id liard by tl»« ir Im*! They pbn«d with wondrou* doquenco— With one vaat lw»w I of |>alri itit< n«i That f/'lhii* Ihd afar from tb/wa: bbi' »tngi* no more u|«on our ftMU*, Hut on a Infth i «mm* n ••■ Our n* it <!ooi n/ngld*»r'a sired. j: Fm„l: l.mhtlH , in Puck. WE MET BY CHANCE. J wa« going to \’lrr B I tin rnrnivnl. Only "in <dh< i|ht on w in the coupe miili m< u Miff, innguttrial apj»<urbig mm, uh on' only bnggugc hw i portfolio. J oat «s tbe tmm w ;»•' fatting <»nn<h of a ' diMpnlr tiro™ nt th< r dour of my coup/’. “No, r.ir' no*4i<l ii woman’a voice. <4 | onl< nd o rov;*r-/rf,'imi lin ; i have it'. “But, Mie him, aim • <*hnv< none ” •■•‘You ought tohai' het did my letter!” '* ‘ \V< n< < ivrd iiolittar, Mnd.iiu!” •’Make them mid another enr, then'' 1 “hiijw/saiblr! Wc have the regular num ber. Come, conic, hivdril lluj tll.il IM going” 1 “But I n*i t li■!’>/■ uni*’ pin- < * “There, in that coupe.” ■“There?” “Yim, them!” A little brown head was thru*! in nnd miihh nly withdrawn, ft* if frightened. j “There are two gentlcim n there!” “Eh, madam, 1 ninnot giv< you u <ar to y ourself!” “Very will, I will not go!” “A* you ph -iim’! Th< train icav< ! 1 give the signal!” “Bt«ij», air, atop! J am obliged to go and ftitiCtl tin I* i* only that roujx but they will gh4 idc n K/fcp/-/it at the fust atnt ion ?*’ “Y’va, tnndiltn )<••», ininliun,” “You will telegraph for that?” madam yea, madam ” The door opened,the little brown head entered, Mirrninded with bundha ami wrap* There wis a pit r< ing whistle; w« had started 'flu tiff g< nth inan gallantly . t4M»k a M id by me, h aving nil one side free j for the new arrival. Without glancing at um, brenthlras and crimson with wrath,she j arranged her things ih il for a long jour- i nry one bug, two bag*, three bugs, ami ckmka ami shawls. 1 looked on out of the corner of my rye, and saw with pleasure that aht was <'harming in appealamr. At he the stiff man arranged his pn|M*rs and left us. Il<- wan received by tin* depot iiuulor ns “Moiuieur I'liHp/M tor.” The kdy rushed to the door. “Did Uie.v telegraph Irotn I’urn for u <vu/>e-li( t" “Yet., Madam, 1 «<nl tu<- <li»p:iti-hon.” “Whitt! I cannot hnvr it nt oncct” **lin]Mw»ibh’, Miidiun. Wo have no ciws h< r<\ Ihej 111 give Jan one nt l.yoo Prrmche.” "Not till then! Hut I i annot stay here all that linn it i« impossible. I will uot ” “Tnkr a i xiv, Nl.Ki.ini- the train is starting." The cam were m motion. She returned to her ci'tiii-r. furioti’. nev> r glsucing my way. I opened my truth uewqeqiei Shull I own it it <x < uphxl me huigvi than the nine l>ek>rv it. 1 read the same lines twenty liim <. lIH-lievi I h*'ld it sometimes u|»id< down 1 wanted t > talk with her, but wluix mi* th< pri-U xt? < omudering th< tt mp< nituretheelireti, resoureeofrai*- iug or lowering windon% did not exist. M hut e<fuld I <lo? 1 »an tlu xx.c;i w.Rnail of lU’ xvtirld ia<l of di, la st tflnss. | couhl oltly uitrtoN her notsi < bx someven origi iui!s]h< <L But whut what 1 meditated in vain. I was -tall studying the point when the train stvp]s>l. “Tonnerre!, Twenty five minutes for nstreslnuviits!” was shouted at the door. My lair iWighlair rose, <lix>p|H-d Inr wrap* and left tin car It waa noon. Hunger made itoelffclt She xwut tow unl the rrllvshuH'lll lxs>in. I followed. I ceuhi tlu n admire nt my < a* her elegant ligxiix. distinctly »utlin<*i by a long ott< r ■ !<»ak I also ninaike<l that she, ha<! pretty curls in hti link, a gray felt hat and very sm ill feet. 1 quickly walktw ixl several things My Fair tiaxvle: took abwl of soup. The t ime »<<ot» passi-d, ..nd the travelers raced Intel, to their cars. I went to mine. Tin lady had net <ogie. I saw her at a link xiok kiwi newspaper stand, hulking at Hie row of las ks. kltlnugh 1 saw only he: back 1 reeugutred Iki pretty figure, lie otters leak and In r gray I>»t. Her hair did not look s,,,!aik tome doubtless the effect of distance. Every body was on •soard . doom wen slaumuug. “She w ill miss In i train," I thought. tMul thru I called to her from the wiu- Jcw : “Madam! M-vlaiu!” I wa» too far away. She did not hear. The w histle sounded . the train was start ing. What should be dom 't An idea flash ed through my head. She was going to remain there, in this horribly f old weath er, without anybaoe.ig. The poor little woman must have h< r thing-. I iiatehed I the three bag», ami nil her shawls nnd 1 wrap*. B nd flung the whole out to u man standing n< ..r the < ar. I “(Jive them to that lady over there,” I cried. The man e night th* thin'.-, nnd went ' toward the Indy at the bookstall. At the 1 same moment, from the other side of the train, enine my po tty e.c ipanion in great [terturbation, hu-tled by a gruwbiing ofli i < tai, but safely on bonrd.jn-t as the train moved ofT. Horror! I had mistaken the j lady traveler, the one nt the book-'titml wa* not the right one same cloak, sam< hat, same outline, but not th<- name wo niim! She had r< ao <ly entered the <nr when she uttered n < ry “My things! Some one has stolen my things!" I For the first time site looked nt me | with what an eye' I shall never forget ! that look. “No, Madam,” I said, “your | thing* are not stolen; they arc they arc i i< ft at Tonnerre!” “At Tonnerre' How I explained everything. Bless me! 1 could never describe tin- second look she gave me -but I la-lic vc I shall remember 1 il long > than the fli st me “J am very -orty,Madam,"! -taininercd. “J am greatly di-tressed. but the motive was good. J thought ou would mi--the train,and you v. iu!d be cold,and 1 did not Want you to siifb i Pardon me don't fear for your things I hey are in honest h inds a railway official. Al the m\t station vosi rnn t< |i r-iph I shall telagrnph w<- will telegmph we will soon g-t them. Ah! ' you shall have them! 1 swear it, if I have I to return myself toTonnerr. to get them." “That is sufficient, sir,” she said. “I know what I must do.” She sat down, severely twisting her gloves in wrath. Hut alus! poor little ' thing! She had reckoned without thecold. ' She no longer had her good warm wraps. I It was ».< arec'ly ten minutes In fore she begun to shiver. She shrank into her self, drew her otti i cloak around her fine lunn nnd positively shook. “Madam,” I said, “I beg upon my knees that you will accept my shawl! You will take a cold; it will be my fault, and 1 could never conaolc myself in all i my life." “1 <b> not speak to you, sir," she said, hnughtly. I was furious nt having made myself ridiculous. “Madam,” said I, “accept this shawl, or 1 swear I will jump oil the train I” * Throwing the shawl between ns 1 •i-iz.cd the door-knob. My air must have la-en convincing, for she cried; “You are c raty, sir you aro out of : your head!'' • “Take tin-shawl -or I shall spring oil!" Shi' took tin- shawl, saying: “But ' you, sir, you will jrcrish from the cold." “Don't bo uneasy about me, madam, I am not delicate, and even if 1 should ' be cold it would only be a just punish ment for my unpardonable stupidity.” “bay for yout tod great hructe, for you I an- right the intention was good, but ■how could you take that lady for me!” “Bceause she looked so charming.” She Miilirel, the ice was brokoll - the : ice of conversation, for otherwise I sbiv red. But how quii kly I forgot the cold, the journey and nil! She was delicious, | exquisite, mloiuhlu! Dainty. p<< uliar, gay and original! She loved travel as I 1 do. She had been in Italy, like me; in , S|Hiin, like me; *he always dreamed of going U> Egyjit, like me. In literature, ' in music, in every way our tastes were th, same. And then, just imagine lots joi the same friend’. Perhaps I had met her twenty linn s without remarking her. Where was tny head? Heavens! xvhere was my head? While I eagerly conversed ! I did ev.rything in tin' world not to, . have the air of being chilly, but good ' Lord! how e> ld 1 was! At Dijvu my right foot was numb. We teh graphed to Toimerre foi li> i thing'. At Maeon my left foot was numb, We heard from I'onnt-rrv that her thing* would be it Mats, illes n< xt >h\ At l.yoti P< rra. he i my left hand !»■< une insensible. She be .ot to claim het . , .1 \t \ all .<■<' iny right hand f,,ilow<<l th. example of the left I learned that she w*s axviduw, without < hildren At tnx nos,, ttirnvd purple. I thought I umlerstixal that 'he liar! never lover! her first hus band At last, at Marseilles. !s| i zed violently three tilin'. She handed me tny shaw l, say iug graciously “Gxhhl bve. till we meet again.” “Till we next a„ain!” 1 wu» wild. I pos'isl the night in a hotel, and rose iu tin morning stiffei g frdhi a terrible cold m the head, t'ugl t I. in stub. state, to call an tny friend*, the R. nib.uids? They must tak< nn as 1 am. and t mor row I will start for Xne and eur< invsclf in sunshim What ’a 'Urpris< That ever limit Romhnurd had invited some people to meet me, ami among them was tny fellow traveler, my chanuer' When 1 was preM-nted liter, wa* uu imp r<v|>ti. ble smile on her lips. ] laoved and mur niurvd: “And Tonnerre?” “I have thcug” she answered, iu the «uue low v oicx'. W e took our seats al the dinner table. “What a cold, my goodness!” si- claimed that excellent I’otnbau 1. “Where in the world did you catch such a cold? In the cars, ja-rhapaf" “It is p<-siblc,” I rcpliccl, “but really . I do not n-gre t it." N/’b'sly understood this cptcerrc-sponsr, i but I felt the sweet and compassionate gaze of my lovely traveling companion coming to me- ar row the ordoroun fume* I of a Mipcrb soup. What more shall I say? Next day I ' did not go to Nice ami we an- to la married in two weeks'.— from the frturh Fortunes Made in Old Corks. | “You wouldn't think a man could make- a fortune selling old corks and bot- I ties, would you? Well, I know a man who bought out a coffin shop twenty-five yc rirs ago and began to deal in old corks. Eight years ago he we nt into the old bot tle business, and he is now a rich man.” The pedie eman who said this took the writer down Mull»crry street, and a few block- le low Bb 'c ker stopped be fore a rickety old building, in front of whie h -torsi several barrels filled with bottles of all sizes. There wen- bottles emptied of Viner Vermouth, Piper See: and Rhine wine-, of Bass' eile, claret and stomach , bitters. Inside the; shop we re- seen the 1 nee ks of a thousand bottles, pointed toward the do.,r like little howitzers. They were: pilcel up anil b->.xed up and we re in rows r,a the- floor. From the roof ' hung dingy* <l< mijvhns, cxrvoted with c rfl>webs, and in the center of the room I was a barrel of old champagne corks. “How many corks have you sold to day, Hugh?” asked the; policeman. “Eight barrels.” “How many bottles?” “Seventy-five gross. Y'ou see we never take the labels rdf. nnd never wash the; j bottles. The men who buy wine bottles want the labels as well as the bottles - sometimes want the labels much more ; than th'- bottles; but we do not deal in labels. When a junkman comes in with i a load of bottles he may have twenty ! cliflerr nt kinds. We sort them. When we get a gross of a certain kind we know where to sell them. A gross of quart champagne bottles fetches $4.50; pints, $2.25. Claret bottles se ll for $3.75 pel i gro-s, nnd so do soda water bottles. Bass’ ale is worth $2.25, but for Rhine wine bottles we get $0 per gro-s. “Tom" i gins and stomach bitter- go at $1; porter and Vino Vermouth at $2.25. Apollina ris, quarts, we sell for $5 p-r gross, and pints al $.">.25. A gallon demijohn is 1 only worth 20 cents, but larger bier bot tles with the patent stoppers bring $8 per gross. Root beer bottles sell for s(>. while ging'-r ales only fetch $1.50. \V ■ sell Hathorn, Congress ami Geyser bot- | ties back to the mineral spring men in Saratoga for 30 cents per dozen. Most of the small bottles are bought by catsup ami table sauce makers. We don't buy medicine bottles. We sell very little -tock to medicine men. “You know a champagne cork has a sound head ami is turneel from the bark. It is not cut out as straight c inks are I made. When it pops from the bottle tiie head is cut up by the string and tin- cork • looks like a mushroom. We put them j all in a big ki'ttle of boiling water and swell them. Then they’re ns good as m-w. Ordinary sound corks sell for twenty-five cents per gross, but corks from champagne bottles, made with more labor, bring $2.50. We have handled enough corks in the past twenty-five years to float the Great Eastern.” A.ia I Sun. Newspaper nnd Orator. Compare the orator, one of the noblest vehicles for the diffusion of thought, with the newspaper, and you may gain a faint glimpse of the übiquitous powers of the latter. The orator speak' to but a few hundred, the newspaper addresses millions; the words of the orator may die in the air. the language of the newspaper is stainpeil on tables imperishable as mar ble; arguments of the onibt may follow each other so rapidly that the majoritv of the audience may struggle in a tut work of nites ination, the reasoning of the niwq.a|Mi may he scanned at leisure w ithout a fear of p-rpiexity; the passion of the orator influences an assembly, the feeling of a tu’wipaper r leetrities a conti nent. the orator l« for an edifice, the newspap-r for the world—the one shines for an hoar, the other glows for all time; . the orator may be compared to lightning, w hich flashes over a valley for a moment, but leaves it again in darkness, the news (Mtper to a sun blazing steadily over the whole earth, and fixed on the basis of its own eternity Printing has been happily d. tined the art that preserves nil arts. It < atehes up hi' dying w<>ni* and breathes into tin in the breath of life. It is the , gallery through which the orator thun- . decs in the i ar* of agaa. He leans from I the tomb over the cradle of tlie rising ; generations. Hawk and ( at. A hug California hawk swooped down • ■ii a sleeping < at at vinta Ri>sa the other day. and Imre it squalling and scratching high in the air. AY hen about 500 feet high the haw k b st its grip, and the cat .ante down with fearful velocity, but the hawk eatfght it again just Ixfore it 'truck the earth, and was carrying it off, when suddenly both fell like haul to the ground. The eat hud bitten through the < i hawk ' head, killing it instantly, and the I fall killed the cat. A GOAT FARM. A Woman’s Venture which lias Proved Profitable. Raising Angara Gcata and Selling Their Wool at One Dollar a Pound. A Nyack, (N. Y.,) letter to the New York Time., says: Three miles from this village, near the Hudson River, is an Angora goat farm, which from its nov 1- ty attracts much attention hereabout. It is l<M>ked upon as something in the na ture of a farmer's freak, like the raising of bee- or silkworm*, f loats browse and goats pro-per on this farm on the heights that border Rockland Lake as readily as they do on the rocks about Shantytown, in Ni w-York City. But they are a differ ent breed of goats, more aristocratic than their city relatives as to wool, more epic urean in their tastes, and more blue blooded as to ancestry. The herd in this somewhat novel farm just now num bers 75, varying in age from the tiny ob ject of three months which looks like a cross between a dog, a rabbit, and a lady’s powder puff, to the handsome pa triarch of the flock, a magnificent speci men of the pure Angora breed, w ith im mense curling horn-. This handsome old fellow with his wife were imported by Dr. Agnew, the famous oculist of New- York, from Asia Minor, and the impor tation cost him aheap of money as the price of goats goes. Their present own er is the good woman who now runs th s goat farm, and who never tires of dis canting on the good qualities of her pets. They know her voice, and answer to their names when she calls them. Kind arid gentle they appear when visitors arc about, but the fondness for fighting, ns characteristic of goats as it is of a native of Tipperary, crops out when the herd is together and apparently out of sight of mankind. A strange fact, noticed in the breeding of these annuals is that the females do not thrive in tiiis locality as well as the male. The hardy female goat of the or dinary sp.'cie-; was ;::tr xlnced into this flock lor ex]wrimcntal breeding purposes, nnd with marked success. Repeated crossing with the common goat and her offspring has produced apparently pure Angora goats, the t-m iency being in ail cases tor the to revert in the texture | of their wool toward the male side. As ‘ a consequence the third generation has ■ al! the appearance of its distinguished an- 1 ce-trv. and in the fourth generation even ' the best experts cannot teli the pure ' blooded from the grade Angora. This fact is a matter of considerable interest i to breeders of goats, as an Angora buck cost slOll or over, while the common goat can be had almost for the asking. The fecundity of the Angora is not so great as that of the common goat, the Angora ewe giving birth to but one kid ' yearly. As a source of profit the goats have turned out well. The wool is from four to six inches in length, silky, and of beautiful texture. A full grown animal will y ield four pounds of wool, which will readily sell at $1 per pound. Just now the demand for tiiis wool is not par ticularly lively, as the lustrous dress of fabric into which it was at one time largely converted is out of vogue with fashionable ladies. It is therefore used almost exclusively in the manufacture of plush for upholsti ry purposes. When the kid is 6 months old its hide, un dressed, is vvortii $3, and will sell readi ly for that amount to glove manufactur ers. Kids on the farm in question meet with sudden death on that account at about that age with considerably regular ity. When it is necessary to kill them the good lady has them chloroformed so that she may not hear the deatli cries of her little pets. The milk of the goat is much sought after by dyspeptics, by tier sons suffering from pulmonary troubles, nnd by otherwise delicate persons, and it brings a much greater price than cows’ milk. A' to their n.- ■ for :o > ! little can be said, because the .goat docsziiot flesh up well, but the kid. when killed young, furnishes a fair amount of tender meat which some people like. It will never be.-omi; a great deliesey in the market, or ba iu siiflicient dein iml to become a source of income to the goat raiser. There is nothing in the world so cheap to raise os goats, because they will find am ple f<Mxl in lots up here where other ani mals w ould starve to death. Acorns are a favorite article of food wit'.i them, and ns these abound in the woods the cost for AYinter fodder is mainly confined to the trouble of gathering the acorn*. What For. Mr. Doline was always lending money to impecunious friends and iii> wifte was forever qu.-vn lingabout it. She heard yesterday of his latest n::s>lenieaaor in this din etion and she called him up. “Have you been loaning money to that worthless J> e Storm?" she inquired hotly. . "Y>'\ tny dear,” he answered meekly. “Oh you have, have you? well how much was it ?” “Ten dollars, love.” “Goodness gracious," she said, “what did you lend Ara $lO fer." “Don't mention it, dear." he respond ed in a most deferential tone, “but I loaner! it to him for two weeks.” The shock prostrate*! Mrs. D. in a fit of speechlessness. —J/ereAu.it- Traveler. Hiding Valuub'es. Speaking of silver, says M. G. McClel land in the Chicago Tn:ie», reminds me of a little story I heard a Richmond lady tell my mother some time after the cap ture. She had a quantity of valuables and stowed them almut iu every conceiv able place for safety. Among other things she had a huge solid silver fire ■ man’s trumpet, which had l>een presented to her husband by the volunteer tire brigade of Richmond many year* before in recognition of his service as their ! chief. This trumpet was forgotten in ! the general hiding of valuables, and the Yankees were fairly in sight when she discovered it resting ostentatiously in the . middle of the center-table in the parlor. : She was loath to lose it, knowing that her husband valued it greatly, but where to stow away the big thing she could not think. At last she took it out to an old negro man who was very much attached to her husband, explaining her dilemma, and told him to take the thing away and hide it. Long before the end of the three days she gave the trumpet up for lost, as the soldiers, not being hurried, poked about in every hole and cranny with a preseverance and fertility of re source worthy of a better cause. But the day after they departed the old negro presented himself at the house with smio on his countenance and the trumpet under his arm. On being questions I, he explained that he had “toted de horn , down de hill an' jammed it up in one ole holler log what was sorter layin’ in de creek, an’ too soggy fur to make fire.” He had stuffed up the opening in the end with wet leaves, and calmly watched the soldiers sitting on the log by the hour at a time without the faintest suspicion of its silver heart. Killing a Giraffe. The noble animal stood at bay pawing nnd stamping the ground, lus long neck swaying to nnd fro; several more shots were fired at him, causing him to strike desperately with his fore feet a blow which would knock a horse down. Dis- ’ mounting, I ran to get a nearer view. There was despair in his large drooping brown eyes, and a look which seemed to say-, “What harm have I ever done you?” ; It seemed a shame that no one gave him a coup de grace, nnd put him out of his agony. Turning to one of the men I said, “Shoot him in the head, and put an end to his pain.” But he answered inc by grasping my arm and pulling me to one side, shouting, “Look out, or lie will be on you.” Looking up I saw the crazy creature swinging his head about, his long neck putting me in mind of an | anaconda, as it fairly whirled through the air, forming wide circles as he made desperate plunges to keep his body un der his neck: pitching forward, he fell on his head and shoulders, and rolled over with a thud that shook the ground. He was a “zwart bout” (black-spotted, the , variety usually- seen in zoological collec- ' tions; the white-spotted ones are longer and finer made, and have never been brought to Europe, and arc never so heavy). He measured from the root of the tail to the shoulder 6 feet 1 inch, and from the shoulder to the tip of the nose 10 feet 7 1-2 inches.— London Graphic. Short History of Candles. Candlesticks are mentioned in the ! Bible, but there seems to be no doubt i that these were lamps for burning olive oil rather than supports for which arc now called candles. The candles used by the Greeks and Romans were rude torches made by dipping strings of papy rus or rushes into pitch, and afterward coating them with wax. In Europe this candle was in use during the middle ages, the wick being of twisted tow. Often 1 these were very large and heavy. Among ' the poorer classes candles were made by snaking splints of wood in fat or oil. The use of these wood splints is mention ed in English history about the begin ning of the fourteenth century. Wax candles were also nude during this cen tury, but they- were expensive and deem ed a great luxury. Soon after this a dipped candle made from tallow was in troduced. A company for making wax candles was incorporated in London in 1484. Mold candles are sai 1 to be the invention of the Sieur Le Brcz. of Paris. Spermaceti candles are of modern manu facture.— Chtcotjo Inter- Ocean. Goats as Animal Doctors. it is a curious fact that, prejudiced as we seem to be against the useful goat, in spite of all its really admirable proper ties, it has been from very early times popular in this country, on account of a virtue which is purely fictitious nnd fan ciful. Antiquity has bequeathed to us the legend that goats were exceptionally wise in the matter of wholesomo herbs, that they were, in fact, the herbalists among quadrupeds and “cunning in sim pies.” Out of this grew the idea that they were virtually physicians, that their presence among domestic animals was beneficial, and that their odor, though unpleasant to man. was wholesome to horses, cows, pigs, sheep, and the farm yard generally. For this reason one sin- 1 gie goat was often kept, nnd fannvardk 1 may still l»e found where “Betty” or “Nanny” lives at its ease, and is main tained, not for any real use it is put to but in deference, perhaps quite unknow ingly. to an almost obsolete superstition. —Zxzntien Telegraph. Newport News, 1888. The huge sea monster, tha “Merrimac;” The mad see monster, the “Monitor;” You may sweep the sea, peer forward and back, Hut never a «ign or a sound of war. A vulture or two in the heavens bine; A sweet town building, a boatman's c.-iU ; The far sea-song of a pleasure crew; The sound of hammers. And that is all. And where are tha monsters that tore this main? And where are the monsters that shook this shore? The sea grew mad! And the shore shot fame! The mad sea monsters they are no more. The palm, and the pine, and the sea-san ls brown; e far sea-songs of the pleasure crews, air like balm in this building town— And that is the picture ot Neport Newa —Joaquin Miller in, Independent. HLMOROI'S. The lawyer’s advertisement—Give me a trial. Felt slippers—Those applied to vicious youngsters. What is taken from you before you possess it? Y’our photograph. It’s the little things that tell—espe. daily the little brothers and sisters. The letter earner that gets around quickest is the cylinder of a printing press. Professor (who is about to have his hair cut) —How cold is it in this room. Pray allow me to keep my hat on! A western sight-seer being told that the dried-up man of 110 pounds weight was Evarts, the New York senator, said; “By gosh 1 I’ll bet he boards.” Au English paper reports that during recent explorations at Nineveh a petrified umbrella was found in one of the temples. Near by was the petrified man who was just about to make off with it. Professor —Does my question trouble you, sir? Student—No, sir, not at all. But I am a little in doubt how to frame my answer so as to give you the precise information for which you seem to ask. “Mamina,” said Johnny, “can any body hear with their inouthii’ “No, child, I don’t thiuk they can,” replied the mother. “Then, mamma, what made Mr. Jones tell sister he wanted to tell her something and put his lips to her mouth instead of her car?” “Landlord,” said a Wisconsin trav eler, emerging from the dinning-room after a long and fruitless struggle to se cure a dinner—“ Landlord, there’s one thing you have here that’s as good as the Palmer House, Chicago.” “I am very glad to please you, sir. What is it?” “The salt.” Natural Selection in Mankind. “The strongest men in intellect,” said Professor Dana in his closing lecture on Evolution in Peabody Museum, New Haven, “are gradually taking possession of the globe, thus exemplifying natural selection. This is seen in the spreading out of England’s domain. Before 1859 it was supposed that that species had al ways existed in the same condition in which they were then found. Now this has all vanished. The reasons for the migration of animals and plants are sweeping. All changes in physical con ditions of migrations may work great changes either good or bad. Let the temperature or humidity of a climate be changed, it will be for the benefit of some and the disadvantage of others. Thus, cutting down shade trees will strengthen the grass which was under the tree, while it will crow-d out the weeds. Remains of tropical species arc found in Great Britian, showing that it was once joined to the continent. North America was once joined to Europe across the Arctic ocean, allowing the passage of animals. Migrating birds and storm winds may carry with them many hundreds of miles small insects and seeds. The migration of the potato bug from Colorado has been rapid, and were it not for man’s care there would have been a complete de struction of the species of potatoes.” Blnuting the Feelings. “Curious how one’s feelings tret blunt ed by the sight of blood and horrors,” says Sir Chas. Wilson, in his new narra tive of the Nile expedition. “There was one strange incident. An unwoun led Arab, armed with a spear, jumped up and charged an officer. The officer grasped the spear with his left hand, and with his right ran liis sword through the Arab’s body; and there fora few seconds they stodil, tlio cfircer bang unable to withdraw his sword until a man ran up and shot the Arab. It was a living em bodiment of one of the old gladiatorial frescoes of Pompeii. It did not, strange to say, seem horrible: rather, after what had passed, an every-day occurrence. I used to wonder before how the Romans could look on at the gladiatorial fights; I do so no longer.” No I’neertainty. Angelina: Didn't you promise me, Edwin, when you went out that you’d certainly be home by one? Edwin: Yezh, my dear, yezh, and here I am jezh to the moment. Angelina: Just to the moment, in deed! Do you know what time it is now I Edwin: Jezh one, my dear, ezh one. Jezh heard it strike one over and over again.— L\fe.