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IThe Weekly ! Expositor. J, A. Mexzilh, Editor and Proprietor. YALE, MICH Tuk first prize in tho Paris art con- iervatory was recently awarded lor f "two studies of an enlarged head."' It Is unnecessary, however, to go all the way to France to Btqdy largo heads. They an be found quite near homo, no matter in what part of tho country you live. The English telephone patents have expired, anil the monopoly thero has come to iui end. Tho Hell patents in this country havo still three years to run. The telephone is a slraplo thing, and the time is not far distant when every man can hello over an instrument made by himself. Rev. John Eliot, missionary to tho Indiana, wrote a letter in 10711, which was told at auction a few days ago in Boston for $000. At tho samo Bale a letterof Rev. Jonathan Edwards brought $11.60. Yet there are lota of people who grumble at paying two cents for a Setter that is over weight. Etecy soldier in the French army has received a handsome present from the ministry of war. It -consists of a neat package containing antiseptic cotton, lint, bandages, thread, needles and everything necessary for the hasty treatment of woands on the battlefield. Of course every soldier's bosom swelled with gratitude and joy at receiving this delicate remembrancer of tho dangers of war. It is one of tho wisest dispensations of Nature that while she robs con sumptives of physical . strength she compensates them by increasing their courage, by substituting confidence for weakness. There have been few ex ceptions to this rule. It is a rare; thing to hear any jverson waited with the ravages of tubercles speak of the future except with the utmo.-t con fidence. Fr.orLi-: who have been anticipating relief from exorbitant toils by the speedy expiration of the lk-11 telephone patents have reckoned without consult ing the hello p(ople who own tho monopoly. Although tho Hell patents have expired in England there are va rious combinations existing in this country which will make it extremely awkward fur competitors of the pres ent company for years to come. It is now announced that the experi ment of grafting the bone of a dog's leg iritf the leg of a boy, which was tried in tho Charity hospital of New York, proved a failure, and the com missioners of charities and corrections In that city have forbidden further ex periments of the same kind in any of the institutions under their control. The net result in the Johnny (icthius case appears to be ono permanently crippled boy uti'. ono three-legged dog. Advlhtisi:i;s who pay but limited attention to that part of their biitdncs and fmagino that "anything will do," should sec with what accuracy and great pains the big advertisers of New York prepare their announcements. Many Jirms employ men to prepare their advertisements for them; others and this class is by far tho largest will trust no on except a member of the firm to write and pass upon the matter before it is sent out. The Ladies1 Health Protective Asso ciation is a new organization in New York whose object it is to see that tho streets are kept clean. It makes life miserable for the street commissioners who neglect tho strictest performance of their duties, and its efforts havo al ready boon rewarded with cleanor streets and improved sanitary condi tions. Not only will the association look after the streets of New York, but It proposes to apply for a national char ter and establish branches in other citie3. A great outcry is made in favor of popular education, which, it is claim ed, is absolutely necessary to tho main tainanco and perpetuation of the gov ernment. To a certain extent, this is right and true, but it should never bo forgotten that intelligence,- to effect the end proposed, must be connected with sound moral principles. Perhaps tens of thousands of times Lord Ba con's utterance, "Knowledge Is power" has been repeated. Hut too many, alas! overlook the fact that it hi a power 'il as well as for good. Tuf, - .el tower was ono of tho greatost attractions at the Paris expo sition. Chicago, of course, is not to be outdone by any foreign capital and no one familiar with the spirit of its people will be surprised to hear that our tower is to be a good deal higher than the Frenchman's. It will rise from tho Like front 1,100 feet, and if that is not high enough to satisfy the strongest mania for high places, tho risitor will bo permitted tho privilege, without additional charge, of climbing the 300-foot flagstaff which will gur Caount it WAS A LAW TO HIMSELF. ANEW AND GOODSTORY ABOUT BEN BUTLER. How Ha Once llrought Secretary Stanton to Term Triumphant Yankee Sbrewdnese lien 'aa Sel dom Outgeneraled. No oue doubts that Cen. Butler Is a man of ready expedients and of groat executive ability. In his career in the army he followed no beaten paths. To accomplish tho object sought ho made his own laws, and saw to it that they were carried out. Ho sought no instructions from Washington, but tried to accomplish what he was sent to do in his own way. He supported not only his army, but his government, by supplies drawn from tho enemy. This was illustrated by his career in New Orleans. Ho found the city sul len and unwilling to accept tho situa tion. Its streets were filthy, its lovoos were honeycombed, and a pestilence was threatened. There was no law. Tho city was sunk in dejection. Law lessness prevailed. Martial law was first declared. After that a municipal code of regulations was drawn up. A tax was levied upon tho business mon. A fund was quickly established to clean tho streets and maintain municipal regulations. Hut this was not all. Over $40,000 was expended for a hospital, and money was used to buy army and other supplies. 'J 'he regular army officers were as tonished. They had never before seen a legislating general. Hutler waited for no orders from Washington, but took the reins in his own hands and drove ahead regardless of protests.' Ono day ho sent for (Jen. Godfrey Weitzel. "I want you to go down to Fort Jackson," ho said, "and repair tho fort." (ten. Weitzel demurred: ) "This is not tho way to do," ho re- j plied. "The proper way is to seek an j appropriation from Washington. Then j you want the authority of the war de- part men t upon a recommendation of tho Hoard of Engineers. There is no unexpected appropriation made for tho repair of Fort Jackson, and you have no authority to make tho repairs." "Well," Hutler replied, "you go and repair the fort. Tho safety of the city requires it. 1 will take care of the ap propriation." Weitzel again demurred. Hutler urged, and (Jen. Weitzel said that he would resign before ho would under take such a work without law. Hutler knew Weitzel's worth as an engineer officer. There was no better in the army. "Now, Weitzel." said he, "sit down at that table. Write tho strongest pro test you can make, saying that you only do this by my imperative command, and upon tho distmct understanding that I alone am responsible." After much hesitation (Jen. Weitzel pat down and wrote tho protest. Hut ler indorsed it as correct, and tho en gineer officer thereupon promised to go down and tee to the repairs at Fort Jackson. Nevertheless, he w;w still doubtful as to his course. He went over to (Jen. .Strong, who hold a prominent position under den. Hutler, and. like Wetzel, was a West point graduate. Strong afterward fell it. tho assault on Fort Wagner, and was buried by tho con federates under the bodies of his black troops. Weitzel explained tho situation and implored Strong to go over and reason with Hutler. Strong did so on the in stant. Hutler listened to him for sev eral minutes, and then broke in with the words: "Strong, I've had trouble enough with Weitzel. Don't bother me with your advice. I don't need it. You are not ordered to Fort Jackson. Weitzel. try to attend to your own du ties and allow other officers to attend to theirs. Fort Jackson must bo re paired and Weitzel is tho man to it." Strong departed crestfallen, and re ported to Weitzel. Tho latlor made no further protest. Ho gathered his men, went down to Fort Jacksou aad put tho fortification in repair. When his work at New Orleans was completed (Jen. Hutler returned to Washington. His books showed every cent that ho had received while in com mand at New Orleans, and every cent that had been expended. For all his expense ho had vouchers. Ho ap peared before Secretary Stanton ony day with his ledger and his vouchors. Statrton gazed at his cocked hat, hi shoulder straps, and his sword, &ud asked him what ho wanted. "I've just corao from New Orleans." said tho general. "I want to settle my accounts. Here aro my vouchors and my ledger." Stanton sent him over to the proper accounting officer in tho war .depart ment. That officer was a trim West Pointer, with an elegant moustache, a manly form, and a polite bearing. The general threw down his ledger and laid his vouchers upon tho table. Tho Officer inspected the ledger. Ho looked at the expense account. Among the first items was one of $ 10, 000 for fixing up the hospital. He checked It with his pencil. Ho passed down the column and began to check every item in it. "What are you doing? Why are yo crossing those items?" tho general inquired. "Disallowed, sir," replied tho of ficer, witli dignified emphasis. "There were no appropriations for them." Ho continued checking ono item after another to the evident surpriso of (Jen. Hutler. For some seconds ho kept his off eyo on the pencil, and finally arose, put tho ledger undor his arm. stuffed the vouchers in his jackets, and strode out of tho room. Tho officer, after recovering from Lis amazement, marched over to Sec retary StAtitmi, and told him what had occurred. The secretary sent an orderly after Hutler. Tho general had hardly got out of the building before the orderly overtook him. "The secretary of war wants to see you, general," he said. Hutler turned and mounted the stairs, his sword jingling at every step. As ho entered tho secretary',! room, Stanton shouted: "Why, what 'a the matter, general P I thought you came for a settlement of your ac counts." "Well," replied Hutler, "tho trouble is quickly explained. I went to New Orleans, strengthened the levees, clean ed tho streets, fitted up hospitals, re paired the forts and put tho city com pletely upon its feet, without asking or receiving one dollar from the general government. 1 raised tho money my self. I mado tho city foot tho bills. Hero aro my accounts. They repre sent every dollar that I collected, and they show how every cent was expend ed. I have the vouchers here. If I have collected any money which does not appear upon the ledger, or if 1 have expended any money for which there is not a voucher, I am responsi ble. Now , over and above what I have expended. I have f 500, 000 in my pocket, which I did proposo to turn over to tho government as my-account were settled. Hut as my expenses aro disallowed, I presume, of course, that my collections w ill be disallowed. Con sequently tho $500,000 does not belong to tho government. As it is thus with out an owner, and I am in possession, I propose to keep it. Tho government doesn't seem to need it. (Jood day, Air. Secretary." Thereupon tho doughty general sa luted, and was about to sail out of tho office of the secretary of war when Stanton recalled him. There was an informal conveivation and an informal settlement on the spot. The govern ment got the $500,000, and Hutler's accounts were settled to his satisfaction. HER LIFE SAVING SKIRT. The Device of Traveling Lady to Save Herself From Drowning. "While my wife and I were on our last trip to Europe," said a gentleman to a Detroit News man "we met a middle-aged kdy who was going over for her health, and my wife and she be came great friends. One day. while sitting in the ladies' private cabin, the lady said: 'ICt me show you my life preserver," and removing her outer skirt my wife beheld a skirt that was a curiosity if nothing more. Running up and down the skirt, at a distance of two or three inches, were soft, flexible rubber bands six inches wide. They were sewed on at the side of each band and ran all the way around the skirt, and at the top they were all joined to a broad rubber band six inches wide. At tho top of this band was a rubber tulo about two feet long, which ran up and down the waist in front and was left resting on the top of the corset. "Said the lady, 'You Inhold ono of my own inventions for saving my life. In case of an accident all I havo to do is to take tho end of the rubber tubo in my mouth and in two minutes I can fill all of the rubber bands, which aro hollow and air-tight, with air. Then tying the tubo in a hard knot, I am ready for the waves. This skirt, when 1 strike the water, will spread out ia the shape of a pond lily leaf, an-1 1 will rest on it in an upright position, as e:jsy ns though reclining upon a couch, and I can float around till picked up.' "As our voyage was a pleasant one, we did not have an opportunity to see how it would work, but I havo no doubt it would work well." Tho JaM an I mil tor. "When I was in Tokio," said a Chi cagoan who recently returned from a trip to Japan. I wa3 much impressed by tho imitative art of tho Japanese, thought, discovery I accidentally made. I was walking through ono of tho streets and noticed in a shop window several cans of Armour's canned beef. There wax nothing so very strange in that, but on making inquiries I learned that that particular beef had been put up in Japan. That's where tho imita tion came in. Somo years ago Ar mour's product found its way out thero, and nfter using it a while tho Japs thought they could can beef also. And so they did. Armour's beef pack has been imitated down even to the label, to such a degree that it is difficult to detect the difference. I heard of an other instance. Several years ago a certain glass product mnilo in Germany was sold extensively in Japan. Through government officials an irmo ccnt request was mado to tho Germany manufacturers to allow three or four Japanese workmen in their factory. Tho request was granted. Tho arti sans spent a year or two in Germany, and to-day Janpan is selling tho same articlo to tho German at much less cost than they can produce it. Those obliging Germans havo had their busi ness ruined, and their factories havo long since stopped running." Wan Not m I'reaclier. As everybody knows, says tho Wash ington Post, when a vistor applies for admission to Girnrd College in Phila delphia tho guard in attendance nskx him if he is a clergyman, and if so he is turned away, for by the will of Stephe n Girard no clergyman shall en ter the place. A naval officer who vis ited the city recently went to the col lege and asked to be admitted. He was dressed in black clothes, wore a white tie and had his face smoothly shaven, which altogether gave him the appearance of being a parson, and tho guard politely informed him that he could not enter. "Why notP" ho asked, indignantly. "Hocnuso you're a clergyman." "Tho 1 am." was the sharp reply, and without further exchango of words tho gates were thrown open and ono of the best follows In the navy passed in. EVERYBODY IS WATCHED THE TRAVELER IN EUROPE IS CONSTANTLY DOGGED. Ruttla Ieada In I be Espionage of Stranger, hut (ierman.r U m Clone Second Nobody ia Allowed to Feel at Fase Over There, Americans, writes an European travel er in the St. Louis Republic, can have no Idea what it is to exist in tho espionage which surrounds and permeates Euro pean society. Even those who visit Europe little appreciate tho situation, for the espionage is as impalpable as it is all-pervading. In Russia the spy system is more thoroughly organized than in any other country, und tho ser vice is practically obligatory on every pubject of tho czar. He who should fall to report anything suspicious com ing under his observation would him self bo suspected. Everybody is a spy on everybody, and the saying that walls have ears is eminently true in Russia. All the world has heard of tho secret police; but all tho world does not know that tho czar has even more efficient forces of official spies in tho clergy of the Greek church of which the czar is the head, a good deal moro wor ship being devoted to him than to the Almighty. The clergy a re entirely at. the mercy of the czar, who can remove or suspend any one of them, however high or low, at his mere pleasure, expressed, as a rule, through tho synod. Conse quently from the metropolitan to the. village pope, all of them are spies and agents of tho government. The relig ious acts of every member of a congre gation aro reported regularly to the police, und converts to tho orthodox faith aro especially kept under strict oversight. The Russian authorit ies as sume that every convert is a hypocrite, and they are. probably almost right, especially since tho severe enforcement of the anti-Jewish laws has led or oom elled many cf the Hebrew faith to pre tend conversion to orthodoxy. My most amusing experience with the Russian polico was at Kharkov, in southern Russia. My arrival seemed to be anticipated. The driver who took me to the hotel plied mo with questions that were ingenious und at the same time respectful, and the land lord appeared to take the deepest in terest in the safe custody of my bag gage. On coming home from a walk through the town I entered my apart ment unexpectedly and found the lnnd lord nnd a police agent rummaging my trunk. The boniface stammered au apology about a mistake being made, and the jolice agent did not say any thing, but strode out as if weighted down with an important secret. I noticed that one of his pockets bulged considerably, and on investiga tion I missed a copy of Zola's novels nnd a package of antiquated love let ters. I could have spared at least the novel, and had no particular objection to the polico translating the love-letters, but I knew that tho police hail ex ceeded their authority, even us inter preted in Russia, so I boldly went to tho polico office, showed my passport, and made an imperative demand for my property, at tho same time threat ening to complain to the French minis ter. The property was returned. With all the boasted freedom of Ger many, espionage thero is not much bo hind that of Russia- Everybody in Germany, except tho socialists, wants to curry favor with the authorities, and nearly everybody aspires to a public office of pome kind, however petty. If you want to find out the reach of tho Kaiser's arm through his subordinates just go into a hotel, and in hearing of anybody, perhaps a German supposed friend or acquaintance, make a remark derogatory to the government, or a re mark that by some stretch may bo con strued as derogatory. You will m pretty sure to hear from tho police be fore tho day is out. and lucky to escape with a mere warning to leave town. Tho absoluto dread in which many of tho Germans live of being spied upon by each other can bo imagined from an incident that came under my observa tion at Mannheim. A window was broken in the house of a man holding a petty clerkship in the government offices. While tho hus band was at work tho wife hired the glazier who happened to live nearest, to put in a new pane of glass. When tho husband returned, he inquired who had put in the glass, and upon hearing tho name, ho at once knew that the glazier was a socialist. Fearing that tho employment of a socialist to do even such a small job might bring him into odium with his superiors, ho hastened to break the glass again, und sent for a glazier of orthodox political standing to do tho mending. It Is tho intense struggle for exist ence, and the aspiration for office and its pittance, that places a vast, army of volunteer spies at the government ser vice in every continental country. He sides, European governments, includ ing tho English, never fail to reward the spy for valuable information, no matter how treacherously it may be obtained. In Franco espionage is not obnoxious and aggressive, as in Russia, and to somo degree in Germany. Hut they are all watching you tho coachman, the barber, tho waiter, tho concierge. They aro all anxious to have their little try to toll tho police; not exactly because they are ofrrid cf tho police, but because tho police can bo o f some good to them, and it is well to be on tho right side of that arm of tho ad ministration. It should be remembered that the polico of Paris, although paid by tho municipality, is a state force, and under tho direction of the national govern ment, a fact which gives great power to tho organization. All the police reports, therefore, go direct to the ministry, which thus has within com mand a vast quantity of information about individuals who Utile dream that police attention has ever been directed toward them. Rely upon it that the governmental eye i upon every strang er in France from the moment of his landing to that of his departure. O'Hrien and the other Irish National ists are kept under the closest sur veilance, and it is known that a polico commissary was charged with the special task of watching the conferences at Houlogne. Hut, asl have Intimated, tho French methods of espionage are rot aggravating. Compared with continental systems, the French is like velvet to a hog's bristles. BUFFALOES IN AUSTRALIA. Originally from the Malay Dlanda They Have Jnereaned to Great Number. P. R. Gordon in the Rrisbnnd Queens lander: Although I have been over thirty-seven years in Australia, it was not until eighteen months ngo that I was aware that thero was a breed of wild buffaloes in these colonies, and I venture to say that not 1 per cent of tho inhabitants of Queensland, or even half that number, are aware of tho fact. Curiously enough. I have two simultaneous inquiries about them ono from Prof. Wallace of Edinburg and tho other from a gentleman in Michigan. U. S. A. I laid myself out to make full inquiries on the subject, and it has occurred to me thi;t tho public will bo interested to know the result. Mr. H. H. Purcell, who has seen several of them in tho far North and was present at tho death of one, gave me a minute description of them which tallies exactly with what I learned from other sources. Mr. E. Palmer. M. L. A. informs me that ono of the islands on the northern coast is fully stocked with them, and isolated bulls from the herd on the mainland occasionally find their way as far east as one of his gulf stations, and that several have reached Mr. Hann's Lawn Hill station. In Dr. Jx-ichhardt's jour nal of his expedition from Moreton Hay to Port Essington in lK-44-'45 he mentions that Mr. Roper und tho black boys, "Charley" and "Hrown," ran down and shot ono thirty miles from Port Essington, and that they were said to bo numerous there and were called by the blacks "anaborro." Eeichhardt states that they "are tho offspring of Ihe stock which had either strayed from the settlement at Rafilcs Hay or been left behind when that establishment was broken up. They were originally introduced from the Malay Islands. I was struck with the remarkable thickness of their skin (almost an inch) and with tho solidity of their bones, which contained little marrow, but that little was extretoly savory." Mr. Palmer states that the bull killed on his run weighed almost a ton, was extremely broad and well developed in tho forequartcrs, but tapering off in tho hindquarters. Wlll-o'-tJie-WUpa. How clumsy are written words When music thrills the soul; How feeble tho lines appear When o'er us tho torrents roll Of thoughts so deep The verses creep That should spriug from pole to pole I How stubborn the artist finds The pigments his palette shows. When fancy draws a picture .And on its fuce repose Soft lines so fair Soft tints so rare Tbey rivul the blushing reset . How hard is the marble blo:lr When the sculptor dreams his dream, And his soul is tilled with visions That to his senses seem Keyond the art His throbbing heart Would have thohe forms redeem! Edward S. Van Zile. Modern Sampson. Ma-cV 28. 1841, Thomas Thompson lifted three barrels of water, weighing together 1,83(5 pounds. Ho also put an iron bar on his neck, seized hold of its two ends, and bent it until tho lat ter met. On another occasion he raised with his teeth, a table six feet long, supporting nt its further end a weight of 100 pounds. Ho also tore without serious effort a rope of a di ameter of two inches, and lifted a horse over a bar. Some years ago a negro appeared in London who, with one hand and his arm out straight, lifted from the ground a chair on which was seated a full-grown man having on his lap a child. It is on record that a German called Buchholz lifted with his teeth a cannon weighing about 200 pounds, and fired it off in that position. While performing at Epernay, in France, the same feat, tho barrel of tho gun burst. Miraculously ho was not killed, although several of the fragments were thrown over fifty yards away. There aro stories of other strong men who did not appear in pub lic. A butcher lived in South Hollaud who killed calves by strangling them. A Dutch count in a private entertain ment, bent an iron bar by beating it with his right hand ngainst his left arm, protected by a leather bandage, bending it afterward straight again by beating it the other way. Charles Louvier, a carpenter of Paris, found it child's play to roll a tin basin between his fin jors into a cylinder. On one occa sion he carried off a soldier on guard who had gone to sleep in the sentry box, depositing both on a low chuch yard wall close by. An equally amus ing story is told of a Dane, Knut Kundson, a locksmith, who, whilo standing in u window on the ground floor, lifted with one hand half a bul lock from the shoulder of a butcher who was tolling past with his load. onolat!on. Young lady (out yatching) What i3 the matter, Captain Quarterdock? Captain Tho fact is, my dear young lady, we've broken our rudder. "I woildn't worry about that. The rudder is mostly undor water, anyhow, you know, and it isn't likely people will notice it." Bosnia Traveler. ?HE PRICE OF WHISKY. lot Greater Than at Lcaat One Con tainer Ia Willing to lay. There is no such thing: aa legitimate -15-cent whisky in this country," said a nan with a mathematical turn of mind, o a No York Sun reporter. "Now ook at the matter fairly. The boat of hisky Is worth how much? Eight lollars a gallon, say. That is allowing !or eight years of evaporation on iquor worth new at the distillery $3 or- a gallon. These aro liberal figures, more liberal really than the facts warrant, and eight-year-old whisky is ao hotter than five-year-old. Good .iquor experts will vouch for the state ment that liquor in tho wood does not improve a bit after fivo years, and :hat no improvement goes on at all ifter bottling. "A fair average drink in a 15 cent house is one fluid ounco or one-sixteenth of a pint. Take a gill of liquor ind divide It into four drinks and you will see that each of them is a fair irlnk not a dose for snake bites, but aioro than a well brought up man will tako in a friend's house. Now figure it up. Sixteen drinks at 15 cents is f'2.40 a pint. That makes $19.20 for a gallon. Anybody will agree that this is an extortionato price for whisky costing $6 or $8 a gallon. At 10 cents a drink 128 drinks to the gallon will net 12.80, which one would think would bo a good profit and should 3atisfy anybody. That is the amount obtained by men who sell 10 cent whisky, which costs them all tho way from $1.50 to $.1 a galTon. Now say that the seller of cheap whisky gets only three drinks out of a gill, ho is then getting $'..50 a gallon, which would bo more thun 50 per cent profit if ho paid $G a gallon for his liquor. If he pays $3 ho is generous to tho wholesaler, and then you see his profit will bo more than 200 per cent. Taking high license, bad debts and all expenses into consideration tho whisky dealer does well, even to tho man whe keeps a 'dead house' and sells alleged whihky nt 5 cents a drink and two drinks to a gill. He gets $:$.20 a gal lon for stuff which costs him $1.25 a gallon. I am not jokiug. Stuff sold as whisky nnd made of spirit., water and flavoring extracts can be bought at wholesale for $1.25 a gallon, or even less, and it has paid 00 cents a gallon tax on the proof spirits contained in it. Further, I will say that lots of it sold over the bars in this city at 10 cents a drink, which means from $8 to $10 profit on every gallon' The other side of this question, as put by a practical consumer in reply to the mathematician was as follows: "It is true that tho profit on a glass of whisky is very great, but consider how many men start in tho saloon bus iness and are sold out. Money is made by a small percentage only of thoso who start in tho business, and it is true that those men who make a good deal of money, That is to say tho prizes are high but there are many blanks. Now, unless the prizes were high there would be fewer men to start in tho business. I am satisfied with matters as they arc and for this reason: If I want a coat, a gill of turpentine or a pound of oakum I have, perhaps, to mako inquiries and travel several blocks, or even to another part of the city. If I want a drink oi whisky I seldom have to go further than tho next corner. For this con venience I am willing to pay. The few cents extra that I pay for whisky goes to make my life more comfortable, for unless the profits were great there would be much fewer saloons." Napping It. WeMmlnMer. A young lady who had just returned from abroad was asked what sho en joyed most of all in her experience". She has lecn through the greater part of Europe nnd has sailed up the Nile as well, and it was expected that she would answer that the view of St. Peter's at Rome, of the great Sphinx, or of some of the world's wonders would bo cited as tho thing which had most pleased her. Instead of naming any of these, however, says the Hoston Courier, she replied with no hesitat ion: The nap I had in Henry VII's chapel," "Tho nap you hod?-' her quastionc r repeated, doubtfully. "Yes. I got to Westminster so thoroughly tired that it seemed to me that I could never get rested again to tho end of my days. I went into the chapel and sat down in ono of the stalls where somo antique ecclesiastic had been in tho habit of drowsing through tho service, and I had thclovoliost nap' that was ever given to a mortal. 1 cm sure that it saved mo from madness, and it wa,s the thing I enjoyed most among my experiences abroad." liter Miould be Ilanlnhed. Thero is a certain class of pooplo who tako great satisfaction In saying unpleasant things. They call this peculiarity "speaking their minds" or plain speaking. Sometimes they dignify it by tho name of "telling the truth." As if truths must bo unpleas ant in order to bo true! Aro thero no lovely, charming, gracious truths in the world? And if there are, why cannot people diligently tell these, making others happier for the telling. rather than hasten to proclaim all the disagreeable ones they can discover? Tho sum of human misery is always so much greater than the sum of human happiness, that it would appear the plainest duty to add to the lattor all we can, and do what lies in our power to diminish tho former. Harper's Ba zar. A Queatlon of Time. Old Mr. Summit Mv daughter, it would gratify me exceodlncrlv if vou would make up ydur mind In regard to Mr. Cleverton. Ho is such a desir able young man. Miss Summit (passionately Father. give mo timo. Ho has only proposed four times. Munsey'e Weekly.