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We ailnot the birth of our summer flew ers As. we do the first spowdrols of spring; On the bleak winter wind we, look with gtief, - ' Though, it howls through the branches bare, But we sigh when we witness the b'rown autumn leaf, . ?s And behold natqre's flrst gray*hai, oray hairs may come when the beaming . eye Has none of its brightness lost, K"When with buoyant.hbeart we would fain deny Youth's Rublcon has been crossed; YqVI4e i.y clad trees look young and green, x Though the sapless.trunks may be there, And naught of decay on oilr oheeksmay be When we witness our first gray hair. eCom early, come late; like a'kneck at the gate, Is that first soft, silvery thread; ft sUently tells us we're-journeying on-. It silently qugsttons--where? t Oh, f one, were the truth but known, s.... seen in our first gray hair. p ftk t . 'H BANK CLERK. On an afternoon in September Chas. t i Weston was walking leisurely on Broad way, New York.. Absorbed in, plea sant thoughts the expression of his handsome face Indicated perfect free s dom from anxiety or corroding 'care. The hnrrying crowd,, the ceaseless roar and rumble of city life, were. unheard r unnoticed. ils heart was in his house at Hartford, the home of his birth and of his boyhood, where he had been passing his summer vacation un restrited by bank hours or. the routine of business life. There was no shadow on that home. o A comfortable income supported it. His mother was still untouched by time. His young brother, a noble and promiling boy; Gertrude,: li sister, was all that a sister could be, and Gertrude had a lovely female friend. "There are moments in life which we never forget."' The drives, .the; ramble in woods, the boatings, the plea sant thigs said and done, with every look that accompanied them were all remMIbered now. In front of a music store he paused. .abruptly. A dollege classmate' sudden-. ly stood before him.- Cordially they grasped each other's hands. Who could foresee the sad results of that meeting? "Why, Johnston, what has brought you from the West? I thought you were absorbed in your land projects." "Even so. And that interest brings me to the East. I have come miles out of my way to see you in refereince to it. Where were you going?" "Here, to get music for Gertrude." 1"Gertrude! fHow well T remember your beautiful sister and 'those happy S college vacations with you at Hartford. Careless, boyhood days-never to re turn, Now, let -11s take the cars for Central Park, I have mudh to say to S you." Within the grounds, Johnston took his arm. "I must talk briefly for my time Is limited, Just now there's great 'boom' In real estate In my State ; Aespecially. Lands almost worthless hitherto have assumed fabulous prices. In, naking a fortune for myself I must brIng you in for a share.". Weston looked laughingly Into .his face. "Why, Will, thaven't you out. ~. yet? Don't be offended. 'Tis only the fault of a too sanlgulne -tenperament. Your heart is alwvays right." "Thank you. . Thank you. I hiave outlIved my boyhood, A nd thuis is not an illusion. Here, at the East, .life Is comparatively slow. At the WVest all Is on a grand ucale. One need not toil forever In bank or cotinting..room boe. fore he can reap the, frutts of lois labor. Now, there is a golden opportunmty.' IE, may never return. There are lands *which will be; of Immense .vahie Swhirn the contemplated railroad passes 4throtij." eyou aute that it wilt take that "As sure as I am that I.livei There S Is a 'pause in W0chnstruction because o f colitendIng parties, each anxious for a certain route. The side which I os. pouse Is sure 'to wIn. Its advantages are palpable to all..: I haye proved mny configlence by investing every dollar' I ~can spare, almost everything that I _own,' and have Insured a~ fortune." "I.fear that you are too fast in your calc\tlations." "You wvould not-think so if you were on tllq spot.. Everybody Is wild with ota healthy excitement, slower and surer is bettor. "That is an 6xploded notion. Get, over it; and inypt In -these lands." "You forget that I am not rich. Tihe property left nue by mny father is smnall, ut;well inyested: My salat1iy-Ihei'a at all tllat T have, I'. Oa t" 1 ow the money. You can retu il.y. - WP,' II ver 'Do. 10otitggest . JoI left In the:nighttraiai hIur ing to the West. 'Then cam a ""Do 1iot cast "asid6 On.Iriopqlu.'I Js. a duty t our family.- Yoa cai pase them . ' Independent. cicui stances, Ban onef calfe easily n shQrtly restored. ell ' li@re.. Noto is your tine. 'T1fere 'I tide In the 'affairs of tfien.' Vdbnsc ously; John ton was yehig. made itn strument to test the --viftue Of - hi friend, Just before he retfred to hi room a telegram ,arrived: ']. ; qul that you may not regret it 'when to late." The 'night. that followed was on never to ,po forgotten.. -iWdnigbt wa approaching. Alone, in the stiliiess ., thoughts which lie had 'ejected With hldignationin,tho day* came' back wttlt otrange' persistency.. It was an hour o weakness, and Satan assailed hiI witll all his power. Suggestiln. hurled 11acI at one moment. xeturned ~ije'; Iep "Make your family 1ntlepindoiit" "'Th money can be i'eturned before'it is mis e." "No harm. will 'coihe to any bbdy." "Then his better nature asserted itselt Honor, lonesty, self-respect, eharacwI were at stake. Above illl God's.cQi maand forbade the act. The deed itsel was to be denounced, whatever 'tliei sue. Again that'voIce "Your youn brother's future;" "his college conrse;" "his profession." He walked the Iloor i:n.-a agonysei mind, asking hiimself. "Shalt"Satai have the ptscendency? Ilts G64forial en me?" The conflict was a sharp onb Dver Ilerve was strung to its, irme t.t lo+ The occupant of the room beiloH ''qr dered as he heard the rapd; "1'rt gula tread so late at night. At last it ceased Exhagsted in nind and body, Ve,ton had thrown himself, without undiress. ing, upon his bed and fell iito;:.iru bled-leep. The .confilct :continhued 14: his dreatns till the lr prtin stood In great beads upol htq ofehead . In a .rudderles was tqssert upon the waves lghtful . biowo were surging;aro>ind and over, hinit No hand was neat to-'save .tn 'm "God help mel God help mel" he exclaimed. A moment more and. there was a lull in the tempest. All was still; so still that the silence was oppressive. The -darkness was like a well before him, and then, upon th.t darkness, in let ters of light, he read "When thou passest through. the waters I will be with thee; and through io .floods, they . shlgll 'not . overflow thee."' Tfansfixed, he gazed upon them. Slowely they faded away. Once again the handIvriting upon the wall "He. Is-able to succor them that are tempted." 'These words also faded. -Then through the darkness, a soft light gradually diffused Itself, and from the midst a face, a form emerged, It softly approached nearer and nearer, till it hovered over him.' It was his mother's forin,-his mother's face that looked .upon him with un spea'kable compassion and. love. She laid her cool hand upon his forehead, bent down and kissed him. "My soul My sonl whithEr goest thou? For the love of God and 'of your mother come back to mel" .. With a boud he sprang to her otut stretched arms. "My mother! my angel! mother!" lhe cried, in a voice of agony. The vision faded. All was still, In a dream God had serit his angel to minis ter unito him, and that angel was his mother! As conseFousness returned lhe pressed his hand to his forehead and then sank upon his knees. "Thank God!. Thank God! I am savedi" And he was saved!i I[e was free! The bonds of Satn were broiken! Tempta tion came to hhiu.-in after life; but Lie memory of this confiet never lef't him.4 Henceforth, ho Was "strong in the power of his might." ** * *. * For rponthms no.tidings came from is friend. Had Johnston realized'-his pro spective wealth? or, was all lost? At last a brief letter "Thank heaven, you did not embark in my enterprise! I alg ruiniedi The op)position company,. gyried the day. Bilbery is evident.' iiyswa,- the rail road took the other course, anid left our lands almost wortidess, I meant well, Charlie. Give me credit for that." Weston had nev'er doubted it. Now he wrote, "Draw oinmer'Will, for.$--; saved from my salary long since, and profitably invested. :Pay it in future' if you wish, to some struggling churchi at thme West. For- the present, accept it as a claim of friendship." "Slowly, but surely, Weston moved' oni in his career to assistanut cashier, tAien cashier; amn) finally - to President, where he now stands, holding the pub hic confidence. Theo sister's friend now presides our his beantful huoiei The dnother and sister are .wihth himv 14 the winter months, and his brot,her stands high4in the'profession of the la. All know ov i & more "for dan Iie a >ng; worda f.en th0u; pa%est" tlroogh' 4h .at -whillb$o,Yith thieo#fa dt 1 'b s shial It. ' Oiil t o, pSam aa Yaeetloiue n1 y r the: ni States; tir. S. Gran C O e;i origin L tis"U 10 ' ivh'tlie'. ;goVernt ?c ono pliesat Troy in the\ } 9: edibles jf liigdtlt a{illed U S. ,then ia; ttd. States; the work-ie hatt were-thc I b ' ig one., S .8 s li t aii d' sini gt h{, , i,ougtht verir . of the f By of Jonathan lnfilUe ed ithen -Govern'r -"eclitott s'eontantly. 8 , t SV must 913rotlir t u. Th namne en ed -as" It n tioitlioh .et r. t Nick, i h "QulfhRi g a sore "ifriots info Aa hiatlidnabou, the te iiikee; o: coursekWe all int that is' the wor Engl'sh-as unde the Amerla, cti ins,b t re- do not. tli -,tIo . tat 'ou'iis* lqoti the lhf - Towirs -o lann the orlgifi' of ti t telin -.apkoO,e dle. wIs tla_e0d to th 'I Persilati phkase Yanki-doolilal or in C habitaugts o'tie .new world.' Layard, in hli P t fo4t reinv li3d its. ie- t fm Ls"a q myi1tiib ; idunia as ,t thWs name o a.' Thpp t song Yatike Dgodle, Mr. Soutliwlok' tells us, r= lapffd,as :qgrQ J.lJ'time; I St.wash the proteotoi% ' vnself who - ucla feather in his iW when -go- i Ing to Oxf(, the bp'ich of ribbon: I -hi4ih;ql c e ,Yeathe> was a naccaro- . i.We know, that macearont was a ant term: for ,a- dandy, that feathit ( wie,}worn ini 4 hats of royalists,= and that,Oxiord W P a town of the highest < inlortance during the civil war. ~ do. i no tite'.ee how round t6weis, t0i4 J Teian lailguage-and Old Woll chie to ba so intimately ctinecte4, even. tlidughi, ap htr., Southwlpk tells,. the s i"was at first known" as Yankee t lodle. The Americans must not, as t sqie of her son1 have done,- imagine I th h gl .dla <e g tlie . heing wtri upon thc' U. For both the dollar:and the sign 'of it were 1 In use -long before there Were any Unit- t ed States. Both Mr. Southwick and I fr. Oliphant gave the very probable < origin indicated. by the design on the ' reyerse of the :Spanish dollar-the pil- I lars of Hercules with a scroll round ' each pillar, the scrolls perhaps repre- -1 senting the serpents which Hercules 11 strangled while yet he was a child in )I his cradle. There Is also another a theory that the dollar mark is a form of the "fgure 8,- because In old times the dollar was apiece of.eight reals. The expression "almightly dollar" was first used by .Washington Irving in his - sketch of a "Creole Village," 1837. AFat Woman'i Complaint.. "Tjzere.is a fortune for anybody who will start a 'Fat wpmanA joni-nal,' " i said a woman who weighed more than 200 pounds; "or if yoni want to be more ' euphemistic and euphonious, ,a fashion'a magt2ine alid. christen it 'A"la Jolle Embonpointe.' In this there shouldn't be a fashion or a fashion plate that dkid not pertain to a woman weighing at least 175 pounds-and upward, asthey . say in the..cheap stores.. At prese it you can't find a fasio~n plate that does: I not represent "a slender, long waisted woman, For this sylph everything is designed-gowns, wraps, bonnets. It is imp)osslble to* find anything itended for large women. Apparently nobody gives- us any consideration, and we clothe ourselves, as it were; by faith. "It is absitrd," continuied the lady, "for the fact is well established that American women 'have lost the ap proach of ecrawvninoss. Go where you will, at least among, the leisure chaoses,, and yon vh wil p the liirgo proportIon' ( of women broad *shouldered, well de velopedl and a generous overflow of fig grie. And we are worth considering. There 'Is a fortune in avoii'dupois for whoever is far enougli' sighted to pro celve it. . Senid out the prospectus 'A Ia Jollo Embonpoitite' or the 'Fat Wo-. man's Journal' and,see how quickly wetI wvill rally to. it%'support from every part 2 of the land," I n Mrs. Vogol's Feather Nc. . Caroline Vogel, ai steerage passenger1 on the Gothia, from Copenhagen,- tried to smuggle throughi a lot of material InC a novel wvay, but was frustrated ,y1 Mrs.. Anna M. Parks, an Inspectress of Customs. Tho passenger had among3 hCr effects an old-fashioned feather bed,I which, was tied 'with strong cord and the interior of which was supposed to be filed with feathers. Mrs. Parks againist the vigorous protestations og Mrs. Vogel, cut the ropes and- fdud in lieu of feathers a large astiortment of articles, among which were 12 hanks of~ yarn,. 1 piece of-binding, 8. pIeces of woollen cloth, 0 pieces of ginghaul, 1 piece of fianuel, 4 handkerchiefs, 1 plece of elastic, 11.pairs of stockings, 2 pieces of broadolothi and 1. piece, of alpaca, all Sof which were seized. ~pip w). oiation* of Oh ruruiehed by } 'Nstui'ee i Setrico. i it wemust. t#lik te weather let us k knowiagly. ll. Inau who can aree an apprdadliifl storm and can Jib sucli tinteit to his nQigli zs to allow' hitmto1prepare for"it, is l bienefaetQrJ 'nd di we care 9lly"serve 1iattifs could-soon be opio prophts >k' gitton oven in 'ur; owno em -S rins. and greft hhingp;re Piock At rature's .iervous yftem, and there ar ealways premoni symptoms. "j; ir'weather bureau, ' Igs atidi fyphics, is ie at4 as sometli --a progrem loni in 'progressive a, and yet it Is norely an infringee toil a system of ignals, adopted -byi vure, as old as the (des lglls. N atifire 4ows our .ne s iid knows det' tabe warned f vea h lianges;'11 ,e hpr warnings. at$are these els? Where ate lieydIsplayedY .or' Wyhere; 'animnals, a and insectaau end them. Sea and edut y follt nderstand theis. -{netimne ago av4stti lent.conceiniig oinf'ants was-pnJ Is r in the papers. o seems myriads! tliese insects iii ibilted a section o tw bottom land. hne 'diy-a -, qt i tly bright day Sy \.ere eAt Ing thieir dwel - nge for the.hi ds. In Immense easses'the ek qo. tied untill a0 arently the last ailt id moved. Then aine a fewl'couds, ,he,. a great pall of sien vapor, and a te )iflc rain-Storm o1nple ely inuudate%e bottom where he ants had had the, homel. A gen lemati related to me . very sitmilir ig Ildent, He was in ykansas, and Il its peighborhood'wa' stretch of ratti r lepressed count,ry, by reason of its ank yegetation N favorite hunt Lgi'ound. ' I lided witi game. hm denly the cre Ies vanished. The ler;" ,'te ugar a the catamount oid only be foun in the highlands. . fewasays after th -vagary was noted ain~e elvio it stot . A river burst tf blnk-s aj, 'fO&tigfitst time in matiy r eals,ho region n3.ptioned was com jetely flooded - Nb*,- how did these ireittures foresee thes9 Weather cbanges? ly instinct? Yes, itstinbt -enabled hem to read the w given' by na ure's signal serv1Qi& 6t. are these gnals? Where ca,4ey be seen? -" Every where; the moon somet144a ised as a ,torm-flag. Go out some light and gaze at the clear heavens In vhich every star sparkles like a diani Md. Around the moon is a curious nisty halo. One might al fft com are her to the pallid face of a air saint incircled with an aureole of glory. It s an unfailing admonition that bad veather is near at hand. For a long ,ime man has been prone to credit .the noon with weather wisdom in some sases without any good ground, I fear. lave you never crossed a dewy meadow vith -an old negro and had -him point o the cresent moon and say, "Dere's oint' to be fallin' weddah, massa;-dat's wet moon?" If the crescent was in rerted, some sable astronomers predict ~d rain, because the water was being >oured out of the moon. Other weath ar pundits on the plantation would hold o the contrary-l. e., that such a post 1t6n.shdw'ed the water ha'd all run out f the moon and hence a drouth im 1ended. -Frequently violent iliscussions irose oni this point and the prophecy Vas. ratfher unsatisfactory. Many al. nanacs profess to base their conject ires as to the weather on the time of iay or Eight at which the moon changes, )r. Foster, an eminent meterologist of 3ruges, informed the English Astrono nical Society that many years' careful >bservation on his part anid that of his ather resulted in the diccovery.that a iew mooij on a Saturday was invaria >ly followed by twenty days of wet and vindy -weather. This prognostication nay be easily determined by a little vatchfulness and looks as rensonable as he ground-hog. prophecy . or that of noist old St. Swithin. In fact, tiale upposed effect -of a Saturday moon on he weather obtains among the IKu 'opean folk-lore and even, with the Jhinese. * TIUE WIN D. The wind Is a rusty prophet. If a iteady..pleroimg nor' easter is sending he rain plashitng against your windows, nark when it changes. If it veers from ast to northWest and clears the clouds way nature's. storm siganal Iis still aoisted. If, however, it goes to the aorthwest, via the south, yott can,.fold ip f'olr umbrella. In the first caise the lear':neather will be tenfporary. In l'e second the stormy elements 4te omjletely exhausted. Thiesun takes a hand in weather pre liction, If I.e lifts his face above the astern horizon,. takes- a lleep: at the drild and 'then' creeps behlfid a veil 5f clouds.blike a young life made som )?O by great griel' before it could reach ner1diaf.--therefoul Weather is at hand. rocur trust;y'oldschimney that has lleen, taring In open-miouthed wonder at the aeavens this hundi'ed years Is oie of iaturets signal posts.. If the smoke >vlnces ~ .repugnance to going toward ;he c lands, -)but descenads to earth, it wvould be well, to hunt up f'our golgshes, Th~e field spider.is a silful prognostid sator. When you see hisgossamer web icattered ovbr the grass, looking In tb4 horning sunbeams like soie wet t-woric si fairies done with silver threas, m can rest assured the insect foresaw. h. storm in the near future to demolish his fabric. - . A convocation of crows, noisily deba.ting some important subject in a field,. is in autumn or winter, ' sure-sign. of wind or snow, while the swallows, darting close 'to the ground Instead of circling in mid-air, .would shout '"It's going to.rain" in your ea, if they did not think you had sense enough to understand them without. THIE CLOUDS. Then the .plouds. Any one can pro. plhesy rain When he sees a cloud, you say. Somehow, however, clouds mean just the reverse. If they rise In masses and then break to pieces, ploar weathei is coming. 'If they fly over the zenit in little inky patches, rain will follow. If they shipe themselves Into wisps, streaks or curls, a change for the worse is at hand. 'Very black clouds indicate winds. 11ave you noticed the approach of a thunder-storm? First,. an array. of black, forbidding-looking clouds; be hind them An expanse of wild-looking drab. Tie'first division is the cavalry, rushing, -howling and swarming ovoi the land;, then comes the. infantry, steady, pitiless and slow, pouring tor. rents of raiii on the earth. Those are a few of the most promin en,t of nature's warnings. 'jhere are r bost of othdrs, and a little observation will enable you to read theni plainly. Oscar W1ilo -and Wom en's Waists. Indeed, instances of absolute mutila tion and misery are so common in tht past thn't it is unnecessar.y to mult.ipl3 them, but it Is really sad to think that in our own day a civilized woman car hang on to a cross. 6ar while her mak laces her waist -intou fifteen inch circle. To begin witlthe waist is not a circle at all., but Ad: oval, nor. can there bt any greater etror. than to .imagine that an unnaturally hnlall iaist gives an all of grace,- or' even of sllglk'hess' to tlh whole figure, Xts effect, as n rule, is tc simply exaggerate th'e width >f th( shoulders and. the hips, and those whose figures possess that .,stateliness which iE called stoutness by the vulgar, convert what Is a quality Into d defect by yield jng to the silly edicts of fashion on the subject of'tight lacing. The fashiona ble English waist, 'also, is not merely far too stnall, and d onsequently , quite out of proportion tp the' rest of the fig. ureb, t'it rs 3vorwfar to "lbv loNn, yl use the explesslon "worn" adylsedly, for a waist nowadlays seems to be re garded as an artiele of apparel to be put on when and where one likes. A long waist. always Implies shortnesa of the los'r linbs, and from. the artistic point of view has the fashiton'sf motto is, "I faut souffrir pour. etre belle;" but the motto of att and of common sense It "Il faut etre belle pour souffrir" The Girl's Grit. An old-fashioned Yankee, who ran a small shoe factory in a Massachusetts town, indulged in a theory that nothing could pry out of his mind' that a moral wrong was somehow peroetrated upon the community at large'Aff a wo man were allowed to earn abdVe hi stipulated sumi each week. As his hell) was paid by the piece, and he.hagl to keep taljy in the main witli current prices, he found this -iather hard to manage at times.. The swiftness of one foung woman especially troubled him gi'eatly. She would liefsist in running financidily tahead of others- At last lhe made a special cut-down in prices, and told her 'why hie did it. She gave him a baleful glance, tightened her lips and went on workiug. .Bly Saturday. hight next, despite the cut-down, she made ten cents above the Week before. Another week went by, when he cut her down still'more. The damsel still prdved gatme and rose to the occasion. Aftel' a week or more the Yankee conscience grew "scitred,"' and lie ask ell har what'she imeaunt. "It .mneans," said the girl, "that you may . keep on, and I'll keel) on till you hiavd- a corpse on your hands .in this workroom, for I'm grit and you can't conquer mel" The race ended there, and the girl was allowed normal iay. .-A Determined Suicide. Some Wallachian peasants were one day working In the field near the banks of the Mares.' 8,uddenly they saw a stranger rush frantically thz'ough the field,; an~d plunge headlong. into the river. They pursued and dragged hinm out, dripping; lie departed, and they re turned to their work. Shortly after. ward he again appeared, aiid for the second time. took a suicidal "header." Again the i>easants snatched him from the raging torrent, and .returned to their work. Yet a third time they saw him enter the Aeldi hut on this occasion lie did not make for the river, but, climbing utl a tree, deliberately pro ceeded to hang himself from one of the branchies. 'this tlie his formez' pre servers did'hot intatfere, and he drain ed the cup of his fate to the last drop. reseintly pi crowd dt the relatives and friends of ',the deQeased, from whose cus.tody be jadAsdaied, arrived, head. ed by the parish priest, and roundlj abuted the peasahts for petrmitting Ohe late lam~ented . t kill himself. Thd peasants ialvely replied that they bad pulled him out of the tiver twice,'and as he waos ripp'ing wet they thought lie had hmng hiuinself nep to, dry. 3AUOILONA'S BIIf- FAUt. A good time for, Amerloans to Visit Spain. If the, breezes from the Mediterraue: an, the soft, delicate perfume of the orange groves, and, perhaps, a hidden hope of a glance.or two from a lattice hidden Spanish maiden can exert any inffuenee on the American heart, a great many people will take the oppor tunity to visit Spain this year. An in ternational exhibition and World's fair is to be opened there on April 8. To most American travelers Barcelona, the seat of the exhibition, is an unknown place, but from information reccivgd by thle delegate to the exhibition on be half of . the United States, Emile M. Blum, every inducement is to be offei ed both to American travelers and American e'xhibitors. The'situation of the exhibition as unusually beautiful, its entrance passing along the northern end of the Barelona park, a place noted for its magnificent landscape gar dening. The avenue of ' entrance is (otted on each side with the pavilions of the different nations. Just beyond these rises the cafe and restaurant build ing-a gem of arclhitect"ire. The main building of the exhibition is an unusu. ally l4rge structure, architecturally per feet, but being unusually attractive from its shape,- which is that of a semi circle. In this building spoke-like sec tions are reserved for each nation's manufacturing exhibit. The fine arts building is a handsome dome in the Moorish style, which, with the Ne4 G reek style, predominates in all the buildings. Altogetiler there are over 60 buildings for the exhibition and its executLve needs. 'ile fair will lust six months, and possibly eight. 'This will make it pos sible for inanufacturerg here to send their exhibits immediately from the Barcelona fair to Paris, the French ex. hibitioi beginnipg at just about the time that the Spanish one closes. Tie fact that the. coming exhibition is thu f'rst ever held in Spain, together with the known advance in' Spanish enlight: enment in the last fdw years and the consequent rapidiy increasing demand 'for improved machinery and agricult 'ural implements, makes the fair an.es pecially attractive one for American manufactureis. The Spanish market 19 large and will be a profitable one. Thie p6rt ofBardelonaffronm its poOttion, 1: a most favorable one, both for foreigi manufacturers and for the Spanish peo ple,*who will flock to their national fete The Queen Regent and her Minister: mvill open the fair and almost every Eu ropean power has appointed royal Com missioners to be present on the occa sion, Japan was the first country t respond with A'case of goods for exhi bition.. The cost of living in Barcelo na is worderfully cheap; the bgst 01 apartments with baths and every mod ern improvement,.may be had for $18,n month, It is a most. picturesque city - as well as a very old one. One of the chief attractions in the exhibition will be an iron tower about 500 feet high constructed by French engineers, fron the top of which may be had a magnifi cent view of the surroundinug cOuntry The exhibition grou4ds connect direct ly with the sea front, where an unusu 'al feature will-be the exhibition of nav al architecture and marine invention actually in use. Arrangements for space in the ex hibition buildings may be made wit1 tihe United State3 delegate, B. M Blum, Kemble Building, corner o Whitehall and Stone streets,' where an; Information in regards to the exhibito] may also be obtained. Mfr Joseph Jefferson Is responsible fo the latest explanation of the wor< "chestnut." He attributes the intrc duction of the word in its slang sens to Mir. William Warren, the vetera comeian of Boston. 'There is a melodrama," Mr. Jecffer son said to a reporter, '"but litW known to the present- generation, wril ten by William Dillon and called 'Th Broken Sword.' There were two chai uacters in it, one af Capt. Zavier aind thm other the comedy part of Pablo. Th cap)tain is a sort of Baron Munchauser and in telling of his exploits says: ontered the wvoods of Colioway, wvho suddenly from the boughs of a cr tree'-Pa blo interrups him with thm words: ''A chestnut, captain; a chuesi nut." 'Bal!' replies 'the captan 'Bobby, I say a cork tr'ee.' 'A chesi1 nut,' reiterates Pablo.. 'I shiould kno as well as you, _having heard you te the.,'tale these twventy-seven times. Willla'rr Warren who had- often playe the part of 'Tablo,' was at a 'stag' dli gie; two years agb) whemi one of the gem tlemen present tol4 a story of doubtfu age and originality. 'A chetniut murmured Mr, Warren, quoting from the play, 'I have heard fou tell the ta these twenty-seven times.'. TIhe ajpp ocatlon of the lines pleased the rest the table, and when the pan broke up each helped 'to spres the story and Mfr. Warren's commpen ary, And. that," concluded. Mr. Je forson, "Is what I really believe to i the origin of the word 'ohestnut' TAe. re arcable foish. of Apmarheg papers m 1g0 by thI?94dition of mninera (le gtth bilfeat. of ma nesia *oilg*hatrebestosi~ texture, It Is feotnd onily in the Uniti tataa LITERllAY VOLUPTt7Aln1ES. itoading for Pleasure as Against Reading for Study---Coquetting With Books. . Perhaps the greatest pleasure in life is an ill-regulated passiotn for reading, Books are the best of friends, the nost complacent of companions. Unlike their authors, they have no suscepti bilities to be ruflled. You may toss then aside in a passing fit of impa tience, to find yourself on as pleasant ,terms as ever with them when your humor changes. . In that silent, though eloquent and vivacious company; .there can be no monotony, as tberQ are no jealousies; and, in4ed, inconstancy be.. comes a duty and a virtue, as with the sage King Solomon among his hundreds of wives. We inhy talk of tossing cherished volumes asile. for ihe liter ary voluptuary has nothing in common with the luxurious collector. The'pas slon for equisite Elzevirs, for sumptu ous editions in superb bindings. Is al most invariably. antipathetical to the love of reading. The collector is curl.. otis about margins, typography and cas ings, but comparatively ;iidifferent to contents. A library got together re gardless of expense can seldom be a place of real enjoyment to any one, least of all to its possessor. The books one loves will be there-nay, you are bothered by an embarrassment of rich es-but you: scarcely - recognize your most familiar friends ' it their court. dresses,and you appioacht them witl; r mality in fear and trembling. Having no claims to the genius of a Johnson or a De Quincey, you dare not make free with them in their finery as those dis tinguishied scholars would have done, On- the other hand, the voluptuar3 with rare exceptions, has little in com. mon with the scholars who read with a purpose and drudge on severe' system. Drudgery and method of all -kinds are inexpressibly distasteful to him. All is fish that conies to his net; he is grateful to the men who have been laboring to please him, for sometimes, although not very often, the hardest work makes the lightest read!ng.. But admiration or gratitude ddes not lead him to imita tion, even if he have the memory, the mental grasp ant the style-of a Macau lay. . Yet, for the free-and-easy fashion of his self-indulgence he can quote emi nent pseedents. Dr. Johnson himself laid down tie law that reading should be done t.s Inclination prompt3 one; lie was in the habit of dipping and skim ming himself, as h,e tore over the pages with knife or finger; he resented being asked if he had read a book through, saying that lie had read it as "one does read such books." Scott had accunu lated his rich and miscellaneous stores by casual studios of congenial subjects; it was only when he was beggared and slaving for his-creditors that-the author of "Waverly" and editor of Swift con sented to "cram" for his "Life of l3uo naparte," There is something pitiful ,in his rueful praise of the magnificent 'notions of Constable, who kept crush ing the enslaved genius of the night lamp uinder piles of contemporary trea' tises and ponderous files of the "~Moni teuir.". But Southey was perhaps the most melancholy example of th'e liter ary Voluptuary -brok~en into harness. 1He could seldom write except on sub ,jects that pleased hip. In the face of di2appointments lie fondly believed in fame and a future as an English class Ic. He bequeathed to tihe more kindly ppreciatioin of p)osterity the poems t,hat Shad scarcely cleared the publisinmg ex venses. He devoted valuable timie anmd untold trouble to unp)opular historica3 of the Brazils and- abstruse annotationo >f Spanish literature; andi labor'.ng in rlefatigably all the time to imaintajin hi;s fami.ly, he only managed to make thme -two ends meet by more paying "pot' boilers" for the periodicals. Leading Ithe existence of a hard-working hie-nit among the Cumberland hills, lhe was compelled to surround himself with a costly library. Yet for the life of him. unless for speelal purposes5C when the collar was chafing, lie could spare. mno .time to thO books in whieji ho coul hmavO . reveled; and wheni theo litei'ary Tantalus died, worn out, the .collectiomn was dispersed which had inever' be'en employed. D)esign of Beilgian Cona,. - Some of the small Belgian coln:s, whlich are perhaps, thme prettiest of all theo modern examples, have a yIgorous effect given them, fiot by rgiising thie ef figy in the center much above. the gen eral surface, but by surtoundlng' it w ~itji a sunk space, from whichi It &ainos out bold and i'oundt. alti6gll prt a frontwear by theo rinm which ca're he inscrIytion. With' tike 3pglish or American co6Ins, Iti whioh:a ptoile head or other figure 'switas about in an,ocean of background, such a treatment would be Impracticable; liut the Belgium de.. signers fit their lion very clevemly into his cir'cular frarie, withott either crowding or awkward vgdetidies. ~A disposition of tis soft Would be'- the Svery one which would dodttt to a tirain ed decor'ative artist, to whom ethe jum bjes that now pass feaster for coinage Sdesigns would ,be abominations; and a as4ulptor of the first rank mright then be cestl in withy greatadvantage to comn tlete the tmodeling, *etoare of neth ti at devour nn,