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r'Vrlten f"r 'ii»3 Clii--a«' li.-i!," i 1 IKK »»1HITTB!(»" nr v. havi I rea ymir ui»y llfiad ito'nr anil o'er ».iiiiifBt drove mo crazy. But"I'" 1,1: 0 It IK via- v •a,"k K,:"! v i' li'lifli 1"VMn.nt' liiins of fancy P»r»-!,v, StiatlM 'Mt-MT Jn'i"' I. .wj.uir tuml! i-ruii-l m\ "(Viil.l not li"!p it. Oaf, kti'twin all, T!i Htr.x-P u»t 'j',i (.Jii-J ii nlsigln t«-ar! Biit.lu-.inn I'jvxl "I'lf Kllt'l liard 1-t r' [j.,1,It wmniflH wviTi'l '.\jjii.iht l-naku my li»' irt Hut thovVi °'i® consolati 'n Tin- man you're «"in« to w [Hfur l» l"w your ulatum— Ha-* b- redact kiiel 'if head I Itf-ix? you will Ix' l.»ai'l»y May cluiilren bleu* your h-mio aivo fvcklt-H, !Uii ttn'ir pajitt, Ami !h 8(1m im liuril to lOtuli. till A, M'. (Written for Tlw OliScaRH r. E 0 E S A V I K 6 W Y ivrcr Harri»«l Her. 3 two years subsequent to Illy with Peter Mulrooney I chanced 1 in wit]i liiiu again in rather an .K'tnl manner. Business of some alloc having taken mo to the city, •mversing pretty rapidly one of it« •stnets, when 1 heard nyself ly hftih'd byname i:i an itcrcnt ,r'|y Tnshjund, turning round, •ml lVter approaching mo with ill !-ping trait. Ho was so al i ]iis habiliments from tho piet ividly retained in my memory of initlfriiij-r, blarneying Irishman k my cow to market, that if it hi i'H for his voice I daresay I h:«v' passed him without reoogui But -he vuiv —that voice- it was jK -iiiiir shibboleth. Mulrooney, whom I only remem 1 n a bluish-gray coat, a light, th\ f, iiii'l tliick brogans, was now i a threadbare suit, of black, a with the crown Mink in anil well ttlie edges, and a pair of thin ioots elaborately patched. With buttoned up to he chin, mid his lint thrust jauntily on one side of d, lie reminded me more of one needy actors, whose personal nice is so often stereotyped as of liien iu the novels i if" the day. :tls ls.iturallv took the color of uiv t». !V„ Mulrooney," said I, u th.-t Whui are you playing Dow x. Mr. Uriiin," lie replied, "it's •M be jittln gn. ssin' if ye thryi timr':. Sun* it's a grab- gintl" ii :i jtli' set l!j, 'ntii !!ian What 11 ot ug'-:, i i tl Mulnione.y, if v. plus.-." ci'ii'eetiny m\ t.umliaritv with his ilrwll look:.,. "Och, i,ut it's oinil' v tins is, Milv way Ie\ ant lit'i' it was 1'ether h«Te an' Pet her ill sorra a bit 1 kriow'd of any iijie hut Pel her. lint here, tin? iitiiiiiut the huli's an' guitlemen 'it in the extrame, and the grat uueis, in their eom spondence w»i .* the }H aiitifulh^t letters, mhiu" them, Misther IuI h(|ii!tr.' JPuis it bates Ban uiiv l:ow, an' that'., not, s.iviu' a II 1 i to 111 s i I ,. 1 the world so fumoiu sly. v, hir, ai^ey. La-duns oi nil i::' nukin' \,ithont uy con.stito ohjiTliouH. it's mighty litt i• I have to do any Wiiy. j. am n il giutleman, Mr. Urbm, a?- M.'Mei- Mnlfotmev Ji. sir, luit it'.stnrue iisthe .'luv "l.tid.uner am, wid a gnite "'Ji^ntiu' ye.li but it's won usy they ka.}Ki me 'loeshun davs down {.lie inimy." ich p:.rt.y do you e dl (he innuy?" 'a «i jut I know,'* said Peter, 'f? his Hlnaddiis then, eusting il'i one of liin queer, side-long Rinlu'd, "I'm ihinkin', sir, 'tis •notic, party mesi lf does belong 1-1 v 1 l,u.thing 'tisn't in the li th rick." li: 1 lorn (in^ 4'40i). II o i o w e a i u v .- i rvic-. -i, do you •"nnisea *ul fatten ii.in.iii I'd the pri/e nx. .it I U!l' ih"^'II i ,,p.- Miini "•ink and tiu-n it's to boa. i uni, :fiid chile out. tlus law to Och, 'ti i u I o o o o i i "id lVt«rt evjusively. "Sorni "•'tUiri-.s 'tin a sthrong mar!.. I not uisy to rub out, .!I!VI ]\I'!!.•-• •.•in y, •.• I go »hg miJlars, break s'.oneH" i„ ''. |T''° ratlier than io bo nnuie the tcxl of de n, who will use your services w Ui,.y iro iw.,., tK iai to them, oil ua .soon i,i their ambi wo «M*.hieved, Now, us 'inu"1H ^vr3r easy ^or .v°"» being i n u i i i I I "e!ill "i. t!*f-i»uiued, /H ntX s What folly I'l'lt v" ni f- -"v wlH*mU:tlUy. But Mislliress 5 va«'i'viddy. uS™ P"t t!, i i- f! ten tn d.. Ihr !l -Ut, Vyen I i u i luck's 1 led wid her." "aid so, Irishman t: tie needs fall i i court her." h-,IK'luvi! 1 hau lor Ali.sthress C'onnoily, anyway. As fov he coortin tiM tt iiatheral failin' o* mine to lie spaklu ait Words to the favnmles «i him.lv and .,ure it wrus mHleful beside, to hupu Mistlivess C'.01m,lb-'• mind its aisy as an ouhl -i (|u!.•" owed her for my boord "And that is the way you ae- i„. niurned, is it Ay. l, sir -|i» II,„ stl,™,..,,, Och, Michiiel (^mnolly, why did ye die Bad cess to me that, ivor I should live to he desaved ly a fat woman of f0 But sure, the quarters wor so jiloasant^ Misther Lrbiu," continued Pet-r a, 1 getically, "and Misthress Com 1IN And so you courted her, I suppose 'J" Och, but it was a pretty .sight to the way I did it," replied Peter with one of his rich laughs. '"Twas the oeaufifullest specimen of tin* etlects of blarney that has been Pathriek put ]ii pints." seen smc, What ci, St. Uier upon tin sur- marriage, a a c. 'a. eqm ikh-, v '"Faix, it's little thougiit about it at til, and I'-fttsI liked it. Sure I tould the ould woman I h.i, in swore by th pip--r that 1 remain so." Well, you married 1). a! I! sjiiii I, impatiently, FiO\, i dllUUi i-'M I 1. i 1 Mil, in 1 wa.s sh n-ti uie. (ne mgnti there wor i-i'ii,- oi tlie niild coimthrv piopleattll .m-, and We talked about the oi times, jonl 111her a while there Wits la.s'nlitis of whiky put on the table, and we talked, «nid dhrinked again, till it's my sari", i- "pinion that my si uses e e i n i r- i i i n i v e a e a k i i I found me.selt in bed ni\t mornin,' mighty oui-iisy i i my miml, and won dheiing low I got into Mi.-dhress Con n o y i n s o i v V V i e wa^ miing .est an p.-! ^v. who should come to th" d-»or bet Misti:iv-, Connolly herself. 44' Misther Mur..oi,l-y,' she, \\id a deep blush, h"U yc find i it '.his rnornin' V' "'Pretty Weil, tnauk ye, luem, si I, I iv ngthe dhryness of my mouth. 1 Is it ilhry \e are? se/, she, n.- ,ii'i us 1 uttiier. that's aisy mended anyhow. Would you like a dhrop of spei its, Misther Mulrooney Deed an* I would, av it Le Ji'ii n Mist lire.*, Connolly,' sez I. 44 ther, \'ou in Mub i x. she. 4''I'db» Use anyth h!a,' daceiit, and dcrly, ri.i me. but. -ez she. l.nn/1. tin* da\ a: 1 puper, by tie i l- e i i e i i i n in my hand.' beautiful u i O a n y o u e i w a n Be my thress Connolly, ,-ate y. husband, 1 I have to do wid it. 44 4 4 and in ^',y that, yer Honor," Oeh, but 'tis the (Jl'thurH they JU-c all the v ir] y'/'h" ho continued turn l^ 'frow u '(W^ hnlf-humor- vn*s 51 wdd ivw I druv to ftlin lm'' Urbiii." Il'iired ifl0'"itry%vmuin of yours rikv \v^H ^Ollor ihinkin' 'tin an i ^itl R^n c^u'(l ohftt^ mo in that '"dignantly. w Sure, lint's i. tin- ar, •e I was in luck at my house.' im to Ye may say that, suz 1, 4 for 1 a gintleiiMii of an an-dient family, it's not always ye're favor like, Mifthi'ess Connolh.' Mulrooney,' se/ she. 'Me!" -ez T. Y' .o -,t e a t! 1 Mull'i sez she. Wid all nie heart, an the wid •t 1! 1 sez 11 ye but yi*r like the name bettlu noi 'ti not. a marry in' man I Troth. Pether de:u.' h'jie ye'll. niver be aft her second time.' 44 4 am. sez she. marryiii' Faix, an' it's little I'll bo thinktn about marriage, first or second,' sez I. "'Och! wirra, wina sez she, 'only to hear him As if lie didti'' give 1" ather ii]ic.,sv a good silver u-'llar f'-v makin man and wife last nignt. '4 Misthress Connolly," m-/ I, .-.tann an: !"•nieiit, '-airi' it's jokin'ye .'ire. j: it, Pether dear,' se/ up 11 in 11.1.- Mis rtit:- d- Miilriiiey ny the ring upon my linger? 44'Hoi'ra a. bit euro about th oold Will Mini ring,' sez I, jumpiti' out of bed. it be pleusin* ye to go out of whilo i dress myself. 'Och, I'll hive ye, wid all i. sez She, smitehin' up iuy clothe.- it's little ye'll have 1o dress wid tid ,e come to yersinses, Pether Mulrooney. \nd bv this, :md by thai, Misther Urbin, slio tuck my gannents mider her arm, and winfcout and locked th-y door, hivin' me in the empty room wal my self. lieiU't, 4 Bill, Tear and ages sez 1 to nns ir, when sho wasgoin', ''lw cliatcd I am in tirely but nmybe 'tis only bintim lifther all. Ayeli! she do whnt'll 1 'Tis a great comfort there',-bed in the room. Shuro she won't starve me *, mighty oinsey 1 am, anyhow, and thats y0U went to bed again. Well, what, came next c* n,1re Twelvo mortial hours I laid 'hire, wi.l.mt :itiii' «.r .ll.ri.iki..-: vml tli.-i. Mw thivss ('ounoily knocked at tho dooi. Pether, d'eiir,'se/, she. 'Oh you murthorm' woman, sez L. 'Tis kilt I am with theJuinger. '••Am I Misthress Mulrooney? slio, spukin' thro*: ver lawful wife Be my faix, ii's 'oiuc-»uoidel h, tmderly mterestin' wid her heait 1 ru' into pieces wid the sorrow that w u in -oh but'tis strong enough now—that I thought it ud be a marcii'ul liib rposi lon to comfort her anyhow." Vf?J185v3tBiil,1y '«»unolly.' liuliiv Mulroonev sez slie C!o!inolly t' hck I, Miilrooney HC/, i (h» to the divil top V. i z i e v i i u Peth awa} bin, i ii i vei, •I, th 1 man, and •d intend Then you should v t.o gain her utl'eetions been cruel to serve th-i joot e:' s, a n e s e e a e w a n "Affections? Musha! *ti^ i. (ions wor m«»ldv nia:,\ ago exclaimc 1 I 'i ter. to ught have ire it's Misthress ill me now,' sez pin- dlstie-: was piU'ii ii i she came agi wake ye an I tho hn P"ther dear? sez nhe. 'Cnveiru- my cloth---, Mi. nolly/ sez |, faintly. •li^lire^ TisBiddy Mulrooi„y tint -pakin' Petlier dear,' sez'sh-. 'Would ,e like eotlee-tay or tuy-t.iv, wid hot mute and pittaties Shun-, there's plin ty of em down-stuirs, Pether darlmt barrm' the fear I i ave that v.,Ur .] disordered.' 'buro it 'ud 'oo the wondhel av wasn t, wid the bad tratement I've In,I, Misthress Connolly,' sez I. Iroth, Pether dour,'sez she, tinder 'it il be a blessed day for nie whin 1 can bett,her it. But ye must confer that you married me la my name's Mulrooney.' lv The ,-mall boy was by this timeout in he wood-shod, rolling in tho kindling in 11 ecstasy of glee, r.mi ouusing oecasmn 11\ i explain to the n of a neighbor, who i:ad drooped ee if there was anv innocent sport going on in which he* could share, "Oil, Bill Bill," he said, von wouldn't believe sometime to-day, somehow or other, a. big bin-! wasp got info the old man's slipper, and when he came homo and put them on— oh Bill, vou don't know what, fun I'vo i." I T'-sri*) J1 ruhi. i night, aiid 'h. Let Hie out.' p.e/ I. die t!) ii night!' 'Deed, p,-t!:, jilasiri' to me to do it av right head but the tune's not com-- it iii in ve wor I see/soz she and. wid that, mvn stairs she trotted agin. "Oeli, but I sutiered wid the hun pain, Mistlwr Frbin. till could bear it uo longer. I knocke'd at the door, and called out: 'Misthress Connolly, Misthress Connolly, let me spake to ye.' "^Ihere is no Misthress Connolly now, sez a dirth v little colleen from the outside 'slmre she was married i.-t night, and her name's Mulrooney.' 'Tell Biddy Mul Mulrooney to here, thin,' sez I. Oeh, but I eh"he.l to spake it. Aft her a little while I ia he com in' up the stairs. '•Did you call, Pether darlint sez hit old desaver. Troth, I believi' I did,' sez I. What'il I do for ye, husband?' J-.'lC. It'sstarvin' I am,'sez I. Was I marrieit last night sez she. Sorra a bit I know,' scr: I. Spake out, Pether dear I don't ar /she. Tear an ages yes sez 1". Didn't ye marry me yerself, Pet heiJ' ?U*. Divil a one o' mo knows,' sez I. Whatdovesuy. Pether dear se/. -ii- !me, Father Hennery know.. 1 iid,' /, J, desperately and wid that the door was Hung open, and wid a loud laugh iu comes Misthress Mulrooney, wid Father Henncssy, and half a dozen acquaintances, and throws herself into my arms and begs my pai-din.over and iver again. And that is the way. Misther Urbin, I was desaved into marry in' Mis thivs Conrooney—Mulrooney I mane." A Wasp in an Old .Man's Slipper. Tiiere are times in the life of tho small boy when lie feels very sad from tho use of a slipper or switch upon him. If any thing happens to the person who has thus ailheted him, his joy is great, as will be seen from the following incident A gentleman returned home from his daily toil and had pulled otf his boots nnd was g"i:ig to put on his slippers, when a howl of Intense agony resounded through the hall. The affrighted family rushed to the door, and beheld their papa heaving the shadows with wild ges tures and irantie gyrations. "Take it otr," he shouted, and made a grab at his foot, but, missing it, went on with the war dance. "Water!" he shrieked, and started up stairs, three at a step, and, turning, came back in a single -.tride. "Oli, I'm stabbed ho cried, and sank to the lioor and held his right leg high above his head then he rose to iii.s feet with a bound, screaming for the bootjack, and held his loot out toward hist Trified family. Oh, bring the -iruica," he yelled, and with one des pairing eil'ort he reached his slipper and got it off, and, with a groan as deep as a well and us hollow a.* a drum, sank into a chair and clasped his foot in both hands. "Look out for tho scorpion," he whispered hoarsely, "Fin a dead man." Mountains in Iho OcMn. ..logy teaehe.- that tho e.ontinente "r worid wero once iH-neath tho It is natural, therefore, to sup ("hafc tlu-ru ur- u:••ti••aiities in tlio bottom of the oc a:?, iiko those, on tho land. po The recent deep seii-si iUiidmg.-i confirm th's opinion, and reveal mountains and hills, valleys and tablelands. The greufc e.-t deoth 'reached in soun.iing is 27,000 l,vt, which exceeds the l-eight of the. loftiest mountain in the Himalayas. Some of the mountains in tho soa :ir.' steeper and more abrupt than any on the land. In tho British Channel the depth changes within ten miles from GO'J feet'to mon, 1-2,ODD feet, and it is very com within ft few mile* of the co ist of continents and islands, for the. depth to change suddenly from a few hundred 1- et to many thousands. In otherwises, •as in a large part of tho bed of the At lantic between Euro]o and tho United States there are plateaus extendmg hundreds of miles with very slight undu lation*. Wo shall soon know tho shape of the ocean floor almost, is well as the earth's surface. \n i here (dacicrs on the Surface of 1 he Moon i 4 1 r,/ tM luestion which had long :uhabitants. especially of s' i'Uiern countries for tho orb was ul /s regarded as a cold body. In fact, /"'•oi the more untutored of tho an cients supposed the moon to be an irn inon-.e sheet, or globe of transparent ir tiv'd in space, and only made visible by departure of the sun below the hori- They supposed the surroundings oi the moon to be so cold as -v 1 it Ironi thawing for all time. Now, if it is true that the uiuou a ih^ad star, as we are told, there are no glaciers upon it If, on the other hand, the moon is not it dead star, it may have glaciers on its surface. It has been shown iu a previous article that there is one side of the surface of the moon which we never see, but the probability that the unseen side has the sameeon formation and geological appearance (such as extinct volcanoes, dried-tip oceans, etc.) as the side which we can i see and which astronomers study through i powerful telescopes. Alter all, however, the moon may be an orb of perpetual cohl, and, even if it contained glaciers on its surface similar to those on the earth, their ac tion would not create heat. In this con nection it maybe remarked that Prof. Marks, of Philadelphia, stated at a re cent. meeting of tho Franklin Institute that he had made some calculations of the maximum speed at which locomo tives could be driven before the centri fugal force on the tires of the driving wheels would become so great as to cause them to burn. The-o dentations, which, however, were approximate only, showed that the limit of speed was in the neighborhood of 150 miles per hour. Now, some of tho glaciers move only about an inch a day, some even less. Dr. H. J. Klein, \vh two years ago announced a new crater in the moon, hits a brief article in La Nature, in which ho gave reasons for believing that tho moon is not dead, llo has re cently examined drawings of the neigh borhood of the new crater, which con tirm the theory of recent changes on the lunar surface, and cites also other draw ings in further proof thereof. Prof. Klein adds that he announced tho new depression near Hyginns as a crater, from analogy. It is a crater funnel, and even one of tho largest. Toward the south there is a shallow spoon-shaped hollow, which terminates in a second small crater. In full sunlight, when the interior of the large hollow of tho crater is no longer in shadow s the spoon shaped hollow may still bo seen as a gray spot. By the use of high telescopic powers it is remarked that the environs of tho new crater appear to bo tLs-ured in a bt wildi ring manner. Two tiuo fur rows, like clefts in the soil, which ex tend from the north toward tho Snail mountain, are tho iinest object- on the moon. Incident, of the War. Ait em us Ward once said he ..i.-iid love to die lor his country, but, if was all the same to the count) \, i would like to die of old age." An an ., mg an ecdote, which shows that Alien.us' phi losophy is widely enterfaiti'-d, is told by a writer in the Philadelphia 77mx it was told by one of the is ho w ro present, at. tho battle oi MuitV.-. .-,boro'f Tenn. When the. lilies i .1.1 armie.^ wero advancing to tit ch..rge, a rabbit, or more propiiiy a hare, was aroused from his quiet seclu sion immediately in front of the Coti I- i 'ate lin •, and went bounding away to ti:e security of the hills, making at each jump a large exhibit of white bunt ing. In tho lino there was a great, raw boned North Georgian, who w a-j cele brated for his indomitable ,-ourage and reckless bravery. lie had the reputation of being will ing to tight anything, and was supposed not to know tiie meaning of fear but his apostrophe to the vanishing rabbit not only put tho matter iu a different light, but caused a burst of laughter from all who heard, it. Ife said Go it, little cotton-tail! (io it whilo you've a chance. I'd run, too, if I didn't have any more reputation at stake than you've got.! The poor fellow m-ver returned f:« the charge. He lost his elm nee »f running. He Preferred the Gout. In the following writt.-n prescription, adiliessei I by a medical man, resident, at Koomershausen, in the district of Cas sel, to one of his patients, will be found a new and somewhat remarkable euro for gout 441 have measured your bap tismal name, and assured myself quite (o.aetly that it exhibits fully an inch length of gout. This is deplorable but, if you have faith in niv treatment, I pro pose, with Clod's help, to euro your malady f--r as long as ym shall iive. This I shall do on tho loth, 10th and 17th of the month. But, ere those, days arrive, I shall have mitigated your suf ferings. Tnis iu what you will have to do upon the days in question. You must not drink too much milk in your eoiTeo nor eat, pork upon uo account must you step iieross water, nor, indeed, meddle in any way with that liquid. Keep yourself nice and warm, prefera bly in bed the more rapidly will you get better. You may drink a little wa ter, but it must be drawn by somebody else. But, whatever may be promised to you in the, meantime, have nothing to do with it. Nothing will do you any good but my treatment." Tho recipient of this extraordinary prescription, like a lute distinguished nobleman, who had tried a certain novel wine recommended to him as an effectual means of warding off his hereditary disease, replied, in ef fect, 441 prefer the gout."—Lovrhtn Telegraph. HI:MTKRT SPENOKII will make the tour of tho United States next year. i How J)r. Pott* Pulled Through. Young Gluckerson met old Judge Van Snyder on the ferry, nnd, after shaking hands respectfully with that venerable ira-nd ,f lu- lamdv, ud, casually •Did you hi. u-. of tern I ue ui s dent, up at Potts' the other night "Accident! Why, my dear yo u.g lriend, no. Nothing serious, 1 hop said the Judge, mm in tele .ted. "Well, I'll tell you how it WHS," a: Giuekersoii in a mournful voice. 44 W i e i i A u n Yon see, the old doctor was out until about 2 in tht1 morning attending some patients*,* and, supposing he would bo hungry when he came in, Mrs. Potts put a large pan of uiu.-dt and milk—the d. tor's tavoritcdish, you know—under tie stove to keep warm for liini." Yes yes said the Judge eager!\, as Gluckerson stopped to light a cigar, "(io on—what then 44 Well, the doctor came after a while and went groping round in the dark for his mush—couldn't find a match, you know—and, as luck would have it, he picked up instead a pan con taining bread, put there to raise over night. He was too tired to notice the difference—besides he had taken two or thiee nips as he drove round, utid he actually ate up all the dough Gracious 1" said the Judge. "It's a fact, though. Well, toward morning the doctor begun to swell, and swell—the yeast was just, getting its work in, you know—and pretty soon the whole family was up and rushing around haif distracted. The doctor kept on groaning and shrieifing and swelling, until be looked like a Saratoga trunk. At last they found out what lie hud done, and the whole family piled right on lop of him, and sat there while they s,-nt foi a cooper." 41A cooper?'" "Yes, you see they saw it out that unless something was done the o o would burst before, monline. So tho cooper started in and put. nine of those, big half-inch beer-keg hoops around his stomach. Of course that stopped the swelling, and, by keeping a tin tub down his throat for gas to escape, he ins managed to pull through." "Oh, the doctor pulled through, did he?" "Oh! yes lie's all right now, v cepting—" Excuse nie," said the Judge grimly, as l:e took out his note book, but will you favor me with your middle name in tul!. They are getting up a medal for the champion liar in the State, by order of the Governor, and I think I'll send in your—" But the boat had landed and tho pr ising young candidate had melted away iu tho crowd.—AVu Francisco f'osf. How to Write Well." We believe that the whole of this metl o:l is a mist,ike that Ihere is no single system of mroaniquo for writing, and that a child belonging to tho edu cated classes would bo taught much better and more easily if, after being once enabled to make and recognize written letters, it were lei alone, and praised or chidden, not. lor its rut thod, out its result. Let the boy hold his pen is he likes, and make, his strokes as he .ikes, and write at the pace lie likes ilurry, of course, being discouraged— but insist, strenuously and persist ently that his copy shall be legi ble, shall be clean, and glial I ap proach tho good copy set before liini, namely, a well-written letter, not a rubbishy text on a single line, writ ten as nobody but a writing-master ever did or will write to the world's end. He will make a muddle at first, but ho will soon make a passable mutation of his copy, and ultimately develop a char acteristic and strong hand, which may bo bad or good, but, will not be either moaningiesH, undecided, or illegible. This hand will alter, of course, verj greatly as he grows older. It may alter at 11, because it is ut that age that the rango of the eye is fixed, and short sight betrays itself and it will altet at 17, because then the system of tak ing notes ut lecture, which rums most builds, will have cramped and tem porarily epoiled tho writing but tho character will form itself again, and will never bo deficient iu clearness or decision. Tho idea that it is to be clear will have stamped itself, and con fidence will not have leen destroyed by worrying little rules about attitude and angle and shape which the very irritation of the pupils ought to con vince the teachers are, from some per sonal peculiarity, inapplicable. The lad will write, as he doe-, anything else that he cares to do, as well as hu can, and with a ci,-rtnin lliciency and speed. Al most every letter he gels v iil give him sumo assistance, and tho master's re monstrances on his illegibility will I attended to like any other caution giv«-n in the curriculum. J,r.n,rn 'mj h. A Conclusive Answer. Dr. Murphy was boasting V i climate of Minnesota beats tin fb*!.. Ciilil'orni» or any other State, •v ru a t." :,.n ohallt air of exult a i -n, eiiu.ed Look at mo! behold mybeautr rounded form. When I c«ma heie a i-jl:. 'd only ninety-seven pounds, a OW .1 weigh 27. pounds. What do y in ink of 'hat?" One o- the sons? of the late Bis'.! il.'ough'iy, .landing by, said "Why, doctor, that's nothing, look ,e I weigh 175 pounds, and when me t" Mmm-rtota 1 weighed only oounds." The doctor lett. Ax eccentric .Englishman, rung a resi dent of Paris, has just committed suicide, after having devoted twenty years to a strange mania. Every six months ho hadacoflin made for himself. Each was too long, too short, or uncomfortable in some way, until tho hist proved perfect. Having LC other object in life, he killed i I