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THE REPUBLIC OF THE ALPS.
BY m. H. BTODDABD.
But who to she cornea with her, with snob a moun
tain air,
AM singing on her w*y,
A simple spray of edelweis in her abundant hair,
A cold light in her bright, bine eyes, like that of
winter day,
Steady, but sparkling, like her lakes, which Heaven
stoops down to see,
And sees itself so clearer? Who may the maiden
be?
No maiden, but a matron—mother of sturdy men,
'Whoso lion spirits Nature' with independence
fills,
Walled in with kingdoms, empires, and the ever
lasting hills.
Perhaps they have been conquered but tell us
where and when
Not vrhere her Arnold grasped the Austrian spears
Nor when the Tuilleries gave up its king,
And they were backed in pieces' All the years
Have seen them dying, dying,
But never flying,
Unless they followed Victory's crimson wing!
As peaceful as the bosom of their lakes
As rugged
es
the Alps which are their home,
Along whose granite feet their rivers foam
As dreadful as the thunder when it shakes
Its lightnings over Jura! Heart and hand,
Welcome the sole republic, Switzerland I
—Seribntr for August.
MRS. GRIMFORD'S DAUGH
E
Mrs. Grimford sat in her own room,
assiduously employed in fastening dried
butterflies on a sheet of pasteboard, with
an Encyclopedia lying on the table
beside her, and a magnifying glass affixed
in some^nysterious manner to her nose.
She was one of those unfortunate ab
normal developments with which this
century is afflicted, familiarly known as
strong-minded women."
A sparse, prim, hard-featured matron,
one who believed in "women's rights,"
ind.opnsidered woman generally a much
.sod personage, deposed from her
sphere and trampled on by the.
^nl
Mrs. Ghsqford bad come very near
being a man hfi^elf—what with a deep
.voice, a bearded cVin, and a figure quite
innocent of all supe^puous curves and
graces. Boally, if one\had changed her
skirt and body to trousek^and coat, she
would have passed for
onVNof
the con
demned sex without difficulty.^
But Mrs. Grimford's daughter was
quite different. As Carrie Grimford
stood beside hor mother, so dainty (and
fair, with cheeks round and ripe as
peach, deep, dark-blue eyes, and golden,
wavy hair, you wondered as you gazed
that they could both be women and yet
so unlike.
"Nonsense, child," Mrs. Grimford was
saying, while she critically examined a
paleyejlow butterfly.
But indeed, mamma," pleaded Car
rie, "it isn't nonsense. He really wants
me to marry him."
Marriage, Garoline, is all a mistake,"
said Mrs. Grimford, laying down the
magnifying glass. I don't intend you
to many at all."
"Mamma!"
"A woman who marries," continued
the strong-minded matron, "is a woman
enslaved I should never have married
^dlknprn as much about life when I
was lo^ts do now. From the stand
point of a grand mistake committed in
my own life I can rectify yours, Caro
lino."
"But, mamma," cried poor Caroline,
what shall I do
"Do, child—do!" ejaculated Mrs.
Grimford. "That iB a pretty question
for my daughter to ask! Why, read,
studv, improve your mind. Devote all
tho energies of your nature to solving
the great social problems that surround
you."
"I don't care a pin for the social
problems, mamma," said Carrie "Hove
Sydney Wilmer, and I'm going to mar
ry him."
Never with my consent."
0, mamma, surely you would not—"
Caroline," interrupted her mother,
in atone of judicial calmness, "don't
yon see what a confusion you are cre
ating among these insects, which I have
so carefully classified? I beg you .will
interrupt my studies no longer. Go
read the report of the 'Convention for
the Amelioration of Womankind.' Why,
•what are yon crying for A well-regula
ted,
woman never cries."
..." I wish I wasn't a woman," sobbed
Carrie "I wish I wasn't something that
liad to be elevated and improved. 0,
mamma, dear, you weren't in earnest
when you said you would not consent to
my marrying Sydney? We shall be so
happy and he says he will be miserable
without me, and—"
Caroline, I'm astonished at you! Of
course I'm in earnest. I have neither
gold nor gems to lay on the shrine of the
cause but I have a daughter, and I in
tend to show the world what a woman
unshackled and unfettered can accom
plish You, Caroline, should glory in
thus becoming an offering."
But Carrie, apparently unappreciative
of the great lot in store for her, cried
more piteously than ever.
Tears will not move me," said Mrs
Grimford, returning to her butterflies.
I can only regret that I am the parent
of so degenerate a daughter."
Mamma," ventured poor little Car
rie, after a few moments of silent griev
ing, I promised Sydney to ride with
him this afternoon."
Ton must give him np. On such a
subject I can accept no compromise."
But, mamma, I promised."
Mrs. Grimford gravely rubbed the end
..of her nose. "A promise is a promise,
Caroline, nor shall Inquire yon to
break this (Game visibly -brightened)
bat I (dull accompany you. (The
pretty free ekmdeaj®us.) ®jgro are
JOT no
"To the woods beyond the gten.,
Sydaeyis
going
to get me some Wdd*
sorrel foray herbarium."
Nor will the expedition be unprofit
able to me,"said Mrs. Grimford, gravely.
"There are many choice varieties of
adiantum and aspleniuin to be found, in
those woods, and my collection ,of- na
tive ferns is a* yet incomplete."
Carrie retired in great consternation,
not to read reports or study paleontology,
but to slip out to the garden, where Syd
ney Wilmer was sitting by a great rose
tree that carpeted the velvet grass with
showers of soft pink petals at every pass
ing breeze.
O, Sydney! Sydney I I am so mis
erable!"
"Carrie, what is the matter?
he cried, hastily going toward
her and Carrie told him, to
the best oi her ability, what the mat
ter was.
Is that all he asked, when the re
cital was finished.
Isn't that enough she replied, pit
eously. When we were going to such
a nice ride, and—"
Never mind, petite. It will be all
right. So she won't consent to our mar
riage, eh What shall we do, Carrie
elope quietly
0, Sydney, you know I would never
marry without her consent."
And are two lives to be made miser
able because she thinks matrimony a
mistake he asked, gravely.
I suppose so," and Carrie's pretty
head drooped like arose in the rain.
Sydney watched her quivering lip and
tear-stained eyelids, and said no more.
In the afternoon, when Mr. Wilmer
drove np in his light pheaton, he found
Mrs. Grimwood ready, with an immense
green umbrella to keep off the sun, and
a tin case to put feftas in. Mrs. Grim
ford quickly stepped in, and Carrie,
meekly following, was nearly over
whelmed by he^ mother's voluminous
draperies.
I had better sit in the middle it
will best preserve the equilibrium of the
vehicle," said Mrs. G., wedging herself
between Sydney and' Carrie with a
smile of great complacency. She imme
diately began discoursing on the habits
and properties of ferns with un
pausing volubility.' Suddenly she
checked herself, as her eye caught a
cluster of green waving vegetation on
the crest-like point of a rock overhang
ing the road.
"Sydney! Sydney!"she cried "stop
a minute. Can't you reach that asplen
ium ebenum
Is it this, ma'am ?'.' said Mr.
Wilmer,
making a dive at the tall stalk of some
thing growing by the rock.
"No, no, not that—the little green
thing with the black stem."
"This, ma'am?" hazarded Sydney,
clutching at a fat-leaved cluster of weedy
growth.
O, dear, no how stupid you are!"
sighed Mrs. Grimford. "I'll jump out
and get it myself."
Mamma!" remonstrated Carrie.
"O, I'll help her," nodded Sydney,
springing nimbly on the cliff, and pull
ing Mrs. Grimford by main force up the
steep side of the rock.
"Ah I" cried the lady, it is very steep.
I really think women should devote
more attention to gymnastics. O, here's
the asplenium—very choice specimens,
too. Why, Sydney, whfee are you
going?" she suddenly cried, seeing Mr.
'Wilmer had sprung back into the phae
ton.
Only for a little turn, madam, while
you are collecting your botanical treas
ures."
"Yes, but—" Mrs. Grimford's words
of remonstrance were drowned in the
rattle of the wheels as Mr. Wilmer
drove briskly away, Carrie nostling up
to his side. One long, lingering glance
she gave the departing pair, and then re
turned to her tiu can and umbrella.
"They'll be back presently," she said.
But the afternoon woro on, the shades
of evening" were rapidly closing in, Mrs.
Grimford grew tired, cross and rheumatic,
and still they came liot," like the char
acters in romance.
Something has happened!" cried the
prophetic soul of Mrs. Grimford. O,
if I should have to stay here all night!"
She looked nervously around. It was
a tall, steep cliff whereon she stood,
cut off from the woods beyond by
a wide, and by no means shallow,
stream on one side, while on the
other three it was almost perpendicular,
rising some twenty feet np from the
road. As she surveyed her situation
Mrs. Grimford began to feel somewhat
like £t. Simon Stylites on his pillar in
the wilderness. But suddenly a wel
come rumbling of wheels broke the still
ness of the seldom-traveled mountain
road, and Mr. Wilmer's spirited gray
dashed ronnd the curve of the hill
Well!" she cried, "I never was
more thankful for anything in my life!
I'm tired to death waiting."
Are you says Sydney Wilmer as
ho cheeked bis hort-c in the middle of
the road.
"Yes why don't you drive closer
she demanded sharply.
"O, did you want to go home with
us?"
"Of course I did. I'd have gone
home long ago if I could have got off
this place."
"Well, madam," said Sydney, in ac
cents of the coolest deliberation, while
Carrie clung frightened, and yet smiling,
to his side, I shall be happy to hand
you off that rock on one condition."
Condition! What do you mean,
sir?*'' exclaimed tlio indignant matron.
"Simply this, Mrs. Grimford! I want
to marry your daughter. But Carrie,
like a too-dutiful child, will not become
my wife without your consent."
"Which ebewilt never havo," replied
the lady, emphatically.
Very well, madam !". -and he shook
the reins,
You're not going to leave me
"Unless you comply with my condi
tion, I most certainly shall."
"And thato nditionis—"
"Your consent to my marriage with
your daughter."
"Caroline," cried Mrs. Grimford,
"will you be a witness to this—thiBatro
cious conduct, and not interfere
"Sydney won't let me have a voice in
the matter, mamma, at all," said Carrie,
demurely. "He says he doesn't believe
in women's rights!"
Mrs. Grim ord gave a hollow groan.
Mr. Wilmer touched his horse slightly
with the whip
"Stop!" cried Mrs. Grimford. "I
consent—but it is under protest!"
"You can protest all you like," said
Mr. Wilmer, assisting his mother-in-law
elect into the carriage.
Silently Mrs. Grimford entered the
phaeton silently she drove home, and in
silence crossed the threshold of her
house, as became a conquered party.
"To think," she said in a hollow
voice, as she sat at dinner, "that after
all my precepts and examples, Caroline
should end her career by getting mar
ried!"
"Mamma," said Carrie, timidly,
Springfield Republican.
htref"
shrieked Mrs. Grimford, in a panic of
terror, -,
mi HllllSM
1
don't think it is so terrible a fate, after
all!"
"To think," continued Mrs. Grim
ford, paying no attention to her daugh
tor's reply, "that you should meet the
fate of an ordinary woman."
THE WEAR AND COST OF BANK
NOTES.
During the period of two years and
ten days, from June 20, 1874, to July 1,
1876, the Comptroller of tli8 Currency
received from the engravers new bank
notes to the amount of $272,376,512
and he issued for replacement of notes
redeemed and the supply of new banks,
or banks increasing their circulation, to
the amount of $218,050,874. Daring
tho twelve months ending the 30th ult.,
he received $112,232,625, and issued
$90,720,565. The total amount of mu
tilated currency received by the Comp
troller and destroyed as unfit for circu
lation was $238,398,022 during the two
years and ten days, aud $106,473,190
during the last twelve months. These
figures indicate that in order to keep the
bank-note circulation in good condition
it is necessary tp renew* them once in
•about three years and three months.
The whole expense of paper, printing,
redemption, reissues, and probably en
graving the entire issue of some $331,
000,000, or about $44,000,000 of separate
notes, has to be incurred regularly about
once in three and one-fourth years.
The greenbacks have to be,renewed
oftener, because the proportion of small
notes to the whole issue is greater, and
the small notes wear out faster. The
ones and twos constitute about 2} per
cent, of the amount of bank issues, while
jthey constitute more than 14} per cent,
of the amount of the greenbacks. The
difference will be more clearly seen when
it is stated, with respect to the number
of notes, that 42 greenbacks out of every
65 are ones and twos, while only .22 out
of every 80 bank notes are ones and
twos or, approximately, 64 greenbacks
and only 27 bank-notes in every 100 are
ones and twos. It is fair to assume,
therefore, that the greenbacks and bank
notes taken together have to be renewed
as often as once in three years. Coin
money will last from seven to ten times
as long, and then it can be renewed at a
comparatively trifling cost, and the loss
by wear during the whole life of the
coin will seldom exceed 1 per cent.—
MISFORTUNES OF, SUCCESSFUL
WOMEN.
A. writer in the Cincinnati Gazette says:
The peculiar misfortune of a woman
thus gifted is that sho is separated by
her genius from general society. This
is a penalty which all such persons feel
keenly. There are few men who
are sufficiently her equals in talent to
command her respect. Then, as for
love matters, it may be asked, who is
there that,
would fall
in love with
such a lioness? Let none envy that
degree of talent which must cause per
petual desolation. If Miss Dickinson
ever marries, it must be the act of
condescension. Women of talent, when
they take a husband, must view him as
the weaker vessel." Mrs. Sigonrney,
for instance, was in her day a noted
poet, but who ever^ieard of Sigour
ney? He was merely a Hartford carpet
dealer, unknown beyond the limits of
the trade.
Jenny Lind threw herself upon an in
ferior fellow, whose name she lias been
compelled to wear, and Mrs. Stowe has
always ranked above her excellent hus
band, the Professor. And Mrs. Sid
dons, too, that famous tragedienne!
There must have been a Mr. Siddons,
but, though he was a clever player, he
was lost in the grandeur of his wife.
Nobody ever heard of Siddons, except
as apiece of masculinity attached to a
wonderful woman.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons is now in Austra
lia, and will do Well if she there gets
rid of her drunken husband. This fel
low attended her during her last year's
engagement in this country, and was
generally drunk at the tavern while she
was electrifying the audiences. Mrs,
Siddons has had in this wretch a
dreadful source of annoyance and mor
tification.
Ten years ago William Foy was mur
dered in Goodman, Miss, by Thomas
Clark, who escaped. The wife of Foy
continued a search for tbe criminal al
most incessantly, visiting several States
and spending a large sum of money, un
til now she has discovered him in
T&as. He will probably be convicted
and hanged.
1
1'' r,.
Thb Eureka powder works, at New
Durham, N. H., which originally cost
$150,000, havo been solu at auction by
order of the assignee. Eli V. Brewster,
of Dover, whb the purchaser. Price,
$91,000.
ARMIES AND NAVIES.
The Military and Navnl Strength of the
Different Notions.
The following statement, compiled
from the Statesman's year. Book for
1876," exhibits the comparative military
and naval strength of the nations of the
world:
Beginning with Anstro-Hungary, we
find that her standing army, which is
modeled after that of Prussia, num
bers, on a war footing, 838,700 men.
Austria has also 25 fortresses of the
first and second rank, and a navy of 47
steamers.
The standing army of Belgium is
formed by conscription, and amounts,
upon a war footing, to 98,770 men, 10,628
horses, and 152 guns. Besides this
standing army there is a Garde Na
tionale, numbering 400,000 men with the
reserve.
The foroes of Denmark comprise
47,925 men, and 1,328 officers on the
war footing. Her navy contain 31
steamers with 314 guns.
The military forces of France are in a
state of reorganization on a basis of a
new loi rur le recruitement," which
enacts that Tout Francais doit le ser
vice militaire personnel." The nominal
strength of the French army upon a war
footing as given in the returns for 1873
was 757,727 men and 142,238 horses.
Her navy contains 62 iron-clads, 264 un
armored screw-steamers, 52 paddle
steamers and 113 sailing vessels, with a
total of 672 guns.
The German Empire possesses an
army on a war footing of 1,273,346 men,
31,195 officers, 281,542 horses, and 2,700
guns. The empire has 37 fortresses, of
which number 26 are in Prussia. Her
navy consists of 11 iron-clads, 57 steam
ers, and 5 sailing vessels, carrying 472
guns.
The maintenance of a standing army
in England in time of peace, without
the consent of Parliament, is prohibited.
The amount of military force is there
fore a matter for decision by the Gov
ernment. The standing army at present
consists of 105,720 men, 16,280 non-com
missioned officers, and 6,983 officers.
The total force of the British army in
India was stated to amount to 62,840
men of all ranks. The number of pen
sioners and army reserve force is 33,000.
The British navy contains 60,000 officers
and men, 112 sea-going steamers, and
127 reserve steamers and sailing vessels.
Of these ships 62 are iron-clads.
The army of Greece contains 380 offi
cers and 8,077 men.
The military organization of Italy
upon a war footing shows a total of 445,
500 men and officers. Her army con
sists of 91ships of war, with 798 guns.
Tho army of tho Netherlands was com
posed in 1873 of 59,491 men and 1,935
officers her navy of 67 steamers.
Portugal has an army, on a war foot
ing, of 68,450 men, and a navy of 22
steamers and 25 sailing vessels.
Tho army of Russia, upon a war foot
ing, is 1,213,259 officers and men her
navy contains 262 vessels and an arma
ment of 1,585 guns.
Spain has an army of 151,668 men of
all ranks, and a navy composed of 73
steamers, 24 paddle steamers, and 13
sailing vessels.
The strength of Swedep is 132,775 of
an army and 130 ships of war.
Norway has 13,000 regular troops, a
reserve of 30,000, and a navy of 20 men
of-war, with 149 guns.
Switzerland oan bring forward a force
of 201,257 officers and men.
Turkey, 459,360. 7'urkey has also a
navy of 20 ironclads and 70 steamers.*1'
Boumania has 22,463 infantry, and
12,184 cavalry.
Servia about 4,000 men (regularly) uu
der arms.
The Argentine Confederation has on
army now in courso of confederation of
2,612 infantry, 3,291 cavalry, and 436
artillery, besidesa militia of 19,667 men.
Her navy consists of two gunboats.
Bolivia has an army of 1,050 men rank
aud lite, 31 Generals, 358 staff officers,
and 654 otber officers—that is to say one
officer to every two and two-thirds men.
Brazil has 28,933 troops under arms,
and a navy consisting of 60 men-of-war.
Canada, in addition to tho imperial
troops, has a militia, a large volunteer
force, and 8 screw steamers for lake
service.
The army of Chili numbers3,516 men
her navy 10 steamers.
Paraguay has 2 battalions of infantry
and 6 of cavalry.
Peru has 13,209 soldiers and 6 iron
clads.
Uruguay, has 1,936 soldiers.
Venezuela 5,000 men with a militia.
The Egyptian army consists of 12,000
infantry, 1,000 chasseurs, 3,500 cavalry,
1,500 artilleiy, and 2 battalions of en
gineers. Her navy comprises 7
ships of tho line, 6 frigates, 9 corvettes,
7 brigs, 18 gunboats, and 27 transports.
The impen army of China comprises
a total of 850,000 men.
The total forces of India are 62,977
men, of all ranks.
Japan has an army of 80,000 men.
Persia of 30,000.
The total number of men called out by
the President of the United States from
1861 till the oloec of the civil war
amounted to 2,670,874. Our regular
army is about 30,000. Our naval forces
consisted on July 15, 1874, of 48 iron
clads, 63 other steamers and 26 sailing
vessels.
AN IT MX ron HO TJSKlt MSi'M.
118.
The Scientific American says: "A
few drops of carbolic acid in a pint of
water will clean house plants from lico
in a very short time. If mosquitoes or
other blood suckers infest our sleepirfg
rooms at night, we uncork a bottle of
pennyroyal, and these insects leave iu
groat haste, nor will they return so long
as tbe air in the room is loaded with the
fumes of that aromatic herb. If rats
enter the cellar, a little powdered pot
aah thrown into their holes, or mixed
with meal and scattered in their run
ways, never fails to drive them away.
Cayenne pepper will keep the buttery
and storeroom free from ants and oOok
roaches. If a mouse makesran entranoe
into any part of your dwelling, saturate
a rag with
oaypnne
in solution and stuff
it into a hole, whioh oan be repaired
with either wood or mortar. No rat or
mouse will eat that rag for the purpose
of opening communication with a depot
of supplies."
CURIOUS SCENE AT NAPOLEOX'S
FUNEHAL.
The very interesting series of articles,
entitled "Napoleon at St. Helena," by
one of the Emperor's attendants, which
have been appearing in the St. Jamet'
Magazine, have now oome to an end
with the death of the Emperor. Francis
Stewart, the nnrator, gives a curious
account of a scene whioh took place, at
the funeral of Napoleon: I had in my
hands Napoleon's heart, whioh he de
sired Marshal Bertram to have embalmed,
placed in a silver vase, and sent to his
son, Napoleon II. The heart was un
usually large and very fat and before it
was soldered up all the French servants,
by their own request, saw it, some of
them kissed it, and falling on their knees
offered up a prayer. I, wishing to do as
they did, fell on my knees too, which
seemed to gratify them, but of course, as
I did not understand what they were
praying for, I said no prayer, neither
had I sufficient stomach' to kiss the
heart, although Napoleon bad been a
kind master and a benevolent friend to
me.
"Sir Thomas BeadeandSir Hudson
Lowe having seen me on my knees, the
latter said, when I came out, So, Mr.
Stewart, you have been praying, too I
did not know you were a Papjst.' Sir
Thomas Beado said, with a sneer, Have
you been praying to the devil to take his
heart as well as his body?' No, sir,' I
replied 'there will be no occasion for
any praying to the devil to take your
body and heart, because he has had
them ever since I knew you!'" Such
conduct as this on the part of English
officials toward a dead enemy certainly
well merited the sharp reply of Stewart,
and seems to justify tbe intense feeling
against the guardians of Napoleon whioh
is experienced- by Frenchmen The
story is a most Extraordinary one, and
deserves investigation.—London Exam
iner.
THE JlVMAl. OF SPOTTED TAIL'S
DAUGHTER.
As an evidence of the advancement,
though slight, of civilization among the
Sionx. may be mentioned the burial, the
other day, in violation of the Indian
custom, of Spotted Tail's daughter.
This was his eldest daughter, the one
who became infatuated with the young
officer at Fort Laramie, and whose tragic
story has been often told. She died at
Fort Laramie of a broken heart in 1868.
It is said that on her death-bed she ex
acted a solemn vow from her father that
ha would make pcacc with the whites,
and always remain at peace with them.
When the treaty was made, a few days
later, the coffin containing her remains
was brought into the council, that her
Bpirit might witness the fulfillment of
her request. *.
She was tho "best beloved," and
Spot often speaks of her and of the influ
ence which she still exerts upon him. A
desire to have her mortal remains nearer
to him led to the removal of the body
hither from Fort Laraimio, where, in ac
cord with Indian customs, it was placed
in a box upon four posts. It was to-day
buried in the ground, in the agency
cemetery here. The funeral services of
the Episcopal Church were read, and a
sermon preached in the Dakota language
by the agency chaplain, Rev. Mr. Cleve
land. The church was filled with In
dians, many of whom take great interest
in the services.—Cor. Chicago Times,
from the Spotted lail Agency...
INDIAN nAU-PKAYBliS HONORED
BY QUEEN
nr.
The Canadian Lacrosse team played
before Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle
the other day. The party, consisting of
twenty-seven players—fourteen Cana
dians and thirteen Iroquois Indians—
headed by their Captain, Dr. W. R.
Beer, were presented to Her Majesty
upon the East Terrace Lawn by Mr.
James Lowther, M. P., Under Secretary
of State for the Colonies, when Dr. Beer
addressed a fow words to the Queen ex
pressive of the loyalty of the Canadians
Tier Karonaire, the Indian chief, after
having laid his tomahawk on the ground
at Her Majesty's feet, read to the Queen
an address in the Iroquois language.
The document, written on birch bark,
was then delivered to Her Majesty, who,
having thanked the players for their ad
dresses, assured them that it would give
her much pleasure to see them play the
national game of Canada. The gamo
then commenced, and at its conclusion
there was presented to esksh pl&yer a
photograph of Her Majesty, signed by
the Queen.
DOT WEATBEtt IN PHILADELPHIA.
A letter from Philadelphia says: In
the melter's department of the United
States Mint in Philadelphia, for the last
four weeks, the mercury has ranged
from 100° to 125°, with an occasional
dash up to 145 °. In the rolling room of
tho coiner's department it has averaged
from 100° to 110°, and in the whitening
room from 110° to 130°. Experienced
men only can bo employed lienoe sub
etitntion is"fmpossible,-mAl fnauy t,f the
workmen have fallen at their post*.
Every night tbey .go ho'n^ completely
exhausted. Most oftho men hav" been
employed in tl.o mint from fifteen to
forty-five years, and they all say that
this is tho hottest season in tho bistoly
of the mint. Nctwithstan iDg this great
heat the coinage has kept up the average
of $500,000 to $750,000 a month.
,** I
CKKMATED IJr A LIME-KILN.
There was a sad casualty on the farm
of John E. Cameron, near Pittsville,
Pa., tho other day. M£. Cameron has a
time-kiln about a quarter of a mile from
the house, audi in thla afire bad been
built. Before leavingit in the morning,
Mr. Cameron lowered a son, i$ ^ears of
age, into the pit, by means of the bucket
and windlass, to see that the drafts and
and fuel were in proper condition. All
being right, the boy was hauled up, and
the two went to work in' a hhyfleld. The
operation of lowering and hoisting the
lad had been witnessed by two other
children of Mr. Cameron—a boy about
9 years old and a girl aged 5, and soon
after the departure, of the father tho
little fellow let his sister down in the pit,
and was unfeble to draw her up. He
went and told his mother, who, with her
mother, came to the resoue. The little
girl in the meantime had got out of the
buoket and Was lying on the bottom of the
kiln, from wlfich stupefying fumes had
already begun to rise. The boy was sent
down to put his sister in the bncket,
while he clung to the outside of it. Tho
fumes compelled him to relax his hold,
and he fell to the bottom. The mother
drew the little girl up, and went down
after her son. The grandmother lowered
her down, but was too weak to hold the
windlass handle, and she was knocked
by it bleeding and senseless on the grass,
and the mother fell to the bottom, where
she was. quickly overcome by the gas
soon after. A stage-driver and passen
ger saw the bodies of the grandmother
and little girl lying outside, and the driv
er went down into the pit, whenee he
drew, with great difficulty, on account
of the fumes, the bodies of the mother
and son. The grandmother was the only
one restored to consciousness. The
mother and her two children were hope
lessly gone. The most remarkable fea
ture of the whole affair is that ten per
sons have lost their lives during the past
seven years in the kiln, in exactly the
same way. But it doos not seem to have
occurred to the proprietor to use any
precautions or any machinory, making
such occurrences impossible. He seems
to have got used to it, and expected it as
one of the dispensations of Providence,
or, like death by old age, as a fate sure
to come to those who were not taken
off in the meantime in some other way.
SAVED BY HIS FEET
He wasn't exactly a brand plucked
from the- burning. He was plucked
from the ferry wharf just as he was
about to tumble into the river. He may
havo desired to suicide, or his brain may
have been twisted and muddled and be
fogged. He said his name was John
Harbor, and he didn't take either sido
of the question. He left the whole
thing for the court to decide, simply
stating that he was alone stranger here
and didn't care much whether he was
allowed to depart or sentenced to be
shot.
Your name is Harbor, but you forget
that it takes water to made a harbor,"
replied His Honcir. You seem to know
more about whisky than water."
"Very true—very true," mused the
prisoner.
Have you the means to .leave De
troit?"
Mr. "Harbor shoved his feet out to
view. Bijah looked at them and turned
pale. One inch more would have taken
from him the medal he has worn since
the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851.
When you go, said the Court, bend
ing over to see the feet, "keep on the
cobblestone pavements as mui-h a3 you
can, and don't go up the street I live on.
You may back out of here now, and when
high noon comes it will be well for, you
if you are several miles out on some' of
the dirt roads."
Distance is what ails me,"
ODD PATENTS.
The whole examining force of the
patent office at Washington numbers
about one hundred, of which two are
ladies. Of course, among such a large
number, there are to be found men of
every kind. Some are so illibera^ that
they will never grant a patent when they
can possibly refuse it others go to the
opposite extreme. Each one having his
own idea of what constitutes an inven
tion, of what is useful, many ridiculous
patents have been granted. One man
obtained a patent for a combined plough
and cannon. Whenever the farmer,: while
at work in the field, saw any savages or
tramps approaching, he was to
his team, so as to get them from before
the muzzle, apply his match, and say his
prayers, for the farmer was a gooid deal
more likely to be killed by the recoil,
than the savages by the shot. Incase
he cannon wentoffwMleinuse asaplow,
it was unfortunate for both the team and
the farmer. A patent was granted to
another person for tying a brick to a
cow's tail, so as to prevent her switching
her tail in hrs eyes while milking.
other received a
The authorities of Edgewater, Long
Island, .are at their wits' end to decide
what is a suitable and decent bathing
dress for those who use the beach ad
joining tho public street. Pending the
decision of this momentoui question-.the
peoyl°
A tkeasube of great value has been
washod ashore on the coast' of Brittany.
A boy found a box on the beach. ItwaSf
to htavy to carry, »nd bo he called bis
paijpbtv who broke? it opon and found
tbat'jt cdriained 1,500,000 franefcr
$
150* ronaoTTXN
OJWJj.
SMALL
omatm.
BY AVST1K DOMOM.
Otit from the city's giant roar,
You wandered through the opon door
Paused at a little pail and spado
Across a tin? hillock laid '*1
Th noted on your dexter sld&
Some moneyed magnate's love or pride
And so, beyond a hawthorn tre#,
Showering lta rain of rosy bloora
Alike on low and lofty tomb,
vl'
You osme upon it—suddenly.
How strange 1 The very grasses' growth
Around it seemed forlorn and loth
Tbe very ivy seemed to torn
Askanoe that wreathed the neighbor urn..
Sank was tbe slab the head declined
And left the rails a wrcck behind.
No name yon traced a "0," a "7,"
Partof affliction and of "Heaven
And then—O irony austere!—
You read in letters sharp aad olear
Though Imtto tight, to memory dear."
•t :0:,
PLEAS AN TRIES.
Whkk does a farmer double a sheep
without hurting it? When he folds it.
If your furs ever get worn down short,
vrhip
them with forty rods, which is said
to make a fur-long.
A
boy could not see the neoes-,
sity of repeating a history lesson, having
been told that history repeats itself.
Do you love me stilly John whis
pered a sensitive wife to her husband.
Of course I do—the stiller the better,"
answered the stupid husband.
Truth
crushed to the earth shall rise again,
And all the powers that be can't stop her
But fiction wounded writhes in pain,
Floored as she tells her tallest whopper."
If any one should ask you the differ
ence between Belmont Driving Park and
the natives of Fiji, answer that one is a
race course and the ether a coarse race.
She "didn'twant anymore had al
ready had a surf oat," was what a sea
bathing young lady said after being
tipped over by a roller and trying to
scream under water.
Bobby's opinion as to his hew sister:
"Now I suppose I shall have to be very *,
good, beeause we have got this baby,for
mother won't want her to bto naughty,
and she will be if I am."
Mkn, says Adam Smith, are naturally
unsentimental. A man will scoop the
bottom out of an egg without thinking
that the motbei of that egg is, perhaps,
a hundred miles away, in the rain.
A WEi/L -knowh physician has left
town for a few days, and a notice to this
effect is potted on tho door of his office.
Some wag has added: "Patients ex
pected to recover in the meantime."
A philosophical woman writes to in
quire: Why is it that just at tbe mo
ment when a young man finds out that
his girl will have him be wants to back
out of the engagement?" We give up
the conundrum.
Customer—" How much for the lilies
of the valley Florist—'' Five shillings
a bunch." Customer—"Too much.",.
Florist (blandly)—" Well, madam, if you
will have the lilies of the valley, you must
pay the vally of the liliee."
Human nature is indeed curious
study. A boy may sing "Hold the
Fort" so sweetly on Sunday that the
very walls of Zion tingle with the sab
ered melody, and yet you wouldn't roc--,
ognize him on week days when ho corned
out from swimming and finds that some
other boy has hopelessly knotted np bis
shirt sleeves atd trouser legs.
Pat," said a builder to an Irishman
engaged in carrying slate to the top of a
four-story building, "have you any
houses in Ireland as tall as this one t"
"Ya'as, mo mother's cabin." "How
many rooms had it ThenTwas the
ateing room, the slaping-room, tho
kitchen-room, and the pig-pen—four
rooms." "That's a story," said the
builder.'" Ya'as, four stories," said Pat.,
The old man
Baid
the
man, and ke hauled back on his feet and
was lost sight of iu the morning fog.—
Dctroit Free Press.
was seated under a Bbade-
tree, softly humming, There'll be no
more sorrow there," when searching7n
and
familiar voice hissed into his ear/"
You finish kUlin' them caterpillars on
them peach trees, or I'll give ye sorrer
enough to last ye clear through eternity.
Now git along, or IU break the main
spring of yer back." Theoldiiutn said
something about a durned old cat for a
wife, took
up
a bucket of
sudB
for the vermin.
BOSBMXIED.
and went
The nightingale saug to the rose
Through the livelong night,
Till her hue from a ruby red
Turned wan and white.
All night it rose and fell—
That silvery strain,
And the heart of tho red roso throbbed
With divinest pain
'•O Loyc, 0 Love!"' it rang
I lovo bat thee. ..y.
Thou art queen of all flowers," he sang,
Aud queen of me!
'"O-Love,
nnhitnh
An.
rpAteiit
for placing a
house on rollers, so that in case of an
earthquake rt|io house woidd not^-be
Shaken to pieces. Still another
a patent for a combined trunk and
house. The trunk i3 made with triple
walls, so that by taking the articles out
of the trpnk, and extending. Uie tsty) ex?
tra Willis^ &iiobse is' forifced.
d*» Love 1" hfl *«td.
—Before iho dawn,
rfiThfe'rose on Its stalk hong dead, Vj
Thf bird *a« gone.
—Alice yjlliame, in Scri\mer for A ttgusL
DECLINE OF SILVER.
Dr. Lind'rm&n, Director of the Mint,
in speaking of the recent rnpid declined
in value of silver, says that it has now:...
reached the poiut where France and her
monetary allies—viz., Belgium, Switzer
land and Italy, all of whom havo tho-
double standard—must-either shoulder
the German surplus of silver or prepare
to abandon the double standard and
adopt a purely gold' currency. The#
reason of this is that silver is more
valu
able in those countries where it is used
as currency. tban in those inhere it has
been demonetized and it will certainly
and irresistibly flow Uv those countries
where jt jrill. command tho highest price,
Should! the United ^States at this time re
turn to a double standard, it would boy
placed in the same embarrassing oondi--—
tion wJrichTPf&nce tobw holds. Br. Lin-,%
dermaa continued by saying that i£ tlu^
nations which still maintain a dcrablegt
standard eohtinuo -to adhere toi^ the*
now jn drculafionr.
will disappear, and be thrown in large^
quantities upon the English and other
markets, including the United. States.
This would tend strongly to rMtore tlions*
equilibrium between the iwo
throughontEnrope.