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Ever Present. The Bun of yesterday U set iorever set to time and me; Yet of its warmth and of its light. Something I feel and something tee. The flower of yesterday is not Its faded leaves axe scattered wide ; Yetof its perfume do I breathe. Still does its beauty stir my pride. The friend of yesterday is dead On yonder hill his grave doth lie Yet there are moments when I feel His presence as of old, draw nigh. Apart of what has heen remains : The essences of what is gone -ire ever present to my sense: , Though left, I am not yet forlorn. ( IJ;,?ons'1 ia feeling, and in love. things do not perish, though they pass; The form is shattered to the eye. But only broken in the glass. Su'i. friend, and flower have each become A part of my immortal part; They are not lost, but evermore r Shine, live, and bloom within my heart. SMITH'S SEW CLERK. Jenkins met Smith, his senior nrt. ner, at the depot, who had been absent on a business tour. "How's business?" inquired latter. " All right: cot a new r.lorV " the trot a new clerk, Jones ?'T eh? Where's ' Discharged him, gant dog I-' An idle, extrava- cuuugu, ana tne new one won t do any better. Drinking, gam- """Si uours ana last nours that the way with them all." And Smith groaned. uenKins' eyes twinkled. He well xnew .He peculiarities of his good hearted, but eccentric bachelor partner. " "c uew ciers aon t drink: nor gamoie, I'm certain of that, and has thus far been very industrious and aueuuve. "Thus far? Oh, yes. Wait a month jwew brooms sweeD clean." " Oh, well, if the new clerk don't suit you, i can send the new clerk adrift. a oniy iook ner ah'm! the new cierk on triaL" Mr. Smith stared at his partner. "I suppose the new clerk has name?" he remarked dryly. u?i es- JtLer, that is to say, the new cierK's name is Gardner. But here we are. as was his usual custom, Mr. Smith went through the store, past the array . ..o.o vu cnuer side ine counter, without glancing to the right or left. But when he reached his private office, t the further end, he looked through the glass door, which was so situated that he could see all that was going on in the store. As his eye fell on the occupant of a desk near the door, he started "What's that?" he said, turning kharply upon his partner, who had fol lowed him. Jenkins gazed very composedly upon the slender lorm, whose graceful head was bent intently over a ledger thai lav open upon the desk. -That? Why thafs the new clerk." .Smith rubbed his eyes, and looked gain. " Why, it's a woman I" he exclaimed, witn an air of incredulity and horror. " I should say it was," said Jenkins! euolly ; and a confoundedly pretty one "t tnat." Smith gave his partner a look of vir tuous indignation. "Mr. Jenkins, this is no place for a woman !'' " Ain't ? Now it strikes me that she fits the place very nicely." " The proper place for a woman is the sanctuary of home." Thh was a pet observation of Mr. Smith's which he had read somewhere, and which he considered as a clincher in such an argument. " But suppose she hasn't any ?" This was a poser, and in his efforts to surmount it, Mr. Smith got excited. " Hasn't any ? Why, sir, she must sue ougnt to nave one." " Very true. In lact so confident am l on this point that I have thought of offering her mine or at least to share it witn ner. . -air. Jenkms, this is not a fit sub ject lor jest ! ' " It's a serious matter, I know ; so, on the whole, perhaps I'd better think it over a while longer. Besides, there's snowing ii sne would accept my offer, together with the incumbrance that goes with it." "Jenkins," returned Smith severely, will you cease trifling and attend to the business in hand ? This woman must go." . . " Very well ; you told me you wanted a clerk that would be faithful and in dustrious ; that didn't spend his salary, and all he could steal, on fast horses and faster women, and I got you one. It's an easy matter to send her off." "Ot course it is," rejoined Smith, brightening at the snggestion. "Just tell her she don't exactly suit, and that we shan't need her after to-day." "But she does suit me; and if you are not suited, all you have got to do is to tell her so." u You hired bar." "And for that reasnn. T An' A, a. eaarge ner without some good cause." "No matter," returned Smith, with an air of indifference. " I can discharge her ; I think I am equal to that much." Jenkins, who had left the room, put ni a linn J n 1 . . . v r MT "can usuk a moment later, "JJst you a hundred don't do it." dollars' you With this peared. parting shot, he disap- No Smith had a nervous horror of women, as his partner well knew espe cial lyol young women and never spoke ot one if he could help it. Had it been a man, he would hare known what to eay, and experienced no difficulty in saying it, but a woman was quite another thing. But Lis j partner's 1'last words 'had touched his pride; and summoning all his resolution, he opened the door and walked in. But his courage failed him as he came opposite the desk where she sat, and he passed by, glancing BidewaySat the un onscious oocupant, who did not lift her Head a3 he approached. Aft6r speaking to a clerk at the fur ther end of the room, he walked slowly Dack to where the young lady eat, and wno, as he paused by the deski raised a pair of soft blue" eyes, shooting a swift bewildering glance in Smith's that he lelt to tne toe of his boot. - . - . v'K Miss " he stammered. - ; M name is Georjjiana," said rthe "Some call me " Well, Miss George Geo: giana, I'm afraid that you will find your situation ramer unpleasant." iot at all, sir. On the contrary, I find it very pleasant and comfortable." " Ahem ! but I fear you will hardly be equal to the discharge of its duties " " I hope I will. If you will run your eye over tne Balance sheet you will find everything correct." With desperate hope that there would be something amiss, Smith did so. but j "isappoiniea. i nope you nave no lault to find ?" said the clerk, rather anxiously, on per ceiving that he hesitated. " You are a woman" Here, whether abashed by the sudden display of dimples in the pink cheeks, that grew still more pink at his rather unnecessary assertion, Smith came to an abrupt pause. At this the smiling face settled into an expression of demure eravitv. " I must plead guilty to the charge of uemg a woman. iui tnoagh it may be a misfortune, it can scarcely ba called a fault ; at any rate, it is one for which I am not answerable." " You misunderstand me, ma'am. What I meant to say was, that there are certain duties connected with our office. such as opening the store, going to the postomce, etc., which you cannot very well perform." "I assure you, sir. that I shall liVn nothing better than an occasional walk in the open air. And as to opening the store, and sweeping and dusting, I don't kdow wny ii snouia be narder to per- r a l. a r r . . . lunu mat omce lor a store than tor house." '1 claim no consideration for my sex, resumed the vouncr ladv. rant.m rei'roacaiui giance at tne perplexed countenance oi ner empiover. " but ask, in coiiimon mstice. if I nmfnm, in my duties satisfactorily, that von toiII not discharge me simply because I am a woman i Muttering a disclaimer of ne naruiy knew what. Smith he.t. 0 sudden retreat to his own room, assum ing a bold front as he met his partner's inquiring eye, but with an outward con sciousness that he had been totally ''Going?" said Jenki ns. with chalance most provoking. " well, no, not to-day. What the a i are you grinning at?" ""'"'"g nuiumg at ail, re sponded Jenkins, throwing himself udCK in nis chair and regarding intently " What I was going to rem art w resumed Smith, with quite an unnpnA sary assumption ef dignity, " that I have concluded to let the young lady remain until l can hnd some situation for her more in accordance with her sex." ery Kind and Consiriprnto in " said Jenkins, drvlv. " into view that she does her work better than any clerk we ever had, and for less pay, too." Smith was by no means the, , v.. ja.n, lrotI, mg prejudice, he Georgiana was not called upon to open store or run errands, though she offered to do both. Curious to lao -j and weeks passed, Smith's repugnance "c F'uue not oniy vanished with them, but he began to regard it with j-wiwvo pleasure. used olten to lont glass door, watching the graceful poise S r. t-.h,e and tfae motions of the uwi. imie nngers as they glided over the paper, until at last curious fancies -cciuou lo creep through his brain, and he began to indulge in glowing dreams of how wondertul such a little woman as that would brighten np his lonely and cheerless home. . . But he determined to proceed cau tiously, lie had it. His housekeeper was about to leave, he would offer Miss uiuuuw tue situation and the- ? xving iormed this resolution, his next step was to request the young lady s presence in his private office, a summons that was promptly obeyed. ' Miss Gardner, don't you think the ouawuu aa nousekeeper in a quiet uiiuo ior instance, would be yiwieuiuie to your situation here ?" 'Perhaps, in some respects it might," said Georgiana, coloring at this abrupt inquiry, and the look which accom panied it. .- i Was the old gentleman about to make her an offer? But his next wcrd relieved her of this apprenension. " My housekeeper is soon to leave me, and I should be very glad to have you supply her place. Georgiana's cheeks grew red, and her mouth dimpled with the smiles that she strove vainly to suppress. vOUTare Tery kind sir but the fact is, Mr. Jenkins has spoken to me first." "Mr. Jenkins?" " Yes, sir. He asked me to be his housekeeper, and I told him I would." "But, my child, Mr. Jenkins is a young man it would not be proper for you to keep house for him. Now with me it is different." And Georgiana inwardly ag-eed with him. In fact, there was all the differ ence in the world to her. " But he asked me to be his wife as well as housekeeper." "O-o-ohl" Smith's first feeliag was that of in tense astonishment, his next of quite as strong chagrin. But it all ended in an emotion of thankfulness that he had not committed himself. But, his disappointment could not have rankled very deeply, for he at tended the wedding viewing with smiling tranquility the ceremony that transformed his new clerk into the happy wife of his; fortunate partner, Jenkins. '. . - Precocious. Louisville rejoices in the possession of a precocious lour-y ear oldster, who, be ing placed in a closet by his father the other day for disobedience of paternal authority, instead of crying, put his wits to work to get out. Calling to his father to come in and see what he had found, the unsuspecting paterfamilias walked in, while the four-year-old slipped out arid quickly', turned the key, - leaving him to sweat it out. Presently the youngster ealled to his pa to know if it was hot in there ; nor did he let his prisoner out until he replied in the af firmative, r " ;!. - . , i young lady, smiling. George for shrt." Curious and Scientific. . A J r ... a. r urops oi ammonia taken m water will check excessive perspiration. The film of a soap bubble about to burst is only about three-fourths of the millionth ot an inch in thickness. 1HE bwiss papers describe looking glasses laid over with gold, which reflect sixteen times as powerluily as the com mon quicksilver mirrors. Researches in Chinese archives show that the architect who designed and the engineer who built the Great Wall were women. A spring of water, resembling in taste mo oei, seitzer, nas Deen discovered in oanta Clara county, California. All of the lower animals, and most of ine insects, as lar as investigations have been pushed, appear to have limbs on the right side invariably stronger than "ieir ieiiows on the opposite side. Physiologists have not yet been able to give a satisfactory solution of the prob lem. The preservation of timber by the use of creosote, or the dead oil of coal tar. claimed Dy some to be the most prac ticable and effective method yet devised for that purpose. The contrivances wmcn appear to be the best fnr th;a ji,aie mose tnat deliver the oil into tne lurnace in the form of a sprav or uiMua ol a jet oi steam or uiasi, oi not air. The decomposition of Daste m prevented by adding to it a. m.n quantity of carbolic acid. In the same way, the disagreeable smell which glue iis may De prevented. If a few drops . uc auued to ink cr mu. iiHge, tney will not mold. For white wash, especially when used in cellars and sucn places, the addition of one ounce of carbolic acid to a gallon will pi event meld and disagreeable odors. In view of the alarming paragraphs r"""" a" umeoi tne year concern ing persons who are said to have died from drinking or bathing m cold water wmie overneated," it is well for the puoiic to know that the danger in such cises arises irom doing either of the things in question after the body has begun to cool. When a man is in a great heat he may take a cold plunge or draught with comparative impunity. Ihe peril lies in waiting to " cool off a uciuie muuiging m either luxury. A Canabian inventor has lately ob tained a patent for an ingenious process "J wum, aiter Demg nrst lashion ui wrougnt iron, may be converted into sieei. mis is accomplished by im- mereing me articles into a bath of imuien cast-iron, tree foom sulpnur or i"'"'Tuu' " 'sa.rged with carbon to its utmost capacity. The size of the implement aad the degree of hardness required govern the time it is to remain in tne Datn. a sample of the baked heart of the -a-gaye Americana has been received at me internal Revenue Bureau. This is r ,.uul nuitu a nquor known as metcai is produced, and grows abund antly in tne .territories. Application has been made for permission to use it in the manufacture of spirits, and this .uiuien win be lermented anrl Hi.. tilled in the office of internal lor the PUrpOieof dfttrmi U.;-: , - - UOOUU il- r. v tucket, recently fon whale, which he killed near the Gal lipagos Islands, a harpoon belonging to the ship Catawba, of Nant,,fct it -..,vj jcaio ago. A WRITER in IP-. 7.7.. . , -f" " &cvlv says - " mo interior or jNew "caiauu IS Slid to riift ducks in not exliihitir. D .u ... . . r . -s "i Kiuuiiuue wo etyoi its young. Captain xiuiton, an eminent naturalist, thinks that this supports th Dr:m.n tu as the ducks belong to a genus peculiar to JNew Zealand. wli. fi, ew Zealand, wh destructive animals previous to the ar rival of man, and in which genus, there- ,.UUVUVB lear nas not been de veloped: indeed, the &hanra r fM. ; said to be a Deculiftr rKai.af:D: c , , . twtk 3tiy u the animals of New Zealand." A Close Fit. In the neighboring vill writes a Western correspondent, lived gcui-ifiiian oi tne name of .New- vciij, nuofce iauit-nndmg propensities had won for him the connmm nf rM hnmnt I i r t. Growler." Across the wav lived nnntlP Newbury (spelled with wh ed getting off a joke at the expense of "u gruuiuung neignoor. Une morning o n auger vauie into tne store of .New- Dury in search ot a pair of boots. Not nnoing any to fat, the obliging shop keeper informed him that mavbe " OlH Growler" across the way could fit him with a pair. Over the WAV life VAnt and asked, " Mr. Growler, can yon fit uio mj a pir oi Dootsr" The cord- wamer. irate at being thus trifled with, instantly sprang to the door, and n. plied his own boot to the nerson of th offender, with such force as to effect his speedy exit from the room, at the same time mildly inquiring. "Bom does that pour JUT' A Scotch Prayer. "God bless this house and all within twa miles ilka side this house. O Mpm the cow and the meal, and the kail yard, and the muckle toun o' Dumbar ton. O God I bless the Scotch Greys that are in lien' in Hamilton barracks. They are brave chiefs they are not the English whalps that dash their foot against a stone, and damn the soul o' the stone as if a stone had a soul to be saved. O put a strong dyke between us and the wild Irish. 0, Lord, preserve us frae a' witches and warlocks, and a' lang-nebbet beasties that gang through the heather. O. Lord! put a nair o' nks about the king o' France's neck gie me the halter m my ain hand, that I may lead him about when I like, for thy name's sake Amen " A Satanic Journal. Florence, Italy, reioices in the tjos. session of a new paper, " Satana." Its contributors sign themselves " Cain," " Pluto," 4 The Postman of the Inferno," " The Familiar Devil." etc. This aueer j'ournal is ably edited, from a simply litei-ary point of view. It is. of course. iconoclastic in everything and blas phemous in everything. If it escapes its probable fate of speedy suppression, it will doubtless attain a very great and gainful notoriety. on Foot in Search of Relatives. The readers of the Press wi remember an account, s,ome three or four months since, in whirh it waa stated that a woman had traveled on foot from Missouri to this city in search of her relatives. She again arrived in the city on Fri. (ay, almost heart-broken, her search yet unsuccessful. About nueen months ago her home was in Missouri. Her husband died suddenly, and, being in destitute circumstances, she determined to return to her parents, who lived in Illinois. Disposing of her iev uousenoia articles, she started on foot, with two children, for her far-away iuo.uam,u. iiau uarusnips SI; en dured on the wav can best be imrinH One of her children (fourteen years oldi .' I I, p .. 1. - 1 J , , . . "-iui o one reacned ner old Home it was buried by the kindness of vil i i ii . i iiigcia. Alter ten montns oi weary travel 6he reached her old home, only to be terribly disappointed ; her parents nad emigrated v est, probably to Min nesota, and this was all the information the neighbors could give her. With hr only child the determined woman then started lor, Minnesota, and reached St, iaul about three months aeo. Sin, that time she has been vainly wander ing up and down the State, searching for her parents, whose name is Ean- dolph. blie happily found kind-hearted people, railroad conductors not the least portion ot them, who assisted h ner journeymgs. She first went out on the line of the Northern Pacific, then to Duluth, and from thence back to Southern Minnesota. While i n Man. kato the Review of that tlace nuhlisWrl ner story, and eventually its editor re ceived a letter stating that a familv hv the name of Randolph had lately settled near Kasota, in Le Seuer countv. Bnt the unfortunate woman had gone, no one knew whither, and not until Fri. uay, wiieu sue again visited this city. j:j -1 i c i , ., . - um bue learn oi tne letter written to Jlr. Wise. I his was the first mateiial intelligence she had received, and she again started out, this time with her neart lull ot hope. Si. Paul Press. Aleutian Character and Customs. From the Alaska Herald. Father Innocentius Veniaminoff. for many years a faithful missionary among the Aleutes, gives a description of their uauits and characteristic trait, from which we make the followine extract- " It is the custom of the A me successiul hunter or fisher, particu larly in times ot scarcity, to ahar hi prize with all, not only taking no larger share, but often less than the others ; and if he has forgotten any one in the uistnoution, or any one arrives too late, he shares the remainder with him. All IUUM 1U eed oi assistance hasten to meet me returning hunters at the land ing, ana sit down silently by the shore. auisis a sign that thpv aah- ft . fr 1 xr iYxr. . y . ' .j lummw urpuans setia person; wi represent, tnem ; and the hunter v,.v.co Ula puze witnout expecting uua.i w icsututiun. ue rarely re ceives other than the exnrivo oi tne recipient. If any of those on shore obtain berries or roots fwhinh are never divided), such persons do not go to tne landing, that they may not be counted among the needed. This gen erosity evidently comes from the heart. t?Uring my ten years slay in Una lashka, not a single case of murder has happened among the Aleutians. Not an attempt to kill, no fight, nor even a considerable dispute, although I have oiten seen them drunk. It is a remarkable thing, almost nn. paralleled, that among 1.500 people (the minimum) in 40 years (equal to 60,000 in one year), there has not nnrurrpH a single capital crime I This i the case witn tne Aleutians since the introduc tion of Christianity. " If any one is injured or oftendH he never uses force to defend himself, and rarely complains. Kionly revenge is m uu ma persecutor some apt nick name, but he never will rnrnaMi Viim Even when the children get into dispute amung meuiseives a i'are occurrence) tney do not nght or sc .Id each other. uut iojiuacu eacn otner With tfae short. K... 1 ... . . ' coarngs of their parents." The Old-Fashioned Mother. Thank God some of us hv an l. fathioned mother. Not a woman of the period, enameled and painted, with her great chignon, her curls and bustle, whose white j'eweled hands have never felt the clasp of baby fingers; but a dear, old-fashioned, sweet-voiced moth- er, with eyes in whose ciear depths the love-light shone, and brown hair, thread ed with silver, lying smooth upon her faded chek. Those dear hands, worn with toil, gently guided our tottering steps in childhood, and smoothed our pillow in sickness, even reaching out to us in yearning tenderness when her sweet spirit was baptized in the pearly spirit of the river. Blessed is the memory of an old-fadh- ioned mother. It floats to us now like the beautiful perfume of some woodland blossoms. The music of other voices may be lost, but the entrancing memory of hers will echo in our souls forever. Other faces will fade away and be for gotten, but hers will shire on until the ngnt irom .Heaven's portals shall glorify our own. When in the fitful pauses of ousy iu our leei wander back to the old homestead, and crossing the well worn threshold, stand once more in t.ha low, quaint room, so hallowed by her presence, now the feeling xi childish innocence and dependence comes ovr us, and we kneel down to the molten sunshine, streaming through the west ern window iust where lone veam aim we knelt by our mother's knee lisninj? " Our Father." How many times, when the tempter lured us on, the memory of those sacred hours, that mother's words, her faith and prayers, saved Us from plunging into the deep abyss of sin I Years have filled great drifts betwaon her and us, but they have not hidden from our sight the glory of her pure, unselfish love. An Anti-Civil Rights Hen. Out in Ohio there is a hen which has subjected herself to the penalties of the civil-rights bill for making " a distinc tion on account of race, color, or nre- ' vious condition." The other day, after hatching a brood of eight chickens, feur black and four white, she deliberately went to work and pior ed off the heads of the darkies, while she still continues to manliest ail of a mother's care and tenderness for the white ones. tain nanaerinss Fifteen Months A Clandestine Marriage. Louisville society has had a genuine sensation tne secret marriage of a well known young gentleman to a beautiful and accomplished young lady. The ieager relates the facts of this romance in real life as follows : For some time past jvir. Kussell Hancock, son of Gen. S. Hancock, and at present connect ed with the hrm of S. T. Suit & Co .wain street, has beeD paying his ad- ui esses io miss lizzie, daughter of Nich oias trwynn, Issq., a well-known Main street merchant. Mr. Gwvnn ohiAnUri to the attentions of Mr. Hancock, and pieparanons were made to send the young lady abroad for two years. Two years is an eternity to young lovers, and they determined their happiness should not be destroyed. On the 30th nf last, the young couple very quietly went ueuersonviiie and were aiarned by Rev. Dr. Hutchinson. After the cere mony the youtg lady returned imme aiateiy to her lather's house. One of tne parties in the secret lmuarted it. in conbdence to a friend, and that friend did likewise. Mr. Hancock, finding U n l .1 A 1 . . V mat me secret was Known, and won id in all probability reach the ears of his father-in-law, wrote that gentleman a note giving the full particulars of the case. Jielore dispatching the note how. ever, he sent for his wife, and the couple were registered at the Louisville Hotel last night. Mr. Gwvnn has not yet replied to tte note, but the nrnha. uimitrs are mat, ne win cive tne vounsr fun u : Li ; - & Drinking Water. Drinking wine is a habit : so is drink ing spirits, aie, cider, coned and water. a lie last is tnougnt a necessity: but to urink much is a habit. Some people drink little not because their consti tutions require less than others; it is ine.r nabit. ihese people never Der spire so much as those who dri nit m nri ine mora that is drunk, the more watpr passes away, or the system would suffer. As it is, the strain affects it. The skin the kidneys, bowels, lungs, all are drawn upon. The result is, a3 may be naturally expected, exhaustion. For this reason, the man who drinks much water, particularly durine thp. fill mm or and in the hottest weather, is less able to enuure iatigue. Ihe water is of no benefit to him that is, the excess. It must pass away, and this requires an effort of the system, which is the sweat ing process. Had he not used the excess ot water, he would not have perspired so ; it would not have been there for tne system to expel. It is a habit to drink water so much : a false thrist is created. We should drink only what is needed. The habit of d nnkinu mr.ro will soon be overcome, and the person will feel much stronger and more capa ble of bearing fatigue. In winter, little fluid is needed beyond what our food furnishes; in summer, some more but not much. (Jountrif Gentleman. A Word to Girls. The weman who is indifferent fn hoi looks is no tiue woman. God meant woman to be attractive, to look well, to please, and it is one of her duties to carry out this intention of her Maker. But that dress is to do all, and to suffice is more than we can b hrmmht. tn ho. heve. J ust because we do love to see girls look well, as well as to live to some purpose, we would urge upon them such a course of reading and study as will confer such as no modiste can sup ply. A well known author once wrote a pretty essay on the power of educa tion to beautify that it absolutely chiseled the features ; that he had seen many a clumsy nose and pair of thick lips so modified by thouaht awakonorl and active sentiment as to be unrecog nizible. And he put it on that ground that we so often see people, homely and unattractive in youth, bloom in mid dle life into a softened Indian summer of good looks and mellow tones. Extraordinary Fishing-. Ihe Maysville (Kv.l UU ha this account of fishing extrao-dinary : " Mr. C. J. Cheshire, during his recent trip up tne Kanawha, made some ex penmen ts with nitro--lvcerine as an agent for catching fish. At the Kan- awna fans he sunk a tin cartridge con taining about one pound of glycerine, and connecting it with a battery, its explosion threw up a volume of water- some thirty feet high. With the water was tnrown up some eighty-six fish. oiciagmg num one and a nalt to thir teen pounds each. The fish kiueo, Demg merely stunned, and were rapidly picked up by a boat at, t.ho f-w oi tne rapids, ine experiment was re peated twice, being equally successful. The prime results were that three pounds of glycerine were used, and 350 pounds of fish secured. If anv of our piscatorial friends can beat this fishing we would like to hear from them." Singular Friendship. A doe in a Public nark i n Tniiiairil1o Ky., has a constant and inseparable companion in a little black dog, which manifests for it the most singular affec tion. When the doe moves about the dog goes with it ; when it lies down the dog nestles closely by its side; and con tinually licks, fondles, and plays with it as ii it were one ot its own species. And at all times this little black dog as sumes the guardianship of her deer ship, and protects her against every approach. When the doe, now about one year old, was carried to the park, the dog refused to be deterred from fol lowing, and there he stays. A physician ef Montpelier, in France, has lately been making experiments with fowls to see what effect wine, brandy, and absinthe would have on them. They took to the liquors as naturally as could be, and soon grew very fond of them. Two months de voted to absinthe killed the strongest cock or hen ; those who more wisely used brandy died at the end of four months and a half; but those who loved the ruby wine lengthened out their days so as to die only at the compara tively mellow old age of ten montns. It was found that under the developing power of strong drink the cocks' crests increased to three or four times their original size, and became fiery red, as the noses of old topers come in time to bloom and blossom like the ro3e. A seat at the London Opera House ( Drury Lane) costs six dollars in gold, i the Better And i ? le for wealth and fame If writ i Afor batPe fields andslory, sLLl1 nA tuman hts a name i tead of nursing pride Would learn t hate it ad abhor it, 11 more relied On love to guide The world would be the b.tterlfornt. If man dealt less in stocks and lands And more in bonds and deeds fraternal If love's work had mora williif. k ?al" To link this worldmwfth"he S If men stored up love's oil and wSe ' And on hrmsed human hearts would pour it. If yours " and " mine " P " Would once combine Ihe world would be the better for It. If .more would act the play of life r,nd fewer spoil it in rehearsal; Ifbotry would sheath its knife lill good became more universal: ir custom, gray with ages grown. .Had fewer blind men to adore it If talent shone In truth alone The world would be the better lor it. If ."len ere wise in little things Anecting less in all their dealings; A,Jle.ar,,s bad fewer rusted strings ro isolate their kindred feelintrs ; Wn.?M wrong bets do-rH the right. Would strike together to restore it If right made might In every fieht The world would be the better for it. Yarieiies. "Ah, Mr. Simnk ina too chairs for our company," said a gt y wife to her frugal husband. " Plenty of chairs, dear, but too much company " replied Mr. Simpkins, with a knowing wink. What is the fashion, Annie? Fashion is something that causes Betsey, who goes bareheaded all the week, whon t.ha sun is shining, to wear gloves and carry a parasol on Sunday, when it is cloudy. ah, ladies,7 said an oldiwi vivanl. as he opened a bottle of wine. what. U more delightful than the popping of a champagne cork?" "The popping of the question!" unanimonslv priori tV.o ladies. A short time back the asked, "Why do men marry?" The loilowmg reply was not Iosh nmmilg than true : "Some young men marry for dimples, some ears, some noses; the contest, however, generally lies between the eyes and the hair. The mouth, too, is occasionally married, the chin not so often." An editor wrote a leading artiVlo the fair sex, in the course of whifh no said : " Girls of seventeen or eighteen are fond of beaux." When the paper was issued, he was rather shocked to discover that an unfortunate typograph ical error had made him say : " Giris of seventeen or eighteen are fond of beans." John Randolph met an enemv in tli street, one day, who refused to give him nan me siaewaiK, saying that he never turned out for a rascal. " I do," said Randolph, stepping aside and politeiy lifting his hat, " Pass on, sir." A lady was urged by her friends to marry a widower, and as an argument they spoke of his two beautiful nhil. dren. "Children," replied the lady, "are like toothpicks a person wants their own." A bevy of young ladies. whil crnRs- ing Mill creek, at Salem, Cal., by moon light, thought thev observed swimming in the creek, and began pelt ing it with stones, when they were great ly astonished by hearing the aforesaid goose exclaim : " Why can't you let a enow aioner i am i botherin' you any. ' This kjnd of literature is still popular in Missouri: "The apirlntinatl lids of McLeod, of Calumet, were first separated by an attentive nurse eighty three years ago. Since that time they have never looked upon a rain that fr witness would equal that which spread itelf over this village last week." A COUNTRY girl went tr Fnnd rl T.o the other day, and for the first time saw the immense aDnendaao hnr. back of a new-fashioned dress. She took a square look at it, liked it, and determined to have one. So, going into the store, she asked th her some of his "hump cleth." The clerk was embarrassed, but, after con sulting with the proprietor, the young lady got her hump cloth and departed happy. A little girl of five summers was the happy recipient of a velvet cloak, of which she was very proud. One day, soon after, she was discussing her dresses, their beauty, etyle, etc., when her mother, by way of nipping her van ity in the bud, said : " My dear, do you not know there are more important things to talk of than dresses ?" Quick ly she replied: "Oh, yes, mamma, velvet cloaks." ' A rural editor tries his hand at wri ting a Bridge of Sighs thus : One more potato bug Gone to his rest. Stepped on go tenderly, 'Cause it was best. Poor little tater bug ! Smashed in the dust I In thy prosperity Business has bust. A simple and effective mode of kill. ing one's creditors without fear of de tection has been invented in New Hampshire. It consists of writing to the intended a letter reauirinir an im. mediate answer, s nd inclosing a power- ruiiy poisoned stamp for return postage. Agents who will take the patent right for States or counties where thr many mothers-in-law may realize hand some profits. A Nevada paper sneak in v nf t.ha ltyof the atmosphere at Virginia City says that ballet dancers are frequently unable to go through their parts, and encores are impossible. Persons arriv ing from near the level of the sea who are at home ran id waikar c j themselves brought up with a round turn, and either SDit blond the nose. Little brisk walking is ever seen in the city. People do not seem to be so active as they really are, for the reason that they have been compelled to adopt a gait which if not lazy is at least leisurely. Hot weather is felt much more severely and is much more debilitating than at the sea level. When the thermometer marks ;ht Aanna in this elevated region the air is of much less value than it is at the sea level under the same heat. Pigeons that fly very strongly in California are almost like unfledged birds when brought here. Lots of pigeons brought from California for pigeon shooting matches are often almost worthless, as being sprung upon the trap they will flutter and come to the ground before going two rods. The World Would be for It.