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UOrflPANIQN'
A nanw, ox tl wiuuu, vat pnbiifekfl aieaaaay.
n uwum ijTvarr, Ew loaaw
Tito Mlvajo,
They tell u that when weary trareler
deem
They view through quivering beat across
the sand
Ore.it rooks for rhndow in a weary land,
And clustering palms, and fairer yet, the
gleam
Where smile in light to laugh in sound the
stream.
This is. a work of tame enchanter' wand,
But that reflected here true visions stand
Of far-off things that close beside them
teem.
80, worn with life's hot march, when near at
hand
A happier world we see upon us beem,
'Where death and parting need not be our
theme,
None ihere liy toil foref ought, by grief un
manned, Prophets of Science, bush your stern com
mnnd. Oh! bid us not to hold it all a dream.
The Spectator.
RED AND WHITE.
BY E. A. CUSTER.
"How's Northwestern this morning,
Cuclo Zako!'' aked Dick Springs
across tho restaurant table.
"Slumped off six points, blame it!"
scowling viciously over his paper at tho
steak brought by tho waiter.
Ezokicl Spriggs laid down his pnper,
and picking lip his fork, stuck it into
the meat. As ho withdrew it and saw
the rich, red juico oozo out, his face
brightened. Spriggs was somewhat of
an epicure.
"Six point's a pretty big drop," said
Dick, possessing himself of the paper
and alternating between it and his
breakfast; "how d'yo como out?"
But Spriggs wai busily engaged in
tearing oil hngo pieces of Btoak and
chewing them with much tho same ex
pression that n chicken exhibits when
taking a drink of water. Business was
business, hut breakfast was breakfast
just thon, and while Dick chattered and
read extracts, Spriggs turnod his eyes
to tho ceiling at every bite and gave
himself up to soulful enjoyment of what
was heforo him. Dick skimmed lightly
over tho nows, took cunory glance at
tho oditorials and paused at tho lower
corner of the pigc, then ho read aloud:
"Possibly the reason why, when a red
headed girl appears on tho strcot, a white
horso soon makes its appearance, will have to
be sought for in history. Away back in the
early Greek and Egyptian dnys, rod-hairej
girls were justly prized above all"
"Whaciz that?" interrupted . Spriga. j
Spriggs was a bachelor ant- though rich
was not especially addicted to tho fair
ICX. '
Dick leaned thoughtfully hack in his
chair. "It's a dodgasted funny thing,
Uncle Zckc, but it's a fnct, never knew
it to fail; strai ;ltt as a string, too."
"Well, what is it?"
"Why, don't you sco, the saying is
that where ever you see a red-headed
girl thcro is always a white horse in
sight. I believe it now didn't at first.
Why only lust Su iday night I went to
church with Miss Austin you ought to
sco her, Unclu Z .-ke-" Dick paused
with a pices of tteak ha'f-way to his
mouth and gnzel yearningly at tho
blank wall. "Well, as I was saying, I
went to church; coming out I saw di
rectly in front of us a girl with hair
just about as red as jrou fi id it. Oao
of tho rules of tho g mi is that you
must always go somewhere thtt it ac
cessible to tho horso after sceiag the red
hair, so I mad? an excuse about a short
cut and dragged Mtbol out tho side
door. I thought I had the white horse
soquenco dead this time, hut. just as wo
came out tho door, sure enough the in
evitable white horse came trotting round
tho corner. Thote wasn't another four
iegged animal in sight and I didn't see
any the wholo way home. I've tried it
every chance and never know it to fail."
Spriggs grunted an inaudible response
and roso from tho table. By noon ho
had forgotten all about it but the sight
of a red-haired girl brought tho subject
to his mind. In spito of its evident ab
surdity thoro was something odd md
uncanny about tho notion and Spriggs
almost unconsciously bogan to scan
the passers-by. , Turning tho corner ho
came plump against another maid with
fiery hair and sure enough there, hitched
to a post, was a rather scrawny hut an
unmistakable white horse. This was
tho beginning of his downfall for there
and then he determined to bco exactly
what was in iho saying: Now Spriggs
was nothing if not methodical. A long
life of fingl) b'essedness and business
training had ma le him so, and he en
tered into th? investigation in somewhat
the same manner as ho woull some great
business question.
Tho major part of the next day was
spent in keeping tally of the horses that
pissed his ofii e window; and the fol
lowing day in an extended hunt of red
headed gir'.s without regard to their so
called accompaniments. The result
was that while ono horse in every fifteen
was white, only one female in thirty-one
had red hair. A scries of afternoon sit
tings at his club window brought out
the remarkablo fnct that for every seven
women that passed, two horses were in
sight This was to bo the basis of the
test. Springs reasoned that the chance
against the sequenco wero about two to
one, for according to his observations.
in the ordinary day's run, there were
twice as many red -hairod girls as white
horses. This of courso did not allow
for unusual occurrences or for sight
travel, when there were fewer horses on
the street. At tho end of
the first we.'k the result was:
failures, one; verifications, forty
eight. Spriggs did not quite believe in
the thing yet, but tho next week was
eVen more convincing. The record
stood: failures, none; success, seventy
four timos. By this time it had be
come not a definite test to prove the
truth of the saying, but a wild hunt
after an instance where a failure could
be recorded. Night after night Spriggs
prowled around the streets peering into
the faces of tho pedestrians and fre
quenting localities where there would
be little likelihood of finding quadru
pods. The fever had grown to such an
extent that he was forced to admit to
himself that there must be something in
it while he professed to believe that the
truth needed further investigation.
One day Dick dropped in and taking
Spriggs aside, with much hesitation and
stammering, confided the fact that he
was engaged to be mairied. "It's
Mabel Austin, Uncle Ziko, a beautiful
girl "
'Light or dark?" asked Spriggs with
a quick look of interest.
"Well, I guess you'll call her a bru?
nctto, for she has the loveliest black
hair in the world; but I have promised
to bring you to see her tonight. Say
you'll go, Uncle Zeke I'll call for you
at 8, shall I?"
It had been many years since Spiiggs
had gone out calling and ho was loth to
begin now, whon he needed all his
time for his investigations; however,
ho promised and sent his nephew away
rejoicing.
Spriggs found Mabel all that Dick
had claimed for her, and was well
pleased with his boy's choice; yet the
evening dragged somewhat, and his
dress suit made Uncle Zeke overly con
scious of his society shortcomings.
He was standing near the window for
a moment alone, when he heard his
name called. Turning quickly, ho saw
Dick approaching with a vision of
loveliness on his arm.
One look was enough, and the next
instant Spriggs had wheolcd about and
jerked aside tho hangings. Trotting
slowly past, and directly under tho
street lamp, was the inevitable white
horso.
Then he remembered that Dick possi
bly wanted to present him, and, drop
ping tho curtain in great haste, ho con
fronted tho pair, iho vision had a
cold and haughty look, and Dick was
clearly embarrassed. Spriggs appreciat
ed his awkward position fully, and with
a great effort mado himself exceedingly
agreeable. Indeed, in his abject hu
miliation he was so devoted that Dick
waa lod to whit per to hia fiaaceo;"Yeur
sunny-headed friend seems to have
caught Uncle Zoko hard."
When Spriggs went home he sat down
and went over tho events of the evening.
The vision was certainly handsome and
could talk as few women wore able, but
he shuddered at the thought of her
unmistakable red.
had asked per mis
and it had
gronted. Spriggs
called and then called again. In a short
time his leisure hours wero about evenly
divided between his investigations and
tho vision. Spriggs was struck hard, so
hard, indeed, that when in her delight
ful presence he almost forgot his hobby.
Ho invariably lured a white horso, how
ever, when ho took her out driving.
Once ho hod the temerity to try a bay
horse, but he never rjpetted tho experi
ment. He was uneasy tho whole time,
for while his heart aid soul wero with
hif companion his mind and eyes sadly
missed the familiar sequence.
Ono evening as matters wero ap
proaching a crisis, Spriggs found him
self seated in closo proximity to his
inamorata. Ho had fully mado up his
mind to settle tho matter at once and
havo done with it. There was just
enough of manly conceit about him to
mako him feel assured that his suit
would not bo unsuccessful, but it was
with considerable trepidation that ho
approached the subject. The conversa
tion had drifted, as lover's talk invari
ably will, to tho pcrsonnl, and Spriggs
was expatiating on early struggles and
ambitions.
"I had a hard timo when I was
young, ' ho was saying. "My nature
was not ono to mako friends readily,
and female frionda were exceedingly
rare.' Indeed, my mother was tho only
woman with whom I felt really at ease.
Then, as my business grew, I had so
much to attend to that social ploasures
were almost unknown."
There was silence for a moment; both
intuitively felt that the time was al
most at hand. Tho vision was seated
facing the deep hay window' with her
head just touching tho curtains, while
Spriggs sat so that his "back was ' to-
wat ds the street. He generally sat that
way when in her company, to avoid the
temptation of looking .out 'when he
heard a horso passing.
Then Spriggs meditatively resumed
'Until lately I thought that I should
always movo along in tho rut I had
fallen into, but now I am bold enough
to hope for something infinitely better."
As Spriggs in his earnestness leaned
forward his quick car heard the distant
pit-a-pat of a trotting horse.' His first
impulse was to turn and look out, but
with a mighty effort ho restrained him
self, and, leaning still further, ho
groped blindly, excitedly for her hand,
Nearer and nearer came tho horse, but
Spriggs now had a firm grasp on her
hand.
"I do hope for something infinitely
better, and and "
"Well," softly breathed the vision,
while her glorious eyes gazed dreamily
past him into tho deepening night.
Ana ana now it all rests on a
single word. Can you will you dear
Aiiss Lucy is that a white horel",
hair. It was an
Nevertheless, he
sion to call
been graciously
Dick Spriggs said the other day that
if he did not read the papers for him
self every morning he would imagine
from Uncle Zeke's appearance that
Northwestern had slumped off about
000 points, Detroit Free Press.
A Han Attacked by Squirrels.
Col. J. L. Culbcrtson of Edwards
port, lud., tells this story vf hit expe
rience in 1854 or thereabouts, the time
of the great migration of squirrels from
tho cast to the west. The Evansville.
Courier, which publishes the story, says
that the colonel is a gentleman of "un
questioned truth and honesty." He was
a young man then, and one day took his
rifle and went about a mile from town
to hunt Ho was going through the
woods when he met the army of squir
rels. They became so thick around
him and seemed so fearless that he stood
in amazement Finally ho struck one
with a, stick. The squirrel uttered a
sharp squeak and instantly myriads of
fquirrels from all directions rushed to
the defence of their associate and at
tacked Mr. Culbcrtson, who kicked
them off and clubbed at them with his
gun. They climbed up his legs, jumped
upon his back, and on top of his head.
He fought desperately, but the more ho
succeeded in hurting the louder the
chattering and screaming around him
became, which only brought greater
numbers of the infuriated little animals
to the attack. They bit his legs and
arms and gashed his face and neck and
lacerated his hands, fairly scrambling
over each other in their fierce assault.
Ho dropped his gun and retreated as
fast as he could, fighting desperately as
he went. Blood streamed down his
face and neck and hands. They bit
him through the cars, and held on until
they actually tore their hold loose. He
got out of tho woods, and still scores
followed him and clung to him until
they were pulled off by the clerk and
others in a store la to which young Cul-
bertson rushed for assistance. Some of
the friends who helped to pull off the
squirrels, and who saw him como into
town literally beset with them, still re
side at Eiwardsport His friends
washed his wounds and staged the flow
of blood which trickled down his legs
and back and gushed from his face and
neck, and, with good cure and atten
tion, lie slowly recovered.
The American Mule.
No monument has yet been erected to
honor tho memory of the American
mule. lie is not a bad subject for treat
ment in bronze. His colossal cars,
hugo frame and expressive countenance
would make up extremely well for let
us say a podestal in front of tho War
Dept. ; nay, why should not at least
one coin of the Republic bear his image
and superscription, as was suggested in
tho following eloquent pnssngo from tho
Fourth of July oration of Mr. George
W. Pock, delivered at La Crosso, Wis
consin, in 1878:
"Tho bird -lhat should have been
selected as tho emblem of our country:
the bird of patienco, forbearance, and
perseverance, and tho bird of terror
whon arcusod, is tho mule. There is no
bird that combines more virtuos to tho
square foot than tho mule. With the
mule emblazoned on our banners, we
should bo a terror to tho foe. Wo are
a nation of uncomplaining hard workers.
Wo moan to do the fair thing by every
body. Wo plod along, doing as wo
would be done by. So docs tho mule.
We, as a nation, are slow to anger. So
is tho mule. As a nation, wo can occa
sionally stick our ears forward and fan
flics off our forhcad. So docs tho mulo.
We allow parties to get on and rUo as
long as they behave themselves. So docs
the mule. But when any nation sticks
spurs into our fl iuks and tickles our
heels with a straw, wo come down stiff-
legged in front, our cars look to the
beautiful beyond, our voice is cut loose
and is still for war, our subsquont heels
play the snare drum on anything within
reach and strike tcror to tha hearts of
all tyrants. So dors themulsl"
A Fine Dinner.
Tho Now York Graphic tells about a
fino dinner for eighteen persons, at
which "the center of the tablo was
filled by a large, low glass rcccptaclo
somo eight feet long, which was im
bedded in moss and ferns, and in which
swam gold fih aud terrapin. In the
middle roso a fountain whoso spray
reached almost to the chandelier. At
each lady's p'.ato was a uniquely beauti
ful bouquet a palm fern forming the
background for a sp'endi 1 bunch of La
Franco roses. E tch placo was desig
nated as belongiug to a guest by aa ivory
tablet, on which tho name was em
bossed in silver. The table was orna
mented with many rare treasures of sil
ver and china. Each fnlt-ccllnr was
silver swan, and in each was an 'apostlo
spoon," Mrs. being tho fortunate
possessor of a set of thoso beautiful
examples of the skill of silversmiths of
the middle ages. Tankards three or
four hundred years old ornamen ted the
occasion, and a Nurcmburg drinking
horn of a very curioui workmanship ap
pealed to a mora hirdy thirst than
gentlemen at New York dinner parties
are in tho habit of exhibiting. "
the Keir tork Flrcuien.
A fireman it on duty every hour ot -th
21, except an hour each for three
i j rm-! J. .!, , '
meats a any. juts is iiieorcticat, oi
course, and practically no one supposes
that this limit is anywhere near rcachel.
But since the first of January last the
actual working timo of the department
has been extended ly numerous fires
away beyond the average, and, further,
beyond the time usually employed by
men in other vocations. The year 1S87
was a period of average activity in the
matter of fires. In that year there wero
2929 fires, extra and needless alarms
not counted. This Is an averago of a
trifle more than eight a day. These
were distributed from tho Yonkers line
southward, but by far the greater pro
portion wcra south of Fifty-ninth
street
Every company in tho city is aroused
by every a' arm. A loud bell sounds in
every station for every alarm rung in
any quarter of tho town, and it is a rule
of the department that at the first stroke
of the bell every engine shall be
made ready, the hoises hitchod in, and
the men dressed and in placo for action.
This means that even as far away as in
Riverdale, where engine 52 is located,
a fire near tho Battery at any hour of
day or night will call the men to readi
ness for duty. Eight timos a day of this
sudden preparation is no child's play,
and it is mado all the more troublesome
by tho fact that most fires occur at night.
In 1887 there were 1583 fires between 0
P. M. and 0 A. M., against 131C fires
between 0 A. M. and 0 P. M. The
quarter of tho dny most subject to fires
isbetweonCP. M. and midnight. In
1887 at thoso hours thcro wero 1171.
Even firemen who aro stationed in tho
busiest districts, therefore, share in tho
general work of protecting tho city to
the extent of having their Test broken
and being kept incessantly upon tho
alert At every alarm every man turns
out from his bunk and hastily dons his
clothes, the horses rush from their stalls
and tho drivers clap down tho suspended
harnesses. If tho figttro tolled off on
tho gong proves to represent a district
to which the firemen of that station are
not bound to respond, tin harnesses aro
raised, tho horses are led back to the.
stalls, and the men return to their
bunks. Before the men have more than
dropped into a doze after this tho gong
clangs once more; and this keeps up
through every night and day. New
York Sun.
The'Story 6r a Rare Plant,'
Years ago Dr. Asa Gray was studying
in Paris, and in a herbarium thcro camo
across a small, broken and imperfect
specimen marked simply "From Amer
ica," which interested him much. From
the fragments before him -ho recon
structed the whole plant His work
was approved by the botanists about hitn,
and he named the littlo plant "Shortia
Galacifolia" in honor of Dr. Charlu3 W.
Short, tho distinguished botanist But
no live specimeus of th plant could bo
found. Years passed on and it had
never been scon. At last a botanist at
work i:i Japan found and named a plant
which seemed to be of a genus closoly
allied to tho Sltorlia. Dr. Gray corre
sponded with tho botnnist, and it was
concluded that tho doctor had been in
error and had mistaken a specimen of
tho Japanese genus. So tho Shortia
was generally loft out of tho list of
plants by systematic botanists.
But twenty yjnrs after this,
as Dr. Goodalo and Professor
Watson wero ono day in tho library of
tho University, they heard a shout of
triumph from tho herbarium and rushed
in to fi id Dr. Gray waving a small plant
about in tho wildest enthusiasm. "Look
at it I V hat is it? ' ho cried. The two
botanists examined it as directed and
recognized the characteristics of the
much-discussed pbmt "It is tho
Shortia," they exclaimed. The speci
men had b?cn sent by a houso in the
South which made a business of putting
up medicinal herbs. It hid been
brought in from some hitherto unex
plored nook in the mountains by one of
their collectors, and sent to the pro
fessor for identification. It proved in
deed to be tho Shortia, which was there
fore onco moro reinstate 1 in the flural
family, greatly to Dr. Gray's delight
Dr. Gray afterward visited tho locality
in which the plait was found, and pro
cured a living specimen for the botani
cal garden. New York Tribune.
OCEAN OIL WELLS.
Where Oil Abounds Under
Waters of the Pacific.
the
Some Submarine Springs That
Have Been Encountered.
A solitude lone and wild;
Yet somebody's hopes are buried there-
Tis the grave of a little child.
A Curious Fact About San Francisco.
A curious fact about Sin Francisco is
that it is about half way along a line
running from tho easternmost point of
land to the westernmost owned by the
United States. By drawing a line from
the western end of the Aleutian Islands
to the eastern end of Mninc, it will bo
found that th I Jolden Gato on th
Pacific is in about the middle of it
and
Ready Wit.
W. S. Gilbert the dramatist coming
down from a great reception, in Lon
don, stood in a hall waiting for the ser
vant to bring him his coat and hat. As
ho stood there, a heavy swell, descend.
ing, took Gilbert for a servant in wait
ing, and called cut to him:
, "Call mo a four-whcelor !"
Gilbert placed one glass in his con
templative riht eye, and looking bland
ly at the swell, said :
"Yen aro a four-wheeler !"
"What do you meant" said tho
swell. Slid Gilbert: "You told roe to
c til you a fuur-whcclor, nnd 1 have done
sot. I really couldn't call ycu hansom,
you know." Argonaut
' An Alabama Vegro in Saxony.
Among tho curiotitijs ot the popula
lion statistics of the Kingdom of Sax
ony is the application for naturalization
of a ncirro boy, a nativo of Alabama,
who srtived in Hamburg as a c .bia boy
at th: ago of 13 years, hat since re
mained in Germany, and, after having
been baptiz-jd iato the Lutherian church
at Breslau three Tears aco, has now ron
c'u le 1 to ,t'w " Chemnitz P.trL
American Rcttistcr.
With the pilot chart for November
last there was issued a statement rela
tive to tho possible existence ot sub
marine oil springs as indicated by vari
ous reports received from shipmasters
on the Atlantio and in the Gulf of
Mexico which, in view of the possi
bility of their commercial value, made
the matter of geicral interest Mention
was made in this connection also of
well known spot near Sabine pass, on
the gulf coast, called the "oil pond,"
where small vosscls run in and anchor
during heavy weathsr, tho water there
being comparatively smooth owing to a
quantity of oil or oily mu 1, which rises
to the surface. It was also Slid that no
such reports had been received from
the Pacific coast. Since then,howcvor,
as a result of the interest elicited by the
announcement, several reports have
been received which are incorporated in
the monthly report of the hydrographic
office for February, briefly as follows:
The attenliol of the hylrogrnphers
was first rallod to a letter from Thomas
K. Griffin, of Sin Francisco, published
jn tho New York Maritime Register, in
which ho states that submarine oil
springs exist on the Pacific coast. The
most pronounced is off what is known as
"Coal Oil Point," about one and a quar
ter miles west of Golcta and ten miles
west of Santa Barbara. Mr. Griflia sup
plied information from several masters
of vessels who have cruised in those
waters, and their reports are so clear
nnd consistent as to leave littlo room for
doubt of the cxistonce of such subma
rine oil springs off that coast
Captain Van Helmes, of tho American
steamship Los Angeles, says that when
a vessel passes through the region of
this spring tho smoll of oil is so strong
as frequently to cause nausea among tho
passengers aid crew, and in certain
spots the oil can be distinctly seen bub
bling up on the surface.
Captain Wallace, of the American
steamship City of Chester, Captain
Ingalls, of the American steamship
Santa Rosa, and Captain Alexander, of
the American steamship Queen of the
Pacific, testifiy that ' thord arts other
similar springs on tho Pacific coast,
though not so pronounced as tho former.
Captain Wallace locotes the largo spring
about eightocn miles west of Santa
Barbara, Cal., nnd states that the sur
face of the ocean is frequently covered
for miles with tho oil. Ho has also
seen oil floating on tho water to tho
north of Capo Mendocino, from three
to five miles off shore, and thinks there
is another spring there. Captain
Plumber, of tho American steamship
Gypsy, who has sailed seventeen years
in theso waters, confirms the above
statements, and says the bolt of oil
above Santa Barbara can be scon tho
darkest niht when sailing through it
A very full and interesting statement
has also boon received from Captain
Goodall of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, who refers to tho fact that
Golcta Point is known to masters of
steamships as "Coal Oil Point" on ac
count of tho oil breast of it rising from
the bottom of tho sea. On a calm day
the water is covered . for miles with oil,
bubbles of which can bo seen rising to
tho surface nnd spreading ovor it Al
though it do?s not seem to smooth
the water liko nnirail oil, yet, on a
windy day, you can see h slick of oil on
the surface. This spot it so woll known
by shipmasters that tho smell of tho oil
is used as a guide in foggy weather, tho
petroleum smell bciug so strong that a
captain can never mistake his position
when off that point. Captain Goodall
says also that he has noticed a small
flow of oil from tho bottom of the sea
off Cojo Point near Point Conception,
but there tho amount of oil is very
small It cannot bo seen bubbling up
from the bottom, but is often visible on
tho surface, tho odor being very per
ceptible. Bitumen is kndwn to bo generally dis
tributed through tho coast ranges to tho
southward of San Francisco, and pe
troleum wells and tar springs have been
found at places. It seems probable,
therefore, that tho oil -bearing ftrata
crops out ho-e and thcro at theottom
of the sea off tho c jast or clso that the
oil escapes through the crevices in the
overlying strata and rises to tho surface.
Such submarine oil springs aro known to
exist at certain other placos, tho bay of
Cumana, Venezuela, for example, where
petroleum risos nnd spreads upon, the
surface; and it is said that, off the is
land of Trinidad, Wost Indict, there
are submarine volcanoes, which oc
casionally boil up and discharge a
quantity of petroleum. Commercial
Advertiser.
Mozzofanti havo at intervals continue! i The Little Grave on the HUl
to rekindle (he world s intorest in the , There's a spot on the hillside far away,
,. T ji i. ti .t..i. ..A M Where in summer the grass grows green;
scheme. Leibnitz, Bachmeior, and Mez- .rushine elm tree's .bade.
zofanti all hailed from Gormany, and! a moss covered stone is seen.
from the same philological nation comes . s quiet and unfrequented spot,
the latest apostle, tho inventor of Vols-
Duk.
Volapuk (pronounced folaplok) is an ;
attempt to invent an international
language drawn in part from all civilized
tongues. Its grammar is almost noth
ing, consisting in a few simple rules
which have no exceptions or irregulari
ties and which, when printed, makes a
small four-page leaflet The vocabulary
embraces now only a few thousand
words, those of most common use, but
is steadily growing. Interest in this
country has hardly been awakened as
yet, but in. Italy, there are already seven
Volapuk societies and others in Spain,
France, Germany, Austm and lower
Russia, numbering 120 in all. Pamphlet
has followed pamphlet, lecture has suc
ceeded lecture, and nine periodicals nro
published in Volnpuk exclusively. The
inventor is a humble Catholic priest, Jo-
hann M. Schlcyer, living at Constance,
Germany, on a pension of $250 a year,
who has taken ndvantago of his retire
ment to study moro or los.t thoroughly
sixty languages and dialects. Voice.
In winter, alas! that mossy stone
It hid 'neath a shroud of snow;
But around it, in springtime, fresh
sweet,
The daisies and violets grow;
And o'er it the summer breezes blow,
With a fragrance soft and mild,
And the autumn's dead leaves thickly strew
That grave of a little child. .
And every year there's a redbreast comes,
When the month of May i nigh,
And builds her nest in this quiet spot,
'Mid the elm trees' branches high;
With her melody sweet . by the hour sh
trills,
As if by the scene beguiled ;
Perhaps who knows! 'tis an angel come
To the grave of that little child.
Yes, somebody's hopes lie bcried there,
Some mother is woeping in vain.
For, though years may come and years may
'Twill never come back again.
Yet blessed are those who die in youth,
The pure and undefined;
Some road to Heaven, perchance, run
through That grave of a little child.
An Old Weather Record.
Mr. J. D. AVhitson gives the Chicago
Journal these memoranda:.
1853, dry summer; following winter
very cold; ice 24 inches.
1854, very hot summer; winter cold
est ever known.
1855, averago summer; winter in
tensely cold.
1850, averago summer; winter very
cold.
1859, dry summer; winter intensely
cold.
1800, average summer; mild fall; win
ter cold; six weeks' sleighing to
March 1.
1861, hot summer; winter cold; sleigh
ing from December 15 to April 1.
1863, mild and dry summer; winter
cold; thermometer 34 below zero, and
cold to February 15.
1866, hot and dry summer; very cold
January nnd Fobruary.
1867, dry summor and mild fall; win
ter set in December 30, and cold till
March 1.
1868, summer hot; severe winter from
November 20 to January 10.
1869, summer very dry; winter from
December 1, steady and cold.
, 1871,,: very dry fall; winter set in De
cember 8, coM to spring.
1874, dry and mild fall and ploasant;
winter set in November 20, and cold to
April 20.
1876, summer hot and dry; winter
very cold, ice 28 inches.
1830, dry summer; severe winter,
December 29 extreme cold, and 0 be
low zero in Texas.
1881, averago summer; winter very
cold, November 29, ice ten inches, and
snow from Maine to Virginia.
1882, dry summer; winter cold, Du
comber 8, J 8" below, severe winter.
1883, dry nnd hot summer; severe
winter, February 1, 14 below.
1884, overage summer; cold winter,
December 17, 2 below; January 19, 25
to 30' below.
1885, averago summor; severe winter,
December 20 below.
1886, dry summer; cold winter, De
cember, ice 10 inches, Jauunry 20 be
low. 1887, dry summer; winter cold from
December 20, ice 23 inches aud colder
weather predicted.
HUMOROUS.
sour on the
A Ncsv International LaiignasrA.
A common lnnguago for tho wholo
civiliz !-l world has been for several cen
turies one of the dreams of poets,
philosophers nnd reliioniits. It has
been one of those ideas that would not
down, but which in spito of failure after
failure has continued to recur at inter
vals with new claims f jt interest as na
tions of the world liavj been knit closer
and closer together. Leibnitz tried the
task of formulating such a language in
the latter part of the seventeenth cen
tury, but gave it up in despair. Bishp
Wilkias, Abba Sicard, Bachmeior and
The Brewer Boiled a Roy.
At tho brewery of n small place in
Saxony an apprentice hoy had tho other
dny fallen into a (nldron of boiling
fluid and was scalded to death. Tho
news spread Hint tho fluid had not boon
thrown away, hut was finished in the
usual way and regularly drawn off in
barrels and bottles. Thereupon tho in
habitants were greatly alarmed, and a
boycott was lai! upon tho brewery's
drink. The brewer than published a
declaration that not a drop of the fluid
in which tho boy had been boi led was
sold to the public, but that in considera
tion of the superior virtues of such a
beverage it had all boon reserved for
uso in the brewer's family.---Cliic.,go
Herald.
Emperor PoniTs'tlro's Generosity.
The following story is told of tho
emperor of Brazil: Tho other day at
Cannes tho editor of a scientific French
journal waited upon his majesty, with
the request that ho would contribute
some articles on matters of scientific in
torest connected with his dominion.
"Certainly," rcpliod the emperor, "but
what rate or pay do you give?" Tho
man of letters though a little surprised,
having named what he was in the habit
of giving, Dam Pedro ad Jed, smiling:
"Yes, that will do very woll. You see
I would gladly write for nothing, but I
am not at liberty to do so, as ever since
I began writing I havo given every
penny I havo earned by my brains to an
orphan asylum iu my capital llinc
Journal.
Making Itulter in Uruguay.
Ono of tho curious customs of
Uruguay is tho m an u. 'net nro of butter.
Tho dairyman pours the milk warm
from the cow into an inflated pig or
goat skin, hitches it to his saddle by a
long lasso, and g.allos Svii or six miles
into town. "When he reaches tho city
the butter is made, and he peddles it
from door to door, dipping out the
quantity desired by each iamily with a
long woodon spoon.
Tho public will surely
vinegar trust
Old flames frequently get together
and mako a parlor match.
Tho parlor is probably the most fre
quented of all court rooms.
Don't judge by appearances. A brand
new coat may cover a wire dummy.
If you just itch for anything, you may
be able to get it by scratching around
lively.
It reads a trifle paradoxical to see a
cargo of salt cod noticed under the head
of fresh arrivals.
Two heads are better than ono, es
pecially for a man who wants to go round
the country with a circus.
Tho sign "Beware of the Dog" is not
hung up "that ho who runs may read,"
but "that ho who reads may run."
Perhaps somo of tho people who are
looking for nice, fat jobs could bo ac
commodated if they would apply at a
lard rendering establishment.
"Papa, where's Atoms?" "Atoms? 1
don't know, my boy. You mean Athens,
probably." "No, I mean Atoms tho
placo whero everything is blown to."
"Do you rectify mistakes here?"
asked a gent!cmaff"as he stepped into a
drug store. "Yes, sir, we do, if the
patient is still alive," replied the ur
bane cleric
A London druggist has hit the popu
lar taste for good bargains. In his win
dows ho displays a card that readsr
"Como in nnd get twelve emetics for
one shilling."
A school teacher recently asked her
class tho question: "What is a pilot?"
The smart boy answered: "Jt is a lot
where they grow pie-plant," and was
sent to tho foot of the class.
Grandma (coming in unexpectedly)
Why, Tommy, what havo you boon do-inn-
to Poll ? She looks ns if she'd had a
conniption fit! Tommy Polly said
something about wanting mo to
crack her, and I did.
"There is something about you, Mr.
Sccondshclf, which tolls me that you
must have had a hoart-history I" and sho
gazjd upon hint with intense, soulful
eyes. "No, m'm," ho said: "I ain't
just right there, but it's only cigar
ettes." "Will you love mo when Pm old?"
sang tho ancient sotibrctto. "How
old?" camo in a shrill voice from the
gallery. The singer did not reply, but
the audience smiled when tho curtain
droppod.showing a century plant in full
bloom.
Merchant (buying a bill of goods of a
Chicago drummer) What is your usu
al time, thirty days? Chicago drum
mer (absent mindodly) Yes; or $10.
I always pay tho fine---oh er-I bog
pardon ; yes, thirty days, or 2 per cent
off for cash.
When yesterday I asked you, love,
One little word to say,
Yonr brother interrupted us;
So please say yes terday.
What Waterspouts at Sea Indicate.
The Hydrographic Office has just
publi-hod an account of several re
markable waterspouts recently observed
by masters of vessels on the Atlantic.
The phenomenon is important, not only
I ecausc (hi waterspout sometimes causes
disaster at sea, but also because it is an
indication to the mariner of the exig
ence and bearings of a dangerous hur
ricane vortex. Asa rule the position
of the centre of a hurricane relative to a
waterspout formed within its storm cir
cle is northwesterly tho whirling water
pillar usually occurring in the southeast
quairant of tho cyclone. It is desir
able that all shipmasters should care
fully note and report any large water
spout seen at sea, as it is generally an
index of an extensive cyclonic move
ment New York Herald.
A Unkind Cut
"I hear that you are engaged, Mac
mic?"
'It is true."
"Then mother was right"
"What about?"
"She said yon would be engaged be
fore leap year was over." Boston
Courier.