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< v -:** Y'-$ ?t* Shelling1 Beans. Shelling beans! Shelling boanj^ This is sport when nights are cold, When a cloud tho moonlight screens, And the wind is loud and bold. Gathered close around the tire, Prettiest of household scones, Sit the farmer's family, Shelling beans, Shelling beans! Great big "squaw beans" white and pink, 8mall "pajMXfses" red and'round "Crowdies" pearl and crimson mixed, In their pod tho closest found. "Uranberries" hair a dozen shades, "Californias" from the coast, Flat-shaped "Limas" pui*ple, white, "Indian chiefs," a dark bright host. "Wild gooso" dotted with black speck* Like tho eggs tho grass birds lay, JRod-strijHxl "Scipios," "Rowleys" flat, And "Imperials," violet gray. Little "pea beans," creamy white, Spotted "bush beans" passing count, From the pods they rattlo out, Higher in the pans they mount. He, who toiled to raise thom all, Undorneath the summer sun, Thinks how many he can soli Now the labor is all done. While his wife in visions sees Steaming, well-filled platters rise, Brown baked beans for winter days, Indian bread and pumpkin pies. But tho little boys and girls Handfuls on tho table lay, And by shape and size and hue _ Let their fancies with them play. I'retty flower beds they deviso, Fence and pathway, houso and flold, Such great pleasure to their hearts Just a few bright beans can yield. Shelling beans ! Shelling beans ! This is sport when nights arcs cold, "When a cloud the moonlight screons, And the wind is loud and bold. <3athered close around tho firo, Prettiest of household scones, Sit the farmer's family, Shelling beans, shelling beans. ?Mary L. B. Branch, in Good Housekeeper. A SCRAP OF PAPER. It was once an immaculate sliect of "white note-paper, lying with its brethren in a plush ense on the stationer's counter, and was purchased with the rest by Mrs Gordon for Helen's birthday gift. Before coming into Helen's possession it spent a dreary time in a big, busy work-room, where it was stamped and -* pounded and generally ill treated, but whence it emerged bearing a wonderfully twisted blue monogram of which H and B were the principal letters. Helen was delighted with lier gift, ahd exhibited -it with pride to Mr. John Cunningham, -who, however, observed that it "wouldn't be of much use," and added in an explanatory whisper that '*sho would soon need a C instead of a B." Whereupon Helen blushed, and pretended to be very busy putting away the case in her pretty secretaire. There, in a dim, violct-scentcd corner, our particular sheet, which chanced to be about the middle of the box, 'lay undisturbed for weeks, till, as its fellows were gradually removed, and aent forth upon various missions, it came in time to be the top sheet. Then one night- or rather morning?its mission began. About 2 o'clock on a Wednesday morning Helen returned from a ball, and, instead of going quietly to bed. as usual. I ' ahe hurried into her little boudoir, and dropping into a chair before the secretaire, buried her head in her hands, and began to sob bitterly. 4 'Oh, I wish I hadn't! I wish I hadn't 1" she said over and over again. At last, however, she grew calmer; and, opening her desk, drew forth the top sheet from its place X and began to write rapidly. "I know I can never rest, John, without first?even though this can not be ? sent till morning?explaining to you what happened to-night, and telling you, dear John, that I am very, very sorry and ashamed. I know quite well that I was wrong in giving three dancos to Captain Morse when you had expressly asked me to^have as little to do with him as possible; and, believe me, I did not intend dancing with him at all. If it had not been for Louise Hill I never should have done so. You know her teasing way. In the dressing-room this evening, before wo went down stairs, she asked mc if I intended dancing with Captain Morse, and whep I wouldn't answer, de> clnred she believed that you had forbidden it, and ended by darirg mc to dance with him more than oncer Afterward, when he asked for two dances, I happened to look up, caught Louise's mocking glance, and was silly enough, on tho impulse of the moment, to let him put his name down twice, thinking that I could explain to you how it happened. I had no idea then that you were close by and had seen it all, and when, later in the evening, I tried to tell you about it you were so cold and distant that my pride rose, and, out of bravado, I gave him a third dance. But when I saw vonmnin y r ed, stern look, John, I was quite misera' ble, and I even forgive you for flirting so abominably as you did for the rest of the ft, evening with Louise. Now I have told you all about it. Please, dear, dearest r' John, forgive your own Helen. "P. 8.?I will wear tho frock you like fe v'j to the opera party Thursday evening." Then, a happy smile on her face, Hclen loft her letter lying on tho desk and went to bed. The next morning, just as she was prc* . paring to address an envelope, "Miss Louise Hill" was announced. Helen's t< ' i welcome might certainly havo beOn more H; . ' BjjfjiiP ' ' Nf j fc: . ..l.a- ' ft' '" ' v . ' ' cordial, but her visitor, nevertheless,' chatted on and on, and aired ,her views on every conceivable subject, remarking afr last, as she rose to take her leave: "So, Helen dear, it's all off between you and Mr. Cunningham?" "From whom did you dorivo your information?" asked Helen, coldly. "Well, from himself," replied Miss Hill, with a would-be conscious laugh. "At least, lie asked me to go with him to the opera party to-morrow night, and as I knew that you had cxpcctcd to accompany him, I supposed, of coursc"? 4'You are at liberty to suppose anything you like, Louise," said Helen, "but if you please," still more stiflly, "I should prefer not to discuss the subject." And Miss Ilill, with a satisfied air, departed. A moment later Helen had snatched the letter from her desk, crushed it passionately into a tight, hard ball, and flung it into the waste-basket. "Ho shall never sec it?never I" she declared, with an indignant sob, as she left the room. In a little while Mary, the housemaid, came in, broom in hand, opened wide the windows and placed the waste-basket on the window ledge while shq went to seek her dustpan. As she opened the door a mischievous?or was it a beneficent??puff of wind whirled our particular bit of paper, in company with a torn dress-maker's hill Jinrl tlin nrnrrrommn nf a mnmin w? m-mm . V ?V |?1 W* I* UlVlUtU^ concert, out of the open window! All three were blown together to the street corner, and there parted company. "What happened to the other two was never heard, but Helen's letter became somehow wedged in between a lamp-post and a small block of coal which had been dropped near it, and remained there till toward evening, when it was noticed and picked up by an old scrap collector, who stuffed it?our poor, violet-scented scrap ?into her sack among a lot of very dirty rags and papers of all kinds and emptied all together that evening on the floor of the cellar which she occupied with her sister. Now the scrap collector's sister, known as "Saircy" Malony, was a "sweeper" at the large theater where Patti was then nightly trilling. Her duties led her thither every morning at 9 o'clock, and kept her there usually for five or six hours. She was in the habit of carrying with her a crust of bread or some similar dclicacy to serve as luncheon. On the Thursday morning, being seized with unaccountable daintiness, it occurrod to her to wrap up her crust, which usually went unprotected into a corner of her huge pocket. She sought among her sister's heap for a suitable wrapper and selected Helen's crushed letter, which, although it had lost much of its original freshness, was still several degrees cleaner than the rest. She smoothed it out?not being able to read, its contents had no interest for her?wrap ped it round her crust, and slipped the parcel into her pocket. There it reposed till noon, when Mrs. Malony, having nearly finished her work, seated herself in company with Mesdaraes Flannigau and O'Riley, parquet and balcony sweepers, in one of the lower boxes, and proceeded to discuss her luncheon. The theater, with its dim half-light and long rows of carefully "sheeted" seats, was a ghostly looking place; the shrill voice of an "undcr-study"?whoso services, owing to the illness of a prima donna, were likely to be in request, and who was having a solitary rehearsal on the stage, tossing about her lean arms as Elvira?was the only sound which pierced the silence; the three old crows in the box mumbled their crusts and conversed in whispers. Suddenly a door banged, and the firm frnnrl r\f flia cfnnrn *-*-?onowoo ?*> U1V. i*V? VTA I.UV Ctllgu UiUUO^V.1 TT UO ltUUl U 0|/~ proaching. In fear and trembling Mrs. Malony and her companions made a hasty exit from their comfortable quarters?an exit so hasty that tho first-mentioned lady's luncheon wrapper?in other words, Helen's much abused letter?dropped on the floor and was kicked unnoticed under one of the chairs?the identical chair, in fact, which was occupied that evening by Miss Louise Hill. Thus it came to pass that during tho second act of "Lucia" a certain well known blue mon* ogrtm on a torn and dirty piece of paper which lay half concealed by Miss Hill's sweeping train attracted the attention of that young lady's escort. By and by he managed, unobserved, to secure it, and, making some excuse, retired to the foyer. Ten minutes later tho indignant Miss Hill received by a messenger Mr. Cunningham's "deepest regrets and apologies for being obliged to leave the theater on sudden, urgent business," and had to content herself for the rest of the evening with the vacuous youth whom her escort had deputed to till his place. + ? V * A mnnr* f1?n mAQf orioV*nil ft?nrton?/ni a# VUW ?A1V>7V VUVIlOUWVt VI VilOllIVO VI Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham is a certain torn and disreputable scrap of paper.?A. O. Warwick in Chicago New*. Too Low for the Tide. *'There is a tide in the affairs of men," commenced tho long-haired poet entering the editor's sanctum. <40h, yes," replied the busy man, stopping work long enough to waft tho airy creature through the open door, on tho point of his substantial gaiter; "but you have got down too low for the tide; you've boon ttiuck by tbi under toe."? Statesman. . ; ; .; V. j. '- . ' #' ' .'Nf* ;\y< *." rv.-4" f)' \.J< Y':-:' '.. '? LADIES DEPKTHENT. / Architecture for Women. Southern papers suggests architecture as a profession for women. There aro magnificent and costly houses whose kitchen arrangements are a marvel of inconvenience ; and the woman of the house often says with a groan: "No woman would have planned things so." By all means let women be architects. They would liaturnllv lllJllro llottor nrnliUnMo than men, for the reason that they have more practical knowledge of convenience and economy, especially in the arrangement of dwellings and other buildings appropriated wholly or in part to the use of their sex. There are, or could be, a thousand little intricacies about our homes which the masculine mind could never conceive, but which would add immeasurably to the comfort and convenience of the tidy, ambitious housewife. Since the trace of a woman's hand is so easily discernible in indoor decorations and adornments, why should she not cultivate and develop this, as any other talent, giving to her varied genius a wider field of activity and usefulness. ?Chicago Times. - v Fine String ot.PearlC. Three strings of pearl* recently shown in this city were valued at $3,200, $2,200 and $1,500, respectively, without the pretty diamond clasps which fastened them. The pearls were graduated, and of beautiful color and shape, but as one must be a poet to love Spenser, one must be accustomed to jewels to appreciate the refined beauty of pearls, and half the women wno saw the three nccklaccs and some rival diamonds -which blazed near them in another necklace would have chosen the diamonds if not informed of their comparative cheapness. The cost of this pretty bauble was $750, and it was a pretty band of stones in a light gold setting, but it had a star pendant, with a great snphliire in the centre, which added two-thirds more to the price, and was a beautiful ornament by itself" The combinations of diamonds and colored stones are also very lino this senson, not only in the pendants but also in rings. One of the latter, in which a turquoise as big as a humming-bird's egg is surrounded by diamond sparks, is pretty enough to figure in one of Mrs. Spofford's stories.?Boston Tran script. Why Kiigllstiineu Stik Amrrlcnn Wlvei. The popular taste over on the other side of the water appears to be growing more and more warm toward Americn and Americans. The wealthy and titled men of the Old "World arc seeking with increasod earnestness American brides, and it is erroneous to suppose that all they are after is the parental boodle. rpi Z- _ -i * iueru is u cnarni noout Amcncnu girls that the English do not have. The women of Great Britain arc brought up from their earliest infancy to maintain a submissive and meek regard for the other sex. They are taught that the only thing in life for them is to marry comfortably and go into a, sort of serfdom for the rest of their lives. No American girl goes into matrimony with any such idea. She is bound to get the upper hand if she can, and she has a sweet and brisk independence about her that is most attractive to men who have met with nothing but the other sort of thing. So it is that American girls, who at first shocked foreign society, are in great demand in Europe nowadays as ornaments to saloons and drawing-rooms and as prospectives to nabob natives.?Baltimore American. JKaltliTul Christine. Christine Olsen was the daughter of a toy maker in Stockholm, and she was loved by Hansen, one of her father's workmen. She loved Hansen, but her father would not let the lovers many, and so Hansen said he would go to America and make a big fortune and then marry Christine. He landed at Castle Garden with about $200, and set about getting work. He did a little at cigarmaking, but not much, nd almost beforo he knew it his money was gone and he was out of work. This was sixteen months ago. Up to that time he had written regularly and hopefully to the girl in Stockholm, and when his letters stopped she was much troubled. After waiting several months she determined to seek for Hansen. Her father had died, and after the debts were all paid Christine had a few hundred dollars left. When she reached this city she found a man who had known Hansen, and who 4.V ? "U A tV.i U- V-.1 ~ ? Itiiuugub uinii nu iihu gone to Ban lrrnncisco. Christine bought a tic-cet for San Francisco. At Chicago a confidcncc man persuaded her to sell her ticket to San Francisco and buy one for Omaha. He said that he knew Hansen well, and that he was in Omaha. The girl did as advised, nnd then the new friend robbed her of her money excepting $5. This was all sho hat! when she reached Omaha eight months . ago. Of course Hansen was rot there. Christine found a place to work, saved her wages, and Btill tried in all ways to learn of Hansen. Two weeks ago she heard from him. He was in Kansas City. She at once set out for that city, and a few days latter her former mistress in Omaha received a letter from her saying that she and Hansen were married and very happy.?Neva York Sum. Vp"- *ij>y . - * v **'? > ' v .. ' * ' V -5 r, ' ' 4. i. .V. . ) ' "V (" - MB .?w: ".?* I' ' "<?: '" flowers and the Home. Miss Ella Lytlo in an essay before tho . Montgomery Horticultural society of Missouri thus prettily treats the ques- , tion of house adornment: j> The love of the beautiful has been im- f planted by a beniflcent Creator in every human breast. It finds expression in the j admiration of all that is lovely and t charming in nature and art, and it ( prompts men, and especially wopien, to the adornment of their persons and their ( natural surroundings. ] The love of the beautiful has caused s men to travel thousunds of miles, to en- g dure fatigue, hardship, and, even more, to risk life itself that they might gaze ^ from some lofty mountain-peak, if but an hour or two, upon the exqusite beautj of a panorama spread out at their feet? upon a real picture painted in indescribable colors by God himself. Flower-gardening has its charms^ and that class of gardening which deals with landscape effects is delightful. I shall not try to have a flower garden this summer for the want of space, but shall exert myself to have a few choice houseplants and some real nice mounds of flowers in the yard. I find that early in the morning before sunrise is the best time to pull weeds, while the dew is yet on the flowers and weeds. A woman can very easily, and without much labor, cultivate a few flowers, a sufficiency for home adornment. vv oman was maclc to beautify and grace the home; to there perforin that invisi- \ hie work which, although less prominent, i is ncccssary both to life and happinQss. < The home is, in the majority of cases, i her field of action; and the home is the s centcr of j y. < Then let each wife and mother have a 1 place at their homes for the cultivation \ of flowers. They will reward us with ] both beauty and fragrance. The progress of our nice is indicated by the care of ^ flowers. How tliey twine themselves to ^ our hearts when sad and alone. ? J A Sew Wrinkle In i'ntHlonable Society The fertile brain of the New York girl who pants for new worlds to conquer has hit upon fancy riding as a novel form of amusement, which leaves tennis ' 1 and the gymnasium far behind. Clubs arc formed and a teacher engaged, who hns had, usually, an early career under the canvas and is skilled in various intri- 1 cate branches of the equestrian art. The ' pupils meet at a riding ring, and New ^ York's fairest daughters are taught to 1 hop gracefully into the saddle without the assistance of a friendly hand, to dis- 1 pense with the saddle altogether, to ridd ' without bit or bridle, to keep an un- : shaken seat while their pet horses are ( trained to dance and bob and kneel and iumD. The New York srirls beirin bv bo ?. a, O 0 ? W ing cood horse women, says a correspondent of the San Francisco Post, and take to their new pastime with natural delight. Their success is dear to them, . ] nnd a great rivalry exists between the various clubs which give 4 'afternoons" for 1 the purpose of paralyzing each other with envy. The riders wear the conventional short, dark habit and tall hat and ' 1 colors of the club on their whips. Parties arc made up for dub afternoons, and the 1 inv.ited guests arc permitted to raise to ] any point of wild enthusiasm their fancy mnv sugfrest. The men wear the club ^ oe . colors iu their buttonholes, the girls tie them on the handles of their parasols, ' the "Queen of the Ring" receives frantic { applause and responds to encores, and ' the whole affair is novel, exciting and something like the circus, except that it is ultra-fashionable. F?ihlon IVotea. Pale bronze is a new color in goods. Black stockings continue in high fa- , vor. Colored straw sailor hats are worn by , / liilrlrPTi The beads composing silver necklaces < arc of one size. Gauze ribbons are included in the new 1 millinery goods. Crepe lisse and colored tulle are favor- 1 ite fabrics for millinery.'' Silver buttons have the head of Augustus etched upon them. The season's silks are very handsome and there is a great variety. Large tortoise-shell buttons are adorned ; with heraldic lions in silver. The veil is now to be tied just above tho mouth and under the nose. 1 Trimmed skirts are still fashionable, and overskirts continue in favor. Gauze woven of metallic thread is used for the foundation of small bonnets. i Persian lace, a species of dainty drawn i work, is used for trimming dresses. Silver buckles are all sizes and designs, j hammered, etched, chased or frosted. 1 Soft Corah silks are in great variety of patterns put up in seven-yard lengths. Cherries, berries, hips and haws are ( among the newest, decorations for bonnets and hat3. Crinkled seersuckers appear in new colors, and have every appearance of silk in their manufacture. A. cambric dress for a little child has tho round bodice plated with reversof embroidery. Tho skirt of wide embroidery is shirred on the bodice. A. cluster of loops and ends of ribbon is arranged vi \ - right side of the waist. 1 - .< ' ., *. ' ; ( ]? ' CLIPPINGS FOB THE CURIOUS. The largest ventilating fan in the vorld is in the St. Hilda Colliery, South shields, "Wales. Its diameter is fifty ect. A common advertisement in English mpcrsis: "Wanted, by a lady of good sonncction, the management of n first:lass bar." According to the London Practical Confectioner, "the potato introduced in England in 1600 was first eaten as a iweetmeat, stewed in sack wine and lugar." in vjnina ana japan girls aro named iftcr some beautiful natural object, and luch names are common as Cherry-flower, ?each-blossom, Plum-blossom, Bambooeaf, Pine-woods, sugar, etc. The vault of the Cloaca m*xium, tho jrcat sewer of ancient Rome dates from :he sixth century B. C., but it shows, jven at this early period, a perfection which gives evidence of long previous isc. In Italy a living scorpion is dropped Into a wide glass bottle which contains a !ew drops of olive oil of the finest quality. More oil is poured on instantly, until the bottle is filled and the scorpion lead. In its struggles to free itself it jjccts all its poison into the oil, and this poisoned oil forms a sovereign remedy for the sting of a scorpion. "When a batch of bread was made in the household of the Hebrews, Syrians md other Oriental raccs, a piece of the ilougli was made into a cake and baked under the ashes in order to be presented is an offering to the priest. This was :alled mamphnla in the Syrian language, whence the word, and probably the custom itself, was adopted by the ancient Romans. It was customary in oriental countries for lovers to testify the violence of their passions bv cutting themselves in the sight of their adorpd ones, and tlie fashion seems to have been adopted in England about 300 years ago, when young men frequently stabbed their arms with daggers, and, mingling the blood with wine, drank it off to the healths of their enslavers. Earrings, according to Bibical record, were worn by women from the earliest times, but by men more rarely. Hebrew ilaves, indeed, suffered their ears to be bored as a figure of their optional servitude, but no ornament was worn in the holes thus made. Xenophon informs us the males of Lybia were often subject to reproach on account of their earrings* ind that in Greece females alone wore ornaments. Getting Money. A story is told about one of Nashville^ bankers. The perpetrator of the joke was once active in financial matters. He is not as wealthy, however, as he used to L>e, and finding himself in immediate need of some cash the other day, he walked into his former banker's office. A.fter declining an invitation to be seatid, he said: "You remember in former times my paper was worth par. I could raise any amount needed by the simple process of atlixiug my name to a note. You were kind and courteous to me then, [t was good morning, Mr. . But ,nnes nave cnangea. i am hard. up now, ' but I have a scheme on foot by which I :au retrieve my lost fortune if I ;an raise the requisite amount. The investment is safe, there being no risk whatever. I want you to let me have *10,000. The Ranker looked steadily out of the window for a few minutes, rubbed his hands, and said he was really sorry, but it would be impossible to let the gentleman have the sum mentioned. The would-be borrower, not the least abashed by the refusal, said: *'Well I might make out with $5,000 for the present." The banker again declined to advance the cash, explaining that money matters were stringent. The visitor turned to go, and, with a shrug of the shoulders, said: "Well that's the way of the world. If I had come and asked for the loan of $10 you would kave refused." "No, you are mistaken. I would have let you have it." "Well, lend mo that amount, if you feel like it." With an "I-am-sold" smile the banker produced his plethoric purse, fished out a $10 bill nad handed i* ever.?Nashville Banner. / In the KIght Watches. The clock was on the stroke of twelvo rind old roan Stuffcy was awakened by muffled voices in the hall below. "Wife," he said, "what is that?" 'It's Sary and her young man,"replied the wife. "Taint morning, is it?" he asked. "I don't know what time it is." 'I will see about this," he said, getting up and putting on his boots. In a few minutes his wife heard a dull thud dowu stairs, and shortly after the aid man returned. 4'I am not an astronomer," he' said, and I cannot explain it. but I saw the Bon rise a few moments ago, and it is aow midnight." Then he looked reflectively dow^i at the toe of hfe boot, took them both off, blew out the light and went back to bed ^Merchant Traveler. v . .,.n - ^ . .\V^"3jSB ' '' ' /:"M Wider Vision. How sad they seem?the house's of the dead? And how the shadows of the trees ad vane? And then withdraw, as thoy wore spirit led, And meant to mock us with a prayer unsaid, Or goblin dance. It is not well, methinks, to revei thus; It is not well to stir in such a place. Tho dead are wiser than the best of us; They lie so still, and yet, while we discuss, ! They win the race. No doors are hero! Tho dead have need of none, They hold aloof; they pray beneath the J sod. /' With sightless eyes thoy see beyond the sun; / , And thoy will hear, in truth, when all is / j done, I The voice of God. Yes! they will hear it; they have learn'd at last % A wider wisdom than the world bestows. Hunger is ours to-?lay; but theirs is past. They toil no more, and in the wintry blasfr J They find rej>ose. I ?George Lancaster. h HUMUKOUS. I Foot pads?Corn plasters There is generally an "if" in the way. Frequently the sheriff. A petrified clock has been found in Rome. Another indication of hard times. '4 Every man has some hobby, and every girl looks forward to the time when she will have a hubby. There is any amount of good reading in the dictionary, but it is distributed in a very tantalizing manner. A carp said to be 268 years old haa been taken out of the river Spree. This shows that fish can stand sprees better than men can. It is reported that Henry Bergh is carrying his'sympathies for animals so fax I that he is cultivating a bald spot on his head as a pasture for flies. More than four thousand devices for coupling have been patented,* and yet thousands of bachelors and maidens gg I it alone in this country. A lady who lost a pet canary bird by il death was inconsolable until somebodj^^to^^ suggested that she have it stuffed and put on her bonnet. She is now as happy 1 as ever. " 1 "What a murderous-looking villain the prisoner is!" whispered the old lady tc her husband in the police court room. "I'd . be afraid to get near him." 4'Shi" i warned her husband, "that isn't the pris- | oner, he hasn't been brought in yet. It'? 1 the judge." \ | = Tlie Air ?un. The air-gun is simply a pneumatic eni gine, for the purpose of discharging bullets by the elastic force of compressed air. Itjis not known exactly when or by whom it was first invented, but it waa certainly in use in France three centuriei ago. It is probable that had not the gunpowder been discovered at so early ft date air-guns might have been made very effective. They are usually made in thfl form of muskets, haviug a hollow stock* which is filled with compressed air front a force-pump. The lock is nothing mor? than a valve, which lets into the barrel part of the compressed air from the stock when the trigger is pulled. The gun ii loaded with wadding and bullet in the ordinary way, and the bullet is driven from the barrel by the expansive action of the air. The range of the gun depends upon its size and the amount and degree of compression of the air. Th? velocity of the bullet is proportioned to the square foot of the degree of compression of the air. Under the pressure of fifty atmospheres, or 750 pounds, for instance, the impulse given to the ball is almost equal to that of an ordinary charge ol gunpowder. Air-guns are sometimei made in the form of walking sticks, so they can be readily used for purposes oi defense. Air-guns are generally regard* ed as somewhat unsafe, but it is not known thac any law has ever been enact* ed against them. In the hands of inexpe_J ,1 I*-!. * ntiiueu ur muucious persons tney are cap* able of doing much mischief.?InterOcetin. _____ A Big Baptizln' by Military Order* Qen. Stevenson relates the following incident of the war. He said that in his command was a very devout and energetic chaplain, exceedingly earnest in regard to the spiritual welfare of the soldiers, especially before going into battle. ' ['J "The preacher," said Gen. Stevenson, "came down to where Billy Wilson's I zouaves were incamped and had a talk with Billy. He said that his efforts had been wonderfully blessed; that he had baptized fifty men from one regiment, a < hundred from another, and so on, enum- ? erating the fruits of his religious labor, & and he suggested to Billy that as they were on the eve of a battle it would be S < well for him (the chaplain) to talk with Billy's men. "Billy was very proud of his command, ^ and-ho turned to the chaplain apd said: t That ain't necessary; Til save you thai trouble. Adjutant,' said he, calling an officer, 'you just go and make a detail of v. i 800 men, and take 'em down to the creek - $ and have 'ojn baptized. No blamed regiment in this corps shall go ahead of Billy Wilson's ZniinvM ' "And," continued the General, laoghIng heartly at the reminiscence, "blamed If the Adjutant didn't obey Billy's or- js. 4er?.H ijESL jojii'V'ir* iV w;