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ixwnxom rnorrticT. IWj .-c-j it« mm Icrcj *:rc;v Vaj* Tvr-.hs: bj sic K.t«.c_*V.a ««rf UaUIUIwpULKtilM jl?f, . TXe i.in:j » ."j«» *xa. r: a cd ".U--WVn rajuw wxvtova u.ur*r*rr. -• A tj&lA, «\\lr4 tif l.^U'kJcfp v iCtrt > U;U{ t li« * rt. Cb^i u umv'A :ni «ir._ <27, *."i;» Xf r?jzt <ji.icr »&<: \ft» Vinz2 aUl, uy 'A <01 r»a btijfi* ;i<y iexpj n a.c . f> « p-crviiC IXtc !-« Irxri cT Sixlt, It ;—rrr* rsj j ■ u br-n u w*»l WUS » Vr-u tTjrrt ~ I ,< wixi :*.» lllci w%f» StXTitlL <4 DfAi^l »w I ^1/ nrx^i wi irij uf fn*« ; H* ujn< MHO fil l ABTW to*. cva, ii:y:>3 r ulo l*.x viy bccx ; >U 1*1 ajt h2{ 0» rvrrc ccw.i, TU: M-«ni lU^rw u M AtJ --c-i Ci:U *u irr Ax>a to c/it A XAlL-CABiXUI ECrtaltNCI. A great wkfi* ago — long before tbo l&lo ni- tbsre ru a young man vhu tiri&l the mail between ilvJuaa and Moorr:, Georgia. His name *u George Lcvic. He uicd hi*ej4»xnJ ear* pretty well, and never— lend u he was cf a good story — told lie*. To uy ••Bob Luiis mji to" wbb to oeriiiv to tie trulh of b slatcmont. which was certainly to his ertslit; bad, moreover, ho wsj bs honest sj the dsr, and ©ould hi to been entrust**! with untold gold or un-

counted diamonds. Morally you ocald not find b fault with Bob. Moot oily, be wsj vrry well for bo uneducated am; bat he had ceo great failing— great particularly In the ere* cf pretty Annie "Wesley, who otherwise esteemed Bob perfection. He hsd allied himself with a certain class of persons who term 1f;c— vires "free thinkers. - lhis theological difference at last led to a liitie quarrel, sad Bob tried to got -*a cat of his mind, bat failed to do it; and Annie wsj rery miserable, as well for the sake of Bob's sonl at fcr herself; for, thoagh abe had offer* In plenty, sot coo— not even rich John Grab, who hail ever so many acre* of and — oould be compared for a moment n her mind to Dob, had Bob only held proper sentiments. So, thoagh they kept apart fcr a whole mart \ «t last one bright morning 1 as Bcb rode along, aiowly and stopidly < far him, he saw, sitting under a tree, a : little figure £n a bine dress that ho 1 couldn't aces to save his life. So be stepped his horse and called oat — I ] •'Amis, is that you?" 1 '"Yea, Bob," said Annie, showing a < T«B«V #T 0 WJ^ «W#J f TVS rt li as m wm m

of wet "I came hero ca par* peso to see - you. Pre talked in ay poor weak, wcaaniah words, bat yon talk so mueh better than I, that of course, it's cf no use; anil all the while there is Oxo who talks so plainly to as, and, the words are here; and I've brought Lhexn to yon and please, dear Bob, to read them, and perhaps—'* She did not finish the sentence, but placed a preUy Bible la Bob's hand. 'Tre had it bound Tery nioely for yen, and oh! for ay rake read It— It wSl teach yoa so much. Bob — so rery much!" Bob took the book. For a moment he felt annoyed, and ranch like sneering, bat Annie was wery dear to him; so he kept his anger down for her sake, thanked her for her present, and placed it la the breast-pocket cf his ooai. "As if I were to be eosTcrted like a sinner in a tree:?" said Bob, after he had riddca on a little. /'Bat women are not expected to tare r-.:^ jfko 1 ours.- Am! out of aocrfner pocket he

palled an trSdel iraet, wb.ch a friend, as unbelieving doctor, had loaned him, and fed to resdiog. It was not a very wise thing, u the event proved, for the hone, left to himself, stumbled over something In the road and wea famed; not badly. It ' seemed, but it forced Bob to dhmoant ami stop at a country store to examine and baths the limb, and then he hsd to allow the bf sat to take his own time afterward, so that instead cf trotting briskly into hfacon before sundown the yceug man found himself belated on a lonely mad hours after the sun hsd quite vanished— his bcrao growing

lamer and his hopes of tapper quite gone. "Hang the tract!" growled Bob# '•what did I bother with it f^rT* And be gave the paper a teas lata a damp of bushes, and then his mind went- back to Annie Wcairy'i Bible. He fell frr it It waa safe. .JJf wished that hewae somehow better, ami he walked along witn the bridle over his arm a quite a melancholy mood. . Suddenly a shadow fell' across the road. Bob locked op. Straight before him sat a zaoasted man with a M«*-V mask on his face and a pistol in his hand. "Halt!" commanded the rndlrifsaJ, , •

ferociously; and Bob halted. "If you are quint* you will coco to no liana," said iha man. "I only want your mail bag. I happen to kn«e that U is worth something to-night, and I'to foUoxroJ you Ire in tha store back youdrr. There ain't a soul within hoaxing and yoa in ay as w©J take it coolly; I am artaod, yon »oe; you are not. Hand over tho bag.'1 •'h'ovorr>xoLdnod Bob. ••Tha ma:U bag is in oy ean>— entrusted; 1,11 guard it sa licg sa I hire breath iatnybody." "That won't bo long," with a ooarso laagh, **if you Jou't listen to reason." "Bob, fur reply, mounted his homo and sat behind tbo mall-big. "Your Ufa is in dangt-r," warned tho robbee. ••£ iatoo«l to hato tho»o letters, and a life isn't worth much to me. I'm in cam ©a t; no fooling!" and ha took deliberate aim at Bob Lorio's breast. Bob waa unarmed, and ho loved lifo dearly, tat ha was no coward. It was useless to try to ovorcomo tho robber. | He Lad only his litis — nsthcr useless I weapons under tha circumstances; but I he "showed fight," and as tbo twbbor's anger kindled he fired. Tha aim was good. Tno itttlo ball ol lead lodgod in Bob's coat, just wkcro his heart should J bavo been, and Bob staggered! I Ho was shocked rather than hurt; and in th%t moment of cx&'tcacnt ho re- 1 memberod having heard that It was often so in mortal Injurifts. Probably he hsd roeciicd his death wounJ, sud I • l.. ..l.t ft >1 rm '.1 >i I

tho would walk cdT with, tho mailbag. where Bob, well knew reposed tho mciney which energetic Dick Dorr had senl to take his i»oor eld mother from ths alms- bouse, and other trusts were in I that leather bsg — tbo humble hopes and I dreams of thoso who wrote tbo letters twined around them. Tha doctor and his infidel tract bad] done Bcb Lovio litilo gooJ; but ho was I honest and kindly yet. . I "I'll fight while I have a drop of I bloal left," h? said to himself. "And help may oomo sad tbo maibbsg be savr-d, even if I die. Ho leaped from his bono aa»l sprung I upon tho highwayman with auch vigor I that tho man tumbled from bis saddle. I Then Bob struggled for tho pistol, and I gaming it, knocked tho ruilsn senseless, [ with the butt end, and sat down on his f to keep guard, eipocllug to die I , •very moment, but praying that help!; might eo mo before the robber recovered ocnsGouaneas. About that timo a party of young I j men, who wero out on a ooon hunt, cams , with laring torches, and a aocro cf 1 dogs at their h<wts. They all knew Bob 1

• well, and tho moat xealona were for dia- j ' paichiug ILeJ robber; but tho voica of 1 tho majority were for binding him and ! csrrylug him to the city, to meet his 1 reward at tha hands of justice, and with thL party Bob agreed. I 1 Ho felt weak and his breast ached, ■ and ho expected every moment to fed the raininess of death stealing OTernlm; for lb era was the round hclo just otct his heart, and tha bullet must bo aomo- j where. A few unpleasant misgivings, I which proved lhst his opinions of tho I future were not eo fixed as thoj might I ksTo b<ym, troubled him, and ha sighed I a Uttlo as I ho ncw^omeni questioned I ft i TS , '•The bullet went In here," ho said touching tho hole. "I don't foci any pain, and must bo blooding in wardJy if I si all, I think." Ho ca buttoned *U ooat •lutiouilj, I ami out dropped Annie Wesley* Bible, with tha bullet deeply imbedded In its I cover. Tho toars cams to Bob's eyes, and I -mj v., — .

tha other i stared, for ho had l>ceu la , tho habit of boasting of his infidel I opinions and It waa odd enough that ho should wear a Bible next to his heart. But eveay ono w:t too glad to find him unhurt to care for muob else, sod so tb<TJ *are three cheers, sn<l started toward the elf/ with tk«r prisoctr. Bob followed, leading Lis hcrao, and! keeping his eye on the mail-bag, and en I tbo way he thought— what ho thought may b-» divined from the faet that aix mouths alter Annie Wesley found her lover by b*T side at church, and heard from his own lips that he hsd not half J so high an opinion cf his own snartnes* I v s — - w-#« St.. ■* I j

» and that ef his doctor friend M former - ly, and he befieTed the was right after • ail* ' And to they wire, married, and for many years have been living very coa1 tentedly In their little cottage on the oaf skirts of Ifadlson. I y* - ■ •- * Ilo man provinoe I ""The first lacifer match waa made la 1734. InTtS}* flrtl ^ ttc€subiP m txint — The first telceeope was a ted in En«UM In 1706, ^ ^ ""The first newvpeptv advertisement appeared in 1«X

1 r*»a«»u4 «« e«iuoj th« tmei*. [ There it an artist now in PloruLi who L for aomo time past has boon painting I dinuor-tablo sketches In water colors, j exclusively for Philadelphia. Ficcceof hark, oarioua woods, ahclls, lean* and other objects are ingeulously util- , iscd and used in combination with . paper, or pasteboard or ribbons 10 eU off pretty sketches. Sometimes It is a . yacht, sometimes a wharf or fishing , aocne, cr agaiu a stretch of woodland, done boldly ami on a atnslJ scale, but always with enough merit in It to attract attention. Theto littlo artistic tnllos, costing a few dollars aphoc. are plaeed, iu front of each gucat'i -plate, cxLjftro carried awsy ts kccp^ke. Tbero are gureta* cards that cost SCO and $C0 per doreu, Homo recent fsnmofi not of this costly sort are in tho form of -*rips of rich ribbon, ornamented with skctche* I areond Brya Alawr, and frem the WisI stbjckon, with the nanio o! tho guest j painted by hand cn each. Very often tho socura Introduced are onca with which tho pcrions at tho dinner are fsiailLar. Recently a great fancy has 1 aiiseu for cards with humorous ilellncaI tiens of sarioua quota tJ ana frn'm Shak* spesrts. In a set seen at a ilinucr last I week tho quotation from "Much Ado About XolhingV* "Iscothatthofsdilon I wears out rnoro app&rcl than tho man," is Illustrated oy aseody swell In a last year's aait, and a very funaj picture of

a fsshionablo youth somewhat inebriaUd I trying to get to lxd tells tho atcry oT tho paaaigo from "Julius Cm».ar;" I I know young bloods look for a timo of I rt3fch** Far a dinner to eotao off early iu I Lent tho tiny cords, containing tho tisaio of each guest, are to bo clasped in tho j claws of crabs, lobsters acd other fantastic culinary crest urea, niado of paatoboard and clovcrly imitatiug tlio origin*lJ- Among una of tho most etyliih people dinners are now being given "a la Rua-.e,** In tucwo tho table is made as Harrow as pu-jiblo so as to bring oppewitp gucata near together, and the wbolo ipaco not occupied by the plate* of tho guests is taken up with tho dessert and fiowere. Tho ladles all walk in together and aro followed by Iha gentlemen, who sit opposito them. Tho I servants conio round and hand every j dish and ono round dish with 00m part- 1 menta is n.1 before each guest for tho vegetable#, which ho baa lhaa before him, nil at ono time. When tho deasert I la handed a round tho guests help thomrelTOJ to all they want and set it before them, ins toad of being helped aovcrel [ times. On retiring the ladies again I tlPrts/Vb7<t tkrt nsmtl — 1 _lt * %

I preoedo tho gentlemen anil all tako j their departure at oneo, unieia inTitcd I ipacially to ipond tho evening. ca«ou>U7 or u»m r«rn, About half tbo weight of tho dry subatsncs of ordinary plants oonxIaU of I carbon. This element, when In a free [ •tato, is a solid. It Is familiar to ns as I charcoal, anlhradlo coal, black-lead, I lamp-black and \llar10nd. The presence I I of cartx5u in ptanU U made known by a I Process of Incomplete burning, aa in tho I preprtratloa of charcoal. Carbon, in lis pore and unoomblnod forms, is rcry|J hnlestruetiblo, rxo^plicg when exposed to a hfgh heat, then it combinea with I oxygen , and lomi carbonic acid gat. , I This la tho famillargascf tho soda water 1 1 I oun tains. It is j^oduced by decaying < vegetation, givea off In tho breath of 1 animals, and Is tho deadly chcJre damp C I of coal ml 00*. Carbonic add gas forms, | ' on an average, about four-he ndreths of I ono per cent, of tho atmosphere. l*h# carbon necessary for tho prodoe'lcm of

[ tbo annual growth of vegtUtion is deriv- , o*l from tha carbonic acid gU of the I I atmosphere. Ths supply of this gas to tho t air Is constantly kept up by the decay ( and burning of plant-. In this way Iha I same particlca of carbon may bo taken I up by a vegetable, and, after ft as decay. I ed, pats Into the structure of a second I plant, and so on through the cndJc*s I number of ages. The csrbjnlo add gas enters tho leave* through multitudes of I I saslt openings, esIUd stoauta, or breathing porta. The mferosoopo dUI close* more than a hundred thouisnd of 1 I three pore* upon a single square inch '

of leaf snrfaeo. Only tha green portion of Iha leave*, snd under tha Influence of sunlight, have the power of dcoomI posing tho carbonio acid gas, reserving tho carbon to produce organ 1 0 eon* I pourdM, to beoomo * part of * plant, I while tho oxygen set free pttsre again I into the ttmcspber*. Tbero are soma plant* that hsvo no ehltrophyl cf leaf I gisen. and such are not abls to decorapoia carbonio acid. They- are called I parasites, and tbsorb the car»>oa thsy need la tha form of organic compounds that have been prodaoed in tha green loaves of true working plant*, — Utses windows ware first Introduced 1 into England in the eighth oentnry. ; • ,4

frvite v»«i mmd/ obotl. "Thai laily Los very amall frot I" remruked a rcportwr to u pruialucnt ahoo mcichmit, who had jiul performed tho fitting proocas on a pretty foot with s French shoe. •|fixnali I" exclaimed tho murvhant, ' oil, I should remark ! Stic wears a No. I'd. mi^aea' aire, ttuugh a Ku. 3, ladies sire, would eotao nearer iho mark.' •YUthcr a light aquoere," suggested tho reporter. "Not unusual. I will tell you somcthiiig, tlioueh you need uut uso it iu tho pajxr. No city in tho United Stntoa la so rcnuwucd for ladies with amilJ foot as Sou Francisco: and why ? Bocausu iu no other cUy do tho ladies, as a gcu--end rule, so punish . thtmsdviw ru to drush a No. r» foot into a No. 3 ahoo, \\hj. ladle* eorno hure and call torn No. U shoo, sud all or a gallant atrugnlo they give it up and go out oomplaoently in foors sud even fiuw. You so© tins climalo affects foot more than any other j in U19 world, and larger shoes are required here than in Nuw York or I'aris, whw© fthoe* may bo fitted that cannot bo worn here, owing to climatic action, duo to tho lack of chango in iho atmcwphcre. Of oounio wa could never make our costoznera bcliuvo this, so wo rvwort to tho artlilc© of producing No. 3 shoes from a No. 4 last, and thiy arc tliiis •stciI tho shock of knowing mo incrc.ua iu the aixo of their feet guar." { "Do ladies require si^ecio] lasts in I tho manufacture of shoes to order ?" I iuquirctl tho reporter. j "Not always. While there is no diffcreuco in the anatomical comtrcction of the foot l find thai tho daughters Ql I wealthy families do not giro sufficient

cxurcuo in youth to their feci, which I grew slender and fail to develop u high I tnstcp and a attoag elastic auale," •'Do you adl m*uy French shxs ?" tha reporter asked. •'French shoes I" was iho reply ; I it's nearly all French ; sud, young I man, yoa can t«y Uut mi re Jbrouch I shoes ore acid in this city in u day thou are sold in the United States lna mouth. I Just tniuk of it. There are a half doxen I catshluhrnents in bah Frenasoo that I import shoes direct from Paris, and! tuere is not a store in Now York Ci«y | that makes regular Importations 01 [ I rench shoes." "They are rcry popular here, was ; suggested. I *. "■^'0Pa^ar 7 Oh yes, though they are I ' Iho moat absurd thing imaginable, and 1 1 for cramp tug Udlcs* root into all tson- 1 j ccirabJo ahajH* or doformjiv tln-v sur-l ' pass thoso worn by Iho Mongol I ana." ' Taking a 1 mail shoo and boJdiog it . up for » ua pec Lion, ho oontinucd : "You f a«re tho uppers sxu very narrow and taper to a point. This heol, you wilt ob- 1 serve, is placed two inohoi in front cf I ! tho counter and madendiouJoasiyhigh. By this deocption o No. 3 shoo measures No. 10 misses' rise, from hsd and | too; so by crowding tUo fore part of her foot tutu tho pointed receptacle, and I kuiug tho remainder iu the counter !

hock' of tho heel, a lady stands on her Iocs and tho instep, which rests over j iho bocl ol tho ahoo. Now, tho aver- 1 ago mo of the ladies' feot of Boa I'reno^co require • a No. 3 ahoo. wldch, by having Iho heoLi in tho middlo of tho J foot, makoo tho deception that oonveys tho idea of a sciaJl loot. Y'ou ouly u*. however, about as much of it as you would of your owu if you pushed it into a boot leg snd stood on your loea," "Now, hero is a asn&iblo ahoo," ho maid, and a Jargo, broad iboo with low heel waa exhibited. ' Theso run as high as eights, and are mostly worn by Eastern ladies from St. Louis or Cih- 1 1 cinnati, whero thoy ore famous for big | feci, I sm satiifiod that cvcntuaDy broad shorn and low, fist heels meat prevail, for tho injurious effect of tho present stylo may not bo felt ; still, tho deformity and suffering entailed will | compel a descent from tho airy height I of French hods lo a common fcvol lur | bottom uf Iho foot, and than look out for astonishing revelations in the uxo of our ladies foot." ILars Tr»«4ar«a. ^ Among U10 rare treasures iu tho pos-

sesion of Queen Victoria is avery curious I needle tbaP waa xr.mdo at tho famous factory in Buckinghamshire. Ths nc©dio is a miniature modrl of Iho Rowan column of Trojan, bnt tho accnc* It I depicts aro iooo of tho omnia in Bis iifo tf Queca Victoria herself. There is oco rcprtBcnliug tho princess as a j young maiden si Tunhridgo Wells, I I where, in rimplo girlish attirs, with a I straw hat shading tho sweet, earnest I facei, aha is receiving lh© waUrfrom tbo handa of an old woman, to whom abo seems talking very pleasantly. Another seen© is iho ooronation it Wea:minatcr 1 — — - -» ■« »*- liLiiij i cr 1

( Abbey, bearing dsl© of tho twenty- 1 ( oightii of Juno, 1839, lo this secas U clearly depicted ten or Iwelvo figure*. Another is Iho queen's marrisgo, show, tog tho real bnda and tho pre n 00 oonsort, < with date, Monday, tho tenth of FebruI to7i 1818. Ths figures In all three I scenes aro so extremely small that thsy I can bo scarcely made out with tho naked aye. but by tbo aid of a magnifying glass they appear clearly cut and beau- < Ufully distinet This wonderful neodls can also be opened, . and It contains It I sototwi others, all of tho same form, J and all are adorned wfth miniature I figure* tn re lis f eseh seen# portraying I eossa- notable stent in tho life of Eng. J land's nobis and virtuous qussu.

i I Convcraalion aa a lino art iifij fallen u J much into neglect. \\'o a cow to bo a j relapsing into a belief that h|>ccch La j merely amcdiumor exchange, and thai, * j so ioug as tlrn meaning is clear. It mattcra littlo if tho vohiclo l>o crude. But * I it ts a mistaho to think tnat wo con u^o 1 langusgo with slsiMlaablncohcrcuoeand I convoy our thought unimpaired. Tho * I relation between thought and expression I is so closo that oun cauuot l>o indepond- ^ I cut of tho other; and this connection Is I j so vital that vrheu an Idea becomes * I extluct in a tanguago tho word that ex- * I prcasixl it wit bus and falls away uulcos ^ I tho word liap]>eu to find employment iu ' , cxprcaaing a new ides. Cloxr thinking is, of course, Iho first I I »h>p toward clear speaking, but mac* I curacy iu tho Uso uf language arises tea* I from' vague 11 i*a of thought than from a j coreloionoes of speech, content to hit I aomuwhere in thD niiighborhood, bat I never piercing tho bull's cyo or tho I thought. A exuaado against tho stupidity of thought that lies at the root of much stupidity of expression is tobopo1 1 coaly Qaixolio to attcmpL There is a I filncsj about a poor or inflrzu thought I going badly clothed; but Ihcro are ! plenty of people who do think, and yet who express thtmiclTCj iu aanncx so] I s tumbling as lo dutort completely their I mcining. Not realizing tho beauty and I I richness of the language that is open to

I yet iniut on limiting onrsclvre I I to a certain ciixs of reugli 9xxon word*, I j making them do ycornun sorrece, and I I forcing u;>on them a mm of work for I I which thoy aro entirely uuOttod, nntil I under this bunleu they loao even their primitive atrongth. An cxtremo derelopmeut of tho otil of cxrcica* speech la tho indiscriminate I tno of cxtravagaut adjectives ao 00m- I mon among achool-girls, who, with smiling prodigality, expend tho resource* I of language upou mental trifiesu Tho I injustice to the listener from this in- 1 accurycjr of speech la obvious. Howover, this is slight l»caido tho greater injustice donu to tho langa&go itsolf, in I . which wo hsvo only a lifo interest, and j , which wo must pass on to ths gonora- 1 , lione following a*. Wo bays no right I : toabuaolhoLvugnago wohavo inherited, for tho traces of our rough handling I. will anroly endura I , r T 1 . a to«t;s WJtbi**, 1 During a recent Bid, it was thought M im|»orUnt by counsel to dclcraino tho J 1 length of timo that a c< rtain quarter of I < I lA^> f VatTi#fnA.1 % ■ 1 am ■ I

I vet! rrmttowl cz\\rc%A Trjgun In I I front of plaintilTs aloro Mure it was I taken by tho defendant. Tho witneas I under examination wa» s German, I whoaoknowlcvigo ol Euglish wxa limited; 1 I but ho tea I: fie< J In a very plain, straight- I forwarel way, lo havingafterwanlB carried I 't out and put It inlo tho wsgon. Then I tho folJoniiig ensued ; "SLato to tho jury how long it was] j after you took Iho meat from tho storo | Isndputitia tno wagon, before it was | I taken nw»y." "Now I shust oaud dell doL I tinks I Tx)ut twclro feet. I say no nearer as I dob" I "You don't understand nio. How I long was it from tho Brno tho meat loft I tho store and waa put into tho w*gou | beforo it vas taken away by tho dotcii- 1 jdant?" I "Now 1 know not what you ax dot | I for. Dcr wagon ho was hsck up mitl dat sidewalk, wad rUt's ahoost as long | las it was. You dell mo how jotie do| I sidewalk was, Dep I dells yon ahooot : I how loug dat vas," I "1 don't want lo know how long tho | sldowolk was, but I wont to know •' I ■peaking vory slowly, "how— tongl-J this— meat— was— in— tho— wsgou — l>c*1 lore— it— was — taken— away ?"

<lO, dot 7 Veil, now, l not sold my I meat so, I all <jo timo weigh him; I never measure meat, not yet. But i dinks about dreo /set. I know not, I ihcnUemenls. how is dis. I dolls yoa I all I eon achooot so good as I know." I "Look hero. I want to know how I I long It was before tho most was taken | I wa* wo8°a 7" I I "Now, you dry ctnd get mo in aomo icrajx*. Dot meat vas shoost so long in dcr wagon as ho was in dcr shop. Dot's vst I dold you. DjI meat voa | dead meat. Uo don't get no longer in den dutisen year, not mooch." I ••That will do."

MMtlofi Lruit Kcolha Jannary— "As tho day lengthens, lho| cold strengthens," February— "Few are thy days," March — "Keen and bright. " April — "Ficklo as fortune." I < May— "Full of fair promise." Jnne— "Tho longest day 00 me* torn] cltwc," I ! July— "Glorious In all thy pcrieo* 1 1 lions." | j August— "Ripe and ready,- * h Brptember— "I gather them la." 1 Octol>er — "Declino snd dis." | ! November— "Dull as ttidncss. " ! December— "Last but not least,'* ) l

[ news in brief ^ I . # j] ~~Ttio British Museum lately acquired ^ I Lhirtj-nino Babjrluuaru objeda of ailror. —Tho firat attempt to manufacture * pins was mado soon alter tho war of * I i 8 IS. ^ ] —Tho first oomtdelo sowing machine J | wsb patented by KUaa Howo, Jr., in I JoiC. ► —An exhibition of tho works of tho ! late llablot K. Browno ('Thix* ) is lo p I bo held at Liverpool. 1 [ — ilf- Blaino intends to soil southward , in tho racht Blaino, with her Boston _ i owuit, in tho spring, Frqfcsso r Vlrchow, of Bcrliu, owtu noarly C.000 human skulls of all ogos I and nationalities. I — 1 Tho consumption of thread of the * beat gnu! oa iu Iho United Btatco Is 21 - ■ I OOO.OuO spools p«r annum. I —A bolUo of 50 gallons cipacitv, tho , j largest over blown in this country, was , lately mado at MillviJto, N. J. —Tho poiic© of Berlin will no longer permit publio performance* of tamer* cf lions and other wild antmaU. — Tho Mar quia of Lorno has b©cn -reelected comtnodoio of tho Royal Nora I BcotLa Yacht Bquodron. . I — Johu Csl>ot reoctvea mc magnifloenl sum of £10 from Henry VI I by way of reward fur discovering America. —Tho strength or 120 pounds is rej vnircj to tear asunder an iron wtro onoI twcnty.fiftU of on iucli in diameter. — England paid about $17,000,000 for counueiug Arabi Bey tlial ho ought not to rebel against his owu rrovcmmcnL ■ — * -ft— nv uu wmu guicrnmcni.

I —Tho total cost of tbo now Capitol in Albany up to January 1, 18S3, is ata1 1W gg3^° Gum missions at $lk,I . ""Tho i'nnco of Wales hsa at SandI riugbshi 100 short-horn cow* ami 29 abort-horn bulls, which aro kept in iwo distinct herds, | —Tho famous chestnut trc© ou Mt, ^:us measures 210 feet at its basa Its ago is at least £00 yearn. Italy has many renowned trees of tbJ5 species. —Tho next exhibition of works by Prussian and foreign artists will tako place in Msvaud Jons, at tho Polytechnic School at ChorJotteburg, near Berlin. —A man over CO years uf ago is reported, by a British paper, lobsvomads 1 130 mihw iu 21 hours ou a tricyolo. A 1 younger riTol did 1 bC miles in tho tarn© time. —Tho wholo number oflcltcr* mailed inihis couutry during tho v©ar 1680 was 1,033,252,870, or on average of 21 to each man, woman and child in tho couutry. — Sarah Bcruhardt-Dsmnlahaj dosolr trimmed off Iho big fnzxes of hair that used to overshadow her brow, to tho great improvement, it Is said, of her

I » rA, of pig iron, sunk in Long Island Sound, off Say brook, twentysoren years ago, now being recovered by liiTLis, comt-s out from uudor tho I sand in good condition. —Tho hazing for which five Sopbo- | mores of Bowdota College have noon suspended consisted in cnttlug off vioI lcniiy one-half of Iho slow-appearing j xnusUcho of a reluctant Freshman. I — From tho dcjKwit discovered in 1873 on tho Apiwmattox River mt Bcrmudo, Va,, there ore now taken 1,000 tons annually or about a third of ths flno ochres used In tho United Stale*. — -Artificial eggs are" now maucfxolI tired in German v. A woman who bought I a do ten of n peddler found them filled wilh water, too yolk having been extracted and tho holo covered with paste. I —Tho schools cf Portland, Mo., roI ccntly hold a "Longfellow hour," on I which occasion interesting exorcises I were held In all tho schools, and a handanmo sum was realised for tho memorial fund. —Hannibal lfomlin hta given to Colby University a copy of Lbs Cristophor Colombui oil portrait in tho Naval Museum at Madrid, supposed lobe tho ouly an then lie Ukonees of tho great disoorcrer.

—Tho Hon. Alexander H. II. Btnsrt I has been ronucotod by tho IlUtoriool I Bocicty of \ irgiuia to prcjmre a his loir of the events of 18CU "which led to tho restoration of tho buta to her place in I tho Union." I —Cosier County, Montana, ii iho largest county in tho United State*. lit I area is 38,000 square mile*. It Is larger I thin tho States of Vermont, }ie» I Hampshire, Moaaschnsctu, Delaware I and Rhode Island, ol! combined. —Tho real ealnto snbjocl to dtj Ua lu Philadelphia is $302,687, W5; landJ •" SVAJjpWJ i , SNAJ g JUiUfs

tnrr, fo,C28t280; lurve*. $2,804 , W ; cwltto. $139,230; pleasure carriage*. . $633,203, Tho Lucres bo otct 1582 is 817,708,026. —Tho Japanese Department of *Agricnltnre Li planting oyster beds near Yokohama, IboJapanoso oysters are consiUrred among the finest in the world, and hope* are entertained of exporting them largely in a preserved state, —Workmen are already engaged on the removal of the central tower of Peterborough Cathedral, and as very recently severs] new cracks of an alarm - log character have been discovered, tho work has been undertaken none too soon. Thousands of people are reported to have visited the cathedral from all parts of Eorop* since the news of the "proposed detnoliiloa" was made nubMo /' r