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/7\ DEWS /AN Jf ALLEN EDDY, EDITOR. $1.00 .Pffi? rai/j VOL. IV. MACEDON, N. Y., SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1892. NO. 38. Lost Lina; -on,- TOE BITTER AND THE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents. 07 MRS. NINA LAWSON. As Uav entered .Teunnoltr's chamber, he found her plopped uj) ill bed with lai'KO, suow-wliHi- pillows, and she looked almost like a corpse. Hei' large black eves were now sunken in her head, and the ouee fat, rosy cheeks wer- now pale and thin, the hand she extended to Kay us he advanced toward Mm bed was white and scarcely any flesh remained on the Ion-; slim fin gers As she looked at Hay's wastod form and sunken checks, hor con- scicuc\ smote her to think she had been the cui;,' of it all her voice was no longer strong, and } a I lost its com manding tone. \II iv, pii as«' 1 e •-fated, for I wish to talk to von awhile Minna, yon niav go to \our i- ion. v.t,v>, and wait until you are railed rhaps von ,ir< i.ot .-trong enough, Ray, to iisten to .ill 1 ha-.c to tell, but it mu-t be t-il.l row or never, for I shill in \i r si', .inotin r d.iv \ She s]iiiko f,lu\\l\ and distim tlv \No .I.aiinettf I am lmt very strong as yet. for I h>i\. hud a u ry severe tune 01 it for the List -i.\ ii.ui.ths, and when you get a lift!' lest r I will tell you all aim il it l>t i : mu-t not talk m this t...inner for you will so in recover fruit the sho. k make me fi el wins- liv talking - IL Hut vmi were goi:,g to tell ic\ las ' night w here my Luni l- m d th ' tlesiiiuk eanie and you en :11 not ti .-1. 'ii'- i t is tl,u •• • I have sent to tell \ M .lb nit l!a., iifti r Miu lia\e he.ml what I h.iv. to -ay \ou u ill cur-i 1 thed.i- 1 w a-, 1 iiMiiii.il h.itr my meriorv fori'M r toi I li.'M been tin ni:ii 1 of all M -ur troul'i. tin doiit start m tin! niitiiin r but In culm a'ld listen to mi f >r this is i \ ihng i mle-Mi'ii, ai.d (old ih.,ic k.iow, uh.it it cists me but I do not think l.'.w th.it i c mid d. e •with\ 't tolling all ' 1 k' ew w h> i n.'i «i i .ill th • tine'. Hay. and i t v. i- I \.\ . had sou ]>ni th\iv I kne \.i ' in'i wire shot and h i» b.nli t \\ i- 1 who wrote that lettcr tli.it , ,1'isi 1 1 M u to go to tin cit_\ t'ui* nif.li* .-Hid I who wrote that ano'i moils htt. i t.i \ i nt Marguerite aboil' 1 iii'i It w.isl too, who jm* t it ]io. MIII in tin ci|iot i hocolat • on tic •noriiiiif .itt r the ball a'nl I who ti e 1 t o siii'ith. . that girl to death , all oi tins 1 h.u ilmic, K.iv. and wh\ '' Hci i s i I oin ' low d Mai and this d. ar old m.i l - on in. HI tliuU 1 did m\ lite or my h L i of ie a. » n \\\ >i u sic to -* i .one hire I saw how bea'.t 'nl she wa- and I was then afraid Ilia' v 'U would 'ovi h r luoi'i than me if -!:• l.i.iaui'il until \ou eaine and then I did al l tha' I culd t • get h»r aw,iv fi mi her. I> it aunt i\ns firm a.i 1 .1 sav. 'n.it s! i hived th • girl \ ,Ii .iriitti ,'oji]icd a !r» mom'lit--t i rest in 1 then went m, 4 \e.' l thin, wlieii I saw yon give yo 1 •• heart to in r I \1*. w JCI'DUS and it S \i tin d to ni • tii.it Mm had forgotten me a nl I ii-ed 'o think t nit von love 1 me. uid th it I would > i.e dav be mis tr.-s wa. 1 ist \ \ V:i pOl-ill get It >o : w get 1 r snii't i, ; quite . nt '|'[l ' 1 tra no thr •« 1. • it w i, ! for f '.i \ 1 lien f tin- mail-ion hut. no t h it i' t o lii and ln.w I am a rill led. i, in r I fail' .1 i • kill h\i' with the I wns-till iiion determine i ti r iiut of th wav tliinknu fiat lid f ii n lov n i aril soon tor r It wa. tin- that I tr.-.l t o ; h r t o d • th it b, fore I h id ic\iilnl tin li rse came and I nie I'.it'ier than have Iter b • th n I kill I the nurse an 1 ;• liinh 111 tl e lii\p. ^ e-, and woo -not tin poor Hlllpii'*i'll. !l • Woll'd tl' 1 O I Iin ' w Inn I i.uh d ut that I w is a r inl to utti ni] .t a third tun • to kill lie- I'he.i I tr e d '•• / t In r fp m tne Ina -io i b-. v. i,ti\e tha' letter to aunt. but i- on know, ' fail, d m tl a al-o ( w is t iken Sit \ tin II , as vmi remoiii be iinl I km w nothing about w.ia' was g II i g on i,i the mansion until just a te > Ins before vni ntarriiig a\.d the • I w nl.I have shot her 1 »»»f *i- • »o;r own i ves if I c mill h.n got at her '•\\el' you were so m married ail gull' while I was 1. ft I !• hind to nurse im writh, an I th nk of the [as' an 1 my ! i<: low 'illi 1'av Inn I i : •\ loved von' No ie but (lo d knoAs how nun h. a nl I so Ion.'.' 1 to be m -tn \s of this h ins. tint I hive sold my soul to eternal ill' ' lti\*i to win it but nil HI v am ' \I l.e.ed MII I to o muih, yes, I would ha. i bee.i voiir SI.IM I woul I hav • ill -il ' ir you. but when I saw that vou rare i no mor • for me than any of the s rv i ts here I vowed 'o have revenge, an 1 miii 1 am the rinse of your lif •' \I!i> patient, Hay. I know you iV'd lik • r'i.'king ni' \to ilia'h. Hut lam d\ i u' n iw , an d I IIOJH Miur tr-mbl. s w \ r i- but ti-*i n Hav, vo u h ive no - h ii'.l the wi r.t (mil, .leillllli'tte' volt Wllll.il tne vet a s you lime the rest \ \1-1 .ik ' Listen 1 He pati-nt Th\r • is r-n'v a little more, aud then all .3 ow r ' Well. I got mv revenge at last, an 1 how I glornil at the .-ight of th i t w 1 1 I s misi ry' Oh, it was sweet to m ' f n t o see her sutler at my hands, wlir i I have lived ten tho.isaud deaths hci iuse of In r' ' I It ii- <il a man t o g > t-i Chicago t h I* night that you were .shot in the w i i-is an 1 the next day h ' sent a ie.\s-:ige tint MIII had committed suicalo and she wa- told t) go there immediately 1 thought the shock would kill her and then I did not care much if it did | I would have seen her die and not shed i a t«:ir As soon as she was able she [ went t > Chicago with Tom and her lu.ml but w hen alio arrived there they told In r that you had thrown yourself , in the lake, and had sent a letter to | her the same morning They sav she came near dying there at the Pacifh , Hi.tol, and perhaps it would have been | a blessing if she had! I \She had men search for your body. I but of course thoy did not find it ; and ' as soon as sh e was able sh e came back. I had hired a ma n to come that day and take away her babo, and when sh e came home nurse and all were gone, aud the nursery was all dark. \I then told \her just what I thought of such as she, and that sh e had, in directly, killed yo u and her babe, that both of your bodies were lying at the bottom of th? lake. I thon thought that she ought to be there and I told her so; I also told her that I was mis tress of this mansion, and that its doors were henceforth closed to her. \I gave her a letter that I had order ed mailed in Chicago, and it was a farewell letter from you. I imitated your handwriting IUS much as possible \ \Where are they now gasped poor Hav. \I do not know, Ttny, where your wife is. Hhe may be dead, for all I know She left here alone, about mid night that night, and I have never heard of her since Bu t your little girl lives and is well ; as wicked as I have ! been I could not kill her.\ i \Where is she'\ \She is at Jonesborough, 111., with that o'd couple that her mother once lived with The y know whose child 1 she is, but think that both her parents are dead \ \And my wife lives; I know it— I something tolls m e so. Thank God, I I shall once again see the light of day, and ran forgive you, Jeaunetto, if sh e Hies.\ ! \I do not ask your forgiveness, Hay. Vou know what it is to love and to lose, I but \ou don't know what it is to b\ cursed by (rod for a crime committed, for that lost love, and I do. \I know now that that storm was s-nt last night as my punishment, and I should have been compelled to lie here for! vears if I had not confessed.\ \That -torin was mv deliverer, and I thank dod for it Yes, yo u have roin- mitti il a great ennn , Jeauuette, al most an unpardonable sin \ Kill's e\os shou\ now like two grea' stirs and it seemed that every particle of 0 o nl in his body had ru-lieil to his face Hi - bljo I was on fire, an I he wa- in great danger, hut in his pros ed stati of e\i itement ho could not leali/.e his condition, and did not seem to understand fullv all that Jeanuette had - n 1 That is all I have to say, Hav, aud now good-bv, ami -good-bv foreior H.n gaz d at her in a vi ry strange m n ier as if he did not understand what she said, '.is eyes were like two great ball- of lire, an I his hands ami juntos were trembling as those of an old n an stru ken with palsv He said nothing bu ' sat gazing at Jeannette with that strange, unnatural look Hy ami l>\ he rose and left the loom, but his 1 nibs ri f lsed to carry the light weight of his body, and ho sank t i the Iloor as he reached his room .Ti'innetto Nathan died that night bet'.T • mi'ln glit and the mansion was dark an 1 de-ol.ito ,ndeo 1 She had her revenge, but of what sua 1 t o .self or in irt.il man? ( II VI'Tl It \XXV Those six month* wor* long and i he.do I to another b'.-iiles Kayniond JJnsMl There was i little woman, a little, lo.ieh wife, Aainleriug oiorthe earth, fr mi iilai e t > place, earning as h'iiw a bni-ileii ai her soul could b-ur A long future lay before her, without one visible rav of sunshm > to light up the l.ui\l.. dark road This lonelv lit'le liomple-s w:f • was Leuora I'.ris- tol On tin*. dark\-t of dark nights that -h e loft the mansion alone, friend- 1's- and almost penniless and after her lonelv walk to the city, she reached the i ittage with the \light in the w.n- dow ' That cottigo was the firs* on that s're.'t, a'ld it, ou'v on upant was a p.i u- In i' widow that once had been the w:fd of a foul loving husband, an I fie m iMier oi two beautiful i lul- dren All were now gone from tin' wor'd, and their bodies were ; t rest m the litti • 'i'U\t cometerv by the old white (Iiurih As this poor widow opo'ied the door and saw a woman stan ling th—.o m th • ra'uand cold, the kind. s.id'b>'i\d heart wont out to that po ir, lour wanderer and thon when Leiiora sank to the tloor she pitied her still m 're \Poor dear soul, no doub* she is bur dened with sorrow, and perhaps is a dear httle lam b that has strayed from the link I am glad 1 ha\o left th it light ri the window these long vears. fur pel haps it has done one poor soul so:u • good Sue partly c irri <d and partly drigged tie limp cold body ami laid it geu'Iy down upon a low worn sofa, the bl.uk dripping hat and long heavy veil wore then removed from the head an 1 the old lady's eye rested o.i a voting beautiful womnu ' \h' Dear, sail heart, so fair, so young ti -re triib'e, but then th • j world is full of it ni in itter v. her 1 w e 1 Mr* l*.i-set' i f >r that was her name) st r.el up the fir and put the kettle o'l m a 'e' v mni'ites a hot, steaming cup of tea sa* on the table that stood ii\nr the lounge, the warm tiro and the ! g-utle i hating of the cold hands and ' tare soon <• uised Lonor.i to open hor ci \3 an 1 as she looked up she saw a -a! gentle tare bending over her, the h.iir w.la white ami the eves had lost th • br.g'itn -ss o f vouth, yet around the mo t'h pla ed a sweet gentle smile. \Is th it you. mother? aud have vo-i i 'ine t > m e at hist* Oh, it is all so | to-r b l > an 1 I nee 1 yo u s o mirl i You know now all about it, and y m know- it isn t true. I am going to ( hir igo o n the tirs tra.u an I s. e if I can't find some (jliio t-> tin:- s range mystery You I be!:>'o in mo don t vou, notlier' J I P I want to see her—there, now, I drank the tea, see? aud that will do.\ \You feel a little better now, don't i you? Nurse said baby was asleep, and we won't disturb it. You lie down now aud go to sleep, for I believe you are tired.\ The poor, weary young wife obeyed, and was soon asleep. That was the first night, of many more following, that kind Mrs. Bassett sat up and watched over the feverish, delirious stranger for three long weeks. Leuora lay in that pretty little clean cottage, aud her unknown friend did everything she could for her beautiful strange patient. Lenora had gone again and again over those awful days and nights, and Mrs. Bassett now knew who her pa tient was, but she said nothing to any one about what Lenora would £ay At the f-nd of three weeks Lenora began to grow better, but very slowly five, six weeks had passed, and she was able to walk round the cottage, and felt quit- strong She wanted to leave there then, but her kind friend would not consent to her going just yet. | \You may go in one week if you promise t) be careful of yourself, but I no sooner \ \I shall nii»s you vi>tr much, for you i have been like a mother to me , but you know I can't stay here, for tho ' memory of it all until 1 kill me, and, then I must go to Chicago to see what i I can do. I would just as soon die as ' live, now, but I am not the one to say I that it is time for my troubles to cease, and I pray (lod may give me strength to b-'ar them \ | [TO nr. ros-rrvi En.t i Paul of Russia. I An apoplectic s*roko removed Cathe rine II. from the throne of Kussa and ' placed upon it the .son she despised. A > bail woman but a great soverigu, gave , place to a v.uu man whose weak mind I unfitted him to rule Hauug seen his \ mother dethrone anil murJer his father, 1 Paul began h s reign with one fear, tho ; dr -ad of a palace ivvolutn n j He pers'cuted thoso w ho ha 1 b.-en in , favor with hit, mother, and he raised to ' the highest position.-, insignificant per- I s nis incapable of perf inning the duties . assigned to them Fear of Jre.ison mad. him susp cons, severe and capn- j eioiis. A woid brought persecution, 1 and the favorite of to-day was banished | on tho morrow I He wished to st'.ko terror that all might be s-.tbmi-'s. o. and that his will 1 should be at once e\e -uted Hound hats wove fori I Lion b- au imperial de cree, 1 eeau-o the I zar thought them a sign of liberalism If m the crowd i .sei ing a parade a man ajiponred with an ' old round hat, an aid-do-eanip pursued i the eulpii\ whi if caught was flogged ! at the mares' guar 1-house. I \\ hen a i .image mot the l'.mppror's, it stopped an 1 the coachman aud foot • mau took of f their i aps and the occu pants, alighting, made a profound bow j to lu.s Muj st Thinking that people ' wi.-hed to slight him, he scrutinized | the bow to si'e if it was marked by , pr if nind r.'pect Th • off 'twas that perso.is in eir- riagos or on foot to- k car • not to moot the dreaded (_ zar When his carriage was seen approaching thoy tied down side streets >r hid under gateways, that • th >v might not be forced to stand in the snow or in the mud and b >w themselves to the earth. ] The perso-i who had the most mflu- , enceoier the despot was Kntayschotl', ; Ins barber, a small, st' ut. alert Turk, i who ha I been capture I while a child ' aud adopted by Pail The great.st generals and statesmen of the empire I ol s<.rpiiously sainted the harbor, who became tin emperors valet, then a ! grai d oipierrv, ado u>l with orders I and owning lirg' estates, the gi'ts of th • crazy C/ar | Hi> rule became a reign of t -rr-ir , All hate 1 linn, and ev. rv one synina- ' thi/ed with the conspirators who choked lutn to do ith I \THE FOURTH. Independence Day's Place American History. in Important Eyents Connected With Its Celebration. The Fiisl ( liinesi' Kailway. Knglish engineering plam to build a railway in this umpire have met with no sua ess, lmt now French engineers h.ne been more fa-.or.ibly received by tho Viceroy Li-Hung-Chang aud the (teneral T\'h >nk-Ki-Taug It is, in deed, only a railway for privato use, which 13 t > connect T i nts n with the, \ ii erov's country seat, live or six miles distant The country and the people wi'', of course, dori.e very little bene fit from it. vet the first st. p is taken in China, an 1 the mo-t w niderful aelnove- mo.it of Western 11\ ihza'i in, which already lias fiund its way across the s.in Is of Atrra and the st.'pi es of Asia is now to be found within tlie walls of China. The • ars or carnages tor this road were built m Lvons Tiiey are six ,n all, three luxur-.o-islv lifted up , th\ one intended for the Viceroy's uso is painted I l..e on th • o itsule with gilt decorations, aud in e.irh panel is pai'.itel the imperial shield and the dragon with tiv • claws. Tho interior is Louis Quinze style, and is fitted up with cherry c ilored satiu and plush, The two other ] aiior cars aro painted red aud gold ouo with a large room for the mandarins, upholstered in green plush and satin, and the other contains a tea-moni m vnlot plush aud satin.— Deinarc*' * ku-uv vou would. ' Yes, dear I do \ and Mrs. Bass-'tt ' stooped and kissed the cold white ! brow, while a few motherly tears I trinkled down hor pale, hollow cheek | She roadily siw that Lenora was de lirious, mid o.s she had been a nurso , siui • her husljand's death, she know : just what to do and say I \Here ts a o.ip o f good hot tea I have brought for vou , you seem chilly, an 1 this will <lo yo u good \ | Lenora sat up and drank the tea. i \How pretty yo u have made my room look, and di d yo u or nurse build | that nice bright fire ? Ho w is baby, • mother? Tell nurse to bring hor here. 1 He Spoke Too Long. A 1 ng-wuided orator was expatiating on the follies o f this world, when a gentle-nan ij-jietly observed to a friend sitting next to lr m that the orator's snee ,- i was like the middle of a wheel \ \Why si J \ \ 1 eciuse the fellows around him at the table were tired \ \Hut uon t vou think that his speech is i rea'mg ifiute a hub-bjb?\— Sunday .\a:i(in'il. ('oiiiiiiirutivr ( riticism. First sm ill bo*—Say, Muggsy, did yer see \The Lost Trail\ last night? Second small boy—Bet-cher life. Wi z it b.tter'u 'Eleven Fmgerod Mike'' \ \Ket-chor-iife' Its go t three explo sions an' a shipwrock \ \Ctimini. It must be uz good uz Booth m 'Hamlet ' \— Time. IN Boston tho neck of a chickon is. i called Napoleon, because it i s a bony' part. Tho Fourth o f July occupies a con spicuous place i n Atnoricau history for other reasons than that it is tho national birth lay. In celebrating it, we naturally dwell exclusively o n tho scenes i n Iudopoiideuco Hall at the adoption o f the Declaration, but had this illustrious evont fallou upon any othor day, tho Fourth should have still hold a prominent place i n tho people's moinory. Yet , curiously enough , it is not at all a notable day iu military history. No doub t it is well that w e have noitlior to commoin- orato a great victory won, nor to lament a bnttlo lost upon this day. Though the nation was at wa r during twenty o f the first hundred years of its existence, and has been engaged iu more than four hundred battles, yot, with a single exception, thero has been no blood shed ou tho Fourth. Several actions havo takon place on tho third day o f tho mouth —tho most noteworthy being tho culminating struggle o f the civil war at Gettys burg—a:ul on tho tifth, but had i t not been for the unfortunate assault of the Confederates on Helena, Ark. , in 18G3, the surrondcr of Vicksburg, that same year, would havu beon tho only important military event con nected with the national anniversary. Mention, however, might bo mado here of an incident in Washington's career, the memory of which doubt less threw an occasional shade over his rejoicings at tho recurrence o f this day. During a campaign ngainst the French and Indians, in 1751, Wash ington, at the head of a small force, wa3 compelled by a greatly superior body of tho enemy to rotrcat to somo hastily constructed cutionclimcnts, which were characteristically called Fort Necessity. On the night o f July 3d, after a combat which had lastod ton hours, the French commander summoned the bravo young colonial officer to surren der. Tho parloying continued till lato at night, when Washington ngrced to tho honoiablo terms offered him, and on the Morning of the Fourth marched out o f tho fort with all tlio honors o f war. But while fow associations of mili tary glory cluster about the Fourth^ the \victories\ o f peace, \no less re nowned than\ those of war, havo been numcraus. Fivo treaties with foroigu nations have beon signed, and one— with Great Li it lain—ratitlcd on this day, while, on July 4, 1S27, slavory finally coased in No w York. Tho first political event o f impor tance which is connected with this date ia the first Tariff Act, which was passed July 4, 1789. Iu viow o f the present interest in this subject, it may be well to recall the proguaut words of the preamble \For tho support of tho govern ment, for the dischargo of tho debts of tho United Stales and the encour agement and protection o f manufac tures, that duties be laid on goods, wares and me«-chaudiso imported, etc.\ \Independence Day \ is associated with at least one groat corotncrcial on- torprise. On July 4, 1817, Gov. De Witt Clinton o f New Y'ork, turned tho first sod in tho then gigantic work of connecting the waters o f tho Great Lako with the Atlantic by means of tho Erie Canal. It is well to quoto hero an extract Irom another gover nor's diary, showing the humble be. giniiings o f what was once, an d doubt less will be again, a great uational in dustry. Governor Witithrop of Massachusetts Bay writes under dato of July 4, l'»31* \Tho govornor built a bark at Mistick, which was launched this day, and callod the Blessing o f tho Bay.\ Mention may bo also mado o f (ho fact that the first Canard steamship, tho Britannia, sailed from Livorpool for Boston on July 4, 1840. One great calamity has marked tho day—tho destruction of a largo part of Portland, Me. , by liro in 18GG. But the most solemn associations with the day aro thoso which death has give n it. On July 4, 182G, while tho nation was celobrating tho fiftieth anniversary of its indepondoncc, Thomas Jeffoi -sou, to whom more than to an y other single mau the language of the Declaration was due, closod his eyes on this earth On that samo day, iu his distant homo, John Adams, his companion in the Continental Con gress au d fellow-signer, and his pre decessor in tho presidential chair, finished his earthly career. Fivo years lator James Mqnroo^'pfiBsed over to tho majority,\ makin g three President* of the United Stat03 who havo died on tho natioual birthday.—[Youth's Com panion. To BInko Trotters Go Faster. William H. Campbell of New York has an idea for increasing tho speed of trotters Ho says: \M y idea is not to mako tho sulkies any lighter, as that would tend t o make thoin unsafe for practical purposes, but to improvo tho wheol, or ralhor tho hub, hy mak ing its inside a \ball-bearing anti friction socket, on the samo principle as that at present omployod in the manufacture of all first-class bicycles, whoroby the drawing load would be reduced somo fifty per cent, in benefit of tho borso, as you may readily as certain by consulting any professional bicyclo ridor and getting his opinion regarding tho now an d tho old whools, with aud without this improvement. This point, it sooms to mo, has never beforo received tho attention that il deservos, and, as I a m familiar with tho subjoct of \ball bearings\ as ap plied to whools am i journals, it oc curred to mo to call your attontiou to tho subject, in tho hopo that somo of our ontorprising sulky makers might be induced to givo this principle a trial aud thus assist iu tho efforts to rcduco tho rocord to the 2.00 goal. I should bo pleased to explain this mat ter further to any ouo interested in the subject.\—[Ridor an d Driver. rEARLS OF THOUGHT. Tho Hopeless Plight of tho Poles. The nppcaranco au d regimen of the Polish peasantry, whother laborers j about tho oil fields, woodsmen or ' agriculturists, are very different, 1 writes Edgar L. Wnkcmati. The men , arc o f slower action, dark, ungainly, I and wear mustachios of great size and | fierceness of appcarauco. Tho women ( are bony, hard featured, save among , tho very youthful maidons, with ] black, beady and restless oye3. I Noither men nor women are pleasant ' in appearance or temper. | They havo no distinctive dress, un less rags may becoino by their univer sal use distinctive. Thoy arc tho most uncouth aud forbidding lowly folk in their homes or at labor I ever met. Hut none aro s o poor as to not pos sess neat suits for Sundays, feast days and market timo diversion. Often fivo to 10 families livo uudor one roof, but usually the doma, or house which tho Rutheuiau calls his buda, is a tiny hu t of one room. There is invariably ono box on which he has lavished his most loving art. It contains his keepsakes aud treas ures and all his kroutzors aud gulden. Ho never relinquishes tho koy of this, and not even his wife knows how 1 itt Io or groat is the store it contains. — [New Y'ork Press. Want o f caro does u s more damage than want o f knowledge. What is woman? Only on o o f nature's agreeable blunders. All women aro good—good for something or good fo r nothing. Thero was never yot a fair woman but sho mado mouth s i n a glass. A passionate woman' s lovo ia al ways overshadowed by her foar. Earth has nothing moro tender than a woman's heart wheu it i3 the abodo of pity. Tho moro time a ma n spondB i n kicking, tho less work ho accom plishes. Cheerfulness, in most cheerful peo ple, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. Tho sevorost lest possiblo for a man's character is to do good an d havo some on e else go t tho credit for it. If every ma n go t every cent he earned aud every ma n earned evory cent he go t thero would bo a different distribution of incomes. That wis e provision o f nature which deprives a ma n who travols o u his beauty of a round-trip ticket prevonts a great inauy homicides. Don't bo discouraged by mistakes. Th e most successful mon in the world would do lots o f things differently if thoy could do them ovor. Money and time are the heaviest burdens o f life, and the iiuhappiest of all mortals aro thoso who havo more o f either than they Uuow ho w to use. A great character greatly success ful, shining in its righteous eminence ami irradiating a beneficent grace, im plies tho divine clement and tho celes tial luturcof mankind. Habits and Haunts of Gulls. Tho eggs of gulls gonorally are good eating. Tho largest o f tho gulls is tho burgomaster. It comes down in winter from tho Arctic seas as far as Now Y'ork. The black-back gull is found from the entranco of Baffin Bay (o Maiuo. its favorito bteodiug- placos being on the coast of Labrador. Iu wintor itgoos as|far south as Florida. In captivity it is very long-lived. Tho breeding soason is from the middle of May to the mlddlo o f Juno, and only ono brood is raised in a year; the nest, composed of weed s and grasses, is plucod upon rocky shelves, and tho eggs, usually three, are about three by two inches, of a pnlo, groeuish gray, with dark spots an d blotckos. Tha herring or silvery gull is found from Now foil ml land to Texas . Tho eggs, about threo by two inchos, aro usually throe, of a dull yellow color, with spots and blotcho3 o f ambor brown, and aro excellent as food. Tho last nainod gull goc? inland to tho westorn rivers and northern lakes. Thoro are other species of gulls which it is un necessary lo describe. Not only aro tho eggs of tho black-backed gull sought after, but great numbers of tho young, when nearly ablo to fly, are killed and salted as food for tho fisher men of Labrador au d Newfoundland. Tho old ones aro tough and unfit to cat. — [Yankoo Blade. Success in Dog-Trniniug. Ono o f tho secrets o f success iu dog- training lies in makin g tho animal at tached to its teacher. Mako a frioud and companion o f tho young dog, treat hi m s o that ho would rather be with yo u and doing what you bid than fooling about by himsolf, and his edu cation becomes comparatively enBy. Every lesson should bo mado porfoctly clear to tho pupil, an d no punishmeut should bo inflicted until the trainer ie certain that the dog uudorstauds what is wanted of him, but refuses to per form tho task. Evory prompt obo- dleuce t o orders should bo rowardod hy a kindly pat on tho hoad, tho moan ing o f whic h any dog understands.-\ [Outing. I The Land and Muter oftlie (.lobe. I John Murray, member of tho Clial- | longer cxpodition, aud one o f tho | highest living authorities on occan- . ograpby , has rocontly been delivering | somo lectures iu Bostoti of peculiar | interest to scientific me n and students. ! Among many special papers of groat • value which havo boon published b y Mr. Murray is ono relating to \The Height o f tho Lan d and the Dept h o f the Ocean.\ In this loarncd mono- j graph it is estimatod that the aroa o f | the dry land on the g.'obo is 05,000,000 j squaro miles, and the area o f tho ocean 137,200,000 square miles. H o estimates the volumo o f tho dry land above the level of tho soa at 23,450,000 cubic miles, an d tho volume of the ! waters of tho ocean at 323.80O.O00 cubic miles. lie fixes the mean height of tho laud abovo the sea at 2250 feet and tho mean depth o f the whole ocoau at 12,480 feet. Of course theso results aro only approximate but they help to rondor our ideas o f these matters more definite. In his paper Mr. Murray also esti mates that the rivoi-9 o f (he world carry into the ocean 2 1-2 cubic miles o f scdimont. To this must bo added tho matter carried into the sea in so lution, which is estimated at 1.183 miles of matter. Together, then, tho amount of mattor carriod through tho land each year is 3.7 cubic miles. It woul d thus, according to this calcula tion, take 0,340,030 yoars to transport tho wholo o f tho solid land down t\ the sea.—[Scientific Amorican. Tho Gorman Emperor's Train. Th o German Emperor's imperial train, whic h has just been comploted, has cost $750,000, an d it has taken threo years to construct. Thero aro twelv o carriage*, all connectod to gether by corridors. The library saloon is hung with Gobelius tapestry from the palaco o f Charlottonburg, aud tho dining saloon is furnished an d panelled with oak, while tkorc is a drawin g room furnishod entirely i n white satin, and two nursery car riages; a reception saloon, which con tains several piecos of statuary, a lux uriously fitted smoking room an d three sleeping saloons, each of which is fitted with a bath. There is a large kitchen aud accommodation for the suito au d the servants. A Good-Sized Egg . Th e latost rarity exhibited at the Zoological Gardens is an egg as nearly as possiblo a foot long. Its ago rivtils that o f the \shop\ or \cooking\ egg, whic h is ono o f tho most ancient in cxisteuco. S o old, however, is this on e that tho Aopyornis , tho bird who laid it, is only imporfoctly known to us by its fossil fragments. It i s much to bo regrettod that tho Aopyornis i s not with us now; the melancholy proverb, \One cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs,\ would havo lost it s force in this caso o f an egg whic h was capable of makiug several omelettes. —f/London Globo. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. A KITE FRIOnT. On a windy day young Willie Itookey, Instead of going to school played hookey. To a far distant field he weut, With dog and ball, on fun intent. When suddenly, in that loue place. Appeared a very startling face. And, dropping ball, away Will flew, Tbe faithful comrade Hying, ton Oh' shame on you, young Willie Rookcyr If you had not been playing hookey, You'd such a coward not have beon. But stopped and, in a moment, seen That startling face was but a kite. That loose had broken in Its tligbt. — [Detroit Free Press. A NOVEL crattiON. A funny story i s told o f somo o f tho monkeys in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Th e cage containing white rats had stood for a long time near tho monkey cage, and the monkeys had displayed much curiosity an d intorest iu thoir neighbors. One da y by wa y of ox- perimont, the keeper pu t a largo white rat into tho monkey cago. Tho mon keys screamed with delight, and aftor a few days' observation o f their no w comrado thoy mado fast friouds with him, stroking his fur , fondling him i n thoir arras and sharing thoir food with him, even picking out choico bits for his special benefit. One day a now idea soomed to striko tho oldest money. Ho put tbe rat from his arms gontl y upoa tho floor, and cautiously sat down upon it. Tho rat di d not move, no r seem to object to the new use t o which he was placed, and (ho moukoy chattered wlthdolight at hi s soft cushion. Ho allowed tho rest o f the monkey s to try tho novel seat, and thoy all seemed equally pleased. Fro m that time tho rat's destiny was settled, li e wa s in constant use as a sofa, and the monkeys violently re sented and opposed any attempt at his removal. Thoy nevor injured tho rat iu any way, nor did ho seem to bo tho worpo for the peculiar use to which ho wa s put, so tho keepers allowed him to remain. It was said to bo a com mon sight, so long as tho rat wa s there, to see a demur e moulcoy seated upon its back. — [N. Y'. Nows. CIIOCOI.A.TK. tOFl-'KE. TK V. Wheu Columbus discovered Ameri ca, ho oponed to the world a number of good things, among them being chocolate, tho extract of the cacao bean. Tho Moxicuna used it long be fore the conquost, but not until 1520 wa s it introduced into Spaiu, and tho Spaniards kept it a secret for many years. It became a great favorite as soon as known, an d sinco thou has continued iu popularity. Tho bos ' chocolate cotnos from the beans of tho South American tree, although th° treo thrivos clsowhoro. Linnajus liked it so much tliat ho called it \food of the Gods.\ Coffee belongs originally to Arabia, whoro it was discovered iu a curious manner. The monks o f a certain monastery used to ge t so sleepy during services that they were unable to at tend to the responses, and the Superior was at his wits' end. It wa s rcportod by shepherds that aftor thoir flocks had oaten of a certain berry, they were always wakeful aud lively; so somo o f tho berrlo8 wore browed for tho sleepy monks, aud the first cup o f coffee made. It i s uot kuow n whether the monks wore ablo to attend service properly aftor this, but, at any rate, coffee wa s given to tho world. Tho uso of it spread to Turkey, whoro it was pro hibited by somo o f tho Sultaus, but i n 1554 Solyman tho Great allowed it to bo drank by all, and in 1GG9 Loudon first learned what coffeo was. Th e Dutch woro tho first to transplant tho- treos from Mocha to Batavia, and be came great coffeo raisers. Tho plant from which all tho coffeo raisod in Martiniquo came was prcsotitod to Louis XIV. by tho magistrates of Am sterdam in 1714 Coffeo is now re garded as ono o f tho necessities of life, though people secmod to gee aloug without it for some conturios. One cannot say definitely ho w long tea has been used iu Chiua, but Eu rope owe s its discovery to tho Dutch, who imported it iu 1G10. About that time it cost fifty dollars or so a pound in England , and 1GG0 Samuel Popys says that ho had hi s first cup of tea. Hundreds of millions o f pounds aro now used in the course o f a yoar, aud everybody usos it moro or loss. The question of tea is a vory intorostiug Biibject to use, fo r i t wa s the duty im posed by Euglaud that led to tho Now Y'ork and Boston \tea-parties\ in 1773; aud not loug aftor that tho sol diers came over, and tho Declaration o f Indopcndenco wa s signed. For this reason tea ought to bo a national drink with us.—[Harper' s Yonug People.
