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•P« » ., r V V .r 1 . . THE FIRST VIOLET. Sweet riole^ starred with the dew, What wondrous pains I took To hunt its pretty eyos of blue, Along thftTbabbling brook; 8weeW!olet that bloomed for you Vfftfin that sunny nook. The loving warmth of southern skies Shone on its mossy bxxl. And soon it oped ifW sleepy eyes, And raised its drooping head, And gazed 4bout in wild Kitrpriss . To find the snow hod fled. ' Blue as the waters of the bay, Sweet herkld of the spring; * I To him whoso skiei i are cold and gray, I said; peJchanc » 'twill bring A dream ot burst ng biuln to-day, And whir of >'<> 'it^M wing. —Be U Bremer, in The Cu -rt nbnt. CAMELEON. BY JtOBU II. LATHnOP. . * 'What Lanj anton ished at is your bower t>Tor the con limned bachelors,\ Hiiid Folina Drake. \You orb too younjf for that; but something compensates, evidently.\ Molly, whom oomu of her frjends called Cameleon, was sittlutf over tho tiro; in hor { private porlof discussing hor' various overs with Felina. Fortunately Folina was engaged.to bo married, and was not in a position to, feel, envy or to watjeh un- sympntlictical.liy |ho preliminary. stc|M» towurd un engagement on tho pari of her friend. It was un event which nlio eager- ly desired, that they mhrht bo Entirely mutual in tkjeir (experiences. Fclina might havo bedn jealous of the Caracleon's beauty; but the young girl was. of that charming class of lovely woniOaj whoso 1 members appeal to their own sex by their perfect good nature and childliko inno- cence. I ' I • I \Oh I cun tell you how that happens,\ the Cameleon responded, in her cliccfful VQhe. \Clover ilr. Courtney told mo thai my face woult) last well, and Uiat he had seen hundreds of belles fado; In a f<jw soasons, which hud almpst made a misan- turopoof him.\ , • .] \Well I think ft was flno distinction,\ uieseod.l \ Youngor men don't Fclina acq think &f that, oungor an A fancy that what is chiefly youth is downright boaijty. But youn precious countenance will certainly matnre to its credit, and I can't imagino you anything but excellent, whether timo pulls your fuco pcjrpcndiculurly, or hori- zontally t PluniMjor thin, palo or rosy, Cameleon, it wilt bo suro to rcniain a fuco to conquer everybody.\ Melly sighed. J \Aro you soiTy.for anything,\ asked Folina. \Why it scorns'rather laborious,\ tho young bollo answarod. \You fee, I have got to accept ouo of them—thoso inevi- table men—and it| is. so hard to choose. There aro so many jprofeasiious represented, far one thikjg. \ The handsomest and moit facinatiug of ail my admirers, in a way, iajMr. Brncc*Lyman; and you will admit that his being in preparation- for u fashionable doctor of medicine is fatal. I bad not boon engaged to him for two I days, Fclina (I novel' told yowl that I did accept him at ilrst), when ho prescribed for a little cougl^ which I quite enjoyed and would not have hud cujed for the world. ])ut it was so lucky I I might havo actually mrtrried him and heard all my life about duugs.\ Melly discussed \- her friend's huud-uinbroiderV for n mo- ment and then continued: '^ suppose 1 ruined to tho other extreme {ftcr leak- ing with tho. doctor, for 1 allowed Mr. William FenimOro to gtvo mo ftii.cx' hauftivo cutulogue of . 1 is qualifi- cations for nuking m< a good husband. lie has' all his time to himself until ho inherits, frtim his father, when ho must devotOjHomo atten- tion to the estates; and ho said that wo could travel nil c vcr tho wo^ld, and that ho did not need my society but mine, ant| shoukl be hippy in (hiiiu if I were his wife. It looted to mc like too much leisure, you know, aud I wi|s afraid that ho had u passion for traveling, and tiiat I should becomo a thorough Ajrub if I mar- ried him. Howcmild I employ Redfcrn in Asia? I decided posit vely against Mr. Fonimorc. When Mr. Dttlgian of- ferod himself • I was very much puzzled. Here was a line social posit Un, in which I should probably have been in leader from beginning to end and gone dnwnsin civic ; histoty as the beautiful Mrs. tl)nl£ian, who entertained the elite of botL hemispheres w|^h such consummate grace. Mr. Dal- f iah is not by any means uninteresting, often think of him, and the (lowers he •ent mo were something astonishing, Fc- lina; taste closely, day after day. It is like skating —love is charming, but requires constant attention, or one ends a complete vreck somewhere under the ioc. • There s the hall bell now\ I wonder if it is ary one for mc.\ \If it is,\ replied Felina, \let mo wait hero for, you; Melly. I would. rati ex go on with my embroidery than ajt by while they talk to you.\ ' 'It is some ono I havo not tol 1 you about, V said Melly, a moment lutcr, look- ing up from the card; \ho has such .a ?uccr name, hasn't he! Anthony Cowl, t is quite a new experience to boaduiircd by a man of such a name and a chj racter which well coincides with it. Excu le me, Fclina dear; and wouldn't it be fu my if I came buck engaged?\ Tho Caiiclcon embraced and kissed htfr friend with genuine fervor aud arranged her lovely hair ut tho mirror, and then swept nit of room. Sho stood at the head, of th^ i stain for a breath's space, and then rel un cd to her parlor and put her lips nca,r Folina'M car, whispering: \If Mr. Co^i would only prove irresistible!\ As Felina sowed sho often smiled. It was amusing to Her to jfucss, cvci y few minutes, how tho courtship was progress- ing; how tho suitor with tho odd name wus becoming elated and how tho rare young flirt upon whom ho gazed vas in- voluntarily bringing him to tho denoue- ment which had proved so fatal to c dozen other men, as If tne girl's heart wen Swiss machinery which could only acco nplish one thing, .although it seemed so 1 umau. And Felina also gavo a smilo to tho re- flection that tho Cameleon horse f was acting in ]>erfectly good faith, a id was most eager to discover a genuine interest iu ono of theso-ndmirors; ^>ut he; good feenso and her unlimited opportunities stood much in tho way of a fhiul decision. \I really don't know what to suj,\ tho Cumclcon hesitatingly confessed 1o Mr. Anthony Cowl, locking down at lior lap- ful of bfackAhco, its she locked her fingers together. \I do liko you-somucli; and I think your mother is perfectly sweet. Hut I suppose I am awfully young to choose wliat my destiny snail be; and per- haps you aro a little old to bo* my des- tiny; and then, I never expected'so bo a Mrs. 'Cowl.' It would scorn so str »nge I\ The Cameleon had a mental vis on in which poople talked about \tho beauti- ful Mrs. Cowl.\ \Scorns to me,\ said hor louver, with glistening eyos and flushed cheek i, glad enough to find himself in ^ho girl's pros- enco ugatn after a misorablo a jsenco, \soeins to mo it is a pitv to nut me off be- cause my name is Cowl, anc) I have flvo years more iu my existence than I Bxactly scqirc. Life is short, at any rate, aud happiness is never at its climax foi a very Iqng space, no mutter what our for uno is. lVrliups if you married mo your hu ipincss would be M complete for as long u season aft if you married a voung fellow nearer your own age. A n d a» for namo you might find peoplo paid a good ( oal of respect to it when coupled with fine din- ners and a box, at the opera,\ Tho Cameleon looked up at him somq- whut furtively, but he cuujrht hor glanco as ho devoured every motion sho made. He becamo eagerly expectant. \I wus thinking to tell tho truth,\ said she, \tbut you kept your temper wonderfully under a sovero tost; lor peo- plo usually adore their own names lam sure I am much obliged to you fo r bcur- they sholwed such I imuginutivo || and ho Insisted on 'my Keeping tlfis ring us un uet of charity. Isn't it beautiful? llumade hit fat illy call upon me, and seemed to think IK lmd accom- plished a great work for his century when they had paid mo their i*s[ ecU. liutoh, Folhitt, I cbubl not enduro t\io^o Miss Dalgiuns. I wna afraid I * lould grow to bo liko them. They scemo 1 to be Incon- venienced by their ancestors, as if they* had them still with the in, and in a particularly paralyzing condition, either as ghosfH or mummies; and they neither looked to tho right noi to the loft for four of catcjiiug sight of ouo of tho old curmudgeons. It WUM such a pity, but I hud to toil Mr. Di^g.ii}n that I could not think of lU-thut I wis too fond of the present.\-11 \1 must suyy Cumolcoh, that Is ono of your little naughtinesses to kecpthp poor youtha gift on your linger Justus lonjr as you keen it ho wjll thin < that you inuv< relent; ana Hiopo you wl i send it buck to-morrow, dear. Meanwhile, giv* it to mo/\ Felina felt bound to my. Tlie girl complied, pouting, aud hand- ing her tho ring. T, Thon thcrawas Dick. Dear Dlelc! TIo had no mojioy in pnrt cular, and his family were u|jtcountry po'jjflc. Hut how equal to anything ho was,Pelinal How^ ho talked of anything, frem apple cider to tho queer old college professors when they wore-quizzed-. I \vai ted dreadfully to&ecept Dick. Hill he would not give mo a single deljnlto idea ol what heOould oifer me in tna way of an establishment. He said, bo^ba sure, Oiut we should live in Connecticut soniewht'ije, ut tho old homestead—where I suppose tho ceilings were rickety, you.kiw)\v-+-iTntil he hrtd mado a reputation as un I architect. It was vej[y vaifuc. It wodli bo so nicej if one wero allowed Jo* take a tine young .man Hlqp Dick and give him Mr.Dalgian's j position and Mr. 13nk*e Ijyman's reputa- tion, with Mr. Fennuiorc'a money. \It is to bo'hopec), t'um :leon, tlist you will find some QUO who combines almost everything. I wish) ho w mid hasten to the front, or our chance cf gcttiug mar- ried on tho sjme day wil be very slim, indeed. I ahjio.it foel me iucd to \will\ yon ta^fall in lovo in sjpitb of yourself.\ \Why I «fotfull in love, denr,\ pleaded M*Uy, \but lomething a ways change* my miud, At I wy, H i beooming kg with my whim»7 Mr. Cowl. \Don't—don't be so gentle ahd en- couragiug,\ he exclaimed, \unhss you will let me kiss your.hundl\ Agnih she gazed at him frorr undqr her lushes, while her lover was on tho alert to spring to his feet and kneel at her sido ii ho saw a permission in her face. '•May I—may I kh% your hand.?\ he asked, w^th trembling lips. \I wus just thinking how vcr r—very considerate! you are of my wish••s j \ she murmured, but shaking her hand. \I do think your mother is BO sweet. Mr. Cowl,\ sho added, irrelevantly; aid then ., lamed, with a burst of conldcnco: You know what a lady would nf t like!\ In a moment, she went, on: \I id you ever do any tiling which .pcoplo told you was remarkably noble?\ \No indeed. AVhv?\ Again Melly treated Anthony Cowl to a searching but subtle glance. ^ \You're the first man I ever net who failed to tell me so,\ sho said, i miling. \But wouldn't you make a great mcrilteo for mc?\ \I hardly believe I would,\ niswered her admirer. \A^ wirriuVn w*mild necessitate my being'wholly abseit from you, or something of the sort, to strike a j death-blow to my happiness in _j on. I il should bo a fool to make any saciiticc for expl you worthy of the name.\ | Tho Cameleon laughed oulrlglil. '•Yoiisecm willing to be quite upnest,\ she commented. \ Hut, Mr. Cowl, urcn't vou afraid to become engaged-to w, even if'I am to be.persiuideil, considerBig that I have changed my mind, vers oftep ulreudy, so that they actually 'till mou uumelcon? I was talking about!t with your mother tho last timo L cnlld, and sho said that I would nrobuhlJ go on changing my mind until I was m unless •oiuethitig very extraordinary happened, just as a brook rjins ever HO irJi'gulurly Mown a mountain-side until it* Raches a great fissure which hcins it flrmlfr in.\ ' \Well I shall bo satislled IE you bo r teomu engaged to me,\ Anthony Cowl re- plied. \I can't ask you to marry ino first, you know, and havo tho onjmgoment afterward, ulthough I might ttrofer it. It Is Just po**iblo you might reflilly marry me, after all.\ .' \I supnoio lam veryauibitlotui,\ Molly l'«ju*rkcu. \I suppose I huvei sucji a sense iof my own importanco thiit I think only of myself and bcllovo that uothin^is goo«l onouffh for mc.\ \I certainly don't feel good enough for you,\ Cowl declared, with a lltjtlo sigh. \But I don't pay so much attention to that. I lovo you with my whole soul, us the most beautiful woman I could over dream Of seeing; and a woman with a look in her eyes and a touo in her voice that awakened something in uy heart that gives me the greatest joy I ever fel You're just tho sort of woman to grow nobler and stronger every yeaij and'face tho misfortunes of life as bravely as if you wero a sister of mercy.\ J, Tho Cam?leon turned a litlle toward him. ' \Why don't I seem fwrolous in t,ho extremal\ And isn't thajagrocable to you?\ i |> \Who clares call you frivolojis?\ criod Anthony Cowl, springing up. \Oh I shouldn't know what {o do with myself if I wus anything butisilly and eusv-go-lucky,\ she protested!, merrily smiling. \Oh I am so eprry I JFor I seo that you would tiro of my frivolity 1\ \If you [would onlv promise to bo my wife!\ he exclaimcdfcitting dojwn nearer to her, and gazing deeply into her eyes. \Bless me, I never do that! 1 justcon- seut^b bt 'sngaged,' and they go to papa td pare i talk; aud then, in of few days, obj !ction,>and he will have to mahage to bre^k the engagement for me.\ Iho Cameleon looked so innocent, stai tied, and half-amused that Cowl burst out laughing. 4 Ah, well,\ he said, \it will not bo very hard for you to become engaged to mejthen, will it? That is all I ask, with all its risks and possible calamity. Let mc hear you say that you 'ongage' your- self to me and I will rejoice very much, and call every day, and leave it to your generosity to do me justico, and weigh my lotfc at your lcasurV\ ' Molly sagely shodk her head. •• \If it only wasn't for Did*,\ she sighcbV sinking back into an attitude of dejected musing. \ 'Dick* is of no consequence,\ An- thony Cowl calmly answered. \Lot him g*rand give your hand to mc.\ 8ho had covered her eyes fof an in- stant, but sho auickly fflanced up. Bhe laughed, blushcu, and clapped her hands in delight. \Why I certainly thought that would tnako you angry I\ she* confided to him, giving him a molting look. \I wonder what yoar mother could havo said to you iabout mo I Did sho Jtoll you anything Pthatwohad said?\ \Sho onlv told mo you wero in every way adorable.\ \I thought possible she had seonnow much I c-cared \ All at onco the Cameleon held out ono of her hands to her enchanted lovor, with a radiant face and lowered oyos. \You may kiss itl\ sho said. It was*a love-match.— The Epoch, Superstitions About Birds. Among the negroes the moaning dove moans to savo a man's soul. To kill one of these doves is a sign of death, but more frequently of tho death of a child. A buzzard -or a crow on a houscstep is bol loved by tho same people to be an in- variable sign of death or disaster; a visit at the door from a rooster, the approach- ing visit of a friend; tho noise of tho screech-owl, or \shivering\ owl, is a bad omen of many interpretations; while, if tho, common owl hoots on your right, good luck will follow, but bad luck should ho take up his position on the left and hoot therefrom. In Franco tho handsome whito owl, [ with its beautiful plumage, is accepted everywhere as a forertftincrof death. Tho reputation of all night birds, great or small, is no better; but Southern imag- ination has discovered a remedy for all their spells. It consists of throwing a pinch of salt into tho fire as soon as their sound is heard. In the south of Germany tlio crow be- speaks good luck; but, in France, any- thing but thut if seen in tho morning. The sume with tho magpio—-ill luck if it fiics on your left; if, on the contrary, on the ri^ht. you may bo assured that tho day will bo a fortunate one. .In England the infiuenco of tho appearance of this saucy bird upon current events is gov- erned by tho numbers in which he ap- ]*6ars. and is thus summod up: . \One for sorrow; Two for mirth: Throe for a wedding; • , Four for a birth;\ and so on. If h chaffinch perches on 'your window sill beware of treachery. « In the Tyrol many of the country peo- ple wear an eagle's tbnaue it) an amulet, an a presorvatlvo against giddiness in climbing the mountains, if you have money iu your pocket when you hear the cuckoo for tho first f.imc, it is a good oiucn, and you will have your pockets' wel^lined during the year; if,on theooni trary, you havo no money, cultivate your friends, for you will be in need of thejr assistance beforo long.. They say in Normandy that the missel- thrush speaks seven languages; and in Languadoc, the shepherd who kills a wag-tail will shortly witness tho death of tho finest sheep in his flock. In Sain- tongo thoy believe tho goatsuckor hatches its eggs by merely looking at them. Tho blackbird which crosses your road bring^Vou good luck. ] ' No physician should fail to procure a bed of partridge feathers. A patient laid upon such a bed, no matter what his dis- ease, will never dio of it,although he will not necessarily get well.— -Jfev> Orleani { LIFE IN PERSIA. ANCIENT STREET SCENES IN TI5- 1IE11AN, THE CAPITAL. A FJfc Vender—PJeturc»huo Poddlcra —A Bowl of Shcrbo ,—Profes- ajlonal Story. Tellers — A Public Bajb. t Emerging from tho deep sha<fyws and the bustling life of the great ,|ba^aar, street lifo- in thf Persian capital, bursts upon yo \ in ail its novclt;, writes .wolf Von* Schicrbrand, in treJKew York Graphic The fierce rays of the sun juihd your ey<s for a moment a id ttym^wben you open them, tho pictiro VDU see is like the ever-changing, many colored figures inn kaleidoscope. It (fits beforo you and tho rich color cftc rts fairly duz« xlcone far a.lime. Tlic c ir, too, is as- suited fiDin all sides. ThJ cries ore shrill und lonr drawn. ••Audjirha tnza—nh!\f (frcph'-' figs) shrieks n muscular fellow, the flg vender, carrying on his head a huj o ^Tiali full of this fruit, delicious when ju^t ripo aud plucked \Nitre udjlia khona i-ak!\ (rool orunges) screams another, with a similar load. \KhUarha rac/.ida-a-ahJ\ bers) hojvls a third drawn (ripe cucunv vender. The njen selling ire, mjilbenies, can dies, caljcs, a sort of wafll etc., al( lift up their tancously, und thus they Jroducc fcs, pipes, Htufis, VOUCH siuiul- a babel of sou nil form, loin in tl KharidM Their selves lo reckless take 'to cents or probubljf among t an u»s club, an tho pooi his pace ances a Times-Democrat. i*L ** A Calculation About Eggs. \If I owned all the hens in this coun- try,\ said the markctman, as he counted out a dozen eggs and put them in a cus- tomer's basket, \and a place to pasture them, I would ask just ten years ii busi- ness and I'd be tfie boss millionaire.\ ^ \How's that?\ \How's that 1 Maybe you don't know young mau, that over £0,000,000/cackles each uay,announcing the birth of the same number of eggs, kenti the farmer . boys busy last year gathering in the efforts, of. 80,000,000 hens. Hut they did, Well, these efforts ^or 805 days resulted in 0,- 000,000,000 separate awtdifttinct eggs, or 800,000,000 dozen', n&Tienr us I can calcu- I late. Now it took-just 750 f 000.,000 dozen of thoso eggs to supply tho demand for Tom aud Jerries, puddings, hard and.soft boiled eggs, eggnog, aud ham and oggs at that. I figure that thirty cents was about tho average price. Thirty conts a dozen for 700,000,000 dozen climbs up to the comfortable llttlo purso of $220,000,000. There's nothing mean about md, and if I had tho handling of those offerings of the nation's bens I'd be satisfied with a profit of two cents on a dozen. \Lust vcar must hayo boon a' good one for people visiting in the country, for folks boiled, fricasseed, and roasted something liko 000,0,00,000 chickens, young and old. Tlmt used up the little balance of 00,000,000 dozen eggs. That 00.000,000 dozen wero turned into chickens that gobbled up $800,000,000 of the hnrd-enrned coin of this realm, ciphering the thins down close, at fifty (MiitH a chicken. I don't deal in poultry, but from the size of tho diamond pins of the ones that do, I don't hesitate a min- ute to say ths^t there can't be less than five cents profit bn every chicken they sell. Luut year new York took 20,000,000 <Jo£cn of eggs to satisfy her, aud she paid T , 100,000 to get them. Now, Now York Statg only keeps hens enough to lay nlrout 8,000,000, aud so, of course, wo have to go knocking around all over the country and part of Canada to keep up with the cry for eggs. It would take all the eggs that New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts hens aro responsible for to supply this city with all the eggs it wants. The 20,000,000 eggs used nere last year, if laid in a single line, one after another, without a hair's space between them, w6uld reach from Boston to San Francisco., I tell you there's a big thing waiting for some one who can get a corner on eggs.\— Missouri Republican. ^ The Scandinavians, one of the chiet branches of the Teutonic people, do not figure in history until uie ninth and tenth centuries when they ftppear tj thi tfortfjwj, * high order; when the imperfertion of their tools is considered. And il in won- derful how cheap of their wttres aio. Thus, I bought a pair of si out, well- made slippers of one of these men for two kran (thirty cents). I could not du- plicate them in. America for less than $2.00, und aftjur much wear| during eight months Jiast they are still as good as new. But we had bettCT buy a bowl of sher- bet and stroll on. Delicious stuff, isu't it?\ Tho fruit flavor in it comes from Ispahan quinces. They do excel in sher- bets in Persia, no doubt. Wc cross the stiect till wc are under the shade of the row of magnificent \tshenaar\ trees I'm- A 1I« VKNDtII. which is. to S, WHICH IS, i :\vilchifig . AncJ e.grund chorus, Clonic, come mules and dunk- hut it in a'mild then fhey all Ah-ah-Kharid- ; buy, buy!} cys jostle and crowd ci)ch other, and ttys venojers them k so outt)f breu h; sq 1 wild and In* if they wsouk glaolly under- cut any*infidel'i threat for flvo lless. .Hut try th|yn; ticy'rcner- lldlcruors fccily harmless. TJ&rni] the most ing 1 . lied iviih the help of his ponderous 1 he deals some t ound whacks to Unite, which decs not accelerate however. On Jflio back of the ass is a 4«>rt of structure ong oval tray. djriM- flourishing trade lie whole brotherhood, lie drives find on that hul- .. This tiny bears dll the bU'ects the IVrsii^ fc nreso fond of. jLbovcnll, there is »*yuk fd dnr behisht,\ 4 paste made of swectem :1 rice flour and { cstrcwu with pistuchci; then there is Hncthiug which tastes l uich like butter scotch und a variety o other candies, most of them tasting \ cry insipid to a Western palate. These peddlers and' Renders, in their blue, ye low, green, purine or red koftaus, look picturesque cnoug who stream oust them u) more so] Tlio Persian but tho pcoplo this time look brandec, • who is just no\f riding homo : rom an audienco with the Shah in the pa ace yonder, files I tast yoi r vision in a 6tu icly, slow array. Io himself astride on one of those im- mensely'tall Turcomat liorses, saddle, bridle u id tra]ipingsabh zc with gold anri prCciout stones, and hi; sharply defined face wit i the regnlni^frai urcs, the swaitny skin and the eyes and liiir of inky black- ness, looks doubly impressive under Bis whito t|urban. His retinue, to the nujn- ber of mounted aud richly clothes,, you know, lattek see ides, four-score is olso well Horses ahd two articles on which tjlic I'ersian spendjj incredible smns. Thcp there are a band pf veiled women oh d^n^eys, their There are offict'is, urging the Beggars in droves',' now mhke a rush and they mollahs. beggars. jlHt h dignitary to enjo^ bis Iwunty. llf» steward throws A SIIEUBET VKNDER. - ing the roadbed of Jho avcnuc. k ' '.Tho lat : tor leads in u stnilglit lino to a beautiful hugo gate ndmilting ujs into. Artillery Sipiure, the finest in all Persia. To the left of the wide avenue-runs the high wall surrounding the many buildings be- longing to the Hindi's palace. Huch a wido thoroughfare us this js a great mar- vel in tho Ku^t. Its like is only to be found in that large-square in Constanti- nople where the ruins of the Greek Em- peror's hippodrome and the Mosouc of ttultau Ahmed greet tho astonished eve. Then upturn our backs to tho^ im- mense baafcar. though- that was ^ well seeing, too,wiUi its aggregation of arched vaults and beautiful little courtyards drowsy with the murmur of fountains and tho grateful shade of far-spreading trees, its thousands of little shops, its many-^ongued gibberish and its cud- less variety of wines. Under tho vault of the gate which wc pass next, tho guard of jolly-faced Persian soldiers aro surprised by us, croudiing in a heap,and HH'jniiip to ono of the professional story 'tellers, c Their matchlocks urc slowed aw.ij in a heap, where they can't possibly do any harm. These warriors urc so fus- cinated by the tale that tliey don't even notice our approach. Wo join the group of listeners. They're strunge folks,these storytellers. Thcro is something of the spirit of tho mediaeval minstrels in them. Ihey cure not for riches, only for excite- ment, n good drink, and glory. It is in Persia, of -nil Mohammedan countries where yon will hear tho \Arabian Nights,\ the legends of tho Orient, the old heroic lays of ljustum und the Lion told in greatest perfection., For tho Per- sian lias a ptctic vein; poetry fairly oozes out of -him. Watch this follow* for in- stance., There he stands in tlio centre of tho circle. His attitude is ono of natu- ral graeo nnd strength, and with the ' changing fortunes of his hero or heroine, giant-limbed Ferdush and gazelle-cvcd Zudah, changes.tlio play of his features, tho gestures he makes. lie is a born poet, though one in rugs and obscurity. Ana walls of mud brick ahd its' domed roof. Steps lead down to the establishment, and the walls arc embellished with fres- coes, the subjects taken from the legend- ary folk lore and handled in a free and •easy, child-like manner, with an utter A disregard of perfection. These Persian baths arc too filthy, however, to tempt 7 us to try them, even if wo would be ad- mitted, which is not the case. The pub- lic tea house, though, next door is well worth a visit. The Persian* call' these places of entertaimnenj; \Kawch khauch\ (coffee house), but it is a misuomcr. Only tea, sherbet aud the ghalyan (Persian water pipe) urc to be'had there. If we are reckless spendthrifts und stay here in hour, replenishing our tea cups and or- dering six or seven fresh pines, we'might manage to spend a kran (hftccn cents). As we, however, only entered to have a smoke and a goblet of cooling sherbet, the bilhwon't make ns stagger, for in- cluding a \baclishccsh\ it won't amount to mo iu than live cents for tho two of us. Tho place looks attractive enough. There is a sort of big sideboard on which £lfes- ware of every bright hue is» artistically piled. Then are \lalehs\—lumps en- closed in red or blue glass—bunging from the ceiling in the darkened hull. There is tho \kanaut\ of rushing, bubbling water, clear as crystal and cold as ice, hurrying through the middle of the earthen floor, the pebbles at tho bottom visible. Hy its side, propped on pillows and reclining on soft rugs, wo sit down and enjoy our smoke, our iced.driok and tho hum of song, guitars and conversa- tions around us. For the Persians aro a gay people, never crversc to a frolic. When they nre lounging here, en-joy- ing themselves, their little sons or neph- ews arc keeping shop for them, and are perhaps selling more und at better profit than they themselves could have uoue.' After all, it is fate which rules \ Kismet.\ And so, why shouldn't they have a good time? lile i<| short, Allah is kind, but Paradise is yet to be purchased by death before its delight** caji be tasted. Bo, in tho meantime, thinks the epicurean Per- sian, a practical philosopher, we've got to make tho most oi it. And he does. Substitute. fricHdr FAn.MF.ufwho tyft*! fore)- —\No; rfawthiiu' &,iils in.)— ]*uck. shooting been annoyed be- but clubbin'.\ Beochcr's Three Churches. * In an account of the late Henry Ward Beechcr'% career, the New York Star says: The first call to tho young minister was not a loud one. It came from Lnwrence- burg. a small scttlemcut near Cincinnati. The town was unfortunately situated be- tween two rivers—the Ohio and. the Mi- I A CIOOK WITH UKADjr-MADrC blSTIKS. from 4 bag several hut died of the small copper coin of„ the ' ealiw. known us shaheM, among them, a id while the scurry lot are scrambling for it the cavalcade makes off. This little scene ha<, been watched in serene beatitude by the shopkeepers whoso little places of business llno^ono sido of the street. The shops ri^o all 4pcn, with lot even doors or windows obstruct- ing the view, for in tl is glorious cbmato no su :h protection is n seded. There is no rai n from May till November. Wojl, the average size of tho « shops is abojit tcnf<etby eight, am in tnis narrow compiss they nut nage t >storo their goods, do their work, their i iblutions and oft- repeated pruyers, ull'open and abovo board, so to speak. Ve liavo hero such tradesmen as pipe-men lera and makers, small restaurants, she-bet venders, bowl and spoon makers, lo rksmiths, grocers, shoemakers, tailors, coppersmiths-—all people in some way not belongiug to their respective craftsmen doing business in ths adjoining ba/.aar. It is quite cu- rious to watch them it their work and note ;he primitive, witt of making their wwH Art r«t tw b™ * ^Vl °* * how he mesmerizes his audiences. Then they sit spellbound and breathless with excitement, though the tale in Tts csscn. tiul features is as old us the hils.aiutwell known to then>» It is thestory feller's art which holds theni. And how well mod- ulated* his voice is. How it rises und falls with the recital. But come, we have yet some distance to walk. Here we are in Artillery Square. Bar- rucks and armories, tho Postofllco und some other administration buildings form the four sides of the square. Frescoes in blue and white enliven tho nrrhed walls, and in the centro of the square thcro is a hugo tank of water and an enormous elm tree. At each corner of [tho tank stand a gigantic cannon. These guns wer taken by N\dir Hindi same 150 years up on his grcai. conquering lour into India Originally, they hud belonged to th Portuguese some 800 yours ago, but the grea^ Pcrsh n conqueror f. ot them in Delhi. There aro s x gates leading to this square, und we pasi through the oTTOTmposite and enter a moro narrow street. There you can watch^hcopcrationi of anntive Per- sian barber] culled \dclhkj.V The thing is done in iho open air n the shadow of his.customer's house, 'tazors are rather dull in Persia, but their cuticulo is tough- and thoy don*t mind it. Tho barlKT first shaves tboficad, that is ho scratches awoy u!l the huir from it except a* narrow strip extending along euch cur, and their half- naked Ivn'i, without th? koluh or lamb- skin cup. is a rather unsightly object to look uprn r Passing m ulley wc hear women's screeches und boys' lnujrhtcr as weMippro.ijrli. There aio some \rbotces*' performing;. That is the name of a guild of merry riiseals, all hailing from Shirazor other soutliern towns, who ore jugglers, piekpockotarhfghway re bbers,cut-tnroats, drunkards, lfbcls, all rol cd into one. frhcy c.uit their khandjar—their*.curved dag- gers —in their girdles, und are ever ready for a fight, ut the did of which perchance a.few of them muy be ii tteriog tne ground with entrails protruc ing. But^tiicfr prank8 arc amusing ft r all that. They wrestle (much in one f; shion, only admit- ting as f 4 professional'! tho kick), they whip each other, they have roughjund tumble fights and shum duels with dull swords, at the end op which they will collect their fee on a broad wooden plat- ter. They also crack Jokes, buttethcy uro of such a coarse, indelicate flavor tho* HI8 FIRST CllUncn AT LAWltENC£BUltd. •» - •—I*. ami—and hi* congregation were often afloat. He did not remain long in this malarious district, being called to Indian- apolis, a iall which ho was glad to obqy. Before leaving Cincinnati to begin tyis long lifo work he had married, and Mrs. Bcechcr was ju*t the wife for a struggling miniotcr.' Under his influence a revival TEMPERANCE. Sing a Bong of 'Sixpence . Sing a song of sixpence, You fellow full of rye; With not a cent to bjury you. To-morrow, should you dia The keeper's in the bar-room Counting out his nUoney; His wife is in the parlor With well-dressed sis and sonny. Your wife has gone oat working And washing people's kothes, To pay for old rye whisky To color your red inose. A Frank Advertiser. The following, which seems to be the advertisement of a person who keeps a liquor saloon, we give place in our column, as we believe that Any lover of honor and truth cannot fail to admire the frankness of the advertiser; , FATH017AG* SOLICITID. Wishing to get a living without work- ing hard, I have leased commodious rooms in Mr. Ix>vemoncy's block, forncr of Ruin street and Perdition;lane (next door to the undertaker's), where I shall manufacture drunkards, pauper^ lunatics, beggars, criminals and dead | beats, for sober and industrious men to supjport. Backed up by the law, I shall add to the number of fatal accidents, diseases, disgraceful quar- rels, riots and cold-blooded murders. My liquors aro warranted to rob some of life, many of reason, more of property and all of true peace; to make fathers fiends, wives widows, and children orphans. I shall cause mothers to forget their infants; children to grow up in ignorance; young woman to lose their priceless purity; and young men to become loafers, swearers, gamblers, skeptics, and lewd fellows of the basest sort. Lady customers are sup* plied with beer as good as the best ' 'home brewed,\ which will not only intoxicate' them, but also make them stupid, slack, lazy, coarse and quarrelsome. Sunday custumers will please enter by tho back door. j Boys and girls are the raw material of which I make drunkards, etc. Parents may help me in this work by always send, ing their children for the \home-brewed article,\ and permitting them to loaf in the street at night, j ' . At two- hours 1 notice I am able to put husbands in a condition to reel home, broak the furniture, beat their wives and kick their children out of doors; I shall also fitr mechanics to spoil their work, be discharged and become tramps. If one of my regular customers should decide to reform, I will, for a few pen- nies, with.pleasure, induce him to take just one glass more, or, by offering \free tbdnks,\ tempt him to start again on the road to hell. The money he would shend in bread and other things for his family, will buy luxuries for mine. And then, when his money is gqnc, I will kick him out, for his money is all I want. Orders promptly filled for fever, scrof- ula, consumption, or delirium tremens. In short, I will 4° mv oest to help bring upon my regular customers debt, disgrace, disease, despair and death in this world, and in the next the pangs of the second death. i The above may alfco be obtained of my high-toned agent, Mr. Frank Dcscavcr, druggist, corner of Main strcpt and Shod- dy avenue, who keeps a full stock of opi- um, pure liquors, and all tho popular cordials, tonics and bitters for medical purposes only. v . ( . Having closed my ears to God's warn- ing voice (Proverbs xxiii., 20, 21; and xxiii., 13; Psalms ix«, 16, 17; Romans ii., 0), having made a contract with hell and sold myself to work iniquity, and hav- ing paid for my |Uccose, I have a right to bring all the above evils on my friends and neighbors fqr the sake of gain. Borne have suggested that I display outside the door assorted spcchnoWs of my art, but that would blockadfe. the street. Excellent simples of my manu- factured wrecks may be seen inside my saloon at almost any time, or at the po- lice station every' mbrning, in the poor house, asylums audi prisons every' day, and very frequently on the gallows. I JtfDjtj O'CLARETT, 240 Ruin street. Rum River. FREE PASSES. Their Prohibition by the Railroads of tho Country. President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has made public the fol- lowing official action taken by the Board of Directors of the company at a meeting held on the 9th iust. relative to the issue of % \ nis cnuncn IN INJIANAPOLIS. of religion in Terrc Iluuto and in Indian- apolis gavo him a local lame. It was at the end of t(io eighth year of his ..ministry in Indiana's capital that Henry Ward Boccher Jreceivcd and iac- ccpte{l tho call from Plymouth Congre- gational Church of .' I|rooklyn. X)n a bright Sunday morning fin October, 1847, ' Liquor causing itf any Fires. The Baltimore American remarks that \few persons have any conception of the great amounts lost yearly through fires/' and invites attention to tho fact that in December last the total loss in the United Btates and Canada was over $11,000,000^ and that in the year 1880 the aggregate jwas $110,000,400. It adds: \If it could only be shown ciactly how much of this Iwas due to cavclcsstacss, and a tabulated atatement made of the losses attribuyable jto defective flues, to playing with matches jor leaving thorn .unguarded, (^burning *cignr-ends, and to stoves left open at night, its publicatjon might have a good .effect in impressing the thoughtless and reckless with the need for greater watch- fulness and c4rc.\* The American might also with great pertinence havo intimated that many $ destructive fire owes its origin to the carclei*s and reckless brain, rendered such by intoxicating beverages. The aggregate fire loss for 1880—$118,- 600,000—does indeed seem a large waste, but the liquor los for the same period was immensely larger, at least $1,000,- 00(),000! And this great liquor loss, which stills goes on, was wholly avoid- able.— National Advocate* PLYMOUTH C&UKCH. he took charge of the church which he has made world-known. He remained , forty years in tho service. Th# church ~ * ' life is they w|ll only suit Pcrjrian stomachs. 1 i was'just started, so Mr. Pttchor'i ' H«w« pass » public hatfc with ititbity &p fife qt PliroMfc. Tamporonce Note*. Felix 1. Oswald, M. P., •*•»'• ,4 ^e must banish alcohol from the sick room as woll a* frpm tie banquet hail.'' Good men, grand men, noble mm, heroic men, will be the rule ********* the ixc*jrtio*v whdl1 **• proW*** 1 «f the liquor tMt •hall Wcomt th* tow if the L*d #•* j» wr \This company having been advined : by the General bohcitor that the act of Congreee, known as the Inter-State Commene law, is in- tended to prohibit the use of lntcc-Stato passer except by officers and employes of railway companies, the President is therefore directed to issue to the pivper officer* of the lines em- braced in the Pennsylvania Railroad system the necessary instructions to carry this pro hibltion into effect on the first of April next. He will also instruct the proper officers of railway, bridge, sod ferry companies em- braced in the Pennsylvania Railroad system, that on and after April I, 1887, they shall not issue any pisses for the free transportation of persons or special oan from one Bute into another, or into the Dis- trict of Columbia, except for officers or em- ployes of railway companies.\ Other i-ailroaa companies throughout the country have isjued or will isiue similar orders. ^ MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, THI famous composer Gounod is engaged on a new opera, whose subject is Joan of Arc, ANNA DICKIXSON says she would like to play Zenobia to the Aurelian of Mr. Wilson Barrett MRS. LAJfOTBY will appear at the Fifth Avenue theatre, New York, next September, in two new plays. MART ANDERSON will produce a new po- etical drama by Lord LytOun during her ten- ancy of the Lyceum. PHILADSLPBIA'B Beethoven Memorial Asso elation, will erect a monument to the. com poser, in Fairmount Park, to cost about 110,- Mxas AJCT 8HKRWIX, who has hat made s \success at concerts iu London, is under eon- tract to a Boston Manager for a tusir of the United States, . \ • Mm. BERNHARDT has a high opinion 01 Modjeska as an actress, and in a repent inter view she is mado to say that she is *fhe great est actress living. Miss ARM A SEKKRAH, the young American riolinist, has just oompfotKi a suoueesf ul ocoiw/ cert tour on the Continent, having givtdr sixty-eight conoorte in all. MME. PAULINE LUCCA, tha famous slncer, after a starring tour through KuMla and Rou * mania, is going to appear next month in Ow • man opera at btockbobu. Mua MARIETTF. COXDBLL, who-recently died at Springfield, Mass., at an Advanced age, was onoe an opera singer \famous is jyuropo at well as in this country. MR, EDWIN BOOTH is playing to the full capacity of Baldwin's Theatre, San Francis- co, His last appearance in that city, pre- •ious to his present engagement, was made Octobers, 1670. MME. PATTI is credited with an intention of appearing at Carmen in Bisett opera for the first time in this country, during her short operatic envaoement m New York, Boston-and Philadelphia this spring. A Ric#i Russian amateur, M. bavidoff, tias left to tho Paris Conservatoire a genuine Stradiuarius violin,valued at $4,000, on which the laureates of the violin class shall be al- lowed to play in the concert given at the dis- tribution of prizes. t Pnamsrr CEEVMLAKD has signed a peti- tion asking the member* of the Madison Square Theatre Company to go to Washing- ton and give a performance in the interest of the actors f una. ^He i» said to be the second President who affixed his signature to such a docinxe it, Prt»ideut Arthur having joined in a simLar invitation to Ed*in Booth. , , NEWSY GLEANINGS. . ; CALIFORNIA ships butter to Japan. Off an average JW.OtfO books a year are now published. NEW TORE CITY has 80,000 landlords, who collect 140,000,000 rent. IT W estimated that ninety people hare frosen to death, in Dakota too past winter. Two hundred anti-German societies and clubs in Alsace-Loiraine have beeu dissolved. A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE at Ionia, Mioh., has be£un suit against a man tor a wedding fee. -THE body of a nine-year-old girl hat recemV- ly been cremated in the cueiaatory near Pittsburg. ^ A BEAR was found with his tongue frosen to a monkey-wrench hear Dmice's Mill, Mont., one day recently. V, JOBN E. LOVKLL of Waterbury, Conn., ninety-two years old, was formerly a teacher of iieury V\ ard Boocher. SINCE the adjournment of Congress a marble bust of John C. Calhoun has been placed in the t Senate gallery. A FARMER in the Black Hills is said tehave mado $l,:SOo in onions grown on an acre and a quarter of land. He Sold 4»x) r sacks. AFTER cremation Oie ashes of Edward Kuehn aro to be put in an urfi and placed over tne bar of a wuoon in Omaha, in compli- ance with hib will. * DANIEL MILLKR, of Donegal, Pa., bought a pair of common white rabbits a year ago. He now has seventy rabbits, t,he offspring of the original pair. EDWARD BCRUOGS, a totally blind man of Nashville, Tenn., has made $10^,000 speculat- ing in real estate during the past year. He is led about by a negro boy. THE largest dog in America is claimed to belong to Hudson, N. Y. He is a Danish hound, five feet high, nine feet long, and tweaty-two mouths old. CAPTAIN F. V. GREENE of the United States Engineer Corps \claims that it will not cost less \hxn tl<tt,ouo,uoo to put our coast one la a reasonable state of dek*nce. * < __ W. J. BROWNING, the fambtnhtmter of the fian Joaquin Volley, Cahtoraia, has shipped this season 38.otM ducks and geese. \~ his men killed hi one day pver l,4oo. PAPER collars and cufl\ are bj ing popular again, said a haberdj to a New York repor'er. years it was considered rnlgar to them, but now they are affected by nil olaases of society. I have many wealthy customers who wi 1 wear nothing alee. They are mostly elderly gentlomac who hare been, educatf d to tho idea from boyhood, and are loath to di* ard the stylo of linen worn by their dad-, dies. Paper collars hare the best tale in the Yhral districts. Fanners, if U»ey wear oollais at all, affect paper one*. A Hnen oollar ia almost u<.known, ia some parte of the country, particular)^ in the West Of late I hare that many young and dfceaay men paper-linen, and more, especially warm, weather. Paper oolrars oheap.. Some brands tie worth than others. An excellent qoairty be bought for 35 caste a box, contains ten collars. Cuffs oosi same for a box containing five) In hoi weather paper ooilars are lix- uriee to men who perspire freely. They can be changed as often aa deairee\ end are comparatively cheap, whon % ie taken .into consideration that a ean be purchased at about the prioe ae wWd be paid for one collar. \But few men oan tali a j*|*j collar ~s* a ataoev Some bttade ' nearly si giodjm appoaranotei OeUfttotd QOUBH and cnl -^» TwV of . I m &!
