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AN A UTUMN MEL ODY . What notes of what ditty can sound from . ¦ * ' ~ '\ ' the city, From oat to the dust and the din . Where the s x m ' s pallid taper is dim throug h tie vapor That shrouds all the sorrow and sin? At evening I listen—the murk y lamps g lis- ten , The stars peep by two and by three; The harsh Babel noises rep lace your sweet \ ^ voices , Dear sea! Yet past the fog-curtain , I know it for cer- tain ^ : . The barn roo f srnave caug ht the last ray; The smoke of the threshing is softly en- meshing . Brown gables with de icate gray; The red leaves are fal ling, the plovers are calling, . -; j . . . _ The sea wind is salt o * er the iro rld- ¦ : V The nryonies ' blacken , the tufts of green bracken Turn gold? O scents that redouble where slow through the stubble The p low cleaves a pathway of hope! O woo Is fading yellow , and orchards grown mellow , * . And flocks on the far-away slop;! ' O sea songs that min g le on boulder ani -l' : : : - shingle , r: - O fields that of old-time I knew: - ; ; My heart swells to bur s tan s with infinite thirsting rl- For you ! T ^ —M. C. Giliington , in Chambers ^ Journal. f DELEHINE 'S DEVICE. j ^ ^ ff ? ? ? ^ - ELP HINT , your ^^^l %f f r De£S eZ a wea rin ' ; i s SKi s yysiJi me i nter mv sr ave ^^I g MimgM but if jer d on ' t * >^ * g L ^^^ P ^ aa ^ * ° toy on r * ~ *f i $ b J $ u * M - ' 5 eT ^ edclin ' dre ss , %}' M/if\t r TOU k in wear it a- ^ i ||p 1 V iittin 1 you good or B fc^* \ - ' }M I 3 bad furaUme , \ said f;.. ' T . ' - • I Mrs. Long, or t h e ^ \Widder Sam , \ as sbe was called b y the neig hbors , regarding her prett y daug hter ruefull y over her silv e mmniei spectacles. \I never see a g irl make sech a tinder about getti n * married , an ' there hain ' t r a likelier nor a genteeler man in the J hull keountry then the elder , \ s he con- tined excitedl y. \That ' s so , \ said Sirs. Sampson , the dressmaker , breaki ng her thread with .. the fo rce of her conviction ; \he hain ' t 4 £ t one o ' theai shif'less kind that preaches for pork V tallar candles , out er folkses sul l ars ' n the store , but jest sets up fur his pay in money like an y bod y else , and *% . he gits it , teir , \ the dressmaker went on. , : \Mis ' Isril Baker don 't g it no chance to change the gospil fur a tub o ' soft soap . - \ «» Lcii Ws - ^ U j S a r aaS? 1 I-iei T you. He ' s got ez good a farm as there is in the State , n ' a frame house ez snu .j V neat ez yaou p lease. He ' s a-goin ' to put up a front yard fence , tew , come spring 5 he tole me so the oter day. \ \But I detest the man , mother , \ said the s l en d e r , dark-ejed g irl , whose bro.v ^. wore anxious lines , but whose clear , brave eyes shone with a determined li g ht which boded ill for the success of her mother ' s p la ns. \I have told you over and over again that I would never m s atry him . Still , if i t will be any sat- isfaction to you , 1 will try on the dress. \ \ Yo u ' re ta i ki n ' nonse n se , Del p hi ny. You know ez well ez I dew thet the *?reddin ' day ez fixed fur day after tew- morrer , V te w-morrer the eider ' s a - o p min ' up with his friend , Elder j Kni ght. Miss Sampson brought me ' word , by way of Seth PtV;ins. I can ' t say I' m sorry J t is so soon ^ nuther , fur you hain ' t bin a c o nsolin ' darter tew me , no way. \ The ' cademy edica tion ' at I g in -tou hez onl y se t yeou 'fo re yeour folks , fr- V when I lay myself eout for your own good , ' n ' will thet yeou shell marry gen- teel V intew the gosp il , yeou goV get your mind sot on a young feller the t hain 't got nothin ' but store clothes V a y arcy V a glib tongue to reckeraend sf i fe g A kind o ' furriner , tew , • livin ' awM ofi up in Canada , with the Lord • ' onl y knows what kin ' ' ur a bring in 1 up. The elder said I did wrong when I har- bered sich a character under my roof , fur idleness is the mother ev vice , ' n ' be spent two hull months a doin ' nothin ' but huntin ' and fishin 1 , with a p lenty of sly courtiu ' thrown in when my back was turned , I ' spose prober- able. \ . \It would n 't make any difference if I ~~ ~ ~ j t g fl. P ftw^ c m r ir ^ Mr ^a othar; nothing w ¦ r v i j j ' e me to marry Elder Taylor ir ^ there wasn 't ancther man in the world. \ And Delphine hastily removed the stone-colored silk gown which had been chosen by the united heads of her mother and three aunts as suitable for a preacher ' s bride , and left the room. The wide kitchen door was open , over- P lwiking sunny fields and the blue g loom * of far-stretching pine woods. She stood there a few moments with her hands clenched ti g htly together , and with al- most despairing eyes which were fixed o a the road which wound beyond the fields like a brown thread into the hill y distance. \Oh , why doesn 't Tom come , \ she said , half aloud. \He must have got ., my letter in time , or can it be that he w asn 't at home when the letter reached - Stanford? I will not believe that he is ; _ the faithless , deceiving villain which mother and the rest of the family de- clare him t» be. Oh , no I something most have gone wrong, or he would cer- tainl y have been here by this time to save me from this dreadful marriage. Wh atj hall l do?\ Del p hine stared about her iu despair , and suddenl y her eyes were fixed on a h uge brass kettle that was suspe n clded from the rafters overhead. What a grand hiding p lace that would bj ! Bather cramped , but she was a tiny per- son , and it -would hold her , she was sure. Tom -would get her letter , and must come iu twenty-four hours. She could see from her lofty perch the fire; mf WjJ J t the? stage came in si ght. She bifjsed her grandm other for havin g lef t t his precious g ift , onl y, used once a year \ for makin g butter , : : m She climbed up on a great wooden bench , and from thence to the kettle to try it Del p hine was a squirrel for climbing. It held her. She could stay there and be on the spot when Tom came. She rose softly at 3 o ' clock the next morning and put on her wedding gown —bonn et and all—30 that her mother mig ht think she had gone on a journey. She smugg led some provisions and hid them in the eaves near by. Throug h the chinks in the unplas- tered wall she could see the sun rise. Then she heard her mother ' s hi g h- p itched voice , and Barbary came just un- der where the keetle hung to peel her p otatoes. \Wot' s up this morning ?\ asked Seth , stopping near her. \Wh y, don ' t you know to-morrow ' s Delp hiny ' s wedding day. We ' re a-goin ' to bake the cake , \ said Barbary. \I aid think thet Del phid y wouldn 't g ive in to her ma , 'baout marryin ' th e elder. Did you know how awful sot she was a g in it? 'Pears tew me the gal acts kind er queer , naow; tew resi gned like all of a sudden. I shouldn ' t wonder ef somethin ' was goi n ' to happen thet haVt looked fur , \ biting a red app le with si gnificant ti g htness. l<Sho. l \ 1 x s lain)ed Sefh , dropp ing his capacious pan , aud opening his pale , blue eyes to their widest extent. \I want to knaow!\ \Barbary I wish you 'd run upstairs V call Del p hiny, she 'd orter know enoug h to g it up without bei u ' called thin raornin ' , hue Iha ' n 't heord notaiu ' of her y it , \ said the sharp voice of the mistress of the house iu the open door- way. Barbary made an awful si gn , which meant keep silent , to Seth , aud disap- peared on her errand . \She ' s up already, \ she reported , re- turning in a few moments. \Perhaps she camS down the front way, V ez a clearin ' up the settin ' room , as 'twasn 't put ter ri g hts last ni ght. \ \Del phiny, called Mrr. Long, lustil y, \Delp hiny, where be you? I warn ' t you to g it breakfast. \ But there wa3 no response , and after repeated searching and calling, the lady finally decided that her daughter must have run over tew \ Caroline ' s tew get the snow-drop table cover , which she promised to lend her for the important occasion , so near at ha nd. Caroline said we ' d got to send for it earl y, ' coz she was goin ' tew the Corner to spend the da y, but there wasn ' t no need of sich dretful hurry. The stage don 't start till half-past six , \ she remarked a9 she rig- orously turned the crank of the coffee- mill. Barbary,. still stationed ander the brass kettle , sniffed loudly. Del p hine heard it , and quaked with fear , for Barbary never sniffed without meaning. ' She gave utterance to volumes in this peculiar , rasp in g , uncouth sound. Even her mother winced before it , and Seth , a lover , who hoped and despaired by turns , was driven to the verge of sui- cide when ' it was directed toward him- self. Could it be possible that those sharp eyes had discovered her hidin g - place? M rs. Long whisked into the kitchen , slammin g the door after her. Barbary turned toward Seth , who was listlessl y preparing food for a sick cow , and slow- l y, carefully opened her mouth. \Ruther queer 't Del p hiny should put on her travelin ' dre33 ' n ' her best bunnet , tew go over t' Aunt Caroline ' s to borrer a table kiver!\ \Sho ! wh at a mars ter hau ' fur kati- labn ' you be , Barbary 1\ \But you jist keep dark. Let His ' Sam find cout herself , she ' s baound tew afore long but I hope ' twont be till the pore g irl g its well eout the way. I don 't know ez I ' se ever ' spressed my ' p inion freely afore , but I haVt no doubt but thet there elder , p iousity V all , ez a reg- lar old crockerdile , Miss Sam she ' s so masterful she runs on au idee , *fc D el- phiny wouldn ' t dare go agin h s r com- mar n ds ' n : run away tew g it rid of mar- ry in ' him. He may be kivered o v er with the gosp il shell , but lor , there ha ' n 't n o more gosp il inside or him then there ez inside the skin or a puff ball. \ \0 laws , \ exclaimed Seth , ag hast at such bold heresy. Delp hine ' s t hi%e aunts were hastil y summoned , and like Job' s comforters , they gave their op inions. \Laws a massy, \ said the afflicted mother , \I' m 'feared she ' s gone aud drouuded herself . She ' s as like her poor diseased pa as two peas. \ \Ef her pa 'd been alive she wouldn ' t hev been driven to this , \ said Aunt Jane severely. The widow ' s eyes flashed throug h her tears , but the only rep ly she deigaed to g ive , was to rise with great dignity, and p lace her chair so that she should b s seated with her back squarel y to the offender. \What' s the elder a goi n ' t' dew? 1 ' questioned Aunt Jane after this very em- p hatic pause. Delp hine strained her ears to hear the rep ly to this direct question . It was just what she wished to inquire her- self. ' . 'He says it ' s his dooty to find her in spite of everything. \ Here Barbary ' s sniff; echoed loud aud distinct from some unseen corner.- Mrs. Long started. The four aunts turned and fixed their eyes upoa the \hel p \ with severity. \What if he can 't find her?\ queried Aunt Loisy , snapping her needles. cramped li mbs. The wedding day dawned and its hours wore on. Tom did not cornel Del p hine ' s heart grew heavy. Late in the afternoon she heard her mother ' s quick , energetic step across the floor , and pause in the open doorway. For some moments she stood there quietly. The crickets were sing ing dis- mall y under the rude p lank floor. A pale ameth ystine mist had settled round the distant hills. The sun , which was near its setting, looked like a grent crimson wheel throug h the thin floating haze. Del phine trembled in her hiding p lace , but the next moment the sound of wheels reached her , and she saw some one driving at break-neck speed. In two minutes more Tom was standi n g be- fore this startled pair , indignantl y demanding of them what they had done with Delpine: ' - ~ \ \O laws , hain 't Del p hiny with you after all?\ screamed Barbary, rushing in from the kitchen. \On , where kin the pore girl be? I' ve been consolin ' my- self all the while a thinkin ' she wuz with you. \ And , for the first in her life , al- most , she burst into tears. \Here 1 am , Barbary ! here I am , Tom , \ spoke Del p hine cheerfull y from the depths of the brass kettle. \And now if you onl y hel p me aown , I thin k all will be ri g ht. \ 0 yeou wicked , wicked g irl , to sceare me so , \ cried her mother. But Del- phine heard nothing, saw nothing, but Tom , who had her iu his arms aud was gazing into her eyes. \I was away from h ome when your letter reached Stan- ford , Del p hine , but I have traveled every moment with a horrible fear that I might be too late , making my blood curdle all the way. You are certainl y not married to the elder?\ with an awful g lance a t his would -be rival. She shook her head. \I told you that I would never marry any one but you , Tom. \ \All' s well that ends well , \ and there never was a fresher , prettier or rosier bride than Delp hine , thoug h she had been a prisoner for two days in a brass kettle. The Shaking M inarets of Ispahan. Among the m ost singular architectural curiosities in the world must be counted the Shaking Minarets , about five miles from \ sacred Ispahan. \ After passing through a perfect sea of gardens and irri gating canals , the traveler reaches an old , and by no means imposing looking, mosque. From the front corners of this rise two columns of masonry about sev- enty feet in heig ht from the ground ; the first half of the heig ht , or a little less , being one with the walls of the mosque. After reaching the roof of the mosque the two minarets raise their tapering heads some thirty-five pr more feet as isolated sp ires , and distan t from each other about twenty-five feet. A narrow , sp iral staircase winds up inside of each column to the top. So far there has been nothing remarkable , but , arriv e d at the top of either one of the columns , by dancing or jump ing upon the floor , the minarets can. be made to shake as though trembling from earth quake shocks. What i3 still more surprising is thus tol d b y Mr. Ballantine in his book— \Midni g ht Marches throug h Persia. \ \We got a coup le of Persians to ascend one of t h e mi nare t s , while we were on the top of the other. Here sat down , perfectly still , aud notified the Persiaus opposite to shake the column they were on. They did so , throwing it nearl y a couple of feet , I should say, out of the true vertical on each side as they moved. This shaking, by some mysterious con- nection throug h the solid masonry of the mosque , communicated i tself to the column we were on , and it in turn began shaking so violentl y \ as to obli ge us to descend to seek relief. Whether this \ sympathetic motion \ of two solid and separated colu mns of masonry be due to accident or de3ign is not known; neither is the manner in which the motion is communicated . The superstitious Per- sians attribute the p heno menon to the sp irit of the mosque ' s patron saint , whose bod y was interred below. —Im t rica u A g riculturist. The Ominin - of a Pike. Probably many more peop le havo studied how to catch a p ike thaa have studied it scientificall y. It is tire a omo , pet haps , but if a student of natural his- tory reall y desires to know what a fish actually is , he must watch it for hours , being himself unseen. At one time there were several large p ike in my lotus pond. Under the hu ? e circular leaves of this sp lendid p lant they took refuge , and it was difficult to catch even a g limpse of them. At <the same time t he sc h ools of m i nn o ws seemed to enj oy the sunli g ht and sported in the open water. More than once , however , I saw the pike rush out from its cover and finall y learned that it systematically laid in wait for the minnows ; and I be- lieve I am justified in adding that the minnows knew that danger lurked under the lotus leaves , The situation was not 30 ha p-haz v d a one as mig ht appear at first g lance , aud the hours of patient watching convinced me that there was a decided exercising of ingenuity on the part of both the p ike and the minnows , the former ever on the lookout for a vic- tim , tbe 'laite r watchf ul of an ever p res - ent danger. Day lon g it was a traged y where brute force counted for little and cunning for a great deal. —C ourier- Journa l. flew Way to Set Watches. ificho l y J e nsen , of Washington , has patented a simp l e device th a t great l y facilitates the accurate setting of watches. It consists in a lever watch , when pulled out , stops the second hand at the sixty point. After this the other hands are set , and whea the second hand of the regulator reaches the sixty point the lever on the watch being set is pushed in. This releases the . second hand and the other two at the same moment. The three hands thus march in step. --New Y ork Telegram. He who waits to do a good deal at once will never do anything. - \The elder ' s a terrible understand s man , ez well' s a good man , \ remarked Aunt Jane as if she had been contra- dicted , and with her stern gaze still fixed in the direction of Barbary, quite i gnor- ing Aunt Loisy. \Hev you looked everywhere raound here?\ came from Aunt Poll y, w ho evi- dently feared open war was near , and was anxious to avert it. \Yi s , everywhere , they ' re searchi n ' iu the woods now , I s ' pose , \ si g hed the widow , dismally. \ But , lor '! she haVt there , 1 shouldn 't wonder if she was merried to Tom Barrington afore this time , \ said Aunt Loisy with an aggressive packer. T he day passed. Ni ght came on and Barbara coul d get dowxt and ease her BUDGET OF FUN. BUMORO U S SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. The Commuter—The Tree ot Knowl- edge—A. Skilful Evasion—Noth- ing Low—A Sign ot Danger- Sad Enough , Etc., Etc The brakeman alway s nods to him , He calls the grave conductor \Jim. \ He knows the time of every train , The schedule puzzlesnot his brain , \Our traffic ' s very lig j itto- d ay— Or heavy, \ he is wont tb say. i ¦ The Superintendent' s apt to be The object of his enmity. \If I'd a chance , Just only once , \ : He says , \ r \ P d prove tbafrtnan a dunce? . . The dear idea he oft caresses , - • That all the trains should be made expresses. Yet by his plan ' s wise operation Each should stop at every station! You 'd think he owned a mighty block . Of this poor railroad' s bonds or stock. But all he owns—stand by the wicket , And see his commutation ticket! —Pittsburg Dispatch. MOTHING LOW. Jimmy — \Pa , what' s klep tomania?\ Pa— \It' s a —ahem! an eccentricity of the rich , my son 1\ —Puck. THE TREE OP KNO W t EDaE. Parent— \What branches will make a boy the smartest?\ Pedagogue— \ Hickory. \ —Truth . A SIGN OP DANGEK. \What makes you think young Wopsy is in love?\ \He keeps saying such cynical things abou t women . \ —Chicago News Record. WHY HE DOES IT. At the Dime Museum: \Why does the living skeleton tell such storie3 about the fat woman?\ \Ob , I guess just to mortif y her. \ — Jud ge. GETTING DOUBTFUL. He ^ — \And you are not married yet?\ She— \N o. \ He— \It is impossible. \ She— \Yes—so I have begun to thing myself. \ —Truth. LIKED THE OLD WAY BEST. \Bri dget , \ asked Mrs. DeLeou , \ can you cook on scientific princi p les ? 1 ' \Sure , ma ' am , what ' s the matter wid cookin ' on a range??' asked sensible Brid get. —Detroit Free Press. A SKILFUL \ EVASION. Hobbs— \Have you read my new novel?\ Squobbs (just recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever)— \Do I loo ' c a? thou g h I had ?\ —Chicago News Record. HE ADDED , SHE SUBTRACTED. Mrs. Fifty (who thinks she appears youthful)— \You may be surprised to hear that tall young man i3 my son. \ Mr. Gauche — \Yes , indeed ! I thoug ht he was your grandson. \ —Life. MAKING IT EASY FO K HIM. Mrs. Beacon— \Phili ps , dear , your swter doesn 't like you to ask Mr. Pdault so many questions when he calls. \ Phili ps— \Oh , I don ' t bother him any; I don 't ask him any hard ones. 1 ' — Puc k. CHARITY. Mother— \What did you do with the medicine the doctor left for you?\ Small Boy— \I heard that tiiere wa? a poor sick boy in the back street , an ' I took it around and left it for him. \ — Good News. A TERRIBLE L03S. Mrs. Hashcroft— \You must regret losing Mr. Gilderaleeve. You had aim so many years. \ Mrs . Small— \Yes , indeed. He was the only boarder I had . who reall y liked stewed prunes. \ —Puck. HAD AN INDURATED HEART. The Tramp— u Hav you a dime , mis- ter , for a hard - wcrking mau as has lost his job?\ The Pedestrain— * 'Yes. That' s whom it' s for , and that' s wh y I em ' t g ive it to you. \ —Chicago News Record. THAT SETTLED IT. Amy— \George , dear , wh a t do y o u thin k of my new reformed gown ?\ Mr. Dolley (survey ing it . critically)— \ There ' s something in it I like. \ Amy— \ What?\ Mr. D olley— \You. \ —Yankee Blade. SAD EN0D6H. Harry— \It is sad to be cut off in one ' s prime , isn 't it?\ Jimmy— ''Itis, indeed • , b ut w h at par - ticular case do you allude to?\ Harry— \My own. The old gent ha? made a new will , and I' m not in it. \ — Puc k. * MEDICINE. Kurious— \Hello , Kuowley, what are you e oiDg to do with all that sarsapa- rilla?\ Knowle j — \I' m going to use it on my bicycle. \ ' . . Kurious— \On your bicycle?\ K nowley— \Yes ; it has that tired feeling. \ —Ju d ge. A PRACTIC AL PRESENT. \Congratulate me , \ said Young hus- ban d . \My daug hter is. just one year old to-day. \ ^ - ' ¦:¦ \This is her birthday, hey ? What did you g ive her?\ \I don 't know whethe r it was sooth- ing syrup or paregcric , but it was one ol the two. 1 ' —Buffalo Express. COULD AFFORD TO DO IT. ' . & Customer-*- • 'I see that you are reduc- ing p rices. The last time I got thi3 paregoric mixture it was seventy cents ; but now I get it for sixty. \ • Drugg ist—Yes ; our new clerk wa9 discharged from the last store for mak- ing a mistake and killing a man , and we got him so cheap now that we have cut down our prices. \ —Puck. GENIUS APPRECIATED. The humorous contributor was talking to the editor when he heard a terrific crash in the composing room on the floor above . \Wh at' s that?\ he exclaimed , starting up to ruu. \That ' s all ri g ht , \ said the editor , soothing l y; \ it's onl y the foreman tumbling to one of your jokes. \ —Detroit Free Press. , A PHYSICAL AID Fogg— \Charley you were born to be ' a writer. \ Ch arley (blushing with conscious pride)— \Ah ! you have 3eon some of tho things I have turned off?\ • Fogg— \N o; I wasn 't referr ing to what you had written. I was t hinking wh at a splendid ear you had for carrying a pen i Immense , Charley ; simply im- mense!\ —Boston Transcri pt. IT CAME TO PASS. It was on the eve of his departure . On the morn he was to return to the city ; they were to part , perhaps forever. They had wandered down by the brook , and as they sat together on the old seat under the green-wood-tree , she was the first to break the stillness of the twili g ht ho ur. \I ca n 't bear to say good-by, \ she si g hed. \Promise me you will come to my wedding. \' \I promise you—on one condition , \ he replied , \that I will come , even from the ends of the earth. \ \What is it?\ ' \Will you grant it before I ask it?\ \Yes. \ \Let me come as tlie bridegroom. \ — Jud ge. ELEPHANT ON TOAST . The young man from the West took his green r.cckti s and his best g irl into a res taurant on Woodward avenue , and like some young men when the g irls are around he was disposed to be facetious at the waiter ' s expense . \ Waiter , \ he said , \bring me a broiled elep hant. \ \ Yassir , \ rep lied the waiter , pe rfect- l y unmoved. \And waiter , bring it on toast. \ \ Yassir. \ Then he stood there like a statue for a minute. \Well , ' % said the young man , \ arc you goin g to bring it?' 1 \Y iw sir. \ \Why don ' t you , then?\ \Orders is , sir , dat we has to get pay iu advance for elep hants, sir. Elep hants on toas t , sir , am $18 , 000.25; ef you take it widout toast , sir , it am onl y $18 , 000 , sir. \ The waiter never smiled , but the g irl did , aud the young mau climbed down. —Detroit Free Press . hi s wipe ' s l etter. \I wish you would mai l this letter as you go down town , Jim , \ said Mrs. Bloobnmper to her husband as he rose from the breakfast table. \I am very anxious for mamma to get it- earl y to- morrow. \' \All ri g ht , \ rep lied Bloobutnper. He put it iu his pocket with this men- tal observation ; \I should not be surp rised if I forget to mail this. Mary has been talking for a week about invi ting her mo ther to come down for a month' s visit , but I ¦don ' t know that I am anxious to aid in f oriva rd i ng the invitation , seeing that I would rather the old lad y remained a way. '' \Did you mail that letter I gave you this morning ?\ asked Mrs. Bloobumper , when her husband came home that ni g ht. \Certainly \ said the unblushing pre- varicator. When , he returned home an evening later his wife confronted him. \You told me last nig h t you had mailed that letter to mamma. \ . \Well?\ \ Well , you didn 't. \ \Oh yes , I— \ \Don ' t tell me any more of your un- truths. If you had mailed that letter mamma would not be in this house now. \ . \Here now?\ \Yes , here now. . ' ; . \Wh y, I thoug ht it was au invitation to her to come and stay a month. You know you were talking of inviting her. \ \Exactly and' I did invite h er. I mailed that letter myself. The one I asked you to mail wa3 one requesting her to postpone her visit , and if you had done as I asked you she would have re- ceived it before it was tim s for her to leave home. Now come 1a and tell her she ' s welcome , and that you can ' t thi a k of letting her leave under six weeks. \ And Bloobumper wen t in. —'Ha rper ' s Weekl y. • . - . Now It Is the Foxes Turn . Some time ago it was found that the Nif way rats were multi plying so fast oa Sable Island that they were killing off tae rabbits , which are valuable to the inhabitants as a food , A number of cat f were , therefore , imported from - Halifax and turned loose on the island to kill the rats . • The cats disposed of some of the rats , but soon discovered that it was . easier to catch the rabbits and that they tasted better. They multi- p lied so fast and made such havoc with the rabbits that finall y a lot of foxes were broug ht to the island to kill the cats. The foxes have been doing their work too well. ; - . They 'killed ' the . cats , and then turned their attention to the sea fowl that haunt the island , destroy- ing thei r eggs and eating up the ir young, and no w the islander s a r e b egg ing the G o vernment to rid them of the foxes. — Pic t t j u ue. NEW YOBE STATE NEW S LAUNCH OF THE OLYMPIA MWSY, GLEANINGS Ira. MtLT.ER, a Fall Brook Railway switch* man , was struck on the hea i by a flying coup ling p in in the yards of that railway in Corning. His skul l was crushed. Judge Pa c ker , o f tuo Su p rem e C ourt , has appointed the fiinghatnton Trust Com- pany perm i nent receiver of the Iron Hall funds in this State, The funds amount to $200000. , Thieves are robbing freight cars along the Erie Railroad. Thousands of dollars ' worth of property have baen stolen . The robberies occur on through cars that are shipped from cities far apart. The other morning a car shipped from Boston to Hor - nellsvi i le was found to have been broken into when it arrived there and hundreds of doj i a. - s ' worth of groceries anl silks stolen vUor efro re n ' Patrick Burke , aged thirty, \ a farm hand , was discovered standing ^ , against a fence at Searsville , dead of heart disease ' He had been in that position lifeless fully two hours. Adams and vicinity has been visited by a rai n stor m more - violen t and of l onger duration than has been known for years. Enoch Simpson was arrested in New Yor k City a few days ago. H e was want ed at Prattsv ill e , Green e County, for robbing a farmer ' s wife at the point of a pistol. He was taken to Prattsville and a large \ crow d met t he stage as it entered the village . A ro pe was procured and but for the firm interference of the officers the man would h ave been lynched . R eports to the Governor. A n order has been prepare ! b y th a Adju- tant-General , stating that Lieutenant E. E. Hardin , Seventh United States Infantry has reported to the Governor of New York for orders and instructions , under directions of the Secretary of War , and that the Commander- in-Chief directs that he be respected according ly by membe rs ot the National Guard. Lieutenant Hardin has seen long service on the p lains, and has been an instructor at West Point . He did e x cellent work attiie State Camp of Instruc- tion last summer. His Wife Killed. . A ev. C. J. Bradbury, a retired Mefcuodisfc minister , was crossing the Erie tracks at Painted Post with his wife. She caug ht her foot between the outer and guard rails. While Mr Bradbury was assisting in extri. eating her an express train came thundering along and struck them both . M rs. Bradbury was instantl y killed. Mr. Bradbury was badl y injured . The shock and injuries may resul t iu his death. Both were over seventy years of age. Arrested . ami Convicted in One JL»aj. Cornwall is waging war against the ille- gal sale of li quor . Samuel Myers , an old man , was arrested , tried , convicted and sent to the Albany penitentiary—all in one day. He was released on a writ of habeas corpus. M yers ' s old wife lies at the point of death from shock at her husband' s punish- me nt. W H. Hill , who keeps the Ward ISoum . was also finer! $50 . Lieutenant Oa s sidy Indicted, The Grand Jury at Buffalo has indicted in the Broderick case and has found true bills for murder in the second degree against Lieutenant Cassidy, of the Twenty-second Reg imen ^ of New York City, and \Bichard Roe , \ a member of the detail which pursued Broderick , and whose name is unknown . T he report\ says the jury has learned that an officer reached over the fence and shot Broderick while he lay on the ground on the other side. The Grand Jury disposes ot the claim that the civil authorities have no jurisdiction by advising that the case bo sent at ones to the hi ghest court , and the question determined. In closing * the report says : \We have identified one of the par- ties who did the shooting and have indicted him; as to the other we are unable to pro- cure evidence as to his identity. \ Cruiser No. 6 Now in the Water and. Named for Washington ' s Cap it a l . Cruiser No. 6 was l aunched a few days ago at San Francisco , Ca ) . The yard was gay with banting soon after noon . Governor Markham and his staff , accompanied by a party of official visitors and Miss Anna Belle Dickie , made their way up the gang- way to the slopin g dec* of the war vessel. At a signal Miss ' Dickie broke a bottle of wine over the bow of the battl eshi p, and Cruiser No. 6 became the Ol ymp ia , \ and the largest: war ship ever constructei by the Union . Iron Works glided do w n the ways. The Oiymp ia is a protected cruiser of the first class , and was authorized by the same act of Congress that appropriated the money for the construction or the Cincinnati. The limit' of her cost was put to $1 , 800 , 000 , ex- clusive of the cost. oE the armament or of any premiums that she may earn because of increased speed over the guarantee. Miss Anna Belle Dickie , who christened her , is the daughte r of Mr. Geor g e W. Dickie , one of the owners and tlie manager of the Union Iron Works. - The world has 4500 paper mills. Chigago handles 1300 trains daily. Dahomey has fallen to the French. Frost in Brazil has sent coffee up. Chicago is to have a Chinese theatre. Rains have caused floods in England. Deer are p lentiful in the Adirodacks. Italy is suffering from a lack of small coin. CHOtERA is making appalling ravages in China. , There are : 300 Indian voters in the new State of Washington. Apache Indians in New Mexico and Ari- zona are on the warpath ' The Swiss R e public has been duped by a bogus Minister from Salvador. The Bolivian Congress has passed a law fixing the Presidential term at four years. The railroads of the country were never sooverrun with business as the are to-day . Dysentery is raging fatally in some districts iu China , with 3044 deaths . in 15 , - 00D cases. , - ;. - . ' ¦ The O hio River at Ilttsbur j r, Penn., Is lower than for ye e r s , and' , traffla . has been s uspended. Deer are so p ltmiif ul in Michi gan that boys have to be hired to stone them out of the turnip fields. Abo dt S0O , QOO ea s w of unusually fine sweet corn and 100 , 000 cases of succotash i a the pack reported for Maine. LATER NCTg. The case of Rev. Dr. C. A. Briggs , charged with heresy, came up for trial be- fore the Presbytery of New York. Amende! ( charges and specifications were made , and the case continued in order to g ive Dr. > , Briggs time to rep ly. Simon Poey , passenger agent and confi- dential clerk for James E. Ward & Co., agents of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, was held for examin : aticn in the Tombs Polios Court , New Yorh City, on a charge of grand larceny. Offi- cials of the company claim he has embezzled $40 , 000 . ¦ . Stambou l lowered the world' s stallion record to 2:08 on the Stockton (Cal.) track , The express train was held up at Wh a r ton , Oklahoma. The express car was blown- open with dynamite , the messenger Yroxra d ieo and overpowered and the safa robbed. The amount secured was several thousand dol- lar. ? . Sir Julian Pauncefote , the British , . Minister , and family returned to Washing- ton from Liverpoo l .. The French troops have captured Cana and M u sco, in Dahomey, and are marching on Ab o mey. ' ' ¦ .:. .. ¦ .; . - ¦ _ The late fatal explosion in Paris was caused by the Anarchists and not by the Caraaux sinkers. The daughter of Patrick Shea , of Troy, N. Y., has baen obli ged to quit working be- cause her eyes have failed her. Her mother - lost her sight six years ago , soon afterward \' ' her elder sister became blind , and last June her brother ' s eyes refused to see. The mountain fruitmen in the neighbor- hood of Cloverdale , Ca!., are comp lai n ing bitterly about the damage done to young fruit trees by deer. . \' Missouhi ' s population , all races aud both sexes , for 1S9.) was 2 , 679 . 1S4 , of w hom 1.385 , - 288 are males and 1 , ^ 3 , 946 females. THE MAEEETS. Late Wholesale Prices of Country Produ ce Quoted in New York. 46 \ BEANS AND \ PEAS. . .. : Beans-Marrow , 1891 , choice$2 30 @$2 S2} £ Mediu m , 1893 , choice.... 2 05 @ 210 Pea , 1892 , choice 205 @ 210 Red kidney, 1892 , choice. 2 75 ® 285 . Red kidney, poor to fair . — @ — - Lima , Cal., per bush.... 205 @ 210 Green peas , 1892 , per bbl 170 @ — BOTTER. Creamery—St. fe Peius , extra 58 ^ @ 29. St. & Penn.. fi rsts....... S3 ® 28 Western , firsts 26 @ 28 \Western , seconds 23 & 25 Western , thirds....... 20 @ 22 State dairy—half tubs , and pails , extras 25 @ 27 Half tubs and pails , lsts. 23 @ 24 Half t ubs and pails , 2ds. n 20 @ 21 Welsh tubs , extras 25 @ 26 Welsh tabs , Ms 2 3 @ 24 : Welsh tubs , 2ds.......... 30 @ 21 • ¦ Western—Im. qream e ry, lste 22 @ 24 W . Ira, creamery, 2ds... 18 (5) 20 . \- W . Im. creamery, 3.i s... — @ — . - - . ¦ - . . Western Factory, fresh , firsts 17 @ 17 ^ ' :¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . W . Factory, secon ds.... • 15 % @ 16 , . W . Factory and dairy, 3ds 14> i : @ 15 . ¦ \ ; ¦¦:. ¦ cheese. ¦ - . .:• • v State factory—Full cream , white , fancy ... 10 % @ 10% . Fu l l cream , colored , fancy — @ 10 ?| Full cream ,good to prime § \ £fy 10 . ¦: P art skji DP , choice ' 6 % @ ~ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ P a rt skims , good to prime 3 @ 6% \ - P art skira> , comm on.... 3 @ 3 ^ Fu ll skims....... 1 @ 2 ; EGGS. State and P & dh— Fresh 26 @ 37 West ern- Fresh , fancy 24> £ @ 25}$ Fi - es b , prime. 23> £ @ . 23% PP. C 1TS AND BERRIE S—FRESH. App le s—Red sorts , bbl 2 50 @ 3 50 Green sorts , per bbl .../.. 2 00 @ 275 C Sweet v a ri e ties ,per b bl.. — @ — . - ¦ - ; ¦ • Pear s , Bartl e tt , per bush.,.. — @ — ¦ ~ ' - r i Sec k el , per bbl — . @ — . ' . - ' \ ' : Common cooking, per bb l 2 50 @3 00 _ ^ _i> Grapes , u p river , Da l., 5 1b. 15 @ 22 ¦ Up river , • Nia gara , 5 l b. 11, . .@ -20 : U p river , Concord , 0 1b. It @ 12 Peaches , J ersey, extra , basket. — @ — Poor to fair ,..,, — @ —; . Plum s , u p r i ver , per crate... — @ — \ ; St a te , 10 1b basket...... — @> — \ ; Cran berrie? , Ga p e CoJ , b bi. 3 00 % 4 50 hops. , : : •;• ; State—1892 , fair to choice... 21 @ 22 ' . ¦ 1891 , pr ime... 23 @ 24 1891 , common to goo d.. IS @ 22 Ol d odds...... 5 @ 9 LIVE POULTRY. Fowls-Jer sey, State , Penn. 10 @ — Western , per l b.. 9 ,^ @ 10 Spring Chickens; local , lb.... 10 @ 10 ^ Southern pe r - l b...;.... — @ — Roosters , old , par lb. £ ,..;. — @ 6 Turkeys , per lb 10 @ 12 Ducks-N . J ., N. Y., Penn., ' per pair..... 60 @ S5 Southern , per pair — @ — G eese , West ern , per pair .... 137 % 162 S o uthern , per pa ir...,. \' , — @ —- Pigeon s , per pair............ 30 @ 40 DRESSED POULTRY—FRESH p LLED ( j . - V Turkeys-Y pung, ; per lb.... 12 @ 15 \ ' - , i OJd mixed -weig hts . .„.. : . ^ 3 2 _ @ Ji_j . ^ ¦ - . '; Toriis , fair to prime....; — @ ^ ; - / ^ f 1; ^ Chickens—Phila., per Jb...,. 12 @' ; i7 1 L. I. broi lers , — @ — ' ¦ Fowls—Sfc,and Penn., per lb — © — Western , pe r lb... 10 @ \ 10} $ Ducks—Western , per lb ...; 9 @ 13 Eastern . pr lb 17 @ 18 Spring, L. I., per lb.... IS @ 19 Geese—Spring Eastern ,per lb 18 @ — - Squabs—Dark ,: per i c loz..... 200 @ 225 . ; . ¦ ¦ .. - • ^ Li g ht , per doz.. . ...... 3 00 ,@ 325 M >; ^ . VEGETABLES. ' ¦ . .; i . . : . : ; ' . Wi Potat oes—State , per bbl . .175 @ 209 ' ¦[ L ^ ^ Jersey, prime , per bbl... I ' i ) @ 200 . - rL' ' , < is ; Jersey, inferior , per bbl . L5'J @ 1 62 v '^ - L. I., ia bulk , per bbl.. 303 @3 35 . ' \ ; - ;: Ca b ba g e , L. I , per 100...... 40) : @ 6 O.r .: 7 A : Onions—Eastern,yellow , bb l . 2 25 @ 375 : c i . Eastern , rer l , per bbl.... 225 @ 250 ~ H : -Wa State , per bb t . 200 @ 237 ; r ; \ ; ' ?: Squash—Marrow , per barrel , 1 23 @ 150 . :S Cucumbers , pick les , per 1000 — @ \ — :• ¦¦: Lon g Islan d , per 1000.... — @ — . : - , v T o m a toes , per crate.. ' .. 100 @ 12 5' . . Ms Lima beans . fairto pri me , bag 300 @40 0 ~ - : ; i J E g g plant , Jer s e y, per bbl.. — ¦ @- — - ^ Sweat potatoes , 7a., per bbl . 175 @ 3 00 < ;; South J e rssy, par bbl. ~ . a 0;> @ 3 25 : - - / : M Celery, n ear by, doz , bunches 75 @ 125 • v ; 3? GKAIN , ETC. ' ' • ¦ ¦ ' ¦ • ¦ \ ¦ ' \ -v V ; ' / ,\ ^ Flour--City Mill Extra..... 425 @ 435 ' > ft -S i . , • P atents. . 450 @ 4 75 : v - : :?* Whea t-No. 2 Red 75} ^ @ 77 /^ Ry s —State 56 @ 60 \i^ : \? Barley—Two-rowed State... 60 @ 65 . _ ; .; -:=| Corn—Un graded Mixed..... 48 @ a[ : ^ Z - M Oats—No. 'I W hite......... . 39 @ ' % )l { r z ^ a .M ixed Western......... — @ — \ . ' ^ i? Hsy—troo-i to Choice....... 70 @ ; 85 : ; r 0 ; Straw-Lon ? Rye........... 50 % : ,.6 5 ; ¦¦ ' -: ¦ ¦ ?? £§ Lard—City Steam. : ......... - ¦ - — . ' ; @ : i).GO iz ' . ;;- . ^ . :¦ ¦ .;• ' v : : \ - . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ x ive s m cK. ' ;: t \ ' . - . ; .; ^ :. \ > : ;¦• ' ;;; y - 4 iq| Beeves , Ci ty- \ dressed. ^K^' V ^ 6;:@- . : - : 9' ; : :i- ^^ 3J; Milch Cow fc com. to good /$ fsp; ^ @50 00; * - ^ : .# £ $? Calv - es i Ci ty dressed;..ii. ; , ^ - ^ @ 5 ll ^ : ^^ Sheep, per 103 lbs..;...... Y. '3 ' OO : Wi W^^^^ \ Lambs , pe rlb...;:......iv. V^ X M® ^ % ? g $0 $ Hogs-Liv ^-pe r 100 lbs..., ' • . • 5 50 2 &6 t m ±i h!Mm
