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' ¦ . . . ; . . Thia li «i^ laIS Uia , . r - "" ¦ .- . ¦;. Osii)xm<tii,i(f !ia , ' . ' ¦ . ' . ' . ¦ ' " tbd'fiaSsoBasw take, the * ^al^i fEa cK ta *ke , . . .. vrlwn th feij tsr * ©til the . ' ' " . ' . 'j- fiab;te*f<i j£joii ¦ , . . . - :;\:w&&. fhi : ¦;. mdnjfa i4 "i- i *K)!>y ' . ta&ea nipjteE sa ; "" % go^a goofl wio; ahliatgi joija soi slow, lor £car thb «Uj& i^realij to ftejo low, ao oari y In tha ' ^ojalajf ;; VAtKjOjcr when t hcj ' ro oa tie irl *o&% SMt*^ wycat each ti me Hboy sn«i fiijSY»'5su3l ' tot that' s tho waytoBrer t ' B. flslj ^.iBifeiaonilDB. And when they aro eS %)ttiliiitif a . brink again llioy drink witho iii »triaK—to flght ma- teria , oil b y ( Us. '.doetbr ' a warning. . » Xhoy ti p a flan&' , ; BiUS' trn s dcli ftUt whoa there ' s a bits ) UBsouis ' e light tboy "arailo" tl( ' o mora Ml JoBy light all fishing thoy ara ueoming. An- ' other nip as {hoy depart; one at the mart nn4 ' voo0' . to. pint; but none tr h ' en uty tfec' /llatiad thoy dart , expect ing ' , - ihiyll bo . .. . ¦ ' motimlns. v**E6 ' *l» «Sk> bait He flshenawi try who' Bab- es buy at J Jil ^ JS 'sb and tell caoh,.o ao n bigger Ho of (l6hinJ Sa tlio morning. ' :. Q'-nT'Uf f, Ficbl unil Form. ' ' '—" r * f ' » . " ' , ; ¦— When gayl y tho tbmnnoin qtsr At nicety hotda rtSi6 jp l&ca . And with your btS iit ' ttikvr you fan ¦ Your ra ad-persai Tinj ^ 'fflbo ; Whan ovcrjMUitca o! clotaoa yon near Is stioklDg to J3ut form, . How fcootbi og 'tb ' io livre » friond Inform you ' ItJ &oj m." , ¦ ' « <d»V,;» '' ,i ' . ' i ' What nro honor * , jS&r ¦ociltll, or fume . The world' s warr oj jjTKfsg ' ^w bittor blame , Tho rest of pflaoc ^or ' *ffars turmoil , 16 tha man who' Statecri a g bora n soil? ' i VXGH^I^jf cj wj &GW'ES BAIT. " Your lost day » Dear , dear 1 Must you go J o-day, Harvey 1" said Mrs. Seely, looking across the broakf ost itablo at her eon with affectionate concern. And hor daughters , Kitty and Margery, echoed her words. " Couldn 't you have got off for anoth- er week ?" said his father , breaking his hot roll carefully, "now that you ' re a partner , though—" " Now that I 'm a partner, it's hard work getting off, '' responded Harv ey Seely ; "it was all I could do; in fact— " He paused suddenl y. "What was all you could dol" en- quired Kitty. " Well ," said Harvey, laying down his knife and fork , with a beaming smil e, '¦hero goes ! Here ' s tho news I' ve boon saving up for you till tho Inst , from a natural modesty. It was all I could do to get things arranged so that I could go on my wedding tri p, a month henco . 1 am going to be married. " Kilty ' s spoon fell iuto her saucer with a clatter , and Mr. Seely dropped his roll hastily. •• Marrie o, i sam iiiargery oreatuiu sBiy. Mrs. Seely alone remained calm. She rolled up her napkin and put it in its ring, and looked at her son , throug h her gold-rimmed glasses composedl y. She felt , however, that this was an im- portant crisis. When Harvey—their onl y son—had , with commendable inde pendenc e, left his pleasant homo to "get a start "* in tho nei g hboring city thoy had all expected great things for bun. He would be rap idly successful ; he would distinguish himself in the prof es- sion he had chosen and amass a fortun e; and ho would woo and win some sweet young girl , with a long row of ancesto rs —the Seelys, being themselves a good old family, were great respecters of blue biood—a host of accomp lishment? , and a heavy dowry. Their hopes had seemed likely to be fulfilled. Har vey had proved himself possessed of remarkable business qualit ies ; he had risen quickl y, and had recentl y exceeded their wildest ambitions by being made a junior partner of the firm. All that now remained to be . desired was his safe conquest of the beautiful and aristocr atic young person of their dreams , with her many talents and her substan tial inhe ritance. It woo not to be wondered at, therefore , thai the girls were trembling wi th eager- ness ; that Mr. Se«l y fumbled with his watch-chai n in nervous suspense , and that Mrs. Seely opened hei lips twice be- fore she found strength to propound tha i all importan t questio n : " "Who is shet " " She is a Miss Dora Berdan. at pres- ent," said Harvey smiling ly. , '- Berdan t" Mrs. Seely repea ted , and raised hor brows enquiring l y. "I don ' t think I have heard of the family. ' "Not at all likely," Havvoy rejoined. "They are quiet peop le." " Berdan I" Mrs. Seely repeated mus- in gly. " No ; I have not beard of them. Where do thoy live?" " In Weyroau street," responded Har- vey. Mrs. Seely fell back in hor chair with a little gas p; hor husband turned a dis- mayed face upon his son , and Kitty and Margery gave little screams. Woymnn street ! It was miles from tho regions of aristocracy ; it was peop led with working-g irls, with Beamstosses, and wi th small shop-keepers; with ntroot- vundcrs , and old apple-women , for all tho Seelys know. " Not Woymon street Harvey V said his father appoaliug ly. _ . " Certainl y— -Woyman street , " Harvey ropoatod. "But sho is not—she cann ot be of good family, living in Woyman alroot ?" said Mrs. Seely anxiousl y. " The family is quite respectable ," hor son responded quietl y. "Dora ' s mother is a widow. Shu sows for a laoo coods house, and Cora has been assistant book- keeper in our establishment ; that is how I mot hor. " Mrs. Seel y groaned. "A book-keeper—a Bootriatr osa t" eho ejaculated. " Oh , Harvey, you could not have dono worse I " " A pennil ess girl f" said his father solemnly ; " and after all wo have hoped for you I No i it could not bo wor se. " " A common working girlj " said Kitty in a choking* voice i "and everybody will know it I Oh , Harvey, it couldn 't bo worso. " Tho youn g man looked from ono to anotor in iiatoniuued, hurt , Mid half con- temptuous silence. Margery turned to him , with the dis- may in hor face. " Peruana ," she naid , hopefully ; "per- haps thoro is something to make up t Perhaps she in a wonderful beauty, or a great genius , or t'oniothii ig ?" Harvey gavo hor a grateful umilo ", " I think hor piotty, of course , " ho said ; "hut I Huppo' in that 'll booau uo I' m fond of hor, I don 't think sho would bo called a boanty. And an for genius—uho ' ii very clover at accounts i bat oho docun 't nlng or paint, or anything of that sort. She 's novor had tho time or money for audi , things , poor girl I" But Margery had turned away with nn impatient gesture. i " There is nothing, t hen , ' 1 uho naid , de- spairing ly i "no i it couldn 't bo worse. " Harvey roue from bin neat , will) an on ergy which net the boll in the cantor tinirllnrr. "Thiu in absurd 1" he mild indignantly. "It in more than absurd i i t in unjust and narrow-minded. How Hoiiuib lo—presum- ably iii-nniblo people ," Harve y corrected rather bitterl y, "unit nay, in regard to a person they have never noun , Hi nt it could not ho woiue , in pant my compr ehension. " " Wu will not talk of i t/' -said Mr *. Sonl y, holding tip a restraining hand. "Diiitiiiiibioii will n ot mend umttmu. Arid you are to bo married next n.onth t" "On tho nint h ," llnrve y rejoined. "Of course you will nil lio there t" ho added rather dublounl y. " lly no tiinnnu , " ua 'd bin father imorll y, " Yon could hardly oxpuet It/ ' iiaiilM ru Hu ely repr oachfull y. " Vnry well j 'if Mohammad won ' t ntimo ' you ' ve heard tho obuorv otloii. Wo Mliall pay you a vij it immediatel y on our return from our woddiii g-lour, witli your kind permission , You limn ' , know Dora. " When he loft tlui house uu hour later , ho had Urn Inquired pnriiiiiiaion. Ilin mo ther mid [lio (firhi had nven klijwij liiiu good byo, in an injured and re proachful w ay, mid bin father had clink- on liund n coolly. . But hiu earn atill rang with tha i oiUoti tt (Wiiirllou , " .It ooiild not lio woni ft I" and lio wan ttmughUut all Chit way hank to tho ciily. ¦* v <i m e m Could Not Re Worse. ^r^aMMa w—WW ¦"¦" ¦ „"™™rTn w Tho Seoly ' s wore in a otate of subdued excitement. Harvey' s wedding tour was completed! and thoy had receiv ed a telegram that af- ternoon to tho effect that he woul d be "on hand" to night with bis now wifo. Tho dining -room table was set for din- ner ; and Mrs. Seely wandered from ono end of it to the other nervously. Her husband sat under tho chandelier with his evening paper , but ho was not reading it; Kitty and Margery flattered about uneasil y, watching .. through tho window for the return of the carriage from tho station . "I hope , " said Margery with a nervous attempt at cheerful ness , "that sho will be barely decent—presentable . Think o! the people who will call I I hope she won't bo worse than Wre pre pa red to see hor. " " She couldn 't bo, ' - said Mrs. Seely dis- mall y. There was a roll of wheels , and the twinkle of tho carriag e-lamp at the door , end the boll rang sharp ly. Kitty and Margery clasped hands in sympathetic agitation ; Mr. Seely droppe d his paper and rose ; and Mrs. Seely ad- vance d toward the hall door with dignity. It opened wide before she cou ld rearm it , and Harvey entered , his face suffused with genial blissful smiles. " This is my wife," ho said pro udl y; "my mother , Dora - , my father , my sisters , Kitty and Margery. " And with o. caressin g touch, he took her by tho hand , and led her forward among them. What ! Mr. Seely gazed at the apparition with startling eyes ; Mrs . Seely dropped the hand she had started to hold out , with her face growing ash ; and Kitty and Margery gasped. For what they saw was a woman of apparently forty years , with a face pow- dered and painted in the most unblush- ing manner , with thin gray hair crimped over a wrinkled forehead in a sickening affectation of youtb fulne ss and with a diminutive gail y-trimmed bonnet perohed thereon, with an affected , mincing gait, and a simpering smile. "This is my wife. " Harvey repeated ; "have you no welcome for her '" The bride tittered . " Mebbe she thinks I ain ' t good enough lor 'urn , my dear '!" sho obser ved tartly. "Impossible , my pot ,"Harvey respond- ed, and patted her falsel y blooming cheek affectionately ; "besides , if you were but a shadow—a caricature of your own beautiful self , thoy would not have been surprised. They were prepared for the worst. " Ho looked at his horrified relatives meaning ly. The tru th of his words flashed over them. l Voa ilin, ' lin/1 oil unl^l rahnnlanlv '* lf. *«a , fcu^j wuu «.. uu.v * »wf uuu uu.j , *w could not bo worse. " But this wretched , wrinkled , bedizened creature—had tboy dreamed of this '! Harvey watched them with an undis- turbed smile—his father , turning away at last , and rubbing his forehead witb his handker chief weakl y; Mrs. Seely, gazing at hor daug hter-in-law with a dreadful fascination , and tho girls, sink- into chair? in dismayed silence. " Well , mother ," said Harvey lightly, "of conrso a now addition to tho famil y is an object of interest ; but dou 't forgot that I havo an appetite , and getting mar- ried has rather improved it. Talio off your bonnet , my dear. Hero, Kitt y." Kitty came forward with a set face and ti ghtlj-closed lips , to .receive tho marvel- ous combi nation of beads and silk flowers held out to hor with a d isgusting air of spri ghtlinoss She wa x afraid to trust herself to speak. Poor Mrs. Seely, sick at heart , had made her way to tho boll and ran g it , and dinner came down presentl y. "Turtle soup!" tho brido observed , looking round tho table with a girlish smile ; "ain ' t nothing I admiro bo I Just pass that celery, J alhoi-in -law. Delic- ious ! ain ' t it. darling. " •• iiixtromoij, my dear , sai d tho brute- groom comp lacently. Ignorant and vulgar ! What dreadful thing would thoy discover next. It was nn evening thoy never forgot. Tho unfortunate , parents eat wHh nolo fuioti and unstead y hands , iitaring into their empty plates , or looking at each other wi th fresh horr or at each simper- ing, sensel ess, ungramin otioal remark of their terrible dau ghtoHnisw; ' - Kitty and Alar gory excused themselves during tlio second course , and flow to their tooma to cry themse lves to Bleep it agony of dismay and mortification. " I Huan ' t think of sottin ' up," said tho brido , risin g from the table with on apol- ogetic gi ggle, and with tho last dessert hold aloof. " I'm too worn out "If any- body calls—of course , everybod y will call—just toll ' em I'll see ' em to-morrow. Come on , dear. " . And (ilia tri pped upstairs , with a juvo nilo nod over hor shoulder , ond with hor booming young husb and following. Mrs. Seel y rung her li iindii despairing - ly- " Wo said it eotilil not ho woiue," uho oaid faintl y. "But thin! How Khali wo endure it f " I shall not endure it!" oaid hor hus- band ; his face had grown almost care- worn during tho last two hours. "I uhall (¦ond them packing to-morrow i ond if over he onteru my limine again— " Ho hroiight his hand down on tho ta- ble threatenin g ly. "But that will not hel p matters , " imld hiu wife mlHorabl y. •" Ho is ruined i wo nro diiigraood, anil ever ybody will know ¦t. Thoro wan a uiloimo, " I had p ictured hor to mjnol/ ," naid Mm ftyply, bog iuiiinc to 'lob , " an <i young girl—-a portion of suitable ago for my poor misguided hoy, decentl y oduoateil , and at Inuiit a liul y. And oven then , when I did not d oubt Unit it won nuoh it oiio he In tel oho.nm, I thou ght myuolf tun most unha ppy creature in tlio world , bo- cauno—because ulin hail no weullli and an old name. Hunl y it in a judgem ent upon mi. Oh , wnii thoro everro daadful a thin g I" , « Probabl y mil , " nuiil her hu aViund (•ii ' iiil y. It was a nolemu grou p which waiUlit in tho diiiing-r oom , next , moming, , for tho uppoiiraii ™ of tlio newl y-wedded lotap lo. lliero were mar ks of a lo'iuinir ni g ht on overy faeo—in troubled browu , uwolfun lldu and p ale rtuiiili u—mu l n {<omir<i| gloom prevailed. Mr , fleul y stood in fro nt of tlio <!>' «• l)lnoi >, -wiii rhirirr the door with> nl«n Iftt ui. Ho trail inntil er in liiu owrl lun' .uo ut leant , und hu wan riutiinnlu aii . ttt ' aMi should not Ixi disgraced by iilu utin ' r - wift) for iMioUkic hour . < ' , >, " l'leauo gel them nwn ' y lio (o»«.> wiyone ( nnmn -i , i miiii , " iiMd KiM " . •« tr * ¦ - *'¦ * »^ dj readfni If anybody were to boo hor 1" " Dreadful 1" Margery echoed , with a groan . . . There rroro footsteps on tho stairs. Mrs. Sooly turned . with a shiver , and the girls caug ht their breath. -: Tho door opened. Tho waiting group looked up slowly. Would she not bo still more terrible in the btoad dayli ght—that artificial , simp- ering horror t But it was not tho sight they were pre- pared to ooo, which tho open door dis- closed; it -was not Q painted , powdered eembhnco of a woman who cams in slow- ly, with a timid smile and downcast eyes. It was B slender , sweet-faced young girl, nitb shinin g brown hair crowning a charming head, peachy cheeks, in which the color cani o ond went , and soft dark eyes , which studied the carpet in pretty timidity ; -wi th dainty-sli ppered feet , and a lace-trimmed wrapper, fitting snug l y to a perfect form. "Good morninr ,," she said gently. Harvey followed her closely. "Well, Dora , he said, looking from one to another of his speechless relatives qnizicaUV , "they don 't seem inclined to speak to jou. " But Mar gery bad come towards her hastily, and seized both her soft hands in her own. "Was it you all the time ?" she cried joyf ull y. "And the gray hair was false, and the wrinkles were , put on , and oil that droadfnl powder 1 Oh , Harvey, how conld you!" "I bogged him not to," said the prett y bride , raising her dark eyes sweetl y. "I told him that it was cruel ; and such a time as I had , saying all those shocking things he hud tanght me, and keep ing my wig strai g ht , and trying not to laug h. Will you ever forgive ns t" "Forg Wo jon l Ob , my dear girl 1" cried Mrs. Seely incoherentl y. And ahe harried forward with o nob of joy, and emhr acing her daug hter-in-law wildly. "It was rather rough , " said Harvey gaily. "I felt like a villain when I saw the way you all took it But you know what you said, every one of you—that "it coaldo'J bo worse. " I thou ght I'd juat demonstrate to you that it could Dora ia nineteen instead of forty ; she can speak correctl y when she makes an effort ; and I heartily recommend her for a willing , and obli g ing, good-tempered and thoroughly capable girl—the sweet est in the world, in fact " Mr. Seel*- loft the fire- place and came and clasped bis . daughter-in-law in his arms , with n beaming face, and Kitty kissed kini effusivel y. "It was if dreadful iesson ," said Mrs- Seely, looking np with a tearful smile ; but I am afraid we needed it. my son. " The Temporary Vault at Clor omont . BEQIHOTSo THE WOBK. UP COHSTBUOTION— CROWDS or BI QUT-SEEM AT EIVSB8IDE. From tho Trib one of tho SCtb. Hundreds of people Tisited Hivorsido P ark yesterday to look at the spot which is to become known in the future oh tho burial . place of General Grant -The visitors were from tho countr y, as wall as the city. - People from the lower part of New-York and the East Sido who had never visited the heighborhoocLbefore we surprised to find there was a park , of sack extent and beauty in the cit y. One man said he had not seen the place since twenty-five years ago, ' when Bloomin g- dale road was tho favoriio drive of New- Yorkers , and he could not reco gnize, the surroundings so changed and improved were they. An old man and hia wife spent the day abont the place inspecting every feature of it with growing sur prise at each revelation. "Well, " exclaimed the husband , "I've lived in New-York seventy years , and I never knew there was a Riverside Park till I heard that f~ rA rtAral ftrnnr. war to ha J ininarl . hart * So I says to my wife we'll go np and see it, audit ' s worth the ' trouble , too. " ' Thirty-five men were placed at work by the Park Department on the vaul t in the morning. They made rapid progress and by noon the excavation bad nearl y reached the joqui sit depth. Their work was interrupted in the afternoon by one of the heavy thunder storms that visit the Hudson Biver Valley in summer. The morning had been sultry, and short- ly after noon threatening masses of-cloud rolled up from the ' west over the rook y heights of the Palisades on tho Jersey shore. The clonds grow dense and black , but it waa 3 o ' clock before the crowd of peop le gathered around the workmen observed the indication of an unus ual storm. All breezes from the river suddenly ceased ond a: dense mass of vapor app eared to be coming down tho Hudson between tho high bonks to join forces with the storm from the west. The sky became as dark as night , and even tho workmen concluded to seek shelter as a tornado swept over the promintory formed by the hi gh cliff at the Claremont. Men and women rushed for the hotel and the nearest places of shelter, and the sheds around the hotel were quickly filled by the carringes and vehicles on the drives. The clouds appeared to meet and set- ' tie down on the cliff and for half an honr the storm raged abont tho northern end of Riverside Park. The drivin g rain and vapor shot out the river from view. Water fell in torrents , and seemed to be driven in sheets from all directions. A IrAAn flanl* nf liirhfruniy illnTninft fat ? ttiA scene for an instant and then the wind threw itself upon the hotel bo that the people crowded in it began to fear that it mi g ht be carried away. Doors and windows were forced open and torrents of' rain poured int6 the ' building. A flash of lightning more vivid than the first rang the telephone in the vestibule and flashed around the room. Those at tho _ south side of the building saw a. great ball of firo for on inet oxt in the air and a crash followed that startled overy ono. The bolt " had struck an. immense oak not mora than fifty " yar do from the building and only a short diolanco from tho excavation, Tho tree fell with another crash start- ling the horses and men who had taken refuge in th o/ahed near tho Oloremont. As tho rumbling of thunder was dy ing away another flash nearly iuj dazzling was followed by a deop ' tbundor clap like tho discharge of a cannon. For ten minutes mora a constant succession of electric flashes played through the at- mosphere , which vibrated an thoug h a whole park of artillery * wss . iu action. As tho thunder ceased tho clouds rolled away over Long Island Sound , ,an d in a few minutes more tho aan was again shinin g brightly and a fresh cool current of nir swept over tho park- ' Tho troo that wan first struck was rnlnod. Tho wind uniting with the lightin g had torn it np by tho roots. It won ono ' of the largest oaks in the grove. Several other trees had Buffered oli ghtly, and a portion of tho rooting had boon tarn from tho shod and lodged ia neighbor ing tfooa. A groat quantity ot rain fell bat was rapidly absorbed in tho sandy soil. Mr. Barnard , tho proprietor . of the house , oaid to a Sribune reporter : "I have had ono other heavy thunder ttorin sinco I bavo been hero , bat none, to bad no this ono. I hope thoy won 't . corao vcr y often , and that thoy won 't ntny. any lon&or than this ono did. 'V After tho shower tho work moo losum- od on tho vault and tho excavation finish- ed. Thia morning a found ation of con- crete will bo laid for tl iowst l. Tho brigk ore alread y on hand , and tho tnanono will begin laying thorn during tho day. Tlio wallo of tho vault will bo trinimod tilth Wuu otonb and roliovod wllh l t,jcro of black brink, Tho vault will riio ei ght foot above tho onrfaco , and In the front facing tho river a heavy pair .of broimo doom will bo placed. Park Oomunina ion- or Borden oaid yesterday that ho thought thoro would bo no dlllfoultv ia gotung tho tomb aompletml within n wouE. Mr. Orlmminu, accompanied by (General Perry, of General Hancook 'o -atalY ,, visited tho work iu tho morning, , and Iti wu deter- mined that tho battery of atullory detail- .ed to fire tho ' ualulo on " tlio «l ay of tho fniior a) nhoi -lci ho olatlonod on tho rid go In front of tho vault and . - pointed toward tho river when tho saluto h) uvotl. . J. 1QBXTNQ HCAEK S *XH*El SPOTS. , Electric lights ore suspended from the covered arcade leading; to this! depot , and thoy aro disposed ia varioun placeo about the grounds, bo ever ything seenied ready . laid to spread the fluid in all directiona The lightning first otruok tho Droxol cot tage end immediatel y tho li g hts xvere pot out, including that which bon gs over th e face of the dead man. A few elates were rattled off the roof. Colonel Grant im- mediatel y went all over tho house , bat found that no further damage had been done. ' The lig hts soon resumed burning and quiet was restored in the household ! General B. Hw Jackson , 1 of the Cth Ar - tilery, . Governor ' s Inland , who arrived this afternoon and has charge of tho ar- tilery, was walking with Colonel -W. P. TSeck; also of the 6th Artillery, through the covered arcade toward the eastern outlook. Lieutenant A. W. Vogdea had just reported to him that on additional guard would be required to look after tho car which is being dra ped for the recep - tion of the coffin. All three were going to the camp to -look after the matter , lieutenant Yogdoa was a fow.foet behind General Jackson and Colonel Beck. Thoy bad gone abont two-thirds of the dista nce through the arcade when the crash camo and the Minding li g htning. General Jackson and Colonel Beck both foil to the ground , General Jackson falling on his face with such violence that the blood flowed freely. Lieutenant Vogdes ex- perienced only a sli ght shock, and imme ' diately turned his caai stance to the other officers. . Colonel Beck soon recovered consciousness, but General Jackson re- mained stunned for some time. They were both carried io tho hotel on mat- tresses which the soldiers hastil y brought ond Dr. Doug las attended them. Colonel Beck was able to go to his room in e, conple of boors. General Jackson re- covered more slowly; it will take a couple of days to remove the traces of the-oat under his eye. Neither man vme horned ; by the electri o fluid. The wires which ran alon g the roof of the arcade were er> dently surcharged with electricity and jumped to the men beneath In the hotel tho lightning played all sorts of freaks. A bolt entere d tho din ; ing room , jumped from a wire to a pipe and disappeared, sli ghtly charring somo - woodword. The guests were at dinner at the time and were for a time badly frightened. Thbie axe three instruments in the hotel and two of the switches were burned out. Operator "Frank" Kissel- ; bough was at one ot fte keys with his finger on the metalio arm. It suddenl y : occurred to him that with lightning play- ing abo nt the rubber but ton would be a safer point of contact and he had hardl y, transferred his finger to it when a stream , of lightning issued from the switchboard , severed n> coup le of wires , swept by his , shoulder , danced abont the room ' like & Dail of firo and disa ppeared. Toe light- . ning burned out the electrio light wires leadin g to Mr. Arksll' a cottage, broke a ccnple of panes of glass in the laundry and upset a woman there, hot did. not , seriousl y hurt her. Several people abont the ground ' reoeived shocks. The lightning . entered the Grant cot- tage throu gh tho ^ roof and tore off tho plastering. Tho electrio light above the coffin was also put out. * ¦»» . A Chinese Printing Office. Prtnv the &»» PraneUet Report. A visit to a Cbineso pr inting establish- ment is productive of much that is inter- esting. Movable types are not in use in San Francisco Chinese newspaper offices. Tho manner of getting a Chinese . news- paper tin tho press and printing is very primitive. Tho editor takes American newspapers to friends , ' from whom ho gets a translation of the matter ho needs , and after getting it written in Chinese in a manner satisfactory ho carefull y writes il upon paper chemically pre pared. ' Up- on tho bo-i of tho proso , which is ot the stylo that wont out of uso with tho loot i centur y, in a lithograp hic stoho. Upon this tho paper is laid until the impression ot the characters is left there. A -lar go ' roller is inked and passed ' over tho stone alter it has been dam pened with a wot sponge , and nothing remains but to tako < tho impression upon tho newspaper to bo printed. Tho CninoEo pressman print n three papers overy five minutes , fivo pa- pers in tho same time loss than Benjamin I' ranklln had a rocord for. A Chinese printing office has nover been struck by lightning. ' . , Tho life of u Ohinoiso journalist ia a happy ono. . Ho is froo from care and thought, and allows all tho work of tho eotablinl imoiit to bo dono by tho press- , man. ' Tho Ohinca o editor , llko the real of hia oonntrymo u, ia imitative. - He doos not dopond upon bin brain for editorials , but translates thorn from all tho contem- poraneous American nowup npora ho can , get There id no humoroun department in tho Cbineso nowona par . Thai no«*&- papor office- has no exchan ges Mattered over tho floor , and' in nearly all other Uilnga it dlft ' ao fron t tho American <so- tnbli alimnnt. Tho editorial room is con- ncctod by u >. ladder with hunUa'o n tho loft ohovo where the wana j iging editor ulccps , and next to , it is, Invariably a room , wboro an opium bunk and a layout , rci tido. Kvldonc tu of domestic lifo arc About -tlio place; polo, kol.lhm antl tliaho o taking up aboat no much room an tho ' pri ico. J in ono instance in Wouhin alon- Btt cet a har- bor oliop lo irun la tho Bftmo aiipalctmont witli tho editorial rooM , cud , iu - nil oa/icj) , no iliupo-JUon in ehown to dovato tho poaltlon o! tlirf "printer " iibova his- cur- , •fouud iar io. H ivM eaJ tor fluil sf that jour- naliiim doc fl not pay, ho golu a job waoh- , iu« dlithou or cltonpin rx. wood . ' tind ho i loeu not think ho iinD dotcoiiiled far eith- er. ' ^ ' ¦ ¦: , V/hy Ken do fiot Uarry. . Wlioii it becomaa ff tohiont iblo to m- chovf all tho pvucUoul diltleii of lifo I tvlioii yomi(( liullnii unoiii oimvinccil llmt their onl y rolo in to ha u pa.rlor turimtnoiil , to tnlk , ij il'Hj r no'iricnao arid lia {[WiluaJ l y ©thwrJa Ji iaifl, it faciti^d prflupofttlorymm g winiv liK-hi ti;j ' 'Sa t ydwa ,: ivnd - wa . ' minuol . bUwu ¦ UwnV' it" , ihoy «ho(i i:a to ' :tv , Wi)l ttiTOu< ;h lU' si ulosui ' s'ulh ui^' tb.An wu ' ruy '¦ ' ti (jllrl. .vj h *' t»UI' ' ioattl io titf iKiilnr ' vilfo Ibiin a, iullll,U(jr ' a 'X(Mcnwy , ' . vi ' : . . ¦ ' ' ' ' ' .'/¦ '• ,' . ' , .; : lit* ifijiiijJb'lo/ y af ou ' it:M.lMi : 'i) a not; lip A.*tHi«ui l e/l ' i i Jcmru Iibiv* ' to'.worlr. i-IW tiot ba ' &iihiwr tVdl flo/ hiiirn '\um<i t) wivlv¦ ¦ Plijr tli ft, plimov ' . ' . ' cuiifca , wik , >fluv«M , " jnblicur ftViiimli , " tatU) <. lirnW ^itin i!! ¦ ' ¦ piiuu.Wiju' ii' If y' ii.J ,v/ntt t il>,iii>S iiumi , (<)(> , litiv? iw isa!f,o 1) ' ,vii,vltii( ,' .{. ' v. 'Mrt ' .nlrit ' \lv Chlt f t:it</ *y? >\!,ir tiuisl ' tin tf.vW , :!.iiVfl ; ' l>t .J' al' .Avi^lOJi Ml I 'i&ir \y. Uisw Inki^ KiXufiii iipvfftf jiwfj vail £(- >^. iu» - (i,«n.ii*J y itk . ft iir>o ii ' , oi«iii.;4 iiiV&kl \xail i ; Sivi) v ,v-y Wod uiiijH kik» <iU( )l i t*i(sivj ' ' . " ,WiV ' (W.v: y.! , i ; si!i<,ji:in, . -i (ij ;<ii ' Slj .i t IMi >(\ toi\ , Uitt<t b\\% t\Ui\' '' if il\\tei:- s ' oj j ' uviy ) •l. 'ild,Jfi ,t | Ti;(y ,l' i.f,i> , iinV fi tdwkti kA ,,'SrlH . '/l' ii VVh ' w?« Willi l^.utiw u ' itldii .¦W* .U,8« ii.w- ,,w«, , . . v.' i. ' . ';] , What many people , especially children , call thirst , is only a sense of dryness in the throat. This uncomfortabl e sensation is'canspd £iy the general habi t of breath- ing through the month. Tho air takes into tho longs dries tho month , .tongue and upper part of tho throat. To drink for the pnrposo of relieving the mouth made firy by being open is fre quently to overload the 1 stomach with fluids which are not noososary, and whiob consequent- l y are detrimental to digestion. It is po- ouliorly injurious also, for it wash es into the stomach all the foul solids which, in the form of,dust , find their way into the mouth aiid throat Persona who ore . compelled , to cool -and moisten their , palate s should first rinse tho mont h with a- sip or two of water. H afterward they feel that thoy most drink ' thoy should inbibo by single si ps. B y this method they would bo as full y satisfied with a g ill of water as with a pint swallowed hastily. Ice water is the great American vice , and probabl y kills more persons than rum. That it is cooling to tho entire system cannot bo denied ; but sudden pnan &OB ox pnysicai xemperatare trom warmth to coolness are always detrimen- tal to health . . Actual thirst is as quickl y satisfied with hot water as with cold. When only iced water is desired , the probability is that the person drin king it has eaten something which has irritated the stomach. ' CoffoD is not ' a good summer drink. Its Etiraulnting property is beneScial to persons with a sense o! physical debility ; but coffee orreatB , temporarily, oil natural processes of waste , where in hot weather there should be allowed free play. Tea is a for better drink. . It is stimula tin g, and therefore- very injurio tit when taken in large quiwatitioo ; but . over etimulation with its implied necessity of in some way rn olang good the physical force which it enables to develop too ra pidly, ore its ' only bad effects.' . Token withou t sugar it is cooling ;.but a heaped teas poonfnl of sugar will generate as much i hsat as a quarter of a pound of beefsteak. Sugar is the most heating of all articles of bu- nion constunptioa. ' ¦ ' »# > . Killing the Hah. . ' liost week we pabliahedfrom tho Tren- ton pi. J) Gazette , an ecconnt of a "Com- motion among the Fishes, " in th e Assan - p luk Creek, above the dam between Green and Montgomery streets , in that . city. We now toko tho followin g from the Fishing Ga z ette , of New-York, let inat. s ¦ Directly opposite the track s of .tho Hud- eon Biver Bailroad , nearly a milo south of Yonkcrs , N. Y., i? located the ice pond of Mr. John Clark. Some time since this pond was stocked with eels ond various kinds of fish, which hove boon allowed to oconmulato undistur bed until Monday morning last, when they . commenced to die in largo numbers. The fish would come to the surface , gasp once or twice and tarn over on their backs and die. Several tons of dead fish , amon g which was a largo number of eels have been token from the pond and buried. It is thought that some person hod deposited a large quantity of poison in the water of tho pond. . ' . . ' . A remarkable mortality existed among tho porch in Lake Hondota , (Wia) last jnmmer , large quantities ot dead fish being washed upon its shores , which wore bnriod by tho authorities ; tho fish were ot good color, fat and to all appearances perfectly sound. - Prof. S. A. Forbo a, ot tho Illinois State College , was emp loyed by United States Fish Commissioner Baird to investigate the- mat ter , and as- oertain , if possible , tho cause ot tho mor- talit y. . Tho Professor has just made his report, which shows that it was duo to a small germ , which ' attacked tho liver and kidneys , and formed aboossoo which des- troyed tho colls of those or gans. This germ belongs to tho group which pro- duces hog cholera , " chicken cholera , small pox and kindred diseases. It may be mat tuo mortality ol tuo ttoli in tho Clark pond is duo to a similar caa so and not to poisoning. An investigation would no doubt determine tho facto. Tho Pilnco ot Wale s in a Huff. ( . Haw-York Sun.) A recent dancing inciden t , although trifling in itaolf , illastrotca well tho na- ture of thin luan. A number of young society girls of Loudon conceived tho idea of g iving 6 ball , of which tho y wore to defray Uio ospoiiDca at tho rata of $25 each, n ' nd lstno tho invitation s to ono donalng mam qacb. It waa to bo a kind of ah snlamcA imitation ot - tjuo so-called ' . ' ehoop and hun gry " danoca which tho Bostoio. pWs fliit tip every wln tor, /Tho number of Babi Mtiberfl wna not 'down at Bovbnty-flvo unmarrie d ladiois , Who wore to Ikj chosen by ballot by » commlttoo of tbo promote j a. : It oppoara tbad threo yonnjr dadluo. well known In 1 ' tlio oaort iiJ region of Bular avlo,, woro blackballed Thoy Koppsned to bo known to tho Princo of Wnl fiB, who, at tlitf outset , took oonaid- ernblo Intc rost in thlnr j or ol kind of a ball. When ho learn ml of tbo blaakball iug, ho sent word to tho oommiltoo that , under the clraumuUmcoa , they muut not oipont thoir wiUit-Uiimoat to be craood by hiu or Ida fumll y ' fl pr.io uiion. It Is rldioulou n enough to ooo a- iniddlo -ugad , oheiio , bald . lieod«d jnau <kooiu jt wnid - yonng hoyu wnl gfrlu , But \ihcn. that uan bcpp diui to lio tho bfj lrro pparont to tho thro iio of an irn menui) oilniiro, anil iu munl l minded enough toliu jmaa Ule capricotijion roiwl. able youn g po«j;. -lo who wish to cntorH iln Rut! : honor i'Jw; tlift lucldonb oxsumij a qilll O « diffor iiHt "UipOOt, ', ' : . ' , , ¦ : A Bit of tJnivrl ttoii XliitOry. (Chiianoo sr " M. |Vdr.ow ' « Uoaaoh at. ttftVr.Yo tli , , . .Ohawlbcr of .wiuraoiou ' o )U«oUti| f. . Tliuro \k cpsun tiiitiid xvltli flcaofial Grant unwritten Ma lory, in niy jiwlgmunt iiiijto ita iai jiMhuit'iii ibi rtinKii Jo fblri repiib- liii lui ' ony wcordod. ' . I talfl to liJw ouuo, Mid % dalrl to Jilw iti,thla ' < ]tiut iu.lbMvff, fos' ho li/id lo3d .wu , tho mlo icy. ljiforii/"^ rocard II ; no ' fl«ly, : (Mtwi^ y/UUh you oiv O, youV i- ^miutr^ to plij oj \mbit ir io- ouVwhiit ^Mii wA hud vlittfc " ytit - - ' * r *f tt'! 'ii1 to; «3i> kliiiUri({ Uit. - v : wii..)a" ' Umu itiJ , ua 1 HiwloisSwidj i' ii (t " »j nvcw iv(icJ , lj a<iai«i)'ii t Wu (n^ wsnu i ;«t, » * t- ftihVl' ^dli vb.\\ tt> taiioii tri nuy t /Ji«)iiif( l»t,!lA 'i'0 I^iau t>pj> <l' v i)d M hive, '' iBii<r4 gl|li Jiiivo Is ' inm vv«»J OK«a l\i (Iwt pex [o(1/»lrtln itiy *Un<£ , «dfcitiir.(l <i» lo * h\a , nijoj y. tt r ll1i5il* " w\, 'l r_tioi{ >, ' Juut 'ttb ' tho 't Oli' ' <' )uelo»ior , tlv/i> ' tt/iV, '^v J4i, h(ifc , « ' «.r.Uto. fimM< 1 ili , "ii - nl <l | i hi)i't' .l Ormi f/ . tiMii ^otintry. ' ti'OtitiSI Uwvi t ti '.li pJ l«n| i(. ' ,iK Irtto ill'.' . 'j 'thiMi ' i ul f.i ' y *Clib f koli-vJ llC ii ,;utlok-i , ' uliiivji mHil'diduliy ill ' .)('X5'3. »ij}-;:i ^ v ' M ' cc ;i Will <iStitt \0 w,w ' iJVtejt)t " ('j'l(ic , ,> li.i . ti, ) iMii:ttU.-4ty ¦Utiii ul UM'ttiMi r.^Vriiv fiii^lV' oWwwwov , -^' .^. f..^l' . .|S l lii !i ' | ! ill' 'li;.!l;iV,)i 'tJiV. -Ji , r.; >lf 'J tlui/ .Mii'M U. ' A !;> ' ¦ i'i,(.ti ! ** «ijM ? ,4t , ,I. ' 'Urt , ' 'fc i ii ti ' W * .' ' ¦>. ¦;»<» <. -ft- -;j , /.7'.v.U-v,'k ' ,i;,ii ' - CIkv , 'i- . ' M' v I v ( it| U»'jl- '> it ¦ vThatKot to Drink. . A soienti fio outhnnty vnohos to know wh y the bodit.3 of olep hnnt a and wiSS animals generally are so rarel y found of tor ' death Tho circulation of tho blood , accor ding ^ to Dr. Gordon , was f anuhar to tho Chmcs o 200O:yoars ago Harvey ' s discovery of it was mndo about 260 yeoro ago ' A physician of India proposes making experiments m tho treatment of cholera on ; criminals sentenced to dea th. Tho " consent of tbo prisoner would bo obtain- ed, with tbo promise of oxomption from farther ' pun ishment if tho espdnment 8hould ;nptbo fotal " i . ' The most recent volcanic eruption in the United States is behoved to hav o oo curred at Poather lake , Plumas Co , Col ; , in ' .lSSO Tho sight of the volca no is mark ed by a cinder cone, and by a lava-field about throe miles long and a mile wido in which the lava may avera ge as much as ISO foot in thickness. According to Dr E Parml y Brown, tho w- Sandwioh Islondor s formerl y hod the onnn Jo al ^ftft, nt anwr nnnnl. ..« 4l. A _1«Il. but their tooth have now begun to decay rapidly—on effect' , it appears , of eating large quantities of salt. This substance I and sugar Dr Brown regards as leading i factors in tho destruction of haman teeth at thopreson t time. Xylonite , one of tho most remarkable of recent products , is prepared by firs t treating a fine tissno paper with cnl phu rio and other noida and taoh with alcohol and camphor The paper becomes mnoh like parchment , and may bo worked into plates of any th ickness , and mndo trans- parent or colored bndhantl y- It is mnoh more flexible and less brittle than horn or ivory. ' Analyses have shown that tho fallen leaves of maple contain four per cent ot - ' valuable matter (boqd, potash , hmo , mag ^ nemo , phosphorus and sulphur com pounds); ana poplas and willow fivo per cent or more , and that consequently tho v> treos cbnatantly manure the surface sod ^ t boneath thou - branches. Other loaves J msamined contained about two* per cent ~ ^ of fertilizing substances , v ' ¦ ' J' In. ' G-ceat Britain only holders of heca- t vj - sea are permitted to make phymologicsit " ^ esperiment s on hving animals. Darin g .. w -:- - * 1884 tho number of licenses issued was - . ' '"' 49. Of the 145 experiments perforaie S , , - 99 consist ed simpl y m the mtroduotic *^ <-\ of a . viras , 24jwera expenmontt .^j- «»sto - -v * ot suspected poisoning , ton were to do* -* ^ tormino tho action of fungi c& fLhs& t. r and five wore on tho effects of abEolutc ^y VJ ' - pure water on fishes * * ' * •• En glish testa of tho durabilit y of amatt * *^' . Bqnares of vanous woods bnnod ^no 1 ^ "- "* inch under tho surface ot the grou nd ^ \ c have given those results * Birch and O ^ -\ pen decayed in three yours , willow oMJ f , , horse chestnut , in four yaa xs , maplo nn« * - rod beech, m five year ' , elm , ash , horn- - , ¦> beam and Xiombard y pop lar , In nevca years ; oak, Scoton fir and Weymouth, pine, -partially in coven years; while larch , juni per and arhoi-vitai wore sound. < at the enijbof coven years AMEMOAH , ' .Wn*r )^J'rcnKH. —Lieut. : J. P. Fihloy, ol tho U S Signal Soryica , hoo found that tho Wout is not , as is popu lar- ly fiup pouod, the peculiar homo of th o tornado in the United rTtatcs , such storms being much more fr oqilont in tho South. Of. tho 180. tornadoe s which oc- curred last year within tho boundanc n of tho Union , only GO visited tho Western States and Territories , while tho fiouUiem < States : had 10S Tho western galea aro, however , usually mora Kovoro and do- struotivo than thoao of othor localiUoa. Glacier Ciuh oki —Tho g laciers of tho Al ps bavo boon oboeivod to incroaoo and diminish in oxtonb penodioally. A glaoioi of tho yalloy of Ch ftmounix , foif instanco , is reported by Porcl to havo roach - id a maximum size In 1810, and again in 1854 i t awino ueci to a mimmnm in 1HB3. whom it again commenced to inoroaac , ito ex- tension lost your bein g thirty thrco foot. Tho front of anot her glamor wna pnahod foiward lost year about 150 foot, and many others whhSh have been crowing flmaflordnr ingrooorit ycr traaro again ad- vancing down the valleys Am Anorio Axvoumoi* —Mr. W. Mat ' tion Williams rarnatko that thp popular notion that -aooqirllowi are cWcfly rooi- dont in tropical and uab- tropical ccuuM -in ia quite a mhiUko , tiro homo of thoh mi ghtioat legions being within o3d abou t th o Arct io Cir cl e On coas ting tries to the North Capo even , vouut ihi era inv&lsd b y maddening sworm o at over y oiopph ig plaoo. - It in xoportcd tiitl in Ahnkiv the y form clouds no denr o that jt la imi vonaih !^ for nporl flrno.i to tim at objociu beyond Nativo dogt f nro eouiot imes kilfwi by them, and ovtm -tho groat Rnzzly ti^ar u uaid to to oiuusdonull y Itltailcdlb y ilioLr attacl ts und UnaHy Blarvod lb, con jo^i«tj«o ,' TiiB lflta * ov Cotr> —yj lohrisahe it oup- poj iod tho absolut e koto of iKiipcrf-tma to bd thu-ty two degrcas of hiu itnillo iia tow ' tho froo -siuk f point of wa ,tffV. I-at or phyalciutu hat o , roiin d that Ittawt lo 4021 degrecu below tho freezing point or 4(1(1 degr caa ' bolow I' anmuhoU' a eonx 'if io tom iiei'oturo of tlio j doLo In toinvft U* foil In .* , io)or r^lona m low no doaroLj hfilow tlio rabronh dlt i-oi o, and in ru iiwt oupo/ lwonta in \\u\ I((i uofa fitton of irstna lwi» K|i Dalain choi)iJ>Ui iia /o pn>o 1u«oil rti mUflelftJ coh\ bt tUO .rcgrcnu IkJ lHv puro. r Xho litltei* twinwintur ti—1H do. -r Mes al>ov<i < }i« lhcorofh(»l fs^io paint—u» n.lw lowest whloJ i linft fallen nndi* t!n> ohwif vation of inati , A Jt iiiiiKJiiiaur is "f , »/u'!iiU«ili*.+wVnio«j( tho utatu ol thn chalk fom itlnu i ti oo asifdona fl y fmiunl oi o \/bIiih ci ^Ii i 'i i. 1 »iir (Mvi lftitl m )tltil\°hbnilir >l''' witli t? i Mi r (lll tt. ".CM ' lirlw- rtill MfftH ll 'lll' ^ 1 3 h" rc»n!i tii !d" , V t ' * ' t Un t&dttun f,oll( tor «J t' > r i J ij l. t ^ >u , nin l .vho Iim J in 6 mk ¦ il 1 1 i i i " i j H tuii quo . ' pituu Stii n <l n i '-i ii | l 11 * i,tniwunt tho illntu s >> i / i i C y i/lrei l nbov o i> t o»» i *1 jf S * , i \ i > liUycil ti ji i ly l n ft i; i Islioaci) vi $ j i , i ill ' 'j I f(>l'l t,lil!j» (IluilAl l lll ^M I > i ' , mi i wfJ O oolh 11 il i l'h ij i i "' " y ¦" di ltJi i/f it ' i j/iulufj , v i ii 'uuj' h y^« , Tbiito ,k ioi it tt * V i > l^ «I . ,, , t tto fcfe..' l i/J vl f , ' u, , i ' j' i ' i j 14 i > ' \yifo;'; ' , ,, roi o, >n> , - i j, jto < i< i m1 tho WUM" ' il ! ( ij t (il. (»'i,ita v *i t i L ¦ •¦ , iif«iif ,. 'ii.t I ' ti i i * i> I If «. '!i i.v.i ' ' ( . i > yw, \<h > ' t, , .o ok. . S i Ml^i. rM V )l < t \ \ i i , l is'-i 'i" ' : ¦¦<SLfM.i T. » , ' If ? ( '; ' ' , -1 ¦ ' .;.! ¦ ¦¦ ; ;l IComiriiloa for lio Bitg-IIartx ir E?p-osa| sorxOTEno Enf30xxE.ai5*sr. The question of tho hoar— "Whot time 10 iti". A-dentist is no chicben. Ho is always a pull-it , England wants peace—a piece of all the world. A fall which is enjoyed * —falling heir to a fortune. A word in mind ia worth two in the dictionary. It is easinr to tell a lio than it is to . catch a fish. ,; How to shorten * lifo—Worry about lengthening it. The * loundre aa ' dail y soliloquy— "Aye , . . there ' s the rub. A place to live io , when tho nest flood comes—New-arfc The whale first blubbarod when it couldn 't hold Jonah. A man who abides in ft penit entiary is a law abiding citizen. A girl should marry for prote ction in nlnitt l. e\9 f^\r* HaTr anrln tfWUlvr DliVUU V* IU1 tuiuuuu WUMt . Positive , wait ; comparative , waiter ; superlative , get it jo orsolf . It is the man with the most prop ert y that has tho greates t power. When may a chair bo oaid to dislike yout "When it cannot, hew yon. Wh y is a ht ire o like an onion t Because it does not know its own str ength. A young lawyer is {be amnue st thing in tho world except a young widow . Republican punsters dcnomlnat othoso Democrats who got ofHcsaas •fowgotivo s. ' At what time does a isau ' s hair rosom blu a ji aoking-tox * 'When it stand s on end. Tho hen ia not ho rauah of a poet— bnt ehn is getting up noma very flno spring lays. Sam Jones , tho evangelist, says that "a gorman is nothing bat hugg ing sot to mu sic. , . . . - .. ¦A wicked little boy says that homo without a mother would bo a solid picnic all tho week. A summer resort circular oajs: "No- bodv dr ossoo hero. " A'uort of African « wate ring place. Nothing is impossible to him who wills , says a philosop her. Ho, nor to tho law yer wbp Cond ucts tlio onus. A cyclone rosomhloa/ji woma n, because when it makes up its iialod to go sonio wlioro all t-arth can 't if^ iut. ' Tho Atlanta C' oitoa 'fKJ foii ftdtisea overy man to Rot ni arrio 4 Wumon do not iioed any such advlco 0(i th y fliibjoct - fhe term "moan toiripoi'aturo " noyor had a more ManilloanUy tigniucant oifini- flcation than during t^u lj cl lwo weeks, "O , isn't tb&t junt don 1" a Wa shto -iton belle orolalmii wl'pn nfia noon anything particularly nobby, touy .owoll or bang-up. A man wbodomo. tliiio tgo married "nn angel" uayu it in al>oc ;b nfl - cump lota a fuith cure aa anything ba over hoard of. Wo ofton hoar of the mtmar . ui which a bank ia run , but for 1 'iir ii^oIftttB , A No. 1 -canning, tho oit nhlor ui tht oao to obBorvi i. l , iiim--"Kthol , you ' wnut not oay 'I won ' t to papa It s naaslily. ' Ethol— "Well , but papa , wlmt Bholl I oay when I ' inoiin I won't r ' . .. .!' ¦ ¦! .' ¦ ' * ' "Aro you a bull or a bear t" ookod an ocqiiafntanco of a niuDiilalor iu Wall fltreot yeutcrdav . "NolJ hdj' ,'' lio ropllod. "I think I am on ass. " y ' : . ' , ' Tlio proprleto ru of o' liAvibfttr remedy Aiuiort that tbo ra uo ; jnf biliJ hvndo will now entirely ilianppc ax' - ' 'Whet will tho lli nii do for u skating rinU thonf . Oinolnnnli diiinhnrd a . carry a plcuo of rop n with tltem. Wboft thoy c«J too full - to walk thoy l(o tbimiuolu fia to tt bAda Uttc it and wait forapoliooinw j. i ,, ; , , '•Ho ciillod mo on w ' u )'V' «i*oLi*J' iMia an over-dr uuimil , oxolUiit ddiflo, ' "V/oll you ain 't oiio," Boothlni| ly (ii^vlitfil c- hludl y cup I "you nro only u oli>llr ' <y hqi'ua " "What do you do ddivii bwo tit the iilioro when It iu no awfully diiMp rail thn timet" won Iho inquiry i;l¦ uyo ' wij; vluit- iiijf iiiiiin, "Dot Why . 'j. n t t^J i ' m'/. " "Hiiv w in an art icle i\t>( ' uit t'liii Xa<a& of tlft i rVii «1iii{-; lit Hun. " nt, 'I E. ' i ' rt i. 't' usqwu. '•It ciin 't mniiti tWu «mti ' . tw- 'Mi so thlu iu tho land of tho m|ilnl uHh'«>Vud, "- Aii iiiolianjio milcn t, ' . "Sl' iuJ, ! , woi iiiini woj r tri iwuuvnl" At tb o »ink ' , 1 !>* ' »;•{ -tttV ahoil . for itiUirf wIiir r with llio ?i .' .t' ;ilni' 'flJ, , 'Womoi ii , wi > i.U ' milil ' uuftm' 1 - .t ilwl' .t;' , (¦h iitf d'J u«' ¦ ' tliinii i4 will bo iieoiuuiiiry t uil ' ^ii iid tSui}ov> ¦ , ¦¦ sMHik ini dtiiui t or t viithu ' iii' "J ,'(i' .:iWijn ' niwi. "Wo uiicoiii'a'jo tho ltili ,i4' "l. "n' . 1io ' oIxU- . Itu ullh |iatloti ii of ollup' , lir.., iivt '\ "' i 'id . Hid pt 'opi'liitor of n V'adin i,? J' i. ' .ill i. ' u.iW tillIrtl i I'vihun our p.M ip Io wo tv. 't\!r I'" . ' t!ia , ' ii5iy l thoy pny foi' tli o dliik iotti .tt. 'j;/ 'feiVl IijW'J , n»i« yvlion tltair frlonda ; i ;.io.<il ,t !wt . iiili thoy juty tar llio diuito r ii ' v liic»y.« 'tu' t yvil'tt j |U *»* e.hUt IsOtb Vft»}71." 'l ' ' ' GLEADJiMGS. " : ' ITEMS OF OENEI1AI, 1HT0BMATI0* * . AND KNOWL- EDGE ODI.I.ED FBOU AIL ;B0UI1CI!B. Mobile, Ala., was founded by tho French in 1711. .Savings hanks aro almost unknown in the South. There are 60, 000 trees in tho streets of Washing ton. India now produces annuall y 7,000,000 tons of . wheat. There aro 170 street railroads in tho United States, . Britislipcatal savings banks havo $223,- 8(i8, 8G5 on deposit American :! have $125,000/000 invested in Mexican railways. Nearl y all tho Lon don newspa pers buy thoir print paper in Germany. New York has more milch cows than any other state, with Iowa noxt. ' There nro 29,000 English-speaking Episcopal clergymen in tho world. Of tho inhabitants of Washin gton 07,- 188 aro colored and .130 ,271 white. There aro six branches ot tbo Presby- terian Clmroli in tho United States. Four millions of falsa teeth aro manu- factur ed in th is count ry every year. Tho inventor of barbs on fence wire receives a royalty of 820,000 a year. . Nearl y 940, 000 , 000 ore on deposit in the savlngu tianko of New Hampaulro. ' Tola College hoe ninet y instructors, 1 , - 200 students , and io worth $5, 000, 000. Woman oulTrago has ro»oivcd sixteen defeats io tbo Massachusetts Legislat ure. Dirard College , Philadelphia , is to bo enlarged to accommodate 200 more boyu. Tho New-York city directory indicates a population In that city of nearl y 1 ,600,- 000. Four tliou uand persons aro annuall y buried in "Potter ' s. Field ," of Now-York city. Tho Clilnetto mak e, no well nn wash , moat ot Iho white nhirtii worn in San- Francisco. . ,-Tor a wntfer of two. bottles of boor , a Daiibiiry (Ooiid.) man recentl y swallowed a email live fiog, Ot tlio tot nj area ol tho United States , fourty-four per ' cant , or 1 ,0015 ,000 nqiiorb miloo in dovolod to'gra icing, Tho mtau clo ' vutlon of thin conntry iu 2, 000 feet nb ovo oca lave ] , and tho aver- age annuo! rainfall iu twenty nino Inches. ' ^ 4** +*rm ^ 1— ¦ Whv lie Didn 't lint Duttor. "Shall Ibn lpyoii to butter , Mr. Smith 1" nuboil the landlady of n Ulookor street boitrnlng liouoo. "No; ninnk you. " "Don 't 30« mvt Uultu r t" "No, not now. I mud to , but I ' ve re- formed , you know. I' m proud to iwy l am now a toiup orutn uinii. " "I know i tint I/i don 't iico v/hy that iihould Intorf oro with your eating butter. '' "I don 't (uho uny tlilnj ! iihroug. ' 3., ' utl lOothCun will Oj rjst ora. ' Oaplolu ihnllh , of Ilnutbigton lmibor , har j li e ' iu mliiuHij i bin blvalvca nvid a tow iii , »j litii iilnc» iui . iiii«Ieil Ida otioifjon mid ooitiifl. 'iloil liliufiblf «;» tho l)a«J < wvorloolc- ii iif Miijwilu. ' Tho Udcwoii dluaovored flmltb obriMiIly uloop iiiof, tou ic liiu jjun ol id in (U ptoca UU ' (v cordwoail littok , anil nfler Inking v/lmt oyntew they wanted , wttMtiuv ity. ^ ' " ¦ ' '' : ' ¦ ' ¦ ' .. ' ¦ ' ' , ' ' ¦ ¦ ' , " . 'A. MwiTvwi. . , '¦¦ .'i'iip N ' orih if.niw.iti Miiiiiir t Onui |iftiiy iiiu,Uta , (mviv jdnt ¦fio ' iiijtlclui l , ut I'Vut WHloU i , In |1«» Iowm of . ¦ o'lt iMi iniv , ' iin imI h- bku i •w«)l wMc!i fu''ii|i>h«i i vftttor ' for tho Kovwuu iwit pdiil) .t»w»i tl ijftji lh ot tUHl (i\(i, i ' I'. ' iii , vj ii tlc vvhu , , dwio , tiu< 'l(«i' Mm i>i »l,vi. , fvl'il0i»|' ' «f . ' ¦ ' Ueu ' f.t jI ; •Abbot An ml eJ iUrtto inippV tut. il'\i i 'V<'»l tiwi . uoiil ..„.., i^,r, >, »<n HBCiliHPlwJ UMlllliilil. ' ' ' ¦ ¦: ' ' : ' ' -V. - ' ; i ' . ' ' . ' ' ; ' i ' . y " . ¦ ' ¦¦ , " V , V . > '¦ . ' ¦ ' . ¦ ' ' ' . ' ¦ , ' ¦ , , ' . ' " . ' ¦ ¦' ' , ' ' ' ' ¦' . ' , ! , , '. ' ¦' ' . ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' : . . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ , l "Facta Worth Know ing. A noi.T imiiur.ii Tin: niiEXU f/ oow'Ansi, wutu u <ll£!ll!llAr, OI I.VN' f' ll IUJ UAINI1 HAV. Mil. MoG iii-iioii , July HO. —W«litiii ti« muikod tho npol yoaUi .niay wlioroGouoi'iiI G ratit in (oho buriud i tit-da y tho cptt a^o in which GoiMjfitl i Grant . Ita* - ^waiting htirl al vocolvoil it. viul tntio ii, item tlm ¦li glitning. Hoavy cjomlu (jiitfiOMd uv t a Mt. J Mcflro f'or.tblu ov*»iliii{{' i Mu i tihwitl y lifter <1 oVloolt iliii »f.in foil liijivylly, Kt» ; ' tn toV oftdor noouiiBiwy ttio po!itjiow i.w$*it' ' nI iho fiuar. I mount which ' Waa ' . tD liftvo la)«m Iilaqo iu , - front 'Of. tho tioif, !. , U. 'heu it cleared jip und who, foHo t/tia , b y tornt* ntnihllpj( of thunder uricl ' lfanlioQo J Ui ght-' iiliijf, but notliln/'' of' a ii!jr.ui(i|(ii ' ' d,.^- eion nlarmovcw, to lli iiilil/jva ' ificii;. . ' l A.fi«/, .minuUu li ' ofoiro , .7, ' Hioif tt cabiji « "¦ tcinibfu cro - 'ih folloy/ml by iv ' . 'l'lintli tiif ' flaaliil. 'iii a riqifltSy ljIio , a volley i .V» , i>ir t i . »JKiI.iVm , a ' ¦ ' *> .( , nmuk(ilify. \ Vox i> »ii Pi.t.-i(it ' tlu 'i Jf jj'til'^lr '^ iie'jmi ' n'l ti> 'li 4i" ,<, Vv(i» l y vil!fi<vi j (I' i. \\ (¦il ;:'i)ci> I riitou oil % illii:; ' ./riio; Si!iti ' .V , ; liw- '> , >hu ' ittf(n ' I , li a »li», , thij Wis«U Iclfj c . t»i)litg i' .ap0l(t Vil hy ti i la A' illlilo <)il ..{.l,l(i)i'«ii(itij ! v.l. ' , 'il fj i.V' Iutft 'if.Iiri . t»*voi«od in till il. ir<n;t,toiu' ' l lty ' i'j| wi" WH' I tlt foV III IHVOV WfiCl f itSty t!» ! tl )(l 1>-#V.! "I «siif. - 'Iair» mul tho lltthi UCUiMw . t.i \ikuM. LIGHTNING a* MT. MeQHEaOIt.
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Ho of (l6hinJ Sa tlio morning.':. •Q '-nT 'Uff , Ficbl unil Form.

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When gayly tho tbmnnoin qtsrAt nicety hotdartSi6 jp l&ca.

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Is stioklDg to J3ut form,. How fcootbiog 'tb 'io livre » friond

Inform you '' ItJ&ojm." ,¦ ' « <d»V,;» ' ' ,i ' .' i '

What nro honor *, jS&r ¦ociltll, or fume.The world' s warr ojjjTKfsg'^w bittor blame ,Tho rest of pflaoc^or '*ffars turmoil ,16 tha man who'Statecri ag bora n soil?

' i VXGH I jf cj wj &GW'ES BAIT. •

" Your lost day » Dear , dear 1 Mustyou go Jo-day, Harvey 1" said Mrs. Seely,looking across the broakf ostitablo at hereon with affectionate concern.

And hor daughters , Kitty and Margery,echoed her words.

" Couldn 't you have got off for anoth-er week ?" said his father , breaking hishot roll carefully, "now that you 're apartner , though—"

" Now that I'm a partner, it's hardwork getting off,'' responded Harv eySeely ; "it was all I could do; in fact— "

He paused suddenl y."What was all you could dol" en-

quired Kitty." Well," said Harvey, laying down his

knife and fork , with a beaming smil e,'¦hero goes ! Here 's tho news I've boonsaving up for you till tho Inst , from anatural modesty. It was all I could doto get things arranged so that I could goon my wedding trip, a month henco. 1am going to be married. "

Kilty's spoon fell iuto her saucer witha clatter , and Mr. Seely dropped his rollhastily.

•• Marrie o, i sam iiiargery oreatuiu sBiy.Mrs. Seely alone remained calm.She rolled up her napkin and put it in

its ring, and looked at her son, throughher gold-rimmed glasses composedly.

• She felt, however, that this was an im-portant crisis.

When Harvey—their only son—had ,with commendable inde pendenc e, left hispleasant homo to "get a start "* in thoneighboring city thoy had all expectedgreat things for bun.

He would be rap idly successful ; hewould distinguish himself in the prof es-sion he had chosen and amass a fortun e;and ho would woo and win some sweetyoung girl, with a long row of ancesto rs—the Seelys, being themselves a goodold family, were great respecters of bluebiood—a host of accomp lishment? , and aheavy dowry. Their hopes had seemedlikely to be fulfilled. Har vey had provedhimself possessed of remarkable businessqualit ies ; he had risen quickl y, and hadrecentl y exceeded their wildest ambitionsby being made a junior partner of thefirm.

All that now remained to be .desiredwas his safe conquest of the beautiful andaristocr atic young person of their dreams ,with her many talents and her substantial inheritance.

It woo not to be wondered at, therefore ,thai the girls were trembling with eager-ness ; that Mr. Se«ly fumbled with hiswatch-chai n in nervous suspense , andthat Mrs. Seely opened hei lips twice be-fore she found strength to propound tha iall importan t questio n :

" "Who is shet "" She is a Miss Dora Berdan. at pres-

ent," said Harvey smilingly., '- Berdan t" Mrs. Seely repea ted , and

raised hor brows enquiringly. "I don 'tthink I have heard of the family. '

"Not at all likely," Havvoy rejoined."They are quiet people."

" Berdan I" Mrs. Seely repeated mus-ingly. " No ; I have not beard of them.Where do thoy live?"

" In Weyroau street," responded Har-vey.

Mrs. Seely fell back in hor chair witha little gasp; hor husband turned a dis-mayed face upon his son , and Kitty andMargery gave little screams.

Woymnn street ! It was miles from thoregions of aristocracy ; it was peop ledwith working-g irls, with Beamstosses, andwi th small shop-keepers; with ntroot-vundcrs , and old apple-women , for all thoSeelys know.

" Not Woymon street Harvey V saidhis father appoaliug ly. _

. " Certainl y— -Woyman street ," Harveyropoatod.

"But sho is not—she cann ot be ofgood family, living in Woyman alroot ?"said Mrs. Seely anxiousl y.

" The family is quite respectable ," horson responded quietly. "Dora 's motheris a widow. Shu sows for a laoo coodshouse, and Cora has been assistant book-keeper in our establishment ; that is howI mot hor. "

Mrs. Seely groaned."A book-keeper—a Bootriatr osa t" eho

ejaculated. " Oh , Harvey, you could nothave dono worse I "

" A pennil ess girl f" said his fathersolemnly ; " and after all wo have hopedfor you I No i it could not bo wor se."

" A common working girlj " said Kittyin a choking* voice i "and everybody willknow it I Oh , Harvey, it couldn 't boworso. "

Tho youn g man looked from ono toanotor in iiatoniuued, hurt, Mid half con-temptuous silence.

Margery turned to him, with the dis-may in hor face.

" Peruana ," she naid , hopefully ; "per-haps thoro is something to make up tPerhaps she in a wonderful beauty, or agreat genius , or t 'oniothii ig ?"

Harvey gavo hor a grateful umilo"," I think hor piotty, of course ," ho said ;

"hut I Huppo' in that 'll booau uo I'm fondof hor, I don 't think sho would bo calleda boanty. And an for genius—uho 'ii veryclover at accounts i bat oho docun 't nlngor paint, or anything of that sort. She'snovor had tho time or money for audi ,things , poor girl I"

But Margery had turned away with nnimpatient gesture. i

" There is nothing, then ,'1 uho naid , de-spairing ly i "no i it couldn 't bo worse. "

Harvey roue from bin neat , will) an onergy which net the boll in the cantortinirllnrr.

"Thiu in absurd 1" he mild indignantly."It in more than absurd i it in unjust andnarrow-minded. How Hoiiuib lo—presum-ably iii-nniblo people ," Harve y correctedrather bitterl y, "unit nay, in regard to aperson they have never noun , Hi nt it couldnot ho woiue , in pant my compr ehension. "

" Wu will not talk of it/' -said Mr *.Sonly, holding tip a restraining hand."Diiitiiiiibioii will not mend umttmu. Ari dyou are to bo married next n.onth t"

"On tho nint h ," llnrve y rejoined."Of course you will nil lio there t" hoadded rather dublounl y.

" lly no tiinnnu ," ua 'd bin father imorll y," Yon could hardly oxpuet It/ ' iiaiilM ru

Hu ely repr oachfull y." Vnry well j 'if Mohammad won't ntimo

—' you 've heard tho obuorv otloii. WoMliall pay you a vij it immediatel y on ourreturn from our woddiii g-lour, witli yourkind permission , You limn ', know Dora. "

When he loft tlui house uu hour later ,ho had Urn Inquired pnriiiiiiaion.

I lin mother mid [lio (firhi had nvenklijwij liiiu good byo, in an injured andreproachful way, mid bin father had clink-on liund n coolly. .

But hiu earn atill rang with tha i oiUoti tt(Wiiirllou , " .It ooiild not lio woni ft I" andlio wan ttmughUut all Chit way hank totho ciily.

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Tho Seoly's wore in a otate of subduedexcitement.

Harvey's wedding tour was completed!and thoy had received a telegram that af-ternoon to tho effect that he would be"on hand" to night with bis now wifo.

Tho dining -room table was set for din-ner ; and Mrs. Seely wandered from onoend of it to the other nervously.

Her husband sat under tho chandelierwith his evening paper , but ho was notreading it; Kitty and Margery flatteredabout uneasily, watching ..through thowindow for the return of the carriagefrom tho station .

"I hope ," said Margery with a nervousattempt at cheerful ness, "that sho will bebarely decent—presentable . Think o!the people who will call I I hope shewon't bo worse than Wre prepared tosee hor. "

" She couldn 't bo, '- said Mrs. Seely dis-mally.

There was a roll of wheels, and thetwinkle of tho carriag e-lamp at the door ,end the boll rang sharp ly.

Kitty and Margery clasped hands insympathetic agitation ; Mr. Seely droppe dhis paper and rose ; and Mrs. Seely ad-vance d toward the hall door with dignity.

It opened wide before she could rearmit, and Harvey entered , his face suffusedwith genial blissful smiles.

" This is my wife," ho said pro udly;"my mother , Dora -, my father, my sisters ,Kitty and Margery. "

And with o. caressin g touch, he tookher by tho hand , and led her forwardamong them.

What !Mr. Seely gazed at the apparition with

startling eyes ; Mrs . Seely dropped thehand she had started to hold out , withher face growing ash ; and Kitty andMargery gasped.

For what they saw was a woman ofapparently forty years , with a face pow-dered and painted in the most unblush-ing manner, with thin gray hair crimpedover a wrinkled forehead in a sickeningaffectation of youtb fulness and with adiminutive gaily-trimmed bonnet perohedthereon, with an affected , mincing gait,and a simpering smile.

"This is my wife." Harvey repeated ;"have you no welcome for her '"

The bride tittered ." Mebbe she thinks I ain 't good enough

lor 'urn , my dear '!" sho observed tartly."Impossible , my pot,"Harvey respond-

ed, and patted her falsely blooming cheekaffectionately ; "besides , if you were buta shadow—a caricature of your ownbeautiful self, thoy would not have beensurprised. They were prepared for theworst. "

Ho looked at his horrified relativesmeaning ly.

The tru th of his words flashed overthem.

ll Voa ilin, ' lin/1 oil unl^l rahnnlanlv '*lf.*«a , fcu^j wuu «.. uu.v* »wf uuu uu.j , *wcould not bo worse. " But this wretched ,wrinkled , bedizened creature—had tboydreamed of this '!

Harvey watched them with an undis-turbed smile—his father , turning awayat last, and rubbing his forehead witbhis handker chief weakl y; Mrs. Seely,gazing at hor daug hter-in-law with adreadful fascination , and tho girls, sink-into chair? in dismayed silence.

" Well , mother," said Harvey lightly,"of conrso a now addition to tho familyis an object of interest ; but dou 't forgotthat I havo an appetite , and getting mar-ried has rather improved it. Talio offyour bonnet, my dear. Hero, Kitt y."

Kitty came forward with a set face andtightlj-closed lips, to .receive tho marvel-ous combi nation of beads and silk flowersheld out to hor with a d isgusting air ofsprightlinoss She wax afraid to trustherself to speak.

Poor Mrs. Seely, sick at heart , hadmade her way to tho boll and ran g it, anddinner came down presentl y.

"Turtle soup!" tho brido observed ,looking round tho table with a girlishsmile ; "ain 't nothing I admiro bo I Justpass that celery, J alhoi-in -law. Delic-ious ! ain 't it. darling. "

•• iiixtromoij, my dear , said tho brute-groom complacently.

Ignorant and vulgar ! What dreadfulthing would thoy discover next.

It was nn evening thoy never forgot.Tho unfortunate , parents eat wHh nolofuioti and unstead y hands , iitaring intotheir empty plates , or looking at eachother wi th fresh horr or at each simper-ing, sensel ess, ungramin otioal remark oftheir terrible dau ghtoHnisw; '-

Kitty and Alar gory excused themselvesduring tlio second course , and flow totheir tooma to cry themse lves to Bleep itagony of dismay and mortification.

" I Huan 't think of sottin ' up," said thobrido , risin g from the table with on apol-ogetic giggle, and with tho last desserthold aloof. " I'm too worn out "If any-body calls—of course , everybod y willcall—just toll 'em I'll see 'em to-morrow.Come on, dear. " . •

And (ilia tri pped upstairs , with a juvonilo nod over hor shoulder , ond with horbooming young husb and following.

Mrs. Seely rung her li iindii despairing -ly-

" Wo said it eotilil not ho woiue," uhooaid faintl y. "But thin! How Khali woendure it f

" I shall not endure it!" oaid hor hus-band ; his face had grown almost care-worn during tho last two hours. "I uhall(¦ond them packing to-morrow i ond ifover he onteru my limine again— "

Ho hroiight his hand down on tho ta-ble threatenin g ly.

"But that will not hel p matters ," imldhiu wife mlHorabl y. • " Ho is ruined i wonro diiigraood, anil ever ybody will know¦t.

Thoro wan a uiloimo," I had pictured hor to mjnol/ ," naid

Mm ftyply, bog iuiiinc to 'lob , "an <i younggirl—-a portion of suitable ago for mypoor misguided hoy, decentl y oduoateil ,and at Inuiit a liul y. And oven then ,when I did not doubt Unit it won nuoh itoiio he In tel oho.nm, I thou ght myuolf tunmost unha ppy creature in tlio world , bo-cauno—because ulin hail no weullli andan old name. Hu nl y it in a judgem entupon mi. Oh , wnii thoro everro daadfula thin g I"

, « Probabl y mil ," nuiil her hu aViund(•ii'iiily.

It was a nolemu grou p which waiUlitin tho diiiing-r oom, next , moming, , fortho uppoiiraii ™ of tlio newly-weddedlotap lo.

lliero were mar ks of a lo'iuinir nighton overy faeo—in troubled browu , uwolfunlldu and pale rtuiiili u—mu l n {<omir<i|gloom prevailed.

Mr , fleuly stood in fro nt of tlio <!>'«•l)lnoi >, -wiii rhirirr the door with > nl«nIftt ui. Ho trail inntil er in liiu owrl lun'.uout leant , und hu wan riutiinnlu aii . tt t 'aMishould not Ixi disgraced by iilu utin 'r - wift)for iMioUkic hour . < ', >,

" l'leauo gel them nwn'y lio (o»«.> wiyone( nnmn -i , imiiii ," iiMd KiM " . •« tr * ¦- *'¦* » ^

dj readfni If anybody were to boo hor 1"" Dreadful 1" Margery echoed , with a

groan . .. There rroro footsteps on tho stairs.

Mrs. Sooly turned .with a shiver, andthe girls caught their breath. -:

Tho door opened.Tho waiting group looked up slowly.Would she not bo still more terrible in

the btoad dayli ght—that artificial , simp-ering horror t

But it was not tho sight they were pre-pared to ooo, which tho open door dis-closed; it -was not Q painted , powderedeembhnco of a woman who cams in slow-ly, with a timid smile and downcast eyes.

It was B slender , sweet-faced younggirl, nitb shinin g brown hair crowning acharming head, peachy cheeks, in whichthe color canio ond went , and soft darkeyes, which studied the carpet in prettytimidity ; -with dainty-sli ppered feet, anda lace-trimmed wrapper, fitting snug ly toa perfect form.

"Good morninr,," she said gently.Harvey followed her closely."Well, Dora , he said, looking from one

to another of his speechless relativesqnizicaUV, "they don't seem inclined tospeak to jou. "

But Mar gery bad come towards herhastily, and seized both her soft handsin her own.

"Was it you all the time ?" she criedjoyf ully. "And the gray hair was false,and the wrinkles were , put on, and oilthat droadfnl powder 1 Oh, Harvey, howconld you!"

"I bogged him not to," said the prett ybride, raising her dark eyes sweetly.

"I told him that it was cruel ; and sucha time as I had , saying all those shockingthings he hud tanght me, and keep ingmy wig straight, and trying not to laugh.Will you ever forgive ns t"

"Forg Wo jon l Ob, my dear girl 1"cried Mrs. Seely incoherentl y.

And ahe harried forward with o nob ofjoy, and emhr acing her daug hter-in-lawwildly.

"It was rather rough ," said Harveygaily. "I felt like a villain when I sawthe way you all took it But you knowwhat you said, every one of you—that"it coaldo'J bo worse. " I thou ght I'djuat demonstrate to you that it couldDora ia nineteen instead of forty ; shecan speak correctl y when she makes aneffort ; and I heartily recommend her fora willing, and obliging, good-temperedand thoroughly capable girl—the sweetest in the world, in fact"

Mr. Seel*- loft the fire-place and cameand clasped bis .daughter-in-law in hisarms, with n beaming face, and Kittykissed kini effusively.

"It was if dreadful iesson," said Mrs-Seely, looking np with a tearful smile ;but I am afraid we needed it. my son."

The Temporary Vault at Cloromont .

BEQIHOTSo THE WOBK. UP COHSTBUOTION—CROWDS or BI QUT-SEEM AT EIVSB8IDE.

From tho Trib one of tho SCtb.Hundreds of people Tisited Hivorsido

P ark yesterday to look at the spot whichis to become known in the future oh thoburial . place of General Grant -Thevisitors were from tho countr y, as wallas the city. - People from the lower partof New-York and the East Sido who hadnever visited the heighborhoocLbefore wesurprised to find there was a park , ofsack extent and beauty in the city. Oneman said he had not seen the place sincetwenty-five years ago, ' when Blooming-dale road was tho favoriio drive of New-Yorkers , and he could not recognize, thesurroundings so changed and improvedwere they. An old man and hia wifespent the day abont the place inspectingevery feature of it with growing sur priseat each revelation. "Well, " exclaimedthe husband , "I've lived in New-Yorkseventy years, and I never knew therewas a Riverside Park till I heard thatf~rA rtAral ftrnnr. war to ha J ininarl . hart *So I says to my wife we'll go np and seeit, audit's worth the' trouble , too."' Thirty-five men were placed at workby the Park Department on the vault inthe morning. They made rapid progressand by noon the excavation bad nearlyreached the joqui sit depth. Their workwas interrupted in the afternoon by oneof the heavy thunder storms that visitthe Hudson Biver Valley in summer.The morning had been sultry, and short-ly after noon threatening masses of-cloudrolled up from the 'west over the rookyheights of the Palisades on tho Jerseyshore. The clonds grow dense andblack , but it waa 3 o'clock before thecrowd of people gathered around theworkmen observed the indication of anunus ual storm. All breezes from theriver suddenly ceased ond a: dense massof vapor appeared to be coming down thoHudson between tho high bonks to joinforces with the storm from the west.The sky became as dark as night , andeven tho workmen concluded to seekshelter as a tornado swept over thepromintory formed by the high cliff atthe Claremont. Men and women rushedfor the hotel and the nearest places ofshelter, and the sheds around the hotelwere quickly filled by the carringes andvehicles on the drives.

The clouds appeared to meet and set-' tie down on the cliff and for half an honr

the storm raged abont tho northern endof Riverside Park. The drivin g rain andvapor shot out the river from view.Water fell in torrents , and seemed to bedriven in sheets from all directions. AIrAAn flanl* nf liirhfruniy illnTninft fat ? ttiAscene for an instant and then the windthrew itself upon the hotel bo that thepeople crowded in it began to fear thatit might be carried away. Doors andwindows were forced open and torrentsof' rain poured int6 the ' building. Aflash of lightning more vivid than thefirst rang the telephone in the vestibuleand flashed around the room. Those attho_ south side of the building saw a.great ball of firo for on inetoxt in the airand a crash followed that startled overyono. The bolt " had struck an. immenseoak not mora than fifty "yar do from thebuilding and only a short diolanco fromtho excavation,

Tho tree fell with another crash start-ling the horses and men who had takenrefuge in tho/ahed near tho Oloremont.As tho rumbling of thunder was dyingaway another flash nearly iuj dazzlingwas followed by a deop 'tbundor clap liketho discharge of a cannon. For tenminutes mora a constant succession ofelectric flashes played through the at-mosphere , which vibrated an thoug h awhole park of artillery * wss . iu action.As tho thunder ceased tho clouds rolledaway over Long Island Sound, ,and in afew minutes more tho aan was againshinin g brightly and a fresh cool currentof nir swept over tho park- ' Tho troothat wan first struck was rnlnod. Thowind uniting with the lightin g had tornit np by tho roots. It won ono 'of thelargest oaks in the grove. Several othertrees had Buffered olightly, and a portionof tho rooting had boon tarn from thoshod and lodged ia neighbor ing tfooa.A groat quantity ot rain fell bat wasrapidly absorbed in tho sandy soil. Mr.Barnard , tho proprietor .of the house,oaid to a Sribune reporter : "I have hadono other heavy thunder ttorin sinco Ibavo been hero , bat none, to bad no thisono. I hope thoy won't .corao vcry often ,and that thoy won't ntny. any lon&or thanthis ono did. 'V

After tho shower tho work moo losum-od on tho vault and tho excavation finish-ed. Thia morning a found ation of con-crete will bo laid for tliowstl. Tho brigkore alread y on hand , and tho tnanono willbegin laying thorn during tho day. Tliowallo of tho vault will bo trinimod tilthWuu otonb and roliovod wllh lt,jcro ofblack brink, Tho vault will riio eightfoot above tho onrfaco , and In the frontfacing tho river a heavy pair .of broimodoom will bo placed. Park Oomunina ion-or Borden oaid yesterday that ho thoughtthoro would bo no dlllfoultv ia gotungtho tomb aompletml within n wouE. Mr.Orlmminu, accompanied by (General Perry,of General Hancook 'o -atalY,, visited thowork iu tho morning, , and Iti wu deter-mined that tho battery of atullory detail-

.ed to fire tho ' ualulo on" tlio «lay of thofniior a) nhoi-lci ho olatlonod on tho rid goIn front of tho vault and .- pointed towardtho river when tho saluto h) uvotl. .

J.1QBXTNQ HCAEK S *XH*El SPOTS. , Electric lights ore suspended from thecovered arcade leading; to this! depot, andthoy aro disposed ia varioun placeo aboutthe grounds, bo everything seenied ready .laid to spread the fluid in all directionaThe lightning first otruok tho Droxol cottage end immediatel y tho lights xvere potout, including that which bongs over theface of the dead man. A few elates wererattled off the roof. Colonel Grant im-mediately went all over tho house, batfound that no further damage had beendone. ' The lights soon resumed burningand quiet was restored in the household !

General B. Hw Jackson ,1 of the Cth Ar-tilery, . Governor 's Inland, who arrivedthis afternoon and has charge of tho ar-tilery, was walking with Colonel -W. P.TSeck; also of the 6th Artillery, throughthe covered arcade toward the easternoutlook. Lieutenant A. W. Vogdea hadjust reported to him that on additionalguard would be required to look after thocar which is being dra ped for the recep -tion of the coffin. All three were goingto the camp to -look after the matter ,lieutenant Yogdoa was a fow.foet behindGeneral Jackson and Colonel Beck. Thoybad gone abont two-thirds of the dista ncethrough the arcade when the crash camoand the Minding lightning. GeneralJackson and Colonel Beck both foil tothe ground , General Jackson falling onhis face with such violence that the bloodflowed freely. Lieutenant Vogdes ex-perienced only a slight shock, and imme 'diately turned his caaistance to the otherofficers. . Colonel Beck soon recoveredconsciousness, but General Jackson re-mained stunned for some time. Theywere both carried io tho hotel on mat-tresses which the soldiers hastil y broughtond Dr. Douglas attended them. ColonelBeck was able to go to his room in e,conple of boors. General Jackson re-covered more slowly; it will take a coupleof days to remove the traces of the-oatunder his eye. Neither man vme horned ;by the electri o fluid. The wires whichran along the roof of the arcade were er>dently surcharged with electricity andjumped to the men beneath

In the hotel tho lightning played allsorts of freaks. A bolt entere d tho din ;ing room , jumped from a wire to a pipeand disappeared, slightly charring somo -woodword. The guests were at dinnerat the time and were for a time badlyfrightened. Thbie axe three instrumentsin the hotel and two of the switches wereburned out. Operator "Frank" Kissel- ;bough was at one ot fte keys with hisfinger on the metalio arm. It suddenl y :occurred to him that with lightning play-ing abont the rubber but ton would be asafer point of contact and he had hardl y,transferred his finger to it when a stream ,of lightning issued from the switchboard,severed n> couple of wires, swept by his ,shoulder , danced abont the room ' like &Dail of firo and disappeared. Toe light- .ning burned out the electrio light wiresleadin g to Mr. Arksll' a cottage, broke accnple of panes of glass in the laundryand upset a woman there, hot did. not ,seriousl y hurt her. Several people abontthe ground 'reoeived shocks.

The lightning . entered the Grant cot-tage throu gh tho ^roof and tore off thoplastering. Tho electrio light above thecoffin was also put out.

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A Chinese Printing Office.Prtnv the &»» PraneUet Report.

A visit to a Cbineso pr inting establish-ment is productive of much that is inter-esting. Movable types are not in use inSan Francisco Chinese newspaper offices.Tho manner of getting a Chinese . news-paper tin tho press and printing is veryprimitive. Tho editor takes Americannewspapers to friends ,' from whom hogets a translation of the matter ho needs ,and after getting it written in Chinese ina manner satisfactory ho carefull y writesil upon paper chemically pre pared. ' Up-on tho bo-i of tho proso , which is ot thestylo that wont out of uso with tho loot icentur y, in a lithographic stoho. Uponthis tho paper is laid until the impressionot the characters is left there. A -lar go 'roller is inked and passed 'over tho stonealter it has been dampened with a wotsponge , and nothing remains but to tako <tho impression upon tho newspaper to boprinted. Tho CninoEo pressman print nthree papers overy five minutes , fivo pa-pers in tho same time loss than BenjaminI'ranklln had a rocord for. A Chineseprinting office has nover been struck bylightning. ' . ,

Tho life of u Ohinoiso journalist ia ahappy ono. . Ho is froo from care andthought, and allows all tho work of thoeotablinl imoiit to bo dono by tho press- ,man. ' Tho Ohinca o editor , llko the realof hia oonntrymo u, ia imitative. - He doosnot dopond upon bin brain for editorials ,but translates thorn from all tho contem-poraneous American nowup npora ho can ,get There id no humoroun departmentin tho Cbineso nowonapar . Thai no«*&-papor office- has no exchan ges Matteredover tho floor, and' in nearly all otherUilnga it dlft 'ao fron t tho American <so-tnbli alimnnt. Tho editorial room is con-ncctod by u> . ladder with hunUa'o n tholoft ohovo where the wana j iging editorulccps, and next to, it is, Invariably aroom, wboro an opium bunk and a layout ,rcitido.

Kvldonctu of domestic lifo arc About-tlio place; polo, kol.lhm antl tliaho o takingup aboat no much room an tho 'pri ico. J inono instance in Wouhin alon-Btt cet a har-bor oliop lo irun la tho Bftmo aiipalctmontwitli tho editorial rooM , cud, iu - nil oa/icj),no iliupo-JUon in ehown to dovato thopoaltlon o! tlirf "printer " iibova his- cur- ,•fouud iario. H ivM eaJ tor fluilsf that jour-naliiim doc fl not pay, ho golu a job waoh- ,iu« dlithou or cltonpin rx. wood.'tind hoiloeu not think ho iinD dotcoiiiled far eith-er. '

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chovf all tho pvucUoul diltleii of lifo I tvlioiiyomi(( liullnii unoiii oimvinccil llmt theironly rolo in to ha u pa.r lor turimtnoiil , totnlk , ij il'Hj r no'iricnao arid lia {[WiluaJ ly©thwrJa Ji iaifl, it faciti ^d prflupofttlorymm gwiniv liK-hi ti;j' 'Sa t y dwa, : ivnd - wa . 'minuol .bUwu ¦ UwnV' it" , ihoy «ho(ii:a to' :tv ,Wi)lttiTOu< ;h lU'si ulosui ' s'ulh ui ' tb.An wu'ruy '¦' ti(j llrl . .vj h*'t»UI ' 'ioattl io titf iKiilnr ' vilfo Ibiin a,iullll,U(jr 'a 'X(Mcnwy , ' . vi ':. . ¦ ' ' ' ' ' .' / ¦ '• ,' . ' , .;: lit* ifij iiijJb'lo/ yaf ou 'it:M.lMi : 'i) a not; lip

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, What many people , especially children ,call thirst , is only a sense of dryness inthe throat. This uncomfortabl e sensationis'canspd £iy the general habi t of breath-ing through the month. Tho air takesinto tho longs dries tho month , .tongueand upper part of tho throat. To drinkfor the pnrposo of relieving the mouthmade firy by being open is frequently tooverload the 1 stomach with fluids whichare not noososary, and whiob consequent-ly are detrimental to digestion. It is po-ouliorly injurious also, for it washes intothe stomach all the foul solids which, inthe form of,dust , find their way into themouth aiid throat Persona who ore.compelled , to cool -and moisten their ,palate s should first rinse tho month witha- sip or two of water. H afterward theyfeel that thoy most drink ' thoy shouldinbibo by single sips. By this methodthey would bo as fully satisfied with agill of water as with a pint swallowedhastily.

Ice water is the great American vice,and probabl y kills more persons thanrum. That it is cooling to tho entiresystem cannot bo denied ; but suddenpnan &OB ox pnysicai xemperatare tromwarmth to coolness are always detrimen-tal to health . .Actual thirst is as quicklysatisfied with hot water as with cold.When only iced water is desired, theprobability is that the person drin king ithas eaten something which has irritatedthe stomach.' CoffoD is not ' a good summer drink.Its Etiraulnting property is beneScial topersons with a sense o! physical debility ;but coffee orreatB , temporarily, oil naturalprocesses of waste , where in hot weatherthere should be allowed free play. Teais a for better drink. . It is stimulating,and therefore- very injurio tit when takenin large quiwatitioo ; but . over etimulationwith its implied necessity of in some wayrnolang good the physical force which itenables to develop too rapidly, ore its'only bad effects.' . Token withou t sugarit is cooling ;.but a heaped teaspoonfnlof sugar will generate as much ihsat as aquarter of a pound of beefsteak. Sugaris the most heating of all articles of bu-nion constunptioa.

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Killing the Hah. .' liost week we pabliahedfrom tho Tren-ton pi. J) Gazette, an ecconnt of a "Com-motion among the Fishes," in the Assan-pluk Creek, above the dam between Greenand Montgomery streets , in that . city.We now toko tho following from theFishing Gazette, of New-York, let inat. s¦ Directly opposite the track s of .tho Hud-

eon Biver Bailroad , nearly a milo southof Yonkcrs, N. Y., i? located the ice pondof Mr. John Clark. Some time since thispond was stocked with eels ond variouskinds of fish, which hove boon allowed tooconmulato undistur bed until Mondaymorning last, when they .commenced todie in largo numbers. The fish wouldcome to the surface , gasp once or twiceand tarn over on their backs and die.Several tons of dead fish , amon g whichwas a largo number of eels have beentoken from the pond and buried. It isthought that some person hod depositeda large quantity of poison in the waterof tho pond. . ' . . ' .

A remarkable mortality existed amongtho porch in Lake Hondota , (Wia) lastjnmmer , large quantities ot dead fishbeing washed upon its shores , which worebnriod by tho authorities ; tho fish wereot good color, fat and to all appearancesperfectly sound. - Prof. S. A. Forbo a, ottho Illinois State College, was emp loyedby United States Fish CommissionerBaird to investigate the- mat ter , and as-oertain , if possible, tho cause ot tho mor-tality. . Tho Professor has just made hisreport, which shows that it was duo to asmall germ , which ' attacked tho liver andkidneys , and formed aboossoo which des-troyed tho colls of those organs. Thisgerm belongs to tho group which pro-duces hog cholera," chicken cholera , smallpox and kindred diseases. It may bemat tuo mortality ol tuo ttoli in tho Clarkpond is duo to a similar caaso and not topoisoning. An investigation would nodoubt determine tho facto.

Tho Pilnco ot Wale s in a Huff.(.Haw-York Sun.)

A recent dancing inciden t, althoughtrifling in itaolf , illastrotca well tho na-ture of thin luan. A number of youngsociety girls of Loudon conceived thoidea of giving 6 ball, of which thoy woreto defray UioospoiiDca at tho rata of $25each, n'nd lstno tho invitation s to onodonalng mam qacb. It waa to bo a kindof ah snlamcA imitation ot - tjuo so-called'.'ehoop and hun gry" danoca which thoBostoio.pWs fliit tip every wlntor, /Thonumber of BabiMtiberfl wna not 'down atBovbnty-flvo unmarrie d ladiois, Who woreto Ikj chosen by ballot by » commlttoo oftbo promote ja. : It oppoara tbad threoyonnjr dadluo. well known In 1' tlio oaort iiJregion of Bular avlo, , woro blackballedThoy Koppsned to bo known to tho Princoof WnlfiB, who, at tlitf outset , took oonaid-ernblo Intc rost in thlnr jorol kind of a ball.When ho learn ml of tbo blaakball iug, hosent word to tho oommiltoo that , underthe clraumuUmcoa , they muut not oipontthoir wiUit-Uiimoat to be craood by hiuor Ida fumlly'fl pr.io uiion. It Is rldioulou nenough to ooo a- iniddlo-ugad, oheiio, bald .lieod«d jnau <kooiujt wnid - yonng hoyuwnl gfrlu , But \ihcn. that uan bcpp diuito lio tho bfjlrro pparont to tho thro iio ofan irn menui) oilniiro, anil iu munl l mindedenough toliujmaa Ule capricotijion roiwl.able young po«j ;.-lo who wish to cntorH ilnRut! : honor i'Jw; tlift lucldonb oxsumijaqilllO « diffor iiHt "UipOOt, ', ' : . ' , , ¦

: A Bit of tJnivrl ttoii XliitOry.(Chiianoo sr " M. |Vdr.ow '« Uoaaoh at. ttftVr.Yo tli,, . .Ohawlbcr of .wiuraoiou 'o )U«oUti|f.. Tliuro \k cpsun tiiitiid xvltli flcaofial Grantunwritten Ma lory, in niy jiw lgmunt iiiij toita iaijiMhuit'iii ibi rtinKii Jo fblri repiib-liii lui 'ony wcordod. ' . I talfl to liJw ouuo,Mid % dalrl to Jilw it i,thla '< ]tiut iu.lbMvff ,fos' ho li/id lo3d .wu , tho mloicy. lj iforii/"^rocard II ; no' (» fl«ly, : (Mtwi^ y/UUh youoiv O, t« youV i- ^miut r ^ to plij oj \mbit ir io-ouVwhiit ^Mii wA hud vlittfc "ytit - - '*r*f tt'! 'ii1to;«3i> kliiiUri({ Uit.-v :wii..)a" ' Umu itiJ , ua 1HiwloisSwidj i'ii(t" »jnvcwiv(icJ , lj a<iai«i)'ii tWu (n wsnui;«t,»* t- ft ihVl ' dli vb.\\ tt> taiioiitri nuy t/J i«) iiif(l»t,!lA 'i'0 I^iau t>pj> <l'v i)d Mhi ve, '' iBii<r4gl|li Jiiivo Is'inm vv«»J OK«a l\i (Iwtpex[o(1/»lrtln iti y *Un<£ , «dfcitiir.(l <i» lo* h\a,nijoj y.tt rll1i5il*"w\,'l r,» _tioi {>,' J uut ' ttb ' tho 't Oli' '<')uelo»ior , tlv/i> ' tt/iV,'^vJ4i, \» h(ifc

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. A soienti fio outhnnty vnohos to knowwhy the bodit.3 of olephnnt a and wiSSanimals generally are so rarel y foundof tor ' death

Tho circulation of tho blood, accor ding ^to Dr. Gordon , was f anuhar to tho Chmcso200O:yoars ago Harvey 's discovery ofit was mndo about 260 yeoro ago' A physician of India proposes making

experiments m tho treatment of choleraon ; criminals sentenced to death. Tho "consent of tbo prisoner would bo obtain-ed, with tbo promise of oxomption fromfarther ' pun ishment if tho espdnment8hould ;nptbo fotal " i

.' The most recent volcanic eruption inthe United States is behoved to hav o oocurred at Poather lake, Plumas Co ,Col;, in'.lSSO Tho sight of the volcanois mark ed by a cinder cone, and by alava-field about throe miles long and amile wido in which the lava may avera geas much as ISO foot in thickness.

According to Dr E Parml y Brown, tho w-Sandwioh Islondor s formerly hod theonnn Joal ^ftft, nt anwr nnnnl. ..« 4l.A _1«Il.

but their tooth have now begun to decayrapidly—on effect', it appears , of eatinglarge quantities of salt. This substance Iand sugar Dr Brown regards as leading ifactors in tho destruction of haman teethat thopreson t time.

Xylonite, one of tho most remarkableof recent products , is prepared by firsttreating a fine tissno paper with cnlphurio and other noida and taoh with alcoholand camphor The paper becomes mnohlike parchment , and may bo worked intoplates of any thickness, and mndo trans-parent or colored bndhantl y- It is mnohmore flexible and less brittle than hornor ivory.' Analyses have shown that tho fallenleaves of maple contain four per cent ot - 'valuable matter (boqd, potash, hmo, mag ^nemo, phosphorus and sulphur compounds); ana poplas and willow fivo percent or more, and that consequently tho v>treos cbnatantly manure the surface sod

tboneath thou - branches. Other loaves Jmsamined contained about two* per cent ~ ^of fertilizing substances ,v '¦ 'J'

In .'G-ceat Britain only holders of heca- t vj-

sea are permitted to make phymologicsit " ^esperiment s on hving animals. Darin g ..w -:-- *

1884 tho number of licenses issued was -.' '"'49. Of the 145 experiments perforaie S, , -99 consist ed simply m the mtroduotic * <-\of a .viras , 24jwera expenmontt . j- «»sto "¦/¦ - -v*ot suspected poisoning , ton were to do* -* ^tormino tho action of fungi c& fLhs& t. r —„and five wore on tho effects of abEolutc ^y

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pure water on fishes * * ' *•• English testa of tho durability of amatt * * '.Bqnares of vanous woods bnnod ^no 1

"- "*inch under tho surface ot the grou nd \

chave given those results * Birch and O -\pen decayed in three yours , willow oMJ f , ,horse chestnut , in four yaaxs, maplo nn« * -rod beech, m five year ' , elm, ash, horn- -, ¦>beam and Xiombard y pop lar, In nevcayears; oak, Scoton fir and Weymouth,pine, -partially in coven years; whilelarch , juniper and arhoi-vitai wore sound. <at the enijbof coven years

AMEMOAH ,'.Wn*r )^J'rcnKH. —Lieut. : J. P.Fihloy, ol tho U S Signal Soryica , hoofound that tho Wout is not, as is popu lar-ly fiuppouod, the peculiar homo of thotornado in the United rTtatcs , suchstorms being much more froqilont in thoSouth. Of. tho 180. tornadoe s which oc-curred last year within tho boundanc nof tho Union, only GO visited tho WesternStates and Territories , while tho fiouUiem <States : had 10S Tho western galea aro,however, usually mora Kovoro and do-struotivo than thoao of othor localiUoa.

Glacier Ciuh oki —Tho glaciers of thoAlps bavo boon oboeivod to incroaoo anddiminish in oxtonb penodioally. A glaoioiof tho yalloy of Chftmounix , foif instanco ,is reported by Porcl to havo roach -id amaximum size In 1810, and again in 1854it awinoueci to a mimmnm in 1HB3. whomit again commenced to inoroaac, ito ex-tension lost your being thirty thrco foot.Tho front of anot her glamor wna pnahodfoiward lost year about 150 foot, andmany others whhSh have been crowingflmaflordnr ingrooorit ycrtraaro again ad-vancing down the valleys

Am Anorio Axvoumoi* —Mr. W. Mat 'tion Williams rarnatko that thp popularnotion that -aooqirllowi are cWcfly rooi-dont in tropical and uab- tropical ccuuM -inia quite a mhiUko, tiro homo of thohmightioat legions being within o3d abou ttho Arct io Circle On coasting tries tothe North Capo even, vouut ihi era inv&lsdby maddening swormo at overy oiopph igplaoo. - It in xoportcd tiitl in Ahnkiv theyform clouds no denr o that jt la imivonaih !for nporl flrno.i to tim at objociu beyondNativo dogtf nro eouiotimes kilfwi bythem, and ovtm -tho groat Rnzzly ti^ar uuaid to to oiuusdonull y Itltailcdlby ilioLrattacl ts und UnaHy Blarvod lb, con jo^i«tj«o,' TiiB lflta* ov Cotr> —yjlohrisahe it oup-poj iod tho absolut e koto of iKiipcrf-tmato bd thu-ty two degrcas of hiu itnillo iiatow 'tho froo-siukf point of wa,tffV. I-atorphyalciutu hat o, roiin d that I t tawt lo 4021degrecu below tho freezing point or 4(1(1degr caa' bolow I'anmuhoU' a eonx 'ifiotomiiei'oturo of tlio jdoLo In toinvft U*foil In .*,io)or r^lona m low no 7« doaroLjhfilow tlio rabronh dlt i-oio, and in ru iiwtoupo/ lwonta in \\u\ I((iuofafitton of irstnalwi» K|iDalain choi)iJ>Ui iia /o pn>o 1u«oil rtimUflelftJ coh\ bt tUO •.rcgrcnu IkJ lHv puro.rXho litltei* twinwintur ti—1H do.-rMesal>ov<i <}i« lhcorofh(»l fs^io paint—u» n.lwlowest whloJ i linft fallen nndi* t!n> ohwifvation of inati

, A Jt iiiiiKJiiiaur is "f,»/u'!iiU«ili*.+wVnio«j(

tho utatu ol thn chalk fom itlnu i ti ooasifdona fly fmiunl oi o \/bIiih ci ^Ii i 'i i.1»iir(Mvilftitl m )t l t i l \°hbnilir >l''' witli t? i Mi r(lll tt. ".CM' lirl w-rt ill M f f t H l l 'lll' 1 3h"rc»n!i tii !d" , V t ' * ' t Unt&dttun f,oll( tor «J t' > r i J ij l. t >u,ninl .vho Iim J in 6 mk ¦ il 1 1 i i i " i j Htuii quo .'' pituu St ii n <l n i '-i ii |l 1 1 *i,tniwunt tho illntu s >> i / i i C yi/lrei l nbovo i> t o»» i *1 j f S * , i \ i >liUycil ti ji i ly l n f t i ; iIslioaci) vi $ j i, i i l l ' 'j If(>l'l t,lil!j» (I luilAl l lll ^M I > i ' , mi iwfJ O oolh 11 il i l'h i j i i " ' "y

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IComiriiloa for lio Bitg-IIartx ir E?p-osa|sorxOTEno Enf30xxE.ai5*sr.

The question of tho hoar— "Whot time10 iti".

A-dentist is no chicben. Ho is alwaysa pull-it ,

England wants peace—a piece of allthe world.

A fall which is enjoyed*—falling heir toa fortune.

A word in mind ia worth two in thedictionary.

It is easinr to tell a lio than it is to. catch a fish. ,;

How to shorten * lifo—Worry aboutlengthening it.

The*loundre aa ' daily soliloquy— "Aye,. . there 's the rub.

A place to live io, when tho nest floodcomes—New-arfc

The whale first blubbarod when itcouldn't hold Jonah.

A man who abides in ft penit entiary isa law abiding citizen.

A girl should marry for prote ction innlnit t l. e\9 f^\r* HaTr anrln tfWUlvrDliVUU V* IU1 tuiuuuu WUMt

. Positive, wait ; comparative , waiter ;superlative , get it joorsolf .

It is the man with the most prop ert ythat has tho greates t power.

When may a chair bo oaid to dislikeyout "When it cannot, hew yon.

Why is a htireo like an onion t Becauseit does not know its own str ength.

A young lawyer is {be amnue st thingin tho world except a young widow.

Republican punsters dcnomlnat othosoDemocrats who got ofHcsaas •fowgotivos.'

At what time does a isau's hair rosomblu a jiaoking-tox * 'When it stand s onend.

Tho hen ia not ho rauah of a poet—bntehn is getting up noma very flno springlays.

Sam Jones , tho evangelist, says that"a gorman is nothing bat hugg ing sot tomusic. , ..

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A wicked little boy says that homowithout a mother would bo a solid picnicall tho week.

A summer resort circular oajs: "No-bodv dr ossoo hero. " A'uort of African

« wate ring place.Nothing is impossible to him who wills,

says a philosop her. Ho, nor to tho lawyer wbp Cond ucts tlio onus.

A cyclone rosomhloa/ji woman, becausewhen it makes up its iialod to go soniowlioro all t-arth can't if^iut. '

Tho Atlanta C'oitoa'fKJ foii ftdtisea overyman to Rot niarrio 4 Wumon do notiioed any such advlco 0(i thy fliibjoct -

fhe term "moan toiripoi'aturo " noyorhad a more ManilloanUy tigniucant oifini-flcation than during t^u lj cl lwo weeks,

"O , isn't tb&t junt don 1" a Washto-itonbelle orolalmii wl'pn nfia noon anythingparticularly nobby, touy .owoll or bang-up.

A man wbodomo. tliiio tgo married "nnangel" uayu it in al>oc;b nfl - cumplota afuith cure aa anything ba over hoard of.

Wo ofton hoar of the mtmar .ui whicha bank ia run , but for 1'iirii^oIftttB , A No. 1-canning, tho oitnhlor ui tht oaoto obBorvi i.

l,iiim--"Kthol , you ' wnut not oay 'Iwon't to papa It s naaslily.'' Ethol—"Well , but papa , wlmt Bholl I oay when I

' inoiin I won't r ' • . . . .!' ¦ ¦!.' ¦' *

' "Aro you a bull or a bear t" ookod anocqiiafntanco of a niuDiilalor iu Wallfltreot yeutcrdav . "NolJ hdj' ,'' lio ropllod."I think I am on ass." y ': .' ,'

Tlio proprleto ru of o' liAvibfttr remedyAiuiort that tbo ra uo ; jnf biliJ hvndo willnow entirely ilianppc ax'-' 'Whet will thollinii do for u skating rinU thonf .

Oinolnnnli diiinhnrd a . carry a plcuo ofrop n with tltem. Wboft thoy c«J too full

- to walk thoy l(o tbimiuolu fia to ttbAda Uttcitand wait forapoliooinw j. i , , ; , ,

'•Ho ciillod mo on w'u )'V'«i*oLi*J' iMia anover-dr uuimil , oxolUiit dd iflo, ' "V/oll youain't oiio," Boothlni| ly (ii^vli tf il c- hludl ycup I "you nro only u oli>ll r '<y hqi'ua"

"What do you do ddivii bwo tit theiilioro when It iu no awfully diiMp rail thntimet" won Iho inquir y i;l¦ uyo'wij; vluit-iiijf iiiiiin, • "Dot Why.'j. n t t^J i'm'/."

"Hiiv w in an art icle i\t>('uit t' liii Xa<a& oftlft i rVii«1iii{-;lit Hun. " nt, 'I E. 'i' rt i. ' t ' usqwu.'•It ciin't mniiti tWu «mti'J» .V» tw-'Mi so thluiu tho land of tho m|ilnluHh'«>Vud, "-

Aii iiiolianj io milcn t, ' ."Sl'iuJ, !, woi iiiini woj rtri iwuuvnl" At tbo »ink ', 1 !>*'»;•{ -tttV ahoil

. for itiUirf wIiir r with llio ?i .' .t' ;ilni' ' flJ,,'Womoi ii,wi> i.U'milil 'uuftm'1-.t ilwl'.t ;' , (¦hiitf d'J u«'

¦' tliinii i4 will bo iieoiuuiiiry t uil '^ii iid tSui}ov>¦, ¦¦ sMHik ini dti iuit or m»t viithu ' iii' "J ,'(i'.:iWijn 'niwi.

"Wo uiicoiii'a'jo tho ltili ,i4' "l."n'.1io 'oIxU-. Itu ullh |iatloti ii of ollup', lir.., iivt '\"' i 'id

. Hid pt 'opi'liitor of n V'adin i,? J' i.'.ill i.'u.iW tillIrtl iI 'vihun our p.M ip Io wo tv.'t\!r I'" .' t!ia , ' ii5iy lthoy pny foi' tli o dliik iotti .tt. 'j;/ 'feiVl Iij W 'J,n»i« yvlion tltair frlonda ; i ;.io.<il ,t !wt . iiilithoy juty tar llio diuito r ii 'vliic»y.«' tu' tyvil 'tt j|U *»* e.hUt IsOtb Vft»}71." ' l ' '

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ITEMS OF OENEI1AI, 1HT0BMATI0* *. AND KNOWL-EDGE ODI.I.ED FBOU AIL ;B0UI1CI!B.

Mobile, Ala., was founded by tho Frenchin 1711.

.Savings hanks aro almost unknown inthe South.

There are 60,000 trees in tho streets ofWashington.

India now produces annuall y 7,000,000tons of. wheat.

There aro 170 street railroads in thoUnited States, .

Britislipcatal savings banks havo $223,-8(i8,8G5 on deposit

American :! have $125,000/000 investedin Mexican railways.

Nearly all tho London newspa pers buythoir print paper in Germany.

New York has more milch cows thanany other state, with Iowa noxt.

' There nro 29,000 English-speakingEpiscopal clergymen in tho world.

Of tho inhabitants of Washin gton 07,-188 aro colored and .130,271 white.

There aro six branches ot tbo Presby-terian Clmroli in tho United States.

Four millions of falsa teeth aro manu-factur ed in th is count ry every year.

Tho inventor of barbs on fence wirereceives a royalty of 820,000 a year.. Nearl y 940,000,000 ore on deposit inthe savlngu tianko of New Hampaulro.' Tola College hoe ninety instructors, 1,-200 students , and io worth $5,000,000. •

Woman oulTrago has ro»oivcd sixteendefeats io tbo Massachusetts Legislat ure.

Dirard College, Philadelphia , is to boenlarged to accommodate 200 more boyu.

Tho New-York city directory indicatesa population In that city of nearl y 1,600,-000.

Four tliouuand persons aro annuall yburied in "Potter 's. Field ," of Now-Yorkcity.

Tho Clilnetto mak e, no well nn wash ,moat ot Iho white nhirtii worn in San-Francisco. .,-Tor a wntfer of two. bottles of boor , a

Daiibiiry (Ooiid.) man recentl y swalloweda email live fiog,

Ot tlio totnj area ol tho United States ,fourty-four per ' cant , or 1,0015,000 nqiiorbmiloo in dovolod to'gra icing,

Tho mtau clo'vutlon of thin conntry iu2,000 feet nbovo oca lave], and tho aver-age annuo! rainfall iu twenty nino Inches.

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Whv lie Didn't lint Duttor."Shall Ibn lpyoii to butter , Mr. Smith 1"

nuboil the landlady of n Ulookor streetboitrnlng liouoo.

"No; ninnk you.""Don 't 30« mvt Uultu r t""No, not now. I mud to, but I've re-

formed , you know. I'm proud to iwy lam now a toiup orutn uinii. "

"I know i tint I/i don 't iico v/hy thatiihould Intorf oro with your eating butter. ''

"I don't (uho unytlilnj ! iihroug.''

3.,'utl lOothCun will Ojrjst ora. 'Oaplolu ihnllh , of Ilnutbigton lmibor ,

har j lie 'iu mliiuHij i bin blvalvca nvid a towiii,»j litii iilnc» iui .iiii«Ieil Ida otioifjon midooitiifl .'iloil liliufiblf «;» tho l)a«J < wvorloolc-iiiif Miijwilu. ' Tho Udcwoii dluaovoredflmltb obriMiIly uloop iiiof, touicliiu jjun olidin (U ptoca UU' (v cordwoail lit tok , anilnfler In king v/lmt oyntew they wanted ,wttMtiuv ity.

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iiiu,Uta , (mviv jdnt ¦fio'iiij tlclui l, ut I'VutWHloU i, In |1«» Iowm of .

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bku i •w«)l wMc!i fu' 'ii|i>h«i i vftttor ' for thoKovwuu iwit pdiil) .t»w»i tl ijftji lh ot tUHl(i\(i, i 'I'.'iii , vj ii tlc vvhu ,, dwio , tiu< 'l(«i' Mmi>i »l,vi.,fvl'il0i»|' ' «f . ' ¦' Ueu' f.t jI ; •Abbot AnmleJ iUrtto inippV tut . il ' \i i 'V<'»l tiwi . uoiil..„.., i^,r, >, »<n HBC iliHPlw J UM lllliilil. '

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"Facta Worth Knowing.

A noi.T imiiur.ii Tin: niiEXU f/ oow'Ansi, wutu u<ll£!ll!llAr, OI I.VN' f'll IUJ UAINI1 HAV.

Mil. MoG iii-iioii , July HO. —W«litiiiti«muikod tho npol yoaUi.niay wlioroGouoi'iiIG ra tit in (oho buriud i tit-da y tho cptt a^oin which GoiMj fit l i Grant . Ita* - ^waitinghtirl al vocolvoil i t . viul tntio ii, item tlm¦liglitning. Hoavy cjomlu (j iitfiOMd uvtaMt. J Mcflro f 'or.tblu ov*»iliii{{' i Mui tihwitlylifter <1 oVloolt iliii »f.in foil liijivylly, Kt» ; 'tntoVoftdor noouiiBiwy ttio po!itjiow i.w$*it ' 'nIiho fiuar. I mount which' Waa'.tD liftvo la)«mIilaqo iu , - front ' Of. tho tioif,!., U.'heu itcleared jip und who, foHo t/tia , by tor nt*ntnihllpj ( of thunder uricl ' lfanlioQo J Uight-'iiliij f, but notliln / '' of ' a ii!jr.ui(i|(ii' ' i» d,.^-eion nlarmovcw, to lliiiilil/jva'ificii;. .' l A.fi«/,.minuUu li'ofoiro , .7,' H ioif tt cabiji «"¦ tcinib fucro-'ih folloy/ml by iv'. 'l ' lintli tiif' flaali il.'iii ar iqifltSy ljIio , a volley i.V», i>irt i .»J K iI.i Vm,a ' ¦' *> .(

, nmuk(ilify. \ Vox i> »iiPi.t.-i(it ' tlu 'i Jf jj 'til ' ^lr'^iie'jmi'n'l ti> 'li4i" ,<,Vv(i»lyvil!fi<vi j (I' i. \\ (¦il;:'i)ci>

I riitou oil %illii:; ' ./ riio; Si!iti'.V ,; liw- '> ,>hu'it tf(n'

I ,lia»li», ,thij Wis«U Iclfjc .t»i)litg i'.ap0l(t Vil hy tii laA' illlilo <)il ..{.lK» ,l(i)i'«ii( itij !v.l. ', 'ilfj i.V' Iut ft ' if.Iiri. t»*voi«od in till il.ir<n;t,toiu' 'llty

' i'j|wi" WH 'I tlt foV III I H VO V W fiCl f itSty t!» !tl )(l 1>-#V.!"I «siif. -

'Iair» mul tho lltthi UCUiMw. t.i \ikuM.

LIGHTNING a* MT. MeQHEaOIt.

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