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THE CITY OF POMPEII. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ITS LAST DAYS. Hwtorjr of t be Faoioua Boriod City El. tDlv Ita(overl Made Adoq( the Kulna bully One Hundred mud Fifty Thousand lahabitaata at the Time of ltrl rucl Urn. Since 134, when the lata Lord Lyt Ud. then Sir f dward Lyiton Huiwer, published his famous novel, "The Last Pays of Pompeii.'1 so extensive h ive been tne discoveries ma le among the ruin-, of the buried city, that very lit tle of what he then wrote remans ac curate. I he ex. avaions of ttje past twenty years have laid liare sufficient to guarantee the assertion that, far fr m leing a little country seaside tjw .. a the great novel st described it 'it have been. Pomreii was a very laive city indeed, with js.siblv over one hiii red and fifty thousa id inhab itants. Kven Sir William Cell's oeau ti ill won;, compiled with so ranch latieuce and personal research, hoius no longer its osition as an infallible guide. In lKfcJ, alyut three hundred liolies had been dug out of the ruins; to-day the number reaches eo sidera blv over throe thousand. The histo y of Pompeii is Bitnple enough, its building is generally ascribed to, the Oscans, and its name is derived from the Creek "Homiieta." or storehouses," indicating its com mercial origin. It is known to have been a city of some importance ;VU years De lore Christ, but under the em pire it eems to have become a kind of Brighton of the epoch, a fashionable summer resort and watering place. Cicero had a villa in its suburbs, in which he wrote his famous "Offices ' and entertained as guests Augustus Cisai;. Balbus, Hirtius, and i'ansa. Claudius took refuge here from the ty ranny of Tiberius, and his son Drusua died within the wallsof I'ompeii, oddly enough, from the eflects of swallowing the wrong way a pear pip, which choked him. On more than one occasion the city was menaced by instruction: firs ly, A. D. t-'i, by a terrible earthquake, which Tacitus tells ua threw down half the place, and Seneca adds, killed over "six hundred sheep, anddeprfved hun dreds of persons of their reason. So great, indeed, was the terror, that many persons abandoned the city en tirely." In the course of the same year there was yet another earth quake; which was, if anything, much more terrible than the first, and traces of which are yetdis- ernible among the ruins now brought to light. The first eruption of Vesuvius of which we have authentic record oc curred in the ye.r A. IJ. 7.', on the 2-th day of August, late in the afternoon. It is memorable not only a being the one which destroyed i'ompeii and Her culaneum, and caused the death of J'liny the naturalist, but alsoasha.ing had ir' liny the younger, his nephew, as its histori n. Pliny describes the cstJiBtrophe as he himse f saw it. He t ells us that BIG COMET COMING OUR WAY. A Splendid Trelpr Iue to Come With D llatnun Ymloii l;i 111. ITaliey's comet Is coming back tbe comet which in the year lux shed ceie.tlal spieuaor over the . or roau c u uest and whose terror-in-spir ng visit was com memo ated by the haDd of 'ueen Matilda in the Bayeaux tapestry: the comet that In 14;', the year of the battle of P.el grad i, scared tbe Turk and Christian alike and was anathema ;ed by a bull from the Pope; the comet whose strange scimltcr form still chilled the marrow of the ignorant and su perstitious at its latest return in 18(5. It is yet faraway, says, the Providence Journal, but the eye of sc ence sees it, already within the orbit of Neptune, rushing sunward and earthward with constantly in creasing velocity as It tails along the steep curve of lt orbit And a call to arms, a call for preparation, has just been Issued from one of the chief watch towers of astronomy. Prof. Glasenapp announces that the com puting bureau established by the Kussiwn Astronomical Society has undertaken the calculation of tbe true path of Halley's comet with a view to predicting the exact date of tb next return. He hopes that as tronomers acquainted with unpub lished ob ervatlons or the comet will communicate tbe information to tbe society. After It's perihelion the comet was watched letreatirg out Into space unMl May, la:p, when it was tinalir swallowed from sight. It will be in perihelion again about Jyll, but with the great te.escopes now in existence, and the greater ones that may then bave been con structed. It Is probable that tbe comet will be detected coming sunward a year or more earlier than that. Tbe fact that tbe labor of computing tbe precise Dme of its return Is already limit to bMln Klves assurance that oaxt time It will not be a ques- of now eaany day, but rathe of many boars, or even minutes, , csJealatloos will ba la error. It is bardar fnr a ntaa to rsfose MftblB b likea. because It lan't jsJ for alsa, toao It la for a wotaao. l oBAHcaU always Moving tka there had been many knocks ( f earth- cuake before, una one Slight one in j the morning, from thii epistle wa gather that the first warning of a seri ous nature occurred at Pompeii at alioul 4 in the afternoon. Ah through out the e ening and night iong scenes ot unexampled horror took place. "Nothing there was to be heard but the shrieks of women and chi.dren; the cries of men: some ca ling for parents, others for husband and wives, others upon their favorite gods; one lamenting his own fate, ano her that of his family: some wishing to die lrom the very fear of dy.ng: out the greater pa t imugin ng that -the last and eternal night wa come which wag to destroy the world and its gods to gether. Meantime a rain ol fire Tell around us, mined with cinders and ashes, which we were ob i god now and then to shake o i. otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap." When day did appear and e.en the sun peeped out, ' the night which greeted the eyes of the great naturalist's uephew a .d his mother, "a rurpu ent and elderly laiy,'' who 'had frequently urged her son to abandon her and bave himself," but wh.cn he nobly ana dutnully refused to do, was extraordinary indeed. "F.very object which presented it self to our eye seemed changuu, being covered over with white ashes, like a deep snow. We returned to .msen.im. where we refreshed ourselves as best we could, and passed another anxious night between hoe and fear though, indeed, with a much larger share of the latter, for the earthquake still continued, while several foolish per sons ran up and down, heightening their own and their friend's calami ties by their terrible predictions." On this memorable night, Hert-ula-neum, a much larger city than I'om peii, was destroyed by a kind of now of liquid lava, which, pouring itself iLto every crevice, has rendered attempts to recover the remains almost fruitles. Pompeii, however, was buried under a thick coating of ashes, which have rather preserved than damaged it: so that, as a rule, the houses are un earthed entire and pretty nearly in their original condition, the frescoes fresh as if painted but yesterday. und even art icles of food are found just where they were left l. -Ki years ago. From cer tain indications it seems evident that during the first four centuries of our era many slight excavations were made, possibly with a view of unearth ing hidden treas res, and that even a village or so was built on the night of the once great city: but in ill another vigorous eruption destroyed the huts and so scared the people that, until 1 4X, no further attempts were made to uncover what nature, in on? of her freaks of temper, had so artfully concealed. In that year, however, a peasant, when digging a well, found a painted chamber containing1 statues an i other ob eels of interest King Charles II, of Naples, in whom the dis overies of Herculaneum had awak eneu a desire for further explorations, orders I the e cavations uo be cont n ued. In i . ".", the amphitheater- was laid bare, anl since then until now, and notubiv during the last ten years, the works have guno on pretty steadily. Showing His Hpirit. Mr. X. is a gentleman of reruarka ble firmness and courage. There Is no man iu N who r.des his house bo d with stricter d.scipliue at least so he says himself, and, of cou se, he ought to know. The other day he and some others were discussing the conduct of a re peatedly henpecked friend. "ror my part," said Mr. X. loftily, "I cannot understand a man subm t ting to be tyranni.cd over by his ! wife. ow Mrs. ,. knows me. I j have taught her to obey that my i w, 11 is law and I should just like to see her rebel, that's all." 1'nfortuuaf.ely some malicious per son carried his words In a .-.uucb ex aggerated form to inrs. A. That singularly obedient dame was not to he t ifled with On her husband's arrival she immediately attacked him about bis unworthy conduct. He henitated, stammered, apologLed, whereupon she grew violent. "How dare you, si ? How dare you talk of me in that manner be fore a pack 0! your boon companions? The man who should protect me laughs at me publicly! It's out rageous! I tt'li you I've a good mind to " Here she seized a long-handled hro m a movement so suggestive that her husband precipitately lied upstairs to a bedroom. She followed at his heels, burst in after him. and found that he bad taken refuge under the bed Come out, you mean wretchl" she cried, prodding blm with tbe broom. "Easy, Ma ie, easy!" expostulated the unfortunate husband. "You great coward come out, I say!" with another vigorous prod. "Never, Marie, never! I'll never come out while I've the spirit of a man!" gasped tbe fugitive, shrinking closer to tbe wall. Mr. X., bowever, ultimately sur rendered. He now maintains a dls-. ereet reticence regarding h i domestic relations "I can't understand," said Mr. , Potts, "bow it is that all tb I aaarcbittt ran so to whiskers. It ! smkm to me that tbe man wbo . docsa't bave to submit to tbe tor ture of a barber ought to b the , Boat peaces bis person la tbe world." jJ ' ' V-lW-,' .acrilt- AM 1 DAN CAME WHISTLING BACK. A Htorjr of SlaTy Day, la Wblrk a Loyal and I-1 1 ll LHtrky ricurvd. A group of gentleman, mostly from Pixie, were discussing certain phases of the institution of slavery as it existed in their region, at one of the downtown hotels, says the Washington Post The faith ulness of the b ack man to his iiin-ter was heartily attested by those present, nearly all of whom had owned slaves. 'There never was a more loyal subject than the old-time plantat on darkv," said .Major Ce rge t . rirti n of Columbus, Ca. The ircentage o slaves who tried to ea n their fee dom by ruoningaway was very small, which was the best p oof o tbei contented lot. My father had emi grated roui South Carolina to l corgi a. br nging with him about thirty negroes, In themselves consti tuting a respectable fortune, lie was a thrifty planter, and. with the aid of his colored va-'ais, his worldl . p'jhsessii ins increased rapidly Amoiik' the numir was a treat, strapping fellow named Dan. wh rom the fact of his ability to do alwiut twice t he work of an average hund arid also for his liond dls oitl n, was a pnu:e f.ivorite on the place. Ian was really the fret of the family. lie ould shuck more corn and pick more cot- I ton than any of bis colleagues, and j withal was as- amiable as a child. One summer nik'ht lan le!t his cab.n and walked up to the 'big house' as the servants sty ed the resilience ui their owner. lie found my futiier sealed oa the veranda smoking his p pe, and. coming toliim, said, -Mars George. I've got a favor to ax of yuu ' " Well what is it. Pan?' " 'You knows I've a twin brother bark in .-out Caliny. dat 1 ain'l seed in eleven vears. I wants you to let j mevro on a little v sit to Fee . eubcu, for I thinks a heap of dat tmy.' "Well, the upshot of it was th.it the necessary consent was g veu. There was no railroad i l j et than At lanta, but Dan thought little ol walking that distance. When the . day came for him to start he was the happiest mortal on earth. Father gave nim a nice suit of clothes and plenty of pocket money. He was to i be back in six weeks. Some of our neighbors prophesied that we had ' seen the last of Dan. but not so. 1 rec jllect the night wnen he came down the road whistling a merry tune He had cn.oyed a great time with his brother, and the six weens was up to a day." Darling l ittle Willie. "Madam!" exclaimed the indignant neighbor, 'your littl t hoy has not a hatchet and h won't give it up " "Oh, well! let tb. little darling have it," ;eplied the fond mother. "Hut he's braiidisrfing It alout his head anil chasing the other children around the yard." "He's crying, 'L'gh! I'gh! Whoop!' isn't he!"' ' That's exactly what h 's doing." Yes, my pet likes to play Indian Does he cry, 'Me scalp pale.ace.'' " "Ye but don't you see" "Oh, let the little fellow eny himself. He takes such pleasure in i the sport," said the fond mother. ; "But he'll bit ono of the others:" ' cried the indignant neighbor frautic , ally. j "Not intentionally." returned the i fond mother. "He never means to ! hurt anyone." ! "No, but he does sometimes, aid ! it's dangerous, madam it's danger ous." ! '-Perhaps It is." sai 1 the fond ! mother, thoughtfully. I he went to the window and called out: "Willie, If you hit aDy of the chil dren with that hatchet I'll whip you and put you to bed." As she resumed her seat, she said to the ind gnaut neighbor: "You need have no fears. I hate ; to punish Will, but 1 promise you , that I will If he hits one of the chil dren." And she cannot understand now why the neighbors will not allow their children to play with Willie. Jvew York Journal. Curve Pitching. There are some' people still whore fuse to believe that a baseball can travel out of tbe straight line be tween the pitcher's box and the home plate on its way to the catcher It has been proved again and again that a ball can be "curved," by u now well known experiment. Two stakes are set up so that tbe pitcher stand ing behind one cannot hit a mark on the kit side of the other in a straight line, the ball passing to tbe :lght of the first Indeed, a short while at;o, a uotsd colledge pitcher was offered a 1 , 000 by an old gentle an of his acquaintance if be co.ild prove to his satisfaction that a baseball could lie pitched in a curve. Tne pitcher at once set up to stakes In his back yard and curved the ball around them In fine style. Put the old gentleman insisted that tbe whole thing was an optical delusion, and is no more con vinced than ever. v Every boy Knows how ha d It Is to bat an "out-curve" or a "drop," and after be has struck out a lew times wants no one to prove to him there is such a thing as curve pitching. There Is lltt e use in trying to ex. plain the theory of this performance here, as many scientific papers bave wr tten on It, wb.ch, after all, wo .ld not h lp a man to toss a tennis ball. The final twist g.ven tbe ball as t leaves tbe hsnd makes a spinning motion, so that there Is more resist ance by tbe iilr on one side or tbe other, and tbe ball Is forced out of a straight line by unequal pressure on one of Its side. . Tub Increase of oar manufacturing products was from 15,000,000,000 in ism) to $0,000,000,000 ia i8a TiiBRcara 1,000 oos good thinker. good talkers to OUR RURAL READERS. SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL INTEREST THEM. Hnw to Make a liixxl Clod Crah-' Vr. t II or Truck Faruiinc A .r.ln 1.I and Strae Huow-trult aixl I'ouHrjr farm Not-. The illustration herewith presents new iuea in trie line o; vanb-n con veniences a convc'iieiice. however, that will be appreciated when locat ed alongside of one's garden. If gar dening is made a feiuire of any prominence whatever. A small In expensive house close to the garden wdl le ver. useful on many occasio s A UKIX Tool. ASH Kii.Imi.E mun. and for numerous purpo-.es. Here can be placed the garden cait or oar row, the hoes, rakes shovels, an 1 the forks that are continually need ed. Here cm l-e placed the com mercial fertile er to be u-ed as need ed and in the upper i art an l,e stored the ilant protectors, bean jioies and other sticks and stakes that are needed by the gardener. Put i of Miccial va ne will such a building 1 at barve t time, cpecia!l.v if one piake- a business of producing a large 'jiiantity of any one f ml or M'gctal le. It then becomes a sort ing bou-e where the cro i can be car ried and prepared for market or stor age. A luencau Agriculturist, A WheH l.ttnil Meannre. A device for accurately measuring off any piece of levi i land Is given herewith. An old wheel from some cast-oir bu.'gy or other vehicle is re quired, and may be of any convenient sie. Make and tlx the handles as shown, so that the wheel may revolve easily on its avis. To ue the de vice, mark one spoke with a strip of cloth or a dab of white paint, and WHEEL LANU UEAfiCBE. roll the wheel carefully along tbe de sired boundary with a stake or other object as a gu.de for th eye. Count the number of revolutions the wheel makes as the distance is traversed by the wheel, and by multiplying the number of these revolutions by the the circumference of the wheel the length in feet may 1 found. To get the clreumfcren e, the wheel may be measured with a tape line or string. Farm and Home. Sowing Cl.ver S,L Upon farm ng land tlia' Is cult -vated by crop ro ation, ( lover should be sown if it Is practicable to do so. For enr.ching the soil red clover s no doubt one of the best leguminous plants, as it g owsrank and sends Us roots down deep into the soil How ever, where a permanent pasture or meadow is desired, timothy should be sown with clove at the rate of four quarts of timothy to live or six fjuarts of clover The ftrt year the clover will be prominent, the next year less clover, and the third season wholly timothy. lor the benefit of the soil the next season after seed ing, wholly with clover. If the me dium red variety, It should be cut In June or early In July for hay, and later lor seed. This double cropping i sends the roots deeper In the soil, : which Is Just what is wanted, and is found to IjC more benellcial than ! simply close pasturing. Alsike does; well, makes good hay, but does not enrich the soil like red clover. Al falfa w.ll be the best for dry climates, j Satting Pence I'imu. 1 Posts that are to be placed In a clay soil Which Is liable to heave by the action of frost, will retain their orginal position longer If they are j set in dug holes Instead of being driven. I nless all the sharpened portion Is placed below the action of Ihn front, and Avan iKpn If at. Mm ! time of freezing the soil is soaked with water, the action of frost, Is liable to ra se the post upward. How ever, as soon as the rrost leaves the soil a few blows on top of the post with a heavy maul will return it to its original depth, which could not be so easily done if the post was square at the bottom, as earth would fall in the cavity. On most soils sbar end posts are best, and when of durable material like cedar, oak, or chestnut, and where the fencing material is wt e, a post four In bes In diameter will last as long and be Just as serviceable as one sii or mora inches In diameter, and tbo cost la usually less. Taat rat Olawrsjailaa, Most people can easllr distinguish between geouiue butter and IU vari ous imitations by the flavor. Dut t'V.; IT':1"' I' " : ll. : mm there is an immense amount of vt-rr ly-l.avore 1 butter which in do , U tter than oleomargarine. A ts thit will aiwa.s d stinguish genuine butte lrom its counteileits has t n i discovered by lr. Hen y Le Im.m of j Philadelphia. A spoonful or two of ' the san pie is i ut In a narrow cup and ifuickly heated to the lulling point. 1. it Is true butter it will , lii quietly and foam up in a mass of fine bubbles often overflowing over tne si. ie of the cup If it is butter, ine or oleomargarine, the sample when be.ited will foam up but little but will crackle and patter as it Imils. Alter one or two tna e, any one can dec.de w th e tainiy what the sample o:'.ered consists of. o fraud can cs a this test. fruit and I'onltry. A irfiultry grrwer says that tn fruit grower can combine fruit grow ing and poultry ra sing without oc cupying more land than would be re quired tor one pursuit, and the re suits from tbe orchard an 1 from the bens would I more satistactory. The fow s can lie made to asgint n prole ting the fees by giving them joo-e soil for dusting near the truiu of the tree-, and pl.ic ng their dr nk ing water under the trees and feed ing tbciu at the Lase of each tree. M-ivnhlt Vmr.l for f'otili rr. A convenient portable Viird for fowls Is shown in the illustration. This yard is especially designed or tho-e who keep ikju! s ry in cities, and are not ab.e to let tbeiu run in the ga'deti. It is six fe.'t long, three feet wide, and two feet high. It Is made of strips which a:e thirteen feet long, l ive of these strips will PORTABLE roUl.TBT T.CX. be needed to make a frame of this si.e. I irst make the frame for the top and sides Two of the frames should be made si : by two feet, two three by two feet, and one six by thiee feet They should all le covered with coarsely wo en wire fencing. The illustration shows the frame put together w thout the wire. These frames are to le fastened together by the mortised joint shown at a. and pinned with wooden pins or na Is A door may be put in on one side to suit tbe one who Is making the. yard. This yard Is casit , moved alwut ou the gra-s or ground. l'r-llt itf Trurk r'armlnjj. An association of farmers in Kent Cou lty, on the Kasteru Snore of Maryland, has 'ent a comru ttee to investigate the prolits of market gardening, or truck farming, as the phrase is. In 1 ancaster County, Pa The committee returned to reimrt having seen one farm of e'ghty acres fnm one-halt of which a market gardener soid yearly s,lii,0(i0 worth or fruits and vegetables, and another farm of twenty acres that yielded a gross sum of tV)00 per year. An other market gardener bad a proiit of (i,iioo yearly from sx a res, and still another sells from Sl.i.OoO to u, o(io worth of products from ninety acres. The committee urges tie members or the association to give up peach culture and t .rn to u arket gardening. S ch a change of policy moans almost a soc al reolutlon in a community of aristocratic tradition, where lands have been long in family jOsse-Bwi and where laud-holding Is a badge of respectah iity. It means the substit tion of small culture for large, and the breaking up of la ge holdings, beca ise few land owners have s in cient capital to undertake market gardening. ou a great scale. (.o.1 t'liel t rtmhir. To make a clod crusher similar to thu one snown here, which, it may be said is a good one, take three CLOD CBCHHEB. light poles 4 or 5 in. In diameter and or ft. long: also a plank 1 or H in. wide. In front two pieces, -,xt, are bolted across, each piece being notched. This rough evener will crush lumim. even the Held and smooth the horses' tracks. It is stated that 41 out of every 100 persons in the I'nlted States are agr culturists, M In Canada, 4 , in Fran, e, 17 In Germany and 7 in Eng land. Kxi'Ekimknts In seeding oats In dicate that eight pecks jx) r acre is about the correct amount; of seed to use, the largest yield of grain being derived from tht quantity on the land. Sii HoraniKR sheep have performed great service In Improving the com mon flocks, but the test mutton breed is conceded to be the South down, though it is not as large in sle as the Shropshire. A nisTiNot'iHiiKO fruit-grower, In an address before the agricultural students of the Ohio State University, gave It as his opinion tbat you can sell 5,000 bushed ot pears of one kind more easily than you can dispose of one load of mixed varieties. The value of farming land In this country Is greatest In New Jersey. It 1881 It averaged: New Jersey, Hft; Massachusetts, 150; Ohio, I Ml; New York, 144; V ermont, 138, Mary land, :; Wisconsin, 123, and In soma Western States less tbao 16 par acre. I t ... N" St- ?r-i-aaaaaWMa-Maai I Q'JXljl- - '-Lj THE BYCYCLE AND THE BULL. Tha rurmrr Got Mllf Bu.upla I anJ tba Latter llrofca Mia Nefk. A recent occurrence In the neigh borhood of Wei l beste.r, Pa., adds I wo items to our Hock of Informa tion S4 s the v jsningtou t ost The tlisl item Is that a bull ctn be in furiated '' something besides a red rag. and the M-con I Is that a thor oughly imuriated bull cao ovmke the aveiage bicc'e. All of which is important It seems that ohn llarsey of Palt more, accompanied by two fr end , was making a tour of the country on hs bcce. The party had ev denll. made encou. ag ing progress, 6ince they h id got as far as uest Chester, winch must le nea ly ninety m ks from l(ali;moie. Purtiiermore they h id done this with out any h stile demons-ration on tim part u' the iiihah. Lints. Notedly seems to have si) t at ihcin or even thrown stones or bad language at the n. Tbe heavy plegm me tenir ameiit of the 1 enns.v Ivama lui h had born the invasion with equa nimity, and the invaders had every reason to suppose that tliey wo ild reach Philade.phia without provok ing any c.rcai popular outburst of ie sen tin cut. Vhile passing along a road In East (iosbeii Township, however, the bi cyclers attracted tbe attention of a bull, 'lhe bull apparently was u t plilegmat c. He seems on the iou tr.iry, 10 have U-cu a hot headed and Impulsive bull, and the sight of tbe three P.aitimore gentlemen on wheels goaded him to lury. Piobably they said something ollcni-lve to him. Probably t bey h id red faces or dis played sanguine temperaments, or laughed ironically as tiny went by. Tti.it is as may lie. Put the bull pawed one paw, bellowed one bellow, and to k after them. It is more than likely that John Harsey thought it rather a joke to be pursue 1 by a lumbering brute 1 ke a bull, and t Id bimsc.f that be would astonish that besotted animal before be got through with In m. The average bicycler Is a haughty person, and his p tying scorn of things that go on legs is as pro found as It is genuine. Mr. llarsey had not gone very far, however, be fore be realized that just astern of him was a o,uadri'ped of great activ ity and bott tu. In fact, to make a Jong sto y short, the bu I caught Mr. llarsey. tore his b;cy le all to pieces, tossed the gentleman himself aUiut with great enthusiasm and finally, in an effort to erase Mr. lUrsey ent rely from tbo equation, fell down and broke his own neck. Mr. llarsey was collected by his r.ends and ca -ried piecemeal to the hospital. The bull was, we suppose, turned over to the butcher, and so the incident closed. The Reporter's Plttle Mlaiake. A reporter in this city who Is well known had an exoerlen. e last week w hich bo dcred on the emlwrrassmg; that is, It would have 13en embar rassing to any average man, but It Is not reasonable to sUjijKise that this reporter, though voung, was " non plussed even a little bit He was assigned to interview a distlng Ished gentleman who lnes in a palace on the hill. At the door the reporter was met by a young lady, ce ebrated even in i.incinnall, tor her good looks. "Is Mr. . In" asked Mr. Meet foot "I'm sorry to sav he Is not," was the gracious answer. "I was sent out," said the rejiort er, "to interview him aloiit a little matter and will call again." He was becoming perceptibly Im pressed by the witching face before him. No doubt he would l.ke to call again. The young lady, too, m ght have bad some Impressionable clement in her makeup, or at least she had a natural curiosity to know who the reenter was. "Won't you leave your card," she said, "iirotner can call jou up by telephone when he comes in ' There's where the boy made a mis take. He ought to have Insisted on calling again, but he foigot himself and said: "Yes, I guess I had 1-etter leave my card," and suiting the action to tbe work, he delved Into his card case and left his card, as he thought, The young lady turned to the light to scan the card, and Mr. Hect foot at the same instant turned regretfully, with scarc-dy a conven tional good evening. He had scarcely taken a step when the young lady said, in a voice filled with merri ment "Oh, I lieg your pardon, but am i to consider this an Inv tatlon Ut din ner, or have you made a mistake." Pleclfoot turned back and received the card from her outstretched hand. It was his meal ticket. He made a II shing correction and a hasty de parture C ncinnatl Tribune.. Waatetl Time. In the nresent state of t ho - - wi i classes, the remarks maae by a writer in a foreign maga.ine, should be well weighed, lie says, in effect tbat a prolific source of time wasted by discontented workmen, it the In- 5u.ii lent preparation that is often made for tbe work attempted, a very large i ro ortlou of the suffering to the unemployed at this time comes from the cause, With thousands of men and woman asking for work it is as dl i cult as ever In many depart ment to find 'killed or even ffleclent laborers Few w 11-prepare i and cap able workers are Idle vven In these hard times Those wbo tblnk to save time by skip Ing tbe necessary disci line and drill, an rusblng Into tbelr work with little instru tion or practloa, are but laying tbe founda tion for lifelong dlsapointment Tbi smallest man may have tba most commanding presence.