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HER OPINION. To-dey,” aald bn, "I graduate. What ahall 1 do, will you ad via* Bfaall 1 atay barn to try rny fata Or aenk tba Want where Fortune Ilea?’ ••It raata with you what I ahall do; Hay but the word and I will atay. But It you bid me go frotn you, Again my heart muat neada obey." "l think," neld aba, “ware you to go, "You'd find that plan by far tha brat." Than In bla ear aha whiepered low. "I'm vary aura we'll Ilka tha Wmt," —Hanvann I.auroo*. IMIROF LOVERS. I believe, on rny word, that a wor thier creature titan (Jroat of '70 never drew the breath of undergraduate life. No man ever talked to him lor five ... min it tee without liking the *imple, horient nouI. He came ef a family that had turned out college graduate* for at leant live generation* hack, and hi* father wa>* a hard working country doctor up in New Ifampeliire, moat nepectahl* jteople indeed, who net rnucii value on education. Natural ly, then, Archibald panned bin en tranc* examination* with credit, and be *oon marie clear bin determination to go tiirougii Inn courae in mo*t ex emplary fanhlon. We quickly found out that tliougli Oroat'ncaparitie* were but barely re* pert able, be yet in tended to make tbe uiont oil hem. II in hent quality of mind wuna prodigou* memory, and at he wan a hard reader, it often happened that tie not infre quently put brighter and la/.ier men tonhameaud confunion, ft wan on micb occanionn that Archibald wun coriternpuounly net down hy the van quished an a "mere grind," and an it happened thene occanionn were pain fully frequent, tiro at. got credit lor a degree ol plodding mediocrity which lie tli/l ti/.f utlitilk fli'Miirtfi Afifl whiffi Archibald took the Hopbomore prim U>r Latin veree, for which we all back ed his room mate, Jack Malmsey even that hardened failure was pro voked to oftserve (it was at a subse quent meeting ofthe "Pipe and Bowl Brotherhood" and the great defeated was himself In the chair), -lar k, then, Isay, was nagged into retorting: "I'm worry you lost your money on me, gen tlemen, hut let this teach you that the dish of herbs goes farther with the midnight oil than the stalled ox with out it," We all applaud* d this neat metaphor, hut Jack apologized for it a moment afterward ami drank the health of his chum and conqueror, Groat, in a steaming glass o! punch, Aichibald was not present. As a reading man he scorned the Brother H hood. lie loathed the flowing howl and would have preferred a sea-voy age to smoking a pip* One of those eyrie fatalities of tm- Freshman'* lot *hod made him Jack's roommate, and though in a very short time lie found he had strayed Into the tent of •he Philistine, lie nenr bent a retreat. Whenever i'rex, whose prime favorite Archibald was, hinted that lie might perhaps find more congenial quarters, Arehy gravely said lie felt it ids duty to remain where he was, nor could all the prayers of ids own set—the Kni gar as we dubbed the non fraternity, plodding lellows -change his resolu tion, They never culled on Archi bald and would sooner have gone in to a den of lions. Nor would Jack give up Ids chum. At tfie end of three months he had tak«n a violent likingto him. If e cal led < front various ly Ids < mod Genius, ids Monitor and Ids Bright Example and vowed Archibald's influence was worth more than the lectures of a full term. I am afraid Groat only tolerated Jack and stayed with him less from love than a pure sense ol duty. And, in truth, how much respect could a serious, labor ious. irreo.'oactiahle youth have foi Much nn Idle, careleee, roiatering ecupe grace? Malmeey w«* bright enough, poor Groat would groan, but- how de plorably indifferent to hie advantage*! Jack wiim the editor ol the college pa per, the ornament of tlie beet frate' nity, tiie cboeen bard of every fe«tive occaeion.an incomparable debater and ha<i a realgeniue for moral philoeophy; but he wan out all night and every night; he had invented the "Gany mede" punch and organized that bac chanalian Brotherhood; lie played jioker; he ran after shop girl*; he owed awful euni* to the tailor and the livery. Often and again aa Jack would come nomily into their etudy at midnight, with eyie bright and ciu-ekM tlueiied, to lind hoiieMt Groat digging away at the next drty'a Greek leeeon, that young man would look up never* ly and eardonirally remark; "You are in early to-night." "Keen drinking you're health, Arch, old hoy." Jack would ilng out cheer P Hilly. "Why don’t you join uef Good teiloweliip'e the oil of mduNtry, you inuety old miner of time! A* we treed the |mlhwny lilgl trading on tu gb>ry. (lit we'll think of Z»t* Pel tainc .l in wing und etory,” “If you'd drink my health leee oft en," Mi. Grunt would rejoin coldly, "It would l>« much to the *d veiling* ol your own." "There goe* my monitor," Jack would laugh "What would I do with out iiiv paragon? Write out thu»» llin *, Uiere'e a good lellow, and I I. glau e over 'em in the morning," and the gract-le** w amp Would go off roar mg tu l-ed. Ilf. Malmeey left colieue In hie Jun ior year, an uiniennlly llagrwul breach ol order, making hie elimination mi j»ia'l\e. We knew vaguely that lie had gone' 'Into jaunialuon ‘and heard more or hate Haltering m- mint* of him, now tn Koelon, now tu I bn ago,now in 10m t»r, and at last In dan k’rainiwu, where we Ioet trace of Mm entirely, Groat'a pale face Imi the look of vale it had worn (or two > ear*, anl hegrado * e1 id at la»t with humtre to lake a place aa lea chef of I .aim ami natural erteme In the lovely city of New flat en. tu Ilia pul tubed and tehn»»l virile* of that eulighletmd town, lot met Mm featxdle Norwood, and In due touree ol time tumid him»etl UM dleguMilly hi lute with her And there * a* no douht that Mi*e Itelie wa* a lively and > banning ilea lure at th!« |<e*iod il her Ufa. Mhe had big, sarneat, black eyea and the red dest of lips, and the slimmest, neatest little figure imaginable. But what heightened and set dfl the*# attrac tions of person and gave them lasting flavor ami value, was hsr assumption of severe and uncompromising mte* 1 actuality. The daughter of a resident professor,she felt it beneath her hered itary character to care for the objects and pursuits of tha young women of the day. Indeed, site bad no small contempt for that type of the feminine charac ter which found satisfaction In the pursuits of shopping, of driss, of fancy work, of Howells' novels, of alas! the gay and dapper undergrad u ate and the sprightly and amiable tutor—of Man In fact, In any of those shapes by which he ap|x<al* to well bred young womanhood fri New Ha ven. Miss Belle lord a soul above these trifle*. Her lectures ami her classical concerts, her German and her histori cal course, her Wednesday* at the Microscopical Society, and her Hatur days at the Mission School took up most of her time. If she deigned to converse with a man under 40, you may b« sure only such topics wetej/er milled as tended to enrich the mind and improve the underst anding. Him did not dance, Hhe only cared for moonlight as an illustration of flu power of solar rays in reflee* ■ lion. Three were better than two, at all times, In her opin on, and woe unto that Vandal who thought these pretensions non sensical and a bore and ventured to pay a compliment to the young holy’s eyes. He got his walking papers In short order. If the truth he told, this eccentric young woman could not cook nearly as well as her younger sister, who was strongly arid feted to the aforesaid trilb-e. But that was o' small consequence since, if she ever f bought of marriage, is was in Hit 1.1 A I Mll./I Ot.il Min<l in th* Nearcli (or Truth, a 'Oil* d it Ion of high thinking and ft* low liv ing a* wa* ti«ce**ary. After Mr, Croat had ronver*«d with tbi* young lady a *eor« of time*, lie, had rca*on to flatter lilnmelf that he had made a good impression. And Mm* Norwood afterward eonle»*«d that, Arehihald Croat wa* at that time quite h«r ideal of a rming young man. There woe nothing lemarkahle in hi* look*. Hi* light hair wa* comb «d hack *o a* to make the moet of hi* nuhby forehead, hi* etraw colored moustache had a thonglitful droop and hi* black coat, gray trotmer*, eat m tie and trim hoot* were a *cholarly and gentlemanly costume. Me used only the finest cambric handkerchiefs, nnd the con*lderable ho*om of hi* shirt wa* alway# immaculate. Me wn» a college tutor now, and doing very well. Mm* Norwood thought lit tleof Id* person. which, *ure, wa* un objectionable; it wa* lii* good seme and »erIon*nee* that pleased her. Me 0(tended none of her prejudice*. They talked only on grave subjects, and *Jie found Archibald'* mind wa* well *tored wit it u*eful and accurate Infor mat ion, If they wer# on the water it wa* t he habit* of the (i*he* that oc cupied their thought*, or the botanic al curioNitie* along *hore. When they walked abroad on the Inti*, Mr, Croat alway* carried a hammer, convenient for Hie Ntiidy of geology. If they looked at the*tai*ft wa* to seek an ex pected comet or di*eu** the theory of an intermercurial planet, Thesly rogue *ent her no extravagant hothou** flower*; not he. An early Caltlia l'« lu»tri», hit* of mineral, queer coin*, odd specimen* ol all kind* were Id* votive offering*. One* lie ventured to present her with a hook, It wa* The Dog, An introduction to the Study of Vertebrate Animal*, The young lady wa* not Insensible of hi* respectful devot ion. t )ne day lie grew hold enough to a*k In-r to marry Idm and wa* quite *urpri*ed at hi* own ardor. Hhean*wered gravely that *lie iiiill \*'vy wen mi'i rOTjwi him• more limit wont men of lit* age. but— but *he feared *he didn’t like him well etiougii for that, and tie must wait. They *hook hand* eedatcly a* tiiey parted It wa* while Mr. Groat’*affair* were at tlii* hopeful *tage, and he wav read ing very contentedly in Id* room* one night that file door w«* thrown open wit Ii a hang and Homebody entered with a ru»h and *laiip«d him on the ehoulder, and *oinet*xly’* voice, with a fain liar ring, cried "Groat ! Arehy, you old worm eaten, dog-eared hor init! Don’t you know me?” "Why, l le*M my *oul'” murmured Archibald, "if It Un't Malmmey! <lra cion* me, how you've changed, Malm *ey! How do you do?” "Do? Magnificently old chap,” *ay* the hand*ome.hearty fellow, throwing himeclt into Arcluhald'* ea*ie»t chair and emiuiig at linn in the old way. “Been down at Newport with Tom Lennox,who live* line, you know,and I'm to *top over with him a day or*o and go tiie round*. Lot* of nice girl* here. Tom *»y», eh, you ra»cal? Been in New York lor the la«t year—oil the Toc»m. Hull driving a quill, you **e. It'* all I'm lit lor, I ruppose. Heard you were here amt came right tin. Glad you're doing well, but why aren't you married?” Jack rattled thi* off hreat hl*»*ly, and hur*t out laughing when Mr Groat reddened and ainqwicd at the lad word*, latmdn 'e me.you dog, or I II find her nut myaetl. Who t* t lie lucky winner of ■iichapri**''” A mil hen they tell to talking about the old day* amt the old friend* till neardaylight, Hut Jack could not g> t tit* nroinUe oi an introduction to the aul»i**t of III* old chuni1* tacit tonftHMiou, not ncii her name, for An blbnld wa* a prodent and timoroo* Imaf ami wattled no •ueii good looking reprobate a* Mr. Juhn Malmaey «|i»tu btitg Ml** Nor* woud'a i bade ami a *1 initio loadlla Ilona. Ami til* better to rmua him •ell lea tmehal to go oil lo Hartford th* very MR tuny on a long delayed vtait to a loanlto anal. Ami *o it Sa|>|ieuv>l Ibal when the uueonat ioue man «a* Well on hi* Rooney rbm ti ling o>ar id* •trateg?. Mi Tiioaia* laMinog wa* bating tb« great phaaure ol preventing Mr, M*im«ry to h'» lOUaltt, Mi** Nutwood \t bat a week th*l wo*'" that week ol )nuir lh lit* haht‘« aiwwute ami wbeit i fear b* war niiawd by Ml* Norwood mu* It lea* than he hoped. Tom I-ennox, rich, popular, idle, outrivalled him •elf in device* to diveit Mr. Halm •ay and prolong iii* stay. What yachting iiartie* on the Hound; what drive* to Hahin Hock; what picnic* tc the hermit'* cave; what dinner par tie* crowded tho*w seven day* ari not ea«y to describe. Mi** Norwood, a* one of the family, thought *h< ■liould accept her cou*in‘* invitation) and help entertain id* gne*t, thougl •ho felt a twinge of reproach at *c much frivolity, and once wondered how Mr. Oroat would act. in caee in were along. In truth Mr. (iioat would not have taken well at all in that gay company. Mi*» Norwood, for tin first time, bad met in Mr. MaliiiMey i man of letter* in th« grab of a man o fashion, a philosopher who wa* al*oi man of the world, a geniu* who wai perfeetly unaffected and a gentlemai who, on five thousand a year, wiu badly in debt and reprehenelblv un concerned about it, Kor, as hi* in timacy with Mi** Norwood pro grcNMcd, Mr, Jack not only rea, ill* MHH. t*> iier (from hi* tendei and delicate maga/ine ver»e* t,< lit* reddiot political leader*), hut con fide,| to tier Id* various scrapes, *htlti and difficult!#*, past and present, 11, wa* a charming companion, and talk e,l about everything. Me had beer every where, knew everybody, am Deemed to ha' e *01111 led the depth* o alt tiling* from the Whit e Moum kftch en to (lie pliilosphy ot Kant, Hut In wa* lamentably Ignorant of man] name* and date* and tacta generally and indeed se ined to glory In hii darkness. Me * aid a mind burdened with too many f/iet* wa* a shallot archipelago, where there waen'teiiougl to navigate deep thought*. In far Jar k was a man of Ideas, with an un scientific education, Mr. Oroftt, now wa* a man of scientific education and, *lm *ald to her** If for tlie lir* time, without a *higlu natural Idea Could a contraat ha more perfect Him knew elm reepeeted the *«eond and *lm felt elm ought to di*upprov< the liret. Of courge elm married Jack when In nuked her, and *wore a reftmal wouh kill him and 1 know not what non *en*e be* Id etc How lie overcame In i temple* ogaiimt hi* debt, hut mwpti clem and Id* indifference to facte never knew. Probably he vowed ft reform,and I knowed he owed notblni when he married. But when poo Archibald culled again with a wonder lul lizard In alcohol Im hod pick til up it Hartford, and found Belle nihhlfni chocolate* over a copy of Mr*. Brown lug, and a huge hompiet of hothouNi flower* hewlde her, the gift of Mr Malmeey, he felt In* cnee wa* lo*t Thi* wa* before Mr. Jock hail *poken though, to he *ure, he Io*t no tune, "I thought," *ny*poorzlmpleGrout deNimrafely, ' you didn't care for - foi •lien thing*." and he looked murder Otmly at the flower* "Why, Indeed, I do," answered Mi nerva *wecl.ly, "Mo*t women lovt beauty and fragrance in flowct* or u hook*." For the chry*ah* of thi* young worn un’* heart wa* unfolding and the hut terlly wa**tli rmg within. WhutHpecia Providence I* it that enwrap* tin heart* of mijorrlor women with upeclotn m«*lie* ol intellectual ambition*, will thread* of proud purpoee* and *oli tary triumpti* ami all *ort* of frigid umdiared pijr*iiit* until the right timi come*, and pamniou heat* upon tin web, and In tne grateful heat, behold it *nap* anddi**oive*, and out*pringi the butterfly, all fluttering and trem ulou*, flitting from flower to—choco late* and Mr*. Browning *»y, till thi man, it* moeter, *iip* a tiny glltterini ring over It* head and take* it to hi fondled and petted forever after? Now here wa* one of tlmmoet de*erving o being*, indUMtriou*, honwet, frugal come ientlou*, pram* worthy in al I HMiun, nii'i j uiw » i with »» bin struggle was snatched from film To be sure, Jack was the most fovea file, but whose fault was that? No Jack's merit certainly; for he novel tried to improve himself in bis life while poor Archy was trying all tin time. Was Miss belle's preference just, all things considered? Oughtn' she have rewarded conscientious cf fort and punished • artless, eusy-golni indolence that took things us the] came and was only bright and pleas mg because it couldn't help being? Ye a'm sure Jack wiil make tne best hus band. It's a hard ipicstiou in ethici band nature has much to answer for to be sure, lint poor old Groat! Kowin Atwki.i* A Remarkable Story. From Ui# Cincinnati Times-Htur. Hitt mg In the office of the Comptrol ler of the Treasury the othe day were two geiitlemuu wail lag for the preparation of sunn document which the bureau was jus about completing, tin the wall op laisite bung a Hue portrait of Halnioi I'. Chase, the lirst Comptroller, show mg him as a handsome, Hond-facet man, with beard and with head par dally bald. "That doin't look uiud as be did a year ago," said one o (belli noting the handsome pm trait "A year ago? \\ by, be has t.c»u dm these ten years or more, ham l he?' "S«e, eighteen ol tin in \i'i I saw him only a year ago, with lull hear* and a lull head nl hair \«ry dirtrr eut Irom die ptcluie you ms tiefuri u»." ' \> hat do you mean? ' "Him ply this, I was pieseiit when his re i mains w,ie taken from dak Itiilidue t try for I tar transmission to count - uati a year ago, kit hough sevenleer ! years had elapsed, die ten,ants »»n | still in an almost petted elate. T*u leal tires were entirely tlttdnguishnhk I lo those wliw knew hull ill III* I’lii | clothing was in a pstfed state ol pres ens time The principal changet were that the (see was dark, ami in stead of being smooth, as was hh custom in life, it was covered with i lull gtowth ol heard, two imhes or ec to length, ami mind with g at Th« head, whuh you sew was hald In life was covered with a lull suit ol lien natllv gray Much obliged to (in 1 Mr, I ii tup 11 vi I tv r and he took I hi { lovumenl handed bun and was sons China’s Biggest Opium Den. Prom the North China Herald. The Nan-gin-tsin.the greatest opinm den in Chins,is situated in tiie French concession in Hhanghai, within a stone's throw of the wall of the na tive city, within which the opium shops are supposed to exist. Tiie throngs visiting it represent all sta tions of life, from tiie coolie to the wealthy merchant or the small man darin. It is wilii difficulty that one i gets inside through tiie crowds of |>*o pie hanging round tiie door. Those who hate not tiie requisite number of i copper cash to procure the baneful , pipe watch with horrihh wistfulness f each of tiie more alllueut pass in witli , nervous, hurried step, or totter out i wearing (hat. peculiar dazed ex tires i eioti which comes after the smoker’s craving lias been satisfied and his . transient pleasure has passed away. One requires a strong stomach to stand t tie sickening fumes with which 1 the air insidois thickened. Therlouds • of smoke, the dim light from the nu i melons colored lamps, f lie numbers ol . reclining tonne with distorted faces I bent over the small flames at which i the pipes aie lighted cause the novice . a sickening sensation, i Hut a* soon as tiie eye becomes ac 1 customed to the scene it is noticed I tlint the place h got lip on an expen sive scale. In the centre of the lower i i oont hangs one of t he finest of < 'hiuesi - lamps, the ceiling is of richly carved , wood, while tin- painted walls art i thickly inlaid with a peculiarly mark , ed marble, which gives the idee of tin r finished landscape sketches. Kumer i ous doors on all sides I eat I to tin smokers' apartments. In the outer - portion of the building stands n , counter covered with little boxes of the drug ready for smolt , ing, while a dozen assistants art M'jwy iiniMiiHK win. n»r 1 servants who wait upon the habitue* , of tlm place. The average daily re ) ceipt* are said to be about £200, The smoking apartments are divided , into four eia-ses. In the cheapest art l coolie* who pay about Id, lor tiieii smoke. In I he dearest tlio snioki . costs about 7d. The drug supplied in caciichns is much the same both it [ rjualily and'plant ity; It Is tile differ , ence in tbe pipe* that regulates tin ; price. Tile best kind are made ol Ivory, the stein being often inlaid with stones and rendered more costly by , reason of elaborate carving; the cheap , est kind* are made simply of hard , wood. , The rooms also are furnished ac cording to class. In the most expen sive the lounge upon which l hesmokei ' recline* i* of fine velvet, with pillow* of the same material; the frame* of each conch arc Inlaid with mothei Ot peal and jade, and tiie whole air ol the*'- roomsisone of sensuous luxury. There are also a number of privati rooms, fn the poorer section will In seen many wearers of the tattered yellow and gray robe* of fliiddhist and Tavist priests. Women form n fair proportion of ti e unoker*. Tin common belief is that the opium sleep i* attended by a mild, pleasur able delirium, witli brief glance* ol Klysium; but t his I* the exception not the rule. I’eople *moke to satisfy the craving begotten of previous indul gence, There i* accommodation foi lf*0 Htnoker* at a time, and there i> seldom a vacancy very long. Tin stream of smoker* goes on fiom early morning till midnight, when tin place closes; llei cloud* of smoke go up incessantly all day long. Swung Him Around. 1 "Hill," said a gentleman in Nash [ viile to a negro stonemason who it doing some work (or liim, "You | promised to let mu have that founda 1 tion tins week, and you are not hal • done yet. Now, what made you lit about it and put me to all this trouble?” "Hue yer, boss; 1 didn't toll no lies 1 but deem niggers, Jo mid Jim, da' ‘ was gwine to wuk on it ben drunk ’ sines Ins' week, an, J can’t git no mo • stonemason*. I tell yer, de way dust ' fool niggers git drunk an' quit wuk t mus' be stopped. I,aw jus' orter in tix so nigger can’t buy untilin' to git drunk on; dat’s what 1 'onestly • b'lieve.” "All riglit. Hill; we will just gc 1 to trie poils to-morrow and vote tu put it out, so such men ax Jo and Jim cannot waste their time mu] money, nnd we won't be troubled by their trilling wsys." "Look yer boss; slio'ly yo’ ain't gwiuetcr to vote so po' nigger can't get ill tie drnp o' whisky when he heeu ' hard workiii fur weeks, and gets jus ' tired nut, an' hix muscles all gin' way, . an' Ids nerves ail outer tix, and' him , jus' nutty nigh fagged out fur little s|terits. Klio'ly yo’ got mor' feelin' in ' dat fur po’ nigger. Why, dat tix niggei • wus otl ii to’ de wall, w en he couldn't i go out at night 'dout a permit, an1 , couldn't get naiy darp o' liquor 'dout note Irom ol' mareter. Hee yer, boss, • to laird's sake don't go vote fakin' ' way cuitud man's priviliges jus' caos« i rain spilt dts job. Heeu tan wet le [ wuk at.yliow, an* dem niggers Jr> and 1 Jim been yet every niornm' try in'tu wuk and make a lit tie money tos'pori 1 ( dere fwm'lie*. Ihiiii two o' de lies't | mat rs 1 ever seed lay a rock, an' de) ( uelarr git* drunk wen dey can git tu I wuk. Ih>y neher git* rale drunk no Imw course dev take# little drnp now II an' dtu to keep out de damp, but, iirlwr take* too much. Uos-s I nehvt •aw one dem nigger* drunk yet, an' , dey le«s wurkm' fur m* In' year* come next January, I nrlet •#*>( tern | niggers take but on* drink, bo**, an' i j dat wu» one sa day nigbt, w’en w« ij wa« |<iin' home. It |»t>'d down rain : an* w* wu» wet lo tie *km, an* l>os« i w* jus' went in, an' w'en I >i dem utt I gers w at dey take, boas, dey Isile «at i dey don't want milbm'but little weak lemonade tight sweet. Ho**, dem d« 1 wo »'«adi«* 'bee* tuggers I et>er m«I anyhow, Ik •n't Vo go vote fur 'mend i in' tfe by-laws pi*' raws* yo' wail ain't done, I'm tuMis' her right on, an' I j I* ready now hi' yo' can gtttlembrwk layers yer. Iluw. don't yo' vote lur no probation Taint rigbt let tabs ((oiks' busily way hkw dat. It shw'ty a»a't." I Why He Went to Canada. M. Quad in tha Detroit Free-Preea. It was two minutes alter the tri angle sounded before the smoke In Par adise ball would permit the members to see each other. When it had at last thinned out, Brother Gardner ■aid: “Nicodemus Pembroke Hcott, a lo cal member of this lodge, has crossed into C'anudy an’ will not leapiiear among us. Fur de las’ three months I have bin expectin' some sich climax, an' die mawni'n, when a messenger informed me dat he hud disappeared, nrter failin ill an attempt to shoot hissclf will an olu bos pistol, I war not a bit surprised, lie leaves a wile an’ two rliil’en an’ about titty creditois. “What sent him off? Desame rea son dat am dnily workin' to bring about auodder panic—de same reasons dat explain de hundreds ob bigness failures—de same reasons dat rim cripplin’ de efforts of thousands nl workin’ men to secure homes of deir own—family extravagance. No, you can’t call it extravagance; foolery am it better name for It. I'p to a y'ar ago Brudder Hcott wosjobbin’ aroun’ and lurkin’$1 a day. Den lie got a situusliun by whhh ho aimed 9I I per week, lie was poo’ olf in do lion** and had debts bangin’ Ober him, hut iuntli was a chanco to get eiien. Ifow was it improved/ In less dan one month Ills wituwas rigged out In a 920 dress, 12 shillin' kids, a 95 hat and an opera fan. He had no pears oh min' onless he obeyed her. In six weeks she became too high ton ed to wash an' iron fur oiler folkses. fn two mouths she wanted a better house, wid a rei parlor carpet an’ i ane seat eha’rs all aroun’ da room. ill uu n' iii'/uuih ii/i'i 1,1/ iin.\ v i* block silk drexx, gold bracelets, a tony bonnet, kid shoes, an’ gold llllin in her teef, "Dat foolery ha* reaped its bnrvext. De liuxband found dat, lie wax rinnin* behind, lux home wax bein' neglected, hix wife wax bein' uoxxiped about, ail' in despair lie liax pu ked up liix feet an’ xlid out. It wax de natural re Nult, I fell you,my frcnx, de tomfool ery of de women of dix ken try am xtrainlil on de chalk line till de cord can’t xtan' nm .ii mo’, an' it am high time dat eomebody net* hixfootdown. Du man wiio alrnx $25 per week hax •omohow got de ideali into hix head dat de world expectx him to drexx liix wife ax if he aimed a banker’* profit*. Wive* of men wiio can't keep up wid deir houxe rent am canterin’ up an' down wld sealskin sncipie* an’ $<l xhoex. Wives of men who have to dodge de butcher an' grocer an’ tailor am now selectin' fall carpet* an’or derin’ $50 lambrequin*. Wive* of men who couldn't raixo $50 at de bank* to nave der neck* am riixhiu’ to hallxan’ pari ins,an’ havin’ deir ex p»n*ive Urexscx described fill de bene fit of de public. "Do xocalled society of de algo am composed of falxo hair,false pretense*, debt-dodging, an’ base duceuxllllll. Our ridi people am distinguished by their plain drusx an' quiet mamierx. lie xnidex an’ dude* an’ dodoM do all de swaggerin’.rush on all de colorx, an’ monopolize de biggest xlieer ol the street. You wait! De man wiio lives fur anodor leu y’ar* w ill li'ar xunthln' drap, an’ arter de drap take* jdace d< thousand* of Idiots wiio now feel ashamed to admit dat dey doan’ keep hut. two servant galx in de houxe will go hack to deir cook xtovex an’ wash tub* an’ take deir pioper places in du purceehun.” The Cenerou* Stranger Makes Money. Prom 'i* lloxton Courier. There are hardly fewer way* ol making money than of (pending it, and the Editor heaid the other day ol a method which wax wholly new to him. A visitor to the sanctum re marked that on the train* running horn lloxton to a certain xuburh t here wax frequently t o he seen an act ive and wide awake man wiio hax de vised an ingenious method of turning to a profit the misfortunes of ids neighbors. "Tiie other night,” the narrator said, "there wax a man half drunk who had no t icket and who found Idmxelf short by three gent* when it came to a cash payment. There was considerable discussion and wrangling over the matter, when up jumped the xmait man uud produced the required Illlt'U ft-litre. MU immivmi vuii sblernhly, declaring that lie wasn't going to see any man put ol! iust foi coining slioit tini*« cents, amt mean while he nuiet|jp took the ten-cent re hate check which thecomiuctor uivei lor a cash far* ami pocketed it with out remark. Thu uemn'osity oi tin passenger moved another man to In a rent short, and the enterprisiiik stranger secured a second tehate check. The second im|i*cunions passenger, however, was more sober than tin first, and before the end of the ride he had managed to ligttre up in hi* own mind that the favor lie had accepted had cost film ten emits. 1U endeavor ed to u«t possession of the check, hut the speculator km-w Ins business ami would no give it up." Tito scheme is one ol those ingenious, petty, tricky m< thuds ol cwtclnnu stray peonies tc which we are accustomed to hrar th« word Yankee applied m its unpleas ant sigtiiihutiun' Surgical Instrument* at Pont* palls Hum# lUspelsh lu l.uii hts S»es The escalations that are being car ried fur ward at i‘oiu|*3ti are giving most interesting teenlla, In the be ginning ul the mouth a wooden <a*« was dug up, containing a cumpi«t* set ut surge al lustruanute, many of whs it are similar to Ihoee nsssi tu the preaent dag. A lew -fay* later lour beau tfui stiver urns ol, on •aUralUe hetghl were found together with lour smaller tupa, eight open vases, tour dishes ornament d with foitagu ami the Mgur«« of anm* ds, amt a benUtilui statue of Jupiter uaisl on hi* throw*. Iloklw themi stiver obpn ts several gotd >nnameols were also found, tuch as varrtwg* ami ring# five «v,avalim,e are being i apt-fly poshed forward Rattle Snake Poison. From the Pldlalei phis Herald. On August 2b, 18811, a 5-year-old ■on of George Putnam, who live* at Stony Ford, Pennsylvania, was re turning home from driving the row* to (mature, and kto[i|s>d by the road side to pick some berries. Ife was barefooted and suddenly felt a sharp ■ting on the instep of his left foot He ran crying home, and told bis mother that he had scratched his foot an a briar. The foot had begun to swell, and his mother picked frani the llesh wiiat slii! at first silppm-ed to he a briar, but ax the foot continued to swell ami the hoy’s sufferings were intense the alarming fact was appar ent, that he had been bitten by some poisonous snake, and that, the sup nosed hrini was one of its fangs that had buried itself in the wound and had been pulled from the snake's jaw. Mrs. Putnam called tier husband, who was at work near the house, and alarmed other members of the family. A live chicken was cut in t wo and the warm llesli applied to the wound. Whisky was given to the hoy in large quantities, and a messenger was dis patched for a do-tor. A member of the family went to the spot where the hoy said lie had first lelt the sharp sting, and found a rat i ltsnako coiled near the roadside. The snake was killed and one of its fangs was found to be missing, which left nodoubtof the nature of the boy’s Injury. The snake was cut open and held on the wound in the hoy’s foot, which had swollen to double its natural si/,c. The sufferings of the boy were so great that he could scarcely uo hem uown in win lieu uv two men. The doctor arrived and cauterized Hid wound, but said it wo* too late and llial the boy would die. The swelling had extended up the leg to ids waist, and the leg Became spot ted. Antidotes prescribed bv the doc tor were administered, but t he whisky treatment was also adhered to. The hoy’s body turned black, but after t hroe days of the most terrible agony, the swelling began to go down, and in a week the victim was able to net about. In a month's time all the ef fects of the poison seemed to have dis appeared, and the boy was as well as ever. On the20th of August, 1881, he was seized with a sharp pain in bis foot, which began to swell, and in a short time Ins leg and foot, were swollen to double their size, and became spotted, as they had on the day the boy was bitten by the snake, lie experienced the same symptoms, and sutlered for three days almost as much agony a* he had the year before. When the swelling again went down the pain sub sided and the symptoms disappeared. Regularly on the 20th of Angustevery year since the same symptom* have appeared, on the authority of u well known citizen of Tioga County, aud their recurrence this year was uiarkrd by more than usual pain and swelling, tfio spotson the leg and body strikingly resembling that of a rattlesnake. Tho *utiering* of tho boy were so Intense that be was not expected to pa'* through them with bis life, but at last accounts lie was slowly recovering. It is said that, there are three simi lar cases on record—one of a girl who was bitten by a rattlesnake in Liv ingston County, New York, thirty years ago, and who for twenty-five yeurs, on the anniversary of the day on which site was bitten, was subject to the same symptom* a* attended the original poisoning. Hhe died on the twenty-fifth recurrence of the ter rible symptom*. A Curious Case. 1)r. Oober, the physician at the Pen itentiary in B’rankfort, Ky., relates a remarkable case in tho history of bis professional practice. He saye that two years ago B)li Lucas, colored,came to the Penitentiary from Louisville under a life sentence lor murder, and that until within six months past he was healthy and capable of perform ing the heaviest labor. At tliut date lie manifested extreme nervousness, and would shrink and crouch into cor ners as if experiencing great flight. He soon lost the use ot every member of Ins body and then tell into a heavy stupor that, evinced the loss of all sen sation. In this condition,adead manta all appearances, except an occasional turning ol the head, he remained unt il recently, when ho showed the first symptoms of returning life by making a feeble elTort to mutter. A few weeks ago there was an apparent improve ment, and the doctor pronounced him restored, sound in body and mind. The negro says he does not re member of his illness. He thought he had been in the hospital hut a day or two, and was surprised to awaken frum an April nap to learn that be was in the middle ol the month of October. The treatment was addresw ed to the brain aethe seat of the nerve centres. Inventing the Telephone. Prom the New York Journal of ('ummcrcs. A correspondent impure* what led to the invention of the telephone. We euhmltted the letter to an expert elec trical engineer, and he send* us the following reply: "In reply to ttee vjuvw tion ae to what led to the iiiwoltoa of the telephone, I beg to sav that, it tlie discovery of telegraphy tty Ylorse white crossing the ocean in a stoaiu ship, w* tind a most rapid imsiu ol communicetton, Experiment* iu the line of ectenlihc research a little later on, and ae tind the discovery ol a insane lor conveying musical sum's or notes, upon the ordinary telegraph key and sounder (see he tent tin Am vet van for illustrated article on tnte nth tec! early tn in? it, then we have v,ray's hat tooruc tekageeph and Hetl'e •Making tslephooe. The discovery at lixe Mors.- systsnt ot telegraphy led ae mu, h to the m vent mu ot the Ids Idmii« as anything, he.suss ae caa ue# ami did use) the <»dmar> teka graph key and sounder to convey .wumls nnd sxsec h isonxeahat noper hfctiy. ow tug to iinproper adjust men<4 over an ordinary telegraph I nee."
