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If f&to.ZXfi, ..SSsJ - 3C C&iw.iw . V . -mt a m JP tf? n a. w, fAiiuiiuniKii u9.,,rrpnciow CALVK Wvi : -: t JNj'imAskX MF UT sfvjh-JT. My 8 wool hiw frAldon Imlr, And willful, iiuiKhlni eye ' A ilurlliiff mouth; shu'u wuiulmun fair, , Hut O my pntlcnoo nadly tries! My Hwcot hnj coml lips. Aid nmcH In licrt'lR'ck, And wltoliliuf volco; die lightly trips O tUtttHlio always mo did coekl My Bwuot Is loving, loo: ' ' Blio inakoH tliojIurknoM bright: Hor Hinlln's 8J Aciirl'lthmo li6' Inlo; Hut O hIio laughs at mo OutrIlitI My Hwool jfOid gracious mo I O how my HplrliH fall I ZouniNI there she goes with Harry Loo HIio'h not my Byrvvt atalll Maiwru Deane. tAL" -r-w p HYDQU1BT; JNlfihviixhii A. Story of the Land and Sea.1 I"' ' . Dt WALTER JIKAT AND JAMES JtlCE. ' Truo TjOvo nnd Woman' Povpllon-Ho- Irolo Bolf-Uacrlflco-Tho Happy Ho ward of BorrowUorno Bravely" "or ITalFlF, Eoynlty, OoliroKO ., , ' f 'nhil 'Patlont Tr'ut. From All tho Year Hound. mm - " ciiArrrnt(V,coNTtNUKD. I A Grnflifally it- became cvldontf to most of them (lint tho case was hopeless, nnd thoso Captains who had onco looked confidently to making Lnl tholr own, rtittirncd to tlioir formor habits of friend ly communications, and asked horadviOo and opinions in tho matter or honorable proposals' for Uio' hands of otlior young Indies. Tlirco suitors still lemaiucd, and, each in his own )Vay, refused to bo soul away. Tho first .of tlicso was Captain Holstlus," whoso acquaintance wo have already madd. Ho was, of course, in tho Norway trado. Perhaps it is not altogether fair to call Captain Holstins n suitor. Ho was a lovor, but ho had long ceased to hopo for anything except permission to go 01? in a frieudlv wav. doimr sucli offices us, lay in his power to please utld 'help" tho UII1WIIUIII IIU lUjrUUlUU UUlIIr H HlIUUH. sort of fellow of a religions turn -a Dnuto regarded Bontrico. Sho was to: him a mere angel of beauty and good noss; in happier times she had boom ' that rare and wonderful creature, n merry, laughing, happy angel, alwaysi occupied in good works, such as making Iiium mm lor poor uuuiauiiy; now, iin-i mppily, an angel who endured sus-j ponso ami the nsronv of lonir wuithiL for news that would never come, . For tho good Norwegian, like all the rost, believed that Hex was dead -long ago. Captain Holstins was not a Inan accustomed to put his thoughts into words; nor did lie, liko a ,gopdm.any people, fool for" Ihbughts'i through a multitude of phrnsos and thousuudSlM words. 'But had Ju beau able to; apt fprth in plain Inugihigo tlfo' things' Jiq -intended and meant, ho would certainly liavo said something to this, oll'oct. I think ho would Jiavo said it more simply, and therefore with tho greater forco: ylfyl, could inako hor. forgot him; if I could substitute my imago entirely for tho imago of that dead man, so thab sho should bo happy, just as sho usotl to bo whqndjJlrst saw hor, and if all 'could bo ns if hoMitutf novcr known holv I Bhould think raysolf in Heaven itself 5 or if .by. taking anotlior man to husband. and not mo at all, sho would recover. Her happiness, I should bo content, forO. lovo hor so much that all 1 ask is for hor to bo happy," It is a. form of disinterested lovo which is so rnrq that it this moment L cannot roinombor any, other singlo iUBtnjioeTof it,- Most'popplo? iyho'n thpv lovo ri glfl, yohomontly Hesiroto.kcopMiur for f ho'ni flijlves, Yet in tho case of.Gaptain Ildl stius, us for marrying her, (hat roomed a thing ho remote froin U10 region of probability, that ho novof now, whatev er he had dono formerly, allowed his thoughts, ty rpst upon.it, sind pon touted lihnsflt wit Iv thinking wliat Jiq could-' dd for-tho girl; how1 ho could soften thoblp torhess of hor misfortune; how ho'odfild in small ways relievo tho bunion of Kor life, and mako Jior u little happier. jLaUiocopted. all ho gave, al his doyx turn sho and .? care. Hiltlo liy llttloi bocauto Captain Holstins often. U bo- saw camo n ploosuro to hor to.havo hirii hi Tim liminn I I j-. l.n . .-. .. ..A i t . ? mu iiuiisu. jiu iiucuiuu 11 Bgrt 01 urouiOX loliyr, wjio lmd never .had that of toll unsatisfactory relative a brother, otf Rt nil events, a' truo' and unsfilfish frjonU, much bolter than thov majority of brdtli ors, who gave her everything and askod nothing- lor himself. Sho liked to bo with him, Thoy walked together about tho wharves, of tho Commercial Docks in Uiofe quiet ponings; they rowed .qui togothjproii thorivur hi the'Httlo dingy, she sittjng on "tho stern ga.ing upon' tho waters in silent thought, while tho Nor wogiaw flippod tho sculls gently, look ing witli an over-increasing Borrow in tlio face which had once been so full of BUnshino, and -junv grew dally more overcast with cloud. ,Thoy spoKo, llttjo. at suqh nvSa tf oaqh othqf,. or atl any timo; but' 'if scorned to her that sho thought host, most hopefully, about Box when alio was with Captain Holstlus. Ilo was always n silent man, thinking that when ho had n thing to say thero would bo no dlfllculty in saying it, and that if anyone had a thing to say unto ldm thoy coidd say it without, any stim ulus of talk from himself. Furthor, in tho caso of this poor Lai, what earthly cood would it do to 'interrupt tho girl in her meditations over a dead lovor, by his illlo obatlcrp . . , When thoy got homo again sho would tlfank him gently' Tlhif return; to' her 'hpusoUold dutlcBj refreslidU in spirit by tlils companionship In? siloTico. 'It is a m(tinii5iot Bulllcibntly undor- stood thatttlio"inost roffeshing "thing in tho world, when one Is tired and aorryj disappointed 6f vexed, Islto'slt.Valkor remain for awhile silent with a nilent friend whom you can trust not to chat ter,' or' t'sk questions, or teaso with idle observations, ljythagoros taught tho same groat truth, but obscurely and by 'ah Allegory. Ilo enjoined silenco ainojig' till his 'disciples j for a term of years. This meant a companionship of silence, so m to forget tho old friction and wor ry of tiio world. Tim Norway 'ships como nnd go at nuiqkly-recurring periods. Therefore Captain Holstins was much at tho Com mercial Docks, and had greater chances, If lie had been (lie man to take advan tage of, them, than any of the other monO no was aiso iavoreu wun mo goon opnr- ion and tho advocacy of Captain Zicha rlascn. wli6 lost no oDnortunitv: of rec- ,o1nihonfliHg.Iiil to consider her ways and nt tlio same lime tlie ways of the Norvt'cgooj His admbnhtoii, Iwe have seen, produced no oflec't. Nqrdul Hol stins ask ftic his mi'tlltatidil ntiy longer, being satisfied that he had got from tin' girl all tho friendship which she hud to ofl'or? ' I Tho other two suitors, -who would no bo denied, but returned continually:', wero of coarser mold. They belonged to tho very extensive class of ipon who, be'eauso they desire a tiling vehemently, ' think themselves ill-used if they do not got it, liy into rages, aqctiso l'rovi- dunce, curse tho hour of their" birth, and go distraught. Sometimes, as in tho caso of the young Frenchman whoso story is treated by Hubert Browning,; thoy throw themselves into tho Solnoi nnd so un end, because the joys rtf thisf1 world are denied lo the poor. At other times thoy go about glaring with envi ous nnd malignant eyes. At all times thoy aro the enemies of honest Christian folk. Ono of thoso men was Captain Nico las Borliuder, whoso ship sailed to and fro from Calais to the port of London, carrying casks of sherry for tiio (l!irsty British aristocracy. It is notm highly tiaid sorvicd, and 'culture of. tho Gest Kind is not often found among the Qap tnins in thai, trade. Yet Nik Borliu der w:w a lmppy man, 'because Jhis, btandurd was of 11 kind'easily attain able. Liko his friends' of tho ssiine syrvioo, ,ho loved beor, rum and tobac co; liko themho loved theso things in large quantities; liko them ho delight ed to sit and toll yarns. Ilo could also sing a good song m acoarao baritone jhe could danco a hornpipe only among brother Captains, of course as welhas any lak slo hniul; and ho had tho repu tation Of being a smart sailor. This reputation, however, belonged lo all.- It was an unlucky day for Lai whon tl)H man was allowed a right of entry to llydquist's. For ho immediately fell in lovo with hor and resolved to mako hor his own Mrs. Borlinder which would hor. have been hno promotion for no was a red-faced 1ollv-lookinr man of fivo-and-thirtv, or thereabouts. m . v . -j Ho had a blull and hearty way ashore; aboard ship ho was handy with a niar linsplko, a rope's end. a fist,' a kick, or a round stimulating oath, or anything olso strong and rough and ?ood4 for knocking flown tlio mutinous! or quick ening tho indolent. Behind his hearty manner tlioro hryono can hardly say concoaled a nature of tho most pro found selfishness; and It might hayo boon remarked, had any of the Cap tains been students of human nature, which is not a possiblo study; savo on' a very limited scale, for sailors, that among thorn all Nick Borliuder was about tho only ono who had no friends. Ho qaino and wont. When ho ap peared no ono rojoiced; while ho stayed ho fenng and laughed and told yarns; when ho wont away nobody cared.' ' Now, a skippor can go on very well as a bachelor up to tho ago of tliirty-llvo or ovon forty. Ho is supported by tho dignity and authority of Ins position:; he is sustained by a senso of his responsi bilities; perhaps, also, ho 'still looks for ward to another lling in port, for youth ful follies aro cherished and linger long in the breiusts of sailors, and aro some times dear even to tho gravity of tlio Captain. When a man reaches some where about thlrty-llvo years of a"-o, however, tlioro gonerally comes to lum a senso of loneliness. It scorns hard that there shouldjjo up ono glad to soo him when lid pnW into port; visions nriso of a cottago with green palini's and soarlet-runnors, tJinU m most'eases, that man is doomed when those visions arise. ,r counts, and ho brought her ii letter from a'liydqiuat's man?' introducing him and requesting for him admission. She road tho letter, asked him. what his ship was, and where she tradedand showed' him a room in liqr girlish business-like manner. This was 111 tlio yeaV eighteen hundred and soventy-slx, shortlyloforo she mot. Hex Arnilgor. CnVMM Ijodiiulur instantly, in, hor own robm,tnttho ory first intervjow, fell 4nlovcf with lir,.ona, liklimany mon of his class, concluded that sho was equally ready to fall In lovo with him. lAll'tho iiot; voyngo out ho thpughfr about JtwJi IIW oxporlpDQo of, women, was small, nntUof bucIi a woman a's Liil' Hydquist, such a dainty maiden, ho had no oxporlouco at all, because ho hail I never known any snob, or ovoiv distal ly resembling hor. Tho talk-of such r girl, who could bo friendly and laugh with a roomful of, Captains, and yot not ono of thorn would daro so much as to Capttfir.ftorllnder, was thirty-ono or spvhonMioiirht nv Lai.-, ; She Was hi hor hoU'sokeoiierVs rnoin mnWriir m nn. chack horjundor tho Jhino'dclicntc. at tention lie! had alvrjjyS heretofore al lowed hiriiSclf to consldeivproper was a thing liotyind never bofojejpxporienced. Then hor figuro, lier faco,h6r. quick ness, her, clovcrncsa-nll theso things excited his ndmlratiohK and his 'envy. Should ho allow such a, treasure to bo won by another mnnP fa Then ho thought of 'her business ca pacity nnd that snug andkoomfortablo business atttydquist's. What a retreat, what n charming retreat for himself, after his twenty years of bucketing about the scat ilo pictured .himself a partner in' that buslricss-islooping partner, smoking partner, drinking partner, Uhb partner told off'to narrate tlio Varus ahd shove the' not Y bottle round. What a v.placo clBoUt for. a bluff. Jicarty,' gon- nine Old t ealll How rlohly hd!d lio de- served itl Ho rosolvod, during that vovngo, iipon making Lai Hydmiist liis own as viousiy regarded as part 01 Jus pro fession, 'and nil in the day's work, be came a peg for discontent as h thought of tho snug lying ho might have besTdo not itir-thu church-yard iii the Seven Houses. ' Tho more ho thought of thojliiiig tho . M Jmoro eloarly'ho sav, in his own'mindt us uiaiuwsi auvaniagos.'vivnuMuen, oe causojitljo -rioclusion-of the1 cabin and the solitude jof thoCapUiinl8 position iifl'ord,ktinrlynlcd opportunities for ro HcetiOiCho"ljegan lo build lip a castle of Spain, Hand pictured to himself how he would rofgn as king consort of Kyd quistjs. "The old Woman," he said, "shall bo the first to go. No useless hands allowed aboard that craft. Her room shall bo mine, where I will receive my own friends and count tho money.'' As fp"r old Zacliariaseti, ho niay gof too, if I10 likesf vo shall got more oy a suc cession of Captains thatubv feeding him all the yeaij,' round. 1 Aiul 'as for tlio feeding,' it's 'too good for-the money; they don't .want sitch good grub. And the charges arc too ovr, and tho drinks ridiculous for cheapness. And as for Lill, shctd(mnku any houso go, with her pretty ways." About (this point a certain anxiety crossed his mind, "becauso tho girl her self rather frighfeud him. In w)iat terms should ho couvoy his intentions? And how would sho, resolve thoni? Wlien hog6t buck to London'ho has tened to propose to Lal. Ho adopted tho plain and hearty manlier, witli a gallant nautical attitude, indicating can dor and lOyiilt'. This manner ho had studied and made his own. It was not unliko tlio British tar of the stage, ex cept that the good old "Shiver my timbers!" with tho hitch-up of tho trou sers, went out before Nick Horlinder's time. Now it must bo remembered that this was very shortly after young' Armi ger's departure. ' What you Want, my heart," said Captain Borliuder, ''is a jolly husband, that's what you want; and the best" hus band you can have is( a sailor." 'Lal was accustomed to propositions of this kind, though not always con voyed in laiiguago so downright, hav ing already refused four-and-twenty Captains, and laughed at half-a-dozen more, who lamented their previous marriages for her sake, and wquld have oven seen themselves widowers with resignation. ' Why a sailor, Captain Borlinder?" " Because a sailor jis not 'always .run ning after your heels liko a famo cat and n puppy-dog. . Ho goes, to sea, and is'out of sight' ho leaves you fho'houso to yourself; and when ho comas liouio again, ho is nlways'in a good temper. A sailor ashore is easy, contented nnd liap-py-go-lucky." ' ' ' ' ' It certainly would bo something," aid Lal, -'always tbHiavo'a rood-tom- tinroil liiiuhmwl ' "A sailor for tliiubd tlio Cap mo, says you," con- t warming to his work-. "That's riglftj.and it a sailor, (luartermaster is bqttertiian able sea man; mate is bettor than quartermaster. Wherefore, skipper is bettor than mate; and if skipper, why not NickBorlindor? Eh! Why not Nick Borlindor?" And hu stuck his thumbs in his waistcoat-pockets, upd .looked irresistible ten derness, so that lib was greatly shocked when Lal laughed in his faco, and in formed him that sho could not possibly become Mrs. Borlindor. Ho wont away hi great indignation,, and presently hearing nbdut Hex Armi gor and his .successful courtship, first de clared that ho would break tho neck of that young man as goon as ho could got a chance, and then found fault with his own oyes because ho'had not struck at onco and proposed when tho idea first came into Jus head, Lost! and all for want of a little pluck. Lost! because tho moment his' back was turned this young'jaekanapos, no better than a soq ond mate in u rftonmor; cut in, saw his chance, and snapped hor up. For two voyages he retlectud on tho nature of women. Ho said to himself that out of sight, out of mind, and she would very likely forget all about tho boy. Hdtheroliys resolved on trying tho oll'ect of brlbeiyf-andJoaino!olVeriiig rare gifts, conning) principally of an octavo of sherry. Lal accoptodllt graqiously, and set it up in the Captains' robin, wh6re every body fell to lapping it up until it was all gone. Then Lal refused the donor a second time. So tho shorry was clean thrown away and wasted. Much bettor had made It rum for his own consumption. Wo knqw what, happened next, and none rejoiced moro cordially than Cap tain Borlindor over his rival's death. When a reasonable time, as ho thought, had elapsed, lio rcnowqd his ofibr with effusion, and was indignant ly, oveu scornfully, refused, lie con- spn usj 'pe rcttirnodr 1 xjiey met wun nns&Sivcfttlicr lp thopiuyl nnd anightor twoWJldck. wldclf niVlmd alvav pro- eluded that ho had another rival, profit ably some follow with moro monoy nnd ho looked about him and made guardod inquiries. Ho could find no ono likely to bo a rival except Captain Holstins, who appeared 10 bo a poor religious creature, not worth tiio jealousy of a lusty English sailor; and, Inter on, ho discovered that n certain American Captain called Barnabas B. Wattles, who camo nnd went, having no ship of h'13 own, and yet always fill) pf business, was certainly it rival. Captain Wattles puzzled him, be oauso, so far as he could see, Lal was no kinder to him than to himself. Always thero was present to Ills' mind that vision of himself the landlord or proprietor of Rydquist's, counting out thyt mquoy in the .front parlor over a pipe and a cool glass of, rum-and-wnter, while Lai looked after tho dinners and made out tiio bills. , , Bills!',' lie thought. "Yes; thoy should be bills witli a profit ip thorn, too, when ho was proprietor!" Rago possessed ids soul as tho time went on and ho got no nearer tho at tainment of his object.' He could not converso vith tho girl, partly 'because sho uvoided him, and partly bcOauso ho had nothing to say. Worst of all, sho told him when he ventured onco more to remark that a jolly sailor, namely, Nick Borlindor, would restoro her to happiness, that If ho ever dared to pro jk)so such a thing again he would no longer be admitted to Rydquist's, but might stay aboard his own Ship in tho London Docks, or find a house at Pop lar. Fear of being sent to Poplar kept him quiet. Thero remained tho third suitor, Captain Barnabas B. Wattles. When ho made the acquaintance of Lal, a skipper without a snip, it was in tho year eighteen hundred and sovonty sovoik Ho was an American by birth, hailing, in faot, from tho town of Portttiuouth, Now Hampshire, and ho was always full of business, tlio nature of which no man know. Ho was quite un liko tlio jovial Nick Borliuder, and( in deed, resembled the typical British tar in no respect whatever. For ho was n slight sparo mnn with sharp features and hairless cheek. Ho was! not, cor tainly, admitted to tho privileges of Rydquist's, but ho visited when his business brought him to London, nnd sabofun.0 veiling in tho Captains' room drinking witli any who would ofl'or gratuitous grog; at other times he was fond of saying that ho wsis a temperance man, and went without grog rather than pay for it himself. Ho first camo whon Lal was waiting for that letter from Rex which never camo; ho loarned tho Avhole story; and either did not immediately fall in love, liko tlio moro inllammablo Borlindor, being a man of prudence and forthought, else Tie refrained from speech, even from tlio good words of courtship. But ho came often; by speaking' gentry, and without mention of lovo and marriage, ho established friendly relations with Lal 5 he even ventured to spe,ak of hor loss, and, with honeyed sympathy, told tho talcs of like disnstcrs.'which always ended fatally to American sailors. When sho declared that Rex could not bo drowned, ho only shook his head with pity. And in speaking of thoso early deaths at sea which had como under his own observation, ho assumed, as a matter of cqurse, that the bereaved woman, mourned for no more than a certain term, after which timo sho took unto herself another sweetheart, and en joyed perfect happiness ever afterward. Ho thought that in this way lie would familiarize her mind with tho idea of giving up her grief. When she reflected," ho would con clude his narrative, that cryin' would not bring back any man to life again, sho gave over cryin' and looked about for consolation. Sho found it, Miss Lal, in the usual quarter. As for ruy solf, 1113" own mime is Barnabas, which means, as perhaps you liavo noyer heard, tho Son of Consolation. Witli such Words did ho essay to sap the fidelity of t lie mourner, but in vain, for though there wore timOs whon poor Lal would doubt, despito tlio fervent ardor of hor faith, whether Rex might not be really dead and gone, there was no time at ail whon sho over wavered fpr a moment in constanoy to his mem ory. Though neither Borliuder nor Barnabas Wattles could understand .the thing, it was impossible for Lal over to think of 11 second lover. Ilo would talk, of otljer things, but always camo back to tho subject of con solation. Thus ono evening ho begnu to Joolc about him, being ttlion in her own room. This," ho said, "is a prosperous concern which you, aro running, Miss Lal. 1 guess' it paysP" Yes; Lal said that it paid its expenses, and moro. - t ' "And you've made your little pile already out of UP" ( ; M' ' "I "Yes," said Lal, carelessly, " tlioro was money saved.", j t Ifisjcycs twlnj'lejd at tho thought of handling her savings, for Captain Wat tles was by no means rick. Ho fyi-goV however, thai tlio "money-' belonged to her mothor "Now":h$ wfint qn,with,im insinua ting smilo, '" do you never 'think tho time will como when you will jtiro of ruqnin' tliis-ho-4tplP," .' Lal said sho was too busy to think of whtt might happen nm.r,thut,. us, re gards' tho Ht nf 0, 'hho said, sadly',' timt sho would rather not think about it at all, the past was alreadytoo much for her to think about, "Yes," ho said, "that timo will como. 16 has not come yot, Miss Lal, and therefore 1 do not say, as I am ready to say. Take, mo and let mo con solq you, , My name is Barnabas, which means; as perhaps you do, not know, tho Son of Consolation." lT0 MS CONTIMUSD.) 1 RlELlbVoUS Aril) EI)lfcnONAL. A man In Knox County, Maine, who wanted to vote against a projected high school, wrote his ballot "Know." Omaha is to liavo a, Young Men's L Christian Association. Steps have been taken by some leading citizens toward organizing ono. The number of white and 'colored pupils attending the 'public Schools at Danville, Va., is tlio snme--i)70 each. I ho average attendance is ono point in favor of the whlto pupils. ' In Springfield, 111., tho young men of tlio Christian Association' hohf serv ices in tiie jail every Sunday afternoon for the benefit of tho prisoners. Thoso brethren aro sure of tllolr attdienco rain or shilio. . ,, J -r ProsIdctiirChonoy, lit, Bates College, Maine, has published an appeal for an addition of $100,000 to the 'college's present endowment of 8150,000. Tho women of tho country are asked tp raiso $20,000 fOr the endowment of a chair. A 3ou tig couplq in Trousdalo County professed religion on tho samo day in tho bamo ehiireh, we're baptized in the same creek, in the same hour, by tho same minister, and wero muted in marriage before changing their baptis mal clothes. Xiishuillc. (Tunn.) liGti ncr. At a mooting of Baptist ministers at Philadelphia, it resolution was adopted protesting in tlio name of Christianity against tho an est of Qodfroy Hubert, ft Baptist pastor at Skiom, jSorway, who was recently sentenced by the courts there to pay a fine of $80 for baptizing a. convert, both of whoso parents ' wero members of his church. It was rosolvod to request tile Secretary of Sato, to in struct tlio American Minister to Sweden and Norway to inquire into tho case. Chicago jSws. The Leo Avenuo Biiptist Church, Brooklyn, whoso pastor, the Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, now a member of Con gross, recently resigned after thirteen years' service, has dissolved under its former name, and a now church has been formed under the namo of' the South Baptist Church. The Rev. N. B. Thompson is now pastor. As the church edifice has been sold for an academy of music, a site for a. new church is being looked for. Sorvieos will be held in tlio old structure for six months. A'. Y. Sun. A restless young preacher with a congregation of working peoplo, in a manufaehiring town, wrote to Prof. Phelps desiring his help to a better posi tion, and remarked: "1 am throwing myself away in this shoo town." Prot. Phelps wrote to tho young man that ho could not mako a bettor throw. If by throwing himself away on these people, whom ho considered unworthy of his superior talent, ho could lift 'them, up intellectually and spiritually, ho ;Atts doing a work which would be worth the sacrifice. Chicago Herald. 1 . A Women in Cities. Ono of the curious revelations of tlio census is tho lamo increase of females in cities'. Now York has nearly 23,000 excess of females over mules, Boston over 18,000, and indeed in all tho cities north of tlio Potomac and east of tho Mississippi tlioro aro more women than mon. In tho olden times it was the men who camo to tlio cities, leaving tlio women in tlio homesteads; but tlio changes in modern industry, but moro especially tho growth of manufactures, have had the efl'ect of emptying coun try homos of tho women who boforo did most of tho making of clothing. In tho times of our forefathers the1 weaving, spinning and other employments gave work to tho females of tho family in their rural homes. But with tho growth of manufactures homo labor was dis couraged and employments wero to bo found only in tho largo towns and cit ies'. It is the more 'surprising that women should como in such numbers to oities, as landladies do not liko them, and prefer patrons of the other sex be cause thoy can pay them bottor and aro not so much trouble in tho household. But necessity knows no law. Women aro in tho field us workers, and to earn their living they must seek tlio largo centers ot population. Tlio tendency is not a wholesome one, but society in timo will doubtless do what it can to , surround women with guards which thoy do not have in thoir rural homes. DemoresCs Monthly. About Asteroids. Every school-boy Icuoavs that thero aro small heavenly bodies in our solar sys tem which aro known as asteroids. Thoy do not seem to bo of much account, and are probably fragments of planets which have boon shattered, or are segments of tho larger globes which have been hurled out intp spa,co. If this took pluco whon, according to the nebular hypothesis, the various bodies, in space were incandes pent, they would become globular in shapo. Prof. Hornstoiu, pf Vienna, has recently qommunicatod t.Q-tha world the result of his researches, in connection with 'steroids. Ho thinks tlio number of thoso with a diameter of moro than twenty-five, geographical miles is ex tremely small, and they wero probably all discovered s0mO years ago. He is of opinion, also, that few of thum have a loss diameter than llyo miles; iudcod, tho vast mass of asteroids seen through our telescopes are between live and lif tcon milos in diameter. Thero is little scientific Value connected with these in ferior planetary bodies;' thoy have no at mospheres, and cannot support lifo. Wo know that tho material of which thoy are composed Is verisimilar to that which formed this oarthf but they may htlp some timo to solvo the great mys tery of tho creation of worlds. Dcmo rat? '3 Month! u, I r m K j ' iW 8