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CALVEKT. : : NEBRASKA.
THE ME ANT NO OF AN OPAL.
"See with what vivid unit wlmt vnrled llnmo
I love you, glic," mild my lovn to mo.
Always o tenderly ho bronthos my nuino,
Thu little; iiumu seems n caress to be.
Clasped In nn endless circlet of fulr gold,
An opnl less a Jewel limn 11 llro
Ilurucd with brght linos whoso symbols
swi elly told ,
Of deathless love, of truth mid pure desire,
We studied till keen opnl. hci and J,
Cheek wiirui on ehcek, hnnd snro In shelter
ing hiiudl
Hero Inn tied the blue of fulr lldollty,
There Hhot tho Ku'd of wisdom nud com
mand: Herb vivid violet, In whloh red nnd liluo
lllenteimti nglv to tell llio truth of love;
And thou nil middenly love's crimson huu
Triumphantly till eolors'sprond above.
Next sprung ' light tho emerald's fairy
huen,
Whereat 1 looked to him: ho, whisper-
Itiulv:
"Of.old Hope's snered symlMil win this green;
I'mlnncd It menus, Iovo'h tender Jenl-
IIU8V."
Then glowed nn ornngo ttKtt whnro rod nnd
Kold
Met In nn nrljlamme: nnd softly tin
FiKikn yctngntn: "Thin union, sweat, doth
hold
Sign of eternal wedlock that shall le.
"Flro-llke, thin trembling and most vivid light
Speaks deepest pusilon hear you mc, my
lire?
Yet purely nhoro IIiiiiic rolgns virgin whlto.
Ho darei thtn opnl speak of you, my wlfol"
Henri l)awj(, In IUiritr' Maaaiint.
" HASE BALL IX US2.
Dcucrlptlon of the National Damons 1'lnyrd
100 Years 11ciic Catapults for I'ltehers
mid llimn Illuming on Illeyrlex Horrible
l'uto of mi Ohlrrpnrii AgrleulttirlHt.
From tho Dotnilt Hourly Post, May 21, HW!,
fi p. in.
Tho game to-day was failed promptly
at tho second announced, throu o'clock
anil !JGJ in nutos, and word was received
that tho outlying fielders woru at their
respective positions. Tim homo tqam
Wimttto the bat, ouuh member facing
with undaunted spirit tho formiduhlu
looking engine stationed in tho pitcher's
box, well knowing that a mistake in tho
aim might R'liil tho revolving globe
through Ids quivering llcflh, and per
haps kill hall' a do.en or so spectators
behind him. Tho renowned McGoohilan
was the engineer of the catapult. His
prolioicnoy'inight have liad tho ofl'oct of
', reassuring thu "batters if it hail not been
understood that hewasot rather a mali
cious disposition and inclined to take re
venue for fancied insults or former do
feats. Ills lino or $2.ri,()()0 for having
killed one of Troy's bat.sinon and thirty
four spectators at tho risk of tho loss of
a valuable catcher, afterward remitted
on appeal on account of provocation
and justification, had a salutary etlect,
however, for no accident of tho kind
occurred to mar tho pleasure of last
hour's game.
Hut there was one hitch which caused
Homo annoyance and no little indigna
tion on tho part of every truo lover of
manly sports. In tho first half of tho
second Inning the telephone in tho um
pire's box on tho towor rattled violent
ly,' and timo was 'instantly called. Word
was rccolved f rom thp loft oontor fielder,
who is stationed in tho rear of the old
Trench homestead on tho Woodward
road, that an antiquated gardener had
interposed some objections to having
his cabbage plants trodden down, and
tho fielder was in active combat with
tho a. g. aforesaid, two bull-dogs and a
pitch fork, and in immediato ncod of
reinforcements. Accordingly fourteen
policemen were sent to quell tho riot,
and the game proceeded without lurthor
delay. It will be road with a groat deal
of satisfaction that Iho lossili.od
gardener was duly arrested, tried and
wlll no hung Jor treason at :!iO
o'clock to-nlj;ht. Tho first thirteen
innings passed
without a hit
being
made, all tlio
batters striking out.
lu
tho first half of tho fourteenth innintr.
young Derby, a lineal descendant of tho
renowned pitcher of former days, whoso
statue in bronze graces the right pedestal
at tho park entrance, was noticed to
grasp his bat with a determined look
in his face. (Uur man of all work sug-
i jests that ho grasped it with his hands,
nit ho Is ono of those idiots who aro
sighing for tho return of tho fool century
when punsters and parngrnphers wore
allowed tho uso of a pencil and a
desk in tho editorial rooms). Ills
oyo snapped tiro, his teeth wero
firmly -sot, and ho marched Up
to tho plattor with a strong resolve
marked in ovory lineament of his feat
ures. .McGoohilau adjusted tho snhero
in tho catapult with unusual skill, but
to no avail. An awful (pilot pervaded
tho whole atmosphere; tho town clock,
about to strike tho hour of four, post
poned its operations for a second, tho
mm stood still, tho birds winged their
flight and hovered listlessly ovor tho
diamond, almost in suoh numbers as to
obscure the llory orb, tho curs and tho
cats of tho neighborhood ceased their
quarrels for a tune ami looked on with
unabated interest; all nature, in fact,
seemed centered in tho momentous
event now on tho point of happening.
Tho scene was quo of must awful grand
eur, splendid, juiblime. Tho critical
moment nfme, the trap was sprung; the
ball with lightning velocity How toward
tlfp catcher, but never reached him. It
Was stopped in its course by Derby's bat
nnd sent Hying over iu tho direction of
tlioMoft center Held. Tho umpire
nipimtcd the tower with his field glass
nndtannouueed in tho course of ton min
utes and a half that the ball had fallen
to tho ground about fourteen rods be
hind tho outermost center fielder, Of
course long ore this Derby had mounted
Ids "wheel anil was on his way around
tho bases. No ono could see tho runner
or Iho ball, except tho umpire with his
glass from his elevated position. He
oon announced that Derby was at tho
second base, near tho Woodward nve
nuo railroad depot, nnd that the
fielder had just boarded a Wood
ward avenuo elevated railroad car
at French station and was on his way
home with the ball. Huts wero made
and eagerly taken that Derby would
bent the ball homo, it was then an
nounced that tho floct-wlnged wheel
man had reached tho third and that tho
ball was at tho Woodward avenue do
pot: Two to ono on Derby was now
offered, and tho excitement was at its
whlto iicat. when tho noble 'fellow was
seen coming towards the homo plate
with colors (lying and the ball and cen
ter fielder wgood second behind. Dor
by, amid tho cheers of the assembled
multitude, the screams of tho whistles
of ovory engine and boat for miles
around, the merry twitter of tho birds,
the howls of the canines and caterwauls
of thecals, scored the single rim of tho
whole game and won tho pennant for
tho homu loam. Ho w(i carried to hLs
hotel on the shoulders of the crowd, and
will gently repose to-night on a bed of
roses prepared at tho instance of his ad
miring lady friends, among whom aro
the most fashionable and handsomest
belles of tho city.
Omitting the regular score table, be
cause, besides thu run of Derby, tho
times at bat and puts-out, there is noth
ing but ciphers to put in it, wo appotid
tho
scmim'M!.
Struck out-Detroit in. visitors 42.
Kariied runs Detroit I, lltorsO.
l'iwe liiillD-Dctm tfl, vlsllos 113.
Winked at lint Detroit 0. visitors 1.
Kelt or his nniMcle Detroit nil. visitors 0
supposed to lio on account of no iuuhoIo to
reel of.
Spifton his hands boforo tnklngbnt Detroit
21(1. visitors 217.
Tonic on" his cap nnd scratched his right our
Detroit UI2, visitors 211.
Ditto left cm Detroit JKH, visitors "1!.
Ohinced over tho rlifht shoulder tuoutch a
glimpse or the auburn-hatred Klrl slttlnon tho
light end of tho lourth tier, ladles' gallery.
Detroit, 4.&2I; visitors, (l,21ii.
NOTKS.
We are sorry that our limited spaco
restricts us to giving only tho more im
portant features of tho schedule.
Tho scorer of yesterday's games fell a
victim to brrin fovor this morning.
Kt mural Sunday at 8:!1() a. m. This
leaves but two of tho 100 scorers en
gaged at the beginning of tho season;
but tho enterprising manager of the De
troit team has telephoned Kast fot a
now supply, who are expected to ar
rive by special train before they expire,
so t hero -will be no delay in the games.
A satisfactory arrangement has been
made- with an enterprising firm of under
takers to furnish funerals hereafter at a
large discount on their regular prices,
and Manager (.'rofthnuk has purchased a
ten-acre tract in the new cemetery for
tho use of those who nmv irloriotisly yield
their lives in behalf of the noble cause ot
manly sports.
Tho truo lovers of tho time-honored
gatno will bo delighted to learn that the
League rules have been so amended
that henceforth ono wink at the umpire
will subject the oflendor to a fine of
$10,000, witli expulsion for tho second
and death for the third oll'enso. The
umpire is also given thu power, in
his discretion, to fino a player whenever
ho shall deem that such player enter
tains thoughts not of the highest regard
ami veneration for any of Ins decisions.
As the German of tho dark ages said to
his son: By gracious, you tniks swear,
ami I licks you for dat.
Wo have seen a copy, yellow witli
ago, of a paper published in 18S2, con
taiuinir n description of a iranie of ball
lilayed then.' Tho journal being pub
lished only once a day, tho reporting
editor had plenty offline to ransack tho
dictionary and book of synonyms from
whiqh ho" evolved an uniutelligiblo mess
of words, that convey to us littlo idea of
the game. Wo should judge, however,
that it was played in a twenty-aero
field, and that iho pitcher threw tho
ball, and tho batsman ran a twenty-roil
foot race around a number of sand bags.
It must havo been a very tamo allair. in
deed 0. M. Woodruff, -in Detroit Post
and Tribune.
m
Blood ami tho Brain.
Tho Scientific American makes .note
of a curious experiment. The littlo in
strument is called the plothysmograph,
and consists of a tost tubo, a stylus, ro
tating cylinder, etc., nnd is an appara
tus for detoeting tho variation of the
siiCo or dilatation of tho body. Tho hand
or organ is placed in a vessel of water,
and the experiment proceeds as follows:
An assistant placed his arm m thu ap
paratus, and thu arm was then sur
rounded with water heated to a blood
boat. Tho connection having been
made, tho experimenter waited until
tho stylus was describing a lino nearly
horizontal, and then asked the assistant
to multiply mentally twonty-threu by
seventeen. As soon as the assistant be
gan to think, tho stylus or iudicatorroso
rapidly and remained up until ho had
completed tho computation, when it
foil, thus showing thaUluring tho mental
proeoss a given amount of blood rushes
away from thu arm to allow a proper
supply to thu brain whilo in exercise.
Tio experiment was again tried, the
mental tost now being a simpler ono, as
multiplying thirteen by twelve, and the
satno result followed, only a smaller
quantity of blood loft tho arm, Tlu ex
perimenter then related that a friend
having declared that ho could read
Greok as easily as ho could Italian, thj
frjend being Italian, and the apparatus
being adjusted, he was handed succes
sively a Greek and an Italian book.
While reading tho Greek the indicator
rose very perceptibly moro than when
ho was loading Italian, thus demon
strating that his friend was in error a&
to his assertion of equal familiarity with
both. The results thus fai are purely
qualitative, and it would not do to rush
to other conclusions too precipitately..
A Singular Affliction.
A very remarkable case of a man
losinc the uso of his speech was devel
oped in this city lastTuesdny, the victim
being David Caldcr, a machinist at tho
L. & N. shops. The case" is a remarka
ble ono, owing to the fact that the ullllc
tion came onliini very suddenly, and no
positive outward cause can be found.
Only the organs of speech aro paralyzed.'
Ho is about lifty-live years old. and had
up to tho timo of the occurrence, per-
feet uso of his tongue. He went to
work as usual Tuesday morning In ex
cellent health nud spirits, chatting pleas
antly with his family beforo leaving
home. On arriving at the shop ho went
to work in company with several other
men, and talked to them at times until
about ten o'clock, when he was first
alloctcd. He was speaking to one of the
men about a piece of machinery, when
his speech suddenly failed him. almost
in the middle of a sentence. Ho tried
to speak several times, being apparently
startled by tho shock, but could not do
so. It was some time beforo the rest of
the workmen could realize what had
happened or understand it. He, how
uvcr, made signs, and asked in this way
to bo taken Tionie. Tlioy accordingly
conveyed him to his residence, on
Eighth street, near Broadway. Dr.
l'aimer was called, and Culdcr was
placed under treatment.
Although eveiv possible effort has
been made to find out tho cause, nu im
provement has been made in Mr. Cal
dor's condition, and he lias not bOen
able to speak a word since. There is
no paralysis whatever of any of the or
gans of the throat or the tongue; he can
laugh, cough and use his mouth nud
wifrk. his tongue freely, in fact, every
thing but speak, and consequently tho
case is a most curious one. Such cases
sometimes occur in women, and aro
caused by hysterics or violent emotions
of any sort, anil have been known to
occur from religious excitement. None
of these causes can apply to Mr. Caldor's
case, however, as he is a quiet, easy
going man, seldom, if ever, gutting e'x
citcif. Ho does not drink, and has no
habit which would be likely to bring on
an attack of the sort. The true cusc,
probably, is sonic mental derangement
or paralysis of the brain, which has been
known to work such elleets, the pa
tient being so allccted :i3 not to be able
to talk, but wanting to. A singular
ease of this kind occurred in this city
about twelve years ago. A negro girl
living on Walnut street was suddenly,
to all intents and purposes, struck
dumb. The nllliction camo on very sud
denly, while she was sitting at a table
and every cilort failed to make her say
a word. A number of physicians wero
uiwiuu in aim expresscu it as ineir opin
ion that the trouble was caused by some
brain trouble, and that thu girl would
certainly die. A nuniberof means wero
resorted to, without success, until in the
fourth week of her dumbness Dr rai
nier and another well-known physician
were called in. They examined thu pa
tient, and, finding no paralysis whatev
er of the organs of speech, concluded
that it was caused by some form of men
tal insanity, and became convinced that
i lie girl really could talk but was afraid
to. Thoy consulted over tho matter,
and a plan was hit upon to frighten
bur into speaking. They returneul'roni
thu consultation, and, sitting near
enough to the pationt to let her hear
what they wero saying, began to speak
about applying a very powerful electric
battery to her. One of them remarked
that tho chances would bo desperate;
' for," said he. " in all probability tho
shock will kill her; and it is a pity to
hasten her death, but the ease is a des
perate one, and desperate means have
to be resorted to." The pationt at once
became interested, and, turning over
iu bed, listenud intently to what they
were saying. Thoy continued to talk
in that strain for some time, when,
thinking that she was sulliciently scared
up, Dr. Palmer took his hat and walked
out, saying ho wius going for the bat
tery. In about half an hour he re
turned, and, to his great astonishment,
found the girl, who had been dumb,
sitting up in bed nnd talking at a terri
ble rate. Tho euro was otlbctive, and
tho nllliction has never returned. Lou
isville Cou rii'r-Jourmtl.
A Turkish Tragedy.
The death of tho Sultan's young sis
tor recently at (.'onstantinoplo'has caused
a great sensation, especially as it is be
lieved that the young Sultana died of a
malady which prouauiy ottener kills
than 'coarse-minded people suppose.
The Princess Naibu is said to have fall
en in love at tirit sight with Sadyk Hoy,
a young Turk she mot at thu sweet wat
ors, tho usual promenade of Ottoman
ladies. On his sido. Sadyk fell also des
perately in love with tho Princess. Sev
en months ago tho Sultan gave hi sis
ter in marriage to Mehonied Bey, and
the girl had not the courage to tell her
brother how deeply hor affections wero
engaged. Had sho done so, it might
not have been a fatal passion, for tho
Sultan loved his sistor tenderly, and
Sadj k was a gentleman. When the de
spairing lover hoard of the marriage, he
resolved to end his days. But beforo
killing himself q wrote a farewell to
the Princess, who fpll ill, and in a few
weeks died. '
The llov. Dr. Georgo D. Boardtnnn,
of Philadelphia, completed, recently, a
series of (5'Ji lectures on tho Now Testa
ment which ho began in 180 1, and
which, beginning with Matthew, he has
prosecuted eontinuous'ly, chapter by
chapter, and verso by verse, until ho
ended with thu closing words of llovo
latious. At a school mooting in London, Dr.
Gladstonu responded to a proposition
for making elementary schools free, by
denouncing it as a stop of retrogression.
routUs Department.
Oljll BABY., .
Two littlo shoo'.
Out at thu toes,
Trnttlntrnbout
Where'or mother Rpos;
r
f v
Eodcu.Rlugcnm dressy
rut on just now
Tlioy dp net B(' dirty,
No one knows how;
Littlo black tnoc,
lllack enoli wcahand
Bonn making mud pies,
-. And ploying In snud.
Dour, precious hend, .
Touselednnd rolighr
Bright, laughing eyes;
Can't seo enough; ,,
l
'iaiA in our uuur
All day.
v
Two little feet,
Itosy and bam:
Two chubby hiiiids.
Folded lu prayer;
Tired little head.
Diirk-rluged with hnlr;
Hon tiaiiy-iaee.
Dimpled nud fair;
I'nnsy-blue eyes.
J i
llenvv with sleep:
Bllv'rv sweet voleo.
Lisping- " Father us keep; "
This Is our bnby
At night. ' t
Woman's Journal.
ONE STICK AT A TIME.
Coming home from school one day, I
found a large pile of wood near our door.
"There's work for you, Willie," said
Ned Blake, the boy who was with me.
"Your father had better do as my
father docs, hiro a man to get it in. It
is too much for a boy. mother savs; and
it will take tho whole of Wcdnesihry
afternoon. You will hnvo no time for
play. No, Will, I would not do that, I
tell you."
This was the substance of Ned's talk,
as wo stood beforo tho wood pile; ami
the more lie said, the higher it grew.
By tho time he left me, I begnti to think
myself a poorly used boy, indeed.
"There is work for you, Willie,"
said mother, as I sidled into the kitchen.
" Did you sou that beautiful wood at the
gate as you came in?"
" I should think 1 did!" I muttered
to myself, but saying nothing aloud,
only asking how father was. Ho was
ill, and had been for many mouths; and
the fatuity funds, I knuw, were becom
ing low.
'It is a monstrous pile," I at length
said, getting a glimpse of it from the
window.
' So much the bettor for us, Willie,"
saitl mother, cheerfully. "A long win
tor is before us, you know."
Dinner was soon ready, the ttiblo
spread in the little kitchen, and father
was helped out from the adjoining room
by his two little daughters, one on each
sale, l'lilhcranil mother sat down to
our frugal meal with thankful hearts, 1
am sure; the girls chatted as usual,
while I sat brooding over that "awful
woodpile." I am afraid my chief dish
was a dish of pouts. Father asked me
several qustions, but 1 took no part in
tho pleasant table-talk.
"Well, my boy," satd father, after
dinner, "there's that wood to be put in.
No school this afternoon, so you have
time enough. You had belter do it the
fii-ht thing."
" It will take Ibo wholo afternoon," I
said, coldly. " The boys are going nut
ting." I was not sttro of this, but anything
in the way of an objection to the wood.
My father said nothing. Dear, dear
father! God forgive mu for wounding
his feelings!
"Mother," I said, following her into
the pantry, "Ned Blake's father hires a
man to get his wood in. His mother
thinks it is too much for a boy to do.
Why docs not father hire one?"
"Ah!" .said my mother sadly, "the
Blakos are better oil' than we. Your poor
father"
Tears came into her eyes. She stopped.
Mary ran in where wo 'wore, and I, half
ashamed of myself, escaped out of the
back door.
Still, Ned Blake's words rankled in
me, and I thought it was too bad; nor
did tho brisk west wind blow otf the
fumes
of the foolish
grumbling which
made a coward of mo. I sat down on
the wood-block with my hands in my
pockets, and shuflled my feet among the
chips in sour discontent.
" It is such a monstrous pile," I said
to nij'.sclf a doen times.
Presently out camo mother. I jumped
up.
"Willie." she said, cheerfully, "I
would go to work in earnest. You will
soon get it in."
" It is so monstrous, mother," I said
in a self-pitying tone. "It will take mo I
forever, and half kill mo iu tho bar
gain." " Forever is a long, long while," sho
said. "Come, let us look at tho pile.
It is big, but all you havo to do is to
take ii stick at a time. That will not
hurt you, Willie, 1 am sure only one
stick at a lime; yet one stick at a timo
will mako that pile vanish quicker than
you think for, Willie. Try it, now."
There was a kindness and yet a deci
sion in my mother's tones which wero
irresistible. She could put even hard
things, or what wo thought hard, in a
Vorj achievable light.
"Only ono stick at a timo!" I cried,
jumping up and following her. Really,
the pilo seemed already to lessen under
this now modo of attack. "Only ono
stick at a time! What need of a man
to do that? Ono stick at a time! If
Ned Blade could not do that, ho was x
poor tool."
Ah! anil a poor tool ho proved to bo.
My mother had got my metal up, and I
boldly went to work.
" leather," said I, boltjng into the
house at a later hour in the afternoon,
all iu a glow, "please toll me what time
it is?;'
"Eight minutes after throe," an
swered he, looking at his watch.
" Whew!" I shouted, "and tho pllo is
mastered!"
Never did
1 feel such a strong and
joyous sense of the power of doing"!
Finding my mother, I put my nrm around
her neck 'and said: "Mother, I was a.
naughty boy, but 'one stick at a tlmST
has cured me."
1 did not then know the full valuo of
tho lesson I had learned. Years of la
borsuccessful labor have since tested
and amply proved its value. When your
work looks iuBUrmouutablo and you.
fecem to have no heart to take hold of it,
as work many a timo will, remember, it
is only one slick at a time, and go at it.
Boston Home Journal.
The Queerest Village in the World.
All the boys and girls who have
studied geography know what a singu
lar country Holland is; that it is as tlat
as a dinner-plate, and away down below
the level of the sea, with dykes or em
bankments built up all around, to keep
the water from coniinir in a irrccn, lev-
,ol laud, cut up by canals', so that you
can travel about in that way as naturally
as wo do on rquds.
Holland means ''muddy or marshy
land," and Netherlands, "low conn
trios," or " low hinds." There is not
a mountain, not a rock; and the only
lielghLs to bo scon anywhere are lines of
sand-hills, or dunes, which tho wind
ami other agencies have formed in some
places along the coast. No wild ani
mals, no wild birds, no wild flowers, no A.
woods, no groves; but only green mead
ows crossed by the canals, trim littlo
villages and busy cities, sand-wastes
and the dykes, beyond which is the sea,
ready to .break; in if a yard of the cm
bankniontsiiouidgive way -which, how
ever, the inhabitants tako euro shall
never happen.
The Hollanders aro tho neatest peo
ple in the world; and that brings mo to
what I set out to tell you aboit There
is a little town, or village, in that coun
try, a few miles from Amsterdam, called
Brock, pronounced brook, "Brook iu
Water-land."
It lias been famous( nobody can tell
how long, for its cleanliness; and not
only that, but for tho fanciful stylo of
tho houses and yards and gardens and
streets. The people, though only
peasants, are all rich, and all feel a
pride in their town; it seems to be tho
great business of their lives to keep
their houses freshly painted, their gar
dens in perfect order, and their yards
and streets as clem as a parlor.
No carts are allowed in the streets
and no cattle. Though the raising of
stock and making butter and ehcenu is
their occupation, a stranger would
never imagine that there wero any cat
tle in tho region, unless he went to tho
beautiful green meadows back of the
houses, or the stables out there where
tho cows arc kept in stalls scrubbed ami.
washed like a kitchen.
Tho streets are too fino and nice for
the feet of animals to step on; all paved
with polished stones, intermingled witli
bricks of different colors, and kept so
scrupulously clean that a lad, could""
walk anywhere in white satin slippers.
Every house has a littlo yard in front,
but no shrubs, or vines, or llowers init,
or even a tuft of grass. They are all
carefully paved with colored stones in
the figures of animals, or birds, or trees,
or tulips, or something in designs which
make one think of some of thu mon
strosities one sometimes sees iu hearth
rugs, such as scarlet bears, green
horses, blue trees and the like.
The houses are painted in tho bright
est colors, just as tho owner fancies; in
vermilion, pon-grccn, pink, purple,
orange, or anything else that is gay and
gorgeous and queer; and the roofs aro
covered with tiles varnished till thoy
shino like new silver.
Every day the stones in tho yard aro
washed and polished, and slippers aro
placed iit tho door so that any one go
ing in, stranger or dweller there, must
take off his boots or shoes before setting
foot in the house. Inside, everything
is as clean as constant scrubbing and
rinsing and painting and varnishing
and rubbing nnd polishing can mako it.
The lloors, of black and yellow marble
inlaid, arc kept slippery as glass from
so much friction; all the wood-work
glistens, and everything that is made of
metal is dazzling as burnished brass.
There is nothing in all the world like it.
There aro largo gardens between the
houses, where there are trimly laid-out
beds of such choice llowers as tulips
and hyacinths and the rarest of bulbs;
and ail about aro set up images as gro
tesque as heathen idols; and these aro
in keeping with the strangeness of ev
erything else.
The people have but little to do with
the rest of the world, but to stay at
home and paint and varnish and scrub
and keep clean. But thoy treat every
body well who goes there, and certainly
if there is ono queer village that is bet
ter worth visitin than any other, it
must be Brock. xoutli's Companion.
Assurance that Paid.
Cannot you got, to tho store earlier
mornings, Henry?" asked his employer,
as the young man came in an hour late.
"Yes, sir," replied Henry, "I suppose
I could if I should disnenso with my
morning nap and go without my break
fast," and Henry sat down in thu
most comfortablo chair in tho counting-room,
lighted his cigar, and was
soon buried in tho morning paper. His
employer meanwhile was hard at work.
Of course Henry was not allowed to
remain in that store many weeks. His
impudonco and assurance wero too
massive. Ho is now a conimcrctal
traveler, with an incomoof $10,000 per
annum. Boston Transcript.
Ex-Governor Stamford, of Califor
nia, proposes to spend a million dollars
on his Vina vineyard in that State. Ho
thinks that better grapes may bo raised
and butter wine made in California than
anywhere eLse in the world
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