Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 67, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1885 — Page 12

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1885

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M.OU Tilg fftKMCK OF VICT01 Ill'uO. Brown tTenlnz followed oa tht ilnklna inn n i a no R lorn nnrinou im ,m And touched an atvl wan, wtioe juarnev near i j aoni, Bat pensive look lug toward the weateru way. 1ft Uwolt aa paator ehepherd, en the moon tain And. lit til youth, from lw and coitom fr ee. iappj, tnoadi poor, wnen inmowi Mil, be piped . Coon bi fluu the charms of liberty. Wow f Jen and old, the peat Hoe deep within oil; bta vji many cninra m" iiu Yet. wane hl Dock return, at nltj. o'er pi In ana moil, . Detaahed froaicartb, hit ejee to Heauu a puti Tot day o aooti to end, it worth tht day Tot paauir'dreema beneath tha aiure dorn to Ctrort ntni, mcaiurttcM, u'e LtaebopeVoT Jiitt ntu at the unopened tomb. O solemn Ulmet the mountains trot) J I Uui To calna7the elaoroos wluda have euuk 1 ig ft Tbl o'd mn. llr,t. sai m tho ttlliu sun lt iun loo i ttt Mary lunol. In Horn Journal, TOO LITE. irtaCoruhlll Maa-ailne.) About tluty fears a,jo I was clerk In lawyer's offlct, on a vtry tmall income, and unmarrltd. 1 then lodged In Lbury meet, Btlxravla. lo a lodglrg and boarding house kept by an eminently respectable old maid, ?fli Tnn-. ho treated all her boarders with consideration and did not exact from nnr than thav wert tblt tO PÄJ. We dined at btr house only on Bnndeye and on Chrlatmas Day that is, unless invited out, Tb dlnntr waa alwaya tarly at 1 o'clock mil alerav followed tht Itml rdtr. Oltbt WW " "W J 9 e W ' - flrttBunday in tht month wt bad chicken and bacon; on tht eecond, boiled beef, garnished with carrot and tnrnlpa (alternating with parsnips), and lutt pudding; on the third Sunday wt bad riaat xuutton and fried potatoes; on tht fourth, roaat beef and xnaahtdor boiled potatoes. When there "wert five 8andays In a month, the additional ßandaywas sappiied with beefsteak pudding, three pounls of beef to a pudding. X do not know bow it was that the boiled potatoes at MiaaJoree's alwayalaUel of dUh clout. I know Tery welltha. potatcra art not boiled Id a cloth; nevi rtheleB9 the pudding, which !i, did not tail of the c'out. and tht poa-oei aid. There a.-e ifcvral InCOluble myiteriea encouutared in life this trat one. Oar landlady wa tall, tale, .audy-baired. aShallTtdtn deshabille in tht kitchen all the znorniiig; bat at 0 a.m., at breakfast, and at 4 p. mM when e b mrdera drop d in irom oar work, the was prim; laced, caried. andatate'y. How she managed to become cp In a few minutes,' I nerer knew. Tnat alto waa one of the insoluble mysteries of life. "V7htn tie of us stayed at borne Indiaprjted, we found that by 0:30 a. nu, ahe aa That ire called in oar slang "dish shoTelled" ; not a curl in place, a smirch acrots ter cheek, and beat merino gown replaced by a ragged drss not fit for a lady to wear. Mlts Jenes was the Ideal roaiden lady of propriety, dignity, and thrift. She was good-natured; on one point, bowever, she was iaezorable she never allowed her ledger? to 111 into debt; we paid weekly, beforehand, one pound per beai. She bad an attable uuile, and similar remarks on tht weatnor for all htr boarders Ecn had a rasher of bacon of the tame aizt at breakfast, and to lamps of agar in hia u a, and one aponf al of brown cusar in bis coffae. Each, also, ha4 an egz, and all the eggs tasted of limewater or si wdost alike. All the boarders were males except one, " an old lady with a false fro at, who combed her back hair with an antimonlacal comb tc blacken it, and thu always made her collar grimy. Sae wore also a aet of fab-) teeth; both laws were thua famished how on triyeu we never qalte made out. Tnat also remains one of the insoluble mysteries of -life. Thy were somehow contrived to fit "wew so badly contrtTed that in eitiag the did not look her beit, and sometimes pre aented a very unattractive epectac'.e in leed. The old lady did not like as and we did not like btr. fine often had deviled kidaevs for breakfast, we never, but ehe paid extra for them, and when she had them, then invaria bly the teeth went oat of gear. Behind her back we were accustomed to mimic her. She knew if by some extraordinary intuition, mysterious 10 as far a long time, till we discovered that the maid of all-work had tneoked to her of what we said and did. Säe scarcely spoke to as at meala, except in a ' peremptory way. to have the maMard or toast passed to her. We took a malicious pleasure in negUctlng to anticipate her wants, and force her to desiand the batter cr toait, etc , aad not to heir her requests to have them paved till she raifei fcer voice angrily and repeated them very Joadiv, when we immediately began to nerve her with mustard, pepper, egepoons. empy Brdlna Una anvaLd erervthine. with nine eagerness to torestali her little wants. We were rmde to the old lady. I admit, bit sh? waaviry airravating However, my storj has nothing to do with her, to I may dismiss hsr: it concerns an old Kentleman wiio our co lodger and boarder at Misi Jouea pensia?: He was Major Cornelias, a thin, gray-haired man, with a refined ace, and the moat delicately cat noetrils I thin 1 CT:r law. He was closdly liiaiex Ho wa scrupulously careful abjut hia clothes, and, .though they were old and threadbare, no one cculd doabt that Le wai a gentleman by birth, breeding, and iu feeling. There waa eomething very sweet and prepos cing about his face. It was pale and grave, bat a kindly cnlia lurked about the delicate mouth, and the gray eyes were toft He was rather lame from a woand he bad received at Waterloo. He hid his peusioi. and he lived on that; he had nothing beside to live on. That, however, would have sufficed to keep him in comfort had he not in an evil hour stood security for a younger brother. We none of C3 knew the circumstances exactly, and I can not now say what wai truth and what vm conjecture in theatorr whispered a mous C3. fiy impresiioa is that the brother, to whom he was devoteaiy ai:acnea, naa not behaved honorably ; be had left the country, cd the Major's resources were strained to the utmost to meet the demand that came O n him as secur ty. We none of us ventured to allude to th:t topic; the disgrace rankled in the old man's heart there was an ever cpsn wound there, which we were careful not to touch. Tfcire was ac'uildlike simplicity in the old taan which rather aniused us yoangs ers then; now, looking ba-k on him, I find it -cia lEfinitely tending. We, however, lsnghsd over it we knew much more of the vcridtbao he. To Miss Jones aod the old U2y vith the teeth he was courteou, with ea eld-fa hioned courtesy that fla'.tered then aid won their hearts. He paid Mies jct3 the sine as we, XI per weet, bat he dined da;ly at home. We used ta sty that vfiea Tnea set her cap at the Major, aad that oiiv altowtd him to remain on those racsrate trs becas the desired to be . Htm CorceMus I do cot believe i V7tat3. I think se strained a point so as :o ratsia an oid vvarrioa omer ia üwüöbj to give it i Ir ' superiority above rxard k44 in ths ttreet tTh'mmfr I think of Major Corcelious I hia ha?r. I have already eatd It U23;th n; it wtf always elaborately brashtd

.n.i th hair drawn forward from

behind lb ear, ai.l tnrnul In a ion or ran ivr ti e teimlf, Hia collars wrre alan rlear. and very all ft. ar.d Ma black cravut UcM afr-mt h a tbrout. ,,, A kit d o'tt man! When liolbiLS wsa ill witfi rlifhu u ic f-vr tie at up with him nlfh ,,tr mailt l,rt mi II I ' T d U him II t a auri. Wl.ru Hot bins was bitler; und al to MceWa o-ir call, t 'n hia i i iaa i ir mi Ira Madir. who had his arm round him. and nulled ami lo )kt 1 as pleaded with nr crirratnUtlohB aa though that vugar 11 jbblna 111 brn his own son. A klhdoid nion! Iff ftl'.oatd in jmnR tra tfi iia- Mule J at titni We callett -iim tl.a Oi.iurioti. Wlin an Italian bend at i iitar-.tittin Kbmv i'ret w would tell aim Ma tiroi-er ilac waa to lead It On Hun lata whnn ha arrivid for dinner one o nt ?jtiidak. "Ha-n to church. Malir?" Then Kobblna or another would anawrr, 'Of conne he bis. Wht la thn good of asking? Does not Pcriptoro te l uj that Cornallou wat a d-vout cefilnrion?" Tli little ex tibltlous of feeble fun ht bore with rreat r ol humor, but wt initlnc lrely felt that there was a lluitt we muat not tranmreaa. The ouly man among u. coare In perceniIom, who could not reogalte thla wa Kob b'na, When he puttied bla hutf nery too fr the Major wtuid J U, bow, at tt l-avc the ro m Tha i the rett of us Ml upon nit upon, und flattered out It )bvjlna. The Maj r dined dally with Mils Jones at he lodir home. We neter knew of what that wek day dinner cor, ated, but we believed It was mad out of the remains 0f tht real rtunday feant. After chicken Kondur tie fart must have been poor. Afier beef and mutton ßutidaf a. the nuat no doubt waa minced, and ovrlald with a buiikat of po ato or cottage pudding much potato and a Utile mined: or was er Jed as harlot with carrot and large elppeta of toant; or was l ist in hatter and nalUd t a i in a hole; or buried in boiled dough We did not know, are onlv irneMed. No information could bp extracted from the Major when we it uulred after the ,4cold renta'na." or the venrrab.e r'lrs or MHike llutnnhiey'a dinner.0 He wonld anawer trently. wllhout a smile. "I asaure you Miss Jones ana i niye tared itiLiiLttriontlT." The old man practiced the - . a m i serereat economy. He denied himself every thing he could; he drank only water at uin ner and snpper Kch of w had a separate log; one had stout, another tale ale, another b eer beer: lloobins uraok Dratiay nn i wa Ur; the old lady Marrala. Ale meant to the Major fourpence a day, or two u'id-f urpace t week, that is. over aix pounus per annum, atid tne tlx iKjundu was needed fof necssarfe. His boots were to him a constant m I a source or uneasiness, care uju alarm. lljots come expensive aud go quickly. The same pair ws so'ed arid resoled, till the crease over the toe en the outside ronsbeued, then parted. Bttu they encasad hts feet. A little blackened urease filled the enlit. soaie stickingplaster daubed itaui was polUhdover; bit these were expedients postponing the evi' oay, nothing more. That the Major pinched aud crewea to raise the money tor anew pair we ah knew, and we all noticed the tetidfcrr.ee with which the new boots were regarded, how thev were soared work, kept indoors when the treets were muddy and the rain fall. The long slender fingers they were nearly transparent were wonderfully efciirnt with the nee lie. The Maj r repaired his own gar cunts: we believed that he mended his own tnoLiugs. The maid told ns his darning was txautiful. One Uy that II ibbina stayed at home with a cold, he heard the Majjr ask the loaid of all-work very kindly to let him have a bot flat iron In his room. Next Sunlav be appeared in brilliant well, cbthes, and we found be had turned an old pair himself ; we noticed that they bulged in, lustead of oat, at the knee for some weeks, till they accommodated themselves to their altered situation. if Major Cornelius was self df nylng In the matter of drink and clothing it was not that he could not appreciate generous liquor, nd ma not particular about dress, ua the ona a a . trarv. he was a good juoge or wines, ana ne was fastidious ab jut garments. lam aure tht nothing galled his self esteem more thin to have to dreus shabbily. He did as much of his own washing as he well could with a can of boiling water in biiown baln. Wash tng is a heavy item In expenditure m Liu don. 1 believe that some of the Major's garnents were aothtfr, threadbare and patched, that he was ashamed to 'serd them to the wash, lest thev should be commented on, and therefore be did his best with them at home. His bedroom was hirh up, in the a;t'o. He piid lets than we. aod wai theref ie obliged to put ud with interior accomodations. In winter he Buffered much l fear, irom want of fire. The parlor fire was not lighted till 4 n tn., so that it was bejrinuinR rlnc'autly t3 burn up when the clerks returned from their offices. In bis on room uoder the sla es it was cold: nevertheless he sat there ben the bed was made, that is. from about about noon to 4. Before that he remained in the parlor, watching the expiring of the little fire lit for show, not warmth, daring breakfast. Oaly daring the coldest weather would he descend to the kitchen for a few moments to stand by the stove and warm bis hands, whilst Mies Jo-ies. "dUh-shov-elJed," hid in the pantry. If the day were frosty he walked out, t1) nut his blood in circulation, aud then his cheeks warmed into color a bright color in his clear skin ike the ro?es in a child. That old cat with tho teeth and the falt-e front and the dirty collar rented the first floor and had her own sitting-room and a fire there; bat frm mo tives of delicacy, no doabt. and lor lesr oi estiblishing a precedent, never iuvited the Major to it. He was so modest that it was only casually we learned that he bad once moved in the best circles, and had acquaintances high in military positions and titled. He visited ... m . a a irtt an l was visaed dv none oi mem. oiace that affair of his brother he had withdrawn h mrelf from his fellows. He shrank from meeting those who knew the circumstances. and he suspected more of being aware of them than really dm Enow. He was very srood nothauehty, understand bat with asereeofhis honor and breeding which foade him reserved. One luxury he would not Rive up, the laxury of Riving pratuitle; torll who Berved mm. 1 oeneve tnat tne half crowns as "vaW to the footmen who took his greatcoat, ht and gloves had much to do with his refusing the invitations he at one time received weekly from o.d brother officers and friend?. He coald not be mean, and to avoid the wound to his self-respect of seemine mean, he woa'd not eo to his fellows. At last Invitations, always aecunea, ceased to come in. The winter of 1S53 was cold. Oa Novem ber 13 the Dake of Welliogton was buried in at. Panl'a Cathedral with ereat display of military po up Our old friend was one of the veterans who walked in tne procession. That winter saw thf fall of the Conservative Ministry under Lord Derby, and the fall of SDmetbing roach mere important at leat, to us, in Mi Jone s eabiisacaeni tne falling to pieces of the Mapra greatcoat. We had followe l th progress oi decay in that venerable article of clothing for some time with iotered, and we had wondered what the Mejor would do wren it was worn completely out. We hoped it would hold oat the winter. It did not. It lell to pieces with the Derby Ministry. The oid msn s tac grew long, he tell into depression; no joke stirred htm, no news in terested him. It was obvious to ait that his mind was engrossed with one absorbing qusstion. how to provide himself with another greatcoat. Then we reaiients under tne root oi mus Jones took c mnel together, anl discussed the possibility of rrotiding him with one Should we subscribe the reqiisite sum? that is, anong oarselyes. We were none of as well off. but we were ready to mace a sacri fice to help tbe oli man to a new coat. As for that woman on the first floor with the teeth, we did not consult her salSsh beasU he ate her two kldoev nerselt and neyer offered a b!te o the Vaor Although we would :ia Ily have found the ruony, yet we felt that the ( Um wonli net oe feasible The Major was arsitive on the subject of hia poverty, and the offer would jfieiid hia pride. We must help him tome other way. Then I suggested that the Yaior should be induced to write his reminiscences

of Waterloo, and Ithat hi MS. should he Mht

toaroafaalno Thna the money roini De made by hln ielf. Ht was far too humble a man to think of this expedlentunprompled We formed a deputation and waited on him, and entreated blui, as a favor to ouraelves. that he would put on paper hli recollections of the Great Daki. ami of Lord Uxbride, of J'lcton, acd of tb battle, and then, that he wou'd Rite hia production to tht world. Ht wa frlMenrd at tht sngtsMon, and emarred to It. Ht had never written a line that bad ben printed, ht kntw nothing of literary form, he remembered noth ng of real Importance, We over ruhd his ohectloni; we refu'tid one incident and aticcdst after another with which webrt t been favoml We tol l htm that we coulu not etp'Ct to be all our Uvea In Mira Jot.e'e boarding hou, a id tt t In our after life we wiaied to po it a memorial of one whom we Tallied, ind lovrd, and reverenced aa a father. ThtJJ it a Ta ejet filled when we said thu, ht ro'ild not aniwer tn; his tucutii twitched, he held out hl hand and itihook a i be squeezed turd r f our In turn. HoildeV I a!d, i am an engrossing clerk, ao a tall 1x5 able to g've llteufy charucter to tht Kecollectlona, a id write them tn a legibit hand which goes, I underttaml a long way wltit the reader to a pub liher.'' Now whil-t the compoaltloii of thla litemy venture wai In progress the weather turned bitterly cold, and tht Major caught a chill and coughed much. It was high time for him to pro? Id himself with a great oat. He felt aa though a cold band were laid on his busk between tht ahouldere. numbing him in fact, the great coat had parted at the aeani In the rear. He overhauled the old pannemt to see whether It would be possible for him to r t-alr it hlniwlf. He tried the parted aeam. bat the thread would cot hold, they frayed theedgea. No! only a professional could, so to speak, set tht great coat on its legs again. Then he took U to a Air irawaina. n small working tailor, who lived In a side lane: a man much glfen to brandy, who g)t drunk of a Sunday as a matter otcourre 0 i Monday he waa diamal, hia bold uched, his hand shook, hli views of life were eoct allatic. On Mondays be was arcommodatirg to his customers, whether In the matter oi price or repairs. The Maj ir was not a man of the world or he would uot have gone to Mr. Dawkinsou Monday. Oa Sunday he had come to the conclusion that bomeiniog must be done to his greatcoat or he would not be able to co to church again, and on Monday morning, accordingly, he turned Into Little Hack strett and into the lallor'a shon He was at once almost stifled with the closeness of the nnm, the smell of damp cloth, hot irons hnd stale smoke. Mr. I)wkins tat on his table, his legi eroded, and without his shoes, his feet encased in not over-clean white stockings. With his toes he grasped the leg of a pair of white trousen which he was reseating. Mr. uawkins was a pastv fdced, soiKll-pox-marked man, with thick black hair and a bhv,k, frowsy chin. His thumb-rail resembled the bak of a tortoise. Round his neck, over hit dirty gray waistcoat, hung a skein of blick thread. He bad been en caned for eome minnte in try ing to thread his needle whea the Major en tered Ue had cursed the bad light, the needles eye. the thread, and hife in the back room becaase his hand suook bo mat ne could not thread the needle. Major CorLetlous soon eaw that the time he had chosen was in)idicious, but it was too late for him to withdraw. He knew the ttilor. aud the tailor knew him, Indeed the man did many little jobs for the gentle meo at Mhs Jones's. Mr. Diwkina's eye at once recognized tne customer, ana men travelled down to his arm to tea what hung over it for him to operate upon. "How are you this morning, Mr. DawklDS?" "Not at all well. Oat of eorts all over. How can a man be well when he slaves all day and is worried all night by a teething baby? Squall, squall, eqaall! Look at my band how it shakes. I am unnerved by that odious brat. I wish it were not against the law to drown babies. Mine would S)OU go over Waterloo Bridge." "How can you, Kobert? ' exclaimed his wife, looking into the room. "Go back to your work. I was not speak tng to you," ordered the tailor. "I don't know what ssrt of work yen nave ror me to do. Major, but I tell you beforehand I cao only boggle it with this shaking hand. Till the baby's teeth are cut no work worth look ing at comes out of this shop. Well, Major, what is it?" "I've come to to just indeed really with ." When the Major was nervous his eloquence forsook him. heexpressedhim telf in adverbs and prepositions, and left the imagination to supply the verbs and sub stantives. He stood stlli, stuttering, thinking he had said his say, or forgetting what his purpose was. Well, eir, what do you want with me?" asked Dawklns, casting a scrutinizing glance at Major Cornelias, and examining every garment be wore with the eye of a critic, re morseless over defects. Ue looked for rent, hole, lost button, frayed sleeve, whitened el bow, worn trouser-foot, burst-oat buttonholH. "The the greatcoat. I that is it if with by any means you eee it is well nearly just a little the worse for wear, bat otherwise good no, not new between the shoulders yee, I eee at the elbow also the cellar, you observe and the lappels the tall, I think with a little " Mr. Dawkins took the greatcoat and spread it over his knees, "It is not quite new," said the Maj or apologetically. "It is not, indeed, at all new; bat, I think, with your admirable skill it may be given another lease of life, siy ten years more service. It has been an old and excellent garment, has kept me snug, and screened me from many a chill. I have be come attached to the coat, and do not wish to abandou it." Dawkins sad nothing, bet his face assumed a sarcastic expression the Major did not like. Then he snook his head, raised the caat and held it before the win dow. The light revealed all its im perfections with cruel directness, it streamed through the rents, it struggled through the threadbare tracts. Then he turned the trreat coat on one aide, and explored the right sleeve, and shook his bead. Then he turned it over on the other side, and studied the left sleeve; then he shook his head again Next he turned the pockets inside oat; then he went over the collar, aud broke into a hört langh. Then he examined the lining and shook the coat, and threw it contemptuously on the table at his feet. "No good but for the ragman." Major Cornelius turned deadly white. The room swam round with him, the floor heaved and fell, as though it were the cab-n of a trans Dirt in the Bay of B scav. He who would have marehed fearless to the mouth of a cannon, shook in his shoes before Mr. Dawkins. 1 think, Mr. Dawkins, you are mistaker. A bit of cloth put behind that angular tear, and a strip where the team has parted would make the old coat hold for some time loceer: and if the cloth be thin, some linicg and wadding, which are inexpensive. would supply the requisite warmth. The thing is fuaaibla von will cive your valuable time and thiught to it. "Not no?sib'ie. The cloth is utterly worn ont. It will not bear a thread; look here!' be began to rip. The Major uttered a cry the only cry he had uttered since he was a hihr. 'InDltvI Mr. Dawkins! Do uot deal an rnnhlv with m coat.' No. hirer can be done with it. Take it to the ?arhOD." I have heard that clo'.h can be patched by placing a piece behind thereat, and a thin bit of gutta perefca, like goldbeater's akin between it aüd the cloth of the gar merit, then when a hot iron is passed ever the irfa-;e the eutta Percha dissolves into an adhesive substance gumming the two rveces ti srether. at.d not a thread Is used. "No good. No good at all. Cloth is cloth, and this is worn to the laut fibre." "I only want it to hold oat the winter. I am eld. I rx a not live to tee another year. It wou'd de a pity to buy a new greatcoat 'when I may not be able to enjoy it many veara. I do not care to iquaoder money, and it would be squandering should I not lire Inn sr ti wear the coaL" "Notaid Dawkins shortly; 'dispose of It

ti ihi ragman. I won't have anything to d wlik it. You mutt have a new great coat" "A ntw greatcoat!"

ea. a new one. Hum i hi a greatcoat roste money." "Of ourae OreatC3tUnenotKifeuaw.ty ' I hev C et a great deal of iuoiey." To b aure, a great t'etl." On Monday Mr. Dawklr.s loved to put matters in a barh light before hie cuatomen, to stagger and throw them back into attitude of depalr before tht mlghiy expense in which clothing would involve them. He looked compta cently at the .Nfajor and drank la hia mlierj.. 'SnrP'e iirw,M said Major Cornelius, rervonaly, "I waa to that la but really I doubt." Do you mean, what would be the ct of a new great joat? ' "Weil, yei ." "That would depend on tho quality of the cloth." 1 "1 should hot need the Inst and finest ma terlal; It would be utinersary for an old man. One that would laat my day would tn ill ce. I should tmt with to plunge Into lavi-h expenditure." "Ab3ut four gulueaa." "Four guineas! Lord l!ess me! did yon say four gnlneas?" "Not one penny lea " "Four irtilfieas! (loud hfftte.js! Where am I that I "You mutt have a substantial broadcloth none of jour shod tv, me quarter slnp'e, the reat oevil'a dut, that goea gloney at tha erams and elbows lu alx months. Watu of money getting that Not fit for a gentleman, Always looka n ubhy." Mr. Dawkins," exclaimed the Major, and the beads of sweat came out upon hia brow. "I entreat yon to apply yourself to my old coat, at.d n if yo i can u i make it last out this winter. We are now at the riot-e of January. There are only two more month of really cold weather before us. Make the coat laat orer them Darin the spring ai d Stimmer when there ii rain will not gont. Ittfo' nexr. winter I aball have had tl.ne to think ab nt a new greatc at, Tlile comes on ruo so suddenly, eo bswllderingly that that Impvslb'e 1 don't choose to throw time and threat away." Major Cornelius heaved a deep t:gh, took the de pine gr at oat,threw it over 'its arm, and left the talloi'a a hop aul lane. He went along like a aieep-wa)kr, purposeless, uoy whee. "Y hat a predicament!" raid he to him self; 1 could not have believed it bad been told that the grand old coat was to serve me no more, l oor old thing! it was with me in my better days. My broiler my poor, dear, misguided brother! how often has his hand leaned on this right eleeve. So so! breaking down together, the old heart, the old.confideiice in life, the old coat, the old heal 0 my brother, my broth er! If I could only hear from yon. or of you again, that you were living as a man of honor oUiht t live, and trying to redeem the past, and to repay debts I could ale happy." As he thui walked, dreaming and despondent, he took the wrong road, aud in etetd of coming home fonnd blunelf at Vauxhall Bridge. He was neady run over by a cao. and he iao against a policeman. He trod iu a bad of mud swept to the tlU of the read and splashed himself to the knees. When he found himself oa the bridge, then he awoke to the fan that he had strayed. Iben all at once, a cheering thought flasied upon him, and he held up his head ' To b? sure!" beeald, "now I remember, the young fellows often told me never to go to D.twkins on Monday; I will go to him on Satur day, and oilVr htm a little bottle of beat brandy that will warm the cockles of his heart and dispose him to make the mod of my old coat It may nt be quite the rieht thing to make use of his failing for my own end bat it ran not be helped: I can not po-s bly parohase a new great coat. Four gunies are well four gaineas "Eucouraed by tbi? hope, the old mau bought a bottle of excellent Cognac, put it under hs greatcoat, and on Saturday revisited tue tailor. "How do you do, Mr. Dawkins? Detter than on Monday." "Middling, Major, only middling." Tnen the old gentleman produced tht bottle "Look here, Mr. Dawkins, I've brought you some real grand old Cognac. I pray you to accept it of me The tailor was delighted, his faca lit up. He was profuse in h s thanks. Bat the moment the craftv Major approached the sub ject of the greatcoat, Mr. Dawkins' face fell. and?he said: "No, it is of no use! You must have a new greatcoat." "Is it not really possible " "Absolutely impossible Now, look here, Major. For you I will bait a point, and make tne greatcoat for three pound ten. Tnat is my lowest figure. Lavo it to me. I will give you good clotn and good cut and good needlework. Three-pun-ten." Major Cornelius again left the tailor s. He bad little heart to finish his Reminiscences. Finish them, however, he did, under much provocation from us. We sat in conclave ever them, and suggested touches here and there: some were accepted by general accla mation, others rejected. Kobbins wanted to trim one or two of the anecdotes and give them additional point; but tin old man would allow of no improvement at the ex pene of truth. We greatly waated him to corroborate or contradict the famous story of the "Up. Guards, and at them!" as some were disposed to relegate these words to the limbo of mythical mots, but he had been in another part of the field from Lord Welling ton, and was not in a position to pass an opinion on the authenticity of the memoraole order. I, as a good scribe, wrote out a clean copy of the Recollections, and the M9. was sent to one of the magaztnes. It was acpied. "I wonder what I shall receive for it?" he said. "I dare aar four guineis," eaid Bobbins. "That is about the figure," eaid another. Now, some thirty years ago it was the way with certain magazines I do not say all to keep a MS. some three or fonr months, then to print it, and to pay for it perhaps three moaths later, so that six months elapsed Detween the acceptance ot a short article and pay ment for it Bjmo magazines kept MS. still longer, and paid for it still more reluctantly, and these magazines in good repute. Others never paid at all. I care say things are altered now in this department aa in many others: but such was the cage. Major Cornelius know nothing of this, nor did we. ail as inexperienced as himself. We sup posed that his Reminlsceccej woula be out in a week, and paid for at once. We were all so certain that, as the MS was accepted, it would ba pail for. and so cer tain, also, that the Major wonld receive no sum lefrs than four guineas for it, that he ventured again to the tailor's, and ordered tfce greatcoat, which was promised him for three round-ten. I beiieve we that is ad Miss J ones' boarders, exrept ;tht o'd laiy wltl the teeth were as much inten-s'ed in the greatcoat as the o d man himself We tel J our breath when we hea'd that the coa wai ordered, we were impatient for it tobe fi ted, we consame d with eagerness to see it worn. First the c'oth bal to be chosn. and the color decided on. Then Major Cornelius had to sjbnvt to the Ignominy of being measured. At s the d.iy dawned on Waich he was to be Otud He went witn tremoiing heart to the ho3S5 of Da kies a d had to put his arms through two ho es in some thing wnich was supr-osd to be th coat, bat which wss a mere tabard of bits of c o b stitched o. ether, with long stitches of an inch each of white cotton. Why white cot ton fs.atways ns:dforthe preliminary stitching together, I should like to know. Mr. Dawkins went roind tbe Major sveia'tines with a bit of flesh-co'ored chalk btween h's lips, acd grunted, acd raiad a d depresssd his evebros, and made chalk sweeps with the thing that locked like pink soid. soec aMy under the arms, which tailo s never, as far as my experience reaches, cut r'ght at nist. and al'ow for simcientiy. rh-iu e mad9 pink lines don ihi Major'x tack, t'hen he caught him by the lapj.e s aad cave him a tog acd jerk towa d him and ficaliv disontssedhim with a "That'll do." At last the greatcoat arrived, brought by

He brought It In the all at home, except! evening, when we were lObblna. who waa at the theater. e eat round the mom and aaw the ganntnt put ou, cxpreevng our delight In low I inrmurs r Dawklna wee Ihe Major aloxl aud sudden ejacu'ations M proud of hia performance. Th In the mid l e of the room: the ta H was thrust aside that all mhihtt-e. Mr Dawkins lulled the tall down with a jerk; then be buttoned tbe coat across tbe cheat; then he made the Major ralae and deprewH hU arma, like a cock Happing his wlnf.v It lilted to perfection. It waa funltlens. Tbe tailor drew back ami looked at It, with hia bead ou rne aide, then he turned hit lull Ihr other ay, then he walked around th MaJr. No. nothing ncded r'Ctlficat'on. Then he looked -a i a .l i . at us an, one auer another, Meting commendallo't He rreved tt. ivrfeton 1 not often encountered In life, but that coat was perfection You will tlnd the bill In ih pocket, sir," said Mr. Dawklus. "After three mouths f pr cent." When Mr. Dawklna was gone, then all rauraint on oar cathuiiAstit a r moved; we. almost dance. I round tht Majur. Our ex pre.ialona of admiration wee Uuh, aud, 1 mint admit, t x.rava:a:it. The old mu s nlled, td hue a litt' bmlr. mind with the congrntnlatlor a, with great good humor. Ills pita-tun face wai lUhWd with a nulle, and a little just a little pride. He was conscious 'i ma heirt, he flt in eerv fiber of h'l tyntetn, that he lo:ktd well In the new greatcoat. "Ie It wann? ' aked one 'Warm? Hrendia glow through me" htrepllad. "Now, my dar fnet.de. I will

Mr, Dawklni hlmulf.

confide aomeih.ng to yuu. I a;n k". letters. One was the mil for the coat; the out. to dinner to n'ghr to my old other b ire an luerlcan stamp. It was from friend aid fellow aoMler, Blr Archibald hta brother a penitent 1 tier; he waa now llQi'ir, Tne tailor ha been very good; he'd jing well, and lie enclosed to MaljrCornel

nas Kepi nis worn an giyru ma tu k em cm tog) In. lie pioiuiewd u lor t; uay, and, red) log on hia promi.e, I accepted the Invitation. 1 could not go in the old greatcoat; it was inconveniently thin, and hardly resptctablo " doing to dine with General Sir Archibald Saab?. K. C II! We all ree iu our own estimation, b-cau e we ate at tlr. ane tab e, and slept under tue hame roof and warmed our shins at the aame tire wlm oti who win luvitdd to d no with tint dltii'guihtd t idier, H r Arcnlba'd II tsSy-a K. ü 1. aho! How we would talk too:ir relativ- u id ac puain'ence of :ur friend 0rnel u. who dltiVd will Wir Art hipaJd and lady Haahvi We must positively tee tbe Major in his drehCoar, and. help him On with hi gri-mconi when he weut lor.h It m time rorhiux to üreHb, eo we went upbtaus Due of us expedited the univertal ilrudge with ehnving water another toi k all the looec hairs out of the general clothes-brush, a third went doan to the boot-hole to ma e sure that the old gentleman' boots were brushed up brilliant aj patent leather. He caiue down al laat. looking very bright and freeh and drlghtfu. Tbe curl on lit temple Wis tjrnd vi h c sainma'f art His drers suit w" without a speck. It had not been woru for several yenrs. His cellars were very erect, aud wnite, and military looking. We hovered aboot him in the pass age rue oJd lady on tue nrst noor cameout UtoD the lauding and giowcrtd over the Ofir.ialers, and nearly dropd her teeth out otter jaws. Miss Joues rose to the surface from downstairs; tbe matd of all-work, with her nr s9 blackened and polished, locked on io amazement and far ell' adoration "What time may we expect you home. Major?"' asked Miss Jone-. About twelve or Lau past. I soatl rot be late " "Mary Jemlrxa ela'l sit ap," said M'ss Jones. "01 no! we will all s:t up. We can't s'eep till we have tean the Major rftarn fiom Irs dinner Oh Major Cornelius! what rayegsö you will commit this ete img on the beirts of the ladlts! Yon are pe fectiy irres s;ible If oily they cou'd see jou in the greatcoat! ' He laugiied; tbeu threa ot us rushed and knocked our he&de to:ether in onr eagerness to help him into the ne v greatcoit. When we had eocased him, and buttoned him in, we made him turn round under thegaslight Doa't you feel temp ei to kiss him, Miss Joiies?''askei ooeof the yoangsiers 'For suame! Oh, he!'' Then Ms Jones we it down, down the kitcbea stairs with a bio so. oa her face; and the maid of all-work went off into convulsive g'gg es "Gocd evening, sir! ' we called, as he went to the door. "We shall all bit up for you; aud may you well epjoy yoirseif." As he had his hand on tne door the post man's rap came load and ma le the o d man draw back with a start. However, he had the door open and had faced the postman before the letter was put in tne box. "For you, sir." "All light, thank you." He had no time to look at the letter then; he slipped it into his greatcoat pocket, aud went forth. We dabbed together for a bottle of British brandy, we heaped up toe fire with what re mained of coals in the box, atcer Mies Joues wasgooe. We got tne "general" jemima to supply us with hot water and tumblers. We persuaded Miss Jones to let us have a bowl of sugar, to be charged iu oir bills We eat up and discnssid the Major. We were eo pleased that the dear old maa bad gone! out; it would brighten his life. He would laugh and tell his stories, and recall old rem iniscences with his fellow-veterans; ho would associate once more with these in his own rank of life. We did not say aloud, but we felt, that he belonged to a different order than ouraelves. We were jolly fellows, good fellows, no nonsense about us, ana all that; bat we had not his polish of mind aud manner, that indescribaM something which forms an invis.ble yet impaseable barrier bs tween the classes in life. Twelve o'clock! He promised to be home by midnight, or shortly after, and the Major was always pane luai. At n.JiJ we heard me key in the door, but he seemed uuable to open it. One of as went into the passage to unlatch. Two or three ot us stood up and filled the doorway of the sitting room. "The o'd gentleman has taken ao much port that he can't hit the keyhole. Wicked old Major!" taid one. "Bat, when tne door opened, ana we saw him, ia tbe glare of tbe hall light, the rising joke died away on our lips. He arrlyed in his a re es salt, wun-juc tne greatcoat Good gracious, Major ! Why: what is the meaning of thia? Where is the greatcoat?" He came in, looking very wane ana depressed, the curl over hia forehead out of twist, his collars limp, his shoulders stooping. He walked more lamely than usual. We made him come into tne warm room. Hij hands were like ice. We forced him to take some spirit and watar. V. e tried to rouse him. It was in vain. He looked ut terJy crushed. What is the matter, sir.' wnat has hap pened? ' After a while we learned what had oc curred. The evening had passed very rleaa antly. Never more so. Wnen he left the drawing-room he descended to the hall and asked for his greatcoat, it was lost, it was nowhere hanging up. It had not fallen behind a bench It was not lying across a chair. Then the porter sa'd he was very much afraid that sorue rascal, takiDg advantage ot the door being open upon the arrival of a guest, had slipped into the hall unobserved and had walked ofl with the newest and best of the grea'coats. Thus was the disappearance accounted for. It could ba accounted for on no other hypothec's. Snail we lend you one of Sir Archibald e to go home in ? aaid the servant. "No, thank you." So the Major walked home io h;a dre?s salt, without his new greatcott That was lost lost forever. There wa but the smallest prospect of its being recovered. The poor old mm was utterly cast down Witboat the greatcoat he coald no longer walk abroad respectably. He sat in the arm-chair, with Lis head down and hie hands shaking We did oar beit to encoar age him, but wha: could we promise? He could not posib'y raue the raoiey for anew urgfi'mul Upside;, this one. now lost, wa nnpa'dfor He would not take more than a little drop of brandy and water. He coald not look before him. The fatnre was rwot to be faced without a greatcoat. Presently ht

itoid up hlscandle; he would g3 to bed. He was tired; ierhapa to morrow he would

we I'wvifjr, Vt iqneezfd h!s hand, and tat S.efcb!f listening to hie foot aa he want upatalra. H draeged hia lame leg wearily afier him. Tour oh! chap!" M I, - he seerai doo e m . r - . - v i v er. aaaej w ' ' in i r completely." Next morning we were M aaTibled at breakfaM-thatla, all but tha Major-whn a rp came at the front door and a ring at the bell. Jamlma answered A moment a t rihe came In withthe greatcoat-yes the ueiiurai reaicnat, over Her arm. Htr ArchIba d's valet had brought It. Heha.t .n it Willi ihi otter, In th hall, had hellered It 1 to tielohf to a gentleman stajlng tn tha ; ilmim-, vid. to avoid cm fusion, had remored 1 k i t m . nil im rnrary. I lie mistake bad onlv urn utiii u .iui wnen an tne gneats were gone, atui ihe eer?aut had come over with the greatcoat the first thine In tha inornlnt I ran upstaira. to roue the Major with the joyiui news, i knocked al the door, bat re reived no aniwer. I opened It and looked in. i aaw tne o:d man on hia kneea bv his heil side. Hewasaying his prayars I would jnot disturb him, ao drew back. Ht was a j long time over theae eun prnyera. I lo ked agiln. He had not a'lrred. Then, with a start, I eaw that tha bod had not been slept in. and the Major waa In Ina dreia rult. I went up to hliunnd tjnchtd him He whs dead The Iocs of the greatcoat had been the last Oiappoin'innt he could bear The bravt old hia't had given up the battle, and had a'.oppd beating. When, afterwards, the creitrnat iwkefa w.re aeaued. there were found In them two ; mm uraii tor a minoren poundl. The letter ba I not been o .ened. Th Soliden i r Mighty or Them? inn the Cruaadea The Kte Kvanta are We Prepared Tlu Chleajo Times, iu cJllorially co nr. uuting ! the condition o' aiUii in boudeu, couiptrea it to tits ci iditioua existing dorlng the crns-.dea. with ih! dlftr. nr - int tue crua jos were c .naucted 10 ?et pos I . . . a. A t A eiaeiu . ..i au .;u pty s-jouicnre in jerunie-o, and, p'oupted by relig ors fanaticism. a a and, p'O opted by relig ors faraticlsai, aia war to i lie de.v.n in wnich no i.n o ier, were! t.ltftl. Vi V I'll F.af la., ......l.i.. 1 H.l ... , j .,,..,,.. i,Sv "i'B.ui 71111 toe prcjent crusade la undertaken to obtain po.se'sioa of a larger dletrict that maybe; mulftopny taxes, to pay InterMt oo a usu ums do&t contracted by another country (Kyplj with which the Soodaneie Lai iio'.hlug l do derived no benefit iroax and are 1b no wire re8joauibIe for; and must be aud has 60 far been, like the other orude, war to ihe urataby Chr ntian aja.Rst Mtslem.

aja.Rst Mcslem. Vil.V . 4 that the original 1 I?.'.? I to break up thehloMii,;)-

mere i a surracs pretence iuas?o,i wai uiidertakeu s'äTti trade: hilt 1 1 1 A t vi rt ln-.oap KA,r.n

for England sent Gordon a Governor GeiMi!' 11 ?e(or.0 lhe KVml riTlh

eral with unlimited power, aid he i-;ued his proclamation that the slave trade woold be rerniitted. While all this may b true in substance, it is liOt alLthe trntli. nnri rfnea V.no:nA In. juttice. In some tatare paper I may more tally etate the position of England. 8 o far. if we may believe the tflegrani. the i-.:igiiu auvanc nas Deen stopped, a Dart of tne forces cut otf. and can not be rel'evnd. I' .l!.t- I I t . .

...tn- 1 Ti- 1 . j j , . , . aurround or annihilate tbe invaiera before they csu retreat. The coaree of affair seems to establish the n uvu i m cia.cuiriu u tiu vo xiave neeii maae by a prominent Moslem in Paris many months ago. He said the Mehdi could take M7fl.en.ey"ne ,wksaea to. lhat he

auuuoi:risi uiaeiey auvises a wituarawai sneuia egaia oe awsgenea. it i'got ebbetot tbe forces and abandonment ot tbe expe-jlently away without any po silile return ot dltioa; that is. If the native army dors not'caclousuets Boston Saturday Evening

wuaiu uui uioiuru roruoa ex?epi to cara s she would make him lhe KInir or Empe.or otßmdaaifhe won d trea; a?d make peace; bat ho wili have nonoofit. de Is 1 ha Med h ; the prophet pf-ootlaei by Mahomet the vice gerent of bih hrjst and Mahomet greater than Kings or Emperors, and the ditpcssr of crowna cot the recipient of ooe. Whoever tights htm and h s followersmud be abl to 0 mbar. the torrid zone and its deadly heataod life destroying agencies; the desert; drouth; starvation; a1 most imptsubilityof traostortatiou; illimliab e distan ces; ana .'a t nut icos'.rormioaoie, innumermersble hoa's ot fatalists who regard death in battle righting for their prophet, as opening tha door ot paradlee to thm. where there awaits them an eternity of sensuous delights All oer the Eastern world are millions upon millions of like fatalists who are ready to follow this prophet whenever he appears; and if the Eogltsh witkdraw and tbe Medhi c mies d,wn to the Southern borders of lower Eaypt as h? wi1! then do with bis victo rious hosts, it may be satisfactory evidence that he ia the promised prophet, and the green ila of universal conquest may be unfurled for the Moslem world. Will the re suit again be the retreat of the craaders and the triumph of tbe Moslem? Or, if the Mos lem is not entire. y victorious, what are going to be the re salts of each a war as must follow the general rising cf Islam? England a'one cau not contend with such a force An alliance by Western Europe ia hardly prob lile at th s day. being possible only oi a re bgious basis, which does not exist. Jea1ouv of England and general desire to curtail her vast dominion and absorb her coloseal poieefesions may form alliances against her. Turkey and Russia would have common cause against her to br her route to India, give Russia a stronger hold oa her own Asiatic pDSieesions and givs Esypt back to Turkey. Germany and France could raaVe common cause against her, to speed Germany in securing possessions in 8outh Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean and secure France in Aleiers, Madagascar, and other place ehe seeks to hold; and all of them would tu glad to overturn Eog'and'a supremacy in Chinese and Japanese localities. In looking over the aitaation it makes one shudder as there seems to aopear tha Furies of a Universal War. There is no doubt but Hat we are on the eve of mighty events, and among them a possibility that existing dvnadies will be tossed about like a ball in the game of La Crosse. Even the elements will beat war from the constant vibration caused by tremendous cannonading on eea and land, in the field and by siege. aod famine and pestilence may add to the unparalleled horrors. In each a mighty upheaval what lesser ones will come, in tbe effort or tne uommunists, tbe Nihilists, the Dynamartards, and other clashes of revolutionists, who are waiting and watching for an opportunity to overturn the existing order with the expectation of establishing equality on the ruins? Will It bring their opoortunity? And as tbe spirits of Liberty and Despotism move atco'jg toe ecenes, which will leave tbe governing inspiration? When peacereturos if it ever does will the former have entered her do m'nlou, or will she have been overwhelmned acd out beneath the feet of the latter? For us, m this country, in view of theoutlo ok abroad, these ba grave questions. Can we be lookers on or will we oe drewn Into tbe straggle? Are we prepared to protect ourselves against nations in desperate strait if it be their interest to embroil us? Are we prepared to tek part If circumstance, now unforeseen, fcrce ns to take Tai7 In this time ot p-ace are we preparing for war, or are we sitting supinely while mighty forces gather about ns to finally drive ua undtr military rult?

himalittle-untilthe English were about' Wl.,0,v P1 and o;bfr Impurities by a to enter Kartum. That he would watt until ! winnowing proses, and the wifid from the the arrival of tne British troopj near Kartatu v7li,ator throws the cork into k fsrond rueand would then give them jast enoueh of a cMue.where it is cut Into pectsj The pieces batt'e to check the advancd, then take pos-i? ro re then drawn uo nrbacken and action of Kartum and destroy the English ;fJFC!cJ int0 nidl. where tbeyj are ground army in detail. Meantime, he would harass toin ,ma pblepoder, whici is kuraied äaakim, and any otnar points the Eokltshl?1, W'V' "ai''1', fe nent n'1 kesr into muht occupy, bat when this time arrived I b':ck f jrm- LAf,'er il-vl? wdr-ed in tbe hs wcud sweep all enemies from Soudan, i1' V1? r:c ara 1 sa,jectei to r like a tornado. Just now, it looks as if this t,ficial heat. , -ia?emnt was true, and has b?eu aud is be- At the late annual mr cling It the Royal log carried out to the letter. In any event, Society, Elinhurgh, aim. "remarkable fosEugland eeems to be in dlflicult slralts' n- n..,. 1 1 1 nwi whichever coarse she attempts -to back out I""8 col,ect,d in the neigjborhord cf Philaud abardo.i foudai or a'.tempt o bet back 'aelphia, in Asia Minor, were exhibited the Medhi ai d his forcei. Already, Eoglaudlard explained by the Ilev. J. M. MacdiLa'd. hesofferrd tin Medhi the Governorship of;The ws an old myth that the walla ci Gonlo a a-d even to make htm Viceroy of j , . ... ... L. . co idan; at 1 there Is not much doubt butli,h,1.dlpM twere WJ1 with She boars of

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At llmen l't: kicking lUe a aioor, I here rr t tho billlUnt adrrrtliti mrtita, their ennni tmering a ur-e rtutni, NVtiilw other claim ttu-jr tlie To bdiiK hair o-u on a toard. I bare trio 1 tnem all Ith an ri Hot each hope tia provr.t fof lot tu.T hope, Ana rtereet twt tity U my l.v i k bare At ll waw wiit'ti l w horu. tvititirs rai:'UL ani :i t.NTiriü. A woman in Matoon, III,, rOtre tlma looklf.g ont i a who stoo! for ila poow whe?a th aun hone bihllv o the atj0 tlrly lojt heralftht Chlce ri News w has en a m.iuiiminn i muff Diuriunena'' v. M a r 8 . it a aa a. Ä W I I I.. a a correlat Lafajette, thla Ftate, Wednesday. Kdward Ulrkhalten, w die driving teioj ind dflirermg gooja.wa attacked with the malady and the lea of au-ht'h total. Tht phyaiciana have no kopeaof tusj ever being atle to see ajjaln. Suth ll'iid tnd.) Tribune, j Home men engaged in gsl ling (out w .od at incline, i.ako taiue, repjri namg hid a :n.. - .k - . .1.1 has been Imported aa having been wen from time to i time in Lake Tabo. They ay Mm im im. .n.t ,'.... forty feet water, wi! it was about through the id. et the ..... .. . UI'Mlllt ith its di rial flu exnan rate or anout a iui;e a mmnse Virginia (Nev.) Knternrlae. p 1 . . v 1 , . Mr. Johrs 01 reached a height of loair. oout a lul.e Virginia feet on Kilimanjaro, the grat knountaln of Kastern equatorial Africa, aad .' that elevation found stones aid snow, !aml eiperl erred a cold driving mUt. It spears H at tbe cultivated rone extends t :i , allltudeof th tore of Vevrtation to a ire account nr bin v'stt to tniN 1 this remark ab e iototia;M as i:ivn In de. cl Soiitty, es Prescott, non, is mou intere tit e. From accidental circuioatant tbe historian, bad always entertained a peculiar drrad of being buried alive, and he t ta1 therefore, often reqiired tljat measarea jabould be takeu lo prevent all poM bility cf tbe horrors ttat might follow such an ocur. ' , , ., 1. reice. Hts iniunctlons wen obeved. A principal vein was suve ei m ithat. if Hf . . .. !. .. Gitzttte. 1 Cork bricks, which have been' found to be yery d arable, and capable of reaj s'ing moist1 !nrt of acting as excellent non e.) idactois cf j heat, of erving to deaden oun d, a are made after uu-rutnoer: The rork ie freed f om ',r'.8UBU '."V1-8 B"u.r- aiacuanaia ato area llr V .u.'', J aaawa j ava i"uu vvva a j vi a.uu iM'il I v äJ Ca l O of o'd rashes of gigantic siza. i In ti onversation which fallowed Prpfe-sor Dans and Mr. Murray, of tbe Cha'Ienfer Commlaeion, eaid tbe apecimens exhibited were not bones, or fossils, or larg reed?, bat wers limply accretions whch bed beea thrown up by the tea and had gathered around rcedi Every one is familiar with th value of the yelk of an egg as a hair wash, but perhaps may not be aware of lis virtue in clothing cleaning. Beaten ud with alcibol, eau de cologne, cr either, like ox gall, it keeps bet ter and is more powerful; or inisimple ca?es. it may bs used alone, or merely mixed win water to be rabbed on with flannel, for re moving from colorel materials the stains of mud, or cf coffee and choco'atej whan ore pared with milk. It is freujenjiy applied to velvet collars aod cuff, etc , and proven a cleaner as well as a spot extractor. When it has done its work it is washed ofi' with soap, and the material tho'ougily rimed in pure wa4er. E?g hta a epeciiily g ol effect on'lhoee aunry. ug pacn s of wbel greife b longing to tne conuound cliisof eattns, as they represent a mx ure of s?a9 grease, iron aud ciher sub.tacces ' The results of certain Inquir es which have been made concerning the sta istics of ear diseases have been made known by I): Backner, a German physician, and icaj be stated briefly at h!low: Eery thi tj pesio in middle life dnet not hear eo well with one ear as with the ether. In aa 'examination of 5,935 school children it wa found that 23 per cent, presented symptoms of actual disease of toe ear, while 32 per cent, shovel a dimina ion of hearing power. The liability of disease of the ear Increases from birth to the fortieth year, and thn decrease tj old age. Men are more subject to ear affections than wohnen, in the propy' of three to two. The external ear i affected in 25 pr cent, of the total c&3v the raiid: ear is e7 per cent and the inur ear i S &pt ceot. The left ear ia vaore frqaently afft ?ed than tbe Hght. in the pr.iportion of five to four. Acut- aTectiona of ih middle ar occur Ie freq otntly in samrner aid antu-nn than ia spring and winter, and a little more than half of the cases treated are cured. The Parrot and the Monkey Stary. Loncman'a Magazin. J A well-worn American aneciote detcribes the result of owning both a parrot and a rxenkey. When the owner cf the bird and ti e beat comes home O': (y he find the moniey decked with red and green feather, but he dees not find tbe parrot fjr a long while. At last the bird appears from an ob scure correr plucked fcare eavs a eintl ta 1 f-a her: be hopf up ui his perch with each dignity as he can must-r and eavs. with inSuite parboi: Oa. we hare ta 1 a neu of a tine!' At first nothing coald eei more American thn this, bnt my friend Mr. Austia Dobion has receaily druen iny nuention to a atorv eweotially the sttne 4n Wal pole's le .ter Yet ano'.ber parr ttorv popular in Sew York, where a wtL krown wit happeni to be a notorious e'u'terer. es little Americiuasthisof Walpoles Tt e stutterer suppsd to ak ths man wh 1 offers the par. rotforsilei' U ccccia tt tat "U it a . - t m. . - a f . con id 00 "ax o'tter iuh'i you 1 a wrirg ith Oisck'istbe venders lud. gnat answer. I fr und this only the other day in B iraland'e lCurioaitiee of'Katnral Hlatorj," first publiihtd nearly a qutrter of a ceutury a.0; la all probability tt is yat more ancient.