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Tot the Hund ay Sentinel. LINES O ItLTYRXIXU AX UM KHELLA. BT BERTHA 8. PuOI.. I'd treasure yon r purse, or I'd keep your bent hat, A lock of vour hair for "low," or all that; Your boot, or a moucholr, your heart, (If It's . looav), Preserved In A bottle and ready for use. There U a FrencV prorerb that qulte'nulta you men, It's trite, bat It'a trV: "JAhW, m'ahw auH ftvm eAiru," x But, rendered by you, V 'would read plainly, I , ee, ' Wahne, m'itim autti nvort ytnutivit." I dare ay my honesty will bo quite vain ; You never will mini It, It nev r will .aln ; If the law hold In your cane, in thU leant Of orlmew. Till gem may have changed hand at leant seven time; Ho fur back Its original owner la 11, i Or wan thrown overboard when th Ked Hea wan c roused. Unparalleled um ! ThU hall be then oX truth. Untramracled by politic reasons. In aooWi, And for all after time be It known, my dear "feller," . ' t - One peron on earth has returne! art. "um broiler," For (tie Sunday Bentlnel. A LITERARY WIFE. BT MM. SALUS A. BAMACK. "It seems so strange to me, Clarence, that with your ideas and appreciation of culture and literary abilities you should ever hav. married Emma, for she ha not an asplr t tion above her cooking stove, nor a dream beyond making a nice pudding. You, with your talents might have married such a different person," and the lady sighed as dolefully as if she was preaching a funeral sermon. Really, she was trying to strike a death blow to her sister-in-law's happiness by appealing to the egoism of the brother whom she had always found a willing slave until he married. Clarence Gray was one Of the men who believed themselves capable of doing anything, but who really never accomplish the slightest bit of meritorious work. He was always planning and talking about articles,- review, criticisms, novels, histories or biographies that he intended writing, but beyond a short paragraph now and then he In the little evening paper, he had never succeeded in proving to the publC that he had any literary ability, though his friends, especially the female ones, inclnding his ister, looted upon him as a second Byron or Macauley. Generally he preferred the cynical, sneering poet for his model, but sometimes he would study enough dates to be entitled to the historian's rank. lie had inherited some property, from which he derived an annual income that only by economical use was sufficient for his family. He never saved anything; in fact, he was in debt when he married, but his wife was prudent and quietly denied herself comforts that he might not be worried over petty economies. Iiis mother was a "wonderful woman." She was president of two or three societies, a manager of an orphans' home and the bright, shining light in her church as in her social circle. She had had great hopes for her only son, but none were ever realized, and yet she continued to hope and plan for future years. Ilia sister Martha was precise, well educated, ambitioas, and had always believed that Clarence would marry an authoress, a woman who would not only incite him to literary work, but would be able to furnish the brain capi. tal. The moment she saw Emma Allison her heart sank, for she knew there would be no need for iuture castles In the air. Clar ence would never be able to draw on her imagination or knowledge for the cherished enterprises," and she detested the young bride, . The home -was cosy and. nice. The new pretty pictures on the walls, good books on the shelves, bright flowers at the windows, and the canary bird singinj in the sunshine arcing blithely. The rooms were scrupulously net, the parlor dainty, the dining room Jean and sweet; but the kitchen bore off the palm, it was so deliciously tidy and nice Nothing to displease the most fastidious taste was ever allowed, but Emma sang about her work, sweeping, dusting, baking -and broiling, always cheerful and contented. This was her ideal home; she desired noth ing beyond it, . and so long as she had her husband's love ahe waa well pleased to be busy for his comfort and welfare from morning until night. She read and wrote a little, works of fiction or jingling rhyme, and letters to her family in the far off eastern home, bat her whole heart was in her hus band and her housekeeping. She humored his every whim, always coniul ted his taste In drew or food, and waa wltbal the cherteat. brightest little woman that erer promised to love and obey; when Martha's shadow darkened the door, and her cool aarcasni withered her happiness. She bad come to see for herself before, ahe spoke to Clareace of his lost opportunities. She had come to criticise the wife and she found, as .a prying woman always can, room for re mark.; Emma, frank and outspoken, chat ted away freely, : discussing every subject artfully proposed by the other lady, declar ing her liking for crochet work and pud dings, and her dread of scientific lectures and "deep books." She had never read ither Raskin or Darwin, could not repeat a line of Hilton or Shakespeare, and ia fact

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INBI did not desire to learn. She enjeyed love stories sometimes, liked the fashion books, read a few little newspaper poems that she occasionally saw, and wonM rather hear Owens in a comedy thanltooth in his best relet. That satisfied Martha forever, and after eating Emma's delicate ' sponge cakes, peaches and cream,' she departed, taking Clarence with her for an escort Scarcely were they beyond the threshold when she began the recapitulations of the wife's shortcomings and her inferiority to other women of the same social rank. At first her brother remonstrated and then excused Emma's mistakes, but so sweet was the sad homage offered to his genius that he allowed that which no man should ever suffer any one to attack his wife.- HI mother continued in the name strain, and when he parted from her he had promised to do something to correct, if possible, the many faults he had been skown. "Invite cultivated people to visit you, stop this constant task of the bouse, the cooking, the eating, it is gross. Make the conversation refined. Discuss boks and pictures, art and literary matters, and perhaps that will educate Emma into a higher life. Give her certain books to read, make her write her opinions of them. .Have her prepare something for publication; make her an authoress. The Idea that you with your brain, your fancy and educa tion should .have even married a mere housekeeper," and with these Words of his motler echoing in his ears he went home to hir pretty little wife so lovingly awaiting his return. She sprang to meet him, kissed him tenderly, and then drawing him to the sofa beside her tried to interest him in her work. It was a bit of crocheting, bright col ored and filmy, designed for some domestic Ui, for the rooms had everywhere some pretty device to hold odds and ends or to protect the furniture. He barely noticed it, and seeing he was raoody and reserved she attemp ted to talk to him, chatting on ligthly appealing not to mind either his silence or mutter ed replies. "Would not you enjoy some ap pies or cake, Clarence? I'll get some for you," but he frowned and caught her ami : "No, Emma. I want to talk to y ou seriously. Do you suppose care for n "thing but something to eat? Do you imagin e I have no ambition above hearing you i 'ailed a good cook? Do you think I enjoy .teeing you always busy with the house work, or that infernal fancy worsted knitting? I want you to drop all this. I have put my foot down, and I intend to be obey ed. You are not a child now; you are a wotnan, and I trust a sensi ble one. Then you uust do as I bid you; begin a course of reaching and writing and devote your time to lt. I want you to be more like my mother a. id my sister, and I hope yoa will put yourself under their di rections, and leave this d.'rty work for servants. You are the wife cf a gentleman. I have talents enough to command my own position, and I do not want .vou to pull me down. I will introduce you to some friends of mine, and take you to a course of lec tures. Mother will see that you belong to ler societies, and I desire that you attend their meetings. Now don't pout." Crim son waves had swept from her brow to throat at first, then deep pallor overspread her face, but when her husband had finished she was outwardly calm and collected. Her only answer was to go to the sewing ma chine drawer, gel a pencil and her market book, and say, "Please write a list of the books you desire me to commence with.' He had expected tears, or at least anger, but his wife showed neither. She was far less agitated than he. After writing a few letters he retired, but she remained up for two or three hours, removing all traces of her former, mrst cherished labor. The half finished slippers of velvet and chenille, in tended for her husband, went to the bottom of her trunk; his new. scarf designed for a surprise followed.. Then toilet mats, wall pockets, pin cushion, watch pocket, comb case were packed away, with the pretty bright ' tidies . and protectors. The room looked bare though the heavy furniture was untouched. The next morning the moment breakfast was over, without touching the rooms to arrange them Emma went to an intelligence office, hired a cook and house girl, took them home, put them to work, and then went to the book store, bought the volumes her husband had chosen and again returning home commenced to study. She paid no attention to the affairs of the house, barely looked at Clarence when he came in, let him hunt for a collar until he was tried and provoked, ate her dinner with running comments on the chapter she had read, and left the table to hurry to her books again. The afternoon went the same way and supper was late, the cake burned and the tea mere swill. The evening was passed at a lecture of which she took notes. She sat up late to consult some authorities and ahall I tell you? to cry. In this way it went on, varied only by long visits to the reading room of the library and attendance at society meetings. 6h bought books and lecture tickets, but paid no attention to the coffe or broiled steak, and after awhile the cook leftp She was too busy to be .interested, and . simply sent out for prepared food and canned fruit, and intrusting these to the house girl to fix for Mr. Gray's dinner and supper, went to the after noon meeting of the "Strong-minded Club' without a care or perplexity. She had not a moment to mend a tear or sew on a button. Frayed collars and buttonless shirts were in every drawer, but she only smiled sweetly when Clarence cursed the luck that would allow a man snch clothing. The little home begun to look forlorn. It was clean, but there were no deft fingers to arrange the books and.

AN APOLIS, "WEDNESDAY MOllNIXG, APRIL 13,

pictures, to pick the flowers for the table b juquets, or to lighten the rooms with sun shine, It was like hotel rooms appropriately furnished, convenient and suitable, but without any of the grare that only a worn. in's love for home ran give. The piano was never touched except when Knwna practiced difficult compositions that were grind only because some famous musician wrote them, but which never touched the heari or awoke an answering chord. She never sang anything but "operatic gems," so unlike the tender ballads that used to fill the house with melody. She had no time for these simple thing now. One of her articles had appeared in the daily paper, but some how Clarence did not feel ni proud; as ke thought he would. She wrote with care and deliberation, but totally without enthusiasm, and as that was only one of a series she proponed to furnish t is editor,' she was sparluj; of her store of information, and elaborated the ideas at great length. She read a paper on some abstruse subject before the church society, and was preparing another for the literary club. She visited people who wrote much, and those who criticised the writers, and that third class, who in turn censure the critics, and mado friends of all. She was on half a dozen committees, was an officer of three or four societies In short, she was developing fast into an im portant woman. She had no time for hus band or home, treating one either as a necessary evil or an escort, as the moment decided, and uing the other as a restaurant or lodging place. She had many guests, and bo intent was she on literary pursuits that she would leave her husband at home to go off on a botanical or geological tour with a party at a moment's notice. Somehow Mrs. Gray, Sr., and her daughter Martha did not enjoy a visit to tht cottage home as they once did. Now they were met by a calm, composed lady, ready to discuss sociology or evolution, taken to a table, where the food was of no consequence to the hostess provided there was a book to criticise, and left to enjoy themselves as best they could.while she prepared an article or went to the club. The house, no longer under her economical care, soon run Mr. Gray in debt, and these, coupled with his extravagant personal expenses, made bills that rapidly destroyed his peace of mind. He had to go to work to meet bis liabilities, and hour after hour he labored as he had never dreamed he could. He succeeded well in his profession, but he missed his home comforts. His wife was far in advance of him in the way of fame, hert public work drawing attention to her, and measuring himself by her he saw how foolish he hud been to be egotistical. He began to doubt her love, so indifferent did he seem, o pleased to be away from him, so wrapt up hi literary aspirations and plans, and though he could point to nothing as proof he was jealous. She seemed happy laughing and chatting with her friend?, busy with her books and pencil, and never able to give him a moment. He saw what a fool be bad been to destroy his home to feed his vanity, for that was the truth of it all. One night, dreary and sad, he came from his business to hia home. There was no light in the window to cheer him, no wife at an open door to welcome him, no girlish voice to call his name, nor loving lips to kiss him gladly and tenderly. He groped his way through the hall to his room and threw himself wearily on the bed. He saw his folly; it was useless to try to correct his mistake. Wilfully, knowingly, he had poisoned the cup, and he mast drink it to the dregs. He could have cursed himself and died, and covering his face he sobbed, "My wife." , In a moment she was by him, her arms clasping him close, her tear-wet face bent to his. "Clarence, darling, are you ill? What is, the matter? Have I again displeased you?" "Emma, please, for heaven's sake, .stop. . Displease me? No. I have only ruined my own life. Oh! if you were only my own wife again ; if my bom was only home again, I would ask no more. But it is all my own fault. I would not let yon alone in your quiet ha ppi Hens, and this is my reward." "My husband, would it plea e, you if again I was your housekeeper, your home-loving wife? Tell me only the trnth. May I give up these things that are so foreign to my tastes and aspirations? May we go back to our first married life? Her voice trembled with emotion, she clung to him closer and ' awaited bis answer. "My wife, If you will do this I will never ask another blessing." In an hour the sitting room was lighted, a dainty tea table spread there because "Mr. Gray liked it best," the egg shell china arranged prettily, and a few buds and geranium leaves laid by his plate. With braided hair and neat home dress Emma sat by her husband telling little trifles of baby, friends and neighbors, but 'avoiding all unpleasant subjects. Afterwards with the bit of rephyr work so lon hidden she whiled away the time until the clock chimed midnight. She had told Clarence her love for her home duties and her hatred of publicity, her taste for COOklng, for domestic economy, for housekeeping, and her abhorrence of literary matters, and half laughingly, ltalf earnnestly made him promise to let her be her self. "But I really do not want to pull you down in shame at ray ignorance, or to dis grace you before your friends." "Ah, little woman, just as yoa are, you are my dearest friend after all." . tin is like the letting out of waters, at first a trickling stream a finger might stop, at last ä Hying tiood sweeping man and hia works 1 ! I t . . l Cl 1 X! . i t - -tr auxe into ruiu. diu is a ure ; at urst a uycu a a dron might entingnlsh. at last a conflagra tion taking cities on its wings, and melting primeval roefcj into oust.

OH THE LA DHU.

The Empty frndle. Sad Im the heart of the mother WhosltM by the lonely Iwiirtli, Where never again the children' Mhall waken their onus of mirth.' And Mill through the imlnful Mltence, She lixton for voice and tread, OulMlde or the heart there only Hlie knows thiit they are not dead? ' Here U the desolate cradle, 'i'tie pillow ho lately prettied, , Hut fur away linn the binding Mown inmi lu llttlo next. Crooning the lulluble over That once were her bate'a delight, : All through the inNiy spnees . She follows Ita upward lght. Lit tl he thought f a moment Ho Rloomy and sad as this, When close t her heart she gathered Her child fur its good night kls. She Mhoultl le tenderly ein rUhcd, Never a grief hotiitf he know, Wealth, and the pride of a prince, - TheNO would a mother beHtow. : And this in the dnrllug's portion ; In heaven where he has tied ; ! Hy iingeU nerurely guarded, Hy angeU ecurely led. , llroodlng In aorrowful kllenc Over the empty ticMt, . t'iui you not we through the ahadowH, Why It la all for the lMtr ' lletter the heavenly kingdom Than all riehen of earthly crown : lletter the early morning flight. Than one when the nun U down J Better an empty caxket, Than Jewel beam lrc bed with aln ; ! filler than the without the fold, Are thone that have entered In. The Kcotiman. Our readers need not suffer from having their hands affected by water or soapsuds if the hands are dipped in vinegar-water or lemon juice immediately after. The acid destroys the corrosive effect of the alkali, and makes the hands soft and white. A mat for the floor in front of a bureau. or icrhaps needed in another part of the rooni to save the carpet, can be made of a coffee sack, by cutting it the size desired, and hemming the edges under; then work a border in (iermantown wool, and your initial or a bud or two would be pretty for the center. If you have an unsightly mantel let a car penter make you a board, and cover it with blue, pink or cardinal paper muslin. Place the board over the mantel; cut a piece of muslin the length of the board, in some pretty, fanciful shape, and drape it around the edge of the mantel. Lambrequin patterns may be purchased, but are not necessary if one will exercise a little taste. Cover the whole with plain or dotted Swiss or Nottingham lace, either of which can be bad for 2.) cents a yard. Where any looping is needed place a knot of ribbon of the same shade as the muslin lining. Fill a goblet or any other glass dish with cold soapsuds made of the best quality of washing soap, put in your lace and place in a strong sunlight for several hours, often It U seems necessary; when bleached, rinse gently .in three or four waters, and if you want it ecru sdueezing the lace, and changing the water or yellowish white, dip it into a weak solu tion of clear, cold cotiee liquid: if you de sire to stiffen it slightly, din it Into a very thin starch; provide yourseit with a paper of fine needles, recall the forms and looks of the collar when first purchased, take a good pincushion and arrange your collar in the right form and gently prick into place and secure with the needles every point and fig ure in the lace as it was when hrst pur chased; leave it to dry and press either be tween the leaves or a heavy book or lay between two pieces of flannel and pass a heated iron over it. Applique lace can be nicely washed by first sewing it carefully, right side down, to a piece of woolen flannel; wash, stiffen slightly, and press before removing from the flannel. A room with a grand, new-looking carpet in It, and very little else, is a dreary place enough: while one with scarcely any or no covering at all, but plenty of other things, can be made cosy and delightful. Let it be straw matting and home-made rugs, or painted floors aad ditto; but, until a parlor is provided with a few pood pictures, flowers either cut or growing, and, at least, a white clay figure or group of some kind, it has no right to a eirpet. These thing edu cate, and the carpet does not; no one ever called a carpet a loop-hole of the soulf Very fer carpet are properly used; men with suppers on their feet and tacks in their mouths pull and stretch it into every pDssible corner, so that not an inch of space shall be left uncovered, and obligingly notch out places for the various recesses, until the expensive fabric ie utterly spoiled for any other room than the one to which it is fitted. It is very ugly, too, arranged in this waybeing far more picturesque as a large square or oblong rug, brdered and trimmed with fringe, and showing all around it a yard or so of dark, polished floor. A bordering of inlaid wood work, known as parquetry, is very pretty and not much more expensive than first clasa Brussels carpet. Sucb a floor covering has a sort of old-time and eastern look about it, and may be taken up and shaken with comparative ease a few nails along the edges keeping it in place when do wik The most important thing in a hone is its atmosphere. I do not refer to th common air, however essential that, in it purity, may be to physical health. There is in every family another subtle, invisible, but constant force which makes and molds character. As there is a fashion in dress and a coloring in art, and a style in sneecli, and a tone in music, so the home life has its distinctive atmosphere, which is the product of many combining causes, and which educates more effectually than rules or precepts. There is a worldly atrcosphere. All things whatsoever are viewed through it. Habits, opinions, aims and conduct are under its control. All thoughts, all ideas. all undertakings draw their support from its frigid elements. Ai icicles are formed in winter, so selfishness grows and hardens under its pressure. Tne worldry atmosphere insures a sharp and biting wiater in every home wherein its blighting rigors are allowed to reign. Hardhearted people are brought up in the atmosphere of worldly homes. There is an intellectual atmosphere. So far as it goes it ia beneficient. It quicken mind, develops oower. supplies substan tial themes for thought and talk. It gives a certain dignity to a home above anything which bare material splendor can impart. A. home without books, pictures, newspapers. articles of virtu and pleasant trifles to glad den the eye is no home at all for anything more than the bodies of ito occupants. In this day, when education is striving hard to become universal, it can not be shut up in schools, academies and colleges. It shines for all, and, if it) rays do sot enter the sacred

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jerring lis largest blessing upon society In its integral parts. FAMUO.V AOTIJS. Tointed neckerchiefs of linen lawn, embroidered In scarlet and blue, are among the spring novelties. Urides' dresses at the moment are trimmed with fringes of lilies of the villey, headed with orange, blossoms.- ( Llsse pleatings are as fine as if crimped, and prettily mixed with.inked or notched silk ruffles or ruches. Twists of knotted silk,' ruches of frayed bias silk and tulle ruches lire worn as face trimmings Inside the clowt brims of capote and Normandy bonnets. ' For evening dresses and bridal dresses the taste for pure white is satisfied by pyrin ga. Jessamine, narcissus, double and single, and all the most tasteful arrangements In wreaths or garlands of spring and summer blossoma. For ladies who cannot relioquisli their favorite black bonnets are beautiful models of pla.n Brussels net laid plainly on a stiff frame, with lace strings, lace ruche for face trimming and, by way of tylish relief, tilleul fol age made of rubber in nmin n ' - V large clusters. : The bonnets for little girls ari very quaint and pretty, in white chip and split straw. Close shapes, some to wear over the face, some like little old fashioned bonnets, with Wreaths of daisies outside and in. and bows of narrow ribbon. The children's hats in Straw, sailor. Tyrolean or with turnet up !.! II -I M III! unms, .re au cuiiuuae ana pretty. The Normandy bonnet with straw brim and high crown promises to be the popular style, as ladies can easily make such bonnets at home, after buying the frame and net crown properly shaped and the brim complete, with its three or four rows of braid. In making such bonnets the amateur miliner mutt have an abundance of ti'k in careless, easy folds for the crown, as scantiness and set folds give the ' bonnet a stiff look. A wreath of small flowers, drooping buds or green vine leaves may be naased around the crown, or, if this is too dressy, a rurne is maae oi bias sun notched in sawteeth on the edges. Hoop-skirts are now made with no bustle. or a very small bustle, as may best suit the peculiar hgure, no springs about the region of the loins, and the sweeper, to carry out the weight of the skirts from the limbs, to accelerate the chance for walking conveniently, and for preserving the heels of boots from being rubbed through by the stiff facings, braid and the other things employed to finish the skirts of dresses around the bottom. We may be disposed to banish crinoline if we will, in excess of obedience to the supposed dietum of the vuxU, but the bolnyruft in imported costumes, shows the demand tor something .to sustain and hold out the skirts of dresses; and thus crinoline must perforce not only be considered, but retained In use to a greater or less extent EDUCATIONAL, NOT KS. Louisiana appropriates $-100.000 this vear for the support of the public schools. The North Carolina legislature has appro priated $2,000 per annum for the mainten ance of a normal school for colored teachers. Secretary Xorthrop, of Connecticut, says that the study of English literature is grad ually supplanting the taste for French in that state. A British M. P. recently traveling in this country examining bv the wav the public schools, remarked regretfully that In no case did he meet with a pupil who expected to follow tne occupation of his father, if the latter was employed in a mechanical pur suit. Tn Ppnnnvlrnnift arhrvd th minil Arn obliged to waste their time in learning descriptions of the formation of letters. A Mr. öqueers savs, "When the boy knows hi i mit rvf honlr ne erne and riop. it. thmifh at first appearance It might be expected to result in some Chinese characters. The experiment of educating girls at Smith college on the "no sex in intellect" theory, is reported by a writer m the forthcoming Scribner to have resulted well. The writer says that this is the only female college in tnis country for which Greek examinations are required, and that the girls have not suffered in comparison with the young men of Amherst, in. the estimation of the professors. . We learn from the Courier-Journal that Pvouinont Mpf".nh. of Princeton mlleee. ha appointed a board of examiners in Louis ville, who will sit in that ciey to enable vnnnir mpn them whn nrnrWiRrf tn loin this j " r, - - i i 4 college to ascertain their eligibLJity without lue eipcuso ui vi-umig xiiiitvwu au uncertainty. This is a new and excellent feature in the practice of our eastern colleges. Harvard, Yale and Princeton have already established examining boards at Chicago and St Louis, but this is the first instance in which a college oS the first rank has gone so far south. It is said that from 15 to 20 andidates for Princeton will present themselves this year from Kentucky, which is of itself a sufficient confirmation of the wisdom of these local examinations. This bit of good sense is from the National Teachers' Monthly: "Mfljiy years are frequently spent in studying the French and German, and yet we nave among American youth very few good scholars in thoso languages. It is not for lac of time and effort, but because eUbrt is misdirected, aud consequently time is misspent A young? lady of rather moderate natural ability was able to speak, read and write with ease aad correctness the French, English and German at the age of 13. The acquisition of ail these languages, studied at toe same' time, cost her veir little laborious effort Her rather al ways spoke and read the French, her mother the lierman, and Jjignsn sue kearnea ai school. Her Instruction was natural, atvti conseauently correct and successful. If in like manner we unite precept with practice in bot elementary and higher Instruction, we may always be equally successful." "Are those genuine sausages?" asked he of the butcher. "Ya!" said the butcher, "dey ish genu"Made of dog and cat, and all that?" ob served the man. . 'VJtw,! n!nl v Uh r.ftt!" Indismantlv replied the butcher, "I makes no dog's and cat's meat in mine sausages." "Well, then," said the man walking off, "I don't want them; I'm after the genuine article.

: WHOItE NO. 1900.

THE FIIWT ll'niüfj FLOWER. "I've won the bet," aawld Tom to Nell And I Jess. "While you wereMeepln I watched the earliest rys of morn 1 AeroMs the heavenMc Moping: And Ort to yonder field hied. Led by some tal ry power-, (SaiiHe I'm ao good : and t Aene J spied " " i ou never spied a flower?'' I didn't? Well.you wait andj ou girls thought me too ly To leave my bed at dawn, and ceek A crocus or a daisy, And wagered me a kU "trftowi!" " 'A Mm' with pride I say It That you the Hrst spring flower would Hud : louve kt tha bet please pay itt" Not till we've wen the Prize," aald Jfell; . "I think. Tom, you've been drenir.og." "r wiii iihiiu a irog ii pittced HhH M-l 111 WlllVI.1 .ölnl.... "O. Tom. you wretch 1 how toii'ld you' plan lo laugh at and provoke us?" nam om, '-nn April find, my dears, : And every frog's a cronk-cuiw!" -Mrs. Margaret Eytinge In New York KvenI tlf II All " - t - - ! ALL MOUTH. ' The Third Vatlrmal l.mlrnf ll.:.inl tv 1. , , l'IHWI, Island, has three women directors. "Insults "save a mnil.m .l,ll,....l.. . t i. )u ii vsm j 1 1 j c i , arv like rflll n torfei t r nn a . . . Li i their being offered, but we are not compelled to Uke them." Mr. Blaine would like tn hav na hti he is going to make it so hot as tn for th administration into summer quarters right were in me miuuie Ol spring. Mrs. Haves would as lf nnt irv.n. Smoking about the white house and m-hst. ' ever Mrs. Hayes may decide upon, the will' nave ine president to Dack her. It is solemnly announced bv the Oinrin. rati Garette that a great eranddauchter of George IV. of England is a teacher in one of the Sabbath-schools of that city. The Cincinnati Enquirer is authority for the statement that Mr. Cox travels for t'leasure, and his journeying have no relaion whatever to the speakership. The new collector of the port of New Lon don. Conn., is the editor of an organ. Happily the duties of neither position are arduous enough to prevent his tilling both. An estate on Tremont street. Itoston. was sold by auction last week for $29,S50. of 1 A. wiiicu tne assessed value was ?3a,ouu, and five years ago the owner was offered and re fused $!3,0U0 for it. Paris is a pleasant place of residence. At the last grand opera ball, when the dancers had departed, the watchmen found the dend body of a well dressed woman in one of the private boxes, bhe had been stabbed, but there was no clue as to whether her death was due to suicide or murder. Lord Lyons, as British ambassador to France, has a salary of $50,000. The British ambapsadors to Germany and to Rome have each a salary of $35,000, and . the latter receives an allowance for rent öf $ö,000. The ambassador to Vienna gets $40,000, and the one at St Petersburg $30,000. Sir Henry Elliott had at Constantinople $10.000, and 8ir Edward Thornton entertains at Washing ton on a salary oi w,ooo. The Princess von Bismarck is described as a tall, graceful woman of about 50, with splendid eves and features, combining strength with delicacy. Her manners are most eraciouaivd sympathetic. Her daughter is a fine young woman, with dark eyes and hair, and a very clear, pure complexion. Her face is a most interesting one, and indicates great sweetness of character. The son is about 21, and has a strong resemblance to his father. There was recently a trial for murder in Irelandi, in which the evidence was so palpably insufficient that the judge stopped the case and directed the jury to find a verdict ' of "Not guilty." A well known lawyer, however, who wished to do something for the fee he had received from the defendant, claimed the privilege of addressing the court "Well hear you with pleasure, Mr. It ," said the judge, "but to prevent accident, we'll first acquit the prisoner." The poet Bryant was lately made he re cipient of a singular present from Misa Lu- - cille Clinton, im artist, in the shape of a glass globe filled with moss, in which were merrily chirping a lot of crickets which she had caught on Longfellow's premises in Cambridge-last summer, and kept through the winter in corner of her studio. A pink shell in the globe contains their food oatmeal and sngar and their chirping at this season of the year is as pleasant as it is novel.. w -i : . The TokioCJapanlTiraessays: "Mr.Kanda Kohel, recently Gi Kuwan of the Genro In, has been appointed Mot bu Shoyu. He was at one periwd di recto of the Kai Sei Gakko, and afterwards Rei of the Hioga Ken." We always thought Mr. Kohel would make a Eood Morabu Shoyu, and we are pleased to1 ear of hie promotion. The Times neglects to bta'e. however, that the gentleman for a. short time held the office of Swe Et To Tai Ti of Nu Je Rse, and was subsequently made E resident of the KorNorl Uat r.n of the ln Ii Ck St Kti Ets. üorristown Herald. Once more the Massachusetts house of reorepresentativeshas re-enacted the probib--itary lum, pure and simple, fines, imprisonmentSy seizure clauses and all. it is sup posed that the seaate will agree with the house,, and them to veto or not to veto will be th question, with Governor Rice, w-ith not t veto in tha ascendant. Already ths democrat are eagerly anticipating their.op-. portudity. xtowonoer raey are sanguine in their anticipations, considering that they have already tarried the state against fearful odils half a decen times on the same- issue. The history legislation upon this subject. it A could be raiiaiuuy written, wjiu ut btlh entertaining and instructive. YiilianSftl lUwtWwnA. althouirh . ai tremeW shy and retiring almost a reduce, indeed was. me ver nn pleasant at home. He was often taciturn, thoughtfd,. dreamy, though nerer rude, ma-.tentive or sullen. Often ha- was talkative, interestuL in everything, fall of sunshine, and in. auch moods he was a fascinating companion. Then h abounded in air, quiet humo. and his eloquence of speech surpassed mny.bhing. he baa written. Occasionally he wld read his. MSa to the members öf hUfaaiily, and they enjoyed it immensely. II solicited their criticism, and received it wixh. gladness and gratitude the freer it maa the better. His wife and children idolked him. The void his death left in their hearts can never be filled. ii i a The laiy youth who was told "to get out of bed and go to the ant, thou sluggard." replied that he always talked business with th head of the family, and when he WMhard, up went to bi uncle.