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TbU Worla U Vary Voony. TUii world ia very fiiuny. No Loattur how much luonoy MauiseamiQK ho will Hpeud It and bo " bard U|>" All ibe time; To hU utmoHt ho la utrftiuiuR _,„ 'vlo'-eatch up " without attfciniufi Till lie rnakeh liiti lifo a burtlon when it BhoulJ \ blisaaubllijie. H* wiio eftriift a iboasand merely Thinks two thouBand dolIarH yearly ^vculd be juflt tho ttgurt) to inaku happiueBK complete ; Mut liu iiicoino when it dotihleB Only multiplieahifl troublos. For hiH out^o tliuu incri'a.Hing makea hia both cuds wursu tu meet. He in run in debt and b<)rrow, 'â-  Klusb " to-day and broke tomorrow, FiiiaDoieriiig evory day which way tu posCpono day ut doom ; S^le[i(ilIl^J money cro lift niakfs it And tb«n wondering what takoa it Till b«. t^ivintj Dp thu riddlo. looks fur rest within thu tuUib. (til. thirt world J-* very funny To ihH avera:;t<> man whosu inoooy IJocsu'l 'luitti pay f"r thu aancint; that ho docs hefure ho should ; And hn kills liimst'lf by tryiuK Jiigt n littltj hiu'hor ttyint; | Thoii iA HUitod to hiH pocket and his own otorual ti yji A I'uiiHter'a OuerieH. V'i'ou what <lid the â- " 4-arriaKa cijirinB ?" Frotii wheuco did tho " lomon drop ?" Ob. what <lid thu '• aprou-atrluti*' ' A::d who did the " acuordeouatop ?" Uuw far did thu " ruUer-bkate '/" And whom did tho '" watch-charm '.'" Huw 1 >n« did tho '• paper-weight '.'" A:id wUu did tlio " hur^lar-alarm ?" \\T:os" path did the *" ir«in-bar ?" And how long was tho " iukwoll '.' " Acjaiuftt whom did the " tfla^H-jar *'" A:rl what did tho " prisou-cull '.'" And whHt did llio " paatry-cook ''" Andvshat property did the " carpet-tacka?" O'.'. wbat did cho " cotton-book '.'" A:.'i who did thu " seaiing-wax ?" Wlicit did thu "rlam-hako '•" And why did tho " wator-fall '.'" Whodid the " milk-'^haho V" A:id how loudly did tho " base-ball '/" \Vliat conspiracy did the " grass-plot ?'* " Andwti>H« braiti did tho ' hat ra ck ? \Vben wm the " iirapo-ahot V" AulI what person aid the " car-track ?" OURBBNT TOPICS. A I.ulUby . Aa »MUi l>y O&rdnor, the rlover (Icrmau dialect colutjdiauj Bleep, uiy tiariiiiu Hluep. My Bwbot otit., iHi my bre&st. Cln^« Ihy lilue eves, lictlu love, And rent, ujy u&rliufj, rant. 8"ft bluw the Kentltt soutli-wind, Bweet. l-'ruin (jviT tUe Kutiiim.r sue . I>n-:iut on. my darliiit{. dreuin. My aw))«t om.. du&r tu iu« ! Sloop, tiiy babe CiiJUi's â€" Thi'U ru' k a byo. hUBli » byt>. dear littlu darling, lii'V-u ie-u, L*.yu-ie-o: li'>ck a by(>. bueti-a bv... dear liulu darling;, Lt'y-U lu e-o ! Hoy! Ble.-p. darMuR. wlillo iJi-. briRht starH Ti.eir dilnut watch do k«.nii ; ^lf.i'|i. dtrltiiu. whilt' tliu fair iiiouii bu (jeatiy iiuard* tliy Mlfeji, TiiV iiiolti--r Hbakt'H tlio dreamland tree, Br:Ktit droaiiia fall down on tbee ; T)re,iia on. my darlitig. drttam, W> bwooi Olio, dear t.i me I Hlucii uiy babe ! Cho â€"Then rook a-byu, etc. Two 1.1 vee. A'-iiyua the louoly bills they playud ; No other bairns thuy uvur know ; A little lad. a little maid. lu Hweet cumpanluUHhii) they ijrew. U'hey played aiuouij tin; ferna and rocka Arliildlah conieih- of lifo ; Ki'pt house nod niitkad the crimson docks And ciillod oacb other man antl wife. fr!«v went to school ; thoy nead to no With armti about each otb«)r laid ; TliHir Havon heads. In rain or snow, \Vi*ri) rtheltured by a hIukIo plaid And so -and so it came to paas Thoy loved each otlmr i.-r© tlioy know ; Ills h'lart was like a bla'le of i,'rass. And hers was like its drops u' dcw The years went by ; the cbanKiiful yoan llrouKht larger lifo and toil for Ijtu ; Tbey parted In the dusk with Mar» They called each other man and wife. They niiirriod â€" she another man, And he iu time another maid ; -The story ends as it battan â€" Auioag the lonely hills- thuy played. » - fellTerand Oold. Farewoll my little sweetheart, N'ow fare you well and free ; 1 claim for you no promise, Vou claim no tows from me. Tho reason why Vâ€" the roason Kight well we can npholdâ€" I have too much of ailver. And you too much of gold I A puz7.1«, this, to wcrldiiigs, Wtioatt love to liicro flies, w ho lliiDk that Kold to ailver <shouM I iiuiit as mutual prize. Itiil 1 ill not avaricious. And you re not sordld-souletl ; I liave too itiiich of Bllv.-r. And you've loo much of |{uld. t I'on our heads the reason Too plainly can be suen ; I am the Winter's bond slave, You are the Hummer's ipieen ; Tnn few the vears you Jiuniber, Too many I havetild 1 iiavo too iiiucli of Hllvcr. And you've too iiiu.:.. ,,f {; :ld. Vol! havo the rose for token, 1 nave dry leaf and rime ; I have the sobbing vuapur, Vou. uiorning bells at chime. I would that I were younger, (And you grew never old) Would I had less of silver. Hut you uu less of gold * LIT ILK, fk> little Titade mo glad, for I was young ; FlowerH. a sunset, books, a friend or two, liray slues with scanty suushine piercing tin-ongli - Bow little made nie glad when I was young ! Bo little makes UiO happy, now I'm old : Tour baud in mine, liear boart, here by the Are . T!ie children grown unto our heart's dosiroâ€" How little keeps us happy when we're old 1 And yet, hutween the little then and now, >Vtiat worlds of life, of thought and feeling keen ' \Sniat spiritual ileptlis and heights unseen Iâ€" All uie I between the little then and now. for little things seem mighty when ivD'ro yonng; Then we rush onward through the changing years, " Testing the gamut of all smiles and toara, Till mighty things seem little : we are idd. Alii''' ]Vi'tlingt<m liOlliiis. A. Curlnua Oaie of Left HnmlMtaeiH. A Kretich phyaician mentions a onrioiia case of left handedneBU. One child in B certain family wu3 left handed, and a â- eoond appeared, at the age of 1 year, also to be lift handed. II was then learned that the mother always carried her child on her left arm. She was advieed to carry ln^r child on fcur right. The infant, havinK its right arm free, began to grasp objects with it, and 8oon beoame right hBoded. An EngliBb-Volapak diotiooary will be iesnud before the end of the year. Tub hoase in London, 13 Ficadilly terrace, where Byron passed the wretched period o! hia married life, where Ada was born, and where he wrote some of bis earliest poems, is now being altered, and will be entirely changed. Alivh R from England says that the micbinery of the great steamship City of New York has been seriously raokod by the vibrations of the two mighty 10,000 horsepower engines with which she is eiiaipped and that Bouie new arrangement of Che twin-screw apparatus will have to be adopted. The committee of the Irish Kxhibition in London have a groat diflicalty with their dairymaids. No fewer than twenty of tbem " have gone and got married " sinoj the (xbibitiou opened. The Irish girl aeenis to be as charming as she was in the da} s when Moore wrote sweetly verses extollini{ her charms. By Lord Douglas Gordon's death the succession devolves on Lord Ksme Gordon ; but he has no son, and the eventual heir of the historic title of Marijuis of Huntlv will probably be found in the son of Lord Gran- ville Gurdon. Lady Granville Gorden is one of the London ladies who have taken to trade. She is a fashionable and popular dressmaker, and her sifter, Mrs. G. Howard, is a bonnec-maker of high repute. A KciKNTirii sharp declares that tho con- stant jar of walking on the city pavements can be largely prevented by imitating nature " The human heel is covered with an elastic pad. Now, as to walk barefoot would be out of the question, it is suggested that we replace the bard boot-heel with one made of elastic rubber. It would cost but a few cents a month in repair, and would have the additional advantage of lessening the noise of hurrying feet, and preventing, to an extent, broken bones in the winter." A Lo.s'iiON physician, writingof the pecu- liar effects of certain professions on the health, advises clerks to discard the high stool 80 commonly used by bookkeepers and accouatanta. Ue regards it aa far healthfal in every way to stand when working at a desk. If need be the clerk may rest a few momenta by sitting down ia an ordinary chair, but to work all day in a cramped position necessitated by the high stool is ruinous to the health, and must, sooner or later, result in tho break- ing down uf the individual who does it. Kuw^ii:. ni.'b.iK, whose engagement is sn- noanc«d to tbe only daughter of Edward Lawson, of tbe London TtUgrmih, is 2'J, tall an.l fair. He ia the Conservative repre sentative for Salisbury, and one of the youngest memberi of tbe House of Com- mons. Ho is a capital sportsman. His fiancee is well known in London and rarely misses driving daily in the Park a magnifi- cent pair of chestnuts in a park phaeton. Bhe is dark, petite, and pretty in tigurcand in face, with a beautiful complexion and a magnificent head of hair. Ca.naih rreibijterian : When tbe hot weather begins each summer there is a cry from many i]narters for short sermons. Twenty minutes, it ia said, ia the right length for a sermon in the heated term. When the heated term is over we never hoar any cry for longer sermons. I'erhaps preachers lengthen without being asked to do so rosnibly those who want twenty minutes sermons during the heated term would be happy to take them all the year round. One thing is certainâ€" nobody says the weather is now cool, let us have longer sermoaa. FitKyrKNTLv man sncoumbs to the slight- est injury, and again he will live through the most terrible physical ordeal. Two or three days ago u man in Chicago in some way got under a moving locomotive and was dragged nl>oat 100 feet before the ma- chine could he brought to a atop. Then tbe body was found so lightly wedged that it was necessary to obtain jaokaorewe and raise the locomotive to free him. H" was carried to the hospital, where bo wad re- viveu, and then astonished doctors and nursen by getting on his feet, bidding them good night, and going on hia way. " lUriDiTV of execution, not fine work," aaye the Chicago Sew, •• is the distinguish- ing feature of all American handicraft. American carpenters and wood-workers do more giod work in a given time than any of their brothers of other lands, bat it does not have the faultless neatness ol the pro- duct of ChincHe and French artisans. The Chinese, for instance, makeohairi, cabinets and even houaea without the use of a single nail, and every piece of wood is fitted to its placo with hair-line exactness. It is not considered extraordinary in China to spend three years iu the construction of a single bedstead. A iiKsi'ATi II from New York says that Dr. K. .1. Qatling, the inventor of the Gat- ling gun, has spent several years of study upon a new method of making heavy ordnan<:e, and, as a result, has obtained patents upon an invention which may revolutionize the entire system of manu- facturing heavy niissila-projeotors now in vogue Dr. (iatling's invention is stated to be the casting uf the heaviest ordnance in solid steel around a central core, which is used ill several ways for obviating the dis- advantages of the old-style guns. The re- sult, it is claimed, will be the pro- duction of an infinitely better gun at a reduction of .'iO per cent, in cost' A iHoCKHs for imparting some of the pro- perties of metal to wood has, iiocording to tho llaildinji H'orlJ, been adopted in Oer- miinv. The an rfuce of tho wood becomes so bard iind smooth thiit it is ciipable of uasuming a high polinh when oporiited on by a burnisher, and its appeiiranoe ap proHohea that of a metallic mirror. The wood is steeped in a bath of caustic iilknli for several diiyB at a temperature of about 180 deg. Fiihr., and it is afterwards placed in a bath of hyposulphite of calcium, to which a concentrated solution of sulphur is added. Tbe third bath consists of acetate of lead, at a temperature of from ',15 deg. Fahr. to 120 deg. Fahr., and the wood ia allowed to remain in it for a period of .'10 to oO honrs. After having been thoroughly dried, it is in a condition for beiilg polished with lead, tin, or iiino. Caitain OoNboy, in the recently issued quarterly statement of the Palestine ex- ploration fund, states that the "Ten Tribes" were taken from Bamaria by Bar- gon in the year 722 B.C., and to the num- ber of 27,280, Their places, according to .he recently discovered historical tablet, which givea the above date and flgnres, were supplied by foreigners. Where the " Ten Tribes" were located he finds it not so easy to answer. The burden of tradi- tion, he says, ia to the effect that they found a new home in the lands adjacent to the Caspian Sea, and he inclines to tbe be- lief that the inhabitants of Georgia, Kur- distan and Baotria, more to the east, " are descendants of Israelite tribes." This view finds support from Benjamin o{ Tudela, who travelled from Spain, in the twelfth century, and who found independent Jew- ish tribes in those regions. The annual report of the Superintendent of Foreign Mails of the United States expresses the expectation that in the near future every government of the three Americas will hie embraced in the parcels post system already extended to Mexico. Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas and British Honduras, The western world will be thus united in a postal and commer- cial bond which will contribute materially to the intimacy of its various peoples and greatly facilitate their inter communication. This American parcel post system is the growth of less than a single year, the first convention having been signed on October 1 Bt, 1887. Many of the peudingconventions are so far advanced that it is not improbable that tbe system will be extended to several more countries before the year is complete. This movement is free from nearly all the objections to which most of the pan-Ameri- can propositions are subject and is much more practical in its advantages. The extensive use of saccharin in certain food uubstances in Parisâ€" in champagne, for instance â€" baa caused the Council of Hygiene to institute a series of inquiries into its effects upon tbe animal economy. The Commission, which has recently re- ported, was unanimous in considering saccharin a medicament rather than an aliment of food proper ; and tluy thought tbe employment of the substance in ali- mentation should be prohibited. The Commission intimated, however, that they considered it might advantageously be used as a substitute for sugar in certain diabetic conditions of the human body. In this connection, it may be useful to note that the ecientiQc name of saceharin â€" which as everybody knows is one of the infinity of useful compounds prepared from coal tar â€" is "benzoyl sulphonic amide." A UAJtuiAOE by proxy, or, as it is called, " marriage by the glove," is prevalent in Holland, and is brought about by the fact that many of the eligible young men, after having finished their education, depart for Dntch India. A friend selects a willing young lady, generally one with a substan- tial dot and otherwise conforming closely to specifications of tbe letter. A photo- graph of the favored one is enclosed in tbe return epistle. After the lapse of a few months a soilud, left-hand glove, with a power of attorney, is received from the faraway bachelor- The friend in Holland marries tbe selected bride in precisely the same manner as if he were the actual groom and the youn>; wife departs in the next India mail steamer to bring happiness to the lonely one in the far East. A marriage of this description is as binding as if the bridegroom were present, and is never repudiated. If either party to the glove marriage should die before meeting in India, tbe survivor would share the pro- perty uf the deceased iu accordance with tbe law. Recently the Chinese residents at Lhassa, in Tibet, implored tbe Emperor to cause arrangements to be made which would enable them to receive the copies of their almanac at tbe earliest possible date in each year. This anxiety would seem very curious, were it not the fact, as we are informed by a writer in the ChitieiflUcorder, that the almanac is tho most important book to the Chinese. Its space is far too important to be occupied with the matter which tills Western almanacs. It contains astronomical information which is useful, but its great mission is to give full and accurate information for selecting lucky places for performing all the acts, great and suiail, of their everyday life. And as every act of life in China, however trivial, de- pends for its succesH on the time in which and the direction (i.e., the point of the com pass) toward which it ia done, it ia of the utmost importance to the Chinese that evi ry one should have correct information, available at all times, to so order his life as to avoid bad luck and calamity, and secure good Inok and prosperity. Cunsecjuently, the almanac is, perhaps, the most univer- sally circulated book in China. PiiOTOoiiAPUKUH in New York are adver- tising for good-looking young women who do not object to earning a living by mean of their beauty. The .Sun of that city re- ports a photographer as saying : " We must have handsome and artistic pictures for exhibition at Fairs, in our establiah- inentH and in show cases. Lately many fashionable ladies have objected to having their photographs exposed to common gaze, and as they were usually our best pictures we were in a ijuandary. The homely women are the cause of it all. A handsome woman is justly prond of her looks, and does not mind having her pictnre on exhi- bition ; but her homelier sister sees it, is jealous of its beauty, and says : ' I would not allow my likeness to be gazed at by everybody. It does not show good taste.' Tbe handsome woman is convinced by her arguments, and forbids us to use her photo- graph. Mrs. Cleveland, than whom there 18 no truer lady in the land, doea not object to the exhibition of her photographs. Why shoald the others ? We must have apeci- mens of our work for advertising purposes, BO we propose to pay handsome, respectable girls a good price to let us take their pic- tares for these purposes. I am now get- ting some ready for the American Fair. Very few suitable girls apply. A beautiful sabjeot applied this morning. Her features and figure were faultless, but the only dress she had was a jersey, and as that would not do we had to let her go. The costumes must be modest and the girls respeotable." SENSAtioNAi,isTH Bay that Kaiser Wilhelm ia going to Paris peacefully to exchange compliments with President Carnot. M. ItRNAN'a advice ia to devote the early years of life to thought and study. " France," his opinion is, " will perish in a literary sense becauae of her young writers. It ia impossible to write well before the age of 40. TiiK only Indian in Dakota to whom naturalization papers have been issued is th Uev. Luke P. Walker, a graduate of Indian School at Carlisle, Pa. Ha is a {all blooded redskin, bat has complstely severed his tribal relationi. Tus Empresi of Germany has sent to the Czarina a beautiful Ian of violet wood, which, when opened, displays the portraits of tbe four sons of the Em- peror William and herself. On tbe reverse side are biblical texts in the handwriting of the Empress which bid the great ones of the earth to be anited in friendship. AcconuiNa to evidence given before parliamentary committee, tbe value of the bare land within the " metropolitan area ' of London is £418,000,000, and of the buildings £212,000,000. The rates and taxes paid by the land amount in all to £500,000 yearly, while the buildings pay £7,000,000. It does seem aa thongh the ground owners had it all their own way in the British metropolis. TuE Queen has commanded Sir Henry Ponsonby to thank Mr. Framjee Bhnmgara for a copy of a " Life of Her Majesty," in the Goojeratee dialect, which was recently presented by him. The Ooojeratee-speak- ing classes in India have long prided themselves on their loyalty to the Crown, and during the progress of the Jubilee celebrations last year the liostjia/ter, the organ of that community, issued gratuitously a large number of copies of the above-named work. A UEuiiEB of the Society of Friendt, in writing to tbe London I'tjnet on the sabjeot of separation of the sexes in church, says that tbe Society of Friends, tbe least ritualistic of all the religious bodies, has from its origin separated men and women in the meetings for public worship. In Cradoc, Middlesex County, there is a Bap- tist congregation which divides up in ohorch the same way. A lady leads the singing. Near Bell's Lake, Grey County, a Method- ist congregation also sits in church with the sexes on either side. A coiittKsroNiiK.NT recently despatched a postal card from London via the Brindisi and Suez Canal route, to Hong Kong, wih the request that it might be forwarded on to the addressee via San Francisco and New York, which was done. The card was duly received by the original sender the other day, the time taken in its transit round the world being exactly seventy days, which is about forty days' quicker than that aocompliahed ten years ago. The card was franked for its long and circuit- ous journey for 3Jd, and it travelled up- wards of '25,000 miles. Tuii MiUtar-Zeitung (Vienna) showa the folloniog figures io estimation of the average range of the improved firearms respectively possessed by the infantry forces of Austria-Hungary, Germany and France. The Mannlicher is claimed to carry beyond 4,113 yards, tbe Mauser will hit at .'i,250 yards, whilst the Lebel ia assamed to be certain for 4,550 yards. The accuracy of aim with tbe Mauser is extremely doubtful, as tbe arm is defective in con- stant equipoise, and its centre of gravity is two much forward of the hold. The force of penetration with the Mannlicher ballet is twice a) hard, and that of the Lebel twice and a half stronger, than the Priu- sian projectile. TiiK life of the railway civil engineer it marked by many hardships and privations of which the traveller, as he journeys swiftly over the line which the surveying party marked oat with toil and ditSouIty not lung before, seldom thinks. A despatch to the San Francisco Kxamintr from Salt Lake, Utah, gives the following illustration of this fact : " News coniea from Hicko, sixty-five miles west of Pioche, that a man who was reported lost from the Utah Cen tral surveying party was found at Quartz Springs. When the party left that place coming eastward he walked ahead and sit- ting down under a tree by the roadside he went to sleep, allowing the waggons to pass unobserved. Ue awoke bewildered and walked back to the springs, where he re- mained five days without food. When found he was digging out a rabbit from a hole in the side of the hill. He was taken to Hicko, where be is now recovering, though still somewhat flighty aa a result probably of the five days' starvation, or possibly of sunstroke." The New York Sun givea the following list of names of men over 70 years of age who preserve the vigor of their faculties and are actively engaged in their several occupations, with editorial comments to the effect that these and other facta show that the average number of years allotted to man is increasing : Airy, Kir (i B Astronomer -..._._ 87 llancroft.doorgo Historian H8 llarnard, K. A. !*„. College {'resident 7H llarimui, 1' T... riillosopbcr 7H llartlett, Kidney Lawyer 8» Hismarck. Triuco Htatesmati 73 niackio, J.H Bcholar 79 HrigbcJohn Btateaman 77 Hrownilic. Kobort I'oet 76 JIuiiHoii.Uobt. Bberbard.ChemUt 77 Cameron, Himuu HlateBtnau 89 C'lievroul, M. K _ Chouiist lOii Conant.'r. J Scholar 86 Curtis, Ooo. Ticknor Lawyer _.. 78 Dana, J. L> Geologist 75 Davis, Jefferson Ktatfisman HO Doellenger, Ignatius Theologian 89 Uow, Neal „...,Iiaformer„ 8* Kriossoii, John Engineer 06 Feuillot, Octave Author 76 Field, Uayld 1) Lawyer 63 OBIMBSK BA8KBAIX. Two Wash-hoase Nlaes Meet in DeadlT Frajr on the Oreen Diamond. The national game broke oat in tba Chinese quarter at San Francisco a short time ago, and a team of wealthy teaitn- porters and soap-and-water millionairM was organized. Some Chicago flat-iron artists took the cue, so to speak, and pat another nine in the field. To-day they will meet iu mortal confiict. Yesterday they practiced. Mr. George Edmondson and Mr. George Mayer, who manage the laundry trust, took their men to the grounds in carriages and brought their names oat on a piece of red paper which looked like an overdue wash bill. The Chicago players were attired in large, roomy trousers of blae cloth and carelessly- arranged white cotton shirts. The Saa Francisco people wore trousers cut from % tlour-barrel pattern and coffee-sack Bar- touts. All played bareheaded excapt Arthur Moi, who had a liver-colored pair of ready- made pantaloons and a black frock coat topped off with a soft black hat. Sam Moi, captain of the Chicago clab, was hired to make remarks that look like a gridiron after it had been struck by a pile- driver. Barney McGaffney umpired the game. Mr. McGaffney has only a timid acquaintance with Chinese and Sam Msi interprets the game. "Three strikes," shoats Mr. McGaffney. " Ban-gele-wonK he-ho," cries Bam Moi. That means " run," and the Celestial makes a lunge for the first bug. It usually gets there safe, aa tbe old lady who plays first base has • catch -as- catch -can bout with the sphere before she geta hold of it properly. The Chinese are not tbe inventors of baseball. They prefer such delicately agile and intellectual games as lawn tennis and bungloo- They smoke cigarettes, but eschew gum. They throw a ball with the wild desperation and lavish precision of • school girl. Pitcher Dun Moi, of the San Franciscos, has as many frills on hia delivery as a professional. He holds hia hands above bis head a moment, pulls down the ball, blows a jet of spray on it, and with a backward over-hand twist tosses the sphere somewhere between the first baaa and the grand stand. Tall Doi. the Chicago twirler, has no professional tricks, bat be probably excels Mr. Don in missing the plate. Tee Moo, the SanFranciaco catcher, wore China bracelets and an openwork undershirt whose largest ingredients wera the holes in it. The keen wind tanned hia russet skin with a ghoulish whistle, bat Mr. Tee did not shrink from it. He very frei)uaBtly oanght the ball, too, bat only unstinted expenditure of masole got the ball to first bate. Such a thing as throwing to second base would be a weird Munchauaea tale to the Chinese catchers. In the third inning a tall brunette largely devoted to a thin, knotty neck, a looae, black night gown, short in its reach, and long kitchen apron, sidled up to the plate and picked up a maple chop stick. He loosened a hinge in bis back as he smota tbe ball. It rolled nearly to the second bag. It was a great hit. The short stop, who stands ten feet behind the pitcher to escape being hurt by grounders, ran after the ball. Tbe second baseman trotted briskly after the same object, and the centretielders who played within an arm's length of tbe second base passed oat in the same direction. " Ki-yi, long-leap- heap, plum-dum I" screamed Sam-MoL Tbe old lady was hastening to the firal base. The three maids were playing ring around a rosy over the ball. They finally got it and the entire three carried it to the pitcher aa if it were an egg. At one critical moment two base runnera got on the second bag, and a wild confusion ensued. The baseman was out holding a conference with two fielders and the pitcher about a fly that had dropped near the fool line. One uf tho runners passed tbe man ahead of him and scored, while the other pulled up at third. I he basemen never play away from the bags, and the oat- fielders play ou the base lines. The playera laughed and shouted as much aa the spectators. They coached each other and made puns in ('hinese and played from until tbe sun went down.â€" C'Ateui^ noon New$. (lilbert, John Aotor 7K (llaiUtuue, William U... .Statesman _ 79 UranviUe, Batl Statesman ,^.. 73 Orovy, Jules Ktatesniau 81 drove, Sir William K. ...I'hysioiat 77 Haniliu, Hannibal Statesman 79 Holmes, O. W I'oet 79 Hubuer, Itarou Diiiloinatist «.«.,., 77 Kenriclf, Teter H ArchbishO|i 8fl Kiuglalte, Alex. W Historian „ 77 I,agouve, En St Wlltred.Dramatist 81 LooXIll _.„ The I'ope 78 l.«!sseti8, Ferdinand de.,.Ki)gine«r „.. 83 Manning, H. E t'ardiual „,.. HO Meisuouler, Jean Louis.. Tainter 76 McCosh, James MetapbyHiolan 77 Mudurus, I'acha Diplomatist 81 Newman, J. H Cardinal 67 Owen, Kir Uichard Anatomist 84 Peabody, Andrew 1* Cli-rgyiiiau 77 I'oli), William Wliist authority 74 Uuatrefagos, J. L. A Naturalist.- 78 'leiiuyson, Alfred I'oet _ 7S I'homas, Ambroiso Composer 77 Thnriuan.A. O Statesman 75 Verdi. Uulseppe Composer 74 Vermtlyo, Thomas K. ...ClBrgyiuan 85 Von Moltke Soldier...... 88 Weir, It. W - I'ainter _ 88 Whittior, J.a _...l'o»t 81 WoolBoy, T. D Publiolat 87 She tVouId Bettar Take Him. " Mr. Sampson asked me to be hia wife last night, papa." " And what did you say 7" " I told him he must give me a little time, and he said I could have the usual thirty days or 6 percent, off for cash, and then he stopped and apologized. What am I to think of him, papa ?" " Think of him !" shouted the old man. " That young fellow is full of business, and you can't say 'yea' tooquiokl" â€" Grip. uu Nerve Helpwl Illin Out. Husband (Tipsey; late home; wife fixing up her hair before the looking-glass; her heart full of rancor ; ready to give him a dreadful soolding)â€" Why, dear, wbat are you doing '/ Wife (snappishly)â€" Don't yoa see what I'm doing. Fixing up my hair. Hâ€" Wellâ€" hio-â€" I'm glad to see yon doing that. W. â€" And where have â€" H.- I shay I'm glad to see you doing that. For you have tbe moat beaatitoi hair I ever saw. W. â€" Where have you â€" H.- 1 shay you have the most beaotifol hair I ever saw. And it just matches yoar face. For you have the most beaatifol faceâ€" hio â€" I oversaw â€" so there. W. (smiling)â€" Do yoa think my face beautiful ? U. (putting his boots under the pillow)â€" Yon are the most beaatifal woman in the world. W. (lovingly)â€" You darling, John, yoa are a sad flatterer. Let ma anbatton collar for yoa. yoar Who the Apaches Are. The Apaches are believed to have been the Faraones and Taraoones whom tha Spaniards discovered in 1540 to exist in large numbers near the Seven Cities of Gold. They were never conquered by tha Spaniards. During our century they hava numbered nine large tribes, and include the great tribe of Navajoes and the Utea. in all about 35,000. Some of the tribes are small. Most of them are eelf-sapporting on their great reservations in Arizona, Naw Mexico and southern Colorado. They hava remained the most savage in their super- stitions and ways of living, and in their war- fare of all the North American It>dianB. Their vast countrv, with its great mountain ranges, fertile valleys, wide table lands, for- ests of pine and oak, maases of flowers and fields of rich grass, plains and tremendoaa gorges, offers every possibility of wild, bar- barous, pastoral, agricultural and civilised life. It shoald be dotted with homes and farms owned by Indian farmers and meohanicB.^Septemftcr Wide Avake. » Last week a copy of the first edition of the " Life of Orimaldi," by Dickens, and illustrated by Cruikshank, was sold at aaotion for 64 pounds 10 ihiUinga. i â- :A