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Trifle*. The Uttle joja and little cares, They come upuit us uuawarefiâ€" And life is szuiles, or frowna it wears. The tMu that tramp uchuraldud, Ko banutjr carried at their head, These leave the heart dried U(),aiid dead. A hand-clasp at the garden gate, A whisper when the moon la lateâ€" And Btreugth is ours to conquer fate. O trifling acta for weal or woe I The pain would not harass us so, The Kiadness not as sudden go, If we could draw a freer breath, If we could push aside dread death. And hear uutired ihe words God saith. So mach to do, ere bands are cold ; So far to fare, ere limbs grow old ; Bo much to say, ere story's told â€" That we lose sight of better things ; Forget, in bllour wanderings. To use love's buoyant, sweeping wings. And 1, yes, I sometimes forget To lure away your care and fret And kiss the cheek that tears have we Here let us pledge ourselves anew, Kacb to the other, open, trueâ€" - Lest life los'e all its morning dew. â- MTho knows what day we say good-by ? 'When one shall in the churchyard lie â€" Ijet ua cling closer, you and II Wiluifii Haskell Simpson TKBBIBLE NAPHTBA EXPLOSION. A Yachting Party BiowD up and Four Per sons Killed. A Wednesday's Buffalo despatoh gives the following aucoant of a very sad acoident to • pleasure party : This afternoon the iamily of Mr. L. B. Crocker, Saperiatendent of the New York Central Stock Yards at £a8t Buffalo, had boarded Mr. Crocker'a new yacht, the Cedar Kidge, for a trip down the river. The boat lay at her dock at the foot of Ferry street. The yacht used naphtha for fuel and almost as Eoon as the engineer had rect-ived ordtts to get ready, two load explosions were heard and frag- ments of the yacht were seen shooting sky- ward. The boat was completely demoli- shed. The following is s list o( the caaaal- ties: â€" Dead â€" Ethel and Lancy Crocker, young girlg, barned ; Howard Crocker, boy, drowned ; John Kubentteiu, carpenter, working on dock, covered with barning naphtha, barued to death. The injured are: â€" MieS Charlotte Crocker, "very seriously burned ; Miss McLean, a guest of the Crocker family, badly burned-, Engineer Coilmeyer, severly burned. Mrs. Crocker, n:.3ther of the three dead children, and the young lady, the latter being perhaps fatally burned, is seriously ill and baa not yet been informed of the death of her children. NK'Vr lUMD BKAOBB. Appearance and Doings Muaoovlte. of the Tonne A formidable rival to Mr. Stuart Com berland, M. Verbeck and other famous " thoDgbt readers " has, says a Paris oor- reapondent, appeared in the Salle dea Con- ferences, on the Boulevard dea Capnciues. The new " mind magician " ia M. Onofroff, a tall young man of Muscovite origin, who calls himself, with considerable justice, the "celebrated fascinator and mysterious reader of thought." Notwithstanding the Dumeroua attractions of Paris and the beat which prevailed in the little lecture hall on the boulevards, M. Onofroff attracted a large audience, and bis novel ex- periments were watched with close and un- flagging interest. Among the first of the experiments was a "murder scene." A gentleman, completely unknown to the " thought reader, " was asked to imagine some particular spot where a murder bad been perpetrated, and to fasten on some- body in the hall as a sham assassm. M. Onofroff not only pointed one blindfolded the place of the crime and the imaginary murderer, but also took the knife with which the crime was supposed to have been effected oat of the pocket of a third person who had been included in the cogi- tated combination of the person whose thoughts were under experiment. In another instance, M. Onofroff put out a gaa jet which had been the object of the tboagbt of another person in the room. The audience applauded heartily the new " thought reader," and had every reason to be amazed at some of bis experiments. M. Onofroff ia more brisk in his movements than Mr. Stuart Cumberland, and at times bis whole body quivers like an aspen leaf as he is following up the psychological trail and striving to come in contact with objects of thought. TBBBiriC OAS at JlI.S EXPLO^ilON. Two Meu Killed aud MaiiT loJureU by an Kxplodlns Main. A last (Friday) night's Pittsburg des- patch says : There was a territio explosion on the south side shortly after six this evening. Booth & Fiyun were teating a thirty-inch natural gas mair, which they had laid for the Monoimahela Natural Uas Co. Their workmen were testing it before turning on the natural gas by means of oompressed air. They ran the pressure up to seventy -live pounds per square inch, when the dead cap on the end of the pipe blew out, scattering debris in every direc- tion, [several hundred workmen employed in the iron mills were returning home and a naiiiber stopped to watch the experiment. They were struck by the debris and flying missiles as though a bomb had exploded. The pipe was braced with heavy timbers, and these were hurled into the crowd with terrific force. The workmen ani specta- tors were thrown down, and one, who was killed, was hurled against a brick house and hta neoii broken. A general stampede followed, and a scene of wildest excitement ensued. The cries of the injured could be heard Mveral squares. John Miller, single, aged 23, and John O'Connor, single, aged °25, were killed, and several were seriously in- ored. . ^ > Uurable Whitewash, There are several methods of making serviceable wash. The common whitewash ia made by putting quicklime into a tight barrel, pouring nn water to slake it, and adding water till it is of the consistency of oieam. This is used for ordinary work. But a much better wbilewasb which stands weather well is made as follows : Put half a bushel of quicklime in a barrel and add boiling water till it ia cavured nearly six inches deep ; cover the barrel to keep the steam in, and when the violent ebullition is over ; add water enough to bring it to the consistency of cream, allowing four pounds of rice flour to each half bushel of ume, or the rice flour may be mixed with the water for slaking; mixing the flour oaretnlly in cold water before patting it in the hot water until thoroughly set, and then Dour it all over the lime, as directed. To improve the above, add two pounds of â- alphate of liino and one pound of salt. To change the color, add yellow ochre for cream tints, raw umber and lampblack for gray tints, and umber, red, and lampblack tor fawn tints. 1 he permanence of white- wash thus prepared is remarkable, and, when once tried, will be used to the ex- clasion of the ordinary mixture. TWO TIMKH TWO AKB FOCB. How Btnltiplicatlon Led a Firm to the â-¼er(e of Bankruptcy. Everybody has heard the story of the man who had to give his horse to the black- smith for shoeing bim according to the rule of armitbmetical progression â€" one cent for the first nail and doubling the price far each nail â€" and of the farmer who gave his farm to the yonng man who worked three wetka at the rate of one cent for the first day, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, but probably Buf- falo furnishes the first case of this kind ontside of fiction where the contract was drawn and payment demanded. On account of the recent fire, the Queen City Rag Com- pany bad on hand a quantity of rags which they wished to dispose of. Oppenheimer & Co. on the Terrace proposed to buy them, but the terms could not be agreed upon. Finally the Queen City Company offered Mr. Oppenheimer 2U bales of rags on the basis of one cent for the firat bale, two for the second, etc., doubling the price of each bale. Mr. Oppenheimer thought he had a good bargain, and a contract was drawn up. When the purchaser got time to figure up the cost of hia purchase, be found that he had agreed to pay 410,485.75 for 20 bales of rags, which were really worth 97 'M a bale, or $150. The following table shows what rags cost according to arithmetical progression : No. of bale. Cost of bale . ( 01 How tu Avoid Consumption. The startling statement that consump- tion is a contagioas disease, and precau- tions should be taken against it as such, is ofi&cially announced by the Board of Health. Recently the principal physicians of the Health Department were directed by the Board to prepare a brief report on the nature of consumption, with rules to pre- vent its spread, for popular distribution. Yesterday the report was presented to the Board and a resolution was passed directing that 10,000 copies of the rules be printed and distributed at oiice. '• Pulmonary consumption," says the report, " ia a disease capable of being com- municated from one persuii to another. The germ of the disease exists in the expectoration of the patient." The directions for preventing the com- mnnication of the disease are given in nine rules, of which the following are most im- portant : " Do not sleep in the same room with a coasnmptive patient." " See that all eating utensils used by the patient are thoroughly cleansed witn boil- ing water." " In washing do not mingle the clothing of the patient with that of the other per- sona." " Consumptive mothers should not be allowed to nurse their children." " Household pets, such as animals and birds, are capable of contracting the disease and communicating it toother persons, and should b<j promptly destroyed if even sus- pected of being infected." " Rooms occupied by consumptive patients should be thoroughly cleaned - floor, walls and ceiling â€" at least once a week." The Board of Health authorities believe that a strict adherence to these rales will do much to check tbe spread of this most terrible scourge. â€" New York Mornivn Journal. Is Ice Wiiter a Healthy l>rluk ? In the opinion of the editor of the Sani- tary Volunteer, the official organ of tbe New Hampshire Board of Health, there is a great deal of sentiment and many opinions re- garding the use of ice water that vanish when the light of reason and experience ia turned apon them. Tbe fact ii that ice water, drank slowly and in moderate quan- tities, constitutes a healthful and invigor- ating drink. There is no doubt that ice ia a great sanitary agent, and every family ought to be provided with it during the warmer montha of the year. It ia trae that the inordinate use of ice water, or ita nae under some spe oial conditions and circumstances, is attended with great danger ; so is the im- proper use of any other drink or food. The assumption that iced water is dangerous, and that iced tea, or ic^id coffee, or iced lenaonade is a harmlesa substitute, ia simply a delusion. As the source of danger feared by some ia the degree of cold, we fail to see clearly how flavor modifies the effect of temperature. There are individuals, undonbtedly, who cannot drink ice water without injury, and who ought never to use it, but to a great majority of persons it ia refreshing and healthful. Its use, temper- ate and discreet, is in no way to be con- demned, which oannot be said of some of its aubatitotea. â€" The Sanitary Xewa. A Negro Boy-Preacher. There ia in Brunswick a little negro boy whose years probably do not exceed eight, who has never attended school, but whose natural geniua is remarkable. His name ia Alexander Washington. He is known aa "Preacher," from the fact that, without license and without deaomination, he makes his living by preaching to the a... 10 ... 11.... V2 . 13.... H... 15... 16..., 17 ... IH... I'J ... T. GBA.Ni.u;u SiKWAiir, M.D., F.K.8.E, Ordinary Physician to U. M. tbe (jueen in Scotland, Professor of Practice of Pbysio in the University of Edinburgh, writes: "Hypertrophy of the heart ia almost alwaya pres'ont in caaes of advanced negroes, charging sometimes 5 cents, some- oirrhotio dieease, and also iu the advanced times »1, for a sermon, according to the Btaties of the inflammatory affection. One nature of hia congregation. On Sunday may trace in patients the gradual develop- ' l»8t » Titiun reporter heard this juvenile ex- ment of this hypertrophy advancing pari horter dehvering a diaoourse on the •ttj»u (together) with the progteaa of the gamblers, near the Pope Cathns dock. In wnal (kidney affection." In a large number » quamt but thorooghly sensible manner of these oasea the kidney diaeaee ! he condemned them to everlaating death, entirely overlooked and the trouble ' Hia use of English so readily, always bav- aK)tibBd to heart disease aa » ing words to express a thought, is certainly oause, when in reality the kidney remarkable. The negroes almost reverence disease is the cause and the- heart »n<i worship him on account of his unusual trouble the effect. This error ia made easy | intellige nce.â€" £ran»mu:fe (Ga.) Ttine i. on account of the kidney disease having no i , . • ~ „.,, „ local maniftatationa in the majority oil â€""Gimme a bite of yer apple. Bill, cases. The kidney disease can be cured by said a street urchin to hu fellow, who waa the timely use of Warner's Safe Care and munching a big yellow pippm he had snr- the oonaeiiuenoe avoided I reptitioasly snatched from a huckster a , I stand. " Naw, I won't," said Bill. "Well, Charles Arnold, the American comedian, gimme the core theq," •' Thar ain't goin' arrived at New York on Saturday alter an 'o be no core." absence of four yeara. He made quite a Fanny Davenport ia on her way home lot ol money in Anatralia. from Europe. So is Emma Abbot. Total JIO.488 ?.â- ) It is said that the contract will be con- tested in the courts.â€" /'u;fa/o Courier. A Graveyard luHurajice ijeheuie. About aix montha ago, at Mahanoy City, Pa., when Squire O'Brien's father was very ill, and not expected to live, a plan waa conceived of placing insurances on bis life. With whom the scheme originated has not come out yet, but in ita ex<jCution Con- stable Pat Foley bad a hand. A man named Gallagher, who waa perfectly well, waa secured to represent himself aaold Mr. O'Brien, and Dr. U. A. Klock passed him as a subject for a lar^e inaarance policy in the Prudential Mutual Aid Association. O'Brien, senior, died four or five months ago. Then a certificate waa presented to the Prudential, and on proofs duly sub- mitted it paid Squire O'Brien nearly 91,200. In the division of tbe money one of the conspirators was left out. After repeated threats of exposure had failed to bring him any return, he squealed. Uia revenge took the shape of a letter to the Prudential. The company hired Captain Doughtery, the well-known Piukerton detective, to investigate the case. Hs spent a few days iu Mahanoy City, and got tu the bottom of the scheme. Tbe result of bis work was the arrest of Squire OBrien, Constable Foley, Ur. Klock and Mr. Gallagher aa parties to the fraud. All four were taken before Squire Ketner, who, after a brief bearing, put them under 91,000 bail each. Gallagher at the bearing was pointed out by tbe detective as tbe man who was examined. Tbe affair created a sensation in Mohanoy City, particularly aa all the parties interested are very promi- nent, politically and otherwise, â€"New York Daily Cmimerctal Bulletin. BBOABOIMG BABIB8. BeasouluK In Children U Prlnaltlve and Develops Slowly. In the course of a lecture delivered in Philadelphia the other day a diatinguished female physician said that the inability of a abby to bold up ita head was not due to the weakness of the neck, bat to the lack of development of ita will power. The act of standing waa instinctivs and initiative, while facial expression and gesture were dae almost wholly to imitation. A baby's smile, she said, was the most miaander- atood thing in infancy. A real smile mast have an idea behind it, bat the expression resembling a smile, which ia so often seen on a very young baby's face, waa without an idea, and waa dne to the eaay ooudiiion of the stomach or aome other physical satisfaction. The smile with an idea does not appear earlier than the fourth week. So, too, with the crying of a baby. The contortion of the features is due to physi- cal cauats. The baby sheda no tears, because the lachrymal glands are not de- veloped for several weeks after birth. The chief pleasure of all children is to change from one condition lo another by their own efforts. This is tbe beginning of the development of the will power, and is often attested in what has been called "im- perative intention of tears. " This ia not diBcloaed antil after the second or third month. A baby testa everything by its mouth ita seuae of taste being tbe surest and most reliable guide it has. The attention of all young children ia difhcult to attract, and they must attain considerable age before they begin to notice. Then colors and sounds are most potential. Fear has been known to be manifested by a baby only three weeks old, and in all cases the sensa- tion ia produced oy sound more than by sight. Children of luxurious and carefully guarded homes are almost wholly without fear, but the children of poor and exposed parents alwaya manifest it. Jealousy and sympathy begin to mani- fest themselves in the second year. Curiosity alao begina to develop here, and provea to be a self-feeder throughout childhood. A little later the ego begins to appear, and the baby has tbe first uou- sciousnesa of itself. The ego first appears as a muscular sense, and the infant gradu ally learns to distinguish itself from the surrounding objects. It is first tbe band that is distinguished, and then the foot, and finally the whole body. Memory does not appear before tbe child is 2 years of age. Ail tbe reasoning of children is prioailive and elementary, and develops slowly. Darwin noted au associa- tion of ideas iu the mind of his child when it wad only five months of age. The lecturer related experiences of babiea with the first view of mirrors, and i-liowed that their actions under tbe new conditions were similar to those of anthropoid apes and dogs under like conditions. Hurrlsuu th« Nepotist. I'ittsburg I'ost.} Shortly after his inauguration. Presi- dent Uarriaon laid down tbe rule that â- â-  the only way to get satisfaction out of a publio efiice is to please yourself while iu It." Here is the family list of appoint- ments. It indicates one way in which Brother Ben is " pleasing himself " and " getting satisfaction " out of tbe office. A very rich list this is : 1. The President's brother. 2. Tbe President's brother-in-law. 3. Tbe President's father-in-law. 4. The President's son'a father-in-law. 5. The President's wife's cousin. 6. The President's son's wife's cousin. 7. The President's tiephew. H. Tbe President's daugbter'a brother- in-law. 'J. Tbe President's brother-in-law. 10. The President'a wife' a niece'a band. 11. 12. 13. law. 14. bus- The President's son a brother-in-law, The President's brother-in-law. The Private Secretary's brother-in- The Secretary of State's son. 15. Tbe Secretary of State'a nephew. IU. The Pension Commiaaioners's two dauKhtera. . 11. The Indian Commiaaioner'a wife. 18. Tbe Indian School Superintendent'a wife. Fourteen " Thats," In thirty -one worda how many thata oan be grammatically inserted ? Answer : Fourteen. Ue said that r/ia( that that man said, was that that that one should say ; but that that, that that man said, was that that man should not aay. That reminds me of the following saya and saids ; Mr. B , did you aay. or did you not say, what I aaid '> becaaae C â€" aaid you said you never did aay what I aaid you said. Now, if yon did say that yon did not aay what I said you aaid, then what did you aay T â€"America. Carefully Brousbt Up Lawyer â€" Yea, I wish to hire an honest young man to da office work. Were yoa oarefully brought up? Applicantâ€" Oh, yes ; I oame up on the elevator, sir. Martin Far<inhar Tapper, tbe author of " Proverbial Philosophy," lives in a hand- some country house in England. He bears a striking resemblance to Longfellow in bis old age. Tupper does not agree with bia old schoolfellow, Mr, Uladatone, on the qneation of Home Bole. (iAMBS or CHAIfCB. Their Trivial Character and Moral Aspect What ia culpable ingamtling is spending on it any sum which jou would be ashamed to apend on the most trivial of all distrac- tions of any other kind, saya the Spectator. For a game of chance played for money ia an utterly trivial amusement, of which the beat that can be said is that it gives a cer- tain amoant of discipline to the imder- atandiug and character, in teaching a true estimate of tbe elemen of chance on the one hand, and cheerful 'ndifferenoe on the other hand. But it seems to ua that, if the right hmits be assigned to risk at such games of chance, there is at least not less, perhaps we might justly aay a good deal more, to be aaid for them than can be said for spending such snma as are actually spent on the gratifica- tion of the palate or the mere dazzling of the eye. In games of chance yon do learn to realize practically what it meana in life to have the odds against you, aa men ao often must have them against them in much more serious matters, and matters where it is far less possible to calculate the amount of the ouds against them. Yoa might learn, too, and often do learn, how much pic{uancy is given to otherwiee very stupid occupations by the uncertainty of the issue. And you certainly get a very good opportunity of practising equanimity in small reverses an<l magnanimity in small successes. Take u all in all, we bold that games of chance played for such trivial suma as a man may properly pay for the moat trivial of other amusements, are by no means wrong, though it ia ex- tremely wrong to encourage in yourself so great a taste for the e.\- citement of risk that you are willing to pay for that excitement as much aa you would pay for the most healthful and ennobling of buuian recreations â€" recreations which develop tbe body, or cnltivate the mind, or stimulate the soul. Wu do )iot believe that there can be any wrong in enjoying in a moderate way m pure play the sort of ex- citement which all great explorera, all great acholars, all great pioneers, all great sol- diers, all great sailors, enjoy in a large way in the pursuit of their various objects in life. But when tbe element of risk is sought after for itself alone, when it is entirely lissociateil from any useful or noble or beautiful object beyond itself, then it ought unooubtedly lo be kept, and jeal- ously kept, within very narrow limits, and not permitted so to eat into the nature that everything seema to bo tame and uninter- ebting which is not ilavcred with risk. After all, the certainties of life are infin- itely greater and higher than the uncer- tainties, ard the one di-light which it la iiupoBsible lo connect iu any sense with the div ine should not be the one iu '.vbicli man finds bis most vivul saiisfaction. K«uiuviu^ Paint. The ordinary process of scraping old paint, or burning il off, is hardly expedi- tioua enou.;h f jr general purpoaea, and is alxo laborious. Soda and <(iiicklime are far more thoroitgb, and tbe paint ia more quickly removed. The solution of half soda and ha, f quicklime is thus made : The soda is dissolved in water, the lime is then added, and the solution cai be applied with a brush to the old paint. A few minutes is sufficient to remove the coats of paint, which may be washed off with hot water. Many preparations are sold for the removal of paint, all cf them hiiving some basis of alkali. A paste oi potash and strong lime la far mure effectual in opera- tion, and the oldest paint can be removed by it. Afterward a coating of vinegar or acid should be used to cleanse the surface before repaiutiug. One authority on the subject recommenda tl. o gasoline lamp, a quart of oil being sufiiciunt to last '6\ hours. The uit.tbod is considered supe- rior to gas, as tbe flame is stronger and the cost less, beaides which the lamp can be carried to any part, which cannot be done couveaieotly with a gas jet. But tbe use of flame of either is dangerous and to be avoided when possible. Many a house has been burnt to the jJround from using jets of flame. For removing varnish, spirits of ammonia ia used, bat it ia a alow process, and several applications are neces- sary. Scraping and sandpapering can be employed ; but it must be done carefully by experienced hands, or the surface of wood will be injured. Tbe chemical process of removal has the advantage of leaving tbe surface in a better condition than burning off or acrspiug, and for large aarfaces of paintwork is to be preferred. Starting: Street Cars. Three employeea of a New York firm have been at work in Bridgeport, Conn., recently on a uurioua invention which ia called a " oar starter." A Bridgeport paper says that various experiments with it will be made on a horse car in that city this week. The device "consists of a strong spring, which, upon looaeuing the car brake, aends tbe car forward a distance of eight feet, even when the oar ia heavily loaded. Tbe inventor baa just completed tbe arrangement. He expects to reali/.e a for- tune from his invention, as the principal oause of the disablement of boraes on horse lines IS tbe great strain brought to bear upon them iu starting the cars when they contain a large number of passengers. The apring is so arranged that its force oan be strengthened and diuiinished at will, so that iu starting a car containing only a few passengers the force will not be great enough to oansti the front of the oar to strike the animala' rear lega." Kiijht u-is foi- salu Salt and water cleana willow farnitare. Bait In whitewash will make it stick better. Wash the mica of the atove doors with salt and vinegar. Brasswork can be kept beantifuily bright Dy occasionally rubbing with salt and vinegar. Damp salt will remove the diacoloration of cups and saucers caused by tea and care- leaa washing. When broiling steak throw a little salt on the coals and tbe bla.^u from dripping fai will not annoy. Salt aa a tooth powder ia better than almost anything that can be bought. It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and thu gums hard and rosy. If the feet are tender or painful after long standing or walking great relief can be bad by batliing them in salt and water A handfal of salt to a gallon of water is the right proportion. Have the water as hot as can comfortably bo borne. Buyiiinf i» .Ylomitaiit. It is one thing, says a country gossip, to buy a mountain, another thing to kDO>v what to do with it. Sir Edward Watkin cheerfully admits that it was for bim Mr. Perks bought the summit of Suowdon. The price paid for thu property was t,'5,750. Tbe bon. baronet was asked what he thought of doing with his bargain, " Oh, nothing particular," ho answered with a amile. " U was a lit.ile bit of Welsh vanity aa much aa anything else that prompted me to make tbe purchase. " \l presently appear- ed, however, that there waa something elae in Sir Edward's mind, for aa the conver- sation went on hu revealed that it is his intention to offer a site on the top of Snow- don to the Royal Astrouomioal Society for purposes of an observatory like that on Ben Nevis. Sir Edward also oomtemplatea greatly improving tbe road to the summit. In Deep Water. Miss Bessie Neater, of Boatonâ€"Her booka are simply delightfal. Indeed, I think she is the moat liberal writer I know of. Miss Haltie Bacon, of Chicago â€" Well, I don't know. I don't think she ia as liberal as Mrs, Southworlh. Mrs. Southworth gives you 400 pages for a quarter every time. at of $60 Au Old Kule Well Applied Creditor â€" Here, I have found you last, and I want that httle quickly. Debtor (haatily) â€" Here'a your money. Give a receipt in full, please. Creditorâ€" There is but S25 here. Debtorâ€" Yea, but you know he gives twice who gives quickly. She li4 Kiisagi-il. Miaa Caroline Fitzgerald, whose engage- ment to Lord Edward Fitzmorris, the younger brother of the Marquis of Laus- downe, has been announced by cable, is only 21 years old, but is a fine classical scholar and a clever lint^iiist. She studied Sanscrit under Prof. Whiting of Yale Col- lege, and has published a book of poems. A largo fortnuu in her own right has enabled her to fully gratify her taste for study and travel. Ueor^e Varulsbed the Anus, Emma- So you're engaged to young George Halby. Sadieâ€" Yes ; George and I oame to an understanding some weeks ago. Yoa remember the wheat corner in Chicago ? Emmaâ€" To be sure I do. Sadieâ€" Well, that's the time I got caught in the squeeze. ScaiidalouA. Jones â€" " Do you know her .' " Brown- -" No." " 1 do. She ia the main support of a great ' crook.' " " What, that lovely creature support a crook.' Impossible 1 ' " It's a fact, I tell you. Look at tbe handle of her parasol." . , Orderli>f{ lirocerles. Delivery Boy â€" What shall I bring you lor dinner, Mrs. Yonngwife'.' Mrs. Youngwife^Lei me see. Oh, yea ! Bring me a ijuart of strawberries and two bars of soap. â€" The water lily ^eeps its bead above water about aa well aa anything we think of juet DOW.