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back, together, end by degrem Cornell
nhe wore a hat with a, curving brim hermens and the seeleard
Wbat eitadee and leughed one the dimity rim
Wilco team the morning light.
Xgome one glonwe ; 'twee enough--ano moge,
wor lay hourt went away wine num
M y (moraine amilea 9,8 1 watolaed from tne
door
The giel le the Gainsboroegh het,
Bee locks were as clerk as the blacnbird's wing
wer lauheea frinoe of jet •
Her eves were tee kind that'tlee poets sing,
And a soldier erne never forget,
maimed. I sighed, wow remind I begin
The game i would fain be at?
I knew by Per mien no RIO would win
The gin in the tiaiesboreugh bat,
Faint heart weer won fair lady," and so,
One twist of my long rawititehe,
And boldly 1 marched to meet the foe,
Weere the darts of Cupid taste
When e stammering lover grows dumb, they
Ently,
A kis t is better than ohat •
And then is the weer I won, that day,
The gin be me Etainnboough hat.
ADOPTED BY THE DEAN :
A STORY OP TWO COUNTRIES
"The very last think I wish. Of course
we shell show hirn some slight Attention,
eust to avoid remerk ; he must dine here
to -morrow, bat beyond then I do net at all
wish to go."
Corumie left the room, out of patience
with her sister's contemptible arguments.
Passiug up the steers, she found Esperanoe
in the deep window -seat on the landing,
busily engaged With paper and pencil. She
looked up brightly.
"Only two hundred and ninetyetwo
minutes, and Gaspard will be here, Com
nelia, just think! '
" How absurdly childish you are," said
Cornelia, vexed anew. "11 you want to
improve yoar atithmetio, why not master
the rule of compound proportion whioh you
were SO dull over. yesterday."
Esperance shrugged her shouldern
glanced at the clock to see that now it waa
only two hundred and ninety minutes, then
followed her cousin to her study, and pored
for aorne time over a elate and book, in the
vain endeavor to find an answer to the
question : " 11 £240 be paid for bread for
40 persons for 20 mos. when wheat is 485.
a qr., how long will d234 find bread for 91
persons, when wheat is at £2 16e. a qr.? "
But her head was far too painful just
then for the eolving of mach a problem, and
she multiplied mod divided with a vagueneas
attended by unhappy results, in whioh the
ninety-one persons existed for forty months
instead of two, and when Cornelia, in
despair, showed. her the absurdity of this
answer, she would only reply that perhaps
it was in time of siege. The idea of such a
frivolons suggestion so angered Cornelia
that she summarily dismissed her un-
promising pupil, feeling that all the world
was going contrary to her that morning.
Esperanoe, in spite of her aching head,
hurried off to the station in the very hottest
part of the afternoon, her heart bounding
at the thought of seeing Gaspard once
more, and far too happy to think of being
vexed with Mrs. Mortlake for having "!or.
gotten " the carriage.
That was a rapturone meeting! Happier
than the last, in many ways, for Esperance
reeeived no great shook as she had then
done from Gespard's appearance, being
full prepared for it. Nor was he at all
,es.re how very tar from well she was, for
here excitement and happiness had brought
color to her al:leeks, and given her temporary
stitingth, so that the only change rie noticed
wee in her hair.
"Your mane is gone, then 2 " he asked,
r ee rett ally.
Esperanoe laughed.
"Yes, quite gone; if you very much
wish, though, yoa might perhaps see it
once more; I believe it is hanging up in
the window."
"You have out it off 1" exclaimed Gas-
pard, dismayed.
"You mescaline mind! yes, indeed, how
else did you think I had disposed it 2 It
brought me five guineas."
"And yon sold it for that wretched outfit
of mine! Cherie, I don't know how to for.
give you. I wondered where you could
have found the money for those garments
you spoke of. Yon are like the girl in the
fairy tale, who wove shirts of her own hair
for her eleven brothers."
" No, she wove stinging needles," said
Esperanoe, " whio'ct I would not promise to
do even for you. Now do not begin to
scold again about my cropped hair. I only
told you because I was afraid you would
talk of it at the deanery."
" Very well, it dial be as you wish, you
are a wonderful little sister. Bat I wish
we had known before of all the help that
would come • I am afraid you have been
tiring yourself with these preparations."
"Do you think I would have Id others
do everything for you, and sit contentedly
doing nothing 1 But how good it was of
Claude Magnay to help you.'
"Yes. he was most kind, most generous;
I could not have borne it from every one;
but his manner of doing it Was perfect. It
will make a wonderful difference to us, and
I shall be able to leave you something in
hand when I go, besides being able to get
on comfortably in my first SiX months in
Ceylon."
11 Yes, I could not have borne to think of
your starving yourself over there, when you
would have hard work, too. And I am so
glad Sir Henry Worthington was' so kind.
When did yon see him?"
" Last week, the day I wrote to you. He
was more kind and considerate than I oan
tell you, and Lady Worthington, too; lam
glad you know and like them, I shall feel
happier about you."
Eimer/woe turned a little pale at the
reference to their parting, and made haste
to change the conversation. .
11 See, that is the Spread Eagle on the
left.side of the street, though why, among
all the hotels, you should have chosen
the one baring the Prussian emblem, I -
can't think.'
Gaspard laughed. "'Tis the only decent
one, according to Claude Magnay. Are
those bells ringing for service ? '
11 Wes, will you come? I want you to see
every one. Yon can speak to them after -
Ward." ,
Gatipard consented, and Miner/woe led
the way to the cathedral, but she was die
appointed to find Cornelia the only occu-
pant of the deanery pew. George Falgrave
and Bertha had walked over to the Priory,
and Mrs. Mortlake had chosen to prolong
her drive that afternoon.
The service over, Cornelia, iri spite of her
shrinking from the meeting, hastened after
her two cemeins, overtaking them Pat as
they reached the door, and giciating Gas.
pard ael warmly as she °Odd; though as
Oho was filmiest %gleamed to look at him, he
mild not think her anything but cold and
forbidding. ' • , „
"Yea will, bring your brother home, will
yonnot ? " ahe said, turning to Esperanoe.
There was no great profession of eager.
tellai to aee him, and the could not bring
herself to eetprese any raged that the
&finery was toe full fa them to take him
in. For a Minute Gaspard was almost
Ishilined to give an exouse ; this cold host
plialitY eeetned to biro worse than nothing.
EloWever, ES/mance seemed greatly
meant from Cornelia, so the three welketi
nese of her pointion, and began toneel and
to show more interest in Gaspard.
Esperanoe wan delighted to see her being
time woo over. They sat in the purple
drawing -room and elm watched Gaspard
who looked delightfully moongruous in one
of the ponderous arnoolieirs, and listened
contentedly to the convereetion going on,
perfectly happy an long as she was don by
him.
Then some ot tbe Mimes Lowden (mine in,
and tee, was brought up, while Cornelia
became more and more engrossed with
Gaspard, and Esperance WOS called upon
to give Mies Grace Lowden a fall account
of the battle in which he had earned his
soar. This was delightful—she had (warmly
hoped to make others Appreciate her hero.
At last Mrs. Mortlake returned, , and
entering the room wholly unprepared,
could not help starting with surprise and
vexation when she -caught sight of the thin,
olive -complexioned, •muetaohed stranger,
who seemed quite eetablished in the hotline
and was handing about cups of tea with a
sort of careless ease whinh annoyed her.
Esperanoe saw the start of dismay ad
could not help being amused by it, partic-
ularly when it was quiokly followed by a
prompt show of politeness, and a '1 charm-
ing "
"Monsieur de Blabillon I am delighted
to see you.! I was beginning to think there
was a fate against our meeting. I was so
sorry to miss you last month in London,
but my little girl was claiming all my
attention just then. You are well, I hope?'
In spite of tbe silky voice, and the well.
regulated smiles, Gaspard was by no means
deceived; he remembered Olaude's guarded
description of the "would-be charming
lady, whom it was hard to truet," and
instinctively felt a shrinking from her
kindness. His antipathy was confirmed
when, in a pause in his conversation with
Cornelia, he overheard a low -toned remark
from Mrs. Mortlake to his sister, not
intended, of course, for other ears.
"Your usual want of thought 1 You
might have seen we sbould want another
cup. Just ring at once."
it was one of the difficulties of Esper-
anoe's situation that her duties were SD
undefined she could never find out what
was or what was not expected of her, and
was constantly being brought to task,
either for neglect or for forwardness and
meddling.
To hear her scolded was so new, however,
to Gaspard, that he even magnified Mrs.
Mortlake's offence. Her words weremot so
very severe after all, btit her look and tone
angered him, and hastily oroesing the
room, he intercepted Esperanoe on her way
to the bell.
" Do not trouble, oherie, sit down. Allow
me'Mrs. Mortlake '—thereby revealing
that he had heard everything.
Mrs. Alortleke was vexed. She had
wished to keep up appearances ; she was
anxious that Gaspard should think well of
her, and now he had overheard her speak-
ing crossly and had humiliated her before
Esperanoe. She hated him, but strove to
recover her place in his estimation.
" You gentlemen spoil us nowadays," she
said, smiling graciously. " This is such a
household of women, though, that we are
used to waiting an ourselves."
" Oh, indeed 1" said Gaspard, gravely.
She detected a saroasm in his voice, and
winced '• then thinking that a little flattery
might be of use, she continued more hope-
fully. " And Esperanoe is mole a help to
us—such a very great help—we should miss
her so much. I cannot tell you how I, in
particular, should mire; her."
" It is very good of you, I am sure," mid
Gaspard, in that grave manner which made
Mrs. Mortlake so uncomfortable. Of all
things she detested irony the most, and
there was, besides, an angry light in the
clear brown eyes confronting her, which
baffled her even more. She would not give
up, however, without one more attempt to
win hie good opinion.
" I am so vexed that we cannot give you
a room here, it seems so very ancousinly,
but I am sure you will understand how it is.
It just happens to be one of our full times,
otherwise we ehotild have been most happy
to have had you with us."
There was something so very snake -like
in her manner, that Gaspard could not
believe a word of this; he turned with
relief to Cornelia's straightforward cold-
ness.
11 am very Emmy, too," 'she said, gravely ;
" but I hope it will not prevent your seeing
as much of Esperanoe. You must run in
here whenever you like; ray study shall be
quite at your disposal"
Gaspard thanked her warmly, and rose tb
go. Mrs. Mortlake, in despair, sent off her
last arrow.
"Yes, pray come in as often as you like,
and you will, I hope, dine with us to.
; we shall be delighted to see you."
"Thank yon. I shall be very happy to
come," and Mrs. Mortlake tried not to look
up, but felt once more the searching look
from those keen eyes. Esperanoe watched
with amusement, while Gaspard shook
hen& quite a l'Anglaise, and followed him
into the hall for a few last words..
To her ',surprise, the door was scarcely
shut before he caught her in his arms,
kissing her again and again.
" Cherie, you should have told me before
Does that woman always treat you so 2"
" How " asked Esperanoe, surprised.
"Mrs. Mortlake, do yea mean? She wae
only a little does. What do I care, now
that I have you "
"And you never told me what you had
to put up with 1" said Gaspard, reproach-
fully. " It is a hard world, Esperanoe
very hard."
"But happy for this one week," she
said, smiling. "This must be our oernival.
How I do bless Mr. Magnay for sending
you here! There ie plenty of happiness in
the world, after all, and kindness also.
Cornelia was nice, too, thie afternoon."
" Yes we will take advantage of her
study, think. I shall oorae to -morrow
morning."
"To -morrow, yes; how we shall talk!
and, Gaspard, do not forget to send round
all your woke; I must have 'a grend
darning."
"You forget my new outfit."
"No, but for the voyage, you extrvagant
boy; now don't forget, as early as you can
this evening. There I must go; some
one is calling."
Bother them 1" said Gaspard im-
patiently. " I vecinq have you ran off'your
legs you are es tired as yoa min be."
She let he her head rest on his shoulder
hied for e minute, then, as the call came
again more impatiently, she started up.
"1 must go. Enough treats for one day!
Good.bye, mon ami, and promise me to
have a good dinner at the Spread Eagle."
She hurried away, and was greeted by
expostulations on her slowness, in a voice
which Gaspard did not reeognize, but
which he fancied must belong to Mrs.
Mortlake. As the speaker peened along the
gallery, be could not avoid hearing the
words, "11 you don't know hoe/ io behave
in other people's houses, you must be
tatight. No; don't quote Cornelia to me.
While the house is full Of visitore—.--."
Ile did not stay for more, but *installed np
hie Wit ittid abrade out Of the hone%
slamming the door after him. To hear
Espersnee—hie Esperanoe—spoken to in
that way ; It was maddeniug—mtolerablet
This terrible,, onleyessene dePwadoneet—
w,hat was it nee 00StIng her 1 How could he
bear to leve her in Boob eivIll000, to be
coldly treated, snubbed, sodded! This
week of bis somalled " carniv1 " was too
Lull of revelatione to him to he ti benne' one.
' He walked back to hie hotel in fierce
tomer, vowing impossible vengeanee, ,upon
Alm. Mortlake ; but by degrees he grew
mere rationeletrod3 consoled lain:melt by
thinking of the' e e ;when he should be
e.ble to release Esperanoe sad 'bring her to
o new home in Ceylon. •
Inner in the evening his mind was set at
rest by one more sight of her; according to
his promise, he carried to the deanery the
work that waito keep her hiends full dur-
ing the (taming week, and she, being on the
watch for biro, ran to the door' to lake it
herself. She was looking eoquiet and
serene that he could not allude to what was
in his mind, end though she would only let
him stay for half a minute, even that brief
sight was enough to °he& his angry
thoughts, and made him feel ashamed of
his impatience. She was bearing all in her
right way, of that he felt sure ; she was
patient for herself—and he would etrive to
be patient for her. He thought of his
mother's sorrow of his father's troubled life
and death agony, of his own home in the
lands of strangers, and of this humbling
dependence on others in a foreign country,
mysteries hard to bear and impoesible to
understand, but to be understood then, and
each and all ordered with a special end.
And Esperance, too, as, she sat that night
in her room, over her weary teak, was
strengthened by ,that very samethought
which Frances Neville had first given to her
'months ago. Was not this present pain,
and wariness, and separation, the fulfilling
of that Will which is always beet—to be
taken on Mast till the time mune for "read.
ing the mystery right ? "
Those night -vigils, though they taxed her
strength to the-ntmost, were by no means
comfortless, and this particular evening she
was full of the happiness of Gaepard's visit,
and the prospect of the week to be spent
with him.
Of darning and piecing there was indeed
enough. The parcel of olothes proved to be
in a sorry condition, and Esperanoe, having
spread them over her table tilt the zoom
looked like a "rag fair," prooeeded to divide
them lone three clauses, " hopeless,"
" possible," and "good." Among the "good"
she planed the less ragged garments, and the
socks in which the holes we,es not raore
than an inch or so in diameter, and then
set bravely to work, nor stopped ,once in
spite of her growing weariness till much of
the tattered raiment was made wearable
again, and the crowing of the woke, and
the red glow of sunrise, told her that she
mast make health to bed if she were to have
any sleep at all. '
But this was to be the lest of her nights
of work, for the next morning Mrs. Mort-
lake called her aside, and in the voice of
oold displeasure, which she disliked more
than anything, asked, '1 Pray, whet were
you doing last night ? "
Nothing, Christabel," she answered,
innocently. " Nothing particular, that is ;
part of the time I played bezique with
George." ,.
"Don't evade my question in that way.
I said last night; yoa know nate well
what I mean.' Esperanoe started, and
looked a little vexed. "Ah 1 now you are
fairly caught. 1shall hear at once, please,
when is the meaning of this? Diem yott-
think I shall allow candles to be wasted in
this way? I hear that you burn one every
night down to the very sooket. I will have
no more novel reading at night, eo you had
doing?"betterunderstand at once. What were you
" I had some needle work to finish, and
sat up with it. I am sorry about the
candles', Christabel." • •
" Sorry, indeed 1 I dare say; and what
was the alninaportaht work, pray? One of
your dainty little vanities, I suppose?" '
Esperance drew herself up.
" I don't see that it is any oonoern of
yours. It was work which had to be done."
" No doubt, in your (nankin, but I should
like to hear whet it was, please, we have
had enough shuffling." :
" There has been no shuffling at all,"
broke in Esperanoe, passionately, " and I
don't see that you have any right to
question me like this. I won't allow•that
you have, but because I choose, I will tell
you that the work was for Gaspard." -
" Indeed 1 it was very amiable of you to
work for him at the expense of others."
" I don't believe for a moment that finele
would grudge me a few candleren said
Eeperance, half soornfolly. " But as you
seem to think he would, of cohost I will net
Bit up again."
" Spare yourself needlese protestations,"
eaid Mrs. Mortlake. " You will not haye,
another opportunity." •
Just then one of the Itliss Lowdells came
and Mrs. Mortlake was immediately,nll
emilee and graciousness, while Esperatce
hurried out of the room, wondering what
herhousin meant by this last speech, and
full of indignati her meanness and
injustice.
The cathedral service quieted her, how-
ever, and she resolved that Gaeipand eheald
hear nothing of it. She knew quite well
that many of the disagreeables of her life
could not be concealed from him, but when-
ever it was possible to throw a veil over her
pettysufferings, she would do so. The
i
day, n consequence, passed happily and
satisfactorilymnd in spite of Mrs. Mortlake's
interruptions Esperanoe saw a great deal of
Gaspard, thanks to the privacy of Cornelia's
study. The evening, too, went well, and
though the dean evidently disliked pram
pard, yet he was quite civil, and George
Palgrave good-naturedly threw himself into
the breach and managed to keep his uncle
in a good.humor when the ladies had left
the dinner table. Later on, in the drawing.
room, Cornelia tried to make up for the
family coldnees by drawing Gaspard out as
to his prospects in Ceylon, and making
minty really kind-hearted inquiries about
his previous life, and ao far succeeded that
he learned really to like her, and felt, less
duenahuseprpyy. in leaving dbE5p dime e at the
Cornelia's heart hieeen touched. Ever
since the day when traveling bit& from
London she had witnessed EsPerande's
passion of love and soricivenshe had been
imitated, had loved her little cousin, and'
taken a realinterest In emmething outside
the walls of her *Andy. Harsh and sarcastic
as she often seemed, she was really anxious
to do what was kind and right'from the
first her dielike of Esperanoe had never
descended to rneanneset like Mrs. Mort -
lake's, and now her good -will was real and
hearty; though her natural` reserve gave
her, when she least wished it, an appear -
slice of coldness.
Mrs. Mortlake, as Wit' 0010 to bid her
sister good -night, unwarily alluded to the
Maidens of the candles, whereupon Cot.
nails waned bride up in arnun
"Yon Mean to say yon had the stinginess
to grudge them tci her 7".
"My deitr, it is not so patch the expellee
mind, but think what a bad habit for 4
girl of seventeen to sit up night after night/
N6 doubt ahe Often dropped asleep over her
Work; It le a wonder we have not had the
house burned down, rin am."
"' U are is:prudent, certainly," said
Cornelia, with a ammonia mane ;. and
bow does she mean to finish lensepardee,
outfit ? "
"How ahould I know," replied 144.
Mortlake, with erected careleasness ;
will not -finial it by candle -light, that 1%44.
care about."
So in seems. Well, Elhe shall at least
have the opportunity of flashing it by
lamp -light,' said Cornelia, raejestioally.
Mrs. Mortlake gave an inartioulete sound
of annoyenoe ; nut Cornelia, with , gold
good night, teen her little nreacling7liemp.ne,
her hand, and mounted the stairs „to
attic without another word of exple
To her surprise ahe found Eep
already in bed.
" Oh, I am east too late," she Said
regretfully. " I thought," perhaps, you
would like my lamp to work by. Chrietabel
has just been telling Me Abend this absurd
fuss." ,
Eeperanoe looked up with gratitude in
her tired eyee.
" How kind of you to think of it ; 1 was
wondering how I could get' Gaspard's
thing done in time; I meant to net up
early."
'That would be better for you than
sitting np," said Cornelia ; "'indeed you do
not look fit for anything to -night." And
she looked with some ,anxiety at Eimer.
anoe's flushed oheeli ,s and the purple rings
round her eyes. " How much more have
you to do ? '
E3peranoe pointed to a forroideble pile
of work on her table, and Comelia
eorutinized the uneightly holes with an
unpractised eye, and wondered if any skill,
could really meod them.
" I ahnoet wish I knew how to darn,"
she said, thoughtfully. 11 There muet , be
more here than you will get through"
" No, not if I wake in time," said Bend.
(Ince, confidently.
" I will fetal you my alarm," said Cor-
nelia., and she hurried away, returning in a
few rninutee with a little French alarm
clook. " What time ehall I set it for ?•"
" Four o'clock, please; the sun will have
risen by then," said Esperanoe, watohing
her comin's movements with languid
interest.
" What 1 four hours' work before break.
fast 1 must you really have so long ? "
exclaimed Cornelia.
" It is what I have always taken," said
Esperance. " The time goes so quioaly
when one works, you know."
• Cornelia did not know, for she rarely
tomhed a needle, but she was a good deal
shocked when she heard of the length of
those nightly vigils, and touched by the
thought of the love which had prompted
them.
" My dear,' she said, gently, " you will
promise me not to sit up again; get up to.
morrow morning if you like, and I will try
to prevent your being interrupted in the
day; you oan work in my study, you known'
There was something almoat laughable
in the thought of Cornelia's sanctum being
turned into a work -room, but Esperance's
gratitude knew no bounds. She was so
much pleased and surprised that her 'Eng-
lish deserted her, and throwing her arms
round Cornelia's neck ehe exclaimed—cc Ma
bien chere I but you are good, but you are
thoughtful; how can I thank you enough!
How happy you have made me I"
It was a rhapsody, no donbt, but in spite
of its Frenchness it went straight to Car-
nelian! heart. As she left the room her
father's voice was heard calliug her from
the observatory, the door whioh stood
opposite to Esperance's.
" My dear, Won read this foot -note to me,
will yon; the print is too small for me."
She took the book, but was obliged to
brnsh her hand hastily %moss her eyes
before beginning to read—for incredible
though it seemed to her they were dim with
tears.
(To be Continued)
Gladstone's Brother and the Fishwives
Speaking of the late Robertson Glad-
stone, brother of the British statesman,
he was, says a writer in the Pall Mall Ga.
zelte, perhaps the most noted man in
Liverpool in his day, for he was a most
interesting character. He made it a strict
practice to visit the fish market 'every day
of hie life and bargain with the fieh-wives.
There are hundreds of stories of his flah-
market experiences; and many brilliant
sallies of wit used to pass between him
and the fieh-wives of the market. He was
O terrible haggler.about price, but he did it
for fun, and it is well known that in the
end he used to pay dear for hie joke.
Imagine an enormous man, over six feet,
with broad shoulders and prominent
features, surmounted by a huge old-fash-
ioned half.low orowned farmer's hat. Add
to the picture shabby, unfashionable
clothes, and you have the late Robertson
Gladstone. Every day he crawled down to
Liverpool in a curious little shabby
brougham with one horse, and it used to
be a puzzle, like the fly in the amber, how
ever ouch an immense man contrived to get
in and out of tee diminutive a vehicle. For
all this he was a very rich mein—much
richer, it used ' to be thought, than his
distinguished brother, the ex.Prime Minis-
ter. Robertson Gladstone was a powerful
and slashing orator and doted , on hie
brother. In fad, in 1868 he oompared hie
"brother William" to Christ on account
of the pereeoutions he had to endure over
the Irieh Church question. This compari-
son raised a terrihle storm, which took
some time to subside.
One Was Enough.
Constanoe—I care not for your poverty,
George. Let us wed an once. We can live
on one meal a day if necessary.
George—Can you cook, love?
" Yee, George. I attended cooking school
for to months."
"Then We will wed. I think one meal a
day will answer."
missing.
Census Taker—How old are you, madam?
Madam --I've seen twenty five surnmere.
Comm Taker—How ded you come to
mies the other fifteen or twenty. • ,
A. Long sermon.
Holwoithy (entering bate)—How long htte
Dr. Vox been preaching
Sexton—Twenty.two years, sir.
Holyworthy—I gunnel won't go in; then:
The British post office, which in 1840,
distributed 76,000,000 lettere per alumni,
now distributes 1,600,000,000, exclusive Of
of post -dards, newspapers, etc. In Louden
alone the, number of letters posted and
delivered annually is 850,006,000. ,
, Experimenter tokao itt Sweden by M.
Sandberg on the airength of iron mils
during Winter have shown that ateel retire
containing over 4 per cent. of carbon are
apt to break in cold weather. 'Itt fact, the
result of his investigations pointe to 'the
use of rails having 1,009 carbon than thiet-
say 3 per cont.—in °OMAHAS as cold in
winter as Norway and Sweden.
"Mr, Gladstone, despite hie,vast
is almost penurious in personal mailers.
He Wears , his olothee until they are
threadbare, shiny, and 'flabby."' It may
not be olOtienese, however* SO ratiOh 80
collators,
eminartiannowe
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Theeemrsue minutia of the United States
are as 'yet by no amens complete, but
enough here been tabulated to anew that
the ottlea ere growing much fader than the
country at large. Ten years ago there
'wee e population of 6,100,000 iu %Weedy of
the largest cities. By the new °emus the
population of these cities is 8750,e00. The
iumease in these, citeee 'taken altogether htttu
beentomr 43 pee dente while the gain in
population ot the whole oouttry has been
onleeaboat 35 per cent.
, Preliminary returns indicate that New
York has kept ram very closely with the
growth in the nation's population, having
gained 34.9- per cent. according to reports
thus far published. But the gain would
have been much larger but for the remark-
able °Image in facilities for transportation,
which have given Brooklyn an inoream of
42,3 per dent., atid added ,greatly to the
population On Lang Island-, and aoross the
Harlem teal the Hodson, at the expenee of
New Toile. Ten years ago, reckoning Now
York, Brooklyn, Newark and Jersey City
as one great centre' of population, it had
2,030,000 inhabitants, and bits gained about
three quarters of it million during the pent
&mane in spite of the rapid growth of many
suburban towns.
Philadelphia has gained less, only about
22.8 .per cent., and yet probably more than
the =mese of population itt the region
immediately adement. So Baltimore has
gained only 30 per cent., but Maryland
probably led ; Boston has gained 14 per
cent., but Maseaohnsette pro bnblyless e New
Orleane seems to have gained only 11 per
cent„ but that in probably more than the
increase in Louisiana. Other cities which
ream to have drawn but little if any from
the surrounding population, are Cincinnati,
with a, gain of 33.6 per cent. newt the gain
in Southern Ohio Rind Southern Indiana
has not been large), and SW Louis, with a
gain of 21 per cent. ; but it may be doubted
whether Southern and Central Illinois and
Missouri have grown more rapidly. The
noteworthy growth of the past decade has
been along the lakes and lathe great Nortim
western region beyond the lakes.
Part of the gain ot- NO per cent. by Chi -
cage has been due to the annexation of
populous territory, but the increase has
been wonderful nevertheless. Of the entire
addition of 2,650,000 to the population of
the 20 cities, 583,000, or more than a fifth,
has been added by Chicago alone. But Mil-
waukee has also gained over 100 per cent.,
and while the twin cities are accusing each
other ot fraudulent returns, Bt. Paulolaims
a gain of over 200 per cent. and Minneapolis
of over 300 per cent. Other lake cities have
gained much more than the average rate of
inoreaee ; Buffed° about 60 per cent., and
Cleveland about 55 per cent. The gain of
60 per cent. at Pittsburg is doubtless due in
large measure to the extensive employment
of natural gas in manufactures. Notwith-
standing it central location whioh hae not
usually favored exceptional growth, Wash-
ington has gained aboue 68 per cent. because
of local improvementseind Louisville aboot
40 per cent., having probably been eniebled
by new Southern railroads to divert some
traffic from Cincinnati.
According to the New York Commercial
Bulletin manufactures have not caused
much of this 'concentration of the papule -
tion into °Wee. It has been rather a note-
worthy tendency of manufactures, during
the past decade, to build up suburban and
rural settlements for themselves, where
land can be had cheaply and taxes are
light, and where the working population is
lees interrupted by demagogues and imita-
tors. The lines of transportation, inland,
lake and ocean, have drawn much popula-
tion to some cities, but changes in methods
of trade and speculation have done much
to swell civic population. "The greatest
of all the forties operating in that direction,
however, has been the growing desire of
the people themeelves for the chances and
changes, the excitements, pleasures and
allurements of city life. Progress in that
direction is not by any means indicative of
great industrial or moral health."
There have been great improvements in
farm machinery in late years. The
threshing machine and separator does the
work of many flaiis and fanning mills. The
self -binder does the work of many cradles
and hand rakes. The labor of one man
now produces much more grain than the
labor of one man eould produce thirty
years ago. But we are sure the improom
meats in manufaoturing =millinery have
been still greater than the improvements
in farm machinery. For this reason a
relatively smaller number of men ought to
find employment in producing manufac-
tured goods than in producing food. Be-
sides, the exports of the country consist
almost eotirely of farm products, such as
meat, grain and raw cotton. Biennia°.
eured goods make a small item in the
exports. Instead of crowding into the
cities, the people ought to betake them-
selves more and more to the farms, it they
are to attain the greatest prosperity.
An Accomplished oho.
Mrs. Smith—So your daughter has
gradnated with honors?
Mrs. Jones- es, she understands paint-
ing and astronomy and piano playing, and
Lord knows what all. 'roe
"Yon lougheto be very proud."
" I suppose so. I expect she will be very
happy in her married life if the finds a
husband who knows how to cook, sew on
buttons and dress children."
Well Qualified.,
Employer — Are you veatchtal and
prudent in looking after In:minds inter.
eats 2
Applicant for Berth I've carried the
same umbrella over two years without
losing it or having it stolen. e
Employer — Then 3 on may have entire
control over my extensive business and,
name your own salary.—The Jury.
Bis Mon.
Bride (on honeymoon tour)—I hope the
people in the car won't take us f or a bridal
couplet end make fan of us.
Bridegroom—I've got a plan tomake
them believe we hive been married a year
or two.
Bride —How delignital 1 What it ?
Bridegeoom—I'm going to' leave nouhere,
by yourself while I go into the smoking oar
and play a few games of whist.
A She Judged Best.
Trevis —I must tell you, Miss South-
mayd, what a delight yoar panSiO Do
you not enjoy playing to ()there?"
, Miss Southmeyd (frankly) -0/3,, yes, I
suppose I could if I did not have to hear it
myself."
There are 5,000 insane people in the city
tofate r
New
erVti tn
kanda ieioPectriois n
lOwlj6i6aenrittoinYeeaY
hg
mneh taster than Abet of the violation.
A, neoriument.hea been Greeted at Quatre
Bras to 'William Frederick, Duke of Bruns -
Wick, where he fell.
Among the various charity sooieties of
Illosocivi there ie "One for the endowment of
poor brides, The funds of the moiety are
conitantly, ineneased by the gifte or be -
gunge of beneVelent persons`, hui only the
intereat of the money la Used for the
designated Pitrpose.
THE psnsus COUNTING MACHINES.
ow the. Vatted states rosulatiort, ite
Counted.
The tesk of telaulating and ,summitrizing
the census figares of population will' bek` ,
rendered ranch more simple than in former. 3
censuses by reason of the employment ot.
anniting machines. A press deepen% game
of these labovsavers " 0.t first glance
maohines remind one of upright pianos.
They have liandsome oak mums, end eaoh
one oecepies about the same space a piano,
dees. They are, however, eminently pram-
tioal initobines, and with their aid SOMS
fifteen young ladies cen count accurately a,
half million of names a atty. 1.1 is expeoteci
that when the work ot counting the °matte
returns really begins there will be seventy
or eighty of these machines at work.
" The returnief rom the °ensue diatriots
throughout the country eke coming in
slowly.. There are more than 50,000 of
these distriets, and so far only about 2,5001
disteicts have sent in the returns. As faat
as the returns come in they are 'countea,
although not as rapidly as they will be, an
it ie necessary to train the young ladies in
the use of the meethines. In making thief
count, which is known as the rough
count,' the returns tor eaoh district aro
counted twice. After being counted on one
machine they are paned over to another,
and when the latter count is completed the
two are compared, Bnd if there ere dia-
crepancies necessary corrections are made.
Followingthis method, if the total popula-
tion of the oonntry is 60,000,000, there will
be counted in the oeusus office an equiva-
lent to 120,000,000 names. '
"The machines, which are the invention
of Dlr. Hollerith, and supplement him
tabulating machines, are very simple. A.
key -board, resembling that of it typewriter
is at the right of the operator. Es,ola.
key has a number from one to twenty.
The operator has a pile of census schedules -
at her left side, and aa she turns the
schedules over she notes the figures which
indicate the number of members in °soh
family enumerated in that sohedule. If
there are five members in it family ehe
Strikes the key marked five. When le key
is struok en electric connection is estab-
lished with the hands on it dial in the frame
work in front of the operator.
"That dial is marked No. 5, which
MEADS it records the nun:titer of families
consisting of five peraons. Each time the
No. 5 key is struck No. 5 dial records one.
When the account in completed the re-
corded oumber on each dial is multiplied by
the number of the dial, the resulte addect
tin and the total number of individuals im
that district is ascertained. It the samet
result is obtained by a different operator.
then it is concluded that the count is cor-
rect. It is expected that by the use of
these machines the remelt of the census will
bei known much sooner than by any other
known method."
The Pipers.
When I wae in Edinburgh I used to go
on Wednesdays to hear the pipers play in.
the Princess Street Gardens. These were
true Highland papers belonging to tha
" Qaeen Own Cameron Highlanders,"
stationed at the Castle. There were seven
of them and they were in Highland =a -
tome, of course, bare -kneed, and carrying
a knife or a dirk in their stockings. They
wore the Cameron tartan and the long
plaid was fastened by a brooch at the shoul-
der.
They always marched when playing, to
and fro, in the broad path which rune
throogh the centre of these beautiful gar-
dens, and the speotatore lined the way on.
either side. I always took my station at
one end of the " course " that I might see
them advance and retreat the whole length -
When they started in the distance, the
wild sweet notes of their pipes were but
faintly heard; but as they advenoed,
louder and loader, wilder and wilder, they
grew, and it enema to me never was mum°
so thrilling. Like that of the "Pied Piper
of Hamelin," it was enough to while the
soul out of one, and if the rock on whioh
the Castle stands had yawned as did the
Intel hill in Browning's poem, and the
pipers had entered, it is a question whether
we should not all have followed.
So meet the pipes have sounded, only
with an added intensity, to the Scotch gid
in the besieged city of India during the
Sepoy rebellion when one day their femilier
musio came to her listening ear, heralding '
the approach of the rescuing Highlanders.
Whittier tells the story in his "Pipes of
Lucknow."
The appearance of the pipes was almost
as exciting 'as the mueio. With heads
thrown back and abeam extendedthey
marched briskly, keeping time with the
eweet mueio of their pipes, and with the
inimitable strut William Black has por-
trayed ea accurately in his Highland
novels. The ribbons on their Glengarry
caps and on their stockings, the number-
less tassels and ribbons decorating their
pipes, and their long plaide, waved and
fluttered and danoed with their rapid.
motion. They were all stalwart fellows—
broad shouldered and strong -limbed. As
they reached the,end of the " course," they
turned upon their limels with wonderfut
precision, and as The loud wild music grew
fainter and fainter, sweeter and sweeter,
you were not quite sure whether you were
in the trim, well.kept gardens of Edinburgh
or some heather -clad Highland glen.
This " strut " seems to be as peculiarly
the piper's own as hie pipes, and I believe -
none but a Scotchrann can give a fair imi-
tation of it. The last thing by way of
entertainment on the steamship Furneesia,
just before entering New York harbor, wee
a minstrel show in the saloon by some of
the passengers. They entered in imettune,
headed by a tall young Soot, who bad got-
ten himself up as amiper. From an um-
brella and a couple of canes he had MILLI.
factored his pipes, and his " strut " was
perfect, so perfect that in connection with
the pipe mtuto—absurdly caricatured by
the minetreirewho followed—it was received
not only ' with diorite but shrieks of
laughter front the crowded saloon, most of.
us being Scotch.—F. 4. Humphrey in.Wide
Awake. •
Story of a', Sword.,
A lawyer gave a dinner party, after wbiols
the gentlemen retired to ismoke and chat.
All at onee he got up, took down a sword
which formedpart of a trophy; and
brandishing it in the air, exclaimed
Ah , gentleman, I shall never Vogel
ttihmeel y, dawhen I drew thin blade for the fiat
"Pray, where did you draw it ? " said am
inquiring guest. r
; At a raffiee' yeas the lawyer's rejoinder.
—Philadelphia Beard.
A little roll of white paper inserted
through the tipper crust of a pie will pre-
vent the jade being forced out into the oven
while' it is baking.
John H. Lester, of the Henry county*
Georgia, poor house, claims to be 123 yearn
ot age; and also that he was three times
wounded in the revolutionary war and
fought under Jackson in 1312.
Dalton, the American beak swimmer,.
Is training at Polketone with a Viet'? td.
*mins norms) the English Channel at a point
where be would have to trend it few more
Inileff than the late Captain Webb.
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