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Volume LXXX-VI.

 

 

Could We. Know.
Coma we know the loss and sorrow
That the days to come maybring.
- Would we toil oh bravelvé‘da’riing tr
Would w‘e‘bvor‘ care to sing ?
Ah. I think steps wouldfaiter
And our oy with tears grow dim.
And our music catch the cadence
Of a sad, dsspairlng hymn.

Could we eso‘ the" thorns and briarl
Growingtsll about our road, '

Hearts would lose their hope and courage
And sink down beneath their load.

We should shrink before them. crying.
Lo 1. the thornswiil wound our feet;

If we try to venture through them

"We shall surely and defeat.

Oh. thank God. the clouds are hidden
That the coming days may bring;
In the sunshine of the present
Let us journey on and sing:
but us pluck the flowers growing
In thegrass above our feet.
And forgetabout, the briars
Till their thorns we chance to meet.

Let us bridge life’s snares and pitfalls
With a faith that's brave and strong.

And keep up our hearts by singing.
One and all. a cheerful song.

Many a voice will lose its sadness
As it joins the helpful strain

By remembering thatthe sunshine
Always follows after rain. '

W

Thalia’s Lover. -

"What an. industrious little thing
you are, Thalia! , I. for One, fear that‘if
momma relied for her three quarts of
berries upon me. she would have to do
without. " . ,

, So saying handsome Ida Minturn
leans her headupon her white hand,
while she watches languidly her cousin’s
busy movement‘s.’

It is a sweet, arch face that Thalia
lifts to her as she smilingly answers,
“Tired already 1’ IdafI do believe you

- were born, to be a drone in the hive.
Everything seems to weary you except
going to parties and-—'”

"Flirting, Isuppose-you would flu-
ish with. Well. you .ar’c not for
wrong ; and, by the bye. Thalia, I have
found a new.~ and delightful'subject-
upon whichto try my powers of fascina-“
tion. 'Pa should have thought twice
before hc__:cugagcd such a handsome
overseer. To; be sure. he" is cold and
distant; but you'll see yet how expres-

sive I'can-make his dark eyes look."

A delicate pink rushes to the younger
girl's fair face as she springs to her feet,
almost dropping her basket of berries.

“ Ida Miuturn, Inns ashamed of'you l
Indeed. I was going to finish my son-
tence in no such way. I detest the very
word flirtation, and Ido not believe Mr.
Holmes would stoop to such a thing."

“Thalia, how seriously yoo do take
things! If you could only see how
dramatic you look—gory. outstretched
hand and all! But herecomes Mr.
Holmes himself. Ibelievc 1 will tell
him of your enthusiastic defence. I
doubt not but it would amuse him."

“Oh, Ida, please don‘t i"

And Thalia’s cheeks grew to the deep:
est rose as she pleads. ' , ‘

But there is no need for fear, as, with
merely a grave, courteous lift of his
straw hat, Mr. Holmes passes on to
where. in a {distant part of the field, _
some men are engaged at their work.

The golden summermcnths flit gently
by, and it is not long before it is plainly
evident to all eyes but Mrs. Minturn's
how afi'airs are tending between the
handsome young overseer of the farm
and the gentle girl, who. for the past
three years. has made her home with
her aunt.

“I think he's perfectly splendid!"
Ida says, candidly. as. with many
blushes Thalia confesses the fact of her
engagement “But momma will ncvgr
consent ; and I myself think you're very
foolish. Thalia. Love is all well
enough, but I, for one. have too much
ambition to throw myself away on a
poor young man. I look for a coronet
at the very least; and, you. with your
pretty face, might certainly do better."

“Better! Ah,, no 2" 'And Thalia's
face is more than pretty-bedstiful—as
shespeaks. " My Harry is nobleand
good. What could be better than thatf
Andlfheispoor,‘.I amtoo;butIcount
myself richrin his love i" p, ; '

Ida is right impregncstiosting. her:
mother's disapproval. ' .

“Banged! And to a man notworth
a penny, and of whose family one knows
nothing about! Thalia, I am shocked
I have seen that you were very friendly,
butI hadne idea of this, for we have
all treated Mr. Holmes with more con-.
siderafion than his;_.poeition.calls. for.

' And 'what will y’ourmhclc say? Just

what:I-do-§sot,~.HmaRair_ must be

sloppjod at cues. 1am yourguard'mn,

Thalia. duodenum you are of age you

can contract no marriage without my

consent You know that. and ‘I now
say that this engagement must be
broken.

And all 'l‘hslla’s tears and pleadings
areofnc avail. Mrs. Minturn isfirm.
Intwcwceks' time they willgoto
London. and she decides in‘her own
mind that she shall then sce‘that her
niece is plunged into the very vortex of
that fashionable life from which as yet
hcr tender years have kept her.

Itis a‘ cruel blow to Harry Holmes.
for. relying upon his employer's evident
friendliness, he has magma himself to
build high hopes.

"Threcyearsl 0h, Ma, your love
will never survive suchytest i" _

“Have no fess. flurry,” Thalia~
answers, “alumna/g neither time,
place. nor surroundingslcsu alter my
heart ; 'and. when- our-time ofprobation
is over. andI am my own mistress, you
have only so come and demand your
own—for Ishall be yours then as now.‘

In the belt that clasps her slightwaist ’
nutles a cluster of daisia. Stooping.
Barry disentangles them “from their

"I _will keep them, Thalia. as . s
membranes of your words. And now
I have something to tell you. Since
your uncle told me the other day that.
after this week. my services would be no
‘longa needed. I have rcwivcd a com-
munication from Ireland. which has -,
decided me to go there at once. It is a.
letter from an uncle of whoeeexisteucc;
until now I have been ignorant. But
read it for yourself." _ '

This is what Thalm' reads:—

“MI Dun Nsruuw:——I have only
just learned.- cftcr long inquiry, that my
sister left'a'son. and that he and you
are one and the same., This'letter will
undoubtedly prove a surprise to you, as.
from my sister's solemn vow made to
me as she left-hes h'ome.I~know that
you never can have heard my name.
Let me explain :-—At an eorly age-your
mother and myselfr:werei-left--’orphsns.
Tithe went by. and your-mother met and ‘
became attached to'onei’yvh‘om, beyond
all others. I disliked,.and for just cause.

“They were engaged and married, in
spite of my vehement protestations. I
refused to sanction the marriage, or be
.prcscnt at .;.th'e :.ceremony.- .Margaret

had to the full the impetuous character
of ourrfamily. On the eve of her depar-
ture for her future home, she came to
me and said, ‘Stcphen, henceforth, do
out over expcct'to hear , ought of me or
mine. You .havi chosen to wound me '
in the tendercst feelings of my nature,
and‘to insult him who is now my bus-
band. Ishallneverforgiveyon. Never

again to my dying day shall your name,

or any allusion to you, pass my lips. _I
sever the connection between us.
Should I have children, they shall grow
.up in ignorance of any relativcs’savc
those upon their father’s side. I have
pledged my husband to a like vow, and
it shall be kept.’ , Before Icouid recover

' from the surprise her implacable words

caused, she had gone. That was. the
last time I ever saw her. _,

“Now. my nephew. your mother's
vow was wrong,‘and I have no doubt
that ere she died she would have gladly
recalled it. I am old and alone in the
world, and in and need. You are young
and strong, and to you I turn. I
implore you. as the last of ,my family. ,
the only one living upon whom I have
any claim, tocome to my succor if it
be possible for you to do so. ’
Your uncle,

Swarm mum.

Mr. Henry Holmes."

“I am glad you are-going. Harry,"
Thalia said, as. she finished reading“
“Poor old man. all alone in the world
and needing aid—his is a, and lot. "

“I'kncwoyOu would feel so. my’dar-
ling," Harry answers: and thou,‘,the
letter forgotten. they talk as lovers

, delight to do. until the moments, flying

by. bring at last the" dreaded time of
parting. ,
“Who is the. drone new, Thalia
Rivers, I should like to be informed ?"
exclaims Ida, one evening. coming~into
her cousin’s room fully arrayed in an
exquisite ball costume. "It is ahhost
time to be going, and hc're you sit with
that everlasting picture in your hand!
Thalia! Thalia! haven't you forgotten
that nonsense yet i" ‘ ‘ '
No. Thalia has notforgotten, although
the last three years have been a bewilder-
ing time to, the girl's shrinking, retiring
nature. She is growing more accus—
tomed now to the thousand demands
and forms of society. but they, weary
her infinitely. ,

Not one word since their parting has
she heard from her lover; but. as she
had truly told him. “neither time nor
place can change her heart," and deep
down in its pure recesses is still
enshrined one handsome. dark face,
with grave brow and speaking eyes.
“What do you think Benic Andrews
told me this morning?" Ida ‘ says a
month later.

"I'm sure I do not know," Thalia
replies. looking up from the book she
is reading. ‘ _
"Well. what would you say if my
coronetsd destiny were even now on
his way to England? Renie tells
me that herrcousin from Ireland is to‘
arrive in time for her fate. and that with
him is to come a‘ veritable Ormsus. ‘and
heir to a prospective trifle. chic. says
that he is handsome. too. for she has
seen his picture. I tell you what, -
Thalia, I feel it in my bones—as nurse
used to say—that this young stranger
will not return to his ancestral dates as
unencumbered as he comes. Some
English girl will certainly captivate
him;aud physhould it not be your
humble sembt 7" '

By the time her cousin finishes,
Thalia’s face isfull of the amusement
she cannot repress; butIda is too much
engrossed with her plessant_fancies to
notice or be amended. That same
afternoon the pestmau brings a letter to
Thalia. addressed in bold, manly
characters. She has never seen Harry's
writing. and yet her fingers tremble,
and her soft cheeks flushes, as she
opens the envelope; for something tells
her whose hand penned her name.
Inside are only a few lines :—

Dannmo Tannin-(if I may still call
you so),—Thi_s day in which I write
bringsycu your tvienty-first birthday,
and the end of the period of our proba-
tion. If you remember. and still-ad.
here to the words you said as we parted.
send me a cluster of flowers like} to
those I took from you as remembrance,
and which I have worn ever since close
to the heart that beats nowas fervently

_,

:for you, and you’only. asit did then,

three years ago. “Haunt."
' Ari-address follows. The next mail

:beam'with it Thalia’s answer. What it is

'ishercadersgnaysunnisc. .

. This weeks glide‘by. and at length, to
'Ids'sgreat delight, the day of the
‘looked-forward-to garden feta dawns.
Ida looks rcgally handsome. Thalia's

. quaint simplicity of dress suits the girl-

ish style Well. The afternoon is wan-
ing, and asyet no distinguished stranger
hasmade his appearance.

Ibis warm, and a little tired by a
gameofslawn-tennis. Thalia strolls 03
.to crustic seat. Throwing aside her
fhat'sheleaus her head upon her hand
and for awhile loses herself in a happy
day-dream. Suddenly a step approaches,
and a well-remembered voice speaks
her name. .

With startled eyea Thalia springs to
her feet to find herself drawn to a
warmly-beating heart. ,

" Do you know me. Thalia i"

"Ice," she _whispcred; “it is my
lover come back to me." '

'1 Ho laughs—a joyous laugh.

,"My constant darling!" he mur-
mured. “And you still are ready and
willing to leave your luxurious homo
and become a‘ poor man's wife 2"

“ We will not be poor. Harry. for we
shall be rich in love."

, A look of almost adoring. aflection fills
the young man's eornest ,eyesas they

,rost upon thesweet. downcsst face.

"I have something to tell you, little
one." he says, " that will surprise you.
Iwent to Ireland expectingvto find a
relative. old. poor, and needy; I found
an uncle. titled, and the sole repre-
sentative of a rich and powerful family.
Hisletterhad been worded thus to try
me. He was in need, he said, of afi‘ec—
tion. Ifound him waiting and longing‘
-‘ to extend to me the father's love I had
never.=known, audI stand here today
as his heir. waiting to claim the wife
who loved me when poor and obscure.
and who, I trust. will care for me just
as much in my changed circumstances."
“You are a lucky little thing 1" Ida
says. when ,. the truth {is madeknown to
her; ‘.‘and;1‘ think; your case proves
that, after all. it does pay to becoustsnt
and true." 7 ' '

ing for tho often-talked of cor-oust. Ida
gives ‘her handsome self. indifference
and listlessncss left behind. to a peer
young bank clerk whose only claim to
consideration is an henest, loving heart.
W

cmann, onerous.

There are no bamoms in China.
Excise ceramissioners are at s diacunh
and ‘yhité-aproned, young men with
diamond pins audiblack, must-shes an
unknown. .. On almostcvcry ".cornct.'
haysvsr. there is a":_!'teg','hosse,".wherc
convivial Ohinamen sit on ten boxes,
talk poliis’gs and help themselves toIsny
loose groceries that'may be lying about.
Instead 'of two friends greetingcach
other with, "Gems and have one with
me. cleman." the dignified Ohinamen
walk my into theta house and
ask for “Two teas—have thcm'hot.”
Then they throw dies or match pennies
loses who willpay fastball. but each
mansetiise forhis own tea inthe true
regulation my “31.,

 

And much to her worldly mother's -
' chagrin. in years. later. instead of unit- .

, HAUNTED nocouo'rrvns.
Locomotive engineers are almost' if .
not altogether. as superstitious in re-
gard to haunted locomotives as sailors
are in regard to haunted ships. says the”
"Tribune." About ten years ago the 7
engine Matt Morgen blew up while
etauding 0n the track of the Shbrc Line
road near the station in Providence, R.
I. killing the engineer. " The engine
was subsequently rebuilt and put on
the road. 0n the first trip that she
made after being rebuilt she went tear-
ing into Providence in the night with
~the train swinging behind, and the
sleeping town echoing to .the shrill -
whistle. On approaching the station

~ the'engineer issued forward toshut'oil

the steam, but to .his horror a ghostly
form appeared at his side, and a_ ghost-
ly hand grasped his wrist and held him

. fast. Whenthc station was reached

thcghost disappeared..and the engineer
stopped the train somedistance beyond.
Atlleust, this is what the engineer tells.
Many people have not forgotten the
terrible Richmond switch disaster, scvu
oral years ago. on the Providence and
Stonington road. A little brook became
swollen by; the rain. and carried away a
railroadbridge. The train came rush-k
ing along that night. and was buried
into the chasm. Giles the engineer,
when he saw the danger ahead, instead
of leaping from the engine as his fire-
man did, graspcdthc lever and reversed
the engine. But it was too late. The
train was going at such speed that the
locomotive leaped ..'clear : across \the
stream. and they found Giles lying
under his overturned engine, with the
lever driven through his body and one
hand clutchingthe throttle-valve with
the grasp of death. Giles'when he
came into Providence. was ~wcus‘tomed
to give two. peculiar whistles as a signal
to his wife. who lived near the railroad ‘
'whercit enters the suburbs of the city,
that he was all right. and would soon be
home. “The absence of those whistles
was the first intimation which. was re-
ceivedat Providence of the disaster.
Whon the engine, which made the
terrible loop on that stormy night was
rebuilt and put on the road again. there
was at first great trouble in getting on-
gineers for it, ‘with such a superstitious
horror was it regarded. Today there
are people ready to swear that they»
have heard whistles. such as Giles‘uscd
to blow as signals to his wife, sound
through the suburbs 'of Providence.
when no train was coming up the road. . .

 

FACTS ABOUT BUENOS AYRES.

.——.

Buenos Ayres, by its very name, sug-
gests pure, healthy, invigorating air,
and the city justifies its name. The
general brightness and cleanliuess 'of
the‘city are very sirikingi The loiiy

.domes and white towers of the Chbildo

and churches stand out in clear relief

against the pure blue sky. and the mar-

vellous freshness of the air has a most
exhilarating effect on the general system.

The main part of the city stands upon
the same level as ihc wide-spreading
Pampas, _ about fifty feet above the

river, and as every street toward the

river ends in a steep incline, each shower

washes the place thoroughly, and carries

of all impurities into the capacious

bosom of the La Plata.

Two sets of streets at right angles to '
each other, and one hundred and fifty

yards apart, divide Buenos Ayres into
a system of equal squares like a chess-
board. The Ofilcial plan of the city
gives thirty-one" streets running east

and west, and twenty-nine. running

north and south; many of these are

incompletely built over~ toward their

extremities. but the ‘_ principal streets

are thus about two and 'a half miles in

length.

The squares are, of course, not hollow
squares. but blocks of houses facing‘
outward. to the, streets. All the older
houses and a great part of the newest

‘consist of 'Only‘ ohc floor. and are

arranpd in'two or three courtyards, "
into which the various rooms open.

Many, however, are now built upon the
more familiar-plan of upper floors, with
lofty front and elaborate dworations.
There are several excellent "markets.
where not only meat and broad, but
quantities of beautiful living birds.

skins, feathers and all kinds of country.
curiosities. are to be found. The

leaves of a species in thatluxuriant'
climate. is sold in vast quantities. to _
make the favorite drink‘bf the country;

‘and another staple commodity is a small

gourd. with the; stem for a handle.
which forms the-teapot, from which the
tea is imbibed like a sherry-cobbler.
the silver tube being put into the teapot
before the hot water is applied. This
is an almost universal beverage (among
both sexes and all classes of the com-
munity, 'and seems to be equally accep-
table at any time of day or night, either
in town or country. .

 

srnor'acnn

Fewer inventions have conferred a

‘ greater blessing on the human race than

that which assists impared visions. It
is impowble to say how many, there
are at the present day whose lives
would be almost voiceless were it not
for thence of. spectacles. Indeed. Dr.
Johnson rightly expressed his surprise
that such a benefactors theidiscovcrss
of spectacles should have becurcgardod
withindidereuce. audfoundno worthy
biographcrto celebrate his ingenuity.

“Unfortunately. however, his name isa

matter of much uncertainty; and.‘
hence, a grateful posterity have been
prevented bestowing uponhismemcry
that honor which it knew richly instit-
ed. But, it may benctsd. that popular
opinion has long ago prdnounmd in
favor ofSpina. aFlorentine monk. as
the rightful claimant, although some
are in favor of Roger Bscén. Monsieur
Spoon. in his 'fBesesrcheeOnricuscs d’
Antiqui " fixes the date of the inven-
tion of spectacles between the years 1280
and 1811, ,ond says that Alexander dc
spins, having seen-apsir made by .
some other person Whowss unwilling '
to communicate the secret of their con-
struction. ordered a pair,_for himself.
and, foundthem so usefulthat he cheer-
fully audpromptly made the invention
public. Accordingtoanltalianautiquary
the personto whom Spins was indebted
for his informstiou' was “Solvino. who
died in the year 1318, and he quotes
from a manuscript in his possession an
epitaph which records the circumstance: _
”Here lies Salvino Armoto df.Armati.‘
of Florence, the inventor- of,;spectacies.
May Godpardon his sins. 'Theyear.
11318." ,.‘ . .. . _
A ,sinnoocmos . scorn.

" What are you waiting for, little
boy i" inquired a kindly old gentleman
of a street urchin phc was watching,
each passer-by intently. * '

"Waitin' fer ‘a long. hiskcred gent
smokiu'a segar. Th I’ll foller him
an’ git the stub." '

“Do long-whiskcred men smoke better
cigars 2"

“New. but day don't smoke but so
short."

 

 

HORSES FOR FOOD.

Hippophagy has made some advance
in Paris since I872. the year following
the war with Germany. during "which
the eating of horses was practiced by
tho Parisians, so long at"lcast as the
city was held in siege. In 1872, 5.732
horses were slaughtered for food in the
city of Paris. In 1883, the last year for
which there are any returns, the num-
ber was 13,234. Before 1872, however.
and even before the‘war with Prussia,
in fact as far back as 1886. the slaughter
of horses for food was duly licensed.
although in 1806 there was but one
butcher having the legal right to cut up
and sell the carcasses of horses. The
.iccnscdhorse butchers now number
eighty. This fact, taken with the
figure that indicate the consumption of
of horse meat; account for the low-
priced ".bouillons" about the stretch!
Paris. Veterinary experts declare that
soup made from horse flesh is better
than that made from the meat of the ox.

sharps to dmcues, but it is said that the
bouillon which smokes in a thousand
Paris eating houses smells and tastes so
nearly like that made before horses
came to their end at the shambles, that
no man's nose or tongue can tell the
difi‘erencc. Whether this resemblhnce
is due to the similarity in the nature of
the beasts, or to the artistic aptnces, oi
the cock, is a secret with the kitchen.
An enthusiastic advocate of hippophagy

.maint'ains that the horse has been im-

proved since he has made his appear-
ance at the table. His principal ”ground
for argument in this direction is that
one sees fewer raw-boned, broken-down
hacks dragging Purl; cabs and omni-
buses than in former days. This might
show that improvement in the average -
look of the cab horse had been pur-
chased at the expense of the people's
digestion. But it is also declared that
when p horse gives signs of wearing out.
his harness is taken oh and he iasimply
housed where proper food increases his
adipose tissue. and where idleness
softens his muscles and tendons
———-—oo—oe-o—--————-

nuncrmn AND THE CARDINAL.
The most dignified drinking that I
ever sawvdonc was by the late Cardinal
McCloskey and Henry Ward Beecher.

Ion may be sure that it was in 'no

saloon. It happened more than ten
years, ago, in the residence of Beecher,
where I called on a journalistic errand.
Some phase .of musical education had
interested the putor of Plymouth
church, and he had written to the then
Archbishop for information as ,to the
usage in catholic worship or some vocal
point. The two men had for many
years been friends and mutual visitauts,
though at longer and longer intervals.
A close, carriage stopped at the door.
and the most exalted Catholic in America
came into the presence of the most elo-
quent Protestant. Beecher has a boyish
heartuess of manner that was inrstrong
contrast with the unbending gravity of
his caller, but their greeting was ex-
tremely cordial. and the host soon had a
bottle of port brought in. Total ab-
staiuers will not believe me. but I really
think that the sight of those two divines,
clinking their glasses and lifting them
to their lips was an impressive sight.

There was no disposition of much
worldly goods to mark the death of
Cardinal McCloskey. Nor has Beecher
accumulated any property worth mak-
ing a will about. Probably the indivi-
dual as to whose estate there is most
speculation is the widow of Alexander
T. Stewart. Her age is past 70 and her
health feeble. The general public has
no definite knowledge of her riches, so
radically have their forms changed
since the death of her husband,buta
rough guess puts them at 375.000.000.
Mrs. Stewart was Cornelia Clinch before
marriage. and 'her family was very poor.
She has four nieces, all wives except
one, and resident in this city. She is
on intimate terms with them, and,
indeed. seeks hardly any society out-
side of their households. There can be
no doubt, that the estate will go to them

principally, for she is not regarded as.

likely to leave much of it to public
benefactions, The Garden City Cathe-
dral and school enterprise is now ade-
quately endowed. and beyond that she
is not known to have any philanthropic-

famous Paraguay tea, made from “19 'projects.

W

A “PENGUINNEBY.”
In such nest sits one younghalf-fiedgod
lird. as the “Jack-ass” penguin lay:

and hatches but a single ogg. .Many of

the nests have old birds standing beside
them. emh occupied in feeding its soli-
tary chick, duckling, gosling. or whatever
the penguin ofispri‘ng may be properly
called. This being of itself a curious
spectacle. the disappointed egg-hunter:

stop awhile to witness it; for they are

still outside of the " penguinnery." and
the birds have as yet taken no notice of-
them. By each nest is a little mound.
on which the mother stands perched.
from time to time projecting her head
outward and upward, at the same time
giving fortha queer chattering noise.
half-quack. half-bray. with the air of a_

stump orator bar-ongoing an open-air;

audience. — Meanwhile, the youngster-
standelpatiently waiting belowp'evidcnt-
1y with a fofcknowledgc of; what is to
come. .— Then. afternfewsecouds of the
cinching and braying, the- mother bird '
suddenly ducks her head. with the
mandibles of her; beak wide agape,
between which the fledgling thrusts its
head. almost out ofjight, and so keeps
it for more than a minute. ’ Finblly
withdrawing it. up again goes the head
cf—thev'mother. with neck crancd out,
{and oscillating from side to side in a.
.secondVepcll of speech-making. These
curious actions 'are repeated several
times. the entire performance lasting
for a period of nearly a quarter of an
hour. When it ends. possibly from the
food supply having become exhausted.
the mother-bird leaves thclittle glutton
.to itself and scuttles ‘oif seaward, to re-
plebishj her throat-larder with afresh
supply of molluscs. ,
W
m's'nnNon mum nuns.

1110 French birth rate is the lowest in
Europe. and the consequence is that
henchmen are becoming so scarce
.evsninFrance'that they areoblig'ed to
fill their workshops with ‘B'elg‘ian.
Italian. Swiss and English artificers;
- while thoyhave no surplus population.
except criminals. to send to this: own

'v-diflculty inchipping of a few thousand
soldiers to keep thsirrlittle. warsfrom
collapsing.{_ At theng 0f the
century ' the “population § of ‘z-Fr'ancc was
nearly twice as large amidst of Great

and in-a fewysars more li‘rauce’will
have to ”descend, into. the fifthraak of
European States, while England will
rise into the fourth position. ._the three

, and Austrialflungsry.

 

Perhaps the summary of good4brccdo
inpmay bc‘ rsduwd to thit rule:
"Behave unto all men‘ssyou would
they should behave gum you.”

 

That may be a question for gastronomic .

' banks of the river.

colonies. ,a'ndthey even find a great .

Britain. They are now nearly level.-

greatsr'States being Russia' . German y .

'rslu sums mum's.

One of the most amusing and at the
same time most pitiful sights to be seen
about the coal mines. says a correspon-
dent writing' from Nanticoke. is the
descent of’a male to the depths below.
The shaft is. say, 800 feet deep. and
yawns at one's feet like a spot of ink on
the ground. A car, lowered and raised
' by a perpendicular wire cable. shoots
up and down ‘with breathless velocity.
On :thc car is fastened a narrow stall.
with iron' bars, which canbe fastened!
across the entrance. By various methods
the unfortunate mule is brought as far
as the mouth of the shaft, but when he
sees. the car he knows what it means. ‘
That mule fullyrealizcs that if he walks-
aboard he will never see daylight again. '
and will he» to work in the dark. as
only amine mule must. So he kicks.
Argument is=,uccless,- persuasion falls on
deaf care. He kicks, with a vigor and
precision that means business. His
heels areabattery that would terrify
even tho fatalistic valor of a follower of
the Mahdi. -— ' ..__-' _ .

beanie-brought and one

the side ofvt‘lxinghaft. At the other oil:
four men-p _. “fbl‘il‘l'glngthe beam'l'
a'lcvcr agaib'sjt‘the mule's' fianka' Now -
the boast’k'backbouefbarveiuntil his.
head is‘ next hié'ftiu'ha‘nd his four feet
planted firmlfloseihermmmedw
the ground. Tho butndi oldecided
failure. though imam .‘ arts. at the ;
some time. [121188in ' lit a “halter? _' But
there is. anotherrcsourca: , Even mule

‘ resistance can be overcome by steam,

power. A rope is fastened around
the mulefs.,neck.and looped around
those vicious hind legs. Then a steam
windlass is slowly turned and the
unlhcky‘beast-‘is dragged on the car.
The iron bars are put up, a bell rings,
and the car drops downward'whilc a
last melancholy bray floats up from the
black hole.‘ There is one mule under
Wilkesbarre that - has spent twenty-one
years of useful life hauling coal in the
dark. The miners iar'e. proud of him.
and he has twice been hoistedtothc
surface to walks-proudly in the miners'
parades. Mules dolnot. as—has been

' often said, ‘go' blind in the mines. but

when they are brought out a bandage
must be tied over their eyes for several
days. .
——oo—...—.o——
A nonNno LEGEND.

The late Frank Button, in his posthu-
mous published volume. of explorations
and adventures in North Borneo, relates
the following jbit of folklore: There
was once a powerful Panjcran in the
Kinabatangan who had seven sons (about
thirty generations ago). This chief
was famous for his fighting powers and
for his bravery. . One day he said to his
oldest son. “Go and conquer some

.islands near Sula,” where a powerful

chief. the enemy. of the Kinabatagan
people lived. 'Accordingly, therefore,
the brothers started on their expedition
with seven large prahus. After a severe 7
fight they prayed victorious. and with a
large booty returned to their country.
Night found them pulling up against
the strong current, near Malapi. and as
darkness set in they were just opposite
a have in the limestone clifi' on the
"Let us," said the
eldest brother. “sleep in that cave; it
is easier, and we shall. enjoy more com-
fort thau in the prshus." “0h, go not
there." said the youngest brother; "I
fear. if you do, some harm will come to
us." “Do not be stupid." replied the
older, and his voice ruled the others; ' so
they went into the large cave by a big
opening. Having slept the night. the-
youngest brother got up with the morn.
and rousing {his brothers, said: “Oh.
brothers. let us go out. I fear the cave
is closing upon muses. chisce. the
opening is very small." And. indeed,
thiswas the fact; but the eldest brother.
who was sleePY. said: "You speak

that which is not;" and his speech again

ruled the rest. In vain the youngest
son reiterated his warning. and when
the hole was getting smaller and smaller,
and there was only just time for escape.
he got out. leaving his six brothers in
the cave. . The hole was still. clofing,

and as the youngest brother looked in,
again. he saw his brotherseach in the
arms of a fairy-like damsel, who led
them away into the cave. The hole
shut with a bang on the brothers‘and
their. fairy ladies for ever-{and to this
day ladders are kept hanging outside.

and rice 'is thrown in by the passing
Sulumcn to feed the long-lost brethren.

———o.—.—Q.—o

 

THE TIAII KEROEIEI'.

—_

In some portions of Tierol a peculiar '
and beautiful custom still prevails.
When a girl isabout tobc married. be-
fore she lcaves her home to go to the
church, her mother hands her a‘ker-
chief. which isoallcda tear kcrchief.
It is made of newly spun linen, and has
never because!- It is with this ker-
chief that she dries her tears when she
leaves her fathdr's house, and while she
stands at the altar. ‘ '

:After the mgriage is over and the
bride has gone with her husband to
their own new home/she folds up the»
kcrchlcf and places it unwashed in the
linen closet. when it remains untouched.
Thctcar kerchisf has only performed
half its mission.

Children arc~born. grow up, marry
and move awq from the old home.
Each daughter soocivcsfrom the mother

‘ a ncwvitea'rke‘rcflsf. Her on still re-

mains whmit‘sm pieced in “10 “a”

‘elosetonthedq'cfth‘em'srricgc. Gen-

erations some and go. The young rosy
bride has become a wrinkled old woman.
She may have survived her husband and
all her children; All her friends may
have died 03. andstill that last present
which she received from her mother has
not yet sumac. its object. But it
comes at last. At last the new cyc-
lids closc'fcrr the long. long sleep. and
mares, wriikled hands are- folded
over the pulseless heart. Then the
tear kerchief is taken fromxits pm and
spread over the placid features of tho
dead, never lobe removed until we are
summoned to, come forth on the recur.
rcction morn.

run poo mun run random

.__—

attentive-comm in thefo'rk’e .cl
the‘sajntirm'aitipsy iusn strayed likes
black sheep ‘
objected. and things ran monthly
enough. Presently s small dog entered
at the open door and‘trotted down the
aisle until it reached the front of Vm;
pulpit. when it setup a furious barking,
at'thc minister. Thc‘jipsyman, with
> the utmost gravity,“ :‘and walked
steadily down disable “Th0!“ the, dog
was barking. Ssixingthoanimnl‘bythe
. neck, he held hh'up before the congre-
gation for a moment. audthen. shaking
him furiously." he broke out with;
"Tree apreacll'n'.‘will yomyouill-brcd
pup?” .This WI too‘l'nliclt for Josh.
He could'notjmlrain his laughter. and
he took his seat. not being able.” dill;
miss ’his congregation in :his "usual

 

vigorous style! - _

But a long-- _
end put ngdibitfionc ofjth'e uprights at‘ '

- for

Onosunuy Sabbth'mcrning‘ss the .
- Revsdoahrowell .waspreaching loan

into the foldpbut no one .

confirms , .
. cumulus

When the Doctors could do
,nc‘mcre.

 

Boston, linen. writes :—

“Onc year ago I was apparently so far
’ gone with Consumption that my life
seemed only a question of days rather
than months. With my faith in the ability
of physicians to help me all gone, I tried
almost every known remedy, with no
apparent benefit. - Finally, as a last r0-
sort, I was induced to try Du. R C.
FLownu's Luau CORDIAL.‘ The very first
dose gave the relief, and with the first
bottle I took a new lease of life, and I can

this remedy is worth more to the sufferer
from Lung troubles than a gallon of any
other known remedy. A bottle of his

' now.one of my choicest possessions, and

at the first sympton of a cough or cold
_I fly to it for the relief it never fails to
give." _

DR. Ftowss’s LUNG Con-

DIAL .is without Question

off‘Cbusumplion as no remedy
has ever been. known to do.
It stands without a rival for;
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma and Consumption.

- Price $1.00 per bottle.
A copy of Dr. Fiower’sRules
for the Treatment of Con-_
suinption accompanies each
bottle.

Flower: Medicine 0 0.,
BOSTON . MASS.

 

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the reader is res tfully referred. .

The Science 0 Life should be read by the young
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will benefit all.—l.oudon Lancet.

There is no member of society to whom The
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na

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whO'maybeconsulted on all diseasesrequiring skill
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Capital not required. You can live at ome and
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sexes. of all ages,grandly successful, 50 cents to so
easily earned every evening. That all who want
work may test the business. we make this unparal-
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FOR SALE.

A STYLISH

 

Newly Trimmed and Painted.
ArFine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HEN RY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKE R.

SOUTH NOB WALK.

 

one :Ilcs .'¥*;,,T‘-uond.

. Sperry &.Barnes’

Hams’.
Shoulders,
Breakfast
. Bacon,
AND
Sausage __
AREGUABAHTEED,
THE BEST
us
run MARKET. ;

 

o... xenon Lannie Strictly Pure
and Free from all adulteration. .
hook Carefully for the Brand.

We manufacture all goods bearing our brand at
our packing house, New Haven. .

 

m s . , PE moo found 39.
an“, “am-«we

- mom-wuss
be medalist it'll?

 

case. A. stresses, 32 away Street.

honestly say to-day that one spoonful, of _

the mocha-wonderful. Lung ,
remedy _ ever discovered”
It, predicates _. the germ

——than any other work sold in this country for -

absolutely sure for all who startat once. Don’tde- .
in. Address. srmsox & 00.. Portland. Maine.

ocean—rm «I 00., 501 Sixth Ave., Cor. 80th '

Sperry & Barnes, New Haul, Conn. _-

For Sale Cheap.

WILL be soid'ai a Bargain, if applied for soon

a small, neat Cottage, of six: come. in good
neighborhood and three minutes’ walk of the
Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE ounce.

For Sale.

A ChestnutStsndiug Desk. App’llynat o
Is "10!.

 

 

For Sale.

ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at this office.

---'.'I.‘WO- —

Wheeleri Winn Swill Machines
for Sale at a Great Sacrifice!

One old style Wheeler it Wilson sewi , achlne
in fair running order, which cost $65. wi l he sold
if applied for promptly, for 810.

One ditto, cost new 870, will be sold for 8‘25. I
is in perfect order and no machine is capable o
' doing better work. It is really worth $40. Appl
at the Gazmk Orswl.

 

 

F. [1. PIECE WELL,

ARCHITECT.

No. 7 WATER STREET,
' sonar son '
knobs. .
NewYork Wood Taming Company.‘;i.:
' Corner Blocks for'uiindow casings.
Round and Square Tamed Balusters.
..u u. . 9‘ ‘ “ Newels.
Plain and DoubleMoulded Stair Rails.

Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.

' Rial maximum.

Mr. Geo. B. I’laisted .'

Dear Sir:

Knowin-g‘ 6he formula from
which Pluisted’s (laugh
Remedy is prepared we can
certify that the medicines
ofwhich it is composed are
of recognized utility for

 

. throat and lung troubles,

and that it contains no
opium. 0r «mg/poisonous or
injurious drug‘s. '
ELERY c. CLARKE. M. D., Norwalk.
0. A. MURRAY. M. D., u
’ DEXTER HITUHCOCK. M. D., “ ‘
G. If. MCGONEGAL, M. D., W
WM. C. BURKE, M. D., So. Norwalk.
C. G.'BOHANNAN. M. D., "
E. s. MINER. M. D.,
G. W. BENEDICT, M. D.,
H. HUNGERFORD,‘M. 1)., Stamford.
\V. S. TODD, M. D , Ridgeileld.

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MANUFACTURED BY

Geo. B. Pleisted,
' 'DRUGGIST,

Curler Main and WallSireeis, Somali.
62 Washington Street, South Norwall.

 

RAIN.
FLOUR,
FEED,
GOAL.
WOOD,

AND

HAY,

Must be Soldliegardioss 0i ‘
Cost, at

:RaynoiidBrOs’,

South N orwalk.

 

' OLD FACTS
: NEW FACESS
All: TlSTES 3 ALL PUlSES.

‘ This is a Careful selection of
household receipts for Cooking,

 

. Curing, Cleansing and in short

giving the most approved modes

i of doing everything connected

With our daily family living, It
is a. book of 155 pages and every
receipt given has been practically
tested and approved. The book
is issued by the compiler and sold
for the purpose of liquidating the
debt upon the Episcopal Parson-
age at New. Canaan, '

sound in Cloth, 75 Cents.
“ “ Paper, 50 ,“

For Sale at all news stands and
at the Game Omen. “23:
Mus. L. A. DENSLOW.
Nawpaassu, Junel, 1885.

 

Dibble Mauufacturing‘COmpAny's door

’Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue.

w. s. commas.
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER

OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
Residence 14?. Main Street. Telephone Connection.

 

GEO. WARD BEI-LECK,

usnossssoox's BLOCK. w5LL sisssr.
FAMILY GROCERIES.

ALEX. s. GIBSON,

Orgamst of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of

Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
_ - Composition,
Lock Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.

J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,

Room No. 4. Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN

F'. A. Gunther,
FURRIER,

ms mm, “CLEANED k ALTEBED

-N w Furs Made to Order.
. Samples on hand. .
Mahackens'o:Hotsi, Scuthflokm.

‘ Under BankshSnyder. . ‘cmS'l'

SPECIAL BARGAINS

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Choice Building Lots
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,

En-
quire at GAZETTE Omen, or of
th8 B. J. STURGES.

 

ansrorvs'

~~2AND:—

Government Claims.

My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address. free of charge, or visit,

GEN. 'W. E. NOBLE.

91 Strstford Avenue. Bridgeport, Conn

W. ‘H. ZIIEEKER,

54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN,

Practical Plumber,

Hteam and Gas Fitters. Dealers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters' Supplies, and Gas ures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. 1y21

.. O. E..’W|LSON,

General Insurance l Real Estate Agent
Money -to Loan.

Room No. 3 Gazette Building. Norwalk. Conn.

 

 

 

' Erna INSURANCE (a... of HARTFORD.

Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.

lusnres against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES a: MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity. -

 

THE

Norwaik Fire Insurance Co.

Has now completed its
18ih SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR

I And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses-

or claims for losses. .‘io sound company insures

for less.

W. C. Srnxsr, Pres. s. E. Owsrssn. Tress,
GEO. R. Cowms Secretary.

 

.A. CARD.

Having purchased the

FURNITURE BUSIN ESS,

Recently carried on by WILLIAM Locxwoon at»

No. 36 MAIN‘STREET.

I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAIIEN'I'AL I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell

VERY CHEAP FOR. CASE

1 shall beplesscd to meet all old- or new friends
and will guarantee satisfaction in

gnome it”? Elmore.

PETER L- GUIGUE,

FLORIST & NUS liiill,
UNION AVENUE,

North of Norwalk Cemetery,

ROEWALEo " CONN.

Dealerinln Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
on Trees Shrubbery. Vines. Cut Flowers alwsy
on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged
to order. . ' 41y2
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots

promptly attended to.

JOHN B. SMITH,

FLORIST,

EAST SIDE 01" MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,

 

 

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City of South Nos-walk. Comm,

Plants &Flowers at all seasons

Flowers for Funerals furnished and tastefully
arranged to order at short notice. '

.l'. G. Gregory 81. 00.,

Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Druggists’

, undries they are prepared to receive

- orders for

 

Silk, Cotton or Linen

ELASTIC HOSE

For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.

They also desire to state that they have accepied
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will
keep a supply of ’ .

PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS

Constantly on hand.

They have in stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. They carry also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.

CHOICE

Building Lots

F‘OR SALE
0n Wilton Avenue,

Apply to
B. J. lTURGBS. or o. E.WII.80N,

GAZETTE BUILDING m

Money to Loan.

En uireof 0. E. WILsiON,No..SGaxetie Build-
ng. orwalk. Conn. _ tfls

 

wmmor mono than at anything else oy axing

an agency or the best selling book out. Be-

m succeed grandly. None fan. Terms 'i'tee
1' Book 00.. Portland, Maine.

S wn‘ig Machines. Repaired
By. F. D. unamme Practical Sewing Machinist.
Attachments and parts for all machines. Orders
bypostal will receive prompt attention. Residence
corner Westport road, near Episcopal church.
Norwalk. Orders left at post-omce uewstand. 1y30
2 5 BEWARE—The . above. reward will be
paid for informationthiit will'leud to
the arrest and conviction-of the; party who is
falsea,“ representiu himself . to be DR. M.
‘SCH AB,theo tic anand ocullst. Dr. Schwab
is to be found on y at the Norwalk and Mahackemo
Hotels. lie employs no peddlors or agents. tf‘le

 

 

. scape.

‘ Saunderson,

m NUBIAN 'DESERT.

Wewere making about thirty miles
a day, sleeping soundly at night, when
the ever-watchful hyena, and occasion.
allya troop of wild asses, would pay us -
their nocturnal visits, and upon the
fourth morning we began to approach ,
the shores of the Mirage seas. These
atmospheric phenomena on theNubiau .
desert are not only very. perfect imita-
tions of real lakes, but have on many

' occasions inveiglcd expeditions away.

to perish of heat and thirst. A little
time before my expedition to Central
Africa, a body of Egyptian troops cross-
ing the desert found their water almost.
at a boiling point in the skins, and
nearly exhausted. They beheld, afew
miles distant, an apparent lake over-
shadowed by a forest, and, bordered .
with verduro and shrubbery. Although
told by the guide that it was an illusion. ,
they broke ranks. and started 05 in
pursuit of the sheet of water, chasing
the aerial phantom, although it receded
with the pace of their approach.

At last they sank down from. thirst
and fatigue, and died. Twelve hours
On the Nubian desert, without water,
means a certain and terrible death ; and
even to this day. having been so near'tc
such a terrible end, with all its in-
describable anguish, I seldom, now.
taise a glass of water-to my lips, that I
do not recall an agonizing day when I
lay upon the dry, burning sand of the
Nubian desert, awaiting with intense
“impatience the happy moment that
should snap asunder the vital cord of
life, and give blissful, tranquil, covated
peace to my poor burning body. .

A mirage does, most certainly, pre-
sent an incomparable scenic efi'cct.
Once fairly in its midst, you are com-
pletely encompassed by‘a glorious. im-
ponderable mirror. It reflects clearly
the numerous rocks, the lofty moun-
tains, the stray mimosa trees. and again
reproduces, by inverted mirage, every
prominent object of the extended land-
It has the clear blue has of
polished platinum, and lies like unto a
placid and motionless sea, stretching
far away from the craggy blufi's. .
Sometimes, during the noouday heat,
it dances within a few yards of the
caravan, and gives motion to every
object within its area, changing the
waste to the semblance of rolling seas,
peopled with the semblance of men.

REMARKABLE MEMORIES.

There was a Corsican boy who could
rehearse forty thousand words, whether
sense or nonsense, as they were dic-
tated, apd then repeat them in the
reversed order without making a single
mistake. A physician, about sixty years
ago, could repeat the whole of “Para— '
disc Lost ” without a mistake. although
he had not read it for twenty years.
Euler, the great mathematician, when
he became blind, could repeat the whole
of Virgils “ Eneid," and could remem-
ber the first line and the last line of
every page of the particular edition
which he had been accustomed to read
before he became blind. One kind of
retentive memory may be considered as
the result of sheer work, a determina-
tion toward one particular achievement,
without reference either to cultivation
or ‘to memory on other subjects. This
is frequently shown by persons in hum-
ble life in regard to the Bible. An old
beggar man in Stirling, known about
fifty years ago as “ blind Alick,” afford-
ed an instance of this. He knew the
whole Bible by heart, and if a sentence
was read to him he could name both
chapter and verse ; or if only the book,

 

- chapter and verse were named, he could

give the ekact words. A gentleman, to
test him, repeated a verse, purposely
making one verbal inaccuracy. Alick
hesitated. named the place where the
passage was to be found, but at the
same time pointed out the verbal error.
The same gentleman asked him to re-
peat the ninetieth verse of the seventh

_ chapter of the book of Numbers. Alick

almost instantly replied, “There is no
verse. That chaper has only eighty-
nine verses." Gassendi had acquired-
by heart six thousand Latin verses,
andin order to give his memory exercise
he was in the habit daily of reciting six
hundred verses from different languages.
another mathematician,.
could repeat all Horace’s odes, and a
great part of the other Latin authors.
————oo-0.....—————
THE MAIL IN CHINA.

But as regards letters, a considerable
proportion of the ’400, 000, 000 Chinamen
do occasionally exchange letters—those
who cannot write themselves hiring
scribes to do so. These letters are con-
signed to firms which have houses in all
the large towns, where letters are for-
warded to distant ports, to be distributed
by special agents, who generally collect
the postage from» the receiver. There
was certainly something comic in the
fact that when China was no longer able
to exclude foreigners from Pekin, our
British postal arrangements were no
sooner established than some of the
Imperial ofiicials came to ask Sir Fred-
erick Bruce to forward certain State
documents for them between Pekin and
Canton. On the death of the Emperor
Hienfung. which occured just at that
time, intimation thereof was sent from
his country palace (a distance of 600
1i, which is upward of 200.miles) in
twenty-four hours, which is the highest
speed attainable in China. But the
placid Celestials, to whom hurry is a form
of vulgar impatience, and to whom
telegraphs are an abomination, are con-
tent that'all ordinary communications
should be conveyed either by slow pad—
dling paling boats, or else by foot-run-
ncrs, whose high sounding title of “ the .
thousand-mile-horse" does not quicken
their pace beyond about twelve miles in
twenty-four hours. They carry a paper
lantern and a paper umbrella, and their
leather bag is secured on their back by
a cloth knotted across the chest.

A BERLIN nonrcnamN.

Saysan English exchanger. A Prus- _
sian policeman seems to have few
friends outside the bureaucratic circle
‘ to which he belongs. and his professional
activity and efficiency presents sorry
contrast to that of our intelligent blues.
When accosted in the street by a stran-
ger who wishes to learn the way to any
particular spot, the Berlin policeman
lobks'as if he were insulted. and instead
of ' giving a civil answer to a civil
question, contents himself with jerking
his thumb over his» shoulder in the re-
quired dircc’tiou. At. two or three of
the ‘more inrpo'rtant crossings in Berlin
a mounted policeman stands: on guard
iuthe- middle of the street during-the
hours of daylight, but for what particux
lar purposc I could never exactly make.
out. . . . There runs a story of 'a gal-

misfortune‘to hire one of these dis-
charged police-horses at~some livery
stable with a view to a ride in the
country. ‘He had‘sc‘arcely mounted.
however, when the gallant steed gallope'd' -'
ORatfullspeed‘to thecrossing'of'F-riedr
rick Strass‘e and Leipziger Strass‘c.
where it deliberately took its stand. and
refused to‘ budge from the spot until
the stroke of some neighboring clock
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lant Berlin ccckuey who once hadthc .