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sr;';,E33Ex"cpuwRnft N, Y,, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS, issa.N0.10.

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rzz T:-3GEST CLERK

: Mr

"i^r • «aid Mrs. Troop.:- ;->:r creature away!' ~ l i and a bit of the

sa:i Jane, " there ain't:: miik left; aad you; : i beef to old Gideon

.-? i i ' i m . I don't thinkI: ? j-iite a respectable

-.«•;. i:n^n duster' and &

Troop. '' A new board,

iir't quite rare," saidFDLIS is so different."

i Troop, mysteriously,It s the youngest clerk."

d Jane, in a bewildered

:.z'. b« so stnpid!" cried Mrs.1- . -. - _- ~i= :ne of those nervous New;•„; •__ - ~-~ ^h: are perpetually instinctr - - .'v . -1 who saw and compre-> j i —•' ;• iishsa. " Call Barbara;r. -. i = ^ « ^ i : - i o n t i t r 'Pi--;i--3 .^ae into the green gloom of the

.:•..- :^- -7 ''cose trindow was thicklyt i > : — - morning-glory vines—a tall,_z _i*-:e «-.th solemn blue-gray eyes,^ T ^ " v- sue! 3 slow grsce of manneri.:; » e must haxe inherited from theJ-—-5 7- the mountain-side and the reeds: -j.i i-rizi-p. for other teachers ,'she had

" ^ t is it, mother ?'' said she. " I was•j: rz.-:?-jzg the feathers out of- the old._:--~:ks, and—"

Barbara.11 said Mrs. Troop, "don't:-i: abo~: piliow-ticks : It's the young-: :.e:k-he's waiting just over there in.-. zorzh, "with his bag. Can we acconj-

I xr.iat* hue. do you think ?",il:ther," said Barbara, " what on earth

| i: 7;^ iceac5"•^iy." cried Mrs. Troop, with. a littli

npatient gesture, ''don't you remembe>A ilr. Fanshawe, the book-keeper inBroTE*. Brownson & Browne's telling uai':;ct the youngest clerk there, who had th<>irea* :ings and the small salary i And hotau he d recommend him here, rfox his sum-Z.--I -ication ; and he hoped we'd take him

I cheep and do what we could for. him."" said Barbara, arching her pretty1 Tea, it seems to me now that I do

I remember something about it. But. mother,rhere can we put him ? Every room is full

•—* Ten to the two si oping-roofed, chambersa tie garret"

3nt a poor young man," said Mrs.poop, in a distressed voice, " with heredi-

r consumption and almost no salary ;•arbara, we never can turn him away !"•'>'o, of course not," said Barbara, rp-

"Mother, I can manage it. Don'tlore. Tell him he may come."

And high time, too," said Mrs. Troop,Iy, "with him waiting there on the

rch, and wondering, no doub|, what allielay means."

She bustled out, with kindly .hospitality' ?r eyes. There, in the purpie twilight,

.rently listening to the song $>f the whip-or-wills on the mountain-side,! sat a slon-x person, dressed in cool, brown linen,

a valise resting on the floor beside him.w was Urs. Troop to know tUnt he hadd every word of the brief colloquy ?Madam/ he said, lifting the straw hat

a Ms curly head, '' I—"["Oh, yes, ye8 !" said Mrs. Mroop ; '-1

w all about it. Your name ip Browne1 Browne, Erownfion <fc: Brown

•• Panshawe told me all about1 you. Yi•e the youngest clerk there." .

I "Madam, I—"B'a't necessary to explain," kindly?W Mrs. Troop. " Wetll give y:and board for two doUa,Ts ft week.promise you the'dainties1 they haft't

the ''kocom.'i House, but everything shfcllI v.hr)k'home. Mr, Faunh

your nimna were limited.

j self intensely. He believed that heI come to the right place.s "Don't you think," said Barbara to _I mother, '' that he's very strong for a cc

'' It's that herb-tea, and the diet of honeyand new milk that is "building Win up,"Mrs. Troop, triumphantly. " Ineverk't fail yet in lung diseases. But he's verypleasant, Barby, isn't he ?"

'' Very !" snid Barbara, earnestly.i Mr. Browns had not been a month atlittle cottage on tiie mountain, wben, o

J taken by a sudden shower, be took re* „in an old, unused barn, not far from th<house, where a thicket of blossoming elder-berries concealed the rude stone basemen!and a veteran yellow pine tree flung

! banner of black-green shade over the moishingles of the roof. Unused, exceptstow sweet hay in—and in one corner a littlechamber had been finished off, lonj

j with a brick chimney and a tiny-paned laiI tice. The door wa3 iaalf-open, and, ""j Browne could discern a little cot-bed, draped

with white ; a dimity-covered toilet-standwhose coarse, cheap bowl and pitcher,enriched with purple-and-crimson autumnleaves in hand-paintiog, and a little needle-work rug which lay at the foot of the bed

"Ah," said Mr. Browne, to that bestconfidants, himself, " I comprehend it

j now! I have displaced Mademoiselle Bar-bara from the M e corner room in the ep^tage. Upon my wotd, I feel l i l i a usurper'But how good th*y are, this mother an<daughter, whose only incomei is derivi'rom thiSj precarious occupation of takurammer boarders! How unselfish, how u.

[f-saOTiflcing'. There are good 8a-- yet left in the woriajithank" heav-maritans

•nhp I biv.i loril 11 Hon of] nbout y,

[|;lnrleei, Mrs. Troop, 2 am very mvica^ ' '»you, but—- ; ••• •" Here comes my daughter Barbara,"a

p, evidently desirous to nbbrcviomcr's thrmks. " Barbiirn, fhii:«t clerk. His name,:i believe, is

• Barbara let her soft blue eyeS rest upon> tired face for a second, wlib tho most.

mpnthy. • j

ir cough very bad this sunimor ?"• " Qh, I hope the mountains'« good 1 How long a vucul.ion

u are very kind," he ^.id. " ThoH allow me to be gone ajg long 6s I

[ "And your salary will go jon juat tho

d my salary will continue just the

[•!iuhftti8 WbBt J «*" M a l generosfiy,"H "«rbara. " Oh, I should like to tl.ank

"•<• Browne. Brownsou ,' A Browno.'•"">e in. Our little cottage is fijll of•w. but my mother aijd I will oon-0 innke room for you so^owhoro,".

the pale boarder slopt that nigs!U lul<( rose-scflntod room, With A strip ofr*K-oftrpot o u tbo floor, Ibjind-palntedvases on tho wooden I inantlo, nn<l"mslin ourtainB nt the Win<low», ,vft»>r

'"1'1'er of black onp, ftl,d .tiilic, dalhsiouse bread, fresh hoiio^ and jolimuy

tollars a wo.-k for, HIy nuthlug of myjoui11 I" "Aid Mr. Browjno'warded so ohciply b,

i fo.ro

tho Hudost nn,» ; Barbara W

orn In all

ii» ini)r# tlinnhcm«. Mn.ml iniitli..rly0 lni|mi Honii-

"ttlien September came,' with its yellowleaves and its clusters of vivid' blue asterson the edges of the woods, MrJ Browne pre-parpd to return to the city.

Ton are sure you are strong enough toresume work ?" said Mrs. Troop, anxiously.

' Mother," said Barbara, " he isn't at allI ke an invalid. Either old 3dr. Fanshawew.is mistaken, or elsej^r. Broyme has madi

Just at this instant Jane oaDae to toll Mrs.Troop that neighbor Jackson was at th<door waiting to borrqw a drawing of t«a.

The gentle widow bustled out; 1Browne turned to Barbara, j

'' Yea," said he, " I am going to returnto New York. But I shall leive somethiiigbeind me."

" We shall be very happy to take chargiof anything for you," said Barbara, whewas sorting o-ver red-cheeked jpoars for p:serving.

" Shall you ? But you don't know whatit is. Barbara," suddenly lapsing into (treme gravity, " it is my henijt. I am drivto confess that I have lost it-mml to you !

" You are joking!" cried Barbara, coloing and half-disposed to be indignant.

'' I never was more aorio.uq. in my life,asseverated Mr. Browne. " I do love you.dour little Bojftoiik, truly ondittendfrV- ,''fikyoij'think yon oould dare to fchist Jyour" fu-ture to'lne ? ' Poor as I scent, I oould- yelgive you a good home.

" Oh, I am not afraid of that," said Bar-bara, with rising color and drooping eye-lashes. '' I have been brought up to be in*dependent, you know, and I believe Iearn a little money by art work, if ehad the chance. If—if you really CM

My own darling 1"Then—yes, I do love you !"So Barbara was wooed ftnd won.Of course, tho dear little motSer niuaf

live with us," said Mr. Browne. " I could-n't do without her!"

Mrs. Troop, who had ouco raoro joimthe group, looked puzzled.

" Is it a flat ?" said nho, wietftilly."No- I occupy a whole!bouse."" But, dour mo !" cried tbo mothorJii-lw

jlect, '' isn't that rather extravagant ?"" I think not." said Mr. Browne Horlou

'' But must you rjflally bo married atonco ?"

" I should like to carry both Burbufft andyou back to tbo city wilover.

4' And poor Jonc ? Though, of courac, itwould be out of tho quontion for Bnrbaro Ukorp ft hired girl ?" hoHitnted Mrs. Troop.

" Oh, Jane must oomo, too," Haiti Mr.Browne. "Bring her with you, by ftljmeans. We con mniioge it fiontebow. Tl'cftell you the W i h — "

" Well." said Mrs 'roop^ ongorly.. doltiHion," r<»ifc

ed Mr. Brown, while Bftrbntaii»i«r<l lu'rm.fl«yos in amnznmont, " I nm Uf)l tin.ent clerk In tho firm nt all. Tho yn

went oui to Bermuda, at tli<

well in lhat climate. This W was'nand Brown. I am Augustus Brownn, theyoungOHt partner."

But, however, oamo you here ?" cngcrlyquestioned Mm. Troop. " Pldn't Mr. F»n-

' Not at all. I enmo lo tho hotol, but H» full; and thuy lliovight that porhnp* Iild bo i)rovidoii for nt Mrs, TJ-WJIVII <'<>t-0 until thoro WM r» Hiipwvy )D U>4 ('bi^o-HOUHO. Btit whon tho vnwvnoy V»m« I

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Kind, .tople-hearted Mrs. Troop!•he had been * student of the great" novelof Human Nature, she would hare knownthat we are all of us living romances at onetime or another. And why not t Is not th»world always full of Lore and fouth?r-Rden ForrestOrtneg.

WHAT INSANITY IS.

It may appear to some that occurrencethe condition commonly called. Jcaanity _unusally frequent in this country. When,however, the fecte bearing oa 4h» oase arelcwkedoTeritinayappearjjthanfise. Manycircumstances combine ta render exceeding.Iy difficult the general diffusion of eventolerably correct ideas on this matter. Oneof the most formidable obstacles to thespread of this knowledge is pointed out byft foreign writer on tb» subject, who said 1'' The boundary line* between mental sound-aess and insanity a n often extremely thinand incapable of precise definition; religiousferror, the fire of genius arid the energy 'ambition are all at times so near an LKproech to madn«» that some great anthoV.itiae have pronounced all men of genius to

ladmen." ThUis aa •xoeedtngly im-portant statement and it should always t »kept in mind when dtsouaibf t h i | aubjeat.

? l 1 ^ * *^ £ *by aU wh.dedde as to1

individual. „ w«q» m — v*mitplanatioo of many of the ourione noMonsheretofore entertained by some M to Otanature of insanity, Deponi&CSj ppajession,which at some pa^ tDnT *Cog«|?ftM <W W

a oases of this trouble, will explain Mwell as pofdble nm»y oases of the so-calledtemporary fonaoity "'eo comracm nowadays.A recent writer defines insanity to be(nanifestation of disease of the brain, o W -

a general or partial derange-ment pf one or more of the faculties of themind and in which mental freedom is weak-tned, perverted or destroyed." While thisis a very irifelligent definition it doe* notmeet all the requiremeats of th» oase,It is hot probabla t h * any definition; e v «w i l "flo so.; The eomprchesslon of this sub.|eot wiH be vBry muoh iadiisated by ooa>siderix^ tbe various forms of insanityseparately, which we will now d<

Idiocy is the condition seen in those per»eons who have' been defloiont In undor-

iding from their nativity. Those peo-ple are technically oultod idiots and theirtrouble is due to congenital deflcienoies ofthe brain. Malformations of other portsthe body aro common in these persona.There Ls a widespread and doubtless cor-rect impression that these unfortunates areso on aooount of the misfortune or folly oftheir parent* during tbe ante-natal life .the ehild. Intemperance on the oert atparents is criminal to offspring,

Mania-fury-inadneM 1* the form of favlanlty commonly seen in persons in the

of-Uft. ThWaffe#ion ls, M eOTgamJo disesees Of the brafa. Ita

tautnifestfttions are*exceedingly diverse. ' Onpoint a noted authority aays i "The

maniac is a Proteus, who, assuming all>rms, escapes the observation of the

praotlaed a»# watchful ey«." A mania onsubject is fitly termed a mom

This is very common. It must not bethought that maniacs are devoid of undor-r'tohdi^. 1 The reverse of tbi* is often ttna.

ipeeido mania f> one following the use ofioisonous doses ot oertain wnll-lsnown

p, i: «,, (Oooho|. Of this condition the•present manid-a-potu is A good ilhistra-

ioo. Quite parallel to this is that pUaaantlittle Alversion, " runnlng-o-uiuok," sesn In

i« East In person* ornzod' by the DM ofbhang," a preparation of Indian hemp,

l ie mftnlft seen in wmnin who hav* reoent-borne children In termed' puorperat

mania, «rtd U probably, due to. UM> altera-lons of thx> blood incident to tlieir o«u-litiou. Th* fre<ju«ut reourr«noe of oon-

soizuree, such M spilopay or hy»Ut-

I am«njte toihnftla. Tnl» It du« 11

tb« elroulaUoji of the brain.fnd?« oonoentraMoo of tbe mind uj>oa. w y^ « o t ie qnite IllKtly to OMVM a mania ir.

jjorpoiu who may h»v« Inhorltod atendency to organU brain <ll»orui<i. TJi»ixigonclos of modern life, by which i«

woKkinging p«(«pl» «ru iwriuiHod lo ondnre In10 nobools; tbeae, and inaay more Ilk*> oquftlly \>fttl, M not wort* follW, „ .•ediugly injurious to the olaea ot ln-

juM referred to. Th* brain laking inaohlaa aad overwork of 11

owed by • br«*k ofa time «be

a break la the bralv ts an attack of

Thjs 1« th* technical nam« f goomadnly obtvrrcd In the oour** ofiyaosrt* d«kB*iSM«. Tkia oo»dlUo« U

>bably dn* to tho olroulntion ot WtiaUdod. When, lurw.Tor. th* tlln*M has»> linuanally M*eri and ^Afnianant

•MtiUl A*floi«titfy fnll.wV k U fait io <««fthat aom* jxirUon of the brain stmotxir*

nlerwent a •aang* <lwlng tha *1okn**«-lato ate«<M <* ra»nl» U usually • conn bt1H«1 <1«m«nU» or lmtx.nlll»y 11>te

nidJtion ia ^x*»l<mallj ee«n In ag«<l )«>ra aba r*09H ot Uw «ba««W '» UMIMAe^t |» a ft. Al ItfeiM, Ik^VtsV,ttta is •" l)>* Wt taftrmllr at m rtoble," Iben, truly, • tMatnmiag ooour-. t i l* Uifti'Hion u< »*T«r« TIOIOIIO*

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person b*oomea disordwly. The mildt i beoomes Ticious. There is alia

bilit and aon^time. s u d d l

person b*oomeat#mp«r*i beoomesr ^ irritabilityd l d i t e lit. Thesesymp-totos aw followed by low of memory andkntarion of ideas, also changes fa. th*•oioeafcdmttpMousneat without ade™^cauiei QuiteanoUblematteri»theexeamot the " delirium of gtandeur," tbe•rietibb of which is verssJHch, strong or tel-enteJ, he is going to ooavert the world, to

J la^inh^b.H«B,J«TOT.

of which staTheitatory of p««Tiooooureooe of epilepay or pwioos attackjiof inianity and of i^saaity & the immediate-family of the auapeotod • pei«», help todecide whether ft Person U deranged or txot.

The oondltloQ of idloto ean sometime* bemended by ptoper training. J* aomefimeahappens thai the infliction of acdOentalTiolence upon the bead of idiot* is f oUowedby tfre return of the ^<L TWs,J, a verysingular but well rxuthWcftted fact * *"stated by eompetwit r ^ - 1 " J M-'bones of insi

reotness o7this .tatettoent ranViitimw doubtless makee it « •' <

; th*t la, r«ry sttgt»t '<a)nrl« winthea» persons prodnoe JSUl2- " A* *raqnire extraordlnarl 1daemon in healthy Pfnoipt

eonOrnina mUw^^fU«

jeot to *>\» v*ty: terra of d

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One of (he most wonflerful blind men•bat erer U , or "/»<* of Knanuborough," as be WM »lw»ysoan«d. This remarkable Yorkuhlreman lostbis ayeaight when he was a ohild of six yearst»y sidaU-pox, J ut hq grew to.bfnototily m•xpert musioian and tradesman, but also a»

h

ty a p o x , J•xpert musioianexpert horseman. ,

In athletic sport*, unohi h las wrestling and boxing, be was also a great

adept; and being, when a fuj^gwwn m«ny

•ery strong and robust, and la stature kixfeet two, few durst try upon him tye prao-

jokea which cowardly perfton* rvreee disposed to play upon tbe blind.

There musfc havo boon something v«rywinning abovk tbe man, too (saya hi* biog-rapher), for tho landlord's daughter of theOranby Inn fairly fell in love with h lnv -and Harried him, in spite of tho oppositionof her relatives. When askod how sheoould marry suoh a man, hor womanlike re-ply was, '' Because I couldn't be happywithout him; his actions aro so singular,and his spirite so manly and enterprising,"iat I couldn't help loving him."

After ell, Dolly was not so far wrong Inir ohodoe as her parent* thought her. As

the result proved, ICetoaUhad 1 B him tbeelement^ of raooeas in life, which, «rea eo-oordiog to tba world'. Mttavte, nwde himeventually a " a very good match."

Hie surprising faculty Mepath-ftnder and•atural e&fjfheer gave him both luorativeemployment and local, and even national,

It bf remarkable that to-day Eng-land's Poatel-Boute BJng—Professor P»w-oett, at the head of the British Mall Bervice—is a blind man ; and it is no less remark,able that England's first great rood-builder,John Metcalf, WM blind. One incident,when he was a very young man, illustrateshow well he oould not only find bis ownway, but guide people who had good nv«e.

On one occasion, he went with a belatedgentleman to show him along theroad from Yorkwas then fall ofBO better than • traokMotoalf brought the gentleman safe to hie

1, and then, for the Ant time, the tmvaVUr notfoed the appeaonee of his eye*feeling deU*t# about questioning

• m«l*0»ed it to U» '

A 0BLBT1AL ROMAN OB.

" I am a aoU»> grandse-titledh a t c b U d t o caUWhatycmmaybepUwedto caU i , In my

own Una, but it would be nbarly bnpoaai-W* for me to explain the rank, so we will

Mik^•ar .V my.or WOfim, was aparty

iaryice I w a e lpy

, atoryice. Iwaaearlytaught Btate fntrlgaea and wcreta. Then 1had prirate Bngttdr and French tutor., andfe««ire4 *rthojrough *4u*ati0n. Now inCowa, which l» the Switserland of Ghina in•oe Mnae, the people are all born free men,and bold and daring. It was there I ant

'learned to IoVeti beautiful girl with ererygraoeatklenarm that oould b«*-desired, butShewaatfce daughter of a rebel. Youmurtknow that we hare rebels like ytmhave had.Sometimes they at* dewmAed from fatherlo«m. T^eyhqldfortb. in the mountain*;then ,011 the arid plain* east of fifajna..»oour-;mg the ocuntry.much worse than ttuBedoubM of tha^t»bic region. I had been•pin the 0or«district ,on atete business,*he*Im*ten4, lowd, Tsung-H Bbe, wasmd**d'soul's %h»' to m«, t oould notpersuade her to fly. I, wojold, in- my madfefc&n, hare left tbe kingdom, going topong Kong and *nde»roring to get passage•O an Engliah ahip, but she would not go.She ihoug^t of my'honor and future, and I•ouMnotWr* her to oomyvmlon. Thenfee hop* of my life aeemea aUpping fromtee, a* tin little *tan elude the huge moon'sadmiring ftffrafaee. I turned from her, anda«ab« *ank down oh the rack besidt* wbiohwe had mat I looked not back, though her•x^ratmrheart-Btringrt. I want to myiUkir-t palao* sad told Um tbA he mustfetmeaway fMtn Ghlna. I nt#* embMey at lAglaad, remained tnere•everaj moofchs ia London, went throughSeetlaod, eroaaed tb* oMunel to Part., awlftttglxt, in Hh* oouUrapUUon of the gayli^U"»that pleaawe-loring oity, to drownthoughas of Tsung-li; but her beautifulface, with it* tea-rose blushes and softUnjpiUfrinfl eye*, oeme up at wiob turn, andI fWd from the «mba«sy without laav* ol»b*enoe, thus fotfoiUbg my life to mycountry. I went to the West Indlos, tbto S t h ' hyto South Amerloa,' raontoam OhlU, Ptitr, at Santiago and Lima. I

itarouna seeing the sigbU in Llama,and on plena, whore were the tinkle ofguitar and eMrtinet of <Wk-ey«<l tnnorltM.

I had wandered all this tim« wilhooihearing from my p«opl«, but tho oonaalnUhere sent word to Ohina that the nownotorious Wing Ban Pah, whoa* hood wasworth 93,000 to his omiatry, WM in <Jbill.My father to a secretive way wroto me. Ireeeived bJaietstt, aad th<m I saw a mon-tkm of the capture in the Oorean Moun-tains of Oe.pt Hor Hay, the great rebelehief, and hi* beamUful daughter. Goodbeaveoe J my Ta«ng-U in the folds of tho

I knew enough of state affairs to•ee that she was liable to be selected bysome BoajwUria. I oould not stand It. IStarted for Be* Franoiseo, thence went rift

lame* to (Una. I went to a famous manoar Wnd at San Franolaeo, and h« dia.

**A ttV», and got me a peesport into thei W « r y Kingdom, as an agent of tk« nit

1 got to Hong fcong. I foundoat where the re*el and hie daughter '

and Wetrt to thetn when £ go<p*t op a Job—there, that's Amerf-

een. I got Ttmn«-U owt of her rooky prkou,•aid tbm. w* etarted on our p«rilon* taak of

f*o» the latvd. 8h» had to dreeah» men1* alothee, Tog*th«, hand in band,w* AoatAd <mt to aa Amertcan tea abip on apieeeof Ucbfebeenboowood. T l m n w . w nb to Ban FrarxjUoo, a.n<l now wo arebwe."

> o*a*«<| talking ao4, looklug toward a.•mall i W ft* tfa« right, aoaiy nailed ," f t l l y own lor*." Th* door WM

utd a Chl»ea« wX,w<w »UXHI•vere. lh« WM f4t minnfli fur u i j rumwo*.

WHAT IB A CORN!

• The new«p IP9Wstartle ua aU, now andUwn, witl*headings suoh an, "Disastrous9orner In Lard," " Terrific Break in theOil Corner," " Frenzy in the Ohipagp ]ohange; t te great.Pork qorner all gone „pieces." ,^igh-prinorpledmen,do not cryQu&r eyes trat when they read of this Hn^lof disaster. Some men even smile, rub theiraands, utter exclamations of1, pleasure, ;ani~express the opinfcm' tbit "ft aorves' th<•peoulatow right I"

But what is a Corner? Let us go back „the origin of things, like the old-faablblrtdauthors, who, when they wrote the " Historyof the Isle of Doge," began with tttf oveatiofiof the world and the fall of man; : >••'

Oornere appear to have been invented _.the time of the tulip mania in Europe, »U>vt1635. Whan th© tulip WM inteodTjeed intothe northern nationi of Europe,, aboqt OM>year 1800, it excited tbe Uyelfest admirationfrom the brilliancy and variety of ita ooloxs.

The price of rare bulbs roee every Beaton',until several varieties were worth theirweight ia gold. Then, the trade degeneratedinto gambling, and corners Were S d e .For instance: A great lord would order,April 1, a bulb of fashionable species to be.delivered to him on the ftmt day of October,the price then to be two hundred pounds.

When October 1st arrived^ the riling 'pri<was on© hundred and Afty pounds. Tltfreat lord did not want the tulip ; h e i monly speculating. Nor did the seller haveany bulbs, or expect to have any, 1too, was a speculator. Accordingly, ott thefirst of October, the nobleman paid him ttusfifty pounds which be would have clearedthe oontraot had involved a reality', and thatmided tbe transaction. U the bulb hadbeen worth on October 1 two hundred a^dfifty pounds, the nobleman would haveooivod fifty pounds and the speculator woulhave lost that amount.

A corner in bulbs was made whan a dealorwould slip over to Holland, ascertain homany of the bulbs, Cfor which, at that datethere wwi the largest demand,) were in. ex-istence, buy a»,many of thejp ae h * i « nand kmp them out of. the m*A«fc untilIwwl created an artificial scarcity. Then th<price roso, and ha would s«H

The Tnlip corner V M ooarpartttively bi-nooflnt, bdoaniw tulip* aro not 'orie of thenoo<Miiark«i of lifn. Bnt whAt shall we ka;of a com«r In pork, in oorn, In Oil, Ih wheat,in oeta, in potato4« 7

What shall we eay of millionaires who,a «y«t<5ra of li««, make a poor widow pajonn dollar more and fifty cents more for herwinter barral of flour than it i« ffiirIjr worthy

Take, for <wamplo, the wheat oorner1879, described by Mr. Henry I). Ltojd

it North American Jievie\»- A fe1thejast Nvary rich 1

predicting low prices—Teiograms from i

h n o w h e w M b m i d r '"Ullndil W h * do you m e a n r" I meas, sir, feet that man eaii t M « (

" Well, l^d ior i , thk U really too rnuoh.-•ald the g«ntl«tt*a1. " OaU h i * iB "

etoelf w M e a l ^ i a . My fri.n.l. »r.really bll«4 TY*a. •hl"!aatd he. " I l.*l my «i«M

wben I WM s l | yean old.""Well! w*m h*4 t known U,»i, I

KryUwrut Farmer., JHIU bi Iho followingplea for th« .-mw ft it wolt known U»tn m t i »r« gmt Aumitoyn* <\t mire mid Aif-farwirt klrrl. of (ledtnirUy. trorrm, whiflh•rmifltln*^ malM mv\ Iwrw vlth UM fkrnnr'inn>|^ Th4 r»>nii/i<»i Bnjrkworiii rlarr« ofUM rV>r h*c*U), aoBi*tinMri <UvuUUa wbol«noUiaof If).ll»ii otwn I U r * known «U« U>HaJaeib.y , ,™! eimtroyerty. T»ia warm

rrop 1r

mim* thUr<K>U Ui« e »W« Will fcMTl"»«i til, l,,,|

untli U wlU »fp«ar 11^niUr (jrocUixl , wli.

put their heads and theirmillion* of dollaru together to buy atain of wheat.

Flnrt, they got fifty articles published l itheir n«w«p«penvery low prioee.marketn of Europe appeared, all speakfogrrf the immense quantities of wheat obmttfforward! The speeuIatDrs even- sold a(on bnabol* or ao at low rates, while buyingten millions at the same rates.

At length, when they have boughttwenty to fifty million* of tmshels, they atppselling eioopt at a price wkioh nobtryrr pan af/ord to pay. Bmd what H fLloyd says about i t

" l'be pnc« wee run clown to olgntid one-half cents per bushel, When <

•heat and wheat oontracts to be had>btaiued, the price wa# raised to one doUJir

and thirty-three oenU" '' Boring the mtVter torn hundred veeseU lay hi flew Y<inrbor, tho owners pleading for wpoet, elit low rates of freight." ' ,'' '

Tn otli«r words, farmers sold their wheat'.t » toting price, poor m<m paid high prioi*^m their flnur, ihip-ownen) «tjff<TrtJ(J serloQloe«, and «11 int45ree« «aff»Tre4, in order that

tli gmepinfr, tn«rdl<NS« men might romk«#Womllll'm dollar* each.

W* ehmtM lik" to b« King for abonthoar }u«t to place «ueb «p«ouleting getlwu*n» they would do their odantry mosigno>\ lUppily th«di oorn«ring» often 001;DOT them, ftnii tb*ir Hl^ottan millions a n| C B » In » click ot the UJecraj.h !

THE JUMBO OF ORICKETB,Thronghotit th« whole T«TT\\>ny <A Utas)

Ih* ar^ket te on* of (h* eotnitx>n obfeoMIh* Mywniry, but fhw AM 4Hok*ta eorlok«rt», aa/t t» I* jttM ru wetl w|iene«umh at tkm bam* mrUnU U> " «e* Uste' >

8«t it." For • coiiairierat.on. thwrtftire,will put U» .J.S-IIU*** «ni the trank'rf sei,t the ^ W I N I 1,»>.!«U th*t « m (UTOUMKI

k«<>v iiy of U

irrinah pArte «e-. what ihey are

the oonrae of hfa 111* he e• « • kauAr^l ra i l - of «*~U*»t M

A DILAWA-E riAOM ORGHAIID.

A walk tkrovgk a peaob orohanl )M* nu" W att»»elin««. Jh^, fa ^ b

the broad and oeMr* nnl%h4rnhotn* Aftar yo« her* p»«ok

efl a rn,M, ^beak p — a l«rtw«1 mp^rA tortM r«a4i»r 4***e* the etffarenn.the fr<iM "at horn*' »u\ th« |>ea*hacMjulHk! Ita Iwautr and fkror In

worm. I (h(nk h* >!.«• ntuiiiMM U, UiU wfflrm only, hot l/>whioi) ti« oa» tmui. Tl>* «nu»lii;l>ling it) lif » nn\a**m t r w In Vew

1 do I . U1I«T« Uit Ctf,Wt »r« »ufflrtolit 1

. hi. U K . ll»,t the jx« f . rri-k»t 1«,ny kin.) ^mtmHf hmtih, «. p n l ^ o

night *pp*Ut* f.ir <h« kitnh^j ur* hung mi% lo <\ry ktt<vr* Ui

; Pluto*' rAakM U rtry uuith

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UM UtU. twif* by theher* ntftaa i>t«*>rTa<t BWMarly d tbbik it a fair In/w-

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A GORGEOUS 8TABLB.

. Oeneral WitherV^rindpal ateble is .«nd of horse' cathedral. This ia by nomestaaoomnton. Matty & fine animal, il-moetaemuohthe "art family as 0M out bom 1

were of Arab, #i^bby quarters' The

_ are dean and wnole-•e««ner vat ao: not ntoline to. fantastic ele-ganceeof adornmen^auch u a.re growing infavor among ourselves in the Northern'rfties. Here the light strikes down uponto* through colored gloss wtedows, ana the.whohr interior^ ^aoed up ^ri^ hard woods;and ^ha floor of . $ * principal aisle, or nave,strewn wi^h s -ft straw for oxhiblting thep^ces of the anlmalis upon, could not beneatorif it were) that of a drawing-room.The main dimension is 156 feat, and this is•eromwdbya transept, of.. 100. The stallsare toward sixteen feet sqtu They haveouW as w«h at) inner doors for egrtss inoase of fire, and these are never kept look,ed.. Littl*o* ao,fancy ironwork in thway of stable fittings is used, wooden racks

d J 4 1y i t i n g i used, wooden racks

and mangers beiBJ^ perferr4d. "Wide1 ope'Dspaces over tiie pftrtitfons and trfmbom v«n.tUatow, carry off all odors. The. clean hayi* pile4 ia, mows above, and, the corn, andoata slide 4own by traps into oonvonientbinu.' Then there Is Apaoti tbt sulkies andOdW^ons , a' harneka xoata and hftrneeB-

room,.and a great collection of theAysterious-looking boote and weights usedm breaking in the trotter. Near by" a Uttleoourt-ydM i* reserved as'a hospVtfl , and hiit stand a few animal* awaiting dolefullytbp and oi JhMr woe*. , i .

',;j am no .great,believer in veterinary doo.tors," says bur host. '' They kill more thantheyuurei I bfohkfet'my patients, protect(hem fxom sudden extremes of tbe weather,W * *TftrW W DMoici»e. That. ia mysystem,."

tisitorB hit rfomfoftebly In chairs In theoatheralJttce stable, and the horaee ar«brpght out b9f(rfB ihem>- Ranter's Maga.

\

|N THB DBNTIST'S CHAIR.

Woman'* Pluck ajtj JIttB'. Cowardice.

" No," said tbe dentiat, " I never tell wo-man at\yth|ng but the truth, If I tell a mas

'an operation wfH be painful he is apt tofind Bwm'e1 excuse- for delaying it or evendo4f[ihg it altogether. But a -woman woulddeliberately Waikftotbe ohalr if ahethoughther b«a4 waeto be yanked off. Give me awoman for oool pluok evqry time."

" But ohildrcn r"" I t i * wcong and foolish to deceive t \

rnatame nasoome again. 1 stand atone.T h e b i l l s n o m o r e m a y g U 4 i n k l bs a v e w h e n l

1 ^

Dear, toouartaead, yet wilt toou not retnmfI do not fear thee, for I know tbouit deadCanst tbou not teel tWa 1 Leave tkj

Ded,AJid oatca wlta me tne orlrt WDO4 reair * _ ,

Justasthoadlostofold. TtoeventUto,What keeps thee tram thy msnd's t

K wm not quesuon more; nwauntoi tbouit l u - .Tearnuig tb whisper of thy presence sweet.

^ W B d u u K ^ SThou oanst not speak, so I wui feel thee 01

—AUthe Year Sound. '

Khode Island and Delaware together ate Ismaller than the Yellowstone P a r t I_ A young man iQ the atighborhood o f iWindsor, B. C , twenty years of age,been " engaged " nineteen different tt

Two Skunks is the sweeft-soented <-nun.of a Sioux chief. g

If there's aQythlnglin a name he should be reported to the'Board of Health.

The city of Devil's Lake, Dakota, ia n o t !yet 100 days old, but already choice lots a r a laold At $2,000 each. It has seven largehotels and two banks:

It is said that a lemonade bath willwhiten the skin, and the Boston Pottwould like to know who it was' that turnedhimself inside out and made the discovery.

Mr. Garret of Pine County, Ga., was re-cently struck by lightning, but was nothurt, the electricity merely taking all thehair from his head, whiob was left perfectly ioald. . ; ': i

'Chicago has a crank whose insanity takesthe aduDational.fona of street lectapronunciation. He oorrects many cerrors and has large audiences. The effect jjupon Chicago conversation is as yet uneer-1tain. I

TlSre are in the United States in the |neighborhood of 100,000 natives of Bohemia. |Wisconsin has the greatest number; next ia £aumber Illinois, Iowa, New York, Minna- fiota, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, and Pennsyl- ;

The wire-fence war will engage an extra 'session of the Texas Legislature. Some of .the pastures are fenced without a break tat J;

child about auch things. If he is told he isnot to be hurt and then is hurt he will nevertake your WOfd agah>, and wilinatoyon a««6rt to almost any means to keep awayfrWJ a dental offloe aftenfrwd. I alwaystell a ohild the operation wi l hurt a littlebut that I will be oantol. 1 can usuaUvl i W y ^ a biWd's priie and make him Very'braver If Jie is hatidled properly be wiUteejn his, pUiek fqr the most- painful openv«on an^^aal ly F b fen h.,1. dismissed fromthe ohair he is surprised that the pain hoibeenfn6 mbre1 severe. Vou know the'extentof pain, or, indeed, t,t everything' is apt to' ieaawed.,bjs ocpnparUon with one* ex-

itfpn of what js to be dque."You have'to decefve ihen, do you ?"Yes, geirtrally. ! They'are consumm

oeward*. i Yeetsrday I made one of my,fri«a4s pull his,own. tooth.''

, ", Uoyr?" , ',1' He wished mi' to look at his toeth

teW him what they required < and was verjeanfu l ta instruct m o w do nothingthan to look at them. I,found one, thaioould not be saved and should be extractedat oh6t>. 1 krieir if I told him h<* would notIef4ie take*6«fci so I ilipp* 1 . a m . foroep.in mypooket when,he w*.not lookingMtod•rex* qn fumbling abput b|s face, oooaslon-tllYnut&jgaflngeYlntohis eye, until he

it w « teitf' to keep his peepersA . By qulok and preoiu work I laidoq *i« tooth w^th t i e forceps before

he knew what waa up but as soon as h*f elt the, pa|n h« grabbed my hand and push,ed It iwny eo frantically as toithrow forceps,tooth and all through, the window in frontof him. Of caynp when U WM all over h*was glad It was dona, but ha won't be like.1/ to'elose Ids eyw W my obitr1 again. < -

Uppn jan'dlng w^ found ourselves among(be riioet mlWibi^ fffeMfe, * rather1 lanes,

uy lortade t» teOTBrse,". writesa ^ ourj-as^nti^ of the Troj

Timn. " Tb* builders ywm to have oon<fucted «UH1 after'tte plafa of the Mlibrnt.

4A €r*M«r Ubyflnfti, «n* I hate '^ftea wiab.

wWcfe dbmVtrtKn er«ry1 t t i i * tt»stHM**iof, «dfe etty.aM

Itlon-than those of an]>th«r oity in Eutppe, tar the .Turks neveihink of OUk§ Mr wtret., but leave

^ p o hot*, MM. t t r j gppde ones VW b b ^ ^ k t i

^*Jf;tii*

p»mt may,he «aea.MUtfil$pi$ a*' &e'' 4 •'• . r w W . ; t h * y fly after

IB lb* mum a Sail Lake • balhat oaa U*f«)MW»t«cwith0itt any ex.. o$ by,p**rfng a towel tw-i.l h;)J th* tiro «f)(U h,. mn

r*ta*ln Iu *uy d"]Kh of wa4«r kneeling, withum\ atut ahoul.ter <mt of w.Oar, <n by

« oader 0,» *ol« <»f Um f«*t h- Mn•it ,m 4 M *•*•/.« fln on* «t*TUon. tn fact

In a*ep O»e's haJaao*; none whMftmr UiMl to keep aSoat, The oolr danger

' «ro» choki«f by aoetdenUi p f aone rf the water, 1st the0 / O M bria* 1. *o b t « M that t&e«rf ft* throat are

I forty miles or mote, and the only ofaoiceloft to travelers is either to drive two daysV :

Journey out of their way or out the fence*.Burdette wantu oa to observe one thing

ibout railway lunch oounten: " The man,who growU the mott also eaU the mort, andthe fellow Who jo:ke> about the, indestractt-;ble sandwiohea thinks he is in hard luck Ifhe doesn't get away with half a dozefl before :tho ^ong strikes." . ' . , < ' - ,

Workmen digging foundations at St.Louis have diaoovered an artiflciajl care,with a floor of solid rook and a roof ntp-ported by posta. .The oave turns and windsfor several hundred"i«fet,' and oonMiis a flcopper box inclosing parchment doonmiaiUwith Frenqh and Spaniah inscriptiona.

A Maryland farmer and wife several yeanago gave a penniless stranger a nighfslodging, and continued their hospitality forteverol months. He suddenly reoetttod stable meeeage and left them. Now theybave received a check for 910,000. Tb >tramps of Pennsylvania are reoommende<to start for Maryland: : .' In a report upon the seaweed, upon whiol 1

many of the poor in the distressed idtstofct 1in Ireland are at present depeadeat for Ufe,Dr.iOruisesaytthatit "la wholly unfit t>be i tingli artiolB of diet for children, _p •even for adolto, aad that it wfll very aoo 1ran down the unnappy eonaumnnv .by dii •ease of a waiting nature." I' Believers in the descent of all manltoalf

from a common progenitor may hear wifc 'InUrest that a white monkey recentlybrtmght to Uiifl counHy from Skua bears ;•

' al nwmblono* to the-Albl^fantfy.'^eyWghyU^

that Mollereoodld

1^et1toe*»,ari

^tabeji^^^th^i.apia. . ^bandag*. be^«e it ke*p*them from,,Idck-lag artmnd airf makMthem rea«tor tohWl*.TTy aJwayatalw'theta*© ehuwh.'bW, Id-

d f j ^ into ttfej boner ofla in the «now out

leaving a sm«ll aperture -for breafawg puras. The babies are kept Sptodkiym, while their frtafos within the eacred

buildiag have their Ufur ,cu»U by the freezing qi

Widows wiOisa«herwhieh:draW up arefegarOed with bom* by the Fftech, wkooeOl then: rfolUotte« window., apdhHv.al. voiort *ottr*ly abandoned their na*.; A «r»gf the old oawnsenH how»v*r, are *«q left "to Prane*, an! on* of then lately oaoM:»tnfedy te Ban*. While looking oirf ofsa«h a window (n * hoof* is the En« 4.rBcepltal as eld woman named Beaeel watoeuftrt by the falling frasu, which de-aeea4ed sqoawlr dpoo b*r neck, pinioned,it to the m, sad ohoked her to death, tofor* the bontfled epeosaton In the streetbelow eoold reach her. .

uiM.\#X am tvrl«tjr-ftf»V',tuli.i lady of »wk*iM,

v ^ p «gi> to <fHd*«k ,fc*-0-r and tlwuk Ood." M l o o can ttJfH,* r

t b d " Too hav» •*•—' -