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Sailor Ben an?! Tad Site): went fishing, boating and pathipg in company, but the ~little boy never “kin saw the QuengleVVan- f sale; or the‘queer creatures dance by the light of the mulberry moon, to the flute of the Blue Baboon, on the broad green leaves ‘ of the Ctumpetty tree. ’l‘ad’s Visit to the Quangle Wangle. 0n the. mp of Lhe (trumpetty Tree The Quangle Waugle sat; But hm face 301: could not see On m count or his beaver hat ; For lus hat was a hundred and two feet wide, With ribbons and bibbons on every side. And bells and buttons, and 1100 s and lace. sumac nobody could ever see t e face 0! the Quangle Wangle twee. 'I‘n This is .whm. sailor Ben sang to Tad Heber, a Down-eyed 6 year. old, who “as trying to help menu the net, and begging for songs and stories. ‘0“ ocean was calm, the afternoon was warm. mamma. Heber, with the other ladies at: the hotel, was fast asleep. Tad forgot that he wanted to keep. his pretty'white linen suit nice until pup‘afcame home on the four o’clock train from the ‘V‘l ' ‘ Tad played in the shining sand, tumbled his yellow curls, then lay down on the beach to listen to Ben’s mug of the Quangle Waggle’s Hat. ‘ 1-1- . 1x .“ - “Wgn there ever such a Hat, Em?” in- quired Tad. ‘ ..r ‘ my , .h,“ ___._ _- n -_n L- ow curls. - ‘ I saw them just as p.’a.in," said Tad, half crying. [By this time Ben was aroused. x "I think the little chap was only half sleeprhiIesl wor-a-aingin' to him, andrhe ‘ tly heard and dreamed those onreaxon- ’ablfithingst’f ' " It: is a welLImown fact that men who ".camp out,” sleeping on the ground at all seasons of the year, seldom have pheumonia, Ind that rheumatism, with them, comes as a rule, only from unwarranjablq impfgdence. "Jam and jelly and bread ought to be company for the Quangle \Vangle. I know it would be for me," said ([2911. _‘ u: "vulu luv u". u. win-w -v “Well the nextv’verze willintell .abo‘at his visitors.” But there came to the Crumpetty Tree Mr. and Mrs. Canari; And they said: "1) (1 you ever see Any spot so charmingly airy? May we build a. nest y your lovely hat? 33113 Qnaqgle Wangle grggt pg that. A “The little chap’s asleep,” said Ben, as he stopped to brush away an inquisitive wasp from Ted’s nose, then he sang the little boy's favonte “varse,” as he called itâ€" And the golden Grouse name there, And the ecple. who has no toes. And the small 33m Ian Bear. And the Dong h e luminous nose, ‘ -. And the Blue Baboon who layed the flute And the Orient; call! from 9 land of the Tate, And the Al;er Squash and the Bisky Batâ€" All came and nilt on the lovely Hat Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.” Just then a queer thin happened, the net slipped from Ben’s han s, his mouth flew open, and he too was asleep. \Vhen papa Haber «game he found thenl 50L » When a person has remained for an hour “or more in a crowded» and poorly ventilated room or railroad car, the system is already contaminated to .greater or less extent by breathing air,vitfated by exhalations from the lungs, bodies and clothing of the occupants. IThe immediate efi'ect of these poisons is to debilitate, to lower vitality, and to impair the natural power of the system to resist disease. Hence it is that pereoni.l who are attacked by inflammatory diseases, as pnemonia or rheumatism, can generally trace the beginning of .the disease to a chill felt on coming out of a. crowded room into the cold or damp air, wearing perhaps thin shoes and insufficient clothing. If these facts were generally understood and acted upon, thousands of lives might be saved every year. The other fact is that pure air is the antidote to this poiscn. The oxygen of the air is the greatest of all purifiers. Rapid ireams of water that pass through large cities; receiving the sewage. become pure again through the action of the air after running a. few milm. Air is the best of all " blood purifiers.” Ocmbined with vigorous exon 136 to make it (fleetive, it will cure any curable case of consumption. . "I dunno. The song says so,” and he droned on, in a low vome : The Quan le Wangle VVangIe said To himse) , on the Crumpetty Tree ; “Jam andjeny and bread Are the best food for me; But the longer I live in this Crumpetty Tree, The plainer than ever it seems to me That very few people come this way, And that life on the whole is far from gay.” Uglgaiâ€"éâ€"l‘éivué'câ€"(Tfiga‘ffiv bhifd Va. mint 0 whatever material suits you best, Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee." “Now listen, Tedâ€"â€" And, besides. to the Crumpetty Tree, Game the Stork, the Duck and the Owl, The Snail and the Bumble Bee. The Frog and the F'unble Fowl, And all at them said : “We humbly beg We may bulld our homes on your lovely but, Mr. Quangle Wangle. grant us that.” “W’ake up’. lazy Taddy,” cailed Mr.Heber, and the little fellow rubbed his eyes and said : Mamm‘i fistened to Tad’s story, then gave him a bath‘and nice supper of bread, fruit and milk. There'are two facts that should learzed by every pelson capable cf appreciating them, and they should never b01031; sigh; of fora moment. One is t-has exhalation: from the lungsâ€"the breathâ€"is a deadly poison, containing the products of combust- ion in the form of carbonic acid gas, and if a. mum were compelled to reinhale it un- mixed with the oxygen of the air, it would prove as destructive to life as the fumes of charcoal. This is an enemy thatia always preterm, in force, in assemblies of geople, and only a constant and free infusion of flesh air preunts it from doing mischief that would be jmmediafiely apparent. . Papa. and Aunt Flossie, a. mischief-loving yonn lady, teased him about the “People who ad, no toes," and the Fimble Fowl,but Tad was firm in his belief that he had been 10382 thg‘QuaughlVgngle. ~ ‘ Oh, please don’t scare away the Fimble Fowl and Attery Squash.” “Why, my son, you are dreaming.” “N o, papa; I have been to see the Quangle Waugh, and they all danced by the light of the mullberry moon, to the flute of the Blue Baboon.” . ‘ OUR YOUNG FOLKS. r5:88 Ea firushea ige’s’é-méfinfivfie Bad Air. n and he fl‘All night he lay hidden; the nexu‘day‘ ,he walked tWelve miles across the mountain’s" ate in Indian" villafi where hefihope 0 Re a ‘horse. It was darli'whefl he reached . C3 - tiously he opened the door of the but of one whom he knew well. The Indian was pre- paring poisoned arrows; fixing one on the string and aiming at the door he called out, angrily : The December Cenlury ocntains the fol- lowing romance : ‘ Of all Don Antonio’s graphic narratives of the olden times, none is more interesting than those which describe his adventures during the days of this con- test. 0;: one of the first approaches made by the Americans to Los Angeles, he went outwith his little haphazard company of men and boys to meet them. H a had but One cannon, a small one, tied by ropes on a. cart axle. He had but one small key; of powder that was good for anything ; all the rest was bad. would merely go off ‘pouf, pouf,’ the senora said, and the ball would pop down near the month of, the.ca.nnon. With this bad powder he fired his first shots. The Americans‘ .. laughed ; this is child’s play, theyaaid,and pushei'ou closer. Then came a. good shot, With th igood pow- der, tearing into their ranks an knocking them xight and left; another and another. The the Americans began to think. these are pout balls ; and when. :1 MW more were killed they ran away and left their flag behind them. And if they had only known it, the Californians had only one more charge left of the good powder, and the next min- ute it would have been the Californians that would have had to run away themselves, merrily laughed the senora. as she told the tale. " ‘\Vho is there?’ “ ‘It is I, Antonio.’ “ ‘Don’t make a sound,’ whispered the In- dian, throwing down his arrow, springing to the door, coming out and closing it softly. He then proceeded to tell him that the Americans had offered a reward for his head, and that some of the Indians in the rancheria were ready to betray or kill him. ‘Vhile they were yet talking, again come the sound of the Americans? horses’ hoofs galloping in the distance. This time there seemed no uses 9. Summit? throwing himse f on his stomach, wriggled into a cactus patch near by. Only one who has seen California. cactus thickets can real- ize the desperateness of this act. But it succeeded. The Indian threw over_ the cac- tus lants an old blanket and some refuse st ,3 and reeds ; and there once more,with- in hearing of all his baffled pursners said, the hunted man lay. safe, thanks to~’.[ndian friendship. The crafty Indian assented to all the Americans proposed, said that Don Antonio would be sure to be caught in a. few days, advised them to search in ;'a. cer- tain rancheria which he described, ‘a few miles off, and in an oppposite direction from the way in which he intended to guide Don Antonio. As soon as the Americans had gone, he bound u Antonio’s feetuinpstri of'rewhide. gave ' nblanket and an o d tattered hot, the best his stores aTEorded; and then led him by a long and difficult trail to a spot high up in the mountains where the old women of the band were gathering acorns. By tne time they reached this place, blood was trickling from Anton- io’s feet and’legs, and he was well-nigh fainting with fatigue and excitement. Tears rolled down the old women’s cheeks when they saw him. Some of them‘ had been servants in his father’s house, and loved him. One brought gruel; another bathed his feet, others ran in search of healing leaves of different sorts. Bruising these in a stone mortar, they rubbed him from head to foot with the wet fibre. All his pain and weerincss vanished as if by magic, His wounds healed, and in a day he was ready- to sat off for home. There was but one pony in the old women‘s camp. This was old, vicious, blind in one eye, and with one ear cropped short; but it looked to Don An- tonio for more bountiful than the gray steed on which he had ridden away from Loa Angeles three days before. There war; one pair of ragged shoes of enormous size among the old women’s possessiom. These were strapped on his feet by leatheru thongs, and a. bit of old sheepskin was tied around the pony’e body. Thus accoutered and mount- ed, shivering in his drawers uuderhia Ringle blanket, the captain and flag-bearer turned his lace homeward. A: the first friend’s house he reached he stopped and begged for food. Some dried meat was given to him, and a stool on the porch oflered to him. It was the house of a dear friend, and ' the friend’s sister waaihis sweetheart. A» he sat there eating his meat; the Women eyed him curiously. One said to the other,‘Hew much he looks like Antonio 2’ 5 “At last the sweetheart, coming nearef, asked him is he were any relation ,tn Dan Antonio. “ ‘No,’ he said. "Just at this moment his frich rode up, gave cue glance at the pitiful begiar sitting on his porch, shouted his name, daahed to- ward him, and seized'iiim in his arms. Then there wa great laughing and half weeping, for it had been rumored that he had been tangy ptis‘oqeriJ-y tin? Arum-Mans. “This captured flag, with important ps- pcrs, were intrusted to Don Antonio to carry to the Mexian headquarters at Son- ora. He set all with an escort of soldiers, his horse decked with silver trappings, his sword, pistolsâ€"all of the finest : aproud be- ginning o a journe destined to end in a' different shion. t was in winter tine; "cold rains were falling? by night lie was drenched} to the skin,» and stoppe’d at a. friendly Indian’s tent to change his clothes. Hardly had he got them 011' when the sound of horses’ hoofs was heard. The Indian flung himself down, put his ear to the ground and exclaimed. ‘Americsnos! Amerieenos 1’ Almost in the same second they were at the tent’s door. As they halted, Don Antonio, clad only in his drawers ‘and stockings, crawled out of the back of the tent, and creeping on all fours reached a. tree up which he climbed, and sat safe hidden in the darkness among its branches listening, while his pursuers cross- questioned the In- dian, and at last rode away with his horse. Luckily, he had carried into the tent the precious papers and the captured flag: these he entrusted to an Indian to taketo Sonora, it being evidently of no use for him to try to cross the country thus closely pursued by his enemies. ~ , ,; ' V #1 “Pram this iri'end he received a welcome gift of a. pair of trowsers, many inches too short‘for his legs. At the next home his friend was as much too tau, and his second A Romance of Los Angele's. mediater upon the brain, prdducin‘ j} first ' -, . acy; It is whispered that mm Cnrlntfn’hnfl r The Walled Lake. » ‘ John Gregg. a mercisl traveller, thus . describes to the York Sun a. prehistor. 1 ie reservoir :-â€"I’ve seen shoot! man won- derful things in my travels, but the alled 1 Lake of Iowa rather lays over everything that I ever saw. Just imagine a body of fwster, covering nearly 9,000 acres, with a twin built up all around it, not a. stone in which can be less than 100 pounds in weight, 1 and some as heavy as three tons, and ‘ there’s not a. stone to be found within ten i miles of the lake. The wall is ten feet high, 1‘ about fifteen feet wide at the bottom, and ‘ perhaps five on top. The coun is prairie land for miles round, except a. be t of heavy ‘ timber that encircles the lake. This timber is oak, and it is plain that the trees were planted there. They are very large. The belt is probably half a mile wide. The water in the lake is twenty-five feet deep, as cold as ice and as clear as crystal. What I would like to know is, who built that well, and how did_ they hold the water back while they were building it? And how did they cart those immense stones for ten miles? If you ever 0 to Iowa don’t fail to visit the W'alled La. e. You’ll find it. in “fright county, 160 miles from Dubuque. The cars will take you almost to it. dren discovered himâ€"his poor, gray head thrown backward among the flowers. the pitiful bundle still clasped in hianstiifened armsâ€"stone dead 1 Soon afterward, somebody going to one of the remote cities of which the strange old wanderer had often bubbled, took the trouble to trace his history. He wan of good "familyâ€"his surname being one well known in' the republicâ€"eollege-bred, end with plenty of money inlhis youth. Years ago some enemy [it was never discovered who. or for what cause] gave him some <6! the poison toloochi. the effect of whichis worse than death, entire and incurable loss of. roti-~ son. This poisonous weed grows evexy- where in Mexico, but more thriftly in "the tropical region_of the tierm calienta. It is “Finally, he reached Los Angeles in safe- ty. Halting in a. grove outsiderthe town. he waited till twilight before entering, Hav- ing disguised himself in the‘ tags which he had worn from the Indian vill‘age, he ' rode boldly up to the porch of his father’s house. and in an impudent tone called ‘for brandy. The terrified women began to scream ; but his youngest sister, fixing one opiercing glgugw on his face, laughed out gladly, and one 2 > nio, pair of gift trowsera had to be rolledgp fin thick folds around his ankles. "Be calm l” he exclaimed hurriedly to his wife ; "don’t excite "vourself ; you know you can’t atani excitement, and i} might 'be worse.” - “They’re all right 3 'Now, Mary. ‘dofi’t get excited. Keep win; and coolâ€"it can’t be helped now; we mushbear thesevisita- tions of providence with philosophy 1" “Then it’s mother,” gasped the wife. “Your mother’s safe ; get on your things, but dofi’t hurry or worry, It’s too law to be of any use, but I’ll fly back and see what I can do. I only came to tell you: no: to get excited,’_’ A Mexican Poison Which Produces In- sanity. Speaking of pauper-s recalls a sad case, that of an old manâ€"known only as Antonio -~who long haunted the house which for several gmonths had been my home in- Sal- tillo. Though filthy beyon’l description, here footed, bare-headed, and clad in scanty rags that left breast and limbs uncovered, he had a refined, even courtly manner, all the grace of politeness which is the heritage of his race, and a handsome facewhich showed occasional gleams of intelligence. He was a harmless lunatic, his mania being to collect bits 'of rags. and papers, and hoarding them like so many diamonds in a great bundle, which he alvVays carried in his arms. Occasionally we found this singular mendicant writing ina fine, beau~ tiiul hand, or humming sketches of Spanish and Italian operas, and when suddenly :‘m‘oused from slumber he imagined himself infer-away places, developing an intimate knowledge of distant cities which could only have come from actual residence. Hie faith- fnl dog (what beggar was ever without one)? â€"-with more of reasonin power than his master, never left his si e for a moment, sleeping in his arms upon the precious bundle at night, guarding him with vicious snaps and snarls by day. When the sun shone both were happy, and spent the long days in the sunny court among the flowers which the old man loved, and were fed by'the kindhearted folk of the case; One chilly morning, aftera. long, cold'rain‘, Antonio failed to make his appearance at the usual breakfast hour. Later in the day the chil- dren discovered himâ€"his poor, gray head LL_4â€"_ L4 J A Thoughtful Husband. v A Detroit lady, who is subject; to heart disease, took tea last Sunday with a neigh- bor, and while sit-ting at table her husband rushed in without auhat and in his shirt sleeves. “Well, if you will have it, the conse- quence be on your own head, Mary, I’ve tried to prepare you, am} you "will know-â€" don’t excite yourseifâ€"t and surviveâ€"but our c'himney’s on fire, an the whole depart ment and all the neighbors are in our front I” “Good heavms !” cried the wife! “the ellilngeng” ’ ’ "Tor mercy’a sake I” implored the almost; fainting wo_rpan, “teams: the worst!!! ' , .. ,,V_ ..- -m. _ y...” . It is whispered that poor l'Csm‘l‘ottauhafd hardly landed at Vera Cruz on her sorrow- ful mission to this country. before some o£ it was adminstered to her, and: her deplor- able fate is cited as one among many similar instances. Of all the dangers in Mexico this is one of the most appalling. Any political enemy, jealous rival, or offended servant, may thus revenge himself 'in a. more fiendish manner than with the stilleto, and without fear of detection. ._.. .v... -_°-v.. v. .uv menu “MW/“u. LEI! a harmless-looking plant, precisely like the milk-weed of the north, and all too dangers ously convenient in a land where suspicion rules and jealousY amounts to madness. A few drops of the tasteless white juice of the toloachi, mixed with milk oryothev food, does its diabolical work with inexorable certainty and can not be detected except in its effects. It does not kill, but ants im- mediately lipon the hrafin, produoinflfirst She survived. “ ‘You canzt fool nze ; you are our Auto- ... TOLOACHI. o»<--pwq “ tHev‘ Mani sill namin- fnr thoiu‘na-m 3: .ma Groupie a congestion of blood in the n.r-‘ teries of tho windpipe congested to such an extent that the more watery portions of the blood exude and spread and thicken, until the windpipe is so nearly closed that breath- ing is difiicult, and as the filling up in- creases and the breathing becomes more labored a kind of spasmodic contraction of the top of the wind ipe takes place, and the child is dead. P Group is the result of cold, especially as canneoted with damp clothing or web stock- ings. No mother should ever put her child under seven years. to bed without feeling the feet, and’ if they are not warm by all means warm them, as it may end in croup before mornina. A cold in the head may frequently be cut short it treated at once, by snuffin up the nose the fumes of spirits of camp or, am- monia or buy rum. Thls remedy must be applied every few minutes to be effective. ‘In the meantime the patient should remain in a. warm room, and avoid draughts of air. If the cold is not cured in twenty-four hours, i: will continue ten or twelve days in spite of treatment, or if neglected its effects may last a lifetime, Colds result in serious and fatal diseases only when neglected. We have so often given directions for treating neglected colds that it is hardly worth While to repeat them here. Remain in the house, and if necessary in bed, until the cold has disappeared, and then venture out cautiously at first, as the system is sensitive to fresh attacks for several days after recovery.â€" Journal of Health. God compels us to learn many bitter les- sons, thm, by knowing and suffering, we may also know the eternal salvation. Poople seldom take cold when they are exposed to sudden lowering of the temper- ature of the air while they are out of doors : they may have their hands and feet frost bitten, and become almost unconscious from freezing, and yet escape the dangers of an ordinary cold. Being out of doors after sundown from November to May 13 a very frequent cause of croup in small children; m playing about their feet are apt to get wet, or they get over-excited in their little play, are overheated, and are very much inclined to stand in the wind, or at a. corner an damp grgund, or sit_ on a. cold stone, [When it, is not possible to take off the shoes and stocking, and dry and warm the feet prom tly after getting them wet, it is better to et them remain wet until 'wa can attend to them properly To dry them in the sun or before a fire, without taking off shoes and stockings and substituting dry ones, is extremal hazn‘dous. There is but little danger of t ing cold after wetting the feet if we walk rapidly enough to keep up the natural temperature of the body, and keep on walking until we reach some place wnere we can take off shoes and stockings and thoroughly dry them or change them for dry ones. A cold is less likely to result from a thorough drenching of the whole body than from wetting tne feet alone. ~Religion stands like two pillars, namely : What Christ did for us in His flesh. and what He performs in us by His Spirit. M037 errors arise from an attempt to separate two. If there is not much fever, or if the skinis dry, put the child into a tepid bath of sev- enty five degre‘ss, and then well wrap up in a. blanket until perspiration takes place. But if there is much fever and a. hot skin, use the wet pack sheet and renew until the fever abates. The bowels should be empt- ied at once with a warm water enema. By all possible means keep the feet and hands warm. If there is no expectoration, and the child seems to be almost suffocating, give warm water copiously, until the use of a feather to tickle the throat induces vom- ing. It is sometimes wonderinl to see the good effects of this warm water vomiting in cases of croup in children. Some physicians consider nauseating re- medies indispensable. ‘ Mix half a teaspoon each of powdered alum and ipecsc in half a glass of tepid water, and give it as quickly as possible. ’ If it does not cause the child to vomit in ten minutes repeat the dose, with a teacup of warm water every five min- utes, until a feather or the finger in the throat produces vomiting.â€"â€"Dr, Hall’s Health at Home. U Ccou'p uz'l'uliy comes on’ with a slight in- crease in the frequenee of breathing, about aundowzior bedtime. The next morning it ‘aeems to better, and the mother is hopeful; but at night it is worse. and the third night or sooner- it: is the regular croup; the child is restless, uneasy, it breathes herd and fast- the chest heaves, there is a kind of wheez- ing, barking, suppressed cough, which dose not seem to relieve. If mothers wonld apply remedies the first night, croup is as easily cured as a, common ecld, when taken in time. The instant crou y threatening are observed the child she d be kept indoors; should out very light food indeed, and not much Of that, un' til the symptoms have abated. Hydropa- thistsinvost the throat immediately with cloths wet/with water, very cold, ice-cold if poasible, but not so as to dribble about ; the wet cloth shOuld be covered with a. dry flannel one. These cloths should be renew- orl every two or ten minutes, according to the violence of the symptoms, to be continu- ed, by all means, until the breathing is com- fogtshly easy. ' fl. ;. r- -v f'?‘ f~~~¢~ v-V,- f" 7". '~""“'J; 1 “ they have all seasons fgr then- own,” an are the beginnings'of more diseases tha‘n all otgexjcausea combined. The most frequent cause of colds is wet feet, or feet that remain for a. long time damp and chilled from wearing too thin stockings and shoes. It is probable that half of the diseases peculiar to women are induc- ed in that way. It is not the wetting o; the feet that gives colds, but the gradun evaporation of the moisture, which carries of the natural warmth of the body, thus causing the blood to be chilled. The effect of chili. is to close the pores of the skin, so that the waste particles of matter cannot escape from the body in this direction but are thrown hack and thy? poison the blood. It becomes, then, a matter of the first; importance to know how to avoid colds, and how to get rid of them speedily when they attack us. Colds. fiZhe qosfiprefilgnt of all ailments are Group. Choose Health or Sickness. Those who desire and appreciate health should be as Willi to make some effort to secure it as they to obtain the other and good things which increase the pleasures of life. Pure water is essentially necessary to good health. All wells, cisterns and aprin s should be thoroughly cleaned in the ear y Spring or in the Autumn. The usual meth- ot‘ placingr a large stone on the top of the cistern is injurious to the water unless an aperture is left. in the atone and fitted with a. wooden cover. The air should not be wholly excludeil from thecistem, else mouldy conditions will predominate. alahough per- haps not apparent, and the water will not be wholesome, and in it sometimes there may be found various kinds of insects and rep- tiles. New Haven has a. law in force giving One dollar for-an unmuzzled dog at this pound. A boy has eleven puppies raised for the pur- pose, all ready to be realized on. and several propose to engage in the busi- ness. . \Vater is the natural drink of all living crea- tures and it; serves several important; pur- poses in the animal economy. Firstly, it repairs the loss of the aqueous part of the bleed caused by evaporation and the action of the secreting and inhaling organs. Sec- ondly, it is a. solvent of various elementary substances and therefore assists the stomach in digestion, though if taken in very large quantities it may have an opposite effect; by diluting the gastric juice. Thirdly, it is a. nutritive agent, that. is, it assists in the for- mation of the solid parts of the body. ~Lm- don Lancel. An advertiser.of ,very cheap shoes regent- 17 blurted,;out the'i‘eal truth in mistakeâ€" thus : “RB. Ladies wishing those che‘a shoes will do walla) call soon, as they wil not last long.” ‘ “ Were you in the late war ‘2” askeda. vet- eran of a badly demoralized citizen, who came hobbling down the street on a crutch, “I don’t know how late you mean,” was the sad reply. “She gave me this one last evening beforevtea.” “"‘Eajicsnt to'jm‘sy‘ Utxca, iE‘ New York State, lies quiet Forest Hill, a, city of- the dead, grand )11 its magnificent views, endear- ing through the memories of those who have there found their last eart'sly resting place, and beautiful in the wealth of monumental structures which hsve been erected by he- reaved friends over their departed loved ones. No prettier spot could have been selected, looking down as it does, from its elevatiOn, amid rustling trees, green sword, and fragrant flowers, upon the hurrying throngs of humanity, as if to check them in their headlong career, and remind them of that time when they too must be numbered as among its silentcecupants. Everything about the grounds is tasteful, new improve- ments being added every year in the way of walks, drives, trees, etc, and all are kept in the most perfect order, under the super- vision of the efficient and gentlemanly super- intendent, Mr. Roderick Cmpbell, whose careful oversight has made it truly a para- ise. Prominent features of the cemetery are a chapel wherein divineservices may be held previous to interment, and also a con- servatory, abounding in a wealth of rare plants, flowers, etc. All these attractions combine to render the piece one of favorite resort on Sundays and holidays. As an evidence of the appreciation in which Mr. Campbell is held it is only necessary to say that, when tome time ago, and while in the discharge oi his official duties, he fell from a carriage, and seriously injured himself, the directors insisted upon his taking a trip to Florida, paying all expenses, until, after a lapse of four months, he returned thorough- ly recuperated. We trust that he may long enjoy the honor and esteem which he at pre~ sent possesses. Auqt~“fla.s spy one been at these pre- serves ‘3" .Dead’sileuce. “Haveyoq touch- ed them, Jimmyfi?" J immmy, with the ut- mom deliberation,â€"_“PA' never ’lows, me to talk at dinner.” A man, returned to his home after an ab- sence of two weeks. His eight-year-old non loudly welcomed him. "Is everybody well, Jimmie ‘2" the father asked. “I‘he wellth kind,” the boy replied. “And nothing has happened 1'” “Nothing at all. I've been good. J ennie’s all right, and I never saw ma behave as well as she has this time.” “ What. are you crying about ?” asked a kind hearted stranger of a lad who we standin in front of a. newspaper office weep ingas i his heart would break. “‘Oh, dad’s gone up to lick the editor.” “\Vell, has he come down yet 2” pursued the gentle Samaritan. “Pieces of him have, ’ ex- plained the boy, indulging in a. fresh out- burst of tears, “and I’m expecting the rest every minute." " "‘ln what 1’" ‘-VVell, I was a. bull in rZil- road stocks ; but there was too much against me. I didn’t; have a. fair show to makeany- thing.” "Whyâ€"410w?" “Well, while I was using $9,000 ,of the bank’s money to bull the stocks, the cashier was putting up $20,000 to bear them, and so I lost all.” “Oh, pa, there is an awful fight_ around the corner !" “ Yea ?" said pa, Indifferent- ly. “And one man has chewed the other’s ear off.” "Yes '1” “And the other man has shot off his pistol and killed ababy l” “Poor baby,” yawued pa. “ Ain’t you goin’ round there ‘2" “P_resen_tly," replied p2. _ In a short} time everything became (iuiet, and pa. rushed frantically around the corner and arrested an old woman for selling matches withouta license. Pa. was a policeman. flHe was a bank teller. He had been sent off on a. vacation, his books overhauled. and he had been found $9,000 short. The fact stared him in the face as he sat amidst the Board of Directors. “Now then," said the President, “ I presume you acknowledge the embezzlement?” “I do.” “And how did you use the money?" “In speculating? ” Good morning, children,” said an Ausa tin physician, as he met three or four little- children on their way to school; “and how are you this morning ?” “We darsn’t tell you,” replied the oldest of the crowd, a boy of eight. “Dare not tell me !” exclaimedi the physician. “And why not ‘2” “Cause gaps. said that: last year it cost him over fay dollars to have you come in and ask us hov'v we were.” A Beautiflli Cemetery. NONSENSE. \u<-vm1 ["40W‘