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ANNA OAEOLLA.

A group of girls stood at the stagedoor of the Grand opera house In Vi-

enna, talking or exchanging wordswith the other employes who passedin, keeping the while a sharp lookout for the manager. One of thesechorus singers, a young and beautifulItalian girl, standing just within theextreme entrance, with her mantlewrapped close about her throat, sud-denly remarked:

"We must do our best to-nig- forthe emperor is coming."

"Is he? How do you know? Whotold you, Anna Carolla?"

"One of the band," answered An-na Carolla, quietly. "Carl Rosenfelt.There he comes with his violin."

With some others of the opera bandthere approached a tall, handsomeyoung Hungarian, who paused to answer the girls' eager inquiry : "Hadhe said the emperor was ooming?"

"Yes; the imperial guards havejust passed to take up their places atthe grand entrance. The house willbe orowded."

Then passing inside he stopped towhisper to Anna Carolla, with asmilein his deep blue eyes:

"Anna, I lead the violinB to-nig-

Stendgal is ill."She put her hand in his, with the

sweet, perfect trust of one who knowsshe is loved.

"I am sorry for him; but for you,Carl, my heart must be glad."

"Here they come, together!" crieda girl outside. The manager andohefd'orchestra. Away !"

Thejuew leaderof the band hurriedaway as the chorus trooped in, andAnna Uarolla followed them intotheir dressing room. There she soondouned her stagedress, and slippedaway to watch the house filling, andabove all, to hear every note of theexquisite overture to "Oberon."

How fast every place was fillingfrom floor to gallery ! The auditori-um was one blaze of splendor, and asshe gazed, the poor, friendless ohorussiuger, whose dramatic talent andsplendid voice ought, if she had onlythe fortune to get the first lift, toplace her high on the lyrio stage,wondered sadly if such ohance wouldever come to ber ; if not, Carl's fath-er would never cousent to their mar-riage. And now the whole houserose as the emperor entered his box,splendidly dressed, glittering withjewels of rarest value, which flashed

thousand rays as he bowed rightand left with his usual courteousgrace. Then the band struck up theoverture, and with the last bar theourtain drew up.

Flitting here and there during theperformance, with eyes and ears foreverything, the manuger noticed theimperial visitor indicating to a gentle-ma- u

beside him some one in the cho-rus. It was Anna Carolla, whosebeauty had attracted his eye, whoserich voice his ear had caught auoveand through all the others.

The first act went splendid, andthe second act soon commenced ; butfate had decreed that it should neverbe played out that night. Half waythrough as the manager, pleased andcomplacent, was quietly standingback in one of the wings, he sudden

felt his arm grasped, and turnedsharply to see Anna Carolla's lovelyface, so full of determination andoharacter, at his side.

"Hush," she said, very low andquietly, "make no explanation, but

and see to it before It gains or isdiscovered. The theater is on firesomewhere back of the green room.The company can leave by the stagedoor. Go."

"But, child, if there is the leasthint of alarm look at that house.They will be crushed to death in their interror and orowding to go out."

"Listen," said the Italian girl inthesame calm, self-contain- manner."Send the oall-bo- y to order the door-keeper to order eaoh one as they passout to depart quickly, and I will clearthe house quietly."

"You do that?""Yes; here is the boy; send him,"

and clear out the company ; I will domy part."

The mauager blindly obeyed thestrong will and steady purpose of the tomaster mind ; as people in emergencygenerally do, whatever their relativepositions in the world.

Anna Carolla passed fon to thestage, and at once advancing to thefootlights stood for one moment, her totall, commanding form and beautifulhead drawn erect, unflinchinglyfacing that crowd, meeting full eventhe astonished gaze of the emperorhimself, and the wondering look ofher lover in the orchestra below.

Then she said, in a voice not loud,but clear as a bell, with cool, steadyauthority in every measured accent: In

"I am here by the manager's or-

ders. His imperial majesty has beenrobbed to-nig- ht of a rare diamond,and the thief is in this house. Every ofone," and the speaker's dark eyesswept the audience from gallery topit, "is at once to withdraw quietlyand in order; any one attempting toremain will be immediately arrested.The band will also retire at once."

Even as she spoke, her ear painful"strung for the sound, could hear

the warm hum of flames from theback; but, unmoved; she steppedback, swept a deep obeisance to theaudience and emperor, and the cur-tain fell. is

The emperor Instantly left his box,whispering to the' gentleman towhom he had before pointed out asAnna Carolla-- :

"There Is something behind allthis. lam not robbed. Send ColonelBergmann to summon the managerto the carriage door."

Meanwhile, the vast crowd quicklywent out quietly and in safety, onlylearning at the door, as they dispers-ed, the awful death by fire and crush-

ing from which the brave and quick-witted girl had saved them. The lastfew to leave the auditorium smelt theheat aud heard the crackling offlames, and wildly and quickly gavethe alarm. But the awful ory of firecame too late to do mischief, and onceoutside, the police and soldiery, un-

der the cool directions of the emperorhimself, kept all quiet. And thoughthe flames mounted at first, Anna'stimely discovery, and the instantane-ous measures taken, foroed the fireout. In less than an hour and a halfit was completely extinguished, andthe mutilated opera house left' incharge of the police.

Then, and not till then, did the em-

peror dismount from the horse he hadused aud return to his carriage. Ashe did so, be paused suddenly.

"Bergmann, see! there goes thatItalian girl now, leaning on the armof the young fellow who led the bandso splendidly t. Go see whoand what they are."

Colonel Bergmann departed toobey and the emperor drove off.

The next day the whole story wasin the government organ, with an in-

timation, "inspired" of course fromthat quarter, that his imperial majesty had graciously oaused inquiriesto be made aoout the young chorussinger.

A few days later, old Herr Rosen-fel- dt

received an official intimationthat bis gifted sou Carl, and his fian-

cee, Anna Carolla, were both underimperial protection, and their mar-riage was desired to take place as immediately as possible, tue emperordowering the bride. The manageralso received a similar intimationthrough Colonel Bergmann, that hislate chorus singer w,as to be broughtlor ward, and advertised tor tue re-

opening of the opera as Madame Car-olla Rosenfeldt.

Once more the elite of gay Viennacrowded the opera house to witnessthe debutof the new singer, as Agata,in "Der Freischutz."

The moment she oame on she wasreceived with a furore which mightwell make Carl Rosenfeldt proud ofhis beautiful young wife; and if forroyalty was her grateful glance andsweeping salute, for him was thesmile in the soft, dark eyes that metbis for one second.

When the curtain fell, the new Btarwas called for, and showered with bo-que- ts

from many a distinguishedhand ; but from the imperial box wasflung one in which lay nestled a cost-ly bracelet, in the center of whichblazed a diamoud of rare value andbeauty.

"That fire has made our fortune,Carl," his young wife said, smiling,as they drove home.

"Nay Anna, your own courage andquickness," answered Carl Rosen-feldt. "That was a diamoud rarerthan the imperial gift."

And he was right.

"Sot if it Was My Boy."

The Common Peoplo.Some years ago the late Horace

Mann, the eminent educator, deliver-ed an address at the opening of somereformatory institue for boys, duringwhich he remarkod that If only oneboy was saved from ruin It would payfor all the cost, and care, and labor ofestablishing such an institution asthat. After the exercises had closed,

private conversation, a gentlemanrallied Mr. Mann on bis statement,and said to him :

"Did you not color that a little,when you said that all that expensesand labor would be repaid if it onlysaved one boy ?" v

"Not if it was my boy," was thesolemn and convincing reply.

Ah, there Is wonderful value about"My Boy." Other boys may be rudeand rough ; other boys may be reck-less and wild; other boys may seem

require more pains and labor thanthey will ever repay ; other boys maybe left to drift uncared for to the ruinwhich is so near at hand ; but "MyBoy" it were worth the toil of a life-

time and the lavish wealth of a worlisave him from temporal and eter-

nal ruin. We would go the worldround to save him fom peril, andwould bless every hand that wasstretched out to give him help or wel-

come. And yet every poor, wander-ing outcast, homeless man, is onewhom some fond mother called "MyBoy." Every lost woman, sunken

the depths of sin, was somebody'sdaughter, in her days of childish in-

nocence. To-da- y somebody's son is ahungry outcast, pressed to the verge

crime and sin. To-da- y somebody'sdaughter Is a weary, helpless wander-er, driven by necessity into the pathsthat lead to death. Shall we shrinkfrom labor, Bhall we hesitate at cost,when the work before us is the salva-tion of asoul? Notifitis"MyBoy;"not if we have the love of Him whogave His life to save the lost.

Alfred Wilkins of Toledo, haB in-

vented a more speedy and economicalmethod of elevatlnggrain in bulk. It

not necessary to invent a morespeedy method of elevatlnggrain in afluid Btate. Some men can elevate tenuijuu.3 uciuie ureaKiasc, ana nevergrowl at the expense. j

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A Ruse to Cure a Young Widow ofGambling.

There resided in Bordeaux a young,rich and handsome widow, who hadfor-si- months incessantly lamentedthe loss of her husband, tenderly be-

loved. A fatal storm had wreckedthe vessetin which he had embarked,and every soul on board was supposedto have perished. The young widow,though surrounded by admirers, ob-

served scrupulously the rules of decorum. At length, however, the per-suasions of ber friends had effect, andshe once more threw open her doorsto receive company.

Madame St. Amere had one foible8he loved to play to excess; and thisfoible alone threatened to involve herin much trouble. On the evening ofher first fete a tall, graceful figure,masked, followed her, paying her innumerable silent attentions. To ridherself of his importunities she satdown at a card table, and was successful for about an hour.

The mask, who had fixed himselfbehind ber obair, then solioited thehonor of playing with her, which shegranted, and renewed the game withfresh spirit, though not with equalgood fortune. Madame was piquedat the superior skill of the imperti-nent mask, and staked to an immenseamount. Still the stranger was tri-

umphant, and, pulling from his pock-et a large purse of gold, tauntinglydared her to risk a like amount. Although absolute ruin might havebeen the consequence of her impru-dence, madame would not reoede,but anxiety aud vexation disturbedher countenance. For some time thegame was doubtful ; at length themalignant deity decided against her,and the rash widow found her fortunedestroyed by one night's folly. Heranguish could not be concealed ; sherose abruptly from the card table,when the mask, in an insinuatingtone of voice, hinted to her that sheneed not put herself to any incon-venience to make up this debt of hon-or, as ho could wait, or compromiseItliu some other way, with morepleasure to himself and less embar-rassment to her.

She darted on him a look of ragearia contempt.

"Who are you, wretch!" ahe ex-claimed, "who darest thus to insultme in my own house?"

Softly, madame," replied- - themask; "I am no gambler nor needyadventurer there are ladies whowould not be ungrateful for such anaccommodation."

Madame burst into tears."Good heavens! mustlendure this

insolence? Quit my house, sir; andif you are a gentleman, make goodyour claim

"JN'o madame, I will not quit yourhouse to-nig- ht ; my claim is on yourfortune, or yourself, and I will makeit good, let who may dispute it."

With these words he removed themask, when madame uttered a shriekof joyful surprise, and fainted in hisarms.

Thecompany crowded round. Theywere chiefly relatives, who immedi-ately recognized the Chevalier St.Amere. he raptures of madamemay beeasily Imagined, when, on re-

covering, her husband informed herthat be had been saved from thewreck by a brave sailor who had ta-

ken bim into his own ship, whichwas bound to Peru ; that he remainedthere till a convenient opportunityoffered for his return, and, havingbeen fortunate enough to amass aconsiderable portion of wealth, hadmeditated this agreeable surprise, inhope of curing her of a destructivehabit, the consequences of which hebad long dreaded.

Madame embraced him with trans-port, and assured bim she would nev-er again yield to temptations, or con-tinue a practice of which she nowsaw the madness in glaring colors.

Having received the congratula-tions of their friends, the amusementsof the evening, which had been sostrangely interrupted, were again re-

newed, and the adventure was formany months the talk throughoutBordeaux.

An Odious Comparison.

It was a calm, still night, and thesoft air played caressingly with thetresses of a lovely girl, and the luridliquid moon shed its liquid ray overthe radiant brow of her lover. Hersmall brother, just home for the holi-days, mean while was wandering insearch of a bat in the neighborhood,when he heard the voices of his sisterand ber betrothed.

Prompted by the natural curiosityof youth, he lingered to listen. Af-ter a few inarticulate murmurs, hebecame conscious of the sound of os-

culation.Later in the evening he met the

pair at tea. "I heard you kiss Fred,"he ahruptl3' remarked to his sister.

"What do you mean, you rudeboy?" cried the sweet girl turningscarlet.

"Ob, it's no use denying it," repliedher brother. "You can't gammonme. I kuow the sound, you, know.It was just like that of a cow pullingher hoof out of a mud hole."

This is an instance of a comparisonwhich was odious.

In Thitodeaux, La., there are fiftylepers. The original one arrived theretwenty years ago.

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"Why Kerosene Lamps Explode.

Prof. R. C. Kedzle, M. D. Presidentof the State Board of Health of Mich-igan, and Professor in the State Agricultural College, lately delivered anaddress before the Michigan Legisla-ture, in which he explained the man-ner in which kerosene lamps usuallyexplode. He said : "Some personsseem to think tho explosion of a ker-osene lamp is oaused in the same wayas a boiler explosion ; namely, by thepressure of the vapor of the oil Insidethe lamp. In rare instances explo-sions many be caused in this way ; forexample, where the ignited oil over-flows the lamp and the lamp is en-

veloped in flame. But explosions us-

ually occur in another way ; namelywhere the vapor of kerosene is mixedin proper proportions with air, andthus a true explosive mixture is form-ed which will explode with the forceof a gunshot when fired with flame.This explains why a lamp Is in moredanger of exploding when only par-

tially filled with kerosene, because &

larger amount of space is filled withthe explosive mixture; It is thesameas a larger load of powder in a gun.Many persons suppose that there canbe no danger of a lamp explosion un-

less the whole body of the oil in thelamp is heated to the flashing point ;that because the temperature of ourrooms never rise to 120 degrees therecahjbe no danger in using oilwhoseflashing point is 120 degrees. ButDr. Baker, Secretary of the StateBoard of Health, has proved by ex-

periment with lamps that an explo-sive mixture may form and the lampmay explode while the body of oil inthe lamp is not above 85 degrees Fah-renheit. The temperature of the bodyof oil in the lamp is not the only fac-

tor to be considered, because differentparts of the lamp become very une-qually heated. If you will touch thebrass collar of a lamp which has beenburning for some time you will findit quite hot, and the tube supportingthe wiok is still more strongly heated.The formation of vapor will be deter-mined by the hottest part of the lampwhich comes in coutaot with the oil.When the combustion is imperfeotfrom any cause, the brass fittings ofthe lamp become excessively heated.Dr. Baker found in his experimentsthat when the chimney was removed aby breaking or otherwise, and thelamp continued to burn, the temper-ature of the bras3 collar rose veryrapidly in every instance in one casein 14 minutes it rose to 161 degreesand in another oase in 10 minutes to155 degrees Fahrenheit. In this lastinstance very rapid explosions occur-red by the side of the wick, and toprevent the whole lamp from explod-ing the light was extinguished. Innone of these experiments did thetemperature of the body of the oilrise above 85 degrees Fahrenheit.Many persons on leaving a room'turn down the lamp' to save oil, butsuch economy is very liable to cause alamp explosion, which is anythingbut economical. I know of a case inCharlotte which illustrates the dan-ger

isof this practice. A lamp in a

store was turned down during the ab- -

sence of the clerk ; a person passingsaw the lamp explode and by prompt-ly breaking open the store he extin-guished the fire. If a light is not need-ed in a room either extinguish thelamp or leave it burning with the us-

ual blaze."

It is sometimes amusing to read theapologies and excuses which newspa-per men in this western country makefor the Don-appearan- ce of their journ-als on time. One man "pies a form,"just as he is ready to go to press, andanother delays his issue to give the re-

sult of an election or a shooting matchwhioh will come off the next day.Oue mau is outof paper, another runsshort on ink, and a third is unfortu-nate enough to melt his rollers at thecritical moment. Mr. White of theClay county Globe announces thatMrs. White returned from Fillmore

county last Monday and on accountof an unusual amount of job workthe paper has been delayed thisweek." Kansas Press.

"Oh, I suppose he Iove3 Sarah, andwould be glad to marry her," she wassaying to another woman in the postoffice corridor, yesterday, "but I dun-no- ."

"Isn't he a nice young man ?"asked the other. "Well, he's niceenough, but very reckless with hismoney. At Christmas time he madeus a present of a French dock for theparlor, and there's not one of us inthe house could speak a word ofFrench. He might just as well havepresented us with a German ther-mometer or a Spanish umbrella I Wehad to trade it for a barrel of molas-ses." Detroit Free Press.

A manufactory of paper brick hasbeen opened in Wisconsin. Thebricks are said to be exceedingly dur-able and moisture proof. They arealso larger than the clay article. Pa-per is now also used for making bar-rels. Straw pulp is run into a mouldmade in the shape of a half barrel,cut vertically. The ends are of paper,but are protected by wood. The bar-

relsto

are lighter and two-thir- ds cheaperthan those of wood, and flour will not Itsift out of them while in transit. Thestaves are threeeightsofan inch thick.

A New York woman who insists onwearing a blue night cap la adjudgedinsane.

gSBDB VWUiU

The Royal Skyfugje Degree.

The other day, after a strappingyoung man had sold a load of corn andpotatoes on the market, and had ta-

ken his team to a hotel barn to feed,it became known to the men aroundthe barn that he was very desirous ofjoining some secret society In town.When questioned he admitted thatsuch was the case, and the boys atonce offered to initiate him into a neworder called the Cavaliers of Coveo.He was told that It was twice as secretas Free Mosonary, much nicer thanOdd Fellowship, and the cost wasonly $2. In case he had the toothaohehe oould draw $5 per week from therelief fund, and that he was entitled'to receive $10 for every headache, and$25 for a sore throat.

The young man thought that hehad struok a big thing, and after eating a hearty dinner he was taken into a store room above the barnj to beinitiated. The boys poured cold waterdown his back put flour on his hair,swore him to kill his mother, if com-

manded, and rushed him around foran hour without a single complaintfrom his lips. When they had finished, he inquired.

'Now, I'm one of the Cavaliers ofCoveo, am I?"

"You are," they answered."Nothing more to learn is their?""Nothing.""Well, then, I'm going to liok the

whole crowd 1" continued the candi-date,a- nd

be wentat it, and before hegot through he had his $2 initiationfee back, and $3 more to boot, andhad knocked everybody down two orthree times apiece. He didn't seemgreatly disturbed in mind as bedroveout of the barn. On the coutrary,his hat was slanted over, be had afresh five cent cigar in in his teeth,and ho mildly said to one of the barnboya :

"Say, boy, if you hear of any cava-liers asking for a Coveo about mysize tell 'em I'll be in on the full ofthe moon to take the Royal Skyfugledegree."

A Carious Race.

Bote Tobago is an island in the SouthSeas which has lately been visited by

party of United States naval officers.They were surveying a rook east ofthe South Cape of Formosa, and call-

ed at this island. They found acurious, race-o- f Malay s took. Theseaborigines did not know what mon-ey was good for. Nor had they everused tobacco or rum. They gave theofficers goats and pigs for tin pots andbrass buttons, and hung around thevessel all day in their canoes waitingfor a chanoe to dive for somethingwhich might be thrown overboard.They wore clouts only, ate taro andyams, and had axes, spears, andknives made of common iron. Theircanoe3 were made without nails, andwere ornamented with geometricallines. They wore the beards of goats,aud small shells as ornaments. Such

the account of these 'strange peoplegiven by Dr. Siegfried, in a letterread at the last meeting of the Phila-delphia Academy of Natural Sci-

ences.

"Grant is innately a gentleman. Ifyou were to place bim in a certainoirole of society people such a3 ex-

ists in some of the exclusive parts ofthis oity, it might be said there thatbe had too little manner, and did notdance, nor flatter, nor play the ele-

gant creature aa well as he might.That is the view some hold of agentleman. But when you come tothe natural graces of the heart, kind-ness aud thoughtfulness, an ingeni-ous and open spirit, respect for goodwomen and truthful men, there wasabout bjm all of that which makesthe man. Many of his critics, morefastidious, might have learned fromhim that imputation is no part of agentleman. I repeat that he is under-estimated. I have in my mind arange of nearly half a oentury of pub-lic men whom I knew; he baa asmuch of my respect as any of them."

Hamilton Fish.

S. Rufus Mason, in the New YorkRural, gets a good deal of poultrysense in a single paragraph, as fol-

lows : "The real needs of poultry arefew and simple. They are: Warm,dry, vermin-proo- f roo3tiDgand layingquarters, clean water, gravel, lime,and a variety of grain to ohoose from.If any hens are found lousy or sicklyunder suoh condition, cut off their toenails just behind their ears, and theflook will be better for it. Why shouldwe expect to have good poultry andeggs upon our tables, if we dose thepoor creatures all the time upon nonsensical nostrums. Poultry do bestwhen made to work, that is, to scratchfor their living. Feed them on fullfeed of mixed grain every morning atsunrise, and let them have amplerange the reBt of the day. Change thetreatmenc from nonsense to commonsense for a mutual benefit." of

A tramp who was mangled by arailroad train in Kentucky, proved

be a woman in man'solothes. Thefrequency of such oases indicates that

is a common thing for woman to passfor men, the usual object being to getwork more readily and at higherwages. It is said that robust women ofoften work in the Pennsylvania coalmines in male attire, but without-takin-g

the trouble to pretend thatthey are men.

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I iA Particular Man.

Henry D.wlght had his nose turned:up all the morning. He vjas. disgust-ed because his cell was not carpeted,and papered, and he refused to washhis face because there was no hot wa- -.

ter. e didn't want to enter thoCourt-roo- m unjesq provided, wjth ftred silk handkerchief to hold In hisleft hand, and when he got beforethe aesk he ems.nded. 3 ohajr, to eftdown on."If you were half as particular about

what you drink, you'd get along agreat deal- - better in this wosld," observed the Court.

"I'm no common plugofa, drunkI -- i m i.-i- .j ., ."Ui loluriou me prisoner,.. Welt nophnnQ m.

C-"- uubi AUD oflTcer- -

says he found yon drunk and-asleep- .

In a nice, olean snow-ban- k on aa

"I expect ha did, sir. Whan Iget drunk I don-'- t go rolling aroundIn the gutters of common streets. Iplead guilty to having been on a high-ton- ed

drunk.'- -

"If it was a common drunk, Ishould impose a common fine,Mj3aidthe Court, as he took up his pen, "butas this was a high-tone- d spree I shallmake the fine $25, and the aUeaaa-liv- e

three-months.- "

"I'll have my banker call and paythe cash," replied Mr. Bwight as horeached for bis hat.

"And you'd better sit down in. thocorridor until he comes.'

Mr. Dwight consented with poorgrace, but at once made out an orderon a restaurant for ohampagn, toastand quail. It was sent around thocorner by a boy, and he returnedwith a clam ?hell on which was writ-ten :2"D. B." Police Pepori in De-troit Free Press.

An Educated CtiU

Battle Creek, Mich-.- , March 12.Educated dogs, educated hogsedu

cated horses, and even educated mice,have had their intelligence paradedbefore the pnblio. But we do not re-

member having read of an intelligent,oultivated oat, one that could under-stand and repeat (of course, very brok-enly) the English language. The fol-

lowing case is of such unusual occur-rence that we have taken pains. to ver-ify the rumor. A little daugbte? ofW. H. King, of West Kalamo, BarryCounty, Michigan, had a oat, or largokitten, which ahe has taught to repeatpoetry or prose after the reading ofthe little miss. Placing the cat facingher, tho little girl will repeat a wordwhen the eat wilt repeat it after herby a series of mews, one mew for aword of one syllable, two mewa fortwo syllables, etc. It is very interest-ing to sit and iisten to the little miss-an- d

tho mew-sic- al of the intelligentfeline, who seems to be proud of andrealize its importance.

Where is the Stupidity r

Vivid pictures are often drawn oftho stupidity of children, and espec-ially of the ignorance whieh they dis-

play of the meanings of commonEnglish words. But such picturesare more vivid than true. A childmay understand the meaning of aword perfectly without being able tofind a synonym for it. To give adefinition of the commonest word off-

hand Is not always easy. An inspec-tor expressed his surprise that nochild could tell bim the meaning olthe word "boat" and, upon beiugasked himself to define It, said :

"Why, a boat Is a a boat, youknow. Every body knows what aboat is."

The story is too good, perhaps, to botrue; but It points a moral neverthe-less.

A Great While Ago.

A quick-witte- d negro preaoher badelaborated a new theory of, the Exo-dus, to-w- it : that the Red Sea got fro-

zen over, and so afforded the Israel-ites a safe passage; but when Pharaohwith his heavy iron chariots, attempt-ed it, they broke through and werodrowned. A brother rose, and askedfor an explanation of that poiu t. 'I'sobeen studyiu' gograpby, and da gog-rap- hy

say that be very warm countrywhere dey have de tropics, and do

tropics too hot for freeain. De pinttobesplained is "bout breakin throide ice." The preacher straightenedupandsaid, "Brudder, glad you axeddat question. It gives me 'casion tBplain it. You see dat was g;eatwhile 'go in de ole times 'to dejf hadany gograpby 'fo dere was any trop-ics.''

To Roast a Buck.

Time, three-quarte- rs of an hour to,one hour. Have a couple of ducks ;sage and onion stuffing. Ducks shouldalways hang for one day, and evenlonger if the weather be sufficientlycold to allow it. Stuff one with sageand onion stuffing, season the inside

the other with pepper and salt.Put them to roast at a dear brightfire, and keep constantly basted untildone. A short timp before servingdredge over them a littleflourand thenbaste them with butter, to make them,froth and brown. Serve them, very hot;and pour round (not over them) a lit-tle good brown gravy. Serve a little

the same separately in a tureen.

The king of Burmah married his.half sister. ?n. .Burmah. this Is