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st. Petersburg.

The fine streets OF st. Petersburg, we'll
paved and bro~d, are lined with elegant
residences and handsome shops, Which
contain not only the rich goods of other
contries, but are temptingly supplied
with the furs Of Russia, the products Of
its manufactures which are very numer-
Gus, snd the peculiar silver work of this
country, which every traveller invests in.
Here one can buy the shoes worn by the
peasants, sort of braided straw curious
ly formed, and copied either in silver,
gold or porcelaio-theae for flowers,
cards, or for cigar ashes; water-carriers,
in bronze, on stands from any Of the pe-
culiar stones from Siberia. The three
horse carriage also is favorite in bronze
and silver; aud bronze table, with sill
yer cloth, on atoundation of malachite or
lapis, is often seen, with Russian peasant
and wife drinking tea, thus showing their
dishes and their peculiar way Of pre-
pairing the tea, with great urn in the
middle of the table. and the whole FORM
ing beautiful inkstand.
There is no end to this sort Of tempta-
ton here, and if ones money holds out
he never knows where to stop; in fact,
our American party kept buying until
the last moment, and tnen hadn't enough
because, suppose, We all felt as thoug
we should not probably ever come to
Russia again. Prices are at very high
figure, I am told, for all PARTICLES de
luxe".-not really needful things--while
the necessaries of life ore very reasona-
BILE: and if they were not, these people
could not live under the governmental
condition of affairs, as the lower classes
have to live on almost nothing, and pay
for that we'll in taxes. Everywhere there
is constant life and activity. The little
droskeys, only largt enough foi one, but
in Which two often ride, the larger pub
lie carriages, and the elegant private
turnouts, are all driven in the main
thoroughfares as If in case Of life or
death-regular John Gilpin fashion. As
one sits in public carriage, being IN the
midst Of this curious melee, he involun-
tarily holds on and holds his breath as
ii ut any moment be should be crushed
to atoms and nobody would know any.
thing about it. We took many such
daring drives and enjoyed the scene
extremely, feeling comparatively safe,
for where people always drive fast there
are but few accidents. The people were
a novelty, so were the shops; and every
few blocks there was chapel, and the
people praying all about, and at certain
points men in peculiar Russian dress
were kneeliag out on the edge of the
sidewalks with fruit and small wares,
sometimes whole rows of them, and if a
carriage stops they Immediately flock up
to sell their goods; and as to these little
droskeys, one can take one for given
point and pay only ten cents, then pick
up one again at any time. found that
If we could not tell the driver where We
wanted to go, we could do as wei! by
pointing out and keeping them going
till we wanted to stop, but they drive as
though they would break ones neck,
even at small p'y.-Nrs. Southworth. in
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
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A Maine Editors View Of Death,

The editor of the Gardiner tMe.) Jour-
nal has recently had a narrow escape
from death, his horse running away as he
hung in the wheel. He thus describes
his sensations: "'Oh, can't some Of nv
spirit friends do something to help me
out of this scrape?' beseechingly l said
or thought. II was prayer not laid
down in the books, and perhaps the form
was not staid nor formal. Short as it was
it did me good. l saw then crowds
OF spirits around me-part Of whom /
knew. 4 do not sec what they can io,'
thought, and as they seemed to hover
around the front part of the wagon, and
over the hurse, I wondered how they kept
up with him. Then l thought pcrhap ps
they'll take the old horses strength away
but 1 couldn't see very clearly how
they we're to do this-for Old Robin was
a hard customer to 'llcmateriulizc.' l
probably should have lived but a few
seconds longer. The rcins hal worn of
upon the wheel just when my strength
had all gone. Had I died, people would
pityingly have said it was horrible
dea'h-but really suffered very little.
All the pain have had up to now has
not been equal to what I suffered last
summer in day from the bite OF an in
sect. The shock was such that my nerves
rf sensation were benumbed. had 70
fear; in fact, there was physical sort of
feeling that it was bundle about three
feet long, with a sort of handle to it,
(Which was my left leg, pro5ably,) that
was bouncing along over the ground,
which was trying to antangle. Then
there was another self who bad to take
care of the wheel, untangle the rein, talk
to Old Robin, yell to the dog, and attend
to matters generally; while the third self
seemed te. DO the thinking, and kind of
liked that one the hest. have often
heard that in such crises as these ones
whole life passes in review before him,
and thcugh of that fact, but had no
such experience. had only one regret
for deeds done or left undone, and that
was that had neglected my usual Gus
tom of taking accident tickets, and this
regret felt ashamed of. My only thought
was Of my wife. Toe knowledge that |
have faced death untlinchingly is not with
out satisfaction to me, and there is some
thing that feel, which cannot describe,
that assures Inc that there was more pow
erful influence than my own aiding, CON-
forting and sustaining me. My religious
friends will say it was the Good Father.
and it matters not what We call 1.-THE
feeling is the same. do not feel of suf-
ticient consequence to merit God 5 special
providence, but that loving friends from
the other sphere may have comforted
and sustained me is not rcpugant to my
common sense, and does not lessen my
idea of the goodness and greatness Of the
Creator
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Rosewood.

1t has puzzled many to decide why the
dark wood, so highly valued for pianos,
and in these times so clcverly initiated,
should be called rosewood. Its color,
certainly, does not look like that Of rose.
but when the tree is first cut, the fresh
wood possesses a strong, roselike fra.
GRANGE; hence the name. There are a
half dozen or more kinds of rosewood
trees found in South America and in the
East Indies and neighboring islands.
Sometimes the trees grow so large that
planks four feet broad and ten feet in
length can be cut from them. These
broad planks arc principally used to
make tops for piano-fortes. When
growing, the rosewood tree is remarkable
for its beauty; but such is its value in
manufactures as an ornamental wood that
some of the forests where it once grew
abundantly, now have scarcely a single
specimen. In Madras the government
has prudcntly had great plantations of
this tree get out in order to keep up the
supply. ""
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How Operas are Composed.

London Daily News.
Composers differ as much as authors
in their manner of working. NJ. Gounod
is one Of those whom composition throws
into very fever, and who can bear no
interruption Or domestic sounds about
them while they sit at the piano, thump-
ing the key board with one hand
and noting down their score with the
other. Poor Madame Gounod cnce drove
him wild ty coming in to ask him for
her thimble while he was endeavoring to
link two phrases of all aria.
Meyerbeer used to compose methodl-
cally, sitting down to his piano as 2 bust
ness man to his desk, and never showing
the least irritation if called away from a
work, which he seemed able to take up
and drop with the utmost case.
Rossini composed best lying on his
back in bed ana if once lie was en- veine
he would lie abed all day, humming his
airs to himself uutil he had learned them
by heart, and scoring down whole act
at time after he had hummed and re.
hummed it to his satisfaction. His mu-
sical memory was prodigious; but his
voice was so untuneful that once an
italian inn-keeper, in whose house he
once hummed for three whole days at a
stretch, rau up to beg him that he would
deslst, for that his ''noise" could be heard
through the open window and disturbed
some English tourists dining al fresco
down stairs.
Auber, even up to an advanced age,
used to derive musical inspiration from
a glass or tv o Of champagne, and Wag-
ner can only compose With the assistance
Of suits of satin clothes of divers colors,
which he dons and puts of, according to
the style OF the thing at which he is
working. For instance, when spinning
of postaral duet he will array himself
in primrose satin; when he comes to a
martial chorus, quick he bolts off to his
dressing-room to don a pair OF scarlet
setin pantaloons, with tunic and cap 10
match. These delightful antics were
made known to the public through the
very distressing circumstance that the
author Of the IGnnhauser was sued bv his
milliner for the cost of his composing
vestments and was made to pay an ex-
tremcly long bill.
Among those whom We may call minor
composers, NJ. Lecocq is the most happi-
ly endowed, for he can forge solos and
choruses anywhere and at any time-in
trains, in a hot bath, on the top Of bus,
in the rain, or in dentists drawing
room while waiting to have a tooth
drawn. NJ. Vasseur, composer of La
1imbale dArgent, who is an o-ganlst BY
profession, contrives his liveliest melo-
dies by allowing his fingers to run wild
over the keys OF his organ, and he, too, is
d fertile workman. NJ. Offenbach, on
the contrary, though he has composed
so much, is only prolific during the
springtine of the year, and while resid-
ing by the seaside. If he tries to COM
pose elsewhere, and at other ZINES of the
year, his works are worth little. accord
ing to his own testimony.
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The Land of Nod.


Far away Is the land Of Nod. u 80
Where only the dream mans foot hath trod.
Dwclls the slumber-king on his shadow
throne,
Where hs patiently sits till day is done.
He rises and puts his thinking cap on.
Now as he thinks he doth often smile.
And he busily mods his head the while:
Then the elves Of sleep, as he sees them come.
Quickly lay hol3 of them, one by cne.
And fly to the homes of earth, tits said.
Where they place nod on each ones head.
Till the eyes can no longer keep open wide:
The head, with the weight, turns from side to
side,
And little by little doth on them creep
The wonderous blessing of quiet sleep.
But ere the grown folks find repose
The Kings son, Jack Nod, on his tiptoes
First comes to the children, the cunning elf.
And he brings the the sand man as well a.
himself.
Then the poor, wee people rub their ewes. -,
Until gentle sleep takes them by surprise,
And they never can tell Of what they can
Just the minute before their blinkv wink.
Sometimes, in the daytime. so I am told.
This same Jack Nod, SO cunning and bold.
Throws dust in folks eyes, the saucy chap.
Which makes them take what Is called nnn
The Chu1rtn,an.
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black shapes on tho prairie marked the
whereabouts of tho rest of the dozen
troopers, and told at what cost the victory
had been won.
The boy himself, only held half up
right by the soldiers strong arm, was
still alive. The bright moonlight shin
ing on his handsome, girlish faco lighted
it to unearthly beauty. In the struggle
his coat had been torn of, and broad,
dark, slowly-spreading smear was visible
on his coarse gray shirt. His breathing
was hoarse and quick. the sure index to a
shot in the lungs.
Hes goin',' said the sheriff, hopping
the blood from bad cut in the forehead
with his sleeve. ''Great snakes! what
fight he made"
"Here's the pony, sheriff"
One Of the men led tie pack pony,
which during the entire fight had been
quietly grazing at little distance of, up
to the group. With quick jerk he drag
ged off the tattered blanket which cover
ed the pack.
There were q few camp utensils, some
provisions, and a bulging sort of double
bag thrown over the fronts of the pannier.
With an effort he pulled this off, but its
weight tore it from his hands, and it fell
with q metallic crash. As it struck the
earth its seams burst. The queer shaped
sack was simply an old pair Of panta-
looms with the legs tied up, and its con-
tents rolled, jlngling and sparkling,
over the short grass cascade of minted
gold.
Before the musical ring Of the precious
metal had died away the group about the
dead man and the wounded boy parted
with an exclamation Of startled surprise.
The boy had suddenly struggled to his
feet: He stood swinging dzzily to and
fro for an instant, and snatching revol-
yer from the belt of the amazed soldier,
who still stood beside him, fired point
blank at one of his captors directly in
front of him.
The man fell dead, and his murderer,
with Il G smoking pistol still in his hand,
tottered forward a step and, sank in a
heap on the corpse of his companion,
with his face upon his breast and one
arm about its neck. * 4
Strange! Well, however that may be so
far, the strange part is to come yet. OF
course, you nave suspected all along tnal
the handsome boy was woman3 Well.
he wasn't! and what is more, the pair,
far from being two Of the train robbers,
were worthy Texan drover and his son,
who had sold out their beasts at North
Platte and were on their way home with
the money. They had eleven thousand
dollars in coin with them. The boys had
the laugh on the sheriff for many long
day after. For once his vaunted acute
ness had failed him.
What was done to him? Why, Great
Scott stranger, what do you suppose2
Are We not all liable to make mistakesl
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:. D.. ! Il f-'
Don't Slam the Gate!

Now, Harry, pray, don't laugh at me,
But when you 70 80 late
Iwish you would be careful, dear,
To never slam that gate;
For Bessie listens every night,
And so does teasing Kate.
To tell me next day what o'clock
They heard you slam the gate.
Twas nearly ten last night, you know,
But now tits very late
We've talked about so many things);
Oh, do not slam the gate!
For all the neighbors hearing it,
Wlll say our future fate
We've been discussing; 80 I beg
You will not slam the gate!
For though 1t is all very true,
wish that they would wait
To canvass Onr atfairs-until-
Well-pray don't slam that gate!
At least, not now. But BY -and.by,
When in tour home" wait
Your coming, shall always like 70.
To hear you slam the gate!
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care you the saleswoman of whom I
bought this handkerchief yesterday 2"
asked a purchaser at one OF our dry
goods stores. II am the saleslady wEo
served you. madam" responded the re-
duced Empress in banged hair, r,loeg watch
chain and riugcd fingers, who presented a
the counter, swell, said the customer. l
will take dozen more, and as I wish
get them to my washlady at one, 1 will
get You to send them to my carriage
around the corner. My coach gentleman
cannot get to the door just now for The
cart Of the ash gen pt!eman,"~Bos. Com.
BtNleti1, :
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He Wouldn't Make HIS Will.

"You're letting old and weak, papa;
The doctors say you're i'll,
Thus spoke the duteous son. II think
You'd better make your will"
The father from his easy chair
Glanced at his thoughtful boy,
And o'cr his face the look that stole
Was not Of pride or joy.
"Not If I know myself, my son;
Folks think me sane," he said,
"And I'll do naught to make them calla
Me crazy when I'm dead"
-Ne,u York Sun
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Two countryn.en made the acquaintance ofa
rogue in St. Louis. Il want to buy ten mules,'
said the latter, "but the owner has kind of
prejudice against me. and charges me more
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than he would anybody else. would willing.
ly give q, ,5O0." Tho countrymen offered to
make the purchase, and did 50, paying 81 500
for ten mules, worth not more than half that
sum. but they have not since seen the rogue.
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liiEN
she Celebrated
"Natchless
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO

Ahh IlON2GR TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York Boston and Chicape.
f0r upwards OF thirty years Mrs. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for children with never failing success, It
correcst acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
diarrhea, whether arising from teething CT
other causes. An old and well-tried remedy
Is cts. q bottle.
Catarrh is the forerunner Of Consumption
consumption means death. Juniper Tar CT.
garettes are the only common sense, pleasant
certain cure for Catarrh, Asthma, Colds and
Hoarsess. Price 25 cents; sold by all drug
gist. Mailed OIL receipt OF price by L:ebiy
Chemical Co. 2 Barclay St.. New York.
Neglected. Cou&xh ana CoitlN-Fcw are
aware OF the Importance Of checking Cough
or Common Cold," in its first stage; that
which in the beginning would yield to
'BNowS's BRONCHIAL TRocuEs," if neglected
often works upon tie Lungs.
If you are satisfied to have poor organ, or
run the risk OF having a poor one, take any
organ that is offered you. But, if you desire
to be sure having the very best insist on hay.
ing Mason & Hamlin, and do not be per.
suadcd to take anv other.
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Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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N O T &c E. !

Acting upon the urgent request Of numerous corres-
Pe,ndsnts. | have extended my Holiday Offer lsr =
aAAetSd Period. Order at once, pay only after you
have fully tested the instrument at your own home
NsW NsW Raanos, 9l95; $ls5, $lA5 and upwards
tnstfated EcwspspeE With much Information Tree
Address. DANIEL F. BEATTY Washiueton n !
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THE FORK DONE At ATL1NTA

Our readers are already familiar with the precau-
tionary measures recommended by the National
Board of Health the American Medical Associa-
ton and the Sanitary Council of the Mississippi
Valley all of whom were in council together lately
in Atlanta. If there is safety in multitude of
cOunsellors, surely the South ought to be able to
keep of the yellow fever this Summer. The advice
of these men certainly should be trustworthy. 1t
is q matter in which they must be impartial. hay
IL 10 personal interests 10 serve They have large
experience and the education of both books and
personal observation. They are from differing sec
tons, and are acquainted with the diseases and
dangers Of each. There can be little doubt there
FORE that if the plans for quarantine and sanitary
regulations which the Board will recommend
to Congress shall be adopted and carried out
we may hope TO escape 10 repetition of last Sum-
mer's horrors. But unfortunately the TecOmmen-
dation or tho passage of "a quarantine or sanitary
measure is quite another thing from the carrying of
il out. Ii Is very easy for the Sanitary Council of
the Mississippi Valley to advise the establishment
OF cordons about injected districts, tho examna-
ton of vessels leaving contaminated ports, or
more rigorous measures II necessary But it
must be lot for ignorant. panic-stricken indi-
yiduals to sustain the quarantine, and to examine
the ships az the prOmptngs of what they choose TO
call their opinions and judgment In the matter of
cordons, at least let us own that the Car with
his disciplined gendarmere is better able to work
nationally and effectively than free republic
where all are officers and none pryates.
As to the precautions which really will be taken
they are foreshadowedn advicos that "tho South
already feels very earnestly in this matter and pro-
poses to resort to shot gun quarantine and tho de-
struction of steamboats, and railroads in case of an
outbreak of yellow fever" 1t would have been bet
ter If the South had begun TO feel earnestly in the
matter early enough to permit the passage OF tho
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does in plain words authorize the employment
of the military at elections, only requiring
that the State and not the United States shall
decide when the troops are needed, and snail
control their use.
From tins act of intrusion it is only step
TO further limitations of the Executive author
ity. Ii Congress may forbid the President To
enforce the laws of the United States on
election day, it may forbid him to enforce
them on the day before and the day after
election and lest the shrinking and dIiildent
American citizen should still he cowed by the
fear that the despot of the White House medl-
!atcd interference, the prohibition might DC
extended To run through all the week
III the President may be forbidden to exc
cute the laws of the United States - at
any place where an election is being held"
he can with equal reason be forbidden " 10
bring to or employ at any place where"
State Legislature is in session "any part OF
" the Army or Navy of the United STATES
Troops are more dangerous to liberty al INC
State House than at the polls. The military
arm has never been used to control an eiec-
ton i'm this country, but il has been used 10
control the organization OF Legislature II
Congress has a right to say that there Is any
place where Federal laws shall not be exc
cuted except by State permission, it can put
every State Capital outside of the Federal
jurisdiction with much more show OF reason
than it can urge for the determinations
made by this bill.
State supremacy is the vicious principle
which underlies this attempt to limit the pow
ers of the General Government, and 1t Is OF
the first importance that the pestilent heresy
which has cost us so many lives, so much sui
fering. so much treasure, and brought us to
the verge of National disintegration, should
be promptly crushed, now that 1t attempts again
to raise its head. The Bourbon party which
drove us into the war renews the old preten-
sions, and it must be met by the loyal North
with the old steadfast resistance The laws OF
the United States are III force at all times ana
in all parts of the territory OF the United
States That is the plain English of the Re-
publican position, and we shall not be driven
from it,
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THEIR CONSOLATION

"YOu don't seem to have made much money
"by bringing your hogs down here" was the
casual remark of bystander to specula-
tive agriculturst, who had driven his hogs
seven miles to the market town, and sold them
for precisely what was offered him before he
left home. "Wel, no." said the agricutur-
ist, pensively, 81 haln't made no money, but
" then "-brightening up-"yOu know L had
"the company of the id hogs on the way
"down.n
We commend the hog spectators philOso-
phy to the persons at Washington who are at
present engaged in the effort to run this
country-intO the ground. They set on foot
this great political speculation of an extra ses-
sion in the hope of making something hand
some by it in the way OF political capital.
They might have passed the appropriation
bills without riders at the last session OF Con-
gress and saved the necessity for an extra ses-
sion and the risk Of making mistakes. But
they couldn't let well alone. They were in
for speculation they were bent on driving
their hogs to a better market. SO they bullied
and threatened and banked and let the
appropriations go over, with the threat that
they should not be passed except with the po-
put their hogs on the market They haven't
sold them yet, but after two vetOes they are
confronted with the very strong probability
that there's no money nor any political CAPT
tai in the venture. They have not succeeded
in bullying or intimidating anybody. They
have not made single step of progress. They
are Just where they started. The country,
looking on at their strange antics wonders
what they will do next. And they do not
know themselves, but the prospect is
that they will shortly be compelled by
public opinion to vote the apprOpria-
tons and go home. That will leave
them just where they started, without a
plausible excuse for having forced the extra
session. And then the question will come up
whether they have made much political CAPT.
tai on the venture. And perhaps they will
make the hog-drover's answer as they turn
their steps thoughtfully homeward, that
though they haven't made any capital they
have enjoyed each others society. There's no
limit to the possibilities of philosophy, though
it must be confessed this would be carrying
it TO an extreme that the hog drover would not
have dreamed Of