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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
SIR GILES.

Little Sir Giles, when a wee baby mite,
Was always SO proper. so very polite,
That older ones Oft were rehuked by his frown
II one OF them vcpture6 Va act like clown.
He was playful and merry, bat never was
rude.
Nor into your presence would ever intrude
Wftbous = soft knock at the door. or "A cough
To warn you that Giles was not very far OF.
II he wanted favor I'D. please" he would
say,
In oh such a sweet Irresistible way,
1t compelled you to grant his request on tire
And iise grateful 20 thank youl" was never
forgot
II he ehanced to do wrong-for he wasn't a
saint
EXCUSE me-" be said, in a manner so quaint
That you couldn't but laugh: yot 80 cunning
his wiles
That esery one called him the Little s.r Giles
He wasn't prig; on. dearl not at all:
But whether in parlor. or cottage. or hall.
With rich folk. or poor folk. IL seemed that he
The risht thing TO say and the right thing 70
And this II you want it in language exact.
And the servants would willingly travel some
To do any favor for Little Sir Giles.
he ~ss Prince of his playmatcs-a gentleman
Who looked upon practical joking with scoru,
And when eoaxed TO engage in some riotous
pranks
Would show his disgust and r5tire from the
ranks.
His heart was so tender. his manners so kind
To play with rough boys he was seldom in
- slined.
But the girls; oh, the girls would receive him
with smiles,
For they thought there vas no one like Little
Sir Giles.
The Little Sir Giles unto manhood has grown,
And never on any occasion Is known
Te be rude OF unkind; but SO courtly his
ways
That old and young ladies both speak In his
praise,
And wish that their sons or their brothers
would be
As gracious in speech and department IS he,
Who thinks less of clothes and fashionable
Than he does of HIS manncrs the noble Sir
Gilesl
-=sJosephina Pollord IN N. Y. Independent.
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Papier Mache Plaques.

Papier mache plaques for advertising
purposes are becoming common. 1t Is
the latest instance Of how art has been
subserved to business purposes. The
work can be given the appearance Of II
number of substances, such as stone.
metal or wood. and some of it is of n
high grade of excellence. The materi.
ais are few m number. exclusive of those
used in finishing, being clay. plaster of
paris and rough brown paper, such as
is used in hardware stores for wrapping
purposes The clay is.employed in the
first or artistic stage of the work, in
modelling of the figures or designs to be
reproduced in papier mache. The plas-
ter of paris is use to make the molds
and the paper is the basis of the finished
product The design being made IN
clay, the plaster is poured over it, and
what might be called negative pro.
duced. Upon each Of the negatives OK
molds the paper is built up until
proper thickness has been secured.
Then the pulp is allowed to dry In the
sun or is dried by means of artificial
heat. when it Is removed from the molt.
At this stage it appears like rough.
stamped leather. After the edges hays
been trimmed and the surface smoothed
paints aud bronze powders are apple.
until the desired effects are produce,
The work throughout requires gre,
skill and in the first and last 81 lges a..
tistic talent Of no small order.--N !
MaH and ErDysss
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How TO Eat a Watermelon.

To be properly enjoyed the perfect
watermelon should be bounced on in
the patch just after sun up. 1t should
be carefully selected. In response to
an eager thump there should follow a
dead and meaty sound and the melon
should weigh not less than twenty
FIVE pounds. After it is pulled it should
be split from end to end with a short
bladed pocket knife, so that in tearing
it open the glowing and Juicy heart,
bursting loose from its confinement.
should find Judgement on one side
only. At this point the knife is to be
flung away. For moment the eye
should be allowed to feast itself on the
vision thus suddenly brought to view.
then the heart should be scooped out
with tho hand and its nectarious meat
thrust upon the hot and thirsty palate.
There ought to be something savage in
the enjoyment of a watermelon; i
ought to be crushed and swallowed
with avidity. The man who knpws
how to enjoy one will com6 away HDm
the fray with the sweets in his beard.
ia his hair atsd on his clothess ---Atianfs
t'onstitNtions
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Presbytery Of San Francisco
has organized Presbyterian Church
whose members consist entirely of Jap
Suese Christians. resident in the city. D
There is sid TO be not a single
evangelical missionary m the whole
valley of the Amazon, and that gospel
sermon has never been preached in all
that territory.-N Y. fost.
Rev. DIR. w. r. Davis, pastor of the
Z;Sn Baptist (celorcd) Church, of Louis
vile. Kt.. hiss resigned at the request
Of his. Congregation, Who alleged that
he did not preach loud enough nor with
sufficient fevvor TO make them happy
Louisville Courier-.ioarndl,
Among those who have joined the
Roman Catholic Church since the be-
ginning of the Oxford movement are
enumerated SO lords. % baronets, S02
graduates Of Oxford, 149 graduates Of
Cambridge. l43 army officers. 92 law
yers, as doctors sod l.elo ladies of
aristocratic stations.
Rev. N. J.. Gushing. DID,. of Bur
nah. arrived ~ San Franc SEQ a few
DAYS since. 1t is about twenty years
since he left this country for the mis-
slonary held, and nine years since his
first return. he has done great wort
ig the translation for the Shan people o.
the entire Word OF Ged-M \. In
dependent.
--Irreverent jokers put q gallon OF
whisky into the baptistry of au Indiana
church. after the water had been fixed
for the immersion of reformed
dfunksrd But their trick was turned
to serious account ny she victim, who.
standing on the edge oil the tank IN his
dripping robe, described the outrage TO
the congregation and delivered ring
ing speech for total absunence.-in-
didnalpotss Journal.
A-fhe great defect even of our best
teachers. ana clergy Ms well. is this
living in rut. No man or womsn is
great or good enough to dispense With
the broadening and beneficent influence
of everyday physical nature and the
mighty university Of human life. So be
wise. and use fire golden hours for
thorough ventilation T mind imsgina-
linn Svmpathies sense and SOUL
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

For truly deep feeling let me call
your attention to negro waiter who
has to stand by. while the hotel guest
whom he is serving eats watermelon.
Utted Observer.
---Une cause Of the throat and lung
trouble in tits country is the fact that
all of us sing so much and SO sweetly.
Neither the throat nor the lungs were
intended to stand such strains. Detroit
Free Press.
Sweet nuisance-''No; the scene of
The Mikado' is not laid in Ireland. 1t
isn't pronounced that way. anyhow.
See here Amt you the girl that
asked us if ragout was the French for
putting on your best clothesp"-Boston
Psst,
-Enraptured young woman, gazing
upward Ito young newspaper man) =
What a wonderful thing Is spaceP
Do you ever contemplate it's i'm
mensityp Young newspaper man
Indeed, do. have d column of it to
fill every day.-N. y. Sun.
An exchange asks: "Why wasn't
the spring CHI cken chosen as an en-
blem of this countryp" We can not
answer with any degree Of exactness,
but suppose the fathers OF the country
were not familiar with antediluvian
ornithology. - Rorbury Aduocate.
1t is reported that the maple, here
tofore healthy tree, is dying of a
mysterious disease. This is natures
way Of removing what is no longer of
use, since dealers in maple sugar
now sell a compound composed largely
Of the settling Of molasses casks.-Bos-
ton IrdUelter.
-Verasopht-Yo are looking charm
ing tonight, Estelle. Estelle Charm
ing Is too cold word Verasopht-
Then I'll call you demons" Estelle-
Lemons, sir! Do you mean to insult
meP verasopht-My darling. you do
not read the papers or you would know
that lemons are very. very dear. Phil
adelphia Call.
"A California chap has caused the
arrest of two young ladies, who. he al
leges, waylaid and robbed him. As he
is dude who has neither. money nor
brains it is difficult to decide what they
could steal from him. Perhaps they
wanted to measure his head so they
could get pattern for pincushion.-
Newman IndeDendeft.
What fine evenings these are for
Studying natural history" Yes"
Last night about sunset l was struck
by the similarity between my six-year-
old and the house-fiies. was trying to
drive the flies ont of the house and coax
the boy in. They all moved at pre-
cisely the same rate of speed and with
Just the same amount of dodging.-
Chicago Tribune.
MY dear Mr.. Fitzsniffle. Miss
Jones and have had quite a discussion
and we have agreed to let you decide.
Which is entitled to the palm of excel
lence, Keats or Shelley?"
well. WEAKLY. Miss Brown, l would
rather not undertake to decide that
question. My acquaintance with both
the gentlemen is very limited. The
fact is, they don't belong to my set, you
know.-MilUaukee Sentinel.
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BE ST . TY L Sc :

them, even TO the bottom Of the hillock.
again aud again. and begin once moro
to haul it up. Juggling, hung ovoI
stones and under sticks. tum .'hng over
with their burden on the other sue o.
an obstacle which they had scaled. ana
living for few seconds quite exhauste,.Ss
vet never leaving hold of the burden.
and setting of undauntedlv as soon rs
they recovered breath Occasionally
two or more will lend helping hand.
but as a general thing they prefer to
work alone The hand of man Is con-
sidered miracle Of art. but what OF
the ants six prehensile feet, indifferent
organs as they seem comparatively. to
hold or pnll or lift or even to cling With
But what win you say, apart from
their building ability aud tender care
over each other, the almost moral eie-
walton which is their most e&traordi.
nary quality. where by thegood a the Inc
dividual Is gwen up TO that of the COM
munity. If | should tell you of one With
still more remarkable powers, and this
~ the agricultural ant OF TexasP You
will hardly believe the story, and yet it
is youched for By eminent naturalists
and others who have made them their
study This ant Is one Of the brown
species living in families, occupying
mounds or cities, as they are called, set
upon art fetal hills three or four Het in
diameter. Around these mounds the
ants smooth away the surface for three
or four feet further in all directions
and make sort of farm of this cleared
region. Here they are said to actually
plant the seeds OF certain grass -
which they are very fond, keeping tho
crop clear of all weeds and grasses
meanwhile. Then they harvest the
seeds, clearing the chaff away, and
store the rest for winter use. They tend
these seeds IS carefully in winter as
they tend their eggs and grubs. drying
it when damp, and actually throwing u
away when spoiled. Their harvests
time is in November, and after harvest
they clear away the stubble and leave
the surface bare for the next year
How incredible this seems! and yet
we are not surprised at anything we
hear about these wonderfully knowing
little creatures.
No wonder that the ant has been
held up ~ a model of wisdom and in-
dustry. Solomon declares the ant to
be "a people not strong, but exceeding
wise. who prepare their mea. in tho
summer" But the highest praise it
has received is from Mr.. Darwin, Who
says that ..the size of the brain is close
ly connected with higher mental
powers, aud the cerebral ganglia Of
ants is of extraordinary comparative
dimensions. The tineness of tho
quality seems to make up for absence
OF quantity. THE brain of All ant"
another naturalist has said, too, zig
one Of the most marvellous atoms OF
matter in the world, far more wonder
full than the brain of man. Airs. q.
Hall, IN NJ y Observer.
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James A. Garfield. the twentieth
President. was assassinated in the Bal
timore and Potomac railroad depot in
Washington city. on July 2, 1881. by
Charles Gu,teau, add died u his wound
September 10, at Elberon, near Long
Branch, N. j. Funeral services took
place ia Wellington on Friday.
september %, and the remains were
then transferred to Cleveland, Ohio,
where they were entombed September
26. A handsome mausoleum for their
reception is now in course of erection
at Cleveland.
General Grant, the eighteenth Presi-
dent, died at Mt. McGregor, n r.,
July 20, 1885. The details of the death
and magnificent funeral of the great
soldier are still fresh in the minds Of
ALL Baltimore Sum
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-10-03
CHINESE EXPORT TRADE.
How 1t Is Controlled by Monaghan Mer-
chants.

How 1t Is Controlled by Monaghan Mer-
chants.
The export trade of the Pacific coast
with China, which few years ago was
controlled by white merchants, is now
practically in the hands of the Chinese,
whose facilities have increased with their
growing knowledge of trade in this
country. White men who now figure in
our commercial relations with the
Flowery Kingdom are in many cases
acting only as agents OF Chinese firms
or individuals. The manifests of all
the shipments from this port to China
for the quarter ended June 80, 1885,
furnish fair picture of the present
condition of the export trade. The total
merchandise shipments to China by
white houses for the quarter appear to
have been 1921, 273. 40. This includes
all shipments from the east, as en-
braced in the exports. nominally, by
the two China steamship lines or their
agents. which together exported mer-
chandise valued at $163, 901.57. The
great part, in fact, nearly all of the
shipments nominally by the steamship
lines are outside of Californian pro-
duction, the bulk being sheetings.
ginseng, and arms and ammunition.
The remainder of the 1921. 273.49 or
Sly, must be reduced by de-
Quoting shipments by white persons
who nominally ship for themselves, but
who are known to other shippers as
agents for Chinese, to the amount of
$43. 357.81. This leaves the statement
for merchandise exports for the quarter
named as follows: Direct by Chinese:
$541, 9l5.74; by white agents Of Chinese.
S43, 357.81; total, $685., 1887. The
merchandise exports by whites are as
follows: By transportation companies.
$163, 901.57; by local business houses.
S74.014.11; total; $237, 915.68. This
shows the Chinese to have had control
of about three-fourths of the business
for the quarter. During the quarter
Chinese business houses sent out of the
country treasure amounting to $685.
507.55 to Hong Kong. The banks of
California. Anglo Californian Bank. and
Hong Kong and Shanghai. banking cor
poration also sent to Hong Kong over
$4,000, 900. The largest item of export
is flour. and the flour trade between this
port and China is generally known to
be controlled by the Chinese. Some
authorities state that ninety per cent.
of the export trade hence to Chinese
ports is controlled by the Chinese mer-
chants. This condition of affairs tends
to show that the local curse of China
town is only small part Of the Chinese
question, and the ease with which the
Chinese absorb business has made them
masters of the situation. so far as the
export trade with their country is con-
oerned. San Francisco (hronicle
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GIRLS. AS YOU GO ALONG.

Come, all You fair young housewives and
listen unto me,
Il mean those lucky ones, who are from
servant bondage free,)
And some advice III give you in a simple
little song,
With the simple little chorus cf--Girls, as
you go along.
o, as you 20 along,
Leave everything where 1t should be, girls,
as you go along
You take fancy for a cake, late in the
afternoon,
And -four, butter, sugar, eggs, and milk, and
bowl and spoon,
And other necessary aids the kitchen table
throng;
Don't let them stay, clear them away, girls,
as you go along.
o, as you go along,
Put each one back in its right place, girls,
as you 30 along.
lind then vou1l find how easily great deal
Gun be done
without your being tired to death" at
setting of the sun,
And though, sometimes, in spite of care,
things seem 10 turn out wrong,
Twill always pay to smooth the way, girls,
as you 20 along.
o, as you go along,
Jhen never leave your work behind, girls
as you go along.
---Ndrgdret Eyttnge, in Good housekeeping.
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No wild beast is moe hungry for
prey than the colored waters at Sarato-
ga hotels for "tips," and not to fee
them is to be almost entirely neglected.
This is an old story. but truer this year
than ever before. and the man who con-
tradicts it has not ben out Of town. M
Y. Mail
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RARE COINS.

Articles Which are Sure Sometimes to be
Worth More Than Tn ir Nominal
vaIae.
A Bolivian dollar or an Indian rupee,
or a half-sovereign after very hard
usage, may possibly deteriorate in
value. But save under exceptional cir
cumstances, there is no getting more
for crown, or mark, or a Napoleon.
or gold eagle than the sum inscribed
on its face. Even the Mexican dollar
has ceased to be held at premium,
and gold is still plentiful enough for
the time to be far distant when. as used
to be the case so far as guineas went, it
will take thirty shillings to purchase a
sovereign. But when the tyro in
numismatics reads the prices which
some old English coins brought. he
may be pardoned if his ancient faith in
the determinate worth of the currency
is seriously shaken. We hear on every
side of hard times and the depression of
trade. Yet the merchant whose balance
is on the wrong side of the ledger must
experience a searching of heart when
he is told that there are plenty of peo-
pie ready to give Gao for penny a
thousand years old, ESQ for a half
crown of Queen Elizabeth and f255 for
half George noble of Henry VIII,
which some years before had been bought
for the sum of three and sixpence. A
milled three-farthing piece brought over
twenty guineas, and even bad
shilling of Edward VI, instead of get
ting the ''utterer" or anybody else into
trouble. was eagerly purchased for over
ELL. 1t is clear, therefore. that what
ever NAV be the case in other branches
of commerce, the traffic in this costly
kinds of goods is much brisker than the
humble collector might desire. OF late
the holders of pictures, enamels, pot
terry, and similar kinds of brittle ware,
have become rather alarmed over the
diminished prices which such articles
have brought in auction rooms. Not
unnaturally the scarcity of money
among those who were few years ago
the rich people of England has been set
down as the cause of this ..shrinkage in
value" No doubt this is to limited
extent true. But when the collector
can afford to crafty his taste in the
expensive fashion above shown. the
optimist is justified in clinging to his
fancy. 1t must be consoling to him tc
note that EGO. $50 and ESQ were eagerly
bid for objects which are in themselves
of only modest intrinsic value, and
which entail ID their safe-keeping an
amount of anxiety that is dearly repaid
by the pleasure Of possession London
Standard.
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"A Nevada court held that a man
who had five dollars in his pocket and
his board paid for week ahead Is "a
capitalist within the meaning Of tho
law.
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"A farmer without hands, and who
does all the work on his land. 10 one Of
the successful cultivators Of the soil hv-
ing near Roswell. Co. --LesissS'e cetrs
tsr.J o0rHots
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A new wax of value has been found
In the bark of the ocotillia, . thorny
plant Of Mexico.
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There are in England 1877 ragged
schools which are attended by 5000
children.
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The Pixies pe.k Railway wh;cb

The Pixies Peak Railway, which is
expected to be in operation this year.
will be the most notable piece of track
in the world. 1t will mount 1900 feet
higher than the Lima and Oroya Rail
way in Peru. 1t is now in operation to
point over $4,000 feet above the sea
level. The entire thirty miles Of its
length will be d Succession of compli-
Gated curves and grades. with no piece
Of straight track longer than 800 feet.
Chicago Nail
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THE HORN EFT.

Description of an Interesting Insect-A
Creature Whose Advent Is Marked by
Stern Reality.
The hornet is an abridged edition of
bloody murder strained through rag.
He bears the same relation to John
L. Sullivan that condensed milk does
to a COW.
In constructing the mule-end of the
hornet. Jove sharpened a streak OF
lightning on the cheek of Chicago
drummer and dipped it in the gall Of
a campaign lie.
1t will not do to confound the hornet
with the bee. The hornet is clad in the
mantle of more mysterious individu-
atty. and on his brow rests diadem
of baleful gloom. He has a oneness
of character that is unknown to the
bee.
The bee is not without touch OF
sweetness and light. but the sweetness
of the hornet seems to have been
spoiled in the making.
The coming and the going of the bee
are mellowed by poetic associations.
She is proverbial for industry. The
victim of the bee can salve his hurt by
quoting Watts.
1t is not thus with the hornet His
coming is stern reality, and his going
is lost in the murky atmosphere of pro-
family, if not more so.
The hornet is the cowboy of the in
sect world:
The offensive partisan of entomology
cal wingedness;
The winged essence of volcanic
energy;
The breach-loading paper wad Of
viewless fire.
On dainty wings of lightning he reels
off an infinitesimal coil of gigantic pain,
and in his pistol-pocket he carries red
hot stove
A political discussion is the supreme
aggregation of explosive enthusiasts;
The ten-strike of an angry mule is a
supermundane earthquakes;
The yowl Of a tom-cat is tangled
confusion of wall-eyed sound;
But the caress Of a hornet is brim-
stone fire with stick in it.-ChicaQo
Ledger.
Which is the diamond weddingP
The twenty-fifth is the silver anniver-
sary and the fiftieth the golden. as all
agree. But, while in America we add
twenty-five years to the fifty to find the
time Of the diamond anniversary. they
act in England as though it comes with
the completion Of the SEVENTEEN year of
married life. Richard Wortley and
Elizabeth. his wife, wedded at the very
time the guns were booming at Water
loo, recently celebrated their SEVENTEEN
marriage anniversary at Sheepshead.
England, and the papers there allude
70 4 q diamond wedding. = bilodsl.
pAja Prssa
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"a Merry Christmas, send with this,
Though it seems absurdity browning
To wish for cachinatory bliss
Over the works Of RrowDin6

The many rhymes Of his. which have
added pleasure to festive occasions, are
growing fewer and fewer and in his
home in Chelsea his thoughts turn
oftener than formerly to the unknown
country. As he says himself, he is now
living on borrowed time. = Chelsea
Mass. Cor. Philadelphia Press.