FUGA MUNDI. 
•• Why let the stricken deer po weep. 
The hart uncalled play; 
For some must watch, while some must sleep; 
Thns runs the world away."— Hamlet. 
Like snowy lilies, fleet as fine. 
Whose fragrant course is run; 
Like dewdrops on the eglantine; 
Like frost-work in the pun— 
So vanish youth’s delnihtful dreams; 
So beauty's charms decay: 
For nothing if, but only eeetus; 
Thus runs the world away ! 
Like foam upon the billows bright; 
Like sunsets gorgeous dyes: 
Like moonbeams shedding silver light 
Ch er the jeweled skies— 
So swiftly foam our vision glide 
Hope’s plans and projects gay; 
Alone we roam at eventide; 
Thu# runs the world away ! 
Of friends whom ruthless Time destroys 
We’re day by day bereft; 
The specters c>f our perished Joys 
Arc all the. comrades left. 
Love's chain W broken link by link: 
We sing this mournful lay. 
Forlorn upon the. river's brink. 
“ Thus runs the world away.” 
SCHOOL DRESS. 
One of the best schools for girls in New York 
City publishes In Its regulations, “Simple and 
easy-m ting dress required.” The principals illus¬ 
trate their precept by example, and wear, during 
school hours, Calico dresses. A writer. In giving 
advice about school (lress, Insists thot the school¬ 
room is not the place for the display of wealth or 
fashion, arid therefore the school dress should be 
marked by simplicity. 
“ Anything which diverts the attention of the 
pupil from her school duties is an injury to her, 
hut it will accord with the observation of teach¬ 
ers that line clothes oftener work mischief to 
their wearer In this respect than mean clothes 
do. The highest-minded children are oticnest 
found in plain garb, while those be-rlgged and be- 
ruOtcxl and otherwise showily attired are gener¬ 
ally quite destitute of Intellectual home culture. 
Their mothei^ have been too busy with their 
clothes to pay much uttentlou to their brains. 
This sounds severe; would It, were not true! 
“While over-attention to toilet matters is a 
hindrance to study, negligence and untidiness 
are carefully to be avoided. Clean clothes, plain¬ 
ly made, need nor, be expensive, either of time or 
money, and a. proper regard to personal cleanli¬ 
ness mall Its details is what every person owes 
to himself or his associates. 
“ lc la very desirable that the pupil should have 
at least two school suits, for In the crowded 
school-room the clothing soon becomes saturated 
with the exhalations floating in tho atmosphere, 
and an airing of the clothes every two or three 
days Is necessary to keep them fresh and sweet. 
Especially Is this true of clothes that are not put 
Into the waHb-tub, and of shoes. Wearing these 
after a diy’a sunning and airing will give one a 
sensation almost as pleasant us that of putting 
on new clothes. 
“As a rule, the more simply a child Is dressed, 
the more attractive it Is to all sensible people. 
The bewildering maze of ruffling and embroidery, 
and knife-plaiting and shirring, and great, broad, 
brown Rash, big enough to shroud the child In, 
with which little girls and boys In kilts are dress¬ 
ed, is simply shocking to people of correct taste. 
Let us not have It in the school-room.” 
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FACTS STRANGER THAN FICTION. 
Thirty years ago a law student married Miss 
Charity, a Wisconsin lady, and set out for Cali¬ 
fornia, where, In the course of years, ho made a 
fortune of Irorn $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. His flrst 
stroke of mck was m the Amador mine; the Sav- 
ago bubble swelled bis income, and the Crown 
Point,bonanza rounded It off. Ills outside specu¬ 
lations have included dealings In real estate, gas, 
water, oil, autl coal stocks. Ills homo was one of 
the lovltest places on the coast, lit, health was 
seriously damaged by the strain of tnednese, and 
ho became so oxacting and unreasonable an In¬ 
valid that there was developed what the strong- 
minded champions of the gentle section of lm- 
mauity call an Incompatibility. 
His Mends insisted that he had been “ psycho¬ 
logized,’’ whatever that may mean. Hie mind 
seemed to be completely under tha sway of an 
elderly clairvoyant who was attempting to heal 
his bodily 1U3 by means of magnetism plus 
spirits, otherwise known as psychical manifesta¬ 
tions. The patient’s wife finally lost her patience 
and applied for a divorce on the ground of deser¬ 
tion. The estate was divided, she having $2,5000,- 
000 and he keeping the rest, and they lived apart 
over a year. They met accidently three months 
ago In their daugnter*s room, and soon afterward 
he called upon her. Thetr early courtship was 
renewed; soon they were re-engaged ; two weeks 
ago there was a grand wedding, the bride wearing 
brown brocaded silk, and diamonds not a few. 
“Lenny,” said her maiden aunt, “you should 
eat the barley that is in your soup, or you’ll never 
get a man.” Lenny, looking up innocently, in¬ 
quired, “ Is that what you eat, It, for, aunty ?” 
Miss Kitty Cooke, a daughter or ex-Governor 
Cooke of Washington, is to appear as the prlma 
donna In one of Offenbach’s operottas at a charit¬ 
able entertainment. 
There Is on one street In Boston a block of thir¬ 
teen houses. One Is occupied by a maiden lady, 
.BcaDimi for tlje JJouitg, 
NAMING THE CHICKENS. 
There wero two little chickens hatched out by one 
hen, 
And tho owner of both was our little boy Bon; 
So he Bet himself to work as soon as they came. 
To make them a house, and give them a name. 
WINTER EVENING AMUSEMENTH.—No. t>. 
and twelve widows of large wealth occupy the 
other palatial residences. 
Gkoicok C. Gorham, Secretary of the Senate, 
ex-wldower and father of six children, and a nice 
little Treasury girl, are spending their honey¬ 
moon with friends In the East. 
Mrs. Gaines U In Washington, as vivacious and 
ns confident that she will triumph over the law¬ 
yers as she was forty years ago. 
Just notice the smile that tho young lady be¬ 
stows on a gentleman friend as he slowly drives 
by alone In Ills Sleigh. There’s nothing sweeter. 
Anna Dickinson hung up her stocking on Christ¬ 
mas Eve, and though there was a rootbnll right 
In top of It, there wasn’t Anna Boleyn about It. 
A Danbury girl regards frosty mustaches as 
equal to loe cream. 
Betsey Hendrickson of New Haven celebrated 
her noth birthday recently. 
An exchange says tnat a society has been form¬ 
ed in Siberia which compels all males to marry 
when of age, and makes the wife tho head of tho 
rurally and the husband a marked subordinate. 
There are a good rauny families In this common¬ 
wealth that are run on the Siberian plan. 
RnouA Boughton speak3 In one Of her novels of 
a “ resurrection pie, In wblcn all tho atrocities of 
the past week hold dreadful rendezvous In one 
abominable pasty." 
A yopno man from Michigan, writing up his 
flrst ball, because It was at a “hop," described 
one of tho belles of the evening as a “ graceful 
and bewitching Utile toad.” 
Miss Fannie L, Barnes, a daughter of Mr. L. B. 
Barnes, formerly of Boston, appeared as the prin¬ 
cipal solo singer at a concert or the American 
Club In Philadelphia the other evening. 
It Is foolish to get a divorce from your hus¬ 
band these uncertain times. Ho may bo suddenly 
madeGovernor of a State, or oven Presidents—of a 
cheese factory; and then you would regret tho 
act aU your life. 
Ah for buildiUK u house, Bcutiy knew very well 
That ho couldn’t do that ; butTiin hue brother Phil 
M ust be handy with tool#, lor he’d been to noUeiie, 
Where the boy# are -nipponed to learn all sorta of 
knowledge. 
rial waw very good naturod, and Boon lm email brother 
Had a nice, cozy home for liia cliiclM and their mother; 
And a hnrpler boy In the country junt then 
Could not havo been found than our dear little Bon. 
But a name for lila pata is wan harder to dud, 
At leant Hiieb us miited exactly hie mind; 
No mother of twins wan ever more haunted 
With trouble to find Junt the. ones that nho wanted. 
There were plenty of names, no doubt about that, 
But a name that would do for a dog or a cat 
Would n it answer lor chickens an pretty ae these; 
Or else our dear boy wan not cany to pleane 
Those two tiny chickens looked Junt like each other: 
To name them bo young would bo only a bother, 
But with one in eaeh hand, said queer little Ben, 
“ I want this one a roonler, and that one a hen." 
Benny knew them apart by a little brown #t>ot 
On tho head of the one that the other had not; 
They grew up llko magic, each fat. feathered chick, 
One at leugtti was named Peggy, and tha other named 
Dick 
Benny watched them ho closely not a feather could 
grow 
I n the drees of those chickenH that ho did not know; 
And he taught them eo well thoy wokld march at com¬ 
mand. 
Fly up on hie shoulder, or cat from hie hand. 
But a funny thing happened concerning the.ir names— 
Bushing Into the house one day, Benny exclaims: 
’’Oh, mother ! Oh, Phil! such a blunder there’s been, 
For Peggy’s the rooster aud Dick ie the lieu !" 
LETTEES FEOM BOYS AND GIKLS. 
A New Cousin in Creene Co., N. Y. 
M r. Editor :—I have never written before, but 
1 make no apology, as all seem welcome; and if 
for I have a temper as well as Belle E. F. I agree 
with her about piecing quilts, and I should like to 
hear from her again. When ft. II. C. talks about 
the conceit of the girls, and that he Is going to 
enlist ugatnst them, perhaps he does not know 
that uo true gentleman would speak in such a 
way about the ladles; and when he talks about 
girls speaking to their betters, l wonder If there 
is not a little conceit concealed there? Your 
friend— Lucy. 
A Canandaigua Boy Speak9. 
Dear Cousins I have not written In so long a 
time that I am afraid none of the Cousins will re¬ 
member mo. I havo been one of the readers of 
these cousinly letters, ir not one of the writers, 
for a long Hum. l do not think many of tho 
Cousins went to tho Centennial, as they do not 
write much about thetr visits, i went with ray 
father aud mother. I would like to talk about 
some of tlm things I saw there, but at this time I 
shall only ask some of the yontig Rurallsts to 
explain tho meaning of those Iron horses with 
wings, and a lady cither trying to hold them or 
petting them, 1 couldn’t, tell which.—f,. c. l. 
An Erl© County 'N. Y.) Boy. 
Dear Editor This is tho first time l have 
written to the dear Kukai.. My father has taken 
t he paper Over nineteen years. 1 like to read the 
girls’ and boys’ letters. I have no pets except a 
black dog named Tig. A year ago lust summer I 
hart three crows, one of which died not long alter 
we got him from the nest. I have two brothers 
and three sisters. My brother Geohgb has a 
greenhouse; tie is now raising lettuce In It. He 
has also a (log named Spot, atul Is now training 
him to hunt birds. Will any of tlm boys who 
read the Kukai, be so kind as to tell me how to 
make a trap to euteh birds or mice.—A. i-. R. 
Valuable Accomplishments. 
Dear Mr. Editor:— I see that many of the 
boys and girls are writing letters, bo I am going 
to write one. I am ten years old. I go to school 
and read In Fourth Reader. I study Arithmetic, 
Geography, Spelling and Writing. We have a 
very good school; have fifteen scholars. I have 
four doves, a rabbit, and a dog named Jade, I 
can drive a span of mules, milk a cow and feed a 
pig.— Young Harry, 
WINTEK EVENING AMU8EMENTH_No. lO. 
WOMEN. 
Mrs, Marrowfat says it is a pitiable spectacle 
to see the hero or a hundred battles curl up under 
bedclothes, like a mammoth snail, at the mere 
suggestion of masked burglars. 
The other day the coroner of Southwark, Eng., 
held an Inquest over tlie body of Emma Black, a 
small girl who had died of fright by being shut 
up In a d irk cupboard at a boarding school. 
The FanfnUa of Rome announces that the Duch- 
essof Gal Hera has sent the Pope 1,000,000 lire (iMO,- 
ooo). According to the Unila CnUoliea, the Duch¬ 
ess Implores the Apostolic benediction “on the 
suffering soul of her deceased husband.” 
you think this worth publishing, perhaps you will 
hear from me again. My uncle has taken your 
valuable paper several years, arid we have all 
agreed that we cannot do without it. I live on a 
farm, and 1 agree with May about girls knowing 
how to work on a farm, lr It la necessary. I have 
not done all she says she has, but perhaps It Is 
because I have not tried; I love out-door work. 
I hope the Cousins will not criticise me too much, 
HIDDEN PARTS OF A CHHECH. 
1. Tnis hill Is very steep, Leslie. 
2. Hand me your rhetoric, Hal; I certainly for¬ 
got mine. 
3. He ato raw potatoes. 
4. Y'ou can’t, hem well enough. 
b. You must stop, sal; mother says so. 
6 . How shy M. Norton la. 
7. You’ll never see Marllt any more. 
8 . Give me the salt, Arthur. 
9 . Where is Rebecca’s sock 7 
10 . I want the baby’s bib, Lena. 
11. Bob is hoping for a long vacation. 
12 . I long for lucre, Edwin. 
13. Unchain rny dog, Mary. 
14. it, is past, or nearly so. 
16. At set of sun, day school la closed. 
K5. Doaprle stood silently at Ills lonely gate. 
17. Tom, It really shocked mo. 
\v~ Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
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MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 30 letters ; 
My 15, 8, 6,19, 4 aii animal. 
My 3, r>, 20 ,1, n,7a city in Massachusetts. 
My 21, 24, 12 part of a wheel. 
My 9, 29, 30 a weight. 
My 10 , is, 11, 24. 26 a Roman emperor. 
My 2, 16, 17, 19 a grain. 
My 13, 0, 28, 22 a city In Pennsylvania. 
My 27, 26,10 a beverage. 
My 23, 2-i, IS, 20, 5 a city In Ecuador. 
My whole. Is a quotat ion from Shakspearo. 
ivr Answer la two weeks. 
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DOUBLE ACEOSTIC. 
1 . A city of France. 2. A mountain of Europe. 
3 . Not one. 4. A river of France. 6. A town of 
Mississippi. 7. A county ol South Carolina. 8. 
Sounds from an mollan harp. 9. One of the West 
Indlas. io. A city of Iceland. 11. A number (cur¬ 
tailed). 12. A State of South America. 13. A city 
of England, i t. A man of the Blhle. 15. A great 
divine. Initials and finals form towns of the 
Southern St ates. 
Tir Answer In two weeks. 
DIAMOND PUZZLE. 
1 . A CONSONANT. 2. Artifice. 3. Excuses. 4. A 
kind of leather. 5. A public officer. 6. Proceed¬ 
ing by degrees, r. Vapor. 8. A number. 9. A 
consonant. Centrals form title of a high official, 
nr- Answer in two weeks. s. c. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.—Feb. 3. 
Domt.E acbobtio.— Initiate, Tom Sawyer; finals, 
Mark Twain. 
T)»an*pohitk>n OP Mkn*h Namk?-— 1, Leonard; 3, 
Orlarnl >: 3. Patrick: 4, Phuieas; o, {• 11 phalot : 6, Abra¬ 
ham; 7 . Alphonso: 8. Ambrose; 9, \Vllliion; 10, Valen¬ 
tine; It. Zabdiel; 12. Philander. 
Diamond Puzzle.— 
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