THE YOUNC
flolon ot.d mighty stookl
Hands of Iron, honrts of onk,
Follow with unflinching trend
Whoro tho nollo fathers loJI
Honesty with steady oyo,
Truth nud pure simplicity,
I.ovo thnt gently vrlutioth hoarU,--Thoso
shall ho thy only arts.
g TAD AND HIS PANTHER, i
C T ID you hoar tho pauthor
I mai Ji'gui, oorgoautr
I J asked Tiul, tUo captain's
fT son.
"No," trnid tUo sergeant, ns lio cut
at tho top ot a sago-brush with tho
looso cud ot tho lariat hanging at his
saddle. "I didn't hear it, hut it
yelled, I gucBB. Billy Murphy was
on guard down at Post No. 2, and
ho didn't daro wall; tho length of his
boat."
"Lot's go thero to-night nud fetch
it in," said tho boy.
"No no!"
Tho soldier rarely spoko iu so posi
tive n maimer to his younger com
panion. Thoy had grown to bo quite
good friends. Ho Sergeant Goro
looked at the trim ilguro bj his side,
nud admired as a cavalryman would
Tad's posturu in tho saddlo. And
thou ho gazod down tho long ioad to
tho blnlV ou tho shingly lodgos of
which tho pauthor they had been
Hpcaking of was said to prowl at night
and call to tho echoo3 iu that fcarsomo
voioe.
' Qoro was a woll-bdrn, well-trained
youug follow who had enlisted in tho
rauko of tho regular army at a timo
when peuuilcss and discouraged, ns
ha? many auotherBonot n good family.
Ho scorned peculiarly nttraotivo to
this boy. Tad admired (lore Locauso
ho was cleverer thau tho othors. (loro
was a better shot aud a bettor horso
man, and he was tho best wrestler in
tho fort. Aud thero is nothing that
ho appeals to tho soul of tho boy as
ability iu that closo Btrugglo of
nlhletos, that ombraco of gladiators,
out of which comes tho triumph of tho
unarmed bauds, tho viotory of tho un
aided muscles and skill.
And Tad's father, tho captain, had
not discouraged an association which
gave his sou pleasuro and seemed to
mako tho lad more manly.
"Couldn't wo kill tho panther, Ser
geant?" "Wo might, and wo might not.
Tho last man in tho troop who wont out
to kill a panther camo back iu a sling
between two pack-mules; nnd ho
didn't get oh' bick-roport for throo
months. Now, soo hero, Tad. Get
that wriuklo out of your brain! How
would it look for mo to risk tho cap
tain'ri sou out theru on the bluff at
night? How would I go to tho cap
taiu'H wife aud explain it if "
"Wouldn't naed any explanation if
we brought tho panther."
"Or how would I square mattors
with tho captain whou tho captain's
littlo boy was lying in bed aud surgeon-plaster
all over him?"
"Pretty nico thing to kill a pau
thor!" "Yes; and then "
"ricrgeaut, aro you afraid of hor?"
"I'm not afraid of auything alive,"
caid tho sergeant, calmly.
"If you aro not afraid, why don't
you go?"
"Wo don't do all tho thiugs wo daro
to do."
"What, for iustanco?"
"Well, I daro tell Higgins, when wo
got to camp, that I won't mount guard
to-morrow."
"Then why don't you?"
"Because it is my duty to mount
guard whoncvor ho details mo. Ho's
the ordorly sorgoaiit."
"1 saw you throw him ono timo,"
said Tad, irrelovautly; and thou ho
titopped to laugh at tho recollection.
Higgins was a very strong man;
nnd ono day in npring, before mount
ed drill was begun, tho soldiers got
up a tournamont on tho parade-ground,
whoro tho orderly oorgeant challenged
any ono to wrestle. Tad remoinborod
Gore's acceptance, and how tho big
ger man had Htruttcd to the oncoun
ter; how tho two had gripped to tho
work, and how presently Goro had
caught tho huge weight ou bin hip, aud
had flung the other heels over headiu
ono great Bweop, and had landed him
fairly and ilually.
But that was mouthn ago. Tad
looked up at tho distant blulV whilo
tho buglers were blowing a rotroat,
but ho stood iu "tho attitude of n
soldier" when tho Jlatj camo down to
tho booming of tho oveuing gun.
That night ho .made his bed on tho
lloor of the upper porch, and lay thero
wondering at tho stars till long aftor
taps. Time aud again ho caught him
solf almost across tho border-land of
dreams, aud it sccmod to him tho
Iaggiug midnight must have passod
when tho Bound for which ho waitod
reached his ears. Aud than tho sud
deunesa of it, tho savago strength of
that panther's cry, startled tho
courageous littlo fellow till his heart
was still. Tho half-human quality of
tho tout added to the terror of it.
Thou his breath camo back, aud
with it his daring. Aud tho next timo
tho cry was raisod hokuow tho shingly
Hholvos ot tho bluff wero thou a prom
oiiade for the pauthor.
Noxt night Sergeant Goro was ou
guard, but tho noxt after ho was free;
aud timo and again ho woudered
whoro Tad was iu hiding; for ho haj
not seen tho boy siuoo dinner-call,
Lang and Warner wero up tho
gulch with an oight-mulo team, and
thoy camo in at sundown with a load
of wcod. When they had uuharneBsod
tho aalcs Lang found Sergeant Goro
stretched ou his buuk, trying to read
by lis aftorglow.
"Go, Gore, hero'u a uoto from tho
AMERICAN.
- I'rudont In tho council train, i
Dim ut loss ou tho Imttlo plain,
llondy at tho country's ncod
Tor hor glorious cuuso to bloca
Ho shall I'once, n aharnli.K guest,
Dovo-llkn In thy bosom ret.
Ho shall Honor';' stoudy blnjio
Duaui upon thy closing days. J ;
jgg ac SSj;S2 SJ" S
uov toS nafc 6 (7a3
Captain's kid," said tho teamster
Lang, carelessly.
Goro peered at tho penciled linos:
Deai: SmtonANT: I am up on tho
bluff. If you don't come and get me,
may bo tho panther will. Tad.
A cayuao pony was picketed back
of tho quartermaster's store, aud
Sergeant Goro took nturn of tho ropo
arouud tho animal's jaw, leaped to the
bare baok, aud galloped to tho hills.
He carried his carbine, and a bell of
cartridges was buckled about him,
Aud ovory mnsclo of his splendid
frauio quivered; for ho lovod tho
Captain's sou.
Tad had calculated tho note might
not bo delivered until after dark; and
ho crept along tho slaty shelves until
he found a littlo recess whoro tho
looso earth had been worn away by
the wind and tho rain, aud ho climbed
down there and backed iu. About six
foot below was a broad ledgo which
reached far "around to tho right. By
lying flat his face just camo to the
edge of his narrow shelf, whilo his
feet were prossod to tho farthest
spaces in his little rotugo. Ho pulled
his riflo within easy reaching dis
tance, and then looked out aud dared
tho panther to come.
Straight boforo him. down tho val
ley, w is tho fort. Ho watched tho
twinkling lights go out in tho moss
hall, aud know tho belatod toamstors
had arrivod iu camp. And his faith
was bo firm iu Sorgeant Goro that ho
no vor doubtod tho soldior was coming.
Presently ho hoard tho dull beat of
hoofs on tho long road. But it was
from unshod feot, nnd not a cavalry
horse. That chilled his courago a
littlo. And just as ho triod to con
vince himself that ho was wroug, and
searched for hopo that an army horse
and not n pony was galloping toward
him, a shriek not llfty feot nway rent
tho wonderful silouco of tho hills.
His littlo body was positively
lifted and shaken with tho shock of
it. Aud then, becauso he was a cap
taiu'fi son, Tod hammered his baro
knuckles against tho stone, aud forced
his courago to coma back.
no peorod over tho odgo of his
sholf at the broad ledgo below; ho
looked straight down thoro a hundred
feet to tho foot of tho bluff; and ho
could not toll for tho lifo.of him from
what direction that thrillius cry had
come.
Then a pebble was loosed, nnd foil
down tho bluff, arouud somewhere to
tho right of Tad's refuge and ho
called: "Sergeaul!"
Ho hoard something rub goutly
against tho rocks on the ledgo bolow,
aud thou another pebblo bounded
away; but no strong word o! oheor
camo iu nnswor.
In another monionl, though hia
wido eyes had been watchiug all tho
time, tho pauthor lay bolow him. Sho
kopt well to tho farther edgo. Sho
saw him, and soemod gathering for a
spring. It was seconds before ho
thought of tho rillo. Thon ho llrod,
and sho leaped.
Ho felt hor claws striko at him.
and catch again nud again. But ho
withdraw far into tho littlo nook, nud
thoro was no foothold for her.
Sho toppled back, nnd ho could
hear her broathing plainly. Thon
sho triod again. As sho fltood ou her
hind feet, hor claws caught in his
clothing, but ho fought freo; nud
time and again she scratched him,
but ho did not cry out.
Onco or twico sho withdrow her
paw, strotohod vory high, and pushed
hor black muzzle up till ho could seo
tho two rod eyes; nnd ho knew the
two red oyoa could very well seo him.
But when sho struok sho must with
draw her hoad to givo tho paw a
groator reaoh, and by shifting a littlo
ho could dodge her.
But all tho time, as sho tiied. for
him, lirst with ono foro-pnw aud then
with tUo othor, hor hind feot wore
clawing at tho bluff for a foothold. If
she had found it, sho would have lifted
and hnvo reached him instantly. Sho
did not llud it; but sho was loosoning
soil and stones with every olfort, and
theso wero forming a growing plat
form which brought hor nearor.
When ho know tho next lling cf a
paw would reach him ho saw tho baro
blond hoad of Sorgeant Uoro on tho
lodge
The baok of hor head was toward
tho soldier, for her loft paw was at tho
bosom of Tad's blua coat.
"Cling tight!" said Gore.
And a wondorful thing happened,
The sorgeant stopped closo to the
pnuthor's side, faoing outward. His
left arm Hashed nbout tho cxtouded
body. Ho made that splondid ful
crum of his hip. Ho swung just once,
aud swiftly; and tho panther wont
as Higgins had onco gono heels ovor
hoad, and helpless. Sho Hung both
paws wildly, but sho mado no sound
as hor dark body shot ovor tho odgo
and was swallowod up iu tho dark
noss. Thoy listonod what seoiuod a
vory long timo, nnd hoard her Btriko
at tho foot of tho bluff.
"Great throw!" cried Tad, and ho
crept exultant from his nook, and
clamborod out whoro Sorgoant Goro
could lift him down. But ho had to
bo carriod. Whon it was all ovor his
sturdy logs rofiiBod to boar him, and
ho stnggorod very helplessly. Goro
laid him ou tho pino-uoodlos at tho
summit, for a few minutes. Aud pres
ently thoy wcut down tho long rond
to tho warm spring, whero he washed
tho duet from Tad's faco and bauds
aud arms.
Later, they dragged to tho captain's
porch n monster pauthor, whoso vel
vet skin not a single bullet had innrrod.
But oven at that, when Tad saw his
father's whito faco, and caught tho
wordless welcome of bis mother's em
brace, ho know ho had paid for tho
panther far more thau it was worth.
St. Nicholas.
Mlilnlilpmltn or tho Old "Ont( Vull."
Among other improvements in tho
art of war, ns attained by tho world iu
theso lator years, is the abolition of
tho practice of sending children to
sea, as was tho caso when tho mid
shipmen of tho old "oak walls" of
England often wero boys of less thau
fourtoou years.
Tho Marquis of Dufferiu au.l Ava,
in tolling nbout tho siego ot Bomnr
suud, in tho Crimean war, which ho
witnessed from the frigate Penelope,
tolls this story of ono ot those littlo
follows: "What pleased mo iuobI
during tho wholo business," ho says,
'-vas tho gallant behavior of a littlo
midshipman, a more child, twolvo or
fourteen years ot ago. About tho
timo when the ilro becamo pretty hot
I happouod to oomo across him, nnd,
ns ho soemod to bo as much out of a
job as myself, I touched my cap, nud
took tho liberty of observing that it
was a lino day, to which ho politely
replied that it was. Encouraged by
his urbanity, I ventured to nsk him
how long he had bcou at son, to which
ho nnswercd, 'I havo only left my
mnmma six weeks, but I ain't going
to cry on Her Mnjosty'n quarterdeck,'
a romark which I think as worth re
cording ns many a ono mado by moro
illustrious hcroos. Soon after this,
howovor, a mnu was killed closo to
him, and tho littlo fellow fainted, nnd
was takon bolow."
Old Mini of tliu Unltc.l Hliilm.
Stato Librarian Gnlbreath has just
secured another valuablo addition to
tho collection of relics at tho library,
a map of tho United States, mado in
tho year 179G. Tho map was found
iu nu old book shop at 1'hilndclphin,
aud was formerly tho property of a
gontlomau who was for years iu tho
employ of tho Federal Government.
It is mado from copper plates aud is
mountod ou hoavy linou. On tho
chart Ohio is a territory with rather
vaguo outliuos. Clovolnnd is not to
bo found, and Cincinnati is designated
as Fort Washington. Sandusky is
tho only city of any great prominence.
Tho Eastern Stntos aro shown with
substantially tho saino boundaries ns
thoy havo to-day. Georgiu extends
as far West as tho Mississippi Itivor,
aud tho Southern portion of Florida
is apparently uuknown. Lnko Michi
gan is much too nnrrov aud Lako
Huron is far too broad. At tho lowor
corner is a curious picture ot Niagara
Falls. Mr. Gnlbreath has discovered
another chnrt of tho United States,
drawn iu 1771, and it will soon bo
seut to Columbus. Columbus Jour
nal. Whoro I.ciirnlnc Went Wrong.
Somo Vionna savants wero lately
confronted with n languago diflloulty.
According to tho Iudependanco Beige,
a youug girl, unknown, was found
unconscious in a strept nt Presbourg,
and was oouvoyod to tho hospital at
Vionna, whoro sho recovered con
scioiiBuoss, nnd began to speak in n
languago which uo ono prosont could
understand. Tho doctors camo to tho
conclusion that tho youug womnu was
a nativo of nn Eastern country. Con
sequently somo professors from tho
Oriental School wero called iu, and
thoy wero all agreed that tho girl did
not speak a correct languago, but a
dialect. Tho Professor of Persian
held that sho spoke a Persian dialect,
and thnt ho understood it. Another
professor was of tho opinion that it
was an Abyssinian dinloct. A third
was convinced that it was a Turkish
patois. Siuco tho savants wero not
ngreod, tho polico doomed it necessary
to mako inquirios, with tho result
that the stranger was proved to bo a
Hungarian, who hud escaped from a
prison, and who did not understand a
word of Persian, Abyssiuinu or Turk
ish. London Globe.
Ho Would Til Mo tho Honp.
Numerous complaints had como bo
foro a certain public ofllcial iu regard
to tho quality of food served to tho
inmates of ono of tho public institu
tions, and ho dotorminod to investi
gale. Making his way to tho building
just about dinner-time, ho encoun
tered two men carrying a huge,
steaming boiler. "Put that kottlo
tlownl" ho ordered brusquely; and
tho men at onco obeyed. "Get mo a
spoon I" ho noxt commanded. Tho
man that brought Uvjspoou was about
to say something, b.it was ordered to
keop silent. "Takeoff tho lid!" was
tho noxt command. "I'm going to
taste it." Tho two mon, cowed by
tho ofllcial's bruiiqueuoss, watched
him gulp down n good mouthful. "Do
you mean to say that you call this
soup?" thoollloial domandod. "Why,
it tastes to mo inoro like dirty water."
"So it is, Rir," replied ono of tho
mon, respectfully. "Wo wero scrub
bing tho lloors."
Ono Wuy Not to IIiivo I ; n m I .
Thoro was onco n Viceroy named
Tsoi-Kwo-Fnn who was said to havo
diod without leaving a siuglo onomy
bohind him for, according to his
satirical couutrymon, ho had killed
thorn nil whilo ho was alivo. Early in
his political caroor Li Hung Chaug is
said to havo followod his illustrious
example, but for many years ho has
boon too powerful to think it worth
while to pny tho slightest attontion to
his rivals aud opponents, oxcopt
thoso who woro ho powerful them
selves thnt ho could not with impunity
inflict personal vougeauce upon them,
It was during tho Napoleonic wnrs
thnt tho phraso "to lio liko n bulletin"
was inventod.
Tho Gntling plow in tho latest in
vention of tho man who made tho gun
of that name. May tho day quickly
como whon tho plow will suporsodo
tho gnu.
Tho inereaso of insanity among
womon is probably duo to thei altered
nud nltering conditions. Ou all sidos
thoy aro plunging into the battlo of
life as bread winners. "Willi n nor
voua system far moro highly organ
ized than that of man, it is no wonder
that they break down under tho strain.
Tho poorer classes nro being crowd
ed out of all European countries.
Into whntovcr country thoy migrate,
Ihcy cany with them their heritage,
physical weakness, montal inofll.
cieucy, poverty and misery. Thoy
oroatc in all freo countries tho most
difficult of social problems, thiuks tho
Christian Register.
Tho application ot a resident ot
Culm for permission to send a ship
load of arms and ammunition from
that island to Colombia uuwitliiigly
disolosos tho fact that quantities ot
war munitions woro iu Cuba without
tho knowlodgo ot tho authorities.
Aro other arms concoalod thoro fur il
legal purposes? Bathor an importaut
question.
It is curioiiB that our earthquake
loss country should havo produced tho
method of building thnt promises to
bo of most sorvico iu countries not
happily freo from tremors ot tho
earth. Tho steel construction of our
skyscrapers is to bo usod for a palaoo
for tho Mikado, and it is expected to
do nway with tho objections thnt havo
highorto oxistcd against largo build
ings iu countries visited by earth
quakes. Tho stool buildings will
sway aud yield, but thoy will not
tumblo down. Tho plastering mny
crack, but tho mail up in tho sixteenth
story may look calmly out of his win
dow during a quako aud oxperienco
nothing moro uucomfortablo than
Blight attack of soasitknoss.
Tnkiug them yoar in and year out
tho statistics of tho Life-Saving Sorv
ico show comparatively littlo change.
Of courso tho sorvico has grown, but
its into of extension has boon slow.
During tho year covered by tho report
just submitted to tho superintendent
only ono station was nddod, thoro bo
iug nt tho dato of tho report 20b sta
tions, of which 19!) wero on tho At
lautio aud gulf coasts, 50 on tho great
lakes, 15 on tho Pacific and ouo nt tho
Falla of tho Ohio, Louisville, Ky.
Of tho 11003 porsous involved in dis
asters to documented vessels within
tho Hold of oporatiou of tho sorvico
during tho year only fid wero lost, nnd
out of a total cstimatod vnluo of ves
sels nud cargoes imperiled in tho dis
asters, amounting to$8,101,010, thoro
was saved property valuod at 3(1,201 ,
900. Miss Estollo Boel, Gonornl Suporin
toudent of Indian Schools, in hor
annual report makos a strong plea for
compulsory odueation, and advocates
strictly industrial training for Indian
childron. Sho says tho industrial
brand) of tho work should bo forced
to tho front, and literary instruction
should bo narrowed to tho simple,
prnotical olomonts. Tho oducntional
outlook for tho Indians is painted ns
vory onoouraging, and hotter build
ingu and moro facilities for industrial
traiuiug havo been provided during
tho year. Tho report urgos n courso
of cooking, nursing and ocouomio
housekeeping for girls, mnkiug them
home-innkorH iu tho highest senso.
Farming, ntock-raising aud tho useful
Irndos should bo added to tho common
brnnohos taught tho boys. During
tho year 20,378 milon wero traveled by
Miss Bcol iu her work.
Tho sovero frosts in Louisiana of
rccont years aro proving blossings to
tho orango growers. Tho orango busi
noss usod to bo nn affair of luck. Tho
frosts camo about twenty yonrs apart
and killed tho troos, and tho business
camo to bo rogardod as a speoulativo
affair, in whiah tho afforts of mnu
ruled loss than tho laws of ehauco,
Tho groator frequency aud severity of
recent frosts, howovor, have sot tho
plantors to experimenting Hcientiflo
ally, aud now thoy havo discovorod
varieties of oranges and methods of
treating them that make of oven tho
Hovorost frosts merely temporary draw
backs. Tho scioneo of agriculture is
advancing nil ovor our country, in
stop with othor industries, and the
rcBtiltH of thoso trials in Louisiana
ought to bo of tho greatost advantage
to hor nister Stnto of Florida, tho loss
of whoso oraugo troos a fow years ago
nearly ruined her financially.
LAWS SUBSCni3ERS SHOULD KNOW.
Court tlccUlonr, of Vnrtlculnr lulcrcit to
ltcmlci'i or Newuiior,
Tho pnpers nro widely publishing
tho recout dooisiou of Justijo Guthrie,
of Lognusport, Ind., in tho caso of
tho Journal company against Thomas
Hoed for a subset iptiou account, nnd
somo of them, soya tho Journal, nro
badly informed on tint Biibjeot. Iu
holding thnt Bood owod tho Journal
810.75, tho court doo'.dod that ho had
never givou tho piblishora proper
notico ot his desire to havo tho paper
stopped. While Bccd testified that
he had ordered tho carrier to slop tho
paper, the boy swore that ho had novor
recoivod any such notice. On this
point tho court held that oven if it
woro proven thnt Bood had told tho
boy to stop, this would not bo sulll
oiout notice unless it woro shown thnt
tho boy was tho agontof tho publisher
to tho nxteut of rocoiving orders for
discontinuing subscriptions. Tho de
cision is of considerable importance
to nowspnpor publishers, ns it will
compel subscribers to uso proper busi
ness caro iu ordering their papers dis
continued, nud failing to do so will
bo hold liable for their subscription.
Uccidvrd I lio 1'iipor iiinl Mud to 1'ny.
A caso of interest to uowopapor pub
lishers occurred recently nt West
brook, N. Y,, whorein n llrtn of news
pnper publishers brought suit, nud
obi .iuod judgment for 39 nud costs,
on account of subscription charges.
Tho publishers admitted that tho de
fondant novor ordered the paper.
Tho facts wero not disputed that
whon thoy bought in tho list of an
other paper m tho town, thin man's
nnmo wns ou tho list, but without his
orders. Tho now management wrote
to all whoso, names were on tho list
thoy had bought, offering to stop tho
papers of all who did not expect K)
pay. Tho dofondanl did not nnswor
thin notico, but kopt on tnkiug tho
papor, and thou rofuscd to pny ou tho
ground thnt ho novor subscribed. Tho
plaintiffs nrgucd that tho gonornl rule
ot 'law, that a mnu must pay for what
ho rccoivon and usos, applies to news
papers as well as other things, and
tho court sustained that viow.
AUTf nnmrn Mint Ho l'nlit.
Tho publishorH of tho Anoka Herald
reooutly suod a delinquent subscriber
nud recovorod judgment for sovon
years' subscription nud costs thnt
amounted to $20. The pnper had
been ordered stoppod nud returned
from tho postoflloo ns rofusod, but tho
"ubsoribor had not paid up tho ar
rearages and his nnmo continued ou
tho books undtho papor was regularly
mallod to his address. Tho dooisiou
of tho court wns, a subscriber could
bo hold for subscription until nr
rcaragos wero paid.
Iln Cimiiol Iln Ilnuest.
"It's no use," said Hermann mourn
fully, "I simply cannot bo honest."
"Havo yoa over triod?" aBked Poolo
sarcastically.
"I should thiuk I had iriod; why,
only Inst night 1 wout out of iny way
to bo houoflt nud tho effort wns suah a
fiasco, I shall uovor try again."
"How vns that?" inquired Poolo.
"It was this way," oxplainod Her
mann. "I got on it Woodward nvonuo
car at Alfrod street to como down
town. Tho conductor wnu way up
front nud didn't seo me. A woman
boarded ahead of mo nnd hid me, you
know. I pushed across tho platform
aud loaned against thnt Hereon ou tho
loft hand sido. I fell into n conversa
tion with a fellow and tho conductor
passod mo entirely. 'Do him for a
niokol,' said tho follow, I had Mono'
conductors a lot of times, but sud
denly my consciouuo bogau to uliok
pins in mo nud I decided to turn ovor.
a now leaf. But I still hesitated.
Finally, though, I pulled tho conduc
tor's sleeve and, handing him n coin,
Baid I could not boat tho road, my con
science wouldn't allow it. Uo took
my money nud gavo mo two dimes in
chaugo. Tho uoxt comer I got off
ii
"Woll "
"Well, whon T examined thomonoy
in my pookot I found I had givou that
conductor n twontj'-ccut piece." De
troit Freo Pross.
Tim Auntriilimliiii Secret.
Tho secret of tho domocrntia ofllor
osconoo of Australasia is tho same as
that of tho now vigor shown thoro by
Europoau plants and animals, nays
Henry D. Lloyd iu tho Atlantic. Tho
secret is tho snmo as that of tho long
step abend of tho mother country
takon by Now Englnud, with its Puri
tnua nnd Pilgrims. Tho wondorful
propagativu power of domocrntio ideas
in Australasia isniuct of tho same
order ns tho mirnculous multiplica
tion of tho European swecthrior nud
rabbits introduced there. Tho old
idoaa and institutions, givou a now
ehauco iu a now country, gain a new
vigor. It is their now world. Hopes
nnd purpnsou, which had fossilized iu
tho old country, livo again, Whon
tho holdback of custom, laws, aud old
fumilioa is removed, thoro is a leap
forward as from a loash. What Aus
tralasia has boon doing is only what
England aud tho older countries hnvo
boon (dowly attempting to do. Para
doxically, too, this renaissance of de
mocracy in Austrnlasia is not tho fruit
of colonization by religious onthusi
asts, or social reformers, or patriots
choosing exile, but of colonization by
plain, ovory-dny, matter-of-fact Eug
lishmon, thinking ouly of inakiug n
bettor living.
Aiuerlcii in Africa,
Ainerioau refrigerating muchinos,
American pumping machinory, nn
Amoricau dynamite plant, IfiO milos
of American railroad, laid with Ameri
can rails on California redwood fllcop
ors and American water lines, arc
somo of tho Yankee products ta bo
ween nt tho South African ininej,
7HI LADY WITH THE SMILE.
Hhall woman como to drlvo man from It's
plucu
And toll whero ho in laliorlnj; to-day?
Shnll hn nt length retire In dl.iKraeu
To scrub nnd cook and clour tho nlalai
away?
Ah. whiitnvur tho result, at last miybn
Thero It ono who Is In power nil tho
whllu
Who will novor censo from ritlhis younnl
mo-
Tho ctinrinltiK littlo woman wlth-tlm
mull !.
Tho woman may Uo nohlo nnd liar mlr.d
May ho a mine of loro wllhnl who ne'er
Lets tho man who guana nt hor vluti-n Iln 1
Tim shiulow ot a Mmpur lurklm: mure;
Hut however (food or Kruelotii xho may un
Thero'M another to eclipse her all tho
while,
And tlio ono who como It over yon nnd inn
Is the foolish one who hns tho wlnnlni,'
smlt,
Oli, thn (Pplomals may brine uj Listing
poaccj
They mny nIoji tho cruel wars oa land
nnd sou;
The hlnoilshud and tho Ivrunny may oenir,
Thoy imiy net tho last l)uuli;htoil viurnl
froe;
lint In splto of all diplomacy mny do,
And In splto of man's world wfuloin nn 1
Ids kuIIi",
H.i will nuvur uo.tsn from pavln.t tribute I
The cnptlvnltm; linly wltli the smile.
Uhlu.iKO TlmiM-Hernl.l.
PIT. I AMD POI.'.'T,
Sho "I wish yon wouldn't call mo
'dearest.'" lio "Why?" She "L
implies Hint thero nro othm.' '
Brooklyn Life.
Sho "In ho rioh?" He "No."
Sho "Sounouo told mo ha had lnorj
mouoy than brains." Hu -"Hoi liar,
but ho hasn't gol muo'i money at
that." YonkotM Statesman.
1 ntkoil my frlou I for pi t a Ivies,
My notion now 1 sorulvrue,
l'or ho nitvlst'il It witiii't nluj
Just what I didn't wish to do.
WaHliliiKtou Htar.
Nodd "Thero nro linicn whon n
mnii hns to Ho to hiH wire." Todd
"And that isn't tho worst cr it."
"What is?" "Thero aro limos whon
ho has to tell the truth." Brooklyn
Life.
"Hnvo you any nico light bread?"
askod a prospective customer in n
bakoshop. "Yos'm," replied tho now
boy, "wo hnvo somo nico poivid loaves
that weigh ouly toil ounces. Ohicn-
go News.
Attorney "When did your hus
band first show signs of insnuity,
madam?" Wife "Tho day hn mar
riod mo. I thou discovered ho wns
making only 310 a wool:." Philadel
phia North American.
"You nru tho only woman I havo
lovod," ho protostod. "What?" sho
domandod, "That is, of courso, this
yoar," ho hastened to explain, and sho
was so charmed by his truthfulness
that sho accoptod him.
Hostess "Can I got you n part
ner?" Party Addrcssod "Woll,
ma'am, nothing would givo mo greater
pleasure, but I'm nfraid it's no go, an
your husband engngod mo for tho
evening ns waiter." Tid-Bits.
"Tho kind of driimmor wo want is
a convincing talker who has a largo
oirclo of friends." "You'll not llud
him." "Why uol?" "Couviucing
lalkcrn never havo a largo circlo of
friends." ludinnnpolia Journal.
"Woll, I seo you've lnovod. Did
thoso pooplo you employed do a good
job?" "Fine. They broke only llvo
mirrors out of n possiblosix,andIthiuk
I can havo tho plasloring thoy
knocked oft' rcplacod at an outlay uf
not moro than 810." Chicago News.
"You havo novor known tho pnnga
of poverty!" ho oxolnimod bitterly.
Tho hoiross' oyos softonod, though
liquid to begin with. "Indeed, I
have," said she, warmly. "I wont tc
a bargain sale whero no ouo know me
nnd found I had left iny purse nt
homo."
Littlo Tommy "Pnpn, did yon
over seo a cyolouo thnt blowod every
thing up in tho air, cows aud horses
and housuH aud things, upsido
down?" Papa "Woll, uo, Tommy,
although l'vo hoard of it olton." Lit
tle Tommy "Well, I think it'll bo
rather tiresomo to livo bo long, aud
novor seo nnythlngl"
No Jiulf-i) uf I rye n n iln.
An exceedingly woll dressed woman
sut iu nn olovated railway oar tho othor
day, and opposite her was an elderly
man. Tho womnu got up to leave tho
car at Twenty-third street, nnd iu tho
cornor ot tho sent whero she had bcou
silting tho man spiod a piece of black
not. Jumping for it ho called out:
".Madam, you havo loft yo.tr veil!"
As sho took uo notico of him ho
dashod down tho nislo aftor hor, and
touching her on tho alhow ngain said:
".Madam, you have left your veil,"
at tho same ti.no holding it up m full
viow of nil.
It was a frowsy, frayed, torn piece
of black cotton net.
"It is not mine, sir!" sho snnpped
out, giving him a withering look, nnd
tho obliging old man shrank bnck an
if ho hail botin jabbed with a hairpiu,
whilo the passengers grinned,
"Why was hIio ho mad about it?"h
nskod iu a dazed way. an lio laid tho
homely little rug on tho window sill.
"I guess you novor paid for a
woman's finery," said another mnu.
"That's ho," said ihu withered one,
iu a hopeless touo. "1 am n bachelor.
Perhaps I'd know moro if I'd mar
ried." "Yon would thnt," said tho other,
feelingly, Now York Tribune.
Tom Corivin'ii Moutli.
Tom Corwin had nn enormous
mouth. Ho onco said ho had been
insultod by Deacon Smith. Tho good
brother asked for further explana
tion. "Well1 enid Corwin, "whou I stood
up nt tho lecture room to rolatu my
experience, nnd I opened my mouth,
Doacou Smith rose up iu front, and
said: 'Will somo brother ploaso close
that wiudow nnd keep it oloied?' "
Argouaut.