STRENGTH. fytf&
That I nm strong, my friends, oh! pity
me;
Nor think metblcs4cd that I can -bear
nlone
More than my sh& c o burden without
moan;
Store than your p raise I need your sym
nnthy. I nm in servitude, while y&u are free.
Who bids the useless hands to toil or
bring?
What hunter presses hard the broken
wing?
In your soft helplessness is liberty,
And your the gift of tears the sweet
relief.
For all life's wocsy 'tho stricken heart's
outer)'.
I may not voice the measure of my grief;
The strong their right to weeping must
deny.
But(crcdit me, a deeper pathos lies
Behind the stcrilo nnguixh of dry eyes.
I Juliet C. Isham, In Harper's Bazar.
SISTER ROSE
Ify Helen Forrest Graven.
THE sunshine avbs steeping nil
the meadow lands In gold; tlio
wild-roses wore opening tlielr
q pink cups along the course of
tlio little brook, niul a fragrant rain of
dnlsles and buttercups followed the
"swish" of Harry Hultou's scythe, ns
lie worked on the hillside.
k. And llttio Bnvbnrn, perched on the
fence, with her lap full of wild-straw-berries,
watched him, with a sort q(
dreamy delight. i ' V?' UiV
niarry ilutton and his sister Bar
bara wore all alone In the world. A
little to the south, half hidden In a
tangle of brooding apple-tree bonghH,
could be seen the steep gable-roofs of
tlio old Ilutlon farm-house; and more
than one blooming village maiden
wondered that Harold could be con
tent with only old Betsey to keep
house for him, and little Barbara to
, be company In the big, echoing rooms.
"IIo can niarry If he chooses," said
Alice Lee, with n sidelong glance at
the mirror. "He's rlchl"
"Yes, If!" said Amy Voices, saucily.
"But yoti know be 1ms never seen the
rlglit one."
So there ho was, all unfettered by
Love as yet straight, manly, bcautl
ful to look upon as Apollo's self, with
the glittering scythe swinging through
the high grass, and little Barbara fit
ting on the fence, with her brown,
glpsy-likc face half in shadow.
"It-was so nice!" said Barbara., "Oh,
Harry, If you could only have seen It!"
"Nonsense!" said Harry, flinging
down his scythe and leaning up for a
moment against the fence. "A com
mon traveling circus! I can't think
little Bab, how Uncle Potter ever lot
you go to such n place!"
"But the lions!" cried Barbara. "And
the elephants! And the lovely young
lady thnt rode on the white pony, and
jumped through the garlands-'of roses!
Oh, Harry, do take me again! Just
once, dear Harry!"
And she threw her arms around his
neck, and pressed her strawberry
stained Hps to his bronzed face.
"They're going to stay In Mlllvllle all
summer, Harry," coaxed tho elf. "And
Uncle Potter Is goliig to take" the chil
dren once a week; lie says!"
Harry resolutely shook his head.
' "Not I!" said he. "A circus, Indeed!"
' 'And nothing would Induce him to
go and see "Mademoiselle Hoslta
Raven, tho Donscuse and Equestrian
Queen," who formed the most attrac
tive star of tho traveling circus.
"Her very name is enough for me,"
said Harry, with n shrug of his broad,
ilnely-modelcd shoulders. "A painted,
spangled popinjay, risking her life to
make the gaping crowd stare; No, I've
no curiosity at all to see Mademoiselle
Rosltn Haven!"
There was n little one-storied cot
tage, however, on the outskirts of the
village a rudely-built nook, with a
popular reputation of being "haunt
ed;" and about this time it obtained a
tenant a dark-browned, soberly
'dressed young woman, who was usu
ally mending stockings or hearing les
nous for two blue-eyed, golden-tressed
little maids, who played around the
floor-stouo; nnd as Harry Hutton,
.whose business frequently took him
into the village, rodo past the humble
Homicide, ho looked with a sort of
pleasure upon the moving pictures at
the cottage door,, and wondered, vague
ly, why the -little blondes and their
olive-faced young protectress were so
unlike.
"They arc like (win daisies," ho said,
to himself; "but she is a royal rose. I
.wonder who they can bo?"
One day Ills horse dropped a shoo
in the road. One of the little lassies
ran after him, with It. held aloft In
her hand. j
"Thank you, my girl," said he, stoop
ing from his horso to give her a colu.
"Will you tell mo what your name
is?"
But the child shook her head, all
dancing with sunny curls.
"Sister Itoso don't let us talk to
strangers," said she.
Blood rushed to Harry . Hutton's
face; but he smiled, neverthelesp.
"Sister Itoso is quite right," said he.
"Nevertheless, I am much obliged to
you, my pretty maid!"
- , And tho next time ho passed the
cottage, tho picture he saw through
the half-closed lattlco was pretty be
yond expression-Sister Itoso at her
sowing, tho queenly brow half bent,
tho black braids drooping on the neck,
nnd tho children reciting their cate
chism In shrill chorus, to her, chirping
out:
" "J'o get mluo own living, nnd to do
my duty, in that stnto of life to which
it shall plcaso God to call me!"
,'Vud that is a lesson," tlio young
man thought, to himself, "which a
great many of us'nre slow enough to
learn. Sister Rose Infringing up her
little ones in tlie'rlght way. ImvoiI-det'-how'
She" fame to be living- ill Pol
lard's 'cottage, though?" '
So that when'; a wcolc after? little
Barbara 'was nearly drowned by the
upsetting of a boat In the pond below,
nnd they carried her to Pollard's cot
tage, tho whole thing seemed a curi
ous, coincidence.
-Barbara was sitting up, all wrapped
In blankets lu Sister Hose's big rock-Ing-chnli.
when her brother, who had
been sent for, came hurriedly in.
Ho raised the hat that shadowed his
pale face when he suav the. beautiful
young brunette who avhs bending over
his little Mslcr.
"I am not intruding, I hope?" he
said, with all chivalrous courtesy.
And she answered.
"Not In the least, sir."
"Oh, Harry, Harry!" cried breath
less little Barbara, "she has been so
good to me! I was dying, nnd she
brought mo back to life!"
"I thank her from the bottom of
my heart I" said Harold Hutton,- with
a quiver In his voice.
So the acquaintance begun;-and one
month from that hour, Harry Hutton,
the owner of Hutton Farm's broad
acres, the Adonis of tho village, the
mark of ninny a matrimonial schem
er's ilowcr-garlandcd arrow, asked
Sister Hose whose real name ho had
discovered, to be Hose Blanchard to
be liTs wife?- "VSP-i
"I cannot marry, Mr. Hutton," slio
said. "I have my brother's two orphan
children to maintain and educate. I
vowed It on his death-bed."
"2!' would I have you break that
vow," said Harry, eagerly. "They
shall becomo my sacred charge, also.
They shall bo brought up, carefully
and tenderly, with my Barbara."
lint still she 'shook her head.
".Mr. Hutton," said she, "wo think
differently on many subjects. You
were born to a peaceful competence,
while I have always had to fight my
own way with the world. Our life
paths He apart,"
"By the sun that shines above us nt
this moment," cried Hutton, "they
shall Ho together henceforth!"
But she smiled that sad, Madonna
like smile at his eager enthusiasm.
"You do not know who I am," said
she.
"I know you are an angel!"
"I am Mademoiselle Boslta Raven,
the circus girl," she said, speaking
with a llttio effort. "The company
leaves Mlllvllle next week, and I must
go witli them. Tlio children's mother
was a circus girl, also. My brother
saw her, nnd fell In love with her. Ho
was n scene-painter of a theatre; and
when they wero dend, there were the
children. 1 had to do somthlng for
them, so I turned 'Equestrienne
Queen,' also. It was not a lofty walk
of life, but it was all I could do, and
I have done my best. I would not let
Barbara tell you who I was, because
I dreaded that you should know. But
It would have been better had her
childish tongue betrayed her, for now
I have to tell It myself."
"Hose my Rose!"
IIo advanced boldly, his arms out.
She stood still a second; then uttered
a little sobbing cry, and lied to tho
safe shelter of his breast.
"Yours!" she cried "yours, forever.
If you love mo still, now that'ou
know all! But I had been told that
you spoke disparagingly of me."
"Not of you, dearest, In particular,"
ho exclaimed, with n pang of remorse
"only of the stupid Idea I had formed
of you. For I never had seen you
when I Fpoke those silly words. And
my sclf-assertlng Idiocy stands re
buked boforo the uoblo purity of your
true presence."
So Hutton Farm got a mistress, nnd
little Bnrbara plays in tho sunshine
with the two golden-haired orphnu
children.
And Sister Rose grows sweeter nnd
more beautiful with every day; and
Harold Hutton Is firmly convinced
thnt he Is tlio hnppiest man In all tho
world. Saturday Night.
Chuios of Insanity.
The difference between a "man's
heart and a woman's is shown oddly
aud well in this year's report of the
Pennsylvania Hospital, in tlio table
giving tho causes of Insanity among
11,500 patients, 0101 of whom wero
men and 5150 women. Women, this
table shows, nro nearer to nature than
men. Tho things which drive women
Insane arc tho simple, elemental
things, those things which the Bible
aud the great poets regard as most Im
portant in life, though men are apt to
hold them lightly. Homesickness made
Insane eleven women, but only one
man; domestic troublo 137 women nnd
llfty-llvo men; montnl anxiety, -102
women and 230 men; grief, 315 women
and ninety-two men; fright, sixty-four
women and twenty men. On the other
hand, vicious habits and Indulgences
made lusano 125 men, but only sixteen
women; business cares and perplexi
ties, 415 men and elghty-nlno women;
excessive study, flfty-ono men nnd
twenty women; intemperance, 1)58
men and seventy-eight women. From
tho opium habit un equal number of
men nnd women thirty-ono beenmo
Insane. Among tho occupations of tho
lusano men, that of farming was, as
usual, well to tho fore, there being r08
farmers nmong the patients. I'hlladel
phla Record.
Clirsterflvlil'it Itulort.
During the great Chesterfield's wan
derlugs abroad he onco rested nt an
Inn which was kept lu aiiy but a neat
condition. Not only wero tho rooms
untidy, but oven tho dishes from
which tho guests Avere cxpocted to cat
Avere dirty. This Avas too much for
Lord Chesterfield, and he soundly
rated tho Avalter.
"Every one must eat his peck of
dirt," tho latter coolly observed.
"True," Avas tho Instant retort, "but
110 one Is obliged to cnt It all at once."
EUCOUBACINC THRIfT.
A IhulncM Mnn AVIio llni l'ountl That It
I'nyn. '
"I always have confidence In peciplo
Avho save n little money out of their
salaries," paid a prominent Western
merchant, "and I do what I can to
encourage habits of thrift. I employ
about sevcnty-llvo clerks in my ostab
llshmcnt.to AVhom I pay Aveekly sala
ries ranging from 510 to .$40. Natur
ally enough more of them get tho for
mer than the latter amount, but they
arc none the less worthy on that ac
count. In tlio beginning, when I cm
ployed only two people, I lived pretty
close to them, nnd I knew Iioav thrift
less they could be Avhen they wero not
encouraged to bo otherAvlse. I have
discharged more clerks for thnt sort
of thing than for any other enuse.
They spent their salaries, largo or
small, as might be, lu a reckless fash
ion, aud let debt accumulate quite re
gardless of thf riglits of creditors. As
my business increnscd, and with It my
profits and my force of people, 1 be
gan to give the matter more study,
nnd In the end, AVhcn I felt nblc to be
of material assistance In encouraging
thrift nnd hones.y, I proposed n year
ly recognition ti those "who would
sua'o something out of their enlurlcs.
It was small at llrst, but Avas so suc
cessful that to-day I haven't n clerk
Avho has not some kind of a bank ac
count, aud not one .who wilfully re
fuses to pay "his debt. When Ave get a
uoav one Avho refuses to take adA'an
tage of the opportunities afforded Ave
let lit in go nt tho end of his tlrst year.
"My present plnn Is to double the
savings of all clerks avIio receive $10,
?12 and $15 a AA-cek; to add tAventy-llve
per cent, to all avIio recelvo from ?15
to $25, and ten for those oA'or $25. A
clerk on $15 a Avcek or under cannot
save much, but ns a rule that class of
clerks have no one to maintain but
themselves, nnd If one cannot saA'e
more than $25 out his year's labor, It
Is rather pleasant for lilm to get $25
clear profit. Those avIio receive the
larger amount) usually have families,
and their savings are not large, but
AvhatoA'er tht-y aro they are comforta
bly Increased. One of my $1200-a-year
clerks, Avlth a Avifo and Iaa'o smnll chil
dren, save $100 last year, and my
check for a hundred additional AA-as
deposited to his account tho day after
NeAV Year. A young Avoman In
charge of a department at $900 a year
has almost paid for a nice little cot
tage In tho suburbs out of her extra,
aud so the list runs on through every
branch of tho business. I make It a
condition thnt all current obligations
must bo mot nt the end of the year, so
that tho savings are actual not profit.
Every year some of the clcrka aro not
entitled to any cxtrii, but If this Is tho
result of sickness I assume n part or
all of tho doctor's bills. You may say
It costs .something for nio to do it, and
you aro right. But I have the best
class of clerks In tho city, and as a re
sult I haA'o tho best class of custom
In tho city, and I guess I don't lose
enough by It to necessitate an assign
ment nt an early date," and thojner
chant smiled Avlth very evident satis
faction. Washington Star.
Ilor KuowlctlRo of Chinese,
A young Avoman nt a Avatorlng place
this summer mnde n reputation as a
profound linguist In a rather odd man
ner. She called one day at n Chinese
laundry, where she hnd left u shirt
A-alst, but it could not bo found, ns
there AA'ns no entry In tho book of
hieroglyphs corresponding to her pink
slip. After a half hour's search tho
Chinaman found the entry. A mis
take had been made, the entry crossed
out and a neAv Eet of hieroglyphs in
tiny characters placed beloAV. She
Avas told that thnt Avaist would bo
laundered Immediately and she could
get It the next-day.
Tho next day the young woman
called for it, accompanied by three
other young AA'omen. At tho seashore
the excitement of n visit to tho Chi
nese laundry Is not to bo despised. The
Cllnamnn to Avhom the pink slip Avas
presented was not the lauiulryman of
tho day before and he experienced the
same dlfilculty in finding the identi
fying characters, finally saying, "Not
In book." Tho girl ansAvercd calmly,
"I can And it," and tlio Chinaman al
loAved her to take tlio book. Turning
the leaves until she came to one that
had an entry crossed out, Avlth another
lu tiny characters under It, sho handed
It to the Chluaninn. "There It Is," nnd,
to his surprise, ho found it.
"You only lady I knoAV splk Chi
nese," he said. And the other girls
looked upon her with adnilralion.
Kansas City World.
finved tho Chicken's Ufa.
Mrs. William Dltchfleld, of Upland,
has not studied medicine or surgery,
but sho has performed a surgical op
eration on u chicken nt her home and
tho chicken Is now living and Avell,
having entirely recovered.
Mrs. Dltchfleld prides herself on her
chickens. Tho other day one of them
Avas taken sick. After diagnosing the
tho case sho determined that If tho
chicken's Hfo AA'as to bo saved an op
eration Avas necessary. Accordingly
she whetted up a knifo and, screAVlug
up her courago to tho necessary notch,
sh cut open tho chicken's chiav and
thero found Imbedded In tho side a
small silver of bone. After much trou
ble she succeeded In removing It. Fin.
Ishlng tlio thing lu n stylo almost pro
fessional, sho neatly sowed up tho In
cision Avlth silk thread,
Tho chicken Is to-day running around
as lively ns any of tho brood. Mr.?,
Dltchfleld Is uoav looking for more
chickens Avlth bones lu their craws.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Canada has no crematory ns yet,
but bodies are occasionally sent for
cremntlon to Boston or Fresh Pond,
Loug Island. .Il
Wouldn't It look better If Jonn Bull
could take his defeats on the turf more
gracefully?
Those Immortals who wero left out
in tho cold should get up n Hall of
Fame of their own.
Every farmer should havo nn agri
cultural library, if only for tho influ
ence it Avould have upon tho boys nnd
girls In Increasing their Interest in tho
farm and tho duties upon It.
The most touching contribution to
tho nld of Galveston sufferers is $SJ,
donated by tho Inmates of the Dun
ning poor-house and Insane hospital,
Illinois. This sum represents tho sac
rifices of 2300 unfortunates, Avho gave
up 'smoking and other small luxuries
to SAvell the fund.
It Is n great pity thnt every attempt
to propagate tho blue Joint grass of
the Western prairies Is a total, failure.
Could it be placed on the list of tnmo
grasses It would bo a most valuable
addition. It avIH soon disappear entire
ly from the prairie section of tho West,
being uirablo to hold its own with the
blue grass In tho pastures and mead
ows. 1-"-'
French gallantry, of Into years said
to be banished from tho earth, seems
to have found nn abiding place lu tho
French courts. The Judgo avIio res
cues n distressed American heiress's
millions nnd restores them to the care
of her anxious family Is surely a beau
chevalier, though ho does not Avear a
sAVord and lake great pleasure to die
President Jones, of Hobart .College,
thinks that too much money is spent
nowadays In furnishing college under
graduates with enervating luxuries
aud not enough in paying fair salaries
to college professors. Tho professors,
he says, are sadly underpaid, but for
tho lads Avhom they teach and Avho
never pay tho cost of tho education
they aro getting, luxurious clubhouses
nro built nnd furnished, nnd a manner
of life made possible which Is unsultcd
to their years, and not conduelA'o to
profitable training.
Tho latest development of sclcuco
provides thnt ships can go to sea Avlth
frozen ammunition. A method of util
izing liquefied air on warships has
been discovered which avIH render tho
explosion of a magazine, even when
the ship Is in action, almost impossi
ble. Tho method Is to so placo tho
liquid air that It will freeze the nm
munlUon to several hundred decrees
below zero. In that condition It could
not explode, even If a shell should
burst lu the magazine. Wonders avIH
never cease.
Coast defense Is the most Important
topic dealt Avlth In the annual report
of Chief of Engineers Wilson. IIo
points out that tho Avar Avlth Spain
had the effect of hastening tho Avork
on the coast defenses to such an extent
thnt iioav, ten years after that long
neglected Avork avub tegun In jcarncst,
he is able to report thnt fifty per cent.
of tho Avork Is complete, TAVcnly-tlvc
of the principal harbors of tho United
Slates now have a suflicient number
of lienA-y guns nnd mortars in placo
to offer an cffectlA'c defense against
naA'al attack. Existing projects con
template the mounting of a great num
ber of additional guns.
Tho cost to consumers of tho anthra
cite coal strike calls attention to tho
benefits resulting lu England from the
Co-opcratiA'c Wholesale Society. This
society Is n federation of 1CM0 rotall
co-opcratlvo societies, representing
1,053,501 Individual members. By tho
operation of this society consumers
are onnbled to supply their Avauts at
a purely economic cost that Is, not
subject to tho penalties of "Jobs," com-
blues tho common tricks of trade that
affect prices under general conditions.
During the first thirty years of the
society's existence a profit Avas real
ized of($0,731,725, that went back Into
the pockets of tho consumers.
Vienna Is excited over great JoavoI
robberies that have deprived somo of
her finest dames of their 'gems. Not
long ago tho Avifo of a noblemnn
noticed avIiIIo at a- ball tlmt her dia
monds did not sparklo with nil the
brilliancy their cost demanded, nnd,
looking closely nt them, sho discoA'cred
thnt they avcio not diamonds at all,
but pasto gems of tho cheapest kind.
Sho made a great outcry, and all the
other Avomcn instinctively looked at
their JoAvels. Tho outcries beenmo
general. It seems thnt all tlio Avomeu
AVbo llvo In tho samo quarter of tho
dry discovered that their JoAvels had
been taken, and had been replaced by
cheap imitations. Tho Avork Is sup
posed to have. been done during tho
summer months. CSAii-M,
jood joads fofes
Aid tn Hurnl lllclitrnss.
-n -r EW YORK Avanls good roads.
X This fact has been demon
I I strated lu no uncertain wax
( by tho number of petitions
for road Improvements Avhlcli hnvo
Dcen presented since the passage of
the Hlghblc-Armstrong law. These
petitions Avere from all parts of tho
State, and speedily showed that tlio
appropriation of $50,000 for State nld
would not meet half tho demand.
In tho laAV are Incorporated the
most desirable features of the Stato
nld InAvs of other States, while tho
objecllonal ones have been eliminated.
The following notes of explanation
are by William W. Armstrong, avIio
Introduced raid helped to secure the
passage of the Iiiaw
Tho Hlghble-Armstroug Good Roads'
bill Is the result of several years of
hard Avork and earnest discussion, niul
from year to year has been nllcred.
ami modified to meet criticism nnd op
position. On account of the cliauges.
so mado from tlino to tlmo there
seems to be some confusion about (he
provisions of the act which avub finally
approved. An Intelligent considera
tion of the subject, therefore, requires
at the outset a brief statement of the
provisions of tho 1ha '
Tlio act provides that any board of
supervisors "may" adopt a resolution
declaring that public Interest demands
tho Improvement of a certain piece of
hlgliAvny not located lu a city or vil
lage, aud that upon a petition of tho
oAvuers of a majority of thojlneal
feet fronting upon such n highway It
"must" adopt such a resolution.
A copy of this resolution Is then to
bo Irnnsmltted to tho Stato Engineer,
avIio shall first determine whether the
pleco of hlgliAvny indicated is of suf-,
ilelcnt public Importance to receive.
State nld; If so, ho slinll map the hlgli
Avny, cause plans and specifications
for the Improvement nnd nn estimate
of the cost to be mnde, nnd transmit
copies thereof to tho Board of Super
visors. Tho Board of Supervisors,
with these facts and figures before
them; "may" then adopt a second reso
lution, declaring thnt such a hlgliAvay
slinll bo Improved, or 11 may refuse
to go any further with tho ninllcr If
It so chooses.
This plan Avas adopted nfler a most
careful consideration, so as to preserve
the principle of homo rule to tho coun
ties of tho State; so that no county
could bo compelled, If unwilling, to
Improve any portion or Its highway;
and so that no county should bo per
mitted to do so until it had all the
facts and figures before it.
If n county, therefore, desires merely,
to knoAV Iioav much It avIH cost to ltn
provo a .certain pleco of hlghwny, It
need oiily adopt tlio first resolution
nnd get tho plans and estlmnto tho
cost, Tree of ehnrge, Avlthout going nny
further. If it chooses, nfter nscer
tnlnlng tho cost, to adopt tho second
resolution, It may, but It cannot bo
compelled to do so.
If, however, the Board of Supervis
ors adopts the second resolution, It
must transmit a copy of It to the Stato
Engineer, avIio then advertises for bids
for tho Avork. If no responsible bid
Is mado Avlthln his estimate,, he must
make a iioav estlmnto nnd transmit it
to tho Board of Supervisors; and, If
tho Board .of Sunervlsors thou adonts
a' ucav resolution, based upon tho iioav
estimate, declaring that nevertheless
such highway Khali ,io improved, the
Stnto Engineer must advertise for bids
as before.
When a resnonslblo bid wllliln IiIr
estimate Is made the Stato Engineer
aAvniuis mo contract: but If tho town
or county desires to do the Avork Itself
it lias tho preference over nil bidders.
.n.,j jiiuviBiuu uiiuuic'H lucaillico 1mA-
lug scrapers and other appllnnccs for
Improving their roads to utilize thorn
In doing their oavii avoi-Ic under this
net, nnd so keep nil the money expend
ed nt home.
Each Board of Sunorviso I'M linn: tin.
dor tho general hlglnvay Iiiav, tho poav
or to elect a County Englueer. If It
has elected such an olllcer tho State
Engineer must net throiurh him. iiui
hns not ho must supcrvlso tho per-
lonnnnco or the contract himself.
When tlio work la comnloteil
drnAV a wnrrnnt upon the Stato Treas
urer ror one-fiair the cost of t in work.
and certify tho other half to tho Board
of Supervisors, AVhlch must levy thlr-ty-llvo
per cent, of tho avIioIo cost of
tlio Avork upon tho county. The other
fifteen per cent. Is payable lu one of
Iavo Avnys, namely: If tho lfnrmi r
Supervisors adopted tho llrst resolu
tion for tlio Imnrovcmont wlthntit n
petition from tho ndjolulng owners, the
nonru or minorv sors must low thn
fifteen per cent, upon tho town In
Avnicii tlio improved hlglnvay Is; but If
tho first resolution avus adopted after
such a petition, tho Hoard of Super
visors must cause tho Town Assessors
to levy tho fifteen per cent, upon the
property oAvnet-H on the Improved high
way. Such, In brief. Is tho nlnn wliloh lm
finally been approved by the Legisla
ture for affordlnir aid In tho Iminovn.
nient of rural highways. Ncav York
Journal,
. Vnluo of flood Itnmls,
It has been figured out lu New Jer
sey that land vnlues tend to rise
thirty per cent, lu vnlilo whornvpi-
good roads aro Introduced, Irrespective
or oiner natural bonellts. They nro
Invarlnbly tlio forerunners of other Im
provements, such us tho electric rail.
Avnys, freo mall delivery, Increased do-
inanti ror country residences and so
on. They crente far creator snclnl
unity, thoy spread iutelliccnco. ihov
gtvo to tho isolated citizen n political
significance not otherwise attainable,
. S STOOD 'BY' HIS bargain; .1
Tho-CtiArlntv8rcniAil.ntUIPUai(lrtUnt,Il6'.
Wis TVHllnj; to Usp It.
' "It's a hard life," declared the old
circus man, according lb the betrolt
.Free Tress, "'and I alAvnys say at tho
close of every season thnt I. am
through with It. But there Is some
thing In the life, the smell of the suav
dust ling, tho gllltor nnd noise, the
changing xccne, that appeals to n man
avIio has pnee heen hi the buplnoss, and
It Is seldom thnt one leaves the lift.
ultll denth steps In. There' is a good
deal of humor In tho business, too, ns
vn nl'ti 1iii.lit l,tti . ...111. Mfl
Borts and conditions of men.
"I am reminded of a funny thing
that happened to mo n' g'ootl many
yenrs ngo Avhen such u thing as moving,
h circus bv rail .was not thniiL'lu nr.
)t Avns part of my Avork nt llmt tlmo
to drive our" great $10,000 chariot, ndh
only in tho pnradc, but belAveen towns .
as well, What .little sleep I got I had
to catch hero nnd there on 'my scat
Avhlle avo Avere on our Avay to another
town. Olio night my doze turned Into
h found sleep,, and when I awoke I dhj .
covered tnnt, uic team, left without n
driver, had turned Into a farmyard
and come to a atop before tr haystack1,
Avhorc they Avere quietly eating. Whllo
I was .rubbing ,my eyes and, trying to
grasp the, situation the old man who
owned the hay Came out Avhc'rb I AA'ns
and AA-nlkcd around tho clmrlot' aud "
looked It OA'cr with n critical. eye.., .
" 'Well,' said I, with a grhi, Jwbnt ,
do you think of It?' --.
'"Oosh said he, 'ain't hit Tcat a
trlllo bit gaudy?' r. i,-.
"'Wc)l, what dp, you. expect?'., said
I, Indignantly, nt, this Implied reflec
tion upon the g'rcnl moinl'Bhow tllnt
I represented.
'"Well, I suppqbo hit Is nil. right,
answered the old man, doubtfully, as
lio looked It oyer onco more. 4I or
dered hit, and 'I'll stand by liiy"bar
gain. Hit ceeins ter me thnt hit is
Jcs' ,n Jilt loud, But 1 suppose I nln't..
used Uy city Avays.'
"It Avaa uoav my turn to be surprised,
and I AA'iis'about to nsk hlnv Avhat lio"
Avas driving at, Avhen he ntldcd .thntfl
might as Avell unhitch, ns the ,f uncrnl-
wouldn't be until tAVo lu the ritter
noon, "Then there Avere explanations nil
nrouud. It seems thnt the old man's
wife had died, and ho had sent to (lie
nenrest city for a funeral car, and had
mistaken our great $10,000 chariot for.
It. Therp had hecil a good dealt of,
rivalry In the nclghbornood' n regard
to funerals, and the o'd man lind mnde
up his mind (o outshlno them all, nnd
I think he Avas, .disappointed lu the end
Avlien ho discovered that ho hnd beeii
mistaken."
WORDS' OF WISDOM,',. , .
A godd conscience Is to life soul
Avhat health la -to the body.. It pre?
serves a constant et.se and serenity
within us, nnd mpro than countervails
nil the cnlnniltlen'nrid nilllctloiis vhlch
enn possibly befall ns. ;
To meditate dally, ta pray dally,
seems a nicaiia lndlspensnblo for
breaking this surface crusl of form
ality, lmblt, rpullne, Avhlcli hldefr-tho'
living springs of Avlsdom. '
Never bo discouraged by trifles. 1'C
a spider breaks his: thread . twenty
limes, ho will mend It ns ninny., Per
severance and patience avIH n:eoni
plish Wonders.' ' '
To cominlSornk' Is soinethlng"mor( '
than to give, for money Is external
to a man's self; but he who bestowu
compnsQloii' communicates Ills ' own
soul. i. .
Desp.so n6t any mnn, and' do not
spurn anything For there Is no .man
that hath not his hour,, nor ,1s , thero
nnythliig that hath not Its placo. ,
More ideals, uusccurcd .by deeds, nro-
lko unfrnmed pictures. They do not.
long retain their freshness nuil Avllolc-
ness nhd benuly. ' ' ' rjj
Generosity, to deserve1 the name,'
comprises tho desirQ and tho effort to,
benefit others., without reference o,.
self. . ,
Tlio loveliest, things in life arc but
shndoAVs, and they .come nnd go, and
chaugo 'nrid fitdo hway ns rapidly. -
An avoAvnl of poverty Is h dlsgrnco
to no hiauj to make no effort to cscapo
rrom it is indeed disgraceful.
Ii friendship, as In, Ipa'.c, avc nro
often happier, through our Ignornncp
thnti our linoAVledge. ' ' 1
Nothing con bo further nnftr't tlmn
true humility and servility.
Culmii JCiirIIbIi,
Many of Ihb'vJsItlng Onbaii teachers
during their -stily in tills country
picked up a few Avords and phraseu of
English, the mcnnlng of Avhleh they
hardly understood, Near the U,nlvcr:
sity of Pennsylvania a coal cart driv
er, who avhs standing beside his team,
started a conversation with a stout
Cuban Scnor, .says the Philadelphia
lloonnl. ' '' " ' '' ''. '
"So yb'u'ro n Cuban, 'are you?'" ho
asked, 1
"Sure," avhs the rather slnngy reply.
"You Hko.thlH country?" , .
"All right."
"Wero you torn In Cuba?" ' "
"Sure." ' ' ""u
"HoW'Old'aro you?'! 'u rj
"All right.". .!.).'
This ended tho conversation., as tho
coalcart driver apparently felt that
his Avoll-ineant efforts Avere not ade
quately rowarded. 1
i 1 1 1 ' 1 1 !
Hwi l'olltu I'liyshlHii.
A lady of literary famo once re
quested Dr. Bell, tho celebrated medl-
cal writer, to call at her house. '"Bo
suro you recollect the addrest,," sho
said as slid quitted the room, "No. 1
Chesterfield street." "Madam," enld
the doctor, "I inn too great an ndirilror
of pollt'mcss not to remember Chester
field, and, I fear, too. selfish ever to
forget Number One." Argounut. ,
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