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DON'T LEAVE THE OLD HOME Yea. Bill. I've thoupht about the schema . That you proposed last nitrht. And. speaking plain, it doesn't seem To me the least bit right: Sometimes we have to work. It's trot, When we would rather play, Uut that's no cause. In reason' view. Why wo should run away. There ' neither cruelty ncr need To drive us from our homes. For love In every thoupht and deed To our lot daily comes; And I the sentiment believe . iij Longfellow expressed In poem mother read last eve "To stay at home Is best." We've books and Nature's papes, too. Prom which to prow in mind. And in the healthful work ve do We'll strength of body und: And what sweet consciousness we wla To rlchen memory's store,. By doing earnest duty in ..The sphere God meant ua fort The time may ripen. Bill, when we With "Godspeeds" from our own Mar go forth in the world tc see If we the strength have grown To work our way to helphts of fames But till that day has come. Let us cominue still tc claim The cheer and love of home. Let's brighten for the old folks. Bill, The days of their decline. And whi'e we their life's measure fUl With Jov- brim yours and mine, . " And i'to busy haunts o' men In future days we roam. i flood of lauchintr sunshine then Will link our hearts with home. A Wade Whipple, in Pittsburgh Dispatch. A RACE FOR LIFE. BY A. TENDER FOOTE. Late in the autumn of 1SS3 I, with three classmates of the Sohool of JImes, invested in the lease of some raining' property in Colorado. We were young and inexperienced in 'busi ness matters, so that the financial part of the venture was rather unsk'llfully managed. Almost all the money we could raise was put into the necessary plant. Before the snow stopped operations we had on the heap many tons of val uable ore. The depth of the snow, however, prevented -its shipment to Pueblo for smelting-, and we were obliged to lay off the miners, ovyng them at the time over a month's wages. I made a hurried trip to New York to see if additional funds could be raised by two of the partners living in that city; but I was unsuccessful. On mv return I -eacked the little vil lage of Mater, some four thousand feet below the mine, where I was told by Reynolds, the other partner, that there were rumblings of an approaching storm among the idle miners about thirty in number. We determined that we would go to the mine and talk over the state of af fairs with the men. Unfortunately, it bad been rumored that I had brought back with me a large sum of money which I had deposited in the local bank. Soon after reaching our snow-cov ered cabin and making a fire for the temperature was twenty degrees be low zero the door was thrust open and three sullen-looking men, who had evidently been drinking heavily, stalked in. They wanted to know as a commit tee of the miners what we proposed to do a tout payiufc' the wages due them. "We were armed. And we knew that they were. I replied that 1 had been unsuccess ful in mv lourner east and had re turned to ask them to wait for the opening of the spring so that the ore could be realized on. The spokesman interrupted angrily: "You lie! We ain't no fools. We know you've got five thousand dollars in the bank at Mater, and we propose to have our money and have it now I" I said 1 would willingly sign a blank check and allow them to fill in any amount thev wished and let them see If they could get it cashed. The chairman of the committee called me to the little window of the cabin and pointing to a tree in the fore ground, said: "Chambers, do you see that ar tree thar?" I nodded. "Well," he answered, "If at the end of three days yon don't have the money here to pay us, we'll swing you from that lowest limb. And you don't leave this cabin, nuther. One of us and hia pun will be outside .the door all the time. Write this telegram: 'If you don't send three thousand dollars in three days, they'll hang me. Sign it. I protested that I knew no one to oend it to; but concluded that it would be wise to temporize and do as they wished, and I wrote and signed the message, directing- it to my brother in 2Jev York. They then left, placing one of their number on g-card. An hour passed by and the almost perishing man came in. saying that he would stay inside and watch there. Reynolds and L, after long delibera tion, concluded to offer our individual notes to the men, payable at thirty days. We were escorted to the engine house, and, after some further parley ing, the men consented to accept and to escort us under a guard of two to the village below to ret the needed blank. II ow well I remember our walk down the mountain side. over the snow trail. in Indian file Reynolds and I ahead and the two guards behind. The moon was shining at the full, and from the distance, adding a strange, uncanny feeling to our already overwrought nerves, came the cries or the puma the mountain lion. It was nine o'clock when we reached Maler and obtained the notes from the banker. We had taken a light supper of un warmed canned meat only and were quite exhausted from tl cold on our walk down. Retiring to tie little office we owned in the village, we made out our promises to pay and gave them to the g-uard, who, notwith standing, maintained his careful watch. While sitting there, half frozen and discussing our position, two of the liners came in. They were the Mai- eolm brothers, both men of superior i education and retirement They said I to us, in a low tone, fearing to beover heard by the watcher outside: Boys, although you have given these notes, you will still be prisoners. We have faith in you and believe yoa are square; but this is no place for you, and you iughT- to leave this camp and as qnokly as possible. The fel lows mean what they say and are bad men. They will stop at nothing to get their money; in fact they will tbink no more of hanging you than of smoking their evening pipes. Xow, we will do anything ia our power to serve you; anu there are four more of us of the same kind. Command us!" We told them how deeply we ap preciated their loyalty to us and asked what they and we could do so that we might leave the camp. They replied: "The train leaves the station at seven o'clock, a mile and a half below here, as you know. We will bring four horses here at 6:45. Be sure to be ready to start immediately. Get up quietly at 6ix and put on only your mining clothes. Do not think of wash- irg or do anything to attract the atten tion of the guard." I said 1 would see that they and their mates were paid in full as soon as I reached New York: and we prom ised to be ready for them in the morn ing. Little did we sleep that night. Be fore throwing ourselves on the cots in the rear office I looked out on the peaceful, moonlit scene, and there, pacing up and down, was the faithful sentinel doing his best to keep warm. The sentries relieved each other every half hour. And so the night grew old and we were full of fears for the morn ing. iTomptly, as may be imagined, we quietly dresst-d and were ready and waiting for our faithful friends. Four horses were suddenly brought to a stand at the office door. The elder Malcolm dismounting, rushed in, say ing: Now, boys, quick and be ready to shoot if necessary." We jumped ou two of the horses the Malcolm brothers on the others and leaving two of the trusty ones to take care of the "held-up" guards, we galloped for our lives in the early morning. Reynolds was ahead and his horse threw the frozen particles of ice and snow all over me, piercing me with a cold never felt before. During the night the thermometer had fallen an other ten degrees. The noise made by the men and horses at that early hour had brought out others of the disgruntled who had lived in the village since the shut down; and we knew it would not be long before they secured other horses and followed us. We reached the station at 6:55 and asked, nay, implored the conductor to pull out immediately. W e explained the urgent reason for his doing so; but he 6aid no power on earth would make him start before his scheduled time. To our excite!! imaginations the five minutes seemed like as many hours. At last the final second had gone and he signaled his engineer. The next station was eight miles away, at whicn a stop oi ten minnies was to be made. As we pulled out through the woods a mile beyond Mater we could see, only two hundred vnrds away, eight furious miners urg ing their horses with whips and oaths. cm, on, on: We pulled away from them ani reached Fairfax on time. There again. the wait was as long as indicated on the local time-sheet; nnd altkosgii the conductor had already seen our need, no instant of the time was given ua When we started for the next station. twenty miles down the valley, we could see in the distance the same body of men just appearing on the top of a rise in .the road half a mile to our rear. When they saw our train had start ed they gradually slowed up. Baffled! Illustrated American. THE MOORISH MERCHANT. Ba Plays a Little Trick on Hia Mercenary Relatives. A merchant sailed over the sea to a distant country, where he made a rge fortune by his industry and cleverness. Many years after he returned home When he landed he heard that his relations had met to dine at a neigh boring country house. He hurried there-, and did not even wait to change his clothes, which had got somewhat damaged on the voyage. When he entered the room where hit relations were assempled they did not seem very glad to see him. because they thought that his shabby clothes proved that he was not very rich. A young Moor, whom he brought with him, was angry at their want of feel ing, and said: "Those are bad men, for they do not rejoice at seeing their relation, after his long absence." "Wait a moment," said the merchant in a whisper, "they will soon change their manner." He put a ring which he had in his pocket on his finger, and behold all the faces brightened, and they pressed round dear Cousin William. Some shook hands with him, others embraced him, and all contended for the honor of taking him home. "Has the ring bewitched them?" asked the Moor. "Oh, no," said the merchant, "but they guess by it that I am vich, and that has more power over them than anything else." "Oh. you blind men!" then exclaimed the Moor, it is not the ring that be wiched you, but the love of money. How is It possible that you can value yellow metal and transparent stones more highly than my master, wbo ia such a noble man?" "Wealth Sxaketh many friends, but the poor is separated from hia neigh bor." Philadelphia Press. iJIstress "Goodness, Bridget, 'o whom are yon writing in those Im mense letters?" Briiiget "To me ai tpr m n m - shta I a f an HnmK"-Ian j per's Bazar. STEVE ELK1NS AGAIN. Barrions Henchman A pain In the I'o- litical Procession. Not all eyes, but many eyes, es pecially many republican eyes, are turned toward West Virginia. A re publican legislature has been elected, and "Hon." Steve Eikins, lately of New Mexico, Missouri, and more recently of Broadway, is a candidate for United States senator. His friend Edwards, a member-elect of the legislature, is a candidate for speaker of that body, and the plan is, according to the best advices, to make Edwards speaker, then elect Eikins senator, and then when the time comes for Mr. Faulkner to retire to make Edwards the other senator. Of course there are a number of ambitious aspirants for the first United States senatorship, the one to take the place of Mr. Camden, who was so much disfigured in the sugar trust investigation, who have announced themselves. Hon. Nathan Goff, ex-secretary of the navy and now a United States district judge, is a candidate without so many preten sions, but perhaps with the best chance of all to be elected. He was chosen governor of West Virginia, as the republicans of that state firmly be lieve, once upon occasion, and is prob ably deepest in the hearts of his party. Mr. Eikins has much in his favor. He and his father-in-law. Henry G. Davis, and his old-time star route partner and business Louis, have in vested other people's money, and pos sibly some money of their own, in de- veloping the timber and coal lands of , i l rri l . t : 1 est lrgima. J. uey nave uuih a railroad or two and some handsome residences, , for Mr. Eikins' palatial home at Eikins, a town on his own railroad and named after himself, is said to be worth two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, though I be lieve it is returned to the tax gatherer as worth but twenty-five thousand dollars. But the Eikins, Davis and Kerens combination, with which sen ators like dorman and Brice are thought to have more or less close aflil iations, has spent money, einploj-ei large numbers of men. helped to de velop the state, and, of course, estal- lished itself pretty firmly in politics. Mr. Eikins understands how powerful the fugacious dollar is. He helped Blaine make monev, in some of these same West Virginia enterprises in fact, and Blaine liked him for it. He in vested money in Russell Harrison's Montana Cattle company and lost it if it was bis own, and Mr. Harrison is said to be the real reason why Mr. Eikins was made secretary of war. and for the reason, too, that lie pre tended to be able to head off the Blaine presidential movement. But with the power ot money in est lrginia there also comes a weakness to Mr. hikins. mis is caused by his use of money also. He said several years ago, in one of the presidential campaigns, I think, that it was easy enough to carry West Vir ginia; it was only a matter of the use of money. And this statement the democrats posted in big black letters all over the state, and it was very handful to the republican campaign. ! So, man' of the old-time republicans look upon Mr. Eikins as a carpet I bagger and they will have nothing o him. It is thought to be true that the numerous aspirants for the senator- ship are all intending to help Judge Nathan Goff get the prize when the time comes. The republican managers in the state have been willing enough to use Mr. Eikins' money, or the money of others which he has been able to collect; but they hardly feel like pass ing Mr. Goff by for this newcomer. However, the ex-secretary of war has practiced before every court in the country, business, social, political, if not judicial, and he is unusually nimble and. as his friends say, he has such a taking way with him, seeming to be the friend of everybody. It is thought that Mr. Eikins, if he came to the senate, would not allow his public duties to interfere with his private business. He could conduct that just the same, and even if he were not to continue to make money he could probably get along comfortably. being considered bv most people to be worth two million dollars, though the estimate in the mountains of West Virginia is eight million dollars. The ex-secretarv is most familiar to old habitues of Washington as "counsel in large cases before the departments or congress. It is said that he had stake of one hundred thousand dollars in the fur seal contract awarded by Mr. Windom. That may have been a mere exaggeration by persons who failed to get the contract. It is also said thit he came to Washington dur ing the progress of sugar legislation last winter to see that the republicans were nicely kept in line, and it was known that he was here and much in terested in the topic It is hardly likely that he was in charge of the re publican end of the thing. In the first place, nobody was in charge of it much, and Mr. Eikins would hardlv be the man whom the sugar trust people would select. If Mr. Harrison's ex-secretary came to the senate he could take his same interest as formerly in the political management of the republican party Ile could collect funds for use in West Virginia or for the general use of the committee. It is related that he and one of his friends secured each a cam paign subscription of twenty-five thou sand dollars on the supposition that a valuable contract which the war de partment was able to give out could be influenced to come their way by this liberality in each of the two dif ferent directions, that is to say. But it turned out to be necessary that a i third bidder should get the contract: whereupon the other two threatened to sne the secretary of war and his friend, and make a thorough exposure of the game unless the money was given back to them, which, the story concludes, was done. It is well known that Thomas Dolan, of Philadelphia, the chairman of the finance committee j of the last republican national com j mittee, had great trouble in inducing 1 Mr. Eikins to give up a subscription of twenty-five thousand dollars which he had collected for the committee and was intending to divert to the uses of the West Virginia committee or of himself in the campaign there or else where. Mr. Eikins is said to be .for the re- nomination of Mr. Harrison for presi dent, and he is helping along his can didate, as some of the republican pa nel's daily charge, by throwing bricks at Gov. McKinlev. If Mr. Elktns is for Gen. Harrison, that is very impor tant to the cause of Mr. Harrison. He knows everybody, and by reason of his wealth, as well as his acquaintance ship, is a good man in convention. He used to help Blaine in older times, but finally lost his confidence, even before he deserted him for Harrison. Chi cago Times. NO MORE CALAMITY HOWL The Sudden Disappearance of Republican Hard Times Wallers. Some time before election Oliver & Co., of Pittsburgh, were engaged in the erection of a one-million dollar tinplate mill. The foundation had been laid, contracts had been let and workmen were busy on the immense structure. The great enterprise was referred to as indicating the revival of business, the restored confidence of capital and the awakening of indus trial operations. It is a big undertak ing, and special significance attached to the fact that it was made immedi ately upon the adoption of a "ruinous free trade policy," as the calamity howlers were wont to designate the tariff legislation perfected by the pres ent congress. Now these wailers and political claquers appear in an entirely differ ent role. A republican victory changes the whole face oi events. To them the future is rose-tinted and touched with the light of hope. They have gone from the depths of despondency to the extreme heights of rejoicing. As illustrative of this, a Pittsburgh cor respondent has been industriously circulating a revised story of what Oliver & Co. are doing, and as to the reasons in which thev found justifica tion for so large an expenditure of money. Without apparent apprecia tion of the humor of the thing, he announces that the republican victory is what assures the completion of the I new plant. It was projected before the election and while the new tariff bill was pending in congress; thou sands of dollars were expended and the corporation obligated itself to the extent of the entire cost of construc tion, and now the country is gravely informed that the mill will be erected lecause the republicans were success ful on November 0. Oliver & Co. have for years done a business amounting to millions an- nuall3'. They have never followed the dictates of sentiment or changed their 1 plans in deference to ill-omened calamity shouters. They know that it will be impossible to change exist ing tariff legislation before the sum mer of lh9T, and that if done then it must be by a congress committed to at least some of the heresies of McKin leyism. Yet we are Informed that these careless, not to say reckless. business men are willing to risk one million dollars upon the extremely re mote contingency that some years hence the Wilson bill may be repealed to make way for such legislation as the country has declared twice, in manner unmistakable, tbift it will not have. The correspondent with his repub lican victory theory only succeeds in making ridiculous the oause which he seeks to advance. Under the new law the tin-plate industry has all the protection that it needs, and there could be no more conclusive proof of the fact than in the enterprise con ceived and put in motion before the republican-victory dodge was available. The plain fact is that by repealing the McKinley duty on block tin the new tariff law confers a great boon upon the domestic manufactur ers of tin plate, as it does upon all other consumers of raw material in the production of manufactured arti cles for the markets of the world. Those who but a few days ago could see nothing but want and discourage ment confronting the entire country, have suddenly grasped the fact that prosperity is returning, and like the Pittsburgh correspondent they credit it all to the republican victory. Let the good times return and the people can be relied upon to discover what wrought the welcome change. De troit Free Press. PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS. Democrats may be a little dis couraged now, but not so much so that a few of Czar Reed's old-time speeches will not get them back into a fighting humor. And as everybody knows, a fighting humor means a win ning humor with democrats. . Y. World. Benjamin Harrison says he has no words to express his sentiments about the recent elections. If asked, however, as to whether he knows a likely republican presidential candi date for 1896 even modesty would not prevent his making ample reply. Chi cago Herald. Democracy again has a golden opportunity to display the wonderful recuperative power for which it has long been distinguished. It has taken more kinds of whippings than any other kind of political organization in existence, but never has lost faith in the justice of its cause or in its ulti mate triumph. Detroit Free Iress. The republican party, having flooded the country with a paper and silver currency, which is kept at a parity with gold only by resort to bor rowing and increasing the public debt, it requires unbounded gall on the part of republican organs to inveigh against the efforts of the democratic adminis tration to protect the public credit. But the organs are equal to the task. The issues of bonds are denounced as a wanton speculation in the interest of the banks. This course of criticism is on a par with the recent effort to prolong- the period of business dis tress in the hope to reap partisan ad vantage thereby. Philadelphia .Record. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. A MODETN MIRACLE. This ia the Jar of majol ica ware That stood on the shelf. In the pantry there. Containing a full and abundant share Of luscious berry Jam. Bat a change came ove the jar. 'tis said. It was no longer itself; In stead It somewhat resembled a human head This jar of berry Jam. And the people gathered from miles to see. And the wise men argued and couldn t agree How such a wonderful thing could be In a jar of berry jam. Be they wondered and marveled and stood aghast; No matter.the thing was resolving fast. And this is the way It appeared at last The vessel that held the jam! S. Q. Larrua PHYSICAL TRAINING. Bow a Number qf Boys Can Perform a . Bon Pjrsmld. The following description of a pyra mid performed by an English class of bovs was published in the Gymnast aivi Athletic Review, and will be found well worth trying: "The horse is without pommels, the end of the buck in contact with the side of the horse at the saddle. Posi tions indicated A they appear when facing the side of the horse on which the buck stands. "One headstand, head on buck, hands on horse, elbows well turned out. "Two headstands on ground opposite the end of the horse. "Two boys standing on ground at ends of horse facing- out and raising legs of two front leaning rests, hands on ends of horse, feet supported as above. "Two boys in lunge position, foot oi advanced lee resting on shoulder of leaning rest, foot o'f other leg on the arm of the headstand (as near the arm pit as possible). 'Two boys kneeling on one knee in front, and 6lightly to one side of the buck (inside knee raised). "Two boys in front leaning rest, hands on raised knee, feet on buck. "At the command: 'Into position march.' "One headstand Etands on ground on far Eide of horse, hands on saddle. "Two headstands stand opposite ends of horse facing in. "Two boys standing- on ground stand opposite end&jof horse facing cut. "Two front leaning rests stand oppo site ends of horse facing in. "Two Tciieelers i one knee stand in front of the buck facing forward. "Two leaning rests on kneelers stand behind above. "Two lungers on headstand and leaning rest stand on far side of horse facing in (opposite neck and croup). "At one. Lungers squat to stand on croup and neck. Kneelers en one knee down. "At two. Boys standing on ground raise front leaning rests. Leaning rests on buck and kneelers on one knee in position. Headstand on buck Aid horse up. "At three. Headstands on Boor up. Lungers on headstands and leaning rests up (grasping ankle ef headstand. putting the advanced foot on shoulder of leaning rest, and the other foot on arm of headstand, keeping most of the weight on leaning rests). "At four. Lungers down to stand on horse, headstands on floor down, lean ing rests on buck, and kneelers down. "At five. Lungers lump to ground, front leaning rests on horse down, kneelers and one knee rise, headstand on horse and buck head roll off over buck. " "This pyramid may be varied by sub stituting handstands on neck and croup for front leaning rests, in which case the lungers would come to straddle stand, inside foot on head- stands arm and outside foot on head of handstand, inside hand grasping ankle of headstand and outside hand that of handstand. "The far side of the horse may be filled up with leaning rests (hands on floor, feet on croup and neck, or head stands, handstands, etc., according- to the number of men for which the pyramid is re-quired). The Original Lord Fauntleroy. Tommy Eus&ell, the boy actor, who delighted so many people by his rendi tion of the part of "Little Lord Faunt leroy," is now quite a big boy. He has left tho stage forever, he declares, and is now at school studying- electrical en gineering. Another "Little Lord Fatmtleroy" was Elsie Leslie. She has left the stage, but only temporarily. Elsie expects to make her debut as a woman actress when she is "grown up. ITlien Tasks Are Hard. When tasks are hard Dont sari "I can't," and sigh and shirk! Bat sayi "I'll try." and go to work. fAea tasks are hard. Youth's Com pan loa fit y THE GARDEN BIRD. Bis Bens for tho Beautiful Is RcmarksMf Well Developed. In New Guinea there is a bird which not only builds a house but has a gar den, too. He is known by the name of garden bird. When he is going to build, the gar den bird first looks for a.level spot of ground which has a shrub in the cen ter. Then he covers the bottom of the stem of this shrub with a heap of moss. Next he brings small green twigs from other plants; these he sticks in the gTound so that they lean against hia shrub. On one side he leaves a place' open for the door. The twigs keep on growing so that his little cavern is like a bower. Last of all, in front of the door, the bird makes a lawn of moss. Upon tfr lawn he scatters purple berries and THE 6AKDES BIBB. pink flowers, and these he always! keeps fresh. He is about as large as a thrush or; black bird. His head, his back, hia, wings and tail are brown, and beneath, he is greenish-red. W. II. IL Camp bell, in Our Little Ones. FIGHT IN THE JUNGLE. A. Bear Struggling for Bis Lit with asa Enormous Serpent. How the denizens of East Indian, jungles settle their differences has been' told by an eyewitness. A huntings party was attracted by a succession of roars of rage and pain, and a prolonged; hissing, like the rusfc of escaping steam. I They hurried to the spot and saw a- jungle bear fighting for his life with an enormous serpent. The snake had, wound its giant folds around the bear.j which dashed itself from sdde to side,; and rolled over and over on the ground; in frenzied endeavor to -get free, roar- ing and snapping its jaws like castanets' at the serpent's folds. It was unable to reach them, however, owing- to the, way in which they were constricted, about its body.' In this way they struggled until they reached the edgai of the incline, down which the bear threw himself with a speed that dis- concerted the serpent, for it unwound; a couple of folds and threw its tauj around a tree, evidently with the in-4 tention of anchoring itself and prevent"! ing the unpleasant consequences of a! rapid tumble down hilL This appeared like admirable strategy, but it resulted, in the serpent's undoing. The rigid: line of tail, straightened out from thai tree to the bear's body, gave the infuri- ated beast a chance to seize hold of its assailant. He promptly accepted, the chance, and, with a tremendous effort turned and fastened his powerful jaws' in the snake's quivering flesh. After this the issue was never in doubt. Thei snake tried to get away, but the bear held on grimly, until the serpent was nothing but an inert mass. A Bear's Affection for Ber Cuba. ' 1 During an exploring expedition in "the Arctic regions, some years ago, th men spent considerable time hunting polar bears. One day a party in an! open boat saw a big bear with two cnba on the ice not far distant. As the boat! drew near, the sailors threw them! great lumps of walrus flesh, and theseJ the old bear divided among her cubs. reserving only a small portion for her self. Then, while all three were feed ing in a bunch, the sailors fired, in stantly killing the cubs and severely -, . , T . J , , . il wounaing tne aam. xi aciu&iiy excitecc pity to see her behavior. Ihougn. fatally wounded, she tore another lump of meat in pieces and laid it be fore the cubs. W ken she found they! would not eat, she tried to raise themi up, all the while moaning piteously.j The men fired another volley, and them she fell between her cubs, and died, Uniting their wounds. ' Elephants Delight in Finery. Elephants are passionately fond of; finery, and delight to be arrayed in! gorgeous trappings. An amusing in stance of elephantine pride is narrated! by Sir Samuel Baker. The elephant! which usually led the state procession! of a rajah being sick, the magnificent trappings were placed on one which; had, up to that time, occupied only m subordinate place. The animal, de lighted with its finery, showed its glee by so many little squeaks and kicks of pleasure that it attracted general at tention. Not long after, another state procession was formed, and, tho previ ous wearer of the gold clothes being re stored to health, took his accustomed place and trappings, when tho now de graded elephant, imagining-, perhaps, that he was being defrauded of his pro motion, was, with gTeat difficulty, re strained from attacking the leader of the parade. A Believer. "Do you believe in this talk about discovering a man's character from hia handwriting?" "I do." replied Mr. Hasbin Swift, with a sigh. "Ever know of its being tried?" "Yes. And with fatal efficacy. The experiment is most successful when the handwriting is read aloud in court. - Washington Star. Short at the Top. J She Well, Jack, how do yon like my coming-out dress? ; He It's very appropriate. j Che What do yon mean ly that? C Be Well, you seem to he coming out ef It. Judge.