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v I-1 ?Iattsmoutlr journal C V. SUIIKMAN, Fublltlirr. rLATXSMOUTII. i : NEBRASKA. WHEN I SHALL MEET MY YOUTH. Sometime I know not how nor when -This weary road I Journey on Will lead thro lands that I have known. And I shall meet my youth aaln Thro" seme old wood my childhood knew The road, at lenjrth. will brins to Tiew A cctture In a lowly plea. Where I shall meet my youth ajraln. Where I shall erect beside the jjate A hoy whose uaforjrottca face "Will me with Its tender prac Of artless life and love elate Mv soul will pparkle in his care The while his sunburnt hanl I rat Apalnst tny Ujx in silence, then. When 1 shj.ll meet my youth aain. And yet the lad of whom I Cream Mar know trie cot, for I Khali b To h.ra a ('.eep'niuj mystery Of tfcintrs that art and thiuffs that seem; iTozn these old scars of time and toil ULs heart, albeit, may recoil. As children's ota do from men. When I shall meet my youth aaia. iut he shall kjiow me. at the last. jnd creep into my nrms. and weep. As I shall lull his lid to slerp tYita tone of the ch-n-ret p;st; And ere tho momlmj breaks upra Us twain, our s uls shall be a one. And tia.e shall breathe a soft ' amen, hen I hai! meet my youth again. -Jamr N. il-utes.ln Indiana; clis Journal ON HER WEDDING DAY. It was a quiet, wedding no show, no fuss, no fiurrt. but just unostenta tious and decorous, as best beseems the ceremony. No carriage ereo. Ouly a step separated Den Yarley's cottacc from the church, and old lien, with his daughter, the bride, and her rousin, Kate Fletcher, had walked the distance. Dick Ford and his "lest man." Hue ben Gremc, in likewise reached the ancient, lichened edifice. The little building was well-nigh full of interested tisherfolk, a state of re pletion which the rector's most Teamed sermons failed to bring1 about on Sundays. Various ejaculations tittered in wouid-be undertones 'Iesn her laik bonnie?" "She's paler nor I like to see." "Gray suits her. it do" from the women, with sundry sniggerings and rib-diggings on the part of the men. marked the passage of the "happy pair as, leav ing" the church, they trod the leaf strewn path of the churchyard. "JCh. but he's forfeit' to pet sich a winsome youu? woman." said Miss Mitchell, an elderly spinster. "She coan knows what she's ventur in on. replied Mrs. Hogan. whoe husband vas reckoned the most hen pecked man in Port St- Ilede- "The troubles, the worrits o men folk's enow to drive a body crazy. Oh. I know it. Miss Mitchell, nobody better." shaking her head dolefully. 'liuii luck go wi' ye. Mrs. Ford." thorused the women, and "May ye lver be blithe. Dick," shouted the men. Dick smiled a id raided his hat awk wardly it teing the first time he had ever donned a silk hat. he did not feel at home in it while Ilsther clung more tightly to his arm as the good wishes thronged in on every side. Pride and Lri .ie groom came first, of course; Uube Graeme linked next with Kate; then followed, in straggling order. Old In and Dick's father his mother, ike Father's, had long been at rest be neath the shade of the church tower I Job Varies, 11a! ph Tbwaites. with Mrs. Thw&ites, Simon Hawker and wife. En 3 r friends who had been in vited to celebrate the event. And so the l.ttle tran wended down to the Irawlera inn. in the b.g upstairs room of v.h'ch the wedding breakfast was spread. The weather since early morn hail ben x:orse the best: a iempt-st hovered in the air. The elms in the church yard creaked and bent their tops, al though no wind was astir; the hash that pre;aged th? coming storm was painful in its brooding stillness. The long-drawn roar of the ocean smote the ears of the wedding party as thjy left the church; from the hill the waves could be seen breaking far out to sea. overleaping and licking the Fork rrcks like angry tongues of Came around a martyr at the stake. The wind too. had come, at first in slrt. fitful gusts, gradually prolonged, uritiL. before the inn was reached, thr full force of its strength was put forth. Heavy drops of rain fell spattering on the uneven cobbles of the street and on the gray shales of the roofs. "We shall ha'e it too," muttered Heuben to Kate, glancing with puckered brow to seaward. 'There'll be no beats ventur' out to-neet, I'm thinkin'." "Nay, an' I hope not," was the reply. Kate was too engrossed just then to give more than a laconic answer too much engrossed in the study of her cousin's gray dress, in considering what improvements its style, fit and texture were susceptible of. ancnt the time when sne herself should take the foremost place in such another proce.1 ion. Pesides. she resented the trans ference of Ilube's attentions from her own pretty self to the black, tvrathful elements. What place have storms and discord in the mnsic of marriage bells? Verily, none. They might re serve themselves at least so Kate thought for a later period. Put her pique soon wore oft when the company was seated round the loaded table at the Trawlers' inn. Here 'd e sullen moan of the wind, the Chundcr of the sea, the patter of the rain, were forgotten in a flow of bois terous humor more appropriate to the occasion. Geniality and high spirits blotted them from the memory as ef fectually as i: they were non-existert. The sTason was to be a season of ;oy, despite all drawbacks, and right Jovially was it inaugurated. Mine host had catered to taste. Ther were speeches, of course epeeehes a little disjointed, perhaps, bet full of pleasant banter, and of that epecies of wit denominated broad. The homely sentiments were received with vast applause, and the lively sal lies evoked grins and laughter, that showed a thorough appreciation of their point. , Dicu rose to reply. On entering the inn he had been in sore perplex itj as to whether he should remove hi gloveH or not, his knowledge of tho usage of society not extending to certainty on the matter. In fear lest he should violate some unknown cauon of etiquette, and probably remember ing the trouble he had in getting them on, he finally decided to retain the lavender-colored "hand-shoes" as long as he could endure the infliction. When lie now stood up he twitched nervously at them, thereby unwitting ly drawing attention to the rents be tween tho fingers. "Friends all," he began. "For Fsther an' mysen I thank you every one for what you've said about wishin' us both good fortun. We mean to pull together all through life, as t' parson said, 'till death do us part au' I hope that'll be a goodish while yet. As for them other things you've a'most all spoken aboot wll. well, you've had a goat me to-day, an welcome; an' I hope I shall have a chance one o' these days o having a go at some o' you." "Hear, hear!" broke in Simeon Ilow ker. A loud burst of merriment greeted the interruption. Simeon's exclama tion had been simply thrown in to till up the hiatus caused by Dick's mo mentary hesitation. A vile mieonstrue tion had leeu put upon his sympathet ic encouragement, and it only needed his wife's angry glance to drive away for that day all poor Simeon's enthusi asm and appetite. "Well." continued Dick, as soon as the mirth had subsided. "I trust you'll all luik back o' this tlaj- wl as raich pleasure as 1 allays shall an' I can't wish you better nor that. Let me thank you again, for Ksther an nij-sel. An now you raun a" ha'e a bit o' bride cake." The sugared pyramid in the center of the table had been specially ordered and baked at Jennings, of Morper land. Admiring eyes made it their cynosure; It was unanimously voted a real cf-irauvr of the confectioner's art. Hardly had Kate taken up the knife wherewith to cut the cake, when the landlord of the Trawlers inn hastily entered the room. His usually placid visage was pale with agitation; he plied his short legs rapidly as he hurried across the floor to utter a few breathless word& into the ears of llalph Thwaites, the smack owner. "I hnpesyou'll all excuse me. llalph said, rising quickly to his feet- "Im called away sudden. Theer's a on the Forks! ship Instantly the smack owner's excite ment ws communicated to the rest of the company. Thwaites could have been summoned for one purpose only. An effort was about to be made to save the crew of the ill-fated vessel. There was no lifeboat at Fort St. liede. the nearest station leing Morper laad. ten miles distant. Unfortunately the absence of the means of help does dot imply absence of its need, for in blustering weather the services of a lifeboat were only too frequently re quired i.t J'ort St. lied The fisher men, however, had organized a volun teer crew, captained by Thwaites. and many lires had trar:ne" pilot gig ven turously snntched from the sea's maw. Dick was ouly one of a dozen to their eternal honor be it sai l who often pitted their lives against wind and v. ave to succor their tempest smitten fellows. "Theer's a ship on the Forks!" said Thwaites. The words were scarcely out of his mtlh lxfore Ilu:e al-o rose. "I mun go. to," be said, quietly. "An I." cried Dob Yardes, making for th-s doorway. Straightway the whole assembly fol lowed suit. There was a stampede for the doer the women impelled thereto by mingled dread and curiosity; the men. by a laudable desire to help, should their help unfortunately be re quired. Dick seemed to hesitate a moment before he also rose to his feet and f-iJIed from the table. "You need not go to-day. Dick." murmured Ksther, tremulously; "sure ly not to-day?" "ay, nay, my lass, don't talk so," re plied Dick, with a smile. "I may be o some nso down theer. Think a bit. Theer's men aboard that ship belike as ha'e wives an sweethearts at home, wearin their e'en out for Via. You can tell what their feelin's is. just as I can. You wouldn't ha'e me ttop here, easy an' comfortable, if I could do aught for 'em; now, would you, las?" Ksther made no answer. She dared not truj.t herself to words; she felt that her utterance would show the r-elflshness she well knew was at the bottom of her reluctance to let her husband go. Yet how hard it was to forswear her thoughts! "Come cher up. Ksthcr," added lVck, kissing her. "We've had t' boat out i' as ugly weather as this before, nn' you may be sure I won't stop away fro you a minute more'a I can help. I'll just step across home an doff these tine clothes; I must not spoil them." Meanwhile, the whole population of the village had gathered on the shore. Overhead, thfe murky clouds sped rap idly bj so low that they appeared to touch the rugged badlands to north and south of the little bay. The air was darkened, aH it were dusk. Vast mountains of water curled and broke over the beach with thunder-like peals, hissing imd spuming up to the very feet of the watchers. The chill, cut ting rain beat In their face so fierce ly that they could scarcely 1isecrn the quivering ship that was beating out her heart upon the rocks. Heavy was sweptherdecks.cn which the stump of the mizzen was the only spar left stan. ling; fore and mainstay had both gone by the board. She was fast up on th torks, every succeeding wave just lifting her clear to dash her down again upon the jagged trass. A man had been dispatched on horseback to apprise the Morperland lifeboat crew of the disaster; but it was plain that before atd could urrive from the.t quarter the trssel would be a total wreck. She lould not hold to gether much longer; the itdamantln battering-ram of the Forks was fast aplintenng her timbers to matchwood. The bark herself was doomed. No rocket rould reach her; the sole hope lay in the possibility of a boat ap proaching near enough to throw a life-line aboard. The possibility! We had all but said the impossibility. Yet the attempt was about to be made. Already the fishermen had run (i ramie's pilot gig down to the water's edge, and alread3- one luckless essay had been made to launch her. An in coming wave had filled her and tossed her back mockingly upon the shingle, her crew scrambling to land us best they might, Tom Croft with his arm broken. Dick arrived just as the catastrophe occurred; he was now dressed in oil skins. Ksther followed him, a cloak thrown over her wedding dress, and a henry shawl supplanting bridal veil nnd orange blossoms. Dick mechanie t.liy stepped forward and took Tom's place in the boat. The second attempt was more suc cessful, for, although some water wai shipped, the gig safely topped the ad vancing wave and rode in deep water. Now came the struggle the unequal combat between man's puny strength, backed by courage and determination, and the convulsive power of the sea's ouslaught- Anxious eyes, half blinded by the driving scud and salt spray, fol lowed the frail craft as her oars plunged deeply below the swirling surge, rose and tlropjK-d again. Now she was seen on tho crests of the bil lows, which broke around her In clouds of foam, and anon, she disappeared wholly in their hollows. Not yet. however, had she felt the full brunt of the sea. Open as the bay was. the protection it afforded was appreciable, so much so, that no sooner had the gig got clear of its shelter than the change became ter ribly apparent. She no longer met the oncoming waves head on. but broad side; she pitched and staggered, the oars rising and falling pasnndically like the tentacles of some floundering sea monster. "She'll ne'er mak' the wreck. ex claimed lien Variey. fearfully. "Ne'er I' this world cart she Uo't- Sure as I'm livin they'll be swamped if they go forrarder. He had but spoken the words when a huge sea struck her. It hurled her back into the trough, the waters break ing high overhead and pouring into ner. For some seconds she was in visible. At length she rose, heavy aud inert. She was floating keel up ward. "My God!" old In cried hoarsely, "he's over she's capsized." Ksther. standing ftear, heard the dire exclamation; but it was not neces say to hear she had seen. Yet no cry escaped her lips. She simply stood there, as before, pale with a death-like pallor, mute and motionless. She was still staring, with stony gaze, in the direction of the overturned b at, when her father touched h-r gently oa the shoaMer. "C'tae, my lai." he said, in hushed tones. "Thee'd be bet at home. Come." Ksther put her hand to her throat: a mufli-d sob struggled for utterance, but io tra.r came. Si'.ently she took her father's arm and havienrd away. Her was of the grief that U too deep lying for outcry u sorrow that gnaw the heartstrings. Two hours later, the cart on which the Morperland lifeboat had been transported overland nmibled down U the beach. In the iutcrral, however, the ship oa the Fork roc"s had gone to I irers. One of her crew, clinging to a fragment of floating wreckage, was picked up by thf lifeat. which also brought ashore the only survivors of the rescue party Ilnbe Or.eine and Hub Yardes, both of whom had man aged to hang on to the lioat's keel when she capsized. lirooding sorrow long gloomed the little fishing thorp of Port St. Fede sorrow- for brave, stilled hearts. And over the cottage of old K-n rests a som!er pall that time has failed to raise or th-? holy light of resignation to pierce. Chambers Jourhal. BURN THOSE LETTERS. C. ex Ml A1tIc to .MiUn tVho YrlU Ixtv Ins !- Ittrr. There ought to be a law making it a capital crime to keep any letter more than six month. More than half the trouble in this world the sort of trouble, I mean, tlAt breaks people's hearts and is occasionally aired in the divorce courts is cauicd by l?tter foolishly preserved. Of course, sensi ble people never write letters that alt the wrrld might not read. Hut all the sensible people are dead, for I venture to say there is not one of u who has not at soiti H?rioJ of his life poured forth his sou in a letter he'd give his ears never to have written. If you are a man it dosen't matter so much, for even if your letters to your old sweetheart do fall into the hands of her present husband it isn't at all likelj- he'll read them men haven't enough curiosity in the matter. Honorable scruples? Not a bit of it simply lack of curiosi ty. Put if you area woman, doesn't it make you writhe in spirit to thiuk of those letters you wrote Jack, or Will, or George when you were sure he was the only man in the world? Of course the girl lie married has read them trust a woman for that nnd she has made fun of jour ouls out pourings, and well it's enough to turn ne's hair white to think of it. Love letters ought to be written in ink that would fade in a fortnight, but so lonj as they are not, people who keep them ought to be put into solitary confinement for all the rrst of their lives. Washington Post. In the mountains of Sweden, Nor way and Lapland all vegetation would be utterly destroyed by the Norway rats were it not for the white foxes that make special game of the rodents. Features alone do not run in blood vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through tho same aura but unseen ohanueL liazlitt. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Jamaica ha one hundred and forty- nine Kaotist churches. -The Lutheran church owns educa- I Herodotus (.lastonbury and V ash- ! baa Jusl celebrated hK eightieth brith tional institutions in the United States ! lnu Jcffcrbon were brothcrs-in-la tr ; day aunirersary. He played with the to tho value of f$-l.Sii.r,:,a j and inseparable friends, having many . Milfon.' brass band at the dedication Ihe ioung Women s Christian a- . t f i t i hociation of Michigan includes nine- , ... "... . ,. teen asxn-int ions, with a membership of two thous-md ,."'' . ; copies of the word of (Trod have Wen j printed in over 3i',u different diulects und lunguages. ! Dr. 1'ennell says medical missions are the picture language of the church I militant. The rudest and rougli-st, ; the .simplest nnd most uneducated, can understand the language of Christian love, kindness and charity. There are only two women in Ureat Britain who are entitled to add "LL. D. to their nanies, and they are both Uelfast girls. Miss Frances II. liray is the latest to Ik so honored by the Iioyal university of Ireland. Woman's work in India has made great progress. There are now 711 women missionaries foreign and Kurasian in India. These have ac cess to 40, zenanas, and have ',J. 4 H girl pupils in the mission schools. llev. MauasNeli ti. I'upa.ian, who was fur a time pastor of a Congrega tional church at Kowley, Mass.. and married a young lady of that pi a -.re, was arrested some weeks ago at Aiu tab, Turkey, and imprisoned for jx litlcal reason.. Mr. Fapazian com pleted liis studies in Yale and Andover. Haverford college has received from T. Wistar llrown a gift of ten thousand dollars, the income of which is to be used annually in securing a course of lectures on biblical subjects The lecturer is to le au authority on the subject in America or Kurnje. and his lectures are to In placed in the col lege library. He will be expected to reside at the college for a few weeks, The course is to lie known as the Hav--rford library lectures. Sir Henry Aclaud. Hart., regius professor of medicine at Oxford, who accompanied the prince of Wales in his visit to America in ls'X). has sent in his resignation, to take effect at the end of the year, when he will ! eighty and wilt have served the university fif ty years. He was apjxinted reader in anatomy in Kndcliffe'H librarian in lv'il. regius professor in in lM. and created a baronet in ls'XX He is the unr!e of Light Hon. Arthur H. Dyke At land. Lord llosebery' minister of education. In the public school of France 24.9 per cent, of the scholars are short sighted, in th(e of (lerrnany per cent and in those of the Fnited King dom 20 pr cent The jiercentae of i mvopy is highest in the classes of rhetoric and philosophy. The hy- ! gicnic condition of the scho 1 doe not t sem to affect it. but in the opinion of 1 Dr. Mnrtiu. a French authority, want ! of physical exercise is the chief cause i of it. Uy modifying the work of the '. clasps and allowing re asonable s;ells ; of exercise lftivren them the propor- 1 tiou of tnyo;y in the college of lieLs scn fell from 2".0 to 1? per cent, in flva s vears. NEW DEFINITIONS I'rom tt l'rnfx'! "Aroftrn Woman's lllrCiuoarjr." Lady A gentleman f the new sch.Hl. Air-castle An aerial structure built upon a foundation of wedding-cake. Laby A younir child of either sex pressing hundreds of joints, all of which are s.-t in motion upon being lifted or otherwise disturbed. (rank The woman who agitated s. ciicthing which does not interest us. Don't A term implying assent to the rising ireneration. Geni is Our child. Husband A verb signifying to man age with frugality. Alsoa noun signi fying one who manages with frugality. Ice-cream Saloon An unlicensed bank where funds are deposited. Journal A newspaper announcing bargains. Kiss A renewal of hostilities. Money Said to lc stamred coin used as a medium found. of commerce. Jscldom Nice Lvervthing that is not "aw ful. Onion A vegetable nine i. v..- 1 those w ho sit next to us in street cars. Politics A narcotic administered by men. Quiver A receptacle for Cupid's darts. A Saratoga trunk. Vulgar An adjective qualifying pro nouns of the second und third per sons. White Our blackest falsehoods. X-mas A merry festival for the dis posal of duplicate or otherwise unde sirable jwjssessions. Young What women always declare themselves to Ik. What men expect women to declare them. Zeal The ardor with which we man age our neighbor's affairs." N. Y. World. There are hundreds of farmers, it la safe to say. In thinly-occupied parts o! j this country who cither do not own their land or do not know whether ; they do or not. They settled on their j holding when young, and no claimf ; for rent or dispossess warrants hav ! been exhibited since. Unclaimed lands J cun proT ur and read from this clip have been taken up in New England j Ping. Then I will call you down and within two years, and a man who re- j ccntly built a house in .Maine was . ... 1 .... I ...1... I . I .. . .. -. .-4 ' itHtoodon. "What's the use?" he an swered. "The owners of all this coun try are big lumber companies. Do 3'ou suppose they're going to pay an agent a hundred dollar or more to hunl around for n fellow who i using ten cents' worth of their real estate and doing- no harm to anything? 1 guesi tioL You can stay in this couutry a j long aw you like.' Harrv "Put, darling, you do not ' Mimmers in Kennebnukpvrt, where against me?" "No; nothing much. Fa greet me with vour wonted Joyoun- fchc !ihh her literary work in a writ- ther savs he thought you were rather ue. I fear vou "love unother." 'liar- . inkr room w hich she has fitted up in a donkey, but sis got up ar;d said yoa riette "True; but he has no money. . tl,e haymow of the barn, and where weren't, and told father he ought to You need not fear to osn tac, Uarry." j fchc can et oa wilil llr ork without . Unovr better than judge a nun by hi Ucton Transcript. interruption. look." Tit-Pit. ROT'S' OFFER OF SYMPATHY. Having- TVehd the l!ubnl Drown U0 t.onaoie. tne vi iuw. ....... - .. .t i....v. j : . . , . much it verse to work, . , , "Hot and " ash, as tliev were geu ... . , . crally known, had such a distaste for bucolic life that thev flnallr turned . .. --- -- i ...... ever, removing with their wive and i little ones to the south shore of tho . J Chowan rivei, which abounded in fish, j while all sorts of game was to be found , in the big adjacent woods. Trapping, ; ; however, involvtMl more exercise than , ! cither was willing to put forth, and : they finally settled dow n to fishing for 1 a livelihood. j Their wives hxul again and again ' and again reminded them that to dar : kies constantly on the water the art of ' swimming was something more than a mere accomplishment, and they were ; fco moved by the pleadings of the wom en that they decided to learn, "some day," which to the negro is as "to-morrow" with the Mexican it never comer.. Hot. was a short, fat fellow, of tarry ; blackness, while Wash, "yaller nig- . ger," shot above six feet in stature 1 and had little more flesh upon hira '. .than a herring bone after a hungry child lias finished it. j Their boat was a very long and nar row cvpresa "dug-out." which thev termed a "cunaer." w hile their equip- ment was very primitive, consisting of long reed "poles' and cotton lines with bit-, of iron for sinkers. "Kock fish (strited bass) were running in great "schools," and the twain went out each day in quest of the delicious-ly-tothsome game. The largest of these lish in those waters attain a weight of seventy pounds, and ufford delight to hportsmen, Wcause of their "gaminess." Hot and Wash, however, objected to this trait and would have pref erred that they come into the boat with the supineness of perch. The river was nearly two miles wide, and one morning in the height of the J entertaining, and amiable, she at "rock" season they went out fully tracked the best people to her salon, equipped for a day's seige. They pad- It is said that her husband relies great dlek for the middle of the stream, and j ly upon her advice. when it was reached prepared their I Dante Gabriel Ilossetti's letters t-- hooks and oat out tbir lines, intend- j his family w ill soon be published in ing to float lazily with the listless . Lon.'.on. together with a memoir of tide. Immediately a ftsh. evidently of immense mxe. seizeu J.ot s line, and in i the flurry aud excitement. Wash, who j had arisen to his feet, gave a sudden ' lunge and fell overboard. : With all hi- nvrgies concentrated ' upon the tish. Lot looked for a moment ' at the head of his partner, the top of , w hich just showed above the returning j ripples of the splash, and cried out: ' "Jis you hoi on snug- n-tight, ash in'ton JefTson. 111 be back arter yon ' pres'n'ly. Having muttered this intelligent pre- caution. Hot now bent every energy '; upon the tautened line and trembling ' pole, as the fish forged ahead, drag ging the light boat swiftly along. Pa- , tiently and tireless he waited for the exhaustion of his game, and then with- I out effort brought it to the side of the lioat and lifted it in, a "rock" of irn meuse size, by means of a rude gaff, lie had leen carried a distance up- , ward.s a mile, and teng now near shore landed and triumphantly d ragged the trophv after him to his claplioard cabin. While his wife and children were admiring with loud ejaculations. 'Frier Ann. liL sister, w ho-c hoi: was but a few varris distant, entered. ' "Whuh Wash?' she demanded. "Fo" dc L-or. I done furgit Wash. Turning -jickly a-ide. Hot was near to rr.rnir.g for the first and ouly time in hL life as he made for his lioat. Springing in he paddled vigorously U- wards the original "fishing grounds. ' "Golly. I done reckon Wash "ill git i plum torred out afo I git back, he said reflectively. Utter amazement and a measure of reproach tilled him as he reached the place and saw no signs of h:s brother . in-law. He stood upon tiptte and '. looked over the waste of waters, fell ( upon his krees. and peered into the : dark depths of the sluggish stream, . culling out repeatedly: "Whuh you is. Wa-shin'ton JefTson? ; Git outcn ycr hidin. Wash. Dar now. I sees t er." Finallj- the truth dawned upon his obtuse understanding and with a heavv heart Hot turned his boat shore- ! ward, muttering aloud: i "I Uone tellrd him I woz er cotnin ' 1 it L' 'ft m liim illrlrk lull ftn" . ... . . . . . .. . ...... . . ... . . ...... j Tlrinv Ann burst into loud lamenta- 4:. ...,.. u ...,.i ilil Atlte ,.41 lirti AI1U 1 I i fused to be comforted for some time, j but her tears finall dried when Kot, ' in a burst of generosity declared: ! "Shet up. 'P.riny. 'n you shill sho'ly liab de whole entwire rock, dat you j shill. 'n 1 suttiugly wish Wash wuz heali ter holp yer cat de grub. Chi cago Tribune. T! Irll ot I'otltlr. "My friend," said the candidate for sheriff of Cheyenne, drawing a one eyed stranger close to his means of livelihixxl, "do 3 011 want to earn tive dollars easy to-night?" "Yep." "All right. WhemI say in my speech: 'Is then a man among you who will deny this tatement?you jump to you? feet in the rear of the hall and shout: 'Yes, sir, 1 will. You are a liar, und I ,naUe JOU ridiculous but you wUl get a , nevertheless. , nevertheless, is ll ago Nop." Why not? "I tried the same thing in Putte City a year ago, aud the candidate jumped w tv-h.1 t-1 lin flint t n ul iitrioo 1 4-V- meo.it of the hall and rode me out of ! towu on a rail. I didn't get the five, cither. Try it on some one else." llos ton Herald. r i ai n. Aiargaei jeianu, xne aumor ! ess, is u iloston resident, but she -PERSONAL AND LITERARY. i Gilbert Pond, of Milford, Mass. one the oldest mucans in the counts of the Jwn..er 1 1 ill monument. Mias L. Hamilton, the woman phy sician, now in attendance on the Ameer of Afghanistan, i of Ayreshire (Scot land) family, was trained as a nurse at Liverpool, afterward took her medical degree at Hrussel, and then liecame a practicing physician at Calcutta. Mi.-s Mary Patterson, the first ne gro woman in the United States to take the degree of A. M., has jut died. ' after a survic? of twenty-ilve years a a teacher. She graduated from Ober , lin college in ls;j, and was among the first women in the country to study (reek and the higher mathematics at college. Two adventurous aeronauts, M. Mallet and M. tie Fonvielle. have un dertaken to make a sky trip around France, keeping their balloon as nnr the earth as possible, so as to be able to descend with ease occasionally. They want to prove that agreeable and f'conomlcal journeys can be made by balloons as well as by rail or water, j Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hawthorne, I with their family of seven children, are on a three years' cruise around the world in their own yacht. The people ! of th Hawthorne family are unusual ly bright, intelligent, and capable. , They are musicians, cooks. wood- 4 chopjKTs, photographers, sailors, bicy clists, etc., and what they do not see; and what they do not learn of the countries they visit would be of little interest to anyone. Madame Casimir-Perier. the wife of the French president, is a very ac complished woman. She is a good En glish scholar, w rites cleverly, and can seize a political situation keenly. This political instinct she inherited from her fater. M. D. Segar. who held oilier under Thiers, in 172. As a hostess. I at her home in the Hue Nito!. f-he ex- j hibited admirable qualities. Fright, , considerable length prepared by his brother, William Michael Uossetti. The letters are addressed to seven relatives principally his mother and his brother, and are fully annotated so as to ex plain all allusions.. They range from his boyhood to the last months of his life. There will be nine jortraits eight from paintings of Uossetti. rep resenting himself and the persons ad dressed, the other a portrait of his wife, done by himselL HUMOROUS. Force of Habit Judge (to owner of dog who is to be fined for not having muzzled him) "Has the dog been punished before?" Fliegenie Flatter. Weeks "Well, how are things over in Fotori. Have they r.amd any new pie 'Aristotle' yet?" Wcntman "No-o. Put I heard a mantherea.sk for a Plato soup. K x c h a n ge. Hoarder "Madam. I have found a nickel in my hash." Mrs Mea'.er "Oh, that's til right. I put it there. I thought I'd give von a little change in your diet. Philadelphia Ilecord. Conductor "Mkdam. how old is that boy?". LIderly Matron (with free?, ing dignity "This young lady. sir. i has r.o wish to ride free. Here is her ticket- Her bicycle is in the baggagt car. Chicago Tribune. "So. said Mr. Donegan. "they've Wen printing the funeral notices av a man that wasn't dead yit. It's a nice fix he'd Ve in if he had lieen wan of these people that lelieves ivcrything in the newspapers." Tit-Pits. A little girl in the suburbs was ; overheard talking to her d ll the other I eveuiirg. "You r.aughty child.'" she said, in a tone of grave reproof. "you've been f-aying 'darn. When you go to Heaven, dolly, you'll go to the other .place:' A little girl was overheard talking t to her doll, w hose arm l ad come oH", ; exposing the sawdust ttufhng. "You ! dear, good, obedient dolly. I knew I ; had told you to chew your food fine, i but I didn't think you would chew it ; as Cne as that.' Pilot, j Master "Pat. I have a supicio ! ihat either you or I was drunk last "i. ! Pat "Oi've a suspicion av I n"i Kina. meseu. sir. Piaster fc. Well. Pat. vou rascal, which one was it?" Pat "Well. sor. Oi'li not be caslin' any reflections, but Oi do be sayin that Oi iuvied yc. Uichmond Despatch. She "Harry, ihey tell tue such awful things! They say you have lost lots of money gambling." He 'Non sense! I never gambled in my life. I've dropped a few thousand on Atching, and a few more on Ileadison. but that was bona-lule investment. I never touch any stock which is at all uncer tain. ltoston Transcript. The loat had pulled awiy from 'iore some Gfteen or eight-en feet when Clc Olson reached the bank is great anxiety to get aboard. His friend, Nels Nelson, stood on deck and waved his arms frantically, howling ia the meantime- "Yump. Olc, yump, aya thank ye can mak eet in a couple of yumps." -Clay Center (Kas.) Times. A young miss just struggling with the piano was privileged to hearSonsa band not long since. She afterward wrote to a friend: "P. S. Oh, I for get. I heard Sousa Friday and it wan line. I w ish I could play 'The .Wash- iuZon nJ lligh-School CadcU' us thev tim, out men. t nin noi a oanu. so don't expect to." N. Y. Tribune. A Pravc (Jirl. "Po you think your sister likes me. Tommy?" "Yes; she atood up for you at dinuer." "Stood up forme! Was anvbodv saving anything