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    HER OPINION.
To-dey,” aald bn, "I graduate.
What ahall 1 do, will you ad via*
Bfaall 1 atay barn to try rny fata
Or aenk tba Want where Fortune Ilea?’
••It raata with you what I ahall do;
Hay but the word and I will atay.
But It you bid me go frotn you,
Again my heart muat neada obey."
"l think," neld aba, “ware you to go,
"You'd find that plan by far tha
brat."
Than In bla ear aha whiepered low.
"I'm vary aura we'll Ilka tha Wmt,"
—Hanvann I.auroo*.
IMIROF LOVERS.
I believe, on rny word, that a wor
thier creature titan (Jroat of '70 never
drew the breath of undergraduate life.
No man ever talked to him lor five
... min it tee without liking the *imple,
horient nouI. He came ef a family
that had turned out college graduate*
for at leant live generation* hack, and
hi* father wa>* a hard working country
doctor up in New Ifampeliire, moat
nepectahl* jteople indeed, who net
rnucii value on education. Natural
ly, then, Archibald panned bin en
tranc* examination* with credit, and
be *oon marie clear bin determination
to go tiirougii Inn courae in mo*t ex
emplary fanhlon. We quickly found
out that tliougli Oroat'ncaparitie*
were but barely re* pert able, be yet in
tended to make tbe uiont oil hem. II in
hent quality of mind wuna prodigou*
memory, and at he wan a hard reader,
it often happened that tie not infre
quently put brighter and la/.ier men
tonhameaud confunion, ft wan on
micb occanionn that Archibald wun
coriternpuounly net down hy the van
quished an a "mere grind," and an it
happened thene occanionn were pain
fully frequent, tiro at. got credit lor a
degree ol plodding mediocrity which
lie tli/l ti/.f utlitilk fli'Miirtfi Afifl whiffi
Archibald took the Hopbomore prim
U>r Latin veree, for which we all back
ed his room mate, Jack Malmsey
even that hardened failure was pro
voked to oftserve (it was at a subse
quent meeting ofthe "Pipe and Bowl
Brotherhood" and the great defeated
was himself In the chair), -lar k, then,
Isay, was nagged into retorting: "I'm
worry you lost your money on me, gen
tlemen, hut let this teach you that the
dish of herbs goes farther with the
midnight oil than the stalled ox with
out it," We all applaud* d this neat
metaphor, hut Jack apologized for it a
moment afterward ami drank the
health of his chum and conqueror,
Groat, in a steaming glass o! punch,
Aichibald was not present. As a
reading man he scorned the Brother
H hood. lie loathed the flowing howl
and would have preferred a sea-voy
age to smoking a pip* One of those
eyrie fatalities of tm- Freshman'* lot
*hod made him Jack's roommate, and
though in a very short time lie found
he had strayed Into the tent of
•he Philistine, lie nenr bent a retreat.
Whenever i'rex, whose prime favorite
Archibald was, hinted that lie might
perhaps find more congenial quarters,
Arehy gravely said lie felt it ids duty
to remain where he was, nor could all
the prayers of ids own set—the Kni
gar as we dubbed the non fraternity,
plodding lellows -change his resolu
tion, They never culled on Archi
bald and would sooner have gone in
to a den of lions. Nor would Jack
give up Ids chum. At tfie end of
three months he had tak«n a violent
likingto him. If e cal led < front various
ly Ids < mod Genius, ids Monitor and Ids
Bright Example and vowed Archibald's
influence was worth more than the
lectures of a full term. I am afraid
Groat only tolerated Jack and stayed
with him less from love than a pure
sense ol duty. And, in truth, how
much respect could a serious, labor
ious. irreo.'oactiahle youth have foi
Much nn Idle, careleee, roiatering ecupe
grace? Malmeey w«* bright enough,
poor Groat would groan, but- how de
plorably indifferent to hie advantage*!
Jack wiim the editor ol the college pa
per, the ornament of tlie beet frate'
nity, tiie cboeen bard of every fe«tive
occaeion.an incomparable debater and
ha<i a realgeniue for moral philoeophy;
but he wan out all night and every
night; he had invented the "Gany
mede" punch and organized that bac
chanalian Brotherhood; lie played
jioker; he ran after shop girl*; he owed
awful euni* to the tailor and the
livery. Often and again aa Jack
would come nomily into their etudy
at midnight, with eyie bright and
ciu-ekM tlueiied, to lind hoiieMt Groat
digging away at the next drty'a Greek
leeeon, that young man would look
up never* ly and eardonirally remark;
"You are in early to-night."
"Keen drinking you're health, Arch,
old hoy." Jack would ilng out cheer
P Hilly. "Why don’t you join uef Good
teiloweliip'e the oil of mduNtry, you
inuety old miner of time!
A* we treed the |mlhwny lilgl
trading on tu gb>ry.
(lit we'll think of Z»t* Pel
tainc .l in wing und etory,”
“If you'd drink my health leee oft
en," Mi. Grunt would rejoin coldly,
"It would l>« much to the *d veiling*
ol your own."
"There goe* my monitor," Jack
would laugh "What would I do with
out iiiv paragon? Write out thu»»
llin *, Uiere'e a good lellow, and I I.
glau e over 'em in the morning," and
the gract-le** w amp Would go off roar
mg tu l-ed.
Ilf. Malmeey left colieue In hie Jun
ior year, an uiniennlly llagrwul breach
ol order, making hie elimination mi
j»ia'l\e. We knew vaguely that lie had
gone' 'Into jaunialuon ‘and heard more
or hate Haltering m- mint* of him, now
tn Koelon, now tu I bn ago,now in 10m
t»r, and at last In dan k’rainiwu,
where we Ioet trace of Mm entirely,
Groat'a pale face Imi the look of vale
it had worn (or two > ear*, anl hegrado
* e1 id at la»t with humtre to lake a
place aa lea chef of I .aim ami natural
erteme In the lovely city of New
flat en. tu Ilia pul tubed and tehn»»l
virile* of that eulighletmd town, lot
met Mm featxdle Norwood, and In
due touree ol time tumid him»etl UM
dleguMilly hi lute with her
And there * a* no douht that Mi*e
Itelie wa* a lively and > banning ilea
lure at th!« |<e*iod il her Ufa. Mhe had
big, sarneat, black eyea and the red
dest of lips, and the slimmest, neatest
little figure imaginable. But what
heightened and set dfl the*# attrac
tions of person and gave them lasting
flavor ami value, was hsr assumption
of severe and uncompromising mte*
1 actuality. The daughter of a resident
professor,she felt it beneath her hered
itary character to care for the objects
and pursuits of tha young women of
the day.
Indeed, site bad no small contempt
for that type of the feminine charac
ter which found satisfaction In the
pursuits of shopping, of driss, of
fancy work, of Howells' novels, of
alas! the gay and dapper undergrad u
ate and the sprightly and amiable
tutor—of Man In fact, In any of those
shapes by which he ap|x<al* to well
bred young womanhood fri New Ha
ven. Miss Belle lord a soul above these
trifle*. Her lectures ami her classical
concerts, her German and her histori
cal course, her Wednesday* at the
Microscopical Society, and her Hatur
days at the Mission School took up
most of her time. If she deigned to
converse with a man under 40, you
may b« sure only such topics wetej/er
milled as tended to enrich the mind
and improve the underst anding. Him
did not dance, Hhe only cared for
moonlight as an illustration of flu
power of solar rays in reflee*
■ lion. Three were better than
two, at all times, In her opin
on, and woe unto that Vandal
who thought these pretensions non
sensical and a bore and ventured to
pay a compliment to the young holy’s
eyes. He got his walking papers In
short order. If the truth he told,
this eccentric young woman could not
cook nearly as well as her younger
sister, who was strongly arid feted to
the aforesaid trilb-e. But that was o'
small consequence since, if she ever
f bought of marriage, is was in Hit
1.1 A I Mll./I Ot.il
Min<l in th* Nearcli (or Truth, a 'Oil*
d it Ion of high thinking and ft* low liv
ing a* wa* ti«ce**ary.
After Mr, Croat had ronver*«d with
tbi* young lady a *eor« of time*, lie,
had rca*on to flatter lilnmelf that he
had made a good impression. And
Mm* Norwood afterward eonle»*«d
that, Arehihald Croat wa* at that
time quite h«r ideal of a rming young
man. There woe nothing lemarkahle
in hi* look*. Hi* light hair wa* comb
«d hack *o a* to make the moet of hi*
nuhby forehead, hi* etraw colored
moustache had a thonglitful droop
and hi* black coat, gray trotmer*, eat
m tie and trim hoot* were a *cholarly
and gentlemanly costume. Me used
only the finest cambric handkerchiefs,
nnd the con*lderable ho*om of hi*
shirt wa* alway# immaculate. Me
wn» a college tutor now, and doing
very well. Mm* Norwood thought lit
tleof Id* person. which, *ure, wa* un
objectionable; it wa* lii* good seme
and »erIon*nee* that pleased her. Me
0(tended none of her prejudice*. They
talked only on grave subjects, and
*Jie found Archibald'* mind wa* well
*tored wit it u*eful and accurate Infor
mat ion, If they wer# on the water it
wa* t he habit* of the (i*he* that oc
cupied their thought*, or the botanic
al curioNitie* along *hore. When they
walked abroad on the Inti*, Mr, Croat
alway* carried a hammer, convenient
for Hie Ntiidy of geology. If they
looked at the*tai*ft wa* to seek an ex
pected comet or di*eu** the theory of
an intermercurial planet, Thesly rogue
*ent her no extravagant hothou**
flower*; not he. An early Caltlia l'«
lu»tri», hit* of mineral, queer coin*,
odd specimen* ol all kind* were Id*
votive offering*. One* lie ventured to
present her with a hook, It
wa* The Dog, An introduction to the
Study of Vertebrate Animal*, The
young lady wa* not Insensible of hi*
respectful devot ion. t )ne day lie grew
hold enough to a*k In-r to marry Idm
and wa* quite *urpri*ed at hi* own
ardor. Hhean*wered gravely that *lie
iiiill \*'vy wen mi'i rOTjwi him•
more limit wont men of lit* age. but—
but *he feared *he didn’t like him well
etiougii for that, and tie must wait.
They *hook hand* eedatcly a* tiiey
parted
It wa* while Mr. Groat’*affair* were
at tlii* hopeful *tage, and he wav read
ing very contentedly in Id* room* one
night that file door w«* thrown open
wit Ii a hang and Homebody entered
with a ru»h and *laiip«d him on the
ehoulder, and *oinet*xly’* voice, with
a fain liar ring, cried "Groat ! Arehy,
you old worm eaten, dog-eared hor
init! Don’t you know me?”
"Why, l le*M my *oul'” murmured
Archibald, "if It Un't Malmmey! <lra
cion* me, how you've changed, Malm
*ey! How do you do?”
"Do? Magnificently old chap,” *ay*
the hand*ome.hearty fellow, throwing
himeclt into Arcluhald'* ea*ie»t chair
and emiuiig at linn in the old way.
“Been down at Newport with Tom
Lennox,who live* line, you know,and
I'm to *top over with him a day or*o
and go tiie round*. Lot* of nice girl*
here. Tom *»y», eh, you ra»cal? Been
in New York lor the la«t year—oil the
Toc»m. Hull driving a quill, you **e.
It'* all I'm lit lor, I ruppose. Heard
you were here amt came right tin.
Glad you're doing well, but why aren't
you married?”
Jack rattled thi* off hreat hl*»*ly,
and hur*t out laughing when Mr Groat
reddened and ainqwicd at the lad
word*, latmdn 'e me.you dog, or I II
find her nut myaetl. Who t* t lie lucky
winner of ■iichapri**''” A mil hen they
tell to talking about the old day* amt
the old friend* till neardaylight, Hut
Jack could not g> t tit* nroinUe oi an
introduction to the aul»i**t of III* old
chuni1* tacit tonftHMiou, not ncii her
name, for An blbnld wa* a prodent
and timoroo* Imaf ami wattled no
•ueii good looking reprobate a* Mr.
Juhn Malmaey «|i»tu btitg Ml** Nor*
woud'a i bade ami a *1 initio loadlla
Ilona. Ami til* better to rmua him
•ell lea tmehal to go oil lo Hartford
th* very MR tuny on a long delayed
vtait to a loanlto anal. Ami *o it
Sa|>|ieuv>l Ibal when the uueonat ioue
man «a* Well on hi* Rooney rbm ti
ling o>ar id* •trateg?. Mi Tiioaia*
laMinog wa* bating tb« great phaaure
ol preventing Mr, M*im«ry to h'»
lOUaltt, Mi** Nutwood \t bat a week
th*l wo*'" that week ol )nuir lh lit*
haht‘« aiwwute ami wbeit i fear b*
war niiawd by Ml* Norwood mu* It
lea* than he hoped. Tom I-ennox,
rich, popular, idle, outrivalled him
•elf in device* to diveit Mr. Halm
•ay and prolong iii* stay. What
yachting iiartie* on the Hound; what
drive* to Hahin Hock; what picnic* tc
the hermit'* cave; what dinner par
tie* crowded tho*w seven day* ari
not ea«y to describe. Mi** Norwood,
a* one of the family, thought *h<
■liould accept her cou*in‘* invitation)
and help entertain id* gne*t, thougl
•ho felt a twinge of reproach at *c
much frivolity, and once wondered
how Mr. Oroat would act. in caee in
were along. In truth Mr. (iioat would
not have taken well at all in that gay
company. Mi*» Norwood, for tin
first time, bad met in Mr. MaliiiMey i
man of letter* in th« grab of a man o
fashion, a philosopher who wa* al*oi
man of the world, a geniu* who wai
perfeetly unaffected and a gentlemai
who, on five thousand a year, wiu
badly in debt and reprehenelblv un
concerned about it, Kor, as hi* in
timacy with Mi** Norwood pro
grcNMcd, Mr, Jack not only rea,
ill* MHH. t*> iier (from hi* tendei
and delicate maga/ine ver»e* t,<
lit* reddiot political leader*), hut con
fide,| to tier Id* various scrapes, *htlti
and difficult!#*, past and present, 11,
wa* a charming companion, and talk
e,l about everything. Me had beer
every where, knew everybody, am
Deemed to ha' e *01111 led the depth* o
alt tiling* from the Whit e Moum kftch
en to (lie pliilosphy ot Kant, Hut In
wa* lamentably Ignorant of man]
name* and date* and tacta generally
and indeed se ined to glory In hii
darkness. Me * aid a mind burdened
with too many f/iet* wa* a shallot
archipelago, where there waen'teiiougl
to navigate deep thought*. In far
Jar k was a man of Ideas, with an un
scientific education, Mr. Oroftt, now
wa* a man of scientific education
and, *lm *ald to her** If for tlie lir*
time, without a *higlu natural Idea
Could a contraat ha more perfect
Him knew elm reepeeted the *«eond
and *lm felt elm ought to di*upprov<
the liret.
Of courge elm married Jack when In
nuked her, and *wore a reftmal wouh
kill him and 1 know not what non
*en*e be* Id etc How lie overcame In i
temple* ogaiimt hi* debt, hut mwpti
clem and Id* indifference to facte
never knew. Probably he vowed ft
reform,and I knowed he owed notblni
when he married. But when poo
Archibald culled again with a wonder
lul lizard In alcohol Im hod pick til up it
Hartford, and found Belle nihhlfni
chocolate* over a copy of Mr*. Brown
lug, and a huge hompiet of hothouNi
flower* hewlde her, the gift of Mr
Malmeey, he felt In* cnee wa* lo*t
Thi* wa* before Mr. Jock hail *poken
though, to he *ure, he Io*t no tune,
"I thought," *ny*poorzlmpleGrout
deNimrafely, ' you didn't care for - foi
•lien thing*." and he looked murder
Otmly at the flower*
"Why, Indeed, I do," answered Mi
nerva *wecl.ly, "Mo*t women lovt
beauty and fragrance in flowct* or u
hook*."
For the chry*ah* of thi* young worn
un’* heart wa* unfolding and the hut
terlly wa**tli rmg within. WhutHpecia
Providence I* it that enwrap* tin
heart* of mijorrlor women with upeclotn
m«*lie* ol intellectual ambition*, will
thread* of proud purpoee* and *oli
tary triumpti* ami all *ort* of frigid
umdiared pijr*iiit* until the right timi
come*, and pamniou heat* upon tin
web, and In tne grateful heat, behold
it *nap* anddi**oive*, and out*pringi
the butterfly, all fluttering and trem
ulou*, flitting from flower to—choco
late* and Mr*. Browning *»y, till thi
man, it* moeter, *iip* a tiny glltterini
ring over It* head and take* it to hi
fondled and petted forever after? Now
here wa* one of tlmmoet de*erving o
being*, indUMtriou*, honwet, frugal
come ientlou*, pram* worthy in al
I HMiun, nii'i j uiw » i with »»
bin struggle was snatched from film
To be sure, Jack was the most fovea
file, but whose fault was that? No
Jack's merit certainly; for he novel
tried to improve himself in bis life
while poor Archy was trying all tin
time. Was Miss belle's preference
just, all things considered? Oughtn'
she have rewarded conscientious cf
fort and punished • artless, eusy-golni
indolence that took things us the]
came and was only bright and pleas
mg because it couldn't help being? Ye
a'm sure Jack wiil make tne best hus
band. It's a hard ipicstiou in ethici
band nature has much to answer for
to be sure, lint poor old Groat!
Kowin Atwki.i*
A Remarkable Story.
From Ui# Cincinnati Times-Htur.
Hitt mg In the office of the Comptrol
ler of the Treasury the othe
day were two geiitlemuu wail
lag for the preparation of sunn
document which the bureau was jus
about completing, tin the wall op
laisite bung a Hue portrait of Halnioi
I'. Chase, the lirst Comptroller, show
mg him as a handsome, Hond-facet
man, with beard and with head par
dally bald. "That doin't look uiud
as be did a year ago," said one o
(belli noting the handsome pm trait
"A year ago? \\ by, be has t.c»u dm
these ten years or more, ham l he?'
"S«e, eighteen ol tin in \i'i I saw
him only a year ago, with lull hear*
and a lull head nl hair \«ry dirtrr
eut Irom die ptcluie you ms tiefuri
u»." ' \> hat do you mean? ' "Him
ply this, I was pieseiit when his re
i mains w,ie taken from dak Itiilidue
t try for I tar transmission to count
- uati a year ago, kit hough sevenleer
! years had elapsed, die ten,ants »»n
| still in an almost petted elate. T*u
leal tires were entirely tlttdnguishnhk
I lo those wliw knew hull ill III* I’lii
| clothing was in a pstfed state ol pres
ens time The principal changet
were that the (see was dark, ami in
stead of being smooth, as was hh
custom in life, it was covered with i
lull gtowth ol heard, two imhes or ec
to length, ami mind with g at Th«
head, whuh you sew was hald In life
was covered with a lull suit ol lien
natllv gray Much obliged to (in
1 Mr, I ii tup 11 vi I tv r and he took I hi
{ lovumenl handed bun and was sons
China’s Biggest Opium Den.
Prom the North China Herald.
The Nan-gin-tsin.the greatest opinm
den in Chins,is situated in tiie French
concession in Hhanghai, within a
stone's throw of the wall of the na
tive city, within which the opium
shops are supposed to exist. Tiie
throngs visiting it represent all sta
tions of life, from tiie coolie to the
wealthy merchant or the small man
darin. It is wilii difficulty that one
i gets inside through tiie crowds of |>*o
pie hanging round tiie door. Those
who hate not tiie requisite number of
i copper cash to procure the baneful
, pipe watch with horrihh wistfulness
f each of tiie more alllueut pass in witli
, nervous, hurried step, or totter out
i wearing (hat. peculiar dazed ex tires
i eioti which comes after the smoker’s
craving lias been satisfied and his
. transient pleasure has passed away.
One requires a strong stomach to
stand t tie sickening fumes with which
1 the air insidois thickened. Therlouds
• of smoke, the dim light from the nu
i melons colored lamps, f lie numbers ol
. reclining tonne with distorted faces
I bent over the small flames at which
i the pipes aie lighted cause the novice
. a sickening sensation,
i Hut a* soon as tiie eye becomes ac
1 customed to the scene it is noticed
I tlint the place h got lip on an expen
sive scale. In the centre of the lower
i i oont hangs one of t he finest of < 'hiuesi
- lamps, the ceiling is of richly carved
, wood, while tin- painted walls art
i thickly inlaid with a peculiarly mark
, ed marble, which gives the idee of tin
r finished landscape sketches. Kumer
i ous doors on all sides I eat I to tin
smokers' apartments. In the outer
- portion of the building stands n
, counter covered with little boxes
of the drug ready for smolt
, ing, while a dozen assistants art
M'jwy iiniMiiHK win. n»r
1 servants who wait upon the habitue*
, of tlm place. The average daily re
) ceipt* are said to be about £200,
The smoking apartments are divided
, into four eia-ses. In the cheapest art
l coolie* who pay about Id, lor tiieii
smoke. In I he dearest tlio snioki
. costs about 7d. The drug supplied in
caciichns is much the same both it
[ rjualily and'plant ity; It Is tile differ
, ence in tbe pipe* that regulates tin
; price. Tile best kind are made ol
Ivory, the stein being often inlaid with
stones and rendered more costly by
, reason of elaborate carving; the cheap
, est kind* are made simply of hard
, wood.
, The rooms also are furnished ac
cording to class. In the most expen
sive the lounge upon which l hesmokei
' recline* i* of fine velvet, with pillow*
of the same material; the frame*
of each conch arc Inlaid with mothei
Ot peal and jade, and tiie whole air ol
the*'- roomsisone of sensuous luxury.
There are also a number of privati
rooms, fn the poorer section will In
seen many wearers of the tattered
yellow and gray robe* of fliiddhist
and Tavist priests. Women form n
fair proportion of ti e unoker*. Tin
common belief is that the opium
sleep i* attended by a mild, pleasur
able delirium, witli brief glance* ol
Klysium; but t his I* the exception
not the rule. I’eople *moke to satisfy
the craving begotten of previous indul
gence, There i* accommodation foi
lf*0 Htnoker* at a time, and there i>
seldom a vacancy very long. Tin
stream of smoker* goes on fiom early
morning till midnight, when tin
place closes; llei cloud* of smoke go
up incessantly all day long.
Swung Him Around.
1 "Hill," said a gentleman in Nash
[ viile to a negro stonemason who it
doing some work (or liim, "You
| promised to let mu have that founda
1 tion tins week, and you are not hal
• done yet. Now, what made you lit
about it and put me to all this
trouble?”
"Hue yer, boss; 1 didn't toll no lies
1 but deem niggers, Jo mid Jim, da'
‘ was gwine to wuk on it ben drunk
’ sines Ins' week, an, J can’t git no mo
• stonemason*. I tell yer, de way dust
' fool niggers git drunk an' quit wuk
t mus' be stopped. I,aw jus' orter in
tix so nigger can’t buy untilin' to git
drunk on; dat’s what 1 'onestly
• b'lieve.”
"All riglit. Hill; we will just gc
1 to trie poils to-morrow and vote tu
put it out, so such men ax Jo and
Jim cannot waste their time mu]
money, nnd we won't be troubled by
their trilling wsys."
"Look yer boss; slio'ly yo’ ain't
gwiuetcr to vote so po' nigger can't
get ill tie drnp o' whisky when he heeu
' hard workiii fur weeks, and gets jus
' tired nut, an' hix muscles all gin' way,
. an' Ids nerves ail outer tix, and' him
, jus' nutty nigh fagged out fur little
s|terits. Klio'ly yo’ got mor' feelin' in
' dat fur po’ nigger. Why, dat tix niggei
• wus otl ii to’ de wall, w en he couldn't
i go out at night 'dout a permit, an1
, couldn't get naiy darp o' liquor 'dout
note Irom ol' mareter. Hee yer, boss,
• to laird's sake don't go vote fakin'
' way cuitud man's priviliges jus' caos«
i rain spilt dts job. Heeu tan wet le
[ wuk at.yliow, an* dem niggers Jr> and
1 Jim been yet every niornm' try in'tu
wuk and make a lit tie money tos'pori
1 ( dere fwm'lie*. Ihiiii two o' de lies't
| mat rs 1 ever seed lay a rock, an' de)
( uelarr git* drunk wen dey can git tu
I wuk. Ih>y neher git* rale drunk no
Imw course dev take# little drnp now
II an' dtu to keep out de damp, but,
iirlwr take* too much. Uos-s I nehvt
•aw one dem nigger* drunk yet, an'
, dey le«s wurkm' fur m* In' year*
come next January, I nrlet •#*>( tern
| niggers take but on* drink, bo**, an'
i j dat wu» one sa day nigbt, w’en w«
ij wa« |<iin' home. It |»t>'d down rain
: an* w* wu» wet lo tie *km, an* l>os«
i w* jus' went in, an' w'en I >i dem utt
I gers w at dey take, boas, dey Isile «at
i dey don't want milbm'but little weak
lemonade tight sweet. Ho**, dem d«
1 wo »'«adi«* 'bee* tuggers I et>er m«I
anyhow, Ik •n't Vo go vote fur 'mend
i in' tfe by-laws pi*' raws* yo' wail ain't
done, I'm tuMis' her right on, an' I
j I* ready now hi' yo' can gtttlembrwk
layers yer. Iluw. don't yo' vote lur
no probation Taint rigbt let tabs
((oiks' busily way hkw dat. It shw'ty
a»a't."
I
Why He Went to Canada.
M. Quad in tha Detroit Free-Preea.
It was two minutes alter the tri
angle sounded before the smoke In Par
adise ball would permit the members
to see each other. When it had at
last thinned out, Brother Gardner
■aid:
“Nicodemus Pembroke Hcott, a lo
cal member of this lodge, has crossed
into C'anudy an’ will not leapiiear
among us. Fur de las’ three months
I have bin expectin' some sich climax,
an' die mawni'n, when a messenger
informed me dat he hud disappeared,
nrter failin ill an attempt to shoot
hissclf will an olu bos pistol, I war not
a bit surprised, lie leaves a wile an’
two rliil’en an’ about titty creditois.
“What sent him off? Desame rea
son dat am dnily workin' to bring
about auodder panic—de same
reasons dat explain de hundreds ob
bigness failures—de same reasons dat
rim cripplin’ de efforts of thousands
nl workin’ men to secure homes of
deir own—family extravagance. No,
you can’t call it extravagance; foolery
am it better name for It. I'p to a
y'ar ago Brudder Hcott wosjobbin’
aroun’ and lurkin’$1 a day. Den lie
got a situusliun by whhh ho aimed
9I I per week, lie was poo’ olf in do
lion** and had debts bangin’ Ober
him, hut iuntli was a chanco to get
eiien. Ifow was it improved/ In less
dan one month Ills wituwas rigged out
In a 920 dress, 12 shillin' kids, a 95
hat and an opera fan. He had no
pears oh min' onless he obeyed her.
In six weeks she became too high ton
ed to wash an' iron fur oiler folkses.
fn two mouths she wanted a better
house, wid a rei parlor carpet an’
i ane seat eha’rs all aroun’ da room.
ill uu n' iii'/uuih ii/i'i 1,1/ iin.\ v i*
block silk drexx, gold bracelets, a tony
bonnet, kid shoes, an’ gold llllin in
her teef,
"Dat foolery ha* reaped its bnrvext.
De liuxband found dat, lie wax rinnin*
behind, lux home wax bein' neglected,
hix wife wax bein' uoxxiped about, ail'
in despair lie liax pu ked up liix feet
an’ xlid out. It wax de natural re
Nult, I fell you,my frcnx, de tomfool
ery of de women of dix ken try am
xtrainlil on de chalk line till de cord
can’t xtan' nm .ii mo’, an' it am high
time dat eomebody net* hixfootdown.
Du man wiio alrnx $25 per week hax
•omohow got de ideali into hix head
dat de world expectx him to drexx liix
wife ax if he aimed a banker’* profit*.
Wive* of men wiio can't keep up wid
deir houxe rent am canterin’ up an'
down wld sealskin sncipie* an’ $<l
xhoex. Wives of men who have to
dodge de butcher an' grocer an’ tailor
am now selectin' fall carpet* an’or
derin’ $50 lambrequin*. Wive* of
men who couldn't raixo $50 at de
bank* to nave der neck* am riixhiu’
to hallxan’ pari ins,an’ havin’ deir ex
p»n*ive Urexscx described fill de bene
fit of de public.
"Do xocalled society of de algo am
composed of falxo hair,false pretense*,
debt-dodging, an’ base duceuxllllll.
Our ridi people am distinguished by
their plain drusx an' quiet mamierx.
lie xnidex an’ dude* an’ dodoM do
all de swaggerin’.rush on all de colorx,
an’ monopolize de biggest xlieer ol the
street. You wait! De man wiio lives
fur anodor leu y’ar* w ill li'ar xunthln'
drap, an’ arter de drap take* jdace d<
thousand* of Idiots wiio now feel
ashamed to admit dat dey doan’
keep hut. two servant galx in de houxe
will go hack to deir cook xtovex an’
wash tub* an’ take deir pioper places
in du purceehun.”
The Cenerou* Stranger Makes
Money.
Prom 'i* lloxton Courier.
There are hardly fewer way* ol
making money than of (pending it,
and the Editor heaid the other day ol
a method which wax wholly new to
him. A visitor to the sanctum re
marked that on the train* running
horn lloxton to a certain xuburh
t here wax frequently t o he seen an act
ive and wide awake man wiio hax de
vised an ingenious method of turning
to a profit the misfortunes of ids
neighbors.
"Tiie other night,” the narrator said,
"there wax a man half drunk who had
no t icket and who found Idmxelf short
by three gent* when it came to a cash
payment. There was considerable
discussion and wrangling over the
matter, when up jumped the xmait
man uud produced the required
Illlt'U ft-litre. MU immivmi vuii
sblernhly, declaring that lie wasn't
going to see any man put ol! iust foi
coining slioit tini*« cents, amt mean
while he nuiet|jp took the ten-cent re
hate check which thecomiuctor uivei
lor a cash far* ami pocketed it with
out remark. Thu uemn'osity oi tin
passenger moved another man to In
a rent short, and the enterprisiiik
stranger secured a second tehate check.
The second im|i*cunions passenger,
however, was more sober than tin
first, and before the end of the ride he
had managed to ligttre up in hi* own
mind that the favor lie had accepted
had cost film ten emits. 1U endeavor
ed to u«t possession of the check, hut
the speculator km-w Ins business ami
would no give it up." Tito scheme is
one ol those ingenious, petty, tricky
m< thuds ol cwtclnnu stray peonies tc
which we are accustomed to hrar th«
word Yankee applied m its unpleas
ant sigtiiihutiun'
Surgical Instrument* at Pont*
palls
Hum# lUspelsh lu l.uii hts S»es
The escalations that are being car
ried fur ward at i‘oiu|*3ti are giving
most interesting teenlla, In the be
ginning ul the mouth a wooden <a*«
was dug up, containing a cumpi«t*
set ut surge al lustruanute, many of
whs it are similar to Ihoee nsssi
tu the preaent dag. A lew -fay*
later lour beau tfui stiver urns ol, on
•aUralUe hetghl were found together
with lour smaller tupa, eight open
vases, tour dishes ornament d with
foitagu ami the Mgur«« of anm* ds, amt
a benUtilui statue of Jupiter uaisl
on hi* throw*. Iloklw themi stiver
obpn ts several gotd >nnameols were
also found, tuch as varrtwg* ami ring#
five «v,avalim,e are being i apt-fly
poshed forward
Rattle Snake Poison.
From the Pldlalei phis Herald.
On August 2b, 18811, a 5-year-old
■on of George Putnam, who live* at
Stony Ford, Pennsylvania, was re
turning home from driving the row*
to (mature, and kto[i|s>d by the road
side to pick some berries. Ife was
barefooted and suddenly felt a sharp
■ting on the instep of his left foot
He ran crying home, and told bis
mother that he had scratched his foot
an a briar. The foot had begun to
swell, and his mother picked frani the
llesh wiiat slii! at first silppm-ed to
he a briar, but ax the foot continued
to swell ami the hoy’s sufferings were
intense the alarming fact was appar
ent, that he had been bitten by some
poisonous snake, and that, the sup
nosed hrini was one of its fangs that
had buried itself in the wound and had
been pulled from the snake's jaw.
Mrs. Putnam called tier husband,
who was at work near the house, and
alarmed other members of the family.
A live chicken was cut in t wo and the
warm llesli applied to the wound.
Whisky was given to the hoy in large
quantities, and a messenger was dis
patched for a do-tor. A member of
the family went to the spot where the
hoy said lie had first lelt the sharp
sting, and found a rat i ltsnako coiled
near the roadside. The snake was
killed and one of its fangs was found
to be missing, which left nodoubtof the
nature of the boy’s Injury. The snake
was cut open and held on the wound
in the hoy’s foot, which had swollen to
double its natural si/,c. The sufferings
of the boy were so great that he could
scarcely uo hem uown in win lieu uv
two men. The doctor arrived and
cauterized Hid wound, but said it wo*
too late and llial the boy would die.
The swelling had extended up the leg
to ids waist, and the leg Became spot
ted. Antidotes prescribed bv the doc
tor were administered, but t he whisky
treatment was also adhered to. The
hoy’s body turned black, but after
t hroe days of the most terrible agony,
the swelling began to go down, and in
a week the victim was able to net
about. In a month's time all the ef
fects of the poison seemed to have dis
appeared, and the boy was as well as
ever.
On the20th of August, 1881, he was
seized with a sharp pain in bis foot,
which began to swell, and in a short
time Ins leg and foot, were swollen to
double their size, and became spotted,
as they had on the day the boy was
bitten by the snake, lie experienced
the same symptoms, and sutlered for
three days almost as much agony a*
he had the year before. When the
swelling again went down the pain sub
sided and the symptoms disappeared.
Regularly on the 20th of Angustevery
year since the same symptom* have
appeared, on the authority of u well
known citizen of Tioga County, aud
their recurrence this year was uiarkrd
by more than usual pain and swelling,
tfio spotson the leg and body strikingly
resembling that of a rattlesnake. Tho
*utiering* of tho boy were so Intense
that be was not expected to pa'*
through them with bis life, but at last
accounts lie was slowly recovering.
It is said that, there are three simi
lar cases on record—one of a girl who
was bitten by a rattlesnake in Liv
ingston County, New York, thirty
years ago, and who for twenty-five
yeurs, on the anniversary of the day
on which site was bitten, was subject
to the same symptom* a* attended
the original poisoning. Hhe died on
the twenty-fifth recurrence of the ter
rible symptom*.
A Curious Case.
1)r. Oober, the physician at the Pen
itentiary in B’rankfort, Ky., relates a
remarkable case in tho history of bis
professional practice. He saye that
two years ago B)li Lucas, colored,came
to the Penitentiary from Louisville
under a life sentence lor murder, and
that until within six months past he
was healthy and capable of perform
ing the heaviest labor. At tliut date
lie manifested extreme nervousness,
and would shrink and crouch into cor
ners as if experiencing great flight. He
soon lost the use ot every member of
Ins body and then tell into a heavy
stupor that, evinced the loss of all sen
sation. In this condition,adead manta
all appearances, except an occasional
turning ol the head, he remained unt il
recently, when ho showed the first
symptoms of returning life by making
a feeble elTort to mutter. A few weeks
ago there was an apparent improve
ment, and the doctor pronounced
him restored, sound in body and
mind. The negro says he does not re
member of his illness. He thought he
had been in the hospital hut a day or
two, and was surprised to awaken
frum an April nap to learn that be
was in the middle ol the month of
October. The treatment was addresw
ed to the brain aethe seat of the nerve
centres.
Inventing the Telephone.
Prom the New York Journal of ('ummcrcs.
A correspondent impure* what led
to the invention of the telephone. We
euhmltted the letter to an expert elec
trical engineer, and he send* us the
following reply: "In reply to ttee vjuvw
tion ae to what led to the iiiwoltoa
of the telephone, I beg to sav that, it
tlie discovery of telegraphy tty Ylorse
white crossing the ocean in a stoaiu
ship, w* tind a most rapid imsiu ol
communicetton, Experiment* iu the
line of ectenlihc research a little later
on, and ae tind the discovery ol a
insane lor conveying musical sum's
or notes, upon the ordinary telegraph
key and sounder (see he tent tin Am vet
van for illustrated article on tnte nth
tec! early tn in? it, then we have
v,ray's hat tooruc tekageeph and Hetl'e
•Making tslephooe. The discovery at
lixe Mors.- systsnt ot telegraphy led ae
mu, h to the m vent mu ot the Ids
Idmii« as anything, he.suss ae caa
ue# ami did use) the <»dmar> teka
graph key and sounder to convey
.wumls nnd sxsec h isonxeahat noper
hfctiy. ow tug to iinproper adjust men<4
over an ordinary telegraph I nee."