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J fr i II' ( n 5i i 'i O. W. FAinDIlOTnER & CO,, Proprietor!. OALVERT. t : NKHRASKY. ATI 8 110 01 wrni A moiit oataiiiiii accompaniment. AtlHhool Attlnhool You ink ino to wrlto? I'm coughing nil day, and I'm Kiiuezliitf nil ulKlit; Myoycmirono tonrful r pcmvely cnn hco, Ami pono, Ink and imiicr uro milrioti to tun. Atlshool Atinlionl My iiohoIh (iilto red I'rny how cuti I wrlto with a cold In my head? AtlMiool Atfahool You ak motohiuirli. Whon hot-wntcr Krucl I Kniunomely (iniir? li'cn warm iiiustiinl-jiliistur nun carcoly In- Hi)lro Thin dlmnal old rhyinT who tri-nnim y tho flro. AtlBliool AtlHhool Your loflliix itro duud To think 1 can IiiiikIi with a colli In my huml. AtlHhool AtlMmnl You nnlc motojoko, W'hu 1 1 nny uxoitlmi rompolH mo to ohoko? My chilly linilu tvulitat tho thought or a pun, And fro'.uu In all my tmroinilul fun. AIIhIiooI AUnIioiI My brain li Mto lend For piny who can Joku with a cold In his Inrnd? AtlHhoo! Atlnhool You imk mn to Hlnir. And think I can carol llko lark on tho wltur? My harp ih nnstrutiK, and I can't hIiik a note, lint ruefully Kro to with a horrid wro throat. AtlHhool AlHliool I Hhoulil ho In lied For how can I Hlnjf with a cold In my head? lsnuton 'iiKCi. "LAL" ItYDQUIST; A Story of the Land and Sea. m lir WAI.TIUl IIKHANT AHI) JAMES HIOE. Truo Lovo nnd Woman's Dovotlon Ho rolo Holf-Baorifloo Tho Hnppy Ho ward of Borrow Dorno Bruvoly, of Palth, Loyalty, OournRO and Patient Trust. IFrom All tho Year Itnund. CHAI'TKIl m.-CONTINUKIl. Thoy saw tlio action of tho girl in tho boat, and (lien tiioy Haw lior seize tho hciiIIs and null vigorously to Hhoru. As for Lai, all sho saw wiih a palo and dripping face, lingers which clutched tho gunwale and nearly pulled it under, nnd an indiscriminate something in the water. " Oh, can you bold onP" sho cried. " It is but a moment twenty strokes nee, wo aro close to tho stops." "Quick!" ho replied; "it is a heavy weight. How as hard as you can, please." Presently, when tho Captain of tho ship saw the boat lauded at tho stops, nnd was sure of tho safety of tho two men, ho niiulo a sign to the jiilot, and tho ship went on her way, for timo Is precious. " Lucky cscnpo," bo said. "Armiger will come over presently, none tho worse for a ducking." Hut tho nassongors with ono accord raised a mighty cheer as tho boat touched tho shore, and tho men on tho lighters cheered lustily, and oven tho two young capsized thieves who were wot and drip ping, cheered. And there wcro sonio who said tho caso must bo forwarded to the Royal Hiunano Society, and somo who talked about Grace Darling, and made comparisons, and some who said it was their saerod duty to write to tho papers, and tell tho story of this won derful presence of mind. Hut they did not, because Hhortly afterward they reached tho docks, and there was kissing of relations, packing of wraps, counting of boxes, anil afterward so much to sco nnd talk about, and so many things to toll, that tho rescue of the second olllccr in tho Thames became only an Incident in tho history of tho voyage, and tho voyage itsolf only an incident in tho his tory of their sojourn abroad. The distance to be rowed was more, indeed, than twenty strokes, but not much more. Still, thoro aro times when twenty strokes of tho oar take mora timb, "to the imagination, than many hours of ordinary work. Lai rowed with beating heart; in two minutes tho boat lay alongside the steps. When her passenger's feot touched tho ntones ho let go, and, being a strong young fellow, and none tho worso for Ids cold bath, ho carried his burden, an apparently inanimate body, up tho stairs to the top. Hero ho laid him while ho ran down again to help his pre Borvor. 'These are my steps," she said; "mv boat is always " moored bore. Thiuric you, but if you don't give her tho wholo length of her painter, sho will bo hung up by tho bows when tho tide runs .out." Sho jumped out and ran lightly up tho Btono steps. At the top, tho man who had given them all this trouble sat up, looking about him with wondering eyes. Then Lai saw that ho was of somo for eign country, partly by his dress and partly from his face. The other, who did indeed present a rueful appearance in his dripping clothes, was, she per ceived, an olllccr of tho steamer. Then litil begun to laugh. " It is all very well to laugh," ho Baid grimly, and shaking himself llko Tommy Trout, medalist of tho Humane Society, after rescuing that Tom, " but hero's half my kit ruined. And, I say, you'vo savod mv life and I haven't oven thanked you. l$ul I do not know how to thank you." "ltwasallby chance," roplied Lai, ' and I am very glad." " And what aro wo to do noxtP" ho Asked. Ho made a sign to tho other man, who sprang to his foot, shlvored and nodded. "I am very glad you saved his life, at ny rato," tho young man wont on; ' Jio is tho st o ward of tho olllcors' niesu, nnd ho cannot thank you himself, be cause ho s deaf and dumb; wo call him Dick." " Como, both of you," said tho girl, recovering her wits, which were a little ecattorod by this singular event. "Como both and dry your clothes." Sho lod tho way, and thoy all thnjo sot off running a remarkable proces sion of ono dry girl and two wet- men, which drew all oyes upon thorn, nnd a small following of boys, in tho direction of the Captain s house. " 1 thought wo fihould have dragged tho gunwale under water," gaspeil tho young fellow. "So did I," said Lai simply. "Can you swiniP" "No," ho replied. " Yet you lumped overboard to rescue your steward. "What a splendid thing to dot" ' I forgot I couldn't swim till I was in the water. Never mind. I mean to learn." Tho young fellow was a tall, slight built lad of twenty-one or twenty-two. Lai pushed him into a bedroom, and pointed to a bundle of clothes. It was not her fault that thoy belonged to Cap tain .JntiM.'ii, who was live feet nothing high, and about tho samo round tho waist. So that when tiio lad was dress ed in them, ho felt a certain amount of embarrassment, as any one might who was sent forth into an unknown house with trousers no longer than his knees, and of breadth phenomenal. . " Where can 1 hide," ho said tochlm-self,- " till tho things aro dry?" Ho found a room set with along tablo and a good many chairs. This was tho Captains' room, where they took their meals by day and smoked pipes at night, lust then no one was in it. Ho wanted to lind tho girl who had saved his lifo and rcacuoit him; so, after a look round, ho went on his cruise of discovery. Next, ho opened another door. It was Lai's housekeeping room, in which sat an old, old man iii an arm-chair, sound asleep. This was Captain Zaeh- ariascn He shut tho door quietly and oponod another. This was tho front parlor, and in it sat Mrs. Kydquist alone, also fast asleep; but tho opening of tho door awakened her, ami hho sat up and put on her spectacles. " Come in, Captain," sho said, think ing it was ono of her friends, but uncer tain which ono of them looked so young and wore clothes of such an amplitude. "Come in, Captain. It is a long timo since wo have had a talk." "Thank you, ma'am," ho replied. "It is my lirst visit hero. Wo always, you know, put into Kttst India Docks." "Ah!" Sho shook her head. " Very wrong very wrong! Many have been robbed at Shadwoll. Hut como in, and I will tell you some of my troubles. Do tako a chair." Sho drew out a handkerchief, and wiped a rising tear. "Dear me, what a delightful thing to see a young fellow like you not drowned yet!'1 "I might have boon," ho replied, but for " " Ah, and you may bo yot." This seemed a very cheerful person. "Many no older than yourself aro lying at the bottom of tho sea this minute.'" "That is very truo," ho said, but " "Oh, I know what you would say. And Captain Zachariason years of ajru if a day." oighty six Tho young man began to feel as if ho hail got into an enchanted palace. Wiien Lai found him there, ho was sitting bolt upright, while Mrs. Kyd quist was discoursing at largo on perils and disasters at sea. "You yourself," sho was saying, "look like ono who will go early and lind your end " "Gracious, mother!" cried Lai, in her quick sharp way, "how can you say such things? Tnuo enough when ho does go to lind it out. Hesides Your clothes aro quito dry now, and ohJoh! oh!" Then sho laughed again, seeing tho delightful incongruity of trousers, sleeves, arms and legs, so that ho re tired in confusion. When ho came to put on his own tilings, he discovered that tho girl of the boat this girl so remarkably handy with her sculls had actually taken tho opportunity to restore a but ton totho back of his neck, Tho loss of this button had troubled him for two voyages and a half. So delicate ami unusual an attention, naturally weyt straight to his heart, which was ulrcuiy softened by tho consideration of tho girl's bravery and beauty. Ho thought she looked prettier than over, with her large oyes and tho sweot innocence of her laeo, when ho eamo down again in his uniform. " Your steward is dry too," sho said, "and wanning himself beforo tho kitchen lire. Will you have somo tea with tho Captains? It is their tea time." " I would rather have somo tea wlthj you," ho replied, "if I might." "Vtoulilyou? Then of course vou shall." J Sho spoke as If it wore a mere noth ing, a tritlo of no value at all, this in vitation to take tea with her. She took him into her own room, where tho young man had seen tho old fellow asleep, and presently browed him a cup of tea, tho llko of which, ho thought, ho had never tasted, and set beforo him a plate of hot toast. ' That Is better for you," sho said, as wisoly as any doctor, "than hot brandy-and-wator." At lust ho rose, after drinking n8 lllllltlt till! !! lt,k ...... 1.1 1 " u..u.4 iui ua in, uoiuu ami slaying as long as ho dared. The ship would bo m hook uy tins time. Ho must across. g.U " May I como over, whon away, to seo you again?" bashfully. I can got he asked, Sho replied without any bashfulness ttt all and with straightforward friendli ness, that sho would bo very glad to seo him whonover ho could call upon her, and that tho best time would bo in tho afternoon, or, as tho evenings wore now long, in tho evening; but not in tho morning, when she was busy with all sorts of things, nnd especially in super intending Hie Captains' dinner. "I will come," ho said, and this timo ho blushed. "What Is your nanieP" "I am Lai Kydquist," sho replied, as if everybody ought to know her. Hut that is not at allwhat sho meant, "Lai! What a pretty name. It suits " And hero he stopped nnd blushed again. "And what is your name?" " Hex Armiger," he said. "And T am second oilicer on board tho Aryan, of the Indian Peninsula line, homeward bound from Calcutta." This was tho beginning of Lai's lovo story. A young fellow, gallant and handsome, pulled dripping out of tho river a sailor, too how could Lai fall in lovo with anybody but a sailor? Every love-story has its dawn, lis first faint glimmering, which grows into a glorious roso of day. There aro gen erally, as wo know, clouds about tho east at tho dawn of day. Club-mou about Tall Mall frequently remark this in tho month of .Mine on leaving tho wliist-tablo; policemen havo told me tho Mime thing; milk-men, in spring and autumn, report the phenomenon; old fashioned poets observed it. Thoro can bo no real doubt or question about it. After tho dawn and the morning comes tho noon, when the story becomes unin teresting to outsiders, yet is a very de lightful story to the actors themselves. Thoro aro different kinds of clouds, and you already know pretty well what was tho cloud which for a long timo made poor Lai's story a sad ono. When, however, tho lirst streaks of dawn appeared the sky was cloudless. You must not suppose that this young lady behold the man and straightway fell in lovo with him. Notatall. Lovo is a plant which takes time to grow. In her ease it kept on growing long after Hex had left her; long, indeed, after everybody said he was dead. Hut it cannot be denied that sho thought about him. Tho Captains congraulatcd her on having pulled tho young fellow out of tho river. Captain ZaeTiariaen, witlin gallantry beyond ins years, even went so far as to wish he had himself been tho subject of tho immersion and tho rescue. He also related several stories of his own daring, fifty, sixty, or seven ty years before, in various parts of tho ocean. All this wns pleasing. Lai laughed at tho compliments and sung tho more about the house, nor did it disturb her in the least when her mother lifted tin her voice in prophecy. "My dear," she said, "mark my words. If ever I saw shipwreck and drowning I mean quito young drown ingon any man's face, it is marked on 'tho face of that young man. Tho heed less nnd tho giddy may laugh; but wo know better, my dear wo who havo gone through it." When a sl,j comes homo and has but thrco weeks In which to discharge her cargo and take in her new lading, tho ollicers have by no means an easy time. It is not, holiday with them, but quito the reverse; and it was not often that Hex coilld get an evening free. In fact, tho whole of his wooing was ac complished in five visits to Kothcrhitho. On his lirst visit ho was disappointed. Lai was on the rivet in her boat, and so ho sat with her mother and waited. Mrs. Rydquist took tho opportunity, which might never occur ajrain, of solemnly warning him against falling in love with her daughter. This, sho said, was a very possible thiiujr to happen, especially for a sailor, oeeauso her girl was well hot up, not to say hand some. Therefore, it was her duty to warn him, as she had already warned a good many, including Captain Skantlc bury, afterward cast away in Torres Straits, that it was an unlucky thing to many into a family whose husbands and male relations generally found a grave at tho bottom of tho sea. Further, it was woll known among sailors that if you rescued a person from drowning, that person would, at somo timo or other, repay your olllees by injuring your earthly prospects. So that there were two excellent reasons why Ilex should avoid tho Hock of Love. Thoy wore doubtless valid; but thoy were not strong enough to repress in tho young man a look of Joy and admiration when the girl eamo homo fresh and bright as an ocean nymph. He took sup per with her, nnd between them tho two managed to repress the gloom oven of the prophetess who sat with them, as cheer ful as Cassandra at a Trojan supper. Did ever any ono consider how much that good old man King Priam had to put up with? Another timo was on a Sunday even ing. They went to church together and sang out of tho same hymn-book. Captain Zachariason was in tho pow also, and he wont to sleep throe times, viz., during tho lirst lesson, tho second lesson, and tho sermon, without countm" tho prayers, duriti": which ,ho probably dropped oil' as well. Aftor tho service, as the evening was lino and tho air warm, thoy Mit awhile in tho church yard, and tho young follow, seated on a tombstone, unconscious of tho moral ho was illustrating, had a very good time indeed talking with Lai. When thy wore tired of tho church-yard thoy walked away to tho bridge over tho en trance to the docks, and leaned ovor tho rail talking still. Lai was quito used to tho coniidouces of her friends, but somehow this one's confidences woro dill'oront. Ho sought no advice, ho confessed no lovo affair; ho did not begin to look at her as if ho was struck silly, and then ask her to marry him which so lfianv of the Captains had done; he asked her about herself, nnd seemed eager to know all sho fc'ould toll him, as If thoro was anything about herself that so gallant a sailor would care to know, with such stupid particulars about her daily life. nl "" sho never left Kothcrhitlw at all, and had seen no other place. " What a strango life!" he said, after many questions. "What a dull lifel Aro jvu not tired of It?" " No," she answered. " Why should I bcP Do they not bring a constant change into tho house, my Captains? 1 know all their adventures, and I could tell you, oh! such stories. You should hear Captain Zachariascn when ho bo gins to recollect." "Aye, aye, wo can all spin yarns. Hut never to leave this place!" He paused with a sigh. "lam happy," said Lai. "Tell mo about yourself." " It was her turn now, and sho began to question him until he told her all ho had to tell; but I suppose lie kept back something, as one is told to leave some thing on the dish, for good manners. Hut If he did not tell all, it was because he was modest, not because lie had things to hide of which ho was ashamed. Ho was, ho said, tho son of a Lincoln shire clergyman, and ho was destined to tho Church; solemnly set apart, ho was, by his parents, and consecrated in early infancy. This made his subse quent conduct the more disgraceful, although, as he pleaded, his own con sept was not asked nor his inclinations consulted. The road to tho Church is grievously beset by wearisome bowld ers, pits, ditches, briars, and it may bo fallen trunks, which somo get over with out tiio least dilliculty, whereas to oth ers they are grievous hindrances. These things aro an allegory, and I mean books. Now, unlucky Hex, a masterful youth in all games, schoolboy feats, lights, freaks and fanteegs, regarded a book, from his earliest intancy, unless it was a romance of the sea, or a story of adventure, with a dislike and suspicion amounting almost to mania. In his re cital to Lai, ho avoided mention of tho many floggings ho received, tljo battles ho lought, and tho insubordination of which lie was guilt', and tho countless lessons which he had not learned. Ho simply said that he ran away from school and got to Liverpool, where, after swapping clothes with a real sailor boy, ho got on board a Canadian brig as loblolly boy, and was kicked and culled all tho way to Quebec and all tho way back again. The skipper cuffed him, tho mate culled him, tho cook culled him, the crew culled him: ho got rough treatment and bad grub. His faculties were stimulated, no doubt, and a good foundation laid for smart ness in after lifo as a sailor. Also his frame was hardened by the fresh breezo of tho Windy Fifties. On his return ho wrote to his father to say that ho was about to return to school. Ho did re turn; was tho hero of the school for two months, and then ran away and tried the sea once more, from Glasgow to New York in a cargo steamer. Finally, his father had to renounce his ambitious schemes, in spito of the early consecra tion and setting apart, and got him on tercd as a middy in tho service of a great lino of steamers. Now, at tho ago of twenty-two, ho was second oilicer. Such was tho modest of tho young man that ho omitted to state many ri markablo facts in his own lifo. though these redounded greatly to his credit; nor was it till afterward that Lai discov ered how good a character he bore for steady seamanship and pluck, how well ho stood for promotion. Also, he did not tell her that ho was the softest hearted fellow in the world, though his knuckles wcro so hard; that ho was tho easiest man in tiio world to lead, al though tho hardest to drive; that on board he was always read', when off duty, to act as nursemaid, protector and playfellow for any. number of children; that he was also at such times as good as a son or a brother to all ladies on board; that on shore he was over ready to give away all his money to tho first who asked for it; that ho thuught no evil of his neighbor; that ho considered all women as angels, but Lai as an arch angel; and that ho was modest, think ing himself a person of tho verv smallest importance on account of these ditlicul ties over books, and a shameful apostate in the matter of tho falling oil' from tho early dedication. A hen a young woman begins to tako a real interest in the adventures of a young man, and, like Desdemona, to ask questions, she generally lays a solid foundation for much more than mero in terest. Dido, though sho was no longer in her premiere jeuncsse, is a casoin point as well as Desdemona. And every married person recollects the llatteiiii" interest taken in each other by fiance and fiancee during the early days, tho sweot, sunshiny days of their on'a"c ment. That Sunday night, after the talk in tho church-yard, they went back to tho house and Hex had supper wit li tho Cap tains, winning golden opinions by his great and well-sustained powers over cold beef and pickles. Aftor this they smoked pipes and told yarns, and Lai sat among them by tho side of Hex, which was a joy to him, tliough sho was sitting on tho arm of Captain Zacharia sen's wooden chair, and not his own. ITO UK CONTINUED J Recently James Shields, of Svm. disc, N. Y., met for tho lirst time a Miss McDonald. Ho took a sudden fancy to the young lady, and tho following day asked her to marry him. Tho consent of her parents was obtained and thrco days afterward they wore married. Aft er throe days of matrimonial bliss Shields loft his bride unceremoniously and went no ono knows whore. Rowland Hill said that ho would not givo much for a man's religion if his dog was not tho better for it. Dr. Leo nard Hacon had a dog who was so much attached to him that he died when tho bol s were tolling for the funeral of tho divine. FACTS AND FIGURES. It has boon calculated that breakers on the Atlantic coast fall with a force of thrco tons to tho square foot. A half-dollar of 179G brought $23.50 nt an auction salo in New York. Ono of tho year following went oil' at $10.50 Over 600,000 bushels of charcoal arc used in Loadvillo evory month. Ono firm consumes about 125,000 bushels, at 12 and M cents per bushel. Of the large cities in tho United States. Charleston, S. C, has tho largest proportion of colored people, 55 per cent, and Milwaukee tho smallest, 13 blacks to overy 5,000 of tho tolal population. A party of New York capitalists havo purchased 830 acres of hind near Hockaway, at $500 per acre, and will commence tho work at once of laying tho property out into villa sites and erecting dwellings for sale or rent. A speculator in the neighborhood of London, Out., is buying up all tiio cats ho can get, and paying therefor from ton cents to forty cents each, Ho I says tho pelts aro cured and manufac tured just the same as fox, mink, etc. Tho Noble Furnace property, on Cripple Creek, Wytho County, Va., has lately changed owner.? for tho sum X of $07,500. The tract embraces 15,000 acres of land, and is regarded as ono of tho finest iron properties in tho South. The tofal number of newspapers and periodicals published all over tho world in 1880 was, according to tho "Newspaper Directory," 31,271, and tho circulation amounted to 10,692,000, 000, or six copies to each individual liv ing. N. Y. Sun. Among the recent imports received at New York was 2,150 cans of con densed milk from London, 885 boxes of cheese from France, 4.800 bags of pota toes from Scotland. 121 bags of turnips from Scotland and 350 hogsheads of saurkraut from Germany. N. Y. Trib une. General Meigs was the groat spend er of tho public money. During the war ho directed the expenditure of as much as $1,950,000,000, a sum Uy the side of which Vanderbilt seems like a pauper. IIo also audited the mass of War claims, allowing 3:1,000 that amounted to $10,000,000. But not a dollar stuck to tho honest officer's hands Tho bonanza stocks, as California and Consolidated Virginia havo always been known, reached their hjghest valuation in the San Francisco market on the Gth of January, 1875. Each mine was then divided in 108,000sharos, and California sold at $780 per share, and Consolidated Virginia at $715 per share. Subsequently both mines wcro divided into 510,000 shares each, and they havo over since sold on tho sanm basis. This is equivalent to $150 for California and $113 for Consolidated Virginia. No one would have thought that in seven years from that timo, "Cali fornia would be solljng at 10 cents por share, and Consolidated Virginia at 50 cents per share. Hut. that is the record. California is now selling for only one third of the assessment money collected a few weeks ago. Chicago Times. i- i.-.i fc WIT AND WISDOM. Clothes are tho best passport among strangers character among acquaint ances. Whitehall Timen Tho first ingredient in good con versation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor and tho fourth wit. It isn't because a woman is exactly afraid of a cow that sho runs away and suiuums, out it is uecauso goreu urcsses aro not fashionable. When tho resthetio craze adopts knee-breeches, it can bo seen upon what slender foundations society rests. New Orleans Picayune. Men aro frequently like tea tho real strength and goodness is not prop erly drawn out of them till they havo been for a short timo in hot water. I've seen men cured of drunken ness; I've seen men cured of stealing; I've seen men cured of cruelty, but"! have never yet known of a man that was cured when onco drunken with vanity. licci'her. Iit'a trial before a Justice at Dodf-e vilv, iuiu., a witness who Avas being bullyragged by across-examining law year called on tho Court for protection, fhe Justice handed him a pistol. "1 havo no further questions,", said the lawyer. Precocious children. "I know," said tho little girl to her elder sister's young man at tho supper tablo, "that you will join in our society for tho pro tection of little birds, because mamma says you aro very fond of larks." Phil adelphia Bulletin. Duty is a power which rises with us in tho morning, and goes to rest with us at night. It is co-extensive with tho action of our intelligence. It is tho shadow which cleaves to us, go whore wo will, and which only loaves us whon wo leave the light of lifo. Home Treasure. Tho people of Alaska, who ought to ho contented and happy, do not seem to """ "un uiuy aro won oil. With whisky at fourteen cents a quart, and neither a City Council or a Supremo Court to worry them, these skin-elad aliens aro clamoring for a Government. Chicago Tribune It is now reported that the property which Lady Hurdett-Coutts gave up for J8?n 'JJS0 f man'yig " Hartlett is $350,000 a year. A largo price to pay for him, and it would embarrass Him somo morning when ho refuses to get up first and make tho fire, if sho should quietly say: "Ashy, what do you sup pose I paid $350,000 for you for.-CV-cago Tribune. 5 i I &