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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?
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"LAL" ItYDQUIST;
A Story of the Land and Sea.
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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.
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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.
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