Mvhnt'ihn Mducrlincr.
0. W. FAIRBROTHER. ft CO,, Proprietor!.
CALVKHT. : : NEHUASKN
EMIiRSOtr.
Meek snap, upon whoso IIh iiml tn
Waited mioh mystlodioly jhwom.
Though oti havo Hod tlio world of men,
Your irentlo spirit still Ik ours.
All, when thr-sc noblo nntnrod piw
Tohoiiio lair world beyond thu cloud,
Who stays tho Iiiimko on (ho xImkh?
Who tiiiiiKH uiiKht burled with tho shroud?
Itiiro hoiiIr thorn nro whoo presence tioams
Across our llfo with ray Ideal:
Htronir men, who llvlnir nro llkn dreams,
Hut, absent, irrow divinely real.
And yot to think thnt ho Is jrnno
Karfrom tho circle of oaith'H years,
Whoso face was lit with truth's pnrn dawn
Ilsmltcs and turn tho heart to tears.
11111 Ttichold him, linn and tall,
Walklnjf tho ulmy village street:
tt nipt, yet keen, and irroctlnir all
With smiles that make tho nido air sweet;
Upright, alert, iMinltninnt, pure;
Kind ii"ln!i!ior, Hour and ixii't deep;
A man whoso wisdom shall endure,
Whoso memory homely folk will koop.
Oh. vain to client our lorifrltwr eyes
That hhw his virtue Idem the day I
Vainly tho heart for solueo cries:
"Ho April, ended, Urines thu May."
Ucutvc I'. JaUIiivp, in Jlaricr's U'tthlu.
"THIS 1I0UKK TO LET!"
" This Jiouso lo lot!"
Mr. Frank Hnyborry's Persian-patterned
morning gown floated "liko a
meteor on tho troubled air," as ho
rushed mil before breakfast and watered
thu truculent-looking hill on tho front
of tho 1ioii.su with lour fat rod wafers.
"There!" said ho. "I'vo nut thu bill
ii!"
" I'm glad of it," said Mrs. Hnyborry,
n wntury-oyod little woman, with blue
ribbons in hot hair and a blue no.se to
correspond; "for, between obstreperous
servant-girls, and everlasting plumbers'
bills, and baby's teeth, ami your Aunt
-Miriam coining every little while to
May a month, rm completely worn out
and tired of housekeeping. It will bo
like a new lease of life to board for it
little while."
"Humph!" said Mr. Hnyborry. "I'm
not ho sure of that. Hut tho bill is up,
anyhow, and tho next thing is to got
tho old plaeo routed and oil' our hands."
And with tho striking of ten (tho
Jiouso, as mentioned in tho lino print of
the "To Let," was visible between tho
hours of ten and two), there sot in a
solid phalanx of house-hunters of all
varieties, from tho resolute old woman,
with tho market basket and tow-colored
frock, to tho newly-married young
woman, who soomod to regard this two
story brick mansion very much as slio
had just loft oil regarding her doll
houso. At first Mrs. Hnyborry endeavored to
treat tho house-hunters politely, butsho
soon discovered that solf-defonso re
quired a different method of treatment;
nnd when Mrs. Toxleysnid that tho cel
lar smelted liko an old vault, and that
tho house wasn't lit for decent people to
live in, sho simply remarked that there
was no law in tho code requiring tier
(Mrs. Toxley) to livo in it if sho didn't
like it.
"Ma'am," said Mrs. Toxley, "I sup
posed that I was speaking to a lady."
"i didn't," said Mrs. Haybcrry,
tersely.
Mrs. Fitzfaddle, tlto bride, didn't liko
tho location. Her .James, sho was sure,
wished to bo nearer tho park; and she
was sorry tho house hadn't hard-wood
Jinish and electric bolls.
"Hut," oriod Mrs. Hnyborry, "you
can't expect that sort of thing for six
hundred and lifty dollars a year!"
Tho bride tossed hor head. Evident
ly sho didn't mean to bo dictated to.
Everybody was going into lints, now,
who said, and sho didn't know why sho
wasted hor timo in looking at dingy old
houses liko this.
Old Mrs. Hudget was of opinion that
tho closets wore too small and tho pan
trios ill-ventilated. Sho was almost
sure she smellod diphtheria and typhoid
fever in tho kitchen, and wanted to
know when tho sanitary inspector had
last visited tho promises; Mr. Hardback,
u still old bachelor, object od to tho
nearness of tho elevated railway; Mrs.
Hopkins, whoso daughters had "situa
tions" in a down-town book-bindery,
took exceptions that it wasn't near
enough; Mrs. .Johnson sniffed and
fliiulfcd, and said sho knew there was a
"fat-boiling phico somowhoro in tho
neighborhood, and Miss Rockwell was
quite certain that tho tall rod-brick in
the rear was a tenement, and that poo
pie in tenements had yellow fever, and
Mmtdl-pox, and Asiatic cholera, and
everything olso of a contagious nature.
And oven after two o'clock, when
.Mrs. Ha berry had retired into her room
to have hysterics and green tea at her
leisure, the houso-hunting public made
unceasing chargo tip tho front steps and
at tho door, still demanding admittance;
until, at last, Mrs. Havborry, pecrim
through tho window-blinds, saw a stout
gentleman coming up tho steps, with a
gold-headed cano and a broad-brimmed
beaver hat.
" Madam," Baid tho old gentleman,
catching tier oyo through tho angle of
tho Venetian slats, "1 wish to tako this
liouso."
"You wish to look at it, you mean,"
said Mrs. Hnyborry, feebly. "Hut tho
hours for inspection"
"Madam," firmly repeated tho old
gontlomnn, " I wish to take it. To en
gage it to rent it from tho first of May
next, at tho sum of six hundred ami fifty
dollars per annum."
" Hut you haven't soon It!" cried Mrs.
Uayborry.
"Madam," said tho old gontlonmu,
" I don't wish to seo It. My itunily con
sists of myself, an invalid relative, and
uu old colored servant. And it must be
a very poor house, indeed, if it does not
meet our simple requirements. Shall I
toko down tho bill, ma'am? My refer
ences are Lett all & Co., real ostato
agents. No. , Pino street!"
" If you plcaso!" said Mrs. Haybcrry,
feeling as if u thousand-dollar weight
had been lifted oil her heart.
So down camo tho " To Lotl" and it
Muttered ignominiously into tho gutter.
Mr. Haybcrry arrived to a lato too,
with a lobster nnd a hunch of spring let
tuce under his arm.
" Well, Fanny," said he, " I'vo got
good news for you. This houso is lotl'
"How did you knowP" said Mrs. Hay
berry. "The real cslato agent told mo. Just
now! To a very respectable old couple
a man and wife! Intending to take a
few lodgers, I'm told."
Mrs. Haybcrry opened her eyes very
wide.
"Well,' said sho, "ho certainly
does look tory respectable. Hut when
he said " invalid relative," I hadn't an
idea that ho meant his wife. And I
shouldn't think it could bo very pleas
ant for tho lodgers to have a sick per
son in tho house."
And site told her husband about the
benevolent-visaged old gentleman in tho
broad-brimmed Shaker lint.
" It's very odd," said Mr. Haybcrry,
reflectively. "Hut it's none of our
business."
All this being, as thoy supposed, defi
nitely settled, Mrs. Haybcrry was not a
little surprised, the next day, at the ar
rival of Mrs. Fitzfaddle, the bride, with
a tape-measure and a small memorandum-book.
" To measure for the carpets, you
know," said she. "It isn't quite tho
sort of house wo could have wished; but
dear James' salary has been cut down
twenty-live per cent., and so we have
taken this liouso in default of anything
better."
" Hut it's taken already," said Mrs.
Haybcrry.
" You must bo mistaken," said Mrs'.
Fitzfaddle, stillly. "James rented it,
yesterday, for a year, of thu owner, Mr.
Trimmer, No. -1G Peanut Court. And
if you could give us possession a few
days before the fust of May, it would
bo a very groat accommodation in
deed." "I'm sure I don' t understand it at all,"
said Mrs. Haybcrry. " You'll have to
settle it with the landlord. I'm not re
sponsible." Hut while tho discussion still waged
high, in bustled a portly, doublc-ehiuned
old lady, just as if tho houso belonged
to hor.
"Mrs. Hodgson," said she, with a
comfortable nod of the head. "Tho
new tenant. Come to seo what arrange
ments could bo made about storing a
few of my trunks and things, before L
move in regularly."
"Madam," said Mrs. Fitzfaddle, "tho
houso is mine."
" I've got tho blank lease in my pock
et, ma'am, all ready for signatures,"
said Mrs. Hodgson.
And tho two ladies were glaring furi
ously at one another, when the stout
gentleman, in tho broad-brimmed hat,
entered, followed by an old negro, with
hair whitens wool.
"1 thought," remarked tho broad
brimmed old gentleman, "that per
haps it might bo as well for Cato and
mo to make a diagram of tho rooms, so
that if "
"Oli, stop, stop!" cried Mrs. Baylxsr
ry, despairingly, clasping hor hands to
her head. "It's been let twice over
already! I do hope you'll not bo disap
pointed, but "
A dark frown overspread tho old gen
tleman's benignant countenance.
" Madam," said lie, "this is scarcely
business-like!"
"Oh, dear! oh, dear!" said Mrs. Hay
berry. "My head is whirling around
liko a top! I don't seo how it can possi
bly have happened, but hero aro three
people, all saying that they have spe
cially and separately engaged this house.
Somebody telephone to my husband, or
I shall go crazy!"
In camo Mr. Haybcrry, accompanied
by Lottall & Co., Hcntquick & Son, and
Air. Klias Trimmer, who owned tho very
eligible residence under discussion.
And iu tliis committee of tho whole it
speedily transpired that tho houso act
ually had been rented to throe dillerent
tenants by tho various persons in whoso
charge it was. And not ono of them
was willing to abate ono jot or titlo of
his or her rights and privelegos.
Hut presently up spoko tho fat old
lady, with tho cozy double chin.
"Dear mo!" said she; "can't wo all
arrange matters comfortablo-liko? Ain't
we making a deal of fuss about a very
little thing? This 'oro old gent don't
really want but threo rooms; and tho
VOllll"" bldv." with ii oniirli.jv in Mi-o
Fitzfaddle, whose Rhino pebbles sho
believed to bo genuine diamonds, " will
bo quite satisfied with tho second Moor,
through. And mo and Hodgson wo
want to take lodgers, and will bo suited
with tho basement-story. And tho rent
won't be but a third as much -don't
you seo my dears? and over fcodv quite
snug and satisfied."
"A capital idea!" said tho old goutlo
iuan. " I don't know but what It is worth
considering," said tho bride, "in con
sideration of twenty-live per cent, re
dilution of my husband's salary. And
ono can call it a Mat, if ono chooses."
And tho eountcnauccB of tho agents
and landlord, who had anticipated
nothing loss annoying than a throo
corncred law-suit, grow radiant again,
and matters were all settled.
"Hut," said Mrs. Haybcrry, "if it
had boon necessary to nut up that bill
again, 1 think I should havo run away
to Patagonia! Anything anything but
a House to Let."
It Is estimated that tho gypsy chil
dren of England number UO.OOO.
Tho Man on tho Veranda.
Up on Park street tho other evening
tho boys fixed up a straw man in an
old suit nnd placed him on a veranda
in tho melancholy twilight Ho hadn't
lieon in position above ten minutes when
along camo a specimen who had been
blasted out of tho lower stratum of life,
i and ho loaned his elbows on tho fence
and called out:
"Good evening, mister. Is this tho
place where they vaiitodtho back-yard
cleaned out?"
The straw man made no reply.
" I think this is tho place," continued
the other. "I was a speaking to tho
lady, and sins said as how 1 was to call
this evening for ten cents, being as sho
pitied my misfortunes."
The straw man was silent.
" Which was very kind of hor, in
deed, because 1 am powerfully broken
down. I may bo wrong, but I dunno.
I'll bo on hand early in the morning.
I alius likes to keep my word, you
know!"
If tho straw man knew, ho didn't kt
on.
" Yes, sho Baid she felt for me, and
sho said I must bo sure to call for tho
ten cents. Heing as you are her husband
I presume you might hand mu tho mon
ey yourself?"
Still no response.
"In which case my gratitude would
bo eternal, you know? Cast thy broad
upon the waters and it shall return fifty
per cent., or some such thing. You
couldn't mako it a quarter, could you?
That would bo a cast worth casting,
you know. Tho profit on that after
many days would be half a dollar, you
Bee?''
It is doubtful if the man saw.
"Heing as I'm in a little hurry, and
being as 1 haven't had anything to cat
in several days, perhaps it wouhlbe well
to close this transaction at once. If you
wanted to make it half a dollar instead
of a quarter, why I "
Just then a potato ticked tho way
worn traveler's ear, and another raised
his lial several inches. Ho bounded to
the center of the street like a cat,
wheeled around, and peering through
the darkness he called out:
"Mister, three minutes ago I looked
upon you as a great statesman, but a
man which will heave rocks instead of
arguing the question hain't fit to run a
yaller dog convention! Good-night, sir!
If von have that 'ere back yard cleaned
It'll bo after you have apologized for this
uncalled for attempted assassination!"
Detroit Free, Press.
The Needs of Children.
Besides the necessity of providing
good books for tho children in the house
hold, two other needs exist: Tho first
is the need of giving them a place to
keep their books in, and the other is to
give them time to read them time
which shall be respected. It sometimes
(coins as if there is a great lack of
thought iu many houses; children, if not
petted and released from all obligations,
(ire treated like little sonants, whoso
duty it is to do all the odds and ends in
the house, to i tin of errands, upstairs
and down, to carry packages, to be at
the beck and nod of each older member
of the family, and when the growing
legs tire, anil tho suppressed wish to do
other things breaks out, it is called
temper, or bad disposition, and is pun
ished accordingly. Wo hear a great
deal about tho plastic minds of children;
of the powers which theirfaeulty of imi
tation endows them with, and many of
the things wo hear are true; so it seems
reasonable that if parents and older
brothers and sisters respect the rights
of the yc ungcr ones, a needed lesson is
taught, and thoy, in turn, respect tho
rights of others, because they havo
learned what it is to enjoy privileges.
A little boy, whose room is separated
from his mother's by a partition only,
wan told one day that ho must not enter
her room at certain times. " I do not
disturb you when you aro busy in your
room, and you ought not to disturb mo."
Tho child, liko all children, rejoiced
over a now idea; then, with a sudden
impulse, as if to test hor truth, he said:
" Well, mamma, when you seo thoso
three horso-clicstnuts in front of my
door, you will know that I am reading",
nnd do not like to bo disturbed." "Cer
tainly," said his mother, and was an
noyed no more by tho child's questions
when ojt'cupied. When young children
understand that in ono sense tho mem
bers of the household aro on a common
level, that each must co-operato with
tho others, a great point is gained in
their education. A". Y. Post.
The Mnlley Case.
Commenting on tho amount of mor
alizing as to Now
Haven society which
lias
grown out of tho .Jetinio Cramer
case, tho Hartford (Conn.) Commit
says: " Any wno who knows anything
about Newllaven society knows that it
is nothing if not still', fastidious and ex
clusive. Tho Mai ley boys aro respec
tively the son and tho nephew of a vul
gar but pushing and money-making
Irish store-keeper. They wear fairly
jood clothes, and ono of them has had a
tttlo schooling: and more pocket-money
than was good for him. Hut neither of
them ever sot foot in New Havon so
ciety, or in his wildest dreams thought
of such a thing as within tho range of
possibilities."
Thoso who contemplate removing
to Fargo, D. T., should go propared to
encounter dlMiculties, if the following
story bo true. A man observed a taS
silk hat in tho middle of tho streot, nnd
ho waded out to get it. On taking it up
ho was astonished to seo a human face
looking at him. Ho offered to holp tho
unfortunate man out of tho mud, and
received the reply: "I ain't stuck in
tho mud; I'm sitting on tho top of nn
omnibus down here." Chicago Herald.
Youths' Department.
WHAT TEDDY DID.
M You ouht to ro to tho tinrbcr,"
Bald Kdlth. " that Ih plain:
J'or you look liko n Shetland pony, Ted,
With all thnt bristling inuno,
" Or more liko a nbnguy tcrrlor
Whoso eyes aro hid In hair."
Ted only liuifrhod nt bolnjr teased,
And said ho didn't euro.
But to himself ho wondered
If. Indued, ho looked liko that;
And down In front of a lookiiig-glasa
Hclluctlvoly ho Hut.
A pair of h!s mother's solssors
Lay on tho mantel-shelf,
Andiiothmiht: " I hate a harbor's chair,
I eiui out It olT myself."
Bo, snipping, snlpplrV, snipping,
Tho eold keen scissors sped,
Till ono whole sldo of his llttlo pato
Was bald iu tho baby's head.
Jut then tho tea bell, rlniritur
Its cheery cnll, he heard;
And hoKlnneodntthouncut sldo, nnd sntd:
" I can do thatuftorward."
Think what a funny top-knot
For company to nee
Brown olf-looks covering half, and half
As bare as bare could bet
Ar ho Hunted himself at table,
Merrily lunched each one:
And mamma cried, In droll tllsnmv:
"My boy, what huvo you done?"
-Afra. Ctam lMtu Ualm in OnrIAU.lt Ontt.
MR. THOMPSON AM) THE SWAL
LOWS. Mr. Thompson was sitting in tho barn
belonging to tho farm where ho had
been spending tho summer. Ho looked
very disconsolate, and from timo to timo
heaved such deep sighs as to greatly
disturb tho family of swallows who had
their nest against the beam just above
his head.
Poor Mr. Tliompson had had a hard
timo all summer. First of all. he had
mot Miss Angelina; who had captured
his heart; and everybody knows that tho
most miserable object on earth is an old
bachelor in love.
" Oh, had I wings of a bird, I would
My" murmured Mr. Thompson to him
self. "Course j-ou would," interrupted a
saucy voice.
Mr. Tliompson looked up. On tho
edge of the mud nest just above his head
sat a bright-looking barn-swallow,
eyeing him curiously.
"Where would you My to?" inquired
the swallow.
"Away from this world of care,"
murmured Mr. Thompson.
Tho swallow laughed heartily.
" Well, I guess not; but you can try,
if vou want to."
Mr. Thompson folt himself begin to
shrink, and saw his clothes slowly dis
appear and become changed into
feathers. Hut ho was getting so used
to these metamorphoses that he didn't
mind it, and really gazed upon himself
with satisfaction as finally he folt that ho
Was a perfect swallow.
"Come up bore," said the swallow.
Mr' Thompson stretched his wings,
and Muttered up to the nest beside his
friend.
"How do you liko it?" inquired tho
swallow.
"It is glorious," replied Mr. Thomp
son. "Oh, that I could always be a
bird!"
"Humph!" replied tho bird. "How
wouldyou like to have to buildyour house
every spring, going and coming a hun
dred times a day with your mouth full
of mud?"
"Hut the glorious fooling of freedom!"
said Mr. Thompson
" Oh yes," answered the swallow, sar
castically. "Come with me; I'll show
you."
The two Mow out of the barn, and
after wheeling around for a few minutes,
flew up to a large vane on top of the
carriagc-hoiHo. Mr. Thompson had
often seen tho swallows perched on this
vane, twittering and lighting among
themselves. This morning no had a
feeling of elation at being there himself,
and shook his wings proudly. Hang!
whiz! the shot Mow around him, and two
of his compalons fell fluttering to the
ground. Just then ho heard two boyish
voices exclaim;
"It's awful hard to hit a swaller on
tho wing, but you can shoot 'em sittin'
liko pie."
Mr. Thompson and his friend were
uninjured; and as they Mow away in
alarm, tho bird said, in an ironical tone:
"Such a feeling of freedom!"
Mr. Thompson said nothing, but Mow
back to tho ham. After resting for a
moment, the swallow said: "Let's go
up to the Sound and visit my cousins,
tho bank-swallows."
Mr. Thompson followed tho bird, and
skimmed oer the fields, snapping up a
My or two by the way, until they reached
the high sand-elilfs which border Long
Island Sound. Hero, high up on tho
clilfs, were a ntunbor of small round
holes; Hying about thorn, and darting
out atKrin wore a number of small gray
birds; sitting on a fence rail not far oil
were nearly a hundred more solemnly
sunning thenisohes.
" rilintroduco you to ono of them,
and ho will show you around," said
Mr. Thompson's friend.
After tho introduction had been ef
fected, tho bank-swallow said, in an in
quiring tono: "You aro interested in
birds?"
"Yoa" said Mr. Thompson; "theirs
is so glorious and frco a life."
Tho swallow smiled pityingly: thon,
as if to cliango tho subject, invited Mr.
Thompson to visit his house. It was
high up under tho overhanging edge of
tho cliff.
The swallow led tho way, and Mr.
Thompson followed through a corrulor
about a foot long, and slanting slightly
upward in order that the rain would
not drive Into tho nest. At tho end of
tho corridor was a circular apartment,
lined with feathers and sea-weed, and
horo sat Mrs. Hank-swallow upon four
speckled eggs. Mr. Thompson did not
wish to disturb her, so ho rotreatodsoou
after having been introduced. Ills
companion led the way back to tho rail
upon which tho barn-swallow waY
seated, waiting. After a slight pause,
Mr. Tliompson inquired: " May 1 ask
what you find to eat up here?"
"Certainly," replied tho bank-swallow,
good-naturedly. "During tho
summer we cat grubs, Hies, mosquitoes,
and the like; in the fall, when tho bay
berries aro ripe, wo eat them. You
know each berry is covered with a
coating of vegetable wax, and wo get
very fat; then people shoot us, for they
say the berries give us a delicious fla
vor," added ho bitterly.
Mr. Thompson sighed, and was lost
for a moment in reverie, when ho was
suddenly aroused by Ids companions
suddenly screaming: "A hawk!"
Mr. Thompson followed tho barn
swallow, too frightened to know where,
for as ho turned back ho saw tho hawk
pounce upon an unfortunate bird, and
bear it off in his claws.
When thoy reached tho houso again,
tho swallow said: "Well, do you think
Unit tho life of a bird is unalloyed pleas
tiro?" Mr. Thompson paused for a
moment, and tho swallow continued:
"First, there are tho boys who steal tho
eggs, then they shoot at you; thou
there are tho hawks, and tho snakes,
and the cats." ,
" Cats?" inquired Mr. Thompson. A
"Yes, cats!" screamed tho swallow
in alarm, Muttering away. Mr. Thomp
son was too late. He felt tho sharp
claws iu his leg, and with a jump and a
scream ho awoko. to find himselt sitting
in tho barn, with the big house cat
standing besido him, and lookingsomo
wlut surprised at his sudden move
merit. Slowly Tabby lifted hor paw,
and putting it on Mr. Thompson's
knoo, stretched herself lazily. 'Lisha,
who was feeding tho horses, remarked:
"Reckon it's goin' to rain; the swallers
fly low, and it's a great sign of rain
when a cat stretches like that."
Mr. Tliompson walked slowly to tho
houso, thinking that, after all, the bird's
lifo was not all happiness. Harpers1.
Young People.
Tho Friends or Hoys.
Who are the friends of tho boys? Wo
mean tho true devoted iriends. " This is
question every boy, as soon as ho ar
rives at an ago to determine what is
right and what is wrong, should bo
urged to settle for himself, and settle it
for all his life. Hoys, think! Is it ho
who pats you on the back and tells you
" that is right," when you have whipped
some other boy for sonic trilling cause?
Is he your true friend? Supposing tho
other boy had whipped you! Would
not this pretended friend have been just
as earnest in cheering him and shaming
you? You havo noticed that where
there is a crowd of rough men and boys
together they Matter the boy that does
the most daring act, no matter how
wrong that act may be. Aro 'thoy tho
friends of that boy? Another boy soon
does a bolder deed, and they forget tho
ono thev cheered a moment ago. nmlA
"hurrah" for tho last boy. They
change in a moment. Is ho your true
friend, boys, who gives you fivu cents to
bribe you to swear an oath? Is he your
true friend who give-, you a chew or plug
of tobacco, and tells 'you to chow it;
or gives you a cigar and tolls you
to hinoko it? Do your true friends
entice you to loaf oii tho street or in
houses whore men and bovs are swear
ing, cursing and using vile language?
Do your true friends ask you to go into
saloons and drink? Do they toll you:
"O, never mind: one glas of beer will
not hurt you; don't bo a baby?" Aro,
boys; no. Your true friends show you
that it is wrong to be fool-hardy, simply
because men cheer you. They tell you
that it is sinful to swear; that chewing
and smoking and loafing are bad habits?
and persuade you not to form those
habits. And they warn you that drink
ing is a dangerous habit! that will ruin
both your bodies and souls. Your true
friends, boys, beg of you not to go
near the saloons. They beg of you noti
to loaf, because idleness is a crime that
often leads boys into gambling halls,
and from gambling halls into other dens
of vice, and into saloons to wreck their
lives.
Then, boys, think! Remember that
your true friends will lead you away
from bad habits, koop ou out of saloons,
and help you to become honest and use
ful men. Exchange.
Two convicts iu the California State
prison took delight in torturing n timid
fellow, who-,0 cell was between their
own, by pretending at night that thoy
saw ghosts. They talked to each other
about it, describing the mo.-.t awful
sights, and counterfeiting excessive
fright. A week or two of this treat
ment drove the victim crazy, and ho
imagined that he was haunted by tho
creatures which they conjured up.
Chicago News.
Tho New York authorities havo
stopped tho exhibition parades of tho
firo department which havo boon so fre
quently made for the edification of vis
itors. The Tribune thinks the last per
formance of turning out men and ma
chines for tho entertainment of an obeso
opora boufl'o singer was what did tho
business.
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Mr. Snurgeon says ho regards it as
a reason for devout 'gratitude that ho
has been spared to produce such a libra
ry of fiormons, now numbering l.tijifl.
lie feels, however, that he has only
coasted around the marvelous subjects
which fill the Scriptures, and that ho is
now but at tho beginning of his diviue
theme.
A littlo boy and girl in Ripley,
Somerset County, Mo., wore play in"
with an ax one day recently, when the
littlo girl cut tho boy's toes completely
off from one foot.
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