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r$r J; ch'iifihi dvcriincr. 0. W, rAIRDKOTIIERA 00 Proprietor!. AUBUIW, : NKMIASKA. i ' i . m - VOICES OF THE SEA. "Wakeful I Iny at night unit hcnnl 'J'lio iuIhIiik of thu rnitlusH Hon J 'I'hu inoniliiK niirKim Bounded llko tllrtrofl lYoin miinu fnr-luiuk otornlty, WIioho Hplrlta from tlio iloop nro Btlrrcit. Awaking with tlio morning light, Again I llntonud to tlio huh; Hut with Itmiurgea Wo heard noilirgoii, Hut only llfo'H activity: Morning dlnpullud tlio gloom of night. At noon T nmintorpl forth to vlow 'J'lio throbbing of tlmt living won, Htlll It wiiHHitrffliiKi Hut only urging All ini'ii to lio liotli ntrouir niul frco Btrong In tlio hoiiI Willi coiiHulutiuu truo. At closing ilay oneo moro 1 Mood, Gulng iicniPH tlmt mighty hoii; I'urnlilps woro hiiIIIiik'; Tlio light wmh falling; Tlino, loNt In linuiortiillty, Wuh thu rullcutlou of my mood. It In thn mind, nnd not tlio nliioo. Our moodN, und not a varying volco, Tlmt Mil with PiidiicfM, Or thrill with gladness, A hoiiI whom) ono grout ruling cholc) Jtclluets In nil thlngd Hh own foreo. UttrtVitUvltwAoe. THE LAWYEH SECRET. Dy B. It. rnrjoon, Author of "Broad, Ohcoso nnd KIsbos." OHAl'TlMl II.-CONTIMIKI). " I am sorry Miss Anion should havo ever learned llioin, if thoy linvo given her pnin," suid Hit) young mini, quietly. Ellinor looked ti in his face and saw tluil tlio bluo oyos, looking down into hor.s, hud u peculiar earnestnesa till their own. "Ho is nol so bud, nftor all," she thotitrht. " I havo boon foolish in ridi culing him; but I can nuvur lovo him." "Miss Anion," ho continued, drop ping into a chair by tho -sofa on which sho was Heated, whilo Horace Margravo leaned nguliist tlio opposite side of tlio flro-placo " Miss Anion, wo meet under such peculiar circumstances, that it is bent for tlio happiness of both that wo should at ouco uudersland each other. Your lulu undo was the dearest friend I over had; no father could havo been dearer to the most allectionato of sons than ho was to mo. Any wish, then, of Ids must bo forever sacred. But I havo been brought up to rely upon myself nlonu, and I am proud in saying I have no bettor wish ttiun to make my own oaroor, unuided by interest or fortune. Tlio loss, then, of this mouoy will bo no loss to mo. If it bo your will to refuse my hand, and lo retuin tlio fortune, to which you nlono havo a claim, do so. You shall never bo disturbed in the pos- mission of that to which you of all others havo the best right. Mr. Margravo, your solicitor, and executor to your nuclei's will, shall to-morrow execute a deed, abnegating, on my part, all claim to this fortune; and I will, at one word from you, bid you adieu this night; be fore, ho added slowly, with an earnest f dunce ut her beautiful face, before my leart is too far involved to allow of my being ovou just." 'Mr. Pulton," said Horace Mar gravo, lazily watching tlio two from under the shadows ot his ovo-lusho.s, 'you bring Itoniun virtue into Mav rair. You will purify thoutmosphoro' "Shall I go or staj', Miss ArdonP" asked the young man. " Stay, Mr. Pulton!" She roso as bIio spoke, and laid her hand, us if for sup port, upon the back of a chair that was standing near her. " Stay, Mr. Pulton. If your huppincss can be niude by tlio union, which was my late unclu's wish, let it bo so. 1 cannot hold this fortune which is not mine; but 1 may share it. 1 will confess to you, and l know your S onerous nature will esteem mo better or the eonfossion, that I have dared to cherish a dream in which thu imago of another had a part. I havo been fool ish, mistaken, absurd; as school-girls often arc. Tlio dream is broken. If you can accept my uncle's fortune and 1113' own esteem; one is yours by rigid, tlio other has boon nobly won by your conduct of this evening.' She held out her hand to him, lie pvossod it gently, and, raising it to his lips, led her back to thu sofa, and re peated himself in thu chair, oloso beside her. Horaco Margravo closed his oyos, as if tlio long expected blow had fallen. Tlio rest of thu evunliig passed slow ly. Mr. Margravo talked, and talked brilliantly; but ho hud a vory dull audi onoe. Ellinor was distrait, 'Henry Pul ton thoughtful, and Mrs. Morrison em inently stupid. The lawyer ropressod two or three yawns, which ho concealed behind an embroidered lire-screen, and when tlio clock, on which an ormolu Pan reclined amidst a forest of bronze rushes, announced half-past ten, ho roso to depart, and Ellinor was left to ponder over the solemn ongagcniont into Which she had entered on tlio impulse of tlio moment. " I hud butter tako a cab to tlio Tem ple," said young Palton, as they loft tlio house "I'll wish you good-night, Mr. iMargravo." "No, Mr. Palton, I havo something to say to you that must bo said, and which, I think, I'd rather say by night than in tho dity. Jfyouaro not afraid of Into hours, como homo with 1110 to mv chambers, and snioko a eitrar. Bo- forn von suo Ellinor Anlen ajrain, T mustliavo an hour's conversation with you. Shall it bo lo-nlghtP I ask it as a favor; lot it bo tonight.!' Henry Palton lookod considerably as tonished ibyrtliQ earnestness of tho law- I ycr's words, but ho merely bowed, and said: " With great pleasure. I am entirely at your service; if I returned to my chambers, I should read for twoorthroo hours, so do not bo afraid of keoping 1110 up." Henry Palton and Horaco Margravo sat talking for nearly thrco hours in tho chambers of tho latter; but no cigars were smoked by cither of them, and though a bottlo of Madeira stood on tlio taijle, it was entirely uniouciiou. it was to bo observed, however, that a cellaret had been opened, nnd a decanter of brandy taken out; tho stopper lay be side it, and one glass, which had been drained to tho dregs. The clocks were striking two as Hor aco Margravo himself opened tho outer door for his lato visitor. On thu threshold ho paused, and laying ids hand, witli a strong grasp, on Pulton's arm, ho said, in a whisper: " I am safe, then! Your oath is sa cred!" Henry Palton turned and looked him full in tlio face looked full at the pule faco and downcast oyos, completely shrouded by tlio white lids and shadowy black eyelashes. "Tho Pultons, of Lincolnshire, are not an old family, Mr. Margrave, or a rich family; but they keep their word. Good-night." Ho did not hold out his hand at part ing; but nioroly lifted his hut, and bowed gravely. Horaco Margravo sighed as ho locked tho doors, and returned to his warm study. " At least," ho said, "I am safo! Uut thou I might have bcon happy. Havo I been wise to-night? havo 1 been wise, 1 wonder?" ho muttered, us his eyes wandered to a space over tho mantel piece, on which were arranged a couple of pairs of magnificently mounted pis tols, and a small dagger, in a chafed silver scabbard. " Perhaps, after all, it was scarcely worth the trouble of this explanation; perhaps, after all, tho ob ject is not worth tho trouble!" CHA1TKII III. AKTK.lt TUB 1IONKYMOON. Thrco months had elapsed sinco tho midnight interview in Horaco Mar gravo) chambers thrco months, and the Opora Houso was oponed -for tho season, and three new tenors, and two sopranos, and a basso-baritono had ap- f eared under tho classic proscenium of lor Majesty's Theater; tho novel of tho season had been circulated by Mudic; Rotten How was cay with umazoninu equestrians and Ulasc. life-guardsmen, with long amber whiskers, as yet uu trumolodby rod tape; moss roses wero selling on the dusty pavements of tho West End streets; and Covont Garden was all a-bloom with artistically ar ranged bouquets of rich tropical llowcrs, gorgeous in color and delicious in por luino; London, in short, was in the full llood-tidu of tho season, when Mj. and Mrs. Henry Palton roturnod fro their honeymoon visit to tlio Cumberla7id lake district, and took up their abodo in tlio small houso in Hertford street, fur nished by Ellinor before lior marriage. Hers lias been a short courtship; all tho sweet uncertainties, tho doubts, the dreams, tho fears, tho hope, which mako up tlio poetical prologue to a love match, nave been wanting in this mar riage, ordained by tho will of her lato uncle this marriage, which is founded on esteem and not on iillcetion; this niurriugo, into which she hud entered on tho generous impulse of un impotu 011s nature tlmt has never learned to re press emotion. Js sho happy? Can this cold esteem, this culm rosp'oot which she fuels for tho man chosen lor her by another, satisfy tho ardent heart of tho romantic girlP Sho has been already married six weeks, and who has not seen Horaco Margrave, tho only friend sho has in Engjand, except, of courso, her hus band, since her wedding-day. Not since that sunny May morning on which lie took her icy hand in his and gave her, as her guardian and tho roprosonU utivo of her dead father, into her hus band's arms. She remembered that on that day when his hand touched hers, it was cold and powerless us lior own, and that his listless faco was even paler than usual under the spring sunshino stream ing in at tlio church windows; but, in spite of this, hu had done thu honors of thu breakfast table, toasted the bride and bridegroom, complimented tho bridesmaids, and fascinated everybody, with all the finished graeu and marvel ous ease of thu nil-accomplished Horace Margravo. And if Ellinor hud ever thought that sho had a right, for auld lung syne, for her dear father's sake, for her own lovely face, to bo nnything more or dourer to Mr. Margravo than tho most indilVurcnt of his clients; that thought was dispelled by tlio gentle manly saw; froiil of his adieu, as tlio four pawing 'bays stinted oil' on tho llrst stage to Windormuro. It is the end of dune, and sho is seat ed in tlio small drawiiur-rooin, awaititnr tlio advent of morning visitors. They havo been a week in town, and Horace Margravo has not yet called upon them. Shu has a weary air this morning, and sho .seems to seek in vain for something to occupy lior. Now she strolls to the open piano, and plays a few chords, or a brilliant run, or softly touches tho notes of some ponsivo air, and sings some Italian words; now sho takes up uu uncut novel from tho tablo, and reads a pago or two hero and thoro, wherever the book opens; sho walks to an em broidery frame, and takes a groat doal of trouble in solecting nnd comparing wools, and threading needles, but when this Is accomplished, sho doos not do three stitches; then sho loiters listlessly about tho room, looking at tho pict ures, chiefly valuable engravings, which adorn tho palo silver-gray walls; but at last sho is so utturly weary, that sho U(ngs herself into a deop easy-chair closo to tho open window, and sits idly looking down, across & lillinutian forest of heliotropes nnd go rnmums, into tho hot, sunny street. Sho is looking vory lovofy; but sho is not looking at all happy. Tho rich masses of lior dark brown hair aro swept away from hor broad, low brow, and secured in a coil of superb plaits at tho back of her head; her simple white morning dress is oniy ornamented by largo knots of broad violet ribbon, and sho wears no jowolry whatovor, except a liny, slender gold chain, which slio twists perpetually in and out of her whito lingers. alio sits for about half an hour, always looking down across tho plants in the balcony at tho pavement opposite, when she suddenly stalls, and wrenches tho thin clmiiijoir her fingers in her agitation. Sho has scon the person for whom sho has been walling. A gentleman, who lounges lazily along tho otlior side of the street, crosses the road beneath tho window, and knocks at the door. "At lusti" slie says; "now, perhaps, this myptory will be explained." A servant anounces: "Mr. Mur grnvc." "At lust!" sho says again rising, as ho enters tho room. " O, Mr. Mar grave, I havo been so anxious to seo you!" Ho looks about on the crowded tablo to find, amongst its fashionable litter, a pluco for his hut, fails in doing so, and lints it down on a chair, and only then looks listlessly up at her and says: " Anxious to see me, my dear Ellinor; why anxious?" " Because there nro two or thrco questions which I must ask which you must answer." That peculiar expression in Horaco Margrave's eyes, which was us it wero a shiver of tho eyelids, passed over thorn now; but it was loo brief to bo perceived by Ellinor Pulton. Ho sank lazily into a chair; near her own, but not opposite to it. Ho paused to pluco this chair with its back lo the light, and then said: "My dear Ellinor, my dear Mrs. Palton, what questions can you have to ask mo, but questions of a purely busi ness character; and oven those, I im agine, your husband, who is quito as practical u man as myself, could answer as well as I?" " Mr. Palton is tho vory lastv person to whom I can apply for an answer to tho questions which I have to ask!" " And why tho last person?" "Because thoso questions relate to himself!" " O, I sco! My dear Mrs. Palton, is not this rather a bad beginning? You appeal from your husband to your solicitor." " No, Mr. Margrave. I appeal lo my guardian!" "Pardon 111c, my dear Ellinor, there is no such porson. He is defunct; he is extinct. From tho moment I placed 3'qW-hand in tlmt of your husband on tlKHar steps of St. Georco's, Hanover yju'e, ny duties, 1113' right to adviso you, and your right to consult mo, ex pired. Henceforth you havo but 0110 guardian, 0110 adviser, 0110 friend, and his name is Henry Palton." A sud shude fell over Ellinor Pulton's handsome faco, and her eyes half filled with tears as sho said: "Mr. Margrave, Heaven forbid that I should sa3' u word which could bo con strued into a reproach to you. Your duties of guardianship, undertaken at tlio prayer of my dying father, havo been as truly and conscientiously dis charged as such duties should bo dis charged by :i man of your high position and unblemished character; but I will own that, sometimes, with a womun's folly, L havo wished that, for tho mem ory of 1113' dead father, who loved and trusted 3'ou, for tho incnior3' of tho de parted childhood, in which wo wero companions and friends, some feeling a littlo wanner, a littlo kinder, a little more uu'octionuto, something of tho ten derness of an older brother, might huvo mingled with 3'our punctilious fulfill ment of the duties of guardian. 1 would not for tho world reproach, you still less reproach you for an act for which I only am responsible yet I cannot but remember that, if it had boon so, this niurriugo niijrht never have taken pluce." "it is not a happy marriage thenP" "It is a most unhappy one." Horaco Margravo is silent for a few moments, and then says, gravely, al most sadly: "My dear Mrs. Henry Palton," ho is especially scrupulous in culling lior Mrs. Palton, as if hu woro anxious to remind lior every moment how much their lela tloiis have changed "when 3-011 accuse mo of a want ot tenderness in 1113' con duct toward yourself, of an absonco of warm regard for tho memory of your dead father, my kind and excellent friend, you accuso 1110 of that for which 1 nm no moro responsible than for tho color of my hair, or tlio outline of my faco. You accuso 1110 of that which is, poriiaps, tno curso 01 my oxisienco; a heart iucnpablo of cherishing a strong atl'eetion, or a sincero friendship for tiny liring being, lioliold mo, at livo-and-tliirty years of ago, unloved and unlov ing, without one tio which I cannot as easily break as I can pay my hotel bill or pack my portmanteau. My life, at its brightest, Is a dreary oyo. A dreary prosont, which can noithor look back to a, fairer past, nor forward to a happier future!" His deop, musical voico falls into a sadder cadeneo as ho says thoso last words, and ho looks down gloomily at tho point of tho cano ho carries, with which ho absontly traces a pat tern upon the carpet. After a short silenco ho looks up and says: " Hut 3'ou wished to mako some in quiries of mo?" " I did. I do. Whon I married Mr. Palton, what settlements wero made? You told wo nothing at tho time; ami I, so utterly unused to business matters, asked you no questions. Besides, I had then reason to think him tho most hon orable of men." "What settlements were made?" Ho repeats her question, as if it woro tlio bust of all others which ho expected to hear. "Yes, my fortune! How much of it was settled on myself?" "Notono penny!" Sho gives a start of surprise, which ho answers in his most nonchalant manner. "Not ono penny of it! There was no mention whatever of anything like a settlement in 3'otir uncle's will. lie left his money to you; but lie loft It to you only on con dition that you shared it with his adopted and beloved son, Henry ballon. This implies not only a strong allection for, but nn implicit faith in, the young man. To tio up your 11101103, or to st'ttlc it on yourself, would be to nullify your uncle's will. The man that could be trusted by him, could be trusted by you. This is why I never suggested a settlement. I may have, perhaps, acted in rather an unhiwyer-likc manner; but 1 do believe, my dear Ellinor, that I acted In the only manner cousounnt w itli your late uncle's nueetionnto provisions for tho two per sons nearest and dearest to him?" "Then Henry Palton is solo master of my of thu fortune?" " As your husband, decidedly 3'es." " And hu may, if lie pleases, sell tho Arden Estate?" "Tho Anion Estate is not entailed, Certainly lie may sell it, if he wishes." "Then, Mr. Margrave, I miwt inform you that he docs wish to sell it; that ho does intend to sell it." "To sell Anion Hall?" "Yes!" An angry flush lights up her face, as sho looks eagerly into the lawyer's eyes for one flash of surprise or indignation. She looks in vain. " Well, my dear Mrs. Palton, in my opinion he shows himself a very sensi ble fellow, b3' determining on such a proceeding. Arden is ono of tlio dreari est, coldest and most tuinbled-down old piles of building in all England. It possesses all the leading features of a country mansion; magiltccnt oak panel ing, contemptible servants' offices; thrco secret staircases, nnd not one rcgistur stove; six tapestried chambers, and no bath-room; a do.cn Leonardo da Vinci's, and not one door that does not let in assassination, in the shnpe of a northeast wind; u deer park, and no deor; three game-keepers' lodges, and not game enough to tempt the most fatuitous of poachers! Sell Arden Hall! Nothing could bo more desirablo; but, alas! my dear Ellinor, your husband is not tlio man I took him for, if lie calcu lates on finding a purchaser!" Sho looks at liim witli not a littlo con tempt, us she suys: " But tlio want of feeling; the rago upon tho memory ot my out poor mwlrk J ' "Your poor uncle will not be remem bered a day longer through your retain ing possession of a ilrauylity and un comfortable house. When did Palton tell you that ho meant to sell Anion?" "On our return from our tour. 1 suggested that wo should live there that is, of course, out of the season." "And ho?" "Keplied that it was out of the ques tion our over residing there, as the place must bo sold." " You asked him his reasons?" " I did. Ho told 1110 that he was un able to roveal thoio reasons to me, and might neer be ablo to reveal them. Hu said, thai if I loved him, I could trust him, and buliovo in him, and bu lieve that the course ho took, howeior strange it might appear to mo, was, in realit3', tlio best and wisest course ho could take." "But, in spito of this, 3'ou doubt him?" ho asks, eurnesth. "How can I do otherwise? Of tlio fortune which 1 have brought to him, he refuses to allow 1110 a pcmi3. He, tho husband of a rich woman, enjoins econ-. 01113' economy oven in tlio smallest details. I daro not order a jewel, a picture, an elegant piece of furniture, a stand of hot-house llowcrs; for, if I do so, I am told that tho expenditure is be yond his proton I means, ami that 1 must wait till w 0 ha 0 moro 11101103' n om" command. Then again, his profession is a thousand times deaier.to him than I. No briefless, penniless barrister, with a mother and a sister to support, over worked harder than ho works, ever devoted himself more religiously than he doiotes himself to the dtudging rou tine of tho bar." "Ellinor Palton, 3-0111' husband is as high-minded and conscientious a man as o or drew tlio breath of human life. I seldom tako tlio trouble of making a ve hement assertion; so believe 1110 if 3011 0:111, now that I do'! Believe 111c, 0V011 if you cannot believo him!" "lou, too, against mo, sho saul, mournfulh'. "O, believe me, it is not tho 11101103' for which 1 wish! it is not tho possession of tho 11101103- which 1 grudge him; it is only that 1113' heart sniks at tho thought of being united to a man L cannot respect or esteem. I did not ask to lovo him," sho added, half to her self; "but I did pray that I might bo able at least to esteem him." " 1 can only say, Ellinor, Unit you nro mistaken in liim." At this vory moment they hear a quick, firm step on tho stair?, and Hen ry Palton himself enters the room. His faco is bright and cheerful, and ho ad vances to his wife eagerly; but, at the sight of Horaco Margravo, falls back, with a frown. "Mr. Margravo, I thought it was part of our ngrceinont that" Tho lawyer interrupted him 4 "That 1 should novor darken this threshold. Yes." Ellinor looks from ono to tho other, with a palo, frightened faco. TO bk costinukd. TACTS A2H) PKJUKCS. Tho paroxysms of thoso suffering from lock-jaw aro always moro frequent and violent b3 day than by night. Last year '27,073 books wero taken Diitof the library of tlio Toionto Me chanics' Institute, and 21, 1G2 of thorn wero novels. About 120,000 miles of barbed-wire fence were manufactured last year, on which the rouilty, at 75 cents per 100 pounds, amounted to $1)00,000. N. '. Post. It is estimated that 2,000 chinch bugs on a farm, in spring, if undisturbed, will increase in ono year to 2,000,001), 000. What a pity they aren't good for something. It is said that the Australian colo nics are the richest, per capita, in tho world. Among their possessions uro 80,000,000 sheep to a population of only 0,000,000 souls. The consumption of tobacco 111 Mex ico, where oiurybothy smokes, is im munsu. In tlio principal factory of Ori zaba moro than 11,000,000 packages, contain ng thirty cigarettes each, were manufactured last year. When tiie Pennsylvania Ituilroad shops in Altoona aro in full operation they employ :i,00 men and the pay-roll j reaches $170,000 per month. 'I he esti mated value of thu Pennsylvania shops at that point is $.'10,000,000. A correspondent of the New York Times says that in tho safe of tho late Moses Ta3'lor wero 25.000 railroad bonds of $1,000 each ($25,000,000), piled up open, sheet upon sli ot, in great stacks. The-e formed but one item of Mr. Taylor's wealth. The area of the peninsula forming tlio eastern shore of Virginia is 7S0 square milos; population, lUi.fiGO; num ber of farms, 2,9'Jti; public schools, 7(5; increase of population since 1870, .0, ll,"). It is composed of two counties, Acco mac and Northampton, and lies between tho Chesapeake lJay and the Atlantic Ocean. A'. V. Sun. Privy Councillor P'Alingc, the di rector of a largo rct'ormatoiy institution in Germany, estimates that there ato 200,000 professional tramps and beggars in that count rj', and that their mainte nance consumes ocr 200,000,000 marks ($50,000,000) annually, all cost and no return. The proportion of .lows in this army of tlio idle is small. There has been left in Umatilla County, Oregon, this spring, between $100,000 and $500,000 by the diflcrent buyers of cattle, sheep and horses. It is estimated that 100,000 sheep havo been driven out of the count3'. Tlio prices paid for these sheep wero from $1.50 to $2.25 each. It is thought 5,000 head of horses havo boon sold at an av erage price of $12.50 per head. From 20,000 to !10,000 eattlo have been sold at $20 to $0 per animal Chicago Times. WIT AM) WISDOM. ) Manj" a man thinks himself a light in his society world, when in fact lie is onl3' a light weight. S. .J. K., Hubbard, Texas: "Where can 1 obtain the Life of Jesse Jamoi?" Wo do not know. The Ford bo3?s took it. 'Ivxas Si) tings. California has discovered spider wobs so stout that they can be iwd to tie up grain bags. Tlio web ot Fa to would stand a poor "show out that wny. Detroit Fn c l'n ss. There are in North America 8S0 different species of birds, and 3 el 3-011 havo probably scon a bo3 waste two bonis of valuable time in trying to put a head on one littlo chickadee. - Littlo Willie has been summarily eorrected ly his mother for repented acts of naughtiness. The punishment being over: "Papa," ho sobs, in tones of anguish, "how could 3 on many such an ill-tempered woman as mam ma?" "Ma, aro you going out?" "Yes, dear; why do you ask?" "Don't 3-011 want to stay and seo tho fun?" " WI13', Willie; what do -ou mean?" " Wli3', I hoard pa tell Majrgio that when you went away thoy would havo a regular picnic." If thoso who h.ivo largo families to board, with provisions at present prices, would stop to think that many men in this city board locomotives and railway trains every day, thoy would bo moro content and murmur less. Wutcrbury American, Cautious: " When 3011 wero last hero," said tho magistrate to the pris oner, "3-011 promi-ed mo that if 1 10 leased you you would go to work. Whv haven't you kept our wind?" ".Judge," returned the victim, meekly, "1 didn't want to bo brooding any disturbance, and I was afraid if 1 went to work that I would get on a striko." Clucaqo Tinus. When a man's hair begins to grow thin on top it is a sign that ho shouldn't think quito so much. l'ork Jhspat'h. "Think"1 rhymes with something else which ho should not do so much. I'nl addtpliia A'i ws. Think, blink, wi uh, yes, wo see; but wo shouldn't think ex cessive winking would atlcct a man' hair unless tho winks aro given in 1I10 presence of tho mail who draws tho soda water. Norristoion Her aid. "What do 3'ou do for a living?" asked an Austin Justice of a huge, bur ly negro, who had been arrested lor vagrancy. " My wife takes in washin', and works out by do lay." "1 asked you what your trado was?" "I done tolo 3'eo. A man and his wifo am one, nnd ef wo am ono, what do wo want two trades for? My trado am do wash in' my wifo takes in." Tlio Justico sighed and said: "Poor fellow. You nro overworked. You nefd rest." U'exai Sitings, - "