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violets:
Tho Spring comes jrllntlnar up the strath.
And bonnlllc sho sl rest.
In tender jyreen and jroid and white.
With violets at twr urcat :
Blue violets! violet blue!
j lllue violets scented through I
In both her hands arc lily bclU,
And underneath her feet
Spring buttercups and d:ilsr stars;
Uut fresh, and dcy evreet,
Theblueshy violet rwt
; And ncstly In her breast.
The birds arc slnRlnjr overhead;
The woods with music rinjr:
, Open thv happy portals. Earth.
Cry. "Welcome, lovely Sprluxl"
Sprinfir with her violets blue!
Jtlue violets szented through!
O violets hiding In the preen,
O violets sweet and shy,
Ton have the sweetness of the earth,
. Tlie beauty of the sky!
Wo blossom fairer blows
Till Summer brings her roc
" O vfolctffshy and sweet and blue,
CJo hide iu Leila's breast;
"Whisper to her in fnurrunt s'shs
Tlio love I have contest.
When Sprfnj? to Summer ktows,
It brings our wedding rose.
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TOM.
?Oh, but it was cold! freezing, biting,
bitter cold! and dark, too; for the feeble
gas-lights, leaning and llaming as Hie
gale wJiislled by, hardly brightened the
gloom a dozen paced around tiiem. The
wind lore through the streets as if it
had gone mad; whirling before it dust
nnd snow, and every movable thing it
could lay its clutching hand upon. A
poor old battered kite, that, some time
Lost autmun, had lodged far up in the
tallest tree in the neighborhood, and
had. there rested peacefully ever since,
believing its labors at an cud, was
-matched, dragged front its nest, and
driven unpityingly before tho blast.
Sonic feeble eflorts it had made to
dodge iuto corners, lurking behind steps
and diving into areas; but not a bit of
it! Down would swoop the wind, and
off it would go again.
At last, driven around one of the long
row of barrels, that stood like wretched
sentinels along the sidewalk's edge, it
How into the very anus of a small boy,
who, seated on the curb-stone, crouch
ed down in tho barrel's somewhat ques
tionable -diolter. Such a very small
boy! He looked like nothing in the
world but a little heap of rags; and the
rags wore very thin, and tho small boy
was very cold. His nose, his ears, his
bands and his poor bare feet were blue.
He was almost too cold to shiver, cer
tainly too cold to notice the unfortuuate
kite, which, as its enemy, the wind, ap
proached with a roar, seemed to cower
close todiim, as if begging his protec
tion. Round both sides of the barrel at
once came the wind, shook hands right
through poor little Tom, and, howling
with delight, rushed off with its misera
ble victim.
"Tom" that was all the name he
had. Who he was or where he came
from no one knew, except, perhaps,
the wretched old woman with whom he
lived; which meaut that she let him
sleep upon a pile of rags on the floor
of her miserable room, and sometimes
gave him a cnist, and oftencr a blow.
When she was drunk and that was the
greater part of the time Tom took to
the streets; and by night she was very
drunk. The boy was perhaps some
six years old; but as he cowered down
on tho cold flag-stones, with his worn,
pinched face and drooping head, he
might have been a hundred.
A carriage came rattling through the
i(3 street, and stopped close by him.
The door was pushed open, and two
children half tumbled out, and, leaving
the door swinging, rushed up the steps.
Tom watched' them stupidly, heard the
quick, sharp ring of the bell, caught a
glimpse of something that looked very
nright and warm, and then it was dark
again. He turned his eyes toward the
carriage, expecting it to drive off
again; but it still stood there. The
coachman sat upon the box like a furry
monument. One of the horses struck
the stones sharply with his iron boo1",
and east an inquiring glance around,
but the monument sat unmoved.
Tom's heavy eyes looked through the ;
open door into the carriage. Dark as
it. was bo could see that it was lined '
with something thick and warm. Ho
raised his head and glanced about him.
If he were inside there the wind could '
not touch him. Oh, if he only could I
get away from it one minute! He
would slip out n-rain the moment the
house door opened. Unbending his '
stiff little biMly, ho crept nearer, hesi- j
tatcd a moment, and, as the wind came J
round the corner with a roar, slipped ,
.swiftly and noiselessly into the car
riage. Jn the further" corner of the '
cat lie curled himself into a litt'e
round heap, and lay, with beating
heart, listening to the wind as it swepl
by.
It was very quiet in his nest, and the
soft velvet was much wanner than the
cold flagstones, and he was very tired
and very cold, and in half a minute he,
was sound asleep. He did not know
when at last the house door opened and
a lady, gathering her cloak closely
around her, came down the steps dill
not know even when the suddenly ani
fiuated nionmucnt- descended from its
""pedestal and stood solemnly by tho
upon door until the lady had stepped
inside. But when It shut with a slam,
and the coachman, returning " to tho
box, drove rapidly away, the bo3's ej'es
opened and tixcd their frightened gazo
upon the lad's face. Preoccupied
with her own thoughts, she had not no
ticed the queer bundle in the dark cor
ner. But now, her attention attracted
by some slirht movement on his part,
die turned her eyes slowly toward liini,
and then, with a suppressed cry of sur
prise and alarm, laid her hand upon
"the door. The rattle of the wheels
and the roar of the wind prevented its
reaching the ears of the coachman;
and Tom, rapidly unwinding himself,
and cowering down in the bottom of
the carriage, said, with a frightoned
sob:
"I didn't mean no harm. I was aw
ful cold. Sa.y, just open the door, miss
is, and I'll jump out. You needn't stop
the kerridgc." . , ,
The lady, with her hand still on the
door, demanded:
"Ilbw did you get in here?" - - -
"The door wis open, and I clum in,"
lie answered. "It was awful cold."
Tho lady took her hand from the
door. " Come nearer," sho said. "Let
me see your face.11
Tom drew his ragged sleeve across
his eyes, and looked up at her over his
shoulder. They had turned into a
brilliantly lighted street, and she could
see that the tangled yellow hair was
soft and fine and that tholiig, f rigTitened
eyes that raised themselves to hers were
not pickpocket's eyes. With a sudden
impulse she laid her gloved hand light
ly on the yellow head. " Where do you
live?" she asked.
Something in the voice and touch
gave him courage. ".With Mammy
Sal," ho answered, straightening up
me and some oilier fellows. Somc-times-we
begs, sometimes "we vtake tho
barrels. When wo get a haul it ain't
so bad, but when.we (don't. we ketch it
Sho!s drunk to-night, and" she drove us
out."
She pushed the heavy hair back from
his forehead. "ls Mammy Sal your
mother she asked.
"So!" cried the boy, almost fiercely;
and then added sullenly, "I ain't got
nons."
Slowly the gloved hand passed back
and forth over the. yellow hair. The;
lady's eyes were looking far away; .the
boy's face was like, so strangely liko
another lace.
'Are you hungry ?" sho asked sud
denly. The wide-open gray eyes would have
answered hor without the quick sob and
low "Yes'm."
The carriage stopped, and, the monu
ment again accomplisidng a descent,
opened the door, and stood staring in
blank amazement.
"I am not going in, John," said his
mistress. "Drive home again." And
she added, smiling, "This little bo
crept in out of the cold while the car
riage was waiting. I am going to take
him home. Drive back as quickly as
possible."
As the bewildered coachman shut the
door and returned to his perch, tho
boy made a spring forward.
"hemme out!" he cried. "I don't
want to go home. Lemme out!"
"Not your home." said the lady,
gently "my home."
Tom stared at her in wonder, and,
too much overcome by the announce
ment to resist, let her lift him up on the
seat beside her.
"My home,' she repeated, "where
you can get very warm, and have a good
dinner, and a long, long sleep, on a
soft bed. Will you like that."
Tom drew a long, slow breath, but
did not answer. It was too wonderful!
lie one of Mamm Sal'sboys to go to
the lady's house where the children lived
whom lie had seen go in thatevening! He
looked up suddenly. "Were "those
children yourn? ' he a&ked. With a
sudden movement she drew him very
close to her. and then answered softly:
" No, not mine. I had a little boy
once like you, and he died." ".
When the carriage stopped againTom
was fast asleep; so' fast asleep that the
still bewildered coachman carried him
into the house and laid him on a bed
without waking him. The next morn
ing, when the boy's eyesopened, ho lay
looking about him, hardly daring to
speak or move. I don't believe he had
ever heard anything about the fairies
or he wou'd certainly have thought
himself in fairyland. Best of all, the
lady of the night before was standing
by the bed smiling at him, and .smiling
back, he held out his arms to her.
I wish you could have saan him a lit
tle later, when, arrayed in iacket and
trousers that made him think with dis
dain of certain articles of the same de
scription which he had but yesterday
gazed at lovingly as they dangled bo
torc old Isaacs' clothing "store, he sat
before a little table by the sunny win
dow, taking a short, a very short pre
liminary view of a gigantic beefsteak
stdl indigmintty sputtering to itself, a
mountain of smoking potatoes, an im
posing array of snowy rolls and golden
butter and a pitcher" of creamy milk.
And I wish, too, you could have seen
the same table still later; for the table
was about all that was left.
That was tic lir5t time that I ever
saw Tom. Since then I have seen him
very often. .And now I will tell you,
only I am afraid you will hardly believe
me, about the last time, and that was
not very long ago.
1 was riding along one of the pretti
est country roads you ever saw, and
when 1 came to a certain gate my horse,
without waiting for a sign from me,
turned in. Ah we drew near the house
I caught sight of two figures standing
among the flowers. One was a hand
some old lady with while hair, the oilier
a young man" She was armed with an
immense pair of shears, and ho held in
his hand his hat filled to t he brim with
llowers. The sunlight, creeping down
through the trees, fell full upon his
close-cropped hair and yellow beard.
As I drew in 1113 horse and sat watching
them, it all seemed lo me like a faiiy
stoiy Hut it wasn't; for the tall, hand
some man looking down with such pro
tecting tenderness upon the white
haired old lady was really Tom poor,
little, thin, cold, hungry Tom. Avcrie
S. Francis, in the Christian Union.
A Fastidious Prisoner.
There was a prisoner in cell No. .
whom nothing could suit. He found
fault with the size of the cell the mo
ment he was locked iu, and as soon as
he discovered the lack of a Brussels
carpet and a walnut-panel bedsteed hu
took on dreadfully. During tlie night
he willed for wine, new maple sugar,
bananas, his dear mother, a volume of
Shakespeare and about llfty other
things, and at the last moment before
being conducted lo the court room he
said to Hijah:
"Now, then, I want a pair of gloves
and a cane, and 3011 limy give m- shoes
a shine and 1113' coat a brush."
" Is this James Lobdcll?" asked his
Honor.
" Yes, 3'cs. certainly it is," was the
reply, "and I want to remark that the
station houses of this eity are a disgrace
to the tenth centuiy."
" Anythiug wrong?''
"Everything, wrong, sir. Think of .a
man of culture and refinement hayings
to sleep on a bench "instead of a bed!'
No carpets, no chairs, no light, no
books and the old. bald-headed man
called Bygar telling mo that it was
good enough for me, and asking me to
wash 1113- hands in cold water and yel
low bar soap!"
"And 3'ct 3011 were not particular
about the sort of driuk 3011 got dnink
on," mused his Honor. "It was whis
ky, andpoor whisky at that. Youwero
kicked out of a-saloon, fell Into the mud'
several times, and the ollicer found you
asleep on the edge of a mud-puddle."
"Drunk, sir! "Does any one assert
that I was drunk'"
"It is so asserted. How came you
here if not for drunkenness?"
"I did not know as X' was under ar
rest until locked up. Rcing a 'stranger
in the cit3 I supposed I was walked up
here to savo me from being robbed."
".What could you have been jobbed
of?"
" I refuse to answer an v such debas
ing questions!" said the prisoner, as he
turned away.
"I shall have to send you to the
House of. Correction." -w.
"If I am sent to a bastfle," saitt
James, as he halted in his walk and
stretched forth his arm, " if I am saat;
to prison for even an hour this" country
shall ring with a ' '- r
"Clothes-wringer," said the, .court,
as the nrisoner stood easDinflrfor breatli".-
"I sentence you for thirty-days, and if.
you taint away or burst a blood-vessel
or have a fit' tho onlv remedy we have
at hand is to pour cold water down your-
back."
The prisoner followed Bijah into tho.
corridor and challenged him to light a
duel, butthcold man doubled huu up
and put him in the coal scuttle until
called for. 'Detroit Free. Press.
The Perils of Amateur Poetry.
Several amateur poets. are in ,
trouble. Rodney. McGollan has' been
compelled to pay a verdict of .three
hundred-dollars in a breach of promise
case at Barrio, Canada, the evidence, of
his promise being the following verse,
which he wrote to the plaintiff:
LonchavoIloviHLbutsomestrauEC'spcir ,
Forbids my heart its ta!o to tell. '
Here, taVe this card, and simply feel v
The love thy Up dare not reveal.
Henry Horace Dade, of San FranciscoT
sent an enemy a postal card pa which,
was written an original and highly per
sonal song, with' this refrain:
Everybody, everybody knows, kaows, knows,
You" ro the very biggest beat that crows.
Dade's effort has cost him a-fine offiftj
dollars. W, R: Newhouse, of Philadel
phia, wrote some Thymes about the fickle
ness of William John aad circulated:
them, on printed slips. Here is a sample,
verse: ' " v
Of jrou oeHtervour affections on a youth like''
William John. - -
lou'll be likely to discover tho fotradatlon
they are on.
For a fascteatlng cruiser like this indlvid-u-ol
lea't apt to be contented wKa'a wMMx? .
A threat of a lawsuit induced'NeWhousa
to sign an apology, and. collect and de
stroy all the copjes he could find.
Fashion Notes.
Stripes will be worn for traveling
suits.
Kcn'alinc is the new name for Sicili-
enne '
Satin mcrvcllleux is the present name
for Surah.
Jet-beaded Spanish lace trims many
imported suits.-
iMantlcs with havclock capes attached
will be worn.
Shirred visite mantles appear among
other spring wrapi.
Ciiecse cloth conies in a mush im
proved form for Mimmer suits.
Fans and parasols match fancy cos
tumes foreouiitry seaside wear.
Havclock capes ami collars appear
on manv-tiht-Iittiiig ulsters.
Larc white collars of linen batiste
will bo much worn In the summer.
Fringes, as well as flower? and satins
de Lyons, come in shaded effect.
Larfc-ligurod cretonne costumes will
be rovivedfor indoor and country wear.
A glint of pa'e blue iu toilets w-hcr.;
reds prevail produces a fine artistic ef
fect. IJotllc green and c:nnamon brown
are the colors for fashionable matrons.
Long, tight basques, fitting as j-nug
as a Jersey are worn at the moment.
Toint d'Aurillac is a new lace used
in tho trimmings of mull collars and
culls.
(Moves arc worn to reach above the
elbow when the sleeves are ver short.
A leading novelty is tho Normandy
crown to Tuscan straw Fanchon bon
nets. ., . - ..:,.--
Camellias, bothered ' and wluto,are
revived for coriafci;coinuro,aeco-
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Somo6f the ncw"nmll musl-.n neck
ties havo hems all around of blue or pink
mull. ,
Head embroidered and gold, thread
stitched glovea apjiear among expensive
novelties. -'- '
Mantles arc trimmed with high f raises
of plaited black lace around the neck
and shoulders. i '
Cheviot ulsters take the form of loose
Mother Hubbard cloaks, with large
square elbow sleeves.
New Lisle thread and silk gloves have
long, loose, buttonless wrists reaching
halFwav to the elbow.
HouqiieLs of ro-es of all shades grow
more and more popular, for both the
corsage ami bonnet.
Imported dresses this season have
bouil'ant hip draperies, but arc narrow
and clinging- at the bottom.
Pale rose and pale blue India muslin
neck scarfs are more worn at the mo
ment than white or cream ones.
Tito high plaited fraiscs about the
ivick and shoulders of summer mantles
give them a very dressy look.
A dash of yellow in the form of a
ribbon bow or yellow flower gives the
required live effect to a gray or brown
toilet.
f "hi.miuoltns nf cream white, nalc
blue, and rose-colored Surah, and of I
ludia muslm 111 the same colors, will ue
much worn by young girls.
Dark grr.y shaded to silver gray is a
favorite onibro silk for bonnets, the
trimmings consisting of steel and .silver
beads, steel and silver ornaments, and
shaded dark and silver gray ostrich tips.
N. Y. Sun.
Woiuit!s.
Wo wish lo make a few suggestions
regarding wounds. Severe wounds
need the attention of a surgeon. In
ovor3 famiby now and then wounds oc
cur that need only very little knowledge
of the proper wtys and means of dress
ing. Tho mother is not 011I3' the house
physician, but also tho house surgeon,
and so should bo familiar with the art of
dressing wounds of all sorts, bruises,
cuts, and burns, etc. Her medical at
tendant may be faraway and something
should be done at once.
Incised wounds arc those that are
made b3 sharp tools, as knives or chisel-.
If the tool is very sharp the cut
produced nhiy be deep and demand
that the proper means for arresting
bleeding be applied atonce. The color
of tlio lilnnil mill its wav of llnwiti"' in-
Tlicates the greater or less amount of
danger.- It the color is crimson ami
jcti out of the wound and not in a
steady stream, an artery has been cut
bringing blood directly from the heart
and so should be slopped at sight.
If the blood flowing from a wound be
dark anil move in a steady stream a
vein has been cut. Such a wound is
not usually dangerous, still it may be
wWo to stop it at once. Mothers are
very apt to load the wound with main
rags in hopes to stop the stream. The
rags niorebj conceal the blood for a while,
but do very little to cheek its course. If
they apply strips of plaster, in place of
applying them ueatly across the wound,
they.apply them in various directions
and in several layers. -
-Wounds shoal d be dressed at once,
especially if "they are large andHeep or
are near parls in which is much mo
tion. Wash them, cleanse them, bring
the edges in close contact with each
other either by passing strips of ad
hessive plaster from side to side or 03
stitches of linen thread. An3T needle
may be used, but the glover's is the
lnr. Tt nmnt is sharn and three
cornered, and passes easily through the
'the wound as well "as the snrgeon-in
chief. It is important to draw the
edges near each other, exactly as U103
were previous to the making of the
wound. The number of stitches or the
number of plaster strips must be enough
to bring the edges near each other
throughout their length. The more
completely this is douo the smaller is
the scar. Usually the proper way to
dress a slight cut is to apply the
pressure 6f tkcthusabTchecktheJbleed
ingrandplace strips of adhesivo.plaster
directh' across the wound at intervals
of a quarter of an inch between strips,
and fixing- the edges of the wound
ver3 closefy to each, other. By the
-iiftU-dy. .theedgai.havo so .wall .sauted
that the plasters may be removed.
Tkl. la cnfulr ilr.no Vitr riislnor fnrffnllv
jth'e ends of tte;strips and pulling them
-Slitshos ftwr appltfd; i nearly the
same way. Atprope"rtttee ike thread
iBser&d maybscut .pa one side near the
edges of the woukdandcarcfulb? drawn
Qutc Ja-lmslfict tho'sidcs'should he held
io eack other. The tiro luring which
the plasters anil strips should remain,
must defend upon the depthaud length
nf tli ..lit Ktv to tpn ri.ivs niav be
-needed te induss -a ooiglete kcaliag of
movoana.. u mmj cg w wciiun.
ed and have-no discharge olstatier and,
so leave but aTCiy narrow scaf sur
geons say, "that it unites by first inten
tion." All the srgsonha5-tq.doTsto
.confine the correspoadj(redges4oeach
other and nature. "effects the cure. If
rUie-edges are hot iastevtdto sackoth'er
ihey-4o a6t unite at fes-ssnsiiratc
.and exude ajtxeater orless amountfof
matter and so arc a log time ia the
-untMua of liealinov. It isT' therefore.
-- .1 . . P 1 T.Ti x.X.1 1
; qutie an. objcct to iuskvw uuum u vj
nTwantention. it is atso important,
totlressll wounds, incised, lacerated
or contused.' at an early time. -
TWinfiammaUon of wounds isnsaal
ly -and! especially in cuts. The process
of uniting; the.edies"'desaand slight in-nanuBation'sijtke-datset
in order that
the edges iaajr -throwbat an adhesive
matter. -Sometisses the: intlasssaation
is severe' andffceifld' bo relieved at
once. Place -alsige piece of oiled
silk- ttrer the wbud aad plasters; and
ths afplrcplothsr wrumg; outlsf ot
v"ftHr'Tn rases of-severe ihflainma-
-t5ar-lMlH by first iateatioa may aot
he possible. r i- : ,-
' Avoia uic many appiiciiuu wiui
;sos3towoua4B aSTsoap and sugar:
such applications do raucn more narm
than vntul. Thev cause airrcaterorlcss
amount of irritation, and so delay the
time of healing, and usually prevent the
healing by first intcntion.and induce tho
process of suppuration- Avoid all irri
tating substances to the surface of a
fresh cut. .
Contused wound in which the stir-,
faces are badly, bruised may not heal by"
first intcntionind so shoiltl be dressed
b3soothing "applications.-. lTso -?rm
poultices or clot lis wrumr from warm
water. As soon as the ianasaraatise is
relieved remove the poultices or cloths
and aid nature in the hcalingproccss by
applving water dressing. Simply keep
the wound slightly moist and clean. In
wounds of a simple kind the mother
may safely officiate. If she knows
what to do in any emergency she may
secure presence "of mind and prevent
confusion. Some things every mother
of a child ought to know, especially if
hhe lives some distance from a"Mirgeon.
She should know how the arteries run.
A slight pressure may orevent the ilow
ing of arterial or venous blood if she
knows where and how to apply it- If
a small wound has been made compress
ing it by j.o:no bard object for "ten to
twentv minutes may cause the artery to
contract upon it.-elf and in this wa3
-losc the orifice and stop the bleeding.
If the blood still jets, place some hard
object upon the upper niJu of the orifice
above the wound and pass a cord or
strap firmly upon tho object and tie it
tautly down more and more until tho
blood ceases to jet out or flow. Place
the sufferer upon his back, keep him
f-till and quiet until the surgeon comes.
He will seize the bleeding tube with a
pair of forceps and pass a strong twine
about it and tio it firmly as the only
means of stopping the expenditure of
blood. As tho blood flows in the arte
ries from the heart to every part of tho
limbs and body the pressure should ho
made at some point above the wound or
between the heart and wound. It is
always wii-e to compress the artery
against a bone. Prairie Farmer.
rrincpss Da-jmar A Sketch of the Xew
Empres of All the Ilits'iaus.
Tho Princess Dagmar, as the Empress
is still called iu the land of her birth,
grew up with her sister Alexandra, now
tho Princess of Wales, at the Danish
Court with very moderate surroundings.
The (iuecn wits an excellent mother
ami sought to develop in her daughters
the woman rather than the Princess. It
used to be said at the capital that the
Princesies weiemade to help in making
their own dresses, and that the furni
ture in their common bed-room was
covered with inexpensive calieo. A
story of the naive admirat'on expressed
by Princes Dagmar on being shown
the wedding trousseau of one of the
noble ladies at Court, and her longing
wonder whether she would ever herself
own "such handsome things," was told
with a touch of sympathetic pride b
the people of Copenhagen, with whom
the two Princesses were great favorites.
Dagmar had won her way deepest into
the people's heart, however. Her
sweet disposition, the winning grace
of her manner, and the perfect
freedom with which she, like
her sisters (and indeed tho wholo royal
family), moved among all classes of the
people were well calculated to gain for
her an affection that followed hor to
her new home, and found expression at
her wed dins in a score of ways that
touched the' heart of tho Princess pro
found by. At i-very subsequent appear
ance at licr father's court she was re
ceived 13' the people with ancnthiisiam
that even embraced her husband, de
spite the rumors of his sinister charac
ter and violent temper that from the
beginning had threatened to make tho
match an unpopular one. Tho C.are
witeh apparenth took kindly to this
pomilarit3, and when at Copenhagen,
mingled freely with the populace. His
bluff, soldierly way soou found favor,
and when Dagmar' s children, in little
kilted suits and with dark hair "bang
ed" over their foreheads, began to be
seen about the park at Fredcnsborg,
"grandpapa's"' summer palace, the
reconciliation to the foreigner was com
plete. One of tho causes that contributed to
the popularity of the Princess Dagmar
was. perhaps", her name. Her father
had wisely given to all h"t3 children, ex
cept Alexandra, oM. historical Danish
names, identified with the past of the
Nation. Frederick Christiau, Valde
mar and Thyra arc all names that hold
a high place in Danish history and live
in its songs and traditions. Uut of all
the Nation's great names none is dearer
to the heai t of the Danish people than
that of Dagmar, the Queen of the victo
rious Valdcniar, and ihc friend of the
needy and oppressed throughout the
land." whose goodness w.is so great that
on her untimely death bed, according to
tradition, no greater sin weighed upon
her conscience than "sewing a lace slecvo
on Snndaj." The people of Copenhagen
among whom the Princess Dagmar
moved liked to compare her virtues
with those of the beloved Queen, and
at her departure for her Russian homo
ihe fervent wish followed hen that she
would prove in truth a veritable
Dagmar a "Harbinger of day" to tho
unhappy people whose Empress she
was some'day to become. The Princess
Dagmar was not a handsome child, her
features being clumsy flibu-rh pleasing;
but she grew into abcautiful woman,
liko her sister Alexandra. Jn every print
shop in Copenhagen pictures of her
ami husband, with their children, are
for sale.- Tbe children have little of
their mother's looks, but bear a strong
resemblanco to their father. N. Y.
Tribune.
--
Another Centenarian.
Mrs. Hannah Cole died recently, in
her 103th year, at her home, Komc. N.
Y. She was born Oct. 11,1776, near
Coxsackio, and commenced her married
lifo about the begining of tbe present
century. She was the daughter of
Henry Soper. In r the fall of 1777,
Burgovne, after his victory at Fort
Edward, was moving south with a
large arrov. The inhabitants in the
valley of" the Hudsoa were in
great alarm and Averc llecing to the
forts for protection from the massacre
of tho Indian allies of the British. Mr.
Soper; -with his wife and two children,
one of whom was Mrs. Cole, then about
ten months old, had left their rade
homeand were hastening along the high
xray when Mr. Soper was forced to join a
company which was going to the front
to assist In the attempt to stay Bur
"orne's progress. Mrs. Soper, thus
Fcft in the road alone with her two little
children, wandered on until she came
to a house where, weary and foot-sore,
she knocked for admittance No one
answering to her call she opened the
door and walked in. The cloth was
laid and the tea was simmering on the
hob. but those who bad prepared the
meal returned not they hail tied for
safety. The larder was well filled and
abundance of evcr3" thing at hand. Not
knowing where to flee Mrs. Soper re
mained there unmolested, with her
children, until after the surrender of
Bargoyne.
Arthur Sullivan has resigned his
position at the Kensington Training
School of Music and is already well
advanced with tbe musii: of the first
act of Mr. Gilbert's new libretto, which
hits at the present English folly of ex
aggerated astheticism.
"Florence Percv-" the author of
vRock Me to Sleep. Mother." now
lives in Maine and edits a paper there.
One of her 3oang daughters has for a
nimo her "mother s nom-de-plume of
Florence .Pcrcr..
Miss Braddon meditates play
writing.
Ear-Breath In 7 Barberi.
We do not nut halt enough cdnfidenco
in nature. She has shown us in a
thousand ways that she can be trusted.
VVIfcn anything new b needed such as
a new kind of bug to devour potatoes
or a now and deadly animalcule tojju
fest pork she produces it. 4And ;yot
when wc perccivo that there is an 'im
mediate want of something, our first
impulse is to tr3 to supply it ourselrcs.
instead of leaving the matter iu the
hands of nature. This timorou want
of confidence is unworthy of intelligent
people, ami deserres to be severely re
tiuk'ed. It has recently been signally
rebuked br nature herself, who. while
we were striving vainly to find a remeih
for barbers, has quietly produced a new
typo of barber that is all that man couUl
desire.
Plans without number have been sug
gested with a view to checking the bar
ber's conversation and preventing him
from even alluding to tonic. The num
ber of patents which have been obtained
for barbers' muzzles would astonish any
one who is not familiar with the records
of the Patent Office. Nono of these
muzzle has boon thoroughly .success
ful. The first difficulty in the way of
tho nso of a muzzle is that no barber
will wittingly pat one on. He tand
on his rights as a citizen, and claims
that free unmuzzled speech is a privi
lege expressly secured to him b3 the
Constitution. There milit. it w true,
lie something accomplished if tho Leg
islature would pass a law making it
penal for any unmu.'.led barber to ply
lits trade, but it would bo almost iuijKs
sible to induce any Legislature to pass a
measure io mtrely philanthropic aud
so entirely devoid of any pecttuiary
profit to tlie legislators. .Moreover, iu
the few instances iu which iuu..lcs
havo been either peaceably or forcibly
placed on barbers it has been found
that they did not prevent the barber
from making sounds intended for con
versation and quite as maddening. The
only way in which to secure his com
plete silence is to :ic a mu.zle thather
mctically seals his mouth and nose.
Such a muzzle was tried in Chicago
some 3ears ago. and with complete
success, so far as reducing tho barber
to silence was concerned. The trouble
with it was that the barber died of suf
focation five muiutcs after the muzzle
was applied, and an unprincipled Coro
ner coutrivod to make the incident the
occasion of much annoyance to the in
ventor of the muzzli.
But what man has failed to do nature
has just done. In the town of Altoona,
Pa., there has appeared a new aud im
proved type of barber. This admirable
person breathes through his ears.
There appears to be a small passage in
each ear, passing on one side of the
tympanum and connecting the throat
with the outid(! air. Through this
passage the new barber an breathe
with perfect eae, while his hearing
does not seem to In; anv less acute than
that; of thu usual sort of barber. Ho is
said to be verv proud of tho peculiarity
which makes him to differ from other
barbers, and is in the habit of permit
ting his customers to place a plaster
over his mouth aud a monkey wrench
on his nose in order to prove that he
can breathe with both nose aud mouth
closed. Of course, he cannot talk
through his cars, for if he could ho
would be utterly useless. Hu cannot
even make the .-lightest sound 113 way
of his ears, and when h's mouth and
noso are closed he is as silent as the
grave.
This is the kind of barber for which
we have vainl longed. That such a
barber should finally havo appeared
ma3 scent to 111:1113 people to be onb a
beautiful dieani. but it is, nevertheless,
a splendid rcalfy. Ho has been de
veloped by nature iu order to meet a
great want- We cannot show too much
gratitude for this magnificent boon, and
we should never again manifest the
slightest want of confidence iu benefi
cent nature.
Of course, tho Altoona barber is only
the lirat specimen of the new species of
silent barbers. Others will appear in
other places, and the ilay will come
when, in accordance with tho rule of
the survival of th'v fittest, the Altoona
variet3 of barber will be tho onk" varie
ty known. In the meantime this happy
consummation can be h:fiened bjMho
conversion of our present barbers into
e-ir-breathing barbers. There Is no
doubt that a skillful surgeon could,
witli the aid of a pair of small silver
tubes, connect the outer ear of am
barber with his throat. If it were to
be pointed out to our barbers that un
lcs the submit to this operation they
will soon have no enstomer. and will
find the ear-breathing barbers enjoying
a monopo'y of business, they would
doubtless rendih put themselves under
the hands of the surgeon, and if in a
few instances tho operation should
happen to prove fatal it is imnroh-ih'c
that any blame would be attached to
the surgeons.
- How much more beautiful decs this,
world seem since the advent of the
Altoona barber! He brings with him
the hope of the emancipation of man
kind from tonsorial conversation, the
hope of the near and total disappear
ance of tonic Hail! .-ilent, voiceless
shaver! Hail! A. Y. Times.
.TTIMook His Ito'c.
The Judge of a Galician village
near. Cracow, havinglearncd that an old
peasant woman resident in his district
had won a prize of three hundred flor
ins in the Cracow Lotterv', bethought
liim of a stratagem b3 "which they
might be transferred to his own posses
sion. Accord"nj:lv, dressed as the
devil, he presented hi in -c If. -as the
clock struck midnight, at thu old wom
an's lonelv' dwelling, aroused her from
her slumbers, and, in a hollow voice
commanded her to hand over her win
nings. e The terrified woman at once
produced scvent3--livc florins, protest
ing that she had" that day lodged the
balance in the Cracow Savings Bank;
wb.crcupon.iho devil informed her, with
dreadful ihreals of infernal torment
should .she fail to fulfil his. behests, that
ho would return the following night at
the same hour to receive the remainder.
Next morning the poor old Uidy applied
to the savings bank for her deposit.
Tlie manager, surprised that she should
wish to draw it out so soon after having
lodged it, inquired into her reasons for
so doing, and elicited a full confession
of her adventure of the prcvions night.
When his Satanic Majesty called at
twelve p. m. for the balance of hi per
quisite he was received by two gen
darmes, who handcuffed him. marched
him effto Cracow, and there delivered
him to the secular arm. which will
probably disable him from playing the
devil for some time to come.
A Fool Doj Rcbnked bj a Parrot.
A gentleman living near this village
has a parrot who knows a good deal
more than the law allows. Last sum
mer a friend of his, whoe name we
withhold for obvious reasons, called at
his house one day. A valuable yonng
dog, a pointer. "was with him. The
two gentlemen sit on the porch smok
ing, and the parrot, which is very tame,
was seated on aa interstice in the trellis
abont the porch The dog was lyine on
the floor at his master a feet, and finally
hi attention was called to the bird,
which was looking steadily at him.
The dog sprang up. drew on the parrot
and fastened. There he stood, still as
a statue, for full three minutes, when
the parrot, with a contemptuous flirt of
his feathers, screamed our, "Uo home.
yoa blamed fool" The dog dropped
his tail aad ears, wheeled around and
struck a bee-line over the field for
home- Since that time he has refused
to point a bird. Port Jervis (A". F.)
Utuotu
TEItSONAL A.D LITEK.lRT.
Senator Mahoac ha a durgh'T
and two 50ns who aru old oaougti to
enter $ocet.
Mr. Joha T. Raymond i about to
wed MisSf Hoeiiourtcey IWirne.
daughter of tne aclrcs. Koo Kvtingo.
formerly Mr. David Hartir.
The Kiag of Portugal Li a "literary
feller" anil makes monet at the trade.
Uls niynlty on hi translation of hrtke
spcare has yielded h m $.i.(M). He
Lnds that the bvt kind of roalt3.
Mr. Herbert Spencer ha I no ttni
versity education, and was trained for
an engineer. Ho look. ten years young
er than he is. wears no ruiotach?, but
sandy side whisker, and i growing
bald, he ha-s never married, and it is
supposed tl'-he once loved George
Eitot.
The portrait of Milton, whlVh was
once owued by Clmr!e- Lamb. hn jut
been bought in London by Mr. Quar
itch for I,77.. It was palntnil about
1&I0. when tho joet was Still distin
guished l3 that physical beauty of
which tho world has heard o much but
which ii missing iu all his other por
traits. A masterpiece by Albert Dtirvr is
said to havo found at Wleibadon. It
U an old paint'ng three feet b two in
size representing Christ crowned with
thorns, and by his .-Me Cetapha and
one of the two thieves. Thupi'turo i
well preserved and boar on the right
upper comer Durer's monogram with
the date of Nuremberg. l.VV.
Peter Herdic is in Wash ngtnn look
ing after bis Pennlranit avenue coach
es. He has granted liceno forColum
bu. l)atou. Pittsburgh. Toledo, De
troit, Memphl. Buffalo. Chicago, and
main small place, and has no doubt
that before uet winter lines of Hur
dles will be In operation in the chief
cities and towns of the whole Union.
President Grove's manner of re
ceiving company is excellent. There i
great eourte.-3 in the man's nature. He
is gallant toward ladies, to whom he
ndnrnisters.compltmenls in thojoenge
form. He squeezes a deal of gallant
politeness into a verv few wonl. and
vario in a way that is perfectly aston
ishing his pretty little speeches to fair
guest-.
K. H. Stoddard' Opinion of Litrr
aiy Men: 1 have a great deal more re
spect for literature than for litenuy
men. whom I have odom found wiser
than their fellows. They I avc a knack
at writing which deserts them when
thev talk, a It did Goldsmith
and we overrate thorn aceordingh. Tho
best of them art! ignorant of main
things they might know, and concerning
thing that they do know thev are do
void of judumcnU Scott knew o little
about pictures that he filled Abbotsfonl
with wretched daub, and had so littlo
niuic in his soul that ho delighted in
tho abominable .screeching of the bag
pipe. Pron knuw nothing about art.
which he affected to despise, and know
poetry so wrongly tjat he placed Pope
among tho great poets of the world
'J he Cntii'.
Hl'.MOUOUS.
-The cotton grower depends a great
deal on his gin. Loire 7 Citizen.
Tho store maple-sugar is now
known as the oleomargarine of the
forest Hostun Transcript.
The lateness of spring never putt
back the maple sugar crop loft over
from last year.--. V. O. J'tci'ww.
The man why was waiting for
something to l urn up was rewarded
when ho stepped upon the elge of a
barrel hoop. Somcri'ttlc Journal.
A hero, as defined l3 a Philadelphia
chool-bo is a fellow who docs some
thing oilier fellows would like to do but
can 1. Philadelphia ClironxclC'Ikr ild.
Proprietors of summer hotels arc
now searching the dictionaries for new
words in which to depict the splendors
of their houses and the all-embracing
grandeur of the scenery. Jlotton Trait'
scrijt.
Tlio Ullly-sr'Mit'i-11 -irrttr Mnl.
Ah'! lines toiIinoiMi fhtrU:
Hut for 11 mM'Juy luiu Inirn do
Pilfer tfic.it hMi-!ilrt'.
t!! ojrMor-cin iini rutiter !'
AplXM""" Ills HIp't!t
Win i luirp'l-h' anl wrvi atnr
11. 1 him wlMi Krcjit lllr!it.
hxiiji Trllmut.
A popular hotel clerk in Bo.ston is
dead. Ho never blood more than twen
ty m'nutes with his back to the patient
sUtinger, and hi diamond pill was so
moderate that tlio owner of the building
never sank to the lloor 011 beholding
him. The traveling public is dropping
tears as long as toothpicks in anticipa
tion of Irs successor. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Wilkinson came into tho parlor tho
other day aud sat down upon a chair
which he thought JmJ larger cushion
than usual. Ho hadn't .tat down more
than two seconds when ho was lifted in
the air and came down upou his face,
lie asked his wife what was on the
chair. She said her new bonnet. " It
has a few pins in it." "Oh. I sec."
natd Wilkinson; "that's your spring
bonnet." hick.
Hero worship: it was on Washing
ton's birthday. An old go ntlomau of
eight3 or more took down the old shot
gun he had carried during the war of
LSI J and went out and began to lire it.
Inspired by the aigbt of Mich patriotic
love for Washington in one so old. we
approached him and complimented him
on it. The old man, in trembling tones,
replied: "Patriotism be durncd! I m
trying to put a load of buckshot in that
do" o Jones' that's out yonder. Boston
Post.
"James.' said the grocer, as he
looked over his spectacles at the boy tvho
was measuring out half abuhelof pota
locs. "I find that I have spelt 'sugar'
with aa -h' in it. J. that r.ght?" "No
sir," replied the e'er.-, after spelling
the word over several times. " No, 1
fucss it isn't, but 1 Late to scratch it
mil. What shall I do?" "If it wM
me. sir. and I bad put an "If in sujrar. I
should order hams and leave the 'h' oil
there." "Ofcour-ic of course. Real
ly. Janics. but I bc-rin to feel my age.
and I only wonder that I don't ?omc-
times spell eggs with two
Free Jrt.es.
3. Wif V
rtsf-if
The Highland Kaienl".
There are nine rejr'mnts in the
British army which havo the title of
H'ghlanders" Of thee live are kilted
and the other four wear the trcw.
The kdted regiments are the yortv
second Koval Highland Kegimcnt (tlie
Black Watch), the Seventy-eighth
Highlanders (Koss-shire UtiSs). the
Sevcniy-ninth Cameron Highland
ers, "the Ninety-Second Gordon
Hi"-hlanders. and the Ninety-third
Sutherland Hichlanucrs. Ilie regi
ments wearing the trcw are the Seventy
first Highland Light Infantry, the
Seventr-second (LmSe of Albsay')
Highlanders, the Seventy-fourth High
landers, and the Nincty-Ert (PrinceAs
Louise's) Argyll'hire Highlanders. 0
these regiments the Seveaty-ninth wear
the Cameron lartau, the Ninety-second
tie Gordon, the Ninety-third the Suth
erland, and the Ninety-first the Cawdor
Campbell the uniform thus in each case
connecting the regiment with the coun
ty and family in which it wai raised.
The Seventv-Srst wear the 3lac!eo!
tartan, havfng been raised by Lorn
Macleod. son of the Earl of Cromarty,
and the Seventy-eighth, who were form
ed by the Earl ofSeaforih out of the
clans'of Mackenzie aad 3Iacrae, wear
the Mackenzie tartan. The Forty
econd" wear a tartan which br
not like t-hat of any das, al
though it dody resembles the
Forb-s tartaa. The reason for this is
not far to seek, a the regiment was
originally formed of gcntlemrn of rari
oui cIxd j aad f axaflies.
Our Young Headers.
Tin: school nor KSionr.
U lW-tb acbt tht Im rrr.
Wim .hinm face i?,rli; .
III. rtnor-. U n hV,K2. 1 IL
. N.u:r4v-li-ir.44j
Our aW Mil- ; -"jr Vol"".
ilirrof MttMtil'T' l
lt rrou't tt rnau ft troimiN
v Tfce Ju.l t tnenr rawe. ,
Nvbrntnrini-utntlrt Binr- ".
Kt lr"Jt rtf-1
Or "trr -J t-
Our noUo HMt oh..!--? Xnlnr.
Hrtn-vr vi our chl XT
Hi c'ju-HKi ca.i'lrnr-N harxr It rt;r:
With step wtttw C ,. ...if-
lt:nnu' In bl '- . .
lo- aucnlon 't a mo"f
Mix itMl win ""
Otrr n JWtl rtr--r ""
nt 1 r f mr ct !'."
Whit hint -ml fW "' 1"' to"'1
JylntbrltnUbUj brt that .iu&t
sU)P UrW h!uir .
nritalbc lu c rt fr"J rrrnorr
III tthort - lnnt 1h
OiirtMifcUvlUtUuM'-'' "nu
f7Ttf 0j r.i X wtel-!'".
IliMf VSIW liriMiC WAS I'OOLKlh
ti... -.r hmt urtn.-tl icm t conn
1 for the amo time nutt iar, adding.
If von succoetl ia tooling mo men.
ivoou eaoh a gvld piece."
" Uu'clo lludge a. completely forgot
tiavitig mailu 5uch an utler. iivo mlnuto.
after The bov had waved their hata m
gool bv, as "though there were no April-
Fool Da s nnd no old pieces in the world.
Hut not so wttlt mo ianic -"--
('old pieces were not ,m plenty with
them that they woum uc npi
Mich an tiffer pas in fine ear and out of
the other. Already .cnU at tluMMrcus
lih tig-rods and kalo were iu wild
coufu.von iuUicIrbr:Uns.
A whole ear to think up some
thing!" said Kick.
Tilon't beliovn there'.' a bit of ie
in trviii-'" answered Karl. "We've
(iiiiinto the coitoluion no end of litue
that we can't fool Uncle Ibidge, and
we can U That all tliere b about It." ,
"No barm ia trying.' venturuod tho
not e.iVdy dtsyuufagctl K-ok, thinking '
how often he had admired tho gold dd- j
lar on Chau Holme' watch chain..
" Let's try, nnvwav." '
So net April-fool. Day finding them j
at Undo Hudgc., Karl aud Kick wore 1
tiptootng about very early. 'I hoy
.-pread thu Horkvillo Xtoriuii'j Aran of
April 1. 10-which they had iiptu'tl
tiut of Undo Hudgc ti'o iho day boforo '
out on the lloor, prinkl''dom water .
over it, folded it carefully, and Karl i
wrut ipiietly down tn r. opoued tho .
side door. laid the paper there, and took
up stair the Arjtts that the carrier had
jut thrown.
About an hour afterward tho break-
fiut-lM-ll rang, ami tho bo' went down .
.lair. Thorr lay the p:tMr by Undo j
lludgit'a place which caitM-d o prelur-;
naturallv solemn ai expression t eome
over their fare. that Aunt Hudgo was I
quite worried.
"Now. I hupa you're not getting
home
iiuiur.-i.-N, jiiw ni'i i' 1111, ikiKi
there's not much goin' n for you, as I
Met." li sai-l to Kan; "i Know
ti'.eil to a laree family and a iroinl deal
of hoims .tilP'- :u a more cheerful tone
"we'll think of something after I've
done up 1113 work.
An amused mu'iIo nlaved about Kick'
ips. to hide which lie leaned his head
on his hand.
"Your toothache, uiu'tcomc onnga'n,
Iiii'liard" iiupiireil Aunt Hudgc .m
i:tthi'tlcall'. "Oh. I'm all right," ald one. while
thu other astured Aunt Hudgo that hu
d.du't want to go home a b.t. and wat
having the best sort of a time.
"Undo Hudgc has gone over to Wil-.-n'h,"
sa'd Aunt Httdge. "but may be
in any minute. Ho left word not to
wait breakfast. Can you reach the
Arijat, Karl?
does seem that jut a. reg-lar a spring
conies round, oil one on 'ouigoo. Now
Amardils "
Hut Aunt Hudge'.s d'ssertation wai
cut short by a choking M-enc, iu which
jxumded hii limllier vjth mich
Uncle Hudgo came to break fait, that
K'ok ami Karl alwaj iiiMjnt a wecK , whoro Aunt Duilp wa. !(
Iu tho priugat rude Uudgo'A. the broakfnt dlbM.
It ha-l chanced for two or three o.ir 1 What U U?" crW,l AMrt 1W!
that thev wcrv there on All-tools ' putting on bcrgl-v. ti. h
av. and' at the end of thrt hv4 vbll ac01! Did you gut lmt la'
I'nclo lludo. on leaving them at .. We're fiting fad IfathTt.." .
"Well. well, began Aunt I.iidgo. "if 1 ,,N Voieo-"I did? Ton my wM I I
another of thoo ilk lnsei Mil t mar-j f,,riu.n L Wdl. well," iiphIm. ..
n.Mtl Amanda J. hv. now. I wa . ,Mlrothat Polly had knitted U h .
th nking that Am iml.1 went Ian year, j , ..Where are the iwal '
111IL IIII. I'llIIM. Ill 1111I1K 11 win .III' P IT .! . .1 . .fl. f
.......... -v.... .-.-.......,.. ........... ... . I I . tt
force on the back that it wan a wonder nta nJcan UhA nt ll. Undo ih. .
thev heard the front .loon .pen aLal . for it.s rojly n5lhing."
1 ,' Mv" mT!', "," 'rI S "N'otblngi" i-ho. Aunt P..dK.
hurriedly. "Don t tell hm anything Why is o7erbodv -faring, theaf
jonye. noticrd ,1. t he Anju,, Aunt -Only the Putnami," th.'y ..xpfeua. !
Hi dge or he II su,pect.' "Wo .ent a telegram to tho 1,.
nwif 'nl.fe1- ! ,J?C '!? "Tolling then, what?' Uuemipf !
mS .1 " ilVnS ,b":i??l! UudoHndgc. "NotaIUK,utlt,n,
f u? . ! ?, ar II " ." " s'; ly Ih, on tho toZ" .'
fM)I, Aunt Hudgo. Hulii 111 to carry it jor Vou J
It. a Tl ' f t I"?- m1 AUUl t'ndo Hudgoi "and that that wto
tor Smnit, i ' ,.w'Mwtl,nS 1 wllkiimn Indudcd. Will, wW.,K.t.
iS --rtfll bn fow wi.k
S Vl rr(Jy, ?.rh,n;ri "" II-vcd to-day that'll ond a t.l.iat,.
hcartd that the boy found themclvc .',,1,. Ifa the rlht kln.l ..! mm. I
SSiSfrS-r-ff" - ?S li,a!!: mora of that n the tuerrlc."
I
-..-- ,-. ..-,... t VMMIU.1.kUll. 1 "II '
Aunt Hudgo had tocn rccouutin -mmuo , '!'rc' ,-)--,,,-""ify. w 'o Imjri in
of the bov prankofnear beforo. tl,e,r fhi Y1'' " th ta,', W'',"J M"
How o'd vai Itliett?" ak.al Ka-T. ""J CI,n,J tr,',m nl caltol h '
I net hpHiOif the rcnif tnbcni it"
...k.. , ,. ,. ,..,.,,,,,,,., iiucii
rncle JJudgV -.tel hinndf. and
a)'ki.'! for the f arwh Squinted at the
uate a ran neitl It towar.I him, and
then mid "I bdievn I'd ratlir have a
utac, 'tounoer npnr thaa that, 'nm
enmeYwltiiffwine f tt "Uiw. .t ..1
I'll take the one on tho' e'fahtr "
"Well, now!" excaimed AimtHudgc.
ailmlrindv. "AmlU nt- ... ....
as took it'ln h liaad."
"We can't fool L'neJn Itmln " .t.i
ud-re " aid
u! "That
Karl, uttering cadi word slo
way ait wdi paw lot a proverb. It
w to 'rone'.'
w.
"
"I'm noto sure. We re nolthrotM,
trying yet. you know.'' put in Kick.
with a peculiar look at hii brnttor
Tk'r m k. a. m 1 I
Karl motioned him aalde after break
fut. -What did you mean?' he aiked. !
"That Pv an "ulez. .ruit l'.iten-" 1
fill rmm .. .. J
anna great maay qticitioni and nn
Swerwereexchan"edinahrtvt.T
dertnne. j oiates. itH not an eaiv laK. a ' -
"('r-uid-lf it will work. Tbea w ' Sf, lS.& "bo giret'thfl nmmr
mail be all ready by ihe. time he cL! l. Mr-,t- whole territory
down stairs? ' J "e Cvaca dmdc?l up into small square. al t- -
"'cs. aad before that send & t-!. J?0-10- rt4intl for mch fw
gram to the bo-, s." m U arrivel at by con-mltmj: ti-
Tbe bor meant Hal aad 3-v Pr-Pu'a'n f cadi civil ilirict,
Putnam; " a telegram." a note ninnei! Il, or WarJ- rh qinr rt m!
lo the string that weat round a wooden to baIance galnt eah other an.'
ner at one of the l!nH.it jj. coaraoa center b a.eurtaini. Aa
jfsd ssother at.the Potsjaa1.
"Why noerrie-l Karl
"You'll sec, replied Kick, as h
hastily pcadled:
"'Be on the look-out for l'n.U vror-c h" progTmieii far enouglt. h-
Sudge. B.S.'" ua-e,ever. tonhow that the catr w1 -
Tbe telegram came a the Pain n ' Vei3r aear CSaeiana, certaaalr aot orf
boys were brcakfaKia aaj JaJv ' rur or -,re n f,'-m the" '
laughed a he real it alomL , c"ter of the city. A few wr-lti ao ..
r B-. iae tua? ajsked Mn. Pat-
a- 'Andbowstraage'ti5iCMaot
aember thoie bora sim,. wt.t-.t-
nam.
rernembe
one.now,UitthatiVBil9iniseIfB s. lmtPm?re, calcoUtion now il-Je,tfc-'.,'
hwgked the boyj nwir I lM-t lt m crw the Uiio Ker
J- " S. meaaj Hi" Show i1 Mt-Wh It-U oa the iouik .tJ.
Aa ApnI-fool on Mr. IiuiIzcttT" u owing to the uartpcte-l mktt
"Aqd muste't be mwjisd," z,ldt I ol Popolatioa lathe South. wl -
ir -?- J,!cM u when you ' " "ceaier" toshUlfurtliersfln-
e Mr. Vthigtit come down itree.' I vrard lb heretofore.
tif ?!? '8to i-s Wtcbea. wkere
be hHrnedly told tbe coot 7L,T W .
BndgtrU wcmld probahl tJt. r r"l1,c ra hsa, in eomraa w
dowa towa sooi vJZrfrAZ1" vemm l1
chalked oa his back. pnWool ( ConaiaaU'aopJc. aad not long st"
"Yedoa't maae eriV,i .t, - I ca'pnu were paabhed ia the Mti
terested Bridget. Ofc ,k Z ; yard of the I'ersaa GnubU!-GrsI
thii, bjear sad she fi S.f ti.bj?iI ? --T U, Penlz t1 afrigblfal wn
paiaiaiIkraMwiththeaew;Jt"l.,?e8t coraP'l t firir ,xmi 1"-'
i2 howercr, the word "bS- WP- The culprit prcntd a L-ao-i-
w pr&bajij. Uya?frajW3aitfihiabtes-i-
Put to r-'tnrn to Mr Hwdu. j..,n
a ho wa putting on hi r-it. hr,r
whispers of.
HegiilnKari.nN' I'im-U-t
And hadn't noled U. WoO. tW
too jiood."
He's loostng In tk xln. mmr."
Sh ab! don't make maclk am.'
"HbVcsU. Put Mr. r W( fc.,, .
gone long ago."
5h shl onn't your
Mr. Hudg-lt hrd It alt " I tw . ,
Pro loft my poekMbo-.uk," to .t t v ;
aloud. R he turnwl t j Mf-U,r
It's all up now." said Rat! v '
May no not. Kcm fcirlt '
Couldn't vory wt-H do utor:
dor thro coat. Vh3- Wat to -
I'm motherlng "
'llili decided Mr. Itod;-. !,.
wont, ami with Aunt Hudgr tot t k
and tho mirror Uok a oumWt t ,
Did you nnd it?" rll
Iludgr. a-"ho cam dturn cwn
Ytr." frem Undo mti2. wto ,,,
lUtoning for uiofw whwiMir
Wc"ll otKit the window. m
him down tho troot."
"Sh- fch' 1 low tho PtttBARi wi!; a
A juniro.-ol glgb f4lw
Tho .HtmllMii: of th frit .lr x, t
.iisna! for tho Uiy to nfc M., ..
' nt. uroauretMV. -u tnm,W
. tafi, nuld jnoce if wo ewM, ,4
t!.vltuu n-t-ars a tor iao
Tbev raNoil the window t umIv.
i,ul not i.m tilelh foi I nl It,.
,eaM but did not bk j t
j, began tt fool a bttl.i til Hi r
no jrv when the nillkwan. h., .
,.,mg away from lit Putnam . r
m ut liorxi very iiuurwtMi, ai
( tjjc gnmll Uv on tho -.ide iMh v
and iKktb looked curtoiMiv t him
Mr Hudgctt walkwl a few ,.
looketl furtively beh;nd ha. Imi.
his feeling at dtovovenng th'
tuilkman had toppel u b.r .
that tlio small txiy wis tuHMinjrM
after hint, but stopped a to tt
Mr. Budgott glance nrtMtml.
" There certaiitU it nlh
wrouir." deoided Mr Hitdiri'lt. nb.
I ,i,ln't think tlio-e little rnwa w
ni0 a peetnolo nf me A I .
their heads are out of tho win t
,i 1ih,v nt tho Put an i' to
claimed, aloud,
v0U might he tp In tpr'r. T
wan Mr. Putnam landing m ito t. .
rv window, with Abby and Xorni.
tiptoe buaide hor; the two l-t
jre upper window pok mk r h -t
atuT giggling audibh; Mr t'otniMu
thinl. nppniontlv ouHMilting r ti.
moiu-tor. but Imiking aon at V
Ulj,t,ti :w though he hMmm i,
jU,re interot for lilm thnh Mtr
(,ii the indicator, nnd 'until. .) i
ltriilvt on tho dde to.p. &,
though they were oundidau-" ha Ii.
tiuin's.
Undo Hudgc turnod utouiiUy
WlMlt home.
,,,'v. what'. tho matter with w
10 akril. walking Into the dii r
uj,ro Aunt Hudge wai dmr tor . f
fco.cupi. "All Horkvillo N "
Horkvillo agog!" cried Annt Sml.-
Inineetimr Mr. Hudgott. wun
.i,,u Sltr,,
1 . 111 vitrei unn l Kliow iit
j iyiv,ivor. the boys nre up to .
I don't Know ovr h
HMtkl
for thev said a much,
"Of rotiro they rtru,'' a-jreed l'n-
Hudgo; "but can't you take it otl", IV.
It on my back, I guo'."
"Something ftllvel" iiurenintl A1.1 ?
Hudgo. "Wfiy don't 3011 nhnk )
tiiilf. Jacob?"
Undo Hudirc laughed heartily.
"It would be a well," advI Am-t
Hudgi. "to give 'etn tho glil at
for they!! play tho trlik. .Iiw). wliv
ever it ii, 011 you t II you do."
"('Ivo them the gohl!" tift4-1
Uncle Hudgo. wondiiringly. "My !
Polly, what do you iiiean?"
"l'lioy nay 3011 ptomWod oim a jr-i '
niece last oar if they'd com m an I
fool von thU."
I iliu? with Mill morn MirafMr
g
Karl, oornu b wit hoto." he vl- i
with an alTeclcd toruu) In hi vo
" I'ho idea of your daring to make, a gn
of your old unclu' '
tii haven't made a guy of yi '
nid tho born, rushiiiir down; "nnd
1. .. -.....
Hoautioi. ain't thev?" crVI Aunt
a a . . . . at
.. ir . tit- t .. .t
l "ctcios to mj, aiu nnri. imvj
bigger than ( han Ilolmoa .'
" His hai worn down. ixrhm." I
I Hick, -ipinning hi giiltering 'i
I " Why, look liare! whatMhif 'T
! and a half D. "
" No ou don't." aa4worl Kr
knowingly. "Vm too wd jkmJwI -
lhil 't.K?1 n"0"11-"
"ntil, I ktuw thrte are two-daJbr
aml-a-lralf piece," cridl Hie. midi
,nX '' hat, "and I rn oil In tttmK l
1 '" "" ,'t' " an'1 rn ,'r
' c,c 'S0 '',r A" foo". '
and awai
. y--
rnl
Rid Karl
after him wton
! .....! .- . i- . ..
, jouim it. ws iruo nue a.
UcLhu .
! '" UtlTlKr loan? Pop'.
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The Oafcr f Pptt aUai.
For Kcvcral week an cxfojrt "
calator" kw toca at work In the
I ri4ffrfl f(ayrira l. . f, . -t t ,
". """ "Y" '-0 "wi""
a.U!r P FPI ' '
coarsoa center ia acrtaino.
expert calculator hi aJri-tw!r I?
i zvl raorc thaa a month in Um
' ' aaotflr month wi'l Iks nupur- 1
t before the tree ". futrr ' i kaovra. TK
' inougnt the center wouw mas
- - il - t "l" em the htil wtuf .
eudrcle Cindnaati to the nertkwar'.
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