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M. I. THOJCAS. Publisher.
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NEBRASKA.
what use
What ItthoU'oof ibis impetuous haMo?
The end Is e t iln: lt us take otir time.
And btartl tho vltat forc-s that re wnto
Jlelore our day ha reached (Utroldan ir:m-.
What lata 110 of ruh'iur with pont l.rjuth
After old ngc. Its furrow. It white hair?
W&y ueod wo liurrjr o to welcome death?
Uroriatf-way, w.th ban Is str.-tchulout, to
Care?
Taero is no usr.dcnr heart: If we hut waif.
au i.i:njr win find ni
VtlocnTnSt "'
a short day's Journey down tbo
nooinno
Thnt I in j
way.
Bolctustiko ourtlmo In Youth's fair bow
ers Tho summer scastn li so brief nt hot.
Lotus Ionic on tho a tars, and pluck tho Cow
ni And, when our feet srow weary, l-t us rest.
us take time for love nnd It ilHlcht:
U is the otic awe-el thin thnt juy lor nil
Ubo liltt'-riu-ssof life, fori! irr-jws jJliptit.
For pa.n'8 dcip Jir, n:id death's funereal pall.
In that lost era when tbo world wai new.
Imvc was men' flret ittru;t ami hro'd ex
cuse. Now has that tlmo come hack totnonnd jwi:
Why should we acck for more? What .h the
use?
El'a M'hrdrr, In Cliteipt TiOninc.
SPEAKISlTmSTlXCTLY.
A Yon'lnnff time nTn wlien nil tlif
grandfathers were littl(;iwvs. VnsTentetl the growth of towns an 1 tho
were tatjhtla-yronou nee words eor
JCfiUyiind distinctli'. When these boys
(tbcv were- not grandfather then) hail
anything: to nay, every bo ly understood
tbem. ,
This hab't is till useful in singing,
reading and Hpeaking. Tut the best
singers have adopted other tyles
Some ol I-fatdfoued people like to hear
and understati I the words as we 1 as
the mti-ie: but it is not now considered
necessary. There i- always a delight
ful uncertainty about tho lang age
great singe n are using which keeps up
an interest in the performance to the
last. It may 1 e Italian, or any other
tongue with which the hearer is unae-1
ipiainted. It is certain, however, to
be the latest method invented, and no
criti will risk his reputation by ny
getting improvements. Iu speaking, a
distiti t utterance is of more impor
tance. A speaker is more en'oya le if
you know what he is talking about. j
It is possible that enunciation may
become! one of the lost arts t nlcvs .some
tonie for tho vocal organs i. diseovere '. -At
present no patent-rolJecling, double-'
action ear In inpet couhl .separate all
the sounds we hear, so as to convey an
intelligible idea to an ordiuar. intel
lect. Kvcn if thoy co Id be made pow-
erf lcnough.thecxpeu.se of providing
a whole nation with these instruments
might ecptnl that of the civil war, ami
prove a ditadvauta.o.
The origin of this trouble is a mys
tery. Our boys nnd girls .ccm to artic
ulate perfectly, but they fclide over the
last letters, or drop them cut rely, ami
let all the words run together ami turn
ble over each other.
If you st'ck along I
pin into a boy he will say "oh!" dis- '
tinctly and naturally; but ask him if he
lias M-cii an elephant pass with a shawl i
and umbrella strapped to his trunk, and
he will say: "Nerhowentbywhilolwas
atdinner." Then you don't know
whether ho walked around the beast, or
nccr heard of him.
Teachers should encourage the study
of languages; but the main object
Hhould be to prevent the l-.nglish from
being made over into Chocktaw, or
Chinese, and cause such a confusion of
tongues and stagnat on of business as
onco occurred in the thriving town of
Isabel.
If some future President who is now
growing up sho Id dismiss an ofiico
fieekorwth a reply liko this: "Nersir
theroisuovacanoyandneverwillbe," the
iinfo Innate man would not know it was a
refusal. Ho would linger at tho Capital of
the Nation, living on hope, and daily ex
pecting an appointment to Tartary, or
Timbuetoo; growing thinner and thinner
from anxiety until he vanished alto
gether. The lo?s of one oHico-sockcr
Mould not bo a public ea'amlty, of
course; but the principle is wrong.
One reason for th's habit of speaking
may be that wo live in a fast age. Hail
way conductors run their syllables to
gether like a string of cars. neer think
ing that those who do not travel all the
time cannot catch flying sounds as
easily as those who live at the rate of
thirty miles an hour. I never heard a
boy montion it, but 1 don't sce how any
thing so absurd escaped tho uotiee of
every bov.
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words, and repeated them until I began
to wonder if any one know what hejyas 1
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'Halloo. Griggs." said Milly. ns we
stopped at Willow Bridge; "did he stop
the cars just to sjeak to that man?'
At Walnut Hill the conductor shrieked:
"What a hill." as though he saw it for
the first time. Col cgcllill was ' Molly
Gill." or "Powder Mill.1' or "Uowdv
Hi 1." It might have Icon either, and
v e should have kept on to tho end of
tho road, and back again, if we had
trusted to cur cars only. I have
heard Boylston pronounc-d like "Boys
a'ono!" and Coltagc Farms like "Gor
don's Barn ." It is of no c nsequenee
if you know your way, but if the nam
of the next station inlarge letters could
be shown in each car, it would save the
nerves of strangers.
We all know the indescribable cries of
tho stroet-vcndcis, from tho time of
Three muck-reel far a quarter!" to
Bandanas. Straw brces. Pi app tills,
and Konk-ud grapes." One intensely
hot day I heard a man on a side street
crjing atintejvals: "Mere sake alive!"
But ho was only retailing some com
modity. One day you hear a man calling
Old gold and cardboard! " who earries
charcoal and hardwood. Tho next it
sounds like "Stackpole and Hapgood:"
an original way of advertising a new
firm. You can never bo sure what
merchandise is passing the door un
less you see it- A Sioux war-whoop
would bo as easily understood and not
more startling. But it is crtainly true
that speech can be pleasing. Invalids
and the blind notice tho difference in
speaking ery tmick'y. I know a girl
who likes to be a girl, although sho is
really a young lady. Sho is not beauti
ful, or very accomplished, but always
seems to become the centre of a circle.
She is delightful. From her delicate
straight b'ack brows and dainty drcs5.
to her firm light step, everyth rig is as
dearly defined as her chtrming speech.
Rosalthe, in the fairy tale, dropping
Earls and roses from her lips, could
rdly be more attractive than this silver-throated
speaker, whose words arc
music.
This accomplishment she owes to a
deaf grandmother, assisted by a judici
ous mother, .who enforced the rub s
against screaming, as well as those in
favor of careful enun iation. The plan
b successful enough lo encourage others;
aad probably the same result might be
attained m families unprovided with a
deaf graadnotMer.
-There i mo doubt, even in this age of
doabt, when we are not allowed
to believe ia William Tell and other
heroes of oar childish days, that the
oriffitud ttae of laagaage was to be
uaaerstood. Then why speak and read
so careleeily that a seatence sounds
like aa Iadiaa aaata as long as a hoe
baadle? The faatlly who can claim one good
reader is fertaaatc. They enioy the
saate boeks, aad grow towards each
other, 'lead of apart. The cheery
aoaae readiega will be remembered bv
allwaea aoate is far away. To, read
pleataatly'aatt iatelligibly is an acconi
Btieakaeaiaaite as desirable as to play
tolerably weih and would not require
lu tae tbj Uut if saent at the piano,
tire, nn-1 supposed to lw the, fault of
tliasc innocent instrument.
Something Is evidently wrong cither
nt It mc or ::i . booL The e should be
a remedy for o cry to nt of fail ic, but
where arc tlie llucc wie men wh i will
lay llic'rheads together and discover it.
or the three vvu-c women who will rlc
r.o tip and test its o'licacy? Ijoui
UaUxn Wide Au ..
Surral Condition of Colonial JfnrlauJ.
At first the economic r'reuiustances
of Maryland were precisely the same a
those which determined tho charaetur of
mc etv in the southern colon es. Jo-
? J a ftornt a part a, in
"gin - I he land was parcelled out
( in vast estate, and all the people be
came planters. Negro slaves were ac
j cordingly introduced in prc.it number,
1 but thoy never fame, an they did in Vir
r ginia. to outnumber the win e peoplo.
At the bctnnin of ihe devolution the
population of tho colony wrw about -'.VJ.-j
OOtf. of wliem l-s than lOO.Oy) wrc
j neroc. A.h in Vinrin a. the slaves hail
no lcjjal ri.'hts, but were in general
1 mildly treated. Convicted felon and
kidmippe l pauper children were
1 brought from the mother country to
Maryland, and bound lo wrvlco" for
n term of years; and they majiir
i the lwginntns of a pariah gias.s of
"mean white?," exae'ly --lS'tlirjy did In
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"i: oouuiviy riyiuics. i or a long lime
tlin iMtr.liuii n n1i;,-tT..r. nf inli.n r..
life of the people was as isolated as in
Virg'nia. The loads were few and bail,
and travel, whether for business or for
p!eaurc. was mostly confined to tho
rivers. Orimc was more fre juent than
in any of the Northern colonic. Edu
cation was at a low ebb, for, although
public schools were established in 172H,
they were conducted entirely in the in
teres's of the Church of England, and
being thus depriwd of popular sympa
thy and support the' made but little
headwa'. There was no iinivor-itj' nnd
no literary activity, ami there were but
few private 1 braric, and nonewsjiapers
until 17-i'i.
ko far the e pccms to have been but
little lo distinguiih the stato of soe'ety
iu Man land from that iu Virginia, lmt
beforcth" leohition. under the iir'u
ence, perhaps, of tho examplu of rcnu
sylvania, a remarkable change had bet
in. A 8iicce-Mo;i of bad tobacco crops,
duo to the exhaustion of the .soil which
is wont to attend the overeultivation of
that staple, Ic I many of the great plant
o s to turn their attention to the raiding
of wheat. This was the beginning of
very iinport-int changes in the social
Mrueturu of the colon v. The wheat crop
froon became so cons derable that wheat
and t!o:ir' began to Imj exprrted in great
quantities;
and through this ex
the town of Ilaltimon
port trade
which hail been founded iu 172.J,
grew mi fast that by the timo'of the
Kovolution it had become the fourth
city in the whole country, with a popu
lation of neatly 20.000. And having
on e got such a start. IJallimore not only
served as the great .seaport of Man'
land, but was enabled to compete with
l'hiladelplra as an on
illet for the fore'gn
trade of Pennsylvania. Tho growth of
Annapolis was aKo stimulated by these
circumstances: and this rapid develop-
montoi town lire, with the introducton
of a wealthy and powerful class of mer
chants, went far toward assimilating
Maryland with thcMiddlcand Northern
colonies, and diminishing its points of
contact with the society of the South.
John Fiskc, in JIarjicr's Mayuzinc.
Phil Elpper's Ilat-Ilan.l.
Phil Eippcr, the hero of tho fire in tho
Telegraph liloek. linds himself in a most
embarrassing position, ami, being a
dillideut youth, doesn't know how to
get out. of it. Phil Inn a sweetheart,
and at Christmas he received from her
fan hands au elegantly embroidered
hat-band-- t!:o work of the iolf-same fair
hands. No knight of old was ever
prouder of his Ltdv's colors than was
Phil of hi hat-baud.
It will bo remembered that, after as
sisting all the other operative out upon
the ladder, Phil went to the dressing
room an 1 brought out armful after arm
ful of shawls, overcoats, hats etc., and
threw them out of the wiudow. After
he had saved tho garments of, all the
others he bethought him of his own,
whit h he had left in the battery room.
He rushed to rescue them, but was too
late the room was lillo 1 with llame.
It was with a sorrowful face that Phil
said to a ' 2Vs reporter the net
day: "1 don't care anything about my
overcoat, or hat, or the sleeve button's
owrcci
tlisit were iu mv culls, for I can replace
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band for a thousand dollars."
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.liii; ii-runi:i iii.iui; tin iiv;iix i 1111 a
bereavement. and that is what has pla -o
i Phil in a dilemma. There arc hun
dreds of ladies in the city whose hearts
were fired with admiration for Phil's
coolness and braver r, and they uld
have rc'olced at an opportunity to tell
hint so, hut were unaequamtc ' with even
hisfeaures. Neither coul they chip
in" a dollar or so apiece and b'ny him au
overcoat, as did his fr ends of the Board
of Trate. That little item in the
Free J'res opened tho doors to them.
They cou'd slip to the fancy stores and
bazaars, buy Phil a hat-band and send
it to him with a warm little noto of rc-
Sicct and admiration, signing it "An
nknown Admitcr."
This they could do, and they did.
The item appeared Wcdnes lay morn
ing. Before dark Phil had receipted on
the books of messenger b ns for seven
teen perfumed white envelopes. The
letter carrier on his last round that
off nttirhriTi tirnllrrlit Kim itli.t nti micotaAj
and the first one Thursday morning
brought If m twenty-two more, tho noon
dcli cry twenty-eight and the evening
thirty-one. In tho meantime the mes
songer Inyshad brought in forty-six.
Yesterday morning they sent over a
locked pouch from the post-oflice. and
Phil is going to open it on Sunday, in
stead of going to church. His ollico
smells like a perfume" s laboratory, and
l lie has got an umbro'dercd hat-band for
every day in the year, with tho returns
still coming in. Detroit Free rrcss.
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Aa Affectiaaate Child.
Little Tommy Milligan was dressed
up in fine clothes by his parents and
sent over to his grand ather's on Christ
mas day, ou Austin avenue. The old
gcntlnman received h s grand on in a
most kindly manner. hen the time
came for Tommy to go home, much to
the delight of the old man. he refused
to go, saying that he wanted to live per
manently with his grandpa.
" So you lovo your old grandpa s-
much you c'on't want to leao iiini?"
exclaimed the del'ghtcd old n an.
"No, it's no that, re lied Tommy,
but every time ma sends me to visit j-6u
she washes my face, and 1 hate to have
my face washed, so you see if I lived
with you all the time, grandpa, ma
could not send ire to you, and 1 would
never have to have mv fa e washed.
Wouldn't that be n'cc? Texas Sift
ings. a
A constant source of unliappiness
to Louis Blaac, thelreneh statesman
aad agitator, who died the other day.
was his dwarfish size. Tho wife of aa
English church digutary once almost
drove him into a state of suicidal freaiy
by asking him. when he was detaiaea
in her country house by a storm, whether
he would mind sleepiag in a child's
bed. Another day. at Brlghtoa, he was
rendered supremely wretched because
he was taken at thcPavilio for General
Tom ThHmb. Aa old Jadv sad to faim:
"You darling! I must really kiss you-".
He took his short stature from the Cac
ti can side of the house at oo.ee.
TirterU.
From Port Towncnd it U a three
hours run. acres the Strait of I)c
Ktica. to Victoria on Vancouver's Isl
and, and here, at one's lirt tcp. he
realize that he L on Brit.sh so L It is
atrange th-t two peoples apeak ng the
name language, holding in the mam the
aine or j-irn lar 1k:1 els. ran have in their
iLiily living 50 utterly di m lar atmos
pheres as do the Americans and the En
glish. '1 h s sharp contract can nowhet;
be more iv;dlv een tlian In going from
Wah ngton 'I'erritory to Vancouver s
Inland. Victori-t is u'totrn which would
well repay a careful oiudy. Even n the
most cursory glance a't it. one vcs
s.mpiormo reticent life, a z'avor of
m tcry and leisure, backgrounds of
traditionary dignity aud hereditary
squalor, such ai one nvght go up and
down the whole Paei c eoart. from San
Iiegoto Portland, and not find. AVhen
Victoria is. as it Is sure to kjcome.
Kooncror later, a wide-known innr.cr
ing place, no doubt its bvats and
highways, its b. -gone wavy and days,
will prove mines of ".'treasure to
the Imag.nalion of soinu dreaming
Morr-'eller. The bujfncss far of the
town i'one may be pardoned su ha mis
nomer in socil.iitg of iu -leepy streets,
is . tibb'thy. juhI littered. The IuiMings
art jdi ibb , uuadorr.e ', with no ptete v;
of dcs'gn or harm tu. They re 1 ind
one of the inferior por i nn( seco d
c'ass comtner ial VrAti in England, anil
the men and women In the shops, on
doorsteps and in alley-wa,) loolc as i
they might have jut " ozre from I ltd1.
Put ot ce outride th s part of the town,
all is changed: tie ightfu', picturesque
Lines; grea meadow .-paccs full of
o.k.; knots of moss,' bowlders old
?ree swathed in ivy; cittac buried
iu ioes and h no -suckle; eutforiaVc
1 on-Hit, with lawns aud hedges, sun dials
::nd quaint weather-vmos; ca-stlu like
liotises of ?une. With lodges and h gh
wal a i ud drive-ways. ani, to coicpletu
the pict re. -nun ering lon tho lanes,
rrdnvin atst Jelv paces along the cr
fect rr a Is iionehafaut men anilleisure y
wo en whoso n nchalance and le sure
could not Ik: outdor.u or outs'aretl i.i
Hyde 1 ar' .
"At every turn ii a new iew of the
.j.n. or a Mid en gliuij se of some half
hldd n inlet or ba. Theie b.irsts and
surprises of beautiful bits of water arc
the greatest harm of the pla c Driv
ing westwa-d from the town one has
the superb Koyal Koa is liarlor ou the
left for 11 iles. then, turning to tho
r'ght, through woods that meet o ci
head. past fields full of to, sing fringes
of bnikiM an I tlii kets of pir a twenty
feet high, he comci suddenly on
an ither exquisite hut Mocked, unsiis
pecte I harbor the Es u'mault harbor,
with its own little hamlet. Skirting
around this, and bearing back toward
the t tun again, b a road farther in
land, he findo that to teach the town he
in st cross iiilcL after inlet. Woo 'e I,
t ark, silent, amber-colore they are a
very 1 ara iso for liners of rowing; o
for lovers of wooing, either, we
tho'eht, as we came again an I again
en a tiny craft, in which two -at w th
i !le oars At other times, a we were
crossing some picturesque stone bridge,
a pleasure barge, w.tli gav Hags lining,
and joung men and maidens singing,
would shoot o t from under it, and dis
appear aroun I a leafy cor cr. From
eer" h'gher ground we could so tho
m 1 estlc wall of the Olympic, range
r sing iu the south The day will come
when some painter will win fanio for
hmclf by painting this range as seen
from Vic'or.a: a solid wall of turquo'so
blue, w th its sky-Fno fre ted and tur
retted in silver snow, rising abrupt and
per, endicular out of a dark green and
purple sea. I ddiiut know any mount
ain range so beautiful or so grandly set.
O ten its base is wrapped in white riiists.
which look as if they were crystallized
in ripple-; and ridges, like a field of iee
Hoi;. Kising out of these, the b'ue
wa'I and snowy sumniiLs seem lifted in
to the sk es; to have no connection with
ea th except by the ice l!oe belt. Jf-
laulic MunUth . "
Japanese Sea-Weed.
Consul Qu'n. writ.u ro' the trade of
Japan, mentions that a considerable in
crease has lately taken place in Ihe
export of fea weed, and gives iu his
last report the following dis r pCon of
the method in which cut sea-weed is
prepared tor the market. For making
the fne-t cut sea-weed, the bet long
se.i-we.d is used, th newer the bett-T,
in account o tho color. After the
bundles ar opened, th y are pic'cd,
nnd as much sand as poss'ble sha' eu
out; the se'ected weed is then p'ae-d in
large i o lors. and is boiled for an hour
or more, uut 1 the proper co or is ob
tain : ', whic 1 should-be quite tin form
anil of a good e'ear green. After b 1 1
ing. the sea weed is hung up tin poles in
the air to partially dry it. a tor which it
is again care til' "sorted, and all ra.re.ed
pieces and those of a pale whit s!i
c dor are rejected, the sclcctc I weed is
then handed ocr to a number of wo
men, v. ho open it out and roll it into fiat
co Is of a'.out ton pound i each. As
soon as these coils have remained long
enough t' fatten the sea-weed, they are
unc died, ami the pieces of weed are
laid o. t on the top o th-: other n a
board a 1 ttle over 'o r 'eet long, to the
depth of eight to ten inches; they are
th n cut in'o 'oir le igths of tti.rtec 1
incho? each, and the-e pieces ar tied
into b indies ready or the workra n to
lay in the press s, wh'ch are abo t six
feet w'dc, thiit-en inches ihcp (th
length o the pice? of s a-ue d, and
six ft, t high. At the bottom a row of
wooden slats, about two inches and a
halt broad, half an inch thick and
t .irtecn n h s long, are placed cd e
ways, and up n bee the weed is laid
care u ly pitu-u by piece in the frame,
th: sdes of" whih are k- t
in to t oa by a riMM streic
rjp; streic mg
-across th t'p;
at the back,
as the workman
weed thoroughly
a mova' 1 plant;
w tfch is ra scd
proceeds, keeps the
even. When the
frame is lull about two tons going in
to one press a similar lot ot" siats to
those at the bottom are pla cd on the
top of the sea-weed, and the whole is
pressed as tight as j ossiblc, by means
of a rough ca stan. to get rid of all un
necessary moisture, and to render tho
mass firm enough or cutting. The
frame is then laid down fat; and one of
the side planks 1 elng removed, the
compressed weed is plane 1 with an or
dinary car enter's plane, set so as to
cut it to the re uircd thickuess about
one-tweutieth of an inch along the
edges and with the grain. The object
of ihe slats is to enable tho workman to
1 lane the edges, and they are remo cd
one by one as he progresses with his
work." Each man tan plane, on an
average, one hundred and se cnty
I ounds of sea weod per day- Alter
planing, the cut sea-weed is taken out
of doors ana shaken out to dry on mats;
under favorable cir umstan es. one day
is suflicient for this operation, but it
frequently happens that as many
as thrc5 days are required before
it is dry enough to pack away. After
tho final d ying. the weed is "ready for
the market, nd is pa ked away in
boxes conta'ning about sixty six pounds
eacn. inc re eetea ends o: tae nrst
dass sea-weed are used up, together
with ordinary long sea-weed of an in
ferior quality, to make cut sea-weed of
a lower class. While undergoing the
various processes, the material loses
twenty per cent, in we'ght, and that
fact, joined to the price of the labor ex
peaded in its maau'actare. bring the
cost to more thaa doable the a erage of
leaf sea weed. SceHfc"c Amsricm.
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Ex-Cfeief-JHstiee Sharsweod, of
Pennsylvania, recently retired fraa. the
State sapreae Bench, after thlrty-eerea'
veaxs service, feels vigorous eaoagTi
yel to o4a a Uw cEce far Bfir,U "pcae-
rEfLSOXAL .15P UTEKART.
Mr. Dana, of the New York Situ.
t? said by a correspondent of the Atlanta
GnsUtutwn to Ic worth S1.GW.009
uf de of h newspaper ;ock.
Helper, who wroc tbc "Impending
C'ritts y can ago. and at one t-me hsji
?0,KOfn nk. is doing odd jota about
Washington to keep body and aoul U
gcthcr. Wiisktag'011 lo.
"Coal Oil Johnny." other reports
lo th? contrary notwithstanding, u at
luarney, Neli.. where he owm a large
grain elevator and is rapidly repairing
bis waved fortunes -C'.kio Titntx.
Judge Tourgee i delivering a le t
ure on "A Family of Fool." Wc
haven t heard it but pre5umc be refer
to the grl who kindled a fire with
kerosene, the boy ho "didn't know it
was loaded." and the man who aL,
"Is it cold enough for jour .V. J".
Advertiser.
Thirty two years ago Fcnator Mc
Pherson. of New Jersey, then a tudent
at Tcaip'o Aeadcmy.inGenec-. N. Y.,
read a fchool etiay" on the " I'sea ol
His ory." The other dav he went there
again at the invitation ui the Historical
ocietv of Wc-tcrn New York todcllier
an addre s upon the same -ubiect. and
several of his old schoolmates were
prceut
Captain J. W. A- Gillespie, the gen
ial "ournal.st. of Middictown. O., on the
battlefield of Shiloh foind a re el offi
cer Iving with h s leg shot away, and
fast bleeding to death. He improvised
a tourniquet with his handkerchief, re
vived the almost dying man with st'mu
lants, ot h-m to the hospital, and, in
short saved his life. The wounded
confederate was the now famous Treas
urer of Tcniicssoc, Colonel Polk.
Chirmio Tunc.
Joaquin Miller, in writing of the
stability of wealthv families on Murrar
Hill thinks that tfio pateut-pdl people
are the mo-t perfectly secure. Tr.e man
that "struck oil" once did not long
ma nta n his elegant mantou. and the
inventor of a ateut hinge di-appeared
when in au t Inn patent wa-- annulteiL
The man who invented a patent oerew
was more fortunate. Ho bought his
res deuce on Murmy Hill, and "says
1 e has a'-rowed himself on to stay."
Motion Transcript.
A correspondent writing from
Kingston, N. M., 'ays: " Here. also,
l.vea a woman of some thirty-live or for
ty summers, who is a wondor. She has
tust eo 1 plctcd a log cabin, and did ail
the work herself except put ing up the
List logs. She cut the logs, hattbd
them, and made thoshinglej. to cover it.
1 saw her ride in to town rerently, on a
horse. In front of her wa a deer she
had just killed You will probably
think she is a lovely widow. Such is
not the case. Hie has a husband, and
he takes care of the ch.ldren.
Of Mr. William Henry Smith (now
in charge of the Associated Pres, East
and Went) the liieno Tnhun savs
"Mr .Smith has had long experience in
tho service of the Western press, and
h-s discharged his very onerous, and in
some respe ts delicate, duties with per
iod satisfact.on to the A-oeiation. It
can not be doubted that in his new re
lations he will meet with at least e ptal
.success His appontmcnt means great
er vigor and e'l.ciency in the co lo'-tion
of news b; both Asociat.ous than have
ever been shown before. "
IIU.M0K0US.
Elialoth Catly Stanton tlrn'vs
girls shou'd play billiard. There's a
good deal ot "kissing" in billiard,
butthat'ino reason lor ex hiding tho
girls.
An obscure, but yet not wholly tin
intelligibl joke in regard to the mule
is that though lie cares very little for
ptxvious stoiu-s iu general, yet he gen
erally atlects top.-u." X. )'. (trajrfiic.
Cannl mu!o do so? llotUm Post.
"How inteicsting these men of let
ter are, Su-an." ' Do yon think so? '
replie 1 S san. "Nbw, 1 think the let
ter of men are much more interesting."
at the same timo holding up a dainty
looking ep'stlo she had received from
"somebody." lloston Transcript.
High ela-sic "Can you compre
hend me?" " I am. perhaps, a little
obtuse, but oii may le sure that 1
shall go at your me tning pre-enlly."'
Low 1 lasie "Can you catch on."
"Well, perhaps I doii t tiro as s d
denly as some, but you hot 111 tuuiblo
:;s quick as the average." 7'ic Judge.
A magazine writer ha recently
published a long art cle about "women's
1100." The I est thing w o know about
a woman's nojo is a mustache. The
ltest kin I is a pale brown, and waxed at
the ends. For sample, an I instruction
in best method of appl cal'on. apply at
this oilic, after busmes hours. JJur
ling'on Huwkeyc.
So 3-011 havo got twins at your
house?"" said Mrs. Bo umbo to Tittlo
Tommy Samuo'son. ' Vo. ma'am, two
of 'cm!" " Wh it a c vou go "lig to call
them?" "Thunder and Lightning."
"Why, those are strange names to call
children." "Well, that's what pa
called them as soon as he hoard they
were in the house." Tux-ts Stting.-.
" Justicc.your IIonor!"exela:med a
lcgd comet in one o his eccentric per
o. a ions, "is not like tho fnbulated
Briario s of old, whose vycn were as
multi-lical as the sands of "the sea. nor
yet like the famed Cyclops whose vision
perforated only the arena of the coming
luturity, but l.ke the sportive denv li
st ration of blin I man's 1-uiT.' She
pursues her way unseeing ami unseen,
hold n:r the stec'yard that weigh with
coeval ' vicis'.tu c the carats of gold
and tho carro s of horticulture, ami
Knowingiio Nor.h.no South, noFast.no
West !"i.ome (.V. Y.) Sentinel.
A rcpirt comes from London that
there is a change in the fashion in
dogs. Young lad'es who have been
wearing Engl sh pugs to match the'r
complex'on, trimmed with plastrons
ami things, or tho Italian greyhound or
King Charles span'el, cut entrain with
ja ot and poiona'se. will regret to learn
that they have gone out of iaslr.on. and
they might as well to given to the poor
or sold to the old rag-man. Thencwstvle
of dog is the f ufly white Pomeranian,
with a nose in point appli tie and shir
red ears; or the v altcsc terrier, with a
silk iackct and velvet lingerie orsome-
thing that way
Xornstoicn llcrald.
Draw Fekcr.
Investigation has developed that the
fascinating game of draw poker was in
vented somewhere about 1S1G or 1847
by a Mr. Kirkman. of Tennessee, a
turfman of some note. The game of
sttaight or plain poker, of course dates
much farther back. Draw may now be
said to be the National game, and is,
perhaps, doing more harm in a quiet
and innocent way than dealing in
futures or any other species of gaining.
Almost everybody knows a Bttle some
thing about the" game, which appears
simple enough, and yet it has beea
gravely considered and'ad Judged that the
very height of human wisdom's to know
when to lay a hand down. Some years
since adraw-poker sharp. who ostensibly
traveled for a Baltimore liquorand cigar
house, and who claimed the startling
and showy sobriquet of "The Speckled
Yellowhammer from North Caro.ina.'
exhibited to us and a couple of New
York commercial tourists how four
jacks could be draw a from a pack and
held up a sleeve for use during a suc
cession of games. We contributed lib
erally for the informatioB, and since
then have not 1 een drawing mach. To
the aninitHtted it may be said that they
will aot lo anything if they shoald ae
glcct to draw ia this way. There are
some rains about it eatirelr safe; Xem
I play for B&naev if vou caaaot ana.
j ieatly af ord to lose it. LWt ay wita-
" i" uaueraaau ib gasae. The
Javem are .VI dead, who aatenl i-
P .) Tclesrtpk.
Temperance Beading.
I5TE3IPER.5rE 15 STTITZERUD.
T9 AUratfnr Ort-tb f tri
M&rlh AlwillUa l Ut KtrWUC
lb l of Llsvr.
The General Switzerland corrrirod
cat of th London Tim m writer wider
a recent date to that piper a ItdJo"
Ta rVU3irJrs trtftt ft
Iu ."ltrrtxfJ m u ocioei rrarr aatw-ry
-04rttlr mcof Ji. s ipi!
axvl prit u art! lt t Svca. in -
ilutnoti. Ja-lrt"j t ctr-nx n tit tp
llik falcoliHa "U jr ' wJ'M
d-tt, Ihaot-J ta ft -, 1
uxtru Ktva tic pa5- fnrtun t ifltso
ta 1 tj ia- rntirr ilnakti of U tfsa
Ui.oa, rui a rrt oa tae a-JtsJ 4-err-l
tf tr A"u-J M jun of A w ua
lb? IWrs'- Jara U Lfes .t il urt
tant. ""Falun-. twck.rwpt nl tevt
W at prjfy ra m.-Artaiaz'f a ra It
crrw. "n-BodctBt fkt't ran !nrlj- e w
txntbfo. .! 4 natural two- itx-a.. ll .
ilr?ft nt m rloADI mrtr --."" r
vtairUrl t furrrlow. on n-n Ct 1 ncto?
lrjj-r!- nor t-flnt. 7t-erll Jf t J1 ,-
tN wl It (Tro r (r asuxu U Ur Kl. W
rocil Miae ;r-il tooitauq 'f .V l
wtjk tj b ooniia: Vn of rctn r I at lb?
fr trbtful rt of Hnst l.trn p-r cvnts jr
bJ of o,jtiln. ta m ft-)tr. tu
t.'oUtKa of 01 a laite itrrtc tis v
In n ' m ntb t" Mterof ersnc nr. njual
tr aijwlr o: foftj liter ! 1 rtotn
dcnutxl Iu tiat a trrttT 'a IU leutx o
or tn 't ea U It a h rtpl hb l
!oi up rry jrra tauoait tl IIiH!tioJ
of fnnr
Tae .oated Maror of AJt r tt
ljrj-In tbHr tinn antJ lh--lr Uvnnncatl n.
AUtMt ctcry ilmr to ftu4 tbtt tnr vic
n-M.-ljtl t e"fleaiual Tf of lntfaa.Ta s,
tbo IVte ju lp tnn-nt if tbc tutrrtor It tH
tn-iifl at Ibn ntmn o o lb tol A
KinUr in mk nx !iulnc- li 1 tlew tu
otwlutln; tb -it-tn" br rrtrK-tU? Xes
tariotu on 1 no ubj-.t amr friwetl rt
F lh attoat t u(Mlli of l"uU-'
I 1 1 tr an I tbo ;rrt than Use "w&r nit
Uru'iktm.
The tK-tranf lntrmpcran-r .lnI Wca
all ot"' an1 thou.-b'Iul Urt ar up In
nrmi, rtatrs ooly from 171 hptj tii otlti
t o now in ft r. Ur inMtutlt bat Uta'to-t
"tyimi'ti'to II -ertj" of aUt'll titnott ! fftrl
lb canton of I be iwer wbicl tby pfrrwl
y (.iLcv-lof renUt nx tb triteia ilttnk.
Art. tl of tie UnKtMtltmtoti tav lt-lo-ti
thtcirrjr r;"tt tlrn h the rleht to raJi.
without tut or htiilraniM' In any irt of th
liW'pliT t on. ant. cvirl nt Xn- l cilJtj of
tho KmIithI Tr tonal, th r ctt Mtnl !
i!ealrr4 n -Oenbo kt lirr uti'lrlii'Ur
liii mlnntoi lb-jr utajr ootnf. Tb t."rct of
thi itvli wi "w.:ji awtji'r rjr :"! rt
trktt.'tl tlnt In 1 ri-v ottalev :r-lnnl njiko
th" tril- In trong"lrtnV n Irra tb- lrl
in tirvi't ami nit-nt. II forjr l-'.i lLortvrvV Im
px(l tij t-antoin ml jii'Httiun- oa the irn
iin t alcoholic l rr.t- r fiumrriMM
an 1 ininutn. So iniMli-h tio 1 ul 1 U oint"t
with vt a rotic !on. or In ctit of thn up
t --l nenlt of t pnjiiilttloa. In mo 0i
trcl putilicnti fcul to if li- -curl'j" for tho
proper conduct of thctr h m In a I th
hn-l ti to uiou of iro'cl barnctrr VVo-ovn
w ro 11 -t all iwoil to ki-p juiMlc-hou .
H11II1I nsr intrn'tl to tm omcrttHl n ta
erti or enf - liat to atiwcr t rt-rtaln ri- pnro
iikmiLi rs to trntll'tlon. io of foo(ii. anl
h ttutbuu ItHIUw I t-n. Vrurbatrl. M ;ll
lii'liMl. nrnrlv rrrrhrr-puti'!r h mo
were not pTtnlltP"! In tho nrlzhNi hvl nf iii)r
church, ai-lio-it. ori'hin-lMMM-. -th iu or
' llk In.lUull n l.'ir'n! KHf only trrun cl
for a lltn to I lime I'util i-tt wi-rr furl iMt(ii,
nnlT jin-l Iff. trtfirlh you iir jknip lth
Irliik, or r tlnw ti rin o frKunt tholr biiu .
which lml to lx lo'Msi tho jrrmtT l"rt o
Miintrty nn.l nt a c-rti n hour In th iru-n n.
A n tsinHwjtirtic of the aljol tioii of thOM
n-ilrlctloiM. tho iiuiiiIkt of public ho is ia
lncrcn'-i ftiiin IT.-O, Inltuto 2I,TJ In Im
IttothiT wonI. while th- piptlUuou lux Iti
r -nHl liy x prrc nt th imcrn uau In
cn.';i4l byZi pi'r v.nl. I'-ic Imi uir nu-i aro
(on n. wl!cri! tbtro ! iiptiblk 1kuio to r
0 inhitiltmit. uii'l 'lo.sln. whUti h 1 oiitr
for ovrry 2U. 'luklnic tbo otifr-lorat 011
throughout, ttr? iroi tu u .a oix- loo cry I i
Im-iIii tlu vrum-n, ttnMrvii iii"l thn "ii-a. thit
irivi-4 iiivj tmcrn to icry Ul P'imhii In
t'intnn Thunrati tucro 1111 kikIixj lor cv.ry
1 voter, m. 11 01 twenty mil upwinl. It
ilo w nrt npp.-ur. howv-tr. thai J.' I ! thl
t t, sotno iiciKhUinna' c untrtct uru inii.-li
inont ntMtciiilou thust h v.tzitrtauil. T.iim
WitrtotnNTjr tin 4 on Lucrn to lii Itihiii t ,
ant-". II hIcu one to II t, HeMoui to IiA Al-ac
0110 to 121. hut tuo cure five ,-t1i nnloii -J-chwy,
(iUrii. thu (!un. 1 hu- nu nn-l
ti'cni'va In which tli rotHirt on U l. th 111
IXJtonno. In tlcncMi, nurcovcr, n:i I uxnt
othi-r to wti4. KnKvrt u nt contict onctn u ul
wlm-4 mill -II ll Mini. mit. trii' nn 1 i!h r.
thu atablibiutut4 inwhith nfihol v t)cr
ux :irc ilil iiro nluioit vn nuiuc imii ui nil
iitbiTrhora j tit toxvtbur. It luioininoniny
ltn; Unit there I. not anlnU houi n nlldeiio-
n iwhcro Moplo lit e in lUL u houe ncs im m
rlty c m xl ni cr I lwtllliifxi In v. huh
there ia not either it nte, an aulicre, or a
Witic 4h-i;nn I. mi fur a my t 'fruition jto-.
tho nyHK 1 tint-. Aioo il n ir lo t innh ir
of !. lrtbb tuV n inicn tlnir p,un
p'jlt on thli(iii!)Je t, ptiMUhrtl ut H.tl . tbo n
etv l. Mil publu hotMca h'tit licttfi Iolloiol by
ii iiiurke-1 niirtrrat of Iruii'.in o Niiilitlniit
In ISn). tint of rf, ce of niiuir.t out itkO
anil attempt to inunW. nl,u ltil in the lit
tk'detu i:tntbn if ll.tlothM Mint y. ."; wciv
ns frtsi'tieil ti havo arii-n in t iv-nn, or to
hae Ihi-ii ennui tdil Ur jx-r-)m won bml
trot iltuuk .n intern. : aiil of U rn of at
tackH on th u o I !. i; h 1 1 a llko origin. For
ty to iu ik re nt. of all lli-i cr him eimtnltt-l
In that putt of the count y ran to t aool to
uic al ii'luUfu-fj ni tlr iik.
Hut n moit a Kreatcr c.l th in nrtml ilrunk-cniK-aiiiid
tho kmurn orfeutct to which It
jrtv ile are tho t in- ot ami th'Tnincy
fjun by ttnrkiinrtn'-n in public h iiu. a A
ttio iintolilsuieiln ihurcb In lit I nn their
fnimiiia. tlnthU i-oint t o nil h r f "IM
WirthHiMita" iriteisoinccuriiiui n irm-tt nn.
rr fimsi f r mi tho ctiuM nbiu li of cortiln
innkiM! cr whom cu loin r ntc in- xtlv wo-k-unr
tn n. Am itiir th ln4tiiue-4huirlte44 thit
ol u Kiiiruiu , with n w,fo an.l chlMrc 1, who
In ii'ldi Ion t mo iey mj iii:it. r-in up In
Ft bniary I it h tlrlntc ncor o' .V.f.: iviothcr
w rkiii.ui chain for tho mont i va4.ti: n
thlnl tlctirtd for3l. ami one th r tr oul hail
tvtn lorto-l nt a "Inslo t Inir f mr Ciin itl ia
oriHjrailf urir wcmtruin T.101I1I v con
5iiinptlo'i of an. thcr iron', who aij-ni to
liatc.'cttl. U h s mtiiuiit iimrt fly, nterircl
live Klaae or tccr ami three ir n t4 of
up nt: nnil tllt au tbcr wnt Iu iho h. at of
titkiinrw.th hl4iinur fle 'Imch tut four
little irlai4 of npirit. Heir Snv r it to
auiborof thu pamphlet In quest on, hi hat
HCTOT4 to Iho book of aeon rniUir who kept n
jutillc hou.c, ami hewn shucnnhl-t t iim
pr.thocarn 117 of the w irkm n 1 h tn ir
cxp-ixlltitri? In ilrink. tin in in. whom ho
cull A. Iu tin W10H onlel Jnn lary 7. InU.
arniilir. oc. nnl pent iof. i He thu
took h tin w.th him a thu fniit of hl InNir
Sf. Vic not ipilte .'. II cnrnil -f, nl
pent 2.T : C 2-f.. nnil pr nt IS.: I)
i.f., ami spent 10f.: B r a-vl p nt in.: K
21f.. ami !ip'nt lUf.; nml n tn-ion liborcr.
tie4ll ap.nil na: tho wh le of h a wck'n
wii-,ljtt a bal-incj of if. to tbo bad. One
wei'k when tho rni-n worko-1 lf r Jr.nk
tnorc than uu il p-rh.sp4 to h-the Inn
kcpervonirnctnrh'iit no rooi yntnlltopiy.
ami every one of them licirin thv following
week with a tulanto mrnlr.t him.
Kt cry canton hav nir its own topartte pollrc
orjranljatl in, putl ulnrs of uptin'hcnlon for
lrunkcniics are n it c.w.ly 1 bt.t.ti ble. but
they probably ilo not fo m as much na i g-'n-crally
uppo-ol. A tnnn may dnn't n ir.cat
deal without teco nlntr tH.by ilrunk. pn 1 thf
toper who iroos Kt-nrwritur atout th trcct
must Ikj very far con. iiid(x-.l. Jn-Ilnjr by
tho ipi.-tntity of drink coni ml ilO pi-r
lieml of population (ami a bottlt; of common
brandy may lie procure I In the country for
M. OcncvnU a'out th" mos dninken city
In Etinie. yet the apprehension tor ilnink
cnncsa are rel itlvely rcw, ami tboiijrh tho ear
retedfor lh'9 oScne ar- almost InvaHaMy
rlthor ptusunt r w irktnen. It is pobiMe
that the average flenrva tiourireo jfet
throujrii mi re drink In the coure of a year
than his po m r ne irhtor. After breaifat be
takes a nip of lonae irar t'rrUi r ir; toward
noon a gla. a of vermouth oralis ntbo prjr
falre in.iiijT. Dinner U w ihwl "own with a
bottle of white or re I wme. anl tho ps-t-pmndinl
coffee is never ilnmk Without tbeae
companlmeat of a mall iria.s of comae.
AUiut four o'clock the lwunroU tnerally
flnl It noccs.irr to take another rlast of
alis.nthc ortancttp ot U.-4r jnr , falrt r
tehir; tbo ovn o'clock supper en alls the
eonsumptou of at lat anoter J-"t'le of
Wine nnd tef ire he reUrcs tn reu he tak-a a
foupcon of brandr or of ram pr art
tmlTtnir. And icf,ir yo-i wcr tn hint thai
ourbounreoisls p,ss bly Injuring ha halth
orcxcecdlnr the tr!cte-t limits of modera
tion, be would be very mu b offo Mlcd.
All nr a of expedient hnv recently lcen
Jicucd for checking- the exor ts c n
aimption of drink in ta.a country Soma of
th-m arc. no d iutt. valuable, an I rniinf. if
they cju'.d to r ut into prnctfc-r, proe raire
or leal effective. But until the power fonr
ly psMcssed by the cantons of rezulatlnr the
traiHc In alcohol Is ret rel tu them and that
csnonlir tedono by a reviloo of Xhs Ojd-t-tution
an-1 be contitucneic art t1 of
the Hen that wine, and a rood de I of It. Is
only lcsJ neccsairy to .ife tflan trenl ItsHf. no
efficient measures for the defeat of Switxer
taaTs cceay ar.- likely to be ailopted.
a i
Hew the British Pariiameat Reeeheda
PetlUea.
It is the custom to say that legislators
do not give due honor to the petitions of
citizens, that they are ignored by the
law-makers who, "dressed in a little
brief authority." strut their I ttle boar j
upon the stage to give place to others ,
as brief who repeal the Iitt'e legislatioa i'
enacted, ny their little predecessors. j
However untrue this may le. the fol
lowiag description of the preseatatioa '
of a monster petition for the Suadayl
closing of drinking places !a Eaglaad
shows the high regard with which such 1
expression is received by Pariiameat: j
A deputation from the Br tish VVoas
ens Tcmperaace Associatioa waited.
vpm Mr. Steveasoa. M P., at the1
Hoawaf Coaunons. and haaded that
gentlesaaa a petition for prescatatioa to
a-axuanea& sanponiaz wc uoa. Jew-
raer's bill for ckwiag pablk-boases oa
duaaaya.. Mrs. lacu. wao Had caarge
of the uatitioa. iBlisaated that it coa-
taiacd upwards of 159.000 signaturr. i
all of which were those of Eagfisa woa
ea only, there beiag ao Irish. Scotch or
Welsh slgaatures uelaeed. Cora wall,
was also aot caavaraedfor this peiitioa,
aa it waB5pifiieiaa miafateJy. The I
last sigaafre attirtwf wasvtaa el the J
rriitia of ' ' TWi iitf Isinn I
I - j -
whkh H alort tail Jr;. " a
lria.r!L had I-? cttv1 at
it... saa;.sha.rw.ri Wsr " mtr THL'tf MaajaT ML
fS JSaSas-e wt-vtsx w r"- w---
i Mr 5fpTTao prrara! hi oW tx
prrstioci frets tb a o Kajlaa4
to th llwa of Cc-sjusaes. Th ut
tes-at of ka prajtr Utnrtl o with
grwU atteat-oa. jh1 all ejr ws?r Stwl
ttpoa tte Hoc MrinWr. -wbo orop4
a. pU ca the frost t&ch lelew- tb
Cajrwav sa ti leoteroafit t ef
th HiSCM. The Bt3 strtit! tor tle
rDs?tawT to tale th !,twj up a4
thrust l Into a Urge U- lhi jfocs-
ra itEpiMiblc mj tlwpresvat oc9n.
a bo hi- wxtuld hoW lis ha rc&
wfek-h lav a Mr. VrrraKm feet. ft
tmlv t-ei with Wo n"Ua w
(ouklaay oae taraber carry it- Ut.
Sterransa. aldesl br Mr lUmdhsnt.
coJ hoUUsg aa ced of the Iwsrs lolieT
through the cent-, tn bi the w'.
0" prevntatia br rArrytn it n to te
table amid tie cfcer o the llwuac
Our L'mon.
TerriMe Lra U a Umalra Father.
The tor wsis 3.J It height oa ivalsr
day nlht. and few eJctraa ero
forg bj: the r -way through the Wlnd.o
Mi-jr l.n thetfeet- A jdx-eiaa
tood thcltercd from the lurr at the
ttorm in a doonrav near a ihu ar rs
sort on Fourth atjrcU U ttl .tt.brg
The bright plare of I -cists, train ot
rau'ic. and the hout and yel! of U.
tcttMts laughter whieb atntsr-led out
Ihnmh the atorni told ut the obeer
within and made the hiern watch
man lcs unhappv tn hi che?r1ra rtgiL
Aa be Iik1 hu'mn to the Ume of
merrv mut e, the stra as uddny tp
td and tho muicitt came trvjing
trom the place.
Oh' come bwV here," said the mr
who had followed them I'll wd that
your score s pawL Come bal and vi u
one ruorv tt.ac. lor It's a mnt not t fT
a b o lo out," and bo sTuvcrvd as h
tunuil t ri'-enter the pbwe the ntosl
cian h viu hurried avray d rgardug
hta uivitat n.
A the jwdu'eman liMV.et bo noticed
nn ob i t start from the shelter of Ihe
storm dour, and then a man raUcd uj
his hands and evclaimcd.
Ms' Ho.1. 1 th. jou?" A bo llfto.1,
the obp-et lo bis arms the storm door
was closed. Tlie jKiiico'iian afprttiehM
an I ritv the man enfolding the object
within the folds of ln ovn scant coil.
It's a poor bov whom I found
frecsing he-c.' he -a d to the tll er.
1'on t he kn ivr where he 1 vs?''
"I gticsi hu can't apeak, lies i)
cold." 'llieti. oe ng theo I eorprejva
to rtdiete him of h s biinle-i, he c n
t'litled. I ut hi vole jveln I iho olT
hand totn in which hu bail previously
.sjHiki-n 11 n:i broken atiu enokeu
with obs
He's my I ov. air. Hint forgive me,
I heard the ar knejisT onlora lTttlo otm
avvav from the dinir. cabin; h m a ibrty
little beggar, but I did not know it vta
my ch Id. And vthilo I wod in there
siHtnd ng mv week a wau. mv lv -the
d rty little begnr ob. (.od vtas
out here vv.i t ng to take me li'itne L1.
liod!" and, crving out tn the acony
of romore, he dropped on Ins ktieea In
the anow, nn 1 with the glare of the
lights of thu .saloon h n tig upon hint
as the snow whirled and eddied ab-iut
him. he foreswore, nirii-driiiking. The
dnmkrn hmt.s of li s rompaulous in tho
h.nloon echoed the pledge
I've eun many atrango a ghts,"
said the nllieer, "but that one nlueh I
saw iu Satttnlav night' atiow-stonn vvas.
the most imprcAsivu one." X. 1. lltr.
Temperance I trie.
In ur.ri.r to addresses of wcleomo
from various TemjKjr.uieestKJie'ies in tho
north of Kngtand. lbshop W illerircr.
ot Newcistle. said that he was thankful
every day tint he was a total abstainer.
Ilo. was better in health. lighter in head,
and heavier in purse for H-
has been arrested for enticing children
int his place, making them drunk and
get ing away tin r money. An indig
nant mother, who went there and
found her ion, ten yea-s old, insensi
ble with drink. vas eiected from the
place, and ma le a charge of assault
nnd batter.'. The saloon keejier vvas
committed for tr.aL
In' THK ICKl'KNTi'li:rri.lt sent out b
tho Kecutive Committee of the Nation
al Organi.ation of I iijtior 1 eilcr. it is
conceded that "neither separa e com
mtinit.es nor single btn'e can success
fully tight the battle against Prohibi
tion," and this fact is ued as nn evi
dence that "n ntional Ant -t'rohibi
tion oreani ntion has become n necessi
ty." 'I hat ought to prove encourag ng
news for Temperance workers. A. b.
Tuna.
Tf:vtrr.KNcn wcmik is looming up in
India. Fifteen years ago there was no
Temperance Society in I rUciitta, now
thcro are several, l"th for adults and
juvenilc5. The Hrahmo Soma . tho
new religious body in India, takes
strong ground against the use of all in
toxicating liquors, and a!o against
that of tobacco and opium. There are
one or two Temperance pa cr. and
some other! willingly pnntTempeninco
articles and news.
M . (LAirosr. in the Ibmc of
Ccmmons some months ago, aid ' Wo
suffer more vcar by year and every
year from intemperance than from war.
H!stiIenco and nm no combined; thoic
three great scourges of the human
family. C harles lluton. MemlxT of
Parliament, sa.d "Through Intem
perance there are more than live hun
dred thous.mil homes in this cottntrv
(England where home happiness ii
utterly unknovsn- and thn struggle be
tween it and the church, the library
and the school is one phac of the war
fare between Heaven and bciL"
Nkal Dow, the well-known champion
of prohibition of the liquor traffic, in a
published letter, savs that as tic remit
there is no distilfcry or brewery In
Maine not one, all 'have been op
pressed by the law. Three fourths of
the territory of the State is now practi
cal! v free trom the traJIic." And the
Portland Imtiv I'rrsi faid lately " In
a large part of our territory an entire
generation has grown up practically un
acquainted with the liquor tra 1 c and
its effect,"" Mr. Dow rays "Maine is
now one of the most prsperous States
in the Cnioa, while former y tbc entire
valuation of ail it property was rat
crery twenty year for strong drink,
making it one of the poorest of the
States!"
Tin jiicmaGE of Governor Foitcr. of
Ohio, cannot lut be read w th deep in
terest. Some of us are not inc'incl to
adopt the identical meaures of relief
which he proposes, but we accept the
facts presented and admire the fearless
ness with which the Buckeje Goverawr
reiteralcs them:
-It la a fasfaO-atlsr fact tlt aare la
Obi In-day. asor? taan PU pi r tai
B-irestra.ae-1 tnaSfc: H carrswl o-wtak.B t
bard-ear'd wares trom mny laossa4a of
oerertisess. waoa fans U ne-i tv bvukj
tkt wwre tasw tkrawa a- ay. T'.4Urj
traSse. the a-B of wfc c in rostad Btnab-r
wia prjfjtMy ejreeed rJMU aaasaatty.
martt tavs tanrer portton of srblcb is proS
- .. a . - - . ..Wa III, ! P. IB
upon ta-? putstie Usrrtoark tae ertm aad -lFraaa
rreate-1 ly lu"
It might be well to saeatioa here the.
sosaewhat familiar iteaa that Shiilito A
. .M.i
Co.. a siagle dry-goods Ona or uman
aati, pay'iBto the pabrc treasary a Sir
larger seat of awaey. as tax oa prop
erty aad goods, thaa all the several
thoBsaad aalcoB-kecpers ia that city pat
together. Ctuemgo SMdanL
A Bostoa saaa was sssch horrified
wbea a fat ceSored wosoaa appeared ia
hk office receaUy aad told him that aae
had prepared her treaaseaa aad was
ready for the ceresaoar. Be ex pressed
aetoaatfaaeat. SaeeeaHy told am that
he had promised ta ssrrT hr. He
showed her to the deer. Sae "woarat
aitforaV5.00a He wo thf sk. Saba
grae ejaiiv.
0r Yoan? Rcdfr
Tits school jityr
V.tSfSTlVs aa 1 :?.
jI r. fc rs-! '
1 j. . ?a tM WW. r.
Tvy - "
r- a - '.
t pv. tymU 'sa S ?
It. .il frw .
"C- -. fs a.r -fv
.f mm tt Vr -
I At A-rwi a l1 w
A -S' 5 -f a-a-M
i Ar J tr s- - "-s '
vvn a -jsa.! fc .l.
' tii trf- sJ IKVVti!
j 7 f , l K w
I T It a ! r a a f-svs -
, ,U 1 t t ' "
f t V b- VJiar-tra4.n .
1 l aWo4 li I JM t s
TJ-rr t- tr t.,iT rst.
In t-l a4 . "
7r ' s .
m eai ' .
Tr t --l r rl -.
Tf rr ar - ?- v t Aa.
,114 'V ti.t f ' . a M ""?.
bt-fsrs-tf tv vs tV f t
TV a - f' rrrvr a
Al aaffeat UfW1- M
Km .V f awttK ta t- JOsa"
Al at -' .
TVp "S .JAr4 a -e7.
iM tr- X.- -la htm,
Ut al KJ I" " f ' T
Iknl r4Jli il r-- w-
UiMras - wu.,-a l
rw
w ho i oli: 1 oi.ly a tiii :
It was a apj . t aemtswr aflsmMNMs. l
1 w.a lUttg at IKS s tds. ls.k U t
nio the kTly t y
Jcatesm- ahadeat W'r .
hdt wre desfHasnx I"" 1
Liralr lan ta,t iV t ta
IV
sj!sawP-3 pP
Rlet t l-fH !rr4 th - g
was fading ttvm tb ). vhkh w rwh
with etlrnaun sftu, stbd wt
breath .Urre.1 ii jk the asr m
Ue rhwg afttirUtKi Bap.
g alttirUtHKi BJt.
, outs a eratW, W!a.tly
doll, "Jtaaa U'Arr hv tss
llsb
vsith her
tocaUrtL tnaamnas d br my tm
ete. lst.'h. Itb tUjjht. t-sssn a alnV
lug revi-HtbUne t lhs lht !
rom ploturn. Hr Hnlrte d
turbstd be-r tntlhHj t"tn of lid .
and a itiH ti wah tub baf t'
Itfougbt tut from the uly Ikmi w .Us
all th Uwndn aptMiitenns, aud ll
l.ttie tuaitiftn. mku tn
IVeen f hr
j-atmi rttbl Mp at an lnitwtt b.
in her warn lace, was esmissti nc "a
tauadrs- ilH. vsKha rmmaleirsft
foraetiti. that ttllod raj msU or a Wl t
tilth tender prVKv.
At last the bttle drm tsa. toljr IsW
vshttene!. and I wntehii lby Mii
lazy atiiiio. a, utterly i6iHrmg the f.tvt
that W.o sun was abixt rsalf Im rsjr '
gtnul 11 ght, she sttpje.l tmtwnthe Mtifo
gra jil.it n front ot th cvttsgn. an I
truu-hel It. atua'l prrt Otss lnl
prtiN-r p ace. and, turiuiif lwrk. r
Mtineii her aland at the litl. Maih tub
How prtv Se stv with th long, fair
etirs eaugkt hock with a ltrtii be4t
pin
he ha 1 taken Irotn tin rakuHi.
auu her litue apron
turnvd ut t own
I up Is
vtrld.v
ble her to realise IMon
hor
.situation "
ibileveii With o etuUattiia a pe.
tiro before me, rat ejetlds htj
dnxiped. and 1 ottlv ktioit tint 1 htwt
fallen aleep bv Inrtng aniumil bv an el
cited lltllo ert of truii'da "U hnt h-ss
hapiNii(sl?'' 1 asketl. starting bm titialy
up.
"U'hj' Jean I'.re' tres hrugnite.
inatiinia.'' uaine tho ipnel replj . and
locking out. 1 saw Italic standing a
very picture of atitiUhuient, With the
rest of the d dl wardr! vtot atd
crtllilpletl trettt(eli her I ttle hand, lis
tirk of bleieh ng be ng niitmiianly and
"oliipletel brought to an end
"(June' Uh' that i Iuiimi alble." I
said, calntlv, "of cju e It Is there,
dear '"
"Hut vtbore. tnamutn'" eanie the
quest on, o jiracti. al. lhal tin vitgito
assertli'ti prove I itself al on o talinle
I leaned forward, ami bxiked out of Ihe
vsuidow. feeling lotilid tipnliet proof
of my superior w s.lo n. 1 ut, aeotag
no peck of vtlnte stb'e on the graaa
jdou I ald ouietit, with read) Ingenui
ty "Whv. llnbv, the wn 1 must baic
blown it awav."
he turned her deep btiie eyes to
wards me. and atxd quite atftl lor a
moment, and then ud. lowlj Uut
where the rtnt, uiatnnia' '
.eing It was the at II. au.trr day it
Was, this logical queat.oii. only ailg.
metitiug thedidbulty ns o the thra
about of the wind "na well na of the
dress, roused u e f mm my romancing t
immediate actum. I got up from my
ehair. and touted Itibv in the garden.
After aking the ustnl quetons In
JHCll cae. Vl'. "KsflOtlr where ijij
j on put it?" Then when d 1 you
go?' How lung did yon stay "' ete.
it't inflnttiint. I stt down nga 11 with
Itaby standing by my aule. and lriI to
solve the ctir.ous m vat err
Perhaps some lit le rh.ld hail atrayed
into the gaplcn. and. coveting Jon
bess. had absomded with II. while
llabv was luy at the little tub, and ao
comforting h'r wiih the promts of n
othcr. vthivh prom.ae I irnmed atclr
ptoceeded to fulfil. I went back to the
ittle eotta o parlor.
Itaby. having pre-vl tin? remainder
of the doll garments on this gra.
rame and. lraw tyj; b-r liltle ehalr b
my d. wa ched me as I lwan mr
dreas making
I drew f rum my aerap baket a dainty
bit of dotted musbn and s.me pretty
lace, and Joan robe was fairir undrr
way. when itaur. springing from her
little ehalr. er.eo onL b.Tttt'eefl 4!e.,.a.r
and dimay
Whv. mamma. lhrv'f gone tW I
followeil her gae to th- emptr graM-
plot. In tmer bewilderment, P C
.-ome one must t ti th of" I
excta.nied.atl.tst "Here Bahr." a a
sndden thought flatbed aero. rn mind,
Take the,"btlC. era a of mu.I n and
lace, and dampen them, and Jar Ihem
out on the grass. ,u,t as jou did the
rest, and we wdl drop th laco curta.a
and vs atrh Ih nd it. and lictTer w bo
it is." And listing laid ihe snare, we
tat 1h breathless atilm- watching for
our p cr
Uut the minute c me aad went, and
not a sound disturbed tbi serenity (
the dying day. llaby hal ctimbe! mlo
my lap.acd was 3 p ctur for aa artUt a
brusli. as she at with cnraon dec
and shining eye her tiny f.Bgrr lad
waxriBgly on her hp. as nurte ca in
to take her away for her trs. .W. a
voke not a step, not a souad. Slit! w
watched with peouteatrrsotetioa. The
tiM-t wat unbroken, sate bra rob n.
who hopped apiciIy acr tli
lawn, so ignorant of our difrtam,
iaaoccnt of all sorh evil, rauadjue mat'
ters as theft or cnia.
1 tsmol to nurse ard takl ia a Jw
tone. In rcipoaac to I5hj r-arr n-hj
per ia tar ear. taal acr t
ladettaitcly postpoacd to-ai
taraiag C4C to ay tnn. :oaa ia
JTM $F??cTZ r Wy W'
. . 'a--' - -' -o - J acre are at Israat two asr. rae m
raages! them agara. aad this Uaw aoth- jnj, ffc ljKm yrt-d ta 0
Jag tcasptcd sae to hilar e-tsfrB the jt rn$f ( xrtrrt 4 Mtntnl Ihw.
,Bdo,r- . f July. 151. Ia both, lasataity alT
Fire tea sataaiewpaMd. aa! Ufa fotfew-,1 9ffm the ate f faia. a4.
agaJacaaavetherobifLhopsMagiaaoi-eat- f torn the ckaraet'r 0 the i rpcr?4
lyalerg. For waat of aar ether eb(ect. caes. it --jm certaia that hi ma -we
lajtfly watted hiss ae he raa tr r pd casasa a hf. raraHe fcMa4cy
the gras. bow paasiag to look freai ssaj fofJew nzm tie aw of wJaisv-
side to side, as thoagh feartax aight or Amtncu XtxUcml Wtvtty.
aoaad. Starve aad acarer he caate tot -,
oarbtU lace, wbea tsaddealy. aiterl It I-said te ka a fet that a eertala
oae rapid tny im alt directfeae. wka f Sew Yrtk mMit u &tauwkl4r4 or
a eeek dart h caaghttaesa ia hlseak. n 0r Utrrrt al-lh terybS are -
ew"."Pwrd . ysat I hat tur t-aaeC wkhatstt
DrpTpiag lisahy frosa say "aa. I rai eoaaakla a card, tell h awa aasae
aaatuiroai ea tae atrs, aai. " I .ad addrr. The as-rsoa who eaa teU
fc.t'If!Wb.HJM"w thaJd saaa Veasbers taavt he
aasat avsasat ssv B.aK m mbist. .ms
With er'es af et:rat. Kabr execated
.ll I M . . MP... . I. . . 1 .1 T " -
whea at teat I
tarre tree, hi waiea
the bird had fesMftd a aldistg.fdaee. I
was aaoa jaaed br Baby. are. sfeba
ad the asdsler. WetJsW iWth -
Jrt sttuei!s NJ JAn ri-.j.f
tato l?v wpft rs.st sjhJ ? r
, ;t, 5v ef $-' 4r sfl SttiVi
Jttiwt jrai"". - S rfS tiNl
tnar. Jfc. w -4t5 Ifesxt t ! s
J f ia" Jer, pAJtry tl" !'' a-
JTtofHKsat
t$ ," Vr-a4 W!1. n
.) ftlvr as,H Sa Mjy- ara
' atf IiA 14. i KU Ws.aaaCrl ant
'tmmm' swus-jsy iaann"s fc s
. fcVon inaiias . awt I
I Hr ' ! WViW-1a p
. 1 4Vt atTa fr 9t
, gasp,9C si lafW. s tfitOS
a Vr 3i'MtrAr - '
ttraUw oat I a4 ?
sjjrsar
3eU .-x4 IV CU
1 w ts-six ! "
fwicat taa 1JL II Ir-sMjtf
satVt4, a4 a'svfw Ja ssms i-4
- -.- - - a.
J, ttmri asi ar amrasai
1 Maal twa i WV Haw) tvr w taaS Jw-
a4a Q ar J" taa
. liaat wy aja4 j i2w m f sma ivs
I SvasWfS 4 ' raaHStST l
' albaVi-ts).! IA.1 - """. ! -raavt .
" Ac a " TV wia MKt avl
t&W ti,a aa s Jim)' 0m tt
a, a sW
i . .
l. tt 4. st. datar,
srrsVal
asIMMkj sat. In Wat va4
sr
la aaavie tii aa-
Maaiu 1 start nt tl
t a 1
- b-
"
"Hfapafai y wa
fsysar tttlla Utv aa-n
tW ,- ifJfjat ajfjl
tag m f,
s v. nx tflt sf "-
svjaat
dsawM.
Jut Mainl Js-l rlraa lt Im4
and rt lita Wt TW haita o - m
trs-j Util. &Mt tlasr Ma tira tfaf r
Wrs aaat Laaa-i tl -
lWt ta W4 ' at tanataaf. m '
afsnasn 4U. uaat
than t mat Ww aavl
W" law ssM MWH sj ra Ma a''
IMI fst paUatrw-1 d , t tixsf tftafcat tfM
attr af4 arta taW hat
V -aa tsa f tawtt ad tatasa
JsaauaM ..im! tst fc-f as W t-1!
tax b-j i aaxit ttact tattle Ma, 14 t-Ht
as, 1 st saaa Uw stfoaajt UiU
I kaoit m mh ava safe svs vatafliJti v I
ltaTt M a Vta. al Maavtasat ta a
-- ' -r"
lHajc alt attrg-alaws sitaTay '!''
J, k A rstaksrt Jl rs. '
bftarsl It aa th ' iaarrf S)a a4
H a)nit rs Utts aaat ilnnataasj
the bl sf th stair Us ! jfsaa
U lis Ht, H'hNe KMMKl, a asaaatt.
a at W41 f IW (11 ahaasit k
tshat a Inss awtrtr ar kmalrsl iMttai. ti
taej d4a" Lan-. tssss k ta tti a ra 4 ,
a littiw jCtrt aSmsat 1 ag a iM wa-t
ats Ulh lHt Mttie a Sttaaa
a nv I . j nt, t4T d si assvaala (
tst n. 1 1 s a a t at ths4 ssatatst fSaatsVIM
at! KMel ! m 4.r a fiat at mmn
bjf s.Ht -arrr Iter
I a a lortirsl " 4 tt mtr aAsfsas
aHl eaiivu d-ts at4 Ut Km Uttle Sl
m hi rwnta, narrjing Ir l"-lnj-t tap
atasra.
Mtnasy waa eryln far the ttotsta.
an 1 t lot bar tn. Aid JmhH tt t
n4l. p,p.,''
I Ki 5 .mi upp'tie trt tlilf Isi aaf
ImmI) stlaipiw Ih t lit
ltit I knots a iKtl g'tl ks J4 1
very lg and Micar wm4faf !
bo rnalilv went U kep thst aKs -
Y rrVm
.Nanseslan Sots.he, tr lHr.ttarfar
One of ihe itw.st ttst4ilr .
aotts m vtrttay w . rwraa A
ateep bill (a aetS! by the H! aftl-
vtbathia U) hate eStarafw tf Iks fa
and all the est ke rufmr In its -triet
enter tltstir nam1, eajjr U
gg III the tn'nstt. 1 ht Ws k t
elearetl of all aieiutal 4atrrtasa.
ten it thmt bappn to t a sf
sttMtileri feno erini; it, the
dg at ay n the Jss- d if It and
pdel up nbore It lh sajtaat l ( aab.
Ian vshft It eat ait a jaj." TW
akee- nut tier. tf etr, e..tuljt at fait
aMel ib'vtu tk l ill 4 watt
oter lb a jsinip ahsMttna; rtlat st
In'o the air ?nl eonildg iln 11 akef swi
li a feet or any other Mal rr
I mi of hs nrintouir. at threat nisy e
'lo kenp m tn.iUlir, and ptti larty
to jrretrnt lh ke'-a Irwtti k-srinj;
vroasetl th le In the air, are the rosyst
dmtcuU feats eonnle.l w.th akH
ra'ang and It I n tmasiaJ
thing to e even an eseeSel aet
ninner tdungui , hrnf 1bs th
ii. tiiiilf hi kc puraH an In!
pcndeltl rie dots it th t'4k al
taII the ape1ater of b fnttem
Pnqtr.y aiaVlti. a k- rajp $ wH
rae- not a i"t of j I, lot a ist
of ikll, f r mo r riRtxa farHy
start 'niultane-uli, aa, in ew Ht
of thrtn should fall. the ii.f
errnld ntt jfs Wy op, nn t twlht o
even have 'h t f loeh.snge k es,
He wju;i thus te in danjjpr of rMnatwg
int. Im o mjK'l.Uir, ari roibt baolf
atoiJ itiarnmg h m trt.utty. If th
were aeserat parallel traeka. at a alt,
taoce of twenty or thirty fret frtro ih
thr. t"efi oId, of xir'. h bs
nk inhatmglke ruoQerattogthr
Itiall. a ni ul-er fH lo th Brt rn.
anil tJKe who lae not fa.k Un n
t na th contest uut g a Ik
a rn. J, aa uvrx otialiy bafasvoa. th
com et tln la narroett down to tins.
ho ar atit even j ra-tietWl. pf-
po4l to run w utoot tt i apt to r.
,U.,S in " Te ,w7 ,w ' -"
j ,r . . .. , , ,
' fh " UtlUt ' w "
UH lh" "$ " "T ? Ut lf
kee.,ncr, thmsl,e.
lb Vf"'- J-' -nd f.mK -ho
'b"rtln Z?"1 , ,Mm,f U" rACK ,
f '7r 'r ?) a ll' - "?
,fh r handler h-efa. aad gr-tng wjti,
'-"rUnrr ,V 1 T J L
abU fmm th, .pori , . fij
"' n ' '"'J .
sifala? at a ta mi IsmuHj.
The father of a VsaMssf tawyf
guBty of wjvl" tas f -fly ga
the J?l.o-wlog et plana pm of th erratic
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