NCfc i . ":; i -j - : mmw mm V .'. T" J&- i,' -&'-i S4y- a. K WWk -f 3W J'JP "at SflilTiBBiTr f- " . f " Pnv -! UIMMBIIML T --: aj. - .il--. -TiWEBHAflAVBAA v avVT. t - m smi. w i,-?,.. - - . J buibs raaaies. J-w jyl j.?t .'t--- : .-. w f.SSii MBKIMrMrai llaalr-i ritor- tw, fcaiaaaV- kik!' i Xt "5" -t rJfe-. , 'iVSf " iilii '-- ".we'jnaet toe hart a ire .. '.j - .t i irf .Jt'i ?fw 1 rtw tne i -- .-. "- cBC fc'C'Sfc' lata won ttfwoa, . wwerataea at IWMM "5 J-i'. w -s J-twiIx' ii 'frjf s S -s. Halls A Celebrated Cane. ot - - ," it is written. regarded .as the ; there is, and candy 7.of t s&rar. -little fgivnafa, penny bj tbe tBMraQyrantotbe noar- tow "to-fcoy something:" ay, so-caiied, or a "Do jo know-,1' .well known La the to. reporter for the bw days ago, "that there are -many more cbildreamseriaer Idieeam of the-stomaah and ilhaa there ourht to be?1' reporterlreplfed that 1mj had so . - knowledge ' ot the fact. aahl the reatJemaa. . " within fewdayslbave wtteaded aey .kehildrBa whose diseases were Vbr d 'traceable to noahinr Ithaa the eating of adulterated ,'Tbeobeap candies so at the tojaad. coafectkaery atores ia mn uk uw city are iaigety aaui Twidi white earth, or terra alba. ijs'aleo known as Faller's-earth. irritates the coatings and ibranes of the stomachs and in- i.of the chSdren, and nrodaocs deeay, nervons diseases and often :it is this sort of staff that ld.be wobibited from bciajr sohL11 retail confectioner said: "There is net about, tbe adulteration of ean- : When sugar costs eight and three- ereais a ponna yon can't expect er to eeu .-a. JB poand, thirteen "eighteen. w some Ire cents a some sold a can be sold at retail twenty-five cen's a pound.. of finefaocv candv can be for much less than that sum per I" renEdtiM3ealiae-iBtfce staff as not only demoraliz- te bosinass, but decktely injuri- T . -'.. . . wooicsaie manuzacturer ne is bunav r deceit uraoticed in the It-wenldn't pay tbe to aetJoAenrise thtLm with kueMtnm. 1 Any if t Is a.wholesaM'eonietdoner in the Sstates who wwaM not likato see t Jrtoaped. Itis a bare-faced i the consumer, and the' worst of i miury falls iipon innocent little t who an .mainly the children of r.-' Let nte see: There is invested candy-maldnr in Chicago ew,uw, ana some- LOtOwortkof goods are every year. .the' ?o run Ui course, candy is re amount id 5115.000 to S135. iin4,there are sever- Lf700 to $90,000 pgm many pounds lac, but there is also lainous stuff put on ifftimon " is adulteration be stopped ?" Id by kned action, but it FreventedS sovloner as there is in making the slush and . making pure goods, it is a wronr that ledied." Ilntb the adulteration?" I am buying sugar to- lents, and 1 am sellinjr 'the same price. I ask rmust the candy be? Do rc that I want! to sell that iwhat can 1 do? Here comes -says: 'L want a car-load II don't want to pay more and nnp-Tialf rpiim n. nnnnd JTiat can Isav to him? I '. he wants. He says: 'Make as you like, only make it I don't cheat him. We lna greater percentage of 'that's all; and he knows it. Ise to sell him the stuff my com- aexc aoor or over the way will i all he wants, and I must see fo. While he buvs a bur bill f stuff, that class of customer I buys a moderate amount of Vr great tion?" is the percentage of fttion?" bre is a sort of Graded stuff. It lorn ten to thirty per cent., but lis' more than thirtv per cent. ited candv sold. To seventv -tnere are thirty parts of some candy is even meaner But don't make this mis- say that there is no pure in Chicago. As much, and t. candv is made here as in anr rVathe United States. You ice for pure goods. ere is more moner irer in the adulterated i pure stuff, and that is ; is kept stocked with it" the adulterated stock sold here, bnt not so i-WiMMKthink, but a 'itgoesto the Sonthwest, ;roes ana new mencans. ito hike kindly to earth- tor tne greater it is r readier ante jt seems to TT 1- L WrfLa 1$3f1jm r-" tmsn ec xauecs, mu, rGermans, they won't lymm. xtm uer- for roek candy, and Ti i x " mr. - the -?-jra-rz- a- . r. obooomw aau-i.c fnT 'ft r --T"-, F"r-'r .- sacineee areinnetlnSc iltawtianMmt ami need Mmc ; ' nmmn, ; gooas as MccefEMn. :"Tb hkrhest-prieed roods are. the .-sugared aTniondaJ sail to jobbers jatfrbin-"thirtV- senjDeMs, a pountt,accoraing c qnalitf of the luif'nit itniini il'iIiMi retailer pars an averacer o'r fmhiiMlii a pound for them at wholesale. (Ait Joat m jus to MnutdeJrc stantly, .and old stock soon' deter j.ae arerare wnoiesaie price oi :nrc goods runs ifrbm eightee Sa twenty-nve cents a pound n lots, .and there is cot a large margin in it at.thatfpnce, 1 d canny must be made cleanlvari Ha clean place, aad good labor, com uwi naico. j.bc njiuicaaicuucr rail weii wnacne m t)iiying,ami n he buys the adulterated stuff he ;Sit with a clear intent to deceive the mer who is tbe consumer. If the! erations could be thrown from thl ketlt would leave the trade in'' a condition. There would be a for standard goods, awbthere'wc a standard price lor. them.' Ii think that there is any body in tt who wants to continue the mi jroods. When Chic menced to go extensively in to tbe manng Dusmess it poia pure jtoom : a fair price. Then St Louis cara&Bto compete, and she commenced tfijBse of adulterations. The biff makers saw their trade slipping! iromtnem, ana they put on the their decoctions, which were far er than any we are makiar here we bad to meet that devilish trade composition or close up nhel man don't like to sacrifice flOOXi cash which he Bnts lh a busine we met those Eastern felloi laid them out, and held and inc our trade. We drove Philadelphia tically out of this market and If or nothing for New York. "In regard to candv-coloring.hSch color is regarded as the most ifJAri ousr" if ..o. . ... Xii "oinceyouasK me tnnt,x wjjmn- swer'.tho question in this way: Tjti tailerwho makes, or professes toJ bk own candy generally onlyirJ portion, r He must buy some'kin I laere wm oe in some places i less stale stock on hand. But neither here nor there. The the man-for colors. He depend! iy upua voe piaiacae Hire jot grew some use almost an actual poltj always aavrae against using orv creen colored candy, and we: make it unless we have to upon ii orders. The red color is madel the nasty little cochineal burs, about the onlv safe color.. Blue, and other colors r regard as . nercMity, and T believB'ln'nsft plain candy. My children use ti dy which we make, bnt it-Js gocfil ana -wnoiesome. ana pure canci never decav a child's teeth or hi iltaMtTnn T ..ti tll to' rl.ifr.'J wi -isi?'. r j TS "How about dropsr' "They are all right They at ly composed of glucose, enm ara anarartt! 'J. THBB Von Use trlueose" T " We do use it largely.n "Isn't that an adnlteration?,r "No. Glucose is use-.l in ptBctly straight goods. To be sure it is, ft t as sweet as cane sugar, and it onljftnsts four cents a pound, but it is lift be cause it is wholesome and it mWlB the candies better. It is used htrsft in jhjaJfaffilsJayojrile tiin rajTnjjPsiu- jaysj Bwem-weeansg"they keep much better after, and they don't grain off. We use glucose in all nice goods where we formerly used cream oi tartar. It is so much better, and it contains a sufficiency of acid to cut the grain of the carte sugar. No earaniel would keep twenty-four, hours without glucose in it. I have now told you all lat I know about the adulteration of candies and the secrets of the trade. I want to say this to you: If there could be some way devised by which all m this adulteration can be prevented, I 'will join the movement gladly. All it would require would be for candy-makers to join hands and do the square thing. It would help us all, and leave the trade, in a short time, in a better condition, and there would be as much, if not more, candy consumed." 'CHicttgo Times. -m 1 Measuring the Age of Trees. Eirfyiiftfcje pnWnt century there re jideln FarkBshberof impecunious gentlemen, Vyled themselves the,, hret society iPfEurope. Among these Englishmen jWas one Edward Gibbin .Wknfiplr Mnhnw nf thn rlAhrai4 rKriscllla WMceticld, whose nursery talcsj ana scnooi-DooKs were tne aeugnt oi children of that day. Edward was a widower with several children, and somewhat needy circumstances m to support ,the lifer ot elegant leisure that he wished! So it occurred Whim to elope with an English heiress. The lady selected was a pupil at Miss Doulby's famous seminary in Iiiverpool, whose father, William 'Turner, was a wcai thy--Lancashire manufacturer. Wakefield, accompanied by his shrewd French va'et, Mons. Thevenot crossed the channel, and the following scheme was selected; Mr. Turner had gone to Londdn on business, and Gibbon sent his valet, who was instructed to repre sent himself as tbe servant of a physi cian named Armstrong, with a noto to Miss Doulby, purporting to have been written by a physician who was attend ing Mrs. Turner, of Shrigley Fark, and it represented that Mrs. 'lurner, .being in urgent danger from a para-' lytic stroke, wished to see her only child as soon as possible. The patient's condition required the immediate return of her daughter, and the note requested Miss Doulby to in trust Miss Ellen Turner, aged fifteen, to the physician's servant who would con vey her to her mother at the greatest posting speed The letter enjoined Miss Doulby not to alarm the young lady by telling her of Mrs. lurner s ill ness. The scheme worked to perfection. The deferential French valet drove at once to Manchester, where the elegant ancumu. ivos iiiuu j nu juuug auu unsophisticated school-girl was most agreeably impressed by his musical voice and politeness. It was his sad duty to tell the young lady that her father was in great financial distress caused by the failure of two large banks, and could only be relieved by his little daughter's compliance with a certain agreement, which was nothing else than her marriage with the hand some stranger. There seemed nothing child about this, tier kaaiuwi' Mk w IMl. JTCKSUJUUi Afll Jj&lOStAJtXa If r strango to the own experience gum'' and 1 'ice this, had taught her that Lancashire manufacturers often fall suddenly from wealth. The last half year one of her favorites was removed from school by her father's failure. Like a good girl, she replied: "Dear Mr. Wakefield, you are very kind to me, and I think I could learn to love you and make you a good wife, "though I am very young; but I may not marry you till I have seen dear papa and learned from his own lips what he wishes me to do." They were on their way to Scot land for a speedy marriage, and at Car lisle would be met by her papa, who would accompany them to Gretna Green. All night they drove with greatest speed, where they learned that her father had been thrown into jail, and her only way to rescue him from the cruel position was at once to go to Gretna Green and marry Mr. Wakebeld. At the same time she received a letter purporting to have been written by Mr. Grimditch. her fatRer's London solicit or, urging her immediate compliance as the onty means to save her father. These were proofs overwhelming, and the young girl consented, and they pro ceeded to dretua Green, and, with her consent, the terrified little girl became Mrs. Wakefield. The wiincsses were Will'am Graham," Postboy, and John Lcnton. From Gretna Gre5n the adroit rascal carried the girl to Calais, and at once proceeded to open'negot'ations wun ir. lurner. iis demands were not exorbitant He would be satisfied with an annual allowance suitable to hiswanLi-tn lic -ic- -firatrincrcty oi .Europe. It is gratifying to. know that the father did not consent, and that af fairs were managed so cleverly that Mr. Wakefield was eventually sentenced to three years in Newgate. Cincinnati Enquirer. Ina D. Coolbritb, the poetess, public librarian at Oakland, CaL Mtss-'FIetiner, the charming Amer icsji girl whorrotn" "Kismet," hasifini isnea anoinerjiovet. - : iiP. T. Raiittii6 (rnttfsiwell slnn9 inBarsbutAe sayVbe.nveXbJfeUUjetj ' ter m his utc acid Haven Jitgtsur. Miss Mira Compton, of Hancock County, O., engaged, to be married to three different lovers, eloped with fourth and mamedyim;--rYrW. , Miss Emily McTavish, agea twen ty, a very rich belle of Baltimore, has given up her worldly possessions and taken the vows of tho Sisters of Charity. Mr. Bowker, the agent in London for Earner's, says that more copies of the tn rnizine are sold there than of any of the English magazines, except Good Words. - ' Mr. Blaine has refused an offer of $100,000 for his history "From Lincoln to Garfield," and will collect a royalty of fifty cents on each volume sold. if. T. Times. S. S. Montague, who died recently in Southern Oregon, selected the routes, ran tho lines and made the grades of the Central Pacific Railroad over the Sierra Nevadas. The task had been previously pronounced impossible by Euglish civil engineers. Rev. Charles Edwin Burdettc, who sailed from New York recently for India, where he will labor as a missionary in Assam, is a brother of "Bob" Burdette, of Hawk-eye fame. He was graduated in 1880 at Brown University, and in 1883 at Newton Theological Institution. Of making books there is no end. The American publishing houses an nounce the forthcoming appearance of no less than 966 books. In the distri bution of these books among publishing houses. New York, Boston and Philadel phia are the great centers. Chicago has two or three enterprising houses, and Cincinnati, Baltimore, Buffalo and one or two other points are represented. Chicaqo Journal. Fifty years ago Rev. Dr. S. Ire nocus Prime, editor of the New York Observer, delivered at Bedford, West chester County, N.Y., his first sermon. Dr. Prime preached again in the same village recently,, occupying the pulpit of the PresbyterianJChurcli. In con clusion Dr. Prime, referred to the fact that he is the oldest editor in service in New York, having occupied .that posi tion on the Observer forty-three years. Every minister of the Presbytery of New York at the time he joined it is now dead. N. Y. Times. Jules Verne, the French story- "Kerahan le Tetu" is Temperance Iteadin o ', Treating. TheUlouor traffic is responsible for. mure Bomempuoie cowarsoce agore barefaced hypocrisy than "any ofithq agencies that the Father of Ills ever'set 'luopcration, under the sun; anuthoU custom of "treating to drinks" so prevalent among men in these days is one of the most cowardly in vogue. Two individuals came in conjunction the-other day at convenjentj tangjoof the street. There was a mutual recog- nition, handshaking.-and the -common invitation "Let's go and have sonie thing.y "Something" being a general term embracing' tho vialeria medtcd originating in decayed vegetables. -They went For a space of several minutes screened doors shielded them from the public gaze (beneficent prc- cautionof the drunkard-makers), while within, convivial sounds the clatter of glasses, and laughter which would ave shamed the symphonies of the barnyard, indicated that "something" was being taken in libera quantities. Presently they emerged, wiping their lips unctuously. I scanned them from my point of observation the Treater and the Treated. The latter wore bad clothes, and his linen was not only dirty it, was very dirty. rJ His coat told a tale 'of approaching dissolution at every seam, his'boot heels had a Grecian curve, which spoke of belter d:iys, and his hat looked as if it had in the remote past gone on an Arctic expedition and got caught be tween a couple of icebergs. And yet it had never occurred to the other m his mistaken kindness (?) to "treat'.' in fl&e direction of a new hat, a- newpair of shoes, "or even to suggdst the1 'sanitary measure of a good bath at his ex pense. Oh, no, an' such proposition would have been regarded as a pretty sure symptom of insanity. But surely in that case lie would nave been getting some equivalent or!;hisj!pipne v, ptvhicn bestowed on a needyobjectf.wvula havn been to a good'purpose, widahojpest business that much better off for" the patronage; whereas, the man who mar shals his friend to the bar and fills him with rotten cabbage juice is simply add: ing to the treasuries of Beelzebub for The SalsMhSeeBei The irreconcilable oppkitir saloon-keepers tion to lawnnd estatsociefgisfi nuafcreoort ef tfai tho wnvenpbn of- ers' ?As80ffition L 1 4 V the fsibjec-Vfcter- BK.IO Our Yoi ery ilation setfo rdofTr e State Sato? Quincy. Tf uruss no- umy-iwuuiiia uiw BUifc against the Harper law, but convey, intimation of the purpose to break ? nil nliipr lorislsitinn ffnsiimrvl tn flr," the liquor traffic within the bounds pnblicdecency.litKcscntmcnt is im pressed toward the law prohibiting til!; sale of liquors to minors, as well as t.i Local Option and the License laws. .fti Whilothcho is eWar thatihn salooa-keener.s irnnat 3L. disposed to tolerate" any interference Far from ova IIU1UU IIJ.IUUS lUUil llallllU UMUU IUUCI- , V. '. !""; ent footing from that of any other busi ness. It is well that the public has authoritive notice of all this, for it shows that the saloon-keepers are utter ly unreasonable and propose to resist every lawful means that may be taken to compel them to contribute their share of revenue for the support of local government or to restrain the ex- cessess and evils necessarily incident to the liquor traffic. teller, whose now in flill in swing fifty years old; his hair and Paris, is about beard are turning white, and his once supple and elegant figure is beginning to give way to a comfortable embonpoint; but his face is full of intellectual vigor. He was originally destined for the bar, but soon found that his true field was liter ature, and, after several attempts to succeed on the exchange, at the ago of thirty, he published his "Jouriiev Round the World in Eighty Days' which has attained a world-wide fame. HUMOROUS. The counting of the rings added by exogenous trees every year to their cir cumferences can only, without risk of great error, be applied to trees cut down in their prime, and hence is useless for the older trees which are hollow and decayed. Trees, moreover, often de velop themselves so unequally from their center that, as in the case of a specimen in the museum at Kew, there may be about two hundred and fifty rings on one side to fifty on the other. Perhaps the largest number of rins that has ever been counted was in tBe case of an oak felled in 1812, where they amounted to seven hundred and ten; out ue anaoiie, who mentions this, adds that three hundred years were added to this number as probably covering the remaining rings which it was no longer possible to count This instance may be taken to illustrate how unsatisfactory this mode of reckoning really is for all but trees of comparative ly youthful age. ' The external girth measurement is toi these reasons the best we can have, being especially applicable where the date of a tree's introduction into a coun try or of its -planting is definitely fixed, since it enables us to argue from the individual specimen or from a number of specimens, not. with certainty, but within certain limits of variability, to the rate of growth of that tree as a species. .In these measurements of trees ot a century or more in age, such as are given abundantly in Loudon's "Arboretum," Jics our best guide, though even then the growth in subse quent ages must remain 'inattef of m- jectnre. The difficulty is to reduce this . wareuiura quantity lO We llntHS of probability; iorgiren .;th ascertained growth of. the first century, "how shall we estimate the 'dirainlsVed growth nt. the .. Cati- i -f fa I m- -t .- " w wwMnntv vub "Efnrgne jr tcenturiesPf-The'Jbest iMV-or.wrnr mam h. t tVo fc -o-Z-t.j siways growth of the first centnrv. and then to sake, say, the third of it the average rta ot every century. Thus, if we" to take twelve feet as the imrr. tamed growth of an oak in its first century, four feet would be itseonstaht arerace rate, and wemieht conteefaiwi ttat am&bak of forty feet was about a- 'years rold. But elearhr it ; -m. A Very Self-Willed Hors. There is an old nursery rhyme which teaches that kindness and patience are the best methods to pursue in the case of a "donkey that wouldn't go." An English gentleman relates that he hid a horse that "wouldn't go," but when he came to try the patience 'remedy he found that the horse had a larger sup ply of that virtue than he himself pos sessed, which, as will presently be seen, was considerable. The English gentleman's horsj was a confirmed "balker." One Saturday af ternoon, when he was returning home in his dog-cart, tho horse balked, as it had often done before, and its master thought that this time he would try what calmness and patience would do. Accordingly he sat' still in the dog-cart, and addressed the animal in soothing tones and kindly words; but to no purpose. It was exactly ten min utes past four on Saturday afternoon when the horse stopped in the middle of the road. The afternoon wore away, the sun sank below the horizon, darkness set tled down over the landscape, and yet the man and horse remained to fiVht out the battle between obstinacy and patience. Through the Jong night they staid there, the whip remaining quietly in the socket, and when the sun arose after his voyage around the world he found the contest still going on. 1 4 At six o'clock in the morninjr the owner bade his groom fetch a cirf-'rope and tie it to the horse's fore-leg; "but when the groom did so, and pulled with au nis mignt, tne oniv result was that the horse stood with fiis fore-leg stuck out as if it were a bronze statue. At seven o'clock the horse became perfect ly furious, seizing the shaft with his teeth, and shaking it, kicking and stamping jvith rage the while. At half- East seven the groom tried 'to tempt im with a measure of oats, but the angry beast would have none of jit not withstanding that it was twenty hours since he had had a mouthful of food or a drop of water. ' Then his master had to confess nim self beaten in the trial of patence, and having procured some tough shoots of g-ound-asb, he applied ,them. to, Mr. orse's back so vigorously that that self willed quadruped was obliged to con fess himself beaten so far as his hide was concerned. It Was then twenty minutes before eight on' Sunday morn ing, the contest having lasted ffleen hours and a half, during whicfr the horse did not budge' an inch, nor his owner stir from his seat in the carriage. This'is probably the most' remarkable exhibition f obstinacy on the one side and of patience on tbe other that was ever known, and the storv as told here is exactly tnte.-lferper'i Young Peo ple. - k -; tic-- v idea of my being jca'ous of her. v think so much of her?" "Ye "Cleveland has a young lady who ha? had a bullet in her head for three weeks." That's nothing. Somesoeiety vouug ladies, who are fond of dancing, have their "heads full of balls" all winter. Norrislown Herald. Quality and quantity: "The idea ot m3'jbeing jealous of Miss Smith!" ex claimcdMrs. Brown, indignantly; "the when I cs, but what do you think? V asked Brown. iA3-vn Iranscr.'pt. "Yes," said Mr. Dustle, who fought a duel with a dude, "I didn't fire at all. You see, every timo I looked at him to take aim, he appeared so durned ridiculous I couldn't help laughing, so I could not hold the pistol stilL" Boston Post. A legal gentleman met a brother lawyer one day last week, and the fol lowing conversation took place: "Well, Judge, how is business?" "Dull, dull; I am living on faith and hope." "Very f:ood, but I have got past you, for I'm iving on charity. 'T ixcAnc A heavy rain came up as a Coney Island party was in swimming, and several rushed for tho bathing houses for fear of getting wet Thompson's colt didn't know enough to come in when it rained; but these were another kind of fool. AT. Y. Commercial. A Gentle Hint Her Hps were like tho leaves, he said: By autumn's crimson tinted; Some people autumn loaves preserve By pressing- them, stao hinted. Tno meaning of thogentlo hint Tbe lover did discern. And so he clasped her round the neck, 4B.UU 5IUVU MB HJIO A UL1 U Grocer, who has lately joined the militia, practiced in his shop, "right, left, right, left. Four paces to the rear; march!" falls down trap-door into the cellar. Grocer's wife, anxiously: "O Jim, arc you hurt?" Grocer, savagely, but with "dignity: "Go away, woman; what do you know about war?" Chi cago Tribune. "Does a goose lay eggs?" .inquired Rollo, one brisk morning in breezy March. And Rollo's father, sitting be hind the stove, eating quinine with a spoon, and trying to shake his whole skeleton out of bis pockets, made re ply "Yes, my son, ague slays every thing. It has slain your father." San Francisco Argcnaul. "Why, how do you do?" exclaimed a gossiping lady to Mr. and Mrs. Rat tler as they paused on tho church steps; "did you know that Miss Highsee, our soprano, is going to marry our "first bass?" "What ball club does he be long to?" innocently queried Battler. The ladies continued thq conversation without his assistance. Boston Cour ier. Together they wore looking over the paper. "O my, how funny," said she. "What is it?" he asked. "Why, here's an advertisement that says no reasonaDieonerremseuV "What's so odd about that?" 'Nothing, nothing," she replied, trying to bkufi, "only those are exactly my senti ments." If that young man hadn't taken the hint and proposed then vand there she would have hated htm. De troit Post. . that which not enriches his friend and makes him poor, indeed. "Well, hut you see a man. who isJ under no pbliga-' tionsnofto drink can not ry-well refuse when invited, and it looks mean not to return the courtesy now and then." This is a stereotyped plea. But the word "mean" is of private interpre tation. There arc in the dim, outer edges of my acquaintance men whose gencrosit3 in the matter of whisky, punches and cigars have earned for them the reputa tion of " good fellows first-rate, free hearted fellows." I know their wives well, too; sorry looking creatures some of them, so sadly reduced by patient service at the family tread-mill that there isn't much left of them but divers backs bent like the new moon, and yet who invariably preface their semi-occasional requests for another calico dress with an apology. There is many a man proverbial for his "good-hcartedn?ss" among the "fellows," whose generosity shrivels to the magnitude of a last year's turnip when put to the home test. He it js that bumps llic babies without cause, the while he growls at their long-suffering mother, admonishing her not to "waste so ninny matches, and be a little more saving of the soap; forall these things cc X money, "don't you know?" etc? .J have an opi lion of that man. ?He is deserving of special mention in the annals of our country. Yea, verily, his name should nc handed down the ages with a pair r.f tongs (iron ones) or in connection ".vith some such instrument of domestic discipline. May Guthrie Tangier, in San Francisco ficscuc. r But it is the uncompromising and un reasoning hostility- of saloon-keepers to all restrictive legislation which deserves special attention from the public. This policy is a sufficient notice that the as sent of those engaged in the liquor traffic can never be secured to any meas ure necessary for tho protection of so ciety against the abuses of the traffic. They' do not protest against tho Harper law because they believe it to be oppressive, but liecause. it,is in the" nature of a regulation. They are not willing that a small suburban town, Where women and children are deprived through the day of the pro tection of the male members of the family, shall be permitted to prohibit tho public sale of liquor. They fret even under the law which is intended to save the youth of both sexes from be ing debauched and ruihed, merely in order to put a few nickels1 into the saloon-keeper's till. When they avow all this their outcry against the License law loses its force, and the only trouble is'that tbe position they take is almost a justification for the extreme hostility and attempt at extermination urged by the Prohibitionists. Chicago Tribune Mli 'IfthesuBialnel Into hovels di If its glories ne ' Save where, ei II it scatteted 1 Oterhcts.bi .Would the sun$ would its mis If tho roses nex Save for gludi If their beauty ortnewoar If they never bl To the waysit n ouia tne i All tho earth I Would the bir re tho autui -ethe iroldar vr the Kraii 9 sunshine It kayo scat Leases Id If onot w Kcwds ol Have 'ell 1 HavOaee ,t yccateae. vttsrute slow, UL anile : err, suetasc mauaeply? ,tir-l , lUBffear. , tot abroad. 1 4 and cheejr. rx oe aoae ckj call? isoo leaves ' nuaer fall? r smiles not afar. (loads 1 lowly arc, aad loy iui cheer. deer's will? tor mission here? , xr, in Goklcn Days. town , was z foi Hew Alcehel 'Affects the Heart. Cause and Effect. Pauperism and intemperance are evils joined by the law whichever allies the affect to its sufficient cause. Where intemperance exists, there pauperism grows, and spreads its continuous and increasing blight over all the natural advantages of a community so blind to its own interests that it dare not strike at. and destroy, tho scurce of its ruin. The recent report of the county clerk of Kane County, 111., givesjhe pauper ex penditures of the county during the last three years at 859.056.09. Now. Kane County is generally regarded as one of the most thriving counties of the State, and, indeed, is blessed with even con dition of material prosperity. In her imsy towns, on her fertile farms; there is opportunity for double her present population to earn more than a living competence. It certainly is no "pre sure of population on the means of sub sistence," then, which makes it neces sary fortho wolj-to-do inhabitants of this county to.pay a tax of some 20,000 a year to support their impoverished neighbors. Nor is it lack of employ ment, nor epidemic sickness, nor any legitimate cause of poverty. It is the ever-present unlawful cause thereof, the open grog-shop at cross roads and street corners. The Superintendent of the poor in this County avers that to his certain knowledge ninc-tentA of thn heavy annual expenditures for paupers results, directly, or indirectly, from the use of intoxicating liquors. Perhaps these facts will modify the opinion of certain citiaeis of our neighboringcoun ty onthr aahject of Temperance legislation.- We have noticed that the argu ment whictTappeals to the pocket -is the only one that some men will consider. But if they can be made to consider it here, m the light of these terrible facts and their inevitable inference, we shall be satisfied Union Signal. Dr. N. B. Richardson, of London, the noted physician, says lie was recently able to convey a considerable amount of conviction to an intelligent scholar by a simple experiment. The scholar was singmg the praises of the " Ruddy Bumper," and saying he could not ge't through the day without it, when Dr. Richardson said to him: " Will you be good enough to feel my pulse as I stand here?" He did so. I said: "Count it care fully!. what docs it say?" ."Ybur pulse says sevcnt'-four." I then sat down in a chair and" asked him to count it again. He did so, and said: "Your pulse has gone down to seventy." I then laid down on the lounge and said: " Will vou take it ag.'in?" j He replied: "Why, it is only sixty four; what an extraordinary thing!" I then said: "When you lie down at night that is the way nature gives your heart rest. -lou Know nothing about it, but that beating organ is resting to that extent; and if you reckon it up it is a great deal of rest, because in lying down the heart is doing ten strokes less a minute. Multi'y that by .sixty, and it is six hundred; multiply it by eight hours, and within a fra -tion it is five thousand strokes- different; and as the heart is throwing six ounces of blood at every stroke it makes a difference of thirty thousand ounces of lifting during the night. When I lie down at night without any alcohol, that is the rest my heart gets. But when you take your wine or grog, you do not "allow that rest, for the inlluenceof alcohol is to increase the number of strokes, and instead of f:ctt;ng this rest, you put on something ike fifteen thousand extra strokes, and the result is you rise up very seedy and unlit for the next day's work until vou have taken a little more of the -ruddy bumper, which you say is the soul of man below." His fricad acknowledged that this was perfectly true. He began to reckon up those figures, and found what it meant, lifting up an ounce so many thousand times, and the result was, he became a total abstainer, with ever benefit to his health, and, as he admits, to his happiness. I would like those who take stimulants to give them rest, just to take the opposite side of the question into consideration, and see how the two positions fit together. National View. The School stoppin shawl-room, cloaks, the down the homes. Maria Ro: or three along Main a great deal Susie Rot cousin, lafel how the stel ing against j br s i&aDT."-. -r A Desperate Pleafee. tracked Alice It seeuasto ate that we wiH not have .aaocheoatfort ia this world ua il we on spit oa out own stove.. We wiuaeetaatdayyat with GocTa kelp. I want yoo'tooome to tea o'clock caure on Saadayv mwHA 4LV '"IT?" "' dock would" like to tk. vou. raar. A Drall Trial ef Meryf . Memory was a favorite subject with Macklin. Heaaserted that, by his sys tem, he could learn anvthinc bv rote at once hearing it This was. chough for M.WW, nuu, a uic craw m. bb lecture (Macknu was leetvuW-at.tae Graat. Pi azaa Boom, noiv'4ie Tavktocklfcaiel), handed up the following sentenagaito Macklin, desiring that he wutiKjbe good enough' to read them, an' after- waros toarepeat them front Here is. the wondrous T.W'u Sentfaasat aadlpoetrv amreatt-r not w . - ' W '?,. .f Jkf""uuMI1 aaair. A Brooklyn young aum tired of a .tm. fclsftiM ) ,i7im.: , , -. . !.. f, I 4, Cm sl. :.. tL. j .- a ,wi4Bnij wnne;i laniBTfI w t nsuii uw im piUM W 3tn m cauinp mm 10 mue aa-appw pas, and,' at the same time, a great aha bear comiag.up the street peps his bead iato the shop. 'What! no soap?' 80 he died, and she very imprudently married the .barber; and there were present the Pio ttinaies and the JoMfUie. and the Gar- Men who have so weakened their Will by indulgence in drink that they can not be certain of theirown promises might do- worse than to call in tfie aid of their wives to strengthen their feeble resolution. We find noted in a foreim J "instance in which a woman of Pestb, Hungary, has endeavored to exercise .more than "Jacal control" over herworeer half inlthe matter of his drinking habits. Ma newspaper of that city there receatl appeared an advettisttient which ewStes onr m. mendaprfrfe weU M oar won,jer. A " WPe heading: "This is printed tojlfPXwife," aad-goes 01 thus: ill 1lV,era,e.de!claro that in & n,Sre-set foot in tcafe, wmeTftopror beer house, and I be" my friends or acquaintances never toinvite me to frequent these Maaof perdition. In token olmy good fcijh-and 'earnest iolntioncontinuakit advertiser. .r.-JHPaftP nyonKwha may meet withinvrany of fsBatabUsbments --HHflltL00 naadeol aver trr!some chigasgmstitoUon? A TneJaavertisment k daV signed by the husband, who evifarfry is SSvand xHeis derided hortVan tThA && " to he dafnkard's folly again. ,1Tm man's appeal to his com- jng m ajaajuin sort oficaaraeel leaaTja-runtheriskrof heinr asa aaaeaaked hnsbaiaxlaft radas not to entice him to wanng- aw r-do- Temperance Items. The Mayor of Birmingham, Eng., has opened the twentieth Temperance coffee tavern there. Public sentiment is the average in dividual seniiment. What part do you contribute toward it on the liquor ques tion? The saloons hold the same relation to the penitentiary that the Sunday school does to the church. Union Signal. According to the Bureau of Statistics, eichtv-four per cent, of all the crimes and criminal expenses in Massachusetts comes directly from intemperance. A weaver was working at. a narrow web of cloth one day, on which'he could only earn half the wages he earned when ho worked upon broad cloth. "I suppose," said a gentleman who hap- Eqae'd.to t'call upon them, "you find ard times. "Yes," said the wife, "it might be worse, but we are teetotalers now, and tho wee wages gang about as far as tho big ones used to do." Grocers' licenses are thought by tho Woman's Union of the Church of England Temperance Society to work much mischief in promoting drunken ness among women. Ladies,, whom shame would keep from seeking a saloon, purchase liquor along with their household supplies, and drift into habits "of intemperance before their families or friends suspect the state of thecase Now and then a criminal gets intc Clerkenwcll Prison, London, who is ntatixunkard. The occurrence would seem tobe somewhat rare, however; for the prison chaplain, who is prsum- aoiy acqaxwieu "" " " .vw that three-quarters of the twenty thousand persons who havejbeen in carcerated, in Jhe prison during the year were confined for crime jdirectly or indirectly attributable to drink. -Tjmu American admirers of Rev Stopford A. Brookeiill ber.glad to learn thai he has becoMe a teetotaler, and at a recent gatheriag delivered this AJthougnfa teetotaler 10c. Hast ttrecfa?bntb-;and J. thoaVILha had -aever exceeded the al- lowancaxuntenanaoarl by moderato drinkers ' vir.pthrea.glasses of claret apf-ke begged to. take this oppor tnaityaC stating that in every single raMatHd he seem to'have undergone a chaere forwthe better. Bmgor (M.2:Thmperace Advocate. TrfXoKDorfScHooL Board hare ra r iJ- - . m . dtnder'their jarisdictioB. The nau DTOUgi beautiful had gettin House L "She is "She kno German, a th whitest I do not su to do a bit early this my room 1 ing before fast." "Why, have her lors. and t asked Ma: "Oh, I v on any ac I dare say brown." "I woul man. "A! lianas are verse: 1V do, doit w said that v Susie to: what she "I thin the house Little rpnIK- wn and dust fast china. brown ha as quicklv quiet for Susie's w That mother r houscmai to set th to do so pouted a; doing a She ha lesslv th: ever so first of tl set of chi: very muc from her "lam said, bu put the comes fi Susie Rol grandm say that polished Mean thought the sitti cousin, "Byt; it, alter to-mo school. dining-t a great your could Susie' dare to only tru " Next earlv.'d breakf: on, she triouslyJ her cou: the libr "Go( "let ir skill if soon." Susie remark silence, " Yo little! made . iust AVl that jo j work? delight gantoi an vttrd would great housei talkina wax" time. Queer about i kept stamp. repres nmg- Si "I tashi very that Prot Thei chapU once: even lookel hold. snow J hot KYI had struck two. rithe day-After vKitoments in' the1 jf-on 'hats and sdt of the house, ldinr to their gjflgMjerts and two . Asit together. E v'to one?' they had Kras telluifner. ii rlted- front00- - hjustesO1"-?6: aerg; hows - reral trunks,,!ousui ,ad what a tfj of through theC8he ilady," said s .i' about French, ti i asek: iif- -.. . hmm. You'dflaoKtf if yousaw fnaayTOMM caUs-tclotaea hnnsnmwA tha,l.-IkiVJk'l(X)ka'rclprey) I tHnk.'JMicl ire plajnwaiting 00 the. aoors. we;araJi big reaadociroleol' girls, agd we skip around andwe siagf KenfeoaaM a crowd ot wetrr HKte gtrTa" WWve laaely com to aakooL" Then wo ring a'littlefeell and wc asks "Is Mrs. Brown at home?" and we ssfi "Yes, will yoa pleaso"low me to-show! I you to the parlor, and IwilFspcak to ner.1 1 nen, we go across tn&rui? (wo play that's the" hall), and' fcegTrL lift up their hands and we 0 .under (we1 play that's the door), and then wo are in the parlor, you know. Thca 8.' play we havefacartl with our nanievoaj it. and wo put it on a tray, acd,taV , girl that opens the door, she, bricil to the lady,, or else we tell our nann! Sometimes: "Mrs. Brown is notafc home"'' or else: "She's engaged. "i Then we jay: "Will you please to leave" a message? ' Then the other girl the lady, you know she could leavo- quite a long message if she could think of one, but she doesn't, very often. It's a splendid, game. Aunt Katie, and so is "Little waiting-girls." Wc all stand, in a ring with tray, ami we -marcn anu sing 'Wo are Utt'e waltlnplri, Justllttlowaltlnir-Klrls. . Wo wait oa tho table . V j As well as we arc ablo For little waiting-girls. "WjlNisa tho troy like tais,T3 pass tho tray " llk6 that. Try th .bold It, always hold it, very, very flat. Its a real funny game. You'insfc' ought to see it, Aunt Katie. And "Jack and Jill,' -we play that,, toa, and it's; -. - Jack and Jill went up the hill - " To jret a pail ot water: Jack fell down and broke hta arowrv" And Jill came tumbling after.'-'. t And the chorus 1st "Two should step at the saroo time One should not go faster. Else they'll surely, surely meet With Jack aad JWs dlsaTcr." Well, Aunt Katie, you ought tofeo just everything we do! I know yon'dt think it was lovely, and you'd be justi ,Un nr akn ha , I s 2Iail 3 wc STC that JUlSS liuntlllgtoa . . a hands that lever satn?"Snc Dom ,1C " oon-t s " that sbe knows how?111? lo. wnooi a an. x- seems uu noasework. I got up 3V f"6 we -11 ie3 ?Yf z t 1UUC t i igt so that I could ffet hre. Mamma says Ivo.Jeirned agood er, and do my dult- 'rSlx, caine down to break- Htf1."-1' -a-B"'- " j - --gTiie any more, oeeausu youi jj t-3 Amilbad. Igivo mv love to you. fi-jJlatie; and I give rav love to jJJaby Grace, and to Uncle How-, Thlhj; , , .! i:4i i iner is irom vdhi wdi "iu ..-X.V,, m , 11 arc you ashamed to that you dust the par- s'lrn-oi your own room"' rart, laughing. Id' apt have her know it, i, 'javd Susie "As it is. v lH'think niy nanus very If Jeare," cried Ella Red- Iiarsays that beautiful l.-tads that obey the Bible var thy hand hn.dctli to -siicht.' The Kins-who r rnch and very great." lor head, aad assumed e'icd a grand air. servants snouia ao aii JM " W. riiaiison wonaerca it it M 'ftnM)iMii" tn nron 'tS and wash the break- itodk a neep at Iter rnd drew on her gloves ' jsstble. The girls were iiemainder of the walk. Ji'ad set them all to think- g,when Edith- Grey's oat, it was time for her ihlf instead of rtinnino- lT" am laLAl urillitimtnaa a1. K ui uouiu niuiuxuui aut ;nrea someuiing aoouc 'siwork. ii the pretty china so care- caps icii ana orose mio pieces. They were tbe t' be broken. It was a ,6? that her mother prized ause it nan come to her laiother. rid, careless girl!" E Vth into tears, and ready to job some one else " it all listening to that foolish ndicolous notions. My ',? a lady, and yet I dare ; care of her china, and aeiture!" ie was having what she -aardtime. She was in tag with her mother and Mm. Roberts said: Susie, before I forget ,ve done your dustiBg, on have time before like you to polish the 'on have neglected this ly. 1 do not Know what er would say ix she furniture!" flushed. She did not her cousin, she could Itahe had not heard. ig Susie was up very "May Stbong. It- it it '5 Tame Crew. n:.i 2 r" t i- ;iave a tame crow?" mmisthiete.--- I had one. He , , , , where, almost, dllow mo cycry i 1.1 ' " vA course I couldn't " "".K" l" 'nn, tn cn.hnnV htllT hewouiaperehup e l; ?aaI a gA fellow. Ifyoii judged by the soundY, AMwt trJ t2 make out words, you v,m thInk ' c. horiv wan Rpnlrimcr snn . . j . -.inn tiro K T n"ld siiort to watch him th wouui. sireicn ms necif, mis and that sFdc, and twist himself intLj sortg 0 shapes-as if he must ta, and th words had somehow got sin. x j,ji throat. That was three years agoAfo tho fall he went off, by spells, with,e jj; crows, and at last he left me ,4jreyj But the next spring, and every Waa since, with the first "caw, caw" cmej a glossy blacK fellow with the iTOa comical strut that all crows have,-t,h! a leer anu twisting 01 its necK and attempt at imitating the human, vc mac 113 maies never try. 1 leci st that it is my runaway, for when I talk to it and call it by name it ansjurs ae, yet is very careful to keep just reach. My aunt had a tame crownamed Jim that could talk some, or at least speak some words. It was a great mimic, and! would call out "grandpa grandpa,"1 just like little Joe, till grandpa would go out to see what ailed the bey. 15 would-steal, toote very thing it cou'il get hold of, and hide the things in all softs of places. Grandpa used to get great ly vexed about his glasses, sometimes, while a thimble was Jim's especial de light. One day I wa3 picking up chips; Jim stood near watching me. "Jim, you lazy fellow, why don't yon help me?" said IV and Jim "flew down close beside me and began to pick up the chips with his bill and dropped them into the basket, just-as solemn and so ber as a judge. Youth's Companion. His Lest Wife. to get all done before and i Mh dust-cap otkiBj away apron .very indus- 'rk fiA, iiZtmtmTr 0I1A bu- lrV UCl lUOUIJ, 0UU 0ft ue uoor, uu we way 10 T5' Susie," 'she. said, yon. 1 shall zorget my at get to bousekeepiag inch surprised by this nataad -JacjnBoment in "at her coMri. .continued- that .bright ipite two years since I leeoraioalof bread it! I dare say; Swsie, good deal about house- was a licue cm jl was Ip my mother she be- iid-iaMUoaed srae-aeara that Susie was sure it the table "I have a women who are good coatiiHwd'the ay, r,,aadaeiBC the 1 all at-the same tvorite heroiae is that rho-lived in Bargundy veai ago. She oetittfally.tht taey ar a ooMir.taey sitliagatherifia- DelrbaUeTa of pecaaaa waorare nDat xoaeaaer aaaa i't tou, SosteT'I think st that mice eaaator in. , the iadaatiioas woataav pretty terse ia that -haatutr taraack it aaC L v tofadthis the ways of her ttaot She' 'Wa J, ot. G LwUkscadat.' i it z-jz -..; J 1 MUowagr aMnav neaa aaarta hor aaatlai taa r v M l" ' waaaaVat laaaai mmmmmx iflBi. vTamaSalBBV- -WBJBM9VvVIIBBW Wo -l j Baaaaaaaaaar -i .9T -i .TUik-VtiTtW-aaa- mmtHoook ttaaaaa naatjraaaaraia KatfBs'rya. anted tfca - mmm mm tttaaV l.fe W tW A few days, ago the wife of a Gorman living in the eastern part of the ci y was suddenly called to the country by a mes sage from a sick sister, and she left home expecting to return at night-i Being delayed, aad having left no word for her husband, he naturally became anxious and went to the police. " How old was your wife?" asked tha Captain of the station.,. " Vhell,. she vhas as oldt as me." -v "How old arc you?" "I doan' tink much, about it for two years, but de last time I count oop I vhas forty." "How tall is she?" "Vhell, she puts her chin on top der fence and looks oop and down tha shtreet" "I oxpect she vbas from five toscven . feet Dot makes no deeference. If sha vhas kildt she vhas Head t all bafer." -""WhatisaeKweight?" - "VheuVrcan't hold her on my lap no more. -Ipelief if sbe falLs down obp shtairsit leaks all der blaster Off der aaaft,I2 , "I'll put het'-down at two hundred. Describe her looks." . "Vhell. sometimes she looks like'sne coatef from der boor-house, and some times she looks like a lady mit a ricK husband." . K 'if "Darkhair?" ' 9A ;.tiets see! By shiranuay ! I peiicf so, bat yes ao vhell, I gilit oop. II she vhas deadt dot hair make no deafer tmm& " "" " f What colored eyes? VaaaVaot troubles mesoaiemera. Let's see. Vhas a cat's eyes plue?1.' "Hardly. They are Mack. witaT a yeBapoiBX" , J fc "I aoaa' know oof my vHfe aad saaM petpaa ia her.ejas. bat I hear dec siildnw ay she looked like-eat." v 1 , AajBeaaar,aarJcCv P,2zrf-t 8aa laae.OBe toe t1mk' ahe'Taaa r :- ' $ ? '11 Kaaaw.ABV awrks oa .har-: aWaaw Wiaanir Trr iai iHisSBII .-LVaae. Lait WW-lr , BBBBaaVBBrr ' HaaV aaaaataraaaaaV am;. 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