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Kefir Formations on Lake Superior.
Tin famous Pictured Rocks of l.nko
Fuporinr iintmnlly attract to the south
ern Blanc of Hint 'mighty boil of water
VAyl numhci of tourists from every
portion of the llcptihllc mill from Kit
rope. 'Tin dlu'y border of the hike Is
of sandstone Interlaid with strata of
graviditim! stretching along the shore
Hi a point beginning at about ono hun
dred miles from the Siiult Ste. Marie,
titul ending at a point sixty miles from
Marquette, are the Pictured' Kockx. Tim
nntiiti paiioraimi, if wo iiim thus call It,
is in Schoolcraft Onuih, Mich., ami tlio
curious formations ha'e been nameil by
French voyagers, tourists anil chance
vwiiimn. mu. auoireuici iiiipionriinc or
Mipnoiiious tire- tlic-u tines: l.n
thc-u lilies: l.a Cha-
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iclle, Criind Portal ami The Cascade;
1 the native guide, howccr, ihoso aro
known as "Ihetiival Door' and Inn
L'hopcl." Less piom'ncnl In I hit series
Ih "Mall Hock," a fallen mass of lime
tdonu which bear.s so close a resemblance
In ii schooner uiiilur full sail, ami head
In for the dill's, that a passing stranger
might well hail Irr ghostly skipper, if
li beheld her In the dark, and warn him
against the dangerous coast. Thofirand
IViil al gives into a cave worn intotho
massive ledge of limestone.' Tim cave
widens slightly from tlio entrance, and
Ih one hundred and eight y foot wide at
IM amplest imVt, and f"otir hundred
feel long. Tlio lloor In the cry.stal
wave, oxcopt In the buck part, vv'hero
tins locks aro exposed, and atlord u
lii mi footing for Ihn explorer From
tlio watory lloor to tho arched roof
above, the heigh varies from one hun
dred mid fifty to twt hundred feet. The
weep of this arch is well-nigh pcifocl
in its Hvnimetry; nnd as one looks out
upon inc surinco ol too lako from the
Tear, tlio effect of the nxtoriur plcturo,
framed as it Ih in tho rockv curve of tlio
portal, Is striking and novel. The kd
low sand-atoiio drips with moisture,
uud is festooned hern and thorn with
lose-growlng uioasch and lichens that
dsrkcu with olive greens and grays the
Ktony surface. Tlio Hide entrance to
this wonderful oavo Is Hanked by
rotiky coliiiuu.4 of an exaggerated
Sgyntlan type. Thev remind tho
traveler of tho gigantic monoliths of
ThclR'rt and Knrnak; or, to use a more
commonplace llgiirc, Mwy aro Titanic
hour-glasses in shape,) Mm, luwur mem
Hiersjieing partiall ibiuerged in the
ryhtnl tide. At 'evening,' when the
mvs or tho Mining nun light up tho sur
face of tjiu lake, mid. tlm colors of the.
muiMit aro dilhi-ed throughout the at
mosphere, tho lellcolions that pluv
long tho inner-walls of 'tho cave, anil
irlld with strangci beautv tho glistening
roof, make tho place Hv'vm liko a bill of
fairv-laud.
Tho Chapel no clo.oly resembles tho
nilii of some ancient' feanplo that it is
dillicul! to resist tho iduu that this iri
the voikol nicnS. hands, rather thani
4he rcsiilrnro-iMmiWcs of tielltiii by wlud
n nv unui i ne inaoie rock, ."seen
Jtoiilth:,bauh. where tho outlines 'are
tiarljally, concealed by the thickets, .mo
may fancy that" hore aro the glnoniv
portals of somu crunibllhg' Hindoo tem
ple, in- tho outer columns f'tlm caves
J 'vlepliiiiitn. Tho ilome. which Is
deeply concave, is a solid mast of sand
mono one hundred and ninety feet long
and sixty feet wide. 'Iri tho rear, and
on thn oiMtorti wide, it in mipported by
tjie ?llir, into which it, tho cave, has
been hollowed, and on thn front mid
west by liugu columnar musses, lu.sem
liling in contour tho supports of tho
vaults of The I'ortal. A few of thusii
masses Rtaml out from tho general
trii(Mure, mi to upeak, and ono or them,
Most of Tho Chapel a few feet. Is about
eighty feet in height from the surface of
tlio .water. The Fictured Rocks aro
Ktiiined with tho wash of mineral oxides,
and Jho lme prevailing aro a greenish
lihuv pain blue, crdlgris green, old
gold, palo yullow, and innumerable
shades of brown and gray.
Tho Cascade is a biigh't sheet of wu
1er, about thirty feet wide, which falls
from tho overhanging-dill's sheer into
the lake, having a height of ono hun
red and seventy-live. lent. Tlio pro
jection of tho eliiVfroiu tlio lip of wliluli
thocascHdo springs ii mi great that a
spnoe of tweutv-livit or thirty feet re
mains behind 'the fall ami between it
mid U" rocky shore. It is tho ciustoiu
nf iruidcs to invito those vv'ho tlo not
dread a slight niton er to p.iddlo around I
ruiwixi ,uio ca.scauo nntt tlio ciiir-ia
firoceedingciitlix'ly wife, provided tho
lighl lia'rk (if thn adventurer Is man
aged with a steady' hand. From thu
CaM-ado iiumcrou.i headlaniLs. bright
with color and fantastic in .li:ixi, aro
in sight, and the eyo may linger long
nnd doliifhtcdtvoii 'iheuuiiiuotmnorama
that in Hpj;ead "out on either hand, and i
in miirorril In the traii"paiont wave that
liolds tho 'plet'uiesiiin shores in iu cm
brace. -.frjicr'.v Weekly.
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"Tlmt'H All Klght."
l It ocoiinvd In tho wlnfer of '8l-8',
t Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming,
ijle was. tv member of thn Tu'rritorml
1.egislatuie. represented a western
eiiiiiltry, and his name wiw Smitlu llai
nan neeii in attenuance on the dally sl-s-nIoiis
of that august body all through
ww mtiu, 111111, iikc most of jils woiiby
.-oui;agiies, uiiii hpem somo money ilur
ing"tlio tirni. Mo liadn't spent any
crrcHt aniMiinl. nf rnvli i.lilir.i- f.r !,.
nuatter, but had usud bis chetk kol often I
tfct it had becomu as tough u n h-irl-)j
Ifig-hou'sn llapjack. Ho put ih with n
Jandlonl.lones, who ran thn Itnllrftail !
JfottAo at that time, and bought most of
lib Maviuins and eollin-varnhh at hiika
ftlurrin's. Miinin always kept (lie ,
--wm, mm rtiiiuu was a coutOiS8eur
hen it eaino to cold poison. Singilhir
ly enough, too, his bill at Murrln'i was
silent, ono hundred dollars niory than
Iw owed'for board at Jones', lulu either
of them would buy Senator Tbor three
i four pair of suspenders with jeweled
Viuikhw.
rA day or two beforo tlni-tlnal adjourn-
uiuiii, piiiuu caiieii ior ut mil at jvtur
Vin s, and aftor glancing carelcslv over
If,.. fj h.I.I. .1.1 n- . . i.l
..u I'liiiiuiiuie arrav oi iiguius mill
Muiilii that Jones, ,niinu host u the
K'-.lroiid Hotel, owned him a litllomoio
Hum wriiu tlu; ,U iiuiotiuteil to. Ho
jvpiild tell Jones to make It right with
niiH. Pf isjut.sn Murrin knew that
Uonofi vvhs good for the amount, ami
with a ' hat's all rght. wlmfll ypu
buye?" tho sublet wa droj.ne.l.
Iliat ovonjng Smith told Jorius to
Iwik over Ida bo.iks and sen how much
be hail sol down opposite his name.
This 'lone Smith said .Murrin owed him
a ft.' hundred on a s'ocl. ileal: would
he just as lievo il eu' the amount due
him?
"That's all right," said Jones, "Mur
rln's uoml for any amount."
"Well, the day of parting emtio,
and. of cour.se, all tho "hoys" gntheied
at tho depot, which was really the Rail
road Hotel, to bid thu lavv-makcrs
good-Ion. .Smith was there, mid,
oatchlng hold of Murrln's arm, ho
said, pleasantly:
" vo mlght'just as well go In now
and IK that matter up with Jones,
Oil?"
" Oh. that's all right," said .Murrin.
" Well, but 1 want it understood, vou
know."
"Comnin," and Smith hauled Mur
rin through the crowd of worshlpeis
who thronged about the shrine of
Ikicchns to where Jones stood.
" You remember that matter I spoko
to you about tho other day- when L
referred vou to Murrin here, eh?"
asked Smith.
" Oh, yes." snld Join's. 'That's all
right."
"And jou." .said Smith, turning to
Murrin, "you understand it, don't
ou?"
"Certainly," miswerud Murrin:
that's all right."
"Well. I'm glad It's lixed. Let's
take Miniethlng.
Tlmy bowed their heads as thn pre
siding deacon passed tho tin id. Then
thnconduetor shouted: All aboard!"
and everybody made a rush for the
cars. As thn train left the depot Smith
stood on the icar platform waving a
soiled mipkiu at his friends.
Murrin mid Jones walked Into thn
bar-room together, and, lighting a
cigar, began a conversation wiiieli last
ed a full hour. Finally it began to
drag, and at lust Jones said:
" 1 suppose that little matter ot
Smith's uan bo ti.ed up any limn?"
"So hurry no hurry, inv bov." re
plied Murrin. "That's all 'right."
.ioiics looKon up inouinnglv, lint sahj
nothing' Thny talked ioclv for tiftorn
minutes, and then Murrin abruptly in
and then Mi
marked:
'(jood fellow, that Smith."
Yes: jolly good boy. L'unnv ho
didn't have thu cash to .settle hls'bills
when he, left. Mint havu had a rustic
with King riiaiaoh."
"Hill the arrangement madu was
satisfactory?"
"Oh, jusj Hint's all right. What'll
J on take?" ,
After they had touched glasses over
the walnut slab.and threw tljeir heads
back 16 inspect thu fre.uocs on the ceil
ing, Murrin turned to leave, saving, a
ho put his handkerchief back in his
pAeki'j''
" Just send the check for thu amount
of Sniilh's bill up to tho hous iiny
lime. No hurry, mv hoy mi Imrry.
'"Kh?" almost shoiiteif Jones. ,
"W-hy, you under.st:ind: yon owe
Smith and lie owes" me; you agreed to
pity mn Instead of him."
"Agreed, the'ilickens! Why. Colonel,
the man owes me. and vou 'agreed to
pay it. Didn't you say it Was all right ?"
And didn't on say you'd pay me;
that It was all right?"
A Hood of light began to pour in on
thn suhiect, illuminating their craniums
as a tallow caudle lights up the interior
of a hallow-e'en pumpkin. Jon
handed out the sanio bottle onco ag.viu,
nnd the only sound heard for several
seconds was that of soinu liquid cours
ing us way aiong a narrow and tortyu
channel. Laramie Ihmncritnt,
Preparation for Marriage.
"Thn wedding chest" was the nanv
given a generation ago in Vliginia and
IVmisylvania, to a bridu's outfit of uif
ilcrwrar, tabln and bed-Ilnen.
When a girl passed hnr twelfth year,
and could tisu her needle with skill", ho
beg.iu to preparu bur own wedding
chest. Marvelous wore the mysteries tit
liiiiii-sillching. fell, embroidery and laee
work bestowed on these s'now-wliito
ganneni.s; each as it was finished being
laid aside for I ho far-oil vvrddlng.
A common Christmas pift was a dell
ealelv line sut of tablo-eloths or towels,
ior inn "oiittit" or a llttio girl in panta
lettes, vvlio would not be allowed to
dream of a '.over tor yrais. That brido
was looked upon as flltle better than a
pauper who did not bring to her lius
Iiaud enough linen of hur own making
to furnish their lioi'.sc.
Her mother, a generation earlier,
helped to .spin ,'icr outllt, a custom
brought over from Kngland by the ear
lier colouisM In tho South Indeed, ill.?
word "spinster" originally meant t.
woman wlio had spun and prepared her
marriage outlir.
Another custom among wealthy f ami
lies in tho same ection was a stoVingo?
a certain amount of wine, on thu birth
of a daughter, to be opened on her wed
ding dav . More commeiulablo was thtf
practice of putting a sum out at com
pound interest, or the setting apart ot
a' certain number of eat tlu oi sheep,
whose inereaso was some day to furnish
thu dower for thu littlu new-born
daughter.
Tim motive at tho bottom of thesu old
fashioned customs was, Mint a wom
from her bin h was mrnrded asanro-
speetlvu wlfu and mother, and the duty
of her parents was arcording to tlieso
old prejiid.ces, to make her ready in
jmrsi', plenishing, knpwlcdgo and
housewifely skill, to hn holpmeot to
her husband.
The daughter of the bonanza king
nowadays, whoso trossi'ati is ordered
wholesalu from Paris, aipl exhibited to
rupoiters of thonress for publication in
the society column. Is prepared for
marriage on totally different bases of
theory and fact.
Hut between thee two classes'' Micro
aro innumerable grades of ining, girls
whohavo as small means as tho 'old
fashioned farmer's daughter, but whosu
education, tastes ami habits are thn
same as though their fat heirs weru woitli
millions. Tliny imitate In their wed
dings and in th'nlr married life the later
fnsliion. No subject Is so interesting to
them as the prepliratlons Mr marriage.
Let ilium look, at tliejo two wajsof
making ready.- and choose which it
would he wisest for them to follow.
Youth s Companion.
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A roceut university foot-ball match
in Kngland resulted Inn broken leg. ills
located ankle, smashnd wWu, brain con
cussion, anil minor casualties too nunior
oils to mention. "
A Mv.irm nf Midcors.
A reninrkab'n o! ser.utlon was madu
by l'roi". Hrook, nn industrious nstroii
o'niiT tii Western New York, on Wednes
day evening. While searching with his
teiosenpo lor comets, hu saw what he
dosiribcs as a shotrcr of telescopic
meteor "near hip sun." This, of
course, means tint they weru near thu
apparent place of thu sun in thu sky,
and not literally near to that body, for
thn sun had alieadv set at the time, and
if wiiat Prof. Ilrooks saw was really a
meteor swarm, thu meteors must havu
been in thu upper legions of our atmos
phere. Supposed llights of meteors
r...",". ".'OUr"'.V, T'T 1,,'i71,;T i 'I ' ,,0,mtn'' aff r''!J,,K Luiub's exped
ally urned out to b! locks of bin s,,t ,.,. -tmui qL , t
linoisciveras caret.u am exneriui.ee. ,,k, howAiiufi more he might linm
m?.i Vii'l T T"" '!' '" ,M1.I,, 'nj.vedairalllfp had that 1iecu his
ii bellkulv to imko sud, a n.lstaku frtmi, nnl asoi,e reads U.onchtfullv
us i ii.ii. jvssiiMiwiir uicii. uiiii ii real- t... r..,i, i.
ly did see an extraordinary swarm of
meteors, and remembering that mete
ors large enough to be visible without
telescopes, and some of gn at sle and
brilliancy, have recently been unusually
the atmosiiheru Is not uuuetiiril.
Theiu nre several reasons for tli tik iijt
thai thu stiaugc light is the rou t of
sonic such eatiso as the picsini" of
meteoric dust rather than of illllinmecs
of deiislly in tho almospheru lciiiliug to 1
extraordinary retlccliou. In tlio lirst
place, the phenomenon has not only
Ill-oil visible over an immense extent of '
inrri 1 rr. mir 11 iiuw iii-iiiui Liit'nrrn iifi- 1
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mm ii;is neeii seen 111 lliu e.i'i ", "",
iiiiiuw; iw wen as in u.e wiw inur s .
-M'l, .--, Illill llllj aijlllll llltll ll'iltllllMl III
the atmosphere would have to be of
most incredible persistence In order to
account for thu obsurvud appearances
Hesides, during tnis time Micro have
been considerable ntmoyphorie changes,
especially in re-peet to temperature.
These remarkable sun-el displays have
also been accomiiiiiiinl by a notably
ha.y appearauco of th sky.
It is well known that the earth is
dally and nightly pelted with millions
of meteors, the vast majority ot which
are almost iustautli consumed by the
intense heat developed as thcy'dash
into our n'mosphere The products of
the combustion of these meteors liltur
sliiwl) down tluoiigli thu air. and havu
been found in the shape of metallic dust
on the stiow-li.'lilsin tnc Arctic legions,
on mountain pcilcs in Kurope, and in
other similar localities, being roi'ogniuil
by their pcrtilinr chemical composition.
It is ul.sip well known that the solar sys
tem aboutds with sw.irms of meteors
revolving aroiinu mo sun, ami 111111 1110 1
eailli,er.i..os the oaths ot a number of .
these, occasionally oncounturing the
.swaniisMienisi'lves. Thevast ma ority
of tlieA.1 ineteniN are very small, those
that are seen weighing on an average
priba-ily only a lew grains: and since
the fclescopo reveals millions which
esca'ie the naked eyo, it is leasonnbluto
courliule that millions more are too
smtll to be scull oven with telescopes
mrre meteoric dust. There urn historic
iii-tanees of supposed falls of meteorlu''
Inst, the most remarkable, perhaps, bo-'
ing that of 187,1, when F.uiope, part of,
Asia, and part of North America weru
covered for months with a dry fog, or
haze, width excited the greatest alarm.
Prof. Ilrooks' suggestion that the earth
has encountered a cloud of meteoric
dust Is not, therui'ore, without founda
tion in probability. If the icccnt blad
ing .sunsets have ically resulted from
Mich a cause, thev are likely to cou-i
tinue, In a modified form, for muiia,
time, gradually disappearing ns tho
dust sinks lovver in I he atinosphcid.
Hut, although o many reasons can be
advanced which give probability to the
theory that muteoric dust is concerned
in the production of thuao strange sun',
set effects, yet It can no be considered
its piovcd, and somu better uilauatio
ma bu offered. Whatever thu trim o-
planation mav turn out to be, however,
ovurvbodv socins to agree in the oiilh-
ion t"hat thu red glar in the west duri
ing tho last three or
four cveiiius has
been 011c of the most
-inirnlar .spectacles ,
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ii;ii-i4 111 uiu nn 1 iui iiiitui M'ilis. -41.
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jnc neasiiies or a Country i(ror
Not long since wo read a tvportW a ,
debate in a farmers1 lull upon theiities
tiou whether a eltv li u or a rural lifo is
the more conducive to h ijipinesanil
wcll-lelng. Strangel.v onougli, ""the
(piestiou was decided in Invor of the
eitv lifo. No doubt this may lie'jiON ,
lilalned by the ver fieiiuerit in'elinatim.
of people to change their cireunistancc-j
nnd to not lee most the disagittablf
j-iiuii'i-n in iiieir eiirironmuuis. iinruac
is pleasant is passed over as a matr
course, while the unitleasint isii'
dwelt upon and ruminated oven nnti
nil
one feels that all other clrcu nstaaefcs or
positions are butter than those ho hi
become a victim to. $ Si
If Mils disposition of the person wtrcfl
changed and could become mdro Mktf
that of the moralist who put upon -.1,
sun nun: " 1 niiirK only tho aieasit
hours," then there would bo less of tl
jnevalent dissiiti.sfaetlon, for every j,c
son woiuii mill somu Uullglits.'at Jei
in Ids moiteof life which would far ov
balniH'O whatever there roightrnbo il
agreeaiJln or unattractive In
there are material dlrTorencua in
two manners of living which no'disix
tionof the person can changowa";
in iiio cnv 1111 is artlltciai. jveD
manners ami customs of thn popl)
strained and less natural than tfuei
country dwellers, iiio closej'nir
streets, the paved roads, -Ibe fe
of, restriction aud the ivhsenii
frucuom, thu sanuuiess, thu moi'iol')
round of life, and thu ulfoct oT'nll'
upon the mlml of the ersoniall t
dill'eruntlato the citiuu froi,tie,
ir,vmau. 111 iiineouuity omvMM nun
with nature; there is iihiluif
scope ami a breadth of vhtw? thpwfroe
fresh air. the ovcr-uhaiiginsn U'iMiitof
tu suiipiry, the leiriire-al the,
iiiM'l
llioeiieei 10 uiaKO rur;u people n
servant and studious ol, thjblr
it on-
fnaf-
inns, hi a cuy iiimi .suioyiuei,
i tlio
country nicy sunn unegs, t
haps
11:11k
Hie re am no othnr lio;ks 1 1
thosu ditlureueiv morn porTu(f
tliM wrlllitira nf fltfirliis I.AmVk fj
tllMI
Wis
a city man, and thosu of Wor,l
ortli,
vimsu
iionni'i ii. .viiiciieu 1111101110
thoughts orcathv ot llovvow a
th'kU
ami rural scenes, remans 1
writer
more on'ojod a city U(ti, in sift
nf all
... erous ne su-gesiion mat tlio ic,P,ll(. ..,l(,p of tl(),irop, un tho k.aV(M ,
ri .T i .' b.k,y fur """I'1 ,,V''." "'"!"'l.ithovlri,ls, loo. make melody:
."XL. rVi Lfr I,'.,u,r ;,mb", ,inVv vt '"' 'nhf rJi' -owIun, ami. tfu,
J ii ,!, i. V."" """ '"'; ' blustennVldonu-s make the bhui.g' iru
iiietoorin dust in the umier iditonnf i "i........l ...u .. ...."i
lesiic T.ud family nsso-
(Ii I n lpvingly saerillceil
hl.ci, lluiii
rial jiijovini'ii
11.11101 j.uiiiu. ins no
h.s .iurstilt of litcra-
tore, nnii Ms
ivo lor the very stones
and tricks wii
which ho had been nc-
(uiaiuted froti
snr'y boyliood: his strug.
gles and dina)
loirtmcnts, nnd his iliint
easy old age, Ji(0, his long mechanical
routine of biiok-lcofilng and counting
up figures -all hit history, In fact, as
told by hiiusplf in tho most charming
manner-gives m a plcturo of a man
born and broil In a city and enjoying
nil that could' bo madn pleasant of it
iansnlf roiilbni'illv enintmi-tnir
uir iwo iifcs, iucau io mo tuivamaire
ofhisowiu, TtrfijKiiii rises, shines nnd
sfts diilerfntly tiftlti1 oily man and tho
lountry man: heialn falls drear Iv to
country tlioimM whilu thu city niaii
shivers tas 1.10 winds how) dismally
about tho nn fsiunl chininey tops. Just
at this heasiiilho dlllcren'ccs becomu
more marked and better defined. Wo
can uvea adt liris tlio snow crystals In the
country ardf"lhe beautiful snow,"
f ringiuf tho trees ami shrubs, covering
Mm fences with borders of lace-work.
,lI1( iimiDj-, , niHler
a ooverincr of
ircntlenMSJ ill
nd meruy, all the evils in
11 if only bu full v realized in
10 wor,)f mily bo
the country. In thu eity theio is none
of this beaityand purity; but as the
clear iwhlto becomes smirched nnd
fouled, ,anil soon changes to a mass of
dlsagrpealle,and lilthyslop, It seems to
rcpiosent iUUli.it. once pure, hns be
conio'ileginiltil and foul In tho lower
str.itHin ojUau city life.
HHt,thu'e?is a practical anil material
view to hu taken of Mils ipiestion which
wo Can nny merely touch upon, but
which occurs to any one who thinks
upoa this siHiieet. The excess Of wealth
ani the corresponding dejith.s of pov
erty, the uncertainties of life, the eor
rosiTo cinjs, tho weary struggles with
adversity., the hopeless defeats, the
furious tionipctltioii, and the crush and
strife fo jrNislenco, in which thousanils
aro troilih4i under and disappear with
out lcavnj any traces, just as n drowned
hotly sinkf uiiilcr water, and tho last
bubble oQ tho breath lloals down and
breaks ail this is unknown In thu
country,. where industry nnd careful
j.:.: ' , :, ", "".
"? V5"10 co,",r"rt ''m' IiMliMM-nilcnw,
andwicrje one can very well afford to
nam a nDuincr aiong miner limn ciowit
lilni ihnvti to risu upon his niiu. A". Y.
Times Yi
'( Tho Trainman. ,
IrfV joung man, wearing a fur cap
t year's iiistar. stooil with a
look on hlsfaco in tho walt-
jng-r
of the PolKStrcut depot, Chi
cago flfo othor evciing. Ho thought
fully measured w'thhispye the colprcd
yout iiUdiiml the lurch counter a few
ifeet nvwiy. 'J'hun he climbed on n high
btoohr the counter and reached for a
saniAvfeh. He winked at the colored
boyjaiid was instiitly supplied with a
ouppf coffee. Tlj-ee moro sandwiches
icamq with'n his gtasn and dsiippc:uvd
6m after another.' Then ho" devoured
a tirover and tvo hard-holled eggs.
Auq4faer cup of otffee and aiptarterof a
iniKf pie liiiishcE the meal. Then thu
sll 11 ,oung raanl!ded from his stool,
and'luild, carelcMlv:
nVhat's the fflin' worth?"
t'Jivonty ceits, kiIi," replied tho
wr. pr.imptiy.
jlMiat; repicd the slim young man,
"T'"jt mustn't; charge mu passenger
rl'f,; y",', kn4v'- I a 1
""',
L1 hat klneof ntrainm
'M Jin- eolorci;" yoiitli siisp:
11 kuui. 1 111 :i iraiiiuiau, ru-
ainman?"dcniaud
siisiilclouslv. 'Jflrand Trunk brakeman?" respoud-
,1110 .sum .Y'Ming man.
Cot to 'dmtifyyo'sof," sullenly said
waiter.
won t tuns anybody knows me
Mrc," saiilthe ohitf.
with hesitation.
"Show vvit vo' irot in vo" Dockets.
i-ii. Kbefy trainman has a car-kej- or
train hook, or homethin' else aloiip- to
Milcntlfy hlvsolf wid."
5 "Changid ray olothos since U10 last
Bin," sal the slim young man, grolv
Hig pale. "You'll havu to take my
ordloriit."
rd
'Yo' "Mini's no gooil," said tho xvnit-
r, eontijmpiuousiy. "X'll gtye yo ono
no cliance. uau out do towns us' 's
.Jif ills wvs a pass'n'g'r call."
The slim young man throw bnck his
fshouldfrs, clutched the counter, and
sslioutcd:
"Haitlo Creyk!
"Niagara Falls!
"Montreal!"
"Stop, sah; yo' is a cheat. No brake
maiubbber call um Uat way. DIs Is wot
tlooo towns is:
"llrlcawln!
"Xagowasli!
"foa-r-r-eal!
"Ilere," concluded tho waiter, tri
umphantly, "if yo'd a called um tint
way I'd let yo' off wld thutty-tlve cuuti'
Sounty eentj,sah; an' hurrv up. 'Inter
Ocean. , "
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Reallj Refreslilngi- - "
It is almost invnrlably the; case that
when a cashier robs, or, a 1 lerk steals,
oratreasurei defaults in any part of J
1110 country, no oegs oil uv iiecuiring
that' hu speculated in Wall street and
lost. It Is, therefore, reallv refreshing
to learn of a caso in wl(ei Wall street
was not to blame, ty occurred ,iu a
town In Ohio tlio other' day. Tho own
er of a private bank discovered a short
age of. '000, and rushed for the
cashiur,
os, I took tho inonov," wiu tho
calm reply.
n 11111. ior.
-l' spouulato in Walls
"And j on lost it all!" '
Injut,'"
" Not much: I am hist 12.000 nhoav
affor paying you back. Thn inonod
will bo hero liy express at 'noon.'1 1
,' IJy (Jeorgnl but jou are a keener,,
Joejust too fcliarp mid shrewd for any
thing. Ppt In $lO,Gpo and becomu n
partner; j-ou aro aohap I cm count on."
UViH Street News.
his iinhnppv d
diUions. to'wli
m
l wmio nn phnica mm fretted at
ItM riM.tr.ilflttf? I'lit nun v.HiriwI 1n lint
i the one, bnt olensnntlv to thfi other:
'"l HII DIM IVV lllll HI VIIIUFII. Ill il
As
'ami r im
Jones ftc
Our Young Ilijntlcrs.
Tin: ai.:D xmv yuaii.
I.tltlc children, ilniit ynu henr
8011111 one knncklnir at your itnnr?
Don't )ou kiior thn kIiI New Year
Conies to on unit ma oncu more
Comes with treasures ovornmr
Ppreail out at our wilting TfrtJ
Illith resolves ami purpose true
ItounJ our llvos to niuslu sweet.
Ours to choose tlio thorns or flowefi.
If wo bill mlml our limy: 1
Biicinl nrllil tlm prlccli'M hiiiirs.
And life will low with beituty. 1
I,rt u, thon. the nortnls lllnir,
llfrtplmr liliih the llberitl cliecr;
Ii us Inuvli, Hint shunt unit slnir
W'olcomol Wekoinu. Kiwi now yenrl
-hUuilitth A. JMib.
A MTTLE IIKII IN UH AND:
Or n lonil It solution J'or Ui Newr Vs-ir.
'Orandpa, when does a man have
throe hands?"
This question was put by a child to.
her grandfather, In the midst of the
family circle on Christmas evening.
Thny "were all tuciry with innocent fun
and ehlt-chat. (living and guessing
ltddles was one of thn ciiterlaiiiinir
past hues of thu hour. Tho grandfath
er rupeal"d the child's nuestion slow
ly, and. nflor thinking a moment, hi
knlihi "I give it up." Tho bright child
in great luu cried out: "A man has
three hands when hu hasati.'ht hand
nnd a left hand and gets u 'little behind
Imnd."
All hands laughed heartily at grand
father's failure to guuss, and hu looked
so gtavo over It they laughed thu more
merrily.
Hut tin head of tlio house'' did
nots-eiu to join very heartily in the
amusumeiit, ami they rallied him by
uking-if it was not a fair coiiundium.
"Certainly: not only fair, but excel
lent: tho piny on the word is very neat,
but It has sut mu thinking of what comes
of getting a liltloehindhand, and sonic
other time, when you want to hear it, I
will give vou a little sermon or lecturo
on the subject."
" Now now let us hnvo it now!"
they all exclaimed; but hu knew chil
dren too well for that, and, saying
that his sermon would Lrcp, ho 'told
them to go on with their riddles and
stories.
,The next Sabbath evening, when they
wuru all in thu parlor, tho bright littlu
girl, who had puzzled her grandfather
with tho conundrum, looked up from
tlio book she was reading, and said, with
a smile:
"Crandpa. arc you not getting a
lihlu behindhand with that suriuou ou
promised us.J"
" Yoii'sliallhavoit now, ifyouwlsh;"
and all sat still and attentive while the
good man began:
"To-morrow will be tho first day of a
new year, and a good tinio to take a
frch start. To begin well is half thn
do ug, whatever it is. Tho habit of
being on time, never 11 niinutu bclii.nl
hand, is one of tho greatest helps to suc
cess in life. While, on tlio other hand,
to get into the way of delaying, keep
ing others waiting, not liu'ng prompt,
punctual and ready, is tlio secret causu
of failure in ten thousand casus, many
of which I have seen in the course of
mv life. We notice it in children.'
hat you aro in tho morning, you will
be at 1.0011, and probably at night.
The child is father of tho man,' 'just
as tlio twig is bent,' etc. The family
meet in tho morning for worship anil
breakfast; one child is- late. Shu is
usually late, the samo one. Sho was
behindhand in getting herself ready ;
tlio rest waited for her a fovv moments
and then went on without her, aud pres
ently she came, disturbing all and
making lierscit disagreeable and them
uncoiuioname. inu-ooy wun such a
disposition is late at school, not pre-'
jmred with his lessons, alwavs jusl a
little behindhand in everything. Per
haps hu goes to cull ego orlnto business,
trado or profcss'ou, and If hu is depend
enton his ovvu uxurtions ho makes a
failure in everything.
"Forty years ago I know tw'o smart)
lys, holpurs in 11 groucrystore. Tliey.i
weru brothers. Tnoy seumed to bii;
inaou 01 sieui springs, m ipucK, irompt
and decisive weru they in lllliugevcrt
onier. alicy were poor boys, apiircu-
ticosthon. Hut they worked as if tlio
coDcorn was their dwn, and success
3cessdii
udfaitli-
oof t!
Headed on their oueiirv. mish and
iuliiess. Now tlucj live 0:1 ono of t!
lashinnablo avonues of New York lii
their own large mansions, retin'd froni
the grocery business in which thoj
inndu their iortunus. Holdlmr impor
tant trusts, thev are useful and respect
ed citizens nnd Christians. They Wo'
ineir success soieir, under tied, to Uur
own promptness "in performing even
promise, in being always ulie.iif rathe
than behind time. Ami thcru are piu
chnnics nnd tradosiuen with whom I
once had dealings nnd now have iiili
seriet!, Iwcauso they would nxir
fulfill anonlyr in season. would not scud
atiung nomu to me wiieutnuyproirls,a
and tin ariably keni me w altlng yhatc ir,
might Le my distress to bo seryed.
Tips vlcu runs in tlio blood sometjnn'fl'j
mill wlinln f'lmlllitu iirn ilUllnmitatiaVI kv
takliiL' it easy, 'timu enoiiL'h vet."1 'lei1-
ing tholr motto and rule. Thoilior
bcjilml in tlieraco of life. They vvo il
bo run ovor if some,' one did nottrlbl
them up and hum thorn on. Half tl
world has this work" to do, besides
ing its own. In tho absence of tiosi
crimo, .this habit .of takinir ii'
caiisos tho poverty and failuru pf ill
greaU-r part of tho human f.unily.' m'
inn samo cuanccs, wun cimai innai
ana witsfimthe samo field, one
succneun ainl another .makes a (l
fftilurn, And why? Dccau.su ou,ti
timu by tho forolook, was over nriui
ami ui'reiorQ prosperous, -j ne 011
was always a little belilndlinnd.,111 d I
tind-by so fnr behind as tobocoun1
out as if no nccount.
"Wh6u you nhi old enough c
selves to moot and niovo witli nniu 1
womeiiin busiuussand good works ofl
you will spun find somu who :im Intt
1 ho appointed time, who CQniul.istJ
in, ton or fifteen miniltes nttorth i m
saving: I had no Idea it wai s.f
My watch never deceived niJof.(
' I am very sorrv to keep you waiti
in ...j. r. .... ..J.'..-i!.:iu
,..
jiu ruuii iiiiiiiiicrn mu jiuor,iMii
miko Uiards of. ' If tlnv haVf 'mo'
of rvsicnntlou. thov would mhf:o
for soroebodv not alwavs a little ha
hand. W '
"The train starts nt nlno in t aeiJi
irn-
ing, and thny reudi tho slniio
two
boat.
lulautcs late, and ura left. Tl:
oo''yivc. atmevamve mnifn1
0 touched at by.lhop-iengorsvvho
h
them wloing the'ei'splnif on from their
heated brows, t 1 know a (Jcorgia
preacher wiio was holding forth in an
asylum to a congregation of thn lntmne.(
He described a man oa a scnllbld abon
to bo hung, while in the distance comet
n messenger on 1 orsibaek bringlusjr
pardon. But the Jiouu of fate was msi
at hand; amlnhtetortwo and It would
bo too late. The preacher drew out tho
agony, by tnlklng.ansX talking. Mil ono
of his crazed hewers cried: 'Can't you
hurry up a llttlcP They'll hang Mi'at
man if vou don't. Jf And when I sea
popple illlly-ilallylnak wasting preeions
time in dniiijA notbfiig. I long to tejl
them to Imrrwuji, for life, soul, salva
tion may be lJit If thev" are onlv a littta
behindhand, fit in sAln every relation,
calling and dntv in life. It is the ono
principle on wli" oh the prize of success
in this world jlepwids, and immoital
glory beyond. "rJpw is (he accepted
time. i A
,, 'There, cplldrcftdear. you have luiii"
the Muj rmiiI.(sjjronilse.'d., The 'o
Year begins"to morrow, and the resolu
tion I want yo 1 to make is this. 'W.tii
Cod's good ho p, ttr which I will diilv'
pray, I wllltil'vaysj bo on hand, at tho
moment. rcju,'y.or every du y. nnd
will do witll my might what 1 am' called
to do.'" r
While thi ficrinon was in progrcs,
the child who gavse the conundtuni had
iuiuHcliti.b3,tato her graudfaMier's
lap. yiiewasohe of the Irretuvssll
goo
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Mirt of children, and could hardly w
for him torn ikd an end. when slm
clnluiu I: ,(i, Tirulpa. it.'s just thu other
yuj, isii 1, n.iiit man 71v.fi r guis 11 111
tlo buhinillitnd, he has three lianas or
four, nniltlcM "more vvoik and better
than tho lazy follow who is altraij be
hlndhaii.)." "That's -o," snld tho old man. and.
"if you l(ad said'(' at the beginning!
you mignt iiavo iiecn snared tlie snr-
moii." b
"Ycs.p said .lolin. the oldest boy,
"but thit vould have been a great loss
to us, nfiil foV'one 1 priiiliUo not to ben
little l.fliindhainl, It I can help It. ns
long asil live."
"fioigl. tight, all," said the grand
father. x God bless you till with a hap
py XovfVcarl?
"Happy Now Year to you. griniljm."
tlicv cu 1 lufchorus, and went oil' to
hua.f'Jrcnaui." in A. ). Ok.uw.
Foithrui
C.uhi.
Mtfle Mnry'aiul her great bLukNuw
fouiuUa id dog. Carlo, weru a very
familial pictuie to me.
1 Aft m stopped to look at them as
MiuyinJn about the yard. If It is a
wiiKm .ftenioon, they lav asleep under
thv ji'i'o evergreen trees'. Mary s I ghl
curls mado ti lovely contrast to Carlo's
shagv black sides. His loving gentle
uess 11 adu liim scum as good as ho wasy
iiamlsome.
IJtto Mary had a naughty habit ol
running Juway Ironi home. Carlo
wouh not leave her for a moment,
llufacomed to try to gut her homo again.
Ho in, before 'her, keeping her from
getting ou tlio walks, and trying to coax
ncrtij turnabout. Sometimes no would
siicVi!t?d,,"nd then 1 heard his jovfn'r
bark whin ho saw her once inoro safely
in tho yhr,l. If hu could not get her
honi3. he would never ileert her.
Wit n 'tlio was Sd out sl,u nh1 lior
ciillr hfad nafirJ. his neck, ready to
go .'hrXver hu f;0 j Then jou mav bo
sun, heJcd her homu just as, slraigli't as
lto :oull go.
lC'nnJllay, when I eamo out of the
gate, Qirlo met me, barking and junip
lii.' nlfput in a aio-t anxious manner.
He nijga littlu way and then eamo back
1 1" mtviis it coaxing 1110 to follow him
J thoiwht him too wise a do? to he mls-
taseBfeo I followed him, though a littlu
I'fehiwjyj He seemed to notice, this mill
to be me to hasten. In a moment
rieoroJl saw dear Ilttlo Mary toddling
'ii'onsfJthu railroad track.
lt sum that thu dog's quick ears
ninst, have hu'ird th train, which was
cunlig around tho curve. I hurried
fist enough. I can tell you. Carlo had
nuver belori' allowed me to pick heruii
ivoafor tt moment. Sow ho si.'emed
"Iwwiidw.tli Joy when 1 caught her
'".yi amis, no ieu
" PC"'t dance of delight
rms. Ho 'led mo homu u a
-AJ"'1-''' 'hat I was a' privileged friend,
fotljt'iirlo never forgot that morning,
roihudayof his death he thanked 1110
,JJ!1
"wii
mute. loving way every Mine ho
saw nii'.-Jw. 'r'uncex
.Vmif(, tii Our
Lmh: Ones.
A Queer Street-l'iii- l'asscngrr.
big. burly, good natureillv aggros-
n man entered ' a'' Chnilestowii
Hass.) horsu-car vos'iTilay, ao-
lupaiiled by ti hniro turkev. ami. hav-
ig seated liim .nlf, he played his turkey
1 a sitting position on the scat besldo
im. Tho car filled nfriidlr. nnd. al-
miigh several ladies ivorocoinpclleil
1 stand, the turKev Kent In seat.
uarded by its burlv owner. When tho
onduetor enmu t"lirugh tho car ho
oticed thn turkuv. and, nikln'sslng tho
man, said: "loiiwlll have to lako that
turkey up."
"'ll!ll fm-O'l' '
"To lot somu of Mipso people sit
down. You can't keep' him on Mint
soat." ,
"What's tho reason I can't?"
"lleeaiiso these pebplu nr. as much
entitled to a heat as is your turkev.!!.
" Wnll, who said they weren't? Hits
turkey ain't bothering any ope aud I'd
like to sou any oho bother hln.'"
"You'll have to take him Aip, any
how: lie isn't a passenger."
No, ho isn't. He's a deuced sight
bettor than thn average pissengor ou
earn. Ho's clean, hu ain't tcllingnll
ho knows, ho isn't drunk, ho don't
smell of tobacco, and lie .don't spit all
over the lloor." ' ,
Hy this time all thu pnsso'ngurs worn
laughing nni the peculiar appearance
ot the turkey, as he sat hop upright
witli his legs, sptead out on the seat,
added to thu merriment". Thu conduct
or, annoyed nt tho laughter, evclicdly
said: " Kvery scat in Mi's car that's oc
cupied Inn tobo paid lor; now you tako
that turkey up, or get out."
I won't do it. Hum's a ticket for
him, and see that .von punch It. I
guess it don't make, much difference to
a railroad company what kind ot 1111 ail
Imal'ecciiplesfascut so long as it's paid
for." So 1 hu turkey kept his s -fit, to
tho gnut enioyuient of tho passengurs.
AC Y. Comiheixiul JUvtitiaer.
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