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night, In that still autumn
And calmer still and colder were the twain
rho. parting thoo. inlgbt yet havn knnt ,.-
; KCtuer. r
Mail pride not stronger been than
pain.
even
'Sbere were no blttor tears, no algnu of Bor
row, Kb rad reproaches uttered at the end;
-Aad. should thoy meet, years hence or on the
morrow.
Twill Le with courteous ease, as friend
meets friend.
-Oh! mocklag words for those who once loved
madly.
Henceforth to be mere friends-riot leas
not more
Jtecp ia each heart a deatb-kncll sounded
Badiy
Ibr Jove, deemed deathless In glad days of
voro.
"Mat cnoro than friends the voices must not
falter,
lst broken tone betray a vain reirrct;
Jsad on the lips the forced Bmlle must not
alter
sV how how. 'neath Uiat mask, grief's lines
are set.
Xet them tako bred. lest nny word bo spoken.
To rouse nomu ghoiit from out the buried
past:
Tlouli the dear ties, that bound them once.
are broken,
i ABtrnngeHpoll lingers yet, and holds them
fast.
Vatican than
oHoicd
friends but ah! the friendship
Seems erf such lltt'o worth now love is done:
Tis bard to tako the hand thus coldly prof-
ferred
And feel the tender, thrilling touch has
Kone.
Gone with the day, when
Just one word was
neeueii
TJioo heavy clouds of pride and doubt
to
nit:
Untull Iti vain lovc'fldylnz voice had pleaded,
Now far apart, each lonely life must drift.
-And she will novor know, at their next meet
ing, How hard ho fought an outward calm to
gain:
Korwill he see, beneath the friendly greet
ng.
flow tior trtio heart still yearns to blm
tlmiUgh pain.
'Jduravln.
OUR PARLOR FUKMTURE.
Wo had been married something
nore than a year. Had hoarded at the
IMa.sc n Jloine for a few months, until
"U'ti were heartily sick of hotel life, and
then had retreated to a private estab
lishment. You know how that goes.
Jstfc became a huiden. A burden? I
might as well call it an intolerable bore.
"Wc grew domestic very fast. Wo
mvicd Havkins llie trim little cottage
that had been among the many gilts
3best)wed upon his lair bride, and of
"which neither ho nor his bride seemed
particularly fond. Wo marveled at
their indifference to the blessing thus
fimcod upon them. The conclusion of
the whole matter was that wu engaged
512 East Tenth street, tho third house
in the white brick bloek on your right
as you turn oil from Locust avenue. The
house would not be ready for us before
the expiration of thirty days.
Jn the meantime wo sat down to rb
tflccl, and you may rest assured that tho
abstract consideration of this enterprise
was attended with no small amount of
Iileasure. There were some very do
ightful visions of the coming bliss,
soraoi very sharp contrasts drawn
f.f tween our present lot and that which
&i$ to be, and some very astonishing
. Calculations. As for tho last, it miglit
jniuse you to look over the schedule of
"wobablo expenses made out at that
.imc and fortunately preserved to our
jiture edification. After a long series
f household belongings that should
'Constitute the original outlay it proceeds
Tnrith the items of ordinary daily ex
pense : Butter, so much por pound and
.so matry pounds per week ; laid, so and
aw and so and so ; potatoes, so much per
bushel and to last so long ; flour, etc..
te. And to the grand total were a.hlcd
rent, and fuel, an.l light, and water, and
-A fenrvaut's wages.
"There, you see, wife," cried I, "wc
-hall save annually an even SMO and
Sve as peoplo should live. Three huu
lml the first year! probably more ; it's
low estimate. I think, iuv dear, we
might as well begin to talk about that
:aiew piano."
"Oh. no." she replied, always pre
ferring another's joy to her own, "not
out til the encyclopedia and the book
sse are bought and paid for."
"Ah, yes.'T.said I, " that js like you ;
Up shall discuss that mutter again."
I say that you would suVl'e if you
oould :ce that outline of probable 'ex
penses; aud the effect would be height
ened not a little if you should contrast
with it the itemized" account kept with
scrupulous care by my wife. Suiliee
It to .xy that, neither piano nor book
case was bought out of the first yoir's
savings.
But to go back. We hod thirty days
to wait before wc could get possession
.of the house. In the meantime mj
Uncle John paid us a visit. Uncle John
Avas a man avcII advanced in years,
lived in tho West, had no family, and
iad the matter of his fortune conifort
abh' settled. He was on his wav to
JBnffalo to attend a meeting of" the
.stockholders of the P. N. &CC Rail wav.
Tic stopped off for a dav to make the
acquaintance of my wife and to see
-xyhat kind of a mail his nephew ha I
come to be. Nothing remarkable hap
pened during his visit, and he soon re
sumed his journey. We told him of
'Our housekeeping" plans, of which he
Jicartily approved. Ami in that connec
tion he casually remarked that as he
.had not remembeied us in anv sub
stantial manner at the time of our mar--Tiage
he wished to do so, if he could
find anything to suit, while ho was in
the Fast. What he said, however, was
In such an air that at the time neither
-wire nor I gave the matter a second
thought.
We furnished our house simply but
comfortably. Clara, mv wife's school
- w"
mate in other days, lived next door.
- .She is a cheer- little body, and when it
"Comes to home affairs knows every
thing; so we esteemed ourselves fort
nmite in being able to retain her coun--seL
Siie advised on the carpet-pafc-
. terns, the wall-paper, and even the
.gas-lixtures; in short, went with us in
V ?UI- Pre"min:iry shopping. It is as-
. tonishing what a store f wisdom some
- -women carry about with them as to the
primary comforts and little luxuries
:that make every-dav life tolerable.
Yes, she knew evervtliing and why it
-was so. If there was auy mistake in
Iter counsel it consisted in the fact that
he was inclined to estimate the con
sents of our pocket-book: by those of
.fcer own fat one. But we snor-Pfirtprt in
ting through quite satisfactorily In
first outlay. And" this rather 'sur
prises me, as Clara was in and out con
stantly for a week, coaxing us into what
seemed -extravagances, but which we
ahortly learned were necessities that we
overlooked.
4nd now that we were settled and
wt blush -was beginning to sub-
. f, ; " iwcicn buuck oi surprise
j- ? r e shall not soon forget.. - My
,!?hiffc the hQU early in tb
afternoon and I bad Joined her In the
evening at tho bowse of a friend where
we took tea. Circumstances made it
necessary for us to retarn to oar own
abode at an early hour. I do not think
that it could have been as late an eight
o'clock. In the afternoon's mail wo
found a shabby little po.-Ul-card stat
ing that at the freight depot of -the C.
& M. Road there were some six hun
dred pounds of furniture, from Xew
Buffalo, consigned to my address; and
that the same had been on band for
several days, and that it would be well
for me to pay the charges and remove
the aforesaid furniture at once. My
wife leaned over my shoulder and read
the postal with me. We read it again.
Furniture? furniture? New Buffalo?
We looked at each other; looked again,
and smiled. The bright thought struck
us both at the same instant. I have al
ways been particular about the exact
date of that idea's rise in our m'nds;
the bright thought struck us both at
lic ttamc inntant: namely Uncle John!
a substantial token of regard! furni
ture! We read the shabby little postal
once more, and once more we smiled.
Bless bis dear old heart! Ju.it like
him! always so thoughtful! My
mother's brother, indeed! But New
Buffalo? never heard of such a place.
' " Von understand, don't you?" I
said; he has bought the furniture in
Buffalo, and this New Buffalo is some
suburban village where the firm has its
factory. The goods would naturally bo
shipped from that point. And six hun
dred pounds! What can it be? There
does not soem to'have been any serious
doubt in my mind on the score of the
charges not having been prepaid; nor
yet from the fact that I had received
no announcement of the approach of
this formidable gift. Tho former
might have been due to forgetfulnesg
uncle always was so forgetful in small
matters or it might have been owing
to certain nece-sitics of the .situation.
And, as for the announcement, why, of
course the whole thing was his odd
way of
us a surprise. And had
;edjt? Had ho not said
lie not announce!
thai he meant to see what he could do
for us?
Furniture! Six hunlred
pound?! Oh, that some artist might
have photographed for us tho ex-
pressions of joy and complacency that
spreau over our jaccs as we sat anu
looked at each other.
aud chewed
the
cud of satisfaction, and gave each
other knowing winks, and turned that
nrserable little postal for the hun
dredth time.
"Come, my dear,"' cried I, "what do
3'ou think it is?" And wo laughed a
igain
in our jov
"I am suro I can not guess," she said.
"But we know it is not a kitchen stove,
and it would hardly be anything for the
dining-room. If I had to guess I believe
I should say in fact. I think something
say
tell seems to tell me that it is parlor fumi-
ture
"A correct observation, my dear; cer
tainly correct. 1 should have
said so
myself, out I wished to get the benefit
of your woman's intu tion. and was '
mtu tion,
afraid that any opinion of mine thrust J
forward might throw it off tho track.
You know I have great conlidenco in .
your intuition. Have I not often said
so?"
"Yes." she ro'oined, very soberly;
"and if my intuition tells me anything,
it indicates parlor furniture. But then,
wo must not feel too sure; it might bo
a bedroom sot. Yot Uncle John know
that we had one fine sot. I remember
distinctly of 1113' telling him that every
thing iu our room was ours."
"You will allow, I suppose," said I,
"that six hundred pounds of furniture
means several articles. If it had boen
a bookcase, the postal would have said
bookcaso; but no, it uses tho name of a
class, not of a single object. Tnis tolls
me that whatever it may be, it consists
of sovoral pieces. Now, how much does
that sofa weigh? A hundred pounds?
Loss, if anything, I'll warrant you.
That marble-top table can not possibly
go over seventy-live, and each of these
easy chairs will weigh say eighty. Let
mo sec, that makes threo hundred and
thirty-live. We'll fill in with theso
common chairs at fifty pounds apiece.
But seo here, my dear; what would you
think of an elegant sideboard for the
dining-room? It would not weigh
- is I. I o- tin at. .4- !. ...... -. , -
eiegant sideboard; what do you think"'
. S a . I
She thought well of an olcrant side
board.
At this juncture Clara, having heard
our front door open at our return, came
tripping in with a blush ami a smile and
spread out on my wife's lap pioco after
piece of a very dainty tidy sot which her
own deft fingers had fashioned, and
which my wife received with the usual
kiss and the inevitable tears. Wo ad
mired the delicate pattern and praised
again and again the cunning workman
ship. By this time both my .wife and I
were in. such a very genial mood that
we could do nothing but smile aud
smile. It became really quite silly. I
could see by the trembling of the "folds
about my wife's mouth that her cheeks
ached with smiling. There was at first,
a very charming Hush of pink confusion
tingemg Clara's brow and cheek, as she
noted the verv great satisfaction With
which her gifts vvere received. But her J
quick instinct divined other causes.
"What has happened3" she cried, i
taking my wife's hand: "some pleasaut 1
fortune, 1 am sure. You seem so hao-:
jM imr muiuu. 1
.. .:., ....:
My wile s eyes sparkled, bho looked
to me.
"Yes, M.rs. A ,' 1 said to Clara.
"in addition to your very thoughtful
kindness, we have received another
surprise of an extremely agreeable na
ture. My Uncle John who was hero
last, month has sent us a gift of sonic
furniture. We are not sure yet wheth
er it is a parlor or a bcJ-rooni set.
Have not seen it; it's at the depot; will
be here in the morning." Then th
ladies had another little celebration iu
the way of kisses and tears, while I sax
back in nry chair and with such gravi
ty as 1 could command descauted on
the virtues, the oft-tested goodness, tlu
genuine "milk of human kindness '
that constituted the prominent char
acteristics in the personality of Uncle
John. I was on the point bf pushing
in a little farther and detailing what
we might expect I was even about to
hint at the practically unlimited abili
ties of the aforesaid relative, when a
momentary suspicion of thc:nsuuic:en
cy of ev dence as a basis of our expect
ations bade me draw it mildly. But !
the six hundred pounds overcuue me. j
Such a heavy invoice of household
goods at one consignment so powerful-
ly stimulated my sanguine nature that
discretion seems to have been utterly
prostrated. I did go on; yes, fatally!
onward. Ihere was "nothing like
what von might cattinean about Uncle
Jbhn;T and "when he made up his
mind to do a thing he did it royally;"
and "it was not every one on-whom the
blessings of Heaven had descended in
such unstinted measure aa to render
suck good works possible. -Yes, such
and more. Of coarse, this was, with
out doubt, very flat. I can raot gaiasay
it But the circumstances, my frwnd,
the circumstances! And I do not be
lieve taat soch- folly m var
4
l When I was
through my wife looked quite serious.
Clara merely bit acr lip between "ah"
and "yes." and at length bade us good
night. "There a but oae drawback In the
whole matter said I when Clara had
gone; "if we bad only known it a little
sooner! Wo might then have been
saved tlte evnense of this parlor set.
What can we do with two suit of fur
niture. "I suppose." said ray wife, "that we
can manage to find room for both in
the house. If not we can take thrs
back exchange it for other goods."
I opened the blind and looked across
the 3treet- Mr. Bathurst, the chief
salesman in the establishment whl"h we
had patronized, lired over the way. As
1 had supposed, and as was his wont at
this time of the evening, he sat on the
veranda smoking. I took my hat and
went across. Don't be too harsh in
your judgment, my friend; you have
the joke by my voluntary confession,
l.emembcr, too. "Whom the gods
destroy they tirst make mad." 1 went
across.
Bathurst. do you suppose that your
folks could be persuaded to take back
some of the goods I bought the other
day, and let me trade it out in some
other line?"
"You see. I have a good-hearted old
uncle who has taken it into lib head to
send me a parlor set," etc., etc Thus
I ran on in my folly.
We were up for an early breakfast,
afier which I Hew in fast hasto to the
ollice. I laid hold of Sam, who does
tho draying for our house, thrust 4.85
into his hand to pay the charges, and
directed him to proceed at once to the
freight department of the C. it M. It
was a very busy morning with me;
there were a thousand anu ono things
pressing for immediate attention; it
was out of the question to think of go
ing home before dinner. But what can
a man do with an inheritance of six
hundred pounds resting on his mind!
j I added a column of figures and, being
conscious of a slight wandering of
thought, went down the column lor a
test As the result wrh dillurnnt. I
i climbed the ladder again, only to light
j upon a third value; and then down
, down again, only to find a fourth. Oh,
shocking! I resorted to the blacking-
I brush and amdied it to mv boots viiror-
ously for ten minutes. It
.... .
is a capital
when one
remedy for nervousness
hasn't tho time for a ride or a walk.
But the mental disturbance of this
morn'ng was out of the reach of boot
blacking. So I took my hat and
pressed hotly for home. I wished to
reach home before the goods arrived.
Ip this I was successful. I found my
wife posted at a front window, and
there I also took my stand. Wc waited
for a half-hour, very cheerful, very hap
py. and as serene
would permit.
as eager expectancy
At length at length there was tho
I rumbling and heavy grating of slow
wheels on tho
wheels on tho stone navement. We
crooked our heads out of tho window-
ami caught the first possible glimpse of
the horses' noses and then their full
lengths as thev turned tho corner. And
there was Sam, unmistakably Sam
"Oh, well, wife," I said, "let us not be
childish." So we took in our heads,
but stood watching just within. .1 say
we stood watching, for we could not
for some moments do otherwise than
stand and watch. Wc could not look
at each other, but stood mute and mo
tionless, our eyes fixed intently on that
vehicle and its contents. My throat
began to swell. Then came a hot surge
rising at my cheeks and temples and
creeping through the roots of my hair,
down the back of my neck, "down,
down, to my heels to my toes; and
then another" hot surge, and then an
other, while the perspiration ilowed
freoly. Oh, it was painful! And that
drayman that drayman ! having
thrown down his lines, sat on the end
of tho high seat with his feet hanging
over the wheel, while with his whip ho
cut off the leave of a weed that grew
by tho curbing; at the same time his
face beamed with malicious mirth.
Now and then he stole a furtive glance
at the wares bchiud him and thon wont
ion cutting the weed, his face wearing
alternately a smile and a snuint of in-
.. . s-v - a.
Zj
course. 1 halted out
upon tho porch.
As I shut the door 1
heard one of the tin-stairs shutters on
Clara's side close gently.
"Well," said bam, "with a painful
effort to compose his features, "i guess
there must be something wrong about
this."
"Tako tho stuff around by the back
Hlloy, ' I shouted, hoarsely. I slipped
ihrough the house, and noticed on mv I
wav that mv wife, who had recovered !
from her mortilication and disappoint
ment, had dropped down in a corner
And was laughing hysterically. I was
provoked cnonghT but my chagrin gave
way to a smile as I met Sam at thu back
,gatc. A smile was all that was needed
to touch him off. He fairly roared.
And, as abominable luck would havo it,
that alley was full of people my neigh
bors going and coming. I have never
. - ---, -..-. .
seen sun a concourse of people in that
alloc hp.fom or since. Hues climbed
over fences and ranged themselves
about, girls peered through chinks and
whispered to oue auotherrand toddling
infants cried to be lifted to some place
of vantage.
Yes, there was "something wrong."
Contrary to my wife's expectations
there was a kitchen-stove. And the
kitchen-stove had been used: iu evi
dence of which, there were elaborate
frescoes of grease ranging in more or
lc3S detached flakes around the oven
doors and on the edges of the hearth
and along the overlapping margin of
the top. 'There was a bundle contain
ing two or three joints of pipe whoso
ends were raveled by rust anil wear.
And there were chairsT several of them;
none of your efi'ominate rockers, but
serviceable concerns, built to stand firm
ly on four iegs: not plush, no: not cane
seat: not walnut; but sound, straight
graincd, poplar, splint-bottoms. " In
the obscure nooks of each chair there
wore the tell-tale reminiscences of the
pride of other davs paint: but tor the
- (. n aat- I n .-wF. a .-. .m nl rt -lrtO 1 1 f
nude. Bedroom furniture? Yes. in
tleed : at least a bedstead. The artist
had designed this latter article as a
companion piece for the chairs ; anil as
far as harm in v of st le went his des'gn
was a success.
We can lump off Me
rest of the six hundred tvounds in this 1
way: a sewing-machine withou coVer
and a broken treadle, a kitehen-table
with a game leg aud a warped top, an
open crate of pans, and pots, and
kettles, suggesting alike to optic and to
olfactory "nerves the frizzling of
sausage and salt pork and whatsoever
is greasy and maketh a lasting; stench.
Yes, there was some mistake samo
name. I looked at the postal agaia
and noted for the first time that there
was no number givea in the address.
At this juncture the real owner of the
goods drove in the alley and claimed
his owh wftb loud cvrsee. This had
the effect of drawing oat oa'the back
porchea sack of the neighboriag popu
iatiosi aa had mot been preeent at the
jprftTiottt exercise. There was a grant
I habitual with
of comfort in the reflection that none ol
i i t -.. ... -,,.... .ut.. ...iJ.
;, w. ,i t.TM.., -, t
occurred to me that mot of thcni
,i ,.. .!... ..
would suppose that I was trying to ,
steal the goods or, perchance, was "
"grinding the face of the poor." !
Clara had the kindness never to men
tion 'he affair to us. although I harr
always thought that be talked it OTct
with Bathurst. The next day tb xou'A
brought u a fiftccn-ceut pamphlet
copy of the Revised Edition of the New
Testament. It came from Buffalo. We
have not heard from Uncle John since
Chicago Tribune.
Timely Health Mat.
The farmer, of all men. should cn;ov
good health. He can have the best and
freshest of nature's productions for food
and drink ; his work is healthful exer
cise, and tho air ho breathes is free and
pure. Yet statistics show that the life
of the farmer is below the arurawe. and
that several classes who lead sedentary
lives in the city arc longer lived than
he. This must proceed from a gross
disregard of the requirements of health
on his part, and if wc look at the mat
ter crit.cally, we must confers thai
many of us farmers treat ourselves as if
wo did not care particularly whether
we lived or not. Now I iball. perhaps,
say .ionic pla'n things, and I say them
without exempting myself. io not
think that I speak trom a high piunacle
of fancied personal perfection. I am
quite williug to admit that I am as
much at fault as any of my brethren.
Wo must confess that we arc un
cleanly about our bodies. All over tho
surface of the body there are many lit
tle glands, opening upon the skin,
whose ollice it is to excrete from the
body the particles of broken down, dead
tissue. This effete matter is cast upon
the skin, and must be fre mently re
moved with soap and water, or it will
finally close up the glands, and tho
dead matter must be retained in the
body, producing disease. There ara
also other glands opening on the stir
fact of theoody. whojo ollice it is to
pour out an oily liquid. This liquid
soon becomes unlit for the purpose for
which it is designed, aud other mull
take its place. But unless that first
thrown out is removed, it will close up
tho mouths of the glands, and prevent
the exit of fresh matter. It is plain
that if no matter fell upon the surface
of the body from external sources, fre
quent ablutions would yet be neces
sary. But our work is such that
the body must coutinually receive
dust from tho air. Currying the horses:
milking the cows: plowing, harrowing,
or dragg ug the land; binding or hand
ling the gr.iin, all are attended with tho
settling of dust upon the body. At this
season, when the sweat glands are un
usually active and keep the skiu damp,
this dust is more than usually liable to
adiiere to the body. Thus from both
within and without the body is contam
inated and made unclean. So rapid is
the work at this sca-on that the body
should bo cleansed ever' twenty-four ,
hours, and it is best to do this when the i
day's work is done, for then the body's
liability to receive dirt from external
sources is small, anil tho functions of
the glands an be properly performed
during the night, insuring healthful
slumber.
But how many of us do cleanse tb 1
body each night? 1 am afraid the truth
would be that full as many cleanse tlr ,
body only oncn a week, as those that
cleanse it once a day. Not one farm
house in fifty, take tho country over,
has a bath-room: and I doubt" if one
farmer's family iu twelve has even a
bath-tub. This is a sad commentary on
our way ot living, and explains the
prevalence of fevers in the country,
where they should be almost unknown.
I know only too well how tired tho
plowman is at tho close of- the day, ami
the fatigue is yet greater If tho day has
been spent in the harvest field. It
seems a great task to drag the wearied
body even twenty feet to bed. The
thought of going to the trouble and
expense of time of bathing may appear
almost absurd. But my word for it.
that you will be largely tho gainer by
so doing. To bathe will not require
more than ten minutes, and you
will '
have added two hours to your slum
ber. You have shortened the time for
sleep by ten minutes, but you havo
made slumber so much more sounder
and sweeter that you havo gained a
dozen t'mes the time expended. Try
bathing each night for a week, and
you will no more think of retiring with
out first cleans'iig the body of sweat and
tl',t an 'ou would of going to bed with
your boots on. And remember that
while vou have gained so much in rest
aud comfort, you will ultimately gain
more in health.
During warm weather meat and oily '
food should be almost entirely discard- i
ed, and Iresh vegetables, and ripe fruit
.- .
snou d maKe up the mil ot tare. As a j
people we eat too much meat; yet New j
Englanders
do not sin so greatly in i
iuis re.:pecL a. ineir ciern uremrcn. i
iet it is safe to say that even New hu-1
. I
gianuers eat too mucn meat in warm
weather. At this season ot the vear.
comfort, which is another name for
health, demands that we keep the bodi
ly heat at the lowest possible point
while exercising in the hot sun. The
bodily heat is pro J need by a slow com
lviicffn (Iki ffinl trT ltti trrtti oitls4-t
Meat ami oils are rich m carbon, ami t
when used for food increase the bdtlily
heat. Vegetables and fruits for diet
keep the bodily heat at a minimum
figure: hence the wisdom of the use of
the latter for food. But fully half of
the farmers do not have a good garden
or a good orenard. it is hard to ac
count ior this
is. for wheu properly at- ! distmgui-hl professor, who wa
0 other part of tho la'rm L ! lnS lo f b,aby:.. "Ua"n3' "
bluthan the orcharrl wrllJiiUrfy tick his little footsy to
tended to. no
more profitable than the orchard and l
garden
From a monev point of view
farmer should be convinced '
nolfoe H!rfi!0 in Pnrlr anrt I
alone the f:
that good policy dictates an carlv and 1
nroduetive cmnlen. Jbs J1 'SialiL ,
1 o
i" Sew England Farmer.
The finest private ship in the world,
ftlt . "V B 1
wfirni.
narlv I
..'..' I
iiuani AMor ourmanai, is
as Iare-e as some of those ocean steam
SltWJ.!- '
fnsh water is 4.500 gallons. To this is .
a ided an ice-machine which will make
,.j0 pounds per day. Think of such an
immense vessel devoted to one family.
Tne finish of the saloon is in. the fincsf
possible style, and the Kovrmahal v
reallv a Fifth avenue palace afloat. 3J
Y. Sun.
At Mount Mitchell, in Wester
North Carolina, Lr a mine containing a
white rock which is called "deception,"
for the reason that, crushed into pow
der, it can be used for adult eratieg sug
ar without detection. Three hundred
barrels are shipped to New York
weekly. .
Amos Perkims, at the eg el afnety
four, is Treasurer of the tewme)f Units
I & IL-BuUwvi BtrakL
ers which tirst began trans-Atlantic 1 -on. tllt PnsJt Io "' ynating
navigatiou. She is built of steel, and J having been imentc-il dnnng the tif-h.-r
fcugth is '231 feet, her breadth 3D ; century, whwtnpon on of th
fi ot. and depth 20 feet Her engine Is aduating chv of the Lmvrity of
l.W horsepower, and her supplv ofl who hapTOCrsl to bo Jrvcnt,
fElttOSAL A5P LITEIUKT.
I Lord Rupert rod. an AutrafUa
I sheep and cattle man. live Jo a .
.OOfiouf at MeJLotirBc.' Uncoga IJtr-
ahi.
Dr. Olbrr Wendell Motroot has
been asked to writ? a poem to be nrad
at the dedication of tho Vbinrtoa
Monument, rcbruarv tV. 1-5V.
Mr. Koberi (I. InrcrII i taal to
resemble Martha Washington, and
drcsc her hair and arranges her ncck
wearln the same a trie. Umwjo InUr
Ocean.
It U said that of Stephen C. Fos
ter's ong. "Old Folks at Home. fully i
! llTVllMl rnnii KnVn Yn bl rCH
I'avne's
'--' --- - " -- mmmm - . -v V-, '
r.-W 11imt .- iiiiiii
copies of Tom Moore "Lxt Rums
Slimmer." 1 .Vl CHI rtirit
. - ...--.-. WW V. . -V-,
it . -.. r.nAn II ,i x
- At lis. . been coat enlMi bv tho. w hj
knew him Ux-t that Allan Pmkcrtoa
i .1. t. lvi .
pMred the facnm wh h ha U-vn
tcrme t mind rradtng to a reiuarka
e degree, and that Un wa. tbo hssu
., v-4t.yV , w
- Mi-a l hretm l ouztns the lecturer.
ras .iworn in a Deputy Tniied :iAt
Marshal at St. Loti.s rvevutly, and will
Jis-tst her father, the Marshal, as pri
vate N-cretarv. Mm ( ouzins i the
first lady ever made a deputy in the
United State--. t. I ohu W.
M. Kenan announ-ei a new work
on religion, and say that his highest
ambition would le'atisne! if he eould
enter the church after death "iu the
form of a little volume bound in black
morocco, to be held between the lon:
tapering lingers of a Imeh-glovcD
hand.
The Iondon M'urld ays that Mine.
Patti hai signed her engagement for
America for the coming operatic
season, ami will .-ail for New York on
baturdav, November 1. TattiN prop
erty hi Wales i won h about 3xi.iwi.
her diamonds alwmt A'.1, atul in
addition the has about a million of dol
lars. The late Paul Murphy pla ed mv
oral games of chevs with the great mon-
archs ot hurope. He gal!antl allow ed
Queen Victoria to beat him. bit treated
Napoleon III. and Km? illiam ol
Prussia wry ditlerenth, giving them at
lir..t an advantage over bin and then
sweeping them trom the board unmer
cifully. He was, before hi, health gave
way. a brilliant conver-ationabst atnj a
favorit' member of .-oeioty.
-The map-publisher have all'hev
can do to keep u with the time-. The
progr,s of explorat.on. the change., in
frontiers, and tfit building of new t iti
and towns make an old atlai a in
adc pjate for to-lay'.- use ai a la.it year's
newspaper. '1 he" map ff Africa is
changing mors rapidly than that of any
other part of the world. Many explor
ers and pioneers there, supported by
governments, geographical w etie. ir
missionary ageuc.e-.. are all the while
adding new fact to geographical kuowl
c lge. - - Ch icaijo IU ru 'd.
nLMIOKUCS.
A correspondent asks "Do blonde
or brunettes havo the worst temper?"
We are constrained to answer that thev
do. Chwago JourtuU.
Lady Have you given the gold
fish fresh water as I told vou. Marion?
Marion No, ma'am, and why would
I? Sure they haven't drunk what thev
have yet! Tht Judtjc.
' "Oh!" exclaimed Mk-iC'u-diiugton.
looking a' the portrait. "How natural
those eyes are They look as though
they were alive"' ""Yes." replied
Charles, "it is a life's eve.- picture, vou
know." - riiladrlfAin Cull.
i Bigi by was telling Blobsou about
' a friend who wa.. injured in a railroad
accident. "He ought to havo got
heavy damages from the road." said
Blobson. "He did," replied Biysby;
"he got both legs and one arm broken."
Milwaukee iailnut.
"You look as if you had been
kRsod by a breeze from Northland."
said a poetic young lady to a pretty
friend, whose cheeks were glowmg
with color. "Oh. no'.'' was thu laugh
ing reply, "it was only a soft heir from
Baltimore." Uurang'ton (17.) Free
Press.
Professor: "M
know the monastic
r. Jackson, do
theory of the
you
uni-
vers
."
Mr. J.: "Ye." fTau.'e.)
Pro osor: "Why don't vou tell uie,
then?" Mr. .1.: "Well, you see. there
is no telling what I know?' (Professor
diam?3es the elas-.) Harvard Lam
poou. "Uncle,"' said Balph, "what gen
der is 'misery?'" "The neuter gender,
my boy." "Are you sure, uncle?'
"(juito sure.' "Well. I'm sure it the
feminine gender." "And how do vou
make that out?" "'Caue it .av- her? '
jn tj,i paper th:
nnnv ' nmi don't
at Mni-ery love- com
1 - ------ -. -
pany, ami don t nil women love com
panv?" Uoiden J)au.
..What are vou going to do with
.,..,. Imr?,. fl,,.d"a trn,il.7,,a on the
. , f 1 ..Vi. ,.. -;
."MIIIH 111 i. lllL'llll l 111! 1 UI I'llll lill
gmM Ue IJ)U.r ,?s anu; ,.uko him
fIolVfl 0 lho rivur an,,irown him" "I
-j, 1 ujj,rbt '
was the sad renon!.
"but he lelongs to my wife. I am
taking n:tn over to the barber's to have
his hair cut." A". V. Sun.
A ladv living in ChcKca employs a
i girl named Brid:et to take care ol her
t youngest child, a two- car-old uy
namd -cddv.
iim"ut louit ijiu 11...U
i.i ... ...i. .1- i..i.-
one up to bed the other evening, ami
when she again appeared was aked by
I ner, misireis n rreuuy na gone .0
. sleep, '""is. mum." she replied. "I
waited till 1 heard him ,thilL" Holti
Glob--.
The other day a visitor surpri.ed a
as ?ay-
no-ny e
- mU:s53' Uc nw
little footsv toticO
then ho caught Mght ul the vj-it
hlushed, and muttered. -Xo. no.;
IllUSt HOt CXpO?e VOUr pedal CXtreail!
laitor.
VOU
t .
n,3t not expose your petfc
miues
y extending them beyond
th protect-
ing covering of the blanket, or you will
j lay voursvstem open to attack ct ca-
i tarrnai nueciionj. xsiiaino irwvnz.
"At meenp oi th Austin U. entry
Club, noi loaT mdw. d-arinrr the disctas-
. .- - -- -"
1 ioa the I resident toke of ynatmg
' . . ' - . .
ln - tHri ueniy anu saiu -1 na. s
my rcom. and he livc.1 more than three
thousand years ago." Tesas Sifting.
-.-. . - --' m
Aaother Iream Dissipated J
They were watching a ves?el coming
up the river, and he remarked .
"Thiiik. darling, of what an immense
expanse of ocean that vessel may have
passed over. It may be that she is
and see how nearly I have guested if-
xieiio. wneredo ven
come froB, aad
what c nirr ivmwm?
Tf M . 4i ffr
Voice from the Teasel: ,tvXew Lc
ea; oeioai aad boeka" Motto ImL
Our Yorni Headers.
ovx tunr. 0
r Wltio Sztrrr H 1 Vute ti;:
rn t J fro r r 4 w WlV
rn tii: Vtf r t Jwtt
A U4f ?ims.sh. fcjr I wrrrji
r-lj tert! mm -a tt Ki
t frit' temt if vt kJ Wti
M 4 ir tMr , t Air.
r rr-k. " !. -
05E WAT TO m: RK4VE.
. Tft lry
'Tapa." rth nsl
tx-r?r-oW
.MartBUW.
laal ij-Aut
U fAtJrar
, m-c jitn imn, a iruc Ty.
j with wuld b a kraric tb.
nr Itrr Utnt4tt ' n a tro
"Perhap t tt ntll l wW grow
,
a.t,, ,. i , . , .
Hut nav i 1 n.iti t voc E a
.. i. l .. . , . i
, -.n.
..,. .i. . . .
j tn,cf wav fr a bravo au to or
' niniM-tf."
"
Scleral dav aftrthi. lMn Mariand
had tpjit forxotton aboH trying to t
brave, thinking. ttidol, that h? woll
havo to wait anvw-av until bo
rr ! i
man. h and h little plat tnat.
,14-A. A
car vounucr. were ida;ar in ih il-
i krnn- It w at a vn v Jar lonnH,
that the two chddrva ofta cctM iau It j
to "play 1ioukx Altor awh c .Mr
land, who, of oMirw, vraji pWymg tb
papa of the houn. m ti g "ilat-i
town t. lit htiiti ht not h htut.i I
otjt of the dor of the kennel, atnt a
just about t creep out Hhcn rj;ht in
front of him in he path he aw a tal
He knew iu a moment jut bnl mft of i
a Miake it wa. and how dangtruu it j
was he knew that It wa a ratthnale, ;
and that if it btt Ada or htm titer i
would probably de- For Marland ha 1 j
stent two 'umiiHTi on im papa w
ranch in Kanm. and he had been tojd
overandoveragaln.lt he over ar a
nako to run from it a. fat as ho could,
and tin.. Miake jut in front of hint wa
making the queer little rnn,? with the
rati lei at the end of bi tall which Mar
land had heard enough about to bo able
to leeogufre.
Now vou mint know that a rattle
snake li not ut all like a lion or a hear
aittiougo jum a, d.tugeroui in it u n i
way. It will not chae vou; it can only
iprmg a distance epial to it own
length, and it hrt to wat and eH iUulf
up iu a ring, suuudiug It, warning all
the time. Wfore it can -.triko at all. So
if v)ti an ever o little dintanew fnu
it when you ee It llrt, ou can cHv
ascape irotn It. The only dnnijer f
from vtepjung on it without .felng it.
But Mar la rid . iriake wa alread colled.
"nt it wni hardly more than a foot
from the entrance to the kennel. You
mut know that the kennel .v not
out iu an oven tiehi. either, but under
a pia.a. and a lattice work pin wry
near it left a very narrow parage for
the children, even where there wan't
any Miae. If thev had icen utanding
upright tin could have run, narrow a.
tne vvay vva.t out tiiev would nave to
..Tawl out ol the kennel and find nj
1 fr their entire little lodiei on
1 ground lfore they could Mraighten
thenne'ves up aud nin. Port una te.
I the nake.i head was turned the other
way.
"Ada." ..aiil Marlaud veiy quietly, m
quietlv tnat his grandpapa, raking the
gravel on the walk near by, did not
, hoar him, " there' a snake out here,
and its a ratlle.nake. Keep very still
and crawl right after me "
" Ye, Ada,' he whimpered, as he
succeeded in hquiiiuingh.tuiolf out and
wriggling pat thu .nako till he could
stand upright. "V'uvr'.x r6?fi. but vou
mustn't make any noLv!"
Five uiinutex later tho two children
sauntered slowly down the aven le,
hand in hand.
"firaiulpapa'nald Marland. "lhert'
a rattlenake in there where Ada and I
were; perh apj you'd better kill him''
And when th Miake had been kdJed.
aud pana for the hundredth tune had
folded hi little Ikv in hi arm and
murmured "M
.ily brave
I'' Maria
brave lxr ! mv
dnr,
up in
brave little boy
and looke.
surprw!.
Why, it wasn't that killed the
snake, "papa ! it wa grandpapa I
didn't do nuyl'iing ; I only kept very
till and ran awav.
But vou ee. in
that ca. keeping i
very Mill ami running away wa jui
tho bra vet thing the little follow 0011M
have done ; and I th.nk hi mamma
for I am his mamma, and I know
jUt how he did feel Mt when ho
took him in her arm that nijcht that in
her little bov's oul ther wa kotnn-
tning o
tli. &fl,n tt Ki,i.V, VinriMi, 4 a
made Mrs.
Axcake.
t,w -.a,. -. -.,.. mv, i. . . ,;
.f. J', fofft'iu. in Wulc
Archie's Ialnty City Cul.
"h. go 'way from me, Archie, your j
band 1 dirxv. .aidlisUay. toing
hr golden curl.
Vhv. Ilatm. - mrm red tvwir
Ar hie." "I did not know 500 wonld t
1 ke that when you ramo to me. j out." or''- Thj ninetrrith cfntiiry
Aren't you going to plav whh rnc" B. ('. uheUI by Taylor t. be tho ap-
"I don't play wis bov. w mud on ?rojcimal da of tbj urt&u id tV
their hoe.1' OaUiv KHiisd. aipiiabriic writing. anlfn,wi that Um
"But I hail to help pspa dig oml Krrw " l'w degrfc whlJj from
potatoes for vou toyntnt ihnncr. Truly! gyp. horo of tb Jrrr dunn"-
that's w by. "'pleailI Artflij. "Com'tvl'." lo"K captirtty. Uu !cwl4g, o?
Ibiv, anl III how v. the pig. I
wTC & av of
tho runaigot litthi
on-." I
"PToh; pig, ii pwdC Ialv said.
, onifully. " j
"Then 111 novf vn th chicken, nr-f
. r
he , aif. or the tui-flu,' Archie begged. 1
-Oh, b come" i
lift 3.i.fl "Aren't you realty going to f
play with mo at all? '
"Not unul yora -ill clsaal tip.' j
.... .
saiu jJav. Miuumg nr eye
nir Kif 1" in l.r Tt.r
amL lean-;
i
r ---if '
.- .. ... ........
Archie had sbpr-ed awav. h rallv ;
..11.M i. vin.. ..-. ;, araja
!.. at. ni..wi .- .--. 1.
Archie had sbprixl a-arav. Si, reailv
haul nvant t- pbxx witli him j.ffc;r
hail nvant t- phxv witii him .ffc;r
a wiiiie. oniv mu -anliil hmi : kui-
He dxl not lik djriT hand aad
he had to rut- awav from hrr
SOW
her
"Ub. dear. I want my couir-bmi
.. . -
"Oh.
eor.
he si;
sgam.
pefpingoutof th :
dvor.
"Pcrharr b- in the
ganhn h? '
..t .t- . '
11....-! . . 1 .t.i e a
wivugi--., f.t.0-4 iJOKicr. aui A.1-9 ran
do n tii .h, and tnpp.nl and ttslL
"()h. vou dirtr. dirtv dirt." -be criwi
Mi J
Ily
pwKmg cerei: up atd ccerget.ca
T "
brc&Zii&s her haacin a ti fet ou-ht
ir . " r- -, , .
to go
.
hf
ia toe corner
Tax 1
r your oVn elL .
There, cow!
J here, cowl Oo. my dwjictc-u. whxi
that?" -he added, as she caught x
glirape of the funniest little pinky-
while creature wtth a enrir tall, who
was ruamn,
ling aboot, tokinr hb loe I
nose into the groand and grunting.
iruint:verDeenoa a Xsrm be-
calf aad I kaow its not asakken. Oh
I wish my couj:n-bov wm here, to tell
mm aboat it, 'leM it mht U a porky
pioi"," Wham th tried te oatta k. away k
If hal lo.kl forwar.1 o eagerly v ' '" rancn. Uie dof-ay of ditfnran.k
ths visit from Iris lovely liuhr aty tsru- , w l vanou rJphaiet. It art
in uuv mi- 4iiu rajun aii'j 11. n tr.fv a. - .-.... .n. tuv .r un- t
rxa wi0i a r--,, pfeaa
feri fcrc? r J
Wir U eww fc Wfcor 4
fo? T b3Ani ? w ff fr
;Hi ihrr? r pkaty 4 rR tt her
-iJ-9-a & rrs!. rfS
TTMTf were Osfc'tr SltM-f $?!
dstrca f thf fa?y Hil .sK '
U row Jw.. T tts.r
.iafi, "W. it e ffcty
mn, ad 1 SaX jy Wttaf .fNp H
5t.
brd. tJst rr ) - rigJ: tJ?
f mJdr. dKtr pJv
J Sf' .fu- rrW h ItoAte pi?
ti Uiy wjj so uw -&
for&mi ctar. fnitrri kSf ? &f
UMr t fe4 IjAy ly jKfrtr
uill. hon 4 brwrfWrnJ t dirty.
vk. P9 dty'
kU lfcl 4M lc Wx k
kind at pmmuUa, 4t8fcJ kl3fwt
t iat tlio w
j Ta laT tcx-1 A f11
i j Atm nr. a.ad jr n&. wHa
r-van:
SmUJT board hr. aisd ihl ?
WUv tai Arriiio
All tht Um ho hd lPT3 WmUssj
h KxLi until ystt oemUi jstr te
In Uki. MmMHs; bt jju, j ja-
tng ht hxtr allor ii $.
At tlrl h dl nH Kny Hhtrt
U?i
nram oAiao frons. Ui rb.l jf
th trfiMMTtt. and rS swjc:J
! uatniv maklrn wlo bd tnol
"-. . S& X.
frner
iun a few mlnutnt x IrMoif '
kcr back, rthi In th mmi. 4li th
ul pig. norting anl grwitiag arvud
Hr
"K?vcr mUd. DaUy. I'm hr.'
enl hor -jIlant Uttlc och!. h
ft to unlatch the xpte -t-yua jf-nr
Bun owl a fat a 3HHI can Sh? ,, I
ut! (Jo away. ou gr4t bis; ugly
Utg" TkUlat m mat froll
w, of rfMjriM!, nut for liy
And h hat doytwi Uink th-t rlIIu
htj child lb-t1 out. USe HHHttnt 4
wa afe., and the gato ht Utl'Bu fajr
and the pg?
"Oh. aln t i a .Iwrfu. tiW
Her little whlto drn wjv I4k HOwV
veator vta drqping frwui hnr yII,y
curt aud hor lo-ar udo duty Ilfl
furrtiw down her tihekv
"No )hi ain't." cried Arvh.t-. Uuty.
"You look jiit splouslkl' aud hi mil
Iu arm around hfr nock attd gare hor
a hearty kt.
But" porhap you would fel mQW
cimfortab4e It vou wa ahil," hM
ad.lil Horthn Waln, n )'ou!m
(1mjMin10n.
llUtorj of the Alphabet.
How mnnv of tho million that dally
u the alpnabot ever top to thtnk
its ongin anl long hVtr? In thP
true nplrit of a tudcnl iAaai Tay Imr, a
vrell known Kngluh writer on pb.lo
ouhical and nhlloloIcal subicot. ha
Him 1 reetmtly written and publllud i lm
the 1 don two ntotit volumes under th title:
"The Alphabet An AroMiAt of tho
Origin and Development of I.ttr" It
i only by hop of re ent dU?overle of w
early incnption and the progrr in
Uie art of reading lol laugua-e. and
deciphering hitherto unknown yuib.d.
Uiat Mich a wellpotcd hlsttity ha Ik
cotnn poMiblit. ity careful tudy of tho
learned ay and oenlltio snvtga
tious of the latent phlh))og)t., Taylor
ha net forth n language of eay exi
prelumxion the origin of the nJphab.it, v
HhoHncthal our own " Uotnau " hit
ter, may be followed back to their vory
begin mug. wiiuo twenty or morn routu
rl ago. a he aerL. Wo havo uo
mom letter, according to thU aecmnt.
than tho of the Italian priulr of the
liftculh c'Utiiry Tlicw were limiattMl
fnun th Uantiul inaniieripaj of tht
tenth and elmcuth centurm. Ue letter
ing f thve tHinglerivcI from the I to
man of ilx Auguttan age. ltoinan let
ter. In their turn, am traccnl U ihoio
employed at Bomn In tbj tliirtl century
II. C, ami th5-j do not differ greatly
from form ud in the earliest lung
pvcimcti. f Latin writing, dating from
inn liflii century B. (. The primitivu
alphalot f Home wa dnri ro.1 from a
lv al form of thc(Jrek alidabeu In u
tho lxth century B. ('., and that
' a variety of tb-j earbost tireek at.
phaU-t bolongitig to the eighth, or n"nn
to thw ninth rentury B. a '11m Creek
got tholr iettr from thj Phnu lu.
and theirs ar tdearly traooablo in th
m nuitit known form of Ui .Snilt-
The nwt ancient of Ixi-Aa. a papyrus
f-mnd at 'n-if, and now rwrrwl In
the French National Library. Mippib
the rarl.e.t form of the Ic-ua u-d In
thw Semitic aiphatiot. The onn tabl.M
( tho law could havq bcn postibt to
the Jow ouly becau 0f iiwi k).
Um tA an alphabet, and tuu thu lithl
J and ino-irni phihdojrical jMiiyr- untto
ia ajmnuinz a common ori.'io u. tUn
alphalet which i In daily utbroij''h
ir apuvjty w earriL r. oil dfr.-
J1 w'fr alphatU aru uow found,.
-M70 ro tnougbt bate brn.
th )rl ung tha primiT5 alphai
.'rftt.on, and each letter ami c-wih.
may bj lrar.. bv TavW m.
"" aaly1-! throngh.aJl thehang that
"? aaarkcti the jjrowtl, prgrMs. and
k-'
' ' 'n ti-c u a cftWtl't.
a!baSrt. cratcAei ca Hul IpL Uu
; ui b,-- i Umrvl In otr of iht
& 1 11 4 -"
trt ynec Ulsfnt in ItaW at-
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