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THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
X knew a HtUo turkcr who
Wee never aatiaflod.
Ho win and ate, and ktow and grow,
AmA wanted rooro beside
His parent roprimflndod him.
And eaiil ho'd come to grict.
aid lio: "Old folk are very prita,
And that In my belief."
Ho robbed (lie chickens of their abar&;
AfWHtiltod Mm. Hon:
.And killed her only fion and heir,
No biffgerthan a wren.
He challenged Mr. Chanticleer,-;
When he won but a youth;
Then greedily bculdo nla hlcr
lie ate, and that's the truth.
lie fought with duckling and with DCc,
And kcpllbotn all In tear,
5111 there wiw never any pcoco
When ho was standing near.
IIo ate the farmer' corn and wheat,
lie ali) Uie peas and beans:
He wan a greedy, frreedy cheat.
And lived beyond bin meana.
Ho grew so very corpulent
Tho farmer wajorwl hln head;
The barnyard kosbIjmi ald It in can i
That fowl wan good us dead.
And when to gobbler' high estate
Ho did arrive, at last,
They warned him ere It wax lo lata
To ftaUHC and think and fast.
Ho gobbled nil their words to scora
And went his grefdy way.
Until, one cold und fropty mora
IJeforcThunkPglvIng Day,
Tlie funner, oh! he did nppear.
And wiUi an ax he slow
TTIiat gobbler; but no Hlngle tcur
Ills deutli-bed did bedew.
Tho fowls within tho farm-yard bent
Their wingrf und quacked and crew,
The farmer k relatives did cat
That tu rltey. So d Id you .
Lizzie Hurt, in Inter-Octan.
MSS LUCINDA'S BROOCH
How It Wa3 Lost and Found- A
Valuable Howard.
It was tho da' baforo Thanksgiving.
In the kitchen of the Graham farm
Iiousc great preparations wore going on
lor lo-morrovvs feast, for all the Gra
fiams and their relatives, and many of
the neighbors were coming to eat
Thanksgiving dinner there, and Aunt
Susan, :is every body called Mrs. Gra
Iiarn, was one of those hospitable wom
en who can never do enough for her
visitors. Already on the pantry shelves
-great loaves of cake were ranged, send
ing out tempting odors to tantalize the
children who kept hanging about tho
door, for a glimpse of the good things.
Antl pies. too. cranberrv and mince.
and doughnuts looking as if they were
fairly aching to be eaten, and goodness
knows there were mouths aching to eat
them. "Oh, my!" cried Johnny, more
than once, "don't they look nice? I
wish it was to-morrow now, don't you,
Uuth? It's an awful long time to wait.
1 don't menu to cat another thing till
to-morrow."
"Yes. they do look nice," said Ruth.
'It took me all yesterday forenoon to
stone raisins for the cakes, and I didn't
eat hardly any, either. Aunt Lucinda
says she knows she never made nicer
cakes in all her life. I don't know
which looks nicest, the cakes or the
pies. I guess they're both good."
"I'd like to try 'em, anyway," said
Johnny. "An' I tell you what, the tur
key will be just boss, "for he's fat as but-
ctcr."
"It seems 'most wicksd to kill him,"
rsald tender-hearted little Ruth. "I
don't b'lcevc he'd have had such an ap
petite if he'd only known what was go
ing to be done with him."
"Rut turkeys was made to eat," said
.Johnny, whose appetite did away with
all tender qualms of conscience.
Aunt Lucinda was sifting pumpkin
lor pies. It had been stewed the day be
fore, but the pies had not been baked
because Mrs. Graham held firmly to the
belief that pumpkin pfos were never at
their best three days after makiii"-.
""You make tfiem to-day, an' I'll 'tcmi
to the rest o' the work," she said.
"Use all the eggs an' cream you
-want, Lucimly. I never knew anybody
who could beat you makin' pumpkin
pies. You've got jest the knack, some
Jiow. 1 remember how Jack Stansbury
used to say he'd like to live on 'em.
Poor Jack! 1 wonder what's become
of him.
Lucinda was thinking of Jack, as she
forced the fragrant yellow pumpkin
-through tho cullender. Jack had been
!ier lover, years ago. Everybody had
thought " it would be a match." She
Tiad often thought so, and so had Jack.
Hut often in this world things go wrong
or anyway different from what we
plan or expect and a lover's quarrel
had parted the paths which should have
merged into each other, and Jack had
gone away and for years nothing had
fceen heard of him. He might be dead,
Lucinda thought, and I am quite sure a
tear fell into the pumpkin, and perhaps
it was that which gave the pies" such a
rich, delicious flavor on the morrow.
"Who knows?
t Like most lovers' quarrels, this one
liad been about nothing in particular.
She often told herself that she had been
most to blame. But she had been too
proud or stubborn to say that when
Jack and she talked the matter over,
and so they separated, loving each other
Jthc same as ever, and he had seemed to
-Irop out of existence. Poor Lucinda!
Her hcarfwas sore yet with its old sor
row, but she had borne it bravely, and
liiddcn it from curious eyes bv a pleas
ant face. "If she is an bid maid," the
neighbors said, "she's as han'some as
-most girls. It was alius natVal for the
CSrahams to keep their good looks."
Busy with thoughts of the past, she
sifted her pumpkin, and beat eggs and
oreani together, and made the savory
lilling for her pics.
"There!" she said, as the clock struck
coon, "they're all ready for the oven. If
You're going to sec to the baking tf
Xbcm I'll go and iix things in the par
lor, Susan."
She went up to her room to wash her
lands and comb her hair before she be
gan, the task of "fixing things" in the
-square-room," as good old Deacon
5raham always called it. As she stood
Txsfore the glass, she discovered that her
l)rooch was gone.
" Dear me! what if I've lost it?" she
xclaimed. "It must be somewhere
iibont the kitchen. I'll run. right down
andscc.'
Lucinda's brooch was an heirloom in
Hie Graham family. It was an old-fashioned
thing of gold that may have come
over in the Mayflower. She had heard
grandmother Graham say that it was
old when it came to her. Because of its
ge, and because It had been jiven to
Ser by her mother in her last sickness,
Xaeinda prized it very much. She al
rays wore it " She felt lost without,"
said.
The brooch was not to be found in the
kitche Tho house wa searched thor
ough! But in vain.
r mc" naid Lucinda. with tears
in hcrEves. ' What can have become of
it? I haven't been out of the yard to
day, And I know 1 had it on'whcn I
washed the breakfast dishes. I must
have fbropped it, and somebody stole it
Maybe the Ruggle.4 children found it.
Thov were here, and two or three oth-
l'eni,I remember. I wish vou'd run over
and inquire of all of them. Johnny. I'll
give you a handful of doughnuts if you
will.
" It's a bargain," declared .Johnny,
and set out at once on bin errand. But
he came back without the brooch. In
Htead he brought a blood v nose.
"I told that Bill Ruggle.s I'd bet he
had cot it, an' he up an thumped mc:''
explained Johnny. "I'd a licked him,
onlv I didn't feel like it, bcin' w near
Thanksstvin'."
Lucinda couldn't .sleep that night, for
worrvingover her lost brooch. It was
r almost like losing a friend. Because
she had had it so long, and because of
the fond old memories clinging about it,
it had become a part of her life.
Thanksgiving day came, cool and
bright, with a crisp, bracing air that
brought a fcoft color into Lucinda's
cheeks as she gathered white artemesias
from the garden to brighten the parlor.
Susan, as tdie looked out of the kitchen
window, thought that her sister-in-law
was as good-looking, ir spite of her
thirty-live years, as any 'if the girte. and
then sighed a little ove- the romance in
the other's life. Though Lucinda was
always cheerful and seemingly con
tented, her brother's wife knew that her
heart hungered for a home of its own.
Every woman's docs. It is natural that
it t-hould.
tin t .
nen i-uemaa iirissed lichen to re
ceive the Thanksghing guests, she had
to make an artemesri with a cluster of
its green leaves answer for a brooch.
The white llower, against the dark
maroon of her drcsi, showed to such
effect tJiatshe wonderc' if folks wouldn't
think it almost too ga for a woman of
thirty-live? But befof'S she had quite
deeded tho matter iu her own mind.
she heard a wagon drive uj). and looked
out of the window to see cousin Nathan's
family alighting at the gate. And with
them a stranger. He had already
alighted and stood with his back to the
house. Something it: the broad shoul
ders and the peculiar ;arriago oi the
head struck J-ueinda as far'.Uiar.
"Jack used to look southing like
that," she said, with a sigh. Then the
man turned to shake hands with Deacon
Graham, who had rushed out to greet
his visitors with a face half shaven, and
she saw it was Jack himself! Changed
of course, but not so much so that sin
did not recognize him the instant she
saw his face.
The roses faded out of her cheeks,
and she had to sit down for a minute to
recover herself. Jack was alive, and
had come back! What had he come
here for?
"Don't be foolish," she said to her
self. "It's quite natural that he should
come here, for cousin Nathan's wife is
his cousin, and if he came to visit them,
they couldn't leave him at home while
they came here to spend Thanksghing.
Of course not. He comes in a frieudlv
way, and why shouldn't he? So don't
be silly, Lucinda Graham, but do your
best to enjoy yourself, and help other
folks to have a pleasant time."
But she couldn't keep her heart from
fluttering strangely :is she went down
stairs. In "the entry" she met cousin
Nathan's wife.
"I hope you won't be offended, Lu
cimly," whispered that cheery little
woman, as she kissed the other, "but
Jack's come back, audi took the liberty
to bring him along."
"You did quite right," answered Lu
cinda, and her checks were quite rosy
now, for Jack came in, and she went up
to meet him with a frank smile ami an
outstretched hand.
"lam glad to see you," she said.
"We were talking about you yesterday,
Susan and I, and wondering if you were
living. It's been a long timesince we
have heard from you."
"You haven't grown a year oider in
looks," he said, and his eyes were ful'
of a look that made her eyes falter and
droop. "Was he going to hold her h n
all day? And so many looking on,
too!"
"My! that feller they call Jack keeps
a lookin' at Aunt 'Cindy jut as we look
at Uie pics an' things," said Ruth to
Johnny, by and by.
"Looks as if he wanted to cat her up,
then," chuckled Johnny, with a long,
long sniff of the delightfully tantalizing
odors coming from the kitchen. "Won
der if he am t the beau she used to have
ev-- so many years ago? I heard ma
an' V.unt Desfro a whisperin' about
Aunt 'Cindy an' somebody she thought
lots of. a little while ago. an' I'll bet
that's him. On, my! Wouldn't it be
jolly if she'd get married, an' they'd
have a bang-up bigweddin'? I don't
s'pose Thanksgivin's are anything side
o' weddin's. Wonder if they liave tur
key an' such things!"
Jack and Lucinda had no opportunity
to talk over old times before dinner.
fcntcncca of spofcen word uutiiU have
been.
All at onccJack put hit nankin to hi
moutb. and hw cyea twinkled a be re
moved it
At last dinner wns over.
"Don't you want to take a walk?"
a-.:ed Jack of Lucinda. "I want to
look the place over. it been m long
Bine I've been here."
'Of course he doe." faid Suan.
who Had heard the question. "It'll do
her good to git out o' Uie houe, fer
Abe'. b-en tied up in the kitchen ibn
last foti. days. Coutn Nathan' wtfc
an' I'll see to-the work, so you jVt bun
dlo up ni' git a mouthful o frc-h air,
Lucindy.
The memory of other walki came
back to Luinda as they went out into
tin cool air of that November dav. She
did not feel like .-eying much. Neither
did Jack, lut then, so thev walked
along the road where the maple had
scattered their gold, thinking much, but
saying little.
At last suddenly
"I think von said vou'd give a.nv
thing to find your brooch again, Lu
cinda?" "Yes, I would," answered Lucinda.
"Then vou've got to be aa good as
your wonf," cried Jack, "for here it t."
"Where did you find it?" cried Lu
cinda, in delight. "We hunted high
and low for it."
" I found it in my piece of pumpkin
pie." answered Jack. "I'm going to
:ik you to give me your-elf, as reward.
You won't refu-e,vill you? Let by
gones be by-gones. I wi i fool in the
old days, and I knew it all the time,
but I wouldn't own it. Nathan wife
told me she knew you didn't hold Mivh
a terrible grudge "against me for all I
used vou so. How is it, Lucinda? Can
you overlook the past and make me
happy by being my wife? You know
what you said about the brooch and I
ahvavs took vou to be a woman of our
word."
He did not need a spoken answer to
his pleading. He had it in 4ier eye-s.
"It doi"nt seem possible that I'm
going to have you after all the long
years since we parted." he said, as they
came up the steps from their walk. "Am
I awake. Lucinda."
' I think so," she said, with a happy
little oogh. "I don't remember thai
you ever h.vl the reputation of walking'
in your sleep."'
" I used to drearn of kissing some
-ne," he said, and then he kisM-d her
lios. just as Johnny and another lad or
two came around the corner.
VHAT ARE TRUFFLES?
4 Tarrlgn Tattt Lt rr- Whrr !
rUnt GrwUmw 1ft 1 Itrs
MarkrU
The importation of trnSln to this
country L on the increase," wdd Jacob
Meyer, who, unUl recently, was en
gaged in raiding them in Germany, war
Hanover. "They are looked upon a a
great huury in Euroje. und I have oft
en wondered why they were not more
med here."
"What are truffle,?"
"They are a fungm growth, similar
to the niushrooru. and are found gen.
e rally in od impregnated with lime,
and always In the neighlxirho! of oak
or beech trees. They are found under
the ground, at a distance van ing from
an inch to a foot, and are -uppoM.nl to
be a parasite lining in Uieir early .-lap:
upon the rooU of tree. They are ob- j
long or spherical, and ran from the
size of an Engh-h walnut to that of a I
large potato. Quite frequently I have
known them to weigh two pound . and
once I found
PERSONAL AMD LITERARY.
The Philadelphia XartX Juwrita,
the MraJor liy jrwr of America. U
one hundred year dd.
-Mnif. Sarah Bernhardt ha 'jfnrd
a contrary Hith Mr Abbov for a tour
of America. Including Meitao and
South America. In Ia.hA.4
- Mme I'tti ha hrre-tln of Cri
V'No in Wals lighted by electricity.
The lamp an all emerrd with Urrted
opahMceot ruby and oUirr had.
The paj-T Uh the Urei rfrcul
tMn In the or!d U th Wil Journal of
Pan. It now Hrrulir 7W.OO twp'
jHr day. It director, M. lhml$l
Marinoni, U the iare&iur of lite SlarJiv
nl jwrfecUng prpww. lla mo original
Iv a cattle herder.
llu re an- only lir or rr firm In
the whole Umpire 'of I.n!a who Uuro
a patent from the Crovtn to -m1I txxV..
All the ret rUt on Mifferance. hI ar
p-rm't- arbllmnlv given ami arbitrari
ly withdrawn by the h--al olic- Tare
are only two jhiuIk- libraries la the w hot
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"Oh, that bov!" cried Lucinda,
" Ile'Jl be sure to go and tell."
"Let him!" said Jack, rapturously,
" I fe-l just like telling it my.se."
"Don't be ridiculous you're too old
for that," said Lucinda, iiad th;y went
in.
Johnny had to tell. Ho couldn't
help it.
" It's all right, Susan," cried thans
wife, in delight, when Johnny rushed
into the kitchen with the not'?. "1
told him I knew it would be."
"Dear Lucimly!" said Susan iviping
her eyes. "I'm so glad for he.' sake.
This has been a Thanksgjvin" rJay, in
deed, for it's brought two he.-'rts to
gether that never ought to ha- been
sep1 rated. I wonder if they'll b mar
ried right away?"
"Will there be a weddin', ma? ' cried
Johnny.
"My sakes!" exclaimed his nether.
"I forgot all about the boy. Wh:- said
anything about weddin's? What 'dees
voung 'uns git into their heads, lon't
they?"
"You said you wondered if the; d be
married right away, an' 1 kno.vyou
meant Aunt 'Cindy aij' that man Jnek,"
said Johnny. "You can't fool me!"
At Christmas much to Johnny's de
light, there was a wedding. He voted
it "worth a dozen Thanksgivin's" and
Jack told Lucinda that it was the pleis
antest parly lie ever attended.
"Why shouldn't it be, since it's rur
own wedding?" said she.
"Yes and we've been waiting fcr it
fifteen years," said Jack. "Hut beer
late than never!' Ebcn . liexjord in
'ic.slcrn llowman.
PLEASANT WEATHER.
She was busy with the guests, and the
arrangement of the tables, and he was
busy renewing old acquaintances. Hut
his eyes would follow the woman he had
loved.
"Dinner's ready,1' shouted Johnnv.
and the deacon said the companv might
as well "pair oil," and in the "pairing
off" Jack was fortunate enousrh to s
cure Lucinda, and he took her in to din
ner with such a radiant look on his face
that cousin Nathan's wife nodded with
great satisfaction to Susan, anil that
worthy woman nudged her husband,
and told him to look at Jack an' 'Cindv,
and he whispered back that thev made
a good-lookin' couple, an1 he hoped but
the bustle drowned the rest of the sen
tence, whatever it was. Lucinda felt that
everybody was watching them, and her
cheeks got red as roses, and Jack, who
was utterly oblivious of any one else, at
least two-thirds of he time, thought she
had grown handsomer as she had grown
older, and felt an insane desire to put
his arms around her and tell her so.
then and there, and ask her if the past
couldn't be forgotten, or some of it, at
least, and the divided paths be made to
run together again.
"Why Lucinda, what's become of vonr
brooch?" spoke up cousin Natlian's
wife, all at once across the table. "I
never saw you without it on beiore."
"Host it yesterdav' 'answered Lucinda.
Td give anything if I could find it."
Just then the pumpkin pies were
passed.
"They're good, I know,1 said Susan,
"for Lucindy made em1 an1 can't be
beat at pumpkin pies. You remember
her pies.don't you Jack?'
"Yes, I do," answered Jack. And
then he took a piece, and whispered to
Lucinda that he wondered if it would
taste the same as it used to. And she
blushed, and Susan winked at cousin
Nathan's wife, and cousin Nathan's
wife nodded back, and the wink and
Uie nod were as comprehensive and in
telligible to the two women as a. dozen
JL Tonic to tlie Spirit I.lkn Goocl-naturi or
a Ilciit'illctlon.
Tiierc is something about pleas uit
weather which is like a tonic to the spir
its like good-nature or a benediction.
There are a few choice spirits, to bo
sure, whose mental thermometer i1es
with the wind and the storm, but to
most of us there is something me an
choly "in the cauld blast,11"and the
pleasant weather that follows reseiuolea
a strain from some lofty poem: H re-
ves all the drooping energies of our
being, renews youth and hope and illu
sion, and sets the world in tune. It is
so easy to believe in good fortune and
happiness when the sun shines: it seem
impossible that things should go wrong
while the stars are bright and the sky is
clear; misfortune is for cloudy seasons.
One must, indeed, be either very happv
or well-disciplined to thoroughly enjov
the keening of the wind, the pelting rain
and murkiness of stormy da vs. or too
young to have known " suffering; but
even the sorrowing may find a melan
choly alleviation in the gilded atmo?-
pueieoi line weainer, wnicti, liKo a
contain a number of spore.-, ami are
thickly scattered throughout the num
Ix'riess small veins that traver-e the
mass in every direction, hi growing
thev are not attached to any other
body, and lie loo-dy imbedded in the
earth."
"In what localities are truffles found?"
" Thev are found in the greatest
profu-ion in Southern France, and
iesc are also of the bet uualitv. The
' No grow in some parts of l".figlarn"v
(Jermaiiy. Italy. Australia and Africa,
have never heard of any being dis
covered in this country. My experi
ence here, where I have endeavored to
transplant them, as well as iu (ler
many. where 1 spent many years in
futile efforts to cultivate them artifi
cially, has led me to approve the com
mon opinion of truffle-hunters, that a
truffle is the most contrarv thing in the
world. When forced or coaxed, not
one will appear; and frequently a field
will be unexpectedly filled. No one
knows when- they come from. I have
taken a small truffle out of the ground.
filled up the hole, anil the net day
taken a larger one from exactly the
same spot. Removing thU second one,
I have taken a third" and still larger
one from the same spot on the next
day. Then for five days not a s'g i of
a truffle could be seen On the sixth
day a small truffle would he found in
exactly the same spot, and the others
would be found as before. They would
alternately appear and disappear in this
manner for about three months, and
then finally disappear altogether. At
times they grow so quickly as to awaken
astonishment, and again will increase
in si.e with the slowness of a century
plant.
"I have had some success in raising
them by taking the water in which the
paring of truffles had been steeped and
sprinkling it over a truffle bed that had
been worked out. In some parts of
France acorns sowed upon, a calcareous
soil have yielded truffles after the sap
lings had attained three or four gears'
growth, but attempts to raise them in
large quantities will surely fail. Mush
rooms are cultivated with good results,
because the vegetative portion of tlie
plant is easily obtained for planting.
The vegetative portion of truffles lias
not yet been obtained, and consequent
ly all experiments with them have been
futile.
"i lie odor ot the truffle is aromatic,
peculiar to itself, and will soon pene
trate every room in a house. It pro-
duces nausea m some people, and in
others a sense of light-headedncss."
"Is there any particular way of lind
ing them?"
"Yas. In England and C'erinany dogs
are trained to find them, generally poo
dles or spitz dogs. A truffle is given to
one of these dogs to play with, and
then is taken into a field and planted in
sight of the dog. When feeding time
comes, the dog is taken to where the
truflle is buried, and lie is given to un
derstand that his getting food depends
upon finding the truffle. Some dogs
are remarkably apt. and will gather tue
idea in a few trials, while others will
never comprehend your meaning. As
soon as they are trained they are turned
loose in a truffle-bed and will move rap
idly around with noses close to the
ground until thev scent the peculiar
truffle odor. They will then begin to
scratch up the soil, and care must he
taken to stop them or thev will tear the
truffle to pieces. A good dog. however,
will stop scratching as soon as the truf
fle comes in view. Sometimes they are
buried so deeplv that the dogs can not
reach them. Thev will then lie down
Recently Abraham CuddebSt k. of
Damascus, Pa., was stricken with
ara"yi- ami was rendered eiitireh
leiplcss in eoueiuence letter n ter
rific thunder storm prevailed in the
vieinitv of his home and the ligl tiling
struck near by. The electric fluid i-nint
in at the ojk-ii window, striking him
and throwing him iolently from hi
chair. When his wife restored him in
consciousness she was delighted to d.s.
cover that he hail regained the u-e ..
his limbs and could talk and walk a
nnturaliy as wr. I'dtubunjh I'mt
Pompcy f'raham. of Montgomery.
N. Y.. died recently, aged one hundred
and nine'. -en jears. He had a distinct
recollection of incidents and per-onage
of his youth, but could not remember
dates. He said he was a big bov when
the Hcvolut'onarv war was declared.
He remembered when
tklwk at all Jmrn tfe vab f tho
Christian .vibWtJt? First f W k rr
(rut toll and the tta avUk d
w aat.er name and character, aad
ottdiy the change of Ukj: which
U turn to , iwl I II autWr Wri
td Jovrr k tw I? Wtsl'pa. jal lft
ira MMtl l U m Jmti Iu ilkta j
brijf our ptriuial aautre- lata prmi- ilirtts lhmg !l wt fr-r-Mbt-
tnenec snu nta.us soiwunifi m , o- i mw &mt r mm a it i i
our higbrr facalti-? H who ran taay
rnMitUtg in
emnaarta;: trotn
elected first t'overnor
He left Shawangunk, in
where he wa lorn.
Clinton w.is
of New York.
I'lster couutv.
in 107, and he
was then forty two ear- old. He
was an old man. over sixty, when slav
ery was abolished in New York. He
had his .second wife long before Wash
ington's death, and afterward in-trr-ed
a third. He was the oldest of seven
teen children, and enjoyed good health
up to the time of his death. Troy
Times.
read, the fart h m jtntctt!, ad hr
lhi da U regrdei tften I a hlaer
stI o" Ihing .nl tainkta. al tn m
it jnruua! vnlue. In fact. c4x-llffce
tn (hkI's law k n'nllv tiese.0nr U tW
highest and healthiest jdta-nl keltv
mm:. As He has en-atei
nitt. vi no mnndnte
that ttHMl augist nitlhontt but k full l
benefits for His creuum-s. U-nets that
nr- eentinl to their nigho bnpj4
her and their everlasting "welfare be
yond the shifting scene-, of tune. Hon
our minds hae Itec-tutu ilnrkiil thit
we are mi sUw to UMilerstnitd thee
things. It is the leaen of the t"pel i Ui night. Hl-a W km . ran
that keeps mtr land -a jxjirUun Mhnt Mmpf. mm mi i h cm'. !
nf it. at leitst - from lteeutHtug JannUA1v.ac ut UnAi f
i
ii .fb iu trtMn)' aon! f !., t.
o, a life V-.t mrxw tnttm, ll
tJw tUuz m(m4 "FtelAU rr m p,
rv f xms ear. I fcav rrrrra
world '
(M1 . hmt jrttl I IU. m ,.rs
l"br l1jrMMt ittninad v ft Ivxr i f jl
a xhm dcr Un um ti -t u
nap) aft U n-Hlrta Tb emf
rknu- b fall Tto tt Ik- ll i... "
tM m Un il-at tttkv ! t.t iqr
vws U life TO ITw on J
Ih ypfMMuill m of uV ria-
tix t'minfc iHtlijrhl 9iWr
-io! tb-nw i tW itt hMi
'lW wsrtM of Ul nms W lh- tM Mi
rtrH ..f
taa ih
i .
HUMOROUS.
"S'liging-lish "' iu the
They may be able to run
but it is not often thev
XurriMutvn
high
M'l.
v. - iill. t . 11 '. . - .-
good-natured person, is welcome everv- I ?' l ie "' ant' ltientlv wait for help
where. Evervthimr looks uo-lilr I .In the southern part of France and Ita
j r i. ,. ... . -.i. i . - l v"
and more portentous in the stbrio
and darkness; pain is more pain
ful, disappointment more bitter,
regret more poignant, poverty
more biting; but when the sun
returns all the vapors flit like ghosts at
cock
.nV"fcY- nnvnrtr nml nntn nml .i
v.w"( 'vs,v.., ..t.vA .... ...v ..- I . m A.T.tl -..rt
novance become mere endurable, bor- I L "1L"r rt.ut' J"'", w-
ly, sows, which are passionatelv fond
of truffles, take the place of dogs, and
search for them as an article of food.
Hunters follow the sows around and
gather the truffles as soon as the sows
begin to root.
"The truffle bed I had in Germanv
I sold
row some luster from the day. and mas
querade in its colors. What if the
wealth of the Indies is not ours, here is
the truffles in
uanover lor si.au a
pound, and made considerable money.
Thev will average about 'four to the
.ui, ,.f i.nt.. ; i,i.:.J' fuu .pound. There is a company at Peri-
the air: what ifVc have nothing to call I SP"1-- wh are large purchas
our own, have we not an indtWiblo f.rs of tru.hles' cook thu suuI H,t
possession in the sunshine? Does a thum UP f ealf l tm cjins. b-v il c.rtit
Ro.hscliild own more real estate in the ; T;, -T"e strong odor is not noticc-moo-i
than we, or has he a lo ,ger lease ab!e th? ncd ffoiy ami JT have
of the rainbow or the aurora? "Has not I notmthe d lao,us l!;lvor of ihof
fi.,, ,.,e ... l.l ..v -.,.. .i:? I truffles. J he French use more of them
" . tlinn i i-?IiT nirirtn nn1 fli.it- o. tl.
&aa&4 uiii vwv intiuu, k4va illV ail W
annoj'a ccs for the no e to put us on
a better footi -g with the world? Does
not the star-crowned heaven bring u- z
pauacea for our pains of bodyorjul'
The sage sas that there is no .ntt
with prosperity so hi h but a few
words may dishearten him: so there arc
few. if any, of Us so hedg"d abjut with
happiness but a few drops of rain ma
dispirit us. even if it so happens tha
1 we have no crops at stake; it sh- ts us in
on our own t noughts, we are prohibited
from studying the subtle ways a id mean
ings and economies if nature for the
time; and how much longer that tiaf
seems than the unmeasured hours whtc
we are free to watch her methods u i
molesled b- storm or eloud! The b: d
days are always so endless, the brighl
days so brief. Harper's Baza-.
m m
Qnecn Victoria has ne - fully re
covered from Uie accident to her knee
She is not able to walk as much as sh
used to do, and the enforced lack of ex
excise has a bad effect upon, her health.
most the only consumers in Uiis coun
try. The onlv objections to their uni-
i versal use is their scarcity and cost.
There are plenty of truffle beds yet un
discovered and fome day. no donor, an
improved system of searching for them
will be invented, and this fare flavor
will become common to every- table.
Delmonico imports truffles for his res
taurant direct from France. He serves
them sometimes with steaks, like mush
rooms, but seldom are they eaten alone,
on account of their exjiense. and be
cause the appetite of but few can stand
a large dose of them. They are cut in
to thm slices and used principally as a
condiment for boned turkey and "chick
en, scrambled es. fillets of beef, game
and fish. When mixed in dee propor
tion, they add a peculiar zest and spice
to sauces that can not be found in anv
other plant in Uie vegetable Idngdora.
They are retailed here at 65 cents per
1-3, S1.S0 per J and $2.50 per 1 pound.
There is quite a large and increasing
"ieiaand for them." N. Y. Tribum.
There an
Indian Ocean,
over the scale-
reach the
Herald.
A young lady recently went to a
fancy-dress ball as a champagne-bottle,
cork and all complete. A gentleman wm
oungnllaut as to say that she might have
omitted the cork: her own head would
have done very well. lJurlinytun Fro:
1'rcxs.
"Mr. Simpkins." said Johnny to his
sister's beau, "please open your mouth."
"Why do you want me to open im
mouth, my little man?" " "Cause I
heard sister .n you had a mouth like
a whale, and I wanted to see what a
whale's mouth looks like." Tableau.
Bohemian.
The other day a clerk in the Custom
house pointed to another employe and
said to a friend: " He is a great artist."
"Indeed! I never knew he ued his- pen
cil at all."' "Oh, yes. he's tine. Come
down some day and see him draw his
salary. It's the best thing he does."
X. Y. Times.
It is said that the sanitary condition
of Toulon is so bad that it catches all
the infectious diseases going. l"p to the
hour of going to press it had not
caught the base-ball fever, and the Ivi
ropean papers, therefore, are a little
premature in demanding that the town
lie torn down and rebuilt. Xvrristown
Herald.
"Little bov.' said a gentleman,
"why do you carry that umbrella over
your head? 1't.s not raining.' "Nop."
"And the sun is not shining.'' "Nop."
"Then why do you earn it?" "'Cause
when it rains pa wants it, and when the
sun shines ma wants it. an' its onlv
when its this kinder wedder that 1 kin
git teruse it at all. A. J. Mail.
They were strolling in the green
fields, and he was telling her of his
love. Just as he was on the point of
asking her to marry him a cow. which
was concealed by a buh a few feet
away, mooed long and loud. Did the
girl faint away, or run away, orscream?
No. She gave one little imperceptible
start and simply remarked: "Go away,
cow. As you were saying, Ceorge "
JV. Y. Sun.
"Wall," said the bootblack who sat
next to the alley, and who had leen
keeping vert' quiet for a longtime, "my
gal ain't st; lish nor handsome, and she
hain't got small feet anil a Grecian
nose, but she's awful goodhearted."
How good?" asked the one who car
ried trree cigar stubs in his vest pocket.
"Well, the other night when I d been
eating onions tnd she hadn't, she
rubbed limberger cheese ail oer her
mouth so as not to make me feel embar
rassetl. Detroit Free Frcss.
S J
a very olom anil iifimorraii. sup
pose onr churche. wtdn -school.
praer-meeting. and all the religious
orgaii:.aUons in connection with Um-iu.
wen- entireh remod from our cltii,
and the country round about and in
their stead tho .saloons, with ail thir
aeeesor.es, were predominant holding
high revel with no irpposing iulluenci
The undav theater in g it entertain
those opposed to saloons, but baunh
the religious element entireh, and
what a picture of pandemonium we
would have. Kven the haulers would
shun such a state of things for their
children and families. A a rule. thoc
who most bitterh oppose the ( !irlt'au
Sabbath are those who know nothing
of it practically; a.s those u ho de
nounce Christian minister, and Chris
tians general!), are those who know
and mingle with them least An elder
h man was questioning a otiug girl,
a Christian, regarding her church, the
minister, the Ilible. etc.. in a critical!)
hos'ih- spirit, when she asked him if he
attended church, knew the minUti-r
and read the liihlc daily. He had to
confess that he hadn't been inside a
church for ears; that ho had no ac
quaintance with ministers, and didn't
wish any. and that the Ilible that lo
used to read had been unopened for
months. Then she begged him N
change the subject, as she couldn't
listen with anv degree of eatience to
any one whose views were so confessed
ly, 'g'lorant. When he would ncntiaint
himelf with the subject, she would lx
pleased lo listen to his conversation
thereon. The rest from tod! What a
.ift to man! Making it a necessity for
lis In-st welfare to stop and indulge iu
the repose that restore and icoiiperatc.
the whole being. After that cessation
of a day from the incessant thought of
business through six. how man goe
forth as a now creature to renew the
race. How quickh he stepson .Mon
day morning, his face bright with rest
and fiesh hopes for the coming wek.
.o such source of hope and success in
bus hcsh- as a conscience at peace with
God and man. especially after a proju-r
observance of the day for which all
other ila s were made. The asuraiM-i-that
God. the Creator of Heaven and
earth, is our friend, makes us brave for
life's hardest battles, and each .Monda
morning Imils us stronger and stronger.
We often see examples that prove the
truth of the I'ible do"trine on this Mib
ject. How prematurely old voung men.
even, iwcome. oy no; pausing to tas
the needful Sabbath rest, as If our
Creator didn't give u the rst
laws for our preservation. The
live-, of beasts atte-t the ame truth,
that they accomplish more woik H
six Uiiii svven dav-.. and are in letter
condition than wfieu the law of their
being is violated in this rejxTt Why
do we make haste for riches and n::n
ourselves ttiereliv f Where will Im tne
enjo) merit
therefrom?
aal jfiii j
. but JL
it U al TJ
DLESSEO ASSURANCE.
"KiiomIhj TUmi Vur l-at-.r , U '!
tft lit l..r.l.
KegnrdiNff tbs wtsrxl- aa .- powrttd
iaeeuiivw tu unwwnriml brlMjMi r
ie.'. )r. John Unit al) "I
would like to kaow wltnt nUr Md ot
work Omhm t rrjrardiag vaUa ym rnn
have that AMttmt4-ik Hw mmeit
Uiouey has bsrit Imvo-4h1 tn Kop ntal
all Uvst! how tat orQ" bmim mm
put into ea.-nn.s.. nm ihev Ml to tk
grotiiHl. nml Hmtm wn ttliiiif Wt
lilortlJhntK nl hmnlHnUiMi h- fe
X'lmm d Ut talk of Un-m. How many
things imve iwcm eat. rl it .it inii
them tune and cttrrjfY nwl hmiim,
iiothing can' of theta !tit
lien-. IT. lnhr i at la vaia, amI
they who an cttats)l to raptyw Im it
are authorized to know ihni it ktJt tMt
1 in vain 'KtiowinK thai ymr lal.r
is not in vain in th Ird '
A vast nitiooat of reliffbH work
seems to U' tnlUtWinl H IU) VtWt IttltlUsI
results and. judged bv hnm- mtixtnl
ards, it is coiiiiUhI "VMia " II t
work done for GimI ran fall AjpMvr
ance niiir l dMeiHinuriair mI ht r-
inhed lnjHs ninv i hmytnimi, Wot
under divine tlireetlon ulUtMu '
U niirisil. It ttiar h( b' viibc In
lhoe b) vv horn the work U lb, nwl
long) earn of Mrvh mav i4irr im i
sult Hut "in ihie Uum' frtiUifttl. pit.
tient. persistent laior will W rmifmyt'UmM
and amply nmanltsl. Tho jfifs. aiiiI
miner mut toil lon Im Uviax llut
msaztuf Utl in lo dtrT trong
hold. but to them, not u thm ma wh
appben a match to the train. mwl W
asenlxtl iudemolitUHi. ami of tWfti tho
Commanding HmnornV difw(r)i will
make grateful llietitklll. No drilt n
vail deal of uniiotlrHl bwi fttrijit
('hristinu work J iWng tl4t- Mi Umj
world which, in thm grnnd ruiniim
tion, will be .'uknowbsj(if a lairing
xu-u "mijfhtv thriHigh I 'ml to thm uu:
Ing iIovmi ot mtroux JhUU " Ami wo
know t hut H who U ttA nuriUUto it
to forget any wri awl !air t lvt, U
picd to conimid all fnitlifal wirrUf!
and cheer i:mtj rtit: Wfrkir wf jh
tie- hisjHring won! "Your hximr U not
In vain." Ihiytxml HWiy.
Choice Selection..
When w mr iot rmilv to prWi,
Uien U GoI ttUMi rnwly to Jefp u .
I.ulhrr.
It h gtKnl for ii lo kp uii
count of our prayer, tlmt h may not
iitway In our prartie au)Utlng that'wo
tny 'r prayers,. rrjr,
-Tlien are tkrwe ehMiit In r,hrf
tianitv wireh nmt give Jt a nirftnl ul-
vaatape in the primx-pe of rvinr wttlaiy
iroWcm. It 1 tli- rehrViii of .
:
l.J I '"' . - ' -. .' .'--". .-.w. i
.. . ... 'i !. it !. i . . -.. -. , r, .... i. i . t- v
or satisfaction reui:ing . ' im-irhi oi uniyj m i iu- '
Is not each day perfect in liglon ot rrwnw. - t.relmwy.
Bronkin's Boarding-Housc.
Bronkin left his Ixiartiing-housc and
now lives at a hotel.
What made you go away?" said one
of his late fellow-boarders.
" I had a good reason.' he answered
sulkily.
" Of course von had, but what vrss
:o"
1.
" Well. I'll tell you. I was at din
ner the other day. and I heard the land
lady and the waiter-girl talking out in
the kitchen.
" What did they say?"
" Why. the old'lady' asked if I was in
the dining-room yet, and the girl said I
was. Then the old woman asked if I
had eaten everything on the table, and
the girl said I hadn't commenced on the
tablecloUi and dishes when she was last
in, but she wouldn't like jo write an in
surance policy on them. Both women
laughed then a cold, uaplcasant, six
doll ar-a-week laugh and I wont up
stairs and packed mv truLfc. J nat s all
there was to it. bat
in no man's house.
itself, given us new from our Creator' j
hand, whereon we are to wnte freh
characters that .shall abide through all
time, cither to our benefit or injury?
hhall we wrong our own wlvr and
blaspheme our God by ou5diob-dienre
to His commands3 Shall we ilu:e
the best of all the day -that "bndal of
the earth anil sky ""-by thinking our
own thoughts anil doing our own work4
in these golden hours that are given n-
for our holier meditations and h!glt
deeds? O. if we would only con-klrr
now the things that would make fur onr
'Ilwre i nothing prevent rrcry
Jioms ' our laad IWng an bbaj Ijorrw.
except Uie Imperfection In thv ejunrno
Ut awl Jvc of it inmate. Tlr hlnl
J horn" i not Uie borne of vrnkh an I lux-
iirv it ue jionj" ox kwr arn! tnntv
If Mil character betioMfu! and kc j
tni, H thing ! win Uv born. wheth
er rt be jKverty or !Jtr or oiUfor
Utnr. lre nnctitte all. n hrtn wfJJ
'sfirrect all that Jt can not net!fr.
Make yoar life 1-autifwl and tnim aivl
you make y rnr hot bright aoil happy.
CkriAinn Ihtnr
eternal peace! Life is ,o much fcapjMT A ..1 rtvmt flf .
wnen living in accordance with our tJon uf j oflicio,H Vr that
Fathers command: "Oh ilia: nv-n 4tlMnmtvt of Ja0-wlrii.
would praise Uie Lord for Ih- goodne. .,.. tW nmi-' rk..-.
"- - - - ---- - -- - r r-m 4m
and for His wonderful works to Uie
ch ldrcn of raenl" "Many time dal
He deliver thfm; but they- provoked
Him with Uiir rouneL. and
brought lo
vT
the hinwr" at Hj.Wi. Of th.- fAJfi
are lloman Catole. 2,tV0 VivUitU
Uieir counsel, and wrn-.et txtn.h i. L,. .m .. i
for their ini-paty.'' 'bavc -Jlw mW9r uf n.n;U, ,,
it.. O Ixinl our Gl. awl gather J fa Japoa rf lat yW j,a fewn a
fromaroungthehttathen.toifivetkaak:. for rr(wl yrf thtuAMtln9m
unto Hi. holy name, awl lo triaxa m I Uill -,-1;. u, ,1, . 4-,, . .
lliy praije."
triarafh
Cfn'euffo JnUrimr.
THANKSGIVING IN SORP.GV.
C'oovoUtlon for th AnJlrl-! TJ wsrr-Z-t-t
or All Jonc U tt fiostZ la th
Ichl.
ITiere is crape on your door, asd wir-1
row in vour heart. You it donvn to
hoi xusrdtag Vt thi ti-rsir wkat !
hnm do ohIv -r?a tit U&tr Jkitt
great w tW rJKHnl for rHlHd anlor In
precuti the work. Jaraa r.mW
xMi ) Jhan &.tJ)MS) tt lababinSa.
A holy Bfe maI up f a nun,
ir of asall thhgn lfcU mnl t
eKqsX 'p-- or MTRioa.; little
dieml. wt od?hr jr bunks, nor omj
vour table to-day, and nd the iorm ! great nmM art of mighty mRrtrrdra
that sat wiUi vou and the rves Uat : ? tae irn iTtriiian UU. Tb
looked love upon you la-t Tlmakcgiv- ! "? 0t xh
,- . . 1 ., the wjs:r nl S;kraua thai
tag Day. ou go to church, aad & m fa mfcwJojJ of J
voice
a year
voice w
can
that mingleil
ago
w
sneni.
rf
VOiCC mlt " ti. -.-s. .t mi. -i. .
your greet asil many. nt-isIrgdoflr bosv t V
e th tree yxnhfH of a fcolr T
vnih vour
Ien and
too: ux ona ong j torrenx. are tis tree vras of a fcolr
without the other, fiifc. Tie sroidaaee of htticiJl. Ub
These two voice? were the tao wlng of ia. litti' lneonirctrI. hsrl rrk
oae song; and now that one wing j n-., little fo!bl-!st.f!ittk- lnduIgr$oe
eonc, Uie oUier U helpJci. and the oag of the tie!:; the avtrldaaoe dl xjch Jjj.
Mn not war. The head 5 hcavv: the 1 Ue thing a the go Ur t& tfak m
ti won't be insulted home lonely; Uie church dark; the lie;atka: the aegoiiTe of a hoW UU.
jtcr&txni Traztle silent and" o!itary. You could Ixr Sonur.
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