'it'&aBH
.t- .."--.-. --. -s.
A :c- .- ViJ
J.-
p
n "'
;
l. - i-
4
aawawaawa"awawa'a'a'lll'l'i'jJ''''''MtNWapa
i
i
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS. J
THE REASON WHY.
whnt ilo ou think of the Joyous conjr
The bhdios Mnjf each day?
.And what In maklnjr the lnmbs go clad
As over tho Melds they piny?
TN Fiin-Iy this: that Summer Is here:
hummer i come, twain:
The lieautllul. luuifhlwr Summer sweet,
J lint brighten boUi hill mid jilnln.
And tumbles the 1iiIIch all about
Over the meadow fair,
And shakes tier lwmlo or perfume out
Jo the sort and balmy air.
The-birds Hew up to the tender fkle
w here the white elouil-rulrlea dwell,
And learned the secret that made them
Kind,
Ani down they Hew to tell
The little Iambi and the gentle sheep
That the Summer wan cloe alliand:
And It wasn't lonjf till the jrool newa grew
And spread all over the land.
Si It hkiiis to me that the nonsrthcy sing
I lime IdrdlcM happy and J ree
ls lull ol the beautiful -unshlne made
Into gloriouh melody.
And over the fields the lambkins j.lay,
W here the buttercups grow ho fast.
Ami the whole glad earth grows merry
each day
Ueeau-e Summer Is come at laL
Maiy It. lit inc. in X. V. IwUjKiuIniL
A GOOD MOTHER.
The True Story of Muui- Care for Her
IIi-ljilcs Little Our.
In the composing-room the room in
which the type U set for the Christian
I 'nion :tre :i half dozen mice, which
arc o domesticated tliat they run be
tween llie feet of the compositors and
pick up the crumb' which are .strewn
on the Moor. The compositors made a
daily practice of throwing parls of their
lunches to them, and they became ho
tame thai they would come up to the
men's hands, and'eal bread therefrom.
They climb up on the casus, and walk
er the types, crawl up the men's
co-its, which hang on pegs on the wail,
gel into the pockets, and inspect things
' generally. 1 have taken one from the
.eee of my overcoat, allowed it to
Maud on my hand, run up my asm and
jump from my shoulder on to the caic
w tlioiit it .showing the least fear or
concern for its Mifeiy.
lint il is not the lameness of thee
mice I am going to tell about. It is of
the intelligence displayed by the mother
when they were mere niicelings, young
and tender, and not, able to hi'lpthem
.v'lvus; and it i- but a .short while .since
the wen in such a helpless state.
Mantling behind, and convenient ,
the Move are about! wo do.cn drawers,
.or what printers call a cabinet," used
for holding advertising plate, en
gr.tinjs. etc-, which have appeared in
the p:iter. In the nearcM one of these
draw ns. Jo the .Move, which has been
kept tfonifortably warm in the .severest
ooldfve itlier, thfMj mice were born.
1 living had occasion to open the
draper one morning, to my aMonish
liiriiSl 1 saw Some paper scraps in one
ctriier move, as if something within
wi le triing to gcL out, a crolon-water
hu;f, perhaps. The paper was such a
h:if !(. n thrown on tin; lloor of the
composing room, ami was cut up into
er small piece-. 1 lifted soino of it
Ioiue-l.gale. antl there in the corner,
inia very co.y and warm little nest,
ucic nine lit tit; mice not more than a
l.iy old. They were blind, not yet hav
ing opened their eyes, antl they had not
eu one little hair on them. IVrfeclly
Wee, Miiall, helpless little mice; so
.oung they could noty:t stand, but
they all ruddled together in their nest
to Keep each other warm, while the
good little mother was out toiling for
Mime food to give them.
Knowing that occasion would necessi
tate the opening of the drawer many
times, antl consequently disturb the
piiet and rest of so young and helpless
a lainily, 1 decided "lo remove them to
a place where they would be safe from
disturbance. I pYocured a cigar-bov,
fided il wiih scraps of paper similar to
those in which the young mice were
housed, nailed the cover on tightly, cut
a hole in the side, and taking the little
mice one at a tune, carefully deposited
them in the Ui, which I then placed
diretth under the. drawer in which they
were born, and awaited developments.
In a few moments the mother came
to the drawer, and. lindhighcr children
all gone, with a sad heartshe instituted
.a search. She scampered hither and
thither, seemingly very much downcast,
as she supposed her family were all
kidnaped. However, it took her only
a short time to find out thejr new
house. She did not seem one bit pleased
with the change; for no sooner hail she
di-covered them than she returned Jo
the diawer. shook up the old nest, car
ried sonic fresh scraps from the tloor
to it, and then returned to the. cigar
1hi. During this time, nearly all the
men ceased working and watched the
eagerness with which the mother mou-o
worked. In less than ten minutes every
4ne of the young mice were taken from
the bov and carried back to the drawer,
where they were placed in their old
nest, which was newly made up. In
theerv same way in which the cat
takes hold of her kittens did the proud
mother mouse take hold of hers by
the back of the neck.
So much emiosity existed among the
workmen that, in order to satisfy them
selves in regard to the instinct, or rath
er intelligence, displayed by the mother
mouse, each one went to the drawer to
see lor himself, that, seeing, ho might
believe. Of course the old "mouse must
haie become enraged at such intrusion
into her privacy, for she there and then
resolved to provide some other place
tor a home for her children, where they
would not be disturbed and where they
might grow up in peace and quietness.
Down into the cellar she went with all
peod and did not again appear for at
least half an hour, when she did re
turn it must have beeu with a joyful
heart, having chosen a site to which
he could remove her family and where
they would be away from any disturb
;ng itithienccs.
One after another she took by the
back of the neck, jumped from the
drawer and ran along the wall to an
opening in the tloor, through which she
disappeared. It took her but a few
m'nutes to safely deposit each oue, when
she would return for another, until all
were gone and nothing left but the old
nest in the drawer.
After th-it the parent mice regularly
came from the cellar to the comoosing
room, and gathered the crumbs for
tneir children, until tltey were able to
forage and provide for themselves,
"Sow they are full grown, healthy mice,
and ramble around the composing-room
without apparently any concern fortheir
imfety.
hut think what amount of worry,
cniv. anxiety and trouble that little
mother mouse underwent in order to
secure her children from till harm!
"iVlio can tell what amouut of suffering
this little ereatu-e underwent, what
restlessness she bore, and all that she
might aga:u possess her offspring, ami
watch over Inem in their helplessness,
antl feed and rear them! Sho was a
food mother, and fXQ doubt she and her j
children, now that they nre grown up.
live uapnny icgciner, ana axsiKi wca
other. She Is no doubt nleaw:d in wee
ing her motherly influence descend to
her children in their good education,
their tumefies1, and their being so much
better behaved than other mice Chris
linn Union.
DISCONTENT.
Hail Fate of th DuaatUfied
Rom That
Wanted to Fly.
A wild Ilose opened her pink leaves
one after another, one June morning,
and smiled in wonder at seeing what a
beautiful world she was in. She grew
in a hedge-corner, on a low b'lsh which
had never bloomed before.
For awhile she was very well satis
lied with peeping through the elm
branches above her at the blue sky.
with sometimes a glance at the
..... s, nw ... .......
wim
which alwas made her wink; or look
ing around her at the clover and cle
matis and buttercups.
A little bright-haired child came and
laughed in her face, and then touched
her leaves gently with his toft finger.
' Vou are pretty! pretty!" -hw said.
"No, 3'ou need not be afraid of me. 1
will not pick you. l ou an
just where oti are."
prcuicai
UiiL the Hocy looked longingly at the
boy. a- he ran about after a buttorlly.
'Why can't I walk and run to i?M
she said. l don't like to stay in one
place all the time. I am tired of look
ing at the same things'. 1 want to see
'what Js on the other side of the hedge."
Oh dear:" said the child. "Flowers
don't walk. I never saw a tree nor a
flower walk iu my life. How funny it
would be! Vou are just to keep still
and look pretty.'
A Hluobird flew into the tree, and
sang a song so full of chirps and trills
and twitters that the Kosc held her
brent h to listen.
" Why can't I llv?" she said to the
I'ird. "Here I have to stay, while vou
can go and see all the beautiful
iu the world."
things
"The beautiful things come to you,"
said the Bluebird. "The birds sing to
you, and the children laugh because you
are sweet to them. The Sun smiles all
day al ou; the wind waits to whi-per
to you as he goes by, and all the dews
and showers give 3011 their kisses, lie
sure you are placed just where you
ought to be."
I ul the Ko-'o was not contented.
" I'm sure I could Hy," .-he siid, "if
this stem did not hold me here so tight.
Look at my leavesthey are as bright
as the Itiitterlly's wings. If I could
only get free, I know they would bear
me up and carry ine away away ofl'to
see all the wonderful things iu tin; great
world on the other side of the hedge.
How cruel that I should be held down
to that ugly brown earth ! "
She f felted ami sulked, never dream
ing, poorpilly little thing! that her life
came froi the humble earth.
She strained and stretched in her
efforts to free herself, so that at hist her
slender stem became weakened and a
pun" of whitl broke it oil.
"Now I am free !" she cried. "Now
see me Ily !"
She spiead her leaves wide and waved
them with all her might, but they were
not wings. They could not carry her
up into the sunny air, ami she sank
down upon the earth she had despised.
The Sun beamed pityingly down upon
her. and Wie Wind would have helped
if it could, but they only wilted her
now that she had lett the bush which
had givciU'hcr all her sweetness.
The lUtiebird looked sadly at her as
she lay inhhe dust.
"I'oor little thing!" he said. "If
she only had been contented where she
was so "well oil'!"
The child found her with her tender
leaves fadetl and dying.
"Itsu't pretty any longer!" and
she filing it into the road where a wheel
passed over it and crushed it- You Ill's
Companioiu
t Boys, Read This.
I stood in the store the other day
when a boy camo iu and applied for a
situation.
"Can you write a good hand?" was
asked.
"Yaas."
"l.'ootl at figures?"
"Yaas."
"That will do I don't want you,"
said the merchant-
"Hut," I said, when tin
boy had
gone, "I know that lad to
est. industrious boy. Why
be an hon
dou't vou
give him
1 i hance?
Hecause ho hasn't learned to say
'Yes, sir' and 'No, sir.' If he answers
me as he did when applying for a situa
tion, how will he answer customers aft
er being here a month?"
What could I say to that? He hatl
fallen into a habit, young as he was.
which tunica him aw.iy from the first
situation he had ever applied for.
Xcw London J)uy.
RURAL JUSTICES.
Select! for Their (imI Senne inil .Imlff
ment An Inclilrnt.
A niral Justice of the Peace is usually
a man of good sense and sound judg
ment. He may not know much law.
but the community tnists him to do sub
stantial justice between man and man.
even if he violates legal technicalities.
Uncle Johnny Woodman, of Sumner
County, W. Va., knew more about
farming than he did about books, but
he was Iioncst and shrewd, ami his common-sense
never failed him. His neigh
bors elected him Justice of the Peace,
aud not lung after his appointment he
gave them an illustration of the fact
That a bad name will make a man -suspected
when appearances are never o
slightlv against him.
One' day a noted "hard case" was
brought before Uncle Johnny, charged
with stealing a horse, ine evidence
against the man was not very strong,
and his lawyer, Oeueral llcnth insisted
that his client should be dismissed. Hut
Uncle Johnny decided to commit him
to jail, to awafc the action of the Grand
Jury.
General Bentiy then moved the court
to release the "prisoner on bail, .nnd
offered good security for his appear
ance at the upper court. Uuele Johnny
adjusted his speetaeles, examined the
"code," aud said, with groat dignity:
Tle court declines to ball the pris
oner." "On what grounds do you decline?"
demanded the attorney.
"Well, General." said Uncle Johnny,
"if you roust know, the court is afraid
he'll steal another horse."
"You had better be careful," replied
the lawyer. '-My client will sue you for
his character."
"You needn't put Yourself to the
trouble," rejoined tiie Jlagistrate, with
provokiug coolness. "Just get two or
three disinterested men to say what his
character is worth and I'll pay for it on
bUw oujb vw v hvmvwiivni I
-
SMART ALECKS.
aw .! OI4 La4jr Cot Kvaa with Dn
Who Mada Faa of a Hon af Toil.
Ono day last week a hill car was com
ing down and stopped where a gang of
laborers had taken up an old rail and
were laying down a new t.el one.
Half a hundred were at work with
pick, shovel and iron bars, and the
car had to stop until a rail w;h laid,
and the passengers were impatient- It
as about noon, and the laborers were
ditl not work as earnestly as they did
earlier in the day. It was the usual
crowd of pascugcrs. old and young,
rich and toor. Among them were a
couple of smart young fellows who do
not have to work, and who-e life is
-pent in dressing and undressing, hold
ing canes, etc. Another tias-enger was
an old German lady, with a neat white
handkerchief tied over her head, and a
! l'n nai on tIie seat hesidc her that
smelled ol onions. Mie hatl a sweet olti
face, that was a kindly a- ever was
-ecu. The passengers were watching
tired, and many of them looked long- vn thc distant hearer of an amateur
,..,.. i .. . i t concert of school girls singing to the
ingly to the tin pads under the , shade of of a badlv ,T d j
trees on the sidewalk, and perhaps they 0r4. of tb(Ji: 0iJ.fashioned wooden
the men work, and were looking at ji not extract whisky from the bar
their watches nervously, when the two r-J.s and fill them tin" with wat-r. and
'young fellows began tomaKccommenu
on the slownes ol the laborers.
"Iook at the fellow with the blue
shirt," saiil one of the dudes. "Ho
raises the pick in the air, balances it
and then lets it drop of its own weight
, Then he stops and wails for the pick to
1 raise ils'dt up again."
J "See the one with brown overalls.
leaning on his shovel, waiting for tho
milluuiiiui, said the other.
The old lady hitched ncrvou-dy on
the seat and looked disgusted at the
voting fellows, and it was evident she
"had a friend among the laborers, to
whom she was bringing the dinner.
She looked out of the window so sweet
ly as her old man, with a crowbar in
liii hand, looked up at her. The tired
look all went out of his face when he
saw the .-mile of "iniidder." and it was
evident they had journeyed up and
down the Iril of life together for more
year-: than the dudes had lived.
Observe the old coon with the crow
bar," said one of the fellows "lie is
slowing up for the banquet that will
nhortlv be spread under the uni-
brageous elm hard by and he does not
wish lo ruin his appetite for trie spread
by undue exercise before eating. Let
invite ourselves to lunch with them,
eh?"
"Xaw, thanks. I have a previous en
gngeincnt, said the other, "though i
would like to join you in discussing t!6
terrapin and broiled chicken and
shrimp salad that he will be compelled,
all alone, to tow away under his
wanius. Some other day I will lunch
with you and your friend of the crow
bar. "I'ut hush. hark, a deep sound
strikes like- a rising knell. It is the
twelve o'clock whistle, and see them
drop the tools ami make for the shade
on the sidewalk, as though they were
afraid of working a .second too long."
Hy this time the old lady was pretty
mad and she turned to the young men
and sa d: "I guess you never vork
much mid a chuvel and a hick, for a
dollar and a quarter a day, dit you?
you never git up at vife over six
o'clock in the morning, and take a gup
of gofl'eo and little plack bro'd. and go
vork. Ofyou dit 3011 haf more sym
patic m t dem mens."
The tiling fellows felt ashamed, and
blushed, and all the passengers looked
glatl because, the old lady had shut
them up. They made one mistake,
however. They laughed at the old
l.idy iu an impudent sort of way. She
had talked pleasantly, as though she
felt hurt before, but now, after they
laughed at her. she looked spunky. She
got up to go out of the car. and open
ing the Cm pail, sho took out an onion
in one hand and a piece of auc'ent
cheese )j the other, antl, putting the
onion up to the nose of one dude antl
the cheese to the nose of the other, she
said:
"You nt to attend de banquet mit
my oh man. eh. Veil, shmell dot.
How you like dot banquet? He haf a
banquet like dot every day ven he get
vork to do, mil black bro'd, but ven he
not get vork ho only haf black bro'd
mid small piece sau-age You make
fun mit my Iu rd vorking olt nan, and
he break you in pieces and trow oil
out tie vindow, you little fools you,"
and the old lady took her pail and went
out, and the car startetl. She went up
to her husband and said: " Here
ladder. I bring you dinner." aud then
she talkett German to him, and his
eyes followed the car, antl his hands
clenched, and he looked as though he
would like to mop the floor with the
smart boys, and it was the opinion of
tho passengers that if the car had not
got away just as it did he would have
done so. antl the dudes looked as
t'lough thev were in luck that their talk
had got them, into no worse scrape.
They soon left llie car, and with hand
kerchiefs wiped imaginary eheeso antl
oiron from their faces, and it is be
lieved by those who witnessed the oc
currence that thoy will smell that lunch
for a month. Served them
VcclC& Sun.
right.
THE MEXICAN CART.
A Vehicle Which Waa Unlrenallr Lmh1 la
Texas Thirty Yean Aro.
The old-fashioned Mexican cart, or
airtfa, has disappeared from Western
Texas, but thirty years ago it was the
great institution of the
All
the goods that were 9hipjed to San
Antonio were brought there on Mexican
crts from Indianola and Lavaca, the
nearot points on the Gulf.
The original Mexican cart had only
two wheels, and thev were solid and
made of wood. No doubt the Mexicans
who made them intended that thev
should be round, and thev were almost
as round as a lemon, or the moon three
J hese solid woodeu wheels had no
stKikes. but thev managed to make
& i v
themselves heard, for they creaked in-
cessantly in a dismal and most heart -
rending manner, and to make things
wore, these wooden wheels were never
tired, that is. they had no tires.
The projcllingpower was invarably
two yokes of wiid oxca. composed prin-
cipally of bonis. I say yokes of o.xen.
but the vokc consisted" of a piece of
hard wood bandaged on to the horns
with strips ol rawhide. Tho oxen
pushed the corea with their heads, this
being the only instance of oxen doing
head work.
In explaining to his oxen which way
they should jro. the Mexican careUr'o
did not use a whip, bat s long pole like .
a lance, tipped wun a piece of boe or ..
a snarpened smngie nail. Ibis UMpIe
raent of torture is called br the Ameri
cans a "Carajo pole," and with it he
punched them while he talked to them
in Spanish. When the oiretero wanted
them to stop, be conveyed the intelli
gence by getting m front 01 them and
kicking them 00 tbt cad of the nose. -
s-t
3?y-a
'
i;rA-
Almost any bod v could understand a
hint like that.
The carcttro hiimcU wm a plcturesmw
looking object, with his wmbrtro as bijr
a a cart wheel, hi" gay xh around
Ilia equator, and other garment, of
course, including a large knife and a
0 package of cigarettes. He generally
walked alongside of his ctrt, and when
not engaged in puncturing the hide of
his oxen witb bis goad, he warbled
Castillian madrigals through his nose,
which aggravated the nobe of the
1 creak ng""cart wheels, and reminded
. r '
! wheels would be a curiosity nowadays
j san Antonio. There is "only one in
the country, and it is up iu a "xuesqmte
tree in Atta-co-a County. It got there
in a very singular way.
About lilt) the American teamsters.
who competed with the Mexicans in
transporting freight to San Anton'o.
discovered that they were being ruined
j Antonio merchants preferred to have
a W W . 1 r W - . hi Nrf w wm
their goods brought from the coa5t by
Mexican carctur, for the reason tha't
the Mexicans were more reliable. Thev
help themselves generally to the goods
entrusted to them, as d.d the Anglo
Saxon teamsters, whose go-ahead-utiveuess
could not bo reprcsseiL
The result was "tho Cart War." in
which many Mexicans were killed and
their carttts burned. The old fashioned
wooden wheel, away up iu a mes juito
tree, mark the site of one of these
fight'. For some reason or other, some
of the American teamsters stuck the
lUicel up in a tree, possibly a a warn
ing to other Mexicans. A limb of the
tree grew through the hole in the wheel,
and to-day it looks very peculiar up on
the tree to a stranger, who imagines
that the tree grew up suddenly under
the wagon, while it was passing, aud
tore a wheel oil". Cor. Texas Sijlinrjs.
SOME ADVICE.
'n
The Poo r Man Crttinc Atxint All
Chaiues That Are Going.
Give the poor man a chance?
ion, the poor man takes about all
the
My
the
one
chances without waiting to have
given inni. II you give mm any more
. , ,-
i , . ,
es, he will soon own
evervlliing, and run the Ohio man out
of the country. The fact is w-e must
curtail the poor man's chances a little.
We must sit down on him, and hold
him down, ami give the rich man a
chance The poor man has hatl things
his own way too long. He has crowded
the rich man out. Hut for the poor
man, this old worltl would have cast
anchor six thousand years ago. aud be
covered with mos and barnacles to
day, like a United States man-of-war.
George I'eabotlv was a boy iu a gro
cery. Ktlgar Allan Poo was the son of
strolling players, .John Attains was the
son of a farmer. Henjauiin Franklin,
the printer, was the son of a tallow
chandler; Gillortl, tl.e first editor of the
Quarterly llcvtcw. was a common sail
or; Hen Johnson was a bricklayer; the
father of Shakespeare couldn't sjcll ami
couldn't write his own name neither
can you; even his illustrious son
couldn't spell it twice alike; Kobert
Hums was a child of poverty, the eld
est ol seven children, the family of a
poor bankrupt; John Milton was the
son of a scrivener. Andrew .Jackson
was the son of a poor Irishman, Andrew
Johnson was a tailor, Gartiold was a
boy of all work, too poor even to have
a regular trade; Grant was a tanner,
Lincoln a keel boatman anil common
farm-hand, and the Prince of Wales is
the son of a Queen. It is his misfort
une, not his fault; ho couldn't help it,
antl he can't help it now. Hut you see.
my dear bo that's all there is of him:
he's just the Prince of Wales, and he's
only that because he 1 -n't help it. He
thankful, my son. that you weren't born
a Prince; be glad that you didn't strike
twelve llie first time. If there is a
patch on your knee and your elbows
are glossy, there is some hoje for you.
but never again let me hear you say
that the poor man has no chance.
True, a poor lawyer, a poor doctor, a
poor printer, a joor workman of any
kind iias no chance; he deserves lo
have none, but the poor man monopo
lizes about all the chances there are
Put La ban antt Jacob in business to
gether any wht re, antl in about fourteen
years Jacob will not only own about
four-fifths of the cattle, but he will have
married about one-half his partner's
family. Go to, my s m. let us give the
rich man a chance. -lijn
Eaijlc.
-Jtiirdcltc, in IIroof
PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
Tha Obligation Resting nn the Forinei
to Knact Unqutlonlnc OlNtlrnce.
The boy who has grown accustomed
at home to ignore, at will, his filial du
ties is almost certain to prove, when
Mint out into the worltl to earn his own
livelihood, intractable, inctlioient and
generally uudesirable. Having failed
to learn the first lessons of obedience,
he becomes a chronic insubordinate,
and, having no respect Tor authority, ia
not regarded as worthy of promotion
to positions in which the exercise oi
authority is incumbent. Tho lest com
mander is that man who has hmclf
been schooled in the rales of obedience
No business enterprise could succeed if
each clerk were allowed to consult, his
j own pleasure in the execution of onlers.
This is a proposition which will not be
disputed bv any reasonable mind, but
i LLW "-"S??.?" 1 Vt fpIT
tain from the ranks of American yonth
employes who are rigorously conscien
tious in fulfilling to the exact letter the
tasla imposed, tmon them. It is not too
J much to say that the permanent corn-
j mercial stability of
a community de-
. tends lanrelv tmon these
I a t a c
whom we ee behind counters, bending
vounjr men
. ov
er desks and hurrying along the
ad." antl if thev have no tine snsc of
1 -
' road.
appreciation of their obligations to
1 those to whom their services are
pledged they will not prove qualified
J to assume the functions of cmplovers
when their own turn shall come. l"hat
an employe has the right to protest
agaiust injustice is not to be denied,
, but it is one thing to "strike and quite
another thing to shirk. The avenues
oi employment are ovprcrowded, but
there are few employers, who require
the services of a large number of per
sons, who are not constantly seeking
young men aad young women eagerly
willing to be loval and to manifest at
least an uaswemng dispositioa to be
efficient. Paresis are in Ue largest
measure responsible lor the inculcation
of these essenttal principles m the
minds and hearts of the youth of the
time. The doctrine nnggested in the
common saying that "hoys will to
boys' is. as mischievous if it k wrong
ly conceived, for many Tovrthfnl vill
ainies are committed under it Kt
Current.
-,
r'-t-
-.ifryVt'
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
The PrinccM Beatrice L m pretty
that hc U described a -looking like aa
American girL''
Two old women died in Colima.
Mex.. on the same day recently Kran
eica Hernandez, at an "age of 102 year.
and Kafaela Cachu. at an age of 113.
Old John Hrown was opposed to
swearing, and gae this reason "If
there is no God it is exceedingly foolish,
and if there is i: i dcujwratcly wicked.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
J. Comyas Carr. the English editor o!
L'Art, who wa.s receutlv in th! coun
try, savs Journalism f tho hardest
worked and jiooresi paid profession in
England or America. S. Y. SlnxL
The year 17f" saw the birth of five
distinguished American Daniel Web
ster. General Iewis Cxs John C. Cal
houn. Thomas IL Heaton aad Martin
Van Hurcn. Henry Clay waa born in
1777.
'Die poet Whitlier once leut a vol
ume of Plato to one of his neighboring
farmers, nnd when the book was re
turned asked. Well. friemL how did
thee like Plato?" "Kirst rate," said
the fanner; "I see he's got some of my
idee.." .V. 1. l'ol.
Commissioner Kink, the famous
railroad arbitra'or. is described as look
ing like a feudal Harou. His frame is
massive anil suggestive of giant
strength, hi- hands are large- his great
square shoulders are surmounted by a
head as massive as the body, and his
clear blue eye is full of watchful ami
guarded intelligence. llotton Tran
script. HLsmarck Used to have three hairs
on Irs bald head, but now he ha done
with brush ami comb foreter. He is
the coolest-headed man in Europe; er
haps this accounts for it. A lady wrote
to him for some jH'rsonal memento, if
it were "only a single hair." Hi-marek
scrawled on the bottom of the letter
"Impossible, madam; they are all three
gone." antl returned it to the writer. -A".
J'. Sun.
The late Victor Hugo was neer
more charming as a conversationalist
than when speaking of children. Nunc
years ago, in course of a talk in a drawing-room,
with an Amir.can lady, he
said: "One always loves best the child
that is ill in one's'hotise. The little in
alitl seems to absorb all the rays of af
fection for the time, to himself or her
self, that, in other circumstance-,
would be dilluscd through the whole
healthful nursery." X Y. Imle
pc intent.
It is wonderful how times change.
Whittier was made the editor of the
Hartford Itevirto because the retiring
editor, George I. Prentice, had received
a few poems from him ami was pletsed
with them. Prentice recommended the
then unknown poet as his successor,
anil Whittier secured the place- In
this age of prose ami pork ami market
reports, a young man can't get an eil
itorial position, or in fact any position,
simply bv sending in a few spring
poems. Everybody has found this out
except the poets. They keep on trying.
.V. 0. 1'icatjiine..
HUMOROUS.
A roller-rink and an ink-roller re
semble each other; when pressed too
hart! they are apt to deface forms.
X. Y. Journal.
The woman who never a.sks her
husband for money has been found.
Tiie old man is in the asylum and .shu
helps herself. Chicago Lutycr.
A little grammar is a dangerous
thing: "Johutiy. be a good boy, and I
will lako you to the circus next year."
Take me now, pa; the circus is in tho
present tents.' ' lliijf'alo Eipres.
The male codfish always takes care
of the eggs and young. The only peace
in life which the male codfish enjoys is
when ho gets salted down antl stored
away in a country grocery. Burling
ton (17.) Free I'rcs.
A naturalist has discovered that
crows hold a solemn court at which
ollentlers are tried - a sort of crow bar.
It is said that no bird is now tried with
out? caws, and that a true bill Is indis
pensable in every case. Chicayo Trib
une. -Mamma, what's a bookworm?"
"One who loves to read antl study and
collect books, my dear. The next
night company called. Miss Ktlith. who
wears rings innumerable, was present.
Oh. mamma, . look at Miss Kdith's
rings. 1 guess she's a ringworm, ain't
she?" Boston I'oit.
Little Mrs. Whcdleim spent forty
five minutes in a vain effort to convince
Mr. W. that a sealskin sack was neces
sary to her existence. Then she startled
him by the question: John, hadn't
you better sell me for a car-wheel?"
Why?" "Because I've got a east-iron
hub.'' .She got the sack. Oi7 City
Derrick.
"iVife: "Well, doctor, how is my
husband?" Doc'or: "Getting along
finery. Ho is not iu a critical state at
all." "Sorrv to hear that" "Well,
that's queer.' "Indeed it isn't; it's a
sign he's pretty sick." " Why.
niadame. in what way?" "When he's
well he's mighty critical, I can tell
you." A". Y. (Jraphic.
Now Nature wears a joyous smile,
Tho glrl re wcarlnir leather.
And the dudo I out in hi new white tile.
And a pair of patent-leather:
Once more thr Uy arc warm aad
hriirht.
The birds n early plnrins".
And thelce-crt,m'nehllef'i bell at nUrht
In the thorough-tares I riiijrlnr.
lUUtn Vourirr
Mrs. De Moutoncoucr My love. just
nee what an industrious wife you have.
Here I've made this lovely screen-door.
le M. (critically) Yes; .cry nice.
How much did it cost?
Mrs. De M. Why, nothing at all, or
next to nothing. I paid 75 ccnLs for
the sttuX l.2o for the frame. . cents
for tacKs. SO cents for the varnish, and
I gave a little girl 50 cent to mind the
baby while I did it
De M. Just &LSo. Well, Jones
offered to put up one for $1..0.
Mrs. DeM. (triumphantly) Rnt then
I had all the pleasure of 'making it
Philadelphia Call
French Eel.
The eels of the ponds in the wood
of Vinccnncs. France, leave them every
spring in large numbers, making their
way to ihe Seine or the Mamc, several
kilometers distant They take advan
tage of rainy weather, when the herb
age is wet and their instinct guide
them directly to their deuiaation.
Ncw species "have been repeatedly in
troduced into the lakes, bat in Tain; all
seem to hare this disposition to leave.
Some have thought that the water of
these pond, having been collected by
hvdanlic engines, hare undergone some
change which drives tie eels away.
Bat th phenomenon of such migration
by eels and some other nabes U not
uncommon. Thus in the marahes f
PScardr eels are often found on the
grass, going from one pond to an-Aic-Lmlm
Mem
&$ . . jv .. ,
vJ5iivt"Jtav-i
.
K-r
!-sr?V! Ai-
la AtotMa,"
MD cro aaaa ia Alabaata Urea dar,
aid ia driver mm w approaca! a wy
iii bob), aar W. Ala., to ak acema
B&daiioaa for lav aisat. At sppr
tur il "adae bo cold al etrery os.
foaad t 3it wtta Trjr tJdax earttly. aa4
1 u Koodvriajcif ae wU toi growl It
lh bfaTearr aalo alda'l iJi him, ae la
sd'Slai mention t?lax made of lae ooam
of tWi. b aid: "I dldal like Ita fcrsa, U
tail jbouLl aaro t-soa t aa cbi-d P
Bat, next crania;, be appear salf
offended i oar oann$ pay lor al aopi
lality ! My cormanian, aowevrr, mad tim
acewpt a a prvcnt. a tampl from hU caaa
Six wrcla later, I drrw op at lb
hott. Tb pUatcr tpjKi titbely fnntt
tb porch, aiwl snet.! a cordtaJty. 1
coalu cajrly twrifr tbat IbU cirar
cotapIrxtoQisJ. brisbt-ryrd, aahsaUsi fel
low, and tb tnuno brin of a few wtfb
back, were tae me. H Inquired afW
ray coajaoKa of tb fonarr lt and r
prctt! fc? tra not w.tb ra. "Ye, aaid
bit wtfef we are both much indebUsi to
blm.
-How J" I aakfd ki Ktaprfe.
Kor tal wonderful citAUr li rnr bo
band. Your friend wbrn lavinc, nad-d
bun a botti-j of W'mnxcr' f cur. IU tos.
it and two other lotUe. and now'
"And now," hr Is-oVc In. "from an Uf fJ
lu,;, eroiltn,; old t-'AT, 1 axn healthy and
o cheerful mr lfp drcturrt bc baa
fallen iu love witb itw aain'
It bn. rn.vlo orrr aj;aUi a tboutaad lor
matches, and keep sirttht? t-ipr ot
the faintly cirele?vrry wbcrts Copri;Ktl
UM tt'j 'jnniiion 0 ..iMttrfcua ."wru
Home.
A stroll thnnigh .in emigrant tnnu
at Pittsburgh rvxealed Kusaes eating
bhtekbread snndt-he. eident.'
brought from the oihvr sdr of the
Atlantic: Genitalis regaling thenwlve
with whealen bread, rancid butter and
smoked sausage, and Hungarian,
shunned by their fellow travelers., de
vounnc miisiy bnad aud Itmburgcr
cheese of great age and proportionate
-trength. J'tttctmnth iWf.
It AatuiiUhe.1 the I'ublle
to bear of the rrsiiipjaUon of Dr. Pirro a
n r.mr-t;iu to dtrote bmiM'lt n Irlr to
h Lilwjr ns u plirMoan. Il U-tuuw
his true count itu'ti: urn; the Kk ur-I at
llicttsl irtrrviiliitr. TlieV will lhil Ir
IVrrr'n "Golden Mwiir.il lhorr. n
lj-iu'llcent use of his ncuui'inc kuo-Ksle l'l
their lx'half. lotiMiuipllon, broiciit
totish. Iieurt-lls4.u, fecr anil su- u.t r
uiiltvtil feer. dror, iieurHliu, citrw t r
tliKk nt.k. and njl d ! of the li!M,d
nrvcurt-st by this or!d-n'tiotitsl uictLvii.e
Itn projrtn-s are underfill, Us ntllon
iruilcul. it dru?-it.
A uosk lmsh U thought to I exisiltuu
Iv uiotlrst, but vt i- "nut) the arth. -fSoitun
Fran crip U
MosQCtTor uro fr from one vie t
Irnst. They can't lmid anioking. iMtrvtt
h'rre 1'rs.
" 5v. why 1- A tnlnif
K.ttier nt etxc: Or nt Mivony
Prolyl bly, my dm dtvou iJtrr. )-"
cause you uro Miftiti Irotn mhiim of the
iliswiM-rt pei'ulmr tu our rmx. You l..ie n
"dnigKliusloMii ' lit litis, the Ink L ache
you itrvdcbililatisl. ou haM-pHini id un
oils kinds. TiikcDr i' V. IV re h Favor
Ite Prescription" and currsl Prito re
duced to oue dollar. Hy dructta-
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
KANSAS
C.vTTLK-ili'plnjr wr
Nntivc eown
llutclierV Moors ..
IIO(JJv-fJooil to Choice hea
l.it'Jit , ..
WIIKAT No. 2rl
No .1 rvl . .
No. 2 -nft
rortx No. 2
t lATS No. 2
ItVK-No 2
Fl.Oflt -Kiiney. jor Mink
IIAY-ljin,'eliitlis . .
liriTKIt tlioii'K enmiuorjr .
rill'KSll-riillcrvMii
KCf'S -Choice
1'UltK II11111
SInMililom. .
Shies
f.AUIl
W(MII Mlsourl U thMiisI
ltr.VrulJs 1'enohtilows. .
ST. tori:.
CATTI.K Iitplnir St-m
lIutoliors'Mi-vrs.
llOCS-rnokliiir
SMKKI'-Krtlr to choice
KI.ri'-aioii
W1IKAT No.rnt
CUItN-No. 2 . .
OATS- No 2 .,
HV1- No. 2. . .
ItAKI.KV . .
llirrri'.H-Crinuiory
lliltK
0rruN-.Mnllllnir
CHICAOO.
rATTI.i: OfKXl to rholce
HtMJS-rncklntf nml liljpliu:
SHKKPKHlr to choice . . .
FLnrit Winter wheat . .
WUKAT-No.2rtsl . . .
No.l ........ .
No." Mrllur
COIlN-No.S
t.T5-No. 2.
I 1
lOKK. , a
XKW YUIIK.
rATTLl Kxj-rt
IHKiS tJoixl U choice
.IIKKI' Common to iihvI
KMiril "imm1 to choice
WHKAT-Xo.Srtsl
CtUtX Xo.2
OATS W'cMern nilifsl
It IKK
VKTHOI.KL'M-Utilt'sl
CITV, July 11.
1 Id ut. M
2 ; n
;t r u 4 r)
:t r, c 4 11
2 m 4. 3 "
74 "is- rt
r.'.', r
ti ft Hi
X. Tt 07
msw :
4lV,t 4 ,
2 1.', 2 ir,
7 l 4)1 " u
ir. fc in
If) f. II
7 it f
hSf. 10
4 tt 4V,
ll 1
C Mt f.
' L l.
C. dt. M
4 K CI f. (O
4 M i ft M
a ti it. 4 11
n 111 u n :..
1 31 it 4 :
ts it 1 Hi
HS4i 4
l it, ::u,
:.i t. .v.
Ml 4 7
ir 4.6 17
lo ia vt 10 :
10 kS 10k
;, 1;. a e naj
4 10 to 4 :i
2 to n 2t.
4 u it, L Si
w ( i
y.Sii '!
.' '
47 ii 47
3i! a
:,- w
10 en . 10 tt.'S
4 HI ft 6 T.
ir. (t 4 TU
2 rv ia . ui
i 15 tft. n ut
ws 1 0"
;.2ttSe tci
37 tft
11 224s. 11 x
V. A V7V
Sol &fc) fr&s
I )&JfSr ' I
L-A vvjuif AiJt"
CtTTTaW.
For ill
dboruVn of tltc Bkoi, ue
Ayei
r's Sarsaparilla.
LYartsl ty tr. J. C. Ajk i. C-, Lentil,
P A BSONT " PtJI S
raafUratr es aVOC-XmaXUCXZ. BCJv.
moo roiKi, aaa mmtm
lOSTK TIVL.
Tata
COLLAR PD
UK
- 20
WK3XK
it wm
T
A aaaaa aa ar
Inapcaff
rvacacfa
vwfera vM ctrtlfM"
wsirrfaa am t If urn
mat mrr t met raC
karaaarl. "X a rm itttMfcUOfl.tfwrXUgl
a SaScSL--fTilSS.
Ml ajnjW- . aanaa jTy ;wna &. r.
',' - . h -v J)AMmSm"JA.C-
. .) -t m- . .. jt t. ,T
?: i?-3J"r-a- rKiClty,
PaA "aWa-awl KTaiBaBrfl IWWlwfTw
rm?hhUTTmmt tr-. l-n ktr
odaUwa. 3 MaU -jtrwt. lhiSaJa. N.l.
Caacarc wUl rw jlTtrfw!
Tatwrotdaism. JSf. i Iirald
naTooTjicatrs twH hw!rv
Cxmmx Cm tSaovaKlLU0ria KB?".
A nAnwwro
fc!- taat ot l
wrillac utT.
HAY-rKVItt.
Tse t r s t
kar brr -? tmStrtt
Ml Jf. trvm Ar
ya xa r i w
tlMim U th aaXx ft-eaa-U
t ! aa
t jm na s rf
r a- Ati
rui a. Asvia v.
r
1l?
CREAM BALM
!i ml tivtaa.' 7T
Aiwa brtrr k"-
dilx.lfc aS tTtt
HAY-FEVER
iv a rw-. -. ,r U,l-
fcl bid iks r
KLt aorutsA.Is,.oisA s,
Indigestion Cured.
rrr. WUr fc ' Mm; -i f sl -
I tea.
Crtrt,w l rj4il ? ai iT"
Iwu t4l'i M t4 f 'l In m Vuwf:. J
"""" - .. -. .. la
A.V
,nstiaJ-"
USI lip U (CW)k ilrr(l&n It C'? L
C&. M IfcU ! M'ii Tsl, !t I H -l:
fvt ftU . 1 jkaMHl.
txi ra l 3jlHbi! I i fcp 4 rs4 k.
It UlnlUScu.tf ! tf?'sl frr
roaity trr . .
Trcau oa tu-i ! tn nj n,
X. T 151 W MM. lrr i aiivi. l.
.v. ..,. ..I iu H-lf.i IuU&l ll.":' L.
oorTJPi k;um. ; "l Ut'tm utMf lh ptiv
truknltrai(rucrin':, il ! tb wi k
I L.ujkIvM tl li lii II u akl f jr lAltM p '-J, z.
ritf&iwniuuCiiL'UML
. WlLNOH'S FEVER 1MB AfiUE TONIC
A wrtuJrure fr H 4lww
-Mnl 1' WkUrUl tsltk- t
thr tuooU. Mirli u CtillU kJ-l V,.
rcier m1 Aruv tls lml
Chin. lolrfTOlllrtl. llrmtWili,
H.iUai. vt hli mitrl rce rttMl
Vj mWt. Il U l4 U Mtw
ui r. run tcr rlrrt in
,tr CkL iW&rtl UffcOKt
J IVrtxllc Ncvf),l. ar"r.llIUrv.tttti.
CMan. r. aiiLin. fot., cmnnio, hi.
PD UNI I FORMS
rv-.lia Ij I fWC4l 1
nfr rat r i 3 ---4
9mhm ! lu)ftttM 4a .
ttUim UIa I !. "rVi-h-p,
Km t9mm
ri m
t-teit. hV-iU W. UrU I -
.... tup j 'v if'is.
(1. it'
LE PACE'S
LIQUID GLUE.
UMCQUALLlOrO't CIMfNtINO
jn m if rutaia nantfa 1 rtf urn .
AWAfiOCO COLO ntfOAU t.OtXit, tart.
riw r e,. Mf4 v 1
SMWTtSi'
Ur IK IIII1IH
OLOUCfftlttt. MV lOlli
ltfta.1, T- C.s m4 M Mn. tli.
AAI IllCawC K.A WH f4r'rrfs--
kaULUIIill'''lu tr-n '"
r, trVMatMM it lnerr ntT4iK !"
fLi UCC if If Ttlf tut cf tU M l -
A.VC Mc4.UHlsaM. aa6Urtl.4A'.
ORGANS
Tt'fn'l'tUrliwlciul 4wl
Initio wifW. Utu. fff fT
)i,froiiMrtuiCtt.Wtr
C1ICEH
"Xftri !) rir -iHwn! n i-f
l,.lllHIIH.)tHMIlr. H
r l.lli.Ml M l,Arwf.fct-c l-
I
Hlk !. IJr tttm ft, liri4j' A44.
rjiCMcp. y juoik' a cu, 11 iti;u u :ut-.
" EDUCATIOMAU
f,' 4t'LI. Kl mlrirT. lt!1', ! AbM.
Mu. U-t,tr. t' J A Wi i.v I' !. h.
Baa. 1 ns HM I IWDl
UNIVERSITY;
I8S. TNI NATIONAL HOnMAl. I flit.
rHM-r.p.vrr-'roi n
wk 0f L'Pt"rffci.
tHrrlJrr.r(iiai
lrt.nl Iff uf,!f,.li'
tl4sl tor f aal mHmUummm rtttift l
TMktaa4 iMklniwri. IiJmI lit ...-
hvrn liliittlnl(4lliilUii.. Af Ti-hxM
or W rj mrrtf v,y it4f with I -
all-. Af T"Hf JW
PHdLBROOK
riin.Tla sim
lfcn t n m.r latlttkn
in O- i ! t;ivi n4 1
lattrtnXUm fr A4rlr.
rvmtm AUrmKH Li.-arf6Cti
If Ym art Driven Witf
With itchic-. tako tho advice
of ft friend, (though ho caII
you aaide at an eVunir.tf party
to giro it), and rid youmalf of
the troubln by the tine of
Iyer's Sarsaparilla.
A few wck tlntc I w attark whhi
a rtt-m ami JUt renins form of Wiaa.
TIhs eru jom ptral trrj "c-erHj otr r
mj fwlj, mln5 nn la'rnw k-liifjf tul
iWrsIsx ttnal'nmt rj-riinr at aiM.
WUb great faith la ts rltlttr of A;rr
Sar3pari!ia, t ctrmmtttrrtl takla H, MtK
after KstI.i bc1 1 than faal"tlr
thi tJKtlJdae, an r3relr rsrrtL IUrj
K. IVanl.V7.wf IW Uuyt "Mac." "Tt
rhilauVlpbbtra.
Mr. It. TV. Ban, th well loan )"irml
Ut, rrfl frota fiwrlif,X. II.
Ifavfaj; afcrr.l rrtrlj, for xUttr
utMU Yjcurm, aJ fJCas iwl ISrf
frw otlwr xtmtU, I Itare J it-,
Ocrfs? tle x !brw liM, ,f Afrtm
faraparifla, nUirh kx Stil at.We .
rurr. I rosW ihU maMf a anaSMjC
Rat n-Klr for all ,w eitear.
Sii j lrcit. rrkJ; tit Udi,ta.
Jk
H. U. AWAIW
TaUT
UfilmTtB
" 4l -Si
:?.
,.
AK
-'- li
"-i!S -i '
-jf ,
Af
tr.V?
.1
T'aaS. r&J
V&.
.-.
j S fmmm
mMyrixA
1 aMaHaMaaLaaaaawaMMMai
I
i-wyi
JmSxk&na:
M UaaBna-ft CMnatt flrnf
" ' ' - ,
a.a.aw fji 1 i k
mm KmtMwmmmi w nnwnnnnnnYhhna Lt
m Ba mWMi MmmJmmmwmmTmmmmWmr
natinannn atAatvt
--
3
n
t3i
j
V
-
-. .',-' -..Jtg,.J:- -.JJKi.--IT..'rfMM