ti;r f-&&&- ft, srw 3 i ra? " 3 a rPnV r zJmmk M wGH THE RED CT.0IID CHIEF ; -. i 1 C. BOSKS, Prills. ED CLQUIX NEBRASKA NEW YEAR'S GREETING. The .lylnp year I- overpfM; rnpiK.il it, wlntcr'fl Bliroud It lies: 1 1 ''iU;',s rc'l"' l the Mart ' nAl! 'H-"1"" Mrit to tliu skiesl Once Mj?aln Hie nme awn-Kcim Th r..', Mrt, ,I,I,n,.c ,,,:,c,, of tltnc: Ihe future, rich In expectations. Coutalllzea into rliine! The XewYear Hob before tliec. ah i. "- from cure: am ni oays mi; piics. White imtl fair. J rite thou then with Mc.t'lv lmnr T li- reeor.l for it a Mmll',t,wi,l w hen heaving M,i- and .-oli.l iua Wlmll chttfu no more: The New Year ox.n- up tt vista, x at and lunir. I eopleil with hoi". and fenr ,.. .. Many and loiiir. XXj.lVtlioii omwtid l.y raiih nisht; -A si; not. eiuvw not. Tor a lijfiit. JnistiiiX Ilitn who K-iious no tiixlit Till tnuu is o'er! ' Tle New Year h a Mtenm that Hows f-wiii mid diep, l.etwicn the Inline and the pa-t, SliHilowivi and Meet,, rlniit mv.m-i tloui r, i,y it, i,u,.. i.ithcr uolil tioin n el, Inn;; fte. l'i.,ik nail- waici, . im.-liil lide, Along tiiy way! The Now Year i- another cliuinLer, m I'tapty. trie. In toe stoiivl lit, me of jfCi Awn ting tine: A1.ii ll- nails with p etnres rare, 1 tiint-li it w.th ifiVHtt-.st caie. Hallow it wuli'iiiuctiq iinijer J'toir'-hiy today! M I'll it- hours"" ,C5 tolling'. Mav its ln- "J-'l of eh.i-r. .'.' e v uiontit 'A '.laiit-tt iiii'-nlnvr. Kudi ami hrisat ti.e ulmV New Yean A- 1 eli,e tlil I'.iii'Ilv yieeiuii,'. Vt'i-his o- tlK-iii-elvciin )i:u,.r: Uln.il, who J..t-t l life tin' rneljiijr, :niiit to a"h a yt New Voar' V H'lHiiim li. It, iiioc. tit hir,fji atmvJnrd. YALERIA's"CALLEI!S. "Why Invitocl and How Voro Entertainod. Thoy "Now I xvonder what that means?" said Philo Lu-k. H had ju.it come, hack from his fiiiiu v iriiiiin t th' po-t-oflicv, with the xxcckly : r- iiml one letter Old yr. Lu-k had hnni"bt in the lighted candle--, ami piled :tn extra logon the lire, -o that the low ceiled kiti hen was all aglow xvith ruddy light, "while Jlie Miiell of .stewing apple.-, and the song of the tea-kettle, whieh hung from the it on crane, lent a practical idea of eonitort to the scene. "J ae. ain't it? said Mr-. Lusk. v. ho-e eye-ighl was not as good as it Jiad Jn-eii. No. it ain't taxes," mechanically uttered her son. .-till intent on the con tents of the envelope that he had ju.-t torn ojmmi. Well, then, it's, a letter from vnir .Aunt isophrony. ou; on Long i-laud. u.-king for inone:" 'No. ii ain't," -aid 1'hilo. "It ain't :i letter at all. It's ju-t a card: Mi Valeria Whitman; at home, .January 1, 15SG.' " "La!" said Mr.-. Luk. She wants 3011 to call then." "(let out!" .-aid I'htlo, with a Midden accent of .-hcepibhnu. . "Why .-!iuu!d J go then?" "Well, why not?" .-aid Mr-. Lu-k. 4It- what the city people do. I'm told. 'JjV hake a hig cake and draw a "pudlicr of cider, and .-et down in their hcit doihes to ee company. Valh AVilman is dri-adlul enterju-i.-ing. She jmfin.- to lead in the fashion." 'Am I to call there?" a.-ked Philo. Wh. of cour-e," .-aid hi- mother. 'Whatcl-e does it mean? Mi.-s Valeria Whitman. At Home."' "She'.- at home mo-t days, ain't Oie?" .-aid 1'hilo. musingly. "There never was anything of the gad about in Vally "Whitman that over I iieai d of." Oh. but this Yrc's a new kink!" ex plained Mr.-. Lu.-k. "New Year's Daj' don't m .-ec?" "I'd calculated to take the oxen on to Snidgc hill and grub .-tumps out of the clearin on New Year's Day," said Tliilo. "The next day will do just as well for the .-tump-" .aid Mrs. Lu.-k, en couragingly. "One might as well ho out of the world a.- out of the fahion." J)eacon Folgrovo got one of Miss "Whitman's cards; also Squire Hart. Jhi fact, there was not a widower or dd bachelor or eligible .-wain in all Odanille who wa- omitted from the 3i.-t. I ain't as young as I was," said !Mi Whitman to hcr.-elf. "It's hiirh tunc I took .-tcp.- to establish my.-elf." So he put frc.-h mu.-liu curtain- to the window.-, made herself a new gown :iccordmg to the latc.-t fashion-plate 5ind prepared for thelestive Initial Day f the e:ir. "A- for you. India." ho said to her niece, who worked in the needle f ac ton near by and paid for her board suul lodging by .-uch hou-ehold tasks as he might be able to do nights and morning-. "ou can :;o up to old Mrs. IVillett'- on' New Year'.- Day. Take im compliments and a jar of them fer mented .-weetmcats old Mrs. Willett won't ever know the difference and tay all day and sew ami mend for her. There ain't no virtue like that of char ity." , I'm. aunt." pleaded Bella, "would not some other day do a.- well for Mrs. "Willett? 1 would rather remain here N, it wouldn't." said Miss Valeria, -curtly- "When 1 say I want a thin: tlone'l want it done! So there!" "1 know." aid Bella to herself. Aunt Val is going to wear that ridieu-ou- low-necked dress of dye 1-green atin. and the wreath of flowers: and I'm perfectly certain that that was a liottle of hair-dye 1 saw on her bureau labeled Bet black ink.' And she has jent out a lot of cards, and is going to .-ec company ami 1 am to be sent off' to Snidgc Mountain, where Mrs. "Willett Jies to be out of the way. Well, we'll iee!" Mi.-s Valeria Whitman had just -pa ed her live-and-fortieth year. She -whs stout and ruddy, with the very best set of teeth that the Cedarville -dentist could supply, and a perpetual -tinile riveted on her lips; and she was ven tired of living alone and sewing on vests to earn her pin-money. And she had determined on this particular occasion to make a coup d'etst and -rcitl &lllisl)!ind- II MM ., . io attired herself on .New lear s jJafy a green satin urcss. cus ion m the nck anil snort in me mkciw, Ji pinned a bunch of chrysanthemums at lie left idc, and puffed her newh linWcWRalr in tJie most elaborate style. f do ccdare." said Miss Val to her self "I don't look a day over twenty! And then she look up her position m the parlc- where a bright lire blazed on the neatly scoured brass andirons, ...wi thn smell of pancake and currant !.:.. .OI -iTtwhIv aerceulible, with 1 piece of tatting in her hand. Portu tunatcly. the day was bright and clear; the well-beaten snow now offered every inducement to sleighing parties, and the sunshine streamed in upon the few geraniums and the monthly roe in tnc window beat, as if cloud and storm were altogether a thing of the past. Deacon Folgrovo was the first to ar rive a hard-handed, hard-headed old man, with a complexion of leather and the keenest of twinkling black eyes. "I got a letter from you, Mks Whit man,'1 j-aid he. "I s'pose you want to consult me on business." "La, deacon, what a very strange idea!" said Miss Whitman! with a giggle. "No. indeed. I only wi-h to promote sociability during this festive .season." "Well, then, I gues-i I'd better be goin" said the deacon. "I hain't no time for no hcIi foolery." "Don't be in a hurry, deacon,"' said Mi.-s Whitman. "I do wish to consult you." "About what?" said the deacon, looking dubiou-ly at the chilled shoulders and purple arms of the lad "Marriage!" said Mi;s Whitman. "Would you advise, me, dear deacon, to commit my future into the hands of another?" "Kh?" said the deacon, "had an offer?" "Yes," said Mi Whitman, driven by his directness to an aboIute lie. "Then, if I was you," said the deacon, "I'd accept it- 'Cause it ain't likely on'll have many of 'em." Mi-s Whitman colored under all the rice powder. "Bit, deacon." she stammered, "what if I don't love the man? What if I love another who " "Then don't accept him," .-aid the deacon. "But," Midd'-uly becoming electrically aware of his danger as Mi--Valeria moved her chair a little cIomt to his. "my hor.-e is getlin' dreadfully anciiiy out-ide. I gue-s I'll be going. No, thank you," a-Mi-s Whitman took up the plate of cake; "I don't never eat nothiu' except at my reg'lar meals, (.food morning!" And thu- the deacon escaped. Sipiire Hart wa.- the next to put in appearand -a heavy j-omher gentle man, who wa- slight u deaf, ami who -at solidly down in the big chair. "Ah, Stpiire." simpered Valeria, "there i- a -ort of lit no- in your call ing here. i-n"l there?" "Ma'am." .-aid the Squire, and the sentence had to be repeated one degree louder. "Oh, yes!" said the Squire. "Yes, exactly. 1 under-taud. But why?" "Because we an; both so solitary,"' .-miled Mi Whitman. The Squire put his hand back of his ear. "Would ou repeat it a little loud er?" said he. -Oh. solitary! Yes!" "If he should marry me." thought Mi Whilnmn. "the very first thing I -hall insist upon will be an ear trum pet." Does your .-cud ever sigh for con genial companion-hip?" .-aid she, in a high fal-etto. "Mine doe-!" The Squire's heavy face lightened a little. "Mi-s Whitman," said he, with an unetuou- chuckle, "mav I confide in ou?" Miss Whitman's heart gave an up- ward leap. "Certainly," she answered. "Well, then." said the Squire, "I'm going to hev congenial companionship arter the fir-t of next month. I'm go ing to be married to Cornelia Cooper!" "Oh!" said Miss Whitman, feeling as if some one had violently boxed her ears. "I I'm sure I congratulate you c "Hey?" .-aid the Squire, leaning for ward. "I con gratu late 3011!" bawled Mi Whitman. "No cake for me," said the Squire. "I'm a little troubled with dyspepsy. But Cornelia's a smart, stirring girl, and a home like mine needs a mistress. So I've concluded to get married, and I'm very glad you approve of my idea." And the Squire departed, chuckling all the way to the front gate. "I never saw such a (leaf old fool in my life." cried Miss Valeria, aloud. "Eh, what's that noise? If it's the cat jumping at my canary again but it sounded like some one laughing, and cats don't laugh. Who's that? 1'hilo Lusk, I declare. Well, he's a likely young fellow not as rich as Squire Hart," may be, but oh, come in. Mr. Lu.-k. come in! I am so glad to see ou! Lovely day. isn't it? Do have a little cake or just a drop of my own currant wine." Hiilo Lusk sat down with his hat in his lap. "I received your card. Miss Valeria," -aid he, "and I am here in response to it." "So kind of you!" said Miss Whit man, with a smile which even the fabled "Cat.- of Cheshire" could not excel, al though they are reported to be good at smiling. "To tell the truth," said honest Philo. "I wanted a little talk with rou." "Indeed!" .-aid the lady. "Won't you come here and .-it bv me on the sofy? It's more sociable lilce." "Oh. yes, if you like.1' sajd Thilo. obex ing her ge-tureof invitation. "You see. my mother is getting f-ebler even" day. and xve feel the n.cJ of some younger person at the farm. And I am eight and txventy nox and the place is in prime order, and I hax'e money at interest, so that I've pretty much made up my mind to marry." Miss Valeria let the puffed and frizzed head fall on his shoulder. " Dearest Philo!" .-he exclaimed. " Yes exactly!" said Philo Lusk, moving as far away as the arm of the sofa would alloxw "So, if you thought that your niece Bella xvould havenie " " My niece Bella!" gasped the elder lady, the immovable bloom never fal tering on her face, although her heart beat wildly and her lips blanched. Yes." said Thilo. "I hoped to hax'e seen her here to-day." " No!" said Miss Valeria, sharply. "She has gone axvay: and if she hadn't she wouldn't accept you!" I- is she engaged to sonic one else?" stammered poor Philo. " Yes," said Miss Whitman "lo Peter Gregson. But, Philo. do not grieve; 1 am ready to entertain your suit, although Bella despises vou. and-" But she doesn't aunty!" said a clear distinct voice: and Bella herself entered from the adjoining room. "On the contrary, she loves Philo Lusk dearly: and 'she refused Peter Gregsom as you know x-ery well. Oh. Philo," xvith a reproachful glance at her lox-er, "xvould x-ou have 'believed her false hoods?" " 44 Hoxr came you here?" screamed Miss Whitman. " I went to Mrs. Willett's house," said Bella, "and she had gone to spend the holidays xvith her niece at Med bury. So I came home: and not xvish ing to disturb you I sat down at my work in the kitchen. And the door was partly open, and I couldn't help hear ing the inten'iews between your-elf and your elderly visitors, aunty" And once I laughed out loud, and yon thought it was the cat." ,4You arc a deceitful minx!" cried Miss Valeria, nearly suffocating with indignation. "Gentl gentlv!" said Philo Luk, interposing in Bella's defense. "No calling of names, please!" j "And you shan't stay in my house J another clay!" added the indignant lady. "Then .-he shall come to mine!" j boldly asserted Philo Lusk. "Come, ' Bella, darling my filcigh is at the i door, and it holds exactly two. We'll ! go to Par.son Meadows' and get mar- ried this very hour." j And they did so; and Mrs. Lu-k, ' senior, xvho was xvaiting at the farm house door to receive her ou, was de lighted beyond measure. "If it hadn't been me," said Bella, laughing mischievously, "it xvould have been Aunt Val; for she was determined to marry Philo!" "The Lord forbid!" said Mrs. Lusk, pious! x "And aftcrlhis'said Philo. as he led his bride in, "the fir-t day of the vear v ill be a double anniver-ary the hap-pie-t of happy Nexv Year- to Us, oh. Bella?" Jhlen Forat tj raves. AUSTRIA'S IRELAND. Hungary KHiitloiii to Amtrla Intrreit- : Ingly lencrllel. j Noxvadays xx-e often meet in print al lusions to the similarity between Ire land and Hungary. As a matter of fact, the similitude not only does not run on all fours, but has not even a leg to stand upon Hungary and Austria nex'er had any constitutional connection as nations, exc-pt that the King of Hungary happened to be a!-o Emperor or -overeign of the so-called hereditary States. Tlu-e latter, before Iili. a-after IS 19 and until lJjGO, did not po-.-e any repre-entatixv m-titu- tion.-: and x hen. alter the Italian xvar of 1S.VJ, an attempt xvas made to create , But Teddy didn't go coa-ting until a common Parliament for the xvhole ' afternoon, becau-e there xve re lots of monarchy. Hungarx refu-ed to join it; ' errand- to run in the morning a bask her own lii-lorieal national did having ' etful of left-over Chri-tma- dainties to flourished up to 1819. and being re stored partially in lbOU and completely in lhi). Thu-. the con.-titutieiial hi tory of Austria-Hungary is utterly dif ferent from that of Great Britain and Ireland. But. if po--ible, still greater are the ethnographical differences in the txvo cases. In Hungary various race. exist, but no "Austrian-" xvhatever. Its German population, partly of ancient and partly of comparatively modern immigration, sprang from Thu riugia, from Suabia and other portions of the Germanic Empire outside of Austria, and except the so-called Saxons of Transylx'ania, they are more Hungarian than the Magyar.- themselves. All the other racs inhabiting Hungary are di-tinct from the non-German populations of Au-tria. Some of them belong to the great Slaxonie fumily, xvhile others such as the Wallaehians, are not at all represented in Austria, ex'en by a cog nate race. As for the Magyars of Hun gary, they are almost completely iso lated iti Europe, having but a distant affinity to Finns and Turks. There are thus, so to .-peak, no English in Hun gary, if the Austro-Germans be com pared to the English: and it may be said that there are no Iri-h in Hungary, if the latter be con-idered as a race sub jugated by Britons. The Hungarian opposition, after the revolution of 1849, was composed of the xvhole nation, comprising, xvith scarcely an exception, all its various nationalities; and its leaders xve re Magyars, distinct in blood and language from any nationality to be found in the neighboring state. In Ireland, on the other hand, the opposi tion is factional; almost as many Irisit lix-e in Great Britain as in green Erin, while there exist loj-al Britons in the Emerald Isle. In short, there is not point of ethnological resemblance be txveeu the case of Ireland and that of Hungary. Hungary up to 1848 was about th freest and most prosperous country in Europe; having a sparse population and a superabundance of natural produce. Hungarians have a great historical past: they enjoyed constitutional rule and privileges, and naturally, therefore, they xvished to keep their independence. In which of these points is tiiere any likeness between Hungary and Ireland? Evidently in none. By fotce of circum stances Hungary had actually to re nounce in 18G7 a not inconsiderable part of her independence; but even as it is, there exists no representative in stitutions common to both Hungary and Austria at this moment, and only the administration of xvar. foreign affairs and certain departments of finance such as customs, etc. are centered in the same ministers for both countries. The so-called delegation are separaet bodies for the txx'o states: they never deliberate together, and only in a very exceptional case is it provided that they should x'ote together. The bond of union which has so long subsisted be txveen Ireland and Great Britain through their common Parliament has nex'er come into existence in the case of Austria-Hungary. Noxx to abolish the state of things that has prevailed for generations i.- a verv different thing from the restora tion of a form of government that had nun i a 101111 x'i i.v,ia - uninterrupted authority for centuries. ami xvas only suspended for ten years; I as happened regarding national rule it; : strix-es in vain to hit upon any singl instance in which the positions of Ire land and Hungary are alike. A xvit. hoxvever. might suggest that the txv. countries are very much alik.e because Huniraria and Hibernia. like Motj- mouth and Macedon, begin with tba , same letter. Cor. St. James Gazette. 1 Merchant Navies of the World. A comparative table of the strength of the merchant navies of the world Hungary, held m abeyance from lai'j j may be guiltless of any real disposition to l&VJ.'nnd then superseded by mere- i towards dissipation, but he cannot absolution. The well-informed mine: ,,; -f f.A i,:..i rf .:- , wnose socieix sne prizes tuo-i. reevic which has been published in France fexver invitations from anx body, and at shoxvs that Great Britain .possesses 22.- ! hist perceix'e, xvith painful clearness, 500 trading xessels. xvith an aggregate j that she is actually, even if undemon tonnageof 11,200.000 tons. Of these 'ftivelv. avoided, except by those vessels4.GlU arc steamers xvith a tonnage wf"oin 5n" ,lo,e not W15n to nieet. of 5.919.000 tons, or rather more than 1 J Hl"Vnt ,of.tent fj" to bl:ime fo' "!? one-half the grand total of burdeu. " Pari",nS xJe,.r children more carefully The United States makes a verv bad ! rom , "ndesirable companions, and second, xvith 6,600 sail and 2.700.000 i"0,".11- careless and dangerous tons. Norwav has 4.200 vessels, with ! social hab,t- but m many cases their 1,500,000 tons, and Germany, whieh I comes immediately after her, has 3,000 sail, Vith a total of 1.400.000 tons: France. Italy and Russia bring tip in the rear, each xvith less than S.000 ves sels. The proportion of steamers is, hoxvever, of greater importance than the total number of ships engagec in gland's 4.649. Germany presses her closely with 4.i steamers and 476, Cw tons. ". 1". Sua. iraue, anu in uus regard i-ranee stands 1 . : -"" -- " '"- "j- "--second, although she has but 458 1S hard recover one s credit, steamers, of GtwTOOO tons in all. to En- ! fc.Ten CJ pne has sen the great Wun- FOE 0UB YOUNG KRABBM. THE LAST AND BEST. gald the Child to the youthful Trr: XVhmt bat thou in ttore for roe. 0 (river of beautiful iriru. what cheer. What J-j- dent thou brin wth the?" Mr KrMon four bU brln Their trcaure: the winter" t now. The nutumn's iter, and the Cowers of jirlnjr. And the turotaer' perfect roe. AH thce nnd more shall te thine. IK-ar chiU but thu Ja and bet Thyw:lf mut .-rn by a trite divine. If tbou ouWt be truijr biest. ' WotiMit know thl lat. btt jrlft? Ti9 a conscience ciear and brlirht. A t--ace of mind which the soul can lift To an InOuitc delight. " Truth, patience, couraye and love If tbou unto roe canl brinr. 1 will ct thee all earth' ill lore. O Child, and crown thee a Kin' ' Ls.lui Ttiztcr, in it. yicliolcu. A GOOD BEGINNING. .'edily'a Little Iired of Kindnrtt on New Year" Day. "And so," said mamma, concluding her little twilight talk xvith Teddy the last one of the year, because this xva Nexv Year's Eve "I hope my lit tle boy xvill try to make somebody happy ever' day through all the nexv ' .' year try to do some good tmng, Teddy." Teddy looked doubtful. "I don't knoxv hoxv. I gucs," said he. "1 don't have much money to gix'e poor folks stuff xvith, mamma." "Money int all there is. dear." mamma anxvered. xvith a .-mile. "Kind xvord.- and deed-) are xvorth more than J dollar- sometime.: Trv it and see. to-inorroxv. will you. Tcddv?" "Ye-'m." anvixered Teddy, "I will." "And xve'Il talk it ox-er to-morroxv night, again, dear." "Ye-'m, xve xvill." said Teddy. "0 mamma! I'm goinr coasting all dax. can't I? Mr. Ballard's hill is just splendid and smooth!" I "1 siippo-e so," mamma said, sinil- inir. earn' to poor old Mr-. Tubberinan, for one thing, and a gla of jelly to sick Johnny Brxant, for another. And by the time all thi- xvas done it xvas nearly noon, and mamma said he'd better eat hi- dinner be-fore he xvent. . So after dinner he xvas off; and at tea-time he xvas back again, a.- rosy and merry a little fellow a.- you xvould he likely to meet in a long day's jour ney. And xvhen lea xvas ox-er, and his night's xvood in, came "the bedtime talk" xvith mamma in her loxv rocking chair before the open lire, and Teddy on a ericket at her feet. "Well. Teddy, xvhat about it?" asked mamma. "Not much, I'm afraid," Teddy an swered, staring cjuite soberly into the gloxving coals. "Course I carried old Mrs. Tubberinan her New Year.- din ner and Johnny Bryant the jelly, but it xvas you did that, mamma gaxe the things, you knoxv and 'twas only fun to carry 'em and get thanked. 'Sides, a boy ought to do errands for his moth er." Mamma smiled, and laid her hand lovingly on her boy's head. "And hoxv about this afternoon, Teddy?" she asked. "I don't think of anything xvorth telling, mamma," Teddy answered, sloxvlv. "When I xvas going over to the hill I met that little Jack Pooler, and he'd been to the store, and he xvas crxing like everything 'cause his fin gers xvere so cold. And I took him on my sled and xvhi-ked him home in a jiffy, and kicked up my keels and made him fairly laugh. But that xvasn't anx' thing. 'Txyasn't out of my xvay hardly a bit, you knoxv. And Tim Mellin xvas ox'cr on the hill without a sign of a sled, 'cause his folks are an poor, you know, and he looked so kind of sorry standing round t!iat I couldn't help telling him to take turns xvith me: and any xvay 'txvas a good deal more fun to slide half the time not quite, of course, but 'bout as much. And Tim xvas so Idea.-ed that it more'n paid. And xvhen xvas coining home I ran across Mr. Track's lame Su.-ie, and she had a lit tle basketful of apples somebody'd gax'e her. and she'd slipped doxvn and they'd all bounced out. Ami so I helped her pick 'em up and hauled her home, and the apples, 'cau-e I knew you'd want me to. That's xvhat made me kind of late home, you knoxv. And that's all; only I ran after old Mr. Hun niwell's hat xvhen it blexv off. 'cause he's got the rheumatism, you knox And I helped Aunt Penny Peter.- ox'er an icy place over txvo icy places, for fear may be -he'd fall doxvn on 'em but anybody'd do tho-e things, of cour.-e, mamma." Mamma smoothed the curly head ten derly. Teddy, dear." she said, "I think you've made a pretty good beginning." Don't you and I think just so, too? Youth's Cuntjxtmon. KEEPING A GOOD NAME. When Once I.ot. a Dlfllcult Tiling to Re gain A lew Thought for the Young I'cojile. Folly has hardly another form so ob jectionable as that of carelessness, real 1 . aPP'4- -4"t e s reputation. When a yonng man behaves as f he xvere xvilling to be believed "fast." he as-ociates gradually withdraxv them selves from intimacy with him. When a young lady, no matter hoxv innocent of anything xvorse than a determina tion to amuse herself at all hazards. condescends to llirt with 5 Tptitlfnoji nr to indulge in boisterous behavior in .. ......... .... -.- puohc places xvith other girls, she must not be surprised if. before long, she become aware of less heartiness in t'e irreetinjrs of the acquaintances ...i e - 5?" i - . t wmonswnces are vain, anu uiey nave the grief of witnessing the evil which Jbey can not help. Young men and vomen must be allowed to decide nany things for themselves, even if Uiey choose wrongly. If they will not fceed good advice, they must be taught ,W bitter experience: "and the saddest der which has been made, and is hearti ly in earnest to correct it- It is no easy matter for a young man to live : vuiu itaiu ia itii; iiiuiu iiLjuauit; ui ins I fWt rtTlYAWfrf! Tiritll tt tlHi.lt ?J tX, down ?W reputation, and it i far mure uuucuit ior m jouhl; iiiihsii. 1 Time and patience and earnest en-1 deavor usually will do it. however, al though memories of it and allu-ion- to it may rise up to plague one occasion ally for many years. It needs to be impressed very strong ly upon many young people that reck lessness and notoriety can not po-sibly confer happine-s. They do supply a temporary excitement, which manv mistake for happiness, but it turn- bit- , ter to the taste before it i done with. True mode.-ty and dignity are xvholly consistent with a thoroughly enjoyable life. Those who lack the.-e forfeit something of the respect of other.-, and. xvhen that 1 gone, nothing el-e can tupply its place. The nu-rrle-t voung men anu xvomen many 01 xvho-e lix-es actually ox'erllow xx-ith fun -miles are tho-e xvho -o indulge iheir fondness for social plea-tire- a? to in terfere neither xvith their oxvn uor any other per.-on.- intelligent and profit able u-e of life, xvho are careful to re tain their oxvn -elf-n -pect and conli dence of other?, and xvho shrink from ex'en the apparanc' of "fa-lne.." 111 stinrlixel' and xvith their xvhole souls. L'owjri (juttO'i'ilft CHARLEY AND HIS MOTHER. lie liitl Not l'mIrrtaiiU llrr. Itut Lotril Him .XII llir Smut'. Me She had certainly been a trying mother. x luie there ar trxmg peo ple in the xvorld. it folloxvs naturally tliat some of them xvill L moihc r-?, and Deacon Hanson'.- xvife h? one of them. The deacon wn of Oernian tle.-cent and perhap- some cf ihe composure of hi-? nature came from that. He xvas a -tohd sort of a man. some people said: but that xva.- ju-t xvhat Ueacon Hau-on xvn- ;k. He xva- simply a patient man, be lieving that tlod rulecl the xvorld. and that it xvas an ill taing to pull ngaiu-t proxidence. Moreover he had in him a wonderful capacity for tin-elti-h and long-enduring love. He had married .lane firey becau-e ho loved her. and he loved her still, when -he wa- fifty xear old, a wiry.fretf.il woman, in xvho-e xvorn and xvorried a-pect no-ug-gestion of her sweet xouth xva- left in any other ex e than hi- He looked at her through the mi-t of vani-hed xear and -aw, xvith some second ight of the heart, the rose- cf long ago on her cheek-, and the light of other days in her eyes. But that xvas xvhat her son could not do. He had no memorie- of day-) old er than him.-cif; and ever -nice ht could remember she had been tretful and hard to plea.-e. Only xvhen he had been ill. at times, -be had uur-ed him so tenderly that he began to find out the mother -ide of her nature, and half Ionged to be ill over again, when he got well, and ail this unwonted soft-nes- xaiii-lied. He used to enxy box's who cotthl go to their mothers xvith fill their little trouble- and joy- their failure- and their sticce -. Hi- mother de-ired. indeed, to be informed of hi-; but she seemed to him in the fir-t place to claim his conlidence as a right. :tnd then to u-e it a- a text for fault-finding. So in-tead 'of trying to thaw her out with the sunshine of his lox'e he shut his heart away from her. and nev er spent a moment xvith her that he could possibly avoid. Thus there grew up between them a sort of xvall. over which she looked at him sometimes, as he then thought, sullenly. He knoxvs suneniy. lie kuoxvs now. too late, that it was with dumb nMii111; in iit-i !. roi Mil 1111 11 sue w:ist:iCr., ill. a,,.l her ill,,,.,, wms Chrn 1. .:.... :.. 1 For -eddenlv -he and short. Her son wa- awav from : home. They sent for him; but xvhen he came it xvas too late for her to turn back from the gate of the other world to speak some last xvord for this. He xx'ent into the house, into the well known room, and there he saxv her ly ing dead. "Did she leave any last message for me?" he asked hi-father. xvho sat beside the bed. gray xvith his unspoken sorrow. "Not exactly. She only cried out. just as she xvas going: 'Oh. if Charley and I could only have been like other sons and other mother-!' And then. before I could answer her. she wn gone. I alxvavs knew you didn t 1111- derstand her. -Charley; but she loved you. all the same. She nex er had on.j day of really good health after you were born, and she suffered so -he vou were 00:11, ami sue .-uuereo so sue 'couldnt be gay and chipper and ea-y- going But .-he c.c love vou Charley" And there she lax, dead and the bov felt that if he had but draxvn nearer to her. and warmed her xvith his love, he might have found out her suf- fering. and" cheered her xvith his ten- - . . F"- ----- - - -,- . derness. and wanned her xvith hi- love. and ta,t..d th.. ,u-...tne,s of Ilmiio- '!,',. - - other son-xvith other mothers." And so knowing, over his heart there fell th( slimline nf n .nrnm- iiii! n .lf.ei.n- demnation which will not leave him xvhile life shall last. Ah, let us be tender and pitiful to our own. now, to-day. and not xvait until xve see them Ixing dead. Youth's Companion. A PLUCKY GIRL. Site Conquer flrrrk anil I'ata Two Voang Centlemen to liatne. A certain very young girl living in Middlesex county decided las: summer to try the Harvard examinations in the autumn, xvith a view to entering the regular course of study in the Annex. She betook herself, therefore, xvith a tnink full of books to a secluded home in tti (nimtrv tti1 cotfl.wl li?-;rtlf frr " - ' ..v.. v.. .. ten weeks' hard xvork reviewing her high-school studies and conquering rireek enotifh nuite bv herself to ntn ' . ... rorcoHc. oU?, , ..i.. i-i... .,.. i-.t ;u. . - ... 1 ..yiss.. .. v ..v ' . v !". ...v, . ; biuux. Mivn inex learneu inai im ...l si-l .t 1 i It.-. .1 " i iu-e IIe- ;i.lU.lll uti'iitun iii iui ivs uu nntiuiuu imh m ivmw itim .... ,. . . .j .... ....- ,- - j, and frolic, and of "whom their friencLs pracitcal u-e. The earliest form of the tho difforcnco f onrN feeling in hold hardlv can think xvithout .-xmpathetic article was certainlx not pronu-ing. A mg a kon for one graadmoOwr or of them, with the wMom of twenty Sl2 r ?v X S rV. ? P T t vears. told her it w, reallv a sin. and fhro.h "wi-h JnZ U J , Z' tWreB the ?S ,W2H f lnrhX altogether against nature for a ven- Jj ' u" f Ah Jf? , M J "K? 2 "t . tecn-vear-old girl to try to read Creek i V Vh'l , rdZJ Mk S ' VZ? lor alone, or to think of Uking a Harvard " t'!l ,f "? ?"!? b-r fht-!? IwtoMTOI?!T,7rt course. The other vouth declared that ! J e " "e , r antjl, tw b cheaper prorIed tbe eidM U of orJ it didn't matter; "she'd never "get .f JJlri 7V?i hl:.hTli i Dary WCJ l. !roaJd 'f a .-. t r ' 1- 1 .. - 'i' -- . .:.! . .. ..! 1 . .t. .i. 1 KtoSSSitel3nSr.S!:. ied faitl.fnllr and rnmmril h.-r lf.""-' V . W"J u' .V----" ny taught Greek until the examination came- Then she went down to Cam - - --- bridge and passed her examinations J triumphantly, while both the young ' men failed dismally, and loandthem- selves obliged to study another year j before getting into college- Boston I Jiicord. Hairs Journal of Health says: "In tense thirst is satiated by wading in water." Another good way to satiate thirst is to drink water. Drakes Trav eler's Magazine. STEEL PENS. Why TWJT 1BT9 Ontw tUfrmr44 M T Co(lf Luury. Only a few year ago Bulwer put into the mouth of ht dramatic creation. "Bichelieu." these pregnant word. "The pen i mightier than the awordf In the short time that ha. since clanW these xronL rds have acquired a new ai- plication: the jcn has conquerct! the 1 :.. .i. r...i.i 4 r"ui in mu ii.u 111 LUiuuiricc a.' tJjii- ; plctely as it had formerly triumphcl in the fields of high jobcy and world gov- eminent- The little cixtluer (a it mav xvell be called) t- now in orerx hand, but xvithin the memory of many men still living the steel pen was Mtnplv curioti and ccjtlx ;oy. noticeable a an ingeniu- tnecnantcai tau. out 1101 a: an . . . . . ... a.- an invention likelv u come into piece of sheet steel xr.t- tont into a tuouiar tonn. anu cm or uhm away 10 imitate the -hapo of a quill-jM'ti. tho junction of the two edges forming thu nib, which, of course, extended all up tlic back of the pen. The-e xxero known as early a 1M2. but xxelc re- garded a.- articles uc iue. to o- given awa :u j nis, ami noi ior u-e. They xvere highly poli-heil. perhapn gilt or silx'.Td, and .-old for a- much a.- live shillings each. In l"21 Mr .lame-Perrx the founder of a.-x-tetu of education once famou- a the "Per- ryan" sx.-tvm. took up the stetd pen a.s a practical invention, and bx iudoinit- able energy overcame the dttlicullie in its con-tmction and the objection-, to it- u-e. He patented several varie ties and .-pared no epen-e to attain perfection. Hi- brother informed Mr. Samuel Timmin-. of Birmingham, that if pam seven -"K- V l"'" h5--teelai.d tixe shilling- per iumi to theltr-t workmen he employ ed. and that for xear- afterxvanl the price given 1 . 1 ... . 1 .It .. .. IU l- II Ui MUVIi Hil.1 4M- -,!- ing- per liriUtin. gro- ni.nj of (Jrttil AN ACT OF VENGEANCE. Ilovt i;nr.-c,'l XIuiil,.'; Ililrr inliiatril Hur- Iton-C'ou.trlrlor. The boa ha- not merely of ttinies been ma-tered by man. but by much inferior being-. An officer -tntioned at Knl ladgee, in India, xvas once climbing a rockx hill, xvhen he and a tiultxe xvho accompanied linn witne--ed the follow- ing episode. A poor moukex xva- be ing slowly enxv rapped in the x'olumin-ou- fedd.- of an enormoti- boa, it- bone breaking like pipe tern- by the pre sure, (.iradually the reptife unwound itself, leaving a eru-hfd, unrecognisable inn-.-. The uunieroii- nionkev-on the rock xvere in the greate-l state of exeite- inent. running xvildlx about, ge-ticulat- ing. chalteru.' and monning. though, of cour-e. poxverle to help their com rade. While the -nake wa- commenc ing it- gorge, and before it.- bod x began to till and -well, the oflieer and native went in quc-t of a .-tout etidgel and n sharp knife, expecting to make it an eay prey a- soon a- it should be tilled to repletion. When thev returned to the -eene of strife. tRvhoa lax thorough- ly gorged. tHMieatli a projecting mas of cdiff, loctkmg more like a log than anything mon ltxelx On the submit above a troiqi of monkey.- xvere as sembled, and there or four of the lar-ge-t and stronge-t were occupied in di-placing a inas-ixe fragment of rock already loo-ened by the rain- from the main ledge. By enormoti- exertion -made, too. xvith a silence quite uuu-ua) tomonkex- -thev at length succeeded ,..;-...'. ;, :, ,, 1.1...1 ' ' iTi ".? , ., " "'"".'' J . v ", n-n. Hiiniiif; . 11 1 i .t . 1 1 . 1,.,',,.of. """Ph. i'l'V dropped it oxer t he i,iini.'iti,r ,irir,itifi It -trnet I lie boa on the, head, ma-hing it to a jellx - I-----I- - - - r. ... .. r ,1. As its great tail la-hed a!out ineffect ually in it- la-t struggle, there xvas a chorus of exultation man joining his near relative, if xve believe some of our in-tructor-- over this xvell-aecom-plished act of vengeance. tlooil Word.. m m DINNER PHILOSOPHY. The Human ICitee l)lIUl Into Four lllt tlnet Clanar. Prof. Sumner, of Yale College, di vides the human race into three class- J es. p,.0j,k. who work to.,,ftV c, . for .. , , .. ,. . " . , . J olenly dinner, people who work to- 3' ' Py for to-tlay s dinner and those u'ho work to-day to provide a dinner for to-morroxv. But there i- a fourth ior lo-iuorrow. iui mere 1 a iouriti cla-quite numerou-. those xvho do not WOfk at al aml t.ftl u fI , , ., ' - "l,n-43- There is a story of a colored barber wn reformed from hard drinking be. 1 .1 ... ...". cairn he observed that while he. the ' drinking man. bought txvo pound of 1: x. z . r !--" .1 nver tor ins lamiiy s dinner, the man . 4 . ! who hold linn the mm boughr seven PuimN of porter-house steak. He took the pletlgC fortlixvitll. aild alC the poP ' ter-liou- ever after, instead of drinking u! Ul1' Inc, of This incident illu-trates another prin- - ;..i. . i . r tj- -. -i.ri. r i ;jjie tii 1 roi. .-siiuiuer s. iiitii is. wiai UMialiV Mirroumi such a com. A boy the only fair xvay for a man to get out can travel qito a well In the cxprc of the da who xvork to-day to pay ' Mr. with plenty to cat. as ho can in a. for yesterday into the cla-s who work cushioned .i,-at alone better, in fact, to-day to provide for to-morrow L- to U-cati-: the inucnger u?iallv takes a Iractiee s-lf-denial. "Self-denial." inf-rett in him and IcU him amu hitn says the learned professor. "mut lc .Jf. our gospel if we xvould gain capital. 1 "When I ww on the roaI I rot onu our gospel 11 we xvouiu ain capital. and almost any one can gain capital if he practices pmdencc."' So thought the barber, and acted accordingly. V. F. Ledger. " Burdctte's Fatherly Advice. Yas. my son, the Iamb gambols on the green. I know, and so you weakly i If , ,... ... ., J""4"-v your.-en m-n you gamoic on , the red. But ob-erve. rny son, the , '.. . . . . fa inn '-smhols onlv when It is verv ,ounf::,rh, It i, ' .wk- .our- ! - - - - - ""'' " sv"-v; 11 , ,., -.mKr.i 1 .,,1 .i- :.. v.-i callous to be a Rt plavmate forthechil- 1 fcv?;1 S VW&, :. I vriti iit-,rc s f. .K7 iim..!. ... you re living o fa.-:, eh Because von ; want to be old? Well, yes; only yon aon 1 xvani to do all your living with 5 vour mouth and stomach. Give your 1 brains a little chance- Brooklyn EagU. j - I Here is a remarkable instance of longevity: On October 13.1718. Stiiohen Hickefi was appointed to the Rectory of utisiiiu, lij .oruisaii. cog. ne was succeeded in April. 17sO. br WillbuH Pye. wht was in turn succeeded in Feb ruary. i54. by Francis Woolcock Tf, who is atijl iivkig- PITH AND POINT. The rojr man who :! CMcajfo prl to her fvi h noi. akl for her bad.- LuisviK OwrUr-Jmr-not. If jf& circu could bs -cjs far ire cent some boy would wont I rho a!I crawl under the canvas; they were bof that way .V. 0. JVuywic A fah?oa Itrm ay tW very nwt thin? in hatrlrctn!r x the Unj; , . " . . . i '. .Li i . t - ... "rno. JL tloaxlcL .rrwHct utm. . . . .- t rt The ws-tn of in being death, wts can't unWrtand why a lot of pcopl we know don't gt pahJoJT at oncxi and have their wrvice jitopped. liU0m w ton Ay Th ditlerencv btwta a long aft! hortvarn i rcn" well nitttralcd by i IO " " w.jnttn. 1 n gin 01 uk jvpnou now carrj her hand in her overcvat pocVrt jul like a man partlv tvwttM it Kngli'di. and pa.iK. doubtle. leiAUH! ther arc hole in hor gloxc-. vf Ctiisot: "Ctn tl- tind thir way homo fmm a dUncv' t a qutlion frv cjuenuy a.Kci 11 arennting n ih dog If tt' a good on. hoj apt to gvt lo-t if he goo round the onur. 01 Vittf Vrncl A hxpeni journal rtwmmend Vitfiiir' if ttmitmrlv !nrw - nnn of Jh v,,rv twil ,na, ,.f Uort?. for wom en Sow, if -otue grniu wll invent a .Hd!h of tcttnU tlwxl may i plnrol xvith broom, h xvU le a tmrw'f.votor Of iHHjiety. .V 1' ttny&ic. "Srme Mltivt ha.- put that Kn xvhro I cnu't tind it" growW-d okl A4writy the other unv. a h rHfl atxxit Um l!tWk -Ah, Mill. xW I tJlrtM M. h emlmHt,, n ft k;r u , luinM tht. nrtH.U. Irom Mliua ld r -A' 1. . . . . A mnn. claiming U bo a .cU,nti4. xvanti (otiie on to bore the iwrtli U prevent il ltrung. We hnxv a friend who wo think would U nbl to do it. Up to thl- time he ho dovotwl all W luring energnx- to tin. ami v womJ1 Ui glnd ti . him trv it on tho rtt of iho earth 'Atri Mail. -A New Indou lny. xvitli milk tiitcher in hand, fell hendlong hwn tho lutck -tnir-. He had ngnluvd Ul feet atnl w.v brushing the dirt from UU clothtts when lit mother appeared nt thi head of the stair and akel Did you break the pitcher?" "N'o. I didn't; "but I will." was the quick nwpotfw. And he did Hartford Titnes Brown to Smith, who ha ax an invalid for years "Hulloa, Smith How are you nowadays3 Has Dr Dubblo-do-e helpi'd you any'" Smith "A little. jHirnan-i. but not nearly o mnoJi iittie. iHirhati a- I have hulHil him bill .thould Mni the nexv hou; he hx jimt built ! Noth ing like it in town -elegant, jwrfectly elegant!" llotun I'o't. -Hu-band Tlic censu-taker xvat In. dear. He demanded the agu cf each of the family, and I w-.i obligfl to giv him yours. He inid it xvas the lavx. Wife (enraged) Lnxv ! What do I enro for law? John Smith, did von tell that man my n9 Hu-bnud (fiurriely) Ye-. I told him xou were twenty-three. Wife (nullified) -Well. I Mlppo-n tint law has got to le repected. - - ('hiewja Tribune A little boy in Warrenton vNUcv hi aunt in the country r.ot long since One day at thu dinner table tho Indy complained that a jar of favorite pru- -erves had mysteriously dlMHpjearnd from the pantry. Knch one present dU clauned any knowledge of the fict. ei- 1 """". "7. "'. '.-' ' '.'- e-pl u; mile Ik.v. who remained -lu.l - ott-lx Mlent At length lie wa asked l - ,. klIl.w n,,vhing of the mining fruit. t n in-ii lie 1 iMHini nv 11a 110. 1 1 miovv I .. 1 1... ....t:...t ..t.. .. .!-.... n .. . . .. me to talk at the tab ."- Warrenton (Sa ) Clipper. SENT BY EXPRESS. IVnom Wfcn Ar t.l!eil anil Tranfrr4 thr Hume Any I'lrre tif (toixt. "Can live stock be uhlppvd by rx press?"' askctl a pas-frig rcjHrler yw tenlay of an employe of an express com pany. "Certainly You can ship anything for cash or C O. D." ..Whafs the objection then to t , , , , ,ng by express xnth a tag !..! In J buttm-hole?" travol- yctir "None that I know of. except being jammed around In the car with a lot of iihhw ' ' an' ; hhi.nl by "Dead p boxe- and bundles. I x-e ecn neonl express. " tw.r.t.." .'-- i" i..v. No, re.al live person. jhadnca . Df that kind only a few month ago. It , j,apicns once of twice a vcrar. Thecal. 1 I ' 1 that I refer to wa a voting bov about ton year- old He wa-billed to Jackvm. ...-.. . . . ville. Ill . and had a Lag At him for that dac hat s more Iih wo.- rnt C. O. J. I don t know how ire got him. but uppo-e Mime oor relative, tinnbbi U buy a ticket, shipped him to omebody' amb-cauv unabbt to kc-p tho lad hfm- .-If. Tho, are the. circumstance which . 1 "When I wa. on th . every little while they oon get ncI to ' ita'biL f luwl a bo Alter a few rnile it and don't mind boy on mr run one? who wa., billed from Boton to Sn j Francico He xrx- twelve year- old. had a laket of.grub with bim and tm a terror to the mesnger'. Wi have bi hand into errry ack of peanuu and basket of fruit in the car if he wasn't a-T.fl " " .7:;";. , . . . . ., ,, . re th-y 9hippI by woght or oUwr- , irr ' "iTT '"" -t:c 1 .. .. . 111 w waran wanow-TPCKKHatci trwi couldn't r is rt4t?Tenc tn loss- d- - j - 1 - ' " a. rw coeapcr in ai ca 100, who xa5 condition in repct to weshL TW express companies don't like to kindle human merchand:e. and I preome tiwy would aut down on it if it became aay wore frequent- The railroad coaipsalaK would probably obket, too. thlrmt Triintnc ThOregop znining bofy spring. TJR"t operatoriJi varioos mm W ITva "H- 4Mfd "Pi ? f 4 v-5. h m J 4 " I l V- -iS- I 1 1 v r ,! iri), 11 11 1 tjutra preSct jpmi " mmm : wlvtka Sute wma B& " Jul tt- expariMiBd " mc iw .. ". 4 ;."Ml f -j- - y1- .. x- v am -ss A?aaafcser ... 5 M fc J 2"