T Kmr&rBfatG&fl; U ,m 1 &f T i 111 i X7M coimnun'catloiift for this papc -.mill lieue.Ceilll.riH-o' Jv tlio iiHino Of til - nut'ior: not wcvssiir ly for publication, b. us n evuluse-. of c .ol fa.lh on the part t'ir v. r.tcr. tVr.to onlv on ono kMo oft' pupiT. Ut pt.-tieularjy careful Jn jjlvl muiic-aml Iat . to Ir'.vo the letters r.nd U urc ' SONG OF THE HOUSE BROOM. J hiii;,' the criaji font: of the houc liroota. So lrik Hinlof nothing afra.ri. The einMum-ol order and ncattioM. In tin; Mronj: Rrip or tulfrtrcsi Or niaM. J or ithelhcrti vbirk. hwgcj, or fruiiiiou, I b.iij? awl rjric wh.le al work. Ami rut honest Iioiiiu llirutit is at nilih.sk ami lint Whi;n:socyt;r they rally Or In i k. J n ilniwing room, hoii'lolrainl cliiitntrrsr I !ii :it home jis ,'n kifciiun am hull, I "hjj )HrniIl. p;n7.!i unci Mulrway - .-h xwlfh" fiouiKlh my elmllcniriii' rail. J'lt- the tyrant Floth Ncmcfl H. -w.fity The ehnltin of nesticd I unlofwj. llitn, room for the broom, liiaclivily'fsduciin, M'.orn fof to ilef:t ami t isti.se! v i AxmliiBter woof hwI r.ur caret My march I imjiatt.aHv take. "While my hI'Ut, the plutncl feather lnstor, H-;nI erect, follown f;int in my vaUe. .Not a comer m il.irlc lint I iareli It, Not a cranny too dwp to explore; Alter which, lioil'lur .11 his: till the next ilay'rt a aim fail me forth, lleirotiKh-p'tceil as lief on;. M ii" 11, lovclv woman, imjielrf me, I'm her hhtveor lefeniler ut neeil. A uiiiny .1 loeuill hear trillion;. w horn a liro'Miiitick li.Uli imt to his Hpul. In her raHi. le il dimpled or iKiiiy, I'm the necpter or di udjie of her will. An I :ny hfMini like con rue (.'atherr defltn;d or force .. her housewifely winhes I III!. I am t!m sprite ol HrratiKeineiil. I am the vandal of thtilt; Totvoiiiau. foi mail H hi-ttcr eomlort, I am I'lvilijition'h he-l si. ft. Wliile I'leaiil.iieH.i ho riMiH the proverb I-to Koillme-h nearest allied. K'mmii. 'ikiiii lor the Inootii, amid biiiinhine and clorim The hiiMUeeier'tf jrlnr.- and pride! A'i'i in . IJrnr.r. in A'. )'. Sun. ttOTH ACOKI'TKI). The ,'StOl7-Rorulor,, Asks " WhsiL EIso Could I Do?" "Ali--. Vance! iMi-s Vance! do you know the Lime of dayS'" ".Nine, Mr. Yes. nine. ;mil hi-c there." Me.-: ehanieally I followed, with both eyes :tud feet, the direction of (lie pointed linger-. Tlierc, piled upon a Iare;e. quare table was a p ratniil of rd.S. teaehinir almost to Ihe .sk, liirhl. "Thai pile i. aecinnitlaLui";." "M head was bad tliw moniiii";." I said, byway of eplaiiiiii";ui t.irdines.-,. I should have been al work two hour.- before. "You'll have need to be all I he pry er." Willi this limely reminder lrvinr "Winter. Sr., my employer, left me to nn work. IJemoviii"; my bat and gloves, I Hat. down in my ohair and Mhi'd. II. was not my wonL to mIi before beiiiuiu work, but this niorn- iii"; my heat I was splitting. Such a heap! Spry, indeed, should I have lo be to make, room for the next, mail's contribution. It. was .sure to be larjre it was always lare. "Thank heav en! waste, baskets arc cheap and lire is a ready consumer of trash," I thought, picking up the nearest red I and plil tin"; down the yellow wrapper with mv little linjrer. Yon sec. I was Mory-rcader of a lare;c publishing-house. Nothing to do from morn till de.ury eve. but loll back in an eay chair and read love, tales and nov elettes. "Dclijrhlful!" says my tinso-phi-ticate.d rentier. Try it, ni liction reailinj; frie.tul, for six consecutive day, and if you have not. a literary digestion Mronj; as the physical digestion of the o. at the end of that time you will be either a maniac or a reformed novel reader. A friend of mine, once'had a vision of bell, which, if not as majrnilicenl as Panic'-, wacerl.titih iti",cniou.-. There he saw every body elern.ilh ene;ai;etl in what had been on earth hi favorite uiMi:t and boelliti"; .-in. One man had .-haken a dice-box twenty million lime-. Another had counted out money till hia Is Hirers were worn oul to the bone, and uncounted heaps .still lay all around him. One woman hadwalt.ed :t rin"; in the Moite lloo- anil .still she whirled "round to the jriddy one, I wo. three. Another bail looked one thou sand mirrors into fraruteiil- and wa llow sweetly eri'iiaciti"; in the thousand and fir-L 1 am sorn ft.- these. Hut if then' be one .sinner anione; them who while here, encouraged too much a pr dilection for talc-read5nr, and is now expiating his guilt by being the r.1 on -reader of Inferno -- supremely iiboe the other.- my heart goes out to him in pity. 1 had been a deourer of the tale in early girlhood. 1 remember bow 1 u.-ed to steal lime from paper folding each week to read all the stories 5n that copy. Some of us begin our term of sin expiation this side the. grave. "Itu that as il may." said 1 w ith a sigh, unrolling a roll of manu script ami re-rolling il from the other side to get it out of curl, "be that as it r.:ay. the wolf must be kept from the bor." and with this homely conclusion 1 .-et mv teeth for work- , "WKtTTKJC IX ltl.Olt." Or. "77ir rnimfeii HMim." lly Adolphus Fitr.pern.Ul. Well. Adolphus! yon have a taking t;tl here. 1 ishouldbo almost tempted io intpiiro into this anomaly of tlte un- Avedtled widow if you had just coupled the ds in unwedded instead of in the unfortunate widow. However, this may only be one of the eccentricities of genius. Yes. Adolphus. if "arbitrary .spelling" be a sign, you are certainly one of the gifted. Here again wc have our heroine called tho wider." prov ing that you could spell licr with one d -when your genius cared to condescend to the li.tlcness of correctness. Really 41 blood-curdling narrative; Adolphus, written, as vou saw in blood (or is it only poke-berry ink?); but wo haven't! enough greon and yellow paint m our establishment to get it out in tho ar tistic style it desenros. There is a nice, lar-nN empty wasto-basket with its anouth wide open for your vriddoir. Here goes! Itext cornea. r K-A . ' a "i . "a. r t am . iiAcirri.on." I wager I can tell before I read the first chapter. Becau.se 011 wrote your lovc.letter.-5 on ancient purple-lined yel low paper like this. What rational maiden, niueh It , sensitive-sighted story-reader, would honor such paper i with a perusal much less -.end back "Accepted? Let us mildly -ugge.-t. my friend, that -.hould von ever aain aspire to become, an aecepted lover or author, you lir-t divo,t your great grandfather'r leathern wallet, of their content-. M'll it to the rag-boy for trash-paper, and with half of the dime thus arrived at invc-t in half a quire of plain white fool-cap. Vou may need the other half dime to buy a little bell with before vou are through. Here we have a -dory in ver-e; rome thin in the .-ehool of I.neilc. perhap.-: mtiij: i.osjt im:z." "l!y Anita." It t::rt out verv softh. thu. : A 1-dlllPr flfl .1.' An., r .. .1 1 .. .. j,, A ir.tmu' Jhroiih the jmrple-ha.y daivn- '"'' Morning M - " dawning" TIiit. Anita, 3011 hav -at riglit down on the riitmiii liietionary n,m naK. a lo-ce. i.y pwi:ie7ep.vr5 t.orne. vniie- o er ine iiiiia in miiui-r to her own Anita, we were about to diop Inez in the waste basket with the l.achelorl and I he Widder, but we -ee you hae inclo-ed stampi for return po-tajre. Lfl l. Will lflf.1.(. .'..,t .it... .. .., I.I.I.. .7.. ... .1, i,i ,.-i v 111 im i inn unit- . . , ,. ,. ... printed vollow -lip- on which we ,av that the rejection of MS. by us doe-, not .sinffy aid MS. i-, without merit. Suppose, Anita, you try the (''tUitry. We .saw dawninir" and .varninr"' rhyming beautifully in it not hmj; ao. Itit it i- one of our little peculiaritie not to publi-h thi'-e two rhymes in our tin pretention- magazine. nur;riK! to in: tTii: -Or.- Thr Itijtimiiitrr'x h'fini. lly id-ckle-? ltalph. author ol I'alamlty .lane." Ah, Kalph. you have -tniek the ke--uote of modern s'n-aLioiiai-:u. "Ac cepted." We will forwaid you -i-lo lo-morrow. We reiiieiuler what a hit the ('alamil .Jane" made. ):dy () my! if I mijdit ju-.t form a covenant with my eon-eiciict read it over. Iut no; I am do it. not to paid to WH1 Three hour- later, with the din of tween him and it. Hid not hi- father j .,ung man's record bad in spit., of dxnamite -till in 1113' head. I lay it threatened to di-inhcril him if he mar- J ,jni. On! mv dear bov, ibis i-a do aside marked "Accept -d." I look at , ried me? And who knew but he ' . ,.;,. to cowanllv for a vniii" iii.;ii I I 14.. I II. .If 1 1 1-1 ,..-. ... " inj chick, una inn. nan an nour yet till I m free. Surely my head will inir-t neiore that. nut. lie re "-oe-. This time it is a very .-mall roll with a cry cramped and funny little hand writing. "TIIK TWO si-Tiais." "My I.iiiu Miow-ii." To the eilitor. ilear sir I am only leven enrs 0I1I. too mmir to write a -torv that twtiilil he e.t-uitel, I in afied, h.it 1, ;f .ii on! I. new how hanl I ve trhle over tin- oii ttonlil .-mhI niesonie money for it ami print It. 1 her I oni-tiahont a man name doctor .lonson writing a -tor.-lo defr.i h - mothers Innerel exiKMises. so thought I would wnleu ttor if i eonlil anil Ket in ney to lm Illlie .-ome tresli street milk utery iiioriiintr .-'lie cr.i'i'.i lor it -o. anil some oraiisresntiil lemon-. Ihhe is my ihlor Si-ter. Jhe is very steit In hl. I can 1 do niiv th.in.' to make money. ln:L 'then she is tvi II she makes money copying mid Intys tne linle and elothtni;. I wanted to try to do the copying, t.ut Mr. Steven-on -.nd my liMiulwrite tvit-n't iiit' til I don't know what tve will have to do 1 can't Inn ve her as she nels me all the time. Mm hut niuht, when Kllio w-as asleep and I was lyjiiK he-nle her. I tlioiu'lit mat he I mii;ht write a -tor. so I not im 11ml In-piii. I nrnyed terv hard to (ml to lie'p me, and He herd mv prare. I Hunk, for all at om-e 1 nni-t have ot in-pned audi wrote .-trate aloinr till day. I rend l'.llle thostor net inornin. and -he suit it wh vry i;ood inde.sl lor one of my aye I d il not tell her 1 was noiiijrto jirini il. ln-ean-e 1 wanted it to Iw a -Uprle It jon think ..a...... ...i si... . ...... -..... ........ v.... ....... ..... ..i...... 1.. .. 11. .. .1 .. . m; iiKcatthc'topso as people would. rt e-I pet too much ot me. Hoping ton will except j my htoit. I .1111, ic-pectlully yours. I.I I.A 1IHOUN. 1. S. l'le:i-e -end the money t aT.tCllniore street, up stairs, room tiumhcr m- en I mem il no -tnr is excepted. 1 hope it w hi ho tor I am aired I'.lhe is iroiu to d.e. Well, h -re was something a little outside of our experience as ston reatler. I read it aloud, and before 1 was aware a tear had irathered in my iiitlm-itei! oc. There xt'iis- something ( so sincere in its artle ncss, o patliettc in it- impulsive childi-hnc-s, it went straight to my heart. l?eid-s it brought back to mind my own .sorrow ful childho d a ision of an attic, a deathbed and much childish misery. 1 read her little story "The Two Sis ters." It w.is .sweetly ami .simply told, full of natural errors, but with crude Hashes of originality that marked little Lula as no ordinary child, l'nictical ly, it was valueless, of course, but to me it was a green Held and a rippling brook and a patch of blue sky amidst the heat and the smoke and tho din of the great cit. l&efore I knew it I had stink my head on the table and was softly weeping. "No. Lula," I said aloud. " The Two bisters .shall not go into the waste basket with the Widow and the Bachelor and the Lost Inez, neither shall they be placed there be side the bloody dynamite man, but your piece is marked "Accepted." 1 shall keep it f -r my verj own. and you shall have live large, round silver dol lars to buy Kllie sweet milk and or anges. I shall take them to you this afternoon, and see what can be done." 'May 1 join you Miss Vance?" I started but did not look around. It was Irving Winter. Jr. lie had opened the door unobserved and hail caught me in tears. A Hush of morti- ueaiion overspread my tace. 1 arose at once with an affected little" laugh. "Don't report me, Mr. Ining: I have a very bad head this morning." "But a very soft heart. Head3 Fie! fie! you were weeping (acknowledge the corn!) because pater fauiilias inter fered between Eloise and the coach man. I thought better of you. Mar garet. How many months of story reading will it take to harden vour heart?" "Yesterday." I said, with naivete, 'you complained that I was hard hearted." "So you are worse than hard, cruel to 010." "Be that as it may (and to dispute your word means half an hour's bore dom), it is my dinner hour and I am ver,- hun-rv. I think I have earned - my bread to-day." 'There it is! earned vour bread. Margaret, whv will vou earn vour bread?" ..:... .,. 1 .1...1... :. .. .. ... ..:i iu'vauf 1 le.jui j 4, niri tunu 10 ii fer it." Three furrow3 formed between his ee5. -How Ion-mu-t thi thir.e-''oon?" r-ii 1 i- I ,nhi-i icrv ileeiile tiii.n rnni" " "f- -- "--!' w... . the door laid my hand on the knob. 'Until I cut it hort thus." '.Stay! May I join you this after noon?" 'How? Whore?' "To I Alia lirotvifa." Have-dropper'" I cry pcixavi." "If ou promise not to bor me with non-eiiM. ea." Ami wc went our wa; he to the hotel. I to my private lcdinjf-. Ir.'iujr Vint-r, dr., fHcupied that 051.v iilniililn' I'lllidi imiiorrrilnil lln.I. ' 1' 1 . tton ol a. i-lant editor; in other word. J he did all the arduon- dnidpnjr. and I pro-aic part of the edittnjr. while Irv- j injr Winter, the elder, editor-in-chief. . .at back in hi- well fumi-hed anruiin. -.tacked the -ilver. entertained, cur-ed cur-ed nm(.h .UMj eHpned a liltlc. I atlllll.-Pil ' much and clipped a liitle. I admirfil I mouvsl. iik,. j.r tardian. and pub Irvin: the younger in the direct ratio j j;, th,.m ,tlIOir. mou-lv. In ins that I dete-ted Inin the elder. We , had -rown trn to-etiier in the -ame e- tabii-iiment lie -tartetl a- printer 1 i:e il ami 1 a-? paper-folder and had . , , .1111 1 , striiIeij up the ladder, round ! . . . by ' ' rniniil tji rkin rir.-.itttt ittii ruttcM I Pf Irving Winter (not menuiu"; irrev erence by the epithet, but merIy to avoid repetition ol" -enior. oti under stand) was what i- ui"jarly called clo-e-li-ted. In other word-, he wa- a mean, miserable, -ordid old mi--r. Youii"; Irving mv In in"; wa.- a free- hearted :in the .-un-hine and did more charity in a year than hi.s long-faced deacon father did in ten. "Irving Winter. Sr.. .1..".0." you would -! in larre letter- at the top of every charity -ub-cription li-t; while :iwav down toward the oottcn ill an uupivtentioiis hand wa-: "Auonvmoiis, .I0." I under-taiid. Cod ble-- him! There ..... ..,.,,.,- ., nobler mi-mi nevee i.m. ...,- niii .1 uoiii 1 man. neei one :lMt ffiiiM .In iiw.r.. ffw.il with iii. 1I..11 loum mi mote goon wan 111.- lineiev- mil I M-ir.r.,.-,.t V-me.. ni-tiii iiio.k . aim i, .i.ir"ai'i .1111 e. 111. nil. p.nnile-s -tory-re.ider, would come be - v.i.iimr .mj. if mil-l 1101 lie. Wemtl-t drop the dream of our oti:lt: 1 should tell him so this afternoon 11. ".".711 (tiluiore street" wa- part of a T. li.. ill.. 11 1 hi.nM l:.i.i.. X. ' Mere it is Yon in-l te iii inilsi.I.. her., in K 11 1-. 1011 Jtl-l W.lllouiIUe ueie. Irvine- till I see " V t ill o-innt U-..H1-! iivoi. mi 1 .si i . .v 1. 111. .uini worn- m c-inie tn the ilour .01 1 .mil 10 lie 0001. " ...... -. . a. '. ..... ,. "There's a dead woman in here. lie you a friend?' I shuddered and bowed my head. A voting girl, apparently eighteen years old, wa- laid out on a snowy bed. Kvideiitly kind hand-had shrouded her. Kneeling between the bed and the wall, her head buried m the j bed clothes, was a little girl, weeping 1 violently- "litUa. 1 said, "is this a on?" She shook oil" my hand and looked up. "Who are vou? Do vou know Kllie?" "A friend. Lula. Come with me." "Xo. no." and she .sank back on the bed. "(lod was mean to Lula: He didn't an-wer her pr.iver and I send her the money. Cod was mean to j I.llla." "Hush!" I said. "Cod is goo.1 Yotirtrj.ht. xw. m bov. the other man ston is accepted. Lula. and I have conic to brine; ou the nionev." She looked up with a halt-glad smile, then , turiH'd her head away It s collie too J late. Kllie can't drink n.ilk now." "But. Lula. we can buy -ome llower for her grave. Did. Kllie love llower-?' "I ome. come, -ii said, starting up and lairly dragging me from the r -m. ; "I know when- they keep beautiful j cvie-. ero--es and ring-. We'll get a white cross -( ome!" A tall in in bru-he.l h us as we pa-scd through the hall. "Why. Ceorge! you? Where did I vou drop from?" I heard Inin,r s.iv. 1 r , " Come, come" urged Lulu as I turned around to s-e who he wa-. We hurried along, firs; down thi- -treet. then u; that, till 1 and my outhful guide were both out of breath. "Here," -lie stid. -topping at la-t be- lore a llower -hop. "Will you make j me a white cross for t"ies?" ami -he hehl out the five silver dollars to the bewildered llowerman. Where'd you git that he , asked, suspiciously. ' I made it." she said, turning to me appealingly. "Ye-." I said, "it belongs to her. Can you till the order at once?" Jes. stejt in-ide mi-s. an' I'll -ho;v you some already made." I let Lulu make her own selection white japonicas and tuberoses. Kllie loved the tubero-e- so." she said. " We u-ed to -top by here and smell "cm. And one day she bought one." Then, holding the cross out very tenderlv on both hands and arms. ' And I really made the money." she said. "You are sure my story was accepted?" Stm" said I. When we returned Irving met us at the door. The same tall m.m that had brushed against us was with him. "Mis Vance, my friend. Colonel George McGregor, you have heard me speak of so often. Lula. do you know this gentleman?" "Xo! Let me in. Do you know Ellie?" "I am your and Kllie's Uncle George. Haven't you heard Kllie speak of me? Yes! I know vou. Mv mamma used to call you brother George, and said von'd gone down into the sea. Bat you didn't, did you? Came see Kllie. She's dead now. But I've written a story and made some money and bought fhls beautiful white cro3 for her coffin, and I shall write another and make some more money and buy her a beautiful white hcadstoe, like the one Ellie put at mamma's grave?" We followed her into the roam, where anu-ome colli n. O. E!lie: -he akl, lioidiu th I crrr5 over the sijrhtli35evi. -ek her- I knew my prayer would coaiu truo- 1 .. 1 ,. 1 i" - . irii . iini. The tears trathorw! in or ey5- 1 ......r. ! t...ntirfi trrl , lUv, .......hiii .-....- -Hut what am I to do with ;h .! . .. t-..i l 1 1 t. .... - tn iJL! H-1.-...I lrtii- whili Wf Wen V....... - ... r., itrntiiin? horn- from tho :unTnl. troi4" wi.i -fine n first ti. j." ,. ...: i 4.i . , .. . k.,i. -.. prtv on her. but hU bu,-ine-- call- him back to Nice at on.ee- He want.- me .7, . i: ...1. .k: i-.i, -,.. T K IB ITk. V 1 B t T T -. B I -B- fi.tii.1 I hTi Iirinc hr little ehllbbv 7 ,.. n ' ha.nl 111 mine. ..1.- :u u.w r.. j,i. ," .... .nil lr-in"-. , , ,, . Lula. io;h weru , 1 1 1 1 5 -All riL-ht," saiil . ..w...,t.1 " l'kl ..rv.. .. vw... We've I-en living together now thn-.- vear-. in a co-y. little hon - of our own. Lulu is a pretty brown- eyed maiden with a wry merry latijfit and very useful hands?. Slie wriu- -torie- -.i:ie tint that are 'ac cepted" -tire eiiouc;h. May be yo j jj lV,. n,a,j .rine ut them. She i- erv I la,.,, and -.n- her't-a-eakes an- b,-i- t,.r lan H.rl3j,. old In in- Win- t-'s ha-n't di-inheriu-d mv Ininvet. . for all hi- threat-. And e'.en if he doe-. we are willing worker-, ami there I : . plenu of room m the world for -uch. U. 7iw. hi 1 iff mi. CREDIT AND BLAME A r.ir.iraiilier"- --n on : !! Im- ixirt.iiii -.ulili-i t. I My -on. it i- a comforting; doctrine. ind one that men often preach to each 1 uti.r ,j,nl :l ,., ,,.M.n,.N :lJlcreiIi: for eery thinir good thai h" doe-, and for all the good that he i-. but that -om--body cl-e i- to blame for all the evil in him. Mr. ("ouirh luv been eritici-ed . for .ai:ig and they w.-iv hU last word-, -"Voting man. make vour rec- ont cie-in. i ne prophets who .-tiearc ...... ' ' . .. .., . . . coniionauiv -av luat t:ie vounjr man ...... .., .... 1.. 1.:. ...1 .i 1 . .... .1... i.i.in. 111- in vii IKMU k IH'tl !i- .- .1 1 . . it r j, t:,t,,.r makes a bad record lafore 1 1 . - . 1. ., ,1 Iuni: that soen-tv ami the evil t-nden- ' r -. 1 ..- 1 : . n -im ...M..t i.....r 11, .. .i.i.,..ii.,i- ! (.:ij ,, environment." writ the to accept. Kei since Ailam. th j founder of i-oeictv ami the izneittor 1 ot the lir-t ncorl ever made in this worlil. a man w:ihotit roninent" to his back. :i:i "eni- ' made a bad ! .. . ..1 .1 r 1 ..... record, and then -.ml f.l . . 1 -.1 1 i- 1 . tliotl gaVe-t to be with Hie. -he did it ..u .. . 1 . 1. 1 1 .1 inn. men have alw.tvs plead the irre- I ; ,;n ,- f ,. . . sistilile tore nf sni-i-i.iiiiiliii.'-s mii.I imp. t Ifl'liri!. TII1II I IOri s-.lll- " I o. woman eum-tanee-. The woman wa- ounim - man .oam; -ne wa- weaker; m my ' wi-e men -ay -he i intellectually the inferiorof man; sho w:l- a new-comer in the irarden. and et how "lad tour old gramlf.ither wa- to -av that it was all 011r grandmother's fault; and mat. jjnjr th,,s l,., j.v.ray In inlluetices and eamile which no man could control or resist, he should not be held re.-pon- ' 1 sible for his di-obedieuee! And in her turn your grandmother laid it on to the -nake. jn-t a- to-day in Christian homes all oter this land, the etil iU'ft nf men and servants are laid to the cat. j',llt. fr :iH thisexeti-e. Adam was li red out of the -.iriteii -in. I it serte.l lo... --- -- ..-- . . .1 -m may eat forbidden fruit until he found ers, and not a bit' that he -wallows is going tohurt ou. A dose of strvch- nine l.i enone-li to till i eovv tt-.m't rs --.--- -- ..... -- ..... ...... . hurt 011 if you don't -wallow any of it. When ou -wear, you do otir o.vn swearing: oir can't borrow another man'.s tongue to damn a beggar with. When vou get drunk, vou get drunk. The law doe-n't line the man who -dl- it lines the man whodrink-. it. When you -teal am thing, from a pin to the Broadwa. road, you do your! own -tealing. and in thecal of the ' pin it least -the law holds vou re- -pon-ible for it. not the man who KHic lay. t-ncan! now in a h 1 coaxed you to -teal, nor yet the citt.en j U''W as ever Iked. too. who. by owning aluable property I -Judge A better man nevps frr-d. which you co-ild not buy. tlnrby' Colonel Not since ;he high water, t. nipt -d ou to -teal it. Y u are the i -1 i-'--t- Well, as I ua.s going on t fellow who does all the wickedness that ."'- U1 -'"'J- 'dd M-ve ami a steam is wrought by unir hands and 011r ' J,),a captain named KalMiUw - lips. It tire-me to h'ar a man alw.ivs j exeu-ing him-elf. and citing .some , dreadful. wicked .leroboam whi.-h mad" him to -in. Not. indeed, that we hold the .leroboams guiltie,-s. "It tnu.-t 1 need- b that otlen-es come; bn; , woe to that man by whom the ' oll'en-e cometh!" But Keati-e the ! mill tone and a soft place in the -en i- the proper combination for the man' who help- you to -tumble, you do tn ) go re. I nave no nght to turn u 1 .. cro dog into the -in-et: but if I do. I he will bite you if you go fooling arotyid i mm. U herefoii "cave eanem." which . by int rpretatiou is: "Don't monke-, ; with the dog." As th dog will not ' )''-',.l un" " ;-lk' th ton to 'ware of i.i. do ;.ou b-wsrof the dudg- Marl.. '. on the C.nunii Hoe. dog. You may have noticed on th Colonel Ye. Will they rmt.-da sacerdotal garment.s of yourin.stmctor. ! oiu n-dd of old Anthony Bow-.-ray .-on. some queer, un-ightly splashes ' Jlg I knew him like a hook. I here and then. Well. I put them j Wen: l" chl with iii- -on Jim Jitn on myself. Without the assistance or wa blown nj on the .In in, M-f.ib.. by the fault of any man I did it. AnI No. let me -.. not the .Julia. MeCat, if there are any more to go on before I but on the Keb.cea II. Kob-rWH. have it renovatt'd. I am the only fellow Colonel At any rate. Ury nit'd who can put them then. Now -oti the place and -pent coa si durable may go and play and hare fun. and money in getting i: into eosduioa. don't let me ever again hear 3011 -ay lu-; about thn: tini ;bre tta- a big that you would be the b"-t ioy in the hurrah over a new kind of eoUrn world if only all ;he other boy- were wbkrh had -;n intotxloe! from Ilia. dead. BurdttU. in Brooklyn, Enjle. ! ;eve ciade arrangentrnt- -sriih a Xsm "C. 0. I).." which ha- become in- coqwrated into mercantile phra.-ol- ladgel knew bits Hla. a btvk. II ogy. was invented in Bo-ton a quarter , u.-d to kep on the cor-r of iVerbo of a century ago by Henry Is.iion. nad Canal tr-e.s. who sold many boots and shoes sUb- Cdoai-1 No. he Vcpt -.-imewhre ject to payment upon delivery. The . nearer the levee. express order, "collect on delivery." .Judge -I tefl you that yon" re wron was then thus abbreviated. Ctttcuy wa., in New Orbwn-in l.Yj'L'J.x, Inter tjecan. hi !J.9 and I hoaght i lot of -appHe " .. ' :n rin-smcr- tore. He wa a red- .tauiMia -. r.un.u. : a...... I,W..-V I. J.. .S.1 , M, (r4T ,. . noiwm icjiut" - iKoviut, i .i-. ha become insane oa accouut of an accident at hia mill, whereby lx tsca wactj UlleAL ONS, . -. - .t. 1.. tirt.... .....i v..M lirrv 11 I Jliim III IH'M.r r--rt T.iir:to .in .1 vrap. A iium'wr of crslinIy prrt:y . i . I ' cr,an-' " W chan:e an ?mwn in me pv ?uk rap-for eri -priaj; u jkr. 1. ' r..mb-:nti..ns iduh and siH Het . . . . ..... with wool and l.-nrahn4r wun JatiU , ....; TW....r ."'- dparuirec' in uri$ niixtnrv cn mj . " .:i .1 -. ... t... it.l. tU ...o?-1.. tiiT '-' i"- ' - tind faor in America with ... , .v niav nov inaovatioa , in th' .-prin' mnle- will undoubuily haven -horT p i -n. SoAri.t L- ft ckr imijfs 01 n;iJi wif-. uu- ' onh becoming to youth Afewkueh - e-of scarlet herv a:ul there art:-.ticai:.r diiMjnei! show to gin-ul advtttap ' , r , , " , . when worn bra lady of lortr. "wotl preerretl. complextwi ix:r and ey ! bright- Fashion tiii ?a-ou jrivrs on- i . , , , . . 1 suleruble prominence uj itu lr-'4 'and wrap ( couj.pirmMi.-ly in milliurr. . A d.h !xv in fac. t.a.ir. ji - mearU.. m.Pnliv importl for a yonr heir - of II rook ! n. ives a prt u fair idea f the eff-tthat a profu--ion of thi. bright hue prdue--i in dre-. n;i rioli and realiy handiu tilet ha the -kirt arrang-J in M-arlet p!nh.with wide b x plaits at the back: the front i- jvif.e:!y plain, and vt-r thi-i fall-; in rramf'tl line-, a rich dr.tp- ! en of red -ilk; the halite h doubl jomt- in mnt a hort p .ilIio the lck i cut with , . . , .,;n:.w,. fK.. .?.,.i..i.-i .. 1 n. iiijil ij .",iiimii. m. .- ,. . ...... e!s are of faill and tdti-h. The wnn - , , , liI.1itV,r,.--lfHi wit. plaited front awl back, andclo-ed with t I.irge carve! wooden 1h:i:oii-. A suit f I plu-h antl Iriii .plin, design! for spring wear, .-luiw- t advantage the I new -ule. with jacket lunini: it I'rin- cis-m back, with umler-jdaits in the ' center ami at each :.! form -earn. A wool lace iloiine thirtv-ix inches deep adorns the skirt, ulut It i of miplin. . the p.tnelz anI baU are of pluh J a bronze shade. A handsome suit of Pari- manufacture has th skirt dis pi,.d in hronz.- brown r:iwtr' bair- t.lrf, l .i.t.t 1 .itfii, ,.I..t nf f K.. kfinii ,....( ,.... .,.., ..W -. W.V. .... . , .... , -..ade. I he b.-i as4pie is f velvet and the v"Ml 01 wine -a prenv aiM awriMt- . 1 . . i, . li t IVC model. i-Micc. ally ftir a KUfclil lailv. . , . ' . , . ., A iMeomin ' wi-aj) is a verv l.r.tt' . , , , garment, am! adds mm It to the beautv - and attractiveness of a fthiouabIe hi s- and bonnet. The ww modes for wraps :tn wry like thoe in Togne at ' toe pznseiit time, ami yet thesv are a 1 few decided tnr.o atton- in the manner ..... ol moii.-lmg; tin-re are the extnni -. t: these mMl-s are always notice- able for their pronounced etFeets. Vi-n little trimming will -z n on tin new wrap-. This change is all n well ttor the wraps made of ri-i inatir.al. ' '. I I.cs-e:iensie goods can bo enrich d ! 1 w tth prettt .g.trnittm.s with iee!l ut 1 . -r- -v..... i ...I . . ...:n 1 .1. eileet. .I.tckt ts will be more worn than tain olh.-r sile of in detiendeni "-ir- inent. The l-;ulinsr ii-,,.'ii is doiibh- breasted, with -nuirly-littini: bru-k. while the fror.ts are rather Jovs,-. Large wood buttons close the front. .Many of the.-e wooden button- are beauiifiillv .vrved in arioti- artistic and iju.iint designs. .V. 1'. Hvrnltl. LIKE A BOOK. iiow u i.ir-t..i.i Fri-iiii-.iii w.t-. ri.ini and vi...t....i.t itr.tr.. .-1. ' Colonel .Millngtoii lb Jib- and .l.Jge ' ''"''"port .Iottt r were, until a. t.-w ',:l-',s :,-'"- li'-h-ng trii nd-. The tight ill W hicll t lieV lVtelltl V ell:.l"Cil catl-.d r ""rs.i! sitrpii- This is the '.A.lX the altereati :t originated Tin Colonel and the judge met each other on the street, and. after cordkalh shaking hands, went into a sair.ou. The two gentlemen met several friends in the s.doon, and when the had all taken a drink, the Colon.! said : " Centlemen. as I so jjmi you an- in im hurry, I xvoitld like u tl! u about a man who is dead and gone ,mv " whom you all knew. In ' '' fm !l'v'' Addison . ' m" !dge I knew him "Ski? 2 woh.. ' Colonel -1 know you did Coed old I 'udge -tie w.is the capUvin of the ,r3" Kagu. 1 kn.-.v hiin. i Colonel- Ye-. I think he wa.- the , captain of the Cray Kagle. Well-- 'Udge (who had be:i deeply pouder- "-) - No. come to think of it. h w. "j: tni" captain of the Gray Kjigle. lie owi an int-re-: in the figle btt wa captain of the (ironiwl Hog Coloip-1 Well, it make- no d lb r- encc. In I -."'. old Sieve and Fal-orn. I. .... . t . . ""'-'- - ap.am m- i.roittoi Hog. Colonel Ye-, captain of the ('round --- In l:'J' tve and FmI-ouv '"nen.iieti to raise a crop of cotton. Nt,-,'' wa.- to over-ee theplnnlation and Orlcaa- eoiunii--ion merciraat. aanted .losbh ritimawrr factnl man tiUh a car on hi ribi 9 cheek. Colond (impatiently) Wtll. j niakfei ao divrca.i Tbcy xaSslc ax- ..... niLiM'iai' 1 ' '" ir-i'--ir-r"-rJnTiiTnr"TTrij''' .fiJsanrxHHHUHP reaffpiijcnt- with Thin them a lot of tho ed. riuijinwr s a LittKt rck aian working for him. a . -Ub-sitld f.liow auraed AaJy King, ,rt.t - " The .Mulct Ami v Kinjr' I knw Jiim , t. IU- Ulir nni t. kwn I 1 i - 1 """. i"oioi'l- I think tu arp Mritakrt. ."mis-! ;!! you tbm, Vm wt. I , 1 kn-v.- him like a tA. I t - otMel (with mi swot roddm rwol j IUost) -Hold on. I m UtU too f. - j il wasu": Andy Kmc bat a 11. chuWiy , thmjr: j Mow itawed Sol Pierw. Wrll tmdtt - .imiffe-Uh. l IVTer U hr ar him hke n book. H ,u mtu nea a ta.ir n.une.i 1 1 pepper t oloml o. Sh dttfci t Jhe tuar- I ried a exbinet nker aaiu- Hk . Jttdp 1 Sell yott Uvst ytm g. a. Colonel t'onfonnd is. I kniw .fudp -S do I know, for thn i; com- to o!d-t.ne matter t am ti.-re Colonrl Ntf a&i I. Judgv Not Utitrh s, I im i'ulonel -Yea, mad a dettcvd iht more .J.tdjr Ytti don't know whai au'r talking abvti'. t'nit&rl - Wei! rot -oit ru J .-. Jude I cieifet if y.m'd l:.tfu to n Colonel -li I were to li-tnto iriu .!. at nfrf p 'ftriit 1 ; unto 1 nas ai worn my Jwljje-!mHMMble. Yott'd he to terei- more energy ttian h hae yet shown to be more ignorant than i are. ( olooel Yoti are nn oW fro,t-biSsrn liar. Spat, !pat. spatl At tho eoueltition of the cnnUt, tike jutlge's asaw Iookel hke a iekld ln-t, Vhll one of the "ulonel's eye " ondttion to look through J a gas darWU. 1 he two ol.U.me pn tlemcn will neter aam U Ictelidit. ArLiHat' I nt,; .'. r. WORTH A TRIAL. Th" ConiliUMidtiSJ.. i.n.l -Mef.slut ilxpiftl liirlit ( -.Hie -.les.i.o. . ' -" " - """ " .til ploy ih! 111 te f lV great retail ih.ps in a larg. Am-ri.-.i t. Tw were widows. e.'h with a oldM t-tt port; the. .thers weryttggirN. All ,.f tlft..r 1.4.1 ,v.rsft,'.kT rt but lin.tLftt, T.. 9 a. tft . M.V.. ..,, ., '.,.,.., .MraUkaM. ... ....... .. . ,,v...... .. , ...k.... education; th-r were ouick. intelii .;. ana a.na geniie. niewani manner , , . .. Ihev began Work, at halt-past wvtn o cuh-k: in snp usu.tiir cios.mi at wren in the ev tung. but in the htv wason was omj t until eleven They were not p riiiitt! to tt i.-wn whl. n duty. Tltey ri-eetveil from three to lit c dollars jx-r week, froni which tin were fre.pi.-ntl, deducted for turd ine.-. mistake, ami ot.n r fault-. Their board, in a miserable lodging house, eo-t Irom two dollar- and a half to three dollari, per week. They were obliged to dre--.iteiily ami well. How to make their tnetane enter tin- otiliitv was the probb-m -t before them am! tlndr two liiindred eompuiiioiis Some of these vol! II L' j-jrU. Weak ill oritieiide and in Imdy, grew tired of coming back every night, the u;nr round, from a long dav's work, to thtr loto-ly and wrel bed garret rooms, ami .vere t mpted into theft and other ways of earning plenu of loo 1, line clothes and gav companionship; short am! steep , wast which endt.d in sudden and irre-' Irievable ruin 1 ur friends (e.sl another plan of relief. Tnet Went to the owner of two lirge and hxtnl-onie prit.it ho. -w!io had :idverti-nl for servant. hitl said, in i-H.-el. . e will umlrrtake u do the who. work of vour hoitie. e.K.king. wuiimg, launtln and eh nuber-work. an n tlr and thorottghlv i any trains! o.-rTaut. We will try luthliillv to giveon -m cause to com plain of lack of -kill, en- erg or po.itcnusv. on our part. W do imt epe 1 u lt I com pin ion, in ywi. nor Itwk for net u muk companion) of us. V. e itt!y utipi!.- that our wages Hhall b. x'gular'y paid, thut w- hall have wi-H-veutilaUfl. comfortable ileeping-rroiitH that we hail w b asked to attMM-iat.t with ignumni and mi tidy wnai. and hall lw yrr-.tted with ordinary ci.itity an 1 np.jc" 1 he experiment was malr and with tieee-. ume .f the employers ,aiJ "I hate iM-ver fotjn I the machinery of m hoti-e nxn o well and MtwjthlT.'' liteotherdiehireil: "I tind r..i 4iVr- ' emmi -je nn4 m eife of having UmU ant not hattd lbn- artel nt oris l . empb,Mi at my work." - one tA b-i wt i . . I'.'Ui .niploer-and euifberI htw! J.-.-J, ad aa'trij.. ti a- -elf-r.p.-. t and intolligftiue enough to iWi:fSag earl lt t'tm m i r --pit, e-ieh other. 'lhe troin-n tver twr trU rat a fe-i!a ??. ' lodgel in paan:. comfortable room-. ' onir tt ha-'ei. -,T- ltip3rt. IfMrdedai a grl tablet, aiwi tver jmwl provwHag a liberal mfptj 3r a-high wage- a-, they received in tiW bott. and otr HHikic tmm K U -hop. .More titan nl!. liiey wr r- tuMftaUMxl ibaa hbhmnH k by t? 1 t.med from temfftJiXioo an! bad the p i pooltry R'- ?mmm. -.r prt etitm of a boni. Tb- fmtml thai zrtmi. may ball a lay at grwHtm tbekM.g and --ratg of a m.l :rJi en. i gndli.'y 9m by U0f. ' the ear of a hon.o ir-vjuirfd aiu ix ince.-n taw UigeiK-e. fc.si nd skill a th. fiie.-t.sur.ngof sr-EU.sor dr--vf-t- 1-diiud a ertinl4r. in hiti. that o rtkM myiiwl work only ignoble wUhth u w dote ignoWy. - Y-tth fMftns. A Poor Countr,. lndtJ. A traveling nzn rutin aloov Ur-acgh I a rough tUji of (rrjrn rami, -irrtit a aati.e. THis i i &tt$fc.T poor mnxr, ain. i:" h mtfturwi. rw'f jtipoV 7r?ieA ilomstfs. V hat toc got hm Hold i-urrti ia r?" To k?:..p the 4oci: mi ia khi. What do yo want U. dr. that r Th.n - ftsAAiag for ibn vuxsi. to m- jwre." "'DtAt'x jt h.i. aiiaxrr. " ilov do too auraa?" w Way. yon -.. r-sl-tT. nl w !idat kr them feacstv. the duru rk vrotsVJ 111 mv the fiehl aad larn ia tinis-.'" Merritanl Trcreicr. to A. witty giri eria a ilspp-r liu! fop of hr abrjaaict-inou vrtth 3 lar-j hat on, .wc:Uy hl: "Corn.!. oc: of that hat, Wilfin; I knor vou arc la it, for I Arc roir fe-ct. FACTS FOn PARMERS. had WttiMmt MAanrr no goml groliniJ. iUi it m pMir ground. VnxVir Farmer. TV wW nf h7 in Cronl Utftfai htU Itm Uuui oo-i.wirt1! a- merli ? wc imwa hi tiw brt-ui iaa f 'Jtm a twjnwp ejn frKaiT.' ilwdli - Wt wm t throw anni the rr;Jin; terti I . ft th mrctmitT .n 1 ruh in jtt )umw 'my UtiU -.. i'Wwfcrr. t Sd kpt tnu k a - of thrr ,t:.! M ... h Vn ct w fr-m - . . e.1 r wen jjt w frni (r . t. run to niffc- j ., re fv I . ( f. u' - t. run t. iw- . . . 1 . 4 V t ' , an 1: : , aaid 1 wt. l t! '. -j , . (tji I i v.- he .-- pitl; i. V t . . v'ar- tc rt h-t, i t.i; .: e- ndll!. ' v llh. 1 : n.o.t be add- ! jfe i. . Tint - p. and t. ,1 t - it- -. . . I" ' r p 1' li i t c- f- 'it.! T - v rh.-l . -l - t . tl -it! .-! W h-r. M t in In pr ii :. '. . 1 l r. t r m.t" t. t ft. tun - t . . .J- . n. ' '! ! ri- it m-1 Co i ii - . l- a . t' ..I erj tt r I HP ' I tertllulOiltt' l It ':, of bm-ni ging ' -A. ' W,rU A.i- ' he t lfo nt- . J. . - . irr -i - t to .S. tut -11 t t Wis i. - m the ,i. the high. titerf t the agrhMt' aii't Im k times that h Airru. I - 1 'ill . I.C . .W 1 -I t ' , ti . . in gn-uiftir nt.. tjrpartm tit-. f t ' iB,,rvrt 4 1 bMj.r4 fwr . ,.fl u th ,J ,. ... . in arriulfiir -. HarlHtitH. , , . . . . . . ,,. . . ,, . . Ill the apiaftj li fs Well t-. h.tte . .. . " .. . vkled i".r and ! I ..-:' Ihtri 1 yieW of hiMtri. ih n . the bee, dav Hit 1' lat itWHg. but if liT m 1 h) dropped or M.ntctbin a few U-- ar wniii-l, are np in arm- a$ r---t Altimestiketbts.it 1 U hnv. a vail l putt b... I.iiv. tfVlri terti At a rcent r -iin ? ural i.bly in MigSattd t! 1 r- r . air s r v t 1 o. r nt -, 1 disease- td atiimaia wa ! u-.- I a remedy sigge1-. or worm lungs of sheep "l"h' fr"tm ly.w wu hut h nmntAU atl eloe iHiii sh! rasfidr-' thrm t the fiim.-s of sulphur ' 'ol. to this nnnte ilW- nre U t- in tin "nif w- The r.. worm in the tango no be km tin a ni in ali Urm-j -.nt.tMt ti om -nigb Bvil 4 i.t , migatiou to fr tnjfil li.ji GftOUND &OH. A 1 uto t'MW.I VVM.t t llt U m i.r..l KiM SotM of mt lartnifi' trVwe. ;.j be .e.p!t i.r w.t V-. that hn need n l-t t mm-ni uUmm It ar to forj;-.! th- f . I r o. fr e. rt thbe th 1! lt-m, and t. ' tkr up .r p . . fart nr V ras' I. rial. All ,n . -. ) m !.m I ' irmnl ?. n, f tK t.-.- an etra. :; h-n al -! u. n aav et. m I a jTrat- r pt ; 4 z I I jvJatr. i u ra l -, w v , "itriH ni in nnllurd in th 'm,. wmt twefi! .' gi Warn r- In th 'u J . . .t"ially if itry ait mm Wt m n U-t tarv- atft Kto-vm4notr-t Mr-nt hi - r-r-wt that M U e f! t uek ai t . lt 1 d ti 'J!. 4 . h U ctUly tmiuOm i pm, j to layinK a wry ? 9ttmV j wW Afc pt4mtt$!s I m j. fc, jtj. ab.T mt -flpklft j frt-ii". aj-l toi-t 3 ewj-i-r .iJa-f mmM. ' " T -rr-ri ; the -JTi tiki.. . ii aJ.o rrsa tiv un A h Wg k tfc-r-- aay Umhl wi ta sard l th 4 It u. th-i s-i. w tut iamil k ;-ji.jf rto-W by a feb! m jfr-wwad raw tame awl ojj kJJ-. wty pmrvrtt -ko taai ! a fw fir krmUl or a ss.il UK1 ; Rr'Melatirg mrh iod. t tJB ta : pay ltd ot lUm xud ihmP. koobi t4 j -l t eti fj ptaxiag i n 1 mMrsv- li ad hai m it v t ! 4 titm I e--p; a-e pvjwr ihht mih&A. oh It Vi t h? H--triii tKm ihrowlag tt o t!b- ' gr-Joad. To m-r bae l.n -mieudir , 1. m &- 10 tmtx u wii tkf !. j fool. sjd -v War litasxl : t tt tMrfHt j in ra.-s of diarrawi n fowl, baling cured btl ca 0 thloi.- tu gni foTi. in s, 3ingW day. br th r mt thi artMw; to prociot Faring, hows, errr. it i UKGmrr to han? it groan-l "i " a.v r i i. ii-.. BTk irr-- . r r --J pi i wm sw.Fdh ' . . s wBmmmtmmm-- " .r;- i