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Ss Hi RED CLOUD CHIEF A. C. HOSMER, Proprietor. RFI) CLOUD. - NEl'IIASKA COMPENSATION. T '(l sot think that I was o.-i. Albeit in my hair I nfUc-il Hint kiimc silver lurea Were scattered here arid there. The a--: in which in- live. they -17, Makes jn'cple prmiiursly sray. Th'itjch dcjwriilcr.l on in? jjiase3, 1; faie tK: no surprise Srwlnc and fad.112 as I 1J0. Wiii!1 try most people eys: .ml liU our youn; folic now. you know, V.Vtir slashes iery."-it;re they s,o. Jthpiimnt'r twiners nilgai have lpea A lilr.: of a;;- to in'-. They uscl to m- old folk' complaint, Hut ilis-tora 11 aj-rer That diarizes of the weather tell On juunj- folks nowaifaj 1 as e-cll. I knosr T ra ccttlnj- "f'jssv ways." I want tlilniK plumh atrl trie; I like my cup of l-aal noon. My u:-t corner too Hut such thine com" about fte fotis, Vl'hrrc children arc ri- mop.' around. Hut I am oJfl. I 11 te.I you way: I'm s-nuitlmotb-T toslay. A fart I , s-en ail Ml. ami or.! Tnat holds undoubted sway. Yes, Brnrtn other ' That used to be A riKni" tt't houti'l"d iW to tee. Um: Willi serb a cnuipoawtloa. tjnv u'.r.'A Jo be ol A little irrarnirhil.l .'or ir.v own. To lot", to Li- to cold' A oenel.-tinti gift fj" rol. A'l Fat!i:r fit to noRiatihoo !. "SUSAN N1ITER." fetory of 11 Cow That First C.iusod Discord and Thou Coucord, Curie Smith I -" "CouewluMti"' Why, Kale I John meant that ho la .bad'"' 'O-oh'" Sho trid to look sober, but snub-d. It va- very hilly. "There, mamma I know I'm a lunce; you needn't frown to emphasize thy fact, but in u cuso like this, where is the use of rejiltiiiurf" "When did Jt occur!" asked Mr. Ensile. "Alioul two wkH ago I received word -.eslerdavthatl was mentioned intho will." "Sensible old r-rntle.iiiau. I think I could have iouro:id iiitn. if -I had known bin! I hope your portion was l.in;e." "A large as that of all the rest." "How much !" "Katharine! I'm disgusted with you. Bo will .John lx" "Not a bit, mother, d-ar. Leave no to mana-re Jack. 1 shall have to soon, you know." The hantlsomo fellow beamed upon her. he had no fear of her management, "You needn't Hiuile. sir It's gninirtobe serious for yon. See here " She held forth a volume with a pllttenng title: "How to Manapea Husband. l!y Une of the.Mana upers." Whire di.l you cot that thin;:'" "l-eity Sume sen: Jt. She is the author, and it's m.ikiui; hr famous." "She is an old maid "' "That doesn't matter, it sells all the same. ISut Jell me almut your lej-ary; what is ill" "A cmv " "A K-lf.'" "A i-inv. neither more nor lss ' "Was the iiiun iiisane'' "Not at al! Ho re.dlv hadn't much to dispone of, and he portioned it out iiuu.!y." "Humph' What .li.l the resj k'U" ne md 1 he ntttuse. another, a few bank fdiutes; Met r.;. a few acres of ground. The divi-ieu was fnir enoi: h I am satified." Miiberitln mwv! It's the intst ridieu-I011-. tliinc 1 ever heard!" 1T ICalhnrinu woat in n jr:lo of lauchtor, but presently ot'erveii thai her mirth was unshared br the otheis Irs Kmslie looked irlol ; hIio wa Iirnciir.il. and any thins out of the I'ommon nnnoyed her. J.c!: .eesifil jtrfectly hcreuu niul content. Pei imps yoti would like to hear about 'Siumn NiipTf" "And who is she, ;r.i '" Kutesa! ilewn he-.i.it him to li!en. "My lesiwr. She : a valuable Holhtein." "Ami h Sus.ia hjmt':" "lvaus- iIm' 1- 11 reisteretl thorouKh bnil. No other nulm.it can oror bear her lumw." "Nonr in i vnes v :i! 1 wi-sh." "lVrhniis iml. She is .Miar; she will le mipiv fi.aio.s by ml 1.". IWvn ikw she is worth tw 1 fiousaud !'.:irs " ".bihn ljMirt. inw! Humph!" "Yv. I vwi red that this morning by l!r. Snmpwa. ot He'.'.H i lv r.inii.' "WeH but '.hv iluln't you taka it!" "1 imjfvrreil -Siimm Xipnr"" "And wht aroau goiui; to do with bur!" "ICeop her " "As no nUniclion. in thf store!" "I f..trv :lieii v.-.-; sufllv'i : 'method' in t'nele Joha's m.n!nes; " Ho knew ib who:i a JiUlo shr.rer. :t:id how 1 loved a farm; and uir nltxiivs h udvc.t of every one fid'owins 'theirb:t " Acrirulttire was myi!esin- adr-v:iod'. store my fact. Now, I'm goinc to sell cut an I hay somio land." IIathar::iew.i , with astouili meiil. and rdr.. K::i-ii prudently left the mvar. "You do not lo.ik plessel, darlius." "I am not I asMir. vmi " "Then I :r.:i very sorri." He drew her close, and smoothed the pret ty curl in his tender, awkward way. "You can't br in earnest. Jack, dear." "wr nion s, hi my life. 1 1 is generally ttifle which turns the course of u man's lite, and uncle's l-s.icy has turned mine. You know ! have jfJen talked of this." 0. yes! when you are old and retired from business. I wo.sldut mind that. Cousin Walter has a farm and an elegant QuiH'n Anno hmis- and tots of servants. That is nicoomuirh, and the only kind of farming whicti would Milt me." "You don't know, dear iniy, my nweetest ilruam is ti set you Sitting about, caring forour simple hut comfortable home, with plenty of rocitn to live, without stifling ourselves in a 'flat. our own broad fields about us. ami no restrictions on enjoying the grass.' Then, in the winter, with a eery sleich and goid horse to carry u OTer the plilterinc roads, lurt a sleigh-ride is an extravairance for Us " For a moment the pleasant picture her lover drew woke a mild enthusiasm in the gayety loving heart, but it oon vanished. "Jack 1 will never marry a farmer." The angry flush in :hr beautiful face emphasized the tone. "Hush, Kate! don't sav things without thinking." "No. 1 will not -hus-viand lam th'.nki'.ic." She sprang up ar. 1 paced the narrow par lor, whence in true city fashion God's daylight vr.s excluded, "her dainty white tea-gown trailing over the carjvt. Finally she paused lieforc the lcnc mirror. "I look like it. don't II A tinnrr' vife IV Now. Kaxherine Eaislie was la truth a lovely pirl, is it a bit more vain than was good for her: just enough so to make her study her own apparel to achieve the boM results, and she succeeded in bolnc always charminc. She shrank from things ugly uud coars. ami well, she had een this despised elas-. of women times and times! She knew. Last sitxsmcr at Neversink, and the year bsfore among the Kerkshires; in those long, delightful drives, when Jack was taking his Tacation with niamma and her. He would stand and gossip with the taea. till every old "hayseed" ia the cornajumty knew and bad a kind wnr4 lor hiai; while the would watch and pity thj wive. in untidy gowns I and barren of 'rri';." She be one of them I never! StilL there was a piece of wore before her. If atae'was to tnnlsV"?r1 culture" frora that obitinate Lansing head over on the hofa-pillow. Trrparing to b gin the siege, sbo waa dlscoacertod by t! first remark. "She has beaujrul cyzi, lirja ani niild." "Who, pray!'- ''Susan Nipper.'" indeed' my r-.al.' itiiti-alous. Kk-ol-' "Isn't it true!" "Certainly it is not- I thought, at first' that I would sell ht.:; but she looked a aae "And that settled th matter." "Kxactly. 1)vicl& ipon it, thcro i a destiny, etc, I wn a farmer born. I ;.iv the soil; the very olcr of It is v.veo to .ie: and to own it, in irr.rk in it, t .'nJoy the frcclora of a life iti the oj;n llelds Oh! I wonder I have cvs.r Ijiprisoneii myself In town so long." 'if you hod not. you would not hav met T.-" "True, sweetheart another proof of des tiny' but now that I Air you, I ata U : to live out my nature-" "I thought a iife that Is to l Ijilan intercxt in In lair husband's plans ' The shyness and the 'ilitshcs were irresistible. John did what -.iy otner lover wouli have done. "Ah, yes! a trie wifo like my Kat" "Hut you hav dooided without coi suiting tl.r'-' "Why. my dear girl, you shall s-ttle all the details, eve:, as to the locality . a.though, for your sake. I prefer iJlastoubury, where your (yuusiri Walter lives." "Jack." very sloivly and K-.vItcMng'.y, "I a:n not going tj marry a farmer " "So you said I'anlon my contradirtin7 you " He triid to kiss her pouting ISps, bat she drew baric. "No; you are in earnest so am I. 1 will not be lie those dreadful women." "You ran never be any thinrg but the sweetest In the world." "Then you won't give up the notion '" "1 cm not; it is not a 'noti m. In urh a life lies my success. We are made what we are; we can not remodel ourselves." "Then rrcmii iriUj runs in your family, and --excuse 1110 I am afraid of it. Though you may have had a fancy for It, you hud no intention of farming till your uncle died ar.d left you a cow! Immediately you give up a good business " "Which 1 detest!" "And put your fortune into a jtturetar your cow! I object to have my life ruined, and you forthwith tramplo my prejudices under foot to indulge the desires of 'a beau tiful, mild-eyed' cow! If I rightly under stand, the Hue has now to bo drawn between your wifo and thiseoif.'" She haJ risen and gone a war from him. speaking with a distinct. Inimitable sarcasm. "Come, Uarling. don't let us keep thla up any longer. Of ourse it is to make no dif ference in our lives together; our wedding day is fixed, thank (tod' and our homr ahall be ready." "No, John." She put out her hand with a forbidding gesture, and all the color loft her lace. "You have chosen your life, and I choose mine, they do nttt lie tog-tbor. Hero is your ring I wish you success and jov of 'Susan Niper' !" "Sweetheart"' Hut the slim Jlguro as rending the stair did not turn back, and then; wa temper as well as obstinacy in "the I-aiising head;" so the door was closed between them. "Mamma. I have 'broken off' with Mr. ionising " "Very well. dear. Then wo will go abroad for a year or two. They did; and for many a month neither heard or knew aught more of the would-be fanner, though Katharine wisely opined, that sinre he was ijmte free to select his own "locality." it would f beClastonUury, or any placd near relatives of her-t. They tired of li"i:roio at last, for though Kate was gay, she was restless, and her mother was glad enough to improve the llr.st .suggestion to "go home" There ther found u letter waiting. "Mr dear. Cousin Walter writes that Kuiily i miserable, the children and the servants running wild: and tie wants us to come up for a few weeks and help him out Arc you willing I" "It doesn't matter" "iMn't lie so indifferent I. t10. would prefer the quiet of home, but I feel under obligations to him. He has managed inv bu.iness most kindly and faithfully since your father died." "We will go, of course." Mr. Ilmsl e's hobbr was scientific farn'lng. and the Long Arrccst.uo a magniJlcent one: and ho who ha I not visited this "lion" of the county had missed u glimpse of fairy land. 'Yen ar.' vol going to send those lieauti ful nnimu'.s to a country fair."' cp istaluted Katharine. Certainly; I be'ievo in tlus kind of life nad all f :ni rs. great or small, must make an exhibit of their best to encourage thoir neig'ilwrs " i should think it would ciura're them to compete with your lawk. It is a foregone conclusion that you will capture ail the prircs." Cousin Walter smiled: hre would rattier t.iko "first premium" at the forthcoming exposition than be bank president, i don't know 1 don't know." ii snid. complacent l nibbing his hands. thought I had the finest of every thing in my line; but, jvrfect :is my herd is, there is one crea ture I covet." "And what is that'" "A beautiful Holsteln-rriesiau. whose record beats even my 'Maggie Darragh's ' Sbo is owne i by a long-headed chap who runs the small farm next mine." "Why d jn't you buy her'" "Can't. Have offered him four thousand, but money seems no inducement. However, sho and 'Maggie' are to compote at this fair, and if my neighbor comes out ahead whv. I'll have her, if I have to double my offer." Katharine felt but little intorot in the "Farmers' Show;" yet when the jiastures of I.ong Acre were omptlpd of their splendid herds, they looked strangely lonely to tor; and on the second morning of ths exhibition she was quito ready to accept her cousin's invitation to visit the grounds. "I shall have to leave you alone, though, most of the time. You see. I have so many 'entries' to look after." is your neighbor's cow here!'" His "face fell. "O. but she's a royal beau ty ! Not a blemish in her, and at yesterday's milking contest live quarts ahead of famous 'Maggie Darrach. 1 don't know how it will be to-day. but I fear the ivsue." "There is no perfect happiness. Cousin Walter. AS the world envies you, and you envy a poor farmer." Can't be very poor and own 'Susan Nip per' !" Kate visibly started. "Who!" Susan Nipper.'" "Strange! 1 knew a cow I mean. I heard of one of that name." "Must have been this one, then." -Why t Can't there be two !' Not in registered thoroughbreds. Names niay be similar, not identical. But the ani mal you were acquainted with may it not have hcn a Hoist cin!" "Yes, it was." "Then it's my neighbor's, and you'll have an opportunity to renew civilities. Was it in Holland!" The girl did not reply: she wa too busy wishing herself at homo. It was a noisy, crowded place; and finding "Exhibition Hal!" and the numberless tents uncomfortable, she wandered oil towards the rear of the grounds, and found herself among rows of frame cattle-sheds, where were her cousin's "quarters." An attendant brought her a cami-chair, and placed her comfortably, where she was glad to reat and watch the midday milking. Now she was here, she wondered about Susan N",iper. and wished she could see that fateful aaitsal just once, herself unseen. "Where ia the cow that riTals 'Margie Dorragb"!" "Behind you, misa. ia that L1 oa the Katharine glinc! furtlrely orer 1mi shoulder. What if "fcer rival"" owaar nould be present I " Hot he waa not, and vcataral to aa proacb and gaze upon Vr '7nny. Here, too, tho milking bad just been ancompllabed, anl she found herself listening to the dia cuuions of the judyes." She fanctsd that there waa tcmcihlnjf a little strange alvjut .Susan's" attendant; hs was evidently Indifferent to the ucts of his ide, and tho thought ho needed watching. "Where Is the owner" aked one gentle man decorated bv a "badge." 'Couldn't come to-day," replied the em ploye, carelessly. "No man ought to leave a creature like that in inexperienced hand." said another. That fellow doesn't understand his busi ness; her yield falli below 'Maggie Dar ragh's.' yet she's by all odds the finest creature, WelL we'll ..get around hero by mx and see her milked again." They did. and Mr Knislie and h'.s fair cousin as we!L If her her old friend, Mr. I-anning. could not be present, there was nc impropriety of her arailing herIf of this amusement, sheltered behind Couk'.n Wal ter's resjKir.sibUty TheGieratlon was car ried on with spirit in the to rival stalls. Mr. Emslicand "the judges" ilittol from one to the other; but Katharine was sta tionary, watching with eager eyes the at tendant of "Susan Nip;-r." who, supposing himself to be the obj ct of sj-cial interest, "lost his head" in his clumsy vanity. "You have made a mistake in that meas urement." The rutir was dumbfounded. "I reckon not, mis " Yes, I watched you. It must to done over." Couhin Walter and tne others drawing near, she appealed to them, and one in uu thority commanded, briefly: "Try it over." The accused refused to ob-y "O. but you shall"' cried Kite, 'it's cheating else. 'Maggie I arrngbV owner is here to look after h;s own affairs, and his men arc honoit; but you. either ignorantly or purposely, have blundered." "Quite right." said "Judge" Deniston. -if there's a question of fraud, we'll s.sj that milk remeasured. Is this leautifiil crea lure yours, madam t Aro you Mrs. lea sing '" I'oor Katharine's face was scarlet ; but a well-known voice replied for her for she was dumb. "Ttianl: you. dear. You have filled my place bravely." He lifted bis hat to the assembly, drew her arm within his own, and led her away. In a dream, she suffered this masterful in trader to place her in tils own carriage, and carry her out from the crowded, dusty place to the sweet and open country: and not till he drew rein before tho gateway of a vine-embowered villa was silence broken. "This is where 1 and 'Susan Nipjer' live waiting for you to come and make a Aonw. Are you ready yet, sweetheart!" The words were not much, but thy rourd her from her reverie. After all it was quite natural, and in the old order of things, for Jack and her to be riding through green lanes and byways; and it was quite thoold Kate who turned her tear ful eyes, but smiling lips, towards him. "I'm tired, John, and I guess I am ready " And the war he drew her head upon his shoulder well, that was quite natural, too! "Hut sir," she cried, suddenly sitting erect, "that man is a cheat. You must un charge him " "You shall have that privilege, darling you have earned it." Cousin Walter drove home very much av tonished. and not a little wrotti. Mrs. Kms lie received his report calmly. "There they come now the impudent pair!" Kate sprang lightly out, and tossed a ki to her irate relative; then whispered in hii ear: "Patience: you shall have tho creature yet " When the brief we Ming Journey was over, and Mrs. Lansing was home at "i'ne Mead ows." she dispatched u note t Long Acre. "Tor Sil On Ilolstien-Knostan, 'Susan Nl-'pr. Pm sjo. ' The millionaire whistled, laughed, and re turned litis wer: "Cheek rea ly when g m.1 nro delivered. " "!'ut. little wife, you won't sell her my wedding-gift to y'i '" . iiiJecJ, and I will, sir. That money is Ix'tter in bank than in a homely, awkward thing, thit is Ult.'ly to get the the-1 don't know what " "ISut am renllv attached to h"r " i'.xaetly 'Hint is why I hate her. She'll have to go " And "Susan Nipper" went. J'rauk ' .V. mti-tr. CARVING IN STONE. The ItllllT r l'li'nc firrltlsln I'osl- Illlll III IlllltlllllgS. A -jrcat dc::l of the urntuiU'fii.i! stone work which has b'eti done in mine ol our Ix'-t luiililitics in tis-ent years hn hv-n cut after th- stotte wsis in p.wilion. Tlii- i eoiusiion huh-vl in luisge cities. Within a -hort time this process, wn rare. We can remember, in 17.". that in I'.oston the practice was only then cotntii; into cnertil ns'o. It wa intrf duced by a number of architects who had studied abroad. At thai time in a miniN'r of case it w- more of a fail than a necessity, a?- eoti.siilerablo stone cutting- was done in the bittlilitij' wliich miht In'ttvr liave been done elsewhere. Kill a-' the ircneral character of the Ie ie;n ehan-red. work of this kind K cattie more rational: though in -io:ne cases, as nt the i)reont time, it wa :irried to an unwarrantable o.Ment. The practice of ston-earvin; wa probalily developed mo-.t fully 5n France, whetv an extended iif is made of the soft Caen snone. There tho mouldings, n-s well as the more orna mental curved and ik-coraled ortions. are worked out on the bnUdinj. It is quite nbsunl to do thi-i to its fullest ex tent in the case of granite, harti lim stone, and even brown sandstone, as was done to a certaiu extent in the East sHvenil years ago. Certain carved and highly decorative portions can best be done after ihe building has been finished otherwise. Kut a mere mania for imitating foreign methol without the exercise, of re-'ir-on is absurd indeei. Some of the foreign method of build ing are better than ours: wme of them are not so good. If we can only use sense enough to discriminate we will le fortunate, indeed. The extreme, of patriotism, or mania for foreign imita tions are alike unsatisfactory. We re member a visit to Trinity College at Hartford, a few years -igo. They had some very beautiful buildings after this designs of Mr. Burges. the Kugli--h architect. They had this work in all it beauty, but they had not importe the English climate: they had the a:ne old New England climate, wkh English windows, swishes and grates. We were in a number of students rooms, and found them cold and miserable- There is nothing better than American win dows for the North American climate, particularly that of the colder portion. The English windows are sailed to the English people and their climate. In the matter of stontMrarvItag there is no need of doing it in tho bunding merely because sotaebodr.else does iu It may be done becaus there is a good rea-on for it. Undervrtain condition the rea son may not exist. Mere imitation is s aigu of decaueact. Saiionai Bu<r. FIGURES IN WOOD. flew B1d Ia4lau. Data aa4 Othr Toow torClawtr Naw Jkn Ma4. Thc wxdcn Indian is oe of themot frequent sight to be cn in the city. He can be seen in all quarters on the river front or in the swell neighbor hood of Madison and Fifth avenue. Very little is known by the average b ing a.s to how t?iesj Indians ar manu factured. Some p-;ople think that they are made by Italians, while others im agine that they are turned out of nny ordinary saw-mill. The manufacture of the s figures in New York i- confined to three e-tab-lishmontfs. one of which i Io:itsJ 00 .nal street, just off the I-ier. and when a reporter caU.-d at that shop he found the pronrieUir busily engaged in putting the tini-ihing touches to an Injun.' 'IJtisinc is jut as bri-k a. ver. said he. "In fact, we never hav- a dull season. There is always a steady demand for our goods. If any thing, trade is on the inn-ease on account of the increa.se in the number of cigar store-, t he decline 01 wage-; force, a kwkI many cigar makers to leave their Ira.le and go into hii-dii.-,. for thorn-elves. That, you .-i,.. make- it lietter for us Ve-. ther- aro new figure- all ihe time, but the Indian was the tlrst set- j tier, and he is likely to stay. The latest ' thing out is a base-hull player. He is in great demand just now. but will not last very long, for then is something new coming up all the lime. The figures bring from :.'. to each, ac - cording to size. Ihe dude that Used to bo such a familiar sight is now m--. "In making a figure we first take tho log of wood which is of u st.ft varietj-. and is usually worth alioiit twentv-tlvc or thirl, cents a foot -and cul it in'o shape with a broad-ax. That t. calli-d roughing. Then the face is arved out with delicate instruments, then thc loJy work is finished with a chisel. After that the figure is mounted on its pedcstral. and is ready for painting, wliich. however, is never done until after the figure has been sold. 'Tlie figures are not sold according to their sjzf, but their price is governed entirely by the amount of work ujon them. The nearer a figure is to nudity the more work there is on it.'' Metal figures cost about five times as much as thosi that are made of wood, but are not any more durable. If one of them tumbles over it breaks, and the repairs cost almost as much iim the whole thing originally cost. There are only live journeymen en gaged in this work in New York Citv. They work eight and nine hours a day and receive '..-iO and $1.00 for it- The In-st workman gets the highest pay and works the shortest hours. The three New York linns control the busi ness in this city. Krooklynand the New .ler-ey suburbs. They alo send a large number of figures West. .V. J" Wurltl. CHINESE TIGER STORY. Tlif Ititpm Ions Itowsl Srlrt-s thr ! mid prrs tlir .Man. West of Kaiping City. Kwautung province, in a wild mountainous local ity lies tho little village of Tak'ang Ts'un. Outside the village is a little old temple of Wu-ti. and the matt in charge, who i-i not a shaven priest, carefully locks himself in at night; but two holes drilled in the door alTord him a ine::iis of looking out, and 11 guarantee against suffocation. One night a tiger came and crouched jtist outside the door for si long time, a- tl he knew there was n matt inside Ho then first put a paw in through one of the hole-. atidelaueJ around, and next in-orled his uiil to feel for his prey with this sensitive member. The tem ple guaniian. mnddetied with fear, got a chopper and waited for the animal to renew ths experiment, and then dealt a violent blow and cut the tail through. The tiger gave n roar that shook fh tiles on the roof of the jo house, and then chnrged 0:1 the door repeatedly, finally knocking it olThis hinges mid on to the man who had Wen trying to prop it up on the other side. The tiger charged in over the prostrate door, and not seeing the xniin. who wa-s hid den by it. s-'Uen on" of th josses which stood on each side of tho door in its jaw- and galloped uwiiy. while the man bolted off to the village. The next day some grass cutters on tho mountain found the joss Iving on a wild lonely hillside, where it had been abandoned br the tiger, and. recogniz ing the sacred image, brought it back to the village, and here heard the ex traordinary story of its removal. Datly Hit I'ao. FOOLISH AGREEMENT. fIo Arroritlnc t an Obi of. a lltubaarl IUt- lllansvir Awajr. In the old Scotch song entitled. Tlie Karring of tho Door' we are infonnetl that there was a disagr-.ement letw?en husband and wife as to which of tho two should attend to the duty of lock ing up the house for the night. The i nusiKtnu oruereu tne wue 10 uo u. as husbands use to order their wives in tho-e days, and she being busy refused. Thereupon as the song says: Thr n"-le a la" betwr! the t. Tb-v mtsie it arm anil ar-. The oaf tfcii tike Hi .ornot wont ShotUd -! aact tr the Ooor. So they sat and sut in siUoce with thc door open. Ky and by two gentle men came along, and. entering the house, a-ked whot-e habitation it was and various other questions, but neither husband nor wife would open their mouths in reply. For the Jsirnss o" the Hooz. Thereupon the gentlemen bc-came somewhat facetious and proposed to nave a mite sun wim tne suem coupie, One was to engage the husband's at-, tention while the other kis-ed the wife. Thereupon the husband aro in great indignation and demanded if they in tended to kiss his wife before his eyc?, Th'-i sp -ra: ti" ccU ; ja tira Gird lJir!s- Vt- ihro-ist tar S--ir. "ObW rean. rr po5je tix raresto! trot-i Ksc a aai br the vtoar"" It c-currs to the Pencilier that th husband made a Tery foolUh ayre-s-J menu No true woraan cares a snap ' about the first word. If the agree nent had been oa tho last word. b would have liad her. s-ure. before the flight was over. Unity Ce-zrier. A LITTLE CONGO HE HO. ttacjr of a nj Wk svf 4 Nb XtlM-r Wlm4f f1 a Ctw 4lt. On the Congo, near the equator, liv the Ila-Ngala. with whomtboexjdorcr. Stanley, bad his hardest. bat:J- hr3 he floatrd down the grvnt rirvr. Th-r are the most jtowerful and Intelligent of the lpj"r Congo native, and stnee Captain Ct"uilhat. four yvar? agt.. tabiLshed a station in their cowfitry they have become good friends of the while-. A while ago. an exciting .'Vonl occurnsl in one of their many villages, aad Essalaka, the chief, went to Cap tain IVsjullhat Ui tell him a!ni: it. Vou know the big islaiul near sy town." he esild. Well. ye-ierda.. sa nfter theMinc-imeup. one of my women and our Utile boy .tartsl for the island ia a ano-j. Tlie boy is xen- dorens of moon old. Captain CoqullKat say about twelre year, old. He says ihat while hi.s mother was p.uidhghe s-r something in the ater. and IcutM-l over to lo-ik at it. Then he viw a crocoilile s;i2e his mother -jd drag her out of the carme. Then the crvKo.itt and the wotntia sank out of sight. The lddle w-ts lying in the carM Tno itoy Jlckw, u " thc vj-g. 'Ihen he thought (. If j , rouI(1 on,v Mn. th(j lw,Jif fcm, get my mother back" He could tell by the moi ing wat'T where the cr-."dile was. He was swimming jiist under the surface toward the island. Then the Imy followd the crocodile jut a- f.t as he could jNiddle. Very soon lh crt"ixlilc rojiclitsl the i-iand and wt out on land. He laid th- woman's IkkIt 1 OI, lhc j.nmn,. nin he went bn.-k into the river and ff;un away. Yon know why he did this. He wan Us I his mate, and he started out to find her. "Then the littie boy puddled fast to where his mother was lying. He juined out of the boat and ran to her There was n big wound in her breast, Her eyes were shut. He fell sure she wa dead. He is -trotig. but he could not lift her. He dragged her IhmI. to the -anoe. He knew tlie crocodile might come bark at any moment and kill him. too. Ho used all his strength. Little by little he got his mother's bod into the canoe. Then he pushed a ay from the shore and started home. "We had not seen the boy and his mother at all. Suddenly wo heard shouting on tho river, and we saw the loy paddling as hard as he could. Every two or three -drokes he would look tiehlnd him. Then we saw a crocodile swimming fust towards tlie canoe. If he reached it you know what he would do. He would upset it with a blow, and loth the lxy and hi mothor would Ik lost. Eight or nine of us jumHil Into i-nnoes and started for the boy. The crocodile had nearly overtaken the canoe, but we reaches! it in time. We seared the crocodile away, and brought the canoe to the shore. The boy sieppd out on the ground and fell down, he m;i so frightened and tind. We carried him into one of my huts, and took his mother's body in there, too. We thought sho was dead. "Kut after a little while she nimnis! her eyes. She could iv hisjH-r only two or throe words. She asksi for tin boy. Ve laid him beside her on her arm. She stroked him two or three times with her hand. Kut sh w hurt so badly. Then she shut her eyes and did not open them nor-jH-uk again. O. how the little boy cried Kut he had saved his mother's lndy from the crocodile." As E-salaka told this story the tears coim-ed down his cheek. "I hne seen in this savage frilo." writes Cap tain Coqutlhnt. "men and their wive who really love each other, and verttn ble honeymoons among young conpb The child feels for his father the fenr and rcpeet which his authority inspire-, but he trulj low hi- mother. and ha a tender interest her even after he become- n urui A ". Snn. JAPANESE COURTESY. Ilt.w .rnillitllir-- l.r-rt tr Ii flltirr Wlirn .:'. tine In the st'rf-t. When a couple of Japanese aquniul-ance- encounter each other In the street, no m'utler whether high or low. male or female, old or young, tiiey stand with their feet somewhat apart and bow repeatedly w bib rubbing their bonded knees with th-ir hand-, draw ing in their breath as they rise nnd clo-ing their lip- with a sudden gasp a- they Hop down again. The conver sation ojiens with a sigh and a dry rough: "Schlbnraku o me ni kakari innson." I. e.. "It is a long time since I hung upon your eye (I have not .,- you this long while)." Ileply I-eop sigh with a short cough. I. e.. "Y-. alas! ala! I have long lon deprived of the pleasure of gaiing on your features." Q.: "How i it with your resected husband and the charm ing babyr K.. Sigh nnd cough a before, i. c "Ilent thanks for your kind inquiry; they are both quite welt" "Since I last had the pleasure of hang ing on your eye, you have grown much older and also rather stouter." IL' Sigh and cough, i. e,. "Many thanks for the compliment, but I am afraid vou flatter me." And -o on. ad Up turn, until they part again after Ties of bows. If the salutation takes phr in the housr, where the cIcaniine- of the mat affords fuller play to the instinct- of politenes. they kneel dos. place their elbows and hands, .aim downward, on the floor, and touch the rant with their forehead. They remain ia thi attitude, gently mur muring complimentary phra?. inter rupted with sigh, until one of them, feeling the blood rise to hi brain, cautiously lifts hi head to ""!? whether hi vi,s.vi has eh-inr-of": his po-ition; if ihi is the oa.e they both I slowly work their way upward, but if i thc other still keep hi head os the around, the firt one ouicklr dock down again, sO .v not to ie ouliioo: in politeae. by his partner. rotw Lel 'cr. It Is said the boy, ia SKtla-td are sot in tho habit of u:ng profane w&rds. IVhea a f?zn of Scottish bcy in os-; ! -f Mr. BlaciC novels sip-3ded cee -- a.-?r over a strci-a with -h threat that he would be dropp4 a a thereiii if L did not "sav a wir. .ht? worst thtn; he could thlsk ol was DsseviL' Bat ilia: w ccii.rKi so tau that he wm romplly rcl-acd. PROMPT DECISION. mi tit AMUtf Stak rat It h.v V-- wrll Mu tiiAt "rpoa U the edge and point of charater--W si-wrss-riotum oq the lrtlir cf talent: I that character -slthou. U t Waal or I torpid, and that gvtiiu -!thoot .1 U buUton -plendid bti: uncsrcUtJog. ' t .s ...---, . If t?s. trrn!v !l?hl.-. icrimlnni or of evil )u-nt'-:; i- j transited Into something sple-td. wmthtg raagaiacftat.br trlof de- cisioa. ha Mr. lrJl. in Uts Srt . . .w 11 1 .- grtnt effort In th- Hisiso of . -miaon. me- aot oalv 1ih uaMiihiUlr- -rs, but wlilacoauffiip: -o coa-if-Ie..- that he w:uscv:nt.-nrd to si: dor3 uS hs nui.sia.lSi.baa.dK. WMtfr ' ht- eyvs. ast. with a ns-j4te .hake ol 1 the h?.d. sid ts him sif ralhT than to the Ho-e of l'cs-Bioas The day ; will como ha yi ill har Anl in sjMte of rvltttts. mnay and -s. h I.T.I.-MI ia Ula- 0. hi. Ir on everv availabi ,if.psrtltv. at - tackod the who Iwu! .pprtU. aa sell n tb.w. who hail o-.d hla. i and lhs. bi graavd du ,h1 g- nitis-at audacitr. h trattsl.il hi, fidh-re .nu. a trwXalag for ?u.-sr--.,-a 1 surce-s whh. iK iprobs-blT. futirv IhbioHau. U! tlad to be ht j ,atWed M th f-uth whi-h Mr. His- raellcarnrsS u a oxt-srww. UMd ' the .sm-wruon that tM. d,-cts,n and ' aMrulfi...at aud-cilv em;ld aU for! great errtT- In sta.e-a-uM-sbi-. He csrr- ' tamh ue.er shs,-, that "hAWlsHrd ia- d-srts'ioo nhlefa ha- bssw mil the ' hi.NMTUi.-tMs.af weakas; ,,eUKiug either h waat of cofarltt t-. .i.r-hed ; what i-lsst. or a ainl X Mfrgy tc. 1 . ... 1. ! -MHke tho !ma hll it I hsV.. - savs the old proverb. There is a prt - 1 pitious moment, whim out-w ctrvum stam-e. like the hetitesl iron, ar. and pliant; decision. dlr--t-d b in- sight. i a a hammer In the KUle-i . ..irSk.f-i r k T . M. all A k P rB9 VLB - A I s-i T II hand to mold them to it pattern. U'uwfu 'or 1 14 'IN EXPENSIVE WORK. What :ill-sl INnun l la Thli Cou-ilrji 1 &rtete AVr take the g-tnittd that H nu K-Mit. j U a prns'tles atU-tidrsl lib laiig--r V. The domeof the Koton Suito Houo . ...j.- on usj-,,-,. irf the actiiHi ft is the most conspicuous object in that j W.rr U,n cv-.tJag formliv: interesting city. ith. frm om- jnlnt , ,,,jj HnJ -...u.-hh--. salt. Cortln of appn.M-h. the single eceptlo of , ,, UnXt. , Jt, Wno. bsi,--Kunker Hill Monument lite gray lW -,u-kne. and -wn di-ath hr color of the latter tend inmost con- j umit.bt.sdly ,-ixurn-l fr-m Uil.raiw ditiiMi of the atmosphere to render It -KM-ri-m-. sIm-w that i-cbitn imjserceptible. while tll gtldl-d dotll.l py flu, f(,r ,,,Urr. .JM.uM uxX of the Suite Hon-- in gray weather .!". jr lUn rlj.J,t Un-hrm ,1ut-i.; thy visible by contrast and In -.unshtnelt , ,honld lw, ,lrsifc.ht. ami to j-r-wnt any sparkles and glistens so us to attract ..,jlfW .j,,-,,," o-ighl to ri-e .vup,-t-lj the eye from ex cry direction j ,vr jj nKf, nmj 0bJf-.Hsltun14-lUt.-ly For siimsjiwr. 'he gilding ha b-s-c I ,urnMin,nnj: 1(r0ir lriM, .m.Wt. j.ip gnidually ihapjearlng. and tl is ! ,,,-,,-ti,,,,. , u, !-.- av.ddM. aud a. to I- regilditl An exchange ghi-s ti jIt.H t.H,, xl4 . ,rts-lble, thn f.v,-t the following fad It w Ultake .'..Tt? ,.,,. ta- tVvch.sIUi and .xtm length IhhVks of gwld leaf to gild the dome. I (f Jiljf, u R ,j,.trinH,0- t ,, ,lrs(t an,, Each IxHik contain, twent.x hoet ot ( , j-,-,,,-. ,.. u,,, w.rklti-; c-..ilj o! gold leaf, each sheet conlultiing a UttU 1 ln,, ,,jj,.r over nit" and one-third wjiwrr Inches. . -Colored relief I:njrtlon. an now TIim she'ts are so thin that one thou J mHnufnrturil by an igmiou (ierm.vi sand of them laid one on th" other j pr,w,.A - oii.lls In c4tttg Un make but an inch in thlcicnes. I w gold Is w ithin a -nrnt of Hire, mik wei ghs three and one half pound Tro Each lxHk is worth r cents, so lha' the gold leaf abnie eo-t l-I.CUV. It w tl take fifteen skillesl workmen ii ;. to do th" job. Kilt whllt It ".null and inexpensive..,,, ninili.r. ntui the L-.ltj.r ars. mt transaction is thi compared with thc -v'torwani aTrs't.v, by fhowtcal a.tiott -cale iijnmi which uch work l iIomc tu ,- ir ,,,, 1 1 i.h-hi with th- mtxl Ku.-ia. The emit cupola of m -Hie Kuet.o Ayn ruU ny. Ui" Isaac'- Cathe.ln.1. in M- Petersburg. ! nm ni.h. f ., y . I- sheeted with copju-r atMl oxerlaldj o.U u, uwfIH ,,f gr.t rrdiie for villi gold. Itsdiameterl'5f.-et,aodpMM.r JHlj) W a ju,r ftf .,, lafi Kunilor solid gold w.,re u."d tc j M,. 1,. ft -.t MJ.riW- w,.. gild Jt J Ii" top of Ulserai ottMHa 1 i-.Jf. fes't, Kut even this amount ol gliding l- s-null couiIMxr-srl with that oc th" thiirch of St. Saviour, at M w. which ha- five iinm.-M" ipMa j-iWrnl with ." jK-und o' wilkl rll. ' rii fi.u Adrvraif The Fecundity of Fab. It ha l-s-n onleiilntwl that, a- S preMiiK's'' s. mmny ?. If vt. aiirt of the latter nnd of th tVh thmi-lx.i wert turtt cmtinually dilny"l awl taken, they would xm Hit up evwry available snc la th -ns For !n tne. fnm (I'M "."-') t Q.fKft.MX codfish ar- annually .-aught or tba shore- f New fouadlami Kut pthi that qiwritity se.'in small h it ! 1 lt:i Nt yf ssr-Us-s tr dereiu--eonsldT.d th-tt each e-d xlebl about J tbw ot duty b HaM" to - tr-ub!e i.5"l.'Mtnsc ever msisou. ttttd that : tod ant only b f prj--ty. but in oven .".' Vlrt' have b- fottnd In th-i I may lat-.ise i nttt-nded ith U r." of a ingle col. Were th C. (".. 1 f life. I r-em -b-r xitn rr c (r-j od taken on the coast of New found loft to br-sl. the t.'V.'KO fe male pn-Iuring 5.i-' gg "Very year, it would give a yearly addition of iJVo.O ').' .'"I young oodfUh Cnhrr fi-h. though not equalling th" cod. are wonderfully prolific A herring rlgh ini: ot. or "oz. i provided ltii about - 1 V..I!) "gg. Aft"r t-naklnj all naw)o-! abb- allowance for the destruction of eggs and the young it ha b-s-n eti ma- ted that in three year a sing!" pair of herring would produc" l.M,(M).C,', Kuffon crUculat! that. If a pair of hr- ring could be left to br"d and raultl- ply undistarbed for a p-rbxl of t"nty years, they wouio yieifl an amount 01 fih ""u-tl In bulk to th" globe on hlch live. A r . Tra-lirtg on m Trunk. Do you know that if a man h f h"aw trunk he can 'o-U.uc- trv! long distance on a railroad wlth--ot Ucket or any mon"y? said a yos-aj man y-trdny who had r-TOently rna.!- his way back from Texa. with but few dollar, "When I r-wb-" St Ivools I had but five croU Js my f-c"-rt. and I did not know a n-An thfre I cejald ak far a loan. I went V thr tkrk-t aireat. and rnaklnr know nr corsditioa 1 a.ked hlra how I cocld grt to laiiia'trrri' atxilL. Hv yoa a trunk h" asked. I told hlra I hd. arid h said ! he wenJd In'x-doc. n. to th" coo. j doctor Wh-rts :h corxitsrtor m p j I was intrsot-rsi. and h" akrd -. for j th-j check to rsy trunk, which I gav. hba, and hj tbt gave ra" a tsall ticket, which & vtd xU g-t ml trttak lV Iadianapoli, I xkti WaJ how -ncc-h th- tr-sak wotdd cost J&rJ when I w-st to ;-n it t-ct. avd he fc-dd : IT. Weil. I go. thn-h aJJ nrht, rsi wa I prs--jtJ-i the ticket for ti- truok. it t-t - tl hicvad sf f 7 I have t-sj-a wtiidrlsg Trr sisece who fot that raoacy, hot I dids'l rarw. tor t was gU4 t gsi beu-k to Is4ia4-.i v-n oa lLc --&.- 1 famnuL SCIENCC. ANO INOUSTMY. Sir Js UBAbocte, pilr b-sps hrrioo t& Kritish A cit34Wi. aid lisat Jhsfss- -? sir j s-vi4-sj, tVt tis aiiUirAa conifw; tiw- - oi tb.sj.' AS; vV.tfJXWJ T-wr prrrmr arv takrta frvica. tiue feros-4 t- tUh-cnais. Th-'ir rain l tr-t..i. T-ea-.y-foot pols -Uk Wot " r- -sl V pU U -ps ftrxi '- W. v , H , , . . he dl't-H-VU. tiicti bvJ--w . . , ..... 1 -'- --- teller U u Wfcms 4 J - -s4brr taalr hJ4 ml b rsKisLt. - -w "l ' '-'J rtrf-w-''lV adaU-a U.4r uattirss a.rd ant. Th !aYmtIv J-.ps!s aa-t Nrw jrun tJ us wtmsan hsir in raao-r aot prsiu-t-d by itier priht - jxwrt . K.ps ar iax4 is rr ' '' '. uirt-. ..rw tA" ?. j 'at1' ,ttw- - J ih " -W- P" , al K"u , v . , . . - ?' -T Um ( et Ught iW l4.sr ill-teinalU.-i - " "1 " -r -li. rs-s ens aasl fvM ttgHt , ""- S - tlw lsw,ts--Ui but 4-- - - S-. -- - "---- t4rt -r !-- A r,l -- --' - - - ' - .!- - ' M th " - Itm. a kae N-'obUlrn by jH-a.m rs-pOln. In l- -' " -'v,-ry be- ar, tA-V. h- nt.- .-e--.uMy iaii-i oikms itw t f-ver srrVala r-HMrslie ?r t-aak. IhW 1 - J4 ", 1 -I..J-siriHwtt ham made It i --... ...- ,.-... -.- .,-, ,-i- ttttnttt Anv ,j title planus for tho Wwtr4-rt4woi ol ln't- rusis Jtssts. atcrj4;V-ir fs-sdlitg et . ) . -. . . - a . - . 1 . . a . "- -.-- - - , - -sj Various other jw.rosit-. kn l-n mown U priKluce epldel t IhxvU. In the matter 0 th-- J gal'-tn tesl Iron water-Hje r r-srritp. beet metal with cwrVUn l.lntiig oat. and m this ! jintd r!i ea. Ii4ck ground. pabl f al-oroig -sdor. and ot which tlie ib'lr-I jt arii i plnc.il. Ily thl rnmin. tl- iiicIaI pinto enti 1" pre-.-.! lnW r-llef vrlUiostt av dlpiac'ft"nt f th" iohr . VIM- .m. nn, wuv fn,m ftld thn llmtU r.'murk We bove exAuti.! limtvy gi-isl fr ivr-tn4. blankets trnl ceRtf-t-utM's rsir. frlilag aii blaHk ili dro rl. ail Min4 out of tW 8Wr of tiv-s- mih-. wairh f- Wxtur". lor flcish. for trt-t- .! f. ti'.d;ng eobrswe rsutf m dliiagtib Ifrofa imibtr good mad frnm s,. aad -ilk. TRAIN OlSf'ATCMINO. IrrunllN Imsh l:p.rt l I. a t-f, -- Tli.l "T-t- M-'. Se..l, KsHilbKUiKllag llwit la bit, jrtr th- HArnt ntU-y bv jiloptl ruU. vbirhtb-mirhl) yatfrawttiftb j uii--s. Ta w ith all tks "aiW'-. bn I had eharg" of train on asxwth sra road. 'br tlirath ofS -( few and far l-fiten, of git lag nlT U tii" -p"ratfr at a er-jn l lion to hold th nortb-br'tind op-'r train for orders. o that. I might tvdp th" sruth-tird p.-w-nnger train U mak it ro-sfting lo!-4, th" latter ?- j - - - ing m"what Ial- Th" ojralor ! -"al"! th holding orlr, t'tr whirh I pir him OK. I lhn av th -uth- 5 t"und train an ord"r U - os- ol th north'Vmnd train tim t rak" U."ro"ellng pVrlr-t. Inatsv! f feoidia j th" north-hound train for or&r th J-rtor lt it gr by hits. Th mmA wa cnois3, jijatj fc. (-rt-j inun ---r -r-s-ts t"lgraph txbei. I iri-4 to walk thelV-'raad wait until I boaM lvar of tha etrt&lag toft-"tl4r Tl--" ip-m wa 1"rribW, 5a-t ttntiUmg ra" fo lay o.br dalb-a. A food Jnk ronld hv it. the fr-irthb(-uAd tra-a. which Lad un4$prutsd rij-Lt ft lb j road. m d"layed b"fyrt rrk&g tl - 5 J-mnt. fh"-i tvr 2rt trai rM-h"d a t"bTah tiio ! Wt r- W.. b-3t ti.e train &i b---a - tnr- j rib?" n cay arr that t - wi gw for much for -T"rl day. 4 1-V- frri-fnr" of that aj'jrais.r SI -Tr -- xjtin la ray mind Jbi. ). 7JsV To OtMCi Vwicb. N''l-to- -I har.a'i -- P-? p J0-"-' wajay xU-lj. K;-1; -ba!., w hlra Caso--Ah. w -fch -2fi't twafe tia. fffth-w &osr. -. Wtaas U ib :s-,t-r? Harj-M - raJT - lW? K.Sa. I-r -a Mll u - - !ii&. yw- kaa; i wa W UjncL rt-sV N -I4-d L Yaa. I a-r--ai-i ka Me aHr-. vbs b m So bc fer & rwrt-T aa4 W to b aafc-jr--d l&t f-awx. jm". aeV aaSr its! u !- mm nn. T Jw 3wa j "' v . .,JMlm& s '- . vj .t -!- 1