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1 M.n:tt no this; no ton
I never judfip the folks 1 meet
Upon the world's highway,
Vy the rut of their hulr, or the clothes they
wear.
Or their Iniigunpo day hy dnv;
A ent innv climli the hldiest t-ee
While the lion ulceni muter the yow;
I judge not words without actlou,
I never do this; do you?
T never judge n statesman
By his very pompous nir.
Or the loud, high-sounding speeches
He'll make iiioRt-nn.vtvhere.
There nre plenty ot poor deter fellows
To write them a dollnror two;
1 judge not n. man hy his blUBler nnd hrng,
1 never do thigj.clo'yon'
1 never judge (he Indies
We're meeting everywhere.
Uy their glowing clothes, or their silken
hose,
Or the dninty Freurli huts they wenr.
The peacock lint n voice most ImrMi,
While the lurk has notes not n few,
1 judge not things hy wlmt they seem
I never do this; do yon''
MY WIFE'S LEGACY.
''I don't like to calculate upon Hiich
things," observed my wife; "but if
Aunt Jnue were to die, I should not
be a bit surprised if she left us tlint
old-fnsliioned set of silver, that be
longed to my grent-grand-purents."
Out or consideration for the print
er, 1 will omit indications of the em
phasis with which she usually spoke.
If the render will kindly consider
every second word printed in small
caps or italic, he will have some
faint idea of her manner ofexpressing
herself.
"It is a very handsome set," I re
turned, glancing about our modest
dining-room; and will hardly accord
with our furniture."
"It wouldn't look at all well with
that side-board," returned my wife,
promptly, 'it is so dreadfully shabby
oh, of course, I mean the side
board, not the silver: don't be too
smart."
"I suppose, then, if such a thing
were to happen, you'd have to have
a new side-board."
She nodded complacently.
"1 saw such a lovely one down
town to-day antique oak, beautiful
ly carved. 1 do admire oak so
much."
" 'HlTt tho rest of the furniture is
walnut." I objected.
"Walnut is altogether out of style,
especially for dining-rooms," she re
plied, with a disdainful glance at the
chairs which we had once found very
good to look at; "nnd, after all, the
sideboard is by so much the most
expensive piece of furniture in a dining-room,
that it doesn't cost much
mora to get a whole set than just
thnt one piece. And even a walnut
sideboard new, would not 1 ook wel
with these chairs and this table."
I said nothing, nnd the tacit sur
render Has accepted by 1113 wile.
Thenceforth it wns understood that
if Aunt Jane should bequeath us that
silver, we were to purchnse a new set
of dining-room furniture.
The next evening, as we wore again
at dinner, my wife remarked:
"I have been looking ntcorpets to
day, nnd saw one that just suits me
rich and subdued, you know, but
not dingy."
"Carpets?" I repeated, in some sur
prise; "I didn't know that there was
one needed this season."
"Why, stupid," rejoined my wife,
petulantly (and the emphasis was all
upon tho pet name), "did we not
agreo that the dining-room must be
refurnished? And this carpet is so
old and worn, of course it would not
do ut all with the new furniture."
Again 1 acquiesced silently, nnd
she proceeded to make plans for
meeeting mo the next day to exam
ine and choose tho carpet and furni
ture to bo purchased later on. Well,
if my wife's relations left handsome
silver, I must of courso provido
things in keeping wi tli it.
She met mo according to nppoint
inont nnd having inspected the arti
cles, gave me to understand that my
taste was so execrable as not to mer
it a moment's consideration, nnd nn
nouncing her own choice, suggested,
coolly:
"And now let's go look at the wall
paper.
Wull-pnper?"
I echoed blank-
"Of course, tho room must
be re-
papered if it is relurnisned. As for
tho woodwork, 1 suppose there is no
help for that it will just hnvo to be
regrained. Can they make that
naturul wood finish on wood that
has been painted?"
I stared aghnst; thnt silver wns
going to cost mo a pretty sum. lint
I wus helpless entirely so; my wife
had mudo up her mind.
That evening, she wns much elated
at tho prospect of being surrounded
by such things as sho had that dny
selected . There was but one cloud
on her horizon.
"Tho dining-room will bo nicer
than tho parlors," sho remarked,
plaintively; "I am afraid that they
will renlly look shabby."
I said nothing, hoping that if she
were not contrudicted she would not
ptirsuo the subject farther.
Vain hope! Sho hud it fixed in her
mind thnt Bilenco gave consent, nnd
when I camo homo next ovening, hud
assumed that tho parlors were to be
newly fitted up.
"Don't you think," Bho said conx
ingly, "that as long ns the parlors
and dining-rooms nre to be torn up,
nud wo uro to have the painters and
fmper-hnngers here, we might ns well
lave the whole house done? Itwould
be very little more trouble, nnd then
it would nil look nico together.''
"It would bo considerably more ex
pensive," 1 vemnttfit rated faintly.
"You might draw tho money
out of the building asso
ciation," sho suggested, and
then I knew thnt our savings in that,
institution were. doomed.
Aunt .lanolingercd a long time. In
justice to my wife, I mustadinit thnt
'sho hud become oblivious of the fact
tluitnlltheseimprovementsdepeuded
upon a legacy, which could otdy bo
possessed after the death of her ven
erable relative.
A dny or so after she had decided
thnt the. house waato be thoroughly
renovated my wife said to me:
"I have been exnmining the parlor
carpets, and I find thnt by using tho
best pnrts of both, and bnyinga wide
border, 1 can get quite a new carpet
for our bed-room absolutely un
worn.
"Indeed!" I remarked with pleased
surprise; there was one thing that
she would not want, any how.
"Yes, nnd the carpet that is now
on it has enough good to cover the
children's room if 1 put tre worn
part under the bed. Or muy-be I'd
better put that on the spare room,"
she added, rollectively, "and give
that one.to thochildren. Theirs gels
such hard wear that an old one will
not Inst nny time, hnrdly."
1 said nothing, but felt greatly re
lieved. As long as we don't have to buy a
bed-room carpet," she remarked, in
sinuatingly "don'tyou think wc could
a fiord a new sot of furniture?''
"Xo, 1 don't," 1 returned, savage
ly; where upon she burst into tears
and called men heartless monster.
To pacify her 1 had to promise the
furniture, together with a new silk
nnd asealshin, that the mistress of
the house might be us fine 11s her
dwelling
"It does fcem a shame," she said,
a few days afterward, "to spend so
much money on this house, That's
very hundsomo and expensive paper
that we looked at, and to substitute
an archway for the folding doors
J will cost something" this was the
lirst L nnu Heard 01 tne arenwny
"and then those lovely carpets cut
up to fit these small rooms, too!"
"Yes, it is a shame," 1 replied,
hardly crediting my senses. Not all
had been lost although much had
been in danger.
"I am so glad that you think so,"
returned 1113 wife, briskly; "I was suro
that you would agreo with me that
it would be wiser for us to find a
house thnt suits us better, and buy
right away. Ileal out ate is cheap
now, they anythere's so much in
the market."
Site tried to put onaknowinglook;
if sho had known half as much 11 bout
that subject as about managing me,
I should have felt impressed. As it
was, I weakly objected:
"My dear, I don't know where in
the world I could get the money to
buy a larger and better house any
house atdl, in fact."
"You could sell this," she replied,
nothing daunted.
"Hut if real estate is a drug on the
market, 1 do not want to sell," I re
torted, thinking cunningly to turn
her own wenpon upon herself.
"There aro those shares of stock,
then."
"Hut that stock is going up daily;
if I wait six months, I can get double
what it would bring now; or hold it,
and draw big interest on my invest
ment." "Well, what else are you going to
do? You said yourself that we must
have a larger and better house."
Thereupon 1 mentally bade a re
gretful fare to the stock and the
money which 1 had expected tomake
by holding it. .My wife occupied her
leisure time for the next three weeks
in looking for a residence which
should be in all respects suitable for
the furniture we were going to buy.
AY hat she would desire next I could
not guess, unless she should become
thoroughly dissatisfied with me.
At the end of the period mentioned
I came home one evening to find her
in tears.
"Aunt .lane's dead." she sobbed;
"the poor old lady died this morning.
1 have just come from her house."
As Aunt Jnnehadbeen attho point
of death for the past six months, I
wnr hnrdly surprised to hear this bit
of news, I did my best to comfort
1113 wife, however, and comported
myself like a dutiful nephew-in-luwut
tho mournful ceremonies following
the death.
AVhen I returned home tl-e dny af
ter tho funeral. 1113' wife met me at
the door, her faco flushed, her 0308
blazing.
"AA'hat do 3'ou suppose thnt old
crank has done?" she demanded.
"What old crank?" I inquired,
wondoringty.
"AYI13', Aunt Jane of course."
"I'm sureldon'tknow," I returned,
millly: "bub 3011 should remember,
in j' dear that"
"Oh, I know she's dead. She
wouldn't givoher things awuj under
UI13 other circumstances. She's left
mo a hundred dollars in cash nnd
thnt deur old silver to my second
cousin, John Scott. Ho'il sell it,
and spend every cent on liquor nnd
cigars nnd horses, I know ho will."
Then the blazo in her e3es wns
quenched b3 n flood of tears. I did
1113' best to soothe her, but 1113- ef
forts were useless. 1 assured her
that if her cousin sold tho silver, wo
would bii3' it.
"I dont want it," she declared; "I
won't have it" very vehemently
"and I wont got a smglo new thing
in the house, or a new dress, or thnt
sealskin, or anything. I'll just stn3
here with things ns thoy nre, nnd
ilolm Scott can keep his silver, nnd
you can keep your building nssoeiu
tion 11101103- and stock, too. So there,
now."
After that, I did not try to assuage
Her griel; 1 wus umiiil that consolu-
tion might be costly Miriam
K.
Duvis, in Good Housekeeping.
Philosophy of a Cold.
Says Prof. AYoodbury of tho Medi-co-Chirnrgicul
Collego of Philadel
phia, "If there is anything calculat
ed to take nil the brightness out of
the sunshine, nil the savor out of our
food, nnd nil tho sweetness out ol our
life, it is a cold in the head," He
presents some-thoughts in its philos
ophy, the substance ol which 111113 in
terest the mighty host, of sufferers.
In every caso there aro two factors,
an irritant and a susceptilit3' of tho
83'stcm. Among the irritants aro
microscopic germs taken in from
without, as in iniluenzn, nnd certain
poisons which are developed from
bad nutrition or imperfect ussimilu
tion within tho body, and which it is
the office of the liver to dcstro3. In
deed, the effects of tho two causes
are essentially tho same, for the
germs act 13 generating certain vio
lent poisons, which irritato the mu
cous membrane of tho nostrils,
phnrn3'x, lungs, stomach or bowels.
As to suscoptibilit3 to colds, a
lieultliy bod,y, under ordinate cir
cuiustnnces, has vor,y little of it. Hut
sudden climntie changes limy induce
it. Horses, brought from tho west
often have a discharge from the nos
trils which lasts about six mouths.
A ship's crew, who had been per
fectly hculth.v while absent) several
months on the Alaska coast, where
all, on their return taken down with
a cold in the head.
Of an audience going out into a
bleak atmosphere from a close warm
room, a certain portion will tako
cold. These have the requisite sus
ceptibility, theh-est aro happily free
from it. In all cases of this special
Busceptibilit3 there is a lowering ot
the nutrition, a certain depraved or
depressed condition. The luxurious
and indolent are as liable to it nsthe
poor, nnd those whose surroundings
are bad.
A normal condition of fhe skin is
the chief protection against a cold.
Three-fourths of the sufferers from
catarrh pneumonia or chronic bron
chetis nre found to be in the habit of
neglecting the skin. Their skin has
become degraded, and is no longer a
protective covering for the body.
The skin needs to be hardened b.y
the use of tho flesh brush, the cold
douche, the air bath, and b.y frequent
ehnngo of underclothing. Active ex
ercise needs to be added, to keep tho
tissues from clogging. The time to
cure the pntiont is before ho gets tho
cold. Companion.
lie Had Met the Champion.
From the New York Merrury.
He looked a bit hard up, but ae
had a pleasant face and smooth ad
dress as he walked into vhe office ol
a railroad running West and asked
for tho superintendent. AVhen con
ducted to that official's desk he be
gan: "I want tho favor of a free
pnss to Hnffalo."
"Can'thave it," was the prompt
reply.
"I expected that answer, and am
prepared for it. I did not conio here
with a tale or woe. I have not been
robbed."
"Xo?"
"Xot a rob. I did not lose 1113
11101103 on the street. I am not obliged
to rush home to see 1113 wife die. I
am not a consumptive who is anxi
ous to get home and die among his
friends. All these pleasures are old."
"Yes, ver.v old and thin."
"And yet I want topassto Buffalo.
I feel that I have a right to ask it."
"On what grounds?"
"This morning I saved the life of a
passenger on one of your transfer
boats. He was a big rcd-whiski red
man named Clark. Had he gone
overboard itwould have cost you
perhaps $."0,000 to settletheclaiin."
"Clark? Hig man with ml whisk
ers? AVretched man, 3011 know not
what you did? That's tho man who
has alread3 got a claim for $20,000
ngninstus for breaking his leg. If
j'ou had only let him go overboil rd
wo could have settled with his heirs
for less than a qunrtor ofthe amount.
(Jo out-go UW113. You have tnken
thousands of dollars out of our
pockets 13 3'oui meddl "some net."
The sponge walked out without a
word, but as he reached the door he
was heard to grumble: "I thought
1 was tho best liar on tho Atlantic
Coast, but I feel I must now take a
back seat."
AVIiere the Timber (Joes.
Iron cross ties havo been tried on
tho Pennsylvania railroad and found
less desirable than those of good,
honest white oak. This will bo un
pleasunt news lor tree lovers. The
most relentless consumers of tho
forest trees aio the men that must
have trees for cross ties, and nice,
.voting trees for telegraph polos. Two
thousand ties for ever.y mile of steel
rails laid means a fearful gap in some
fair forest, nnd u milo of telegraph
Soles men ns a goodly grovecut down,
ot until railroads can find a sub
stitute for oak ties, and can la.v
their attendant wires underground,
will tho forests of this country stand
any ehunco against tho woodman's
ax. Pittsburg Bulletin.
rlKIt I'MOTO'llUHI.
Onlv n nhotocrni h.
Hut to me more denr
Than nil the costly porlruitx Unit adorned
In that adorned
TliOfe ers could
And lienutifled my room.
mi rely spenk,
So wondrous full they seemed. Where'er I
mocd
They followed me. Thnt face wns heuutlful
. heyond com pure.
AVhnl enred 1 for ancient steel engravings?
They were naught to me
llffido thnt photograph. It oivupird tho
foremost place nliko
In my chamber and myheurt. Thnt mouth,
ah, often hnd 1 seen
Tho perfect, how it fotmed. Thoxn ripo red
lips wen Just ns last I snw them.
Nay, friends, perhnps you smile, hut- many n
ian-vl tliniiKeil (lie urtiM s skin,
The photographer's touch. To me their nrt
was worth
Untold lemunenitlon. You nsk tno why was
this.
I'll tell you. It's all I've left. The other fel
low got hor,
In 11 A'cry Tlpht Plncc.
A general who hnd traveled much
in India relates in "Tent Life" tho
following stoiy of his experience in
an Indian jungle:
"I wus hurrying alone a slight
track, when, all at once, I fell into a
concealed pit. 1 went, st might down
into a deep, dismal hole, and tit tho
bottom landed right up to 1113 waist
in a deposit of tenacious, chij'ey mud.
1 tegular -punk' it was. In fact, when
I tried to struggle and free myself
1 found 1 was held as firm as if 1 had
boon bird-limed. 1 shuddered ns I
noted the dismal surroundings.
There were several great, gaunt,
looking, yellowish-green frogs peer
ing at 1110 with curious eyes, and
then, ns I turned 1113 head around a
little, I mudo a discovery that made
1113 voiy heart cease boating foi- a
minute and sent oveiy drop of blood
111 1113 Dody hounding bnck into in,y
veins. There right on u level with
1113 face, its length half concenlod in
a crevice in tho (-rumbling sides of
the pit, its hood half expanded, its
forked tongue quivering as it jerked
it out and in, and its e,yes glittering
with a baleful glare, I saw a great
cobra. I folt utterly helpless and de
spairing, nnd for a moment 1113'
heart whispered to me that 1113' end
had come. Then camo a sort of
nervous roekleness. I supposo
it was 'tho fury of despair'
wo read about. I know I uttered
a savage curse, and snatching 1113'
hard hemlet 1 hit the brute a smash
ing blow in tho face and then began
a fight for life. It was a big, power
ful snake. The blow had onl.y mad
dened it. Its hood expanded", its his
sing filled thiOpit, and swuying and
rearing itselnmm.v length itlaunched
full nt my face. -Sly gun was lying
choked up with dirt and half buried
in the "punk, but 1 hnd 1113 hunting
knife with me, nnd while I parried (lie
fierce darts of the infuriated brute
Avith my helmet I made quick stabs
and slashes at it whenever I could
get a chance, and altera short ex
citing struggle it succumbed nnd
tried to withdraw behind the crevice,
but with a slice of 1113' knife I nearly
severed its head from its bod3. And
then for awhile you mn.v laugh ut
me or not, as you will all was a
blank. I must havo fainted.
"The weary hours dragged along.
It wus intense still and sultry
abovo, I conjectured; for even in the
(Icon, dark pit the air wns stilling
anil oppressive, nnd I could
not detect a sound or rust lu
in the vegetation that over
hung the mouth of 1113 living tomb.
1 could now see that the day was
waning. The heat had become, if
possible, still moresult 1-3 and intense,
and once or twice I lancied I heard a
low, muttering, rumbling sound as
if ot dintant thunder. Tho clouds
were hunting up in tiomendous
solid masses, and soon a big drop or
two of rain began to come hurtling
through the overhanging grass, and
another dread began to take poses
sion of my mind. 1 knew what was
coming. From a hundred tin.v
crevices and gups in tho edge ol 1113
pit the troubled, turbid rainwater
began to trickle down, crumbling tho
clay away, and I was soon drenched
to the hkin and felt with alarm tho
water beginninir slowly butsurel.y to
mount up the sides of the pit. I
thought that it was all up with me.
I can liurdl.y describe to you 1113
thoughts. 1 know 1 thought of homo.
I reviewed my past life. I made des
perate struggles again nnd again to
i'reom3self. I shouted and screamed
for help. 1 believe I pra.ved and
swore. In fact, for tho tune I believe
1 must havo gone demented, but I
found myself utterl.y powerless. Tho
miry chi3 and treacherous 'punk'
held mo firm, and then again 1 re
lapsed into unconsciousness.
"When I came to myself it wus
nearby light; it was still raining
heavily and stolidly; the big drops
plashed down. I could see dull, lead
en sky above, and 1 knew the "nul
lahs" nnd water-courses would soon
bo full. The bat tie of tin- elements
had ceased, and, but for the continu
ous crush ol the falling rain, all was
still. The water in the pit wus near
ly ii) to my shoulders. 1 felt I was
doomed to die, and a sort of sullen,
despairing stupor took possession of
ine. 1 had now given up nil hope,
when, hnrkl I thought I heard tho
sound of a human oice! With all
tho agony of despair I raised u ciy
for help. There was an awful pause
and then I lewd 1113' fuithful Haeku
crying in response. Again I cried
out, nnd J soon saw his dear old
wrinkled faco peering down at 1110
from the edge of tho pit. Some ot
tho natives cut down snpplings and
managed to 'make a sort of a ladder,
nnd Haeku camo down with along
'lathee' and loosened the 'punk'
round 1113 body sufficiently for me to
do the rest myself. Then thoy tied
their puggrees' and kummcrbunds'
together nnd 1 knotted these round
my waist! and under ni.vnrnipits.nnd
with thnt help, thoy tugging nway
at the free ends, 1 managed to clam
ber out."
An lhiglnccr with None. -"One
ofthe most trying moments
of a run," said an old railroad en
gineer the other 1I113', "is when we
pull into a big railroad-center, liko
Jersey City at night. There is, ol
course a perfect labyrinth of tracks
nnd switches; thwllghtM aro innumer
able and confusing, and, us a certain
rate of speed must bo preserved,
about nil woennd(i'is togo it blind.
Of course, wo keep a close lookout
forward, and hnvo thotrnin under
full control, but it is due more to
theefllcieney of tho switchbonrd
than to our ulitltty to avert them
that! accidents au ro$ guoro fre
quent." The writer Was aboard nn express
train on the X. A'. P. nnd O. road,
not longugo, pulling into Salamanca.
We were spinning along at a good
rate, whcngrndiiully tho train slowed
up until the dec: ease of speed was
ver.y perceptible. A brakeinan sat
near, and to him it was remarked
1 that there seemed to bo "a heavy
grade along hero."
"Oh, no," he replied, gluucln care
lessly out of tho window, "this is a
good enough track; the engineer has
got. 0110 of Ids. nervous fits on."
AVhen surprise was expressed nt
this ho continued: "lie is one of tho
oldest men on the rond, and he has
moro thnn once proved himself fear
less at momenta of actual danger.
For the last six mouths though ho
hus been so nervous he's hurdl.y fit
to run 11 train. AVe nre alwa3s lato
now on his run; hoslows down on good
trucks like this; jerks up the train nt
tho slightest curve, anil is in just tho
condition of mind and nerve to bring
about tho very disaster ho feats.
He'll havo to Iny olf soon. It's 11
common enough thing. 1 s'pose it's
the strain of .years of irregular hours
and conslantanxiet.y wheuondut.y."
The writer left the train at Salam
anca, und walking forward took a
look at tho man at the lever. Ho
was tall and spnro, with iron-gray
locks and chin whiskers; his faco wns
rather pule. As the signal to start
wus given lie pulled the throttle, and
straining his eyes ahead, while his
face took 011 a set. anxious expres
sion, stood motionless, mid was thus
borno away out of sight a picture of
the inartyr ho doubtless was to his
nu infill emotions. -Now York Sun.
A Skunk Industry.
The latest thing out in tho way of
a business vont nre is skunk culture,
if it may be so styled, says a Mich
igan exchange. At first it litis tho
appearance ol a joke, but it is noth
ing of the kind, as 111113 ho n-'0ii fur
ther 011.
I la ving heard that something of the
kind existed in that vicinity, the re
porter for the Huntington Herald set
out to investigate the matter, and,
although skeptical at first, soon
found that t hero was "something in
it."
Joseph l.ininger of flraud Itapids,
Mich., has a skunk farina mile or
two out of town. He says that tho
skunk is an auiinal easily raised and
is quite vuiuable for its oil and fur.
The skin is worth from seventy-fivo
cents to $.fiO, and the yield of oil is
about the same value. They havo
from six to ten young a tiino and
breed several times in a season, tho
same as rabbits.
Mr. Liainger established tho
"skunkery" in the spring with only
a few animals, and now, in so short
a time, there aro fifty In the corral.
"I set on I," said he, "to raise f00 be
fore slaughtering 11113', '"id at tho
present rate it, will not belong before
that number is realized." "How
about the odor?" was asked. "Xono
whatever. You can go right to the
corral and 1 defy 3011 to tell by tho
odor that there is a skunk in tho
neighborhood." It seems thnt they
never eject tho acid and offensive
fluid except as a means of defence,
and if not molest ed thoreis no dan
ger. "Besides," said he, "it is an
eas3 matter, when kit tens, to remove
from them the glands containing tho
offensive secretions nnd thus disarm
them for Hie."
She hus Danced (100 Miles,
lie devoted himself to the belles of
the evening nnd found that they
danced every set. Ho did the same,
walked about as much ns ho ob
served them dcnng. When he. got
home he looked at his pedometer and
found it registered fourteen miles.
Then he got it ver.y successful de
butante Wi sic still long enough to
tell him how many times sho dind
danced since she camo out. B3' aid
of ball cards and invitations and
adding the information contained in
her engagement book, t hey were en
abled to calculate thatshe had danc
ed (500 miles this season, and sho
was not through 3et.
How She Kejcctrd Him.
He proposed on tho W113' home
from church with a Buffalo girl one
Sunda3 evening. Sho wus too
.young to ninny, nnd did not want
him anywu.v. But she said "yes,"
witli tho stipulation that he should
get her father's consent The young
man was happy until ho discovered
tho next day that his adored one's
rather had been dead for several
years, llehnsiemoved to another
city. Buffalo News.
A Southern VH.
Hon. JohnM. Allen, of M'-afclpri,
litis the largest fund ol humor of any
of tho Jtepiesentatives of t'i- 'olid
South. Ah a rulothese gentWnen are
"grand, gloomy nnd peculiar." They
n fleet unbending dignity as sy do
blnck frock coats and flve-?3llnblM
words. But Allon is a jolly fellow,
and.uluii.ys hus a quip or a jest for
every occasion. Shortly after the
electibn6iiic-bf liiH'fellow-'DemottratA
wetitto hiin'withvthe-r remark thnt
thelattOr news' tvns more encoumg-ing-that
the thingnvup not so bnd
as nt first reported.
"Yes," sold .Alien, "that reminds
me of un occurrence down in our
country. One of our prominent eiti
zens met with an accident while away
from home, and his triend.s tele
graphed his widow: "Your husband
met with un accident this afternoon.
His leg, his arm nnd his neck nre
broken.' A little Inter sho received
a another telegram, which read: 'The
accident is not so bnd as nt first re
ported. Onl.y his neck nnd hw arm
are broken. His leg is all right'"'
At the last meeting of the Six
O'clock Club Mr.Allongnvean amus
ing account of his oxporienee at the
battle ofvStono Kiver, in which he
took inrt as a meinler of a Missis
sippi regiment. He was put up on
the skirmish-lino, and with another
man was stationed behind a pile of
rails.
Directly his partner remarked, in
most lugubrious tones:
"John, you havo nofnmily depend
ing upon you; put up your head and
see if tho Yankees are coming."
Ailn did as requested, and report c
that there woio lots of Yankees in
sight, but us 3'ot they were not ad
vancing. "0. Lord," groaned tho unhnpp.v
Mississippiim, if this aint the awful
lest place to nut a man with a family
That niau Bragg isn't fit to com
mand niivbod.yf to expose men this
way to the risk, of being killed. He,
haint any sense nt nil. I wonder
what Davis wnsthinkingabout whyu
he put him in commuud 01 the army.
I shall write to Mr. Davis, if I ever
got out of this, and give him n3 opin
ion of this man Bragg,"
Just thou he caught sight ol a bird
sitting contentedby on n limb above
him.
"0, bird," said he, "if I had your
wings I'd bo in Mississippi before
night."
"TliolIeatlieiiCliliiee.''
The smuggling of Chinese men and
women from British America into
United States territory is a very
lucrative business ut various points
along the border from Vancouver to
AVinnepcjf. If tho venture fuils at one
place it is renewed in another, and
sooner or later tho pilgrims get in.
A new trick just discovered at AYhut
coin, AYiishiugtou Territorj'.has al
most token away the breath ofthe
Federal officials, for they know that it
must have been successlul forn time.
The largenunibersof squaws coming
into the country from British Colum
bia finally attracted thouttentfon ol
nn official, ho took a part3 of them
to jail. On close inspection it was
found that the creatures were not
squaws at all, butable-bodied China
men who had painted and otherwise
disguised themselves so as to resem
ble the typical Indian squaw of tin
frontier. In one instance two young
and rather eoiueby Chinese wotnr'u
came across in tho garb of American
women, but dosel.y veiled. An uitgnl
hint offical lifted their veify- and
iounu them out. These girls were
billed through to Snn Frntn-isCb.nud
wore worth to there owner about
20,000 apiece.
A Curious Citj.
Imagine a cit3 w'h most of it1
streets narrow, inudd.y and crowded,
where tho seller of lottery tickets
takes the place of the newsboy,
where the pavers of the street, the
conductors of tho cars, the clerk in
the stores, tho policeman on the bents,
the soldier with his musket, the bare
footed men and women who peddle
their wares and the very beggars a t
tin doorway all smoke cigarettes or
cigars. The streetcars cany'thea-of-flned
dead to tho cemetery, with the
mourners in tho cars that follow.
Men, women and children, half naked
11 mi 'without shoes, bear the burdens
that wo put upon drays and wigons;
water carriers peddle the limpid lluid
from tho aqueducts, from hoti.se to
house. Kvcry other woman has a
bab3 dangling contentedly from a
Mick upon her back. Imagine the
picture and 3'ougotn glimpse of the
stnot wnes ihiit .you look upon
about tho great plnza, facing" the
costl.y palace and the magnificent
cathedral of the City of Mexico.
Cor.Albnny Journal.
They iMc at Any Hour,
Observing that therohns long been
a popular lielief thnt the greatest
number of deaths occur between 4
and (5 o'clock, in the morning, the
Evening Post records that Dr.
Charles Frero has taken the trouble
to tabulate the death-hours of all
patients dying in two Paxisian hos
pitals during the Inst ten yetirs. He
found that there was rather fewer
deaths between 7 and 11 o'clock in
the evening than at any other time,
but there wns no special preponder
ance at an3 hour.
