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UNSEEN BUT REAL-
Shall wonlv trust what the ear can hear.
What the band can gra'tp, ami the eye make
cl-ar?
-hull the dearest hopes of the human heart
1 fi our Inmost being Imve no part,
!5i canse avc fail to understand
Tht-'niovumentij of the Unseen Hand?
-hall we sadly say there ran not i
lanil somewhere In Immensity
Where those we loved, who have gone be
fore, . .
We shall meet again and love once more,
I localise unexplored by us Is the spot.
And thoe who have Journsved return to us
not?
At the close of a summer's sultry day.
Walk In the garden and choose the way-
here the honeysuckle. bud and blow;
TJ.ey "may teach a lesson 'twere well to
know.
The air is foil of the odors rare,
Kxhated from tjie blossoms clustered there;
OJors we nev.er can touch nor see.
Nor solve tie depth of their mystery.
I o weigh tg Ingram e aualn and again
I l:e wUcMt :tvans have tried in vain.
d yet we ull!li oW, 'tis not wholly Ideal.
L nsedi atnl unfelt wr acknowledge It real,
Emma It. Dunham, in JSoslon Journal.
"GABE."
"I "Was Neahly Too Late But
Thank Ou' Lawd, I Sabed You."
liven yet in the jniet evenings I xan
funey the roll of .that grand, deep
v.ce. .'oannj; out over the waters of
tlu gulf in liijuitl melody, or (juavering
n mournful improvisation among the
orange trees, in front of his cabin
door, where (Jahe was .wont to sit in
the "warm nights with his wondering
eye.-i lixed on the stars, singing for an
hour at a time, with only Aunt Dinah
near -to hear Ii.ul
Hig, black, grave and kind, that is
how the memory of Gabu comes before
mi' to-n.ght. with his simple, earnest
way. the mot ungainly, and yet the
trnest-h -.-irted of allGod's living crea
tut;'s. He had been in" our family for
years. He .seldom laughed, was al
ways sad and thoughtful had been so
from childhood, -it was said.
Un any question ot dispute that oc
curred jimoug the other negroes
Gabe wa referred to as authority' to
settle thS matter, and strango to say,
he was eldbm wronjr.
"Why do you love to "sing so?" I
asked him. after I luul listened to one
of his r.ch. pathetic ohants or hymns.
He looked at me in a startled way, for
he had not not'eed my approach.
aud sa d "I duniio myself, hardly: I
s"t- here kase" I loves to look up yon
der at ile stars and think; "byme-bve
dere comes a wbnd'ful song, like as if
de angels was a singin in a jub'lee;
'den 1 .ng. too, till 1'sd ti'ed or clean
gone to .sleep, wid all de angels a
hpv'in 'round me."
" lily 1 ttle sister Telia, tlien- a golden-
-haifeil fairy of s:x, was a great favorjte
oKJabe's. With her he would "talk as
with no others, and was always near
bh r .when c rciuiistanccs permitted.
. Sh. too, .was fojul of 'him, md many
a.little tiVat found, its way to him and
old "Aunt Oinair through her favor.
One night I. remember it well it
was in warm' JSIareh,- that most beaiiti-
. ful of all months in Florida, when the
magnolias put .forth their blooin and
the Fand is .sweet in their incense I
had retired early, Jor I was weary with
a hard day's ride from Tampa, up the
gulf. . ' . .
. It might have been about two o'clock
in the luvrning, when 1 was awakened
'by -a dvafening crash, of "thunder that
died away in reverberating echoes over
the water.
UtiitalU' 1 would roll bll' to slumber
"again, out this time I could not do so
I Ia there instead, 'watching. the play
of the lghtuing and "wailing for the
rain to fall. : .
The atmosphere was close, almost
stilling, the, air permeated with. eloe-.
tricky. .
Suddenly I fancied I heard the front
door open gently and close again. Was
it .only fancy caused b tlie excited state
1 was in? "Soiuetji-ng urged me to arise.
.anvl.I "did .s"o. Stepping to the'front
"window, which commanded a . View of.
the 'piazza, I looked out; all wa.s .black
est iright,with muttering thunder oyer
hpad. . . '
A I stood, there, the earth was il
ium. neil by a most vival Hash, every-'
tli:ngapiearing as clear as day. Di
rectly, before mi half-way down the
carriage drive lead ng to the road along
llje blutl',. rapidly glalcda small .slender
ligure in white, witlrgoldeu halr.stream
ing back iir the-wind.-
Only a-mbment did the light lat, but
in "that m'oment I saw and. Knew it was
Telia Telia, aud going straight to
ward the" chalk-blull' that rose sheer
one hundred feet. from "the sands .be
low! . : .
My mother" had nSonttoncd some days
before that the child was given to 'walk
ing in Iur sleep, though her somnam
bulism hall 'hitherto been confined in
doors. To-night some freak had sent
her forth, out along a pa.th that must
lead her to a terrible fate unless I could
feach ler in time. .
Out of the room, over" the piazza,
down the drive I went quicker than I
had ever gone before. The night was
& inkv darkness: I could not see an
.inch "before me. and the lijrhtniiir, d
.viviu oeiore. nau ceaseti. juverv mo
nn'iit seemed, an age-- If the chifd had
turned asideallmight be well, if not
Heaven help hdr. for well I knew tvlat
must lie lier late. :
0On I rii-lu d. half-mad with suspenst'.
Another flash, and 1 saw her not ten
yards frou.tIie edge of the bluff. '
Tell:if" I cnlktl. "Telia!'! In my
despair my feet grew Heavy, my knee's
quaKetiu uornuie uigiitn.are was upon
nie.- clammy perspiration oozed from
eery jKjre.
Another Ihvsh: slie was on the brink.
and L not.thirtv step-s away was pow-
e -los to save lier! Uul. there! In the
uyiiig light a great nlack Doily spnnirc
forward and seems to mingle with the
wh t'e. lliere come"? a startled cry, a
dull (hud, and ill is still save the dash
of'the rJn th:K had now commenced
to fall in torrents. " . "
. A nionifcut more anil I was "bending
over a little white ligure. lying moan
ing on the sand, with hairof gold be
draggled over face and neck.
Thank God. it was Telia; unharmed
and safe She cried pitifully as I took
her in my anas', seenirufflv too bewil-
, dered to speak.
. But who was it that so providentially
etaved her at that awful moment? Thi
fjasli was so short that I could not tell, J
though 1 fancied it was Gabe, If so,
where had lie disappeared?
As it grew iightagam I looked to
wards the edge of the bluff. Just be
yond Jhe spot where Telia had lain, a
large gap was broken in the bank, a
if Aloe heavy J)oJy had crushed it oft
by sheer weight, or in struggle. . J
'Quick as thought it dawned upon me
that Gabe if it were he had caught
the ch Id just as she was about to fall.
aud by a desperate effort had cast her
safe and sound hack upon the sand as
the jynimbling earth gave way, aad
precipitated his down to the sands far
below.
As quickly as 1 could I made.my way
back to the'house. w.th the ch.ld in my
arms. The door was wide open as I
had left it, and all was silent.
Laying Telia on a sofa 1 called my
mother, and on her appearance, gave
her a hurried account of what had
passed.
I roused ourdarkey boy Zep out ol
bed and sent Him to call several of tho
hands, with orders to come at once
to the house.
The boy appeared in a short time
with five of our negroes, all about
half asleep, and all wondering at their
abrupt awakening.
Br.efly I explained what had hap
pened, and having securel lanVerus
we together set out to learn the worst
in regard to Gabe.
1 was sure now it was Gabe for
Zep had found his cabin door wide
open, and Aunt Dinah seemed -asleep
atone.
Down below th entrance to our
carriage way some -200 yarJs, the
bluff declined in a gentle slope to the
water's edge.
To this point we quickly hurried, and
were soon on the white, sandy
beach, high up which the waves were
rolling from the force of the now spent
storm.
A m!nut's tlm aud we had reached
a spot directly under the break in the
ledge above. At first I could see noth
ing, but a low groan drew me to a sort
of recess washed in the face of the
bluff.
In this lay Gabe, moaning in pain,
with face and neck bathed in blood.
As I bent over him with the lantern's
light, he looked at me and endeavored
to speak, but the effort only caused
fresh blood to guh from his' nostrils
and mouth.
Tenderly we took him up between us
and carried him back alon" the beach,
up the blurt's s de w th the light of. the
stars shin'ng on earth, for the storm
had passed, as quickly as -tropical
storms do. and was muttering off in
tattered masses toward the Ind;a
Islands. Along the roadway up the
garden drive, over the piazza into the
room we bore him, placing htm gently
on a couch that had been hastily pre
pared. I dispatched one of the hands in all
haste for Dr. Reynold's, our family
phy.sic'an, hut as bis residence was
some two miles distant it was nearly an
hour before he arrived.
In the meantime we made the poor
sufferer as easy as possible, washing
away the stains of blood from his face
and neck, and cooling his throbbing
temples with dampened cloths.
I gave him a strong dose of brandy,
which had the effect of reviving him
sufficiently to speak, though but little
as the hemorrhage -was very great
How much he was hnrtl could not
tell, though I knew the arm was broken
and some serious internal injury sus
ta ncd.
When Dr. Uwynolds arrived he made
a careful investigat on, then called me
aside and saia: "The matter is serious
b yond hope. His t me to Jive is but
a few hours at the most. The only thing
we Can do is. to keep him as qu et as
possible even now he is rapidly sink
ing.'f After the doctor had departed I re
turned beside him and asked: "Do you
feel easier, Gabe? ' He smiled, as" he
faintly replied: Yes, jnueh easier,
thank' you. Itut hit' w 11 soon be ovah;
dere ain't no use tellin' me to cheah
up: I knows I's agoin' goin' fast
Hit's, baud to go but the Lawd's .will
be done."
He turned to Telia, who was seated
beside him, and. stroking her hair with
his irreat horny hand,- now feeble and
weak as a child's, he said: "I's so gla 1
you's safe, honey so glad; -what's my
old life to you's so young and faih. I
was neahly tod late, but thank ou' Lawd
I sabed yon. H.t makes me so happy,
and when j-ou's one oi" " de. br.ght an
gels way up dere beyond de gates,
vou'll not fo'get old Gabe w.ll you.
honey?"
For answer the . golden head bowed
over the rugged features, the golden
curls, fell among the k.nky gray, the
fiesh young lips red with the blood of
life, trembled ou the pan-drawn fore
head, while . tears fell fast "from her
eves and glistened 1 ke pearls among'
the blood-stains on the couch.
There was a glad smile on the old
man's face as the child arose, and all
the love of a full warm heart shone in
his eyes as he looked upon her.
lire hours sped on until the morptng
gun roscver the broad waters, of the
gulf, anushoue in crimson and gold
through the latticed creepers.
. Gabe was very quiet, his eyles fixed
on the ceiling. h:s" hand resting on
Aunt tiinalft."
m
As the day broadened he became vis
ably weaker, his breath, coming at
longer. intervals,. with labored .intona
tion; his mind, too, 'began to wander,
his voice .at times rising in incoherent
murmurs..
. I gavehim another dose of brandy,
and aga:n he revivet. though the effort
was the last of expiring nature.
He looked at us in a dazed and won-,
deling way. for a few moments, and
see'ing "Aunt Dinah' crtiug bitterly,
said: "Don't cry, hon'"-"-don't cry.
Hit's only fo' a little while longer; a
few moan days, or maybe a few moah
ycahs. but we'll meet again- yes, meet
in dat.Ian' wha' de're's no moah p'aia,
ami trouble ncvah comes, and we 11 be
j white as now.:dere, hoa', among de
augej bands--a'singm round de "Great
white T'rone.' "
On and on the little marble clock
tickid on' the mantelpiece, minute by
minute, shortening the strand of life,
drawing nearer and nearer the "shadow
joi the vallev." '
"Hit's g.ttin' so dark" the dying
j m -said "night am comin'
I-eves am closm', de day a
fast; my
am .neahly
gone, but de &hoah am very neah. I
see angels an' angels Standiu' 'dere;
dey's walkin' in de sunlight, dey's
singin' in de glory and now dey
beckou me to.come "Yes, I's comin'
fast." '
V:l. -1 1 -.l l -llt
j iiiiitaunuunsncn: mueeu tailing,
and the shore was very, very near.
. "Hon' is you; dere?"
"Com. cluser I's Ieab'n' yon hon,'
but I's goin' to a bettah Ian': my soul
will be white as de lamb's. When
you's ready come, I'll be dere to
meet 3-ou, an' we'll be young again in
de new life; baun again in oirFatha'a
home. 1'se so happy. No. moah
trouble no more pain. Cluser hon'
cluser.'
The lips moved again, but no sound
came forth; speech had ceased to be,
had flickered out in darkness, and the
poor old body -was following quietly
after.
His lips grew wide apart, his breath
came in irregular gasps. unt.l at last it
ceased. There was a loag quiver in
the frame aad Gabe was dead.
Down in a corner of our garden,
where tail trees make twilight live "at
noonday, in a flpot restful and quiet,
where dead mosses make foot-falls at
laoi. is a littla monad witk a piahi
marble slab at its head. This ia tha
grave of Gabe.
In the warm summer months .duriag
vacation in a 'Northern college' than
comes back to us a tall, fair girl. "She
is always glad to return to the dear old
home, she says, "though it is quaint
ami old-fashioned."
' Many times before the summer
wanes does she softlv tread the mossy
earth bes'de the dead and kneeling by
the little mound offers anew thanks to
Him who saw fit to prolong her life, at
the sacrifice of that pure and nobla
soul. W. Qlyndon, in Detroit Free
Pre.
LATE FASHIONS.
Some or the resalalae Kccci.trlcitlas ot tk
Metropolis.
A cluster cf short, thick carls, fas
tened snugly by a jeweled .arrow, is
added to the low English coiffure for'
evening dress. The fashion was led by
"a number of society girls recently from
Europe.
Some of the new French polonaises
are cut w.th a rounding or zouave
fro.it over a vest and pannier drapery
of goods of some contrasting material.
The dress skirt is trimmed or kilted up
the front to meet the pannier, and the
back of the polonaise falls in straight
waterfall drapery.
Box-pleated and deep-kilted skirts
are to-day as popularly worn among
leaders of fashion in Paris as they
were the first year of their introduc
tion. Fan. kiiife. rose, and shell pleat
iugs on v sting, evening, and teception
toJct; of .satin, s Ik or lace, are equal
ly favored, while a lady in a simple
"Gretchen" gown, formed even Qf the
richest material, but with her dress
literally wanting infrill. kilt, ruffle, or
pleating, would exe'te no more atten
tion than her fashionable sister in the
bravery of trimmings which combined
the entire four styles of skirt garni
ture. White Ottoman silk, with deep
flounces of Oriental lace, made with
short sleeves and lace vest front, w th
white Suede gloves reaching nearly to
the shoulders, and a very long tulld
veil, with a broad hem surrounding it.
is a favorite Parisian bridal toilet for a
very youtg bride. Wh.te flowers art
worn in profusion with the simple toi
let. Bonnets are fast losing the'r strings
which have been so popular for severa'
seasons past. If seen at all upon
imported French bonnets they are in
variably of narrow velvet r.bbon, which
seems to have superseded .satin, Otto
man or gros, gra n in favor.
One of the newest imported models
for a tea gown is made as follows: The
gown is made of pale blue faille, and
is shaped like a trained princes-e dress
in the back. In front it opens broadly
all the way from the throat down, over
a cream-colored lace yoke. With full
blouse shirred on to the yoke, and
falling l.iosely over the belt; and a
skirt of silk wholly ve led by one deep
cream-lace flounce, which reaches from
the waist to the tiny kn fe-pleat ng at
the foot mad of the blue faille. The
loose-flowing half-long sleeves are of
lace, and the gown is open on each side
all the way by the three breadths.
The musl ns, sateens, o lamoerys,
French lawns', and better class of wash
materials will, the coming season, be
decorated with lace and ribbons, white,
cream, ecru, ficelle, or var ous shades
of coffee, as dg ugs to flounces and
tunics; wh.le lac: flounces, mounted on
soft silk or pale I nt d sateen skirts,
and aecouipan'ed by polonaises or full
apron ovcrskirts and corsages of figured
or broehe satin, w 11 b.: among the fa
vorite afterno u to.lets for the summer,
and found remarkably ellect've, at a
moderate prce. Woolen lace, the
"dentelle llama" and vak. gu pure de
laine, are very fashionable; and the r
effectiveness and solidity well deserve
the:r return to favor.
Bonnets tor -rummer wear for fidl
dress occasions are to be made of t He
or crape, wVte cream, sulphur. Mac.
and pale, green be ng the favorite t nts:
the trimmings are del'cate flowers and
leaves such as. the mimo-a; and white,
violets, and foliage. O.her dressy bon
nets are" of white lace, lace embroidered
in colors and lined with -silk to match
and prettiest of all are the delicately
embroidered crapes, with flower trim
mings in i-lemler garlands wreath
ing the crowns: Many of the
new black-lace bonnets are made of
the fashionable . "guipure de Genes'"
lace, mingled with gold lace and
trimmed w.th ornaments of real gold.
Black straw bonnets :re trimmed with
black 'velvet and gold lace: the folds
are soft knots run. through, with slcn
dergold'pins. These bonnets are ap
propr.ately worn with any colored
costume.
It is again the fashion to seal one's
letters"and bangles. with seals attached
arc among the newest devices in fancy
jewelry. As .for stationery, .it grow--more
dainty each season and some
very" quaint dev'ces are used to head
fashionable French note-paper and en
velope's. ."Papyrus," a rough-edged
stationery, undecorated, is considered
b'.st form, and when sealed- the packet
looks in the best taste. But man' peo
ple eiec.t for fancy headings, and most
ingenious are the efforts made to meet
modern notions in this resppct. "Al
ways at home" is one of the new de
vices. It represents a large snail with.
i.ts house on its back. Invitation cards
show some design, suggestive of the
form qf entertainment a card in one
corner, a party of musicians appar
ently blowing great blasts of dance
music from trumpets, horns and bugles;
a daipty and -esthetic siiojper table, etc.
Note paper headed by appropriate io
ta'tions from the poets is considered
passe; still it is really mor- used than
any other style of fancy -stat'onecy.
N. Y. Evening Post.
Cutting Things Under Water.
When science was in its infaacy.
mmch'of its fact was mixed with non
sense, and some of the nonsense shows
a wonderful vitality. A cae in
point is the recent, republication pf a
nonsense bit that was current at feast
forty years ago. It is a recipe for qut-
ting glass with shears or scissors. .The
statement is that sheet-glass can be cut
with the greatest ease w.th a. pair of
seissors if the glass is kept underwater
aad -kept in a level position. That
there is not a word of truth in it any
eae may easily prove on a trial. 'with
the result of dulling a pa'r of shears.
There is one cutting process that can
be better done under water than out of
water;. that is, the paring of onions.
When pared under water Jthe acrid em-
anatioas, so unpleasant to the mucous
membrane of eyes and nose, are drs,
solved or held in water. But neither
the quality of glass nor the power of
scissors is changed by immersion ia
Water. Scientific America.
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yt.
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Chromic Diseases amd Diseases ef
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ty Office on Olive street, three doors
north of Firbt National Bank. 2-ly
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Columbus, Neb. 4913
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Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska
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cultivation, in sums representing one-,
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NOTARY PUBLIC AMD CONVEYANCER.
Keeps a full line of stationery and school
supplies, aud all kinds "of legal forms.
Iusures against fire, lightning, cyclone
and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block,
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Land and Collection Agent.
Parties desiring surveying done can
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T M.RTLSCHE,
llth St., opposite Lindefl Hotel.
Sells Harness, 'Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, &"c., at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to. .
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CONTRACTOR AND BUILPER.
Plans and esthnate.8 supplied for either
frame br brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber. Yard, Columbus, Ne- I
orasits. 32 umo. .
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.
Will .do general surveying In .Platte
and adjoining counties. Office with S. C.
Smith. .
COLUMBUS,
XXBBASKA.'
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Carpenters and Contractors. .
Havenadan extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing -done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
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Job-Work, Koofing ud Gutter-
Uf a Ipecialty.
Shop on Olive Street. 2 doors
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W. CI.ARK
LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT,
HUMPHREY, NEBR.
His lauds comprise some fine tracts
in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
era portion of Plutte county. Taxes
paid for non-residents. Satisfaction
guaraateed. 20 y
SCHOLASTIC SAUSAGES
A Now aad Sliortor, CsteclUom far tho
Bosoflt of TMtkM aad'l'upll.
Question. Is the, small by always
benefited by being filled with facts and
figures? Answer! He Is not He is. on
the contrary, often overloaded with
them, as is his stomach' with plumcako,
and the result of both doses is to make
him a dull boy. , .
Q. How. much should a small boy
learn at-school in a day? A. As much
as he can take in easily and pleasantly,
and no more: In fact, knowledge can't
be forced-into him as is the gas into
soda-wetter. .Or if so. forced it. won't
stay.
Q. -Should learning be made pleasant
forthe small boy? A. It should, and
for the same reason that his breadcake
and pie are made pleasant to his taste.
He will not absorb learning if it is made
to taste, like rhubarb, and that is one'
reason' why so many boys and girjs gqt
sick of study at school.
Q. Whose fault is this? A. It is the
fault partly of the teacher, partly of the.
parent, and, more thanall, of the sys
tem which forces the same kin'd of in
tellectual pie, cake and pudding down
the throats of all boys and girls.-whether
they like it or not
Q. What, in some respects.- does our'
educational system resemble? A. 'An
immense sausage-stuffing machine.-Machine
the system? sausages the boys
and girls; men who run the machine
the teachers. . . .
Q. What sometimes happens if the
scholastic sausage is crammed too full?
A. The skin 'bursts and the.'smafl boy
dies. Or if he does not die his 'mind i'
crippled forjife'tbrough the overcram
ming. Q. Does a "well-stored memory'
argue a well-organized mind? A. No.
A man may be able to parrot the whole
dictionary and not be capable of taking
charge of apeanut stand.
Q,. How may such an overloaded
memory affect the small boy's, mind?'
A. As an overdose qf plum-pudding
does the small boy's s'tomach renders
it heavy, and unable to act vigorously.
Q. What do sucb heavy loads of
book knowledge frequently make of
people? ,A- Bores, who are always
trying to stuff "others as full as them-
selves of the dead weight of facts thcy
tarry.
Q. What is the "result of pverstudy.
to many of the children in our scJiools?.
A. rremature spectacles.
Q. Visually, into what.may-this soort
develop the race. A. Goggle-eyes.
Q. What is inquiry to the child's eye
from overstudy equivalent to? A.
Smashing a man's toes in training him
for a foot-race.
Q. But must not small boys and
girls be forced to learn to keep them
from ignorance and .idleness. A. If you
force fruit in a hot-house to ripen you'
dos.6 at the expense of native strength
and Vigor to the plant or tree.
Q. What is the frequent, reward in
practical life of a full-grown arid tilled
sausage turned out of the college stuff
ing machine? ,A. Ten dollars a week
as amanuensis or"private secretary.".'
Q. Why so poorly paid? A. 'Too
much stuffing. Brain overloaded with
knowledge. No room left for "gump;
tion."
Q. What is "gumption" ?A; Know
ing how to use knowledge aftei-'you've
got it. " Some folks call.it " wisdom.
"Gumption" knows enough to geVtJie
tool it needs, and- then barns how to
use it The sausage-stuffcr educational
piocess swallows a who'e shopful of all
sorts of tools, and the sausage freipieut
1 spends the rest of its life in vuin ef
forts to digest thcai.
Q. Would you allow the small boy
to select his own studies?. A., . Would
you not allow each tree to bear .its own
fruit? If the boy wants to blossom jnto
Latin, let him; if he wants to blossom
into a blacksmith, fertilize, him 'with
iron and let him..
Q. What do some "finished educa
tions" resemble? A. Intellectual
pat'.'hwork. . A little of this, a little of
that, and nothing in. particular. "Re
sult: "Crazy quilt."
Q. Or in other words? A'. A men
tal rag-bag. Full of fragments of all
shapes and colors, but not a well-wovdn
' piece of. cloth that one can' .make a'suit
of. Prentice Mulford. in lioslon (J lobe.
-;
THE FIRM MOTHER.
raa.ll.jr Government lllilatrateil aianac
naeat of. the Teri'lble Infant.
"George, shut the gate. Shut it, I
tell y&u. If yoii.db'n't.shut-.it I'll 'whip
you. You ought to be ash'anu'd of
youreclf"" shfc continues as she 'goes
out and. shuts the gate. "Never mind,
I'll tell your -father when he comes
'home. Don't. pull up' that rose bush.
Don't, I tell "you; .it yoii do I'll, whip
you. .Therej-you bad boy. I oilght to
whip 'you. for that "Put that bush
down. -Put -it dawn, 1 tell you.".
. The boy throws it -dowd and . wipes
his "dirty hands on his'trousers.
Don't wipe ' your . hands 'on your
breeches ' don't I tell you; never mind,
I'll tell your father when he cornea
Bad boy, don'traind his'mamma."
."I ain't.a bad boy." '..
"Yes, you are."
I know I.aint."
"Don't dispute my word. I tell you if
you dispute my wo'rd I'll .whip .you." -
"I-ain't a bad boy." ..
"Didn't I tell .ybu I'd" w'lip you if
you disputed my word? You ought to
'be atihamed of yourself. Don't take off
your shoe.. Don't, I tell you. If you
take off your shoe I'll whip you.." There
you bad boy, Ill tell your" father.'
"I ain't abaU boy." "
Yes..you are."
"No. 1 ain't, "neither."
. "Yes, you are." . .
fi ain't"
"Don't dispute my word. If -you.do
I'll whip you. Put on ' that' shoe. Put
it on, I tell you! If you don't put it on
I'll whip you. Bad boy not to-put on
Jhis shoe when his mamma tells him.
Never mind, you shan't go out in the
country .with me."
". Don't want to go. "
' Never" mind, when yon see the
horse bitched up to -the buggy you'll
want to go."
I'll be good."
" Well, be good, and you may go.
Don't tear j-eur sleeve! 'Don't, I tell
you! JJidu
dn 1 1 tell you not to tear your
Say? Never mind, I'll make
sleeve?
you sorry for it
In your mouth.
Don't put that thins
Stop it I tell vou.
Throw that nasty thing .down this in
stant, 'or FU 'whip you. Throw it
down, I tell you. A ever mind- you
'shan't go with me. People will, say:
there goes the lady without the 'little
boy.' Then somebody will say: 'he
was a bad boy, and .his mamma made
him stay at home.' Never mind, sir."
"I'll be good,'! throwing down the
top of a blacking box. "1 won't do it
ay more. Them wlll'ou takje me?"
'Yes. Let that cat alone. Put
down the .eat. I tell you. Didn't you
hear me? Say! Put down the cat or
you shan't go 'with pie. Put down the
cat that's .a good boy. Didn't you
hear me say? Never "mind. There,
Pm glad she scratched you. Oue time
there was a little boy " that wouldn't
mind his mamma . He was a bad little,
boy, and when he wasn't looking an
oli cow came up and hooked him and
the Utile boy cried; yes, ne did."
." I wasn't me." . f
" But it will be you unless you be
have yourself."
" Was it a great, big old cow?"
" Yes, and she had long horns. The
old cow says 'moo, moo, here is. the1
boy that won't mind his mamma,'
and" .
"Did she hook him?"
"Yes. she did. She threw him up in
the tree, an' the boy cried and cried and
said: 'Oh. -Mrs. Cow. if you'11-let meret
down I'll be gobd.' "
" Whv didn't the boy hit the cow with
a rock?' " - . '
He couldn't wheu the cow had fvm
up on her hornsV" . .
"Why didn't. he hit her fore she got
hinj up on her horns?"
" He couldn't fdrthe.old cow grabbed
him.up and threw him into the trije.
The'old cow says-she is going all around
and hook all the little boys that-" '
"She can't Hook me. I'd throw. dirt
in her face." ' .
"That's what-the other little -boy
thought He said she couldn't hook
him and he laughed at his mamma but
she did hook him."
" I'd make thy dog bite her."
."That's what the other little boy
thought, but the dog wouldn't bite. her.
Now are ybu going to begbod?"' "
"Yescm." ' . .. .
"Then the old cow won't hook yoii
Don't throw your hat over there! D.on't
put it over there, I tell you". If you put
your hat over there I'll whip you. I'll
whip you just as certain" as .you do.
There, you good .for hothiug thiug.
Nevermind, 3-011 shan't go with'iue.
I'm 'going to tell your father. -You are
X m 'going to tell your lather. -1
a bad boy and I dbn'.t love ."you
No. I won't kiss you." .
a' bit
ahe.kisses him. . .
. "You shan't go with me. Never
mind, L'H tell yourfather."j---lrAamaw
Traveler. - . .
. . love secrets: r
Soma of th - Superstition Conceralag
Heart Affairs Wb'lcli Prevail la Ureat,
Britain. .'.
A girl can "scarcely do ?i worse thing
than boil dish-clout . in her crock.."
She will be sure, in consequence to lose
all her lovers, or, id. Scotch phrase,
'boilall her lads awa:" "and !n Dur
ham it is.belieyed that if you pufmilk
in your tea before sugar, you lose ydur
sweetheart" We .may add that unless
a girl fasts on St Catherine's Day (No-
vember 25) she will never- have a good,
husband: Nothing can be luckier for
either bachelor or girl than to be placed
inadvertently at some -social gathering
between a'man and his wife." The per
son .so seated will be married before the
year is out , .
. Song, play and sonnet have diffused
far .and. wide the custom-of blowing off
the petals of a tlower, saving "the wliile.
LHe.Ioves me loves me not." When
this important business has been settled
in the affirmative a hint may be useful
for the lover jroin-r courtinjr- If he-
meets a hare, he' must at once turn back.
Nothing can well be "more unlucky.
Watches are. fond of thatshape. and he
wibSccrtajniy be" crossed- in love. .Ex-,
perLs say -that after the. next meal .has
been eaten rhi evil Innucncp is expend
ed, and tlie. lover can again hie-forth in
r safety. In inakiug -presents to each
other th'e happy pair -must 'remember
on no'account.t.ogiveeach oth-ra-knife
or pairof scissorsTSiieh a present ef
fectually cuts love asunder. Take care,
too. not to fall in lovtv with one .the
initial of whose "surname Is the .same as
yours. . It is quite cer'aitrythat 'tho
union of such can not be happy: This"
I love .secret has been reduced into rhyme
ior me Dcncui. oi-treacnerous memo
ries: ' -...... "K
To change the naine.and not. the letter s
Is a chauye Tor the worse,-uud not for the bet-
N
ter.
This love-lore belongs to the Northern'
mythology, "else.llie Komans would-ney-
ev nave -u,seu mat. univer.saL.iormspa,
'.Ubi tu Caius cgoX'aia."
. '.These directions ami cautious must
surely' have brought our pair -ol happy
lovers to. the" wedding-day. Even yet '
they are not safe from malign influ
ences, "but folk-lore does .not forget
their, welfare. . If the bride has bcou
cotjrtQd by other sweetlieacts than the
one she has now .definitely chosen,
there Is a fear le-t tli'e discarded suitors
should .entertain. unkindly-, feelings
toward her. To obviate all. unpleasant
conseipieuccs from this,the bride must
wear a. sixpence 'in her left shoe until
she is."kirked," say the Scotch. And,
on her-.returi' home, if a horse stands
looking at- her through a gateway xr
even lingers aong"the .road-' Reading to
her new h.ome.-it isa very-bad omen
for her future happiness-'
When raee-the-marriage-k:not is tied,
it is.sb rhdissolubje that folk-lore for'
most part leaves the young couple
a'une. ' It is imperative, however,. that
the wife. -houUr .never -take off her
wedding-rin'r. To da so is to open a
I door to immediate calamities, aifu- a
window at .the same 'time-' through
which love may fly. Should the hus
band not find h. peace and .quietness
which he Jias a. right "to e.xp'e t in
matrimony,- but "discover, unfortunate
ly, that he has married a -scold or. a. J
shrew, he must 'make the best ot -tho
.case. . " ' -
. Yet folk-lore has still a simple remedy
which will alleviate his sorrow. Any
night he will, he may taste fasting a
root 'of radish, say ouf old 'Saxon fore
fathers, and ne"xts day Ire will be proot
against a woman's- chatter By grow
ing a'large bed of -radishes, and sup
ping off tfieni regularly, it.- is thus. os-e
sible that he might ethaust after a
'time, the verbosity of his spouse, but
we .are bound to add that we ..have
never heard of such an easy cure being'
effecteiL The ducking-stool was "found
more to the purpose in past. days. .
Jielyravia. . . . . I ' .
m
A young man went to a farmer
house a few miles from town to spend
the evening with the father's charming
daughter. His horse was unhitched,
and fastened secirelv in the stable.
The young man lingered long and late,
and left the presence of the youngIady
with the remark that at soon as he
hitched up his horse he would return -
and kis-j her good night While getting
his horse the mother of the youug lady
got up and drove her off to bed. The
mother stood by the fire warming her
self, when ia rushed the young man and
In great haste kissed the old lady. .He
soon fonad out his mistake when th
Id lady made at himwith.the shoveL-2-Maritda
(O.J JturnaL
RELIQIOUS ANDfOllCATIONAL.
Australia has . four uaiTeraitiaa
which, in curriculum, rank with Har
vard, Oxford and Cambridge.
At Yale seventy-three per cent. of.
the students came from "other States
than Connecticut; at Harvard forty-live
per cent came from other than Masse-.
:husctts. o
It has. been proposed at Harvard. -University
to advise .with the students
as to. rules of order. Possibly it would
be- better to advise with their parents.
Current. v .
. An English, lady, Mrs: Hay ward,
has been engaged as profess6r of. elocu
tion in the Cincinnati law school; and'
tho innovation has been received with
favor. " "
The Journal of Hcalt h 'says the' ill.
health of school children is more'lanare-
&ly due to lack of -proper .care at home.
iiiau mauequaie nygienic provisions ia
the school-rooms. - ' oe
. A Poughkeepsie church"" member"!,
knows a woman who puts a five-dollar-
bill on the plato every Sunday, apd if .
he happens to be absent three Sun-',.'
days in. succession she puts on twenty
dollars next time. Troy Times.. .-
The children -of London.' public' .
schools'are surely coming to a-happier.
estate. - Th'e philanthropists who be- .
lieve them to be suffering from over-;. .
pressure ou the part-'of the teachers are -quarreling
with, the philanthropists ''
"who believe them to be suffering from.. .
under-feeding, on the part of their,
.p'arunts. The result is likely to be that ","
they will obtain more food at home and . .
bo given less to do at school. Vurrent.'
. Ex-Governor Sanford, of. San Fran- ...
Cisco, states that his proposed .univer
sity, projected as a memorial to 1)1 e
son, will have colleges for voting, men
and women, and high-schoo'd for boys-
and girls. He also proposes to- fo'und ..
an institution after the model of the J
Cooper Institute of New York;. -for the
advancement of science and art, with-
evening
youth.
classes Jfqr .mechanics- and "
.'- ."
-The one-man-power may -become-,
too conspicuous in a church. .'Once wo
were driving by a rural meetinsr-house,
and we asked a nian.standing'nviir-who0
were the chief supporter of.that cause..
He answered: "Well I reckon, that
Squire Blank is tha man that docs it all. '
( He is'deaeon and sexton, and Supefin- -
tendent of the Sdnday-sch'ool. He does
everything there but the preaching, andi
that he hires done." WaUhihun..
This year will bring witiikit the
golden jubilee of.Pope Llo's priesthood "
which he.received in 1835. It lias been;
already decided in Italy to. celebrate it .
by a league of prayers for. the 'triumph
of the church, and the prolongation of
His Holiness' life; "by an exhibition at
the 'Vatican of all-the -offe'ring which-.
will be made, specially of objects, relet-.
ing.to public-worship; by ad alms for".
the mass, made up of offerings from tho '
entire-Catholic world? ami, fourthly,, by-
a pilgrimage to the tombs of. tho Apos-
tlee. . . - . ..-'
. r--- 7 1 . -
. WIT AND WISDOM. ' .
Do onot betray tjie confidence '. ol "
any'one - - . . .-; - "
A man is called- a cconlirmedliar.
when nothing that he'says is continued-
Yow'can not .jump over it mountain,. -but
step by step takes you; to the other.
side. .. - - -;- ...
The lad was "blowing bubbles wheu 0 '
he accidentally swallowed -.some s3ap-
suds, aud that made bub ill, Whitehall .
Tintes. .. -. ;. . ";" 0 ,. . .
. ".My son. "if every one speaks .well",
of -you, you have'trpcklcd to bad ".lhefl- ,
and have-'not been truthful. It you. are
honest" yqu will be , abused. .--X.-:. FT
Tribune" ' . . ' ' ,
-rVHelIo'""said Buckle. a& he met ,,
..Barnacle. Barnacle fs -particular, aml-a
-replied: "Why. don't you say 'Good
morniug' when'you meet" a gentleman?' ' .
'"I do. answered Buckle. Providence
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. A St 'Louis e'dito'r who'started with---'
out a cent forty years'ago, is now. worth
Kin'MUtt. IIw .fhrtnru.- is -ill nwimr to "
his" own energy, 'industry aftd frugality,
iiuu me j.ucl uiai ;iu .uucie rcce.uiijr- icj
him J'J.'J'J'J.'JV.fuluaelp.'tut-CaU. ,
"If man wants. to own-the earth. .
w"hat dots . "woman want?': ;inpiired tt
"Mr.X'r?"? f his better half, after a s
little family matinee, a few da's ago.
"W,cll, inyTdear,! resjionded- that'Iady
in a geiitIetone,vt'tp own thecmait, 1 .
suppose.'- Itustoh I'os!. ".. " " . .
". "I. wish youvwould come lo see me
oftener, Chorlje, luiirmurcd. Claribellr
ts they sat in the trout parlor trvlnji
to. find out .which Jcuewvthe Ieast 4Ah, ,"'
but 'yotL know, darling,-rani here every
night." "-Yes, I know-thatv but I wish-.
you'd. come oftener:'' Wellbpt uon''.
vou see if 1 did I would; have to leave" ,
oftener, ha, ha?'.'. Yes'.' .that wavhal.
I said... 'And then be asked her iPsJuc
knew where'he hail put hi.S'Iiat-C'Aea
,""'""ir. .......
"Am I on the right road to the yil- . '
lage?" demanded'a-traveler .of au oh'
'K
.uarxey wno wa-.woraing in .a ueiu.
'Xaas,- sah,n .said- the darkey The
traveler pursued his way, -but presently, j
returned very .mad, "I. say,", he .,
shputed to tli-e" old fellow, what did ybu
mean by telling m'e that 1 wis. 011" the
right road to the' village?'' -i'l tol': yy'tt
du rruF, Meed I did. Boss," replied-' the 0
darkey, ,fbutyo'.tuk de wrpug direk
shun, s:ih.' Drake's Magazine. . o
-."Yoii havi: a very- rich soil here,'-' ri-0
marke'd a tender-foot to a Dakota farm-, ;
er. -'Rich! WclI, !' should, say so
Two years ago a young man from .the
East came out here. He 'carried.' a
sbakewood cairc: He stuck it in "the
ground 'and left it here. 'I '! Suppose.'
remarked the tenderfoot witha.0smile,.
you mean to tell me -it -sprouted."
"Sprouted! Welh'i should say ifdid.
' and. blossobied, too. r Why, lat year
I killed teu bushels .of black-snakes ou"
that patch of .ground,.and .each onewai
Tarnished "and had a hammered, sihrei
head." N. Y. Graphic. : .,
r .'
- . Breathing Illuminating Gas.
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Tlie, injurious "effect, produce'.' by illu-
.minating gas. is; due, . according to .
Grube's researches; not. to th coutm.
u'ance ot it-J action, but to its concentraP-
tion or the percentage of if in tf.e.alr.
It isassertcd -that, air containing "five
Earts in ten.thouaand can be breathed-
y pien and animals for hours.-'and even"
days, without any injury -to the health;
from seven to eight parts in tea "thou
sand cause indisposition; -twenty parts
.cause difficult breathing, losof -power
and .uncertainly of motion; with twenty' .
to forjty parts drowsiness begins, and,
when there is still more carbonic oxi'de"
ia the an. Hie poisoning- is aueiiuca -,
with violent symptoms ;,brain aad spinal .
column are especially affected, cramps -eize
the victim, yet he. may recover i) .
brought quickly into fresh air. Breath
ing air heavily charged with carbonii
ojpide lor a long time may likewiat
auae death. acwii Journal
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