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TO A TOUGH BOY.
Words of Counsel and WarMlnc to All Ea
i, bryo Dead-Beats.
Young man, I have watched you
with unqualified admiration. The
first time I beheld you, I saw at a
glance that the aim and object of your
existence was to be a tough boy, and
you have, since been my daily study,
and each 'day has added to my delight
in observing the rapid strides you are
making toward your high and enno
bling ideal.
I am pleased at the martyr-like de
votion with which you struggle with
the cigar at which your face pales,
your head reels and your stomach
trembles, but to which you adhere,
nevertheless, with a more than Spar
tan firmness.
Again am I made happy at the fine,
manly instinct which leads you to
mingle choice slang and elegant pro
fanity with your improving conversa
tion, and I feel certain that the ladies,
whom you arc naturally proud to have
as auditors, must wish that you were
their own offspring, or at leapt that
their boys could have the benefit of
your exemplary companionship.
I presume that you arc up to the
taste of liquor also, for I can not think
that one so unmistakably and praise
worthily tough as you appear can have
neglected so hnpoYtant an element of
.toughness as to take a drink now and
then, and possibly occasionally to get
tipsy. Of course you do not like the
taste of liquor, any more than you de
light in the llavor of tobacco. I un
derstand that perfectly, and honor you
all the more because of 3our self-denial.
No worthy object can bo
achieved without more or less of dis
comfort: and I make sure that one day
you will be a great destroyer of to
bacco and a competent drunkard.
Young man, the path which you
have marked out for yourself in life is
'perhaps not without its rough and rug
ged places, but it is full of promise for
yourself and for others also.
The ruddy glow in your cheeks which
betrays your youth of which as a
tough you are naturally ashamed will
shortly turn to the livid hue which
Man, with a capital M, and your elastio
step will after a time materialize into
the elegant slouch of the apotheosis of
the tough boy, the Dead Beat. Your
pearly teeth will long ere then have
turned to a beautiful amber, or still
more beautiful jet. if, indeed, you have
not .succeeded in casting them from
you as reminders of childhood, and
therefore unworthy of so transceudant
a character as yourself.
In that happy day you will have risen
above the few weaknesses which yet
adhere to you. You will have over
come the foolish pride which causes you
to wash your face every day of vour
life and which leads you to wear cloth
ing fashionable in cut and devoid of
tatters. You will also have risen abovo
the sordid ambition of securing a name
and a place in the world, or of reaching
that .station of affluence of which in
vour childish moments you still dream,
lu a word, you will have become the
perfect being, the butterfly of which
you are as et (T beg your pardon) but
the ugly grul).
And "then the good you are destined
to accomplish! In a few years you will
have mi far succeeded in demoralizing
your .stomach, and racking your nerves,
and wearing out your heart, and, in
short, knoe'-ving out your entire phvsic
al system, that you will be the making
of the fortune-; of a half a score of doc
tors; and should you succeed in finding
a young womanfool enough to marry
you. and .should you have children, it
will be your proud satisfaction to know
that your greatness shall live afteryou,
and that your children, thanks to their
parent's toughness, shall in their turn
greatly aid in making the medical pro
fession a profitable one so long or,
rather, so short as they shall live.
Yes, young man, you arc a noble
creature". Keep on in your glorious
career, and when your epitaph is writ
ten, a few years hence, let it consist
only of these simple but proud words:
"lie was a tough." Boston Transcript.
SANTA ANNA'S WIDOW.
The Sad Lot of the Wife of the Once Dicta
tor of Mexico.
, A striking example of the vicissitudes
of life is furnished by the history of
President Santa Anna's widow, who
lives here in a sort of cloistered seclu
sion. Not that she is poor, for she has
ample means; not that she is unhappy,
not that she could not, if she chose, at
tract to her drawing room a limited
circle of friends and acquaintances, but
simply because she has no energy; is in
reality too indolent 4o take or even feel
any interest in the ordinary affairs of
.the world and passes her days in arock-ing-chair,
idly dreaming.
When General Santa Anna married
Dolores Tosta she was extremely beau
tiful, but was an unsophisticated child,
only thirteen years of age, who from
her birth hail been used to abject pov
erty, and she was therefore quite dazed
when her enamored spouse installed
her in regal style and ordered every
body to address her as "Sue Alleza!"
(your Highness) . However, by the aid
of governesses, tutors and "ladies-in-waiting,"
she was soon able to play her
part in the great world which at first
seemed to her a wonderland. As Santa
Anna was at that epoch a dictator
rather than a constitutional President,
his whims were humored and orders im
plicitly obeyed. When his young wife
attended mass priests, followed by their
acolytes bearing -a large gilded cross
and lighted tapers, sallied forth to
escort her from her coach to her
seat in the cathedral and at the con
clusion of the ceremony accompanied
her to the pavement and stood there,
with bowed heads and downcast eyes,
until her carriage disappeared. The
Dictator, to further honor his bride,
organized for her a body-guard of
twenty-five gentlemen, who were
chosen from the highest rank of officers
in the military service. This guard
wore a rich white uniform, profusely
trimmed with gold lace. Thcj were
called "Los Mosqueteros de Su Alteza"
(Her Highness Musketeers), and when
ever "Su Alteza" attended the theater
the guard rode in front and at the bides
of her carriage, each bearing a lighted
torch. During the performance these
mosqueteros remained in the corridor
of the theater, ready to escort their
princess to the palace.
At the conclusion of the war of
1846-47, between Mexico and the
United States. General Santa Anna,
who had resisted the American force
long and bravery, yet was defeated,
Jo6t his prestige, was accused of vari
ous misdemeanors even of treason
and was banished by the dominant
party. Then his child-wife developed
into a noble-hearted woman and tried
by every means in her power to console
the fallen Dictator. In 1874 the Mexi
can Government permitted General
Santa Anna to return to his native land,
but the exile's spirit was crushed and
he died soon afterward, utterly
neglected by all parties and ignored by
all classes, even by men he had loved
and aided. Only his devoted wife re
mained true to the last-To-day
none of the generation that
avce bowed humbly before "Su Alte
a" the Dictator's wife, seem to re
number her existence and but few
Jomng Mexicans are eyen aware that
JiViehie in this capital Mm Or.
LAST-MAKING.
All Shape, Sizes and Styles Turned Out by
a Machine.
"Lasts for pegged work arc made
from rock maple, and'for sewed work
from persimmon wood," said a North
Side last-maker to a reporter. "All
experience has demonstrated that maple
is the best adapted to the purpose, a
rather hard, tough wood being re
quired, which, when properly dried,
will neither shrink nor swell, that fin
ishes smoothly, and docs not easily
splinter. Maple fulfills all the require
ments, and no other wood which is as
plentv and no more expensive will fill
the bill as well. Lasts are sometimes
made from beech when maple can not
be. had, and applewood. if it was plenty
and cheap, could bo used to excellent
advantage. This firm owns limber in
Michigan, where the last-blocks are
got out and aired for two years, after
which they are kiln-dried at" the factory
for two or three weeks, in order to re
move even suspicion of moisture, and
when the timber is seasoned in this
manner the last- will hold their shape.
"We turn out about one hundred
thousand pairs of lasts in a year, which
are made to order for manufacturers,
of which we have about one hundred
and fifty on our book-. One Chicago
boot and shoe house take- over one
tenth of our total product. We have a
capacity f live, hundred pair.- of lasts
per dav, but acrage. about three hun
dred and fifty pairs. We have eight
lathes, but they are not all running con
stantly. Another factory here turns
out one-half or two-thirds the amount
of our product, and there is little other
manufacturing done in the Ve3t. A
factory at Dayton, ().. about as large as
this, turns out regulated sizes to sell tc
wholesalers for small shoe-makers
through the country. Our work is all
done on order, and we have twenty
six hundred pairs of models, of which
no two are alike.
"Iron-soled huts are ucd for machine-sewed
work. They cost from 75
cents to 1.2o per pair. Plain lasts
cost from 40 to 7.") cents, according to
the number made from one model.
Some parties sell lasts made from hall
green stufl at CS cents. In Massachu
setts, the first State in the Union in the
boot and shoe making industry, there
are about thirty factories and others
are scattered through the East.
"Yes, lasts are made to last, and the
iron-soled ones are hard to wear out.
But pegging-last g.-l broken up in one
way and another, and have to be re
placed, while the great point in our
favor is the fact that new styles in foot
gear arc periodically introduced re
quiring entirely new sets of lasts. But
the most interesting pari of the whole
business is the machine which does the
main work," and the lastman led the
way to where a most ingenious device
was in operation.
The first thing to strike the beholder
was that a la-t was being turned out
automatically of the same form as the
pattern, which was revolving on an
axis having the rough maple block at
the other end. It required a little re
flection to grasp the principle, while
the detail would bear the close analysis
of a practiced mechanic. The model
came in contact with a wheel with a
rounded surface pressing close against
it, and bringing the block at the oppo
site end in exactly the same varying
position with reference to the six knives
on a cutter-head, which were arranged
in graduated distances from a common
center.
The last-maker explained that from
the same model ninety-one different
sizes of lats could be made: that is to
say, thirteen lengths, each with six
different widths. Another man took
the l:.ts from the lathe and sawed out
the "block," or the piece at the top.
which is removable. Then some men
shaved or trimmed the heels and toes,
the only hand labor neces-ary. Next
the lasts were sand-papered, then pol
ished with beeswax, and a number had
iron heels, toes or soles attached.
Skilled labor is required to operate
this machinery, and the men make
from 2.."0 to 3.50 per day.
The foreman of another factory on
South Canal street took great pride in
showing an attachment to the lathe
an improvement which fourteen years'
thought and experience had produced
and which, by securing a reverse ac
tion of the rough block to that of the
model, turned a left last from a right
model. In a little box which he has
introduced in a waste space on the
lathe is located a gearing and auto
matic clutch, which, with the aid of a
crossed belt, produces the reverse ac
tion. The lathe itself has been in u-u
some twenty years, and is conceded to
be the result of a high order of genius.
The inventor of the improvement on it
remarked that there was a "headfull"
in each of its ingenious features.
Chicago Sues.
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LIMEKILN CLUB.
President Gardner Demonstrates the Ne
cessity of Drawing: Lines.
There was a painful silence as the
regular weekly meeting was called to
order, and it seemed as if something
was about to happen. It was noticed
that Elder Toots had a frightened look,
while Samuel Shin, Whalebone How
kcr and 0!l Jfaa Davis moved about
on their chairs as if to avoid carpet
tacks. Uj acd by lirothcr Gardner
said:
"Accordin' to de constitushun of dis
club, wheneber any member feels so
inclined he kin demand a wote of de
club on de queshun: Hev we or hcv
we not lost confidence in our Presi
dent?' I has now to inform you that
Major Exclamation Harrison, an active
member of our club, has demanded in
writin' dat such a wote be taken. Dis
am de first time in de history of dis or
ganizashun dat such a vote has been
demanded. De seckretary will call de
roll."
Amidst the deepest silence the secre
tary proceeded with his monotonous
call, and of the one hundred and
eighty-eight members present one hun
dred and eighty-seven voted that they
had not lost confidence in the Presi
dent. The exception was the Major.
When the result had been announced
Brother Gardner said:
"My frens, some cxplanashun seems
to be demanded by dese purceedins.
Three y'ars ago de Major begun bor
rowin' my hoe an' spade an' axe an'
wheelbarrer. As time wore on his
fam'ly borrered sugar an' butter an'
flour. As confidence increased, I was
axed to lend de Major my Sunday
butes an' plug hat. and my wife was
axed to hand over her shawfan' breast
pin, wheneber a funeral was to come
off. De odder eavenin' de Major come
ober to borrow my pink undershirt fur
hisself, an' Mrs. Gardner's zebra hose
.fur his wife, dey hevin' bm invited to a
'lasses candy 'levee. I felt it solemn
dooty to draw a line somewhar's, an' I
drawed it dat night on undershirt an'
6tockings. De Major went away in a
huff, and de call fur dis wote which
has jist bin taken am do result. I ob
sarve dat de Major am heah in pusson,
an' p'raps he would like to state his
side of de case."
"I hasn't got nuffin to say, 'cept dat
I wish I hadn't done it," replied the
Major from his corner.
"Wery well. Dis chair has no feel
ings toward you. De meetin' will pur
cecd wid de reg'lar rowtine of bizness."
Detroit Free Press.
It is said that about 10,000,000
crowns yearly are sent home to the
fatherland by Swedes dwelling in
America.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Key West has one hundred and
thirty-one cigar factories, each em
ploying from ten to three hundred
, hands.
j Germany devotes nino million
acres to the cultivation of the potato.
The yield last year was twenty-three
million tons.
I The story come3 from Paris that a
sausage-maker there displays a placard
in his window announcing: "Every
link carefully inoculated by M. Pas
teur." Ordinary every-day English speech
employs only about twelve hundred
wordsl according to a stenographer
who has made a careful examination of
the matter. X. Y. Times.
Pale young celery and eucalyptus
arc the names of two new tints of
green. The former is almost like the
pretty linden green; the latter is a very
soft sea green. Chicaqo Hail.
The Popular Science News asserts
that the average length of life is con
stantly increasing, and the time may
yet come when persons one hundred
years old will excite no more curiosity
than one eighty years old at the present
time.
"The Washington monument,"
writes, a Potomac penciler in the Troy
(X. Y.) Times, "is a great disappoint
ment to visitors. While the structure
is in reality 555 feet high, it docs wot
appear, in the eyes of the average
mortal, to be over 250.
There is one fishing town on the
Maine coast where, if you should shout
out "Captain!" on the public street, ten
out of every dozen men within reach of
oiir voice would turn toj'ou and ask:
"Well, what yer want?" They are
captains of fishing vessels. Jloston
Transcript.
A novel sentence was that pro
nounced by Judge Church, of Mead
ville. Pa., on two young chaps con
victed of riot: "Go" to hear Francis
Murphy, sign the pledge, keep sober,
be industrious, and sentence will be
suspended if this order is obeyed. "
Pittsburgh Post.
The language of scaling-waa
promises to supplant that of flowers.
Bed wax must be used for businesj
only, black wax for mourning and blue
to signify love. Five tints of blue are
made, to express all the gradations ol
passion. Pink wax is for congratula
tions, and white is for wedding and ball
invitations. Chicago Times.
One of the largest trees cvor put
into the water by a Skagit logging
camp was one that was at Jackson's, a
few miles above Mt. Vernon. The tree
contained three twenty-four-foot logs
which scaled as follows: Butt, 7,512
feet: second, 5,732; top, 5,82G a total
of 20.070 feet of lumber in the tree.
The diameter at the small ends was 78,
71 and G4 inches, respectively. Chi
caqo Enterprise.
The Queen's birthday present to
the Crown Princess of Germany was a
"full-dress" carriage, and it has been
dispatched to Berlin. The interior is
lined with blue silk damask, with gold
fringe and tassels. The outside is of
claret color, with lilies of crimson, and
all the mountings are of brass. On the
doors and panels the English and Prus
sian arms are emblazoned in relief.
London Truth.
It is some time since we saw a bet
ter condensed piece of reporting than
the following paragraph from a medi
cal paper: "In the Solferino mine,
Nevadaville, Col., a loose rock knocked
A. Warren out of the bucket. A piece
of jawbone was found at the twelve
hundred-foot level and a piece of skull
and his coat at the. thirteen hundred
foot level. These comprised the recov
erable effects." X. Y. Independent.
The population of London now ex
ceeds every other city, ancient or mod
ern, in the world. New York and all
its adjacent cities combined are not
equal to two-thirds of It. Scotland,
Switzerland, and the Australiancolo
nies each contains fewer souls, Awhile
Norway, Servia. Greece and Denmark
have scarcely half as many. Yet at
the beginning of the present century
the population of all London did not
reach one million.
The Paris Figaro has published an
article on the "Manufacture of Skele
tons," in which the writer says that
just out of Paris there is an establish
ment where human bones of all sorts
are collected and, utter being carefully
prepared, are fastened together with
wires, and when the work is done it is
impossible even for the scientific eye to
detect anything wrong in a skeleton
that has been made up from the bones
of several different individuals.
The electric bell system has been
developed to such a fine point in New
York hotels that by moving a pointer
upon a dial and then pressing the bell
the guest can indicate to the office his
desire for his bill, coupe, a carriage,
writing materials, chambermaid, mes
senger, boots, water, porter, fireman,
ice-water or hall-boy. At one hotel
the dial is divided into three sections:
one for eatables, one for drinkables
and a third for ordinary hotel .service.
Jv Y. Tribune.
WHALEBONE.
A ltrancli of Husine-i iu Which the Profits
Are Uncertain.
"There is no article of commerce
that varies more widely in its market
price than whalebone," said a New
York dealer to a reporter recently, "In
January it may sell for two dollars a
pound and in the following June for
live dollars a pound. Twenty-five
years ago the price was seventy-five
cents a pound. It varies in price ac
cording to the catch, and this in turn
depends upon the luck of the sailors.
If they find the whaling grounds closed
by ice, meet with a shipwreck, or for
any reason fail to catch whales the
price goes up. This makes it a very
speculative business and wc can never
tell what our stock is worth until we
hear of the catch."
"What part does whalebone chiefly
come from?"
"The main supply is brought from
the North Pacific whalers and comes in,
iu November. A smaller quantity
comes from the South Sea and arrives
about June. Now and then a small
supply conies from Davis Straits
and Hudson Bav. Whales are
caught there at all seasons of the
year, and the bone coming to New
York is apt to disturb the price.
Many years ago it was the custom of
whaling captains, when out of stores
to stop at -some Pacific port and ex
change some of their whalebone for
the necessary supplies and in this way
smaller lots 'would come in and trouble
the market. Ships are now so thor
oughly supplied that there is no longer
any need of continuing this practice.
The supply comes from New Bedford
and San Francisco, which are the great
whaling points of this country. A
great amount used to come from Nan
tucket, but the shallowness of its har
bor and the greater convenience of
New Bedford drove its trade away.
On board ship the slaps of whalebone,
as they are termed in mercantile
phrase, are done up in bundles of
about two hundred pounds each, and
arc sent to the market in that shape.
In cutting up whalebone there is a' loss
of about twenty per cent, on the raw
material. The hair is worth ten cents
a pound for mixing with horse-hair for
upholstering purposes, and it is some
times used 'in the manufacturs' of
brushes." Bottom Record.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
A Boston minister objects to
haying his sermons printed on the same
age with advertisements of Old Bour
bon. Boston Globe
It is estimated that fully one-third
of the entire number of" Unitarian
churches in America has been founded
during the hist twenty years.
The schools of Austria have been
forbidden using paper ruled iu square
or diagonal lines, as such paper has
been found to injure the eyesight of
pupils. In future only paper plain or
ruled straight across is to be employed.
Pastor Schneller, of Bethlehem,
now preaches regularly at Hebron, the
ancient city where Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob were buried. The Gospel has
iot been preached there since 1187,
when the city fell into the hands of
Saladin.
There are in the Church of England
at last twenty-five sisterhoods and
ab .it eight Diocesan Orders of Deacon
esses. In the American Protestant
Episcopal Church there are fourteen
sisterhoods and two well establshcd
Orders of Deaconesses. -in the Dioceses
of Long Island and Alabama.
The pronunciation of Latin, as now
taught at Harvard, would sound like
burlesque to those who learned Latin
twenty or thirty years ago. Veni, villi.
vici is pronounced Want". ved;,
wceke. This revolution is d-r. to Prof.
George M. Lane, who thinks he finds
his authority for it in a careful study of
Quintilian. Boston Traveller.
For over three centuries a quaint
ceremony has been performed at St.
Margaret's, London, over which church
Canon Farrar presides. After the
sermon recently preachd by tho
Canon, a basket containing nineteen
loaves of bread was brought forward,
and nineteen aged persons presented
themselves at the chancel rail, and
each received a loaf and six pence.
Each loaf was wrapped in a new hand"
kerchief.
Dr. LoouiiV statements before tho
New York Medical Society concerning
the danger of overtraining in college
gymnasiums are not novel, but they
are decidedly timely; and coming from
so distinguished a" source, they will
doubllesshavesonie elVect. All college
authorities, and even tho students
themselves, have known of late years
that if training was overdone, heart
and lung troubles were sure to follow.
They always have said that in their
own particular institutions care was
taken that overtraining should not
occur. AT. Y. Tribune.
A German statistician says that
there are about 800,000 deaf mutes iu
the world, 6,1 per cent, of whom are
born thus, ami 'M per cent, become so
later. There arc altogether 3:)7 insti
tutions for the education of these unfor
tunates, in which 2.000 teachers and
26,473 pupils aro found. Of these insti
tutions, 90 are found in Germany, 17 in
Austria. 11 in Switzerland, 2 in Aus
tralia. 10 in Belgium. 1 in Brazil, 7 in
Canada, 4 in Denmark, 67 in France.
46 in Great Britain. 2 in Japan, 35 in
Italy, 1 in Luxemburg. 2 in Mexico, 2
in Holland. 1 in New Zealand. 7 in Xor
way. 1 in Portugal. 10 in Russia, 17 in
Sweden. 7 in Spain. 38 in the United
Suites and 1 in Bombay.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Two stupid Michigan hunters shot
a woman, mi -taking her for a bear. A
woman should never be mistaken for
anything but a dear. Detroit Tribune.
Monkeys are sold for food in
France, but in this country they hang
on tho front gat"s every moonlight
night and kiss the prettiest girls in
every community. Newtihtn Independ
ent. Evil to him. etc. "Look here, my
friend, your molasses and whisky are
not pure," said Giihooly to au Austin
grocer. Grocer (.striking a tragic atti
tude) "To th" pure all things are
pure." Texas Riflings.
It is a marked indication of the in
ward cussedness of a man's nature that
he invariably feels aggrieved when he
buys an aoi"nhnt insurance policy and
then travels live thousand miles with
out so muoft as a stone bruise. Phila
delphia Cult. i
"Really," confided Angelina toner
dearest friend. "I'm getting worried
about John. Before we were married
he used to pick me up in hfc arms as if
I weighed but ten pounds instead of
136, and now he says it tires him to
hold the baby." Somercille Journal.
A babbler once told a secret that
had been trusted to him to a friend.
"Of course you will not repeat it," he
added earnestly. "Don't hMgft," was
the ready reply. "I shall be quite as
careful of it as you have been." Chi
cago L'djcr.
Old Mr. Bently (reading the paper)
"I see that in n "recent storm at soa
a ship loaded with passeng.-r.s went
ashore." Old Mrs. Bently (placidly)
"How fortunate! I can imagine just
how glad those passengers must have
been to got on dry land." -V. Y. Sun.
"Is the King of Wurtemberg com
ing over here to lecture, or sing, or
anything?" asked Le Digs. "Not that
I know of," replied DeWiggs. "Why,"
"I see that he has just told a newspaper
correspondent that he loves Americana,
and that is a nad symptom, you know."
"So it is." Pittsburgh Chronicle.
One of our brother journalists went
into a barber-shop theotherday to have
his hair cut ami fell asleep during tho
operation. The barber, who awoke
him when he had finished, said to him:
"You arc tired. I understand it. It's
the same way with me when evening
comes. Ah," this head work is some
thing terrible!" Paris Echo.
"Mrs. Prime is a beautiful woman,
isn't she?" "lres, she is quite hand
some, but they say shepaint-s." "Well,
suppose she iloes, what of it?" "I
don't like to soc a woman resort tosiich
dodges to make herself attractive. '
"I don't seo why she shouldn't. When
it has got to be all the rage to decorate
potato-ina-shers, scoop-shovels, and so
on, you can't blame a woman for giving
herself a dab with the brush now and
then." The Interior.
A great many young men aro
growing up these days who will likely
have often, to mention tho honorable
place held by their ancestors. They
neein to forget that honorable ancestry
demand honorable successors, and that
any let-down from the high mark of
ancestry is rightly charged up by the
public iis a disgrace. A man may not
have the talent of his father or grand
father, but he can always have the
manhood and honorable characteristics.
A man may live in poverty and still be
all a man in the best acceptation of
the term. Chicago Inter Ocean.
One of Sophocles' Traps.
The Boston Record tells the follow
ing story of the late Prof. Sophocles, ol
Harvard: The old Greek was catechiz
ing his class one day on the ancient
history of his native country. "When
did Theodophilus live?" he asked of
one. sophomore. Before Christ."
Wrong!" shouted the professor. And
then addressing the next sophoinore :
"When didTheodophiluslive?" "AfUr
Christ!" "Wrong!" shouted the pro
fessor again. And then he repeated
the question to a th'rd student: "When
did Theodophilus live?" "Neither be
fore .nor after Christ!" "You are righc,
young man!" said the professor.
There never was any such man as The
odophilus." It was one af the little
historical traps that Sophocles liked to
set for tbs budding wisdom of Harvard
Bereavement and Consolation.
It is not in tho parting hour when thoso we
fondly loro
Have breathed to us their last farewell and
winged their way above:
Nor yet when in the darksorao grave we lay
them to their rest,
The sharpest pans of sorrow rends tho strick
en mojrncr's breast.
'Us when we seek mir lonely home, and meet
no more tin smite
Which could the darkest cloud dispel and
every care b';ruilo:
And when wc m-xt around the board, or at
tho hour of prayer,
lis then ihe heart most-feels IU. loss the lov
ed ones aro not there.
And tbuti as days and months steal on, as
memory brimr t view
The visions or d-p:iricd joys, our grief was
stirrtd anew.
Though faith may own a Father's hand, yet
nature wili'ieiiel.
And fee) how hard it is to say, "lie hath done
all things well."
O, mournful memories of the past! yo woar
our lives away;
Yc haunt us in our dreams by nhdit and
Ihrouirli each weary day.
The home which late life Eden's bower in
blooming beauty smi'.od.
Go make a barren wilderness a desert wasto
and wild.
But why thus yield to fruitless grict? Aro tfiey
not happier far.
The sainted ones for whom we mourn, than
we who linger here?
Our hearts should glow with grateful lovo to
Him whose waichful eye
Saw dangers gathering In their path, and call
ed them to the sky.
Not long shall we tho loss deplore, for soon
the hour will come
When we wish those so fondly loved shall
slumber in the tomb.
Then let the remnant of our days bo to His
st rvice given.
Who hid our idols in the grave, lest wo should
fall of heaven.
Not willingly the Lord nfllicts, nor grieves the
sous of men:
'Tis but to wen n our souls from earth and
break the ixwer of sin.
He saw us itauderiiig from His path, and sent
the chastening red
To turn our teet from error's way and
brings us houio to Cod.
Shall wo defeat His wise design and waste our
days In tears.
Ungrateful for tho numerous gltls that
Heaven in mercy spares?
Let faith and hope be cherished still, and
brighter days shall dawn.
And plants of peace shall spring anew from
seeds of sorrow sown.
Louise O rant. In Hood Housekeeping.
111211 3IA1CICIAGI2 GIFT.
It was Phil Barrada's wedding-day,
and lite girl he was to have married
had jilted him gone oil" with another
man at the hist moment.
That was not all.
John Pommery, the banker, was deep
ly iu debt to Barrada, and it had been
the tacit understanding that this mar
riage was to cancel all obligations.
Not that there had been the slightest
approach to a bargain, even in thought
Phil loved, and supposed himself loved
again but naturally, he had been more
easy in monev-malters with the man
whose son-in-law he expected to be, than
he would have been with a stranger.
Phil staggered under the blow, but
the banker seemed crushed.
He sat in his elegant library, his
hands hanging limp from the arms of
his chair, his line form shrunken into
such a pitiable heap of shame and dis
may that few would have known him.
Barrada s'.ood.by the mantelpiece, his,
handsome fact white, his hands
clenched. It was rage that shook his
soul.
The manner iu which he had been
cheated v:ls maddening. To nave been
delude! until this hr-i m. -iiie motu-'Ut.
and then fors.tk, n ft.r the creature Rose
Pommery had eho-en.
'See lieiv, Puiumery!" he said to the
overwhelmed banker bitterly. "Rouse
up, man! 1 want to talk to you. I came
here to be married, and I must have my
wife!"
John Pommery stared at him help
leslv, with dropped jaw.
"Good heavens, man. don't look at
me that way!" exclaimed Barrada. im
patiently. "You have other daughters.
Let us have a wedding in spite of Roso.
Will you do it? I mean it yes. De
cide quickly; theiv is no tunc to lose."
The banker straightened himself, and
tried to look a htll" more rational.
"Which -which?"' he gasped.
A that moment a yotmir ir'irl, per
haps fifteen, ran into the library.
"Papa, are you ill?" she cried iu a
seared voice, lliiiirinir her arms around
j his neck.
She was Lil Pommery, the younge-st
i of Mr. Pommerv's daughters, and pos
sessed the least claims to beauty.
She was in white, of course, which
made her gipsy skin seem even darker
by contrast. I5ut she had splendid big
black eyes, which turned in luminous
wonder now on Phil Barrada, as he ex
claimed, coming forward and taking
her hand in his:
"Lil, you are sorry for me. You like
me a little. I know. Will you put on
the bridal-veil your sister has discarded,
and come with me and be married to
morrow? I will never let you regret it."
Lil's very lips turned white and still".
Her father put his arm around her.
"She is .such a child, Barrada," he
said faintly.
"All the" better," Phil answered stern
ly, keeping fast hold of the little quiver
ing hand. "She is more likely to be
honest and true. Neither you nor she
shall ever regret it, if you give her to
me, sir. What do you sily, Lil?"
"Papa?" questioned the girl timidly,
turning her little, dark, startled face
towards him.
"My child!"
"Shall I, papa? Would you like it?"
Mr. Pommery drew a long anxious
breath. Such a marriage would keep
mnnej' matters on tho old footing, and
to pay Barrada now would break him.
It did not take him long to decide.
"Yes," he said, "it would gratify me
very much, and save us all your moth
er and sisters from great humiliation.
"Then I will," said Lil.
Her father went himself with her to
her sisters and mother, and explained
briefly.
There was not time to get excited,
and by the next day all was read and
the ceremony was over, almost before
anyone had discovered that the bride
was Lil. instead of Rose.
It w:is a nine days' wonder, and then
was succeeded by some other eccentric
confiscation in the fashionable heavens.
Four years went by.
Lil had spent them at school, Phil
Barrada in traveling.
Roso Pommery Stratton was home
again, a lovely and interesting widow,
who had long ago wished sho had
known when she was well off, and mar
ried a rich man while she could get
him.
She was entirely dependent on her
father, and not "too welcome in his
house. She almost hated Lai, In her en
vy of her, as the mistress of Barrada's
splendid home.
Phil had kept his word, and tried his
best that no regrets should follow that
hasty and seemingly ill-judged mar
riage. He was the master of large means,
and he had helped Mr. Pommery lavish
ly, while he had poured out gifts on Lil,
and stayed abroad purposely to leave
her unembarrassed.
They had corresponded freely and
constantly, and seemed, neither of
them, to have repented.
He was coming homo now: was ex
pected daily, hourly almost.
"Shall certainly be with you by the
tenth," he wrote Lil, "and bring with
me a marriage-gift for my wife some
thing worthy a princess's acceptance."
Barrada's main incomo was derived
from a mining enterprise called the
"Grand Golden Mining Company," in
which he was a large shareholder.
Mrs. Stratton heard, with feelings of
envy that cannot be described.
"It's a great pity you are not a hand
somer woman, Lil," she would say to
her sister simperingly. "Phil Barrada
thinks so much of Beauty in a woman.
I am not sore I ought to risk seeing him
after all that has happened. "What
would you do if he foil in lovo with mo
over again?"
Lil scarcely heard her. She was a
good deal more anxious as to what her
husband would think about her than
she was concerning his falling in love
over again with Roso.
She was so little self-conscious that
slfb did not know the plain, dark
skinned child had become one of the
most beautiful women to bo found any
where. The time seemed very long to her.
Thetenth came and went, and still no
Barra'da. She began to be very anxious.
Tho morning papers of the eleventh
brought disastrous news.
The Grand Consolidated Golden Min
ing Company had gone by tho board
burst like a pricked bubble.
It was tohi at the breakfast-table, and
every one turned white but Rose, who
burst into an exultant laugh.
'That is what keeps him," she
suocred. "It is to be hoped your pres
ent is safe, Lil."
"Rose," said John Pommery almost
fiercely, "another speech like that will
cost j'ou the slight welcome you at pres
ent fiave under my roof. Mind it!
Lil sat like one turned to stone.
Presently she rose, and went out of
the room, motioning the others back
when they would have followed her.
"I want to be alone," she said simply.
The next moment a note was brought
to tho banker, signed "Phil Barrada,"
and saying:
"I am iu tho library. Come to me,
without letting Lil know."
Smothering an exclamation, Pommery
left the room.
The two men met agitatedly.
"How does she take it?" "demanded
Phil eagerly. "Shall I go and shoot my
self, or will you get her a divorce? You
can, I dare say,' he said, in a jesting
tone, that jarred fearfully on his father-in-law's
already shaken nerves.
There was a small bay-windowed al
cove opening from the library, across
which a curtain swung at pleasure.
Neither of the men had noticed that
at the first tone of Barrada's voice, this
curtain had lifted, ami shown Lil, just
as she had fled therefrom the dining
room. As those dreadful words fell from her
husband's lips, sho moved towards him.
He turned suddenly and saw her,
and, notwithstanding the wonderful
transformation in her; knew her.
The next moment she was in his arms.
Pommery stole quietly out of the room.
"Let them settle it themselves," ho
muttered.
"Why, how is this?" asked Barrada
at last, looking fondly down into the
radiant, blushing face upon his bosom.
"You don't mean to sav vou love mo,
Lil?"
A happy, sweet laugh, and closer
clinging arms answered him.
"But have you heard? Do you know
that misfortunes have overtaken me?"
"Of courso I have heard! Do you sup
pose I care, so long as I have got you?"
And then, to liis amazement. Lil
burst into tears.
"Oh, Phil!" she said; "promise me
you will never again say such dreadful
things as vou said just now to papa"
"I promiM." he answered, laughing.
"I was only jesting, anyway, -ou little
goose! M3 money is not gone. I sold
out of the mine over a vear ago. Luekv,
wasn't I? Oil. Lil!" holding her oil" to
look at her "oh, my darling! How
beautiful you are!"'
"Am 1, indeed? Do I really seem so
to you?" cried Lil joyfully.
"I have not seen so lovely a face in
all my travels." he answered enthusias
tically. "I am so glad!" she said, nestling
down into his arms again.
It had been almost on her lips to ask
if she was as handsome as he once
thought Rose. But even the memory of
that doubt died now.
Not for worlds would sho have men
tioned liar sister.
"But all the same." said Phil present
ly. "I have brought you a marriage-gift.
Wait till you see that. Oh, you needn't
look?" he added, laughing. "I haven't
tot it about me. It wasn't exactly a
eoi.vcnient article to put in my poeket."
The gift in question proved to be a
jewel-casket of most costly description,
enriched with diamond, ruby, and pearl
treasures, such as would have turned
the head of almost any woman, but did
uot Lil's.
To find herself beautiful in her hus
band's ej'es, and dearly beloved in his
heart, dazzled hur sweel true soul more
:hau the glitter of gums from a queen's
diadem could have done.
Hunting for Grouse.
"Occasionally a mighty Nimrod from
the city comes out to hunt game in my
r.eighborhood." said a Greenfield farmer
yesterday. "A few days ago I saw a
unroll tt sdinu iwlir-intr mi tlirmicrli mv
sugar bush to the wheat field. He had
on long-legged boots, and was toggled
and belted anil strapped out in regular
hunter fashion. He looked just too
purty for anything. He carried a darl
ing of a gun, and he went dodging
around as if he expected to start up a
Bengal tiger from behind every stump.
I took a shortcut to the barn and turned
the old peacock loose. The old bird
understood what was wanted of him.
He pulled down his eye at me and
started for the back lofs. I followed
down along the fence, and pretty soon
I saw that swell-hunter break cover
from the woods. He was after quail,
and he soon sighted the peacock. The
bird had his tail fanned out and his
head up, and could be seen half a mile
away. Nimrod got his gun off his
shoulder and began to creep up, and
by and by he blazed away. I saw the
whole charge of shot tear into the
ground yards away from tho old bird,
but he knew his "business. Down he
fell, wings and legs flopping, and pretty
soon he expired. Tho young man with
the darling of a gun reached him about
the same time I did.
" 'Beautiful shot, says he.
" I reckon,' sas I, 'but what are you
hunting?'
"'Grouse,' says he, 'and this is the
finest one I over saw.'
" 'Grouse, you numskull; but you
have killed my peacock!'
"Well, the usual results followed. His
chin began .to quiver, the cold sweat
started out, and he wanted to know how
much I woidd take to let him off. I
sent him to the bouse to see the old
woman. She has got a way of wiping
her eyes and choking her voice over the
death of that peacock which always
brings in $5 extra. She let this youn"
swell off for 10, which is tho usual
price, and as he started down the high
way for Detroit the old birdgot up and
marched back to the barn with a
chuckle that set every hen to laughing.
That's five times we'vo played it on the
swell Nimrods within six months, and I
expect more fun this summer than a
horse can draw." Detroit Free Press.
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