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IF I SHOULD DIE TO-NIGHT.
- If IshoeJddieto-nlgbt
Mj trlmS would look upon my quiet face;
Before they laid It to ha resting place; .
Aad deem that death had left it almost fair,
Aad laying mow white Cowers again my hah;
Wooid smooth itdowa with tearful tenderness.
And fold my hands with lingering caress
Toot hands, so empty sod so cold to-nlgbtt
If I should die to-night
Vj friends would call to mind with loving thoafht
Home kindly deed the ley hand had wrought;
Gome gentle word the frozen lips had said;
Errands on which the willing feet had sped.
Ika memory of my selfishness and pride,
Jfy hasty words; would all be put aside.
And so I should be loved and mourned to-night.
If I should die to-night
Era hearts estranged would turn once mar
tome.
Recalling other days remorsefully.
The eyes that chill me with averted glance
Would look upon me as of forts, perchance
Would soften fn the old familiar way;
For who would war with dumb, unconscious clsyf
80 1 might rest, forgirec of all to-night.
Oh, friends, I pray to-night
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold brow;
The way U lonely, let me feel them now.
Think gently of mc; I am travel worn;
Sly faltering feet are pierced with many a than.
Forgive. O hearts estranged, forgive, I plead I
When dreamless rest is mine I shall not need
The tenderness for which I Jong to-night
-Roberta V. Myers.
THE PRIVATE TUTOR.
Two men sat in conversation. The
cooling wind played gently with the
short brown curls of the younger, while
his handsome eyes and face were lighted
by a bright, animated expression. "I
can scarcely credit such good fortune.
Are you sure there i3 no mistake? he
said.
"Perfectly; here are the documents.
Prove your identity; prove to our satis
faction tliat you are Ralph Hamilton
and you arc a rich man. Can you
prove it?'
"I can, immediately. But this is in
deed .-1 welcome cliangc; to spring from
deep poverty to such wealth in a mo
ment by the death of an unknown rela
tive, seems almost incredible. I am
grateful to yon, Metcalf, for your pains
in so soon -eeking me, also your interest
in my ve!f.ire. I Itavo one favor only
to ask In addition that you remain
silent about it. The fact of my changed
circumstances need not be made known
as yet I shall not alter my stylo of liv
ing for . while, but shall fulfill an en
gagement to become the private tutor of
two small boys residing, strango to re
late, in the same place where lies tliis
new estate. In taking the property you
say I am required to assume the name of
its fonncr owner. This I will do after a
few montlis spent in the neighborhood
as a poor teacher. I ltave met sad re
buffs during the days of my poverty, and
I have no idea of being made a victim of
seme fortune hunter, so I will win some
good woman for love's sake, then settle
down and en joy rnvfelf."
In a beautiful residence sat two ladies,
Mrs. Corsair and her daughter Zoe,
while a third, a niece of the elder lady,
Blanche Gilmore, stood with a light hat
in her hand, as though she was just re
turning from a walk. They wero dis
cussing the appearance of a new tutor
who had undertaken for a time, on trial,
the education of the two sons of the
family. Charley, one of these boys, had
just appeared, and, looking from the
w"udow, whispered:
Now, girls, there he comes. Tell me
if! what I said was not true."
'Yes indeed!" exclaimed both young
ladies, as they surveyed the fine figure
and handsome face approaching; and
when the young man 6miled pleasantly
upon Charley, Blanche thought she had
never seen so handsome a man, while
Zoe whispered:
'If the young heir of tho Belmont
property prove one half as handsome I
will be content."
A splendid estate, with a residence of
almost royal magnificence, lay within
sight of their pretty home, and had just,
through the death of old Belmont, a
childless widower, passed into the hands
of a young relative, expected soon to
visit tho premises. Zoe Corsair and her
prudent mother liad decided to appro
priate both owner and estate as soon as
possible after his arrival. The new tutor,
Mr. Hamilton, soon became a great
favorite with his pupils. Living as he
did in t'.io family, he soon became well
acquainted with all, while ho evidently
admired the beautiful Zoe, who treated
him with cool politeness. Of Blanche
he saw little. She was the only poor
relation, depending upon her uncle for
support, therefore compelled to bear
every imposition and caprice her worldly,
selfish aunt and cousin 6aw fit to inflict.
Only little enjoyment was hers; a soli
tary spot, a deep ravine wildly romantic
and secluded, not far from her uncle's
residence. Thither she went one beauti
ful afternoon about October 1, tripping
along down the small winding path that
led to the depths below. But suddenly
she paused, a groan and a faint call for
help arresting her steps. Hastening to
the spot where she judged tho sufferer
to be, she saw a man lying at the foot of
tho ravine, motionless and now quite
still.
In a few minutes she was beside him,
and, on lifting lib head from the ground,
she found Sir. Hamilton, the tutor, un
conscious. Running to the stream of water, she
dipped in her liandkerchief and bathed
Ids crow.
At last he opened his eyes and gazed
long and vacantly upon her.
- Ah. yes, I remember. I did fall. I
leaned over to pluck a flower and lost
my balance. But I feel better again,
thanks to you for your care, and 1 will
see if I cannot rise."
"Lean on the. Mr. Hamilton. I think
I can get you up to the path, if it is too
steep to the road, and from thence, after
a rest, home."
Slowly, yet surely, leaning on the
young girl for that support he was 60
accustomed to give to others, ho crept
along, often stopping to rest, until at
last tho level road was gained, and from
there his own room, to which a physi
cian was sooa summoned, and his limb
set and bruises attended to.
Lying thus helpless upon his bed, the
- door partly open to allow a circulation
of air, tho young man lay half dozing,
when he accidentally heard the following
conversation, not, of course, intended for
his ears:
"A pretty piece of work, this, said
Mrs. Corsair, who was an intensely self
ish woman. ""Who is to play nurse, I
would like to know?
"And to a miserable tutor," inter
rupted the equally selfish Zoe.
I should be very glad to take charge
of 'the poor young man, alone amonc
strangers and sick," said Blanch, "and
if aunt is willing I will devote my tune
to him."
"And neglect the sewing? There is
my wrapper not finished yet."
"Do not fear, aunt," returned the same
sweet voice; "I will finish that also. I
can take my sewing to his room and at
tend to both; if not able to sevr when he
is awake, I will do it at night when he
sleeps.
".Very well, do as you please; bat re
member that wrapper must be finished."
"Come, mother, don't bother about
him any longer. The carriage waits to
take us to the concert.- Come on."
So saying, the unffpling Zoe swept
down stairs, followed by her mother,
while a soft voice murmured by the in
valid's side:
"Too are not sleeping, I see, 'What
snail I do for your jelieff"
"I feel quite comfortable, thank you,
except a headache, caused by the sadden
"Let me bathe it, then."
How soft her fingers were; how gentle
her touch, and what a depth of womanly
pity beamed from those large, brown
ejea.
About two weeks after the accident
pbiTvha wandered once more to her fa
vorite resort, and seating.herself at the
foot of the descent she was soon lost in a
1 reverie.
LCMnnincspot, Miss Blanche,"
.well known voice behind her.
"arises is a favorite of yours. Now
JtelJaowrbowto avoid Us ! k I
uaa am coarmea wicn its aeep repose
snd picturesque beauty."
"lam glad you like it," was tho reply
of the young lady, as 6he blushed slightly
when heseated himself by her side. "But
yours is tho only face I have ever seen
when here, and I cannot but wonder how
you discovered the spot."
"One of my little pupils told moof it,
and that day when I fell was my first
visit Thankful am I that you were in
the habit of coming here, else I might
have died alone and unmissed.
"Alone, I grant, but not unmissed, for
your pupils love you."
"I would like to tell you, dear Miss
Blanche, how strongly attached I have
become to my tender nurse and how
much I long for her to return my de
voted affection. Dearest, can you love a
person occupying so humble a position
as tutor to your uncle's children? If you
can. and if you will allow me to present
my deep love and consent to be my wife,
it will be the delight of my life to try to
make you happy. Then he drew her up
toward him ana their lips met.
No opposition was offered when Mr.
Hamilton asked the hand of Blanche
jilmore from her uncle, all thinking
Mi? their poor relative did well even in
carrying a tutor.
In the meantime the news came that
die Belmont owner was soon to take pos
session of his property. One of his oddi
ties was that on tho evening of his return
a large party of friends and the select
neighbors were to assemble to bid him
welcome. This party, as it happened,
was to take place the evening before the
marriage of Blanche. Cards of invita
tion liad been left at Mr. Corsair's, and.
much to the surprise and chagrin of Miss
Zoe, Blanche was also remembered.
"Just as if we wanted to introduce
our poor relations," site 6aid, scornfully.
"I wonder that the tutor also was not in
cluded." The evening came. Tho rooms were
thronged, but, singular to remark, the
young owner had not as yet made his
appearance. The guests were received
by his most intimate friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Metcalf, and the latter, as soon as
Blanche had been introduced, managed
to draw her to one side, and in another
moment Zoe wondered, as she saw them
leave the rooms together.
About half on hour later, after all the
quests had assembled, Mr. Metcalf said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Belmont
has just arrived and in a few minutes
will be pleased to meet you and introduce
to all assembled the beautiful ycung lady
who to-morrow morning will become liis
bride."
Scarcely liad he finished speaking
when the young man entered tho room
with Blanche hanging on his arm, her
face radiant with happiness.
"Our late tutor!" cried Mrs. Corsair.
"Impossible!" cried Zoe, sinking into a
chair.
"It is quite true, inadanie," said the
young man, "and now let rao hope to see
you all at our wedding to-morrow."
AH were present except Zoe, whose
disappointment was too great to permit
her to form one of the wedding party.
St Paul News.
Preferred Authors.
It is sometimes made a question of cu
rious inquiry in a social circle composed
of persons of literary tastes, that, sup
posing one was banished to a desert is
land, there to pass his remaining days,
with the privilege of taking with him
the works of a single author to divert the
tedium of his exile, what author would
he choose? Whoin would one select for
his sole intellectual companion for the re
mainder of his life? Certain it is tho au
thor must be ono who has written much,
for the days to come would stretchout
many and long. He must be a dweller
in the kingdom of the imagination, and
must sound every note in the gamut of
human thought and word. Above all,
he must have the power of saving what
he has to 6ay in a way to interest a
drooping and dolorous spirit, depressed
with thoughts of a home never more to
bo seen. Under such circumstances,
what work would one choose?
A Frenchman would certainly choose
tho volumes of Voltaire, while no Ger
man would hesitate over the fifty vol
umes of Goethe. The Italians would
choose Dante, and the Spaniard, after
some hesitancy over the 150 volumes el
Lope de Vega, and the paltry dozen of
Cervantes, would finally choose the lat
ter. What an English speaking person
would choose is susceptiblo of but little
controversy. Tho exile would turn to
Shakespeare as his onlysolace in such an
emergency. Chicago Herald.
Necessity or Tiioroagto Ventilation.
If n single ounce of cotton be burned
in a room, it will so completely saturate
tho chamber with smoke that one can
hardly breathe, although there is hut a
single ounce of foreign matter in the air.
Should an ounce of cotton be burned
everv half hour during tho night, the air
would be kept continually saturated with
smoke, unless there could be an open
door or window for it to escape. But
the sixteen ounces of smoke thus formed
by tho cotton burning are far less poison
ous than the sixteen ounces of exhala
tions from the lungs and bodies of two
persons who have each lost a
pound in weight during the eight
hours of sleeping. For while the
dry smoke is mainly taken into
the lungs, the damp odors from the bodv
are again absorbed into the lungs as well
as into the pores of the skin. A little
more thoughtfulncss would impress upon
every ono the importance and necessitv
of having sleeping rooms well ventilated.
Air should be admitted in not only dur
ing'the day, but whilst we are asleep.
Another very important item of the
health of our beds is that every morning
after getting up tho sheets, blankets and
other coverings should not be rearranged
without being left about for a few hours.
It would be a great advantage if they
could be aired for that space of time.
This may seem a trifle, but trifles make
op the sum of our health, comfort and
existence. Herald of Health.
"Lincoln oa Jefferson.
George N. Stroat, of Nebraska City,
has an autograph letter written by Abra
ham Lincoln in 1859. It is an answer to
an invitation to attend a banquet in Bos
ton on tho anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson. Tho letter concludes
with the following tribute to the author
of the immortal Declaration of Inde
pendence: "All honor to Jefferson, to the man
who, in the concrete pressure of a strug
gle for independence by a single people,
had the coolness, forecast and capacity
to introduco into a merely revolutionary
document an abstract truth, applicable
to all men and all times, and so to cm
balm it thero that today and in all com
ing 'days it shall be a rebuke and a
stumbling block to the harbingers of re
appearing tyranny and oppression."
Woaderfol Masons.
The old Egyptians were better .builders
than those of the present day. There are
blocks of stones in the pyramids which
weigh three or four times as much as the
obelisk on the London embankment.
There is,one stone, the weight of which
is estimated at 8S0 tons. There are stones
thirty feet in length which fit so closely
togetherthat a penknife may bo run
over the surface without discovering the
break between them. They are not laid
with mortar, either. We nave no ma
chinery so perfect that it will make two
surfaces thirty feet in length which will
meet together as these stones in the pyra
mids meet It is supposed that they were
rubbed backward and forward upon
each other until the surfaces were assimi
lated, making them the world's wonders
in mechanical skill. London Budget.
1st ths West VlrslBda. Moaatalas.
"There is much ignorance in many of
these mountain counties," said a Baptist
orator at Clarksburg, W. Va. "A man
was riding through McDowell county on
his way to the court house. He met an
old lady and asked her the way to the
county seat She replied: 'I did not
know that the county had any seat"
Then he added: "That reminds me
of an officer traveling through the
country during the war. He asked an
old man what was the population of his
county. He replied: I dont know; it is
over on Tug Fork.' "Richmond Bdh
iottsHsndd.
SING TO ME.
Oat of the sfleace waket
BeaadtuL sad, soft and low:
Let the loveliest music sound along.
And wing each note with trailer woe,
' Dim and drear,
As hope's last tear.
Out of the sueaos wake me a hymn.
Whose sounds are like shadows soft and aY
Out of the 1
A thousand 1
Wake me a sons, thou child of art 1
The soar of hope la a last despair.
Dark and low.
A chant of woe,
Out of the stillness, toaebytoae.
Cold as a anowBaka. low ass saoaa.
out or the dantnessaasa me 1
Brightly dark and darkly bright;
Let it sweep as a lose star as
The mystical shadows of the sight.
Sing it sweet.
Where nothing fa drear or dark or dim.
And earth song soars into heavenly hymn.
FatfcorRyao,
NIPPING A MUTINY.
Our gunboat lay in the Mississippi, at
tached to Porter's flotilla, and I was act
ing as chief engineer. Our captain was a
volunteer officer, an excellent sailor and
a brave man, and if he had a fault it was
that of over indulgence to his crew. Said
crew was a motley collection, made up
almost entirely of rivermen flat boat
men, raftsmen, landing portersand long
shoremen of all kinds and too many of
them were of a disposition to take advan
tage of kindness. They liad no conception
of duty, save that which was forced upon
them, and they had evidently shipped
with tho impression that they would have
but little work and little danger.
We were on the eve of stirring events.
Word had come to us that we were to
run the batteries of Vicksburg; and we
knew there was warm work in store for
us at Grand Gulf. One morning, upon
going to the fireroom. I found that two
of the stokers, who should have been on
duty, were absent; and, upon making in
quiry, I heard that they liad refused to
do any more work. 1 called them to me,
and asked what they meant One of
them an ill-favored fellow, who had
shipped at New Orleans answered mo
that his time was out, and that he wanted
his discharge. I informed him that, ac
cording to tho rules of war, he must con
tinue to do his duty until his discharge
was received. He laughed at mc, ami
said he would like to see mc make him
work after his time was out
I observed tliat quite a number of the
crew had followed my 6tokers to the
door of the fire room; and, from the
glances which were exchanged. I was
satisfied that the defection was not con
fined to my department
1 sought the captain and told him
what liad transpired.
"I know it I know it," he said, nerv
ously. "Nearly half tho crew have re
fused to do further duty, and demand to
Ik- paid off and set on shore. They have
not yet 6pokeh with me, but I expect
them every moment"
While we were conversing, the officer
of the deck came into the cabin and in
formed tho captain that a number of the
crew had assembled in the gangway and
demanded to see him. He roso, buckled
on his sword and went out In the star
board gangway were about forty of the
men, headed by a stout, burly, dark
visaged fellow named Basard. He was
a bully and a blackleg. As the captain
approached this man stepped forward,
anil said he liad been chosen to speak for
his companions. He wanted it under
stood that there was no particular leader
in this business, but that the terms of
enlistment of forty-two of the men liad
expired, and they 'desired to be paid of?
and set on shore.
The captain spoke to them at first very
moderately. He explained to them what
were the rules of war.. Ho told them
that the mere expiration of a given time
could not absolve an enlisted man from
his allegiance. Any open opposition to
constituted authority before they were
regularly discharged would be mutiny:
and if such mutiny could not be quelled
the efficiency of the service would be
destroyed. Then he appealed to their
patriotism. Would they back out and
sneak away just as an opportunity was
offered to face tho enemy
The men treated his appeal with scorn
and contempt, and 6wore that they
would do no more duly. And it was
plain to be seen tliat they meant what
they said. They wero desperate char
acters, and fully lielieved that there was
not power enough on board to overcome
them. As I have said, they constituted
nearly half tho crew and we knew tliat
tho other half could not be depended
upon to resist them with arms.
Finally, the captain told them he would
go and 6ee the commodore and explain
the matter to him; and tho men went
forward, swearing that they would never
return to' duty, let come what would.
When the captain's boat was ready he
asked mo to accompany him, as the first
demonstration of mutiny liad been made
tome. Wo found the commodore just
sitting down to dinner, and he invited us
to join him; and while tho meal was in
progress the captain told his 6tory. Por
ter listened very attentively, and at it?
conclusion he said, with a smile: "Ali
right, captain, I guess there won't bo
much trouble. I will come on board
during the afternoon and 6ee if I can
straighten things out for you."
After this the commodore turned the
conversation upon other subjects, and
when we liad eaten, and smoked our
pipes, we returned to our vessel.
And Commodore Porter was not fai
behind us. At 2 o'clock he came on
board, accompanied bjr a lieutenant and
twenty marines. His first move was to
direct the crew to be mustered aft; and
while this was being done tho marines
were drawn up on the 6tarboard side of
tho quarterdeck in two ranks the crew
mustering upon the opposite side. When
all was quiet the commodore advanced
from his position against the taff rail and
addressee, our men.
"Look ye, my men," he said in his
abrupt authoritative way, "I am in
formed that some of you refuse to do
duty. You know very well tliat you
can t be discharged today. Tho tiling is
impossible, and tho good of the service
will not permit that you shall refuse to
obey your officers. As the roll is called
those who are not willing to do further
duty will, in answer to their names, go
forward to the forecastle. The others
will remain as they are.'
The steward commenced to call the
roll, with a pause after each name. Two,
at least, of those who had appeared at
the gangway answered to their names
without moving. At length the name of
Louis Basard was called and he went
forward, and when he started these other
two, who had tremblinxlv hesitated, f ol
lowed. When -the roll was finished tony
men had gone to the forecastle, and there
they stood, dogged and determined ait
least so they tried to appear, though it
was very evident tliat some of them
wished they were safely out of the scrape,
for there was danger to them in the look
of the eagle eyed chief.
The commodore caused the marines to
be drawn up across the waist, facing for
ward, and when this -had lieen done he
ascended the gangway ladder and turned
towards the mutineers.'
"Now, my men, I want you to return to
your duty. Those who are willing to do
so may lay aft Marines, attention'
Ready! Aim!"
The marinwi cocked their rifles, and
brought them to their shoulders, the
muzzles covering the closely huddled
pack upon the forecastle. Most of the
mutineers paled and trembled. This was
worse than. running the batteries of
Vicksburg.
"Look ye," pursued the commodore,
drawing out his watch. "I will give you
just one-half minute not one second
more! In thirty seconds I shall fire!
Now, report for duty or stay where you
arer
Perhaps five seconds passed, during
which a stillness like the iiush of death
reigned upon the dial of his watch, and
his lips were ready to pronounce the
fatal word. The spirit of insubordina
tion was growing weak in the prosenco
of a power that held life and death at
wilL Afswssnnsjds mtw and tot two
stocers nroKe rrom tne gang ani came
aft ami they came not alone. Through
the gap thus opened others followed
followed in a continuous line until tlis
forecastle was vacant Every man had
reported for duty.
Porter put up his watch and stepped
down.
"Captain." said he, as he came upon
the quarterdeck, "I have an order for
you, and I will assume all responsibility
in event of its execution. The first man
of your crew who refuses to do duty
shoot him on the spot!"
But our captain had no call for turn
ing his pistol against his own men.
They had discovered what mutiny really
meant, and had no desire to experiment
therein again at least while the broad
pennant of Commodore Portef was in
sight New York World.
A tatter ha a
A most unique relic of the late war is
possessed by George Clutch, of Colum
bus. Ind. It is a outton off a private
soldier s uniform. During the latter part
of the war Mr. Clutch's brother-in-law.
). F. Gallaher, whoso home is in Ohio,
had the misfortune to be captured by the
Confederates and confined in Libby
prison. After Mr. Gallaher had been
there some time he began to feel the need
of money, which would enhance his
prospect of reaching the Union lines
should he succeed in making his escape.
A surgeon of his regiment who was in
the prison, was about to be exchanged.
He cut off one of the large brass buttons
from his uniform, and separating the
two parts of it made a cavity by taking
out the filling. He then vnU on a slip
of blank paper, in a small but distinct
hand, the following note to his wife,
which be inclosed in the cavity and again
sealed the button together:
LlBBT Pusox.
Dub Wire If wo are not exchanged by the
1st of December send me $30 in greenbacks. Iut
In a vial canned up in a can of tomatoes or black
berries. Send it In a box of provisions.
J F tiALLAHSS.
This note is well preserved, and was
still resting snugly 111 its place in the
button when shown today by Mr. Clutch.
To continue the story, the button was
made to take the place of another on the
uniform of the exchanged surgeon, who
reached homo and delivered it to Mrs.
Gallaher in due time. It could not have
escaped the close scrutiny of the officers
liad it been conveyed out of the prison
in any other manner, as the officers were
particular to search all of the exchanged
prisoners, including the surgeon, most
minutely. Mr. Gallaher did not have
f much hope that his scheme would suc
ceed, even should the note reach Ins wife,
but he was surprised, for the fruit ar
rived in a short time, and although
closely inspected by the prison officials
they failed to discover the vial contain
ing the money concealed in one of the
jars of thick preserves. Soon after re
ceiving the money Mr. Gallaher suc
ceeded in making his escape from the
prison. bcin;; one of the chief partici
pants in the great tunnel expedition. He'
found the $o obtained in so novel a
manner to lie of great service to him in
reaching the Union lines. Chicago Her
ald. Profitable Organ Grinding.
The business of grinding hand organs
is rapidly earning a fortune for an Ital
ian family here in Boston, which owns
several very sujierior instruments of the
"piano" variety, such as an operated on
light running liand carts. These are
pushed about the city by pairs of young
and pretty maidens, dressed in the pict
uresque costumes of the Roman peas
antry, who serve as performers. One of
the two in each case turns the crank of
the huge mutc box. whiL the other ma
nipulates with deft fingers the sweetlv
jingling tani!ourines. The girls are all
sisters, daughters of an ancient brigand
called Grosse a mender of fiddles and
things by profession and the tunes they
render, a majority of them from light
French operas, are so melodiously given
as to set the most unmusical person
a-dancing in spite of himself. And when
ono of tho said organs, on its winding
way through the business quarter of the
town, pauses to strike up in a side street
or alley, all the clerks, counter hoppers,
! office boys and other employes in the
neighboring blocks quit work at once to
skip around and tlirow pennies out of
the windows. So it is not surprising to
learn from the players themselves that
they average about $10 per day apiece
for their work. This is a trifle more
than $4,000 a year, excluding Sundays,
for each machine and its brace of at
tendants. Pretty good pay, is it not?
Boston Cor. St Louis Globe-Democrat
The Cure of Angina Pectoris.
Angina pectoris (agony of the breast)
carries off many people, the last or horn,
according to the newspapers. wa the
novelist, Rev. E. P. Roe, who expired in
one day because of its crushing anguish.
QMaj. Gen. George B. McCfellan (ac
cording to the published reports of that
time) likewise succumbed after twenty
four hours of incontrollablo pain. Just
bow theso patients wero treated 1 am un
able to 6ay, but Dr. Richardson, of Lon
don, long before Gen. McClellan's death,
had received a prize of 25,000 francs
from the Academy of Medicine in Paris
for having discovered an almost infalli
ble remedy for angina pectoris by the
administration in. very small doses of
1-100 to 1-23 of a grain of nitro-glycer-inc!
This discovery entitles Dr. Richard
son to the never ending gratitude of
every suffering man, woman or child
afflicted with angina pectoris.
I know a number of persons who
always carry tablets of nitro-glycerine
with them, and I am equally certain that
all these people, by the use of nitro
glycerine, are living in comparative
comfort, who would otherwise have
fallen under tbe insupportable torture of
that form of heart neuralgia, the most
dreadful of all pains. Dr. Montrose A.
Fallen in Belfora's Magazine.
Dumas and the Cabman.
My father had inherited from ray
grandfather remarkable strength, of
which I liad the first experience when 1
was 14 or 15 years of age. Ono Sunday
he liad taken me to theGymnase. At
the end of the play it rained in torrents.
He moved toward a fiacre stationed on
the boulevard and signaled me to follow
him. He gave an address to tho cabby,
who stood upright beside his vehicle, into
which wo prepared to mount The
coachman put his hand on the door, say
ing: "I don't move a step for less this time
titan five francs for tho journey."
"Will you not move?
"No."
"Once, twice, thrice." Cabby did not
respond, but remained with liis hand on
tho door. Then my father seized him
round the waist, lifted him up from the
ground, and planting him on the scat
said, "Go now." Then taking his place
in the cab, he said: "Bear in mind always
how to do with an obstinate coachman.''
I have not forgotten tho procedure, but 1
have never put it in practice not that
cabmen have become more civil, but that
other things are different Alexander
Dumas !.
A Duel with Paint Brashes.
One of the commonest ordeals to which
novices were subjected in the painters'
studios in Paris was the paint brush duel.
The two latest arrivals wero stripped to
the waist and perched on very high stools
face to face at arm's length. They won
then armed with big brushes filled with
color, one with Prussian blue and the
other with crimson lake, and the duel
began. Perfect strangers to each other,
and having no insults to avenge, the
combatants went very gingerly to work
at tbe outset, anxious to keep their Iml
ance and avoid being daubed with taint
But, stimulated by the shouts of specta
tors, they gradually warmed to their
work. A first blow was struck and re
turned; wavering, staggering and writh
ing. the opponents, with their bodice ail
splashed with paint broke their brushc?
and rolled on the floor, where thev ex
changed their blue and red sores "in a
hand to hand fight, which ended in the
duelists fraternally soaping and washing
each other's wounds. Morau-Nauthier.
A te.OM Baby.
The rare ruby once presented bv Klnz
Louis of Bavaria to Tola Montez, cnu
rained at 910,000, is now the property ::
Jfo. J. B. Baffin, wife of the Calif oral..
FAITHFUL NATURE
Satan etarfafchfal Is
To such aa treat her f ithfnawm
When the forest shall mislead rsa,
Wfcn W wight mmA why Ul,
When aea and land refuse to feed ma,
Twill be time enough to die.
Emeraoa.
THE MAJOR'S UMBRELLA.
"Isn't 6he ridiculous?' said Fanny
Drew.
"I declare, gasped Rhoda Foley, Tre
laughed until my sides acheP
"You ought to be an actress, Patty
Price.'' said Mary Ellis.
The girls stood around, in a little
group, laughing and applauding. It was
a dull, rainy day, and business was not
brisk at the "Dry Goods and Fancy Em
porium on the comer of Main street and
Willow avenue.
Maj. Carson had just been in to look at
yellow silk pocket handkerchiefs a tall.
6lendcr man with very black eyes, and a
complexion that matched the pocket
handkerchiefs and .had gone away,
leaving a curious old Madras silk um
brella with a hooked ivory handle, carved
in the similitude of a stork's head, on
the counter.
And Martha Price, the youngest, mer
riest and prettiest of all the shop maid
ens. had caught it up, twisted a yellow
bandanna around her neck, put one of
the "newest styles of gentlemen's felt
hattt 0:1 the side of her chestnut curls,
and was parading down the middle of
the side aisle, with an excellent imitation
of the half halt tliat characterized Maj.
Carson's gait Even Mr. Hoyt, the dig
nified floor walker, looked on from a dis
tance and smiled.
"That Patty Price is a regular little
lump of withcraft." said he to Miss Daly,
the cashier. "Just look at her, will you?
I'm told she is capital in private theatri
cats. And she is certainly very pretty."
"Ye-es, primly assented Miss Daly.
She had nothing against Patty Price,
but it is hard for a woman of 50, afflicted
with chronic neuralgia, to sympathize
heartily in the praises of a woman thirty
years her junior.
Just at the moment when the laughter
was loudest, the store door noiselessly
opened. Maj. Carson himself re-entered.
"Did 1 leave my umbrella here? he
asked, with a quiet glance which swept
the whole auditorium, and took in every
detail of tho scene. "Oh. yes, I see. A
thousand thanks!"
He lifted liis hat with the quaint, old
fashioned bow, and left the store.
Patty Price stood aghast, the felt hat
still topping her crop of curls, the yellow
Iiocket liandkerchief yet displaying its
Hat how under the central dimple of her
chin.
The sudden laughter of her audience
was hushed. Miss Daly uttered a little
gasp of horror. Mr. Hoyt rapped sharply
with hisjknuckles on the nearest counter
top.
"Girls," said he, "go back to your de
partments. This isn t business.
The knot of damsels dispersed at once,
but Patty Price carried the heaviest heart
of all beneath the coquettish surplice
folds of her bluo delaine frock.
"I oughtn't to have done it," she falt
ered, busying her hands among the rolls
if colored ribbon that tho porter had just
brought upstairs. "Prudence always told
me that my foolish, flighty ways would
bring me into trouble. I'm quite, quite
sure that he saw me!"
"What if he did?" encouraged Rhoda
Fillcy. "He can't have you arrested,
can he?
"Oh, but he has been so good to us,"
half whispered Patty. "He left his
handsome suit of rooms at the hotel and
took board with mother just to help us
along; and 6istcr Prudence says he is the
most perfect gentleman she ever knew.
Oh, I don't know how I shall ever look
him in the face again!"
"Is he an old beau of your mother?"
asked Rhoda, indifferently.
Patty started.
"No!" she cried; "of course notl Why,
he's not 40 yet, for all he looks 60 old.
It's the East Indian climate has done
that Prudence says she thinks he's
verv handsome and''
"Oh!" laughed Rhoda: "then it's sister
Prudence has in love with?'
"I wish you wouldn't say such dis
agreeable things," said Patty, frowning.
"Hush! don't you see there's a customer
oomingr
All dav lone Pattv was in low SDirits.
She went home at night with a head
ache, taking care to be a little behind the
regular family tea time, so as not to see
Maj. Carson.
"If he told mother," she pondered, "as
it would serve me entirely right for him
to do, what will she say? Prudence, too
if Rhoda speaks truth, and she is re
ally in love with Maj. Carson she will
never forgive me. And now I como to
think of it, Maj. Carson's profile is per
fect, and his quiet, courteous ways are
not a bit like those of the other men
around here. He does walk a little lame
on one ankle, but when one remembers
that he got the bullet wound in protect
ing a party of women from tne mail
robbers on the Neilgherry Hills oh. dear!
what evil spirit did possess mo to mimic
him today? It was the sight of that
queer old umbrella, 1 do believe, that
put it into my head. Old Daphne always
6aid that piece of ivory on the handle
was carved out of an eastern amulet, and
I believe she was right! Daphne don't
like to pass that umbrella in the dark.
She always utters some spell as she goes
by. There it is now 1"
She stopped and looked at tbe um
brella as it leaned against the rail of tho
hat stand in the hall, where a single gas
'ct burned feebly in the lantern over
load. "Is it a good spirit, I wonder, she
asked herself, "or an evil one, that
Daphne is afraid of?"
She took the umbrella in her liand and
looked wistfully at the carvings of the
storks head.
"The Sacred Ibis, I suppose," 6he pon
dered. "And I wish I hadn't made fun
of it Prudence will be so angry."
She was still looking intently at tho
ma jot's umbrella when tho street door
opened and the major himself came in.
"I'm afraid,' said he, "that I am a
little late for tea. Oh, you were looking
at my umbrella, Miss Martlia. Well, I
grant you" (with a 'quiet smile) "it fa
rather ridiculous; but it is a very old
friend of mine, and Tve a prejudice in
favor of old friends.'
Patty burst into tears; the umbrella
fell clank against the iron shell of the
hat rack, splitting the stork's head in
two.
"Please do forgive me, Maj. Carson!
she sobbed. Tvo behaved hkeaPata
gonian Indian, and I don't deserve that
you should evarepeak to me agaial But
I never will again-and, oh, please, I've
broken it now! What will Prudence
BIT'S"
"j
"It dont matter," said the major,
with it?"
"I I don't know," murmured Patty.
"She says I have neither discretion nor
dignity, and she is right"
"Now, Miss Martha, stop crying," said
the major, gently patting her hand. "If
you think that I bear you any malice on
account of this morning's innocent bit
of girlish masquerade, you are entirely
mistaken. It is quite natural that half
a dozen gay young things should make
fun of an old fogy like me."
"But you are not an old fogy!"
"Ateight-and-thirty? No? WelL peo
ple differ on such subjects. And you
are not to torment yourself about it any
more do you hear? Why do you .look
so earnestly at me? he added.
The long, dark curtains of lashes fell
on Patty's crimson cheek once more.
"I don't know," she faltered. "I was
thinking how good you, are. Here comes
mother, and I know by the smell that
old Daphne has taken the tea biscuit
out of the oven. And oh. lam so sorry
about the umbrella!"
The major picked up the umbrella,
snapped the slender standard in two,
and flung it composedly out of the hall
window.
"Thsrr aaidbe, 1 wont have you
quietly interposing to prevent ner pleat
ing up the ruins of the Sacred Ibis. "But
what has Miss Prudence Price to do
rrctnrur ymirseir so ceaselessly aoout an
old umbrella!
Old Daphne, coming across tho hall
with the coffee pot in her hand, stopped
short
"Bress an sahe us!" cried she. "if de
! spell ain't done gone outen de house!
j Well, it's a pow'ful lucky t'ing for we
' una. 1 neher done feel easy while dat
ar was stan'in round."
"Martlia," said Mrs. Price to her
youngest daughter tliat evening while
careworn Prudence was examining the
baker's book down in the kitchen. "Maj.
Carson has been speaking to mo"
"I know," interrupted Patty, with a
little guilty start. "He's going away
the best boarder you ever had and it's
ali my fault."
"No, he's not going away. He"
"Then," cried Patty, "he's going to
marry Prudence! And she's a dear,
good girl as ever lived, mother, but
but do you think she is quite young
enough for the major?"
"My dear child, if you would only
hear mo out The major"
"Has got a wife already in India!"
burst out Patty "an olive skinned prin
cess, with a diamond as big as a hazel
nut in her tiara, and he wants to bring
her here! There are some things 1 won't
stand, mother. The Emporium people
are going to establish a branch business
at Denver, and I'll go out there with
Miss Daly and the Wicklow girls. I
don't believe"
At that moment there was an outcry
in the kitchen. Master Alcnzo Price,
the youngest hope of tho family, had
just come in with a bloody nose from
single combat with some neighboring
youth. Mrs. Price grasped a camphor
bott! and rushed to the rescue, and
Patty was left alone.
"I wish I were dead!" sobbed she,
dropping her head on the cushioned arm
of the sofa. "It's all tho evil spell of
that horrid old umbrella!"
"Has your mother told you, Martha?"
asked a gentle, reassuring voice close to
her elbow.
And she started, to behold the very
subject of her thoughts.
"No yes" she faltered. "Please
don't go away. Blaj. Carson!"
"It all depends on you. Martha,
whether I go or stay." he answered,
gravely.
"Does it, really?" Her heavy eves
brightened a little at this. "Then 1 will
try to be good to her."
"To be geod to whom?" said the major,
with something of a puzzled expression
in his face.
"To the prin to the lady, I mean,
whom you are going to marry."
"I shall marry no lady, little Martlia,
unless you will have me." said the ma
jor, resignedly, shrugging Ids shoulders.
"Ir"
"Yes," spoke- up Maj. Carson. "I
hardly dared plead my own cause
with you: but since Mrs. Price lias not
delivered my message, I must even try
for myself. I suppose, dear. I seem very
grim and antiquated to you, but my
heart has never yet been touched by wo
man's voice or woman's eyes, and i have
grown to love you very dearly. Do you
think, Patty, you could learn to love me
again?"
Patty had grown first red, then pale.
Her hands fluttered, as she glanced
timidly up', and then answered:
"Oh, yes, I am sure I could, because
because I felt so miserably jealous when
I thought of the East India princess."
"Of whom?'
"No matter no matter," Baid Patty.
And almost in a second sho was crying
and laughing on Maj. Carson's breast
But the next morning she crept out
into the garden and picked up the pieces
of the Sacred Ibis head, lying out thero
in the dewy grass.
"I shall havo it mended." said she,
"and keep it always. Daphne is right
it is an amulet, and it has brought me
lucxr Saturday JNight
Saved by His Monkey.
An instance of the instinct and fidelity
of a young monkey comes from Batig
nolles, a suburb of Paris. A little boy (so
says a French journal), the son of an in
habitant of that part of the city, was
playing in one of the rooms of his fath
er's flat with the monkey, which is a
most intelligent and domesticated mem
ber of its species. The boy, in a fit of
J'uvenile caprice, tied the cord of a win
low blind around liis neck and pretended
to hang himself, to the immense amuse
ment of his Simian playmate, which
grinned and chattered on a chair. Sud
denly the boy became livid and began to
cry, for the cord got into a real noose
around his neck. In a very short space
of time the monkey took in the situation
and tried to undo the noose with his
paws, but had to give up the attempt.
It then hopped away to another room,
where the boy's grandmother was sit
ting, and began to pull at her gown, to
chatter, grimace and look wistfully to
ward tho door. At first, thinking'that
the animal wanted to bite her, the old
lady was frightened; but, seeing that it
was endeavoring with might ana main to
drag her toward the door, she rose from
her seat, and went, piloted by the mon
key, to the room where her grandson was
moaning. The boy was instantly extri
cated from his perilous position, though
it was some time before ho recovered
from his pain and fright. Jocko, the de
liverer, says the French authority for
this strange narrative, received a nice
little tablet of chocolate cream for his
iplendid action, and he deserved it
liondon TelezraDh.
Orlcia of tmm CalTlotlao.
It is certain that neither Dr. J. T.
Gufllotin, who did not die by the instru
ment of death called, or supposed to be
called, after him, nor Dr. J. B. V. Guil
lotine, who had such credit as was due
to the invention, was the real inventor
of the guillotine, though one or other of
them may have recommended it, and
perhaps perfected it. It was in use in
Italy at least 200 years before their time,
as is proved by a manuscript Neapolitan
diary in my possession, of which the last
entry is dated 1498. The book is full of
colored drawings of processions, em
bassies, battles, fleets and various his
torical events. Among tho drawings
are two of veritable guillotines, standing
in no need of being further perfected, at
ono of which a condemned person is
kneeling, in expectation of the fall of
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Prairie Farmer
A Weekly Journal for the Fam, Orchard aa
Firsaue.
Oah $I.N Par Yaw.
THE BEST AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
IN AMERICA.
Established at Chicago la 184i; wheal
the West was aWUaeraes
fSraaa,
It has rullr kept pace with the grand Agricultural
development of taJa continent, and its col
umns contafa the history of Agricul
ture for the past
HALF A CEXTUstY,
During which period it has never missed aniasuev
nor failed to appear promptly. It is acknowledged
today that The Pralne Farsaer
STAHaTsS AT THE HEAB
of AKrioiUural Journalism ia this country. All the
Departaeatsof
The Prairie Farmer
Are in charge of persons of practical experience aad
national reputation in their jxirticular professions,
and tbe best minds among; Agricultural writers arc
frequent contributors to its columns. So other
eesaaletely as4 careralljr covers tho
(greasM in all matters relating; to
Africaltare. Livestock,
rtlcaltare. leierlaanr.
UiNra aad Lawa. Peullrr.
EateoMtloav. A2X-
News. Yonac Polks. MtaceUaav.
As attractive Home Journal with a Househoki
Department unexcelled.
The Prairie Farmer
Is eealoaaljr lllastratea1 with original aad
suggestives engravings. All questions of general
Interest in Agriculturo and Form topics are dis
cussed in its columns.
The Prairie Farmer
Is most carefully edited, and not only its Editorial
but also its Advertising columns are carefully scru
tinized, so that nothing questionable shall bepub
li.she.1 It is clean, wholesome, and fully abreast
of tbe times in all Farm matters.
The Prairie Farmer
Is published Weekly at the extremely low price of
sly SI.N Ht Taw,
and will save yoa many times that amount yearly.
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