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riTtsiioiKr, Chatham co., x. a, Januarys.-), mx
NO. 20.
A Mullicr' Wonder.
I wonder j th c .i )il.,.s ever f i ft
At lnilf clii!ilr. m i jn.iiin; ( j llii'ii (own:
rni i. ..... , I I... I ,
ArJ.-v... i,. ,,;',',..M'.....,'i:..',f '
If I could tit) 1 n litile inoMj ! -f .
Or or j it-lift on my i lniMilnT Hoor;
If I ronlil ki' s r"..j. res'lt.s fool.
Ami hear j: ; tun-U- en my ("Miie otfc more.
If I could minil n broken cprl to 1 iy.
To-morrow make a kilo lo reach the sky.
Tin'
lu'reisMwominiioa-sworM c.ml.1 ay
She whs nmio blissfully content th'iii I.
ill. nl.: the d.iii.iv pillow next my own
Bnl.nl.: the d.iini.v pillow next my own
I- never rnnii'lfd l.y n sinning head:
My singing hii.lliti : from its nisi h.10 tlo'-vn
The little boy I ist.. to ki: is de id.
AN INSURANCE COMEDY.
There was a heated discussion going
on in one of the liquidity Life Insur
ance rcoms. London. On presenting
his claim for th" twenty th"U-aul
pounds for which the life of his l:t
wife had been ili.-uicl. what an -.w 11 1.0
you suppose .lack Imn-.lan received'
Perhaps, lirst.yoii had better be told
'..nothing about ,!a'-k Punstan. Three
vears ago. to the astonishment of all
his fashioiiabl" friends, he had thrown
1111 his commission in the (iuards and
sold his handsome person to a Scotch
heiress of ex raordinary wealth ami
hideousness. Perhaps the one lie of
lack's life was the one uttered at the
allar. In his favor he it urged that it
was uttered to save his lather from
ruin and di.-gi.ice. and that to (he day
of her ih at !i. Jack was a devoted hus
band to his noloM-d bride. Punstan,
senior, managed - or mismanaged
tlie properly of the married pair. All
iml the parties most interested saw
that the old man's mind was M il.y
unhinged; but Jack, ignorant ;h a
child in busine.s matters, lirinly be
lieved his father t" b" the : harpe-t,
shrewdest in;. 11 alive. And whatever
.lack w isheil was right in his wife's
i-W'.s. Among other thing-, he ha I in--ured
his daugli!' r -in-law'.s life. Jack
and ?w going through the necessary
forms, a- he hade them. In th oirse
of time Mrs. Pniistan died, ami Jack
claimed the iiisuram'c .sahl the polite ,
1 1 llieer ol the company, alter hearing 1
him out: "We prefer to give you
mother
il" rather than pay the
iuiiount."
Pun .tan t. ild hiie. ra imp M iilly. that
was net a siil'jei t to be joked upon.
"I it'll perfrtitly serious, Mr, p,n;
Stan. Just ra-t your eye. c ;-- (hi;
policy. You w ill see that it g!' - ii;
lheoifion of replaeiug the
paused for J.i- k to rca 1 th-' j.
pursied. tr'uuiphan'ly "W!
act!y what we purp-.-. t"
think It will be 1 i 1 aper fop u
mav I sav - plcasitii: to von
II.
W.
"No. you may not !
snapped Ja"K.
Then. I regret toy, he swore. "P.
you mean to say that after receiving
twenty thousand pounds, all you an
bound to do ;n return is to oiler im
the first woman ymi pick up'"
"Oh, my ih'ar sir," depreoal ingly
"we should not think of presenting age "
any but a young lady of good birth and "A widow? You!"
reputation." I "Certainly. Why not'" defiantly,
"You are very kind," savagely. "with six small children ami --and
"It was an unusual method of insur- oh! ami an aged mother dependent on
ing, I ailiuit. but the atuoiiut in ipiest ion inc. I was ready to fall into the coin
was so large and everything else so pauy's plans. Of course they pay inc.
satisfactory, and Mr. Punstan, senior- ami if 'f I hail suited you. my future
so determined, that we concluded to would have been assured. Hut. believe
yield to hi:: whim. Pray be calm, sir!" mo, now that I know of your early
Hut Jack could im! he calm. When sacrifice, I will be no party to forcing
it was made clear to him that tie's was
no practical joke, his anger knew no
bounds. To appeal to the law was the
last o his tint ats. It was. howtver,
the only one which could be answered
The polite gentletn.-n pointed out to
him that he could ii"t deny his own
signature, nor his lather's, nor his
wife's.
"Anil m one can blame u-, for we
wrote you full information "
"My father attended to all corre
spondence." "Our letttr remaining unanswered,
we sent a confidential clerk, instructed
to find oil' whether these extraordinary
terms were your ultimatum. Yen
-011I1I not even see him. You refer
red him to Mr. pustan, senior."
It was too true. Jack was con
foun led.
"Neverthele.'s," he -aid. doggedly,
I do not believe it wi uld stand in law.
1 should Ii'. e to see the president of the
company aboe it. sir."
The 'i! ., gent Ionian believed the
president wa: engaged, but would in-
quire. 1
Leit alone. Jack paced the loom,
mentally confoun ing his carelessness '
in int-usting such matters to his
ather's -Riling mind. S . absorbed
x, as he ;n 1 gloomy thoughts that he
did notice the door slowly opi u and
tho charming head of a young girl peep
il to th. room. II was one of tho.-e
deli -ions, ba.ty'ch faces that seem made
for love and laughter, with the bluest
eyes man ever saw, ami soft, red lips.
that curved in a mischievous smile
But wben Dunstan suddenly tumid,
I
! the smile th-d. The lojifj lashes foil
dcmurcly, and i;i the gentlest voice
imaginable, she "feared she must have
i'ntcr.d the wrong loom."
"Can I lie of any service V" he asked,
"You are not Mr. Punstan, are you '''
timidly.
"I am," sail' Jack, feeling ready to
deny his identity if it displeased her.
If you are," pursued his fair visi -
, ui(o ,..,,,, .., ,h
. 1
I ,',,"s,'n 1m r'l;'-i' .v,,,,r w'f-
rson
; ennsen u. repia.-,. your wne.
1 "There is no necessity for replacing
her," blioflv.
"Must marriage always he a matter
of necessity'" saucily,
Then she was aghast, for she saw
thai she had wounded a proud man to
the quick,
Punstan grew pule, and hegan in a
quick, harsh tone:
"lf mar-nag.1 was once a matter of
necessity with me "
"O'.i! oh! I did not know how could
IV Pray, pray forgive me," she begged,
with tears of real distress in her pretty
eyes. "Oh, do not explain!"
Hut J.u-k would explain. And some -
how her sweet sympathy led him on
front one confession to another. He
sketched his earlv life of gav luxury
that of a wealthy and popular man j
about town; the crisis in his father's j
affairs; the old man on the verge of
ruin and of insanity, for his losses'
allecied his reason distractedly itn-
ploring his son's assistance. "And, j
tiod Knows, I could not help him,
. aid Punstan, sadly. "I could speak j
three languages. I could ride and
sin io. I could hold my own at bil
liard or pool, hut I knew nothing of
business, and I was up to my ears in
del.f, ami so "
And so .lack had married a woman
some twelve years his senior, whose
infatuation for him was an open se
cret, and her money had paid his dehls
ami wound up his father's business
hoiiorai'ly.
"I t t ic! to do my duty to her," added
.lack, simply, "and she was fonder of
nil' than I deserved. Hut she knew,
and evevv on- knew, that I married
le r for her money, jioor thing."
"1 f she loved you, and you were kind
(,, her, I do imt see that she was so
much to
ie pit I'
d," said his fair com-
panioii, cane-. ;y.
Then Pit:! tan look her hand, grate
fully. The oung lady blushed. He
kissed it. She blushed deeper.
"Will you not tell ni"." he asked,
gently, "how you ever came in such a
position as thjs'r"
Oh! for some probable and touching
eiciise! Hut it is bard for a girl to col
lect In r thoughts when a handsome
and inti testing man persists in holding
her hand and looking into her face,
particularly if she is not used to lying.
"I am curious. I admit. Hesides, I
should like to help you if you wi'l
allow me. Can you not confide in ine'"
he urged.
At Inr wits' end, she broke out, con
fusedly; "Le't a widow at an early
you into ii second loveless marriage."
Punstan ha I preserved an amused
and incredulous silence; but to her
la-t words, which seemed "those of
1 1 nth ami soberness," he answtrcd,
ultly:
"Wi'l you not."
"Po net think so poorly of me. He
sides, if you went to law about it, I
am sure you would w in your suit."
"I shall not go to law about it," he
said, slowly. "I am thinking of ac
cepting the company's terms."
"Will you authorize me to tell the
president so':" eagerly.
"If ymi are tatislied as far as you
are personally concerned."
"1 am not personally concciiicd at
all."
"What!"
"Surelv vmi remember that run
distinctly refused me. Please move
from the door, Mr. Punstan; 1 wish
to go out."
"Not until you explain this comedy
you have been playing."
There was a pause,
"Well," hesitating, "if 1 must eon-
fess, the president of this company is '
my father. I was in his private otlice
when your aflair was uiscusseii. 1
wagered a geld bangle that I would
get you to agree to his terms. Nowt
you are angry I wish I hail not told
you! Oh, don't stare at me so, you
make me ncrvou--. I did m? think you
would take it like this. Po speak to
me! I only did it for a joke. Y u
must admit the situation was fuiinv. '
j She laughed to think of it, ami then
'there tame a little sob in htr voke. I
"JHit I would not have huit your fetl-
. 11115 f"r anything."
"You have done worse than that."
slid Piinstr.n. speaking at last.
j "Hah! You are not in love with
mo V"
j "I ant not so sure of that. Alt, why
j did you let inc. think you might he my
j wife?"
1 The young ladv stood with downcast
' eyes, Hushing and paling.
-ji i nave done, wrong,- sue fal-
i tend.
j "You will t rv to reoair it. will veil
J not. You will give me a chance of
j winning you unless, indeed, you are
1 engaged, or feel sure you can never
like me."
j "lam not engaged." she faltered,
j "and I do like you so far. Ami if
yoii wish to try" slipping her satin-
.smooth lingers into his. "No! you may
(not kiss me. Wait till we are really
'engaged.'"
j "I could not possible, wait!" tried
,,1,-irk.
j "Ah! somebody s coming in!"
! Somebody came in a line-looking,
t elderly gentleman, lie said:
"I think I should apologize fortius
' madcap's freak, Mr. Punstan. She
' w ists me round her little linger or I
should never have allowed-- - It less
me! Mailgo, what, does this mean '"
"It moans," sand Miss Madge. blush-
ing like a rose, -that you owe me a
tf"ld ''angle, papa."
How to Avoiil Hanger.
In skating mi ice, avoid skates that
ire strapped on lie loot, a they pre-
vent the ciieuiatilHi, and the foot be-
comes froen before the skater is aw are
ol it, because the tight, strapping be-
numbs the foot am? deprives it of feel-
ing. Serious injury maybe done the
feet by this wav. The safest kind are
those which receive the fore part of the
foot in a kind of toe. and a Mont leath
er around the heel, Imi'-kliug in front of
the ankle only, thus keeping the heel
in place without spikes or screws, and
adding greatly in snporting the ankle.
P is not the object so much to skate
fast as to skate gratefully; and this is
i-ooin r and more citify learned by
skating ivith dclibi-nitlion; while it pre
vents overheat ing, iisid diminishes the
chances of taking fld by t ling off
loo soon afterward, ll the wind is
. .
I is
'Ver
lowing, a vi 11 siioiiiii lie worn
lace, iit h'iist of ladies ami children;
otherwise fatal inllaiiiiii it ion of tint
lungs, t-neiimoliiii. iirw tal e nlaei'.
1, . , :, 1 . .. r . .iii,-
Oo not sit tlown for a siii'lehal mui-
ute. nor -tarn! still if thcr is .n,v
-lami sun 11 mere is ;mv
w iml; !
-bates ii
so as (.,
the leet
stop ,1 illoUI'llt al'li'i- the
re taken oil'; but. walk about
l'"s:ote the e.rcu'ation ab'.uil
ail foes, ami in pi.jXcul
being 1 hilled. It is safer to walk
home than ii.c; tin- latter js nlmosj
certain to ctiiise a cold. Never limy
anything in the lii"Ulh while skating,
m.r any hard substances in IheuanJ;
nor throw anything upon the tee;
none but a careless, rockless ignoituico
would thus endanger a fellow-skuliT.
Always keep your eyes about, you.
that you may avoid collisions. Ar
range to have an extra garment.
thick and hcavv, to throw ovi
1 -IM,r j
siioumcrs 1 ne moment, vmi cease
skating, ami then walk home, or at
least half a mile, with your mouth
closet I, so that your lungs may not
be ipiicklv chilled, by the cold air
dashing in upon tie 111 through the
open mouth; but if if passes in
through the no-e ami head it is
warmed before it gets to the lungs.
It would be a safe rule for no child
cr lady ( be on skates more tlrin
an hour at a time.
I'KAKl.S OKTHOIM.IIT.
Iliimaiiity is the eiiiity of the lieart. j
Pleasure is the reward of admira
tion. When you bury animosity, never
mind putting up a tombstone. ;
If men tin us an evil turn, we write
it in marble; if a good one, in dust.
We would willingly have others per
fect, and yet we amend not our own
faults.
The readiest and best way to find
out what future duty will he, is to do
present duty
Men outlive their love, but they
don't outlive the conse(Uences of their
recklessness.
He who receives a goo,, turn should
never forget it, he whiMloes one should
never remember it.
Therr is mmiv 11 in.in w hosp tnnmin
might govern multitudes, if he touh)
()1,iv govern the tongue.
J
The wheel of fortune turns swifter
than a mill-wheel. And they who
were-yesterday at the top. tiwlay are
at the bottom.
A cargo of pig iron sunk in Long
Island Sound, off Saybrook, Conn.,
twentv-seven years ago, is now being jnfr is more reprehensible ami thor-j has 'akeii on an intermit i.mui! i li;ir
re..vr.e.l by divers. Theironeon.es oughU wrong than the idea that a lliilm''lSmi :,,sl!n,ev'r''me,nT
out from under the sand in good con-
ilition.
TOPICS OP TIIK DAY.
An exchange pertinently remarks that
men vh' advertise in tin ir homo pa
pers are men who transact the business
nit lit' town. - You can pick up any
newspaper, and in live minutes tell
w ho do.-; the buying and selling, and
keep alive the interests of the place.
A newspaper invariably reflects the
worth, enterprise und Tntclligcnee of
the community in which it is pub
lished. We saw this week, at the Hank of
California, says tho Mining nwl Ncim-
tii- '(, the largest gild bar ever
cast in the I'uited Mates. It was
ship nil to the hank by the North
Hloomtield (hydraulic) Mining C -
pany, of Smartsville, Nevada county.
'ai. The alue of the bar isflll.i.W,
and weight oil.1, pounds troy,
i length is fifteen inches, w idth
j inc hes, and depth seven inches,
j -out, tins t:n 1 im lies of gold,
' is w 1 'i 1 1 1 id 101 it l;i pi r ounce.
A report by M. (iirard, director of
the Paris municipal laborotoiy, given
some inten st ing information concern
ing the adulterations by which the
French people are victimized. The
most extensive imposture of this kind
seems to be t he a luM'Tat ion of Hour,
which is mixed wnh various mineral
substances -oft- u d a poisonous nat
ure. It has been certainly ascertained
,,l;lt artificial flour; are imported into
France from ;..t 1. -rdam, containing a-
; mm h as thirty per icnt.of plaster and
j twenty percent, of ..ulphate of baryta,
j Of thirtt-nne ll 1 1 1 -i 1 xamined at the
laboratory i-nly t liii lien proved to be
I ueiuiiiie, all the i t'ier-i being a lldtc-
; i"; ' I .
j
The Mufil'Di
inf.it 11, it ion of si
I...
eclares that the
ufti-r perpetual
j 1110I i e is net cr-endiug. About .1 year
! igo a "perpetual" clock was started in
1 lirussi'ls. An lip-draught is obtained
I in a tube or shaft by exposing it, to
the sun; this draught turns a fan.
which winds up the weight of the
I 'lock until it roaches the top. when it
j actuates h brake that stops the fan,
I which is free to start again when the
j weight has gone down a little. It was
kei'pmg good t ime 111 .1 .me, alter mm
j 1
i months ol such perpetual n otion. The
1 , . 1 '.
1 perpetual motion m i;,,. .M.igara ami
1
j 'tbiT river fall; is mn.nlamed by the
same agent solar hea" which litis
j Ihe Wiiteriis vapor, t hen condnisat ion
, .i,,
I We have only to imitate such ina
1 i-hinery t" proibtee a multitude of si
1 'uilar " rp ti.nl n 1 - io:: .. act uated bv
this inchnu-tih
I power.
Our renders have probably heard of
; Miss Pillll. O. of ti.eeley. Col., .
I graceful a'el enduring lady eques
i Incline, whom so many t hoiisnmls have
t ipplauded as she rode her fifty-mile
I races. S"iue time since she married
I une Haxtei. a saloon-keeper, at Topeko.
Kan., ami lately took .1 dose of poison
mil died. Her life appears to have ,
I been a sad one. She did iml like the
! business of riding horses in trials of
speed and endurance, and often sought
1 In escape such seven' tasks. The re-
j port is, ami it is generally credited. '
' that she mile races 1o obtain the money
I to pay debts or make up losses incur-
; red by lu r fiit lu-r ami brother in gamb
1 ling, and that the trouble which be
1 same a part of her life from these
: courses so weighed hcl down that she
j sought rest ill the world w here the bad
! and morhed passion- of mankind .lo
! not. embitter the soul ami cause weari
1 ness and d'sgn-i w ith hie.
There set in to be some tliflii ulties
connected with tin- education of vouth
in various parts of the l'nited States
which we regret to say have not been
settled without ioleiiee. At the Chi
cago university a student objected to
the reproof nl his misconduct by the
president, and began to swear at ami
abuse dim. When the president or
dered him to leave the room, he draw
a nistol anil pulling the muzle close
(o (h, j,ead of the institution,
hjm nP ,v( j,iow his brains
out. The prcsidetit griisptil. the iiistol I
an,i suceeeileil in wresting the weapon '
fmrn him. M"retlnin half the class 1
;.vn.mthie.l with the M.ident and
threaten to leave if he was expelled,
in (,i. the link is on the other side,
r tj1(. boot on the other leg. Two
lfirm. bovs at school Pi'ttiior into on
" r-
altercation with their teacher wen
fatally cut by him with a knife, while
the pedagogue received a broken nose
and other injuries. Teaching the
young idea seems to be attented with
dilliculty, if not danger, in some 1,.,-ali-
ties.
The Sri h Horn Mnjmine says; Notlr ,
woman fulfils her duty by doing an
i amount of work far beyond herstrength. ;
She not only does not fulfil her duty,
but she most signally fails in it, and
the failure is truly deplorable. If the
work of the household ea';mt be ac
complished by order, system .md mo
derate work, without the m-ce-sity of
wearing heartbreaking toil, (hoo for
the sake of Immunity let the work go.
The woman who spends her life in un
necessary labor is, by this wry labor,
unfitted for the highest duties of home.
She should be the haven of rest 1"
which both husband ami children turn
"' peace and rel r. si -nt. Mm-should
'"' ,1(' careful, intelligent advisor and
guide of one, tie-tender conlid.c.it e and
helpmate of t he other. Ibw is it
sibleforawomanexliaustedinbo.lv
as a natural conse,,ieii. e in mind al "
perforin either of these ollio, ';
Her disposition is ruined, or temper is
soured, In r er
by the burden
1 .111 v. Is ill' 'U'-'
mil hit
u ll II b.
I ah 111
has clem'.'' 1
I".. lu.ny b
' :o I-iIil:' a-
v 1 .ii ied b et
1 heir jiait.
a. id tin-1 hand.
1
Lieutenant Hove, who was "
the ollirers of the 'i ua in le i
Lrated voyage around the world
lately returned from an t-v .! it :
South America, pivparaioiy t"
w hich he propo-.es to make to Ho
An
t arctic continent. His discoveries in
Terra-del-Fiicgo otilii in the r. port of
.Magellan, which has always bnu
doubted, that I'.alagonii n;i n one
time inhabited by a gigantic r.nc. In
waiideriug over the i .land, Lieut' nai.t
Hove found human cranium- and bote-"
of such an enorii.oiis : ie as to -r..e
t he cxistem e of ,1 r.n-e which h.i- now
tlisappi'ari'il. A paint ! -t ie v . -present
eil to the oagors ill arvr. in-;
at Cnpc Horn. TTmt- is 1 1 -1 .1 ridg"--::
the co;i-t w hi.-li does ii"1 n "'.1 . -hip-wreck.
Fvcry pail u i; pivroi '.villi
broken planks, m i,i.- -n.i
irmi-work t w i-ied bv t h
the Waves. I'.ove .-"ille'he
these fiagnients ill the ':"l
soiii" data. 1 et, cm 'pi :ng an
Ileal, which had tie- Pa!:. 1:1
Vergeri, and a 1 aril "ii 1
written in F.igi; !., V.- -." '
no other indi' at i- ii. The '
h'.-t tin the island of N'oir "
I vsil. Mi,-, vt-ii- a lu.ignilice.il
si 1 of of'"' tons i-'-g: r, :i :. I
I'll her la! voyage to Valpa.ai.
with coal and spii it ...
1 1 ! I o 1 1 1 g
'.IV l l ,1
Tin' Pet roil I'm b
to
v;i
say cilitorily mi tne
1111 c of wealthy people; 'T
deuce of lioiue wa-i mark'-d by the
lavishui'ss and cxlravag.iu.-c oi the
rich. The epi nsivi-ness ,1'
m i's wiis one of the
symptoms of that ot
proiioiin
eel s(,,!e
.society in whit h the few are -ry ra h
tin many poor, l! l-.i-t-.ty r -perls it
self, this country is on the downward
road; lor it is 0: !' th. -Ijjns of Mo
dules that the vert wea' l y pe. pi- u,
the country who arc puzh".; b.r wav--in
which to get rid ol !h ir mo'iey ar"
spending it
rious feasts
11 extravagant and lu'i
Thcv v i w it 1 one another
in the amounts thin lavished. A
famous dinner given n-viii -v W. Is
Yauderbilt, son of W. II. Vernier!. di.
cost flJ.nm, there being i'i-t gucts
present. The furniture, thestlver. tlie
glassware, porcelain, liowi-r-. nie.
and w incs, are said to ha e bei 1, o 1 he
eiy t in
new ami
iocst. The ladies al! wore a
special cost lime, made for I lie
The w ine bore ;c t umhngly
occasion.
high prices, and e en thin;
was done
to make tho dollar marks conspicuous
upon all features of tlici-iitcrt;r'niin ut.
Indeed, this was about tl uly 1.
markahlc feature. The guests win
stupid, except one who was sharp
enough to say that not a single guml
thing was said between the m.ter,
and the i-offee."
The icriuan geegraphii al en t v ami
similar association, the wotl.l over at
waiting with eager interest for the do
tails of Lieutenant Wissmann's ep!oi
ing lApedilion in lr;i a. lie ha- 111 el.
a desperate journey fr -m I. omnia on
the west African i-ni-t to .amibai.
L'.IKHl old miles away "a t hei row llo -,"
but a iniieh greater distance us the ev
plorcr traveled. The ( ieriuan society
sent out I hi ; iai.i .lit 1011 in 1 sSi I nn.l, .-
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Lii'iilenant Wiiimin. Tlie'torm. r
'adc a v.tluable ally, as be had aln-.idv
traveled in Afriea and it was agreed
r,
secure from the king the promise of a:,
unmolested passage for Lit utcnanl
Wissliianil toward the noilh. a-t. Ii.il
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Jj,.,, W,u,,' , Mh
journey, they followed a caravan r
northeast from Kiaibie,.! . tiuaiiv
reaching the people ol 'the Tii-:lang. s.
who live bcvoiid t he la
-t
nib
t. il.i.l-.i-v ..I' tl... Coli.ro It... . v . ..li.
, j)M -s tlul tu. ,,;: ,,, in u
tilie iliseox erics which Will s,,n ,(
made public. A Merlin correspoiuh-iit
notes that the lis( of A I m an cpl..r. i s
s - erp;fPinto'l'oitugal, Wissnianii (iet-
many, Pe Hraza France and Italy.
Hats.
Owing In t he iniun-i 011s crannies and
i orm i's in the hull ol a ship, it is im
possjlle to get rid t.f rats alter they
have i Ib i (id an entrance. Miips lake
out rats as well its pa-seiig.-r.. ami
i argo. my oage; whether I he former
remain in Uc ship at port is best
known 1 the !.. . . When the Last
1 ie I ian company had ship- a- their own
they employed a tilt cab lu r. w hosome
t hues cap! urc'l live hundred rates in
on -ie- returned from Calcutta.
The ' j, cat is often the black species.
x nu t hues black and brown inhabit
(he same ve.s.-i l, ami unless they carry
on perpetual hostilities the one party
W ill keep ill the head of the Ves.el and
the other to the sti rii. Theshiprat is
vein a:-.:'.us that bis supply of fresh
'.' .'!'! -hall i.ot fail; he will come mi
'leek when it rain-, and climb up to the
wetsa.l. aid sink them. Sometimes
lo :.i. ta'.e a -pint cask for ;i water
'a I;, ami lie gets driiiik. A ' apt a'o i-a
"i ne I i' iiu .-hip is credit".! (or dis
credited) with an ingenious bit of
shai t' pra-M. a-:i means i T clearing
his ship from rats. Having di -i barged
a cargo at a .rt ii. Holland, h- found
Ins .-hip in juvta.os:tioii o atioi lu-r
whiihhad ju! I lio i, a . a'go o Piit.-h
cheese. lie kil l a plalikat llighl from
one V i -1 I t - tin- oj her; the fil ... tempt
ed l.y the O.I..I,' tied along the dank
and began !.- :'. .id. lb' o,.l; c:ire
thai th" platik sleoild Hot be there t"
scrvctliMn a-pathway back ag.ii'.. ami
so t he elie. se laden -.hip had a .-l li'-l ."I
l:'i"li t'- 't.-.oilua..l ..i i go.
itfows.
tl 1 1, Is wo.-th. das- of
n w i-e tin ii liiii e mat -
WI y r ;!
women
-ii d w i'low -
an
ive liium: Them t'n
be
w;'.e;. For instan -e. Wash-
ing 'll '. lb I'miII and Fliitiklin eji.-h
mai'' ;c.l ;i widow, tiie nam.'s b,-ii,e .-,
rally M is. fur' i-;, s' !...!. a. n. :lt, !
Mrs. l;.':,.',. Tlie iexie..gr.ipher John
son and the phi 'a;it lifopis! 1 1 . nr.
ea'-h uiari :e. w id, . ,s who were inany
year; '.heir :.e!ii'.r. I n' thi-y li'.ed ven
l.ai'l v. a-.!'i J-'ha: !. Ie-' .-. a ...;1 t .
i.'li I'm- l is ,ep '-t! i "Tetl .'
Aai'-in liii r ar-t . ,!e v. a , a w idi.'i
( Mrs. IV'," I i. and a-, long as she
livtd hi.. I'or'u'.ie a in tin- asceu iaiit.
Their in irried li'e appears tojiave been
happy, btit :i . in t Im case of J. Ifci son.
.! oi,! la t"'l ten vers 'I'll" Urst Na
poleon ti a ri ied ii w ii low . ami as long ;i
he , oi.tmiie 1 la'tlitiil to her hi, j.n,
gn ..s w .1-. brilliant ..ml siicito: .,ful. A
-,i rv oi.. i --j- iiioai'.i f o t,js is I- hi; I
ii. the bi-le.y of !' Villiam I lersehel.
II" ic-i'-ho'l the ;ig" ol .'il'iv ;is ;
-5 t . ": I ' thea m irriei a widow (Mr.
Mm ). w ' i a.; i:ii he lived la a hap ;.
. . itcliu-i'.i f..r atliir.iof ;t'-eiitiiiv. The
had
I.' son. ."sj, John lleisihel,
be. ame al .o an iistrotimiier, arid
l.i'.'h .list in. t ion Mohauiuie.l i.
W oil
.o a the -a'-ie li l. lor at twenty live
ic m.n-i.-d the w i . 1 w K.nlij.ih. w hi.
was toiiy, an-! uli wealth am) in-
lluciioo w--.-e iie aa.d.-iaie'e t ) a needy
ad'-n!'!: I. 'l'! ie.se I. lets add fresh
value "' :he rich w iuousol New Yor
That oti" .'t tin-- number gave itv
tlioll -a-nl .'!', n . t b'-nelieeiii e. while"
auotli. i l-ii'iii . a c.-i' he.lial, isthilspnb.
li hid to
A ineri' an
world as ii tribute t
iniihood.
Hens.
There '.s nothing ele.l'ei about tile
rai n.i ure ol t In hen. Mu- ha-
licit Inr molality nor mn Meet. Th.
!' I W ill- hei elf does n. 't s. t uple I.
lake a.h ant.igi i f the In n's la. k ol
i at i". ina' i e p. .w , r. iind induces lo r t.
l-iy -i or.-. ,;n, bu'i-h' I, .. egg;, in
sie.el .1 tl.. paltry .jo-en or so ii.itii,-i
inlclide.l ler to produce The ! e i
tn cr oi. o, . . t hat she !; b. inr ma, .
ae-in.-ti' -i I. and gv.es on r;-
al'ef y. :i le.io; im: I. imil,.. up ;,
ll'-.-t. I.lkiil': llo Ie -hi it. Mil the happier
t Xp' I I. II. e ol ., oe, birds, ol
i . u .t tin- "iv.biuti when she herself
w as allow i d b brimj
a brood and
g" pioii.l iind seii-siiilieicut among hei
companions. Who ever heard of a lien
lhat l'-.i iibstenii. ne Iy that she might
remain -liiii ;-. 1 not be eaten? Shr
l oi'ie i n -hiug .il.'tig w ith uiiseeminglj
h i -to w !' ;n . i any one call-.. "Tucky
l a k t ii. k t ii i, I u. kv " itseli ;in ab
surd and ilei.i. ..tiing loriiiuhi. sni'abh
only tor a lo
feather and In
irbitloiiy in every
I g'aee in (very
niov i i, i til. Mm m er distinguishes
b. ! i en the i rv of a boy who sum
m.'U-. In r for his o-, n pi ix ate ends iind
ol Ih' ini-l less w ho is perhaps going te
i.e of the llock for dinner, t'j
omes an, take-
tn
warning, and
show s no concern w hen her sister is
stiai. hcl n a trom In r side, has her
ne. k draw n. and is :i.-tii:iy plucked in
In r re m e. Perhaps she even car
ries oil some of t he teat hers to decor.ttt
that l.iake-beliee liesl of hers. From
first to la-t she is content to remain a
lnake-.-liiit ami convenience.
It is a cold day when the mercurj ""v,,,l ir"'" l!l' '"'"" '"'! j'll
gits left in the burb to tho termo, ,m"" " '""vulse the company by ex
meter. claiming: "My new- trousers are mad
1 out ot ma's old bedroom curtains!"
Sikiw flukes.
l'.-illiiiL' it 1 1 the nighttime.
l-'.ill.n ; Ml the i!...
Cr;sl.il wingi'd iind Miifeliss,
t n tl'i ii dov.-iiwaid wny.
Falling llnoiigh the darkness.
I'iiMiii' lliroiigh tlm lilit,
(' '..-. ing ith bfiiuly
Viileiuid ni.nmt.iin height
Never s unnier blo-soms
Dwelt no fiiir us those ;
Never lay like glory
l Mi the fields mid trees.
Iiare the airy wrouthinc,
Pellly turned the serull.
Hung in wooillanil arches.
Crowning meadow knoll.
Frees!, ehasi -t fancies.
Votive art, may be,
Winter's sculptors rear to
Summer's memory.
.. I'. ' h -m-ii. in thr Critic.
ITMiliNT I'AKAt.KAl'IIS.
A play should b" judged by its acts
A ghost's girii'i-tit is a shroud of
m -( iy.
Mb is the better pari of some
orator's elo.pt. !
'lb- limn "lo hnds his influence
rarelv g t , it back.
.... " . , , ,; ,, rjrh
man for he is alw ays ready to make it
steak.
The best ti to oiler your hand (
a lady w h'-n she is getting out of an
omnibus.
How to destiny. One of the-e days
ili stinv mav be polite enough to return
the compliment.
The man w h" w a - hemmed in by a
crowd ha . Li c n t roubh-d w il h a stitch
in Id- side e or since.
A new 1 k is titled "Short Savings
of ii-iit Men." When an-we to hat"
"Cr.:: ,, ing"i Mmrt Men'"
It 1 .il.. s a g il about four hour
1'i.gert" wa-l, theli-ont windows III il
lion .e than t In- l-a -k w indow s.
s'i l-.og a- tie- si hool leaeh'-r feejis
111" pupils Ii his eve II 'bo.lv can deny
thai l-e ha - a peif.-ct right to la-h his
U"il,
Many a man who : mil- and growls
:it hi- wit - in public is very loving
ami t' in l-a w hen no om- "Ise is around.
II" I. a- t" be.
" b i-l h r ar. -al w ays good-nat tired."
-ay.il phih.s .pin r. '. eiybo.lv knows
that. Pi- lh" lolks w ho haveto listen
t.t In- w hi t ling t hat ". t ugly.
Somebody has discovered that the
. .Mint pi-oiium iat ion of the word
Kin-da e is "Kc.loua." They might a
well ( II us thiit the proper way to ro
m iim e bee-hive is behoW il.
The tow not Paris. Tex., has raised
il potato live feel long. The Colorado
beetle ha-n't heard "f that fashionable
summer resort. When it does we shall
n a i of ;i potato hug to match.
I'. ti't s'pii-.nder any time over prc
hi -t. i :. man. but rather put in your
- ii..-hour- wotiileiing if the new
I imilv oil tie' eoiiie- are the sort ol
I pi.- t.. lend coffee and sugar am!
baking powd. r.
J..iii'. if burglars should come into
oiir h"il e. w hat w otihl yotl tin V" "I'd
do u ha' e ! they r.'.piired of nie. I
;i'-e- had m own way in that house
y.-t. and il i. to,, late to be $ now -'.,-.
ala- ! if. to,, late !"
-What are you looking around for so
much " ii.-io d :t mother of lu-r sixteen-v.iir-old
son, with whom she w as walk
ing. -T ;n, i looking around on your
account." "On my account'" "Yt..
I w e.t lo pit k you out a good-looking
.lail:;' !"!' Ml law."
The ot Ii, rdav a stiigi driver in th"
I'da. k II. II. umh-vlo k to horse w! ir
tin-pass, n gets into getling out of thf
:-t.m.-:in.i pM-iiing it up the hill, but
tin- pa -seiig.-: - emptied their revolvers
into 1 1 1 1 1 1 a lew limes, held a coroner's
iifpie-1. ;iM'i found that he baa !ied (
pneumonia.
"I ih late," t I. limed it boarder at ..
din I ut t able recent Iy, "t his is t he most
all. . t i. ii ale pi.- I ever sii w ." " AlTect ion
ale p.. '" i 1 1. .1 cvei v one at the table,
in. In. l ug the lumlladv. " i s."s;iid the
boarder, "lh" upper and lower crusts
ill.-so aflee! ion.ite that they won't al
low ant thing bet Weell t hem."
V 11 exchange eve.teiliy a-lt.: "Is your
i a i a ry s.i'age-" And I hen it proceeds
(ogive a recipe for Liming the canary.
It is fortunate that even at this late
dav. means have been discovered for
taming a s,i age canary, and now there
will b - no ,.-. blood -curdlincr anec
dote-, about canary birds carrying off
children iind devouring them.
At a dinner party the little son of
the host ami In st ess was allowed t'
cm lown to dessert. Ilnvimz hail
what histuothercoii'-iilereila.sufliciencv
ol truit. he w;is told he must not havi
any tumv. whin, to the surprice of
even one of t he guests, he exclaimed.
'If y.ni don't give me some more I'll
tell!" A fret h supply was at ones
given him. am! as soon as it was fin
ished he repeated his threat; where
upon he was suddenly and swiftly ris