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f tarried Id dreamland tola morn Ins?, and by
1 aaw on a cloud thatHtung over tbo weat
Some Kbool cbUdreo romping with facea aglow,
On tbelrwlnd drVtedcaoipua wlthjuvenueaest
Their laughter rang out and was borne to my ear,
- Aa tfiey ran wltb UsUt tud b et to-vaporoue
i it plain, A i J..i . : ?
And the sound Of theroiW u HolLUto and
ciar,' 51 mv - '
Brou)it me back to the days of my childhood
.. . again, , . , . ... .
But I atoned and ganped and cried out In iurprlae,
When the bright tinted picture awung nearer to
view, -A
And I aaw, through tbateara that welled up to my
. ' eyes, - - - f -Vf" t
. The matea ot my youth Jn that; rollicking erew(
ThaM was Tom.' my old seat mate, hla face brlm-
. . mingoer' ..-
, With the mlaoblef that lurked Iri his brown,
r, f-i t ourly bead, 4w--4,
And good Godfrey miyard and bad Bobby Moore,
And Jerry and Byron and brave hearted Fred.
L - v
And there with the rest was my twin brother Ben,
. Wno fell at Bull Run in the thick of the fight,
And sweet Nettie Chase, looking rosy aa when
. We found a red ear at the husking that night, .
And now came the teacher, with time frosted
nalr, , v i-
And the old, kindly' gloatn to Tils sober, gray
eyes. ... -
And the loud, tinkling summons rang."out on the
air.- - -
And the group disappeared thro' . A rift In the
! ' skies. '.;'.:.' ,; ..'.'' x':-
Tls the breakfast bed ringing I wake with a
- sigh, ' ' ;t
To wonder what lessons of Infinite worth
Mt schoolmates aro learning up there in the sky.
While I'm "playing hookey" down here on the
earth. ' ?
j - Detroit Frof Press.
. LITTLE CANTEElf.
In the winter of 1861, 1 lay sick in
an army hospital, and was worn near
ly to skin, and bone by one of those
dread , diseases of the camp that has
Slain more soldiers than cither bullets
or steel. . ' '
In this state. of being; Ijfett likea
burden, and scarcely gave more than
a' feeble smilo of gratitude when in
formed by the surgeon in charge that
it had been decided to send mo home
as a chance of recovery.; ; - ''. ' J . i
But jafter I got on board the cars at
Richmond, And the"- train rolled out
from the depot, J began to look about
me, and as I did so my spirits rallied
somewhat, and I rejoiced in the feel
ing that home with All of its endear
ing associations would soon be reach
ed, and there I would get that rest And
. loving attention which one finds no
where else, so perfectly. And thAt jf
my disease could not be conquered,
I would At least have the consolation
of dying amongst my loved ones. '
-. The train was a . long one, and
crowded to its utmost capacity. ' Sol
diers off on a spree, impuaant and up
roarious; sick and wounded soldiers,
pale, feverish and pain racked; here a
smart commissary, there a vermin in
fested rough from the front; yonder
an anxious, sad eyed woman taking
her boy home to die, further on a
young beauty afnrid of the soldiers
and their rough jokes, and yet half
courting their notice all sorts and
oonditious mixed together, but alj,
from the old gray heads to the young
est prattlers, ugrecd in one thing, vtt. t
undying devotion to the Southern
Confederacy. v
We were soon past Petersburg, and
a little later were rushing., through
North Carolina, k-avii'g some passen
gers and taking up ottiers as we sped
from station to station; but the same
general description of my fellow trav
elers that I have just given would
hold good from beginning to end of
the journey. , :
... We were past Weldon how far I
can't exactly say and it was late in
the night when I was awakened from
an uncomfortable nap by the jerking
of the train as.it started olf after one
of jta -numerous- stoppages. I looked
out. to see where we were. It was a
wood and water station, and standing
on oue end of the wood rack there
was a little boy. He was peering for
ward into, the car windows as the
train slowly moved by.-; I would have
thought no more of the'eircumstance,
iut almost, next moment the rear door
of the car' was opened, and the some
boy that 1 had seen on the wood rack
came timidly forward.
"Why, sonny " 1 said, ''where did
you come from? i "
. "Out yonder," pointing into the
darkness. .
know that mncb jdread vfor if
Pm 'not mislaken you are the same
boy I ' saw out on the wood rack just
now, ain't you?" . . ;
lie nodded assent. '.
"WelL where did you come from
before that! Don't bo afraid i. come
here and tell me about it," -
The boy looked at me, ami seemed
to be reassured by my manner and ex
pression, for he came forward without
any further hesitation to the place at
my side, which I had beckoned him
to take. -
Every bodyelse in the car Appeared to
be asleep. Bo no one besides myself
bad observed his entrance. lie was a
handsome little feUow, but his clothes
were torn and dirty, and he limped
like one who had been on a long tramp.
I. repeated my question, and he re-
Elied that be hud come from Charles
n. ''From Charleston r I exclaimed in
astonishment. "Why, how In the
world did you get this far from Char
leston by yourself , -.
'l walked." .
:' "Now, look here, my little man,"
I said rebukingly, "do yon know
where the story tollers go?
I declare, said be his blue eyes
swimming in tears, "I'm telling: you
the truth I am not telling you a
"VelL weli, dont cry, bub 111
take your word for it; and where
were you going?".
"To Virginia, to find my papa."
I puckered up my mouth for a long
whittle, but as that would be express
ive of diaUlitf, And as 1 didn't want
to ribk hurling the little fellow again,
1 restrained myself, and proceeded to
draw Lis story from him..
"11 you aw going U Virginia," said
1 in u kind toi.e, "you aro on the
wrong train this u takuig us back to
CbariialAtt."
- 1 know llu:t, sir; but I dou't want
to go to Virginia now I want to go
back home. ' ; "
"Ah, has your heart failed you, my
little man?" :
"No sir, 'tain't that; but I met a
man .today who said he knew my
papa, and he told me that he bad gone
home on furlough."
I was amused by the child's simple
faith in the assurance of a stranger,
but as. I thought home would be the
best place for him, I said nothing to
stagger that faith, but contented my-
self with questioning him as to his
history. '
His name was Harry Binton, And he
had reached the mature age of 10, his
mother had been dead two years, his
father had enlisted at the outbreak of
.the wart and had left him to the care
OI reiatjvus, wuu uuu uui uccu ycijf
kind to him, and he had run away
from thorn with the intention of mak
ing his way to his father in Virginia.
I was irreatlv impressed by the ooy's
j intelligence and courage, for it had
certainly required extraordinary de
termination id sustain such a mere
child amid all the perils of such a trip
as he had undertaken. I thought of
the horrors that would naturally rise
up before the inexperienced trfind of a
child whilst wandering alone through
woods and 'fields that were new and
strange; I thought of the inevitable
weariness of .the long journey on foot,
of the pangs of hunger, and of All the
dangers ok the WAy, And impulsively
exclaimed:
"Why, Harry, you are a' little
hero.",- When the conductor made his
next round through the tiain, I paid
the little fellow! fare, and as he was
evidently very tired, I repressed my
own weariness and weakness, and
gave up the best part of the seat in
order to make him as comfortable as
circumstances would permit, .
: After a while day dawned, and we
got some. breakfast, Harry eating as if
famished.; I told his story to several
of. Our f traveling .corapauioiis, and
they all seemed' interested in him, ami
quite a group gathered Around us to
hear the little fellow recite the history
of his wanderings. He told us that
he had kept to the line of railway as
much as possible, and had traveled at
the rate of from eight to ten miles A
day. He hod avoided the dwelling
houses of .the planters, and had ob
tained food and shelter mainly from
the negroei for the child was shrewd
enough to know-that they would not
be as apt to hinder his progress as the
whites for the latter would undoubt
edly have stopped him and sent him
back to Charleston.
1 promised him that I would look
up his father on my arrival in Char
leston, and with that assurance he
seemed perfectly content, and amused
himself in the usual fashion of boys
for tho rest of the journey.
By the time we reached Charleston
the journey had so exhausted my
strength lluil I left the train more
dead than alive, and when my mother
clasped me to hxsr bosom, her joy over
my return was chilled by tho gloomy
anticipations which my appearance
aroused, and her very llrst movement
was. to gut mo comfortably in bed, and
then set oil at once for our fumily
physician. . He came at once, and
calmed her fours by the assurance
that rest and good . nursing would bo
sure to null mo througlu '
"We'll have him strong enough, to
eat two more rations before lour," he
laughingly remarked as he left the
bot'.so.
But notwithstanding that the home
nursing did greatly beuellt me. I was
till for some days too weak and ill to
givo much attention to my promise to
little Harry.
' My brother ascertained for mo that
no such name as Binton was register
ed at any of tho hospitals. lie also
inquired for the fumily with whom
Harry li& been staying before ho ran
away, but they could not be fouud.
. My mother and sisters were too much
concerned about me to think much
about anything else, and it was tacitly
understood that Harry would just
rcmaiu . quietly with us until I had
gained sufficient strength to hunt up
those to' whom he belonged.
1 had been homo perhaps ten days,
perhaps longer, when the quiet of my
sick chamber was interrupted by the
direful calamity that bcfcQ the city
I mean the great Qro that swept from
riVer to river, and in a few awf aud
never to be ' forgotten hours rendered
hundreds of people houseless, home
less and penniless.
It is not my purpose to describe the
origin, extent and incidents of the fire.
I could not if I would, for 1 saw too
little of it to do so; but I well remem
ber the scared, white faces of my mo
ther and sisters as the lire gained in
extent and rapidity. I had been in
great pain all day, and had been put
under the influence If an opiate; and
although rny room was lighted by the
glare until it was bright as noonday,
and I heard from time to time the
frightened exclamations of those who
stood at the wiudows, still I did not
fully realize the extent of tbe danger.
- My brother came in late iu the
night, his eyebrows and mustache
singed olf, his clothing burned in
many "places.
"This is awful," said lie. "It looks
like the whole town is going."
"Let her go," said L, with drowsy
inditfereuce. ,
He looked at me, shrugged his
shoulders, and went eJt again.
How long ho was gone 1 do not
knowj but ere his return our situation
became a critical one, for the fire was
making iu way rapidly in ourdirection.
Before this we had heard tbe crack
ling of the flames and the falling of
thu houses, but now the dense volume
of the smoke poured down upon us.
rhe fiery showers of sparks and cin
ders seemed ft!l around about us. and
the boarsw shout of the multitude
grew nearer to oifr doors.
At last, when tho women folk were
almost beaicJo themselves with terror,
my brother bun-4 in, and said:
'"Mother, girls, 1 mutt get you away
from here. It's rough on you, old
fellow," be said, turning to me, 'to
take you out on sucb a ui'ht, but it's
cither that or a roaiU" -
A few thine were hastily gathered
together, a litter was inipron.-d for
Luc, uad soiuc'ucw cr other we all got
in the streets. I have a Vivid recol
lection of a sea of faces, a pandemo
nium of noise and confusion, n jolting
and pushing forward through the
crowd, And At last we out came into a
safer and quieter portion of tho town.
But tho boy was gone. ' '
; How it happened none of us could
telL but it must have been that my
youngest sister, who-had been spe
cially in chargo of- hiin when we left
the house, had released his hand at
somo time or other whilst we were
making our way through the crowd
and the confusion, and the surging
mass had swept him away from us.
The shock of it all nearly killed me,
and many weeks 1 elapsed before I
could muster strength enough to get
out of doors. In all this time not one
word of Harry was heard, and we
gave up the hope of overseeing him
again. Finally I grew Btrong enough
to return to duty, and in the excite
ment of war scenes and incidents lit
tle Harry Sinton was forgotten.
We wore.on the lines at Petersburg
towards the close of the war, and on
one occasion 1 had charge of a part of
a skirmish line. We held our position
in a young pine thicket, but as we were
about to be flanked And subjected to
An enfilading fire, I asked my men to
fall back on the main line of works.
As we were in the act of executing
this movement, A Minie ball pierced
my leg and I fell helpless on tho field.
I suffered a- great deal of pain as I lay
there, but oh I the pain of tho wound
was as nothing in comparison with
my suffering for water. How I longed
for it, even were it but a single drop I
At last I managed to crawl towards
a deep ravine, some hundreds of yards
distant from the snot where I had fal
len, hoping to find there what I pant
ed. 1 readied it only to te oisapr
pointed, for not a drop was there.
Another wounded had crawled to the
same spot, led there by the same hope,
and we exchanged regrets over our
failure. - '
"Oh, if my boy only knew I was
here I we would not have to suffer an
other minute for water," said my com
rade in distress. -'
The words were scarcely irpoken
when a young boy stood' before us,
cauteen in hand.
"Father, are you hurt much?" said
he. anxiously.
. 'I'm afraid so, my son. How did
you find mo out?"
"The men told mo you were wound
ed and down this way somewhere,
and so I came hunting you as quick
as I could."
"God bless you, lad. But give the
captain there some water, quick; he is
nearly dead for it, as well ns myself."
"Isn't that Harry Sinton?" said I, in
astonishment, as the boy turned to
ward mo to assuage my thirst. Al
though my appearance hiul changed
greatly for the better, antr I was no
longer the pale, emaciated creature
that had taken charge of him on tho
train, the boy recognized mo at once,
and manifested his delight in a way
that gratified mo exceedingly.
It seemed, from the explanations
rtiat followed, that his father was in
the crowd on the streets during tho
night of the firo in Charleston, and
that almost immediately after he be
came separated from us, Harry w
borne by tho crowd right into Mr.
Sinton 's arms.
"I had to te away the very next
day, and so I wrote- to you, sir, in
forming you that I hot! foifnd Hurry,
and thanking you for your kindness
to him, but-1 never received
ply." said Mr.
bis narrative of the boy'i-rccovery.
"I need hardly tell you, sir, that I
would have answered it had I received
it. But we ueed uot wonder much at
its non-receipt, for we soldier know
to our sorrow that the mails go badly
astray these day."
A few moment later wo were found
by the ambulance corps and borao to
the rear for surgical treatmcut. Harry
went" with us, and at his ournr-Kt re
quest we were placed near each other,
sothal he might bo nblo to wait npoa
both or us without (iitllculty.
I learned that he had been with his
father continuously since tho night of
tho great fire in Charleston, and thut
in many a battle the brave litt'e fel
low had . gone, canteen in hand,
among the wounded and dying, to
administer relief to them in thcirtnn
guislu He was well known along the
lines, and the men called him "the
little canteen boy," and this was final
ly abbreviated to "LiKle Canteen."
My wound proved to be'inore pain
ful than serious, and in a day or two
I could hobble about very well on
crutches. But oor Sinton gradually
sank, and one glowing evening I
stood by hiin as he jkuirou through the
deathflgoiiy. ; ' "
When ho knew that tho end was
coming, ho called me to Lis side and
begged me to tako the boy, r.nd o
Harry onco again became my charge.
1 treated liinia sou, and he never
disobeyed mo except in one thing, end
thr.t v;os in regard to .exposing him
self lo danger. He would not remain
in the rcur for any consideration
when flfhting was going on. Evert
tho terrible tiny of the "Crster" did
not -dismay" him. And after that
glorious chargo. t Mahono's, who
should I tee but liarry with hi can
teen slung around him taking water
to the wounded,
In those Last days at Petersburg dis
cipline became greatly relaxed. The
f tickets of the two armies grew exceed
ugly friendly with each other, and
KXcbangc of tobacco for northern
newspaper were of daily occurrence.
Hurry obtained a good stock of the
weed, and went heartily into the busi
ness of peddling newspaper. He used
to walk on top of the breastwork
wbilst everything ws quiet and sing
out, "Here your Now xork Herald,"
"Here' your'Tribune," etc 1 did not
object to hi doing so, merely caution
ing him to get down inside the trench
es whenever any firing commenced.
Well, one day whilxt be was thus
cngajpd, and we on the pert of the
line where I was stationed, the picket
suddenly commenced firing. 'Icalled
hastily to the boy to jump down. He
sra about to do so, wueu.a rii's ball
pierced Li fair white forehead, and
tue g.il!ont c'.iiiJ fell garrpii:g into the
uvucbis. 1 gave a yell more like that
never received any ce-
Binton, a he conceded wffirB,,i?9i i.W
.i .1,-'-w.; "1 left it homo,
of a wild beast than a man's, And rush
ed to his side. HO gave Die one lov
ing look' from his gfizing eyes, put out
his arms as if to embrace mo, and the
next moment was dead. "
' Many of the war scenes in which I
?articipated have long sinco faded
rom my recollection; but never until
my dying day will I forgat my brave
little boy and his untimely death, and
deep down-in my heart there is a place
sacred to the memory of "poor Little
Canteen."- O. M. Douglass in Atlanta
American!.' "y ". ; " ' ; y .
si,i ' Cans and Effect. '. -X -..-
-!' Many things which seem mysteri
ous, and serve to puzzle the wisest
nien,"tnight be, if the cause and effect
were understood, as easy of solution
as the question in the following in
cident, which is related of Buff on, tho
great naturalist. One day he enter
tained a company of distinguished
savants at dinner, at the conclusion
of which they all went out into the
garden.- i "'
It was a very hot summer's day.
In the center of the grounds there
stood on a pedaital a largo glass globe,
which one' of the guests happened to
touch with his hand, when ho found,
to his astonishment, that it was waito
er on the shady side than on the sido
turned toward the sun, ' '
lie communicated this discovery to
the other guests, who At once proceed
ed to verify the statement What
could be the cause? ' ;
An animated discussion ensuod, in
the course of which every imaginable
law of physics was made to account
for tho strange paradox. At length
our scientists agreed that it must be
so, owing to the laws of reflection, re
pulsion or. exhalation, or some other
law of physics with a long name. :
The host was, however, not quite
convinced, and, calling the gardener,
ho said to him:. "Pray tell us why tho
globe is warmer on. the shady side
than on tho side turned to the sun?"
Tho man replied. "Bocousajust.now
I turned it rouud for fear of its cracking-
.with, the great heaL" Youth's
Companion. -
. .-t . ; ,w ,ni ripe. ;
In former times, when society ig
nored tho natural und alt'ected the ar
tificial, pastoral poets aud painter de
picted such graceful, gayly dressed
Bhepherds and shepherdesses as wore
never seen save in the Arcadia of
dreamland. .Tho "crazo" attained
its climax wueii the unfortunate
queen ' of France impersonated a
dairy maid, and her husband,
Louis XVI acted the part of
a miller. Tho absurdity of the "fad" is
illustrated' by a humorous sketch,
quoted in "Ltray Leaves of Litera
ture." A London damsel whose ideas had
been Arcadian ized by the perusal of
pastorals, wandered into the fields in
tbe hope of discovering a live "shop
herd." '
To her delight, she encountered one
utider a hawthorn hedge, with his dog
by his side aud his crook in his hand
and his sheep roundabout him. just as
if ho were sitting to bo modeled in
china for a chimney ornament.
But our swain wauted the indispen
sable accompaniment of a putoral
reed, in order that be might beguile
his solitude with tho charms of musia
Touched with pity at this privation,
and lapsing uuconaciouidy into poeti
cal languago, tha city damsel ex
claimed: . ' ' "
''All. frentlo shepherd, tell mo
homo, mlw." replied tho
clown, scratching bis head, " 'cause 1
ha'n'tgot no baccy." Youth's Com
panion. Large Figures.
The population of London ha
grown from 130,000 in 1003 to 4,600,
000 at the present time. Supposing
that the recent rate of growth were
maintained, London might easily, in
tbe course of another half century,
possess a population of over 7,000,000.
The six principal railway lines of tho
metropolis carried annually oter 200,
000,000 people. The tramway com
panies carried unitedly some 150,000,
000 moro, and the two great 'bus com
panies, the General Omnibus and the
Itood Car companies, carried from
120,000,000 to 130,000,000 per annum
additional The thrco ageucic to
gether, therefore, carried annually
sofiio 400,000,000 to. 470.000.000 pas
sengers, being nearly twelve times the
Sreitent population of the United
kingdom. Thoro were besides 11,300
cabs, which carried, roughly, some
80,000,000 passengers per annum.
100.000,000 to 120,000,000 more traveled
daily to and from thosuburbs by every
railway that has a terminal station in
London, bringing up the total um
ber carried annually, into and out of
London, to between 4 JO, 000,000 and
500,000.000. Ouce a Week.
- - Aa Old aisasabsatT's Btary
Speaking of remarkable incidents, I
can tell you one that 1 have never seen
equaled, although it occurred more)
than half a century ago. Tbe steam
boat Charleston was on a trip-from
Louisville to U Louis with a big car
go of colt in barrels. When just be
low Grand Tower, on tho Mississippi,
she came in contact with a hidden ob
struction, WTiile thoy were prcpar
iug to put her afloat agaii'i, after Uiiog
at the bottom of the river a day ana
night, she popped up with urprisiug
suddenness with her deck to the top
of the water. - The salt iu the barrel
stored on tier melted when it came in
contact with the water, and the buoy
ancy of the barrels raised the bout to
the surface bL Louis Globe-LVmo-craL
- - -
CawOfMiel Cmmu.
It la estimated by a mint official that
then are siil 1 in existence sonic where
in the country, tied up in old lock
ing or in 'the hands of curioaity col
lectors, ovEr lUU.UOO.OOO of the old
fotdiiooed copper cents, about 120,000.
000 of c;i-ri,iccl ceuts. nearly
5,000,000 of the present bwuo cf brown
pennies end 23 OuO.OOOnf nic-tel three
cent pic and about 200.000,000 of
the uicki-1 fivo cent iecfA Hi3 total
value of thr-se fiuUtni!Uir:ij various
coins ii put in round numbers tl0J,
UJO.WJL New Yark TUc-rai:-.
Canrasmn Flowew
A l?eotan AitvOTnl iAtrnfnfi frtfllA in-
austriol interests of the Caucases de
scribes the cultivation or tue pyre
thrum plant in the Caucases. - The
flowers of tho pyrelhrum (Pyrethrum
rose,um) are used for making the pow
der which is sold uwtsr various
name "insect ! powder," ". "Persian
powder," "death to insects," etc. In
Europe these flower aro only found
in Dalmutia. but these are white, and
not rose violet, like those of the Cau
cases. The Dalmatian pyrcthrum.is
greatly appreciated, and when its crop
is scarce tho Caucasian flower are
eagerly sought for, and their price in-
ko 7ivm Snf) tst RfKI npr cent
This was the case in 1887 and 1888.
Prices which had varied' between
throe and seven roubles for the pre
vious ten years, reached all at once,
in 1887, fifteen and sixteen roubles at
Tifiia- Formerly a certain quantity
of pyrethrum in powder was exported
from the - Cuucasus, but European
wero satisfied with receiving this deli
cate orticlo in this form because it
was discovered to bo mixed with for
eign substances, and growers in the
Caucasus could not reduce it to the
impalpable state requisite to preserve
its elHcacy. At the present time the
flowers only are exported. It is nec
essary thut they should be cut as short
as possible at the stalk, gathered whon
ripe, dried in tho shade and in a cur
rent of air, because iu the sun the bloom
and rose color are lost, and, lastly,
that they should not bo mixed with
other herbs when being gathered.. Re
cently a fraud has been noticed in tho
packages of Caucasian flowers, other
Howors resembling the pyrethrum,
and dyod the same color, being found.
The exports amounted to between
175.000 and 200,000 kilogrammes lost
year; of those three-fourths were bad
ly prepared, the season having been a
very rainy ono. " ' . , " '-.'; ;H
Cow and tattler Fight to a Finish.
A flffht to the death between a fine
milch cow and a larco rattlesnake oc
curred recently on llie larm oi alt.
Joseph Carter in .Bibb county. Ala,
Mr. Carter hud turned his cows into a
fresh pasture where there was some
very fine grass, which they began to
eagerly devour. A small ditch ran
through tho pasture, aud on iu bank
tho gross was very thick. The cows
were feuding iu a bunch on tho bonk
of this ditch when they scouted a rat
tlesnake and moved away with tbe
exception of oue large, black cow.
She stood for a moment looking in
the direction the snake was supposed
to be. The gross was very flne in that
direction, and the cow soon made up
her mind. She ventured a little fur
ther forwArd, occasionally stopping
and looking about her, evidently try
ing to discover the snake. She had
moved forward perbpps teu feet from
the point where the animals first scout
ed danger, when without tho cus
tomary warning''rutllo ""the snako
struck and buried it fangs in tbe low
er jaw of tho cow. Tho cow did not
run away, but backing slowly a few
feet sho stood still sovcral momenta,
lashing her tail from sido to side. Then,
with a mad bellow, she plunged U. -.
ward directly toward tho spot where
the rattlesnake was lying hidden in
the grass. The snake wa on the alert,
and again struck, -burying it fangs in
tho auimal' noso , this time. This
seemed to madden tho cow, and she
plunged forward, trampling the snake
in the ground with Jier fore feet and
trying m vain to pin it with hor horns.
Tho snake was soon out and trampled
to death, and the cow diod from the
effects of the two bites in a fow hours.
St. Louis Globo-Democrat, , ;
De of Good Chewsw
There are somo tjiings which seem
at first glance to bo matfcrs of temper
anient, but which longer contempla
tion assures u aro mutters of duty.
Among those Is tbe habit of cheerful
ness iu a fumily. . If wo are pjaced in.
families for each other' protection
and comfort and pleasure, each mem
ber of a family bos a part to perform
hi relation to every other one, which
part becomes a duty a a thii assign
ed for performance, and accepted, is
alwavs a duty. But in what degree
docs It contribute to any one' com
fort and pleasure to see a sour and
dour face constantly about ono, to
meet a morose manner, "reticent or
brooding, or to be called upon to be
the perpetual assuager of ait undying
grief, the boArerof burdens of confi
dential communications of sorrow, or
to be the witness of tears, if any other
member of the household ha been
subjected to wrong or loss or injus
tice? Thus it i as evident as the first
law of mathematics that a part of the
duty of each individual in a fumily is
to keep an even balance of good tem
per, and not to let those thing which
disturb ono' serenity in any way,
but in which the family have no di
rect sliaro, come into the bouse aud
moke an atmosphere of unpleasant
ness there. Even if the disturbing
cause is something in the family it
self, tbe duty holds in the tame man
ner; the matter, if it it serious
enough, should bo attended to at
once, and eon', posed and settled to
that good tern Kir and sercnify may be
restored. Harper's Bazar.
I
CaUferate Wlnea la taw a.
"The trade in California wines in the
east is steadily growing. There are
many people of wealth and taste in
this city wuo buy California wiuea for
home use. Many of these people have
been in California and visited its vine
yards, and loarocJ the merits of their
wines from personal inspection. But
the bulk of the California wine is
used by the middio claw, who desire
a good wine at reasonable price.
F bough not fully equal to the best
ranch wines, good California wine
som pares fa volubly with foreign
wine. Moat of it is hired by way
of Capo Horn. The four or Ova
tnonlLs' trip around Cape Horn im
proves the wine, provided it is well
fermented. Dry white nud red Cali
fornia wine retails in this city at from
eighry-five cents to fl.SO and higher
per gallon, and sweet wines at from
fl.2J to 3 and higher. Now Yon:
Bt'irit (JjucVm.
AT THE COMMENCEMENT,
Bnrdette Attends the Kxerelses at Two
Schools and Learns Something.
My son, a few weeks since. I was
called out to the great state of Illinois
to attend tho commencement exercises .
of tho high school in Dwight, a pretty
little town in Livingston evu(" You,
know about what a high sstiiooT com
mencement is; there were oration by
the young gentlemen and ladies upom
"The Golden Mean of Mental, Moral
and Physical Power," "From the
Mornlng to" the Evening," "Success,"
"A Plea for the Boy of Today " "A
Plea for tho Girl of Today," "John A.
Logan" and "Night Brings Out the
Stars;" yod know about, what it is.
Well, I listened and I grew interested
and I learned something that I should
have known a hundred years ago and!
I was glad I went to Dwight, 111.,
and attended a high school commence
ment. . , . .
On ray way back home I talked ft
all over with myself you know I like-
e foils rifVi mrsAlf rr, tliA Irain rmich.
W Ml . . . .v.. w... v.. - -
better than I do with a casual stran
ger. Becausp when I get tired I cars
shut myself up, whereas thd commu
nicative stranger who pulls hi mouth,
upon the defenseless traveler wilfc
sometimes hold him up from Chicago
to Brooklyn and talk him clear into
the Eden of The .Eagle office.
Thinkine over what the' graduates-
of tho high school hod said in oration;
and essay, I began to wish that 1 could
sav the same tmntrs in the same way.
I envied Louise Do Clorcq, and Nellie
food, and Bessie Huey, and
Dougherty, and Frederick Smith, and
nenrv Wood, and Bessie Huey. and
Charles Vickery and Nellie Jeffries
their views of life. They had a famil-:
iar sound, too, but I didn't quite recol
lect where I heard them before. But
it dawned on mo after awhile. In be
gan to remember an essay on "The
Press and the Ballot Box, which; at
the time I read it, I believed contained"
the essence of all truth and philoso-.
phy, and was a prophecy of what wa
to be within a very few years frons
the date of that masterly paper. And!
a bright, rosy tinted, glowing prophecy
u was. ,
. I said, "You miserable old cynic"
you see in these familiar conversations
which I hold with tho best man on the
train, I sometimes take things front
myself that I' wouldn't stand from
smaller man -"you miserable old
cynio, I know what is the matter with,
you; you have lost enthusiasm; and
losing that you have lost all the soul
that a man' work has. You have lost
enthusiasm, and that makes yon s
hireling; you have lost faith and that
shrivels your soul ; you have lost your
'hurrah' aud are of noearthly account
in a mass meeting; your waist baser-own
faster than your mind, and that
has made you lazy ; you are too old for
tennis, too scantiti the breath for base
ball, too active for cricket, too fond
of ease for society, aud because none
of these things aro right iu your line,
you say: iAli is vanity.' Everything
is vanity to a useless man. Get back
to the starter's scratch and begin over.
Look ut the world as do these young
sters and you'll' believe more in your
fellowmon and more in yourself. You
will correct certain mean tendencies
toward scolflng and burlesquing every
thing that doesn't please you,
I talked to myself like a deacon all
tho way across Ohio and ' Pennsyl
vania. Then, when I came east I at
tended a'college commencement. A
'great school; standard higher than
tho mortgage on tho Eiffel tower I
cowered hi a'corncr aud was pounacd
into a condition of numbness with,
Greek orations and Latin essays. And
tho English orations were marvels of
elegant diction, smooth, woll rounded
sentences, and the choicest ' English,
clothing the noblest sentiments, from
which at intervals solid chunks of
wisdom fell upon tho floor with adulL
sickoniug thud. It was grand, and
even .tho president nodded approval
and grave professors forgot their dig
nity and applauded.; And the presi
dent made a speech,' and two or three
learned doctors of law and divinity
made eloquent and thoughtful ad
dresses. But wise aud learned as it
all was I kept wondering where 1 had
heard it all before saving only tbe
Greek and Latin. All, yes: I had it.
. . ,v . . . i r i i.
Al uwigut. mats wnere i nearu it.
Sift the thought out of the language
of the high school out west and the
university down CTt, and it was about
the same thing.1 The same generous,
manly, brave, hopeful way of looking
ail things, the same earnestness, the
same enthusiasm that keeps the learned
doctors as young-and brave as the boys
whom they teach, year after year; the
same sublime confidence in bis pwn
ability to do a little better than any
other man in the vineyard, shaping
the thought and nerving mind and
body of tho high school ooy and the
college graduate; no wonder I envied
them. I felt grateful to them. 1 made
up what for the sake of brevity I
may be permitted to call my mind,
that I, would look at the world with
, u : - . . . l. i i l k i ; :
them; that 1 would grumble leas and
sing more; that I would close out my
stock of censure and put in a full line;
of praise; tlial I would sigh less fre
quently and hurrah moro loudly, and
upon slighter provocation.
1 am going to every commencement
at Haverford, my boy, between now
and the year when you will cross the
threshold, and you look to it that when
you graduate your old father won't
know nearly as much a you do, liob
ert J. Burdctte in Brooklyn Eagle. -
' Made a Mlacaloatatloa.
A fTtpalctjo pen seller called at
this otllce the other day.
"My dear sir," said he to Top, "do
you know how muc! time you loso
dipping a pen into ink? Ten dips a
minute means bX) dips an hour, or
6,000 dips in teu hour, and each con-"
sumes" '
Top Yes, I know; I have figured it
all out.
The P. P. a Aud yet 1 Cnd yon
still writing in tho clJ way.
Ton Yes,-1 am usin'tho re-.f pa
tent fountain pen you suid nio a! out a
month 870 using il iu the oij wa
beoa;ie it won't wriia any c;h r w;t v.
The P. P. S. Iks tara..n: 1 1 i
tha wro:ij iTieo. Goo-i ur.- .
i'rauctaco 'v.-'A's LtUor.