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J VOL. VI.
Now Year's F.to.
The old year's aluio-l fcniie,
Sweet luiiit,
He will not ino llic ilnwii;
The w iuil'a wi inl i v lino llii' wen Huml cirri"),
Tho l aiiant uu-th in III' dinkm-i- .-!- i J i
Only I he jjjuw i, tun In nilh liio'i. I n1'1 -Bi
inlili ns i lie mil k o' ihu iltiw v i..lil
The olil jrar'a tilmoM gnni'.
Much have wu Imt in tlm voir,
Sweetheart,
Treasures pi coiona and dear;
JhiTo wem kindly ili-pil Hup c mijjhl horn
done,
There were fniillc lion t f llmt lift nnwnn;
Ami lii'lila n licit, luilii lime kii-vvii ciiiiii of
win ill
Lie fallow iimler I tin Irnznn lull;
Much l-iiva wo loM in I lie yciir!
Wlmt huvu we Won in i he year,
.Hwrrtiii tut,
Itich ( iiri.livii nur I c itts In i liter'
Willi uin wtm lint pearl of pat ii ins. h.-nriit.
IIhh iniliiic i lp irrr iiiK'glil wr-uudi'?
Hut in m -si .-Hiving I'm- imlili' I'li.l-i
(illilll'll 118 I tlH bllflllll llill plll'pnSI- l lids?
Wlnil Inn i' vn mm in the jem ?
Wlmt have wu It II t lit il in ilin yeur,
Sni i ili' n I,
Snul t rut li eternal mill 1 luu?
Tiiul linir.liil m,i-IiI shall lie n t'i with pain,
TiiiiI what wo nave, alone in gain ;
I hut tl.o kitul'.y li'j hi imil Ih'i open Inn I
Am .water I n Ik s llutn hoii-t, iuhI I mil ?
Vtlnit have wo Inn in-1 in the i it ?
J Iih Now Vmir iliiH iii'ih i-loir,
Stvi'nilii ml,
flrnvrn rc-M the I I Vmu'h hior !
Duller mill duller 1 1 1 cinlii ti clnw,
I i!i pel' a in! I'tili'i-r lour ill or c. cum ;
Piny, lnv, I'm- thn weal nl urn inv.l-, thn, .
I''nr tlm lii'ii::ili in tin iiinl tlm i- in Lcnr
Fin love, I tin it 1 ifn ilium ili'nr.
.Mr. -'. .1. Ilthon.
RECEIVING CALLS.
"I am sixteen," s;iil Alexia Ardell.
n-solutfly. "anil I was put. into long
dresses lust month, iitt'l I'm- a tight to
conn- down, info tin' parlor iiitil sec
fiiiipatiy i n Vi'W Vein's !;iy '. n I
ant ..Hie (hat apa wonl l let me, If l,n
was Iti-rc. nii'l I '" !"
lex ill tin in till- UliiMIe nl' i lie
floor, with her jinny ;,'' lili-n hair lallini;
ivv hrr f.vei. lu-r eheeks l ining it
tnilil pin!;, atitl her u li-ile rsnin lie
inilieati o nl n nlve and fletei iiiiim-
tiull ill tlie i xtreliie-;! ileree.
Mr. Arilell li'. l;ei at her n ilespair
The to Mioses Searlett, let I ilatlu'titei -i
liy a I'nriner iuarri:ii.'e, viini Ales it's
not paitieilhlily lie ieii Mep-si-.ti rs,
sat as still' aiel prim an twn rarve.l
murlile images. "Ali-via's lemper'' was
pruvrrliiiil in Hi i.i'n'lv, ami tlie.--e
very proper aiel pre-i-.ly li-li.-t it
young women were wont tuaffivt tlie
(in atest ilisnitiy at its veheinent gn.its.
"Alexia," saiil Mrs. Arilell solemnly,
"in yonr ilear papa's ulwiire it is my
iluty tn t-nforee his pti i i jiK ittnl ear
ly ont his discipline. Vim are a ;;rcat
deal too youns; to rtrt-iva visitors on
New Year's I'ay, like N'erena ami Kr
tnenRarile. Yon are to go hack tn
huarding-schiiol to-inot rut."
"Hut !" eried Alexia, io dismay, "my
holidays do not expire until Wednes
day." "That is very true," said Mrs. Ar
rtell, compressing her thin lips tn a
mere slit ; eoiiseipienUy, y-m ian see
howlarjou have alrid,red yonr own
period of recreation hy your nnov
ernahle will."
Alexia, forgetting all almitt tin? six
teen years, and the lon dresses, lmr.--t
into loud weeping.
"I'ray, Alexia, don't he so silly," said
Verena.
"One would think," tartly spoke up
Erinen,rarde, "that you were a child
of ten years old. Of course, it is nil
for your own good "
"My own fiddlesticks !" irreverently
Interrupted Alexia, ns shelled from the
apart tnent in Hoods of undignified
tears.
Hut numbers are certain to compter,
in the long run ; and so Judge Ar
d ell's daughter was packed remorsely
olT to hoarding school, and Mrs. Ar
dell's two girls returned to their coir
mltations with tlm dressmaker In- the
grand gala-day of the year.
Verena, a pallid Lloude, with cold,
watery-blue eyes, and colorless flaxen
hair, was to wear Mun damask, em
broidered around thn skirt in palm
leaves of seed pearls.
Krmengarde, who had a little more
bloom, and ventured to call herself a
brunette, had chosen pink :-,i!in, with
cloudlike draperies of black laec ; w Idle
the matron herself, no had c xcmpliil
cation of the. jioet's idea of "fat, fair
and forty," was to wtar ruby velvet,
richly trimmed with point apliquo la -a
and a diamond cross, which, in the ah
Fence of her husband, she had hired
from an accommodating jeweler for the
occasion.
While Alexia poor, heart-broken
child, was sent ruthlessly to the de
pot, where Miss Gardiner, the govern
ess, was telegraphed to meet her.
lint Miss Gardiner, as it chanced,
did not receive the message in time, and
was not there ; and Mr. Herbert IM
ullyn my' there !
Alexia Knew Idui very well, she
hud seen him once at her stepmother's.
Me owned a brown Ktone house, front
ing on the f'entral I'ark, and n place
m ar J.ake George, called Helullyn Hall,
lie drove a pair of superb, high-stepping
h.irscs, and owned a pi i ale pic
ture -gallery ; and rruienuardit Si ail"tl
had selected him as the spei inl target
br the arrows of her ha e i-p, this
sea nil.
Mr. Helullyn remgiii-ed Al ia at
once.
"Miss Scarlett's litlht sister, isn't it?"
said he.
Alexia furtively whisked away her
tears, and answered:
"Yes."
"Is anything the matter '," said Mr.
Helullyn, "fan I lent' .service V Pray
command me, if -"
"If you could ph-a e take me home!"
said eager Alexia. "Very slyly indeed,
mind ! be.-au e l',e Li . ii m nt l.ai k to
boarding-si'linnl l fore the holidays are
out, jit't liecau.-'.ii Ytrcii.i, I'ruiengarde,
alhi lliatllllia cnn.'-idel' Hie I hi httle to
set! company on New N ear'- day."
"This ii serious trouble 'ndi-i-d !"
said Mr. Ilehilhtt. laughing.
'ih, it is, in, Iced !'' sigli' d Alexia. "I
am sixteen, vm know, and I slciild sn
like tn lie a y mug hi.ly, like Verena
and I a iiiengaiiie ! but. vnii see," re
turning tn the subject, "Miss Gardiner
IS lint here tn reciive tin-, and if you j
would please take me back in your
carriage, I would creep ;n by the ana
gate, and perhaps perhaps, 1 shall he
'at home' on New Year's day, after
all Hut," her large, dark eyes sudden
ly bhuing into ituliguatinii, "you are
laughing at me !"
"Not laughing. ymt, Miss Aid. II,"
he had' Hed tn explain "only with
von !"
"Miss Ardell !"
Alexia's heart leaptd at this delic
ious tribute tn her young ladyhood.
.She felt pi-muler still when Mr. Helullyn
hi lpi'd her into his carriage and they
drove awav.
"Leave me at tho corner of the
street, plca-e," said Alexia. "It would
never dn tor iiiamnot and the girls to
see me in your can dago ! And laui.n
garde would be so vexed !"
AtulsotliH little wildgip-y stole in at
the area-gate; and bribed the cook with
a kiss and a string of atuh -r le-nds, not
to betray her --hi r.-pt it imis re entrance
inln the family circle, while Mr. !h -b;il
it weal ho. no to wonder w hat He re
Wit -. i fa-'imiting m Alexia Aiih lCi
rnuuil, I i 1 1 1 )-. 1 faee and li'tlid, dark
eyi -.
"A 1 1 ! I I iiMleed '" he said to li i lil-
eeli. -""'ie i.. a Woman, and a danger
ously l.'ielv woman, too -oidv she
doe -n't know it! Kyes lifct pt.ls of
dee), camel brown; hair all glis'ening
likt t ;t!iu!' s nt Min!iim I.it o Alex
ia, if you en ul. 1 only see yourself as
others -ee i, ii, von might be tempted
tobewiiii! 1 s liall make a point of
calling at .lu-lge Ard'-ll's house on
ew Yi ar's dav, and if Miss Alexia is
nut th'-ic, 1 shall iiitaiuiy inquire for
her !"
The pink satin dres ; vindicated Mine.
Chaussa's taut" as an artistic dr-ss-inakcr
; the blue ilaina -k came home in
time tn be tried on and ir .nounced '
"perfect," on Saturday night ; and on '
Monday, the Mise-s Scarlett dressed !
themselves with judicious care, and :
nianv lavings with rose Wider and
cautious applications of pearl-cream
and blush-piuk.
The diaw iug rooms, tic. orated with
hot-house down's, and illuminated, not 1
with vulgar gas, but with the white j
lustre of many wax caudles in myritnl
branehed candelabra, had been person
ally inspected by Mrs. Ardell before
she went to make her toilet, and the
little room at the back, where the
judge ordinarily kept his boots, and
overcoats, and Turkish pipes, had been
transformed into a smilax-garlandcd
bower, where taint lights glowed j
through shades of Nile-green glass, anil
the most elegant and asthetic refresh
ments weio arranged in i A mnr- en
amelled ware, trays of i-'ioiissh silver,
and baskets of I'rt sden China.
And, just at the time when Krmen
garde Wiis saying to her sister "Uuw
do 1 look, dear V" and Yerena was
twisting herself into the shape of a
letter S, to see the back of her false
pugs and plaitings in the mirror. little
Alexia was enthusiastically tossing
about the contents" of an old cedar
chest in the store-room, which con
tained the long forgotten wardrobe of
the first Mrs. Judge Ardell.
"Oh," she cried, thh is beautiful!"
ami she unfolded it scented robe of
long China crape, crimped like the
shingly bars of tho finest sea-sand, and
embroidered in fantastic figure (if
scarlet silk. "I'll wear thh, "
"Hut it's so odd and I'ld-fashi iued,
miss." said Louisa, the maid.
"That is the very charm of it !" pro
nounced Alexia. "Oh, do make haste,
Louisa, w ith my hair ! Are yen sure
you can do it like the plate in the fash
ion book !"
Mrs. Ardell was arranging th folds
of the point 1 1-" over her shoulders,
when Miss r ' i a rushed up stairs.
"Mamma, Kiiiiengarde !" she cried,
"who is the lady down stairs y"
down sf n'r" '" i-; -e: i
an 1 daii".lil' i in anri e
Itieiil.
"Ileci-iviti'i Mi. Ilelultyn in o'tr
draw ing r om itii. bnathies- 'e
ren.i. 'In the l'iel:i,il. ilea d-wlute
dress, brocaded in s. at let silk, and I 'tig
golden hair braided with ntOi pi' I!"
man pearls."
"My dear," said Mn. Ardell, "yon
must be crazy !"
And botii : he an-1 l.rinengardn hur
ried down stairs, just in time to see
the In iiiil il ul voiill'! in'i'lder enlllte.y
a gracious greeting to two of the jeii
ness don-ft of New York.
"Ah !" said Alexia, with the utmost
self-possessjiiti, "here is tiiainiiia now,
and my sisters. Iion't, move, Mr. He
lullyn," she ald' d in a lower tone,
"I'm iptitu .-a!' 1 1 1 , . Mamma won't
dare to scold me belun nip any."
And Mrs. Ardell and the M.s ,e. Scar
lett wre forced to dige-t their ra.'c
and luortilieatiou as best they could.
I'or Alexia oiitshotie tliein as a teal,
criiiis'illdieiii ied lose outshines t he lui'-
liner's lalse presi riliiiir iil - a.s the ilia
ailloud outshines the wretched paste
I ornament ami they knew i' but too
Well.
Gut success excuses everything, and
Mrs. Ardell could not Inil pi rceive that
the ipiaitit young beauty, in the an
ti'pte dress, was einphatieally a suc
cess, "Alexia," .she cried, when there was
a temporary lull in the stream of caller-,
how dared you play us such a
trick V"
"I did il for fun, mamma," said Al
exia. "And if voii scold me, I shall
I tell Mr. Helullyn. It was he that
i brought me back from the depot, and
he is my frimtl. "
"I never heard anything .-o insolent.
I in my life !" cried Krmengarde .'-ear-I
lett, turning pale with anger.
! "She ought to bo locked up for a
week on bread ami witter," said Ve
rena, passionately.
Hut Alexia only arched her eyebrow s
and smiled.
During that New Year's day the
child had Mourned out into a woman.
Alexia hit I discovered her own talis
man of power.
They could none of them ever scold
or tyrannize n i r her again. She had
n. in. ire fears of being sen. bu k to
boarding school.
Hut Miss Krmengarde Scarlett could
hardly conceal her spile the next day
when Mr. HclulUn came to a-k Al
exia out to drive, imr when boiiipiets
i vith tartls attin-ln-.l. kept arriving for
Alexia
"Mamma
she said, "what is to b
done ';"
' 'Nothing, that I can see.
said Mrs.
Ardell. drily. "The child can't helj
being n beauty, I suppose."
"she will have to go everywhere
with us now ," said Vereiiii, plaintively.
"I tried my best to keep her back,"
sigln d Mis. Ardeil; but she has pre
cipitated hcr-elf into society."
An I pretty Alexia Ardell reigned
the belleof the seas ,n. and in the spring
Mr. Hclidbn asked her father for her
hand in marriage. The judge, honest
man, stared in amazement.
"I 1 thought it was Krmengarde
you fancied !" said he. "1 knew she
liked you !"
"I am too i,, itch honored," said Mr.
Helullyn, without changing a feature;
"but I have never aspired to that hon
or. It's Alexia, and Alexia only, that
1 love !"
"lh!" said the judge. "Well, suit
yourself suit yourself!"
And so before she was quite seven
teen, Alexia Ardell was inari ied, and
Krmengarde and Verena had the drawing-room
all to themselves upon the
next New Year day.
Hut they were not satisfied, after all.
Some people never are satisfied.
I.ltlnir Morses,
A foreign journal avers that horses
are successfully cured of this vice by
putting a piece of hard wood, an inch
and a half square, in the animal's
mouth, about the same length as an
ordinary snaffle bit. It may be fast '
plied by a thong of leather passed
through two l.iles in tho ends of the
wood, and secured to the bridle. It ,
must be used in addition to the bit, but
in no way to impede the working of
the bit. liarey adopted the plan w ith
the zebra in the Zoo, which was a terri
ble brute at biting. Mr Harpy sue (
ceeded, however, in taming and train
ing him to harness, and drove him
through the streets of London. Ani !
inals with this vice should be treated
kindly in the stable and not abused
with pitchfolk handles, whips, etc.
An apple, crust of bread, a piece of ,
beef. etc. and a kind pat, but linn.
watchful hand and eye, with the use
of the above wooden hit, w ill cure the
most inveterate biter. The fact that
he cannot shut his mouth or grip anv
tli'tig soon dawns upon him, and then
he is con piereil
Thirty -eight different nationalities j
ate ruled by the czar of Russia,
"Til-
I" til IIK'tlll I
CTIiLDREir COI.l'MN.
A IHoMiiili l.ixt
Oh, lull me, liaviiymi ki-cii Imr.
My canning, bnuhi.ei I potT
Bbe ran away thl mornings
I haven't found hiir jet.
I'va called, and kept on mllini;:
8he rinean't come to me.
My darling little Biosmmi;
Oh, dear, where can alio fin?
Yonll know her if urn nr lier,
Her hiiir'n ao and in,, I lino;
Plie's not a common kitten,
That Utile oat of mine.
Ilaik, now! I tbounlit I Imiid lier ;
j Why, there he in, jnu wot
j Ton naughty, naaulily kitten
j Come right ktraiclit hero to m'
J Llltl Hum
I .Turn was a dear little humming-
bird. Grandma ( and him one cold,
wet morning under the grape-vino by
j the back porch, She brought, him into
i the warm sitting-room and gave bin'
, some hot milk to drink.
! Soon ho opened his little bright eyes
1 and looked around, but he did ii"l stir.
He lay in grandma's hand a if dead
: ami soon she put htm in th" bay
', w indow ainoiig the flowers.
Then he i.iiue to life pretty quick, I
can tell you. May put some sweet
j ened witter in a saucer under the big
1 gi milium, and he soon began to sip it
j just as he got the honey out of tho
bright foweis Halting his little
tin;.'ii- in and out n quickly we could
hardly see it.
i He soon h allied that we w ere his
friends, and was a i happy as could be,
I flitting about among grandma's Mow
! ers in the sunny window.
All through the cold w inter he lived
there, and amused Ms with bis quaint
, little ways; but when spring came ho
grew uneasy, stid one day, when a
: beautiful hltl" green-ami gold hum
: ining bird was Milting about in the
' garden, we let him go tree and they
i went away together.
He liked Hi free life the best, f..r
i we never snu him again, al'hotigh wo
i watched among th llowers in the gar
i den all throituli the long siimim r days.
"I ( mi mill Will."
A writer in the l'emi:ilhl tells of a
, boy w ho was wise i uo.igh to decline
, the assistance w Inch would have Weak
ened him mentally and injured his
self-reliance. The story, which con
vey its tiioial, is a; follows:
1 I. now a boy who wai prepared to
niter the junior ila--ot the New York
I iiivei'sily. lie was studying trigo
: noiiu try, mid 1 gave him three exam
ples for his next lesson.
The follow ing day In- came into rny
room to dcuioiisti.it- his problems.
1 Two of them he uiiderstnod, but the
third -a very dillieult one- he had not
i performed. I said to him, "shall 1
help yuuV"
".No, sir! 1 ran and will doit if you
give me time."
1 I said, "1 will give you all the time
you wish."
The next day he came into my room
to recite a lesson in the same study.
"Well, Simon,' have you worked that
example."
i "No, sir," he iin wi red; "but I can
and will do it. if you give ute a little
more time."
"Certainly, you .hall have ail the
time you desire."
1 always like these boys who are
: determined to do their own work, for
they niako our best scholars, and
men too. The third morning you
; should have seen Simon enter my
room. I knew he had it, for his w hole
face told the story of his success.
Yes, he had it, notwithstanding it
had cost him many hours of the sever
est mental labor,
i Not only had he solved the problem,
but. what was of infinitely greater
importance to him, he had begun to
develop mathematical powers, which,
under the inspiration of "I can and
will," he has continued to cultivate,
until to day he is professor of mat he
matics in one of our largest colleges,
and one of the ablest mathematicians
of his vears in our country.
Millions Tor Defense.
An Iowa j apt r is responsible for the
follow ing, w hich evidently refers to
the He v. O. flute, of Iowa City, He
must have been troubled with chick
en thieves last summer :
An Iowa city clergyman has 153
hires of bees, which are arranged
around his hen house, and when he
hears a thief fooling round that t stal
lishinetit in the darkness, he just lies
still and waits fo hear a hive upset,
and then laughs at the sound of wild
yells gradually dying away in the dis
tance. Practlrul Fu mu r.
Not Knoiigh Line.
There are fish, scientific authorities
ell us, that live in the mean, at a
depth of 2.0ti feet below the surface.
There, we alw ays knew there w as some
reason why we never caught any bsh.
We told the last skipper wo fished with
that 8(H) feet of line wasn't enough.-Uavkeyr.
Tin: sroniTMiVMii.
A ltniiiiiiN Itntaril A limit tliu I.OM ' n
StVKlloiv- lallt l nt.
'I dear," said Mrs. Spooperidvl.e,
b i"'.iiig away from her refredmieiit.
til - and regarding the e!l'e 1 w ith her
hea I very much on nun side ; "my
dear, what, are you going to wear
when you make, calls on new year's?"
"Clothes, I suppose, returned Mr.
Spoopendyke, looking up ftom Ins pa
per. "Why, has tin; fadiimi changed
recently about wearing clothe'." a. id
Mr. Spoop, nib ke regarded h's wife
with an anxious look of inquiry.
' Hut you should wear your swallow
tail coat by till means," continued
Mis. Spmideti'lyke. "All III" g' lllle-
iiien wear swallowtail cnalsnu new
year's day now.
"Well, if you think jmi are gtjng !
strap ine up in a two tine I coal an I
start me around this town looking liko
the head waiter of it dollar-aiid-a half
Milliliter re.ort, you're just as La lly !! t
iis a oiin armed iiiiia al a ehuicli -;
per ! I may be d d gabled ass i ti"ii,h
to Imp an urn, I In the various old hen
roo ts, wishing the contents a happy
new year, hut when you melt me into
a clothespin jacket it'll be win n reason
no longer Iclds her se,, jt, this d" l
g.i ted bra ii !" v it!i which application
of a I rite quotation Mr. sp inpendy I:"
settled hint-elf I'i.' k and -m t -ni j !.t t I
his w ife with ii lofty ylam e of sup -rioiity.
"I If course, if you doli'l w an1 to,"
replied Mr. spo 'pettdyke. sun; hiu -dy.
there won't be any great nbjc, lioti
raised to your I usittess suit. Ilciib-s,
now that I think of it, the ths ..of
into your dress cat, and I doti'i think
it is lit to ie se at," and she put a f' v
finishing touches on her la-'le, a i 1 a 1
mired it. from another stando-cui.
"Let's see it. !" ih-ui.oidc I Mr. -,';
pendy ke, springing from Lis hv an I
making for his closet, closely ,'!i ,Wi "l
by his wife. "What's the matte, with
it? What's th" moth got to do wii't
it? Who put mollis in it?" and Mr,
Spiiiippiidyk' riim:n'igel nr -und an I
fired his dniliing in all dir.-ei i ,n , in
his vain M-an I: be-the part .ciilar gar
ment. "WllelC is it ?" he Ic'W.e.i, sc.ll-
ti ring his wardrobe broad' a-t. "Have
the luea-ly moths eaten it all up'
Didn't they leave even a button Icle
show Hi:- my out! I'.iinoi:. lie
split in tho tail.' If there' noMi'inr
else left, give me one last, fond glance
itt, the arm holes !" and Mr. - pen
dyke kicked hi best trousers to the
ceiling, followed them with a e..
which he suptdi nieiited with a pier of
boots. "Show nit the great Vath
Aiie riean moth fodder ! IVl'li I'. rih
unparalleled diet for tie- m -a dy .im'.h !
Are we ii nation?" yelled Mr. poopeu-
dyke, jamming his thumb in the d
and hopping around t ie ro-nu with the
injured digit in his mouth, "Hod ':a t
the door:" he howled, bringing d a
pro ligious kick that bent hi - leg up
miller him like a sel 1 girl'
"Mill yon hurt yourself, dear ." a-i.ed
Mrs. Spoopendyke, dodging the il. i,,
boot and clothing.
"lines it look its if I'd hurt the door
any?" deinniulel Mr. Spoopeady ke,
jamming his thumb in his aruipd, and
bending double with the pain, "Mm
that door give the impression f hav
ing smashed its thumb anywhere'
Why didn't the inn'hs cattle- d-or .-"
Iloisl 'cut out and give 'em a feed I"
And Mr. Spoiqiendy ke caught the of
fending wicket by the kn h and
tugged until he was out of biea'h.
"IVrhaps it isn't so had al'!- r all,"
murmured Mrs. Spoopendvke, indow
ing him around the room in a Irnah- .
effort to cab li up with him.
Tr'hups it ain't !" roared M' spoo
pendyke, holding his thumb mil a
arms length, "l'r'aps you've ii"t so n..
scheme for milking it worse' n!i, go
ahead ! Don't mind me , T ike the
thumb, friend, and do your worst!"
And Mr. Spoopendyke dropped in!.,
tils chair and groaned with wrath.
"It's agood thing for this family tha
i ciin control myself I" he howled, - it
I was like most men the lot on which
this house stands would be a good
place to build!" with which solemn
prophecy Mr. Spoopendyke spwg to
his leet, kicked the chair in:. it! b-
noxious closet and snorted aloud.
"I didn't mean your thumb, ib nr."
explained Mrs. Spoopendyke. ! was
talking about the coat. May be the
coat Isn't In such a had condition as 1
supposed it was at lirst."
"Think they left a pocket any
where?" inquired Mr. S unpen ly ke.
with a grimace, half pain and halt
anger. Or pr'aps you thing that sin, e
the moths eat the c- at I cau wear the
moths! Hring them ont! Ibid
'em up while 1 climb into the sleeves !
That's your idea? Thai's the noiloii
that's been bothering you sn long?"
"1 don't know but what you , an
wear the coitt. any way ? ' chi,p, Mrs,
spoopendyke, linn-king up cheerfully,
and opening tho door of lu-r clo.-t,
where she had carefully hung the coat
after sponging it that very day. "You
can look at it, anyhow," and -he
brought it .-ul, looking a !-"." and
fn-sh as when he bought it.''
"Then tli- re's something you d-Mi't
l-:n..', ." he gi limbic-!, eyeing Ins t-'ju- j
v eii.'i' d g!iriii"'t with ii ct 'ii nl eye.
"i I' a'! v.. i d ,ii'i ' ... .vv eo"l I ,,ily be
dumped i;. logeiii-T, .' if a. i i ' ' asy
lum it would mi!;., tor -"lie- ymmg I
and gi-iv- in" t. i a i 'I a'..'iig you
an i ill. . - i e: . i ! m air pump ,
it-e I a . ' . - -I- I- i d ! ga -to i
a num. Limine tie- cal, " and Mr.
si pendyke gra-p-l h. : iiii' Ui, and
this v, it over Io- wife'-, v.!?. ' a kit t
for wife ko.-j.-n .. an I wi nl I . ' "I ;
w rapped in a el.iit l .a ..,,.l :. .-.''-
'.' II HI, I
Why January I N New Year.
l'.veiy one knows that January 1 is
the ot nuitl!' of the v 'If, but Hot
even' one knows why i' i It
mar' - no oat urn! un i '"'I "I tine- tmr
any event in tin- v. m Id's hi dory which
W oil I p-ve it SllCil did ittet loll. Til"
U lite;- ...!-; e th:'' is. the pel in 1
W iiell the ,-nti iippi .1 s t-i fe. II o its
greatest southern b-n-i-'ii. -a' fur
thest point mcO'i oi ti,.. equator, urs
Di -e:,-l : nine days b-l'"'-e the fit w
ye.e b. -.ms. The -'ll-l o--f s., die",
am.:!:' i- li'ifural il. x is- -,ii of time,
-furs mi , Inn-' J.', a point n ai 'v il
far I'einoM I from 'In- te w year ii- the
eiiietidar pern::! -. Th" natural tlivis-b-ii
i i f lime wi,;. !, i e-t theinselve
id - !!.. to the j.i h in-:i. obs' fVer iire
tie n til i .in I Minimer solstices iiud
i'.i- vernal and aufunuial e,pi!tio;is,
p -ri-i'ls at wlii' Ii tin- days and nights
.have equal h-ne-th or (heir greatest
dilb retl-e. The-" ha iier !' n lienlect
"d, t.. in., "i"-, plia- s ". .mid - : i' to
have b "'Il in t !:! elv t., I... ii i i upon.
Hut iiiii- r'..il 1 ' so-, w h" in t-i I-. c.
gavi' us our ti w x .sr. governed by'
capri r r a- ns ol th" i-i"-i te'npn-
rarv iui.il ion, dc; ;-.i t. .1 I iota tin
former If -man m!i-iii of reckoiiiti-; I no
y.-ir Ir-nn the wi-it-rs.il tiee and ,a !e
t h" coiiccne,'i. it i.'i ,!;in i:av I f.-r
!!- ! otter P .Is -u I .-CI II " l',es:e 'o
itiau iiira! ' his r.i r,n wiiit a new
'!t ' li.
'!: ' ,c-a'eim .-.y.s'cni, del ised by
the ai I "I !. '-iuenes. en .: ;', it; I lit- ;
ordiii t! io- --1 :'. ,o -lay - .nil !he
I. -Hit I. or ' :: .r-iui.try yi ar "f o'-''.
The -ii'l: , id-'ti ' I tin- year i-it i
in -tilths w ;.s s.iiola!' :.. the pr-:.el;t sys
: mi. 'flit it-, .si'-u of time, iho.igh
impel f. ot. is M.ll practiced ill l.'ussiil.
I he erioj- e. a i;t giving the year
... ;- i day -, w In. li is t io much by
a bo: ,t 1 1 'a 'a i is I 'ope Gregory ;
Mil ordered '; t -l'cr ".. l"'--. to be ,
i ailed t't" l-Mli. an 1 that all ceufurial
years u!'. !, ai" ii ! iituil iplts ol '. ''
-!:o dd li- I e I- year., which .;: - :
- oti ol' i lire b in years in eeiy i .
y. ars ghes t iio ci i! year an aw rage
leUL-'tli of 'i';.'i .lays, ', !..nr., I'd n.iuuti s
and i.' -ids, w Io h st , ex- ' eds t-.e
true solar ye.'tri'y :i I I'.n tl"n of .a -on-l,
whicli a'-e mnls t i a day --lily iil '
i.i'i! years. Tin-present, or Gr--'nri- :
an, syst, to is n I by all I 'hi : .? ;: !"in.
except liiissia. if was adot-led by
Lnglaiid to Ii'-'iJ a:, I by frame in
la'. I.
I'ri-'r to tlie rel'o' inat.on of the ei!
eitdar by Julius -':- tr. iind many :;
t ii r its iii'terw nrd, t h" u. t h,-ls of d-v:d
ill! tllll" We,'.' V.ili- II-. j fl- .lt- -I ,-l!l I
imperii cf. The 111 "U -a i- the : T
w Inch i.t 'ni'M, . d ana fo'i i-rie d :
naiioas, and : r. - t nuii, i ..'
arian, e bet w ecu 1 he ii.it n .i! aim , : , .,
Veal'. Tie- lfll.i"",-- lci-!s ol i'.e
Christian cbor '; a-'esl ll re;-: Je.l b .
t!i iii, ion. The t "I' i! i 1 'x ;- pr.
wdetllha' I'asler, I i - i - tin a' , -i" by
Which if! ol ot i' ,,.i oi ' Imf I' t .'li
eu till' ii!'-' I'X' !, -I. 'Ill ; I l.l "! the , .- -1
sanday alter the i d'st r,,l, nio.-n
citrriti'j "ti or idler Mar' h .'I. Mi'
complex Itlct. toil el 111 IS ,1U ' h' -e i ' ' 1 '
I I ri"-ls corn-spoil I wiih the c,l year
is ewdellee en .ng'i "i ' C-e ,! '., .il'y !
arraatring any sysii :n for the i i.iiipul.i
ti'-n , l t;in" by the '-neo-.i-i.i'ii mo n "
t in r w - ok atei iiiont h a t- no' li.it .t i i !
divisions, of time, t!i--.t - ii ..ute ;.t--retiions
ett-.'ti haw- bi.it load' t
t race some e.-ntie -f :on be- mi o il nrai
jdietiomena and the period of m-vcu
ilavs. ,
Superstition fauil Hair.
The idiii. ol s.iwtees and i t , or
ci 'input riots .ib, ut tlie tn .-! e: ions con
lie tloll which is suppn-ed to exist "be
tween the cut I-' k ot 'iirr and person
to whom ii I t .I'tig' tl." are shown to In
often ideiiti, a!. It si-n.-s t nil' m I re
land "it ;'- lf',1 that iilfitilll 1i.ni
should never be buried, hcran e ;it the
resurrection the former owtn roi (tie
hair w 11 1 1 mu to seek it ." and that
it oit'dit not to be lofit. "ict som
bird sliU'l laid it and at a v it off,
causing the oh tier's hea l to a- 'n jdl
the lime the bird waslni-y Woikti,;
the hair into its nest." A -- iin 'vhat
siini! ir bi hi f lies :it the loot H i nre
for w lumping cough current in North
amptonshire and Devonshire. A ha r
of the put ifiit's head is placid lefween
two slie i f buttered hrc.fl it'i'l g'W-'l
to 11 -! "g. "The d'lg Wi'l get the
cough and the patient lose it."
Flreliglit riefnrrs.
Tlm flreliglit fta keiK in tho open grate.
Ami sIiikIowd flit iiliiti! lli wnll,
I mil fl,oiies shoot up, like lm"d of fato.
An I Kiiinhitr tilinun aeetim over till.
Ami as I -il hiiiI in luney ptiint
J'ii-t in tis in tlio fiielilit'D -xlnm,
I Hi e sonii! ill- to Hull milk" m faint
K- i-aliiiij! j,-js and d- ep -lo-puir.
Pceiin of tin- linppy l"tt :
Wlii'ti l ie was ,utiti ittnl li.'po wnt hiRh,
When lili-'a rivnr ran with peu'iilul llnw,
A ml h art ne'er nt In lips il eUh;
W it- ti love iiiii.fi'BlMlie itarlli look lirislll.,
1 in- lutuie, heiivcu, iiidiwd, on earth;
r. It rtni ki iif-l el-iii-1 tin;;od with a light.
I. sli uii-iiietit uivlng nnw Joys u h.rth.
Ii.il j' i s iiml hive have liidi-d now,
And suit I let hk- Ihu -hiit flume i
til n l n, inks mf en in v limited lirw,
Ai -I I -. j r 1 1 1 - is I : it n lllllllO.
Cut iii !i i -'l'l iln.ith hns kis-ed uiy eyoa,
An I I nni i iill'-'l loi'ii i.utli nhovo
T.i ' .! .-! ' 1 l-oiiie i.h 've the, .slue",
I ,1 loi.ev I';,- Ii"", ..' pi-tll't-t love.
. M (.',; ,ii Cii'i A.imef, .V f-
lit .MOiMU'S.
y. i i... lady called her beau
"H-.ney suckle," becati-e he is always
ha-i;.-;.i'r oi .1 the front ritilings.
M-'liere. th" !'i'ir.eh tenor, went mat
over his own whistling. In this
eoi'.ot i v th" n--igli'i-.rs geiii-rally do
that.
h- n a billy goal unceremoniously
hint , a man down, if can be truthfully
si; I be is the p--W'T behind the
throne"
-ii. ma"' exclaimed a lit 1 1 girl,
glancing at the steam -gunge on a
.stii'ioiiarv cugin-. -fs sixty o'clock.
I didn't kn.w if e i r got so late a
thai."
y-eiiig col. .red man of Illinois is
.-aid to haw- made a fnt'luiie of ;' I
witliiu a year We tiispeit he
-.-io la It w months as pericr -m a
I '-iii:i' i:i pidai-e c;ir.
ON I III. I IS'S I II li.
i he -on anil !e ir i' out
In ..,!,,' the k;iii and .ii;.
' fw ,'s ell 111 'Kill-' i lie
'I li,-v ti.nl; ti'-- m mi I liair.
"Ye:, sir." said tiie dt ti-etive, "I'll
look tiphis cliaraet-r. I'.y the way:
Mn wis, to a-.cenain that he's a
nice !' bud person? I always bketo
pl-'itse my customers."
And what is this animal called?''
a ked the teacher of tin- clais in
natural history, a lie pointed to a
picture of a sloth. "And the class all
shollled at ' lice: " messenger boy !"
In n flu- doctor advised I'.rmvn to
take i are of Ids health, Hrowii re
turn ked, with a feeble smile, that
really it was so poor that h" tlidn't
think if wu ; w-nth whib- taking care
of it.
Th- rmpress of Kitssia has just
oil!, -ied ii fur-lined, linmond-be-
P atu-le-l cloak, at il cost of fbl.OOO.
i : . "iii-si., you will cut, out this para
rraph before ymi give thn paper to
your wife to read.
Winn a man's wife comes in and sees
him. liii-r in hand, and with his lace
all lather, and asks him; "Are you
sli. t ing?" it's a pr .voking thing for
him to answer- "No, I'm blacking the
!oe."biit it is in human nature to so
reply.
i -ne cannot be I",, careful of his
health, warm days. A t rump caught
. '.I .m I died the other day front
t hi ..w ng aw ay a l"t of cold victuals,
lb- had work" I himself into a high
si i' of perspiration begging the
e I mils.
:il.iri-'s of ew Y-ifk Sclintil Teachers.
Tin- salaries paid to principals and
I iiehevs iii th" New York schools vary
a. orhaigfo ihe attelidancp of the pre
v ious ytiii-, tin-length of service, etc.
A male print ipal receives f ioin $2,J.ii
fins:!, , depending on the average at.
tendance ; a f- male principal of a
grammar so! 1 is pai l from $l,2fVi to
s I, it'll-, th" salary ol u primary school
piitii ipal being c-Ji ' less ; these sill
ai ics also depend on the average at
teinliin, f until the woman has been it
p: in- .pal f.-r foiutc' u years, when she
mu), by it vote of the Hoard of Kduea
t .on, be given the maximum salary of
itl.T.'.i' or jd,'." regardless of the num
ber of npils in her school. When a
i: rl is a; pointed a teacher she receives
.-b'i the hrst year. t, which $' or
i. lH'i is a itb-d alter that time. Tlie av
era m- salary of it primary school teach
or i .-'"-i"1, women only being allowed to
teach in the primary schools and the
girls' grammar schools. In the hitter tho
aw rage salary is jfTJo. In the mule
g' nuiutur schools the nverage salary tif
a male teacher is $sim, anil of liiiil"
tea .iter Jl,''''". When a man is first
ai '."inted a tciielier be receives fTm',
and thesecoinl year he usually receives
I,'-'11". Special tea'-lier in German
and music receive l.i an hour, and
in drawing ?J an hour. The principal-
of tlie evt ning schools are paitl l
ii ni'.rht, the men teacher fj.5i, iind
the woiiuiu teachers J. Jitnitors to
five from sS-'-i"! to f 1..VMI a year, tlieii
pay la ing graded aeeording to the m;-
t their school building, the number
of stoves in them, etc