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1 ! Ill llllll W"lk ill llll l.l ling : I 11 it ,
All I tlli-n- lllr lingrls uhii-li ti in I hltlr lest
Till I'lii-i'i-il Ii H i l i.n tli.' Mlrnl l'irii-1 ,
Ami tin ii- mi' In nil- w IimIi IhmiI Willi : 1 1 mi--poke,
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Hit I.;". It. llulil l'i lite I'm i int.
THE BUG MAN.
nx I I. hi; i.. vv. r.i ii:i.ii.
The proverbial si raw had lirokcn the
iiictuphmir.il camel's back. Tin pati
tif il' 'harl'itt'j llrautom-, usually
e.pial In I In: exigencies ni thi' neeasiim,
was exhausted. The twins, as a mat
ter nf culirc, were III'' culprits. They,
however, wild t In' complacency nutur
al In I M iy .1 nf si ur thereabouts, with
imliiirrent to the li"iinMt nl' despair
which rag-d t r i i i r t their sister's
iTi'iist. I hey lia I considerately n -t
r.i 1 1 - -i fi'.im ailing deceit lit liicir
Intuit, lull hit ciinlt'S'i'il, I'ully aii'l un
reservedly, to rilling tin- canary's ne-t,
.i tearing .( j h Im I. aii'l losing a lial
ilnwu I In1 well, l'i i'aliiii llii' strawln'r
i ii'-i i hat wcri-savi- l fur stipp'r, ati-t
to -..! '-Iii'i- tlu'ir HM-t r.nlliliil lien
willi a I -1 honk. Tin! I'lsli-hunk ri'p
r-s-i it I--! Hi" straw : Oiarlntii' -. rani-i-l.
!n luiil l liavi' li'ini" .mytliinn
1'i'itrr than ilnv. nriglil rm-liy ilrvi'lup
fl :.i I'.irly ill HMD nf her own lil niil.
S':i' ni", it was it iny.
"An I ii hi. in was liui'.'," sai'l P-ipii-y.
"A l'i-; in. in." uliiiit-'iTi'il Wnjisi'V,
t!i" ntluT I win. "Ati'l h" a-Ui'il 11 s
,-ili.uil rviTU liin. iiu I W" sai'l inn
iii'itlu r w.i.ii"t vi iy writ ami mil' -istiT
was an M iii.mI m-'iuoI in.i'iiin,"
t'liai'li'tl" Mim-'l. W'hi'iii ha-l h"
picKril up that I'vpri'ssinu f Anil h.nl
it ciitiiitn i hat 'f
"Yiiii urns! tint t ill; tn sti.in,'!' ini'ii
ali nit uiuth'-r ur ni". W hat 'II I hi'
w ant '!"
"II" waul ril in so' ynii."
"Mi'V" 'i-i"Ms nl I riiiiips, nf spy
in I'Hi'u'lars, mi y thry ha I n 1 1 1 i 1 1 r In
'1'iir.u'h'," as Pupiry ha. I siii'l uin ilay,
rainr iut.i lu r uiiiiil, "ll'iw ilil Ik;
I. ink?"
"Il" was liriiiit 1 1 nl.' "lln was ilrral
I'ul," siii'l tin- tu u in ilui't.
l-'iirlhi-r iiii'sti'iiiiiiir rlii'tfil tln'
farts: II" w as ymin In was nM; h"
Was shml; lit il4 I. ill; hi' Wnl'i' spi'rt-
aril's; h" w"i'i' ii iiniaarlii', a'i'l was a
Ihil; inaa In tin- hist aii.l crnw uitii;
fart th" l-iiys ;u,'ii'i'il.
Prartii'i' hail iua!" Miss liiaiitniiii' ii
t 'Ii-rai '! rlairviiyaiit. s.i far as ivailini?
tluisf I ii small niiii'ls w in I'limaTiii'il.
ho juiupi'il at Hi" ni irlusiiia tli.it
smut' w.iiiii' i iiiu' naliiralist. rlia-aiii; an
flil-iivr hilij lial rh ill' " I I hat wav, aii'l
gave the subject no more altent ion. j The boys began a dumb show behind
She had oilier things to think uf than : the stranger's back to indicate to their
"bug men ' or any men, and Hie prnb- ' stster that they were peri -hi ng nf buu
lein of how to pro id" anew hat for ger; so she let t be convi-rs.it ion lag in
Wopsey and how to instil remorse into order to end the call,
the hearts of her charges drove other "Come to morrow and see the papers
thoughts away. if ymi bk", ' she said, 'dt will be Sat
sitting down mi the low d steiinl' uidav.and I shall he at Innue loanswer
i ..
the house that had been Innue to her ( iples! ions.
for six and twenty jears, she tried to j lie thanked her and withdrew,
reason it out. The sun was yet high. ! jumping over the rail tenc which
the day s were at their longest. Iii hind .' skirted t he field of rye, in order to get
lu r llo'.vril the tireless river; in front
nl her across the prairie, the hill.) were
green. In the field of rye ever the way
gleamed a white wooden cross. cr
grandfather, ia whose veins llowed
some of the blue blood of I' ranee, had
bought a home in this western coun
try when Hie remnant nl' an Indian
tribe had st ill property to sell. The
deed of .sale provide I for the preset va
i; .n of their little tiurying-gronnd.
t in1 grain grew thick around, but the
tiny village of the dead was never dis
turbed by spade or plough.
Oi l Pierre, however, had never pros
pored. Neither did Pierre the young
er; and one night, when riding home,
Ins horse shied in the moonlight and
threw him with his head against a
.stone; he lelt no legacy but the limue
siead and a debt to his wife and chil
dren. There was a gap of twenty
years bet ween Charlotte and the twin
I, abies, and she really ha I a third in
fant on her hands, for her mother was
nothing more useful than that after
Imt husband's death. She was not
treble minded exactly, but painfully
gentle - strange and unaccountable.
Charlotte shouldered her burdens
with a brave heart. Her French ac
cent for ! rand fa' her lirantome's
blood had never filtered through Cana
da brought her employment in u
school town near by. The long walki
ba k and forth kept the roses blooming
ill her cheeks, the boys Were good -soiiietiiues
and she, being busy, was
happy. It rei'iiire leisure to be suc
cessfully miserable.
Tim luiryin-friMiiii tyjiiliril to hrr
Hid "ilaily iiiartrrilom nf private life."
And now, looking at it, her In-art ;rt'w
lijrht. The iii'w hat wouM i'ist hut a
Iritlc. Surely tliero weru limn straw-
berries ripu in the 'inlen, the ranary
wmihl lay morn ejrus, the jacket cmihl
be iiienih'ii, an.l iihl Spi'rUlo hail prov-
C'l i-iiperior to the fish hunk, I tut what
could the boys be screaming about 'f
"The bun man! the bun man!" ""''
were shouting, trntliinr toward her
with all Iheir iinu'ht nil their san-lv
little feet. It was certainly strange.
Why shniild a si ranger (-ill iwire?
That he should come unci! w as not sur
prising but twice?
"We showed him your photograph, " . cruel,
said Popsey, "and he said ymi didn't "She runnel up the railroad track."
look like an old maid a bit:" No more words were m-flnl. I!;n I-
"And he said." went on the nthrr nf the ardeii was the branch railway
terrible infant viihuiil a pause, "wasn't from I. a Pa. The evening I tain w n
we proud to have such a sister, he nearly due. Leaving the twin to to I
wished he had. and then he had such a die after as well as they co ild in their
lot of huj.,s he puts lliein to sleep with exhausted stale, she ran. Pan? she
medicini) and sticks pins through 'em, llmv. Tho bright invalid shawl was a
ami he has a gold wal"h and be l t tl i
wind il up, and we told hint I no"
again sum" inure and ieT" h" is?"
Charlotte was spcedi'is-;, but in
some way she found herself rising to
her Cod to greet a gentleman who was
Irking off his hat to her and bowing
with a grace which even )! ram I father
lir.intoni" would have approved,
"Miss llrautoine, I brlieve."
he ar.uiesrcd in silence.
"i am gathering material for an
historical work, and was directed to
you for iiifmiiia' imi concerning the
autiipiitiei of (his region. And I
might as well ..ay now that I have ref
erences and all that soil nf thing."
"Thciiyouaren.il " Mm-stupped;
he .smiled.
"No, I am not. exactly a bug man,,
as the" little frllo ws have railed me,
although I must plead guilty to a,
slight leaning in tha1 ilim tiou. YeM
just now I would jo fully part with,-
the biggest bugs of my collection if ml
exchange I inighl examine your grand-,
father's papers." j
lie was so gracrfully genialthiil mie
could no mori) be absurlly dignilied f
with him thiiu w :th the g .l.ieu robin ,
singing mi tne inuiau i ross.
"Will von walk in?" !
instead if yoiii)
1 will sit
ml he
W ill p Tiuil lie- to do so."
Si Popsey and Wopsey dragged a'
chair and then stood motionless and
WulldiT-cyeil listening to the talk nf
discovery and adventure. They did
imi understand it very wed until t !-.-cotivrrs.it
ion turned to Indian lore.
Indians and bears they r mid coinpie
hriil. Then the mil her. attracted by
a. strange voice drew near theibmr in
her iii'daiirholy, wavering way.
"The postinad it's w ife thought that
l.a all" was an Indian chief," Char
lotte was saying, "and she ha-l beard
nf I'alher Mar pielte, but supposed i
him the priest down at I. a Pa."
"I in t a wmiiiia the ulher day who
thought a herb iriuui was a bug," re
marked Mr. I'ancaii. Tle-u llu-v I, High
lint, everything cmni'S to
eml. !
a nearer view nl tho cross, on which
not one, but a doen, golden robins
were holding a vesper conclave And
the tea kettle was soon singing in the
lirantonii! kitchen a sung as gav as
that of the robins, and t harlot te was
not h. r careful self as she pirkrd (he
strawberries for tea.
"Half nf 'em green," said the dis
gusted Wopsey. "'Spec), she's think
ing of the bug man," ,
It certainly was astonishing how
much consultation the lirantome man- i
uscripts neo.le I. And. too. Mr. Pun !
can required ho much assistance. It .
was 'Miss liranlmue, will you kindly '
read this list while I copy it f" or,
"Miss Charlotte, really I can't make j
out whether this is an c or an i," all
the while. (1 rand fat her lirantome
would have begun to iippiire as to
marriage sett lemi'tits and Scotch pedi
grees had he been alive to see those
chestnut locks, innocent of bangs, and i
that dark mustache in such dangerous I
proximity. It was the old story- two
young heads bending over tlei same
page. No word of love had passed. .
All was on a strictly business basis
tho history of the missions of tho :
Northwest the objective aim.
5ut at last there was no excuse tor
lingering any longer. I lie hills across
the prairie were red and gold, the roli
ins had lied, and the grain around the
little burying ground bad been cut and
stowed away.
Charlolle was w alking iKui.ea.s usu-
, at. Par away in Uin ru.i'l two nii)viiij '
j ilols appuartvl, which ilnvt'Inpo'l into :
thu tw ins as thry rami' nrjircr. 'IVars
wi-ro ruttiiij luiny furrows ilnwn tlu-ir ,
nut very clran ehei-Us. Hysli'iiral suhs
' aluiu.' eani" frmn tlu-ir mouths as they
! tricil to Hjieak, but dually tho sistrrly ,
intuition eliuiinateil llieso wm-ils from j
. the chaos: I
".Mother has runneil away! She said J
she wmild if we didn't stop p iau lin. i
, and we didn't, and she has runneil'" I
That poor mother! She had mado
the same threat a liimilrnl times be
tuii', but had been pacified. I
'Which wiy? Tell me ipiirl.ly,"
thinking of thu i i it, so lireluss ami st
beacon. Mrs. p.iiiut tat. upon the' fur a l"ng time id lliK Park Comer.
track, idly playing with some yellow London,
llowrr.i. Charlotte I hrr patient . Jss thissl.tii" w a, taken down
to be plartid elsrwltere. Th" head was
"Mother." she said, "it is late and ' fust taken down, ami what do you
the buys are calling, and you inn -t Iced 1 think they found inside the I Hike's
the chickens." k,;d hat, and resting mi hislu-al?
'I'l ml her shook her head. Per Surrly, you would novrr guess ii wasa
suasion was no persuader. Then Char- 1 starling's nest ! but il was ap.-ii.-cl
lolte -col, led. Alike n-el, 'ss. Then, as Julio ne.st of twigs. Mother starling
a last resort, she used a gentle force, j hu, emiif in ami out through an open
A failure. Sit. there and pull those j ing under tho great imn plumes of i he
ellow ilowers to pieces that th" poor hat.
unbalanced one wuiiid do nothing The next thing to come dow n wa.
ilse. In 1 1 raven's name what to (. y f i. ),u,, 'pin, w.-jt,.-1
be iloiie? Those who have had expert- : sjx tolls, and had been fast "tie. I to th"
i nce know the strength nl the insane. ' jr,,ii ,,,rse with screws. In the big
The train whistlnl for the rrus-ing a
mile aw ay, ami jusi thru ( some gu.iid
iau angel gui'l' d him ) .l.uu- s Imnciu
jumped the feili ', il w et. handkerchief
in his baud.
lili'sdngs upon thu medicine whirh
subdued the bugs! U subdued this
( r wuiiian in a moment, and he had
lifted her mil nf danger before the
t.,n r,s ,,:,si. Then he cvplaiit-l.
He had b.-cn copying the iusenplion
,,u t he Indian's tmnlistone as th boys
W(.t screaming by. lie gathered
. Irmn their ineuheieni wor l-i wluil tin
: matter was. The chloroform idea was
simply an inspiration.
I "How can I repay ymi?" asked wet-
eyed Charlotte, as the parly. bns.
mother and all, were walking back.
"I'.y making over tome Pierre I'.r.iu
toni"'s manuscripts - and his graii-l-i
daughter. I can never write the bis
tory without her."
"Wi ll." softly, "in the cause of sci
. i lice perhaps."
And this is how it eaine to pass that
the boys iiiiirche 1 up th-t church aisle
before the robins cam-' again, witli
( harlott". and the bu.' man.
A 4'i'cat Organ.
The organ made by the lloosevells
fortlieciillie lral buiithytho widow of
A. T. Stewart at tiarden City, L. I., is
the most, extensive inst niment of the j
kind in the world. It has 1 l'i slops,
and 7,L'o- pipes, ami cost jlun.iiiiii.
Most nf it, i s set in an orlagniial chain-
b.T made by t he angle, u here the t ran j
sr t and chancel walls join, fifteen !
feet in diameter, and extending frmn i
the basement llour upward to a (lis-1
tanee of forty feet. A remarkable i
tribute the sou ml in four diliereiit
II, I, 111 I IS IIS 1 IFI1SI I III llllll as. I 11 ins- j
parts of the eat lied ral at once, all re j
inaiuiug under control of the player at j
the main organ. The lour divisions j
are classified a follows; Chancel,
fifty-four stops ; tower, thirty -eight j
stops ; chapel, fifteen stops ; echo.
siops.
steam power is employed in inilal.j
i"g he bellows. There aredmibhi en j
g'tu'H of ten horse power beneath the ;
'"'""'''l division to supply it with c
pressed air. and the speed is governed
as far as possible, by the rise and fall
nl tho bellows. In the room beneath
the vestibule, directly under the tower I
division, is a single engine nf ten horse I
power. Thu greatest novelty is the
electric chime action, by which thir-
teen bells in the organ tower are ,
played from the solo manual. The j
hells are rung with the same force and
precision a though struck in Usual ,
manner, and may be rung in counec- I
tion with the music that is played mi !
the organ. The organ cases, made in '
l lulaili ipltiii, are magniiiceut spen
nsof carving in decorated i-:iit;!isli i
(inline, profusely enriched. - Ii-tvH '
Ti ll Mxrl ilt.
A Timely Keply.
"How are clocks today?" asked a
lindens ho steppe l into a Superior
street jewelry store and smiled on tin
clerk.
Tin; clerk almost fa'nted under tlu
dude's sickening grin, but had tin
p,rsenceof mind to say :
"Oh! they're all on a strike"
As would be said in st novel, llei
bert il" ( uinsy (the dude niiitter. il il
curse between his yine stuffed molar
and disappeared athwart the glimmer
inyloom. wUmluHil I'luiu Vtuhr.
r
c ii i i.iic i;r t'oi.m.N.
,i in vt imi.
'I -nv yi.n lli" k't liili
A in) Mow iln- I'O-l- h' ii ii"- ;
An-I nil tll'iilli'l I ln-.lt i "'i (' .i-,
J.tkr la. In-" kiiu m i" 11." ui"-"
1 1 wili'l, i.." in; nil I n l"'i :,
0 vvi'i'l ''nil ili; i'i l"'i I tl i-iiii
"I not I) il .I '.Vi li lil tliin ' 1- -I li t,
liui nlii ivs ymi vi'tn -'1! "n li.-l.
I Ml lll ..i-ll I Ili'lll. I V .1 nil,
I isiiiM mil m i 3 "ii -I'll tit i .1
I wilil. n-lilmvjti;: :i!l i.i l"ii.
1 I will I, Hint -inM I-" i i n - "'l :!
'1 (1 "ll tllllt tltll HO -t i :ill I I I.
1 1 1 'Inn re, mo Jim j.'iin ; i i.;. I '
Aii'miii ii I" i : nl Ii. I I -i I it"-,
l'i ih II .sllnliiM ,-litl I III ,11 Hi'-'
Il u oi I, iiM.iMi'i,' nil I .1 I'.n...
J Hin t, llinl hiii i I'.ii I n - -i. :"'
'i ln- Intln- tl lllimlnii Mnfiir.
Wellington wiiia f:i 1 1 1. hi s im.-iii, and
there have been many port rails nf him
painted and in any slat u I him in.nl.-.
One statue of linn ni: hnrs.'ba -k stoo.l
elbow of the h it inn wa bum I an
other .starling's nest, with a I luuiy uf
lull llrdgc.l bird, in it. T.iey ih-w
away that very night. In tin-right
arm was a sparrow's it - with mi"
tiny bird ami several r j . y.. i -e
these birds hill mint : ' uai-,e ii
very good bird hoil sr oil, ill ih.t ir.n
Duke.
I Isk linn t ii ml y.
It would serm ci v i t rang.
and
t perhaps not very pleasant, t
i young
readers to hear a t allow eoidl'-m- He
j shin bone of a rein leer eiliel randy.
And yet these things may really be
j considered as INki randy, beeaiis'
1 they would delight the children of tlm
cold in precisely the s ini" w,iy that a
; box of b ill lions Woul I i"li:,':il ymi.
j There is a certain kind of water
! fowl in Arctic countries known as thu
j il'ivrkie. It is about the si, nf a
; duck, is ipiite black, has a proiniii 'iit
j white stripo mi its wings, and its
w ebbed feet are of a brilliant red.
i When sitting in rows on tim edge nl'
I greenish rocks, these iiHle red fret
hire very c mspicu "is. uur'. iui-'s,
j when the men have killed a numb' r
1 of dovekies, the Ivskim i women cut.
nil' the bright red feet, draw out the
bones, and, blowing into the skins,
I dislrnd tin-in as l h as possible so
i as to form punches. When these
! pouches arc t 'loroiighlv dried th 'y arc
tilled with reindeer tallou, and the
: bright, red packages, which I assure
i ou look much nicer than they tas'c
, urn little I'mri'as's can ly. In very cold
i weather the l-Skium children eat great
ipiiiutities of fiit au-l blubber; and
thin fatty fund, which seems lo us so
I ""'"v'' helps t
o keep them warm
mid well.
The nnlv other
kind of candy that
the pskimo children haw, is th" mar
row from the long leg or shin bone nf
the slaughtcrc I reindeer, of this,
also, i hey are very fond. Whenever a
reindeer is killed and the meat has
been stripped from the botirs nf the
legs, these bones are placed nr. the
tlm a-of the ..in and cracked with a
hatchet until the marrow is exposed.
The hones arc then forced apart with
the hau ls, and the marrow is dug out
nf the ends with a lung, sharp, and
narrow spoon mad" from a walrus's
tusk. I have eaten this reindeer mar
row froen and rooked; and alter mio
becomes accustomed to eating froen
meat raw, it is really an accept able
t id-bit ; w bile iked and nicely served,
it would be a delicacy anywhere. -Hut.
.S.i '."(',. (, st. A'.r.o.v.
Wiisliiiiglim's Argument.
Speaking of two legislative beilie
as against one, then' is no better illus-
trillion thaii tlu stnr.v that is told by
KriMl - 'ni'!l publicist. Laboulaye,
nf Y ashingti'ii and .leltrrson. defter-
son was taking tea with the father nf
his country, and, having recently re
turned from France, was talk
ing nf the legislative chamber. Wash
ington listened with interest to tha
end, and then said:
"You have just shown the superior
advantage of thct wo-chainber system
of legislat ion."
"How is that ?' asked Jefferson.
"Why, you have poured your tea (lit
nf yonr cup into your saucer to cool."
It is said that the argument was
considered a powerful one with JefTer
aou. tV' nluiul I'luiiaUalcr.
m turn mi wniiMWffi
r'UK I I M'S IN CiAUI'.AC.i;.
M'.noy M.-el.- in Hnkiii'i ) vi-r
n (iti'.ti (:itv' i l.'ci'ii".
An Army nf f-caviigers Who Work at New
York's Dniiiiiii;c (iroiiinls,
Huge wire baskets with hoisting
near ol iron chains have bn-n rigged
it ail of the fourteen dumps nil Hie
North and l ast 1,'ivcr.s, and Italians
lna be sri it i-veiy day snaking rags
in the bu ki ts. The idea ol th" imi-pie
niiii hine w as borrow ed I'min thu il"L
pound. The rig is lixnl llpnll the end
it th" pier, Wh' ii the basket is full
;-i i . let down into the w at it, and the
tide is left to do th" wa.liiu,'. Ilvry
pound nf dirt waslie I out nf the r.i;:
represents a loss nf a cent and a 'piar
Ii r, the average pricnf rags at whole
sale and many a dollar is hoprb-sly
sunk in the river in that way. The
Hoard uf Health and Major llnll.ird.
chief of the sanitary p lice, who got
Up the vmi .hillg business, arc held Ii'
sponsible f..r this mil i age.
'i he ash barrel s nl the city, before
their contents are Imally dumpe-l iato
Hi" sen, are mad" to vidd .pule ?'" ' '
a yn,r to nearly m Italians who haii
Ih'th" refuse at I he dumps. Ibis is
"rlu-ive nf th" rag pirkimr in Hi"
s' I'rets ,v hirh st ill g.i"S nil ill spile uf
po ii o prohibit inn. Th" rity g'-ls its
shun- nfthe pr ait. The work of trim
ming the -ciius, ur, in nthrr Words, of
pack in:: t he dirt e. i-nly brim e 1 hey are
si-nt out to sea, is sold by the rity to
one Tom 1,'ou.h fur ?lJo a week,
poach hires the privilege uf sorting
over 'he refuse as the cart s d limp t heir i
loads and of picking nut vv hat is worth
having, lie is, however, merely the
mi . Unman, an I .lose i n anlli, an
Italian, is the real cotit r.u-ior. lb
p. ivs to 1,'o.ieh, ur his e.piivali-nl, a bo.
niisuf jjia week fur his contract, and
hires a sutlieiriit nuiuber of his coun
trymen at from ?s'i to $7 a week to do
the work. At present his s ail em
braces ;i I iiu-n, whose duty it is tosoit
over and trim daily a scow load of
refuse al each dump, exclusiv e uf the
waste paper gatherers, who form a sort
uf skiniiislunr hue at the dumps, help
ing a hi t .e, ami receiving a pit t am r of
l nr sjl.'i'i a week from the sub coa
l factor, and all the waste paper tlu-y
can find. The aggregate amount "f
money paid to this army of si-avengers
in the course of the year by their boss
is bet ween tfdn.iiii-i ami j lo.n.n. .-s,,iiie
uf t lit-in live under the dumps, others
ill cheap tenement , all in .squalor and
misery.
Hags and hones arc tii" piim-ipai
sources nf revenue nf the ash heaps. ,
niiie rags are much inure valuable
Hi. Ill ut hers, but, taken as a whole, '
they bring a cent and a .piulir a
pnuiiil,
Kniies, that stand next upon tic li-t
and are scrupulously saved by the
del vers, bring 'In cents a barrel as ma
tei i.tl for bone black, knife handles and
buttons. They are exported in ilo,(.
wagons, principally to ('row lliil,
acr.is.sthe river, where the rharm.il
tact. . lit -i are. Whole bottles arc
ipioti'd at 7'i rents ami broken clear
glass at a ipiaricr a barrel. I 'niil ic
ceiilly tin cans were an important
source nf tevetnle. at the rate of sixm
s.-v en dollars a lag load, the supply be
ing unlimited. Hut now they are a
drug in the market, an I are left to He
stale beer Workers. Tiny have had
tlu-ir day.
The cast sider, a present, resident
nl I'ii A av i uile vv ho i.f-i s.ivv vision,
uf We ill h in the 1 1 a and snider nf empty
prc-crve cans rcalicd his dreuii. Ib
has retired with a - nug loinm". Th"
VV a.stc paper. t"i, is ihspl.s" I by the
trimmers, and is lull ! i the skirmish
ers, who s,.l il lor what they can .jet
At moving tune and when people
prepare to go tn the cn-iuliy or are
coining back, lots nl ihinis gointo the
ash barrel that have no value to the
owner, but help to make dale I n ,k
for the boss i rimiiier. l 'I I I ! s, pass
able hoop skuts, and a tl sand od Is
and ends, all of use, turn up at the
dumps then w ith heaps uf ras. Some
times Inst valuables t urn up. ur silver
spoons throw u into the ash barrel w it ti
the kitchen refuse by rarrlr-s servants.
Once a live baby was dumped , n a
cart, the heartless mother having
thrown it in a barrel and cuveicl il
with refuse; but it found its breath'
before the dump was reached and
frightened the driver with Us uncx-;
1cti'il huwls. j
' How much Cieariila makes by his !
iirgain he does lint tell. When the
iiiestinn is put he shrugs his shoulder
aiu-l complains ni hard times, lie lives
in much better stvle than the mass of
a good class Cayai'd street ten nt. i Finle .l.iniesy"
When his scows are trimmed othei ' Fncle Jaines Vi-s, I like it very
gangs nf liaiians, whom he lures for , much."
the city, go mil to sea m 1 lu lu ;i!id i F11 -st on girl ' l suppose it is nice
-lump their content. Capitahsts have ' 'nmigli in the glad summer time, but
tnaile irop"s:tio-i s now and then tn do ' to gn out in the cold and simvv to
the city's street i-leuiin.', take the j. at Ii'i w inter apples and harvest vvin
r. liise out :n the buy, lui l i an ist.,nd ' ter whea:. I imag.iie mioht b" any
ol it, and store and utili,e il all there, ' .,ing but. ideasaul. A-.u.-"i'w- l ntit.
mmwtmm,ijmnimmna inkmmvtmmttKimKMimK.m-'rpTl'!,fm '
!"" 'onditiull that .he city
I shall g:e lln-m along inutrarl an I
j ;ty li.imU-.inrly lor ha ing th" job
j taken nil its hand i, as it dor.s in Hie
iniill. r u reiimv iug "II. il and 1 . i I an
; imal.s from th" street. Th" pmpo -i
tiolis hit e ii"
i ill fmin. A "
r been III t le in pr.l' ti- ,
r Y'-ll. S'(.
'ilii' Princes-, nf t'nhiiiiia.
The :,t..ry of tin- life nf llva Pry.int.
M.ickiiy, who in ceiilly bi-ciiui". by mar
i iagc with a tit 1-1 Italian, the Prin
ce .s 1. 1 i iilmitia, bring, tn light is.imi)
M range things, sa;, s ,i pmilanl (Ore
gon i letter to the New ' ik Sun. I
have foil li I one uf t ho.sr i ii.ir.l'tel isl ie
' I'.'ers who, ui the ilav s nf Miss Mac,
kay's poverty, mine I lit Merr.i rouiiiy,
California, lb- is Tom .b.rdan, ni I
the gold po Kit hunl'is vv Iiml Mark
Twain so graphically describe. s.ai.l
he in a recent int.-i -v evv . 1
"Mls.s lliiiiu'cib'i'l. M'-. Ma-kav's
iiiother, wh'-n I lirstl.iiew Iut in I ""''.
was a veiy pretty b'He L-iil of "lily 1
years, who l.vnl a' I hm ilyrar's Par
with In r wid i'vi d lath. r. M a,"'- llun
perlord. lie y, as a Louisiana riiol",
and spoke French arid "-p.iin -li ibe nt
ly, ;is did ill-, the child. Miss Hun
gel-turd i.'revv pn-Hier as she became
older, and ai length Inc. inn- the ac
I- now ledged belle of the milling tow u.
Oilers ot III III i li.".! 1 1 oltl weallhy lilill
( is, storekeeper1, I inyers and men of
ntleT ru!llti!.'S wiT" I'd 'l-"d, until one
day Iln-girl lu.-l I 'r. Cry-ant, a da -lung
y.iuuc niaii of I ruin ihc neighbor
ing i-.t 1 1 1 j of I ovvnie-.v ill". It was a
i-ase uf mill iial .ie at iir t sight. In
less than a year tlu-y wire married.
A vear later th" I Met or died from
P lis.iiiiug.contrai-t'-d while mak
ing an aui"p-y in the ,im' uf a young
Woman said to have been poisoned.
"Meantime F.va Cry nil was b un
Mr. Cryaut, who had lullovvi'i th"
Western w ay of living, h it bis young
w ile and child in very st i inuriit rir
rinnstaures, and a purse i f .s7" was
subsi-r.b.'d for them, and Mrs. Cryaut
lookup her residiiice in iiijiiii.i i ity,
tin n in tin- heyday nf its pto.pi-rily.
There she met John W. Maekay, who
became the wealthiest ,. all lie- bo-
ii, iii. a kings.
"It's ran '..-, isn't it, thai little Mi-s
II iiiigei ford, w ho used to tr. I about
barefooted among the rough miners of
lioiiilyeai's Car, is imw the lead.ng and
vvrallliie-t American lady in Paris.aii'l
the fatherless and destitute baby, Kva,
is the I'liii' i ss uf l ol'inn i - An I I, a
i olili'inporary, who s;uv it all. and be
held a thousand others go up on the
wings of w ealt h, am a ou-vd miner,
ekmgoiit my livelihood in the sage
1 rush di scris oi I utaiilla couniv."
liit-'i len ami ( nil ti-s,
It may iitteresl .-.mil t ikiecv what
a few Tl' Il liu'll have d.eie ,e- Hi"
cans' of elueitioii .lobiis Hopkins
nave fo.l I'. n in to Hi" vi-isily
which he found, I. His f u bi
ne v i den t pitrpo n-s ai noun' el I" ssiii i,
.ludge Packer gave ? !." "' to
Lehigh iiinv i r-ily. i iniidiii- an
deibill gave sl.it I",' i i i to Ihe a'l-ler ;
bill university. I' pheu liir.tr I gave
,ss oi ii mi ii I to ( lii'ard i i!h"'e .1 , di 1 1 C.
I i I'rru and his re-idlliry leg it -"s ;; I v e
s :, ii, to Prineet"!i coiieg" I' r.i
Cmti, 11 gave sl.n i '.no i io r.ii nell
imi vi r-t : y . Isuie lli.-h b uciih"l
tii" greater p iri of It's date, which
was iipprais d it .sl.7"1. , t-i I'. ".'."I
nniviisiiy. I in ac ii :il ol the eat
lire and shrink '.:" iii v.ilii", all I "Ho I
i 111 fort nil it- i ir. iinisi. litres. Ihc mil
ver-ity will t.-tii l- than 5. ; i. t
fro, 11 this m igai;i'-"iit b- a-'-' ui.isii
Mi.tie giiV " .no i,o 1. 1 lo A'h 1 "'I ' i'"l
lege by direct -.'Hi and by b - i",i W.
W Cnr.-oran '.rave sle1. l.'i :'l'li.i
biall university 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 -y an I land.
Ceil lainin Hussy i,',t v e ic 1 1 ,i,t a' e worth
i-,iM,'iiin 1,1 ILiivaf'l iinivi'i'-ity.
M.nni'-I Willistnii. Win .1, W.ilk.-r.
iin 1 s miin-l A. II :lcli- " gav .- b--
I wren oo. and .sj ' '.no 1 , i.-l, to
Ainhci'st college hil'it -r P.." nix
1; av e the bulk of hi- pr.ip.Tt y. a or "Hit
lli-r to ah ml is.'.l 1,110 1, I I ,i!ii:i;I i.l
coil- ire .1. I,. Trevor g ive si ,.'." 1 1 10
In-' he-ti-r Theo,.gii ai seiuinaiy Mat
thew as iir gave s-i i.n 1 1 to as.ar
culleL'e liai-dii.-i- ! ..;.. y g.i v e I 7".-- "
to Colby university, an I si. 1,0 11 to
New I -n flu- ilogj.-1! s.-mni'v. I. C.
Colga'e gav e sr !" ."" ' io Madis .n uui
vrrsity. (.eoige I. "sen y g t v e ! ,
nun to WcIeVilll university. I'll"
Cfiecr family gave -j '.' ' ' ' to Crozer
Thi'ological si'ininary. P would be
easy to add to this list. Then- are bun
ilri'ds ol 1 1 -1 1 an 1 women whose splen
did gills entitle them lo b- h.1.1 in
j everlasting remembrance.
I The I nert el I llllurc.
11
n girl (to Fuel," .lames, a far-
1 farm,
liiie-t II mill.
'l i e i'i'"l !.- 'in I- 1 .1:1. ; lilll
Ami ! lie :i: in "I 11." -'.
'!:l- 't. IIIO llll lie- st;il,
N ',.1 1 i,-i ,.. il," :. ii . .:' i l
.-. n. II- a I . I I--. -In I m i I-
I rl , ii -.. ,i ui llinl. -I' - o
I hil I 1. 1" I- o. I vni" ie. ! lull.
Ill il-'h :,'. I I I I'"' In-IM.
I to :. I. C. I, ol liilllll.- I : ;.V
Mi It. .. I .1., Ci- i i..l..nn!i
In. I., ui :i Iii "I iilil-l",
VV t.. ie !.. I . lie ,. iniill I'lll
' ,1 .1' . - llt .,'l.el
I ' ... .1, I ..' I II. .-- nl -III I
'I :.. I., el ' ! ,
I I,', I.'L I le a
1. ..' Ile .,
I, ..1, .-I I- In.
. li
lli MOliOl .
k'-v - hey li'il-'. "! a ell' en
Ni:'
We nu "' t- part tin in te" siiid thu
i.-lld headed inaa hish.ur bru-h.
in. ml i s a y.iung lady w h '
angle au I vv h-i will be v,."i l! h"
II. Il l I' s.
I here is many a dy namiler v. ho i
tl i.n I lo give his iii"tlii-r in law a
io-, :" U'.
"I low slci p I he br.iv i .'" llsk-s a p-ii t
I'bi depend . I ngeiy upon the number
it eat in the lii-ighborhoo I.
oil,Cile his he'll lcci tiling on "I he
t'.itiger uf Piiiiiig Can ly." Cut this
ut and sh'"V it 1. 1 your . sweetheart.
The uiratVe h.i m-vi r I ecu known
o int. r a -iimd. 'I'h.s is what make,
he gir life : . valuable. They ro:i;e
ligh, but we must have them.
Papri- plat" ,ii" i uiiin into fashion
n Ihe Fa V. The only way the hired
.'ill l'i 1 1 1 get e-,,U Is to bililll.e tile t ill-
vare around and break st. .v r rov n .
A tridiii.' ..ss : "Vi'-." he observed,
I w;is in re than siir; ris I lost
i.y hra-I." -Ah." she ret urned. with
in a.'r.iv at inu' I '"!., "..ho tol I yoi;?"
W hat brought ymi to prison, mv
nl. i -l fri' ii I .-" s..id .1 pliil.iut hropie
.i-;ior toa New Y-.ik pris..ii.-r. "1'wo
oii-t lines, s.i'i." "'cs ; but I mean
ui i in' einpi i am nnyt hing t - i do with
t r" - r:, salt, iby w;is b..f ul 'nu
Ii tink."
Ill l.il-latll, vvhrre the nigh!- all
lulu three to -i iiml, His long. Inaux
,:t"n kiss l!i. it- svvei tliearls "gi.o.l
iliri.t" about six "c'ss b lore i!..
.r. a' .. Th. ir si.icl. i.i caramels, p- u
mi and small talk bryonies rxh.u ii'i'
v that lime.
b'l'.llbll-: . IT) I Iii UK.
'lie has lead cvrrythilig." Is .1 I "
nark irr iieiit!y ma '.e when .i sthnlni
y man 1. un i,-r dis-ussmti. II, w
1: surd sin h n st at --ment 1-, w li appeal
when th" : n t I-- tin iitio'ic Hi. n ...
die I . ill u Ci s .ioli.,1 1 , 1 I ill v at v
;.'!i t here arc .-n 1 1 " ' v .-inn 1
It they w, ie place I side by side I rti-y
would nil a shelf pity i.iiic l--ng It
1 man st.n ted t 1 rea l tin clb'. ten at
the rate .. ..ne v olume aday. it v, uiihl
lake him I,'.'' ' years to gel thmug),.
And while the mall Would be at vv m k
nil this v a 1 library 1 in- printers vvuM
br t urn ing oat more than 1 ".. "i ' in-vv
bo ks a year Fr.-in these f.iruie, it
will be -cell that II l- idle to Hunk
I leading every 1 h.ti-j, or even to read
all the best I ks. Tie- grcate.t n-ad
1 is ani.'lig o ir . Ii tiiigui,!ir. meii hav i
had their favorite books, w In- h !.e
lead and ri-icad. 1 eii.nn books tn out
language .11 1' r ilied classics. I hey an
del-, .-I --ly b- and lull "I nh as at. a
llbl .( I a' I 'll M-''i' i n w I II. Is .i 1.
Ihesr old illllhol-s .41-1 gel illlnps ut
sob 1 gold w hi. h they pto. tv t" beat
out M'lythin. Why sltould we taki
Ihe gold leaf ai t ale vv hen wi-c.iu ;o
to the uiig'.lial mine- and net -olid
lUlggets - I In old llov rls ill" the bi-s.
I he o,d I ts have im! been epialli d.
Too 1 nan x ol nor new bi.oks an- w 1 it
ten ba .lily sell. I hey arc ol an n,
lei lor .pial ty and cniiimt pi oit! us 111
aliv way. A 1u.n1. Ihrn-lurc, need tml
be ashamed I" say that li- ha, imt rear
the la.-i new book. When brt new
books appear rvrry-iiav U is uupossibh
to read thcin all. .I'un'" ('..,v'(''i
.
lnii u tant I n Srieiilisl-.
".Iii'-t I""1, at tins coin. It is nmif
than a huiidred va .us old." retuai kn
Mrs. N ergi-r to Kosciusko Murphy.
" I'hat's iiothiig. I've g-'t one at
home that's a grea' deal obu-r ttian
that. It'- mure than two tlmusaie
yen s old."
"Look here When you lie,
diTl't ymi lie So It will sound plobabl '.
' Don't ymi kimvv it is utterly impossi
b'.e for a coin to be t wo thousane
yeiii-s old '" iiliserved -Mrs. Vergtl,
! plea-iMttly.
"V i.y is ll impossible?"
Cccause this is only eigbteri; Int.
!r- d and eiglity-liv e. In f.ftei n ia
twenty years ironi imw ja 1 ay bavi
a rui.i tvvi thousand years old. A
ieuiil cuiiM rot have been made ln-fort
J ihe beginning ol time." i'i.n-.v -S'.!-
tij
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