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The LilHe llunrlilmrli.
I'm nine years old: mi' yon can't kuo liow
Hindi I weigh, 1 bet !
T.u.s(. liirtli lay I we.gho.1 thirty throe, nn' I
weigh thirty y.'t !
I'm awful little fur my size-I'm pint' high
littler an'
Snnu' babies is, nn neighbors nil mils me "ihe
little in in!"
An' Hoc one time he laughed nn said, "I 'spot t
first thing you know.
You'll have n little spike tail rout nn' travel
with n show!"
An' lien I Implied -till I looked ro;in.l ami
Aunty was n ervin'
Sometimes she nets like that, 'cause I got
' Clin till" of the r-piiii-:"'
I set -while miiity'x washing-.-on my little
l"llg le stool.
An' wat' li the little hoys nn' gil ls a skippin'
liy to school:
An' I eek on the winder nn' holler out nn-
say :
"Who wants to fight the little man 'at darc-
yen nil to .lay ;"
An' lien the boys rlimlis on the fcii"e, nn' lit
tie gil ls I (s.ks lluoil gll.
An' I hey nil say: '' ' ow you're so big. you
think we'ie.'fi aie.1 n' you."
An' neu they yell, an sh:il.e their (i-t lit me,
like I slink" Illill' -Th"'re
thu-t in i'mi, wii know , Vans" I got
"run 'In' f the j.me:"
At eveiiinr. when the ironin's done, tin
mint .'s live I Hi lire.
An" lill.-l .-in' lit lie' lamp, mid Ilium as) the
wick an" 1 111. ml it lii.-h-r.
An' f.-h-h d lh- uiil till 111 I'.r night, tin'
locked 111.' I.llcllell door.
All' -Inn".- I l '" cine', wh " the Wile I
.!o'. . in ir . i'iioii Ji th.. ll, .or .
SI I- 111" kud 011 II als, nn' I'ile; an'
make- tie. t. a.
An' Ir . . the In. r an' niii-h. an' cooks a egg
br Hi".
Am'- Inn .. v. h 11 I rough so hard, her
cl loi'l . ; i y wme
I 't go ,. Im.I l.'i lllll' 'lowilh "eurv'tllle
"I '' I""""
Hut uaniy -all -o ehiMi-'i. like, on my ne
eon,, I.
I'm in. -t a''i aii-,1 sh-'ll I-., p...!. .low n. 1(u' 'at
what h.-ther- in.-
' 'all-" ef III V ",' ' I - ' iOII'ty ever Wol, ;. t
: id, .III' !!".
I .l.-ll'l l.llow e. i;tt .If-'d io in I... iv, 11, till 1
coin.-. I. ;m" I v.
For -h"'--o 11-t t ill my ways, nn' "wry
th.ng. w u know,
An' 110 1. ue ih.'ie like ni", to imr- mi' worry
t.i r so,
'('till-' till til" liltl" -llil.fi- In there's so
straight tin' ; i-. j 1 . an' tin".
Tip y s nary nn : 1 Tout th pi; with
"run 'Hire of Hi,. -pair."
.' H . I.il. . 1,1 lltr t in t , nt.
THE LAST STRAW.
Ml'-. Sl.ll I, W.I- IK t neighbor to till
IN pi. win ii tin y Itoiijl.t tin h cottage
nt S aview, : 1 1 1 ) on tin- vi iy lir-t night
die tumbled ovn- tlie srntteiv.l Kit, of
furniture in tie- pa--. i-j,e ami appi-.n.-.l in
llu ir miilst uiu pn t I ly to Imrrow a lit
th.' sal'.. Ml" s.ii.l it wa- nirr I i liaVr
neighl'ois again, au.l that Mi-. I'eppi i
looked so sweit -In- km w she wouldn't
mind.
At niidniidit klie roii-eil lle in i'ioiii their
ililiulii r to iiejuiie if tin y had any In d -t
r.i iie dii in", for lilt!" i ti r had In i n
rutin;; loo in iny i n apph - and she
Ihoiii hi hr would dii . Shr said - he wa
tlialil.rul Ii-. I'-ppri had inovnl in, and
that l ilt for that t ii nun tain r -he might
h.ivi. lo.i lo r darling. .Mrs. . j -r w.i-
1 1 1 till Is 1 M too, and till' two U. Mil. II .'111 -
liran d with tear-. Thru Jr, shirk hor
towe l -nine mii-tard for a pla-trr.
"I'll.- in t day sh" "rut l'i t. r, fully n -
loVrl'rd and with hi- pnrket- lull of
on i n fruit, to a-k for the n, the lian-llr
hiiving coi.ie i. IT their-; ;il- a rolling pin.
I'Vrttniat Iy the I'- ppi i-s r-rd
liner axes tuid two t'olliiig-piii-, mi lln v
dil not IVrl di-lurlied Iy thr I a. t that
the artielrs wne never returii'd. lint
lifter a -hoit hilennl tilled hy loans of
roal, potato"-, lin-.id and rhee-e, Mr-.
Shirk ramr her-rlf o hollow the folding;
tah'e, a pair of si i oi-s, tin- p it i n of a
h.lMir, mid a low rorkillg-i hair. She
was g'oing to make -"in.-iin--ses, nial if
Mrs. l'epp. r woiil-1 'tep over and lit lit-,,
shr'd he lllllell nhligi d.
Mi s. Yppi r did it end made the lut
ton h li s, loo. Mis S ai 's in vi r n.iild
h illll to make ti huttoii-hol,-. '1 he talilr,
th i i o-s, thr rorUing hair, and tin
pattern all remain. d at Mi-. Sink'-.
Th" m-M w.i-U Mr-, she k hollowed a
mantle mid a wnl r proof.
Mrs. I'rpp, i- l.y this timr grrw hohl
I noiigh to In g that she would -end till III
II in.- when she returned.
Mrs. Shu k -aid Of (our-e,' with
s- ine oh n-e, hut w hen l'i ter was nr.M
srrll it w tisllot to hi ing hark thii-c illti
rh's. What he wanted was thr hahy
rarri.ige and a market hi-ket.
( hiistinas time ralue tin I with it raids
for n party. 'I'hr Shirks so hoped they'd
nil mine and cii j iy thrin-elvr-.
Ilavino arrrpted what w us inore until
ral than to take an interest in tin- pro
reetlings to lend -ugar and in-ir-am
frerrr, Inp.ter, nil I the i-gg healer, t he
rut-fflass g-iihlelsaud thr hi st lahlr-rloth-,
the spire hex riitirr, n'ld lots of nllirr
thingHf Finally Mrs. Shirk, with lirr
gown tiu ked up and In-r eyes sparkline;,
ran it to ay that they thought a ihinre
would he niru nml roiild Mrs. I'eppiT
ppitrc the piano for one rvi ning.'
"There's liohody to niovr it," K.iid
Mrs. lVpper, rejoirrd to have an rxruse.
"I'm mi wirry.''
Mrs. Slack laughed ami went to the
window. Four lug laliorem appealed
and without any preliminiiry directing
shouldered the instrument and lugged it
nwiiy. Tin y humped it against r.uling
and fairly tuinhled it down in a plowed
field he to re they finished their ini
hut hy main strength they 'got it at. last
to the Shirk's door and Mrs. Shirk took
In-r Iravr, rallying the piano stool and
rloth hi -s,.f.
Tin-appearance of her In-loved piano
give Mr;. I'. pper a great deal of iinliap
piness that evening. It had a deep
tel. toh mi the covet- and otic of the keys
wouldn't lift. However, she played
waltes and sets for th.- lancers iiio-t of
the rvening.and as the company went in
to supper in relays -old folks lir-t and
young folks la-t, a- Mr-. Slack said she
found very little h it hut a cup of colTee
iinda tin key horn- ule n lu-r duties wcro
done.
Hut there is nn end to everything,
(hie day he saw- Mr-. Shn k dm ing up
the road in the mini ter'- new Imggy.
Sin- was wearing tin- pretty mill t i 1 1 I she
had hoi-rowed of her. With hi r u-il. ll lil
tl.' giggle -he -topped til the gulden gate.
Mr. lYpper had taken a holiday and
a- King in the hammock leading. His
wile had her-ewing' under the oak troc
an 1 was cNlrcin.'ly happy and coiufolta-
hle. If Mr-. Sleek h id collie to tl-k -her
to drive -he h id r I . I not to go. Shu
would -ay: 'My liu-Land has so lew
holidays I i ami.it leave homo to-day."
leil Mrs. Slack did no -ii.-h thing.
"Y.-ii d. -r, good soul!" -he nied, as
so" 1 1 ;t -he w a- w itliiu -pea i ing di-taiicc,
"I eaiiic (.. hollow your liu-liainl."
II. trow -r. !:" ejualal.-d Mrs. -p.
per.
V.-iie hu-hand," said Mr-. Slack,
Shu k'- in New York; I .nu going to ti
ti !' nii-; I want tin c-i . i t and -oiii" one
to di ivo. May I have him
"You ought to a-k Mr. I'eppi-r him
seil, ' -aid Mr. I'. pper, very co.v.
"1 -han't," -aid Mr-. I.e k, playfully,
"I cam.- to horrow him of you. You'll
h ud him, w n't wu.' and I -hall tell
v. iy on.- that .h ir, good ting. I, Mrs.
I'. pp i. h ut nn- lu r hu-hand."
"You in-i-l I -hall an w. r. Mr-.SI a. k,"
Mi-. I'. pp r an --weird.
Y. -." li-p. d Mr-. Si n k, "you'll hud
him, won't y..u .'"
"N i."' -.ud Mr-. I', pper in a very de
rided tone, ' tun afraid I -hoiildn't git
liini I'.u k. I I. t y ei have tny piano.
I'll it 1 1 : i -ii ' t 1 1. ii relunu d. My wtit. r
..roof win-re i- that.' My hal.y's car
riage your hil.y like, air in it now.
My i titling hoard and sci-.or-, my roll-in-;
pin. tin I all tin- re-t. 1 haven't -. en.
Hut I proini-e I to cl.-ave unto my hiis-
l.iud till d- .th .!.
put I
ni -im
u mi w mi d r t .i ii htm .
"I !i ! oh I oh !" eleallie I
liirning pink. " You i.
You i,.i thing ! You -your
h.-rrid thing- h e k.
Mi
Slack,
ked woman!
hall love all
Di ou want
v mi- -I : l ni ol -alt, I...., ..ii mean.
.1' salt, to.
in. an ivu ti li:"
Then, tearing' the mantilla from lur
holll.l. i , -he threw it tit Ml. Pepper's
Ii. ad ;i- he struggled from tiic hammock
and drove away.
Sin- liorrowed a shawl fiointhe clergyman'-
w ifc and went to the picnic with
le r. ldr-1 hoy as .-, ort.
Ilrfoie lur r. turn Mi-. I'. pprr had
pl- reeded to le r llrighhol's hou-e and
coll.-ei. d her goods :t:i. chattel-.
Tin- piano w a- out f tune tin. I -i latch
ed; onions had h.-eu kept in the iee
ii'. nn Ii'e'ii, and the mantle had ti
grea-e--po( on one .-hoiihlcr; the t hild
i. n had nil a game on the lap-hoard, and
it was evident Mr. Sl ick had whipped
them with the i gg I t. r. The htiliy-
i.atriago had I ecu u-.d to ctirry char
coal home, .in.) the point- of the scis-ois
w. e gone. So wa- Ml-. Slack's love.
Sic g.e - ahoiil tilui-ing .Mrs. IVppi r as
thr in.-tiiie-t and iuo-t j. alou- thing .-hu
ever knew.
'Hie lliiiseli.u k t'nre.
Tiiere isasajiug uiining Ihe l!u itum
lh.it a man who is fond of his horse will
not grow old early. The Arali ami the
t'o--ack nrr I'N.'impIrs of the truth of tin)
provrrl'. Tiny generally live long, en
joy toliii-t health and have no u-e for
liver pad-and hhe pill-. That vigoroui
octogenarian, Divi.l Dudley Field, tills
us th it he tittriluites hi- leinarkahly vi
tality to the hahit of hor-ehiek riding',
and if tie- (iiith were known, it would
hr doiihlle-s tip, r that our !iiiilie.-t
old tin n are llio-e w ho h.l c heell fond of
the saddle. The t.i-te for c.plestriaii
-poll- and eM-ici.-e which has lately iiia.lu
-iK-li progress in lirooklyn is, therefore,
: hopeful iiii I In- dt III ul .-igii. It i- not
a mere freak of fa-hion, hut a develop
ment in the direction of rational enjoy
ment and nn aurance that the rising
generation will he less of an indoor and
more of an outdoor people. It means
less headache hereafter, hrttrr npprtites,
troiigrr lungs, roM.T rhrrks, hrighter
i yes, sounder sleep, happier spirits, nml
a total ohlivion of that organ which, ac
cording to Sidin y Smith, keeps men a
good deal lower than the aoes tho
livrr. lirtxiklyn IS'iyl,'
Hit r ii oil,
'I ti-11 you, it's a frrrat thing to hnvft
a girl who knows enough to warn a fel.
low of his danger."
"Have you?" impiired one of tho com
pany. "Yes, indeed ; Julia's fatlierand moth
er were laying; for me the other night,
w hen s'ue heard my tap at the window,
and w hat do you suppose that girl iliiW"
"Can't think."
"She ju-t sat down to the piano, and
- mg the insides out of 'Old Folks at
i I. inie." You enn ju-t bet I didn't call
that evening."
How (hu Indians M ule. Sugar.
Thomas ('onaul, an old resident of
Canada, writes to the Toronto ;lth, :
The Jesuit fathers, who wire the Mr ,1
white men in this country among the Indian-,
tell us that the Indians made sug
ar regularly every spring hy lapping the
Mig.ir maple. At this lime the Indians
did no( have iron kettles for hoiling the
maple sap in. Tln-n it heroines a curious
iple-tion Ifow they did manage to hoil
down the succulent juice without a kettle
to hoil it in. They tapped the tier- with
tin ir tomahaw k--, and iu-rrle l a -pile in
the im i-ion o conduct the sap from the
trees to tin- vessel licticath. Their spile
wti- a pi. of dry pine or cedar wood,
grooved on its upper side for the sap to
w down. o doiilil this process was
cMreliiely crude, -till, with all its crudi
ties, they succeed, d in producing a c.. -.-iderahle
.pi uilily of sugar u h -prin ;.
Tin ir hurkrts were made hy taking a
loll .'I hitch hark and -.wing up the ends
with deer -ho w; or roots. Tim- tln v
go! a vrs-el capahle of holding a pailful,
and iiodoiiht the -ap caught ill -mil v s
sels wtis ju t n- sweet a- that which
we now-gather in our height (in pail-at
far greater cxp -nse and troiihle. I lath
ering; the sap from thr hirrhell lutekcls,
it was r.irrir.l hv tin- original . . man to
tie- hoiling -place. At thi- hoiling place
was ti huge caldron made of large slnvi
of lurch hark. IS-id- III caldron a lire
was huill. and in this lit.- was placed a
lot of stones. As soon as the M s he-
c lieal- d to a re I In- it they . re
dropped into the hirch.M caldron, previ
ously tilled with -ap. liy taking out the
cooled -t s and puuing in in . re hot
ones, and repealing th" prot , even
slow as it wa-, they got the - ip to hoil
ing. (Ince got to hoiling, hy reheating
'he extract. -d -l"ii.--, tiny kept up the
hoiling and -o conliuu. d the pro. . -;, un
til after a time they got 'the sap h.'ilcl
down, and -ugar was the r. --.ili. That
wa-making -iii; ar w ithout tin- tii.l of a
k'ttle, and no doiilit in any will doiiht
the accuracy of the slateue nt . I: i - a
positive fact, for my forefaihr r-t who
ealue to this province in the la-t cintiin
have handed down ill family tradition
the -lory of the pr..i e-. ju t a- I have
narrated it. Ind I, tiny wer-- .ye-wit-
iic es of the proc -s Ihetn-Ivc-. With
(he tidveiit of -etileis of coin-.- thr Indi
an soon Irani, d h.-tt. r, and traded hi
fuis with tie- lur-. U.il.r for ii-.-ii Let tie.,
and then l.e-taii making -U"ar uiu. ll as
Ihe w lute m in docs now.
Vitalising lulliienee of Sunlight.
I have often lecn a-ked, -ay. Ir.
Felix l Oswald, til what age infants can
I'M he safely ev po-ed tithe iiillii.-uce ol
the open air. My an-wer i-, on the lir-t
v;iriii, dry d iv. Then- i- no n a-.m why
a new-horn child -houhl not -.. p as
.soundly under the canopy of a garden
tree on a pillow of -iiu-warnnd hay, a- in
tin- atmosphere ol tin ill-vent ilate.l nur
-cry. Tliou-uids of sickly inn-lings,
pining away in the shuns of inir inaiiu
fa.tiiring town-, might he -a id hy nil
occa-iontd siiulitith.
A-ide from its warinlli and chemical
inlhieni'c mi vcgettilile oxygen, -untight
exercises upon certain organi-tn . a yital
l.ing inlliieiie" which science ha- not yd
iplile cxplai I, hut w hose ell'.-. I is illus
trated hy contra-! between the weeds of
a shady grove and til - of the sun lit
fields, between the rank gr.i of a deep
vall. y and the aromatic In rl ..I'.-e of a
mount -tin meadow, a- well a- l.y the pe
culiar wholesome iippearaiur of '. sun
burned" person- and -nn ipened fruit.
Sunlight is too cheap to hei oiuc a fash
ionable remedy, but its hygienic inlhl
ciu e ctiu har.liy I v. iralc.l.
A i"iit li'inaii'is' Legal Slnttis,
Who is a griillrlnati, has long been a
pu.ling ipiestiou; but an I'.nglisli judge,
has settled tin- mailer, and passed judg
ment in a particular instance that a de
fendant bclore lion was not a gentleman.
The e is nn old Act of ti. oige 11., which
provides that rur-iug and swearing on
the part of laborers, soldi, r- andtailois
shall he punished by a line of one shil
ling; by any oilier p.-r-ons under the de
gree of a gentleman of a tine of Iwo shil
lings; and hy a prison of thr d.-grrrof
p iitleinan or above by a line of live shil
lings. A inn ii named Iili-s was arrested
for profanity, and convicted before ti
Kentish justice, who lined him Iwo shil
lings, thereby declaring him to he "un
der the degree of a gentleman.'' Per
haps Mr. lili-s might appeal, ihclaring
that he should have been lined live shil
lings. Who would not pay extra thrco
shillings to he judicially declared a gen
tleman? (Juite Nam.
Harry I hear that you have lost youf
fathcr, A.!!ow mu to express my svinpa.
thy.
Jack (with a sigh) -Thank you. Yes,
he has gone; but ihe event was expected
for a long time, and the blow- was con
scipiciitly less severe than if it had not
been looke I for.
II. His propel I y was large?
J. Yes; something like a ipiartrr of
s million.
II. - I heard that his intellect, owing
to his illness, was somewhat feeble dur
ing hi- latter years. Is Ihere nny prop
ability of th" will being contested.
J. - No, father was iplile sane when
he made his will. lie lelt everything; to
llie. Ui'ftiin Outfit r.
! tlllLDUKN'S 11)1,1 MN. '
RiMli-n-lt.tr.
, ''Pen-li .1 by- billies, upon lh - tie - top,"
To h.-r iuiiiu; lh" in ilh.-i l.n.l -nigs,
, ' Wli-n Ihn wind's still, t'.- rocking will -top,
j A n l then yon inav all n " your wings "
"li-iek a bye, b-ibi s, uii'l'-r th" eaves" ;
; I'll" swallow ci-.hus t i lu r l.ro.i l. j
i ''Mere you are safer, my children, from
! thieves
j Than if I h.i.l built in t'i" wo-.l " j
I "U-K-k a bye, bali es, the river runs .e"p,"
Th.- r I l.ir.l trills to h-r ll .ek.
j 'I'll" riM-r -ti'- only to to -m y . mi to sks.p, ,
j The "oi'l your gi n rraih-lo i-oek ' '
! Muni .V. ,,'.'... ,s.
j Tin. I.rsson Hi. I.f-iirii-tl fi-mii n Siinll.
I Freddy sat on a wall in tin- garden
with a book in his hand, at which he
' w is looking with a very sul fare.
' "I'm ill" I shall never h-.-uu it !" h -
i Tied, in ton.-. of ih- .pair.
j Tie- sohoohn.i-ler had givrn all the
Ih'.y-a holiday la-k, and Freddy S oft
I'iii-I let the tint slip aw ay w it houl l'iu--h
j ing a hook till oil y a week was left and
I In- had hi- long in to letu n by heart.
I Like mo-t boy- he wi-lu d to gel the
prize, but did not like t!ie l.i'oon.f work
j ng for it. lii'le r an idl" lad w i ; M i-
i r Freddy, in l.e I, though io- h el got it
hit i hi- In-iid -oni' liow that In- was not -
I. ver as oth. r boys, and that, it was not
much use for him to try.
I b-was thinking that, very thing ju-t
now, w hen his eye fell upon a snail craw I
ing up the bottom of the wad on which
lie sal.
'Surely," il ght he, "that silly thing
is not going to tr, to get to the top tit
that pace!"
Y. t slowly, :.. he watched it - very
I"W Iy the .-nail came nearer and m ar
r. until tit length th" summit was
reached, and, a- if in triumph, the old
Miail re ired ils. ll up and waved il- horn-,
ill Freddy laughed outright.
Then the thought lla-hc l upon -Sup-p
i-e tin-snail had said wh it he had, "It
i-of no ii-- trying!" lb- would never
have reached tin- top of t lie w all ; that
ertain.
'out be l.eiteii l.y a snail !" cried
1 lid he -. ( to work at once in down
ri ,-ht earnest, aii I by the time the holi
lay - cani" I" tin cud h knew hi-poem
l.y he irt and could m il-' il w ithout a
ini-l ike.
I'rie day i nil", and th" boys li-t in d
e igerly for t'e- i ! v -' name-. Fred-
dv's-ulpM-" rail -rtoeely Ir,- i III igi ll'-lT
w In n he heir I hi- own r-illrdoul; but
th. re wtis no mi-take til. on! ; lie had won
a pri.e.
I lie I III ii- Illnl till tell Miokr.
( inc.- upon ii lime there lived a little
boy who -pent all hi- time cither in
bird's. n. siing or in setting traps to catch
the old bird -.
The other children u- d to tell him
that it wa- very wrong thus to kill the
poor birds, who did hum to no one.
lint In- would an-wer, "I don't care;
il s good fun."
One day he caught a pretty bird, w ith
green, yellow tin I red feather-. You
may fancy how pleased Ir was.
"Ala-! " said the bird, "are y.ui going
t.) kill III", loo?"
"Holloa." cried the little boy, "my
bird etui speak !"
"Won't you 1. 1 me go:'
bird.
" Ml, no, " he an-wen 'I,
too well, air I your feather-
- mtiiiii.-d the
"you speak
n- loo pretty
for that ; he-ides, I've
t vou, and volt
belong to 111.'. "
Tie- bird -aid no more, feeling sure it
w tis no u-e reasoning with sin h a naughty
b. iy.
That very same day, in I he evening, as
lh.- child was playing in a neighboring
wood, a great giant suddenly appeared
among the trees. The little boy, with ft
scream of l. rror, tried t" run away, The
gianl, however, put hi- loot before him
and stopped him, for the little fellow
w as no higher than the giant's in-lep. lie
-looped down, and taking (lie child be
tween his ling, r ami thumb, lifted him
up to hi- ryes. The poor fellow siTeani
cd as loudly as he could, but the giant
only cxclaiiurd, "Why, this little ani
mal can scream !"
"Alas! Mr. tiianl." said (he child,
"I'm not ti little animal, hut an iiiifortu
nate lit lie hoy, w ho b gs you not o kill
hilil."
The gianl lie n began lo skip over the
lops of the trees for joy, exclaiming,
"This liltle thing can speak !"
The r child, with joined hands be
gan to entreat :
"till, please, do let me go!"
"No, no," replied he. "you talk so
nicely, and you are such a nirr little fel
low, I should like to keep you. Do you
remember," he rouliiiu.d, "that you
said the stun" this morning to your pretty
bird.' It '-ides, I've got y.ui, so you be
long to me."
"1 whs very naughty then and made
bad use of my slreugth."
"1 know that Very well," replied the.
giant, "and I might do the same; if I
liked I could even kill voil, but I will he
j more ju-t. I only waul toleach you thai
) it i- very wrong to do harm only because
vou h ive Ihe power to do it. tin au.l
l.-l your bird loo-e, and in future thui't
l.-lloy birds as yu have done."
You III'. be -lire he agreed to this,
lie tit once h i fly his many colored bird.
j "ind during the remainder of his life
! never loigol the le-son he had been thus
itinght - t'nitcli '.''..'t.-i.
A PILOT'S Lll-li
Dangers ol' the Mini who
Guide?-. Shiist- 1 1 ti ll ) .p.
Qiialifiid Seamon who aro In veiled with
Groal R.ispimsihility,
Whether there be dangers in the sea,
sky or air, the perilous nature of a pilot's
duties makes it imperative lha! he inn t
it with a cheerful a!.u rily, for tie- .,'
tin f-"'y-.i exi-ting in the guild i- iu pefinii
in its inlhii-n. e. Ca-t iitu ing Ihchroih-
i il 1 the pilot inu-t not ...e, or el-.- In-
is indeed a ruimd m m. K.cpi in thr
matter of di-cipline, full ( "inin ind of I hr
vr .-I is vested in the pilol. Mi- n p..n
-ibi itv i ge it ; th..' gemi il i lib- Icing
Ilia' I win r or mi-ler of ,i -hip i-answerable
to and oiii. r p. r-...i for any
o-s or daniM"..' oi ea-i nied by the fault oi
incompetency of :i . piti I i ti. -1 pilot i-cimg
in cliaige ol lh.--hip w hen le i-w ll.in
the distiict of the pilot and 'Ain u hi
employment i- compi!:-.u y ; though the
pli'senee of a pilot d Hoi :ih-oii- ti
master from th.- couse.pi. u. es .. any in
jury that may be cau-e.l by his ow n r.irr-lessne-s
,,- igiioranre. II" inu-t he ready
at rail, and under till cin urn -tancc to
face alike the winter's old, blinding
-let sin. I th" summer's heal, the -t-uin
and the stui-hiiie; and b'.ov high n l .w,
in fair weather or in f"'ih the pilot noi-l
be tit his station to guide salriy all in
cniiiiig v. s-el-.
Aid ill Ii i.l "ii liiv thi- i. p ii -l i. -ii l.i i Iy
tin-. Slid a n. 'in who has live. I till hi
lile on Cape Cod t.. ti w rit. r in tin- ', .-.
on,',',,: "We have had piLdupoii
the shore during the pa-l lo iday- many
vi s-el- w h are ti tottil l-i-i. The nu n
w ho navigated tle ni w.f.- sa.-i, ih ink
tothe gallaiiln.il' lh. life -. .ving for. e,
but th"ii and- of dollar- worth of pr..p.
city are bur'nd in the -and. What the
further lo i s w ill be no man can toll, but
we do know that uii-killl'ul - .iiiun-hi p
and an iinperfe. I know le Ige of lie- rm-l
is responsible for mil' h of the lo . lint
while il i- true that th'-re ha-be n this
large loss, hundreds of ve-el- have -.nied
safely by tin. I haw been brought to. an
chor in a si run harbor. 1 have no'
In aid o a ,-,. '. "..ing ti-hoi'.. that hud
a pilot on I' .aid, and I do H"t think
lllelc litis l.ecll "lie."
It i- perhaps n. edl. -s f s ;j that the
pilot i - a .pialilied -. aiiiaii.lliorough in all
Uaiitiial in uij'li-hui. ul -; for h ctiu
"hand, re. f and -t. ii," iia igate by
sun, moon or star, .and with the "marks
and deep-" of the lead line, familiar lo
him ;i-hi- own handwriting, he knows
the intricacies and varying depths .. the
in any channels. A technical knowledge
of all rigs, too, j- hi-. In -ides ti -igu
manual by which In- can make him-elf
understood by sailor- of till nations.
How r. hcw'.l in mind nui-t be the ma
ter of a great ocean si am. r, with its
hundreds of pas-eug. i s and its precious
freight, nflrr battling with the storm;.
Atlantic for days, i 1 1 1 scarcely a -ingle
peep.it the sun. and in I 1 1 1 t about his
reckoning and po-ition, to s. e, away "IT
shore, one of these little pilot- vessels
making lu r way towards hilii. (iallaiitly
she holds lu r coiir e, heeling and right
ing, pitching and a-c. nding, and a- she
moves up under lh" snug canvas, looking
liku ii boxer stripped for the light, there
is seemingly a sentient pow. i hi hi r i very
motion. It is th.- skill and training of
years th.it puts the lit 1 1 . - i rai l so easily
within two cables' length iindi r the l.-c
of tin-stralnrr. Now come- ihe ciiicial
test, for the pilot must board tin- waiting
craft. The agile crew inu-t gra-p the
little boat from the deck, and poising it
on the rail, in the very nick of time,
launch it over into the sr.thiug foam
aloug-iile. In jumps the pilot and his
two oarsmen and soon the liny canoe can
be seen -now poi-ed in midair on an .an
gry wave crest and anon i'p cp in the
daiigi r hi- hollow, i . nu I u ; straight I. r
the ship. One ini--li"kc. the -light. -l
weakening of a n- rv. , and llu- hardy 1.1
lows would be rngiilfr.l ill tin watery
cha-ni with no stonr to mark tie ir gra vr-.
It is with drlirat. care and skill that the
frail craft is ranged along-idc when a rope
is thrown, by which, grasping with mu
lis of steel, up the side the pilot springs,
hand over hand, until he alight- "ii the
deck.
l.onir seiiloiii'i's.
The London 'i;.'m say-: "Air.
lilad-tone's longest reported sentence, if
1 mi-lake not, was found to contain Fit
words. This wa- until hit. Iy thought to
be the longest on record. Hill now il
appears that Senator Fdiuund- ha- beat
en it with a sentence lit- word- h-ng.
The Oraud Old Man. however, -t il pos
sesses an average which has not Ir eu
surpassed. A -lal i-t i. -inn, to whom lime
i-cleai'ly no objerl.ha-di-covi red a speech
of the I'rcmier's in which there are ten
senl- nees w hich c.Mitain all average (
seventy-two words apiece."
Worried Over I. ihor Tronhlos.
Tramp You see, your Honor, t'lese
labor troubles
Judge Nonsense ! Labor lias iifver
troubled you any.
Tramp It has troubled me day and
night for years, your Honor.
Judgi At night
Tramp Yes. I lay awake at nights
t-liidyiug how lo avoid work.
Jii'lgi -I'M spare you that lo-s of sleep
for ninety days. Cuti.
I'.iiiig-i-.i ills at ( ii-lle 0 i r l i-ii.
The tir-t thin; ti newly land, d emi
;;t ..pi get. to i. t!r wal.-r tank. say. a
N w S'oik I ii'i. - How -:oo. it ta-. s!
s iv on" and till, a- ih y -lop be ;
foie Ihe Ciol. .ii wall i faucet and drain ;
thr bright tin cup dry. And the lir-t
thing bought i- apple., which lie b nipt- j
iirjly "it lh" fruit -lull- in the iin losui". i
Ii yond the rail i- a large anipith. tit. r i
while tor innuinrrtible n m -cat.. and
till.'.' big -love.. In -pace, beyond,
whole families coiu'i. ;-!!'- afi. r landing
for day - until thrir place of ile- mil ioti
is I. I i iiii n el. and p- 1 1 iti 1 1- I.. . tin-' .-"in" .
of the parly nr.- t hau-led by the 1
voyage to go funic r. ..iiiui I ing an- '
large 1 ; i . 1 1 - -1 i - l"i i.n-n :m I woin.-n, and :
-I til ! -ii ii v liil.- wh. ic Ihey run wa-h .
I In ir i I'.lhin::. Iti ph a- iul w. alle r ,
liilt. iy I'.irk all' i-l a pl. a- nil louu--iiig
place ,,, il,, ,,. n :,,, . 1 1 . 1 h' a. Liu in
winter and -u.-h wrt.lle r a thi-, lie y r.-- '
in iin in-id" le, 1 1 1 .ue . 'I ii. p i-
.1. an, and -i lai'.-c thai '.'. luivuiil- :
ha'., loom w li.."i! i rowdiug.
i t, f.-vv of .any -hip'- I . . bill a h l, ,
all-r pa -iii-j in-p-. I ion. .-,-n i at oi. - i r
their place ..I d. -l iti ,ti.-n ih teriuin. I "ii j
brloie leaving h"tii. . S"lhio am hut ';
I In Ii i-h I' in.iiii hi th- .ily. I 'It. .a w I-.. I" :
lro..p. of liul:..ui in- to,. ., ni ,, t!i, u.,o.
culling di tii.l- ..I . uii-slv.iiii.i, while
agent- from inine- in tip- W.-i me aii
ing I" take paili.- of Hungarian- and
I'"h - away. S- tar a-!'"- . il;. i- ."ii-
o-i'Mol, bin liltl- addition i nci'le to il-.
popul.it a ni hy th. i. liiv .i I of cinigianl ,
a- th.y ii-u illy have In-rr wilhiti a l.w
Ii.-iii - alter Ian-ling.
.'ii"tig ue imiiiigr ml - aiming -n i
cm .y -hip nr.--ro.-. "lyeun.. girl- who
-ri k in. i i. a I" I" tier th. ii bn i line, tn.d
'Uppolt til"-.' ef ;i h"IUe. On their
arrival at ' .1-1 ! I lar-h e. li- girl- are
well ,...! for by ll,.- i;,,;!,,,,;,;. -. :,,
far a- po.-;i,i.. '.,,.t..i,. !,, de.i.ning
per-.. n- who -..-ek tle ir iiiiii. :i lime-
th. - nr.-among the -hip'-pa--, le.er-tin. 1
have ingratiated th. in - h -into t: , , ,
lid. lie. ot t!'. il Ull-ll-pe. ling .li V In tore
th.y reach Ihe .N. w W'.'il.l. ,' ,,,
II I- It -en Tiiere. '
"I wa- ti ll imp f.r - , ral year-," -aid I
a buggy wa le 1 al !' lie li. ty -ta
blc- tie ..lh. 1 day. "a:"l I ini-.lil haw
I" 11 tile " "I V et I. a! I !' I !e , i, l..l-
-I 1 1 1 w hi. h d pi i . .1 me ..I' th a ll leg
al lh. km . A 1 1 w'.l 1 .1 w b n
leg would be n.. h I., while I it. I tllollild
lie' sial,, - at a fair g ,1."
" Ii .1 was the i ii. nn, -bur c :"
U 1 11. -ev.ii or eight of 11- were
tramping logeile r Ihioiigh llu-01! regions
of ciiiisylv.iiiia, tun I one day one .. the
gang stole a can out of .1 -led in lie-wood-.
ll ii.'il iiii'1 nil ro-gly 1 1 1 in.-,
hut none of 11- knew lh" alii, le lh. n. lb'
rtirrird it I'.. r about an hour, when we
all bunked down in tin- -had" for a noon
day nap. Son fu- wile half a-l.cp,
and we wire all p.e k.. togi ilea utid. r
one ti. , w h. ti il; man pi. !,. ! up a
-lone and begin haiuinering tit the can.
1 wa- looking al him mil of one ev, and
I wa- Wondering whether tin-can held
oil or lar I, when till til ..nee 1 he ault -of
he iv. n fell to larlh i t Ii a 1 r.a-h.
Mali tin h air later, wh. n 1 . ame to, I
wa- lying in the bu-hi. .'no 1, , 1 from the
tree, and my foot, aiikie and L g w.rca
ma of pulp "
"There had he. 11 ail I Xph'-ioll .'"
"Yon b't ! There wa, ti hole iii ihe
ground nil" wlmli y.'U ...iild hay
dump"! a cit ig. . and Ihe big I r. . w
a heap of kindling w.. . I. I let o th,
eight of II- live culd in 'I l.e f ,., .ind i
I snlT. r. d the I. a-t iii inn of any ,. the
wounded All thai
gathered (..
gctll.'l- .l reple-elll lle.. 11 Win s e
bit- of clothing and I. tith.-r not ... r
two j 11 1 it -. That wa- a r-.rk. r on in.-.
Whriicwr 1 .-ec a -tray .an lying around
1 lil'l my h.'il, lake :i circle to ihe right ,,r
h it, and pi-u-ixiiy ob-mr: 'N"l any
to-day, thank y.'U I'm- been llicr. ''"
).,",' -',..
llie Warlike Apache.
A correspond, nt of the Chicago .'.
i.. -ri... 1... ;. ..... ....!. ,1...
" "' 1 "' ' ' "". "
1110-t warlike of American Indian- - ami
I do not except the I Ic Indian., the j
sioux, in 'I llu- Cot nam he- - but In- i- a!-o I
the ino-l -kill. I in war. Trained to an
cu.llir.lll. ewlll.il Would be llll. ill l. table . M ,
in :i more cndui.-ible coimiiy: with ihe A Miiltilerlill Toy.
eye of a hawk, tin- stctilth of a coyote, ' wond. rful toy ha- been on private
thr murage of a tiger, and il- 111. 1. il. --- J exhibition in I'aris. Fancy seven life
iiess, he i- tin- licloiiin ol the new woild. : sized kill, n-covered with real skin, but.
lb-has hois, - that w ill cxi-t on a blade' it h iy as o 1 nn raid set in white enamel,
of gras- o an acre, ami will trawl 1 1 0 I and play lag upon a flute, a zithern, a
miles in twenty -four hour- thereby with- j violin, admin, a harp, a cornet and an
out tailing .b ad .ni thr homr-ln ti h. lb' ; iu cor.1 ion, all perfectly harmonized and
know-mry fool of hi- -avag. rouniry ' jming through tin -t -trikiug; airs of
brtt.r than y.ui know llu- interior of the new tuid successful comic operas!
your parlor. lb- find- water and food , T, un-e. n iiiechaiii-iu is of the sanin
whrrr tin- hr-l of 11- would starve to Kind asth.it of a inu-ieal box, and Ihei
dralh for the wtint of both. More than , s ids giv. 11 forth an- most delightful,
lililililTcr.nl plant-yield him iiib-lintil so that thr owner of this rnnai kahle toy
revenue, lb-ha- fastnesses from whit h ran have a most agreeable concert at any
no force can dislodge him; and when time by touching certain springs mid
you lay siege he quietly slips out by winding them up.
some back door canon, and is oil like ;
thistle down on the wind. j Another Mutch Spoiled.
Tin- ihingerou-ncss of an Indian is in j Tin y wa re looking over her family nl
iliwrse ratio to hi- food supply. The bum, liirdie and lur I Itirohl, when they
Apache, horn to starvation, his whole; came to a poll rait of an aged jrenth-maii.
life a constant light to wrest a living from I "Who i- thai old baboon.'" asked Har-ieui-h
nature, as wall as to wrc-l life old.
from his neighbor, i-wlulte.l down to a ; "Why, replied liirdie, shutting up
ferocity of edge never reached by the In- I th" book angrily, "You don't think
ditin of a section where wood mid water ' grandpa looks like 11 baboon, doyo(
and facile game abound. Harold,'" - Yi w Yurk (hnjilii -.
I'ulr MoniliiK In Ihe Huibor-
Ftiir iiioi uiug i- on lh'- harbor,
And morning "ii Ih'' hay.
And th" bo.it-that ware lying at iin.-lior
'.. -il' iilly t. al nway.
wind iu'tlie sail-to li.-ar Ih'-ni
Th.-y drift w nil III" lid. afar.
Till they outer the outer harbor
And sil'-ntly ero.-.- lh" bar.
ll may be the skipp.-r is -I cping.
He i! . til th" rudder so -I ill ;
It may ! lh -kipper i- thinking
( I, hi- young wile oil the hill.
Sh" wa-ics ii" in nt in sighing.
Well day h.-r labor.- b'gin,
Vi id ..pen - Ii" lling.tli.'shulb'ra
'lo . t t h" -till siin-hn." in.
i-ili ' ptcs uly an in-! ml
To ....k ni lb" t" I giay i"v,
l-'r..iii ll. .1 loth" -"-e luish ;laue
Wii. i il -I'tirl l"- lp-h an-l u- v.
And d- w n Hi" '.lop., to th.- harbor.
nd ovr lh" I. u l. "i- .it tii .
I'"i h r dear I ul h'-ii-l with tie- l.ipi
I i i-i n "W e ".-in.: lh.- bar.
"i ', I I I h. r' Ih -I. ipper I- .ay ing.
a i. .. l.. - - him '" Ih" w ib- ret urn-,
Tim- ' a.-'i ..- tin oth.-r I- pray nr.:.
Ml e h ! r the other yearn-.
IM'MtHiOl'S.
fa. 1 W. -I- i n praii i
way of lie world
I! 1 its
,
' It i--:i wi-- railr ..id .-bn k that know?
j t ; own pal .
; c.a:i:iil..'.l i- believed (.. I..- vi ry fond
, hi- f.l"W oi.n.
,, , , . yy le l, i... il. ,. ,, . i.....
I'l.pil the Iti I -e "ll. -. 'h'.
l ite man w 1 1 'a a No. I "i in "k and a
N ". I I roll. ir ha- a h ud -truggh to in. ike
both I lid- meet.
I M-.m idruwiug 'Ul a I i 1 3 : Fxcipe
; "' . sir I c p. x .1 lrl.or iliurrying
!"' ' I 'my. d.'u'l nr ulioi. it.
I I1 wa-a Yaar graduate who wauled
j !" kuo.v il the ! .. ti gun was to
;pfiv--iii il irotn going oil preinatiirely.
" io should 'leeide W 1 1'-lt ll oil ol's di !l-
,r, ,. ,- Yc .h.u'l kno.v v. In . -In .nld, but
we know that I le uii-lerlakers geiierallv
Th' l' i- tl -light dilT'-fetlce lie! Weill
lh- .had beat and the tippiehciiih'.l
(hi. f. t'e. a-k-Ihe bar to cliaryc the
lo "ii'ii. and the bar a-k- the other In
,n . "lint tie . h ir.'.'.
IV"'., ot- at Cohuubia "We cannot
la-ii in the dark. .N iture intend- us to
it en! b ". i. " Sin. h ut "How about a
blind man'- din-ar : " I'lof. or- "Na
luie ha- provi'h'l him with cvrtrrth,
The A ititi i;i 11 Hurst',
Arabian h.'i-e-are being iuipoibd into
Ann i lea to ti -light rxb lit . f r. 1 nil war-.
Me 1 ng. r, I In- laui-iu. old -lallioii from
whom "in Aiie-iican Ironing -lock is all
ih -. end. I, had a large -lrain of Arabian
Id I ill hilll.
Aiabiaii -talli"n- have luni brought 10
1 1 1 i - 0 1 11 1 1 y from lini"t" timr n- prrs-riil-
lo public turn and "tli'-l--. Bill it is
doubt lul il a hill b..., ... Arabian man!
w:i-rv. r ill llie I iiib d Slates. They
nr.- alin .1 1:1. .re higiily than I In - stallions,
and ii"t allow. .1 I I. ae tin- oiiutry.
There arc -i ili-tiii. t faniilicsoflior.se,.
in Aiabia, an I lie- p. digr.e of. some of
lh. m runs hack uuiiii -lakably for livo
hundred y. ar-. They cm. of old fainilirs.
The-e at'.' ihe hol-e- l"l' swifllless and
eiuliir.anee. Tin y- are U"l draught hot-i-s,
' j but in the t wo iii ilili. - naiin 1 tin y eX' i I
I all 0M1.T 1 1, in the world. Tin y
! have d. -lical k- and line, -uiall,
straight limb-, l! 1-hing ey. - and a -Hong,
flowing mane and tail. Thcv are not
, ., , ,,, , , " ... -
unii-ii.il lu-ighl. Tie btn k i-not arched
inin h, tin ttiil i-high -.1, tuid the hoofs
arc always -mall, black and very tough.
Centuries ..f pounding over the sands of
tlle.hs It bale made thrill so. Thcv
; have small r.ii - tuid powerful 1 hr-l, from
which tle v g. 1 their gnat . ndiiiam e.
j Tin y are .1 1-1 liigui-le d for soundness of
j wind .and limb, th al ;h lie II high bled,
j I'.u .-ll 1 oii-in. ih - Kentucky hor-c, of
I 1,1. 1, ... in. I., be bo,;,,., ,, I ., L
. 1 ........
ol hur.'un." .
The AimIu.iii hof-e i- noted, too, for its
gcnl h- lemper and i 1 1 1 1 lligence. lis inas-
ter, the Arab, -ay- the Inu-t- is A Hull's
In st gill to man.