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VOL. VIII.
ititsisoikv, Chatham co., n. a, acgcst it, m.
no. :o.
Jiulgo Not.
'o mnv measure by our measure,
We limy jud-o our fellow dust,
Wu onii s-e as nrin e'or seeth,"
Ami niny think our judgments ju
Hut the hidden springs of act km
There is none bu; t)ixl can know;
Only lie can eo tlio forces
That me working weal or woo.
There ore deep and unseen currents
M vingall mankind along ;
Tin-re are isnvers for good or ovil
'j lull in i k -1 I he huinnii throng.
There nro n otives horn of agos
Actuating every life;
And tin Witness who's eternal
Knows the victor in tho strife.
Mrs. IlitfH" Clinch Fouler.
THE HIRED GIRL.
'Sac makes n per feet picture, out there
in that tropiciil sunshine," said Mr. Yil
lars. "I,'.k at her, with (hat scarlet
liblou ut lui lie k mid those coils of hair
waving lilue black in the intense light!
It is like a ilrcam of Ilalv !''
"Yes," sai l .Mrs. Leeds, "she is very
pretty, hut that ilim't -ignify so much.
She's a good, smart girl, ami don't lose
any time looking at herself in the glass,
like 'Dim1 I've hail."
"Where diil you pick her up?" asked
the young clergyman, earclc.'sly drawing
the newspaper from his porkcl as he sat
down out I i-i-aipi't of pine-needles umli-r
the big evi" green tree.
'"Didn't jiick her up nnywherc," said
.Mr. Leeds, tiirlly (fortius ,is n pnrt of
the tinn.u lion that had never been quite
satisfactory to h-r business-like Soul).
"She ciime along."
"Came along;" (with a slight accent
of surprise. )
"Y(..i looking fur work."
Mr. Yillars hfleil his eyebrows.
"Then h w do you know who she is?"
he n-ked.
"I don't know!" retorted Mrs. Leeds,
unconsciously betraying her weak point
by this irritability of manner; "but I
know what she is, and that's more to the
purpose. Mn 's I he best washer that ever
i rof-sed iiiy threshold ; as docile ns a kit
ten, an 1 as smart as a cricket; does twice
the work of any one else that I ever had,
mid if sin s i vi r tired she don't say so,"
Mrs. Leeds bii-tled off to interview
I'm lie r I'arks for more Aldernev cremii
for the sumner boarders, now that the
house was beginning to (ill up.
Mr, Yilliirs impr .ivied a pillow out of
his coat, folding it cylinderwise nnd
placed under his head, and closed his
eyes In a sort of summer dream among
the pine boughs and buttcrllies.
Anil Eliza, spreading "nt blnckhenies
to dry on the board platform that had
been erected along the garden fence, be
gan to sing soitiv to iierscit. Mie was
very silent ordinarily, but somehow it
seemc-l its if the sunshine had thawed out
her very heart to-day.
Mr. Yillars had been right. There
was something of the atmosphere of
Italy about Eliza her eyes were so deep
and dark, her hair so g!osily black, her
cheek stained with such n rich olive.
Morever, she did not move like the
girls of rock-bound New England. There
was a subtle, gliding motion -.i languor
of r.r.iccfulne-s in Iter gait which was
foreign to all her siirroiridings.
The girls of the vicinage did not fra
ternize with Eliza w hen, at rare intervals,
(he accompanied Mrs. Lectin to church,
sewing-circle or village gathering; for in
Stnplcvillo the employt ,-r and employee
occupied one nil-comprehensive social
platform.
They said she was "odd;" they looked
at her askance; and Eli, i, always very
ipiiet in her ways, made no effort to in
liuu ite herself into th- ir good graces.
Why should she? Went did it signify,
one. way or the ether, whether Deborah
Smart and Ke.iah Hayes and Abby Jane
Clark liked her i r not, as long an Mrs
Leeds win pleased with her?
lint the village girls made one error in
their calculations. They had not inten
ded, as the time crept on, to emphasize
their nnt.pathy to Mis. Leeds' Eiia so
strongly as to awake a pirti-an feeling in
Mr. Villaii' breast; but they did so, un
consciously to tlniii-e'ves.
"Why do they neglect that girl so?''
the young oleigyman nske.l himself.
"Can they not see how infinitely superior
she is to them? It's n shnme!"
And so Abby Jane Clark nnd D.'bornh
Smart and Keziah Hayes scaled theirov.-n
doom, so far lis Mr. Yil'ars was con
cerned. There was not one of them but would
have, been delighted to win smile, a
glance, u pleasant word from the young
man v ho was summering ut the Leeds
farm-house.
But, alas! like the priest and the Lc
vile, he passed by on the other side; and
v ! en the village girls, in their afternoon
mi slins and ribbons, sat at their windows
mi 1 wondered why "he came not," he
wn, in nine cases out of ten, helping
K'iza to gather jieachcs for tea; standing
btside the brook, while she spread out
towels and pockct-ha idkcrchicfs to
bleach, or even explaining to her the
difference bet ween the not i sof the thrush
nnd the woodlark, tho speckled eggs of
the robin and the jiearl-gray treasure of
the whip-poor-will.
"lie seems to be taking a notion to
her," said Mrs. Leeds to herself, as .she
eyed the pair shrewdly from her milk
room window. "Well, why shouldn't
be? It' true he's a minister ttnd my
own nephew; but in my mind Eliza, is
good enough for any man. My sakesl
won't Abby Jane Clark bo mad? If ever
n girl wanted to bu a parson's wife, Abby
Jane does!'
Thus things were- progressing, when
one day n smart young tra desman from
an adjoining town c.uue to boar 1 out his
fortnight's vacation at De e on CI irk's.
The darks were n wel -to- do family;
but the deacon was a little i lose in his
financial administration, and Mrs. Clink
nnd Abby Jane were not averse to earn
ing n new dress now and then out of the
rent of their big spare room. And Mr.
Trud kins brought n letter of recommen
dation from a .riend in I'ackorton, and
he dressed in the latest fashion, and had
a big black moustache that overshadow
ed his upper lip like n pent house.
"Oil, ma, how very genteel ho is!"
said Altby Jane, al.l in a flutter of admir
ation. "A very nice young man indeed,"
responded the deacon's wile.
And the very next week, Abby Jane
came down to the lords' farm house.
"Have you heard this news of your
Eliza?". she asked of the fanner's wife, in
a mysterious whisper.
Eh?" s,iid Mrs. Leeds.
"She's nothing but a piny actress,"
said Abby Jane, nodding her head until
the stuffed bluo bird on her hat quivered
as if it were alive. "Mr. Alphonso Trud
kins saw her himself in the (irent New
York Combination I roup-. She was acting
n woman who was married to Ciiban.mid
lost her pocket handkerchief, and was
afterward choked with the pillo.is oil
the best lied. D.'sdemonia le r name was,
1 think. "
"Well, and suppose she was?" said
Mrs. Leeds, who was toi good n general
to let the enemy see what havoc bad
been carried into her camp. "What
then ?"
"What then?'' echoed Abby Jane.
"Well, I do dec-hire, Mr. Leeds, I am
sill prised."
"I don't believe a wold of it," said
Mrs. L Is, defiantly.
"Itiit Mr. TrinlkiiH s-iw her with his
own eye-.!" cried Abby Jane, lludiing
scarh-t w ith indignation. "II- knew In r
the minute he looked at her yesterday in
church. Elizabeth Ellesincre her name
wat, he says, in the advertisments, and
he danced a d. nice, wilh a yellow seai'f
and a lot of ro.es, between the pii e -s,
making herself out to lie n Spanish man
doline player. It's enough to make one's
hair stand on end to hear Mr. Trudkins
tell about it."
"It don't do to believe all one hi ars,"
said Mrs. L-eds, losing all count of the
eggs she was breaking into a china
bowl, in Fr con-teination. "And
Stapleville docs b-at nil for gossip."
"Veil, you can ask her yourself, and
see if she dure- deny it !" said Abby Jane,
exultantly. "Here she comes now. Ask
her only ask her!"
And Eli.a came hit ih" kitchen, with
the spice box ill her hand. Mr. Yillars
followed close behind, fanning himself
w ith a straw hat.
"I have come from the nv n in the hay
field," said he. "They want another jug
of cool ginger and water, with plenty of
molasses stirred in. Aunt Leeds, (iood
morning, Miss Clark! I hope the dea
con is quit,' well this morning?"
Abby Jane turned pink, nnd smiled
her most seductive smile,
"Oh, qirte o," she simpered. "I 1
only came on
"Is it true, Eli.i?" Mr-.. L-eds asked,
shnrply. "Have you been deceiving me?
Are you a play act less n!l this time?''
Eliza's largo eyes turned slowly first to
one, then to another of th- little group.
She did not blu-h it was o her way
but the color ebbed slow ly away from
her cream pale cheek.
"I have been deceiving nobody," said
she. "I am not an actress now. I have
been one. ISut I did not like the life, so
I left it. If anyone had asked me,
I should have told them long ago."
Mr. Yillars came forward ami stood nt
the girl's side, as he saw his aunt shrink
away.
"Well," he said, "even taking
it all for granted, "where is tho
harm?"
Charles! Charles! ' cried Mrs. Leeds,
putting up her hands with a gesture of
warning. "Item mber po ir A vice!'
"It is because. I remember her that I
sjioiik thus," said Mr. Yillars, calmly.
"I had an elder sister once," he added,
turning to Abby Jane Clark, "who ran
away from home ami became an actress.
She had talents far above the average,
but my parents were old fashioned pco
ple,and their ideas tan in narrow grooves.
They disapproved of the stage, so Alice
left us. Whether she is dead or living
we know not, but wherever she is, I am
sure that she cannot but bo irood and
true and pure "
Abby Jane's eyes fed under his calm
glance. She was a little sorry now that
she had chosen "to ctinw hither and bo:ir
the news herself.
Somehow, Mr. Villars had taken it in
a different spirit from what shj had an
ticipated. Ami Eliza's soft, hinguidl,--moduhited
voice broke on the constrain
ed silence like drops of silver dew.
"I have been au actacss, and perhaps
I should still have been on the stage," she
said, "hud it not liecn for circumstances.
My father dealt in stage properties, and I
was brought up to the busin .-s", but still I '
never liked it. Hut one cannot, civsilj '
step out of flie path where one's feet have
been placed, especially if one is a wo
man. "However, the turning point came id
lad. Our leading lady full sick of a
contagious fever, in a lonely village when!
we had stopped to play one night. The
manager packed tip everything in a panic,
and bade us all to bu ready to go. I told
him I could not leave Mrs. Montague
alone, lie said that if 1 left tho com
pany thus, I should never return to it.
"Well, what could 1 do! The stiign
was my living, it was true, but our lea-ling
lady had no friends. It would have
been inhuman to desert her, so I stayed
behind and took care of her. She died,
poor thing, and it swallowed tin all my
Cnrilillns fo liurv hep ilecnntltr
"And then I Hied l.ere'and tl.,.r,. (
enrn my living ns best I could. I wni
not always successful. More than onen
I have been hungry nnd hoinelc s; but,
heaven be praised, 1 have always found
friends before tho worst came to the
worst. Xow you know all," she con
cluded quietly, leaning up against tho
tloor, where the swinging scarlet beans
made a fantastic background for her
face.
Mr. Yillars had advanced a step or two
toward Edza us she spoke; his gaze hud
grown intent.
" This this leading lady of whom you
mention," said he, with an effort. "Do
you remember her name? Her real name,
I inean?"
"They called her Katharine Montngug
on the bills," said Eliz i. "If she had
any other name, she never told me what
it was. 1 say if, because--because
Oh, Mr. Yillais, 1 never quite understood
it before, but then- is a look in your eyes
that reminds me of her. 1 have been
stnrtled by the familiar expression many
a time, but 1 never could convince my
self where the link of association bo
longed. And and I still keep a littio
photograph of hi r that I found in her
Bible niter she was dead. I kept them
both. Wait, and I will bring them to
you."
Mr. illars gaz-d lit the picture in si
lence. Mrs. Leeds uttered a little cry of
recognition.
'Heaven be gm.il to us!" she wailed;
"it is our Avici, sure enough."
The sequel of this little life idyl in
simple enough. Any on- may mu ss it.
Charles Yillars m in ied Eliza. And even
the most fa tidious "si teis" of her hus
band's II k can utt'-r no word of re.
pnea li again -t th i minister's w ife, ah
though sh.- makes no secret of the fact
that she was once an actress.
And poor Abby Jain- Clark is chewing
the bitter husks of disappiiiniueiit. Em
even Mr. Trudkin-i bis gone back to
racket-ton without delaring himself.
"There is no dependence to be put
upon men," says Ab y J.iue, disci nsj.
lately. llileii Fun-fit drum.
A Losing lltidticss.
There are hundreds of small cigar
'factories" where one man is employed,
and, notwithstanding that they generally
lnc money, their seems to be no do re.-ist
in their numbers. ciearmaker who i.
earning if 12 a week and has miungeil tt
save a little money, starts out for hint
self. II- buys tobacco by the pound,
and pays a handsome price for it, too;
he makes the'cigars, his wife helps him,
while his children strip. He do not
pay factory rent, nor for pu king, strip,
ing, the large expense of labels, insur
ance, and lithograph advertising, whic!i
auioiin's to a goo I deal, costing a h rgc
manufacturer fto n $1,0IM) to $Jt,(HM.
This small manufacturer setts his cigars
on the basis of cash actually expended,
imt counting in his labor, worth $1'J pet
week, beside then her incidentals. Tim
result is that in a short while his money
is all gone and ho returns to his bench.
This is tho result in ninty-live cases out
oi one nuniireii. lliese small shops are
known in the tobacco tr.ulo us "buck
eyes." Cliimijo Ti'ihmie.
The Cackles r I he II cart.
Mr. Thomas S. Clark sends us a plan
sible explanation of the expression them so furiously that we only saved this
"warming the cockles of the heart." Ho one, which we brought into the hou-e,
says that in the counties of Kent and j where it is very lively. We keep it in a
Essex, England, the phrase is commonly : pasteboard box nt night, and put it
used and is invariably applied to t'i , regularly to bed at sundown (chicken
pleasures of eating and drinking. When ' sleepy-time), giving it its supper just be
lie was a schoolboy Mr. Clarke heard il 1 fore .shutting it up for the night. 1 feed
explained that tho right and left auriclef j it on grits mixed with gravel, which it
oi me neari weie suppose.. i: lescmtiit ;
in appearance tho cockle of shell lisli
found in that part of tho kingdom; from
this fancied res mblance arose the phrase
"cockles of the heart," meaning the
two shell-like divisions, or auricles of the
heart. "So," says Mr. Clark, "upon
taking a drink or upon feasting or
highly spiced viands, the cockles of tin
heart received the first pleasurable im
pression, and so it was that the w holt
in-art was speeuuy set aglow. -itwum n . . i ... ,4
y M a J , I i ir, Imt ol course it can t purr its satis-
i I faction. The elders predict a tragic c-ml
ThO Mail Bilil the ItuuiiiDor. f n Hintie, such as being cru-hed under
A man was about to pull a little c ileum- ' a ri-cUer, stamped by largo feet, or de
hor from the vine, when tho vegetable, ; voured by a cat ; but for tho present it
with on appealing look, said: "Don't
disturb me yet; 1 am too littio to cat.
Let me grow big and then I wiAtfford
you a square meal." The Cuctimbci
was spared, mid ni a few weeks it tw istctl
that man into all sorts of shapes with
the co'in.
Moial This Fablo teaches the virtu
of prompt execution. Lif e,
CIIILItKKM'M COLllIN.
Wllnt lite 1'lunrra Mnv.
Th" itsl rose Miys, ' li- swe-t,"
And the lily bids, "lie pure."
The hardy, brave fill Vsiintiiumum,
"lie patient and endure."
The violet whispers, "Give,
Nor grudgi! nor count the cost,"
Tho woo Iliine, "Keep on hlosnoming
In spite of chill and frost."
And so each grneou H over
Has each a several won I,
Which, rend together luaketh up
The iii-!itge of the Lord.
A tVlso t iiik liisloii.
One summer evening after Harry and his
little sister Helen had been put to bed a
severe thunder storm c.nne up.
Tin ir cribs stoo l siiL by side, mid
their mother, in the next room, heard
'IS they Silt 1. p ill bed all d t al ked, ih
low voices, about the thunder and light
ning.
They told each other their fears.
They were afraid th - lightning would
strike them.
They wondered if they would be
killed right off and whet In r the house
would be burn d up. Tiny tfiiubled
nlivdi at cacti peai.
lint tired n iturccjiitd not hold out as
lono as the storm.
Hatty became very sleepy, and at last
w ith renewed t in i t fulness in his voice,
he s lid, as he laid his h ad on the pil
low: "Well, I'm going to tru-t in Sod."
Little lb-leu sat a miuiit longer think
ing it over, mid lin n I ii-1 her own little
head down, saying, "Well, I dess I will
too!"
And tin y both went to sleep without
inure words. Yuuh' Comuini'iii.
Tlif I - 1 1 Mii'itcmitt.
Once tlicro was a little girl and she
had a largo family of doils, and loved
them dearly, every one. She was five
years old, and her name was Hoe Jenny.
H ise Jenny had a deal of sickness in her
family. There were meaM. s and muimis
mid scarletina and coughs anion-- her
ibd's all the time, besides ace'dents oh,
horrid accidents! broken legs and arms,
and at one time there were two eases of
broken necks, so that the heads came
quite off: they wi n- a good-natured lt
of dolls, and the heads would lie there
on the Uoor ami smile jest, as sweitiy as
ever.
Ib-r brother il.nrge gave tho dolls
medicine every day. That was (!.'or:,. 's
piny business to doctor dolls. But the
bones would not grow together, and
their -sawdust keel ebbing, ebbing away.
But one d ly It is - Jenny burst into the
hou-,e w ith n great sere mi of joy. She
gathered her dolls in her aproii and ft d.
"Surer .Vim and M audio h ive opened a
hospital to cure dolls!" she shouted back
to her mother.
So they bad. "Surer Ann'' nnd
Man lie could sew and cut and (due and
mend, mid they mad- Kos - Jenny's dolls
as good as new. They charged "real
money mr it, ami tiny had a little sign
in the window, "Sarah Ann and M.-mdic,
I) II Surgeon.-," and all the little girl-on
that street had their dolls i uiv l at their
"hospital." I wish there was a "D 'II
Surgeon tin our .street, don't, you,
dearie?
Tiio Mule llniitnm.
Alh-a T. 11., aged eleven, semis the
f -llowiug true story from lireeuville, S.
('., to ! Yuuii-i l'l -j,!,; "Is it
md a little beauty, Until f" -aid a little
prl of ab -nt eleven, show ing to a friend
a very .-niall baby t hicken.
"Yes, indeed it is. But why do you
keep it in tin' house;''
"Well, I will tell y m Bietic's history,
for so wo named him. Grandma seta
hen on si- bantam eggs, all of which
were hatched. The same day another
In n can It with twelve golden chicka
biddies. The bantams were not many
days old when Duke, the yard dog,
made a mouthful oi their mother, so they
were left orphan. We put them under
the other hen, thinking she would regard
them us her own family; but she soon
discovered the strangers, and peeked
likes very much. It lias been sod
mies
ticated that it
does not wake no until
our bienkfast-time, while when we first
brought it in it began chirping with the
peep of day. 1 take it often to scratch
in the flower gar-Ion, but it is miserable
until it gets back into the house. I
think it a much nicer pet than a bird,
which lias to be caged. Wc all play
with llantie, even my grandfather, and it
hives to be stroked as much as my kitten
ems to bo at (lit! height of chicken I
f. licity." j
Velocity Defined. ,
Miimmn : And now, Eddie, can you
tell mil what velocity is 1
: That's w hat Papa lot po of
the hot plato with to-day, isVt it, Mam
li (Life,
LOBSTJiRLUKIL
An Entertaining Chopt.ei
Upon this Crustacean.
Where Lobsters Cmua Front and How
they cT.ro PrajmreJ for Consumption.
The Chicago Trilninr says, The season
"or lobsters, unlike that of oysters, lasts
I iracliciilly all the year around, but for
j -lie first thr-i- months of it -or a little
:lioreitlt'-r the quality is somewhat oil
;olor. Tho most fertile fields of supply
. ire the Massachusetts, Maim', o-w-j
'omul and Labrador coasts, w ith the
j )dds largely in favor of the first two.
, Jiough the largest speclme s lire nearly
ilways from Labrador. This city nt pres
j nit consume.-, from 1 m to l?ti(l loli-ters
1 week, which is neither above nor be
ow the records of former times,
.he demand having apparently stood
iboiit slill for some year. Tin-supplies
each th city daily by opre-s i.i two
unlit i' n alive and "boiled." A lob-
iter, when properly handled, will live
or a week out of tho water, with no
ilioiiger uiita im-iit than tliit which it
leriw-s from convulsive clawings nt the
lirandlhe limbs of its traveling (inn
.latiUiiis, The live ones are packed in
.larrels lg.i to the barrel care being
liken to iii-iire each otic the most eoni
'ol'lalile position po sible ael'os-the body
if its next-door neighbor, and veiitila
iou being secured by means of large
doles bored in the l'ea I an 1 sides of tie
jarrel. The "boiled" lob-t is me clo-e-y
packed bet wis n layer- of s.-aweed and
co, and reach their destination ready
'or tile table, with the exception,
)f course, of the nece-sai-y denning.
Tho "boiled" lobsier being the kind
mist generally called for, is tho most im--lortant
feature of the trade. All the
toiling for the Chicago luarUet is done
: B .(.-ton, and persons of ih-!ic tie ciiio
jolial construction may possibly be
hocked to learn that to be lit fur human
'ood a lobster lnil-t be hoi ed alive. It
s a phenomenon no less remarkable than
ndi'putable th it one that dies a natural
b ath. i. e. of -lilt n ation due t-i removal
from its natural i lenient sen-water, is not
I fit article for diet, and ep. its say that
line out of ten cases uf indigestion t'e
ultiiig from a lobster supper arc due to
.he lisli having been allowed to die uf it
iwn accord instead cf.it the merciless
hands of its captois. As s.hiii a- possible
ll'ter being caught I he loli-t- r. are throw n
by the 1! iston lie i eh, i ni - into a huge
lank of boiling wat-r, n-a-oii-d with a
peek of -ad to each barrel of the fluid.
S-a-wat'r, contrary to the opinion of
many, i-imt u-ed, being unlit for cook
ing purposes of any description. The
boiling process lasts about twenty minute-,
and the lobsters after b dug given
n piobor ti ae to cool, are ready for ship,
inent. Toe sooner a lob-ter is In i !- I
after b-'ing taken from the ocean the lon
ger it will keep ilfterlioilillg.
The same rule tin t applies to boiU-d
lob-teis with regard to the iicccs-ity of
sii bli-l dentil applies to b: oiled lob-lcts,
which come next in popularity a- an
article of diet. Tin- proprietor of one of
the large C licngo fi-h re-(nuraiils a day
or so ago in-tint-d the writi r into the
iny-teries of the procc-s employed l.y
him-clf and his competitors. At Un
wind of command a -tahvart cook, in
white apron and paper cap, s.-i.-il agre.il
wriggling fellow from a refrigerator near
by, and slammed il violently down upon
the spotless marble execution blink.
Seiillg it huge, keetl blade I knife, In
Ill Id his prey sii ui id v down with his h fl
hand, and with two strokes of the
weapon wie'ded in his right 'aid the
quivering t rc-itiiie s.pi.-iielv in two from
head to tail. The two halve, that a
moment later lay side by side on the slab
were certainly dead enough, not so much
as a shudder animating the layers of
jelly-like ti' sh, and one could scarcely
conceive a more expeditious mode of
dentil. A call from a customer sent one
of the halves onto the griddle, at that
moment, so that the possibility of secur
ing real "live broiled lobster"' ill Ciiicago
may bo regar led as established.
Cnro cif I'liilii ellas.
Umbrellas will last far longer if when
wet they are placed handle downward to
dry. The moisture falls from t In edges
of tlio frame mi l the fabric dries uni
formly. If stood handle upward, which
is commonly the case, ti e top of the
undiiel a holds the inoi-iure, owing to
tho lining underlie. ith the ring, and
therefoie taki s a long time to dry, thus
injuring the silk or other fabric with
which it is covered. This is the prime
caii-e of the top of ti.e umbrella wealing
out sooner than the other part. l in
bjoJa cases, too, are reasonable foi the
rapid wear of silk. The consianl tril
lion causes the tiny holes that appear so
piiookiiigly early. When not in use,
h ave the uiut rella loo-e; w hen wet, nevi r
leave it open to dry, as the tense condi
tion thus produced makes the silk stiff,
and then il will soon crack.
A Haulier id Hie I'asl.
In England between s.", ami 1R-0 a
banner with the following in-oriplion
was carried at w oi kiiigmcif s demonstra
tion: "Fitfhl hour of w n i,-,
KajM lioiii-sof p ay,
Endi' lioin - of h en,
Elit .shillings tt day."
A King's l'civate Circus.
Among the follies of Bavaria's Into
king not generally known was the erec
tion of n circus on tholii-t lloor of the
royal palace at Munich. Tlio ceiling was
made to imitate the skies at night time,
with the moon and st us, lit up from be
hind by electric light''. Oil the walls
were a series of colored frescoes, repre
senting various country scenes, including
an Italian capauii-i, a French miberge and
a Swiss chalet. The monarch and his
guests, twenty in numlnr, lir-t went to
the theatre; they then returned to the
palace and supped. About 2 in tho
iininiiiig the king ordi red his favorite
charger, and mounting, invited 1 list
friends to follow him. Their horses
were brought up, nnd as soon lis they
were all in the saddle, his ma jesty rodo
tilt into the circus. The royal party gal
loped round the ring sevi ral time; the
king stopped, de- eeiided, nnd lapped at
the door of th" capann i. Suddenly the
door opened ns if by magi1', and a crowd
of pel -.mis emerged from it. They were
dressed in th- different toiintry costumes
of Italy, and Imie baskets of fruit, cake
and w ine, of w hich t lie guests partook.
During the rcpa.-t an invisible choir sang
Italian nii-s, accompanied by a bras
band. His maj.-.ty again mounted his
charger, ami followed by his friends, r,,-,:
round the circus once more. He now
knocked nt the door of tie- aiiberge, and
French pin-ant- came out with more
wine mi I cnlal'l'-s, which t lie poor glle-ts,
already surfeited, were h-uind to con
sume rather than offend their eccentric
host. The iini-ici.ni- here exeeut-' I fa
vorite Fii' ich Ming-. The s, im- perform,
nnce w;i" gvni" through at the chalet, and
then tie- king, nt l.oiMii the morning,
abruptly withdrew, leaving his companion-more
dead than alive. J'lH Mill
lln.l.j.t.
I'.ttl'ioMsui mill Ituiii.
A giiitieinaii who has been looking up
the early hi-l ly of Albany as-nr. s m
Ilia! patriotism and runt were about tin
same those days as al the present lime.
At tin-time of Wa liiiigton's pro-pec tivi
vist In Albany, he was tn be entertained
at a hot.-! si.iu ling on the corner ol
Beaver and tiivcu streets. (Ju-at prepar
ations wen- made for tie- occaioi, and a
gentleman was delegated to deliver tin
welcome address. Hnw long be labored
ill writ ing i. nt his r -milks, bi-tory ,oe
not .-l.it -. Jt jailmate-, however, thai
the orator "eiithu-ed'' t - a eon-ideralili
extent, and when the ili-liiigiii-hed gm -t
arrived wa- in a conditio! that unfitted
I, ini to perforin hi legated ollice. In
modern purlin co he wa- "knocked out,'
and his i-.-ny, Imniing with i-liiqiieiici
and patriotism, was read by a substitute,
and Washington never knew the differ
ence. "Those were great day," contin
ued our hi-toiie friend. "Why, thcpiici
of a beer at the present time would buy
enough rum to keep a liiau drunk for
week.''- -I Initi'i Ar
I'm try Applied to l ooker).
Young I ioii-ew ile. - "1 wi-di to get n
pair of chicken s. "
D' ah r. "Ye-'m. Here are -nine very
111 'lie-."
Y. It. Have you any game t hick
en-:"
1. "Well, ma'am, they don't oil-I
kill gam.' chickens. Tin y keep 'em foi
show."
Y. II. "I -hould pi-.-f, r game chick
en-."
D. "For what reason, liia'am."'
Y. II. --"Btc.iuse game, chickens ar
bl.-IM ,"
D. "Well, what i. (hat
Y. II. 'The poet -ays, -the brave-:
arc the t, nd'-re-t.'" ;' C.nrii
Origin of Agriculture.
M. K'dh, lielore the IS itish Anthro
pological S iciety, gav it a bis opinio!
that ngi ieul : liu- glew out of the Inziuc!
of woman in primitive times, when it w;o
her duty to collect vegetable food
"They would cut off the useless parts o
yams ami similar tubers,aiid would gl ad
ually d i-covcr that the rejected part
left on the ground prodiie - I new crops.
Ill like maimer the sowing of seed might
have been learned by tho accident.-!
senttiiing of-eeds when the women wen
bringing home food of the nature o
train."
Die Kay or Small Things.
Ob-eiving I.'ttle tiirl -Mamma, win
is thai young mail on t lie other side o
the cat .'
Mamma I don't know, dear, why;
Obs. iviug Little tiiil- Ite looks si
queer he ha- three eyebrows.
M niiliia II w do you in ike that out
Ol.-erviie; Little (liil lb: ha- un
over each eye and one over bis mouth.
The young man had important Ini-ini s
to Iran act in the first barber shop to b
secii, and the passengers all wondcrei
why he g..t on just to lido one block.
L'liii'ii'jn liiniilil, r.
Dress lor I. into tiirls.
Dr. J. II. llipley says in JM.,1,11,.1: T
get the full benefit of the summer vaea
tion, little gills should not be dres-et
cv- ij' day as though on a Sunday sohoo
picnic or in training as embryo belles
but their wardrobe should be simple urn
t- nnfortable, permitting tho freest aetioi
of lungs and 1 tubs. It is not onoiigl
that when they return they lie "asbrowi
ns hi nics," but dige-tion .should bo im
proved, endurance increased and muscle
hardened.
Lire's Bitterness.
This is t he liitterunss of life, to know
That love l.es nut in front, Imt fur h'dilnd;
That not for violent searching shnll we find
A sweet faeud roso of uojte lieneath time'
snow,
Nor any flower of new joy lie-low
The liinowsswcpl by tho autumnal wind,
Nor tut v corn stalk where tho maidens hind
The nol'lcii i nr.- in a long, Inu-hiiig row.
This is the bitterness of life, to feel
.- Tho slotv-liuihud ii'iisoiiio minutes crawl
away,
But not to in u k by any happy peal
if silver lie Is th.- passing of a day,
Tarry nig till our now consciousness doth
; steal
Into d -ath's line wood, damp, obscure and
grey.
Cforijf Harlnw.
I HIMOKOUS.
A genuine hum-bug the locust.
Xn man would hang a picture friimo
because of its gilt.
A friend in u I is a friend who gen-
i rally strikes you for a quarter.
Au over due steamer- the tea-kettlo
that (ailed to boil w ith its usual rapidity.
Why an- good resolutions like fainting
ladie.; B cause they want "cairying
nt."
Sji- aking of wages, it is when the har
vest, comes that tho farmers go for a
neral cut dow n.
"I'.i," said a ."i year o'd son, "can a
rope walk.'" "I think not my son,"
answered the father, "but it, might if it
were taut."
"Man,'' said Adam Smith, "is nn ani
mal that makes bargains. No other ani
mal docs thi- no dog exchanges bones
with another."
"I aim to ti l! the truth." said a New
York Fisherman. "Ye-,"iiitt rrupted an
a ipiaintance, "and you arc probably tho
worst shot in America."
"Ah," said ,1'bokus, takinghis friend's
baby, "he has got his mother's eyes
and my hair," lie added, as the youthful
prodigy grabbed him by the forctop.
Fond mother (to bachelor uncle) -"Why,
John, don't let the baby play
with that gold toothpick. He'll swallow
i ." Bachelor uncle "Oh, that won't
do any harm. I have it string tied to it,
so I can't lose it.
Policeman - Have you a permit to play
In re ; Organ-grinder Xo, but it. amuses
the little ones so much, Policeman -Then
you will have tho goodness to ac
company me. Organ-grinder Very
weil, sir; what do vmi wish to sing ?
Itiilher an O ld (aiimo lor Fast Killers.
"We don't . h-ive much time for play
on! on tin- road," said a railway mail
clerk, "but we are a little stuck on base
ball, and we manage to carry a whole
nine w ith us. There's the catcher there
the iron thing that catches the bags
I roiii the crane as we go by tit tho rate of
filly miles an hour and it has to stop
some hot ones, too. Tho man that
throws the bags off wo call the pitcher,
nnd he is upon all of tho curves, drops
and tw ists. The mail carriers who pick
up the bags on the fly and hustle them
to the p istolli e are our fielders. Tho
man who takes care of the bags and kHs
tie-in ready for the local station is culled
the short stop m every railway mail car
in this country. Our ietti r case clerks
are call.-d the ba-cmeu, because they are
continually passing letters from one to
the other. Whenever one h' Ips another
decipher a bad address he is given credit
for an 'n-it,' and if a man lails to
handle one of the tough ones and some
body else can do it for him wo give tho
second man credit for a 'put out.' Our
basemen are deadly throwers, let me tell
you. On our line are nine important
po-toiliecs, and wc call each one an in
ning. We nn- always in dread of our
i-rior column, for all of our 'errors' are
carefully scored against us in the super
intendent's ofiiee. If we make too many
errors we go into the captain's ollice some
tine day and find that our names have
been 'struck out' from the pay roll.
That's a part of the game that isn't fun
ny." - tVl'e.l;'! , I'llJ.
Beautiful Australian t'lUcs.
A number of large and beautiful sta.
tactile caverns have b cn discovered near
(Jiiectisland, Australia. In one, th
walls, ai-eonling to all exploring party,
w. re beautifully white while the stalac
tites and stalagmites joined in exquisite
tracciy, reminding them of Chinese
carved ivory. Another, fifty feet bj
thiity feel, with piain walls broken only
by niches, and meeting in a vaulted roof
of iiuiucuc height, they called the ca
thedral. In some of the dark passages
their candles were extinguished by the
host tif bats. From others they de
sci n led sixty feet into lower caverns, but
every were the .round sounded hollow
beneath their feet, so that tho whole
mountain appears to bo travered by sub
terranean passages mid caves in every di
rection excavated in the limestone rock
by the action of hot springs.
A Touching Tale.
Sni.l Fogg, "I just met a poor fellow
who told au awful tale of distress, and
wound up by asking ino for aqiiarter."
Brow n "And of course you gave it
to him?"
Fogg "Xo; I wanted to; hut his
tale was so pitiful that I burst Into team,
nnd in my emotion I quite forgot the
poor f.-llow and hastened away to hid.
my grief." Jlos'on Tranteript,