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Mi I no i.nd Slui'le.
Bomo walk In I lie sunshine ever,
Sumo walk in hu shade nl way,
tSinu mo witty, brlnht iin.l clever,
Sumo uro soIkt, D.nl uuil tiny.
Some i-linsi' nfti-r niiiili s un 1 laughter,
N. lux Mvli only mournful teurs,
(diiio me younu, tli'-ir prime long after,
Sollll! get curly "i"tO JOIUS."
Nunc n II swods mill treasure,
.Siiiiii- m-t oulv euro ami grief,
Sumo reccivo life's fullest measure,
Soinc-.i short, liulf ripened blicaf .
Thus it is in life's i-ndi'iiv-or,
Tims forever mill fur aye,
Homo liv in 1 1 it' .iin.liiim ever,
Sum liv. in tin' slm If nlwuy.
Huh, it I). I'mrli i, iii Ih I mil free I'ress-
THE OLD SLEIGH.
"'Liiln-th!'
"Coming."
"Thine, mother, old Speckle has re
(iinii'd thanks ut last," holding up it
iliimi, w hilc egg tluit woiild lo credit
to any ipici-n of the poultry yard.
'Will, I alius sod lint Inn was
thankful for pa! im-rcics, though your
fatlirr would laugh every time I ."aid so.
I.iddy Stephens bus jest been hrrt'. ISIu;
wantetl to see you, hut you was gone so
ong, I thought yni must I in down to
Miss FeUncll's."
"Vrs. 1 nu t lu-r as t-ln' came, through
!li yard."
'She didn't ti ll ymi tho news, did
die"
"She I' l l mi: Will Marstntl h id re
lumed lr.uu California."
"l! lines heat all 'limit tli.it liny ! Seems
jest like the iii iv o' poetry you read
.lllet Mil s a I out the feller that Weill oil
md st iv I'd so many ycurs,nnd then come
jaek and took hi-, mother out o' the
I
Illlll
-only it's the father this
The V' rv woisl of the deacon's
iv.' it called him, and that's jest wh it
Will w is (In n. I .ever lielieved hi: liad
inything to do with that si rape down to
the villa:;.-. I.iddy says he i, terribly
liili, and is gun g to tike care of his
iither. Th" ilea, on nui-t he glad, for I
West he stayed uilll Caleb Il.)-t as loll:;
is lie em i oiufoi t.ilily. They say he's
gniu ; lo inui ry S.uu Miller's daughter
Kulli. Volt see, when Hob Miller went
ut the i- for his heailh, Wiil found him
nit and d lie iiitie kindness s for 1 1 i i i i , ; 1 1 1 -1
.v hen In- was loo sir1, to write home,
W ill wrote for hiln Full o' the time
Sain a- s:ck his.. If, s,, liuth answer.-1
the tailors, an. I he fell in love with bel
li th -.t way. Tle re didn't anybody but
.he deacon and the Millers know he was
-oiiiing. Sun drove down to the
depot and carried him up to Caleb's,
dues tin y was .souie surprised to see
im."
There is nu knowing how- long Mrs.
MUn would have gone on, her tongue
keeping lime to the busy clic k clack of
hit kueedles, hud not Mr. Allen's step
iuii'id d on the walk.
I, .ilielli never talked much, mid the
mother did not mind her silence to
night. A slight ipiiver about the sensi
tive mouth alone told how k eelily the
winds were felt, and the sigh of relief
w hich escaped at the welcome sound of
cr father's Voice was lost in the noise
made as lit- entered stumping the himw
'mm his hoots.
'"Why, hither, dm sit snow? 1 been
so lmy talking I lnin't thought to look
out of the window for some time."
''Ye-, it's beun lo come down riht
smart; shouldn't wonder if it w as gooii
bleiohin by to-mormw."
"You don't thinK it's goiny to bo a
loti hlorni,'''
Mrs. Allen's face had mi nnxioiis ex
pression as slie asked the iptt'stioii, for
u long blorm meant days of exile fo'
lur.
"Xo, 1 sh'll be surprised if it don't
-le-.T up by to-mi now noon so's 'I,i.a
bi tli mid 1 can lake a ride to the village;
','iat'.l ho a treat, won't it, darter?" and
the smile that lighted up his daughter's
face pleased him bi tter than any answer
could h.ive done.
(iiless I'll .., t the old sleigh out. lieu
;Sln..ll'.' been down to the city and he
says ae -aw lots j. si like it; it's live
years since 1 sent ,l.iu ib.w n to tie' vit
iligo lor the new one, and it's never been
out s nee. I'm ulad it's co-no into
n hioii ugain, lor i never enjoyed my
i If complete in the new one always
felt a bltli! above my station," and Far
ter Allen's laugh rang t'.roi gh tho old
ittmg room at tho lituess of his ro
ii.ii U .
"Well, T.v.ibi th, you g. t supper on
tin tabe, and I'll t. II lather tho news
v.hi'. he warms his feet. Ih 's ben down
tho wood lot nil the iiltviiioon, and
.aui't heard uolhiiig of the strange
things that has ben happening up
hero."
Having iiriaiigod thin"- I 1 her sutis
fution, the slocking-, Mis A'l u hid
dropp. d on the cull. un c of hi r husband,
coiiliuued logrow under lit r d lt liners,
while the news lost none of its iuni'est
with repetition.
That night, after 'I. zabi th had taken
Vr cuiidio mid said go.nl night, Mr.
All'-n sat for some time looking at tiio
tire, thou suddenly broke out:
"Mother, don't you think I,i, ilii th
locks kind o' peaked lately Then
she Ion t seem to eat in much, its
rsmil."
"Tt.re, father, you'r.' iiKvnys fretting
'bout that girl. 1 don't kn;iv wlmt
you'd it done t' yoivJl had siv, like your
brother Jomithuu."
VOL. IX.
"I didn't know- but tho news iihcut
Will might idToct liur noiuo. You
know they used to think so much of each
oilier."
"Maasy, father! That was years nud
years ago, when they werj children.
'I.iaheth's too sensihlo a girl to let it
felh r like Will M u-ton to disturb her.
When he stopped writing to her she gave
him up. She's worked hai l to-day,
and a good night's rest will bring her
round."
Tin re seemed nothing more to be said,
so he took a hijit and proceeded to make
everything sale lor the nighl, but long
after bis good wife was asleep he lay
awake thinking of the pale face his
daughter had lifted for tin: good night
kiss.
'I.i.abeth was not likely to get the
strength her mother thought from a
night's rest. I'ntil the lirst rays of
morning lighte 1 up the cast, she lay
thinking of the ol I days and living them
over again. She could not remember
the t inn- win n she and Will had not
seemed t i belong lo each other.
When liny were children In- had
drawn her to and from school on his
sled, saved In i- tin- largest half of his
apple or orange, and fought all her bat
tles With a vigor woithv of an ohb u
knight. When the years in their Might
made t In-ill no longer children, it was
always Will who, at the close of meeting
or singing school, drew her iiini through
his with an air of proprietor-hip and
started for the Ain u farm. After his
mother's death he had Hot chiMeii his
i -siiciales v is. Iv, but in spite of scorn
and oppo iliici, without diso
bedn n ce, she had clung to him and
Lusted.
Then came the alTair nt the village.
I liie dm k night a pally of roughs had
broken into S.piire I'easlev's barn, tied
tiiL'. lher the legs of nil his hens, nailed
up Whileloiit's stall, and then ciimluug
th" i,.f ,, th.. , II h i I placed a boar I
sol id ill -a t wilt-r over the chimney.
The old genlhinici, who lived alone.wns
obliged lo travel on a slippery ground
to the nearest ncj.jhlior for help. Tin
villagers were justly indignant, and for
punishing th- mis reaiils, but no clew lo
Ih. in could I. ' found.
Will was away Inuu home that night,
and suspicion li sted on bun as oueof the
party until he could b. ar it no longer and
decid, d to go aw .y.
It s-elllell but Jesteld iv their palling
ill the old Irystuig place.
Will had slipped the liny gold hand
he wore upon her linger it seem-d but
a thread of gold now asking her to
Wear it until he cam- back.
"l-'or," said he, "I'll never come luck
till i can olh-r you a nam.! and a home.
Somehow the devil has had possession
of me lately, lui! bad as I am, 1 would
scorn lo do what they aecuie me of
torture a feeble old mall. While you
believe i.nd li u-t in-, Ihei'i! are plenty
who do not." And with a last "liooil
bye, my llelh," h- w gone.
Win n tiie li'st letter c un.! -addressed
to Miss I! ill Allen, in W ill's i oiiud, boy
ish hand, Mr. Alien fiowued and his
wife scolded, but when she was for
stopping the Coriespou lelice at once, he
sai 1 :
'There, there, mother, li t the girl
write to him if she wants lo; she won't
do h in any harm, and 1 can tiu-t her
for a liu.i Allen not to go far out of
the way."
S i the mailer had dropp-I, and f. r
live yi ars ' , . i he til's letters wele received
without comment; th n they ceased sud
denly and unexpectedly. Tor mouths
' l.iubctll Wilt chi d I he mails with anxious
lac-. Mrs. Allen shook her head with
nil "1 told you he didn't amount to any
thin.;," whenever there was no on.! but
lu r husband to hear.aud Mr. Allen vvail
e 1 in silence.
Time does inn h toward healing such
wounds, and live years hud made it
seem more like an unpleasant dream thai)
a reality, when the news of Wilt's return
came, awakening memories of other
days.
l-'or once Mr. Alien was weaiherwise.
The snow had lalleii through the night,
covering the carlo as with a mantle, the
feathery flakes continued to colli'' lazily
dow n until just before I - o'clci k, then
there was a lilt in the western sky, and
when tho old yellow- sleigh stood at
the door the sun shone as bright
over.
"He careful, father, and doll't let
'l.i.ibcth get e ld wailing for you,"
was Mis. Allen's parting injunc
tion us she cam.' to the door to :eo them
oil.
There was jil-l wind enough to lilt the
newly tall. n sii-w an I sen I it in little
whirls to lie spin kluig and glisli ning a
few yards fioui while it ha 1 fallen.
K .bin w is ill i e. . ill s,iritsi and Mr,
Allen declared, as It - drew up in front of
tie- village postollie-, that the. disiancv
o er seemed so short.
"l)raw the robe clo.e around you, dar
ter, and don't get tired waiting. I've
got to bargain with Sam t'lnisj about
that stove, l ul I'll be quick as 1 cm;
then we'll drive d w i to I5ui iilinni's and
get III" book you mention. I." With this
and an extra pull to It il ia's blanket, Mr.
Aden was gone.
"Father was right, the old sh igl. is
more comfortable than the new one,"
'I. .abi th thought us she nestled down in
one turner, drawing tho robe more close
riTTsiioijo
ly to keep out tho pull's of wind that
tried to tin. I entrance nt all corners.
While tucking tho robe between the
cushion and tin; side of tin; sleigh, her
li'igers touched something smooth like
paper.
"One of father's old receipts; he's so
careless," she thought, w ith a fond smile,
us she drew it forth for inspection. Hut
a glaiico was needed to show her mis
take. It was a letter yellow with ago, un
opened and nddross-d to herself in tho
hand w rit ing she knew so well. She
could scarcely Iru-t her eyes, bill there
was the familiar postmark Sin 1'iiin
cisco - and she was just leaning forward
to read tho date vh -n a gust of wind
taking it from h-r haii.ls deposited
it nt the feet of a gentleman who was
passing.
Sin: dared not look i',i, but in a mo
ment he was h Hiding it tow arl her, say
ing: ",'s I his your property, Miss Allen.'"
At (he sound of (lie Voice, so little
changed that she would know it any
where, the hot blood rushed to her
face, and sin: had scarcely courage lo
reply:
"I think so. I never saw it before."
Sin- fell the keen eyes search her face,
and there was a touch of scorn in tin:
ipi-stion that foil .wed.
"It is an old letter addressed lo you,
and you never saw it befcri-;''
She felt that she must vindicate
herself, and her answer caiic: full and
char:
"1 just found it. in th : old sh igh.
I do not know now long it has lain
there."
He gl meed again at the letter; it
must be I In- same one; he knew I lie dill,
so well. 'I'lio tone was almost cagei
now.
"Vou ncvcrsiiw it before, H-ihf Vm
did not receive il, my li t eit r, and
leave it U'lilllsW er d ,'"
' t'.iuld you doubt me, Will.' ' Shi
was looking him in the face now.
"I might have known better, but. you
were always -u putieiuil, an. I when I
received no answer lo my l.i-l Idler, I
was too proud to write and ask yui th
reason. I Ih. night you had given me ii
for Miineoiie i l-e in H . Can
you forgive me fur my want of conli-deiic,-.'"
Hill he in e led not words for answer.
When Mr. Allen c inn- hurrying back
Ihe sleigh h:i I I wo occupants. Il wa
some time b. fore tin y could exphiii
lllT.il s to his bewildered mile I, hut when
light began to dawn he exclaimed :
"ll was that .Inn; he's so carel-ss'
Lost a Idler for me once."
Will was pcr-uiid.-d to aeeoinpaiiy
th in home, an 1 it was a very m rry
puty that surprise I Mri. Allen by their
curly appearance.
As soon as possible Mr. Allen hurried
his w ife oil to the kitchen to iiurav.
the mystery, while Will an I K.i. ib.-lh
read and le-reu I the old letter by the
light of the hickory lire.
What li ith Mill.-r would say was a
source of much anxiety to Mis. Allen,
until one day Wid remark.- I, much to
her peaeo of mill. I, tha I! lilt had b.-eii
engaged f 'l-soin - time to a friend of his
in the West a genii uiiiu she met
sunn: years before while visiting in tin
city.
Tin! hoiHe upon tin- hill Will ami
'l.vi both call home, and the old yellow
sleigh--well, as M '. Alien says, it's not
every sleigh thit nu bu.t of a roin ineo
like that.- I'ii.i,,, Tr.ius .'.
Mexican I'nlicc.
The Mexican p .lice, writ.-, Fannie IS.
Warde, are striking li;iiro, c'ad in
"brief authority" and briefer liiu u, will
rusty, old-fashioned cavalry sabre!
dangling about I heir heels and eipiilly
antiipie-looking pistols p-inlenl Iron
their bells. Th - filv of M ieo has ai
excellent police system peculiarly it'
own. At night there is a guard at every
corner. lie never patrols Ihe streets
however, but with a liiulerii that he put. I
ill the centre ot th" iiileisecting avenues,
and then retires in to a convenient door
way and silently -ilslh.-re until relieved
As a cou-o.iieiici, a row of lanterns inn
always be seen down the middle of even
street. II sides the Usinl sw.ird and re
volver, each night p: lieein ui at Ihe dp
ital carries a club and wears a blanket.
The rouudsiu.-n wtio patrol the street.'
look like cavalry in. li, each well m-untei
and cany ing a carl. in and al'iv.
On the principle that "it takis a logii'
to catch a rogu-," these Mexican gua--dians
of the peace should be the best il
the world ; but it is not always c mdii
five of feelings of personal sicuiily ti
know (h it an cx nun I. r. r or r. 1 .1 ,
stands guard outside your win. low, win 1
is thus serving out the sentence for hi ,
crime.
Tonka Wrung lib a or II.
"1 don't see," oli,eive I It ggs, as ly
leaned back in his chair, "how any mat
of sellso Clin hi' led to ciub -.le $iil, IM(
or ifl 00, 000 and sk'p the country. lie i:
disgraced, his fuiure ruined, and wha
good can the money do lii-ii("
"You don't take the right view of it,'
replied Slebblns. i
"Why;" !
"The idea, my dear sir, is to scttl.
for half the s nil stolen and letnrii hoiu
to be locked upon as smut man and b
tdcttod iircd-leut of n iiv.il institution.'
Chatham co., n. c.,
( llll DKHN'S ( (MA NN
tV lull I HllllVV
I know
Wh.-le the pletti.-st Hollers grow:
No' Hi-kin t thai a cool win l kills.
That Im- in puts on our win. low mIN,
lim til. i, miiiis licit lilooiii of tli-ir own Iris.
Wills,
All gol l i ninl -.i klnl, mi l -liap. il hkc lu lls
All'l lille.1 With sweetest sill lis.
Ami I know
Win re tile most I e.illl'ful bp-.--- Mow,
All I vli' ie tlie l.lneklieri iei ri.n lir t,
Ami lion- th- tlymn-s.piirr. I s l.alii.s arc
lllllMll,
All'l when th- nut tillers nr. i. a lv to hurst,
A ml where Ih- hints .inn- to I ..i 1 1.. - un.l .Iriiil
Anl chirp ninl ehutliT; mil -hii-Iiom -
That I know-
Where iloj lis of cllllill'cll oiiejii lo no
. l .l I ke to 140 nnli tin in 1,1 ih-111 tin
w.iyli,
All'l 11111I1H up lli-ir miii. I. that they'll en mi
st ay
(I'm- you can't learn '' 1 -tiling in a 1 1 1.
Aiel l ui iiuno, 1 siiieiliai . liii. In 111 1 I..
'1 liey'.l know very n. iiriv 1- min li a, I
Im; l.ei ili, 1,1 lui.,11 '... .
Monki-y I'm Kris.
I suppo-i- you 11 ii not know that
monkeys had any p". save llio-e in
Ihe lilll- green c ut- they soim-tim.--wenr.
Hut that i, a lui-l ike; their real
pockc', are in their clucks. The ulhci
evening I traveled in ihe m xt coinpait
lie nt to a little becoali .1 nu. -key Mid hl
lll aster.
T.ie little ciealiiir's lav's work wa
over, and, perched up 1.11 the sill of th.
c.uri.ige window, he pro lueed iii supper
from those stowaway poi kets of his nu I
commenced to mum .1 it with enjoy
111. nt. Several I iiiu - the platform In I
to be cleared of the girls and hoyswh.
had come to see the lill.e friend oil' on
his journey. At length 1 pint r, wh-.s
he 111 was warm toward little loll,-, nl
i'.v.cil lie 111 to slip in mid remain.
'Ill 1 1 1 i 1 ials Ii II ll- .111 cm t i 11 thai
window, and the .-...i 1 ii'l.ll's ! th.
monkey 11s 'male." II v , 11 the station
master as he piss d .at a sly glaue.
lowaid the lii'Ui I, . , and a 1 In. r wa
raised vv li- 11 the tiaiu was si- in im-Hoi.
and Ihe iinHiie y nil led away from bl
and little special,.!-..
1 hear 1 the ulhci da. of a pel lii"iik. y
called Hat;, air-atuie no larger than a
guinea pig, whose nm-ler once found in
ids chick po. k. t a sti.l t iimiile, his own
gold ring, a pair of sic, ve links, a
f.irlliiug, a button, a shilling ami a bil
of randy. Monkeys, I am s ut to say,
are given to stealing and they Use these
pockets In hid- tin- ml ill... which they
have st,.,-u.
I. Hilt- 0li!l-iiiiilit-s.
'eiy few of Us have oj.pol I nu It ics to
do gnat things, ,ut w- all 111 .y be kind
and loving to those about 11 anl call
m v.-r t. ll how far our kind words and
loving acts in iy reach. 'l'lie J
ii ,!' i-.iu-e Illume gives an incident
which proves that great, g 1 -miu-l inns
glow out of small action..
.a Itoilmaii, as she practiced her mudc
day after day, not ice I a liny, poorly-clad
child hanging around the gate.
"Who is it .'" she asked, ' and why
ib cs she com. .'"
"S ie is 1 hi. 1 in. . I, 1 think," 11 plied her
aunt, laughing. "Her name is .Maggie
Shciman, and lu r pour failn i is one of
Ihe vidi I' drink," she added more
si. belly. ' I'o.'i little thing I it is loo
ha I."
..i 1 went to the door.
('oiue 111, little .Maggie I" sh j said
kindly.
The child could hardly cred.t her
senses. Th- beautiful young lady, who
sang so like an angel, had spoken lo her
bad a.kcd her lo come in !
She luiicr. d shyly.
"Are you fond of niiisie;'' 7. n asked.
"O, yes,". -he ansvered; "I do love it
so."
"And can you sing?"
"A little some of the putty songs
Ji ll sing," said the child.
"1 am glad to sing for vou; won't you
let me hear you sing; ' said Ihe beautiful
young lady.
Little M iggi- commenced with a trein
Idin; voice, for she hit like oil" in
adieain; but as she -atig oil the music
took possession of her, and she thrilled
and war!. led like a bird.
"Thank you," said .it, "Would you
liketohnv- me teach junto sing and
play, Maggie:"
o! (; would you! Ihit 1 have no
money."
"No; and I do not i lb r to teach you
for money, duly conn- lo 111c every day,
and I will teach you wine I can."
When Maggie Sherman a few years
later became a noted singer and musician,
md lilted her la hei's family to respect -ubility
and comfort, il was not generally
known that all t'eir happiness arose
from the kindness of .mi It "llllilll.
Ih icrhnlical.
A. "Just imagine, I'n.f. Ycia' auchl
is so fit that he has been unable to see
his feet for the last ten y. iti s J '
15. " Tilt, tut '. nothing extraordinary
about that. It iiiinlang, the stud, nt, is
go tall that !.e his a!w is to get 0:1 r.
step I i l lei when h w ants to take ell
his hat."
('. - "I' .oh, that is nutning. I have a
colls, 11 who is s t ill that when be gets
damp feet the Is' of January h begins
to be troubled with 11 cold tho Slid or
21th, it t ikes s i long for the cold to
tlriko upwaids." M.ij.hhu-ijer Ztitwti.
Novi:.Miii:n m.
n:iM: ni'irrs.
Vd-u .iiimis That tli. WorblVs
I. ii tin. I Nnlt'iiis Owe.
Tin) D hi Bur leu Eisiest Up-u the United
Sia'os and Germany.
The writer of a letter in which we
vvi r-asked tu publish an luiicl-ou pub
lic ibbts i.xplessis tin: belief "that in
proportion to ability In pay, the public
del l of the 1'iiited States is smaller than
that of any of the great nations of the
earth." The st ilcnii nl inighl be made
v. ry much stronger than that.
ib rmanv is the only one of the great
powers of Kurnpe which has not a linger
debt, measuring its gross amount, than
that of the Failed Slates, and tin; only
one in w hich the actual burden of the
debt, to say nothing of ability to bear
il, is not gieuli r t inn il is her.-. Hut il
may be interesting to present tin- facts
in legard to each country by it-elf, and
We take 1 1 1 - 1 1 in alphahelic.il urd. r.
Since May, siis, Austria-Hungary lias
1 rented no d. hi as a whole, but each
kingdom has had its own 'budgel" and
debt .-icci.uiit. The . sum of the old debt
of the 1 mpiic and of that of the two
kingdoms is more 1I1.111 twenty two
l.iui'lii .1 and lilly million dollars, and
Ihe interest, which has to be met ley lux
ation, nuiiiiiiils to al t two dollars and
lliiiTyceiitsforeaclipir.ini in Austria,
nud to three dollars and a half in Hun
gary. The public debt of France is the large. I
of any in the world. The consolidated
delii .-il.ine, which is by no iii' iius all of
Ihe delit, j. iilni". t lour thousand million
dollar-. The charge 1. 11 no omit of lli
puhlic d. l.t for this yi ar is more than
seven million doll ,1 . fui each inhabit ml
of tiic li. .poi, lie.
u-nnauy a-.1 whole ha; but, a veiy
.small debt, -cuici'ly 111 than oil" bun
dled and lif'j- nullum dollars, and il his
invested Inn. I. which iiiii.iiii.I lo im 'ii
Ui. in thi-, ..1 that the Umpire may In
sai l lo h ive llo il.'l'l at all. The several
ciuulr.es of I i -1 1 1 1 inv hive llniriiwn
di hts. Inn in lliM ri,i. o I'lii-sia, which
ha- the largest, tl bbgilions were
incurred chiillvin bull ling railroads,
which pay a larger .i..i th in the inter
est un ihe ,cli-. To nil intents, there
fore, the li. rui ois I u iii- nu burden at all
on account of a put. lie del t.
(iuiil II: ilain has a gn at ib 1. 1 which,
however, In ars n low rat.- of interest.
The nominal capital is about I lu 1 1 --even
liiui.lr.il million l .liar., and the interest
charge is 1 hundred and forty million.
which imposes an mi rage burden of a
little 1 e than four dollars 011 .wii in
habitant of Ihe li it .h 1.1. s.
The debt of Italy is nut "capitalize. I."
It represents an obligation t pay so
much interest 1 very year; an I this Mini
amounts to three dollars nud seventy
live cents a year lor each Mibj.-cl of the
king. No statistics of the debts of
Spiinand Tm k.-y are worth anything.
The !"oVel lllll' III of Turkey is hopelessly
bankrupt, and is hound hau l and foot 1
by its foreign debt. The last statement '
of the Spanish debt showed it to be m ar- i
Iv Iwenty-six hundred million dollars.
Spain pnvs an amount of interest which '
averages mole than three dollars for 1 ach
Spiniurd; and leaves sum., interest un
paid. liussia owes aeaiiit il of about twenty
seven hundred mi lioii dollar , and pays i
about one hundred and forty-live mil j
lions annually for interest. It 1 1 1 i-s
amount were divided by the number rep- I
resenting the whole population of the
Uussi.-m empire, in F.urope mi I Asia.it
Would make ail avera c of one dol
lar and forty cents fur evety subject uf
the t'. ir.
The net debt ol the I uited Stales at
the close of th- las; fiscal year, .bill- oil,
lsisit, was a very little l-s, thai, ihirt eu
hundred and luu-ty million dollars, and
the annual int. rest charged upon it was
not ipiite forty-nine and and a half mil
lions. As it is c.t im iled that the pres
ent population of the 1 iiiimrv is about
sixty one millions, Ihe yearly burden of I
ItlO ili-nt mil. Ulllls to only eighty
one cents up. .11 each member of the com
munity. Wc may, accordingly, state it as a fail
thill the actual luudi n ut th- pulilic debt
is veiy far less ii each ililial.il, ml of
the I'liile 1 Slat. s lil. 111 it is um:i a citi -..n
of any other go al pow.r in the
w nld except li-rminv ; while, if ability
to bear the same burden n! tax itimi were
to In' considered, the dill, r. u. e w -uld
be greater -till.
Fenny Flui'.ilor.
The Sunday school children of Anu iii 1
HIV potent lll'tols in bull. ling up fhris-
I ti.ui oig.uiiz itious and b.-iicvoleiit iiisti
lutioiis all oyer the world, Im tin y are
I the originator, of a penny hul l, that is
I duing a good wuik both at home and
I abroad. Winn the Syrian missionary,
j Ml.. Lay yah 1! ill ikat, How lecturing ill
j this State, was asked how she received
I her education, she replied: "I was
j f Incited by the pennies uf the little
J children 111 a Philadelphia Sunday
school."
There cm! 1 hardly be a giande
luenioiial to the unsellisli oraiiities ,,f
I those children than this living test imony.
! After all it is the littlu worker, who
j build the great reefs of progress-.
Vtlroil Frtii J'rm.
... . ..y
" I -
I'lcn for Hie (ir.ms) Itiiiiil, J
I would say 11 f. vv eiiin-st wolds ill 1
iiit-rc-...i:iii for a pali-nt, veiM-rablu j
neighbor uf ours 1.11 I yours, who has .
i
few champions, who uT-is in silence, 1
who is fa-l h. coining ili-cuiirageil at the ,
treatment of hi. lliiinkle-s posterity, and 1
who ll.'.i-, year by year, is yi' ldin; up j
his hoiu among 11,. foiinlry people .
evervwhi re among the hills, let me iir j
I rod uce to you the "old giay ma I," the J
"iiioiiiit.iiu turnpike," the old "wood j
road,"ll lane"-- thus to be. pi an the
aid of the local vocabulary in living the j
identity I would bring I 1 your mind
for there i. an "old M irlboroii ;h road''
in cVi rv town; if not, lin n mole's the
pity.
'I In s.-ancient highways spread like a
m l uv. r our New I'.ugland hills, a net
hose 111. sin s ale f ist being o-t am mg
the growth which has sprung up around
tin-in. Tl ild roads are all akin s-
-eiitially Ihe s line every w hen-. possess
ing in spuii a column. 1 origin, ih- history
of one i repeat. I in all. It is tin- li n k
of llll- pi. ill- r whoopell-d up tin- priv
ileges we now i-n j n ; it is ihe -ear .if a
hard foil ;ht battle; th- m irk of eoiira
loitilude and heroic sell'--acrilice, the
load our forefathers trod, and now in
many in -I am -s 1 In- last cloipi-nt visible
link In In -en the 11 11 vv i Hi liy pr.-.elil and
11. .lil- 1111e--lr.1l ni-iiioiii-s which should
be kept green. I would lulu the eyes
of Ih- errant into this forgoH-ii pith,
and if 1 os hie keip it worn by n ve
il ill to. 1st-,", and guar. led ag liu-t lie
i 1 1 1 -1 1 I in . invasion that "ilnpl oving"
ll.llnl of "plogle..."
I'.'i ll is muni. . 1 nu cviiy haul lluit
the ;ic pii . 1 1 i 1,11 of pti.spcii'v nniuiig our
eountiy towns is last crowding "Ut our
mini lain s and ancient imi . ariug up
ih ii y. mra h- Ia111l111.uk-, i.luiler.iling
th.ir loolpiint-, -i thing away the
niound., and ploughing up lli-ir n-hes.
This S.-.-II1. lit le h I b.'CI sacrilege the
p:..
ruble I t iii :
ml 1.1
Im-
'1 111 :il
llllpl'iM IIH III" ,llil 1 1 is II11W tile I. lllli
lll 1 he air, follow lug in t he I lain 'l wealth '
and pi"-pi illy and a certain e a in the
hi. lory of cV' ry '. riwiug town. Not '
hill that in its p op. 1 place, where it '
1 1. 1 1 ains and nu ni I. 1 I" i ml ii id 11 il In unn
eoiiiforl-, it may be highly prop, r and I
il-.li able ; bill win 11 il .we-ps the conn- j
Iry not uulik- a .10111 g- ,.f hn 11-ts, a'ld
nt. length drives die would be "country" I
pi I g 1 i in or native in ha' nt nil lu t he limit s
uf t he tow ii. hio loliu l a bit of nature
"1111 idorned," is 11 not t j ni- to cry hall.'
Jt-iri, ;' l...i:,'l. I
l.oioiiio lives in Jerusalem. J
I. icoiuoiives now run into ,l. i ii.aleiu. I
Tin- roar of the iiigiin s through the I
.-Ireet tint one- echoed the frii.iiler's
tread is :i pinverlul hist.uie.il auliihesis.
Not le-s striking is the contrast between
the armorer's chamber, whence stepped
forth, ariiic I cap a pi-, the knight of the
fourteenth 0 ul 11 rv, and Ihe erecting
shops w hence is-u - I he mailed giant of
the nineteenth. I n ler the ine lia-val
hli ll.t pl lte tin- might of muscle; 1111
derniath the modern boiler plat- the
supremacy of mini ; and both within a
span of u'UI vein s, that c,s : t. mie end
the lower ul I. ni lo'i and at tin- other
the I! ild win locomotive works. Th re
is a strange, vivid analogy bitweenthe.se
two; so va-t y dissimilar. Mich is the
epitome of an a ;e, and each age g ru
le ipiely at v.u i un e in me'hols and result-,
yet i trolled by the miiii.' Iiiitiiin
motives of dominance anl 01 , u. t .
lint what the cm-a I. r i . i ii 1 1 1 1. r - I .uid
Could not keep, Ihe I .1 loliv holds
in pea. --fill po.s s.ion ... i-.i.i ,'. .
Uir.
Paper limits uuil Mines.
Some v.ry nltr.iitve specimens of
paper siipp-is, san. la s, and ot lu r cover
ings for the fed, a substitute f,,r leather,
etc., have been brought t 1 notice in
Loudon, whi r- lie 11 in iniif it I nr.- has
been recently tindi IT ikea. For this
purpose, paper, paper pulp or papier
In 11 lie is employed in making the upper,
which is molded to the desiicd form and
size; the sole is made of paper or pii-te-
b .111.I. le it Im i board, ther ad pie. I
paper inali 1 i d, a union uf thi. sole to
the uppi r being ill l.d by means of
c.Tin ill, glue, or other adhesive uiatci ial ;
the plan is to liave the uppi r cr. iisc.l,
cnibo.sed or pcrfoial' d at the iii-lep and ,
sides, so as to pievent any breaking or
tearing w bile in u-e. The sole may be
Ulllde w ilh 01 vv it limn a heel.
The Men of "Vli.
A visitor to the f .'ill in. nt al camp at
I'aml ridg r I ites a dialogue whi.lihe,
heard bdwecii a I'aptaiu an I on- of the 1
privates u- der loin.
"liill," said the Captain, "go biliig a
pail of water lor Ihe nu n."
"I shan't," said 1'. il. "It's your turn
now, fa; I un; I gut it last tunc."
A story is told ol a company nl'iillc
m. II raised in one of the Irontier coun
ties ol Pennsylvania. So in my voluut-crs
applied as to embarrass th,- leader who
w as enlist ing the companv , and he drew
on a board with chalk the ligute ofa
nose of the common si-, placed the
board at the distance of lull yard, ninl
then declared be would take only those
who could bit the in ilk. Over sixty
succeeded. - N. M---'
"I'll make you dance," cried 1111 irato
mother, pursuing her son w ith a slipper
in hand. "Then," remarked the juven
ile, "wo shull have bawl."
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llelwee 1 the UglllN.
Set'v. i-n the lights th- soul has time to think.
To v.i in retrosis-e' Ihe viuiisliel hours,
'J' i call 1 (.'.i 11 hop" s 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 .-1 : 1 1 i 1 1 tinners,
To s . .i l. ...) li e lolllil of hie ami ill-lllli.
Ilelweell til." lillls- ll'l ll"."l of sp"ki n
Wold
Kir liiugiiare I- lo" poor wh.11 w nr.. near
'I In- Meal bile wlii 11 olh-r Idles well, ur,
Toi.'-s 111 ire iliiuie ll ilii mortal ear huh
li.ar.l.
I. 0 - elia nts ul piirei- joys un. I nohler heights,
'line in., ie thrills the soul with .1-. p -r
I""''-'.
Ami hl.-gi iws richer in the iiiiel hour,
Wli-uwe can piuisi- ninl i.-l letw.cn llm
hgl.i-.
- llm I n.dn 11 y.l;,7i.i-.l'ii ( 11 in ll.
IILMOICOI S.
A holel is known by tin: company it
keeps.
Alter all, il is lh,; bad child that gets
tin- palm.
When a man buys a porous plaster liu
generally sticks lo his bargain.
A conductor can be polite to the
ladn s and at the same tine knock ib wii
Ihe fine.
ll is in pocket picking about the -aiun
as in 1 veiy thing 1 l-e. A man in ver
succeeds until lie gl Is his linn 1 ill.
Jt is reported thai W iggins learned lo
be a prnpleT by gu.-.-ing what his wife
vvniild say w le 11 li- 1 am- limn- late at
night.
A phsi.,ogis says that "llo in ill's
body is as strong as his appetite." Th's
cv plains w hy a I ram p c 11 cat a bigger
pile of v. 1 lu .I. in a day than In- can
saw wood.
A in w llagl sh dictionary i - coming
OUt With '.'I1' 000 Wold-. people who
an- ever bcil mi having the last Wold
should sb crib- al om e.
Nothing i-s, 1 plei.uer as to have a
ling.- man lliuuip v.m 11 the lilt lung
o ciiiph.c-- an argument. The I'o, nida
tion ul III my an cv .1 1 i. iii:. L it 1 - I has
been laid in that w ay
I'll d, three year, old, and hi- baby
site- Veil' to have a ill Ilk of W.llel.
Fiv-1 r-.ichi.l f..- tin- g!...-, - iy ing : 1 Li
In.- Lave it Iir-.," I n' 111 .111111 1 .aid, "N",
little gir s always lii-l." Sir Fred re
plied, "No! g. ii'.cnn 11 Iii... I'hij're
just as sit -ly as g iris 1"
I'lle Will i I's I ill-gesl I'rhale F.nlo' prl.c
ll die ipie.-ioii Wi le asked, "What is
111. 1 llgest pliv.ite business ill tic world,
depending upon a single individual .'''
we dm- say most of die .i'lu iml rc-id.-'s,
old and young. Would have .lillh ulty in
answering. A 11 V lui -lit school child
could tell you th- 11. itnes uf the liigh-st,
mountain, the longcl nv. r, the largest
i-liinl, clc., but when it come. In tho
grind rc.ults uf human industry, how
sad.y i ;iiraiil ino-t of u. are! Ilerr
Allre.l Iviupp, the niak.-r of the gnat
guns which bear bis nam.-, owns and di
rects a business cmpl'iying inure people
and spending more money probably than
any olln r coniniercinl enterprise that is
dependent on one individual. A' cord
ing lo I In- ecu ,11. of liv - years ag 1. the
number ol hands employed by Mr. Ivrupp
was liMiir,, the number of their families
li", tiii, making ii" ",s persons support
ed by his work.. M:. Ivrupp owns .,17
ir ni iiiincs in ih'im any. - owns foir
sea -t. aiiicr-, and I lu re -u-e conucete-I
with his II-sen woiks I'.' mile. of 1 ailvvav,
cniplny ing vis locoiiiot 1 v es ni l ss. cars,
li'.i I10i.es with P.i I wag. 1 a., and I'l miles
id li l-gr iph w iic. witlin'i siiiliniis and
.'1.1 M -I -e app ii .it ii-es. The establish
ment p iss, sses a -rand chemical labora
toiy, a photographic and lithographic
nt-Her, a print lug . llice w il h Ihn c .l.-.iui
and siv hind pi.ss.'s, an I a bookbinding
In-Ill. The e-l iLlisluin lit cv. 11 luus
h -l.-l in ll-sen.
I he neaie-l appro. ic'i lo this on this
side of the watir, probably. Is lb- Pull
iiiiii I'd 11- ( ir W.uks, whiih 1 niploy
1 11. ii ;h lab. n I. lo 111 ike the veiy lively
1ml- city of Pnl. mail, lil. '. c,'(
.1,7 ,-.,,'.,.
'I he Hoy W-as Sale.
Al noon y e-lci il ay a Michigan ai.Tiii.'
uIi'iti luad- a slid leu dash f, r hi ..p-ii
door, and a boy who had Inrii .liiii.hng
outsid- made just as suduen a d.i-li for
the Idle uf the strec!.
"I tell you I won't stand this much
lunger," shouted t In-gruci r ns he shook
bis lis- at the b..y.
" hat was I doing.-"
" oil VVe'-e breaking these lilllutito
pieces."
"Well, can't a lell.uv see if tney nn
Mp"." " oil look out ! I'd have an "ill- 1 1
alt. i Vou !"
"The ..in 011 (his b al ''
" 1" , I he 1 nc on I his beat !''
"I! il.! lie's a 1 . iiiting my sister, and
you c ui imagine Ihe .oil of a collar he'd
give un ! .l.i-l Id him walk nu- down
and P. II will sh ,kc him like an old door
lll.ll !"- J,h.i,l ',-,, -'..vs.
Frew I.ecl uri-s.
Mis. Awl jaw Mr. timigh mil t have
been a remarkable mini. 1 have read
that he lectured nine thousand limes.
Mr. A ttlj ivv Nothing rcm ukabio in
tint.
Mis. A. No,' Where is there a simi
lar case f
Mr. A. Let im- see. We have b. en
m niied thirty years. Now, you iiavn
lectured about cvciy night let 11- say
thirty t ines three hundred nud li ty -
S 'im -.- breaks up in disorder.
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