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l)c iCIjatljMtt Uctorb-
.NO. H.
Live I.lfi' nidi Lovo.
There is no iouI of nnguish or repining
Taut doir1 ts nil 1 lionil dm in tho tliado of
gloom,
But lovo can lead win-re softest suns are shin
ing Ami Ml nii day with le.uty nud with
11' diii.
Live life with lovo.
There is no lo om dark with lonely caving,
That sully sickens in the liour of wop.
Put lovo can soothe his tortures of despairing
And w Mil tor gl t I ii s whore h is feet may
K"1
it vu l:fo with love.
Thoro Is i;o scene of inisory or sorrow
That droops and w it hers in the. dusk of
But love can bring fond yo trniugs for th'
morrow
And Im ap the heart witli ho e's unfading
liRht.
l..vo l:fo w ith love.
Tlipre is in nil tho world no sinful creature
That Ki"' l"'s '""I fill ers n his troubled
way.
Hut Iop i nn oviti'o his erring naturo
And change hisdnrkii ss toeternal day.
lve life with lovo.
Hweol lovo w ith luuntie that hr hands ore
Riving.
Can blossom roses on thu desert hen'h.
Can brighten nil th longing of the l.v nj
And with her k-s-o-s w. mi tin lip) of
dentil.
Live life with . to.
As lovo is thin", so - It:i 1 1 thy days I o sweeter
With nil the deeds that shall 'thy fellows
bless,
Tay small achievements, nobler and com
pletrr
AV ith truth mid hope and liigho-t happi
ness. Live life with 'ove,
- I'm loan K, MillT.
A STOLEN RIDE.
"I've talked to yon until I'm tired,
Cornelia Ann ! ' sail Mrs. Boxwood.
Cornelia Ann thought that that might
Very possibly be. M'S. Boxwood had
fr ijii' ntly talked to her, until she Cor
nelia Ann, as well as tin) old lady was
tired also. And she knew likewise that
when Mis. Boxwood called her "Cornelia
Ann," instead of "Conny," the was very
angry indeed,
"1 didn't iiean any barm, aunty,"
niurniuru 1 Cornelia Ann, hanging down
hi r head.
".Mean !" echoed Mi-1, lioxwood. "And
you girls dressing up a pumpkin-headed
ghost, to frighten Deacon Hubbard, at the
enil of the lune, and filling old Mis.
Higgius' bonnet with burdock burrs,
Sid putting mi old aliuanai' inside F.ldcr
Ilopgood's senium cover, to that when
lie opened it to begin prcachiu' he was
clean flainbergastod out of his senses- "
"Well, but aunty," argued the ul
prit, "he said that Liltl and 1 were lost
wretches and would ceitainly be cast
into perdition. II" hadn't any business
to say that! An I Mr. Higgins told
you that Lulu and 1 helpe 1 the boys to
lock ou'. the schoolma'nm, and it wasn't
truo. We hain't a thing to do with it.
It's bad enough to be blame I fur the
mischief that wc do, without an a Idi
tional accusation," she ald-d with a
pout, "And 1 hope- ye.-, I do hope
that she ha I an awful lime getting the
burrs out of In r old tow-c don d wig!
As for I) neon Hubbard, we all know
that lie says that there isn't a y such
thing in ghosts; so why Hc-il he lie
afraid of a pumpkin on the end of a
polo, with a white sheet w rapped around
it? And I'm afraid, aunty," she a bb; 1,
with a roguish sparkle in her eyes, "ihat
he's coining In re to carry you olT! And,
for all you scold at n so much, Lulu an. I
1 don't want to lose you! '
"La, eh II," said Mm. I! ..wot 1,
highly flattered. "I ni vir thought o'
such a thing I I ain't g. ing t change
my widowed condition r.t my time o'
life, not for ad the deacons goiti-! But
I am surprised, C -liny
At this stage if rdT.tirs, however,
Mrs. lioxwood was called nway, and
Conny 111 ido her lej .icing escape.
C'ouuy was no brand from ti c 1 u n
in jg, uo double -ilyi d assassin, but s.inplv
n w il l rmp,ov 'i 11 H ill ; w ith health and
Spirit', who in. V I pause I to lOllsilol
whether or to -die was going too far in
her ma I c-iapiuhs i i int.
Smie of ll.c ncighl'-ois called h r
handsome.
"She has checks I k" ail apple-bin
foin," said Mr. Phillips, "and 1 never
diil sec Mich eye! Tey'r.' the lovliest
blue, and they sp,.iklc like diamonds
when she gets to talking."
And "Mi -rs pronounce I her in plain
ns a p -italT, soth.il Coany really did
ni t -1 1 1 l-.-ow what to think of herself.
Spine I i u t, an old friend of her
father, 1 uigb:d hiins -If red in tho face
when he heard of her wild frolics.
"Let her alone," siid lie "let her
iilone. She'll conn, i lit all right. It's
tho tho most valuable tildes that gallop
the hardest in pasture when they're
young. "
And Kbh r Hopgool declared, with a
melancholy groan, that Cornelia Ann
lioxwood was certainly on tho high road
to deatiu tion if ever girl was.
On this particular day Conny went
out with a sigh of relief.
Tho level, crimson sun seemed to rest
a moment on the top of tho western
woods before ills p;iearin:r.
"it's veiy loud to 1 1: scolded all the
time," taid she to l.ersdf. "1 will have
a little walk to rest myself from Auni
loi wood's housch d I cares nud tabois,
and the stocking-darning mu -t wait mil 1
tomorrow."
So Conny ran through the fragrant
wood", listening for the merry ripple of
the brook, an 1 whistling back with
shrill sweetness to the good-night chirps
of robin, thrush and red-winged lilac -bird
in the tree-tops, until she came to n
Rilitary farm-house on the edge of the
lake.
It was past sunset now. The young
moon, faintly miirored in the lake,
gleamed like a thread of silver, (.'lose be
side streamed the ted reflection of the
farm house windows ncros the placid
water.
"There's the doctor's carriage at the
j door," said Conny. "It's old Mr. I'alk
i ner's rheumatism again. Poor Doctor
' Darling! what he has to endure with
I
Mr. Fall. hit's ih uinatism ! Ilut it serves
him right, for asking Fanny l'arker to
go to the picnic instead of our Lulu: and
i
I for scolding me for giving Aunt Hx
; wood a I read and huUer poultice, in -j
stead of a capcino plaster for her chest.
I 1 know what I'll do I'd take a comfort
' aide little drive around the lake in his
carriage, and sec how b-'U pnjoy walk-
ii g home! (If course, he'll think it's
stolen, and be half-frightened out of his
i wits an I serve him tight, too!''
1 The thought, in Ciuny's mind, was
' father to the deed.
j Quickly utid lightly she untied the
! horse, jumped into the carriage, and
j chirruped to old Dick, who set nil nt a
I dog-trot.
j The flowers which she bad gathered
J she flang into the bottom of the carriage;
her I ght, inriped shawl fluttered behind,
; and in the faint moonlight her eyes slum'!
! like mischievous stars.
It was a lonely road a fragrant, silent
highway winding itself through the
I womb; but Conny feared nothing, as she
i drove rapidly along, singing snatches of
I wild ballads to heiself, until suddenly
, a tall, daik figure stepped foith into the
leal an I took the horse by the head,
: with an authori'ative.
"Halt, there!''
Conny uttered a shriek, and dtopped
the reins. Tin- sti. vigor sprang into the
carriage and s.-.ited him-elf beside her.
"What does nil this mean:" said he,
in a deep viie. "What right have you
w ith my carriage ?"'
i "Doctor Dulia;!' she gasjed.
) "Vm, Die'or Doling!'' said h", stern-
i iy.
I "I I thought you were in at Mr.
I Falkner's, "' fait' r.d Conny. "1 wanted
a dr. ve, an ! ''
i "And you h di have one," raid the
i doctor, compos d y. "I walked across
! to see Mrs. llelii yat the Four Corners,
and I returned, as it seems, just in time
to save tn v horse nti l carnage!'1
Conny did not say a word. She could
not think of any excuse to make.
"Where are you goinj.''' sbe ventured
to ak, in a whisper.
"To .bulge Whelpiey's. To have you
committed for trial !"
"1 !" gasped Conny.
' For hors '-stealing," succinctly added
Doctor Darling.
Conny uttered a shriek.
"What will they do to inei" she stam
uiirel, holding desperately on to tlyt
side of the carriage.
"I don't ipiile know whether it is n
hundred dollars line or six months i i the
penitentiary, Dictor Darling gravely nii
s .verc 1.
Conny began to cry.
"Hut I vii only in fun!" she sobbed.
"I never mean' how should 11 -to .steal
! the horse!"
i "ll has an awkward look, neverlhe
! less, Miss ! wo d. Hut of course if
yon ea i make .lodge Whepley believe all
( this-"
j I'.'or Con iy was thoroughly subdued
j at last. Witli piteous tibj ctness she
j sued for pardon.
I ' Pease please, Doitur Darling," she
I urged, ".nrgive me! I never could pay a
! hundred dollars; and as for six months in
, the penitentiary, I'd ratio r take poison!"
: Just at this moment they drove out f
i the dense woods into the broad road,
faintly lighted by the deepening silver
! of the young moon ; and Conny, timidly
glancing up into her companion's fuco,
saw an amused expression around the
corners of his mouth.
"Ilut you don't really mean it?" said
she.
"How do you know that I don't mean
it!" demanded Doctor Darling. "1 do
mean it! I mean that you nre my cap
tive. And that you can only ransomc
yourself iu one way, clso tho penitentiary
and tho lino shall bo enforced to their
uttermost severity."
"In what way?" asked bewildered
Conny. "Oh, Doctor Darling, I'll prom
ise anything 1"
He let the reins fall limp over the
dashboard. Old Dick walked slowly
along at his own rate of speed, whila
Doctor Darling turned around to look
his com, anion full in tho face.
"Dear little Co my, by trifling with
me no farther I fly owning yourself to
be mine, heart and soul! By giving
yourself to me!''
"But, Doctor Dtrling, you never could
care for a silly girl like me!'1 faltered
Conny, sc.irco able to bdieve her own
senses, yet cousi: nus of soma sudden,
vaguo brightness irritating all her soul.
"Ciuld I not, my pe rl nmmg maid
ens! But I cai and I dol ' said he.
And then an. I there Conny nnd Dot'toi
Darling became engaged.
"Then," sii l Conny, as they drew up
before Aunt 11 x ivood's d or, "you really
didn't mean it about Ju lg Whclpley
and the penitentiary:"
"Did you thiil. I was actually iu
earnest i" he lauhu I.
C inny w.n silent. She had played so
many wild, practical jokes up.m peoplu
that this really seem i 1 to her only n
righteous retribution. But she male
Doctor Dirling prom hp. her that he
Would not nu'iition the hero-slonling
episode before Mrs. Boxwood.
"For," said Conny, "she would be
sure to say, 'C unelia Ann, I am astou
she I at vou. III den Forrest llravis.
A Piimlyzed Farmer.
A Detroit butcher nam d .foe Willets
was up in .Mecosta county a fe.v days
ago to see some relatives. Joe is built
after the old style architecture ono
story nnd n ba-emeiit in 1 any man who
picks him up for a consumptive is bound
to feel s ad over the mistake. While out
riding one day with a friend he catno
across a farmer who was trying to
"yank" a stump out of the ground with
n y ike of feeble looking steers. The
stump had begun to "give," hut the
steers strained and twisted and pulled
and couldn't Ijii lg.; it another inch.
"What are you trying to doi" asked
Joe as lie stopped his horse.
"Trying to pull out this si imp sir, was
the reply.
"And the steers can't do it?'
"No, nor any other yoke in these
parts. It'll lake a pound of gunpowder
to lift that stu up.",
"Shoo! now-, lot take off your cattle.
I'm something on the pull myself."
"Vou! Say, do 1 look like a fool?
Vou can drive on, stranger."
But .lie jumped down, slippod the
chain off the "d.e, diove the steers to
one side, nnd then walked over to the
stump and sai l :
' S onetimes the dirt flics over half an
i.eivof ground. I! I tor shade your eye."
With that he spit on his hands, clas
ped his arms around the stump, nnd with
out a bulge of his eyes he liftel tho
whole thing out of the earth and flung
it outside, with the remark:
"Shouldn't like any Ictt' r fun than to
pull those steers backwards over the
fence, but we inu-t be : oing now. So
'Ion;, ol 1 man."
And ho climbed in and drove (T. At
n bend in the road half a mile away
they looked back. The fanner stood
there, mouth open and eyes as big as
B riuud.i onions, nnd when they waved
their hats at him he never moved
a hair. He loiildn't. lb; was para
lyzed. D .droit Free Press.
Life in Tunihsloiie.
A California!! has been tolling how
lively Tombstone, A r zona, was a few
years ago. "I hired out as a barkeeper,"
he says, "in the principal saloon iu
Tombstone. It was the bigget saloon I
ever saw. The bar was li I feet long,
and every known gambling game was in
full blast. Fvery day or two there win
a shooting scrape and soinebo ly got
killed or wounded. Kvirytimc n row
began I would drop a apiarter ou the
floor and pretend that it hu I rolled
behind the whiskey barrels, and then I
would crawl iu after it. 1 was hunting
for money behind those hairels about
half of the time. Whiskey straight was
tiic regular drink, and if a stranger
came in and ordered a fancy drink, the
proprietor would p-us out whiskey
straight; and if the custom -r obj clc l,
somebody would hit him over the head
with a revolver and drag him into tl e
street. Vou see, the people of Tomb
stone believed in having things after the
Arcadian simplicity mod -I.
The llngiucer's Cat,
An engineer ou the Wabash railway,
whose run is between Danville and
Springfield, has a cat w hich he w ould
not part with for love or money. U be
longed to his wife, who is now dead, and
for a year past it has been his constant
companion in the ( nb. The cat loves
its life ou the tail and has grown sleek
and fat sniffing the prairie winds. Or
dinarily it sits perched up at the cab
window before its master, but occasion
ally it strolls nut to th pilot, where it
will rido for miles at a stretch, w inking
knowingly at the dogs which bark at
the train as it thunders by the cross
roads. Sometimes when the train is
approaching a station tho adventurous
animal climbs to the top of the sand -box
nud calmly roosts there, undeterred by
the shriek of the whistle or the clang of
the bell. The engine has ha 1 good luck
ever since the animal became an occu
pant of the cab, and the trainmen l( uk
on it at a inasc it against disaster.
One Tongue.
Diimlcy Here, IVabody, what is
this I hear about a marriage between you
and that Sniilhcis girl? S'l i is in no
way fitted to raak-s you a congenial com
panion. Peabody You're wrong old boy, she
is a most cultured woman nnd speaks
seven difT'rent language flu -ntly.
Duinley Ve, that's nil very nice,
but when you have Iihjii in trrii; I as long
as I have you will tin I that one laiguag
is all that you want a woman to tpeak
fluently. Life.
(IM-lll.KVS I on M.N.
A Soim ol Mlri ii'irlls.
At early morn from out the fold
Their 11 cks the rh-'plienls load.
Across tho bare nud llow.-rl-si (i-ld,
Toward thu verdant nu a l.
Amongst Hie grass tin) I iiiibkiiH play.
And crop tint lmrlmgo sweet,
Throughout thu go'don maimer's day,
Ah! 1-oon the moni'iits 1 1 - -- -1 ;
And o i th b.'i7.i the h " .li Ms i ing,
"Tinkle tiukle! tinkle! ting!"
When shade-of irght b 'giu to fall,
An I sunbeams d, canny.
Their do -lis again th slicphied . all,
And s ek for those astrny '
Within thu fold the sheep oco.' mo; n
Are gathered snfe from ill,
To lost ti'l hours of nijjht l.'nVr,
And morn lights v.-il an I lull!
And on th hroi-zi' tho sh cp.n'.li l ing,
"Tiukle! tinkle! Iinl.1"! ting'. '
Sen llli.U.
Sen birds are alw.ys interesting b
j' cts to voyagers; th -y follow a vessel
sometimes all th: way aeros, over rest
less an 1 untiring. Tiiegiiih particular
Iy, with their long swift wings, reads.
the highest powers of eu durance and fly
with ease against tint severest storms.
Some say that these birds never visit the
earth exept lodopotit their egg-' ;ot h.-r-wise
they live constantly between the
sea and the sky. Iu the fine weather
they fly hi -h iu the air ile cending with
great rapidity to seis.i the Mshcs ou the
surface of the water. The symmetry
mil strength of the gulls are remarkable
showing how natuie has adapted them
in every particular for the purpose of
long flight. Their pectoral or beast inus
e'es are one solid mass of linn, hard mus
cle, and their I ones are hodow having
no marrow in tliein. Sleep is not meet,
sary to them; or, rather they rest upon
tlx ir wings ii'id al ow thorns dves to be
cradle 1 by the br:e. ', whose violence
neither worries nor frightens them. O.i
the other hand they seem to fee! a li ti-:
delight in the fury of the storm, wiiic'i
convulsing .h : wives, brings up the deal
li lies and mol'iis' s.
Sai'ors are very fond of playing olT a
joke upon the gull", which ate always
hovering about th: ships. They take
three or four pieces of sail twine, about
six feel in length, th-se nre tied together
in the middle, and al each cud u small
piece of blubber or fat is attached tight
ly and then thr wn into th': sea. A gull
! comes al'Mli' and swallows one niece, an
other thou sees there is plenty to spare,
and swallows the next, perhaps a ihiM
bird lakes possession of .-ninth- r, but as
they are all attache I by the sail yarns,
whenever they try to llv away one or the
other is p. unpolled to d -goige his share,
and thh is continue! to the tantalis
ing suspeio of the poor gulls and the
great fun of the pi-scnjers nud
sailors.
The l.nilv nf Ihi in k,
Oioil.iy, a l.u idr.:l an I lifty years
ago, ju-t at nightfall, a frightone I boy
dr -ve tin- ci.ltie into tin- N iiris yard,
and said that l eliaus in w i: - aint were
v. iy near.
Tin- men hu ried to get th ir guns and
pow ler. The worn "ii hi I the old silver
t nt had come with them from their
I". iglish h-une at K iping And Dirothy
popp d a locket set With diamonds into
a big padlock. Dorothy was ten years
ol 1, but very sin. ill.
B it Mrs. mis wish 1 only to know
where to hide her chil In n. She looked
around; then she whi-ip re I to Dorothyi
' D illy, my blessing, can you get inside
the--'" only Dolly In aid, "with the
babies and try to keep tin in still if thry
w.ik" i '
Ves, mother''' s.cd .pitiful Dolly,
"I'll try."
Her inoth'T kissed le i an 1 made them
as comfortable as she i - t i I, thankful
that her litl'.e daughter was s i very small.
D dly promised that she would not come
out until she was sure the Indians had
gone.
But the time was long and she trem
bled an I wept al the du a l fill sounds
she heard. Once she pooped out through
a bit of clear g'a-s, but fell back ipiick
ly an I shut her . ies. At last thedrend
ful sounds ceased, mil she heard Mr.
Lawrence and Cip'aui Webster talking,
and there were otle r voices she knew.
Tlien the doi r w is opened an 1 the wee
tiny babies lifted out from their nest of
pillows still fast asleep. And her
mother took ll.lly in her arms nud
rubbed her still no I limbs. For while
her two broiler- ha I Iain like little
white mice in lie: bottom of the old
Dutch clock, D illy had been oblige I to
stand braced against thu stong weights
and wr.s, nud this had cramped her all
over.
In after years the children for miles
around called D diy, "The Lady of the
Clock." L'ttlo M n and Women.
CiiiIh Kuhliiiig Birds' 'ests.
In Jamaica it is said that processions
of crabs, several miles in length, are seen
passing down to the sen in the breeding
season, whir: they deposit their eggs.
O.i the Florida r. cf I have seen small
processions of crabs ascending lree, the
object being a pill's nest containing a
you ig bird. 'I he mother had provided
the little ono with fishes, nnd the crahs
mustered in fore to steal them. At St.
Pail 's rocks in the Atlantic the crabs go
farther than this, actually stealing the
young birds from their nests and drown
ing them. San Francisco fail.
DUKDUK.
Til's Pfi-uliar Ceremony of
South Sea Islanders.
Cannibalism Still Practiced. Frvjuou'ly
Ainoiig the Warlike Nativen,
"The mo t popular C 'l'. uiony practiced
by the natives of New Britian Ins I cen
rarely witnofsed by a white man, said a
traveler the other d iy to a Si:i Francisco
Chronicle reporter. Th : D ik-duk is
siippo-cil to be a spirit which make.,
its appearance at daybreak of the day on
which the in-w moon appears. It in
variably com 's from the sea, and, it
is daylight, two or three canoes, with a
pin' f mi upon them, are seen coming to
the shore. Tin entire male community
of the village awaits the coming on th.
beach, seate 1 iu silence. Ol the plat
form are two in m leaping and shouting
Hid ciying out in shnll tones. They
wear a loos; robe of leaves woven to
gether and reaehing to the knees. On
their hea Is are conical- -haped hats, some
six feet high, from the ruin of which are
hung masks, entirely conc.-aling the fea
ture. Tiie masks have horrible looking
fac.-s piloted upon them. The lower
poitiotis of the legs nre alone vIsiMe.
As tho dress is supposed to represent a
cassowary, or New tlu'nea ostrich, with
A hum-in head, the figures, upon lauding,
I'X'-cute a series of li ipping steps ii im -lationol
the bit d. Moan while the natives
appear to be fri Jit.-tie 1. The D.ik- ink
is to stay in the village a fortnight, and
during that perio 1 he is nt liberty to do
whatever ho pleases. AN i woman is
allowed to look at him. Iuf.ict, as soon
as th- canoe was sighted the women nli
ran a'.v.iy to the h ish. After dancing a
short time the D ik-duk goes into the
jungle and the natives move i IT slowly to
their horn",.
"la the evening im m nso ipiantiti-'s of
rocoaiuits, yams, tnro and other food
are piled in the centre of the village
.iare. As each mill brings his con.
Iril'iition the Dul; duk dances around
him. If satisfied, he nib rs aslui I ciy;
if displeased, the nlividital receives a
tremendous blow with a c'.ub. Afbr
these food cdlerings are com-lu 1 -d, the
ccremoni- b.-gia. A large bundle of
canes about six feet I -n g and as thick as
one's little finger were brought. Five
or six young in n jumped up, and, hold
ing their arms high above their heads,
received heavy blows from this bundle
of cine, which w re wielded by th-Duk-ilu!..
The i:i i"s curl-d ,irti:i I tie
bodies, and at each stroke drew blool.
Ollnr young men look their pine.-s,
going through the same or leal. Soin-'.
tun s the D ik-duk would v.ny the per-forman.-e
by sirik ng with his club.
Tiie ceremonies were repeated for Iu
days, and then the D ik-duks took their
departure. 1 believe the i rigin and
meaning of th.-s; p-ouliir c'-renioni s are
that the old nitivpi hill power over
the y ii ig men, The M ik-d uk is a, w ay -said
to belong to sum: o'd mm who
summons it out of the s-.a. No on
knows who is at tu .illy d auciag iu dis
gilis b it they do k now- thai if th o'd
men have or 1 re 1 the Du'i- lu'i to kill
any iiiiivi luil tin.- coaim m I will b
obeyed wi hout iut rfereiii- fimii any
one. Agiin, the old nici, hav.ng be
come dei repit, ca-m.'t work in then
garden-, n-i I ill-: p i.-s of fmd offered
spirits conies iu'o their po.s-i-i m.
"Althoii.-h c ni'iiba'i'iu is tep Tl.-d
Mlissioiia ies tu hive died out a.ii" a ; the
islands iu th S -nth .-cas, ii is far nor
poiiiin n than geiieiai y ini.ig to- I. In
New In Ian I Isiw a big light Intwien
two vi. lag. s, mil after the battle I he
bodies' i I il.oe who ha I fallen mr
e it.'ll. Th-- bilii-s, i.ftei hung scalded
in h I wal' r, .no si rape- 1 w ith a brnil
knife by o! I w. mi -n. An old in in ctr.
up the bodies, taking cue to keep th
thigh and -h n bones, which are iisii!
for spear heads. A ' t r being wrapped
in stout .leaves, III! dismeiii'i'-i e 1 cnl.i-
vp'.s are pi I in owns 1 n ; in th-
grnilil 1, and il f. or days ,ov tea iy foi
eating. 1'lie nat.yes m i le no pnaiv.i!
liieiit of their dis Misting im-a', and .lur
ing the feast thc held will dale n
and orgies. The preparation of s.igo,
cocoaniit and human liraius is iile.l
saksak, and is in great demand among
the woiivn. The females seem to be
more brutal and savage than the tm n
during this cannibal ban.pl 't.
Pills and Calls.
"Papa," obsi ived litiie .1 ilinny ir.iy,
"what does this mean in the papoi J"
" h it is it, my son ?"
"Why, what do 'puts' and 'calls'
nc an:"
"They nn an," said the old man, who
had taken scv ral llyeis; "they mean
that a man goes down to Wad street and
puts some money in the hands of a
broker."
"Well, but what do 'calls' mean?"
"Oh, tip y mean, my son, that when
he calls for it he don't get it." -Th"
Financier.
Where Hie Fault Lies.
Kuril Chil l "M Hum i it's rainy and
the nliiuii ac said to-day would be clear."
Minima -"That in-licil aim mac?'
"No, the Farmers' Almanac."
"The ways of Providence are past
finding out. The weather gits wrong
every once in a w hile." I Omaha W rid.
How J ickson Knlorlalueil.
President Jackson's tab e manners
were as demoer itie as could b : desired.
: He ha 1 nt each plate two forks, one of
j w hich was of silver and the other of
I steel. The president use I a steel fork
himself, and after his dinner ho always
smoked his tobacco from a long-han-.
died corncob pipe. Andrew Jackson
entertained lavi-hly on the night of his
, liist inauguration. The carpets of the
east room were ruined by the orange
punch and lemonade which were served
to the crowd which came to his recep
tion. Barrels of this punch were made I
and it was brought into the room in
buckets. At hist the people began to
rush for the waiters ns soon as they cn-
' tore! t1(. room, (ilasses were broken
and ladies' drosses ruined. Tubs of
punch were taken into the garden, and
in this way the throng was drawn olT,
and it was possible to serve cake and
1 wine to the ladi-'S. At Jackson's
farewell rcc-ptimi a monster
1 cheese, ns big as a hogshead
! in circumference nnd nearly a
yard thick, was cut with saw-blades
in ado into knives and s-tv -d out to the
gil' s!s. Full Inest received three
p ) Is of cheese. The event was the
talk of the nation, and when Van llu eu
bocani" President his Now Vork friends, j
einu'alive of Jackson, sent him a big
( chees". It wa i cut up ill the castroom.
The greasy cm nbs falling upon the cat
. pot were trample 1 into it, and the ruina
, lion of the furniture during these two
ndininis rations le i the later Presidents
to diseoiit.i.ii the practice, of Serving
; calab'es at general receptions. Now" no
guest comes to dinner nt the White
lb ii": u lies- invite 1. In Van Huron's
day, Bieourt, in his ' uveiiirs d'uti
I IVplomat," says th it the Pi . sideut's
cook told his valet that for several
mouths prec 1 1 :i g the il-etou of ld
many pi r-"Us ai i Iv. d at the Wnite House
f.-r breakfast or dinner mil t iroatened
to vote against Van B iren if they wire
not entertain.' I. The cook staled that
he had all the tioiible possible in satisfy
ing them, an I they often returned what
he sent up, doing so on the pretext that
it was uneatable, and ordure I something
else. ' l.ippiiiC'tt.
btianling Turkish Women,
Turkish women rarely go mi! alone.
They pr uii 'iia le in parlies of from thice
to six, but tiny are nev- r accompanied
by any marl, unless one deigns to call a
man tiie eunuch whose duty it is to pro
tect them, an I especially it watch
them. Tlds white or black Cerberus
does not Ie s late to lash with a horse
whip the au la-ioiis sir. moor that should
thi'ik of looking too closely at the in
nit. s of th- hai'in committed loins
e. iro, A mil i-l' r pleiiipot. ntiary had
pi oof of thi- f u t puce, an 1 he has never
lie-'ii able to obtain redress.
Tli" id.ughteis of Islam are strictly
f. ibld leii to -top, (o greet, or even to
ha" the appearance of rerogniiug :i
man, boh" llnii broiler, their husband,
-r tli -ir f i! in r ; an I wii-n th hit tor
i in. in', ! in. a th the yachmak, a wo
man In I n:lnglo t h.-ir harem, liny must
p ass on without inakiag In-r any greet
ing or any sjg-i. The d.siipl ne of man
ners is so strict iu respect to this matter
that an clo t of the prefei t of i'i
!'. Iy forbade M-t- :,!,..- i le . :
l A. is incapable of being
not be lung maintained.
I '. .sii).
(ienrge Wishing on :is a Farmer.
The loll"wiag i- an ex'iac! I r on an
I'liimae pntii-!i l in ll'.H; "li neral
Was!, ii g ou presses jii,t!uil i.cres (if
1 hi i in one bile, w h re he lives, eoli
dan'.ly employs '.'lo hands; keeps 2"i
pioughs going all toe year, when the
we .tin r will permit; sowed in HT,
til Ml I uishel of Oils, TOO acres of wheal
an I prop. re! as much corn, barley, pota
toes, he in-, p as, etc. ; h is ileal ooil ai re,
ii ".!!--, and sowed I .VI wit!, turnip,
slock, I I'I ll-lises, 11) cows, V.l.i work
log ox. li, hell', i s nil I ste, rs, and .V-MI
sheep, Th" Ian Is about his seat are all
laid down in gia-s, the farms are scat
li led at the d stance of two, lh:ce, four
..r live mle, wheh th" general visits
. v ry day in I -s the wcallnr is nbso
1 liilely stormy. II" is eoii-tantly making
! various and cxteii-ive experiments for
; the improvement of agriculture. He is
. stitiiul ocd with that -ies. c which always
i actuates him to do good to man Is in I.
' pi 17sli he killed loo hog', weighing
i IS .oOii pounds, for bis faini'v use, ex
i c usive of proisions for his negroes,
I which was mad" into bacon."
j . . ,.
I Misiimh rsloml,
I "Do you like lamb-'' he iiskc 1 her
in a pastoral voice dtp ing a iu'.l in the
! conversation. I'll-y had been discussing
j the i harms of country life.
I "N i." she an w red. "I don't like
the meat, but 1 am passicmab ly fond c1
ihe ..raw."--' D ti 'ii Free Press.
All Frcsll.
say, my nia'i, are those, grapes
' ( lo yah, m I lis-1 p ( ked.-'
"Wei1, now, ho-.v about tin-rim-kens"
' I) 111 is sehii t just picked top." li l-znar.
As Hip Siiii (iocs Dawn.
From over lh" m ndow. sweet withdew.
I'lllekillg 1 1 if dowers of brigll'l'Sl till '.
With laughingly, fro iesom -, tender eve.,
It. lleetiiigliie blue of the summer skies,
And a graceful head with a golden crown.
Came a little mai I as he sua w-nt down.
Tho Honors die e.'iree,-lv Kiss.. I at out
And chased the boo w ith n noi-y shoii'.
And chancing to piss thai way. she took
A timid ghnae at heis'lf in tli" brook
And furrowed Ice face by -in le nud frown.
And in-rrdy sing, as the Mm iv. nt down.
lint ili cveiiln shadow-, dark mi I tall.
I! "ll'l to deepen along Hi" wu'l;
Sh.- iii it e.' l ih . oii'inee n uli u heat y si :h
For tho limns that pas .-I - v. ;llly U:,
Nlio knew the shadows would e .vr tho
town.
And th. lay hum di" wln-a the sun went
(low n.
How oft in our lives has n oo'.lea day
J'e II eve: lilol o lost in i.'I. laV.
1'iW-uin.; folh "h. din? tiling'
I inly nt last to 'e. it.- sii.u '
Whell the Wtllhelel leave: of life nio
b own,
We sigh f.T th" pa-t n- th" sun ;;"-s il .wii.
l.d ool. y in i he Current.
HI MtlKOt s.
The tisb ipi. -tioii "Is it fresh-'
An in t to amen 1--.eying i n a but
ton. A duli.b wife inny be said to beau un
speakable blessing.
It is a paradox that of all shots a felt
shoe is tin: least f. it.
The bootblack shines w hile he WOlks,
but the lay man whiles while he shirks.
There is a long haul and n short haul,
but there doesn't seem to be any haul to
gether. A cross old bachelor suggests that
births should be iiiinoiiuee I under the
head of new inu-ic.
A man with a wheelbarrow on t'ic
sidewalk is not very popular, but he gen
erally tarries everything before h ill.
V. u can't convinie a young man
whose lest girl has ju-t said "Yes," that
this country is going to wreck and
run.
An exi hange has an nrtii ! on "The
Mist: and Fall ol the I'oei." O.io impoit
ant point is omitted, howevei, and that
is the length of the stairs.
Cue thing settled ale u- the Intel-ftatc
(.'.itiiiner. bill is ti.at I roups will con
tinue to take long and short hauls in
box cars provided tie y ere not rnurht
at it.
Professor (! ) class :n nirgery) -Tho
right h-g of this patient, as you see, i
shorter than the left, in i ..;-( . pn iiee of
which he limp.. N .w, M-. S.it.T, what
woii'd j "ii do in li ni-r id ihis k'llit
S Tier I'd limp, too.
A French S ot y of n Toiiil.
It is, perhaps, op.-n l doubt if the
toad wears the precious Jc.v. 1 in its head
of which the poet sp-aks; but a Fieiic'i
cur-, a c irresp.m b ut . f M. F. Mi-i-ipi
Siroej's. ha- met with a toad w I. c i had
a fortmi" i a it- thro it h id it only fallen
in with a': iai .r - s ir ". Tiie cure hap-
p- llC 1 to Call tl'' oil. ! d i V oil oo of l.'l's
poorer parish! o: who. in compli
ment to hi- V.sltor, ad I d I tYi sll -
vision of inc. to tli ''
blav-l .
,. . op to the lire
, ; .....o.ie I hon-elf in Ir ..it of it like
n pel iniiiui', which in fact le- w a". The
peas mt after a f -w prcfitorv wo d-.pro-cecded
to drone i ut mi '-l ' i- mi bn!
hid and sang a eie , f it li,. u-li. Ti
the alibe's ;ut u ." a . on ii n', tile tu.'i'i
continue I, or lather ad b d a nut of co
da to, the m -hi I. I 1- in ii ir his inis
tei -topp'l, -i:ig--i li-s' a la, iheii a f.i,
I'ctiirui.ig n. tl t thi lir-t a do, and c.in
t In ling on in -. the voice nf tie- little
sing r was p aint. v. i t I inu : V. r- mind
ing lh abbe f th-- ii 'i s o! too h union
ica. I he peas -ml e eillilU I the ballad
to the en I; tic- ollo'i am ileiir chiming
in re ,';ihirly with lit s rn four notei at.
the en I of eaelt st iv. i-. , ii :ur its eyes
ti. d ou its m is'er li.i. ii (oou' the per
foment.'.' an I oviu in ; in its e xpresstim
and atlitil 1- a ma-iit- -t desire to do its
put in the o i.-i'-i i: t" his fai i-faclion.
The peasant, v.h' w,.s ill at the lime,
died s-. hi aflci, an i lie' i ure, who had
meant I ' d ipt t lie ,.: h- r i no i'p of the
but, could li i 1 no ira." "f imn when lie
W'-Ilt to fetch ll III. - S . .1 nil - ti l.ette.
Caiigression il Nomem dul lire.
Thi-re are so u- i iteic ,t ing names
f. 1 1 1 1 1 i io the list ol the liii eth congress.
1 'in i, hi s b apii-iu ! u on s .il.oua l. Among
tie in nr .1 -hu. 1 1 laiy, A loiiiram,
Kuiite, Cii-mbii t", I', n io, an I Wolty.
Tin-re is a Biker, a I' le r, a Weaver, n
Cooper, a Mison, :t v ' r, a Hunter, a
Miller, a B ower, a;.-i'ig r, a Turner, a
Taylor, and a Sa t te. Til ' i 'lors rep
resented are Wiiib , liny, and Brown.
There is only on.- II.- ' among the mom
bers.- - j D.-iroit Frc Pr-
A Hoik ol Ai l.
Boston )"ing lady n,i the ountry)
And did yon really pa. nt the barn your
Self, Uncle J.nncs .'
Fik le J urn i es.
B .stoti yoii i lady I'.y nan 1
Fnc'e J im. s s ar'.i".
Boston young lady (it ti lling her
breath) Think of it, :i hand-painted
burn ! N. Y. Sun.