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With fioelom apples fill thy harvest t in;
Harter l:o nt .-wealth (or p.ld In Fashion's
mnrt ;
Trnvcr-e roiip.li sons swio distant port to
win
Without n ( hurt.
Fray tlin lino cord of T.nvp tint il it break-,
Laiim-li thy iiogue before tho storm
nli it";
Toaso the piono, sVoping Peril till it wnko;
Then rail lit Tut".
iHanskn Viiiliidgn.
ALMOST PERSUADED.
A sultry ci'onitg h id closed over tho
great li'.y. Ovo.-li ad, the at irs shono
faintly along tin- c o o, narrow streets;
tho galishts Ihrk red; every doorstep,
every opin enso nont in this elen-cly
populated quarter of tho city was
packed full of humanity, striving to pet
a breath of air.
Lilly ti:rnio:id had como homo lata
(rom tho store She win tired an 1 dispir
ited; mi l tho gentle little (top-in ithor,
to whom she nl ways turns I fjr sym
pathy and tenderness, had gono to
spond a week at her brother's farm on
the Connect! ut Kivvr.
How strange and rmpty tin; littlo
room look id, with the vacant rocking
chair and work-basket o unvontcdly
ti ly.
"I wish sho was lurk again," Lilly
sighed, as sho dropped into a chair, and
began lisllcs-ly to eat her sit; -r, of n
t'ico of linker's breal biokcn into a
bowl of sky-blue city miik, "I wonder
why Undo Murk ill In't ask mo, too! I
Mippose he thought I couldn't loavo tho
stoo; but I could havu not a few days
v icition I am sure; or pciltnps t li . y In I
i ut ono rparu room, though I tend
sur ly hivj slept with mother, jiut as I
d) here.''
Lilly (Iermond did not know how
much pood Uncle Mark Stevens dreaded
a meeting bet wean his son He land
".my fcather-liculcd city girl," as ho
expressed it.
"Henisasgood as Rohi,'' rcasonod
Mr. Stevens, talking tho mitter over
with his wife; '"and I don't want any
silly coquetto ploying with his feelings.
If he's to have a wife :is 1 s'poso it's
in tha nuturo of things ho should havo
somo time let it be somo sonsiblo girl
ns will be a r i -11 1 companion to him that
yuii and t n rnu take comfort with. Hn!
don't n-k Mary to bring that step
daughter o' hen here. She's no kin to
u, anyway yen enn lix it, aid it'll only
be exposing Hen to temptation and
folly.''
"It scenn kind o' liard though,'' sai l
Aunt Almira, "to separate mother and
I iltld."
' M ry's try own si.iter," said Mr.
Stevens, "ami I'm willin' to give her
country air and change of scene. Hut
I don't owe no duty to Mary's step
daughter, as I know of."
But when Mrs. O.-rmond told them of
Lilly s sweet temp rand patient toil, of
her lo g days of work in tho store, and
her cheerful evenings of sew ing for In r
mother, tho hearts of Loth of theso old
p :oplo soltono 1 in sonii! decree.
"Father," sui 1 Mr-. Stevens to her
husband, "Mary's f tip-ltuightcr must
lc different from what you ami mo
s' posed. I almost wish don't you? -that
wo hal asked hor here, too? '
"So do 1," sni I Fuel.) Mark. L-ok
lure, Ainnra! Hoi u going to take a
load of cord-wood into town on Tinirs
d.y. S'po e we tell li i .11 to go around
by Hre'con street nnd bring Mary's
i.tep-laiubt' i ut for a siirpii-o to her
mother eh!''
Kt d Mrs. Slcvons brightened all
over.
"That will lo a roal nico plan,1' sai l
she. "And i' Lilly is anything like
whnt Mary says, I gii.-ss wo shan't havo
no reason to regret it. It does sc in too
bid to think of anybody cooped up in
tho hot city sueli weather lis this."
If tired, overworked I, lly (iermond
could havj known all this how her
heart wui'.d have leupe I up within her!
Hut wo aro not always nwaro how near
the angel of dolive rauco is to us; and sho
wis very rebellious in her heart this
right.
"It's all one wretched treadmill cd
toil and clmdgory," sho mui iiiuro I to
herself, with never a prospect of chango
r recreation ! o.io might as well bo
dead!"
Just llien, Arietta, Wales, a bright
; ouog factory girl who boarded on tho
floor above, knocked nt tho door.
"AH alone, Li.lv I' sai l sh. "I
thought as much. Well, I'vj got such
a p'an to propose to you ! J di i M -rton
ii going to take mo to the (i.oufu S ci
cty's ball to i;ht ft Wndfo.d hall.
And he's got a ticket for a i xtrn lady ;
and so, why ra i't you go with u ? '
"J!' Lilly (i imond turned red and
pde. "1 it mother don't approve of
tails '"
"O; courso sho don't!' retorted Ari
etta, with a toss of hor yellow, much
lttfrizzui hair. "She's old and pokey,
and y'U are young and gay. Basidci,
she's only your step-mother, and you
can't expect her to feol for you a she
would do if the were your own mother."
Litly frownol a little, but she passed
on to the m it ehj Ktioi.
'.'v get ; othi .g to wear," said she.
"V , y ii hnve that prcttv white
ntilnwiJi ih; Liidlc-wcrk U nines', J
Nothing can bo pntli-r Fian that. And
Julia does so want yon to go. Hj's got
a friend coming Mich a genteel young
man! Do come, I. lly! Think how
much hirer it will ho than sitting h"ro
in this stuff hole, with Mr. Iljolcer'e
bnhy crying next door, and old Mr.
Farren playing t lie lluto overhead. '
"I promised nnth r not to go out
anywhere in tho evening while she was
gone,'' hesitated Lilly.
"Whit of thali Slio'li never kcow,''
urged Arietta. "Sho surely can't ex
pect you to in-!W yourself up hero lue a
mouse in a trap, while tha is onjnying
herself. Old folks nro so so li .h !"
Oaco more Lilly frowned.
"My mother ii not selfiih," sai l she.
"Oh, well wo won't arguo about
that," said Arietta, coaxingly. "lint
there'j no reason you sh ju dn t sco a
littlo lif , o ico i i a while, as Ion? a I
and John nro along to keep you com
pany !"
"it w ui! 1 bo nir-," said Lilly. "I ve
almost a mind to g . "
"Til'Mi make huslo ain ut it!" cried
Arietta. "I". I call or you as I coma
down stairs. The earlier wa aro there,
tils belli r iliance wa hive on tin dan
cing lloor."
Lilly went into the back ronm after
Arietta was gone. Mr'. Hooker sat
there, ri c cin her bnuy on her knee,
nnd to her the girl confided h:r dosins.
"I w ii In't!' sail Mrs Hooker,
slink i ,,' her bead, soberly.
' Why not ' '
' 'Hint i co: hi Snri My don't 1 car tho
best ru ut tlion, Ld y, ' sai I Mr'. H'ok
er. "A lut of giddy girls nnd rceiibm
young in :n that are l ent on earning
their living si-m : way out si lo of boa -st
work. I don t think your mother
would liko you to g-t into such com
pany ai that wlul i sho i gone."
"Th ro's always some rtason to keep
mo Iroin en j tyi lg my-elf, so far a1 I
can net!' bur t cut poor Lilly. "Ari
etta Wales is going, and 1 mean to go,
to i!"
Mrs, Hooker looked pityingly after
hir as she ll mnced out of tho room.
"Poor till, it it aoit o' hard upon
her!" s!u punderod. "And sho so
young and pr tty. too, and workol so
steady nil d iy ! Ilui that (i.ujlul S
ciety - '. ain't what 1 shoii d liko n
daughter of mine to get mixed up in.
Howev.-r, a willful girl will have her
own way."
lli'.f an hour lat-r there cam) a soft
"tnp-t ip" on tho panels of Mrs. Hook
er's door, and a biowe, handsome face
peeped in.
"Hog par Ion, ma'am." sail a cheery
voiC' ; "I ut is this Miss ti rmond's
room! I'm her coi-ii H;", and hor
inoih r has sent me to bring h?r out to
tin country nnd mako n littlo visit
thero."
"And I'm Iwr l iu-le Stev.'-s " ad lod
a second voic , "and I hn team's wait
ing below, and there ain't no lime to
b s"
"Dear in", I'm so sorry!1 cried Mrs.
Hiokcr, ftartmg to h-r feet; "hut Lit y
tierinond ha gone to n ba! . !"
"A ball!" echoed V iclo Stevens.
"Gone to a bail!' reiterated Hjn in
ama.'.'inont.
"With her mother nwiy," criod tho
oi l ma-, "and my sister tolling mo how
ipii-t an I st:i ly she w is! V hup, Hoi;
1 don't know as wo want no ball-g dig
jvmng ladios out at tho old farm. I
gii"S3 perhaps we'd bettor bo starting
for hom"
Hut wait n minute; perhaps sho left
some word,'1 sai 1 Mrs. Hooker. "Hor
room is the next ono bcyonl; I'll go
and see."
' I uu'ss it ain't worth while," inflex
ibly uttered Uncle M irk.
Mis. Hooker knoi ked nt tho door of
Mr, (i'rmond's room, as a sort of
forlorn hope.
"Come in!" called a soli voice.
And thero sat Lilly nt her sewing by
tlio light ofashaled kerosene lamp.
"You loo'i Mi-priso I ! ' civil Lilly,
lau;hin'. "Hilyiiu soj 1 decided,
alter al1, to take your good advice, Mrs.
Hooker."
'And I never was so glad of any
thing in my life," nid Mrs. Hooker.
"My dear, hero's your undo and cousin
iroin the ton itry, with a team, waitia'
to t ake you to y ur iiu-thcr."
Lilly utioro I a ci v of delight as sho
jumped up, nnd (lung her itwing into
tho corner o' tba room.
"Uial.yi" she crio I "truly? cr tin I
dreaming? W li re are they?"
Sho ran cut into tin hall, and wa
kissing F.ic'.e Mark and -luikiig hands
with Hn almost bo fore they knew it.
"So you ili In't goto ill) ball after
al?'sail tho old man, bis liar I faro
soltcning as much under tho l luo joy.
ousnesi of her eyes as bones h tho touch
of her rosy you ig lip.
"INo," said Lilly ilthough I was
soroly tempted to forget moth"r's goo 1
a I vice. H it I never disobeyed her y.t,
and I'm not going to bogin now. Hut
it was so dull And lonesome here!''
'Porr child I I should think so,"
snid Uncle Stevens, with a look into the
dismal room. " Hut now put on your
things quick! Tho horses don't lika
standing tuerj knoe-deop among ragged
chit Iron."
Lilly was not long in packing her
littlo hag; and whoi sh) nil to Lid
M '. B)Okor goo l-'iye, sin whiiprred;
"It was your good adviccthnt turned
the scnle. To .ink you o much for it.
How much 1 should lnvj lost if 1 Lai
gone to tho b ill ' '
"Sh :'s a nice gi 1,"' s..i I Fnc'.o Mark
to his wife that r.ight, when L'ily was
nslcpia the 1 iV.-n ler--centi!d b.'droom
that looked out upon tin river, "and I
don't woud r M iry's proa I of her. H i'.
I did feel srt of ijueer, ju-t for n inin
uto when Ithou;hts.o wi- n-!aiking
round at bills with M ry koowiu' noili
ing ubo.it it.'
' ttf crursc she would i't do nntldV
of tho sort V tai l An it Almira reo
lutoly. ' Sho didn't, it seems,'' snid Undo
Mark.
A week afterward, Lilly heard,
through a letter from Mn. Hooker,
that tho lull of th: i otful Siciety hid
been inexorably broken up by a detach
ment of tho police, in search of somo
counterfeiters win hclnnged to tin den,
cl.i among whom wore An. 'Ha W iloi'
I cj in, .loin M rlon, and his dashing
friend who hal been destine I to escort
her, Lilly (iermond, on that particular
ni -lit.
A id Lilly sbu I lerod at tho thMi;ht
of the ri'k sho hal so narrowly escaped.
Out h re all was so sweet, so fragra .t,
so poiiC.fu'; in tin city all w u lu-tle,
:lin, pirpctitd j ostli ig. And Lilly's
cheeks took on a oftor pink, and her
heart beat a pulse or two fasl-r than its
ordinary pace, when f-Uis recalled tho
way in which Hen had lookc I nt her
that morning vh;n he hal brought h r
a long, trai ing spray of while i los
toni'd cle c.ati'.
"Vou liko the country i" said In; "and
us? and you wouldn't mind Maying
hero always:"
"I shou d liko it of nl. tilings," Lilly
I had eagerly responded.
j And thon, as hi) eyas had roste 1 a
! moment u on her, she had hid len her
face among tho clematis stars.
An so sha was inut inuring to her
self: "Perhaps ! perhaps!''
Ai l Hoi Stevens, out in tho harvest,
field, was saying to himself, as ho
swing tho gleaming crailo to and fro:
"Perhaps ! ' Saturday Night.
Locomotive I'.nniiiccr.s.
The engineer whose humanity Is not
hardened has his feelings harrowed oc
casionally by pedi-trims who risk their
lives on tho track. Tramps and other
careless persons nro so nil neroin that
tho casual passonger in a locomotive
cab goucra'.ly cannot ri lo fifty miles
without seeing what seems to him a
hair-breadth oscnp-, but which is novor
thcluss treated l y tho cnginoer as a
commonplace occurrence. Tiieso hcod
less wayfarers do, however, occasional,
ly carry their indilTi rence to danger too
far, and they aro tossu I in tho nir lika
feathers. Doubtless th"ro nro thoso
who, liko tho fireman who talked with
tho tend -r-liearto I youu : lady, rogret
tho killing of a man chiefly "uecauso it
musses up tho engine so; ' but, taking
the fraternity as a whol", warmth of
heart nnd tonderncss of fouling in iy bo
called not on'y w.d'- luvoloped but prom
inent traits of character. 'I'no groat
striko on tho C'hicigo, Hurlin'ton &
l ii icy rf a I last sprinu', wliich proved
to havo boon ill -advi.ed, would have
been possible only in a body of inon act
uated by tin moit loyal friendship.
Undoubtedly a largo conservative olo
ir.ent in the Hrotherhoo I of F. lginoers
b lived tho inovo in j I licious, but they
joined in it out of nil bit jnso spirit of
tbb'lity to their brethren aid leaders.-
Scribner.
An llscnpo from ( aniiihnls.
Mr. II. II. Johnston ', Knglish consul
nt Oil Calabar, Africa, tool: a trip up
tho Cross liver to try and mako treaties
nnd settle quarrels among tho natives
that were injuring trado by their war
fare. Do had n most interesting tiino,
moro inteio-tiug than lu would c iro to
xperience again. At a placo called
F. ledcmi, ho was pulled from his canoo
by a mob of cannibals, slung on the
shoulders of ono of them nnd homo on
n rnpi I trot to tin town. There ho was
placed in a hut with the door open,
while hundred) of s ivnges continuous
ly stared at bin-. Looking upward ho
saw ari.'i') ;i d nroiin 1 the upper part of
the clay walls a hoi riblu array ofat least
a hundred skulls, while a smoked hu
man ham hung from tho begrimed inf
ters as an appropriate centre piece. His
interpreters cpportunoly arriving, a
friendly pa'nver ri-ulted in his return
to the canoo in tin samo manner in
which ho had been taken from it. New
York Witness.
Hoy Hnllllghteis.
It will, perhaps, be h .rdly croditod
that at Sri S l astia n, Span, bul ri.hts
nro arranged between chil 1 torea 'u rs of
Ul, 14 an I 15 years ol I, and bulls of 3
years. Thoso small Sonniar Is, drossod
in picture que costumes, brave doath
for the snko of turn ishiig tho crowds
with an am.nsem nt, and actuilly profer
tho dangerom li o an 1 .ippbuno they
roceive to working at any tralo or go
ing totchooi. It is a sicliining specta
cle witnessed by thousands of all nations,
in lool, therj are far more French nnd
V.n rliili prosont at the chil Inn's bull
fi !U th 1 1 thero are Spaniards.
IHII.intK.VS (OI.LMN.
A Cfiinposite C ut .
We took our pussy ' p int. ?r iph,
Tlin one of a neighbor's it,
An. I then n thir l, mi I then it (.un til,
A i.'7e:i pil .-let nt.
An I then w ; took the h it..ni-op!i
( If every ph"t )i:rapli;
Oh, tint is often don", y. m know;
I ml I. you needn't laugh'
We sleov.-.l Ma in ma th.- lu-t - tfeet.
' II. 'in is t ho t.vp.'," w.' vii.l.
' ( U nil the iloz m pii-sy e.'s
w liar ii ,i I aid d h.-ii I "
' Spl ndi l' A tei ior ' . ri.-l Mamma,- -
'into lrauk to say H e t .
"11 u li puss would ho a ti n i- typ"
Ti.nn tin- c iiiii..site l":!-t '
St. Mi. hulas.
A Home for lllril ;.
In tin b'li'iti: :! i. v .-arleis of
I", iglan i win- e perhaps tin: finest trees
and tl iwers grow, tho b:r li lire ma la
wilion.e to come and n -t. Signs are
here, thero and i very w her i; loroi Id ing
tho boys to moie t their homes, and as
a ciuseipi"i!re t acre i luusin for you
w he re Ve r y oil may turn. Some pour
forth a melody ol son:-, whi.o ethers
twitt r and ilitrp 1 1 1 i r happiness,
atoning for the slight damage some
of their tribj in.y lo to bill an 1 blos
som. I iiiiii Fishes..
At tin : q i it ii.in ..l ys: nl Palace in
I. ) I n tlier' i.ie l.ngci tn-.k i H.lul wilh
n any si.ru and ki.idsuf li lies. Loh
oters re-1 on n i i iiuro iinnks, eels lay
qni-tlyii iiiun g l!n rock, whilj deli
cate. y-tinto 1 sea iiaeiu ino.s look .iko
full blown tl iivcr-, tumbled frrm ioino
invisible ro c ariov.'. Tho seals sport
and iu'.Ioiv in their pmd; onn half ex-p.ct-
the seals to 3 oil, for they nn
li e yi'tiag c ilv j dicilo un l as i.n-iiy
trained as ado but what is tistoiiish
ing it to iv. itch the carps at play; down
one wi I ila-h, another clo-o behind, ar.d
tiiitiing helly no. No. 1 ni l skim along
the bottom o! tho pond, n..'l all of a
sti'l'.li.-n, pre-to, tu nasort of somersault
ov.t X . 2, who in it) turn goes
through tin saiuo performance, until
one by ono all the sober looking li-h
that have br-en t! uting in a sleepy way
liar! :y j on in the fu", nnd a trecaiul
Irolic c.sins, so funtiy and -o odd that
th i lookers-on j 'in in a ii-. 'iry la igh at
the iitllj t u lay li-lns. I'.c.iyu le.
The lieii-s of Hi-rue.
J ho city of Swil . .ri i:: I, H -r::e, takes
its name f i out tin bears. I n.-v tiguro in
the co.t-uf-arm.; incaiv-l wood they
hold the matches, chum mid uinbrella3
ol tuu Swiss; th y ligur as white bears
on ginger c ikes; and they, or at least
livo or six of them, livj like very
princ s of bears in one i ti t ol tiie city
of Heme, where they hiv- :i home and
p aygrotin I. Iti-siilth.t s ni-.e good
woman, dying, 1st her ih-mi-.j to feed
tlie?e Le.irs. Kiwev.r th it may be,
th y are certainly well ( ! and jolly.
So -.oon a ) you look dew -. iion tlnm
tiny will sit up and m ill i.i i itedly
with their huge nrius to you to throw
stiuo toothsome nitiele, an i it one sm-ceid.-
i t citdu.i; tho cov.-te 1 pii- the
excitement becomes intense, and all tho
others b.cken us t ln u ;!i trying to sns,
''Me too, me too." Th i.- happy henia
are even !u nidied with toy-1, they havo
trees to cbmb and iig a . o I u balls to
roll; and ono wonders if thy ever
pino for tho wools and rocks of their
native iiieu it ains. Pica, i: n .-.
A Hiave St. li-.-ninr l ).
ll is only within t!:o la-t few days
that pmticii'ii.r.s li ivo b.-oii j-ubli-hed in
the Swiss paper i of a bravo re-euo ef
fected 0 1 Mount St. I! :;: : i. While a
violent snow storm wis i.i progress,
(irnnd, the inannger of the bo -pice, no
ticed that his own special dog that was
alono with i.int ii his room b iano veiy
restless, iiud made signs to bini to go
out. lie took the hint m an I fog-horn
and went out on the mountain, the slog
leallng him. la a very short tiino ho
hem I a call and :-ioaiiing, and, helped
by thi dog, il it ; out of tin snow
a.i Ita'ian, whom !.; cuiied on his back
into iho ho.spic '. Tin rescued man
state I that his latho, two llotheri,
and another Itnllm, all jotirmying
homo with him over tho pass, lay buried
in tho snow. II hoi pushed on to ob
tain heip, iu! hal been over p nvercd by
tho storm, llrand made ready and
went o;:t n;ai.i. T he secoml iinli was
more tiali nii and I - I him lurtli r away,
but at l ist the barking ol tin dog an
nounced n discovery. It wai tho
llaliui stringer, who was now saved
and carried up ts th i lunpico.
A thirl linn (irnnd and
In. .log Hidicl con into tho tempest,
ami ii.'ln ii ijiinit r of an hour' search
loun I the olhei near where :he3 coud
m-iil had been i-coveiod. Tiny were
1ilit.- on te I under th ' snow and aluv-st
Inseii-ibl . II: took the mo-t feclde on
hi. own shoulder', nnd with diflicu'ty
conducted th i otho s to thu hospice.
J w-i now midnight. His toi.somo
tas.c bal cccupied ttrai.d over lour
hours in a blinding snow storm.
Why are tho linkers of tho Armstrong
; mi t h gr itest t lii-ves in II I Hritish
M j :y s -civic ? H -can o tin y nfla
i I th guns, for r0 tin material and
Itixl all tho gui Ll etches.
IIIGIIHINDIiRS. j
A Chinese Oruii'itinii for Mur- 1
dcr and niaikinail. i
Crimes of the Hatchet Society ;
in America. j
Tho High' imb.-rs, whoso atrocious j
murders and continunl black niai.ing j
on-rations have j u.'.t-d the police o'
Si i l'l inciseo, St. I. mis and P.lliurg, i
an I whoso op 'latloi.s in X-iv York ;
have so far been curie I on with gn-at
skill and su iie; aie nn or , am, .ti. n
of Cinnamon dating back to the T'.ii I
I'm or long-liair" I rei-el ion, which t
was entile y kubdm: 1, it wi. thought, I
some thirty y .its ngo i i the Fioweiy I
Kinloni. Tue llighl.iiolers belong to ,
the Triad S u. .-ty, whiiii ha
been compi.r; I in ( hum to th" Xihilisti :
in usii. d:i ci term.; it
tho Ciiliiamin ren'.uuees uli obli;;a- 1
lions to hi, buiiilv. his gods i n 1 i.i-fiUou-iii'-n.
Tu ncefor ll he is the
cteatiireof hi. upei m.-s i i th: ) . I- r.
Political co.nspi-my mil tin lai-ingof
fun is to Lring a hunt a renter. iti ll ol the
Chinese dynasty in pn.c -ol ti..- M inciic o
emperor Hull on the tluo-.e aro or wele
tliejrimu ubj els of tin Highbinder :
throii.h th ir pmei.t order, tin Triad
Soi i ty. ll i.ee its clusu rel'itiousliiji
to tic: X.hiii.ts.
Hit lilac x in nil puie nnd simple, en -
force I with the sc ur. c a:; I the long
klli e, ll IS lo lg Ii ' li th -It ii I Cilij'.'.'t oi
the Highbinder- in tic. I illed S'ate-.
Tin trial cf -i t inn if.nu in St. Louis
for blackui iil and inurd.:' .i year or te.o
since ln.u lit u; tl.i- l.ct Ce.u y. In
St. I. oiis every Chinaman nit i lli.uited
with the Trials was a-se se l To cents
blackmail a week. T.n- :i--iS-in:.lion
for which tin six Mi,-!. In d-is were
triel in St. I. mis was p'.cu.i . . 1 y ntrc
cious. The term 1 1 1. hbind ir, as ori : in.il ly
ll-cd in Sin 1", nn I-eo, wheru it was
lir.t heard in this c.ol itry, tie at.t thugs.
Too T i 1:1 1 s were th-a siippu-.d to l o
it t lie land of th: Cehe t ials w hn' the
Hiug-areor were i-i 1 i Ii i. II it it wa.
dl coVered .-hortiy that whereas religion
i- the piiiuu motive ol 1'i.uggisin, pol
itics started Hi ;h; in ler, which speed
ily b v .to I it tell to tin coigenial ta-k
of l lecun d ing. I'.: an I by th High
binders I;. r line known as the H tcli-t
Soci.ty, an 1 mur. lor for .r.on. y was
rcogni.:d ns tliu chief object of its
ei-t moe, I hin.nmeii w -re : e nn v : 1 by
the llitchet Sici'ty ii Set 1'iaiiciseo at
Vl iO a ll -ad. Th : oath end the rtt tl il
of the Higlil'lndei i were demon inc.- i i
their fcroc iy. Tin cult ciin-ci-tto
D-ver, tiien ir.ov d o t, iicirdi ii eg, to
S'. I. oils, the i t-. 1'itt-i ii- ; and th oi to
New Yolk. Ii N -w York U.opiriti.m
have li en c,::. l uted with the utnu'-t
seirecy and sace ss.
Tn ; c n-o ol tin .-ix Hi .:!:bi'iders trie .1
for tin murder vi L .w .1 lii.on ii St.
Lend , called the i.ttentioa o! tin entire
con:. try to tne spreal of tin- h: b on
er 1 1 r.
The murder c f John-on grew c ut i f
his ni-uting tho polio in brea.ing up
the gaml ling bu-iness of tho I byo
Ooom, or .1. e li.ng, tho le.ad-r of the
Chyo fac tion in St. I. -ii i ii-o:n ami
hi- f, iends agreed lo piy ijni -u lor the
removal ( I .1 dinso i. A li.tinguisho 1
member f !iu II t. hot Soeu 'v in
'I'ii-co, Ah l.nng I v n mile-, mil a High
lander, w li. h id -i i v d a I'lin m the
Sin (nnta I' i.itetr.liry, was sent, fir
to do the ri ill iving, but, theio b. ing a
hitch in tb i n.attie, In didn't st.-rt in
time, so that ( l..-o Cniagic, lv .. i'g
Song and cth ii not so iinineiii i i the
profession uilcrtooic tin la-k. liny
foil id John-o i a-!eep i i I e I, chopped
him almo-t to ii 'c s n:i'l t.ien stood the
body on it- li ii l in a hue';..! . f iiceand
lock, d it up in a closet. T.icy e-it
tj-iong Seng nw .y witn ifl'i. proini-ieg
to sen 1 him more, but In w is c aj.'ure.l.
Ho gavo tl'.e poll e tin; n.t.n sti v in
tho cn-e, and through tear at haling
violited tho Oith of the Ilitc hetS c i -.
ty and die id cl th n vengeance, he
went tr.i.y in j ii . .1 n ; and Chy
Chiagk were sent.-nc. I I death. I lie
Chine so eleimnt n X-w i ik and .n
Fran-lseo has luv r -i n i -.- ll ipncli- '.
Tin feeling in M it ttect w t, -in h ;h,t
the Hi.hbin.b'i w i . li.il-1- to Lo c nl;. . I
at any tiun, tin presence of Ah l.u :-,
the past til and 111 bbiti I er, being an
indie ition th it the 11 itchet Sciity is
ready for busi us-.
Ano her casoof Hi ghhtn ling w is th it
of Sing Le-, at T.-oy. A Chinaman r.i
Montreal borrowed tfo'lo Iroin niiotll -i
and Sing l.-u was a witness. Winn n
C'liinamnn borrowe money it i- iv.ih tiie
u.ider-tnnding that in will p y it when
ho can, provi le I the one m iking t he
loan does not want to go home toChiea.
Then ho risk t tor the money, and the
! orrowcr must pay it hick, or if he
does not bo held respon-i l ie lor wh.t
ever tioublo iray teinil the l-aler
through delaying or preventing Ins de
parture lor bom . 1 he botrow.i in
this instance, rcdu-u I to jay buck the
money, and the lender cnt- red suit for
it in Montreal. Tho c iso w is col e I.
and Sing L e wns the most .m
portaut witnes . When tho cn-o w i
uoncluded Staj L.-ewcut back homo to
iroy, N V. Tie bib-r v.ett tl.crc '
ir.d cite in. t- d rit;y frt-'y, (giving .
the nam; of a hi air n known ns u
loi -.io'iiry, who '.v.: Ili-n in ' ii". '
ciU"d o" - le I-. on t b : day mi l at j
the loetr g 1. e was paying his rent, j
When the lnr.d had lult li i.ttacko l
Sing I. o, Ui.ljl him, stole; all his money
ifl'ML, mid the:: wrote on a pi-ce ol
paj er and ii-tod on tho Icmr on:.-: le a (
l:it-ird:
"Me fio to N'.-w York. !i.-k -oon. j
s-lo lo r ' 1
A - ;;iag I. 'J Ci.ll'.d i't Wi it s ii W..I I of i
11 . .- It - li .-,i- pie ion w is nn us - I nil t ha
nun ler .ii i . .v. red. It wa- proven, In-
le. el, tint ig I. e's rein .val hil leea
e'onsi lerod toriual y at a iii.'i ttag of the j
M nitreal branch o! the Hatchet Sj
ciety. Wlieu a ( 'ninmiuin is fiuin I inurdered
t he iiiferein e: that ho cano ti bis end
y llighbin i r- is quill! as rnli'.y
ilrawnastli.it of M I'll I e-pon-ibi.ii y
lor th ; a-s.n in ill m ! It ilia .-. H .th
the M ili I an I 'h 'I: ;l.b: I len -no atl o
e i his org aid, ill. nt-, as as foreign in
their :ii. ns .-nd ii.clhods to Ameii.ati
p.. lity .m l ni let : 'iith c-eduiy so. i. ty ns
it i- o is-i i i! o for any bjit'i lo be
'N-w Yore Wiild
Apple l.-K". j
In Scollnid and in 11 i iland tho apple '
is a very popii'nr iliv.niug nic-I in in i n .
I v in.it ten s. I'.iit f biis pr piilntity
i. pro I'll1..! y due to the loiinn.n notion j
that the Ireo of knnw.elge ol good ml I
vii was an apple tre". II .-ace ineti-
Hons the ii- : of apple pips in love all drs I
A iov.-r in nl 1 t.ike n pip l.e tw ceil till j
linger and thumbnail shoot it up to tho
fed ing, nnd it it struek it, hi- or her I
wi Ii would bo iiicomp.i-lnd. Nona- I
days a in ii Ion tests tin It lelity o! In r
belov. d by putting a pip i l the li e, al :
tliu to time pto'ioiincing his name.
if the pip t-iirst- with a leperl, it i- a
sign lint In- Invei her; i ut siiould it i
burn -ileal -y, she is cnr.ii iced of his I
w.a::t of true alT-ction for 1 1 r. This is
ol t on r for ir. - I with i. lit - inst a I of !
pips, (i y - I loune.i i exp -riiti' iUs with i
the pip- by pi .ciiig one on eaeh cheek, j
ono lor l.iibi'crhia, :u:d tin other lur j
I! I'liy. I i I :
i
" I nn I'. i I vid. -l m '"ii drop- up. ai th.' i-p un I 1
A iiel.on liken I hat his lie's iin-nind .
Wlul.- .iil,i i mil s iek- liriolv p. I in- la-!."
Oiyal-.i luetitioiis the Veiy common '
niuiiieine nt of paring an ii p'o u it iu ut
br nkl gllio p el and lion tier -wing
the stiti over Hie leit slieiil ler, in crder
to sou tin: initial h lt .Tof the lover's
name fonncl ly the shapo Iho .ari.ng ;
takes upon tin groin I. This isoltetll
one- of the in mv divinal ions duly prac
ttcolon !I illowe 'ti or Alt .int -' llv -. 1
Anethor way at tin same s-as. n is f-.r ,
tin cir i m in i I -a to st nl boluro a i
10 il.i n.,-gl -i-s c iiinhing hi-r hair with '
one hand aid eating nn apple hold in
tin e.tlt r; the lie. of tho iituro hu ,
O'lid Mi l the:: he seen in the glasi :
looking nv.-r In r ie.'t -ho ilder. Mis. !
I.vh-ni', ii l.i-r "Sis- S.ip- rstiti on-, '
.v - anotlier app e ch inn. livery p r--M.
i pre-eiit fa-ti-.s an npp'e "on a
t: in : hung tin I twnl" 1 toon I befnion
h .' ti e The ow !'.: of th ' apple tin'
tir-l fal's . tT is declared to !) upon th;
point of n; irri i -o ; and as th y full snc
ces i v -1 y , tb : or I r i i win h the rest of
tiie iti!- wi. i i.ttaiu In inaliiiii.ir.ial
hou.'ii is ileal y indie. ilcd, si.igh-ble-sedne-s
l-t-isi the l"l of th '.n
w!io-o appl is tin last to drop." -tt
i, .tic et'- .1 ur l ol.
1 1 a i ! i n : mi His l i unk.
(1 il l wi.tc ho- lint i. v. r ke-p timo
hove l -ng i con a fnvoiile means oi -o-cin
nig' transport o!i ei ; hut the. m rie an
trunk Is now coming into la liioti as a
medium of r..in ad 1 1 in i.uniciti ol.
The pollock ill ! of '.In Indianapolis
II id. i Journal - iy-:
"ll. vol k'ow t ll il! if ll till n his a
h- avy tnn.k be tan ontlniies trcvel a
long distance- on a rulioil wilh.ut a
ti-'e! or nev money:' -oil a Venn ;
mm ye t r l iv, w b i I I -.-.-nt y m-i le
hi- w i lain- t . I vi- with hip a 'ow
dollar-. "When 1 r-neh I s:. Louis 1
11 nl but live con t - l l nn p.-c .1, a id 1
.lid not know n mail lb- - . I i on'. I n-k
I r a loan. I w . el to the t u ket a -out
ar.d i.iikin; kneii. i my condition,
a-ke.l I.iio b w I i ou'd get to Indian
apohs. ' H i v v u i t1 ink!' he a-k...
1 told hm. I h ol. and It s.'U I he would
illtrodll e m.. to thi cotldllc! or.
I h condii. t o- c i ne u p 1 w .s
liio. d, .i-i.l b asked un lor mv
lo in v ! I ill Iv, which I il hi m,
then gav- me a smaller In el,
Wh n
in: ro
c1 eck
il d bo
ii hu ll
he - ii 1 won -1 get my tt u i k 1 1 Indian
apo.i'. 1 a-ked bin, how much tho
1 Hunk woul 1 co-i m when 1 went to
; got it nut, mid h- - a I W ol, I got
i t fi 1 1 ti Ii al! ri : lit, hut w hen 1 pro-" n t-'. I
thi ttccet for tin tttr.k it co-t m.. ij'J
' instead of T. I IciV s o-e won len; ;
i ever since who got the inon-y; lut 1
I didn't cute, lor 1 wis glad to get back
' to Indianapoli --, even on tltoic t -rn.- '
I Sound riiiiiiice
i II igl. y "Y'c ti . ! Wiggins asked me
1 to l"ii I hi at a hundred thi. moi tn ng,
and 1 said I'd bto about it. Wti it do
: y.oi think ? '
O gle y - "I think it would he c be np'-r
to give: It to him. You won't Imv tn
-pond a ytlun ; t . vi in iryi ig to cod.it
j the debt." i Jud :.
Smilt-ts Inslpad of Tears.
When shadows hide the- sun away,
Whnt use to sigh about it.'
Kcei. up a e-he-i rliil heart, and say,
If sunshine can't be ours today,
We ll g. l iiloiii; w ntle.iit it.
If t hint's g,-, wrong, lot worrying (?o:
What jgo.,1 will coin., of fretting!
I- may I e- ,i is 1 . tie r
(., -I I I ens il nil. m . I In- iiiust know;
Si. spaii- yi -ur lain regret tiiiR.
'id. i r- i- a siin-liiu" that mokes good
1 he keek of -nn nbove us.
In .li... i fill w ads. mil happy mood,
An I Ii. in Hi it will ii-.t darkly bl. ol.
In miu..- of II. .iv who love us.
We c'liiti it le dp what hnppi-ns hoi e,
S.i mal;.. Hi- be-t. my hr .th"r,
Of w hat fate vii.l- I l :il i-'il' t" yr;
A siiiil- I- l. -n.-r than a tear
For us nnd for I'-o h other.
Ill MtMlOCi
The weather prolit deiivm hil profit
from til ) clriuge in t !i t weather.
When a man want s to take n digni
fied po-itton, he u-iiiliy atauJs on cere-luoni-s.
" i 'gin--, th ' proph t, nppoars to bo
,-,t," -ays an Xehauge. T his is all
pt. lit and no loss.
I .no late t itiitiito in iho ranks of
fiction is a e owb y w!io claim i to linvo
c .ii. 'ht a ( h'.i ra germ w il !i a lai i at.
Pi ano-playing I- liki the mmlic il pro
fesioiiintwo respeits. One cannot
suec ted in it with. nit p-itieaco and
practice.
A m in who former. v ait-1 ns fireman
to a locomotive refers to his recollec
tions of that time ni tonder rcinini-trenr.--.
"Ah, Hroivn, ono moment, " sail tho
poet. ' C in you -ii .get a title lor my
book of poi III! It is to b" pilbli-hol
in tin spring.'1 "Is il a collection of
your pul. li lnd work-f'' "Yes." "Call
il 'llnid Lines.' "
The inliini class teaclnr was trying
to bring out thu fact that Divil was a
man of varied oe ioip it ions. Tho ques
tion was a-ke.l, "Wh t do you call a
man who p'nys on a harp:" A young
ster quickly answeiol, "An Italian."
Then ii new topie wis intro lucid.
"Why am I lik ; a pin!" a-knl Mr.
Witiyniaii triumphantly of hi- wife.
He c vpect' d -be lies going to say "Ho
c mi e you ar i so -bat p,"an I he was sim
ply paraly,' d when -be responded : "H :
can e. if you shou'd get lost it would
n't In: worth while to spend time look
ing for y.oi, a d in e m e Joo of you put
un in a bundle wouldn't Le worth 10
Lenli."
A Clcii.',viiian "ho Hclii ie l in llrcvily.
In lT'is tin I'.iptl-I chiitcU of llilo
tow n, now Wear.', N. II., "vole I a desiro
(which wa- un inimoii ) that lMnliah
Tingley si.'tila among us in tho work of
the gospel ministry." II : was a gradu
ate of Yah) cohego, hal s uliel thool
ogy two years, and wu note I for short
prayers and short sermons. Tiie brevity
of some of hi- sernion- they wore not
more than eight minutes in length -in
ole hnu n nola'di! preacher i i an ago
when inini-ters discoursed for an hour,
and even Inn ;c r. O c , being called
upon to lea 1 in prayer at a public moct
m ', he fell on bis kneos an 1 Raid: "O
L .rl, toni h in to fe el the need of Thy
price and to seek il ; lo know l'hy will
and to do it, t. tin 1 on.- p'lu o and to
keep it. A ion." The hi-toiian of
We'iro ! Us thi; me c dote ol the laconic
mini-lei's wit: A youn . minister being
in a company where sev ral clergymen
won: present so engrossed tho conversa
tion that all fearod tint his volubility
was lirni' less. ,t la-t, turning to
Fallnr Tingley. ho said, with an air of
familiarity : ".r, we noil of Judas'
pint of the ministry; and what part do
Vou think it w i-.'" "1 think it was tho
talkative part, sir," answered the old
man; and th" y.iiig man's leipiacily
dep.artii 1 for a so i-on .
A W ai niiir lo rain-ills.
wiiter i i a lite i innhir ot Harper's
li , n gives this pi"i c of ivarniag, and
in ny parol.!' iv. ul I do well to lay it to
hi-ait: ' 1 1 ii: of Hiowiii g's mo-t beau
titui and path-tic poems, and ono intel
ligent tow h"iiisoe i e:r run-, coinmemo
ratos th net of an e-ntl of A ruudel, w ho,
linvi'ig struck bis littl- child on tho
' head, had thepicturo of himself and
the ibi'd painie-d, tho child, as bo bo
c un in after years, imhcrilo from tho
cfl et- . f tint blow. It would be well,
! ivetiiin., fir ivity parent, anil for all
tho-o having c hildren on their hantl,
10 comniit tln-e ve r-es to m luory, nnd
to put tholo-sou in pr itico, ior the in
jury done to children by tin quu k anil
rnreloss box on the cur that is thought
iin'bing of at the tiino is something in
' rnlculnbb'. It is iinio-siblo to hit a
1 tender child a blow upon soeb licnto an
organ as tho oar, and ouo having such
1 c oso connection with the t rain, with
; out eloing an evil and unseen -vork.evoa
! when tho blow is given with tho fl it of
I tin: open hand. Tlio action, it has bcoa
' ;,f ly ascertained, has produced violent
j it fl animation in tho ear, and running
, di charges lor years; blood has been
I ! . : i o i" i to follow it immediately, and
w hen this has not hnppene 1, partial unci
even total dealuess has been the conso
evacuees in uiani instances."