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riTTSHOItO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, DKCKMBKIl 5, 188!).
NO. II.
Thin?1! Immortal.
Tlio pure, tho lirlpht. tlo beautiful,
That stirred our hearts In vouth:
The iiupulc of :i wordless pruycr,
Thedreutn of love en J truth.
The longin:; of after something lost,
T c reviles iiits i ry,
Thest'iving ii ft er better holies
These th tips can never die.
The timid (: ii1 stretched forth to n:rl
A brother in his need;
Tlie ki illv word in grief's d irk hour,
That pr oca friend indi'eil.
The plei of tut rev softly breat hdl
Whin i isl ce threatened high,
The hiti'W "l a contrite heart
The e (hunts sha'l noser (lie.
The ineinory of u clvpiug hand,
T,ie p osiire ofa Ui,
And all the I rides sweet and frail,
That ruake up life's first bliss;
If, with ii linn, urn haiiKiiic; faith,
Ami holy tiusl and high.
We feel an I ait the better part
Thi 'e thiii. can never die.
! ii't liin;; as, for every hail 1
t'.m bid sium w -"ik ti do:
I,os in t a tlrum to awaken hoc.
lie Prm and just end true.
So shall a light that mini t fa t?
He.un on the f.,rm mi high,
nd anci-l mces w hisper Pice:
T!ii " tiling' shall neverdie.
Mj "I .,(.-; .'( ll)il I ,:i,,.M.,f.-.
A LITTLE VENTURE,
Cornelja stcj p ; I from a Fifth avenue
slaga at Fifty.-ei on I streH. Ueing in
an tin-clt e I moid, slio tinned and
strolled, w illi an tn j ivinent of niiiilcsi
mss towanl the cvt, though her prop'r
d.'stiaat on mi in the near west.
Hut she wis fon I of cxp'orin; Njw
Ym'it by hcis.'lf in those few intoiim
wheisho was not -eciu ; it, as it were,
lofessiona'ly with Aunt Sirah and
tlicir New Yolk relative aid fiieii'N
Wilhird ii iv(r among tho litter.
Sim had d rlar.'d to Willard Obvn
that she dd it knosv how sho should
live Ihr.uig'i it lv'ien they went abroad
in lli'i fall if A nl Sira'i (inducted the
sightseeing. Il'lridakcl if it wii
qi'itci.'ttl d, tl eir gun g. Ilelml de
limited and looked down at his shoes
an I I re !i n lo I to he serious aid sulky.
Vl', pretended !
Sulky 0:1 in r 1 ce, miit ? II-? o!i, no;
For of eoiii'H'j ho kn-w fill abut her.
Wiien there wm any d inner of people
11 ( knowing it tint she was Aunt
bin nh's o: plumed and adopted niece,
mi 1 n'd Inr heires. ihe always ubecd
a ne.vou d '-in; to set them 1 iy lit im-in-'
li itely. li it nf course: Wiltar 1 OH
vcr k 11 'W it.
She te no. nh re I that i'. hid occurred
to her ju-t to ni!iili'iii it the day lie had
taken tl.cm, being down town, lulo his
iiimptiHus looking I tw olli..., w iero he
hud a d:ent wait while he to k them
up on lli-j roof for tin view.
SI 0 had m a it, in Iced, to te'l him,
for further cleun-v, all about lier
several schemes fir s;If -support since
her graduation fro. 11 Mtdam; Moifoit'p,
en 1 of Aunt Su di's honor and calm
!efent of them ca h in turn; but lie
hud giveti lu-r no thaici.
She ha 1 frowned nl the thought of
altJio had done fur them. Why hid
he done it Hi nee I not have taken
them ti 1 In th at in more than onco or
twiie, bu' he ha I taken them five
times. If he would let them alonel
II ', a lich New Yurii lawyer, and she
Toen, sud l",ilv, and with indignant
111 pi e, she fimid hcrielf cryinp.
Well, it wm lnc;!i tune to (jo hour.'! If
Aunt h ir.ih should know her cotidition
ehe would put l o t le.1.
Siefounl hi-rself in Tliird avenue,
lolling iioiihw.u I, There was a small
crowd about the opjn door of tho shop
she wa pas-in-; a il -licV. essen, "
silh a (I'.onian name on t ie sifj;n. In
side there wm a clamor of tongues,
svhti Ii grc v 1 u lor, til! 11 rotound man
in a n Into aprm bickol out thrjuh
the do .r, b it 1 his fat huiidi forcibly
gestii iilat ln.
' 1 vi1! not heir youi ! ' ho wai roit.
eriituiu', his heal thrust forward and
violently shaken ' 'I vill not! You
III )ost j;o 1 vul not haf you. Veil!
you hearl''
A girl had followed him to the door
a shabbily tln'sv.-d jjirl, pretty enough
to rouso soni-i sympathy. Her fallow
face nhowo I tr ic .-i of tear.
'1'iiew! she's the collier,'' s.ii 1 a
butcher's b y in the gathered knot,
whiitlin.
"And pit w at h n she done !'' a nonian
in 11 sh:u I dc mm led.
'V.it h n sh'i doner' the shopkseper
reei'ed, with spread hinds. "She
I n. sl)c von, two, tree linio alrctty
s'.ie has stole ny money. I vill haf hei
loi k (1 avay !''
A ted haired you ig mi l in a blui
car liijaii jai k 'f, who hail lounged on'
from a fruit sine next door, inter
cepted. "What are you Mowing nhout,
B.'hwa' I How iiiuc'i has she gut?" he
(1 'm inde i.
"Ve'l, she lias it 100111 nii'oiey. 1
haf foin I lo r tree lime at it," her em
plojer resj onde I, lin imill kindly eyes
warmly alight. "I haf j;if her goot
rages alretty. Now 1 vdl jj id a police
man!" Ths fruit store clerk eyed the gir'..
' You better bunrllo rijht along," he
said sharply. "1 h it's all right, Schwab.
You liniu't lost much. It's too snail a
u e for a policeman to tackle; you
wouldn't find one 't would to cli it."
The girl weut witln lit a word.
Schwab, with a rcsig idl shrug and a
inluil return to good nature, followed
a customer into his shop; the re -.1 -haired
clerk, roniclom of tho admiration ol
the gioup, strolled bark.
It was over. The butcher boy wrul
011 his way.
Cornelia lingered. fhe looked up the
street uTcr the girl's disappearing figmc
ani sig'jed with pity.
Phe was read to cry agiin, but re
s'tained herself biennis the red-haire l
ycuig man was looking at her ovir a
pyram d of oranges. Sho 6aw vaguely
that they were fifteen for a quarter.
Slid her lips tremhbd. Shu knew
'ie was not herself, or that Aunt S:irih
would have thought sho was not.
Tho idea that was forming itself
alai tiled hei, a'ld j et he'. I and da.led
her.
Why not?
Them was no good reason why not.
tht r3 was every reason why tho sum"
teasnns that had alway.i been. O ily
h; had n-iver got so near to it as this.
Aunt Sarah had always prevented i'.
Sho went up to tho wi-idow. It had
pinked sausages, bvtle 1 olivet an 1 ftutt
cans atttac ivcly airayed.
Should she? Tin y flou'd be in N'jw
York only a month or si longer c mid
she stay on alone! 11 it it would be a
beginning.
Shi pr.-ssed her gull umbrella liar 1
ngain-t Iit far ; t ) r 10I i's w irinth.
Sho th-Mi;li. of A 'i ut Sir ill with a
sudde 1 (ri.dit, I 11 then she wont in at
ti e door, her u nte 1 1 y h 11 1 1 tightly,
il 'termitie liy cla p aid tail to the
staring shoplieoo' i' tint she w iul l like
to try to till his casliicr's plac:.
Willai l Olive: wi'kul up Third avi
nu; at S o'cloc'i tint evening.
He ha I slopj e I at two paints be'ow
Fiftieth street, an 1 he ha 1 Kil l a oiii
to mike above it. II" wiike.l fnt and
inoied worri"d, for he feare 1 hj would
be kept out trr late to mi'io a certai 1
tall that night.
He tin 11 t h!s stick un ler hii arm in I
stio le hard.
If he could ma 'to it by S I "t he w nild
drop i 1 anyhow. He didn't t'linkshe
would miu 1 it, though h?r au it might.
Or, if he did do: have to go home ind
lire;- if she woul 1 ( verlook the u:i
conv. nlional tie he hid Intel himielf
for having put on that morning! He
thought she would, though ho didn't
know about her aunt.
He didn't care abmt her aunt, either,
only ns r.'ganl :d her weight and influ
ence with her.
But then he was certa'n, whenever
he cou'd rou e him.elf to look the mat
ter in tho face, tint influence of the
most favi rablo ye t, and any amount
of it wou d avail him nothing w ith
her.
Thercforj ho look d the ma'ter in the
face as little ai possible.
He brought up at his destination
sharply an I bur it in at the do t.
If there had been a hindering rush of
rnstcmcis he knew he sh ml 1 have gne
crazy. He eyed a girl with a pail nl
pickles sowlingly, and cringe 1 with
impatience as the proprietor went to the
cashier', desk with her bid.
"Ficfly from vu 1 tollar, meet," he
said, with a icrt ii 1 p liloin)S.
"I'm late, fckhw.il'," hit 1.1'ler bioko
in, following him. ' It doei:i't iui nn
vcnienie y u? '
The shiip'jeepnr smiliigl shrugged.
"It voii'dn't do mo no hurt uf you
all do lime stayed avay," lie declined'
j'iciliaily. "Ac'i! it is de lent dot
keeps us poor, ve s'orcge -p"is. 1 I
man moo't he reei h I.kedc U i'h-i lnld
eh, Mr. O iverf '
"Well, he's rle'icr thin y m or 1,"
Sir. Oliver icjoinel, taking a receipt
from his po kill book.
Ho leane.; agiia t the de.k while
Schwab went to hit safe. A hat and
jack t hung on a nail near h in
His eye 1 remniiiej fastened to them
wonderiiigly ; hu turitud to loolc respect
fully at the g.il who wore things so
much like hen. Tin back of her head
was toward him 11 ' thought the like
ness followel cvei Ii ii and his inter
est was warmly iiimiel. Hi made a
rem 11k to her about ihi wen" her.
Tl.e.c was 11 Iran's pau-o whet she
I a 1 turtle 1 to Win.
H-J stain nerc I her nam" an I blushed
for his r 11 leness of am iz-m"t a 1 1 strive
to spca'c, but he only faltered fragmi'i
tarily. "It sou uli! I like you- voice," said
Cornelia- - she trie I, w ith bewildered
eyes, nn I a tl.u n ling heart, aid tremb
ling lips, t 1 s : 1 1 1 1 "but I could 11''. be
lieve it win y hi."
"And 1 ( ould 1't believe it was you,"
he mii I. "It's a 11111 ual siiipriiL.''
He I.We I n" her, e igr y smiling,
thtough tho latticed w.rjs that topp d
the d-sk.
"J was on my way," lie addol "1
was hurrying tu 111 md-mily to get to see
you."
' I si oil be goin soon." bIic a I.
She held her heal wc'l u;i, though
her chin quiv 'te I.
S ic felt asliitnoJ that it shoul 1. He
would have knn.n it sooner or later -she
woul I have (ell him; and why dil
she feel it somehow cru. ..y ri I iculous
that he should lin I Iit thu-f
Hut tl.ere was only a p' -ant smil" in
his eyes ns he leoke I at I.e.-. an I sh"
w 11 011 buiriell,'. He was a'ling it
ho might no', then, take lrr home, but
he did not hear him.
"I will tell you I know you are
wond-ring," she said. "Hut 1 I
thought you k icw I was poor, and ''
S le tried to be cimly deliberate a she
told him, nn l she was p .'.led that she
should be inr aheren.
And she did not know why he shrul 1
kop on smiling, cvmi when she ac
counted for it all evjn when she nni
oU'ly give him her motive her long
d' site for self-stipp ut an I in lep-ndence
of "chari'y."
S le put it at its w.rst; at !eit, tli-ie
WIS IK) Wl l it to colli".
She did not look at him n;ai i; she
did no', want to see how he looked art-.r
that.
But he Ian ;he 1 cspl siv ly, pu lling
back his hat to tub bic't his h lir, with
li'iyiili ec lenient.
' I didn't kno .vlhit 'hat it is 'chari
ly'" ho said, bre.it hles-.ly, trying to
look over the gtatin . ''I didti't know
it. I needn't sta nl qirte in such awe
of you a ly 1110 c nee 1 I? if I am a poor
lawyer who collects rents after hours to
help out, a id g cs a' n 1' i n false pre
tences trying to 111 ike agi d i:np cv-i'Ul
on p-nple cer'aiti people trying to
g vj ihem an edeet of so'id wealth be-cair-e
of hi i awe and fear and an inter
est a c r ain intcres! "
The witei were too high. If' sloope I
lo the sin ill oa' change win iow.
"You coul ln"l take care of y ourie'f,''
ho whispered, with a 111 ngling of scorn
and exultation. ' You'll have to let
me take care of yon.''
He rci.ch 'd down her hat.
The shopkeeper cam up with n r'll
of bills for the .i jeiit. H's mind face
brea len-d.
"Vy, you hi j owa n'edi" ho said,
beamiti ,
The nge-.it, j y mdy laughing, gave a
brief cxp'.ri. tiou.
' She woil'ln't suit you, f'cliwab,''
he conelul.'l, "S'n dieii't know
aiyth ug nb nit k(.".'pi ig bioki or 111 ik
ing ch inge.''
"I tun sorry," Cnnc ia fnl'eiel.
She fe'.t, with all tho rct 1'10 bliss,
ful rod ril culoiisly d'feited.
S le looked proteslmgly into her lov
er's twinkling cy.-i. Hj t ok down
her jicket and le Id it for her.
"What will your aunt what will
your aunt say to you?'' ho q leried.
"She d csn' t know it yet," Cirnelia
murmure I. "I telegraphed In r that I
was detained. Slie'.i think I'm at
Cou in M ir,'s.
Schwab, (''.cer'nlly i:nc -ttriiehending
saso for th" in 1:11 lac , waitel for her
a the il 1 r with a s ver dollar and a
bow.
"I vill pay the 1, vat I owo," he said.
"No, no! ' c. ied Ccrnc-I:n.
H it her lov.-r t 'ok il.
"We miy need it,' he n d, d'awing
her hand siu;ly throi'! his arm. ()-,
if we manage to wo:ry along w th uit
it, I shal keep it at a souveni'." int
uiday Snjht.
Orl.-in of the Fork.
It si-er.is ( l".u eaoug'i, m the light of
negitive evnletir', that tic few boks
li'.ciuij.j 1 111 the silve wa e of the mi I
d 0 age; w ie not 11 e 1 as fcrks iitc u cd
today. Since kitdicn f.ir.i se: v d as
sptis and fi r holding io.is'.s. it is piob
1 be that the high-lorn '.ind aid lilies
of thos 1 itu w ho ou'y 11,11 c 1 r to have
possess"d thesi) iusiium nti, i.sc I their
nicer foikt for toa-ling 1 i t -i .- bread at
the break finl -Mi 111 lite. There i, some
d ied evident') that they wcrt employed
to hold nib. lances pail t ulaily ili-ngnc-able
or inconvcaeni to handle, as
toasted 1 heese, whuh woul I leave an
unp'oai.-int smell ;( r Mirk? sugar d iin
liei, or si ft fru.ti, the juice cf w hit li
would .'tain the lingcrt.
Oily one iii( id tit is r 'Intel of tlie
u e of the fork in tho nineteenth cen
tury fashion. This was by a nob'e la ly
o( II v-Ultimo, who hid in 1: no I allige
of Veiiiie, tin I coi lin ed in that city
lo cat after bet ovsn c is'oni cutting her
mea'. very finely up ami crnvrving it to
her mouth with n two-piongel f,ik.
Tho act w as reganle I in Venice, ac
cnrding to 1' elnn Dam an n, as a sign
of excessive lux try and cx'rcni! clTcini
nac. It suggests a piol ability tint
the fas'iion of ca'i i with fo.ks oiigi
iinlcd nt the imperial conr'. nf It ztn.
t u 11 an I the 1 ex end I lo the west.
S one luiii'lr ls of years had still to pass
bt'for:t could be loinic I a'ed in Kurope,
forth s liege's Il.-zantinc wife live I in
the cleve ith ceii'n.-,', while the fas'iion
of is ing wuh fo ks dil not bi come
g'.'iieial till tho seveutouatl) ecstury.
IHIMHIEVS COLISIK.
rum rr.tASE myselt.
I know a little fairy,
A iiauithty little elf
Brimful "f tricks and mischief,
The "Fairy 1'icasc-inysi.lf."
Phe hide- in every nursery:
You always know she's there
When little folks are frettinir.
And then my dears, hewaic!
She's very old, this fairy,
old t cannot tell,
Dot it is very likely
Thst Adam knew her well.
How did I know about her?
I II whis'rin yonri-irs.
(She often called up in top
When I was young my dears)
y..l' I np, ,f ,1
f lli'iil.iiny 111 i;'iist
Two boys were 11. a sc ionlr vm alnnt.
tegetl er, when fonie fceworUs, c mtr.iry
to the maptei's p: olnl'i:i in, txplod-il.
The one boy denied it; the oilier, li;n
ttie c 11 istie, woul I neither admit nor
(btiy it, and was sevend flogged fr;
his ob'tinv.,. When the boys got
abeic agai n :
"Why didn't y m li ny H?" aske 1 tho
ilclinq te it.
"Heiausc t'icte w -te only we two, and
one of us 111111! inve lol l a fnlsvlioo'l, "
find Ii 11 nie.
"Tben why did yo 1 110'. say that 1
ilili?'
'15 came you -a d von didn't, and I
would share th" fa!-h md. "
Th" boy's In a t in ' tc l; li rin e'i
mm il gillantry su'i 1 ie I him.
When th" s 'lool re .'(111! I, the y trig
rugiio iii.ii. he I up to the 1111 Id's de-k,
a!i I sat I :
"I'l-a e. sir, I rri'i b'ir t- be a li r
1 let oH 111- -i lib ,'' ail burst into
ti.'ii 1.
The m is'er's eye; gl t mic 1 on tin
si I'-ac u i' I and tile u 1111 't ite 1 p Illi b
lie nt lie ha I lull r ed on his srhoo mtU
Slllotl' his rollsi-ie :C". Il'foto til') wlio'e
s ho 1, hand in ha 1 I with the rulprit,
is if the two were pa i'1 1 i 1 the confes
sion, the mis'cr w like I drvn t whei .'
young Ciri-tie sal, an I sai 1 al 1 I :
"It-unit!! H 11 ii ! lad, he and I beg
your par Ion wo are both to bl.n.i'! '
Tho 'tlio d wa; hinlied and .still, a,
older scholars ar apt to b when -cm :
lli 11 j true and nob'j is b".n ; d i:u--;i
Mill they mi ;ht Yiv h !.v I l! nni"'sb g
b y tears drip pr.nilly on his b ok as
he sat mij lying the nrril triumph wh ch
subdu !l hini'e f. ni well a; li led all the
reit; ml then, for want of sinn.thiig
clsatosay, he gently cried:
"M il er forcvet ! '
Tne glotious shout of the srholnil
tilled tin old 111 in's eyes with something
behind his Fp clicle-, which 111. d.: him
wipe thim before he resun.ed the chair.
1 II K nllKtMIM' F.I.I' I'll INT.
In some countries in A";a an cle
phant is 111. 1 I ) to cirry tin 11 g 12
battles, writes .1 nnio S .In I' 11 in Out
Lite ) rt. Tnis is becau-e the ele
phant is so tall, an I the soldiers can
cas 1 sec the flag lling from his bi c ;.
O ie of these elcpYirits, which be.
lorge 1 to tlio I'oona ho.t, svn vny
brave an I very kin I, b it he would obey
the o:d"r of y 1 on ! except h s mahout,
or driver.
0 10 time, while a very livce fight
wisra;ng, the driver called out tr
lin-.: "S and, 111 brave bead, stand!''
A m 'ine.it l it T ill" mah nit received a
fatal wound and fe I to the ground,
when- he lay beneath a p le of wounded
and slain.
The o id en' anim il would not movo,
though the battle rag d li r 1 ; around
hiui. Th" Po ma soldiers, who feared
they were I" i ig overcome, were choered
en by Ihe sig'r of the fl i still floating
from his back.
Hi nev-r sti.rel a foi'., an 1 nil
tliitnigh tho hot t'uht, the noise, the
sinekc, the 10 ifud m, li tone I patient
ly for the voice of Ins mas'er.
Sharp spcus wne hurled at him, n
si ore of jivlins pierce 1 his sides, hi.
lung can dripp d with bio I, but ho
s'ood like a in '.
"Como forward, my men!" t ried tin
Foona captain ; "our Hag still flouts ami
the battlo will jet be 01111. "
His nvn, disc lira ;c I an! rcaly
toll-, rallied at this conrtmnl, am.
w.th a ( !iejr f or the llig piea-el f r
ward. In a short time they had won
the victory and put the en?my to (light.
And then they j;ill.cl'ed ar Hind tin
brave e'ephant, offering to leal bin
where ho could be iacl for. Hut.
though woiip le 1 ntid worn, tin nhedi.
rut c: e.t' uic would not mivi until lit
heard his 111 istin's voice. Tint muter
coul I never sp"a'v again.
A ri h-r was sent in great hnite to
place fifty miles away, when? live 1 th"
dr vol's little son, whom the elephint
knew an i lev I. Win n tho litt'e b y
was brought to tin bi'ilo ground, th;
eleph int show. d v uy plainly that list
wai gia I to see him. and pc: milled th'
child to lea 1 him away.
Mr. Scwcr: "1 wonder what ol'
H'''bub really lookiliktl'' Mrs.
b tw r: "You'll know in good time.'
CITY WAIFS.
Taking Care of Lost Children in
the Metropolis.
Parents Seeking their Little
Ones at Police Headquarters.
A great pel leman, big enong'i and
sliotig enougli to have fdlel n hoic
with a single blow, curyiiig in bis aim
a little guide 1 haiiel girl, upon whise
sleeping lace the lens had w .shed clean
plaies in the dint and grim", walkc-1
b. i-k'y toward roli'-e lleirlqu-irtets in
New York t ly. The child was slumber
ing a comfoitably as though she had bcn
m the little tain at le tiv, an I the olli
(or was ns tcrnler as if the little one
was his own and helpe I mike sunshine
in his home on his rl lys off duly. II ilf
a doen i hiidreti of thi street, quick to
tatcli sig'.t of the pair, followed clo e
on tl'.e big po'icemaii's heels until, says
a ' -i i :i i be, he went up the s'ip- to
the inn 1 1 I" building in Mulberry sliee',
an I was lo-t to vi"W behiud the swing
in ; d ior'.
Itiull S.'igeant Kelleher w is 011 d ill v,
mil when he saw tin little I mil He of
Iriini'iity br night in, he sat down .a'
hi. disk an I beg in to turn, in a limi
ne s'lke way, tie: leave 1 of an in nnoiis
book which lay in fioil of him. II '
kept turning uitil In t ame to the pa ;c
where he ha I wrill' ii las!. Then, after
c. irclully a I j, -ting hiieyeglas.es, and
dippin; bis pen m ihe lug inkst.-md, h-.pi-.i-d:
"Hoy 01 gii I, 1 I'i ' !''
O.il. '
' lb. v old :"
" ' 11 I'll f. I ','f.l-S. ' '
"Wheie del you gel h"i ?''
"Sixty. filth street and Thud avenue. "
"Tike her up. lairs. "
' I'jSp'ir." 111 '.l it to the top f .or of
the big building w' ere .Mi'ron Webb
presnl"! airl ac's tin part i f foer
mother ti tin waifs an I striys nil
foundlings of t'is bg city who are
picke I up by lb ! p 1 ice.
Toe saine n-'tie; are enn'-'el eveiv
nigh', 11:1 I car-1 d ly s""i th" page; of
the b g boo't which Sergeant K' lleher
knp. ti I up 'in b,- one with Ihe br e!
slnriei and ice u Is nf lost children.
Fvety night in tin y i ft lnrs and
mother, vi-it I" lei II adq i.nrters nnd
nsk fi r the caidt 'i w iohav; been b st
dm ing the d iv. 1 pl-as.ant evenings
they sit on tin stone s'eps and wait, if
Ihe fhiid h is not alrea ly b-cn fotin 1,
and on storm . nights ihey go home, to
return again la'i r mi.
A woman comes running down the
street. She is one nf tho Knt side poor.
A s'lawl answers thepu po.se of clou's
an 1 hat. Sac slop; long enough to ak
of an idler on the c rner:
"While is tin hea 1.) iarter? '
"Diwii ware you see th; green
hgh ,'' is alw i.'s tin an w?r an 1 sin is
oil again. I'p Ihe stcpi she tiim e.i;tr
ly. As she passes the swinging doors
she almost runs d w n old .1 ie, tin) door
111 11. who ke-pi n little private record
on a slate of tin children wh-i are
brought in timing the nigh' .1 o '.
voii e i . gi uff, but it b lies his im' 111 c.
"Wlia"'s the uritlerf he growls.
"II ae ye b u id me baby.'" and the
toil win 11 h ind - eluto'i ni l v, u ly at the
hayed edg's cf the old r.'d shawl.
"Hoy cr gir i"
"A little gi l wilh light hair."
' i 1 upstairs mid look top floor."
The stau s ate sice 1 an 1 tiiesomc lo
climb, but ni 'tlnis en su h 1 11 mils
don't tin' easily, a 1 I u,isln goe. Five
iiiinu es later a step is heard on tiie
stairway. Siie is mining d iwn again
and the re I shawl i, t'lebn '.tg ouu I for
a head of golde.t liar. Two diity,
chiibb hau ls 1 ;n e abou' leucok. Tin
woman is sin. ling now. S .e isabout to
g 1 out 10 tl-3 s-tvet, b it Hid . again
is in the way.
ti in time an I g ve your mine,"
and le pun's to S igont Ixeibhe:, mi l
chirrups at th babv.
The seig.'ail takes the woman's name
and aidless, and, lil:;iig t'n h h one
t'ghtlv, the wo nan pi-.e , ip into the
street.
Slow. 1 ways.
The ship was ha d;v well o il 11 tfe
ocean when Iwostowiways mile their
appeai.iiic , and la'cr in the day live
ni'i'. I'll! nex! iii'iaiag six inure
came up, and Iui the two following
days the; kept coin 11 g up ii twos and
threes null, they ninib'rel Wall toll.
Tin ship seem" I t be teeming with
stonawu s, an I the lli er on watch
was lairly bewildcre 1. There was a
plaint. v,! p'cad ng in his voice as he
said to lin lint coiinr: "Siy, liiidn'i
you better e:nl the lest up nt ntio ? '
"They are all up now, sir," replied the
stowaway with re, rested 1 lici t i"ul ncs-,
and the ctl'n cr g ive a sigh ( f
relief. When the vcs el arrived at 10
bec the captain seat a dispatch ashore
with the pilot boat to be forwarded t"
M mlieal, asking that a detachment of
the hsihor police, be at hand when the
vessol camo along. id-', to arie-t th
men. The police were in readiness on
the wharf, I tit the stenni'r stranded in
midstream, and lighters hal to be sent
off to relieve lnr of pail of the cargo.
One of the lighters was alnngsi le when
datkncsi came on, and 'he bad to lie to
until sunrise. When the ligh'er w,m
fully loa lei she diew to the wharf to
discharge, biithirdly was she inior'd
when there was a tnov m 'tit among
some sacks and a sto'.snwny leaped out
an I midc a break for th" wharf. An
other imnio'lintely sprung 011I from th"
other side, nu I in mother instant the
whole dec! of the lighter n.n alive
with stowaways, running up t ie whai v !
an t leaping over the ob.tai le- th it c inn;
in their way. Tlie ( apta ti was powrr
lesi with ntnaeinent, nnd d d nothing
but stall and look on in a di. d s-nt
of a .iv. When the loM of th 111 hal
clcate I the vet-el's side and things b id
quieted down ;i bit, here-over" I him
) f, and wa'ki ig nvr to th" sat ks, be
pokel car1 fully about among th- in but
finding nothing he retime I hi; faui-r
pot-i'ion. Sud lenly atintli r stowaw iv,
who had ben liu.ible to g t out villi
Ihe re.t, jiinipe 1 up an I c' tied This
was too mil h, and tlr: captai 1 lc 'it' d.
If theie's any more pa'seng.'is g"ing
..slime (hey hal b'I'er g now." I!u'
tin whole con si ;nm nt had e cipel Ife
ofdnlv. rim'i .o),i.
tiiinamcii a Stnnkers.
Tlie Chinese smoke euly and of'en,
and it is as jgo d is a p'a,' to "i!i h one
ol the nob'cs of t'h'ii i using tob 1' c 1.
lie ptefiis th; walei-pipe, aid he has
a s' tvint who pu's the pip" stem in his
tils it'll, a id w ait 1 till b" Im taken half
a doei whiffs bcfoie h. carries it away
again. Toe sinoiii ihiiv-i bubbling
liirough t i" I q li I, and thc ilin md eve',
of the t'e'e li il sp iikc w lh 111 jovmctit
as the nicitiiie e iters his blood. I.i
Hung Chang sm 'kei in this way, says
I'l.mk Cirpeu'er in the ('.'.,'( ,.-t.-, il,
mid during the in'erview which I hi I
with h in at Ti'll T-in. hiss ivinl bed
a pip' w th a si "in at ! a-t four fc-1
long to h s lip , and light' I il for him
at intervals of ten 111 nu es. Til" great
viceroy took ab.mt ten wh (J. at a lime,
an 1 then tin sei vail to t'v th" pip"
away, pulled out its tti"'al bowl, a id
n ti led it wih tobacci, bringing it
b n k a little later 01 to patiently i.old
it to his excellency s lips while he
in k.j-l.
Thet hiinse do not u e c'gats nor
c! ev. T.iey hive a tobncci to 11 li likn
the Atmr'cin pigtail twist, which they
cut iiji for smoking, an 1 they are iarg 'ly
ndd ctcil to snuff. You will find snulT
stores in tho larg.tr cities, a 1 I the ar
tide u e 1 n oars-r than the S oldi
snuff. The w. 111 ui sin .kc, aid not a
few of the boys an 1 m"ii arc ad lictc 1
to the use of cig.vcttos. Th- av -rn ;o
Ch n'.'i-j t igaritti is tin poorc t and
cheaptst in the w n d. You 1 111 get
three of tl nn fi r one-t-nth of a tent,
im 1 the are dear at th it.
A Famous W mitlen I.er-
Aielcbr.ltel w i" len leg his b'Cll
d:sc.'V'i"d in an oil V lice lues sh p, 1
which was once a smith. r.irre is
iibim limt cv.'lence to piove that the
telic in qm-tioi is the sha 11 limb whuh
replacd the leg wli c'l li ' ie; al Oi l
tin-nil 1 's in the bg wars of the l-'irst
Napoleon. This tugg'l obi wai;ir
defended tin fortress of V.uc lines
against the allied army, and is fa mo 111
lor having srd In tlie invader1, when
summennl to give up tin plac ', "li ing
me back 111 leg which you hot 1 ff and
you shall hive my keys!" The woolen
I leg now fotiid hal been sen' b. l'.i 1
, tnt'snil lo a Vi ic"nnes smith in eid-r to b"
! hod," as the general him-eif
:epicsed it. li fire the att'e'e sv.n
ism' back the old w iirio: d ed .11 ld"iiiy
1 atid his sham limb i-ninn- d in the
aiu eat miiihv un il tin p'ccn' da v.
It will now b' pa id in the aiti.lery
intnMiin cf th" llo'd dr. I.uiaiide,
mining many ether m 11.11' an 1 liist. rn
S'Miv unrs. . '. 1 ' 1 I'i' (,..
The Fast Indies.
I ll" nam II st ladies is now gem 1
nil v disuse I , it w is (miner y app'ied
v.igu lvto that put of S 01 hern Asie
lying e 1st of th I ve In I in an I to the
islands ad j.u e it. Tnin it took in on
the miinlaii I lliiiilmtnti. It 1 m ih, San,
An nam and Malacca and the islands ol
Ceyloi, Suuia ra, .1 ,v.i, li.'inei, the
C. lebei, the Plnlppi'io a i I the r -it of
lliegrca' archipeiago. M in navnl y,
acccrding to C.i'ton's nllas, the namr
wasappliel to these place -, excluding
Hindustan and C'ybm. S the term
takes in both mainland and islands.
Modern Improvements
I? al I'.slate Agent (out West)''Thii
is the house 1 told you about."
Fasti rn Man (anxious to grow up
with the country) "Hathcr a pretty
placet Contains all the 111 idem jin
provents, docs it!"
Agent "Yes, siree. sA'hich wil1
you loik at fust, the cyclone cavo or the
carthquuke cella-T' JVei Ywk Wtekty.
A Baby's Reflection.
I'm n very little baby,
l.illle face anil bands and feet,
And my mother says she never
Saw a baby half so sw eet.
Ji's nice to hear llii iii talking
In that way. but I can see,
nh, a b.t ,,f little babies
Who till look and laugh like rtf.
When I look out of the window
s' here's a baby ill the glass.
And be wav. s his hand as I do
To th" p ople ii they psS";
When I put mil bauds tn touch him
lid pat hi 111 on I he . berk.
II" w ill look an I tu t as I do.
Put bell never, neur spi ak.
Tin r - s a baby in the mil ror,
There s a baby in the spoon.
And there' one in fioiit of mother
V' 1 1 1-1 1 we plav a little tune.
These are very I'linu habit.,
Where I go they always Collie.
H it I never bear th-111 t.ilkiinr.
.Sol pieis they're deaf and dumb.
A (. ....to.
jiruoitvrs.
A filing ba-i T.ue Vigilanlpi.
Ti e oci upition of a wheelwiijhl is in
one te.pM ' a tng-s "toe ni'.
Wh,' poach youi e;gs when you can
hniir.'lv buy tie 111 at a fair pr.tr?
A -king 1 man to go 011 yi ui bond is
likely to have a l-aii -fill inllinnc ; in
y ill Iti'iire relations.
"1 have been in a coua'iy," said a
Ni bia-'ia picaclte-, "wiiuro the hantl
of li el ii.-ver set a foot."
link: ' li s-, 1 hive tluee miilioin
and I Me
ntion tin:
y 11 " 11 -s ' 'X mistake
lire nrllio-is, i th 'ie?''
nail.-, wlrit wis th" most as
tliitig on s 1 ,v j 11 I'i' j ?tlr.
toiii-hiti'!
Sj.ae :' ael M .s tin. her, mil with
out a moment's li -i ' 1 1 1 11, S- th an
' Wi led, "My hotel b il."
til l (I uilleinan Litl e boy, if you
ilou'i iv nt to loe y car d og you'd bet
ter collar bun. I. ttle ! .y No re I of
that. I' 1. said the police would collar
him, and I guess I'll wait.
Fun! Minima (i'i, undo, yon should
'ce our 1I.11I111 g ha iy when I play tho
pi-iti"! Me j 1st listens by the hour,
an I when I case playing the niliso htn
to t.ik him aw a", h" cries so awfull,-.
C nicil V iclc I'.uli!ip3 iw my dear,
he aw -vcep. for aw j iy '(
' S ', Mr. II iit '.in; in, you aro gcing
on a ti lie of tin w old? 1 ' Y'), Miss
Wlute iniih.'' ' An 1 will you promise,
to write tome from every country you
may vis i ?' "P.nmise? Ah, y u
know nut how I will value the pr.viiege.
And you will teilly cue tl hear from
me?" "Y"s. 1 am collecting tho
pos'age-stt'inps of all countries.''
A Joke That Ttirnetl :it Well.
"lwiil ti ll ycti how a yi ut 1 f 11 into
a soft strip and finally got to the head
of a big com cm," sa d an ol l-'imer tho
other da. "It was all the result of a
j ike and hipi"iied in this nay: Myself
en I a fiii n I wee one day iiceoslc 1 by
a I oy i f about 1 1, who said lie bad just
come fi mil the couu ry and was looking
for work. 1 asked him what he coul I
do, rnd lie replied tint he wa-- willing
to do anything lor an honest dollar. I
(bought over evryonV of my acquaint
ance, in bus'ness but. was in doubt,
feeling that none of tbem necd'd a b iy.
Finally I to'.d the young man that I
couldn't think of any one to recommend
him to. Mv companion, who was a wag
of tin tir.t water, here put in his our
and said:
"'St iil him to . lie is going to
discharge his boy, and I gne-.s he'll hiro
v 01. Keep a still upper lip; tell him
you won't take no for 1111 answer; that
v 11 must hive woik and aie willing to
weak h iid.. 11 ' II try to put you off,
but don't let h m If necessary, tc'.l
h 111 1 said he wanted a boy.'
My fiiend gav tin b iy his nam
and the lal departed. Winn lie was
gone mv fiiend informed nte that ho
fell sorty for deceiving him, as he was
a blight and Innesl ap u ing young
Idl.i'.v. I gave ihe matter It I h alien
t 11. save t" reprimand my xtsugisli
fi I
"About ten years afterward my friend
wa. ittino in tin waiting room at Par
kin's, wh 'ti a yon ig gentleman ap
proached h tn and said :
' I b ib ve your name, is !"
" Ti. ai's my name', said my friend;
'but y. ni'i- tin) alvanlago of me; 1
don't know yours.'
" 'I) 1 you remember telling a boy
once about sonnbody who wanted help?'
"I believe I do,' said my friend,
after sonic hesitation. '1 was speaking
about it the other day. I lied to you,
sir, 1 know, and havj felt pretty sore
for it since.
"'Oh, no; you didn't lie,' said tho
young 111 111. 'That is to say, Mr.
did want to hire a boy. He hire! mo
and now I'm his nnnag'r. II 're ii my
card. I shall bo happy if I can repay
you.'
"My friend showed mo tho card a
few days later. The firm whose name
was on it is doing a business of several
hundred thousand dollars ayeir in this