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My !. ii.
"You have only two'" the lady said,
As slip gluiH cd at ruy bains at lay,
And I answered h r, "Only to on earth."
And lin n I wept to say,
ft my grief came siirjjinj! back anain,
My Ki it f sodepp, so wild,
"Ains it was only a month ai;o,
I ! t a little child."
A dear little ejrl with bright, black eye,
f'lilikc (lie mhrr two,
TIip one w ilh eycmif hn.el brown,
The other with heaven's blue;
A dear little itirl wi'h a laugliinp face,
Ami sunshine in hrr hair,
W hose lisping voice and pattering fee'.
Made iiiu-.ii' everywhere.
And ! (grieve when 1 mis a single note
From the music of baby feet,
And I weep for t he tangle of sunny hair
Thut is lost from my cluster sweet;
I'r Ihe prattling the clinging touch.
The h ind upon uiy knee,
Wli' i) the i lmrJ was full, and the group
complete,
And Til y children numbered three.
And then I noticed the ro mi was still,
That thec'iildreii stopped their play,
That they looked at each other, and then
Hi inc.
In a woudcrm ;. sorrowful way.
Then the oMe.it one, w itli (lie hael ryes
Cametoniy ane in tears,
Hie was only live, with a tender heart,
And thong; ilfnl beyond her years.
"What i the matter with mania's chil.l?"
This wa-the answer given:
"Vou said Ih I you h sed a little child,
I fought .she was gone to heaven'.'
And hy iliin't y..i !.k f .r her every day,
I'ntil you lind her again '
An I nut sleep a wink 'till you bring her
home
Out uf Hie nj!il and lain?''
Then I hushed my grief for the little child.
Lying under the s id ,
I l ad learned a lo-smi from baby lips.
"Nut List, but gone to dod."
I'lJ llnii.li AtUuln l ;,i.tih,U,i .
The Moth3r of Marius
'And there's an e:nl of it! ' s.nd
M ii ins ''lay, letting liis hand fall da
pairing y on the t:i lib;.
lie lial j ist relumed from hi, weary
day's woik, wh.rh had stretched itself
fui into the night ho wa, engaged on
n nowsp i per, and na, beginning tocarn
good wage as nstistant foreiuiu in one
of the departim-nti and h.i I pinned a
letter which ha 1 led on the table at
hi, lodgings.
"An end of whit?" asked Harold
Moit, Iws loom male and companion.
'Of my three yens' work," Gray
answne I "of all that Iv'e been tolling
and striving for so long."
'You don't niPan," sail Jtorso,
that you would let tint inako any differ -cure
with your plain!"
"It mint in ike a difference, II ill."
"In the nam') of coimn n sense, what
differuiiei.-i' '
"Don't you s"i? Now that my good
old grandfather i, deid, I've got to
make a horn: f i my mother. I've got
to support hei and seu that lifo is made
easy for lur in lici old age,"
"(Hi, 1 see! ' tai. I Mor-e, shrugging
bis slu u' lets. "Alice won't relish the
idea id n mother-in Inn is that ill'
"I shall not ask her, li t'. M first
duty is to in iiiothm."
'Hut the little hi'ii'o yoil'vo bought,
and the furniture you've been selecting
jiiere by piece, and the carpet tint
you've I lid up fir yard by yard, an I
tho very mossroso-hush by tho door
stone "
"1 hope my mother will enjoy them,
II il," mi I ti.ay, wil!i something like a
quiver on hit lip. "Hut I once hoard
Alice ma'te some laughing jost about
the leirors of a in i her-in-law. Ii
wasn't much. I don't think she at
tached any particular importance lo it,
but eli l it hai s'tick to my memory.
In the recollection of lb.it, 1 cui't ask
her to sliaro any divided em;iiiii in my
home."
' Oh, hang it! ' ctiod Moise, flinging
his paper on the table. "What do
women want to be so cranky foil Why
can t they bunk in together a com
fortably in iiiin 1 i I II go hail Alice
Ardlcy would go through fire and
water for her own mother. Why should
she feel l ffirently towurl tho mother
of the mill she lov.s!"
"There's a' I tho difference in tho
world," Mild Gray, sally.
Ami so ho went to bed to ponder over
this new complication of events; and
when ho foil a lecp he drcatno 1 that he
had just brought a hiidu home to the
little collate whero tins whito muslin
rurti ins rustl nl in tho wind, ami the
mossro-c-bush was in fil l blossom, and
somehow Alice Ar Try's blooming face
was ftillod around w ith cap borders and
decorated with an immense pair of sil
ver spectacles.
"Of courie, Gray will do as he
please," said Morse; but if I were he
I'd see t hit old lady further boforn I
allowed her to upset nil my life-calculations
in this sort of way. Why can't
he get her boarded out Bomiwheref or
sd nutted into a respeclablo 'llomi' or
'Ilefuge,' or something of tho sort? '
"I suppose," said the man who
worked rrxt him in the wall-paper de
signing factory, "I ecua she is hit
m other 1 '
"Hang sentiment!" was Morse's re-
r'y- I
To Marius Gray's credit be it spoken
that be never for an instant hesitated a
to what decision to make.
II'i wrote an nllectioiiate letter to bis
mother, telling her if tho littlo homo
whiih wai nnw at her disposal, and
offering to come to M mtreal an I bring
her thither at any time which sheshou d
fix.
And this letter f-a'ely dropped into
the nearest mail box, ho next began to
consider the forthcoming explanation
with Alice Ardlcy.
He went to see her thai veiy evening.
She was a musio tonclior, an 1 live I in
one of those genleol, comfortless boarding-bouses
which afford so poor a sub
stitute for real home', and she came
down into the parlor, wherj tho gas was
economically lowered, and tho scent of
the vegetable soup that ha 1 been served
for dinner Mill lingered.
"Oh, Marius!" she sai I, with a littlo
gurgle in her voice, "I've been wanting
to fcrt you so much."
"Have you, Al ce j"
He stood holding both her hands in
his own.
' I've ot such a favor to ask of you,
M irius and oh, 1 don't kuow how to
d i it, after all tho h it' fu thini I've
said about mother-in-law,, ami that
sort of thing!" faltered she.
He stood still listening, and after n
short pause, Al c: went hurriedly on:
"It'i my Aunt Alethea. I've got to
lake her homi a'ld take cire of her, for
the cousin who has supported her all
the5e years can't 1) it any mote; and
eh, MariiK, we ian't l;o married unless
unless you will bo very j!od
and kind and let old Aunt
A ethea como and live with
Hi. I'm sure she can't bo a g eat deal
of trouble and I'll keep on with my
music lessons to furnish lur with
clothes. Slio's a very nice, ipiiot old
lady, and but if you'd rather not,
Mariu, say so a' one-, mil of course
the engagement wili be at an rnd.''
Marim Giny's face lighted up.
"Alice, forgive me!" hi said. "You
have shown g ealrr eoniidenci in mc
than I have done in you. As far in I
am c incenud your aunt will be mist
welcome in any he mo thut you aud I
arc to share together. Hut, Alice, I
bad coma hern In ink you to rcloae inn
from our eng igement."
Alici gave a littlo start.
"M irtus!'' sin criel. "Oh, Marim,
you don't mean it? '
"For tho reason,'' he went on, "llint
it is now iuciimbo i t on mo to suppirt
my mother, who hat hero oforo l.vnl
with her father. I didn't like to ask
you, dear, knowing your opinion on
the biibjict of well, of mother -inlaw,
lo share your home kingdom with
any oun else; and there Win no other
liiimn to bring my mother to. Hut
now "
'Mai iui," cried A ic, ' it's q u'e
true what you say. Yculiavi put no
toiifii'iice in mc. If I emit I trust you
lo he good to my poor old aunt, cou'd
you not have hern mho that I would
love your moilioi )"
' I inn sine of it now, Ab ie," said
the young man, still holding her hand
tenderly in his.
"And I won't role.wi you fruit your
engngem nl," declared Alii", disguis
ing her i nii it in i utidni a very elteotivo
pretence of g ly balnia.). "i'vjh'cn
I nk in I iss m at a cooking sclio d an I
making ti; houieliibl lino:!, and I menu
10 show your in thcr and my Aunt
Alethea what a capital houiekeppcr I
inn be. And nh, how proud 1 sha I be
wl.p.i they ca" t ie tint dinner I cook ii
my ow n hou e ! '
"Alice, you nr.' mi angel!" inserted
1 1 ray.
"No, lam not," said Alice. "I'm
on y a silly, chatter ng girl, who sayi
lits of thing! ihat shn is sorry f i
aftcrwiiids. Hit 1 know how gnu I
and forgiving yen l ie, and you shall
see how dearly I will Inve youi
mother for your sake until I have
burned to nppicciato her for her
own.''
Si Alice Ardloy and Muritn Gray
were ipuetly inurrie I, and on their wed
ding ir p they went to Montreal to
bring the old mother horn .
Mrs. Gray, Smior, win a trim, erect
little woman, dresied in black seige,
with her rosy old face surrniimh'd by
tho neatest of cap,.
Sho camo hack to tho cottago with
lie-in.
"I hhatl be glad to seo how my chil
dren live," SHhl she.
A id sho took a gteat fancy to Aunt
A'elhea, who wa, waiting on tho door
step to reccivo them a meek, soft
voiced old tjm!vcreis, who moved
noiselessly it out arid loo'ied liko a
human dove iu gta pluniarp.
"I wondor," the said, "how Ftiend
Alethea for she won't let one call her
M s, Ardlcy' wou'd liko a situation
ss companion u if I reader? t-ho reads
aloud charmingly. That bit of the
daily piper she read us ye-terd.iy, A ice,
1 declare 1 tlioi glit I could sec with my
own cyei everything that happened I '
' l think aho wou'ej bo delighted, j
mothor," said Alice. "I 's a dreadful
trial for her to be dependent on any cue
for a living; but there ere no such nice
plac?s to be found."
"I k now of one, " said Mis. Arlley.
'When?" asked Alieo.
'1 i M .ntrerd."
It it I couldn't trust Aunt Alethea
with any one but a very kind lady."
"Well, this lady is kind. At least
she'll try to be. For sho is myself,
daughter Alice.
"You, mothei? Hu' I thought you
were going to livj with us!'' exclaimed
Alice.
' M eon Maims and you secrn to
ta-tc that for granted," said tho old
lady, wilh a twinklo of her bright,
bl.'i'.t eyes. 'Hut you ate wrong,
nevertheless. Mo, I am not going to
livo with you. I'm very gla I to have
caught a glimgse of you in your happy
littla hoin;, my dnr; IjT, I vj an idea
that young married p'jipl" are bitter by
thernselvei for a year or two at least.
Aud my father I 'ft in? suite real estate
in Montreal whit h has iiic cased very
much iti value, and I can livo a, I
please now. fsotii"d iy it will nil be
yours; but in the nieintiiin I sh.i'l la'to
Fneii l Alethea bade wit'i m , and
o'll bo compmy for c ic i other.
Once in awhile we'll come nil 1 vUi',
you, and min i you both t i!u excellent
care of oaoli other."
Ho vanidied Mis. Gtay and quiet lit
tlo Aunt A'ethea from tin scene.
"And here wo ate, j it where we
orig.nall planned to Ik-," sail Miriui,
as he and Alice stood at the door, where
the mossro'O wai i'l bloom, watching
the wheels of t'le hack that bore the
two old ladies a war.
Y-es!' faltered Alice with a tear in
her eye; but I never llioog'it I c ml I bo
so sorry to seo a inotlier-in -l.nv go out
of Ihi house,"
SiiiPiilitioiisi of the Chinese.
It iiui often been a matter of conjec
ture why a t'hiunmaii should be so par.
lieulnr in sleeping with his head toward
the east. When at home, or traveling,
or visiting, the CeU'stia', if among
strangers, exnciscs no l.ltle care to
avoid sleeping m any other position
than the one which ho has been brought
up to look upon as tho most coiroct and
healthful to his inin I.
According to the Chinese superstition
it is exceedingly dangeiniu to sleep
with tho heal toward tho setting sun.
Th'i sleeper might justly fear darkness,
uiihnppinesi and death; that is, of
cnur-,e, if ho i-i believer. From the
north conn!, coldness, loneliness and
ban e:icsa, and to sleep with his head ill
that direction wou'd hi to bring down
upon himse'f an I family these products
of the pole.
The south signilk's pussinq; gloiy; a
limitation t if wealth, health and hnppi
nesi. Tiicrofoio, that is extremely un
desirable. Hut to tho c,i i i tho source
of the lising miii in all its splendor is
whe-o the tvlestial looks for all hi,
good gifts. Fieiii it c mi (so ho be
lieves) light, lite, wealth and happi
nen. No misery, or w lotchel ueis, or
want can como from the glorious cast ;
so ho muitslo'p with bis heal in that
d.reotinn, in order to got tho full bene lit
of tho goo I gifts w hich will como to
him.
Often, in traveling, Chinamen carry
a mariner's pocket cniiipn-s, in order
that, when tho tunc comes to retito
f
they may di-cover which way to point
their heads, It' they make a mistake
ami Bleep tho wrung way, they aro like
ly to lose just so much health an I hap
I'tnois. Willi a dead Chin im in this is
reversed; for wt believe that after
death tho body has nothing to lose, and
the h 'ad, ther iforj, is p'acol before tho
mil.
It is a fact worthy of notice and men
tion that those t'liin iiii.!a who have be
come I'hristiiiui d follow the old super
stition about sleeping juit ns much in
tho li 'iiih n who steps his foot on
American soil fur tho first lima. They
look upon it ai truth, and not supersti
tion, from cliildlioo I iiji, a id it is hard
to bieak dow n the teachings of a mother
and father, especially in tl lina. l.i I it.i
11 nue .Ion i int.
Ciilifnriiiii'H Itc mui'kiihlc Soil.
'The soil of California is .so fruit
fill," said a native of the Geldcn Slate,
"that a man who accident all dieppcd
a box of ma i lies in hu Ii' I I diMovcied
the next year a line (oust of telcgiaph
poles. "
'That's nothing to my state," said a
nativo of Illinois. "A cousin of inino
who lives thrro lost a button oil his
jicket, and in le-s than a month ho
(mind a biand-uew suit of clothes hang
ing on n fence near the spcil," Trit
Ill, rroirresM.
ItrsTldway You say you nio going to
call on Misi I'alisade. What! in that
shabby outfit ?
t'levcrti n Mv dear toy, l'vo got
'way beyond tho point where shi notice,
what 1 wear.
OIILHUEN'S COM'MN.
A missv r
"die wasn't on the play gi.-und. she wasn't
on the lawn.
The littb-o'ie was niiwini; and bed titupfnm-
ing on.
We bunted in the garden, we pee'd ab.eii
to see
If sleeping under rose tree ,,r lilac she might
lie.
lint untiling camp in aii-nertu all ouranv
ious call
I'ntil at Ipierlli we ha ' "ie. within Hie
darkening hull.
And then upon the .s(iMi e. there broke a
si I cry t.,ne
I'he darling mite wa s i ili:i4 before the
telephone.
And cnfily, as we list ne.l. came Mealing
down the stairs
' H'lo, 'cutral ' Gnome Heaven I want
lo say my prayer.-.'
- Sijl.uij M:,n, in m l.y. !'.,',
RANCi 'I II K llOOH UKI I..
1 once had a cat who,e intelligence
was remarkable. We lved in an old
fashioned house; the kitchen was sep
iratcd from Ihn cellar by naitition
with a glass window in it, a id theie
was also a small w in low in the icli.ir
that looked in' o the stt jet. It win
broken and this cat could pass out of it.
hho was never allowel to go up-tnirs,
but sometimes we wool 1 lake her up
on the sly. The servant was much an
noyed by tho dnnrboli's ringing, and
on going to answer tiud no ono there,
thinking it was the loys in the street.
Tho int had a faintly an I all were dis
posed of but one.
tsho seemed very much grieved at the
loss. Ono day I happened into tin;
kitchen and saw tho cn'. on tho tip of
th! coal with tier paw up in the nil,
playing with sumet hing. '1 he bell rang
and the servant went ai ii-u.il, and I
noticed the cat take her only kitten and
j 'inp through the broken window. The
servant i ame b n 't. No one, n, usual,
but the cut canin in with her kitten and
tho girl. I noticed when I went to the
door that tho cat always camo iu. The
mystery was solve I. The paw I saw in
the air was pulling the bcll-wite, and
the cit had noticed when the boil rung
tho servant always oponed the door,
and when locked out fiom llio hou o
went to the cellar and rang tho bell,
and then to the front door to bo let in.
A'. J". Jjiiritd.
Tin; spuoi.ov limn.
Two birds wt'te buil ling a nnsl un
der a study win low. A gentleman n it
in that study cv :ry day. Ho watched
tho birds. They were building tho
nest of clay. They brought bit., of wet
clay in their bills. They Btuck these
bits upon tho wall.
After they had worked busily for
awhile, they would pitch on a treo
near by. Thete they w nild sit and look
at tin nest. Siinetini's they would II,'
away an I tear down all that they h id
built. S nietinics n part of tho nest
would fall down. Then the buds
would sit and think 1 1 nv to build it
1 oiler.
Hight in tho middle of their work an
acii lent happened. Ono of the birds
stepped on a piiice of glaw. I'. cut her
foot veiy badly. Hut Mis. Itird was a
bravo littlo body. Hi- wished to keep
on w ith her work. She did keep on
until shit was faint and sick, and could
not lly up from tho f;run I. Then sho
lay down. Sho close 1 lu r eyes. She
looked very sick.
The ot Ii r bird looked at her anx
iously. Then ho turned around and
gave three loud alringn cries. Soon,
several bir Is camo Hying about to seo
what was tho matter. A little surgeon
bird clinic with lliom. He lookel like
the others, but ho so ui showe I that ho
w as a surgeon. Hu hi ought n bit of
wet c'ay iu his bill. He ground it fine
with his own littlo beak. Then In
speid it on tile bir I's sore, stiff foot,
just at a surgeon spreads a plaster.
Next, he took in his hill a long greon
cornstalk which lav near. II. i (lew up
on a tin water p p'! uud.:r the window,
tine cud of the cot ustallf was near tho
lame bird. Hie understood what to
do. Sho took hold of it with her bill,
anil helped Inn -elf up on tho wator
pipo loo. Then tho surgeon bird
helped her into the half built nest.
Poor Mis. bird! It wa, very hard
to be sick and to move into tho half
built In. u-o.
What do you suppose the littlo sur
geon bird del tie xl f H i went to work
and helped Mr. Ilird tiiu-h tho nest,
then he tlcw ell horn".
Could the (.-en llciu in in tho study
have hi en kinder or wiser than that
littlo bird? I ,tt rx'iitd 1'riimry ocr.
Making Him 1'ndcistand.
She Will you plcaio closo the door,
Mr. htnyer?
Ho Why, it is closed.
She Yes, but 1 meant from tho other
stde. Via- rr L' J nr)tn'..
One Thi iiir Puzzled Him.
lie Tho fools are not all dead yet.
S!i Tiiat'ti n, true ns you live.
And he couldn't understand why sb.9
emphasized tho "you.1'
POLITK SWEDES.
A Nation of Gentlemen from
King to Coal-Heaver,
The Universal Truthfulness
and Honesty of Norsemen.
The beautiful politeness an I courte
sy of the Swede. is a thing that is very
striking to vi-itors. They havu a large,
asioitiucnt of bows, bobs, cutltlcs.ci
and hat liftings, according to a'O and
sex, but the lifting of the hat to mete
acfjiiaintanres reaches, I fancy, much
lower down in tho social sca'e than
cl.-twhtio iu Kuropc; it looks odd to
see the bud her boy in a blouse elabor
ately taking eff his hat lo the baker's
assistant, 1 suspect, on cxninination,
Swedish hats would he foun I to con
tain a little cxlia stilTening, in oriel to
enable them to stand the wear and tcir
of these greetings in the market places.
On ono n asion, when going by
steamboat to I'psnla, 1 noticed a very
(plaint example of this national trait.
The ttcatnboat, as it nea s I'psala,
passes thiol gh many i hallow reaches
of lli'j M dar Lake, whei the depth ol
water is iiisiillic.eut to allow of tho
passengirs being landed in the ordinary
iii'inner directly on the landing binges,
and so have to bo taken on sli"iu iu
small boats. The fet ty man on shipping
his complement of passengers would
lint take a do"ii strokes or'"!) in onhrr
to lcar the !c;ew of tho steam r, and
then won! I iniefii ly lay aside Im oars,
r c fioin his scat, and take oil his hat
with a solium bow to the. people sitting
in the stern hoin ho had just tak ii
oil the dci k of the steamer. lb' would
then row on again and put them ashore.
This d id not i n in as an isolate. I in.
stance, but regiilaily every time the
passeugcri h id to be Innde I by shore
boals. The women of the middle and lower
classes aro littlo if at all behind their
husbands and brothers in t!i s matter
Their good temper and pretty behavior
are worthy of all pi.iise. The servant
girls in M ilec.it liati 'peasant dress, the
tafo mainsclles, ami I lie young persons
employed in shop) nil make the pretti
est of all possible little bob c no tenet,
and so, oddly enough, do the young
ladies ofgood family up to the day of
their coiiliimaliou, which icn-moiiy
takes place rather later than with us,
genetally about the age of sixteen.
From that day forth they put their hair
up and take to bowing.
Tho t'p'iila sttilcnu nni'isii ono a
goo I ileal by tho elaboration an I cr
emnniuiisiiesi f tlioir manners. Any
day during tho vacation n few of them
may be seen gatheie I around a table in
the guidon cafe of J!as-:c'. b u km or
Tivoli, diiiiUing their punch. Tb-y
are mostly lads under twenty, but they
bow to each other, and make little civ
il speic'ses, and pledge each other
with solemn salutation, all according
to the strictest Swedish etiipnlte, ns if
they were middle aged geiitlinn "i of
high dignity ami position but slightly
iicipi.iinted with inn! another. Tney
(citainly take theiii-clves very seri
ously. Tho custom of pledging or health
drinking is a survival fr on very am ien
times. Tln j.:isi is taised, a slight
bow made, the word sknl (literally
bowl) pronounced, followed by another
slight bow, when the glass is replaced
on the table, generally empty; it is not
ile rigueur, however, that It should be
so, but in Penmnrk, where a similai
custom obtains, tho glass must always
be drained to tho lit-t drop. To Mn
glish eyes it appjars quaint to seo this
complicate, I ceremonial observed to
wards each other by college cniiipauioiis
not yet out of their teens.
That this universal courtesy and po
liteness is not in icly on tho surface is
proved by the trouble to which Swede,
will invariably put themselves iu order
to bp of use to a stranger in need ot
hel p or infoi mat ion. Si much u this
the case t bat I at lnt tried to avoid
making my way in the country round
about Stockholm, became it so often
happened that the countryman whom I
interrogated would lay aside Ins ucctl .
pat ion and accompany mc imii i littlo
d stance in order lo make sure of set
ting mi on the right path. For thi,
iciviceho would seldom accpt illy
recpm p'i.ne.
Another point which soon ntlrnct,
the attention of visitor, is the punc
tilious hoiimty an I truthfulness of the
Sncdcj; this is best spim in the many
little iiu i lents of daily life. When
asking for place, al a thealip, for in
stance, the ticket c'ork never fails to
inform y on if, owing to the crowded
state of tho houso, a better position
would be secured with a cheaper ticket
than the one asked for. Again, when
parcels aro taken, out by stciuneis from
Stockholm to country places in the
neighborhood they are just thrown o.it
on to the quay, where they frequently
remait) half the da without being
claimed. It never seem, to occur to
any one tb it they could p issibly bs
taken by any one but their rightful own
ers. f)n a trip of any length, as for instauco
to Gothcul. urg by canal, a littlo book
lies in the saloon of the steamer in
which ench passenger keeps his own
, e . unt of the number of n cal, cabs,
i ognai i, e'c. , lie may take during the
journey. Jiut, indeed, it is impossible
to talk lo a Swede for any length of
tunc and not sec how im ipabb: of any
meanness or dishuno-ty ho must be.
Thete is nearly always a simplicity and
stiaightfoi waidness of manner the very
antipodes of nlb c at ion, ii r!i is cer
tainly a very pleasing attribute, and
wli c i can .'( ireely fail to cmvinco tho
b-a,l observant person that he has be
fore him a man who thoroughly
respects himself, and who walks very
stea Ifastly on the straight line. The
Swedes, you feel, area nation of gen
tlemen down to the coal-heavers an 1
the wharf-men. Tempie IStr.
A IliilT"r Mi't-ls n Cons tmil!vf.
You have seen the duff;!' t hulking
big fellow, with a bullet heal and lots
of w in I nud fat, but without an ounce
of '.nud iu his craw. Hi always picks
his man, and ho always m 'ans to bo
certain that be has got hold of some
body who can be bluffel and hull-
doel.
There was a chap of just this sort a
duff'r from Dtilb'rville in the crowd
of passenger oblige I to wiitntthe
depot in I) catiir, Alabama, for several
hours on account of a railroad ai id;iit.
Af:er half an hour everybody siz.-d him
up for nhut bo was, but hi wa, per
muted to go blowing aioiiid b-cnue
no one wanted the e xc letiiMit of a
row. IL- boasted of his lights an I bis
victotici, and ho trial hn:d to pick a
fct-s with or three farm is, and
finally got his eye on something good.
It was a till, slim, hollow-eyed man
from i 'iio, who was evidently on hi
way to Florida lo die of consumption,
lie ha I a deathly look to his face, and
as he wmiderel up and d )wn tin pint -form
ho coughed in a hollow a id dis
mal way. Duller arranged to tneot
him in his walk, and at oncj loudly
demanded :
"Old you movo my valise oil the
sea: ? '
"N'o, sir," was the reply.
"Wi ll, I want to tl id tho man who
did; lean mop the earth with hint in
two minute."
"Well, 1 don't cire who it was."
'till! You don't! M'ghty indepen
dent, you: '
"(Jo away from ni!, sir! I don't
know you an 1 don't waul to."
"Don't you' If you were only a
well nun I'd make you eat m o. As it
is, don't give mo too much sasi or I'll
leac'i you milliners. "
"Y in are a loafer, sir first-class
loafer!" said tho Huckeye, as bo con
tinue I lo walk.
"1 never strike, a sick mm," replied
the other, "but I will live;n your nos!
once j i.l ti re I uc your temper it urc.
N'ow conn ''
He reaidtc I out with thumb an 1 ti i
gcr, but Ii- d dn't get tho no e. In
slen I i f it he got it bill! bang! in the
face w th the right and left, an I as In
went down tiio consumptive k:c'lcd
him to h;s feet and knocked him over a
baggage trmk. lie d dn't get up
again until two ni"ii as-istod him. He
lull two bunged eyes, a bloody nose
and a bleeding mouth, an l In looked
about in a helpleis way and stam
mered :
"(ien gentlemen, lend tin some
where where lean be nlons."'
When he bad gone same ons asked
the consumptive if he wasn't afr.i d the
exertion wou'd give him a hemori huge,
and he replied:
"Whit do you take me fori"
"Aren't you n Northern consumptive
on your way South.'"
' Not for Joseph! I'm a professional
contortionist on my way to fill an en
gagement in Cincinnati. I saw that
d ulTcr si, ng in1 up, and so pl iyel to
calch him. If he should want anything
more send bint around." ,V. )'. Sun,
A Cunning Portuguese CuiIiiiii.
A cuiious survival os customs was il
lustrated in Lisbon sonic days after the
fiineial if the late King Luis of Portu
gal. A funeral proce-sion, composed
of ollicers, military, an I citiz'tn,
inarched through tho streets lo place
whero platforms covered with black
cloth had been erected. Four shield,,
on which were painted I Ho royal arm,,
were borne aloft on long staves. On ar
riving at tho platforms, tho piincipal
persons took their ptacos upou them;
one of the shield-bearers, advancing lo
tho front and chanting "Weep O Por
tuguese, for your king. Pom Luis I, is
dea l," dashed bis shield to the ground
with such violence that it was shat
tered. This was repeato I at each plat
foim, whilo the bell were tolled dur
ing tin' whole ceremony. The proceed
ings w-to closed with a requiem
At Milking Time.
At milkirip time, when shadows climb
The pa'tiire bars, and sheep ln-llschimfl
Hieh up alonj! die snn-et bill
'lis sweet to wander where h" will
And take no thought of care or time.
The lo urt of boyhood in its prime
I iiihis up with joy the cheek ol irrimo,
lieu katydi Is eonie out and trill,
At inilkin,.' tune
There ' le t in any land "r i line!
A u hour so sii-Tcd, so sublime.
AkiIi. ii when patimit kim d'sti!
The wines ol'life in many a nil
Of r'ppliti and ro-ilont ibyiue,
t milking time.
J. .V. .Vo'fo'lM.
1! I M OHO I S.
Caught on tin fly Thi Bpilcr's web.
A business dono on tick T'jltgrapb
ing. Wiierc iv. iything is a mi-. In a
girl's boat ling school.
Swoid-swid'owen ought to try saw
for a while. Tney wou'd lie morn
toothsome.
'How long w.t, liiniso i's speech?"
' I don't know. I didn't have my gas
meter with 111 '."
F.-r n i mh A to m ip'ie l hi m m
to those :m i in il- th it o j o t to survi ng
him iu the capacity of food.
Lady (calling on fin; id) ) i, isn't
it splen Ii I ' I hiv.' in lie six calls,
mi l y u are tho only on i I'v j f j ni l at
home.
"Do you think I look piol'y in thii
h ll'i', .I iclii' ' 'Pietty? You'ie as prctt
i s a picliiie an I I'd like to take tho
plot lire. "
"That cigar vou smoke has it" ad
vantages." "Liko ill" "No; that's
jua i'. A friend doe-n' t feel hurt il
yo i d ni t oiler him one."
A fanner wa- holdiiig a ploich
Hitelud up to a crumple-horned cough.
The beast fell i'er.eigbte1
A ml rei ali'it reighte.l
And the farmer's an imalid noiii;h.
Cioss K.xaiiiining Counsel Isn't yen"
huibiiul a buiglai! Witness Y-e-s.
( 'ro-s .Ilxamining Counsel And didn't
vim know lie was a htnglar wlien you
mairied him! Witne-s Y".-; but I wa,
gelling a little old and I had to chooao
between a burglar mi l a lawyer, so
what csp cou'd 1 do!
I ni the Kurope.iti cloud of uar.
I in never out of si-hl.
1 don't know what they keep me fur
They never have a liftbt.
but I'm forever i n Ihe lis-.
At everv pas-iiu; hop
They tell me I'd be sadly nii.-sei!
II I were n it on tap.
I'acls About Watermelons.
The watermelon appeals to Im divided
into two distinct c! issos one adapted
to very hot be alitaes an I the other not
able to bear well moie than a limited
degree of li-at. As a ru'e, largo
melon, bear large -eels and vice versa,
but there are exceptions. Tin most
delicious melon , generiilv speaking,
are those with thin tin l i and pink or
deep re I flesh. Sin h melons, however,
do not bear tt nn-poi tut ion very well.
Laigo, ti n gh-rill led 111 .'loin id good
j 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 y , which have the alditiunal
merit of carrying w li and being good
keep is, ate now ptoducc l in large
quantities in the southern states. Wo
now produce a greater variety of largo
watermelons than ever before, nmo at
taining to Id') pounds and over in
favor iblo seasons and localities.
Foinmly our melons were mostly
long and oval in form and dark green
or striped, and bote large black or
brown seeds. Seel from Spanish
melon, produce-1 our fust thin-rinded
melons. Th" French gardeners, when
they want to keep melons a long timo,
lit them with long stpnn. Tho-o
steins ate coiled up an I c ivi.red with,
brown sugar to prevent them from dry
ing up by exposiHo t i the air. M dons
from Spain and Italy thrive here, but
there arc not many varieties worthy of
cultivation, -V. J". M'jfiil.
Wedding King,.
The latest thing in wo Iding ringj
comes from Knghiinl, and is a narrow
but thicli circlet of l?-carat fine gold.
This has coma in fa-hiou in America in
the course of tho last year, replacing
the el I stj le ring, which is both heavy
and wide, being sotn : in . half an inch
broa 1. These latter have been in uso
as far back as I can rem 'tuber. Tho
(ieiinan, always buy two plain gold
rings, tho lady giving ono to her bo
I rot lied and ho one. to her. Tho "al
liance" ring is sonntimo cnllel for, and
often manufactured to order. It is
made of two circlet, fitting into each
other and coming apart something like
a pu..le, and is a revival of a very old.
style. Tho ordinary wadding ring
costs from $7. S'l to $15, although tho,
F.nglisb ring is somewhat m r.) expan
sive. In engagement rings individual
taste is the only law, but set stones aro
great favorites. A novelty is a ring ot
tbreo circlets, ulniisl ns narrow as
wire, each set with a band of different'
stone,, such as pearls, turquoises and'
conch-shells, St. Louit Qlobi D. motrat,)
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