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! tuets will be made.
!-;i:-!it Mush-.
lTi.ni ra'oti . : V.n.ivv lluiiu my In :.i t .vvlili h
ia :- t.nt'Ti of iim-.l,
l'ln-ma-l ' i .' si tenet's tliy Mini's hand
1 :iv. - i. -iiiri'..
Tl- He l- I I- ei ll .lfteilllnie-i.il hell HotuS'illl
i.- I i.'l.
Vlni li:; ii. i.-life's liiMi'n h nls. hum en
ir. .1..-:- limine. 1 eve.
Ml" si'ent in- -1-of each lift' ilolli wail tin-
iirli-!'. !::iim1;
A ul. !. i :V i liv:.it,l..rrs,,.,n. to all who j
iimi. r-ian,ll j
A- if :t i u : : ln'i instrument Hie world of j
Or pa.
ii i i'i l.y ctiutillcs
humls, retains
l.i -re ;.:..ll ll Litis.
S-, 1 i Mill in tin- fiU-iii-3 of every cumuli
Tli..' in - . .
: I. .!
A'i I I
t'iveii nut lii woril, doth Mill I
"I'"'1 :
ulio l,,- .! ,h,uT I,, ren.ll. ,
T'i
ran I
;
- 'I wait tin- motive ami tlic out-
-IV t il MlMIs -
' c iniiitif of Unit lift" akin uiil" lii,
i others mull!, d be' he Learn the
i-oiii.
!o Mil- wallihs ii'' -mt'li fcura
t i
II Ve in
ht r f. t Hit- i.lln r tanni.t litar forearlliV ,
'I la tin:; iiul-f. j
lint. . !i. il.iTf i a l.iiinl. by In lb "lis imw j
v il'Jj Mu'iii uiiiii'. tin.' mist ,
, mt
l.:'i) liiini;
il' uei i i n ;
'lie v
: ti'.'t llnr. ami (lie heart doth ilt'lir
tr.i i-'aie i In- v i.ril
h i ir i il.i is in. i ni;,l. i'nn.. I .uve lias i
tin' lie at.iiu In .nil.
riiii.i'b :.iiia i . .!jii.
A DISAPPOINTMENT,
i i in i i I i:i:i i . i:
' I '. ! I il-lil imlliiii but ili'bl."
C I'lii' l.'il .M.ijn" Mulilhill, as lie lure
ri !i "lie i f let' ain itliii', the lillli.ulls
lilirs uhirli lay 1 1 1 1 1 1 rlevi'ii
l i '. . . bleaKla -l-talilf. "If I was
M i'-i-, hiin-tlf, I ii hi ! i Iti'l : i v 'flu
ill - and I wmililn't fit in r. Then 's
ill y mil' allei n.'il i Iff ujieii In nit'
III :l I know of - :liel that i lliai lui;'
1 liie-s.-
Tin' inaj ir eyi'd him-i 'i' i rii ieaily io
lb.' njiniMl.' iniiitc. Id' a- a bill,
1. 1 iil-niiie Aini'ln of a inili'arv oentlr-
nali. Willi vr! ii-i rvi il lee'h, lull:',
lied wlii-ki r-, In ii:lil hai l eye-, and a
p i.i riil air nf -Iv li-liiie...
't -! " "in. eh the iii:.j.ir, I niiit
marry li.li -aml Lilly I'liri- is the
woman. Ma'- a-iiily a-a t uiiiii
vbal Miy iiiii!i'a-a!.l-!i...kiiit; fe'rale-tlui-t'
t.i.i ij.Mi- iini-! h i i' Iin ii. l.y liii
way. In net iliiaii-i'hi s -ueli a reputa
tion f"i' lii'ini'liiii' : bin a man ina-t
n el lonk a .1 lliilinr ilefeel- when lii
Mltb iiii'iit ill life i at -l I.e. I'm1
been a jMy yioili!.' L.-ielu b.r Iiiii;;
eliiiii.'li : I luil-l l iiiby I in n lay alleu
tioll siiioii-U- In l.iilv 1'ii.f. Hut
tliei'i' aie -i vi'fa! i'e!iiiiinaiii to
eull-i'li'ieil. :i 1 1 1 1 i I'.e i- Hi il -ho liil- a
lover I'nr t v i IV .1 IV in lie' Week, an. I
every I'.ver I beii.-vi' a inoie teniiim'
fniHiiie l.iiiilei tli.nl mv If. It lakr
Jn iHi-v in i. mil' 'ii'M al so niaay Mbim -,
mid I'm'oi In litnk sharji il I e:e.
to win II e nif. "
Mi l.iliv 1'ii.e was rail.tr lor
llie tioi'L'tiu sly V t.f wi.niaiil.'iid.
Ma j. ir Moiil bi!l w a- i i'j l.t in li'-.iiii-ei-lil
of III' se. Miew i- fal mid
stunt, and nnul aei'l'.,!. with a dumpy
liiirt-, a sIihi'I ii i k. e i, eii .-h j;!' ay
ryes, i, ibii-b-bi iih a I, .in . a i( in il-up
l.o-.'. and It e ill In "M il anil ibr iM'd.
Ib'l' e 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 i'in wa" iiuiifly. ami bt-r
eb'li ri'lleateil, .'Hid all. ilT.-I i er -be wa
ll i llllv that -or, Iv In i ll ibr e!i,'l'
tif II enl,ell Maun' 1.1 -i t l I II. Km
then Mi-. I.ettyS p t :t ml fill ' kt was
worth '..'i i'. I .ui'l s!io wa mii-i'-
(iicin!v wliat llm l.e'.v -..i ei s rail a
"sii.-iely faMi. il-- " l'i o e li-lrnetl
when sle- hnkt'. and I :i uj 1 1 I -iiiio-ly
nl 1 it-- jukes, and a.litiii ei her
li.sif iii .Ii i - : a,nd Mi-- .-iiv. nat
urally "I' a eiinlidiim ami i i eil,iluii
l i - i -' I it i . be ievnl il all.
illi M jol' M.nilliill to i ill Ua- lo
do. an I ii. i -i. 'hut ili I In- maki- iii bis
mind that le' iim-l hiai i y an beiie-s.
and tint boil.'-- Mis, l.eiitia 1'ri'i',
than I I vi-..i .Mi-!v all u: eonMiai-
niatin' lie' iilliir. I! iiniirl ibives
ill the Ceii'ral I'.n k, I ks and i'iotn- '
pnilih-, -oil -!ao. es ami .... lieaMv ll.l-
vori-d iii nations were all aiikf llieen- .
(fin-suf his war f ne: I w i i . i at '
leiifrlh I In time bad arrive I, in bis es-
liinatiuii. to sli ikt- 111.- liinl I. low, lit'
dress,.,! liim-t'lC in Hi- iiNe of a ni
(eeiilh r.'iitury e.iii,ili', an I we n to
call on Miss lYie,-. ;
"Il in- In me," said I In- hires-, 1
wliu ha. I eonliiv fd In in ike her blmv -y
tht'i'ks a sbaile b!..vs i r than t ver In a
hideous I uliv -ilk il.e-s, vv illi a si in .Vi
rashluele -rail' bmpi l ..ei' ll, "111 il j
you are ini'l-ii ill v .lull llii, evening.
Major Montliill." i
Tin-ma j.ir iilb t-leil to Halt from a
ilei-p af. i nli-iii Ii! Ii.' level ie. i
".Mi. Mi I'i it e, inn ol nil olln rs
nhnll'.l not lipinaeli uie with in;, laek I
Hi spirits, .r -ai. I, -el. 1 1 iieait all v.
Ami why im' ?" !i iii.in.o d Mis
l.i'l I v . wit Ii (leplialiiiin pi ty I'l In.
"Neetl nil a-k llie, w In n v mi kn ',
to we. I I It'll mv ltf.nl i- ial. el b ,- ,:i
lelidiii em 'Ileus."
''I'm ship," iptntli tin' heireM, look
4 ltv ti ut tlic points of Iht Marie '
.ii(irt'-ltt' slippers, ''I don't know '
why it slmuM In1 nuked."
! '-ISecaii-c I lovi' yui, and I inro nut '
! -peak of my love!'' '
I Miss I'lieo colored and essayed u j
j faint little jjig-le. j
j "I'm miii', major, I don't see any j
IMWMiy sll(" 'oll-lli-i.. (
' I li-':nit". ilil rc--ivo y Went on j
the major, l.inkinp unutterable Ihinps '
: into the preini-h pray orb his own
ryes were ua ex.pii-ile white-brown,
i and well hi' was aware of tin- advim
. tapes in this respect "lieraiisij yon
iiic rich and I mil poor, and I have
-'. i st moiI a soli'inu vow upon tin' tab-
)(,N ()f ny own ,10Vl.. (
heiress !''
"Lu !'' Kititl Mi-s Price.
'Of nil men," said Major Moiilliill,"
"I urn the h-ast inereeiiarv. A ro if to
i-lit'lior inn from lln tliivin Morm, a '
critsl, it j.'la-i of cli'iir cold water from
tin' spring' lliat'it all I want. Money j
1 I'lli ". "I'l my Hiif-'lirar. Aim yet,
Ileal' I.tMitia nay, let me eall you
iiii fur onec fall! lias deereeil that 1
! should li'iiirb's-lv lose in v heart to one
, r .i i
who is lilifoi'lniiiiti'ly neb.
Mi-s I'rK'f Inii-t into tears and iin-
iin-ivi'lv nil her tat liaml into me
majors .lemler iialm.
-Don't talk that way, Mai inadiike,'' j
she - .bin 1, '-ami ilon't l-.uk al me '
Willi Ibo-e Iiii.iii nl'ill (VC-, or you'll!
break my limirl.'' j
l.' lilia, ib) you then love uiey i
"N'es, ji-s, i,i," wailed the heiress. .
'1 love j.iii willi all my soul."
"AI -!" tri'o ii.'d the major, "ilia! i
two sii. li hearts as ours sli ai'd be
I ai led by a wall of ir"!d.''
Itilt tliev shan't be," a-serl. d l.et
ly. her ii i-i- fji'.itt intr led and le reves
lv inkliiiL;' in Hie i hlliii-ia-m of ili
lie mi. ill. "Nn, Mariuadiike, if ! i
Not if eiaiidjripa was ten linif. as oh.
-linale and pi-ln'ade.1 a- hi' is.'1 i
'My l.ei il ia! " siL:heil the major, in i
a voiee hoiif v siveel and low as sum
mer iml- lilealliiai; o'er the lw iii-hl
-ea.
And wla'ii he left lie' JYii '- man-inn '
he had tin1 salisfa. li.'U of kimwiiiL! !
thai be was Mi-s I.elty's ai a-ep!ei
lover. i
II ' pliiiii'i'd riilhle-slv inlo more ,
I
debt the vt'l'V lli'M liioniiiiL', to the
alii' Hill of wo bundled dollar-, lo buv '
a -.eil.lile diaiifiiid l ine .i ileek the
fal fun linu'i r of his alliuueed.
" Ii w ill be a inert' drop in llie buck- I
el," In- -aid to himself, --when I eolue !
to handle le r r isli. I hope llie old
til -email means lo plan! it entirely at ,
her disposal, mid I'll -et- to tin- lest." j
And Major Mouthill e.uilr.ie eil for
a pair of fieaiii eelored hor-e-, a
ya. lii and a eolliiLj.- al Newport for Hie
Milliliter -e.ls.ill nil the slri-IILTl il of his
klioV, ll eliiia ;elne:il lo old adoe I'l iei'S
.jiaiiddaillilei'. i
.lii-l at llii, liuie life, iv--.Ml k now,
i- p-nverbiaky inn erl iin Mr. Z ul u' ;
I'liee look il into lii- v.'rr:iblr head ;
o have .1 stroke of apoplevy and tin- '
par thi- evi-t.'liee without the eere- '
linn ial of more than iwo ilavs' illne . ;
''I In- must sensible thini; th- old,
lildje eollbl po--iliy have dnie."
tln.iiL'bt his ilntifiil L-raiid soii-iu-hnv
rle. t. "I.t'tly'll eome into her forllllii
iiow williout any ililli.u.ly, and 1
shall be a loade iiidi v iiliuil t
lie slop) i d al a h.lt stole to o,. I,;,
Ial draped ill a Mlilable 111011110111!
. 1
Wei ll, and Ibonebt il Very beeoiniii).',
I'be 1 bird day iifli-r the funeral lie '.
..tiled on l.i litia. !
Mi-- I'i i.-e leteivt'd biiu in her new 1
bl.at k -nil, her liii-.i- (-Welled willlllilleh
w 1 t-pinir. and her eyelids as pink as if '
tin y bail bt 111 painted all iniiud w ith
a re I I. ail-peiii'il. j
I ar I -I'lly," iiiuruiiire d tin- ma
jor, bis Voiee altlllied to the lemlerest
-vmpalliy, "do not mourn too deeply .' !
We inii-t all (lit ami nur deparled !
II i. lid had lived nut the tlnce-seol 1 - !
a'l.l I. n 1 ai - ailo tlt il to man's life
here b. low." i
"I kn w it!" Miill'ed J.etly, litkilif -
out her bl. n k-lioi deled pot W't-lialld-
t-n nr.- n.it l.i-arin your yrii f all
aloin ?" he a-kril.
... (,,. j !,.tbnali .leukiin and
her liii-band luive be. n h. re f..r a
week," l.i'tlv luu'iibrioii-ly iin-w. n I.
Major Mniilliiil pii. kt-d up his ears.
Coiisiu Itet buah Jenkins .' Ileharl
herei.'l'oie d eii aw are that his I .c ilia
had anv relalivi-s s'Ve her eiaiid-ire. :
However, the two bundled thnu-aiid i
ilollai- wt tild vveil bear a few rever
sionary le;-aeie., and this eou-iii Ke-
theah w as iloiilil.t ss a 1 atta. hed : 1 la- j
live whom it would be -ealeely enilit- j
able for llie old oi-i;tletnali to oinil ua- i
lil.lv fianii bis w ill.
Tin oil!'. 1 lii 11 vf I bat Ireeiel in ibis
MUl,eii and linlo. .kid-f , r tli-j sati.m 1
of I'rovidi"!.". il Mie.l l.elty," went j
oil mir siii.i.ii-toii..Mieil Major, --is that :
it makes an heiif-s of y..ii -and I lit'- ,
lievi- thai I have before e pr, s-ed to
v "ii 111 'Inn lor of the imputatioi nf 1
w t -Kl njf a r irli w ife " ;
"Ih'ii't let that irouble you, Marn.y,
dear!" erie.l l.elty, by-ierie illy. I
I 1111 ant In b ve told you all nliout it
before, but soineliovv llii'ie never VtlJ
a real ood opporliuiiiy."
"Told mo all about what. I.elilia?''
iisketl Ihe 111:1 jol. in s'Hiie -urj iri -f.
"About my ipiarrel wilh rainlpaia
last month, lb- ki'hI you were a fortune-hunting
misereaui --you, dear
Marinadiiii.-! and I never -lioul.l liavo
it f lit from Ii i 11 if I married 11.
Ami lin n I r- pi aled to him the ntiblu
u nrils you bad spoken, an 1 he faiil
firaliilpa idways bad an iiii lejratil way
of I'XpressiiiLr lliinself that he'd -i-ltle-
your ha-h for you!' Ami In- alnt
me a fool, and we bad an awful ipiar
rel, and he made a new will, and left
all his money to ( 'ou-iu Ke'.huali .b'li
kins; but I don't rare, Manny, dai limr,
f' I knew," erie.l the ili-iiilierile.1
damsel, with a fre-b burst of irar-,
"that you loved me for myself alone,
ami not for mere lilthy lucre !"'
Ami so speaking;, l.elty I'riee II11114
lier huiiilrt'tl and shly-scvcn -olid
)oini(ls of .lumpy liiimauily fondly
into the major's arms.
Manna, bike Moutiiill fell like tin
man in the old laie who has -old his
soul for forty pieces of "fold, and tin, Is
llie ticasin e chanoi'd in.o tlead leave -,
lie had rt I city rriee, luit not l.ctly
I'riia.'S fortune.
He went home, promi-iutr to call
early the next uirtiiiir. The next
inoiiiine came, but not Major Mont
liill. Mi-s l.etlie I'riee i- liviiiir, a tli-ap-lioinled
ilainse1, with her coii-in Heth-
II ill. w ho is a eond-iiaiiired -mil, and
doe- not ifi'llilje ihe "bite and sup" t
the poor "il l wboiu sin; really thinks
lias Ill-en 11-11I very ill bnlh by her
v!raiiill'.ilher and ihe major. As for
the eallalil Marina, lake, nobody kll'iws
what ha- become of him, not even his
ernlit. us, w.,11 woii'd cerlaiuly lie llm
ones lo liud out, if anyone cniM.
The diamond snlitai.e is not yel paid
for. ami sonn by el-e is liv ing in 1 1 it
i-.li:ioi- at N'cwpiii't ibis -1 a-011.
Km, after all. it is only one uiori-illu-lral
ion of lie- daiiy le on we all
lead llie lillilabiiily of hllin.lll af
fairs. I The .ikly.
in Debit Impure Wnter.
W'aler ha- a L'li al variety of iinpuri
lies. and the means of ii-:i'rtiiiir lln .-.
of colii-f, vary wilh the Kind of im
pure matter ei-lin 'mil. Tin- mo-t
dangerous impii. ily i, organic mailer
in a stale of iecoinpo-il ion and yield
ing ammonia and oilier nitrates, but
to detect Ibis kind .if impurity , unless
it is very laiitc, a chnui-l's an dy-is is
I'l'.piiri' d. 'l lie follow iiiir -iinplc le-ts
may be made: If 011 addition of a
sinail tptaiililv of siiLfar of lead tl.s
snlvcd 111 water it all ud- a bla.'k d.--P"si!,
ihe wilier contains sulphur. If
the water redden- blue litmus paper
I in -ist mi", I with it, ii contains . arli m
ates or acids.
If on a.ldiii"; a few drops of hydro
chloric acid and then a small ipmitily
of solution of pi n-Male of potash llm
water turns bine there is iron 111 it. If
il turns red litmus paper blue, it con.
tains lime. If Mil iar i-di---.lv e, I in it
and the solution, kept in a warm place
for a few days, bccoines clouily, it
contains tit-. . mi 1 o is i 11 o oriM'iic miller.
A peculiar sweet ta-le indieal.-s ore. 111 .
ic iuipiuilie-, and if by adding a lilib'
sulphuric nciil. ti.e water is blaeknietl
it is ilaiiyin'ou-ly impiire. tlxalic acid
dis-olcd in wafer conlainiiiLf lime
caii-cs a w hit" pr. t ipiiale. A few
dio s i.f a solution of hi-11 1 1 -li ili- of
alumina or even of alum, cause- a
cl uid in water that contains oreanie
impurity. fN'i-vv York Times.
The Modern (iiilli-.
I.ord Wol-eley believes t.iat the Chi
nese will in lime nvi 1 run the world
a- soon, in fad, as a urea! K'""'1'"' "f
lawgiver nrisiM anioiii; tii.nn. At
prc-ent they have no "real leaders, for
the simple reason that the Lroviuinuent
pills out of existence every Celestial 1
w ho display, more than av.u a e iutel- '
liirencc. It is 11:11 rated that win 11( 0111-uii-sioiier
l.eh v as a-ked vv bet her it w as
true that be had beliead.-d li I, noil men
ill three years lm replied: (, surely,
more than that." I.ord Wnl-elv thinks,
bovvevti ', 1 hat a Cluiu'-e Alexan-li'i' r
Mo-cs will conic to the front miiiui
day, ami that his peopl vv ill then
adopt Ihe profes-iou nf arms and
sweep over India, lln i i an I Ihe cmi
liiifii , and Iin. illy yive I !n,'lainl,
A unlit 1 ami Au-t alia a In le for -11-preniac,
. This soutids cbiiueric al,
but we slioiiM not forget 1! une or llie
tioths. Toioiiio (Canaila) Mail.
His Ibiily Albiwanre. j
Tailor (in iinpe, iiiiiou, man ju-t i
III all led to a wealthy trill) Willytnij
have a liloiiev pocket iilside ynur Vent, ,
Mr. Mil tllarl ':
small ail Y it no, Init voj
111 iv make it pocket in my coal just I
t.. e I'li.uijli to bold fifteen ci';ii. 1
- -1 11. ill tio ('.mi n r I
t llll.UHI.VS I.I'M.
1 n il I iiki 1 .
Tfio I'e.ivcr wail- for the -,inu r'.s y irn ,
Tin' -Jiii.nel' is i.lle fir vv ant .,f vv.,.,' ;
'I lit-slieii.-ei-i wat.-l, ia tie- fi at!i'.'inl Iron
for the sheep lint 1:1..- le,- ii. ;i..,
....il.
I'.lll lilll" It. ,)' lilllU W ho .h ive. Mi- ll.i.'ii
il:t- fallen a-lei'l'liy a -ii lininu' -n. li,
hi.'-' many a bal.y in 11-.-t , a tov 11
I-rrviiin fur want of a - wool tf..w.t.
Tli" sin an rs llirrali in ! in I.e. uiii'i "iir;
'th'' v.-avei'-,' v.i iih .an in-vrr tn'tn.:
'file wll. el I-Slillllll.,! ia al.'IV sotl'.'.
Aiel I'm- haliit-' t i - a''. .urpie wall rul.l;
J'nr liie s!n ,licr.- a I vv lei i- -i-e.iii sii.l
I- a lillle whet I in li e wo-M's irre.-it mill.
A11I the ivn rlil's fill, (ri-i 1., ih.I well roiin.l
'I ill -. i ll utile vv li", i Him- I'.iuad an. I roan 1
1 .In ame.l llii- ilr.-iin lull an Ineir npi.
Win 11 I awolo'in my Mirprise
'I'" tile I inir.-i! e-ailo.iii' to iiml fro
Air I baby", li-l-thrinls into lost yes.
I'll, w hat little vvli. el a- 1 111111 ilir aw uy
And 111 ikii ' -o j .l!y a hairy cry
'fill In- tare w .c- as it-. I .is a t I ' 's 'ilk ''
The la--ie w.i- I in- vv lm brin-', Ibr milk 1
- I May U.lry .-mil Ii in id.- Aw ake.
1: vlil'.l I s.
I.'al.bil -an- lei ribly d slriieiivi' tini-lilal-and
tle-l riiy ju-t out of mischief
humli.'-l-of plan - which III -y do not
care to eat. The v do verv "Teat d nn-
j iilO' lo y oiiiu liee-, ileliL'lilin;.' ill strip,
j piiiL! ibi'tii of the lender hark a- far as
j they can teach while -tiill.li 11 nn llieil
j Iliad fi-el.
In Australia they have be.-iuue -11 h
; ll pe-l, iiici'ca-ilit; as they (In -11 rapidiy,
that the jm.v "I linn in has iill'. ri.'.l an itn-
ineuse reward to any one disroveriii"
i the lin aii- of exIeiiiiinaliiiL; them.
Kclfoit l l. e I're-s.
-I VI.I.'I.Ws .- M ;- -,
Iii th .L i -t - City (X. .1.) ferry
1 linil-e nf tin- I'avnllia ferry, a few day
lliro, tin- pa-siniieis watihed wilh
, llllich inli le-l a lb ( k of spariows
lakimr cue .f one of their luiinber,
1 w bo w as evitleiilly very sick. Tbciu
! was much chippciiu ; aiunii" ll.e bird
until it w.i- finally M'lllfd to pill lb. 1
patient behind the lop ituui. f a
pillar. The -irk bird was i li.-n can ied
bcl Ween three of its companions and
then deftly liieppcl into the cho-en
place. Then a do, 11 sparrow''
perched nn the teleirrapli wire and
chippincd I 1 : 1 1 1 1 al the p't 1-iie.er.
1 bfiifiith theiii. Win' 1 la-t seen ihe si. k
sparrow Was bun. 11. -I up in some -tiaw .
I'leay tini'.
lii.l:-l.- in nun - ivn r.i .
A. I-!. Maniiiu nf l!i i-:nl, '., has .1
hir";e apiary and sell- honey by lie
wa""ii load. To th I. lid bis horses
from poible bee .-lin''S he slips a
thin e, ,11,, a li.i, ill over the ln-ail of each
lior-c These liomls havi- apert in s
for Ihe eyes an, I 110-11 ii- of their wear
er, (ilheriviii.' litiiii" . !. 1-1'ly . and th. re
i- a blanket of 10II011 cloth for each
hor-e whicli lies aero-, ilm breast and
looks like llie hieioplialit'.s robe nl
some st ranim society. Mr. M a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , in
an ai'liel,. in "(ile mine.; in llee Cul
1 11 1 -ays that Ihe o!,l lior.-e, lono ac
ciistoin. il to wank in lln' bee yards,
knows why lie has to wear a cap ami
"ow n, and In, 1,1- ,1m'. 11 bis head for
the fir -I in 11 ino-i "In about mainier.
The men employ e, in the npi.uy k i p
the h r-is , appt I and fjowiied until
th. v are half a mile ib-taut from Ibu
hiv'.-.
A la 1 VI V N I 1 1 (VI.
A.citaiii h 'U-elio!,l in a London
Slblllb Weil! within. t a lilt II 1 1 . 1 ll.l!
mice orrvv thick. A very beiiuliful
tabby wasuivcti to th'-ni. Itul lo and
bt hold! she proMd to be a sad thief
and -be -lob- all from the pau.ry that
he (oiiltlei l her claws mi. She was
"iven away and sent aw ay, but she
c .me tuck. Ilt-side-s t lii- she proved
to be very ni l ll a belle nf the nci";h
hoi hood ami Ihe eaitlen of her owners
was full of tl.e most aw ful concerts
each ni. 1,1. Finally she was .In. unci.
The Weather was loo col. I to ili"; In T
grave al (Ui.-e. and while wailing f.n
suushiiie, a- it was free, up oilt-i. li
the body of I lie sinner was laid in an
old arbor.
The nest day, as one of lln- family
was walking toward the arbor, what
did In- -ec bin a strange cat, dark in
color, sipiillel down bc-iilt' Ihe dead
tabby. T In- . oiniin; of the pets. m ill--liirhcd
tii iii and be ran away. The
next d y he was -ecu in tin- same po-i-lioii.
and tie' next. It was the cat of
a liei'.'hhor that bad been Cm. I of play -inu
vv itii the tlfcca-cd. A lliii.l day
of freeiiiir "'"hi came, and lo, the
Utrau-icr w as di-covcicd to be aj en
beside his pi iv male hut ilea l. lie
hail been fro ai to death vv bile mourn-in-;
for his fiiend. The family buried
t lii-m in the tunc prave in the itar b-n,
like lover in old ballads. .. r's
inuij; I'eopli'.
Uhat I he) Left Him.
Klooiiicr vtv) tappi'il ii chin) Your
part-nis lef I you soiiielhilii when tiny
died, il, I tl.ey not?
I i chin Hi. y i s, sir.
lib-oilier And w bal ditl tliev leave
y on. my lit I le man '!
L ivhiu - An orphan, sir.-- l.j.ocli.
i A LITTLI; COLONY.
Fifty While Folks Who Live On
a Lofty Rook.
I
Lord Howo Island, nn Arcadia
in tho Pacific Ocean.
I
A few lilolilhs :i';ii tin- lialnll'il! of
C iple Wll live nil I'llrail'll l-l n d i e'c
braled llie buii.ii'". ll Ii antiiv r-ary of
Ihe landing of tln ir fa lni- nn thai
little rock. The w nriil i- always .jlnil
to hear of the prti-pefilv of this peo
ple, ami several nib r little comiinini
, lies inhabililio' the -iii lilc-t specks of
. land ia lln- ncaii a!-o excite inin li
I iulercl.
I Tbelt! is ntie i-land. ImWever, of
which we seldom bar. It is I.ord
Howe I-land, th.- liotne of titty or t-ix-
i ty vv bile people, lllioll! I'""! Illi.es linrtll-
'(a.-l of Xevv Smith Wul. -. Yian-s a-o
j two or thl'i e fainili. s I'iniil .NfVV Zea
laml ihoiifihl ihty would seek a le w
home. They had heard of the pni-fil-e
eetalion on I hi-t re-. inil--li:tpe i
little i-land ,1 (,,i.e, that l!.-y
would build new I,. mi. - ll, 'i'i'.
j So lin y Went lo laud How e l-laatl.
! which is only -ix ( t 1 b.ii:: an, I ahmii
( a mile wale, ami ri-es pic.-ipitmi-ly
from tiie sea to a In-i-Jit nf neailv ;.u. n
feet at nearly every point. Tin y buiit
their Inn-, tilled 1(. -,,,, ami after a
while two or three nth- r lainilie.
joined '.hem. Some of the-" original
, settler- are still living", but tie .-I nf
j the residents are lln-ir .1 udau'-.
The i-iand i-nn- er lie e o ei n nn tit
of New Zealan I. a lei nn i y ear ,1 is
vi - i'eil by a niaui-i rate. v. ho - -ill"- ah
little ili-piite-. It i, a very i a-y ta-k.
fur there .'He seldom any iliU'erenre
lllllolip the people. I.iki- I'iteairn and
oilier little i-laad '- n n n i it n : 1 ie-, iii, y
have iii v.n found it iieee-sarv to build
a jail.
j There were lliiliir of the hi;: her inam-
mats nn tin- i-aml- when th. v vv. ait
Iheie. hut m.vv thl'ie an- tptiio a i i-
ber of yoat-, -vv lie an I rai -, vv hieh,
ha inp e-ca!i. i Ir. un d-uiie-i ii it v . have
liv oil in the w ,, ii- -o Ion-' i ha: tl,,".
' have I .nn" t ait,- vv ild. i.tli- - .nc
of llie men i'Iil'il:'' in liilitie; their yar
delis, other- are mf li-l.iup. ieat
; many eillble 1M1 arc can. -hi ihen-. and
.ill" people tin. i very ca-1 to live in
conifoii wiib. mt a In:"' aiii.iuii' ..f
labor. They -ay th, v have nm the
sliuhtesi de-ire to li'tia tt In iai';'ei' . ,,in
m iiilii'-.
! TbeV do lint Clleolllaoe i Ii . I tli " I'll 1 1 o 11
because they think they and tin ir chil
dren Will need all of the I.-.lh a. re- of
the island. Soiu. iiiue- a -ailor from
. a paiiiu' -hip -pen. I- a li 1 1 i . - while in
the t'oiuiiiiiiiity, and lia- lieeu kn,,uu
to carry avvav one of tb" daiiL'lit"!- a
hi.s w ile. but nio-t of th" peopl,- al'.
holm, live ami dm -In re.
I They cailtlol ll'av el In ire 1 1, ,. u ,-u
huiidii'il rod- without -.-ciii" ihe s.-a.
an I of cour-e they to kn.nv
' i' fry inch of their bit :,- vi ,m Id. ( n-.-or
tvv ire a y ear a e-.-l .- .nn-s ,i tln-in
W ith a !si rue variety of sin.pli.-s au-l
they piir. ha-- vv ilh their copra ami
; otber product- the ;:.... I- they lit ", I for
. llm ini-uiii" y car. At the saiim lium
j Ib- ir librar:. s a e ivplriii-hcl vv ilb
I new books, a laliif lot of lo w -p'i',i -couie
lo their h - I';---, and il Ink. - I In'li I
a OOllll VV llii" III lead of .ill b;t
happened in t In- lm-v v. ..,11 -inee lln v
la-l hear of it... New N ,u k Sm
j II.ov Old is the Wheelbarrow .'
t The hi-t-iry of the vv lin lbariMW i
of liopreat iiiipnrlaiici- in it-elf, but ii
happen- to iuli-lrale well Ihe -i-itrci--nf
bistoi icil know led,.. and It ,v th -v
) i-li I the fa- I- m n de-ire n kmnv.
i The iliveliti n if the vv'I.ee! ! .a; i', w
ha- been eiediieil comnioiily lo l'l-. a'.
a I'reiicb nliilo-.-pher ami wiil-a- .-I
lltioul Ihe ini ldli' of the -. venleeii' li
rentuiy. A linir lo I. I re"- tlic.
li'iuary of the I ceil, b I 1111; uaL'". hovv
' ever, the w be ili.ur. w vva- invealei
by a M '. Ibip'n in I .".". Ine nr lb
oilier , if these t w o a.'i..i'iis ha- I ,,
licceplcd peiier. Ilv ia I i.iu, , at ea-t
w In-re i vei v u- ful i v, mi .11 i, I e"
lievetl lo I f 'r. 11. I1 nriiriu.
Now a writer in I ie I'r.-ti b s.-ien-titie
journal, l. i Nature. c; a icniio'i
tn an old bo k pnircd in ."..Vi, in
W bit h i- a 1111 i his w I ci: rav in:;
that represent- a -i 11 le-, bet l.-d liar
low pii-lu d nl. in bv a I iborcc.
Another plate of III.' s. 1 1 1 1 . book -hows
I' Irainwav car 1 11 1 1 : t i 1 1 lT npo'i rail
Tnis pll - lln-11-e of ihe vv In l-ill III'OVV
back more than a huiid 1 e y ear- earli.-r
liiail the time f I'a-eal.
I l.a-l year, al tbcexliibi i, 11 in I'm i
; if carl iajri's of all kind-, il wa-r. -I
porli-,1 that the origin of tin- wla . i
' harrow w as to bo . .1 11,1 ia tin- llm -ti'tnilh
cenl mv . In the iiiiriu of a
I uiaiiu-ei ip. l.eloiiiii:: to that 'iine is a
' draw in;.' of a 111 in l,rlin; Icr
; per-011 in a sinv;'i--w he le I 1 arrow
1 pic.i-eiv ill.e llio-e in ti,e at lie'
:iti -cut d.n .
' In a inauu-iript of the fourleeiitli
i 1 .' ti'.ury may be ..-en a vv heeiharroW
11-10 1 f o ti e carriage of a load which
lo.ik like bias of "rain. Aii'jiher
1 1 1 i 1 1 i . 1 : 1 i i- iiainliie; Upon a manuscript
.f the line, nil ilury re pi nl- a
h p;t:.l whop' 1 1 1 1 1 1 -s are a! I end i lip l
the lame and uoun.l.'d- There i- one
! wollinb -d pel-mi who i- heinp brought
in mi a wh-eibarrovv Thi- iudicalcs
1 lint the v 'ni- le wa- u -ft I to carry the
iiil'u in or di-abe'd.
Mil! another lil'tt'fii!li century man-u-i-ripl
-iiow-a w heelbari ovv used fm
lie i in buil liny uialeriaN. As llie
iii-l n if i- iirnnl.il lo illu-tiMte th" his
loi v of Koine, the artist of course -aw
; lm want of eoii-i-t.'ii. v in rfprc-eut-i
in.: Ibis vehicle a- ill u-e a! that early j
period and woo can -ay that it was
not? T If labou r mad" the work all j
the i-a-'e r by ihe u-e of a .-trap which
- pa "d over hi- -ic udders.
i Al prt'-fiit, Ihen, tin- u bee I barrow j
i-known to be at lea-t six hundred 1
veal- old, mid not two ft litlll ie-, q ,
VV as at one lilll" supposed. 'I he next
-t' p is to -cow that William tiie ( "ii
j ipn ior carried vv h -e 11. irro'.v s wi'h him
wiie n hf moved bis .piarl"rs across the
Channel from Normainlv to laiirlautl '
, i
in lb" eh'V.'iiili century. Youth's '
t 'oiupaiiioii.
M uu.lcriiiL's nf 1 relicts. j
An interest ln' iu-ianc" of the I
i , .
-!r ii"e waade iii- of d.'li lids at sen
; it lllllii-hed by the Atlantic Jtiiot j
; chart. I In November 'jii, 1m :, the .
: I' n l l.'oyal buoy, havinp pom adrift, i
! bi'L'-iu ils c-iifer of adveii'iire nlf !
( 'icrif-toii harbor. Iiriftiup' mil into j
the . ii If -I I'eaiii it i eiiia'lii tl iu the
warm waters of the curreii: dui iiip the j
remainder of the year, praduailv nioV-
, iliiT linrlliW ai d in a .in ay ciuil -e, I
pioiiab'y uii'ler Ih" i 1 1 tl il-'lu-f of eon-
tl i. I i ii Lf w iml-. It w a- la-t seen iu the i
(lull tream on I leeeuiber I, sstl. I
Three uioiilh- later it was di-eovcreil I
. !l .alillj oil the ca-icru etlpe nf till' j
iiu.f -treai.i. -nm.- 'Jon miles imrth of I
tiie lb : in i l.i-. 'i'l. mi ii s:;ll-te. for a j
in re soul hern la! it ml'', and during .
'he nn nib of May v..;. ae-'d aloii pa-t
ll,.. -oii'lierii side of Ihe r.eriuil.las,
1 1 : i - - i 1 1 -r only a -hot di-tai.-'f fioin
la-.-e rural i-lands.
I'..r inoif I J 1 1 1 1 a year il vva- lo-l
-i:;iil of. but allb'ei'.'h il had been ill
ami near the Hack of the pr- al liur.-i- j
auo-. it vva- -.en iu p I hi pt- on
bitie It. Is, i'.ihi mile- mirihuf-t of
tin- Kermud.i-. ll has mnv evidently '
found a part of the ocean to it- iihiiiir, ,
t'or it ha- inn ii I iu that iieibhoi- i
j inn .1 1, al way .- dri ft inp ami soiiie.imr
j retracing its tracks, but never v.nuur-
iu:; liiore than I"'1 miles in any ilitvc- ;
. lion. It wa- seen by passjnp vessels ,
, several limes diiriii". this period. At
il-l il lo .k allot bin- trip -outb. and nc
. .rdinp to t: c latc-t advii e-, oil Sept. 1
!al, il had ai;a!n pot In-low lie-
- i.n .Hi t. t.f It, e r.eriuuda-. but keeping
..l.n nr i.'.n mile- o the eastw aid i the 1
i-. an. I. I: w a- -'ill in p m-l .nudilioii
' wbea la-t seen. Thr I'.ln'.y four y ears'
v." ..L-e i- liai tii ii at lv inleic-tni'' f .r
i
I!., :-.vU it llir..vv upon the old stories
..!' di il'iim: relies ha iup been eari i.-il
f i ni: America to the cna-t of the did
orid l-i'ore i oliiiubu--ail d New
( 'i h an- T'.mcs-l ifmncrat.
(iii int; Shape to I Vet.
I'veiv one, but c-pc, iai iv fhildre ll,
-lioul.l wear propciiv li'linsr -hoe-, no 1
mailer bow cuuniou tlnir iuatei'ia!. '
: T'lif V .should be unit lu-r too laipe nor
1 too -mail, and should have low, (kit
' heels that inii-l be promptly "riphted"
a- so.m as they bey in to v ear to one
-i.lo. If the tot's of Ihe foot show a
; It tiili lit".' to overlap, they should be
i rubbed with the bands once nr tvv ice
each day: and if ibis .are be piveli
vv lien Ihe cm v inp coliilueiiees, it will,
a- a t itle, pi ."V e -lllli '.elit In cin ice
any iirepuiarilies of this nature. If
a nail i wayward in its yrowih, trim
it 'lily i'uhtiy al the ai'iuy ciriier. but
lu'iy al tl.e opposite conier. If l.otii
rornei - ovv ton tlecply into the lle-li,
,1 . I Ik-iii en. filllv and iiyhlly. and
li ll -crape the center of llie Hail tlt'lll
the lip In lien llie loot uiiiii il is thill
and l!. iol" This process seldom fails
to e..rii c: ivf a. lory nail-, provitl -d.
of coure, limy are not nele.-ted ...t
Ion-. ' I'arui and I'irc-idc.
Vnceslry if the TlinroiiirJilirc.l llnrsp.
lb ie are three leu'st - known iu
horse literature as 1 Ial by Arabian,
: Kv eriy 's Turk ai d I indolpbiu Arabian
to vvhici aii pel, l' i ces of tborou";h
i n . I - are supposed lo be traced. The
in-: vva- brought lo llnplaiitl from
: i'po aboiil ' 1 7"". Tin- second was
ovv lied bv I 'apt. I'ncrlv and Used bv
I .'no in In and iu li'M'.itnd is said lo
have coin, from Turkey. It is sup"
- pus d thai the ( .o.lolphiii Arabian
u as not Arabian at all, bat a P.arb.
No'.liiii'j very detinite is known about
1,'mi further than thai he was lioupht
In Paris and broii"lit to Kiipland some
time din in' iin- ri-ipn of (ueeii Aime.
I 1 New York S in.
! A Souk nf the Mulberry Tree
My h. a l ia tin- -ha le, my f . et in the sun
ll.-iL-li-ho for tin- mulberry lw!
I. ml. t .re I Imw the vvorl l jo-. on.
II- Lh-ho lorllie mulberry tr.w!
li'K-'ar and s.-lmlar. low iintl hill,
M- rry -iiel in.nl. tln v :il! ito by --
I lei;.'h-liu f-.r the ui'illi. rry tree!
T hr sun on my linger barns like a kis
Ib ili-lni f..r th" niiilb. rrv ire.. '.
Where i tin eii-bii.n ,,ft a- tlii-V
1 1. ii'li-bn f.r the mulberry tree!
N nt f..r tin- --I'crr. I. -vveel- for llie her,
Mir.lv lb awn mean- well lowar-l III'-
' lb- -l.-li" for tie iiiulbt rry Irer!
T in o'-l kiie I l arib.th. m . tie r of nu n -
llciiili-lei for tin? mulberry tree".
I'.n atbe- le r seer. t- into mv ken.
! Heiu-h-lio for tliL- inulnerry irt'f!
, Wealth like hers to I In- soul i- sent
Shun-. i --. iii'-a-iirele-s. sweet c fllelll.
j lb ijh-lio for tin- mulberry tr.'c !
- Ih.ra IJ. i.o.i hii.-, in the Iiuli-pcntlpiit.
IHMOKOIS.
Ar. i-'s plant A hen's nest.
Well known The man who is never
ill.
Na'llie si .cms to make a pi'Pat ftlZZ
. v. r a fuilc thinp like a peach.
The most inlet o-t inp siiar ipu-stion
is, '-llow many lituip- tl yo.t take?"
Lviui th" calcrpillar has to liutiip
himself if he w ant- to make any pro-prc-.
A I ii ii ii in the Oa-t ha- a lien which
be calls lb" highway man, because slio
i- al w ay - ' vv ay lav in'.
There is preat plea-lire ill showing
soli e other fellow up as a fool. It
lakes away that lonely fet linp, as it
Were.
Man I -However can y.ni pet rid nf
tliat aw ful tan? Milium (:l school
leaciier i - - I -bail tlau-fer it to HIV
1 u
There i- a pood deal of talk nowaday-
ab out passionate poets. dust as
if in-',-: poet- leav.np editorial nlliceS
w c:e no; pa' -innate.
He -I feel very jolly Itmiyht thor
oiieli'v won id up, ynii know. Sho
(VelV sleep!:', ) I -holliihlT llllVO
I'citi'jh' it. for y oil don't -enito po.
Mr. 1 1. iml-. mii" -"' u. yoti know,
mother, wouieii can't k""p a -ecret."
Li- iii-c !.-: - c- tie y can. my son.
Y-..I b in- been in ! a-' rioii -iv eoiirtinp
1 1 1 . t Ml- II ; ! 1 v. for a y .-ir, and you
dou'i kn "V her I" !.- y .1."
Mr-. I'.. ..'. a-: n "I did n't suppose
la'.: - !,.p-..'. .m : . il-l settle tow tl
i 1 1 . i - - -li a in 1, : .- vv i in iu a- she
If'S ll lie s I . I ' ' -ll" III I I'l if-1 . Sill!
:..-' - a - if -': - d I n .,' dare call her Soul
b"i own" M '-. Pn'it'kiMlv - "No
v.,.,,,'.' . p ,or tamp! Mi.- ha- three
-e. v ant.."
Mai, 1 --Wli.il a p 'I'fc. lly cx.piisilc
new bonnet, dea'--t! Mill"! Oh,
'in -o p'ad V..II Ik" il! 1 was so
a I' ai.l v on vv ..ni I t'i Are you sure
in ii !,!. 'it? Ma '-i -.ii'i-? lib. per
fect iv ! I alvay. dal adore that shape.
t iv I had tin f" ju-t like it w ben it
vv..- in la-oi"::.
.ici-iueal r.iiu-ami the Cnlfee Plant.
A i i. ".i- v i .1" i t r ni colli"- in this
ci: -. . ,.- ii,.- at tie- . rop in that arti
.'.. i.a- I.".'.! vv.l lo 'li I a; la'il ill some
,.: 1 1 p. ,-v ; in- -ol i -nati-ui'ila by tho
e.le1 I II Ml il II'. I:ii- ill-l'.'t forilletl. tit
one tini". ..lie . !' th. in lllslrics nf the
ile- i "in r. When they ate i xamineil
,.,,. i il.i- mi. r-i-i-..i,e tin v can be se-in,
t -1 . " -1 1 '. a i 1 1 ,n, nun isii i i 1 1 1 i I . in which
ll.e female c.aii'ie- 1 nl flips. Tills
l'-p. el r-.iv - I. and . -- a- the iu
s( :: --rio vs ,i, r. and i; -non chaiipes
lo ,( icd-ti-.l poll li ,-. Iu I li'.-elllbel-lb-
n :iii-!".'lliiaiioa berin-. and ill
M wli lb- f -ii..:.- lav - h.-r t"ps. Al
pi. -"i,t ibe-e iii-. et- have selected
tie colli-" j i.iiit mi w hi.li to fas
ti II : liem---lv The re-lilt ha- bei-ll
.!, r r - .011 I ejii - to w il: and turn
vi-' ..vv. an I if il anil.-- ai tl.e period
.-I I- '" in ;:- bud- iie pour and -mall.
S eiie "I :ii - plan:, r- are -pray ill"; Ihe
p'aots with innate of -o.l.l.- New
N ..ik -ar.
hy ( liincsi- C.ilihlers Wear Spectaeles.
Il.i yon know why all Chuieso
c ".I I. a - vv. -..r -pe. ia.-le-?" -aid a San
I i a.,, i-.-.i l: , eie I in me as we were
w i.ki!i-,' thr nili M -it -tieet topether
i -.-.-u iv taking in tiie sip it- "No?
Tie ii I wul ici ymi. It is recorded in
( i:iiii - !n-iot v that one upon a timo
a i a.-. --en d cobliler. wb i metaled the
nob " siioes of t 'mil ueitis, bad red
pepper thrown iu hisei.-s by bis hot
Ifliipei id spniise. ami would have been
unable to see strnjplit for ll month
al ter but lint his leartir.l patron loaned
him a pair of -peclaeie- w hich not only
made him see perfectly at mice, but
al-. i look the s.piint mil of his (-yes.
The sc. pie! of the bappv en re was that
the cobbler's wife, ile. 'eived by the
lull ai le iu his eyi-s, ref used to believe
that he was In r hlisban. I iiml permitted
him lo p is the i'i niaitidiT of his life
pi sin.-le biessf luess. Since then
e" y Chinese cobbler from New York
lo Shanghai weais spectacles to protest
hi iu from red pepper, Mtrali'isiuim ad
bad will's.''