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Kelts King Never Twice Hie Same.
Po nn ( tliink that vnmli r bell,
Hung responsive in the tower,
Min. Is nni w liftlior film r;il knell
Or a happy tnarri:ur lion"
It shall next with peal proclaim -Hell-
linn never tw ire tin' s mi1'.
Never tw Ice the -ante bud blow,
TIioul'Ii the plant ina IdoviinH oft ;
"Winn Hie wind ilio u one kinm
If it miiI. or .-oars iili.lt
or it yt the new hrei.c may
l'c till' breath of jesterd:'.
Vn 'or l'Imw the apple-trees.
One littoin pink Hit. I one Inn.. in? white;
'I lierc in M y the lnniey-1'eei
Hum a churns f hli'.'ht ;
f Si it mi hers one sees or hear
Mi the l-h'-soiiis tr :-t year.
Ami when youth depart-, imne ilrenm
They can liu.l it : yel liny j:..
S -.in !i i iiu up and il.m n the stream,
Ity I lie paths they tl-e 1 to know,
Tiir. ii.-h the meadow, up the Ii i I
"I'll ir lost vniitu evades litem sli'.l.
!r7i' cine to prcct each ilay.
l'-l!s rin.' ;.l id anil mournful strain",
Applr-treis hlo.un -till in Mav-
Oii'y I hi -ad fad remains;
o.u lort youth, it flowers, il chimes
Were the sheets of ntlief tiine.
Mary A. Mjoii in Frank Leslie'.
LITTLE WHITE STONES.
It was in a lonely Hide li-hing h.mi
li.'l tint poor little Kuth v;h born, on
a night when a storm rnged along the
roast an I made mil havoc nmong-t llio
.-hipping near the shore; on ti night
vvlii'ii in re t!i in one great steamer
was wreeke I at sea, anil on (he night
when le-r father's little fishing-smack
went (low ii w iili nil on board nil men
of he;- kindred father, grandfather
and uncle. The. old prnndmothi r
knew tin1 worst, as she held the new
born babe upon lief knee before I lie
drift-wood fire. The moth r never
knew; ni dawn her soul had passed
away, and the. old woman of seventy
and the babe of seven hours were
alone left of the family that had lillod
the little cabin the day before. A
happy, healthy, loud-voiced t they
bad been, and a strange silence settled
down ii it ii the jila.o wlieie they lad
been. The old woman euiihl not even
weep.
"I'm too frightened!" -he sai l, in n
I ro 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 voice, and shaking like an
nspeii -be who had been linn of step
an. I loud-spoken as the youngest,
few days back. "I snppo-o I must
haw been left t mind the child.
May he I'll live to be tcrei! le old
i.iueiy or a bundled. It's aw ful to
tliinkof! Awful! Awful!"
Hut she did lite, tiud the child
throve. Sin- had t lie cabin and ii boat.
The hire of lb.; boat was about nil she
depended on. Somebody plai.icd her
little garden. Ncighbirs nil in little
gifts of food. Soiui' li-herman always
had her dinner in hi- buhoi. And
after a while, tin b.iby, wiili ii
euniiiii ways i's cieciinir, is walk
ing, iis lir-t link' babbling words,
(rave her an iuieic-: in life.
The baby changed into a little pirl,
flnxen-baiied, blue-eyed ;iud rosy.
The r r.m i in-: li'-r was null lh' treiub
lin crea m e wilh li i ror in her paie
old cw's that thai aw f.il uihl b id left
her, but nhe gvvw no older. w as
never ill, and she loved litlle It'iilhy
w ith a love aiproa. liiii:.r idol itrv.
lly and by, K nil i y b..m to make
friends of her own aye. vVhen
the sloop he sail'i'diu was in port, .lack
Parker, the cabin-boy of the Dani'iu
Jennie, was nearly always wiib her.
Little parties of boys and -.'iris Used to
plav upon the -ami, or sail about, tin:
shoo , ir i alcli c;nbs and pull the little
thull-li-h from the rock-,.
Ilel'oie I hey were mo:e th;:ii children
Kuth and .lack hived i ac!i oilier dear
ly, and when !i" was lil'ieiu be had
asked her whether she would be his
wife when be In. I wajios enough to
marry on, and h" had promi-ed before
bu sailed next lime. He had ;:iv'ii
her a iillle blue-bead i in;:, and sbeliail
cut o(V u lo.-k of her f!aen li it" all1
wrapped ii in her only bit of ribbon,
which he wore next hi- heart ibroiiyh
ont I bo voyage.
Onco w hen be came home he brought
her niioiliT present.
"Nothing much," he said; "only
some little white stones that I found
in some oysters I was oprninr for the
captain's mess. said they me pretty
and Until wi I like iliein."
T! -.it li thought them beautiful, and
made a linle blue silk l a;; to keep
iliein in. Hie had a few pretty
thing.
And so i be youth giew older and
became a sailor, and Kaili wns no
longer a liitic pirl: and at last llie
Paiieing Jennie went upon a longer
voyage Ihaii u-ual, and time wore on
without news of her.
Kulh't obi grandmother w as taken
very ill ninl s ion ili.'.l. and Kulh was
left alone. A few debts had been cjii
tnu'ted, and at nil event a girl c oiid
not lire alone, and show d be in the
wav of earning something, pmple
aiil.
'fhe rot tune '" '"f h id with nu
in it. What with her piief for her
prandmother and her anxiety about
Juek, Kuth was well-nigh broken
hearted. She accepted the flat of lie?
neighbor", that "now !ie must po to
R'i vice,"' and she asked for the vneaut
place at Captain liright's and pot it.
After the funeral fhe sal in the little
callage, and walehed the sale tit tine
lion of the poor old woni in's p t and
pans, big feather-beds mid old wood
siove, of the long sctllo that bud tood
in the chimney-place since she was
born, and the eight day clock that had
ticked out every moment of her life.
Then when the; house was empty she
took her liitle ciirpet-hag with her few
e'otlms a black paper silhouette of her
mother when a girl, and the little bag
of old blue silk in which she kept
.Lie'' last gift Ihe pretty white
stones, nnd went to her new inalcr's
home as sad a little maid as ever
crossed a stranger' threshold.
She had no time, for sighing in the
caplain'n brand-new red brick dwell
ing. She washod (lie dishes and pol
ished the spoons, nnd waited u the
door and the table, and carried lin
ing baby about, nnd blacked the cap
tain h boots, ami nt night climbed to
her garret-room and sobbed herself to
sleep, thinking of young .lack lo-t at
Sea and the old grandmother lying in
the little church-yard. No one cued
for her liars now no ono knew of
them. The boy who would have
kissed them away, the old dame to
whom she had ever been a darling
child who must be soothed and
watched over, were bulb gone, and
so Ihe autumn wore nway. Winter
came nnd Chrisimas-tide was near.
' to the slo'-e, Kuth, and tell
Iheiu to get me ten pounds of raisins
and live pounds of currants and a
pound of citron,"' said Mrs. Hright
one evening, just before dark. Iluii,
L'litli, or the stole will be shut and old
Simon away home. 1 must begin my
pudding. !t is Chrisiinas-eve and a
pudding is nothing without slirriig
nothing nt all, and tell them 1 snail
want a little keg of lard the lirst thing
in the morii ug, for the crullers and to
send it by Sam, for you will be busy
enough without miming errand-. I
like things fresh. I'll not make luy
erulicis days before, ns sonic do.
Now, run like wild, Knili. I don't
see how 1 forgot J hadn't Ihe fruit;
and he back, asi;uick as jou can.''
Jiilth oheed. Her light feet look
her down to old Simon' store in the
shortest possible space of lime. Hie
had given her order, and had the fruit
in her basket, and was hurrying to
ward the door, when some one opened
it and burst in.
"News! News!'' he cried. "News!
The Itolphin is just in, and brings
three men picked up at sea on the
wreck of Ihe Pancing Jennie, all thai
were left of the crew Captain I'.uker,
old Sam Gill nnd young Jack I'arker.
There's very Iillle left of them. Tin y
were starving to de.uh, and neatly
froen. They're just skeletons. .Not
n man of Ihem can stand on bis feel ;
but they're alive, and doe or says
they'll gel well. Mrs. Parker is al
most crazy with joy! Old fill's
daughter, too! As for litlle Jack
Pinker, he hasn't any kin, as far as
we know; but Ihe boyt'll give him a
welcome.''
( M Simon's store w as empty in a
twinkling. Tin! loungers hurried up
the road toward the d ick, lul h 'l'ore
iliein Hew a Iillle ligure tiial seemed to
have wings. It was 1,'uih. She b id
forgotten all about the ba-kiv of ft i nil
which the bad thrown front Per into
the road without knowing it. I,' ii-iii-i
and currants lay scultered in the dirt,
and the chickens weie making short
work of them. The citron was Irod
deu under foot. KulVs Iillle black
hood had caught to a branch and hung
Ihete, and one of her ol 1 shoes had
dropped oil', she never knew where:
a::d so she came lo the old huu-e by
the dock where they ha. I brought the
feeble tdindows of three men : where
the captain's wife kissed her husband's
hand iu silence, and l.tlle Annie flill
sbiieked hysterically; mid passim;
through t hi crowd as one who had
a l ight, stood looking down on Jack.
Was ii Jack!' Could he prow si
pal', to thin? Coul 1 hi curly hair
hang so lankly about bis temples, bis
full thro t shrink to this? Oh! yes,
yes, it was Jack, for the big brow n
eyes turned lowiird her, and n little
sigh of "If uthy" faded on bis pallid
lips,
"Are you kin of his lass?" asked
Ihe captain of I lie Pulp! in. kindly.
"I never kneiv Jack had any one."
"I'm his tweelhearl, sir," said
lJu:li , simply ; 'and he is dearer to
mi) than any kin I yuess hccair we
are to marry each othe.- some time."
"You came near missing jt, lass,"
said I lie old man. "If the Itilphin
liadu't met that wreck when she did,
' h ee three souls would be in h aven
this day, or 1 ,u no tiiiioi.''
,.1 !
kissed il, niul thanked him and IImm n
silently.
Where (Hi earth have imi 'nni?'1
cried Mrs. Jhigh', standing ai lie)
door, ;is Kulh approached lie' captain's
homy. Where'- llie rni.-ir.s and Ihe '
curi aiil-; w in re j our ha;, ami. gomi
gracious! your shoes?"
"Ot, I don't know, Mr-. Ilrighi,''
answered Kulh, iiiuid.-l l.er tears.
"Jack has got houie- Jack Parker."
The eabin-bov of the H.iuciiig Jen
nie?'' said Mrs. Hright. 1
"lie use.l to be a ealiiii-n y ; lie - a
sailor now,'' said Kulh. "Oil, Mr.-. I
P.right. if vou could see him !" .
. , '. . . , ... m
"1 sco hint, indeed! cried Mr.-, i
lti iohl. " And so hec-iii-e a cabin- I
1- I
boy or a common sailor before Ihe
nia.-t has come home, you've forgul!
Captain Height's pud ling, li'-s my
belief that's inuiinv ! '
With which epi-i:ion of maritime
law, Mrs. Captain Hright boxed her
poor li!!le maid--!'! vam's ears, mid
sent h"f oil' lo bed, wiiboiit a caudle.
Il was a Christina d n . and Kuth
-at with Jack. She would ue her j
place for ii, but she could not stay j
away, lie could talk to bee a Iillle, j
and he said o"r and over again that
if he had but the mean- to buy a liitle i
place that be could f. rm, he would j
leave h'T no more. I!:it ihat could j
not be. They Were ! o poor. She
must go to a icrvi e place, he to sea,
for no one knew bow i uig.
I' was nn a bed in ihe inlirmary of
Ihe poor-house thai he lay. Theo'.her
two men had gone lo their homes, but
he had l one lo go (.. Hut it sremcd
to him Ihat niiu' ad fate Was
kind. When he grew well lie would
w ork haul to ri-e. Kuth w a I'd to be
a eapiaiu's holy.
Poor little Kulh! Her bundle was
put awny in a cupboard bard by. Mrs.
Height iu her wrath bad bale her
"lake it ami go.'' Hut Kuth, loo. had
a hopeful heart, and certainly might
lii id a kinder mi-lres-.
I can'l even give yiu. a Clui-I m:i
preseiit, Kulh," -aid Jul;. "I have
your hair over my In-art now. It
would have gone down with me."
"A'tl I have your litlle ring and
those pretty -tone-." said Kuth.
What slum's?" a-ked Jack.
"Thou1 you fulfil i:i lb" oys'ers,'
said Kulh; "a handful. I'oti'l you
remember?"
I had forgotten." said .Lick. "I
comes back loui" now. K.i'h, do vou
know, I belli-Vi
have seen soin
Ihev
arc p.ar.
and lie-
found in siidi shell-."
Kulh ran lo the cni-et u,,,l j;ot out
her bundle and the Iwn wen
look
Rt Ihem, when tin- ducloe in:
rounds.
The good ittti.! !."ar.l their
and examined ihc'r In a-iii c.
"Pearls, of coiir-e," he -aid:
and,
Jack, there are not many iie-n iu bis
place ;:,V i, lakl' -ll"ll .'I Clli-iUKlS
pie-cut. Tl pearl- are wi ilh a
lilt c foi Illlie."
Il seemed loo goml lo be true, bill
tr ie it wa-. iieverlheii",-. 'I he docliu'
wrole to the proper p.-r-ons, and a
jeweler came from New York to c.
limine the perl-, pronounced tlicin
line, and bought them.
There was no more sea-going for
Jack, or serving for Kulh: and the
dieaiii of the liiile farm hccniic a
reality, and Kulh and Jack livid upon
it, n happy as the king and tin ipu i u
iu a fairy la c, fon vi e nfi.-r. The
l.edgee.
A Squaw's Item irliii'de Ji.urney ing.
In the In -t cciiliiiN a urn..,,;. In
dian woman, known in l athi r ll'.tl.. a
great iraveler and inis-ioiiarv of thai
period, while lo was wilh Ihe Indians
on what we now call the Paciiic coa-t
wns many year- a tier w ae-l tu I by him
in A-ia. Thioiigh hi my vici iludes
and strange epi rien. i . she bad
pa-seil from liibe to tribe ami pi n-e to
place, always moling noil Ii i ar.l, until
she leached Hebriiig Ml ait , i.ud there,
having gone nut iu one of the large
canoes used by ! he sealaiing Indian
of ihat retion, in a uv.A sioini they
wire driven Hero's ihe -trait lo wreck
and death to all save her, an I she
wandered on until i-he me! I'ailier
Huk in the interior of A-ia. l.e had
not .sought to return, but f..!im ing the
spirit of adventure bed in her by her
sirauge experience-, she wenl On to
ace new lands.
Wasliitigle'.i's llamlsiiiiie-t lliiu-e.
Tlie I'uie-i house in U'a-hingloii lo
dav i- thai which is being built by
Mr. , eh Chaiuller. It is on Ihe cor
ner of Sixteenth and K slreet, and it
inu-l contain about ihirly loom-. It
is a great sipiare slrucl lire, of Mil
waukee brick, IriniiiH'il with a drab
siind-ioiic, and its in -chitcc: lire pae
lake of Ihe Crciiiii ur.hr. Here
Mi-. Senator ll.'ile and her hu-baiid
will live, and many line ciitcrlaiu
ineuts will be given. - Wil-llill-l.nl
Letter.
'1 hen 1 ; i 1 1 1 v took It's band
UN LI'liEN'S 10I.I.MX.
WHAT I ol I I TUT. K'.HMrtl HO?
I hre was an old farmer wlin hud cow.
Moo. iimo, nino!
She ti-ed lo jtand on the pump and bowj
Ami hat ild the firmer dor
limn, ni'io. moo.
: Mon, in. hi. mo';
I .-I.e ii-ed to st ind on Ihe pump and bow,
I And what could the firmer tin?
j Then- w a- :.n old fanner who owned some
M.C'p.
llaa, ha.i. baa'
1 They used lo play cribli.i'-ie while he was
' li-!. ep.
And laii.'li at the fanner s ma.
;.,t) (,.,., ,n!1;
Moo. in.m. moo'
"'' ' '.. "'"1 "v""1 nr "h,fP-
Ami kill I'im'il Ihe 1'imr man ilo!1
There w a mi old farm.'. wln o lied a pig.
Wliuiif, whonf. wli'iofl
lie used lo dress up hi the farmer's wi,;,
And dunce nil the pltf-pen roof.
YVhoof. whool ! Huh, l.aa!
Moo, mon. moo!
He owned a pi-', sntiic sheept anil n Cow ,
And what .'"'ild the poor man do?
There was an uid farmer wllo owned a lien,
t uk-a-ea-i'.iio, ea-loo!
She used to lay eugi f..r the three hired men,
And s.iliii' for tin' wei-M-1, tun.
iik-a-ni don ' Wliijef, wlionl !
Han. I.tial M.iol
lie owned a lien, pi;,', sheep and s cow.
An 1 i.le t I'. n' l tl.e poor man do .'
Then is an o'd farmer who had a illicit,
i.i.i ..-!,. ipia k. ipia- k 1
she wa.l lied undi r a two-hnr-e truck
For fo'ir l"ii - utile.- an I l ack.
i.'iiack, iptai li ' i "uk-a cj-d,io 1
Whnofl liial Muni
With n duck. h. n. pi.', a -heepiuid a cow,
Pray hat conl I the poor man do ?
Tin re nn- an old far i er w ho had a est,
Mico.v. ino -ic.v, nirc-ow!
-he it -el to wall with a gray o'd rat
lly ni .lit in the !'tiui"r's mow.
Mec-nw ' t,liia i, 1 i iik-ii-ca-doo!
Wlnioi: Jtaa' l....l
With eat. ilu.'k. ia n. pi. -heep and a cow.
Pray what eniiid llie pour 111 III do?
lii nl''i- IV. I o.len, in St. Nichobs.
Illi: smi.'K.
The -lork i- i.u.le c niimoii in many
parts of lairiipe, w hilher it migrates
yearly from il- winter rpiarters in
A frica to make its nest and rear its
Voiilli.'.
The -tork a' la -lies il-elf lo man and I
bis habitation-, building il huge nest
on the top of his hou-e and walking '
about in his streets a familiar as if he '
had built theisi. Il especially parades
about Ihe li-h markets, where it re-
pules itself upon the lish that is no !
longer lit to sell: and in Holland,
where it i- very eoiiiinnti. it does good I
icrvice bv di'-lroviiig the reptiles I lint i
would surely becouie too numerous i
there were it not for ihi- jiowcrful j
enemy of their. j
The slork always make-il-nest Upon
-mill- elevated spot, sii.-h as the top of I
a h'.u-e, a chimney or a church spire:
and in the ruined cilie of Ihe east nl-iiiu-t
every solitary pillar has n stork's ,
ne-t noon the summit. The nest is
only a l iuidle of slick-, reeds and sim- !
j iiar sub-taliees heaied together, withil j
. slight d pi es-iiin foe the eggs. These '
1 a'-e u-n. illy three or four in number, 1
niul their color is while tinged wilh '
bull'.
The leiiglh of a full-grown stork is j
' aboii! three feet and six inches, and,
w hen creel, its head i- four feet from
1 Ihegioiind. lelroit Free- Presi.
tiik ii vitv in: iv it: s pim.
"I know of a naturalist down in
Maine," snid a well-known Maine col
lege professor recently, "W ho wouldn't
be convinced ihat beavers could build
dams till ho saw it dole' w iih his own
ey es. He is an awful incredulous fel
low, anyway. 1 bought a baby heaver
of a hunter who traps ihem, one day.
ami -cut him lo my skeptical friend,
lie gteiv gn a ly alltiched to ihe little
fellow and kept him in the house, but
he often wrote me that his beaver
didn't show any propensity at nil for
ihim-biiilding. One Monday, washing
day, his wife -at a leaky pail full of
water on the kitchen floor.
"The beaver was in the kitchen, he
was only a bahv then, too, nnd he saw
the wnler oo'ng out of a crack in the
pail, lie sc impel ed out into the yard,
brought iu ii chip, and began building
his dam. The naturalist wns sum
moned. He watched the little fellow,
thunderstruck, said be: l.eavcthat
pail there, wife, till doomsday, if need
be, mil let's -i e what the little fellow
will d.' The beaver kept at it four
week- until he had built a solid dam
clean around Ihe pail. My naturalist
friend is quite a beaver man today.
Thev say, you know, that Way Down
Last there i- a beaver dam that 1200,
i'00 ecuidn't build the like of. Oh I
men I'on't know everything. The
wa-p knew how to liiujje paper before
we ill, I. p.ew isinn l.Me.) .loiHlilll
Deeply Concerned.
"Your uncle, sir,'' said the. physi
cian, who bad been hastily called in,
is tin eatened wilh softening of the
bruin."
"Any syinioiiis of that kind about
his heart?'" impli ed the poor relation
nnikioii'ly. Chicago Tribune.
IX UNCLE SAM'S PAY.
Two Hundred Thousand Em- ,
ployes of the Governmpiit.
TheT Salaries Amount, Annu
ally, to $1 75,000,000. !
It ie(iircs the services ol about ;
2ti0,i.i0 poisons to run the govern- '
lip nt of the I 'nited Slab s. Their
salaries and wai'i'- amount to about
176,0m,0nii per annum. The "Klue !
Hook" for l!-!-'.! conlaiii.s the mimes of j
ir,ti00 employes, but those iu Ihe
general postal service, numbering about ,, ,,,., ,.', jf . ,ry. f the
90,000, arc not included, and 'he ,.,,,, js 10t exliiigui-hed, al'ier bav
names of the oliieeis only of tin army ; lll (Tiiiaine. there for nt h'a-i a
nnd navy are given.
The pay-rolls of Ihe I'uiieil stale.
government, it we should include pen
sioners, must contain nearly 1 ,niiii.inni
names, for, according; to the la-t re
port, there were nearly .M'l.ono pen
sioners on the rolls, to which from
2o0,0(i0 to lliHi.imO mole niiiiies are
shortly lo be added under the new
legislation, making iu ill nearly m-h,.
t'00, and requiring an annual disburse
ment of over rsloO. min. nun. So wu
may estimate thai, in Ihe year 1M'-'.
there will be required lo pay the
salaries and wages of llio p-r-oiis "ii
the government roll-, including pen
sioners, a vast sum, npproxiinatiug
lp.i iiijO.tiiju.
It will be observed that about one
sixty-second part of the population of
the I nilcd Stale is drawing money ili
nelly from the government. There
were iu Wasliinirti n alone, in smi.
over lii, 000 per-oiis employed by the
government, lLM'lii hciicr men and
1021 women. Of lhe-e lie district
government cinploy-'d '.'"'i nu'ii and
ill" women, an 1 the number iu ihe va
rious departments wa- as follow-:
I ep:irtment of Slate, eighty-evcii
inert and twelve women; licisiuv de
partment, 2ii:ll men, l'-" wo
men: wnr department, 1 7 IV men,
seventy-nine women; navy d. -parlmeiit,
I -i : l ) men, twenty --even
women; interior department, '.'o"S
men, fro I women, bin this number ha
been largely in Teased lately by Ih" up
poinliil nts in the pen-ion loir. an ;
post olli.-e department. Is! men. M7
women: department of jasiice,
men, 1"j women ', de; arlmeul of agri
culture, l.'.ii men, I'J'i women; depart
ment of labor, II men, '. women:
poveriiu.eiil printing elli a', ."i men
and 7o!l women. The Itljii'iiemplo;. es
of the goveruiueui iu Wa.-liinaioti iu
eludo the army and navy otli.'er.s s a
tioned there, die district government
organization, he Smithsonian institu
tion, national iiiu-eum, etc
Nearly nil Ihe employ e- are now iu
the classified -crvice. and an) appointed
nfler competitive exniuinat imis from
the register of the civil sen ice com
mission. There arc cilain eM'epiinii-,
as Ihe ullii'ials appointed by the Presi
dent, chief clerks, and h ads of divi.
ions or bureau-, pcr-on- occupying
confide in inl rclaiion- or cn-i 'dian- of
money, and a few others, specialists
and skilled workmen of uluio-i e cry
kind are attached to lb:' depiriin oils.
The salaries of el. : kB and copy- -U
range from te.'noo to liiT'J.i per aunuui.
New I h leans Picayune.
Ileirgars t n le nf Simiiil-.
A pculleuitiii who makes it a point
always lo carry a few nickels in hi
poekct for any iippan in ly worthy
ntciidicant whom l.e inceis during his
day'b wandering siarlo.l In iro-- t'ily
Hall Park fnuii Ihe P.nk lent side
yesterday afternoon when he was a p.
face was almost blue from the cold.
"F.xcii-e inc. Sir," snid Ihe seedy
one, ' I have been down here fur two
days from Huston ami I haven't tateii
Ob, tbnnk you, Sir, you're a gentle
man," his smudgy list closing over
the nickel.
Tho gentiem.in luriied after inking
a dozen steps and saw the seedy om
drop bis handkerchief. Iu-lanlly an- I
other beggar sidled up and al-o got a ' Ancient lit narc-.
nickel. Like the first, he was profuse The town of liemire, i- the r un.
in bis thanks and emphasized iliein by j of 1 1 nnlo-lnn and one of the most an
dropping his handkerchief. Then ! cii til l ilies on the globe. l 'hen Hal. y.
came a third with (lie plausible tale of j Ion was struggling wilh Niiicv. h for
a long and weary walk from Phiiadel- siipi eiu.i. y : when Alliens was gniii tig
pliia. in strengih: before Koine became
See here," said the gentleman, j know n, mid Cyi us had added lii-l I to
"I've just been held up by two of your the Persian monarchy, Fiona' c had
pals, anil I think you are a gang of aluadv risen to gi a al iic-s, if not lo
irofesionnls. Skip!" glory. Ib lien Thsniig, the celebrated
Number thr.'c lo ik the advice, bull t '..iue-e pilgi nn. v i-iicl He tares in
failed to drop his handkerchief.
j New York Time
A Particular Crew.
Kxcitcd Lady Why isn't somelhiiig
done for lltiit ship in distress? Why
don't some of you
Life Saver (hurriedly) We have
tent Ihe crew a line to come ashore, j toWVv. animals mid palm branches
nium. I riva'iug It l i. linis. nnd mi iitilene.s
Excited Lady -Of ail things! Were ; the tinesi -.ici-mieu- of dolhie or .ie
thc waiting for a formal invitation? J viaii nr. hiiectiue.-Tiinrs-l leuioi rai.
t.M Wells. j
The descent into wells or pits is
often attended with serious danger in !
c ilie(iieuce of I lie prevalence in the-D j
situations of air or pases n it lit to be 1
inhaled into the lungs. It occurs to
il-that ;i few precautionary hii.t-mi j
thi -libjoel may not be without their j
u.-e.
When it is thought proper Id clean
out a W"!l of any depth, or tu make ,
repairs upon it, no one should descend
into il without ( iking care i i ascer-
lain the -tale of the . ir beneath. j
This may readily be all-ete I by Id- j
ling down a lighted candle or lamp to
Ihe verv sin face of ihe water, or to j
piiii-ler of ail hour, il should he jniil. il
up, and ii heavy weight at Inched io a
cord, made I d end in ils p'ace. for j
(he puiioe nf ntiilaliiig Ihe water '
freely and fully. The Ughl is tlu-ii i
sent down again, and if on this sec
ond tri.il the flame is nol ipii'iiclied, I
within ten niitiiifeu or so. I In- Work
men may descend and coninc'iice lhiiil""i
labor-. " !
If Ihe 1 i-lit be eMinuui-heil, 1 lit!
pin i icul.'T depth at w hich it cease lo
burn should be remarked. Keuciilh
ihiil p.'inl, a man would as surety uiul.i
a- ijuickly be still'. ii iited ;is the li.tmo t
iilenchiil. The iiiephilic air or g.i
w hich produces this cll 'i't may lie of
various kind-. Iviher nitrogen or
eai boiiic acid gas or riiiphiireted by
drogeii may form Ihe vapor: or, per
haps, ii may consist of a uiixt.ir,- of
ili.'u gasi , all of which fail lo sup
port I'oinbu-tioii or i I'spii atimi.
Iu ih.' iiiiceilaintv which niu-t c.
ist as to tlie true nature of tit- Mas
found in a well on trial w illi the I'yhi,
there is but one remedial step to be
followed with advantage. This is I.)
alii r or renew the air of Ihe we'd by
vein ihii inn. In order lo uccoiupli-li
Ihi-, which is chiell. rcnd-Ted ditli iilt
by the great specilie gravity of Ihe
tnephil ic air r 'iidci ing il stationary , a
-el of plunks niu-t be laid acr- -- the
nioiiih of lite Weil, - i a-, wilh the
aid of plaster, to ---al it Iteeiiietic-iily
at all points but two.
I vi r one of the-e poin!, or tip' e
litt es, is placed a -mail d isc fi, : ii;:.-e,
fottneil in such a in.i i.itcr a to d rive
no nil- i xcepiing from the we I In In v.
Then ;i pipe of ii ntbee, like a coiniiioit
hii-pii',
nnd, I), in;
made lo d
titled into (l.e oilier hole,
.f I he tic ,-saiy Iciig ill. ;
'end liearlv 'o ihe s.lt face
of Ihe water. To k
en's- slicks or sot
unco should be u-.
I'P il.ls
oin r conn iv
This appaiain-
being prepared, a lit-' of
of coal or wood) i- kiiull
liacc. The Led"!'!'.
ml (,
he I':,:
d in
Amber t'ruw intr Scarce,
(ii iiuiiie umber i- h no means -u
plentiful as il was soine ear . and
amber cigar-holders ami pi ictu-
w ill probably rise in price. The gen
uine amber is a fos-il gum, w hi. li was
plnilliceil iu Iillle ipilllilili - bv 1 1 1 es
' hav.lig a resinous s.,p, w hi. h 11 nt cl
' I., uii the trunk- and collect.'. I in
masses al the rout. li is found iu the
! gr nnd of mat she- a d mia r pia i
j when- loic-l ll.tiirisii.-d in foriu.r
i littles, till. I i- al- i obtaine I by dredg-
iiio. Tie-I' i in. tu Ocean. Hall ic and
Ki.n-k eas formerly proilii.vl it in
considerable qua in il ie-. but llie supply
is cmisiaiitiv decri -using, and. u.ile-s
oilier liehls are discovered, red aiiiln-i
will soon be scarce ai.d cosily.
The imitation is ju-l a- goml in
every way, solhal even if ihe real
amber gives out then- need In no
diminution in the number of h.'ldit's
In this country comparatively li ile is
Used siive for ibese purpo-e-: mil ii
I udia and ( hina hi rue lumps tire ii
gli al ili-iiiaiul, for, front -oin c.in-e
an amber idol i- f.u- more biohly es
tecined liuill t veil a J'H.I. n l'nae. am
s'i lb" be-t ,'iiiilirr i.!l goes lo l!
I (()
Ilia lie lull
I. 1 .on i - 11
god- for the
ibc-llenioi -rat.
.1 lis.
j tin.) seveitili i-'i.luiy A. It., and de
scribed il iis containing thirty Hndd
I lii-t inona-icrie- and about one bun-
dreil temples of Hindoo gods. The
temples are generally small, and
j placed iu the mimics of the slrccls,
! under the .oily houses, and i oven d
wiib beaiilitiillv elaborate carvings ol
The ('makers,
I- . opV t;ilk I'Nli , and fei I so, too,
To then, life ! all a -.'lin I
'I hev siiiP and -tart, week !:..' w a'i nn.: or!.
Anil In
Th.'V i-e.
v in.
ih lie
tie
lim. .
U nit ii- l.iir,
For the m. n i
play,
And.- mil pas:
-u. nioiiriit'atly
I le
! H. in I lie s. . ,i
placid, wilh I,
acid.
Tln-ir i-i"ii eh-aire-l Ir.
The work w uii a rak" i'i I
tnaki .
And w ill ti l their -'.mo
uc, tin I 1'
ew York It. laid
111 MOltdt S.
I nu-dusiriou
A le.i.'l
eh.iiiibee-
maid.
Man always lis
ni' g-; but In al- i
When it come
cielv Ihe be-l i- in
I t 1,
j O s I,
id- hi- in-i-
mil in;;-,
iion "f - t
lhC clicali-
.1 IllU :n
e-t.
A iiv ing dog is belter lb. in :
lion. o'l can't luakf -nu-a "
dead
ill of
'IC "' '"
Waller ) v
i-- r.eie? Mi
h -s Ih. v are ii;;i
,,n n,, som
, o'.ij rliOugli to
!! I hail In- ni-'i
kn.,u- ,,,w
WI
learns the Vid ie
Mi-S , -e. - I
times, wa-n'l I?
the C il;lp..U;.' -e. Ill
you needed p.a- l'
Mei i haiit - a;i
li'it la. ..in
it! all.
ci l!,v.c
.-;
:'..: that
lo make
tieli or
ic -lore?
if ih-y
:, to ,1;
i inarrv
M :',."
(1 in. II!
W h"!l
yourself ini'lce-io."! v
Spanish eit-li'iii.-e- ml
Would-bc- leek - ci
l.ienv how to i;;lk I ii-
1 '.in l- I!
:; i:
you in
il l w i
liu;;i,i-b I h-' lu"ii
for in lin y from i
you? M ni l Tl
nie m.,ke -in h a
loois ,,f 1 1 , - tii -
p. IV CI'iV.
once, W
if lll"'os.
COok, I--V
ail. n.l. I
nii'tilii-"
wed. I
linsW er."
I ,v - .
i.a
Forth.
I - t
m .,! a ii i ,
' 'all y oil
l,.-,il:'e, 1
I foe iwo
11 We will
a dnv w.ll
kiiu
t liiiiN
llnu llnl bun! I'uyeil Oiir S' tte-in -:i.
.1:1 Ige .!.
biin-a. has
.1 In
il:jl.
til
a, Ii. r:-.
I! W':.-l
Frank ( aepem. e fe.-
Iu i"-!'.' and IN''" he w. ni t
vv itlt .ov ernor K .m-'- . , f
In -.Il ii- ir - llie I ;i I in lioil
t ime. all 1 W li b' I hero la
Holed liid.au chief . ;i ihe
mur.l-r. 'i hi- chief had be.
a band of hi- irihe w le u
While sillier- ilr.-vc up.
I III 111 W ll ! he cl .lilted VV I'
bill lllil'ol nillilteiV Ihe i lilo 1
.
!'.: 1- ,1 a
;.. ,1
1 ,.,i w ii!l
. p.tr.v of
He gave
il S Mi:.',
s : i i si :.l
a bullet I 'iii-ll-b ihe l. a 1 of one mail
and lluim.ib tie' ti '-e f th" malt'
wife, who Was tiding lei. i. id him oil
the hots. . 'I Ic man v, a- kill '. an 1,
Mrange ( say. ud'.'c N.-.-th w a- able
lo gi t the chief fi e '.
The jiiii-je is one of the P. -i liu-oilisl-
in Wa -hill;; i. m. and In ei . i .ns to
have a (el feet k i'i .vv led-..- i!,,- -,,
languaei . ,, ,,m; ago I'd ."U-!
and a n .inber of other -i uis Vu I
w e; e ,i! .i-1iiiio,'Ii, a:,. I llcy had a
inei ting '-r a n c p:i"!i at w iii- h 1 ajoe
N.ia'i w ;;- pr nt- At ihi- iv-i-,u,..:i
I.Vd Clo,;d talked to a mill. '"'e "f
ladies and gem l. iii' ii thr-'iigh , n :u-terprel.-l'.
lie .lid Ho! think I hi'1 (here
wa anyone pi s.-nt who uu,.i -to,l
the Hons l.iligliageexci pi bint-elf and
the inlerpre.er, ami he lo pt ;:.o in:: Ihe
ladie- ami say ing ail - -it- "f mean
Ihiil-- ah. ml Ihe j pie present ill
s-imix lo the i nletpi ct.r. who iiim--laied
hi- in outii iali.ins inl . i ..mi -li-
liienls.
Ked I .otid illi. lei -io.. I -mie 1 . 1 1 . i -1 1
and he bad no idea of in-ulhi..' tin
whitis. Tin I ' w a- ' I" rle. i uinh r
slriltding belwci ti hint and Ihe inter
preter, : ml In' W a- nting the mean
things f.-r fun. -ti -ii-iii;: that only
lite ino ipn t. r uml.-i-l I him.
Major N iah waih-d until tin- i I of
the parly bad ooue, and lieu, with a
smile, liski d l.'ed ( 'l.uid bow ic liked
Wii-hiligioii, ll-im; ihe I-oni'. i ; - i
' unge. l.'ed Clou ! started bin k iu
surprise, nnd when he found that
Noah bad heard hi- whole bnraiiutie,
he was verv much annoy ed and bi-jed
him not tole'd anyone of it. ; hicago
Herald.
Meat anil ( obi.
Si i in pii I si t If ad things!
i - ( 'iai u shori.-ash w illi a
Miss
Hue .
fur cloak on.
Min N'oeiisli slii voriiio ) 1 shi-.ihl
tliink shu"'! roa(.--New York Weekly-