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I
Dreams.
When midnight o'er the vrmUinl skies
Her jewell'd rolie of splendor flings,
We feel the glance of wistful eye,
We hear the rush of spirit win;;;
A fnir-haireil vision comes -to me
With prattling tongue and wili-hing smile;
A dearer Mill, lcr'haiiee, (u t hut!
Of her who shared lliy heart awhile.
Knch liatli Ills own dear, treasured form
jn dreams that to his heart returns,
Kound whose dead features, still and warm,
The faithful beam of memory burns. .
A mother, father, Child or wile,
A friend long tried, a nniidin ' face,
Whose passing love once Tilled his life
With something more than mortal grace.
A little shoe, n lek of hair.
The picture your dead darling made,
The merry laugh, the pensive air
At midnight by dead lingers played,
A II, all of pain or peace or joy ;
Tiic head with grief, mtimely gray,
The memory of that wounded hoy
Who, I'hristlike, sank hi side the way.
A star, a cloud, a smile, a tear,
A still voice, Ninini through the night
A loved one pas-ing wondrous near,
So near we nlmo-t see the light ;
These are the dream, at twilight gray.
That haunt these trnub'rd hearts of ours;
Hut sterner, fiercer still than they.
The wailing j,hosts of waste ! hours.
.I- It. I'arke, in Detroit Free Press.
THE MILLER'S THIEF.
Komclhing very unusual lo jn iol
Tulinloy luul huppctind, ami Talmley
was decidedly n it Jiuforlahlu about it.
Of course every holy know as
everybody know every tiling in tliat
delightful place, where each neighbor
was a friend, each friend a brotlier
ami what the village folk knew was
this the miller, old Harvey Jameson,
had been robbed.
"A queer business," said the miller,
shaking his dusty head solemnly, and
telling the circumstance for the liftielli
to his neighbor, Farmer Greene, who
had dropped in lo syinpalhi. with his
old friend ; "nobody knew I had the
money but my daughter Jeunio and
yentiy Levee, anil I can't su-pect 11
single soul, i put the money in a tin
box, and 1 put that anions it lot ot
otlior boxes in tin: cupboard, wailin'
till 1 could go to the bank wi!h it, an'
lo and behold ! when 1 went to got it
out yesterday there wasn't a single
sign of box or money. I can't under
filand it."
"Neither can I, ucighh r," said
Greene, running n brawny hand over
his shock of untidy hair; "neither
rati 1. l'.ut 1 do think ye set loo
much store in that young tiiau ye'vo
taken into your hon e, an' mbbo
ye'vo mistook him. lie's a deal loo
line about his clothes an' bis hands
an' his Lair lo be loo honest, but,"
cautiously, as he saw the llnsh that
Stole over Jameson's lace, "but liiebbe
I'm litlkiu' (oo fast, but it's mighty
curious ami one don't know what to
think."
"O.ie might Iry lo think nothin'
that weren't charitable," said th-i
miller gravely, "an' I don't su-pert
the lad. It's nior'n I'd like, to lose, for
it lakes a time to earn it. Hut young
Levoo didn't have nothin' to do with
the slealin' uo niore'n you or me
un' I'd rather people wouldn't kinder
hint lie had."
"Tuiu't in nature not to think it
scein' ho's a (Stranger, an' in. body
knows what or who he is; an' lie has
his line ways with him an' talks like
a schoolmaster," said Greene sitib
bornly. "I don't like to seo you look
in, neighbor, ami I'm mighty much
afraid you arc by that mill hand of
yourn."
Then Greene held out his hand to
the miller, who was in deep thought,
Uiul bado him good day, and betook
himself to his duties on the farm near
tho mill.
Hut tho farmer bad left a seed of
doubt behind him; and when ha? such
a seed not found soil to nurture, it
until its fruit hung heavy on the giant
treo which shadowed a friendship or
darkened forever a so il immortal?
In Talmley there win but one wiio
had not been born (here, and that one
was Dick L-'voe, the stranger who
hail crossed his threshold si months
before toa-k for employment.
Jameson wanted a hand in the mill,
and hired I lick, taking him ns a
boarder. The yotrig m in had "line
ways," as (Ironic said.
lie was not especially handsome, but
he was cheerful, courteous and will
ing !o work, un I yet, for nil Ijiat,
fhowed unmistakable signs of having
had no occasion lo perform any labor,
ut 8omo time not far past, lie was
educated even Jennie, who ha I spent
a year at boarding school, could be
insti uete I by him.
"I'll just keep my eyes open and not
let on for a while," thought the miller,
'bnl as (ireeue said, who else couid
have stolen the tunicy?"
lie perceived uo change in Dick, no
confusion, no sigm of guilt, but great
ly to the good man's consternation ho
discovered some thing else. The young
until wat in love with pretty Jeni.ie,
and she was fully conscious of tho
fuel.
There was a new dillicu'ty, und
ono w hich tho miller did not care to
meet.
Ho was pondering over it one day
three weeks after the robbery, wl en
(jalvin of the Hollow called and paid
him .'0 which had been duo 6otnc
lime.
'I hear your houso isn't a very
sociiro place for money," said Gnlvin,
with a smile, "but 1 hope nobody
will walk oil witli this while yott'ro
asleep."
"I'll take caro of thai," answered
the miller, conscious that liek could
hear, "I don't cale'lalcon bcin' robbed
twice by tho saino person, and I've
got over thinkiu' everybody I meet is
ho:iest. Good day, sir. Much
obliged."
Glavin departed and the miller went
into the houso.
Jennie was Binning s f tly as sho
sewed at a window. Mrs. Jameson
was not in, having g o l'- visit a sick
neighbor.
Without a word the old man passed
into his chamber and there secreted
the money, frowning ns ho did so.
"I'll send that fellow pack in' soon,
whether 1 find him slcnliu' or not," ho
muttered. "It ain't nouo loo com
fortable a feclin' to know you've got
to lock up every dollar you get and
not lell anybody whore you pul it."
lie ate his supper that evening in
silence, Jennio and Dick chattering
incessantly, and Mrs. Jameson told
about every aclio anil pain that tacked
the woman sho had been to visit.
Hut the miller could only wonder
whether or not that frank, manly face
and those cheery tones of his cmploje
belonged lo a knavo and scoundrel.
"An' Jennie and him seemed to uu
siaud one another far too well," he
soliloquinl. "1 used to like the lad,
but I'd as lief see my girl care for old
blind Jack, the M idler, us thit lino
gentleman. As Greeno says he'sj too
fancy about himself to be honest.
I've heard the greater the rascal tho
more genteel, an' I guess I'll load the
rihV."
lie did load his rill'.e and placed it
near his bed, telling his wife that he
"warn't going to lose tiny more
monoy, but the lirst ono that came for
dishonest purposes would loso his
life."
Mrs. Jameson was very nervous,
concerning the proximity of tho rifl1;
she begged her husband to put it fur
ther a way, declaring he might touch
it in his sleep "an' mako tho thing go
ell"" and probably kill her.
"I never move in my sleep, so you
needn't bo scared," ho told her. "if
1 touch the gun you can he sure it will
go otV, but I'll not touch it in my
sleep. I sleep liko an honest man, 1
do."
So be went lo bed and thought more
of his daughter than of tho money
under the carpet. However, lie did
think of his money sometimes, and,
in fact, hii thoughts ran from Jennie,
in the thoughts of the money-lender
ran from his ducats to his daughter.
At Inst he slept, but not too soundly !
dreams visited him, and unpleasant
ones I boy were. Vision after vision
canto and faded, and his wife was
alarmed beyond measure to sec his un
conscious hands go out again and
again, perilously near somcliincs to the
loaded rille.
It was midnight before she slept at
till, but then her sleep was profound.
It was broken at last by the strangest
and most thrilling of sounds, no less
startling than a hoavy fall and a loud,
harsh, reverberating report, as though
a cannon had been llrcd through the
door.
No woman is ever too frightoned to
scream, and Mrs. Jameson's shrieks
were loud and shrill as she cowered
tinning lite bedoloilun, and a scram
bling iu Iho darkness and muttered
words she could not understand dlJ
not I 'Mid (o calm her.
There was a rush of feet in the hall
widiout; a stout shoulder sent the
door inward with a crash, and Dick
I.evoo, who had inndo this uncere
monious cii'imiico, stood there, with a
light high abovo his head, his keen
eyes scanning Iho apartine-it swiftly.
It took him a moment to coinprol
end, and then he laughed with im
measurable amusement.
Tho miller, clad but lightly, was
sprawling on the tljor, a da.jd won
der in his face, tho old rille, which ho
had struck ns he fell, lying harmless
bosidc him and now unloaded; a win
dow was open, and through it camo a
Una sheet of rain; Iho old man was
soaking wet and raindrops glistened
ou his hair and scanty garments; his
bare feet wero muddy, and altogether
he presented any thing but an agreo
ablo or presentable sppcaranco.
"What has happened?" asked Dick
as soon as his mirth could bo sup
pressed, as he aided tho miller to his
feet.
"I I don't know," stnmuicrot
Jameson,
His wife, hearing voices, cautiously
peeped out from under the coverlet.
"Hobber!" sho cried shrilly.
"They have been hero again. Have
they shot you, Harvey?"
"No, wife, I'm not shol," said Har
vey, "an' I don't think there's been
any robbers round. Fact is 1'vo been
sleep-walking."
"What I"
"I've been walkin' in my sleep,
sure as you live," groaned the miller.
"I'm all wet, so I mint have gono out
of doors, an' the h'ird only knows
where I have been or what I've been
doiu'. I was drcamiu' of that llfty
dollars"
He broke oil' and hurriod to (ho
spot in which ho httd hidden (lie mon
ey. It wa3 not thorc.
"You'ro rather old for bitch capers,
Harvey," his wifo was saying.
Hut hu didn't hear her. Very
blankly he dirtied to D ck. who had
now retreated to the thresrliold where
Jonuio was standing, white mid start
led, hut rnvishiiigly pretty.
"Lad," the miller said solemnly, "I
believe I've robbed myself. I've
heard of such things, and now I be
lieve I've jiut done that, an' I hain't
got a notion where 1 put the money."
"Is il gone?"
"Yes."
"Then you had best put on dry
clothes, sir, while I go out and try to
follow tho tracks you have probably
left in tho garden. Your feet.arc so
mild ly I'm sure you must have been
there. I'll report in a few moments. "
A whispered ecntenoo to Jennie at
the door, and Dick was oil to don his
boots and laugh at the remembrance
of (bo miller's plight.
With a lantern hu went out into (he
rain, and his gravity departed again
as utider Ih ; window of tho miller's
chamber ho discovered deeply indented
footprints, which proved that Jame
son had emerged '.ike a schoolboy.
Tho big, bare feet left plain Iracet
in the soft soil of the garden. Diet
followed them on across the road, ami
found that they ceased tit one cornei
of tho mill. A loose board had been
freshly replaced. Ho drew it out and
there, iu the aperture, found a smal'
tin box.
Taking it out, he hurried back to
dud Jameson, his wife und Jennie up
and drosscd, walling for him.
Tho miller took tho box eagerly
and opened it with scarcely steady
hands. There wero Iho -Qfiy dollars,
and under them the money of which
ho had thought Dick had robbed
him.
"Lad," he mid turning to his em
ploye, "1're been thinkiu' ill of you
for the last few days, an' 1 ask your
pardon. If I can ever do you a good
turn cull on me."
I take your word, sir," said D'.ck,
cheerfully, going straight to Jennie
and taking her hau l. "I want your
consent to my marrying Jennie somo
day when I have proved myself able
to lake caro of her. Wo love each
other, and I hope, sir, you'll not
forget what lovo was to yoursolf
once."
"Xo, I don't, lad," said the miller,
with a tender glance towards his wife;
"but a mill hand gets but poor wages,
and you'll have to wait a wbiio."
"As for that," said Dick. "I think
you'll have to look for another mill
hand, Mr. Jameson, for 1 have nnothei
oiler, and intend taking i!. I wiwn't
brought up to labor and was at c d
lege when my father died, leaving me,
instead of tho thousands I expeetod,
nothing but my empty, ttutruineJ
hands. 1 left the coliego and fato led
me hither. If 1 havo shown no talent
as a miller, 1 have won iho sweetest
girl in the world to love me. Now a
friend of my father's oll'irs me the
post of bookkeeper in his bank at n
salary on which Jennie and I can live,
I know. I didn't take your money,
sir, and I'll forgive you foi suspecting
that 1 did if you'll give me Jennie."
"What do you say, daughter?',
asked the old man wistfully.
I lovo him, father," sho whis.
pored.
"Then I'll only say, 'God bloss you
both!' " said tho miller.
How Fortunes Are Miule.
"Dae secret of the Chicago packers' ;
great fortunes is simple," said a re-d-
dent of that city recently. "They j
don't wasto anything. Everything is I
made use of but tho sipieal. They j
can't catch that, so it is wasted. Fun. j
ny thing that they do with tho blojd.
It is all caught in a great tank, and j
after it clots is carted of to a stamp
ing house, whero powerful imi'diinci i
are busy stamping it into buttons. '
Ye, buttons of blood are no novelty j
It is all done at ono stamp of the big
dies, and it was found that they wcai
remarkably well. They are easily dis
tinguished by their peculiar dark red
color." Ciaciunali Timos-Star. I
I'llILUKKVS (OU MX.
IMlT AM Tllltt.
Mistress Dot, so neul nun fair,
liosy-eheeked nnd hazi l-c yed,
And dog Trim, with shaggy hair,
On the floor sit. hide by side.
There is milk in Potty's cup
Trim Is anxious f r a Miarc,
Fearing Dot may drink it up.
Leaving not drop to span'.
Poor Trim gives a longing Inok,
Kor he fain would iiicurh his thirst,
Mill, with sir of grave relmke,
Dottie murmurs, "Ladies lirl."
New York Advcrtis.-r.
A PATIIKTIi: spniv.
A young woman who had a iiindcf
garten iu New York City during tho
tmminor had a practice" of telling tho
children stories. Ono day she called
for a return of the favor, whereupon
a small girl began iu a whisper:
"Onco (hero was a father and a
mother, and (he mother got sick and
fdio said, Hc good to me, I'm sick.'
And she kept on being sick, and ihey
died in each other's arms." Ccrlaiu
ly, for brevity and breadth, this
li conic tragedy could hardly have
been better put. Iu these 30 words
there tiro elements enough for a ihrce
column title. St. Louis Uepublie.
A tl'lV I'.l. Mt lll NTKU.
Hears are thicker than blackberries
in Hritish Columbia just now. Iu fac1
the crop is heavier than in many
years. Nearly every day bring its
bear story, and sometimes I n o. The
latest comes from Surrey Centre, ami
it is a good one. Samuel Wade, the
lo-y ear-old son of K. T. Wade, clerk
of Surrey Municipality, went out to
shoot a few brace of grouse while his
parents were iu the city on a shopping
visit. The youngster was armed with
an old muz.lc-londing army mti-ket,
but carried a few slugs in his pocket
in cue of meeting larger game. S itu
had not been long in (lie bush when a
bear and two cubs ran ticro-s his
truck.
Dropping a slug ou top of t" o
chargo of grou-e shot already iu (he
musket, ho took rapid aim, and had
the great good luck to instantly kill
the old bear. Loading again rapidly,
ho got a shot tit one of the cubs, and
put an cud to its cxis cnee. The other
cub ran away, and the young hunter
went over to the nearest neighbor's
houso for assistance. The farmer
carried au axe wben lie went back to
tho spot with Sammy. II to they
found Iho remaining cub suckling its
dead mother. It would not leave, and
Sam despatched it with the axe. The
boy deservos great credit for his pluck
iu tackling the old bear, single-handed
und poorly armed.
On the sanio day, (.'. 11. Clow, for
merly of this city, killed a large bear
on his ranch near Surrey Centre.
New Westminster Columbian.
sit ir kkkp ri:;i;ii; away.
livery boy should keep a good stock
of hopo on hand, and the determina
tion lo carry out whatever he under
takes. Years ago, tays !' nest, and
Stream, when Professor O is T. Ma
son was training the young, audio
fore he had entered iip.ni the compre
hensive ethnological studio which
have mado his name fatuous iu iho
publications of the Smith mian Insti
tute, he required each of hu pupils, at
a certain stage of progress in study,
lo write a loiter. Oao of his young
est boys had constantly failed to ac
complish this task, and was finally
told that ho must do his duty or bo
scut homo lo his mother.
The boy at last said through his
tears: "1'iofcssor, I can't write a let
ter, but I think I can wri e a story."
He was allowed lo substitute this for
the letter, and hero is what he wrote:
"Wunst ther was a prcchcr ami ho
got onlo a ship and lie sale I and salod
and salcd and binie by lie came near a
iland and when be come near the
iland a big storm como up and it blode
and blode and blode and the jireclier
and a'l the peopcl on tli ) ship though!
they was going to git drownded and
a littel bird got blode. of the iland
und tried to git onl tho ship but
cvry lime ho tried to git onto t he
ship Iho ship loanod over the other
way and the littel bird got left but he
didut set down iu tho water and cry
he just kept peggin away and binie by
he lit down into a sale and a sale.i
went up and got the Intel bird out of
the salo ami giv him some bred and
water and bitno by when (ho storm
blodo away tho sun como out and tho
ship come to land and tho prcchcr and
all tho pcepol was glad and the bird
fludo away. Morel If you doetgit
what you want first jest you keep peg
gin away and youl git it bimo by."
Kussia has published a statement of
the seizure by her cruisers of Hritish
sealers in Hering sea, showing her
course to bo blamclci.
RELIGIOUS ZUNIS.
The Pueblo Indian Pays Under
All Circumstances.
Cvorythinr,' in His Daily Life
Has a Sacred Side.
The I'ucblo Indian, says C. 1''.
I.iimmU in Frank Leslie's, is essen
tially a religious person. Tho most
trivial of his ncls (.'11111101 bo stripped of
a sacred import. Helms even sue.
ceeded in that most hopeless of tasks
to ho at once Christian and pngiiu.
His btisinos ull'iirs und his amuse
ments, his agriculture, his hunting,
his dances, his races, his wars all are
under the dual patronage of saint and
fetich, and ail have their sacred sido.
His prayers are as endless as the
wheels of Hui mah ; and when he has
no time lo pray m person, ho is not at
'oss for a medium to pray for him
tiiul to keep it up beyond the endur
ance of human breath. His i-aints
hang iu tattered canvas and fading
oil upon the u lobe walls of church
and home; his particular fetiches aro
hidden iu the csiufa or in secret places
of tho mountain", and never seen by
alien eyes. Hut .all around his towns,
in raiu-cai ved gullies, under sheltered
banks, his lonely Utile prayers may be
found praying themselves day ttnd
night, until they succumb lo stress of
weather.
Ho is not an idohtfor in. our u-ual
careless npplie nlou of tho term. His
fetiches arc nut worshipped for them
selves; they do not even pretend to
be likenosse", but merely to represent,
in an occult way, the attributes of Iho
I'owcr for which they stand. He
would not think of going to hunt
wi liotit (he rudo Bintie imago of a
coye'.e swiftest of runners in his
p 11 :h. To be. thoroughly ellie.iejons
il must have an arrow-head la-bed to
the side, eyes of coral or Inrquui-c,
and a bruit of tm ipioise set iu the
middle of the belly ami holding under
it a pinch of the .-acred 111 al. One of
Iho 'Imieest linniing-feiichcs in my
colhctiou is a hear made of the pecu
liar striated spar found by the Zunis,
und grcaily valued by them for orna
luei ts and charms. The top of the
Ilea I, which is black, is us uniiiislak
iibly a counterfeit of tho bottom of a
dcr's hoof as could be carved in
and the feti h i- particularly designed
fi r deer-hunting.
Tho automat ie prayers are small
whittled slicks, aboil the size of a
leud-peiieil, with a tuft of feathers
bound near the top, the bottom being
stuck into the ground lo keep the pray
er pointed heavenward. The color of
iho fealheis nm the bird from which
they are chosen vary with tho circum
stances and the object of the prayer,
llagle's feathers are of great cllicaey,
and bright-colored plumes from pea
cocks or gay Mexican birds are highly
valued, an I are largely bought from
the sou hern tribes. S much is color
a matter of oinm, (h it traders will
sell countlc-s packages of goods that
come in red wrappers, while the. blue
packages remain undisturbed upon
their shelves.
One of the 111 ire important of the
invocations is that oll'ered to the Hero
Hroiliers, M li-lz i-lai-n.i nnd A-hui-u-ta.
These brothers, who are among
the leading liguies in all Southwestern
mythology I'uehlii, Nivaj) an 1
Apache- wi re sons of (he Sun Father
and the Moon Mother. It was they
the aboriginal twin From Ile us who
descended to the inner recesses of the
earih, where mankind then dwelt in
darkness, gave them lire and the stone
knife, and at la-t, after tiiaiiv vicissi
tude', brought them out upon the face
of the earth through the sacred lugoou
Co-thlu-ri-lom n which lies, accord
ing lo the Zuni tradition, i:i 1 i-lciu
Arizona. The brothers are now wor
shipped as the god- of war.
A l ight With I'irales.
"I once luul an adventure with
pirates 011 the coast of Canton," -aid
Captain Hen Archie, a retired ship
owner, to the writer. "1 was outward
hound from H lsion in tho Sarah Lee,
and was earning an assorted cargo of
considerable v.ilti j. I lo-l two men
on the trip out, live were sick and the
six left weie scarce sulli -ient to work
the ship, miieh less to tight for her.
"We were working along slowly
one day againsi a light head wind,
wlieu three j inks well loaded with
villainous-looking freebooters bore
down upon us. Their appearance did
not worry us much, as we had two
brass six-pouuders ubiard, end I had
loaded them myself. H sides the men
had side arms and I had a double-barreled
ducking gun loaded w ith btick
ihot. 1 waited until tho foremost junk
was within 400 yards, when I trained
the bow gun upon its crowded decks
and applied (he match. To my Mir
p Iso it would not lire. I ran the
priming iron down into the vout und
found that tho powder was soaking
w ot. I hurried to tho other gun und
found It Iu the btiiue condition.
"Wo had shipped a coollo cook 11
few days before and ho had spiked
my battery with a cup of water. I
caught him just ns he was about to
leap overboard for a swim to the
junks, placed him at tho wheel and
ordered him to remain there under
pain of death. I disposed my six
men around the decks to repel board
ers, and when the foremost junk wus
within fifty yards I swept Its d"?iis
with my big double-barrelled duck
gun. The junks all fell oil.
"The pirates liiano-uvretl, gesticu
lated ami called fir au hour; then
tliny triad it nguiu, all three keepii g
close together. I divided the barrels
between I wo of them and they again
fell oll'shricking and jabbering. They
did not attack again, but kept along
with us. They wero evidently waiting
for nightfall, when they would liit ko
u concerted attack under cover of the
darkness. I tell you it was not 11
pleasant outlook. Justus tho sun was
going down a Hriii-li man-of-war hove
in sight.
"I was never much in love with the
union j.n-k, but I tell you I was nevci
so glad to see anything in my life,
SI. 0 came down witli the wind will
every thread of canvas drawing, und
the junks took to their heels. They
did not start soon enough. Afcr a
short spurt the Hrilislier opened with
her bow chasers. Il required only one
volley. Then she sailed square through
l ho wreckngo and water swarming
with tawny bodies and kept 011 hci
course, leaving tho wretched buc
caneers to feed the sharks.'' St.
Louis (ilobc-1 lemocral.
A IMaiiKUid-Stmlileil Meteorite.
An interesting luhiit'on has beer,
mado to tho mineral cabinet at Har
vard College iu the dininoiid-bearinf;
metoorite lately discovered in Arizona.
It. will bo remembered that these dia
monds were first found by a professoi
in a cavity of iron which ho was sub
jecting to examination. Finding that
his cutting too! was arrested by a h id
subsiatiee he investigated further nnd
met with several black diamonds and
one white one.
In order to sec w hether other por
tions of the meteorite contained dia
monds a piece was suspended iu a
platinum bowl. The current from 11
voltaic battery was then sent through
the bath from the cage to tho bow)
and the iron dissolved away, leaving
a black slime, which, on being washed,
showed black ami wldto particles.
The black v .'0 amorphous carbon,
the whito partly quartz, partly dia
mond. The quartz was dissolved by
digesting it over a steam bath with
strong hydrofluoric acid. Tho dia
monds were found to cut glass and
scratch topaz or sapphire. 1. amends
are found lo occur in old volcanic
vents, such as the Ivimberley mines of
South Africa, which aro tilled with
decomposed intrusive material thrown
up fioin great depths.
Professor O. W. Huntington recent
ly expressed the opinion that since the
earth is apparently a mass of meteor
ites covered with a eru-t there ought
to be abundance of diaiiion Is ut great
dep hs. Chicago Ni w s-l! -cord.
A Troublesome Critic.
Albion people often recall tho ec
centricities of pious old IVavy. lie
wus the most fuiihful churchgoer evct
produced by that rural and somew hat
tragical town. Very nico was Ik
about Scriptural quotations and ncvet
failed, if a preacher garbled n pas
sage, to shoot up liko a rocket from
his scat, and burst forth: "'lain't
so! Uon't read that way!"
One day the pulpit w:i- tilled by ar
cx-laiiner, noted ueithi r for the boil
estv of his deal nor tho merit of lib
leather. IVavy regarded him will
disapproval; so, when the unwary
minister read Iho account of the Is
raelites' wandering in the wildernesi
and ventured to notice the interesting
sia ement that for forty years thcii
shoes waxed not old, the eccentric
stint seized his opportunity ami
shouted out : 1
" 'Tain't none ' your tannin' !"
Lewis'ou (Me.) Journal. j
Yt Illinir to Compromise.
"No," said the young woman, "Il
can never be: l wi-li 1 coiihi hav
spared you the pain of this refusal,
but let 1110 say"
"I) ui't say yon will 'always bo a
sister to nie,' Miss Kerleigh!'' howled
the disappointed man. "Anything
but that."
"No, Mr. Wellalong," sho said
gently. "I am hardly old enough fji
that. Hut 1 might be a a niece 01
something of that kind, you know. :
Chicago Tribune.
(3 oil Save Our I nnd.
God save our glorious hind,
May tho Kcpubllc stand,
(iiul suve our Land!
J.mg may her banner he
lloiior'd on bind ami sen,
Hoast of the sor'rclKii free.
tii) J hv our I .me!!
find aid Columbia's cause,
liver uphold ln-r law s,
(iiul save our land I
Jllt-Hs Ihou the toll we tn ad
Klcsa nil Its sui'i'vd dead,
That in Thy cause have hied,
(Jod save our Land !
tlunrtliaii of Liberty,
Vo raise our prim r to Thee,
(iod save our I. unit
Join in the Anlhi 111 fraud,
(Iod save our Kit hi rland !
l.otitf may our t 'nioii stand I
(Jod save our Land!
.. M. :
lll''llt.
M'MOKOl'S.
Sti.iul.ird works A 11 tg-niakei's.
A steady job Walking a tight
ope. in infancy the pathway of life is 11
'ittle "rocky."
It is queer, but a lively boll often
resnlts in a deadlock.
Woman was made after man, but
man has been after woman ivT since.
Most men liko to so- themselves in
print, but women don't; they prefer
fcllk or ml in.
They have "po'aio socials" in Kan.
las. The inline may be from the fact
that young folks go there to pare.
"I hope you will like my friend,"
he said. "He Is a vcrsiit iln fellow.''
"I know I shall," she replied; "1
simply ntlore poets."
"Named your boy John after your
self, Mr. Harrows?'' "No, Mrs.
Toinson. We havo named him James
after a prolonged family row.
'You're launched scum In wedded life!"
To chap who'd taVn u second wile
Said out his friendship sharing.
"Yes," iniswiTt il he In pointed hra-e.
"They told me I should mend my ways
And so I tried ri'palrhn;."
"It's been pu.ling my brain," inad
veilontly ninuikeil Snodgrti's. "What
ha-?'' asked Snivcly. Whither u
u an with a glass eye ever has a pant
in it."
Nellie Mamma, (ieordie's swal
lowed a quarter an' he's chokiu'l
(Ieordie's Mamma Oh, my child, why
did you do It? Now 1 htiven't enongb
for a cur fare.
"They say the child looks like me,"
said (largoyle, displaying his flrsi
born. "(Indies a gi.nl deal," ro
plied danders: "still, I don't think 1
would drown him on that ace nut."
Mrs. l'culherleigh Ms. Sktimpy ii
paying you u great deal of attention,
daughter. Ilutightrr (who knows thai
Mr. Skrimpy's licentious are confined
to frequent culls) Hut he's not pay
ing it out of his pockcihook, mamma.
"No, sir," said the young man iu
the brown suit, "we are not quiio ir
the same line of business. The com
pany you work for insures. Mini
a-surcs. See? Yours is lire. Miu
i- life. You repre-eiit insurance. I
represent assurance."' "CeHainly,'
assented the man in gray. "Anybodj
ran see that."'
Waking" the Ilea I.
Said a well-know 11 einbalmer of lh:i
city, speaking of waking the dead!
The custom is almost universal, hiic
iu some form is oh- rved by every
race und tribe whether civilized o'
barbarous. Iu this country we up
apt to associate wakes with the Catho
lie. people, but the silting up with tin
body after death, and q reiully due
ing the night time, from time out o'
mind litis been practised by those o'
every other creed.
"This eti-ti 111 probably originated
when embalming and tindertakins
were very ciude ui.d iu their infancy,
nnd the dread of dear friends an
relatives at leaving the bodies of thcii
loved ones chuic over night, and U
prevent any injury to lite body,
watchers selected or appointed, win
sat. up alt 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 ami took turns ie
looking after the condition of thl
body. Then tho doubt in many peo
ple's minds that their lifeless cues lire
Hot really dead is another reason foi
(he custom." Fhiladclphia Fress.
Wealth from C;-lifoniia Orchards.
Kcturits from California orcliiirdi
arc now coining in, and some of tin
profits shown arc astonishing. Win
Amesbnry of Healdsbtiig, Souoms
county, has fifteen acres in German
prunes from five to eight years old.
He had this year 90,X0 pounds ol
dried fruit which ho sold for imo00,
making a net profit of 7500. At
orange grove iu Itivorside of ten acres,
of mixed seed ing and buddod vari
eties, was sold for 10,000
The trees are fourteen years old, am!
somo years the reveiiuo is JoOO pel
acre. ("New Yoik Tiibuno,