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Come Hack, !)oar Dnj I
Como bnok, Dear Days I
Across the space
Bereft of Oliver, your stops rotraoo,
Aul gliding down tho yielding iiir
I, Ike winged siiuhentiis bright nuil fair,
Httiilooneeiiguiu ou son's oppressed,
And all life's pulses tlirlll with rest,
Dear vanished Days!
Como back, Dunr Day!
So long niid drear
The shadowy ycnr.s since you were here,
And morning beams have tlivil away
'Nenth aoinbreskios-liko souls list my.
Our lonely lives are nil unhlest
Of the d'iir Joys we love the best,
Oomo back, Dear Day !
Come buck. Dear Days!
And with in stay,
And bring micti rest - In the old way :
Some echoes of your song's refrain
Dissolves in dro:nny calm ngnln
Our scattered rum pray restore,
That wo may prize 1 st peta's more.
No more to ask save only this,
The sunlight of lire's vanished bliss.
Dear days! Come bne',
Boston Courier.
WEAVING RAG CARPETS.
J1Y 11 Kb K.N FOliKHT UltAVKH.
"Two WCek two whole Weeks!"
suid Sabinu Gray. "How shall I ever
puss them away?"
Sabinu Gray was emphatically n
working woman. For tlireo yeurs she
bail sat behind tho cashier's desk at u
gn-nt luce-und-ribboii store ou Chest
nut street, making change, adding up
long rows of figures, deciding whether
this coin were spurious or that bank
counterfeit, balancing her books every
night ns precisely as if it wero to be
her last, and oomni meing anew every
morning as regularity as the clock
struck cijjlit- -until, ons sultry after
noon the bittalions of figures
seemed to reel nnd grow dim before
her eyes, nnd they carried her homo
in a dead faint, to the breathless hor
ror of her mother, her consumptive,
brother.and tho two sisters who taught
school ami spent all their wages in gay
clothes,
"Sho mint havo change of air,"
said the doctor, "and rest entire rest
from her dutie.i!"
"Bless mo!" said poor Mrs. Gray,
"And wo with only two dollars left,
after tho rent is paid nnd tho grocer's
bill is settled!"
"And it will nevor do for Sabina to
givo up her situation, when wo need
her salary so much," said Elinor, the
eldest of tho school-teaching pair,
who had just boujht an imitation neck
lace. "Of coiirue.it isout of the question,''
said Belinda, the second girl, who was
Having up for n silk gowu.
"Very well," said tho doctor,
brusquely. "Iu that ease, you may as
well order hor coffin at once !"
And ho went out with small cere
mony. "Horrid, heartless bear!" said Mi
nor. "Doctors never do have any nerves !"
said Belinda,
But tho little, consumptive lad had
tied his faded handkerchief around
his neck, pulled his cip over his earr,
and went down to Mechlin & M ir.i
bout's to tell his simple story.
"If you would please let her off for
a few days, sir," said he to the head
man; "Because tho doctor nays that
she must have rest, and I dou't think
she will hnvo the courage to nsk you
herself."
The head man, although he looked
so boarded nnd majestic thnt Bobby's
heart sank within him, had yet a kind
heart.
"Ion nro a good boy, said he. "Yes
toll Miss Gray that she can iinvo two
'weeks her salary to go on just tho
same from Monday next."
And Bobby sped home, li-o an ar
row out of a bow, to tell tho good
news.
Tho next quest ion w,is, w here was
Sabina to go? Hotels, fashionable re
sorts, crowded boarding-houses were
out of the question for an individual
of her slender means.
"There's Cousin Alyssa Streeter has
an elegant cottage at Long Branch,"
said Mrs. Gray. "Sho used often to
spend six weeks at a time with mo
when we were girls together and my
father was a well-to-do farmer. I will
write to her. Sho will be kImiI to ro
ceiva you."
"But -mother," said Sabina, her
pnlo choek flushing up, "I have never
seen hor."
"What difference docs that make?"
said kind Mrs. Gray, who believed
that all the world was as true and loy
al as herself.
"Sho married a rich New York Bro
ker," said Miss Elinor. "I of ton won
dorcd that sho did not invite us there. "
"And alio has got a rich son," added
Boldina, "Marin Midd-dton saw him
once. A porfect Adonis!" I say, Inn,
how I wish I could go with you I"
Mrs. Gray wrote; and after some,
delay, in which two of tho precious va-i
cation-days were lost,a brief and rath-j
er frigid noto came back. Mrs. Street
cr regretted to hear of tho ill-health
of her cousin's daughter, regretted
still more that her house was full of
guests at proseut, but would endeavor
to find a room Bomewhero for Miss
Gray, if it was absolutely necessary
(these last words wero underlined)
that she must oomo at this particular
time.
Sabina made a little grimace, as sho
read tho letter which her mother
bander her.
"Must I go, mother?" said she.
"I don't see thnt there is any choieo
left for you," s lid Mrs. Gray, sadly.
"It will lie tho worst doso of medi
cino I have ever taken yet," said Sa
bina. So she started with her little traveling-bag
and the blue lined bonnet thnt
made her face look like a newly-blossomed
violet, so sweet, and fresh, ond
innocent. But instead of taking her
.. . , , . , . , .
ticket for Lone Branch, sho bought
one for Maneh Chunk instead.
For there iu the loafy wilderness
Hint skirts the beautiful Lehigh River,
lived an old Aunt Mohetablo Cooper,
who wove rag carpets for a living.
Iu the family discussions, no one
had mentioned Aunt Mehetable. She
was old uud she was poor. ; but in her
secret heart, Sabina felt that she won d
rather go to Aunt Mehetable, in her
one storied farm house, than to share
the elegance of Mrs. Streeter's Queen
Anne cottage at Long Brunch.
"I will write to mamma when I get
there," sho thought. "I know Aunt
Hetty lost a daughter once and per
haps that will maliH her none the less
glad to see me ; and perhaps I can
help her about her carpets; nnd I
know there used to bo such lovely
wild-flowers in tho woods around tho
Lehigh River.
"Well, lambent !"wosAunt Hetty's
characteristic ejaculation, asher grand
niece came up the path through tho
woods, her belt stu;?k full of forus nnd
wild-flowers. "Why it's Mary Gray's
darter, Sabiny, uiu't it? I knew you
by your bluo eyes, and tho way you
smilled at me."
"I've come to visit you, Aunt Het
ty," snid Sul i in a,
"You're ns welcome ns flowers in
May," said Aunt Hettv "that is, if
you cm sleep on tho caliky louugo iu
my bed-room, biicaiiso I've gjt a boar
der acit- vouug man. Como out
hero for three weeks to fish."
'Oh !" snid Sabina.
"But he's real pleasant," added
Auut Hetty. No more trouble than a
chicken. His name is Bless me! hero
he comes now. Adam this is Sabiny
Gray. Sabiny, this is my boarder,
Sabina h i I been half-inclined to bo
vexed nt tho idea of this delicious Sol-
titudo being invaded by anyone save
herself, but oue glance i.t the hand
some,frank face of Mr. Adam disarmed
her; aud they were presently tho best
of friends, chatting away on tho door
step, while Auut Jlotty hiked biscut,
set forth a comb of new houoy, and
produced a dish of wild strawberries
whose fragrance perfumed tho whole
room, nnd In oiled some delicious spriu:
chickens of her own raising.
And alter tea, Aunt Hetty took Sa
bina out to th j shed to see tho carpet
loom, where the bright-colored rags
glowed liko sections of a kaleidoscope.
"Why don't you lock tho door,
Aunt Hetty?" said Sabina.
"La, child!" said tho old woman.
"What should I lock it for? Nobody
comes hero but artists to sketch the
obi house. they won't wait until I
get tho ruins off the north chimney
fixed up again and neighbors to see
about jobs of carpet-wenvin'. I've a
deal of time to work sinco Adam came.
Ho milks for mo every night, and
brings homo the cattle, besides keep
ing mo in fresh lish all tho time. He
lights tho tiro for me, too, of a morn
ing, nnd tills tho kettle and brings in
wood for all day. "
"Oh!" thought Sabinn. "Mr. dam
is a poor young man, is he, working
for hia board? Well, I'm a poor young
woman, and I must do tho same. Well,
Auut Hetty," sho slid, cherrily, "I'll
cooli tho dinner for you to-morrow,
aud sweep the house, and you must
tench mo to wenve rag carpot. "
"La, mo.Snbina, that nreu't no way
to treat company I" said Aunt Hetty
"You're hero to go walkin,'nnd gnther
posies, and freshen up those white
ehoeks of yours a bit."
"Yes, Aunt Hetty, I know," said Sa
binn, coaxiugly, "but I would rather
help you a little, too just a little."
So tho next day she tied one of Aunt
Hotty'sgignntic checkoduprotisaroiind
her, and cooked the glis juiug spotted
trout which .Mr. Adiu.. brought home ;
and afterward she washed tho dishes
and wove half a yard iu a rod-and-bluo
rag carpet w hieh chnuccd to bo on the
loom before hIii went walking.
"It is such a wild, lonely life!" she
said to herself. "Ishould like to weave
rag oorpets always."
Sho lost her way iu tho woods' ot
course: but what cared sho for that?
It was only to follow the blue wind
ings of the River Lehigh till she
reached home, and, before sho was
half-way there, Mr. Adam overtook
her, ami they had n pleasant walk back
to the cottage.
There is no ploco like a summei
glen for becoming well acquainted,
and presently ho had told her thnt
he had oomo to Maiinch Chunk to got
out of the way of a houseful of gay
company at home.
"My mother wants to marrj- me to
an heiress." said he, as they sat rest
ing on a mossy log by the riverside.
"A young woman with green eyes, a
muddy complexion nnd a temper lis
crooked ns her nose."
"Oh, you could never do that!"
said Sabiuit.
v..i ,.n !..;.! i., ..;i. ..,..l..,;u
i . '
JIv idcnllsublondc.with lig';t-browu
hair, blue eyes, rather a low brow
and "
He stopped suddenly.
Sabina's faee flushed. Wns not this
the exact discriptiou of tho fair coun
tenance at that momeut mirrored in
the river?
"And now tell me why you came
here?" said he. us if to change tho
conversation.
"I am a shop-girl," snidS ibina "a
cashier rut her in a Philadelphia
store. I have ten days' vacation to
spend here. I was to have been sent
to a fashionable cousin iu Long Branch,
but but I preferred to come here.
Now Mr. Adam, we must hurry back.
I nm to get ten for Aunt Hetty."
"Wu ill hurry back by nil means,"
said he. "But you niusu't call mo Mr.
Adam. Say Adam."
"That would bo very familiar,"
said Sabiua.
"My nomo is Adam Streeter," said
he. Aud I certainly shall not permit
you to sny Mr. Streeter."
Subiua started.
"Streeter?" sho siiid. " Aro you
Alyssa Streeter's sou?"
"I am."
"It is a Kismet!" cried Sabiua,
laugaing. I came here expressly to get
uway from you."
He bit his lip.
"I comprehend yon nre tho pretty
working-girl whom my mother was bo
afraid of. Perhaps that wns ono reason
why she wa.s so anxious thnt I should
como out hero trout-fishing."
And both tho young pcoplo burst
out laughing, until the gray old rocks
echoed again.
Wns it at all strange that, uud or tho
circumstances, Adam Streeter and Sa
bimi Gray fell inlovewithcnchother?
At tho end of tho two weeks, Mrs.
Gray cume to Mauch Chunk to bring
her daughter back to the city.
Sabiua was at tho traiu to meet her
aud drive her homo iu Neighbor j
Hawkins' wugou through tho Lehigh
Woods.
"Bless me, darling how plump
und rosy you have become!" said tho
widow, heartily k'issing her daughter.
''Oh, yes, mo thcr!" faid the girl ;I
havo grown quite quito well again.
And I have learned to make the lovli
est rag carpets you ever baw, all out
of odds and ends. And and I am en
gaged to be married to Cousin Aly6sa
Streeter's son Adam."
"Dear me I" ejaculated tho bewil
dered old lady.
"Isn't it strange that all theso things
should happen in so short n time?"
said Sabina, brightly.
As if love tho roguo did not
always come upon us swiftly and silent
ly, like tho flight of a gold-winged
Tho lino had come for the out-blos
soming of Snliua Gray's heart--that
was nil. Saturday Night.
Ilow Titles Predict Storms.
Fresh interest has recently been de
veloped in tho fact that West Indian
hurricanes, and other great storms at
sen, frequently pnniuco a romarKaoie
effect upon the tides along neighbor
ing counts.
When a tempest is approaching, or
passing out en the ocean, the tides aro
proetieably higher than usual, as if
the water ha I boon driven in a vat
wave before the storm. The influence
extends to a great distance from tho
cyclonic storm centre, so that tho pos
sibility exists of foretelling the ap-
roach of a dangerous liurricnno by
menus of indications furnished by tide
gages situated far away from tho placo
then occupied by the whirling winds.
Tho fact that the tidal wavo out
strips tho advancing storm shows how
extremely sensitive the surface of tho
sea is to tho chnugos of pressuro
brought to bear upon it by the uover
rcsting atmosphere.
No Chance for It.
Tnpdoigh I wonder why lightning
never striken twice in tho same place?
Wngleigh Well, you can't gener
ally find tho place. Puck.
CHILDHEVS COLUMN.
MY IIOI.I.IKS.
Oil, I've such a lot ol dollim.
It would really make you stare!
Just twelve! Would you believe ItJ
Twelve ehlldren in my pare!
Everyone says, "suph a family !"
Hut they 'ma great comfort to mo.
Mamma calls em "Helen's Untiles,"
And that's what they are, ynu ses.
There's H"ssle, my biggest ,l,,ly ;
Nho's as old as stie pan be,
I'or she was my mamma's dully
H'-fore she belonged to m'
There's Clnrn, nnd Aliee, an I .lnnln,
And tirade, with golden lottr,
And eyes that shut and open;
Hlie's most alive, 1 declare.
Now, Dot Is n denr little dolly.
In the sweetest blue satin dress;
And Nellie, aud Celia and Hattie
You'll think there's n lot, 1 gu"s.
There's Jtobbie, my little sailor,
And T"psy, as rule as can be.
And Ko-('luiuir-Kee, the Chinaman
They're all so d-nr to me.
I'm sure so big a family
You won't very often see j
But this is a "truly story,"
About my dollies and me.
-Child (tardea.
IlOO TltAlNS OF MAN1TOHA.
In tho northern districts of Mani
toba dog trains nre still in use and
very satisfactory is th time made by
the animals, who sUnu over the frozen
snow nt a rapid rate. A train arriv
ing at Stanley, covered 350 miles in
four days well on to ninety miles n
day. Tho railway has ojieued up com
munication with the settled districts
in southern Manitoba, hut tho do,-?
c n t i n in s to supply the best means of
trans't for passengers and innils in tho
sparsely settled regiom. New York
Recorder.
AMt'&KMENTB OF Al'MCAN NATIVES.
I remember seeing a game, which
for want of a better name I will call
football, played at a villngo iu tho
breezy uplands of Central Africa, be
longing to a chief called Majamboui.
Rough goals wero put at each end of
the green, and sides being chosen, tho
boll was kicked off from tho middle of
tho ground. Tho game was played
much in tho same way that our Asso
ciation game is played, but there was
n good dual of "handling" and not
much idea of tho rules of "offside."
The natives understood "dribbling"
wonderfully well, nnd I saw some re
markably good play, for they wero
clover at dodging aud passing the ball
to their own side. Still there seemed
to bo no very close or regular rules,
each man playing pretty much ns ho
saw fit. The sides, moreover, wero
not limited to any particular number,
aud tho ball being struck from hand
to hand, wns as often iu the air as on
the ground.
The game, which was started with
about ten boys on each side, was soon
joined in by tho elders, until in n
short tinii almost every grown-up
man in the villngo was taking part iu
it. As soon ns any of them got tired
and fell out of the game, others took
their places, sometimes as many ns a
hundred men playing nt the snmo
time.
Tho game soon became fast arid
furious, and the greatest excitement
was shown ; tho women nnd children,
too, all turned out to see it, mid wero
quite ns noisy iu their demonstrations
nnd showed quito as much interest in
it ns the spectators do nt a football
match between Harvard nnd Yale.
There was no limit as to time, nnd
tho game, which wos started at about
two o'clock in the afternoon, would, 1
believe, havo gone on till midnight
had not. tho ball burst with a loud re
port in tho middle of a scrimmage,
nnd so with much shouting and laugh
ter it ended toward sundown. Har
per's Young People.
(ood Time In Un to Japan.
Colonel Cockenll, writing from
Tokio, advises his fellow-countrymen
that this will bo a good year to mo
Japan. This is so because tho nation
will bo in finest feather after a glori
ous war ; because this is tho year of a
qiiadrenniel national fair to bn held in
Kioto ; nnd because Kioto, being tho
heart ami soul of old .Japan, is tho
most interesting city iu tho empire.
It is a recognized art center nud its
bazaars will bj countless. Moreover
this year is to bo celebrated ns tho
1,100th anniversary of tho accession
of the present dynasty. Detroit Free
Press.
A Treasure.
Mrs. Johusou May Brown has
grown up to be a fine girl.
Johnson Yos, indeed! She's; a
great comfort to her father.
Mrs. Johnson Is she?
Johnson. Yes; sho aud her mother
often disngroe about what they want
him to do, and Brown thoroughly cm
iovit the deadlock. Puck.
STYLKS IX CANES.
African Walking Sticks Are Now
Fashionable.
Many Novelties Manufactured
From Imported Woods.
So mnny persons carry cones nowa
days that the manufacture of tlii'i ad
junct to dress has become unite an im
portant American industry. It iB true
that most of tho iinliuished sticks are
imported, but hundreds of people are
kept busy preparing them for market.
People prefel wood of foreign
growth.
Fashions in ennes change with other
dres and for several years the only
proper stick to carry has been of nat
ural wool. These sticks are treated
w hile grow ing to give t hem a knotty
appearance. No one in this country
could afford to spend tho time in
watching nu 1 trimming sprouts.biit in
the rural districts of Europe there nro
many people who earn n livelihood iu
canestick growiug.
There is reported to be oue wood
grown in America for walking sticks,
and that is Irish blackthorn. Accord
ing to on old canemsker, the introduc
tion of Irish blackthorn iu tho United
States was begun by a native of New
Jersey, who a few years ago brought
some roots over from Ireland and
planted them. The roots sprouted
easily, and it is now said that "Jersey
Irish" blackthorn sticks are superior
to thoa-j from the Emerald Isle. But
nu blackthorn is decidedly out of date,
it is possible that the New Jersey arti
cle will not cut much of a figure in cau,o
manufacture for some time to come.
The most popular wood for a year
or more has been what is known ns
the Congo onk, u stick supposed to
como from tho valley of tho Congo,
but tho bulk of which is imported
from Hungary nud other countries of
Europe. It is tho cultivation which
makes the Congo oak canes what they
are. All bticks are marred while
growing, sons to have the regular line
of knobs, that gives tho cane its
value. They are imported straight, aud
arc bent und trimmed in this country.
A wood that holds its own through all
tho changes in stylo is tho French ad
relette. Among the other foreign
woods now popular nro Scotch firs,
Madagascar swamp wood and English
ash. Tho swoct-secuted German and
Scotch wexel is getting out of date.
Many cauo sticks are uow imported
from tho West Indies, Central Ameri
ca and the fertile region of tho Ama
zon, aud are finished uuder various
tinuie.H. China and Japan have also
furnished their share of canes, in a
variety of bamboo bticks, which nre
considered choicu by many people. In
New York city there are over two hun
dred small shops where theso stacks
nre bout, stained and trimmed.
Thero have been known a number
of uotcd meu whoso hobby was tho
collection of nil varieties of canes,
and it is said that Lester Wallaek col
lected during his lifetime several hun
dred of the finest and rarest kinds.
The most valuable of all woods for
cnue-makiug is said to be African oak,
which only grows on the edges of the
desert, nnd so slowly that it takes
years for tho wood to becom? tho size
necessary for a enri". There nre re
ported to bn but half a dozen canes of
it in tho United States.
The constant tendency of the Amor
cnu mind to have some new, requires
cano dealers to continually bring out
now sticks. A new taking stylo of
wood is shortly expected. New York
Advertiser.
Carrier Pigeons For the Navy.
Professor Marion instructor of
modern lunguages at the United
States Naval Academy, w ho has charge
of tho pigeon loft there, says that
Secretary Herbert is entirely in favor
of tho system of tho use of carrier
pigeons iu tho navy and that it is the
hope of those interested to h ivo car
rier pigeon cotes at all our naval sta
tions. Secretary Herbert got nu idea
of what could bo done by pigeons
while on tho lust trip on the Dol
phin. Professor Marion has invented n
method of carrying messages iu small
aluminum water-tight cases attached
to tho legs of the birds. This device
it is thought is a grent advance over
tho present method of attaching the
message to a tail feather of tho bird
for frequently tho feather is pulled
out nnd tho message lost.
Captain R. L. Phythinn whilo Sup
erintendent of tho Naval Academy,
took tho greatest interest in tho work
and experiments of Professor M -it ion,
nud other officers nt tho station have
pnid hi n i I n r attention to it. Ciptitin
i'hythian believes thnt the experiments
which have boon made with .101111117
pigeons nt tho Naval Academy have
demonstrated that the birds can be
made valuable in carrying communica
tions from vessels operating near the
coast, and that the pigeon service
should bo established 011 11 recognized
basis. Last summer birds were taken
aboard the Monongabelia nud the
Bancroft on tho summer cruise of tin
cadets nnd during the whole period
only nine birds failed to appear, ol
less than ten per cent of the entire
number. S me of these nine birds nre
accounted for by tho fact that they
were liberated from the bhips off the
mouth of Deleware Bay, aud mistak
ing it for tlie Chesapeake with whoso
waters they had become familiar had
tlown directly up prob ibly to the vic
inity of Philadelphia and so were
lost. Professor Marion does not
claim that his birds are infallible, but
he objects to certain statements made
by Joseph liiiguol the pigeon expert
nt Paris. M. Lugnol said that the
pigeon could not ily jit m a furthei
than i!0() kilometrt s, or about l-'o
miles; that nt a greater ilistanee from
land they would refuse to leav th
ship aud that they became sea sick.
Professor Marion replies that his ex
periments have 1 u attended with
greater success nnd thnt instead ot
200 kilometres the flights ,,f ler.U
have in several in-tn;ic s bee n 11 long
as 200 miles over the ccenn, with n
speed somewhere m ur thirty miles an
hour. New York Sun.
Beasts ns Mind Headers.
"Io you think uinnrils communi
cate together?" was ii.sked of llageli
beck the liou tam-r.
"Thoy put their heads close together
and soi m to have n sort of sign lan
guage. They expie.ss such simple
thoughts as 'I'm tired,' 'get out of the
way,' 'stand back,' 'are you well?'
quite plainly, to my observation,
among each other.
"Tho language of animals seems
quite plain to 111 ," continued tho fa
mous lion turner, earnestly. "Men
havo a considerable ability to com
municate facial express on nnd ges
ture, but school themselves to repress
theso natural expressions of rage, four
or friendship, nnd say by oral lan
guage what their wisdom dictates,
often quite the opposite of what they
feci.
Animals on the other hand are ton
simple to make lulieve, and this gift,
which meu misuse, is their regular
mode of communication. Notice how
quickly a dog scents ruge or sorow iu
his master's face. Wo can't see the
expression of a lion's face except of
ruge, but his companions can.
"I have ulso thought that animals
have the gift of thought reuding in
stead of power to speak. Did you
ever see one animal fail to understand
another? I never saw such it 11 instance.
The range of their thoughts is limited.
1 do uot think they cuu read men's
thoughts except very imperfectly, be
cause they are so extensive mid com
plex beyond their comprehension. I
am inclined to think that what we call
mind reading is mere survival hero,
and there of the lost sixth sense which
was probably common to primitive
man, nnd which animals possess to this
diy." Kansas City Star.
The Slaughter of 1-dephants.
Pi Berlin a number of African trav
elers, colonial politicians mil scienti
fic men have formed a "Committee
for the Purpose of Taming and Pre
serving the Afric m Elephant. It is
computed, nccorditig to statistical data
of the export of ivory, that no feoi
than DO.O'lO to fel.imO elephants are
killed every year. The committee say
that being so, the time is not far dis
stant wheii the last elephant in Africa
will have disappeared.
With such prospect in view, the
coliimitttoe have decided to put a stop
to this mischievous slaughter. By
taming and maiiiing tli ! last represen
tatives of a fast-ily ing-out nnimul
would the committee hope to pre
serve unimpaired the enormous power
that the elephant is known to possess,
so that he may be of still further use
to mankind. The (ieliuiu Colonial
Company have already devoted a large
sum of money to this put pose, and now
the Colonial Department of the For
eign Ollice have augmented this sum
by granting a liberal allowance. Lon
don News.
Itlg Prices for Postage Mumps.
A Binttleboro 5 cent postage stamp,
black on buff, was sold for S500 re
cently in London. Threi St. Louis
10 cent stamps brought $;) nnd 05
apiece. Other prices were: Moldavia,
108 paras, blue 011 pink, 1'V; Spain,
2 reals, red, of 1 K.1 1 , ll"; of 1H.VJ,
$100; Tuscany, :t lire, yellow, .l;5ll;
British Guiann, S cent, green, $101)
and $120; two 4 rents, primrose, $:10D
each, while nu K.oent green nnd a 4
cent orange 011 tho sumo envelope
fetched Sf.OO,
Jo the 'Funny Fellows."
This world has too much grief and pain,
Too many tears by half,
Aud so, my Lies-dugs do I give
'Jo those who make nie laugh.
Then let tbe croakers pass along;
Their talk is but ns clialT,
While strength is in the playful words
That stir the lightsome laugh.
True, serious moods must have their pile'",
I'or work is life's great slIT;
Hut they toil best who imw nnd then
Send birth the merry laugh.
And so. since shadows f irm of life
Ily far the larger half.
Our fervent blew-dngs let us give
To those who make us laugh.
( I aha J. l'l-MoN. in Demurest.
HUMOROUS.
Watching the tied The people at a
Wedding.
Pride is like the gilded signboard
ot a bad hotel.
Tin man who thinks he cun muke a
success of ni veinl things is not a suc
cessful thinker.
The one time in a man's life when
lie wants the earth is when he falls
overboard ill mid-ocean.
The reason so many humbugs gain
fame iu tie se days is that the bidder
has born su-perscdod by the elevator.
L.idy (visiting arsenal 1 What rifle
is least used ? Soldier Tho Miuie,
muni. "Aud tho most H "The Maxim,
mil 111. "
Next to a railroad track, the sinnll
boy prefers the untloored second story
of nu unfinished house ns n play
ground. Venous Malinger Why nre you
feeding camphor to that elephant?
Trainer To keep fh-J moths out of
his trunk.
Isn't it funny? They frequently
pay mc as much for a short lecture as
for 11 long one. His friend I should
think they'd pay you more.
"So the insolent fellow refused to
pay his rent?" "He did not say so in
words, but ho intimated it." "Ilow
so?" "He kicked me downstairs."
Contentment in this life does not
consist in making others think ns su
perior, but merely in making our
selves believe that we make others
think so.
Malinger Thero are only a dozen
people in the house. Modern prima
donna I'll go ou and bing. It isn't
worth while to disappoint such a small
audience.
The man who boasts thnt ho works
with Lis bend instead of his bonds is
respectfully reminded that the wood
pecker does the same, and is tho big
gest hind of a bore.
Tho little Boston boy was visiting
the littl-j New York boy, and a spell
ing match was one of their amuse
ments. "How do you spell muss?"
asked the little New York boy. "1-ln-b-r-o-g-l-i-o,''replied
the little Bos
ton boy, and the little New York boy
fainted.
Chase (to dentist) I won't pay any
thing extra for gnu. Just yank tho
looth out, even if it does hurt a little.
Dentist I must hiiy ymi are very
pluckly. Just let me see tho tooth.
Chase Oli, 1 haven't got any tooth
ache; it's Mrs. Chase. She'll be hero
iu a minute.
Master of the house (on his fiftieth
birthday 1 to his guests: Ladies nnd
gentlemen, this day lifty years ago,
when I first saw the light of this
world -nm, 11111 -I did not for a mo
ment niitii'ipHto---er---anticipnte Unit I
should see so numerous nnd- uin---so
liistingiiished a company gathered
around me.
Hew Ploiers I.gtrs Are f ound.
The collectors of plovers' eggs nro
very busy now, and it is extremely
amusing to watch them nt work, an
even in this humble art there nre two
distinct schools. A solid and careful
method l to take the fallow moorland
or other ground and work it slice by
slice, walking each time from end to
end, so that not an inch of ground is
in sseil. Nearly every egg is thus
scooped iut: the basket. The other
is quickei and more intelligent. It is
to trust to the observation of eggs and
birds, and search the field irregularly.
A boy or woman, often the latter, will
in this way collect a small number
very quickly.
)ne can not help regrett ing, however,
that thero is such n tasto for plovers'
eggs as tho (locks of birds are being
visibly thinned. Somo day, tcrhnpH,
it will bo discovered tl t phoasiiuts'
eggs aro really much moro palatable
and cost a great deal lesj ; you may
buy them for about throe cents u
dozen. Wero a demand to orisu it
would be easily satisfied, since tho
production of pheasants' eggs for salo
has been developed to an extent that
might well oxc.ilo the envy of ordinary
pcu'tr jr keepers. Pall Mall Gazette,