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iine-teaths of the recraits for the
British armr are drawn from the ranks
f the unemployed.
Of the $900,000,000 trade of the
Spaniah-Anerican countries, the At
lanta Constitution estimates that we
get about one-fifth. England gets
more than double our share of thi
traffic."" f-Ovv
It is citonishing to the St IxuisRe
iblio hbvr manv rxor7fl hplipx-fl ihn
X w.w
. publi
: fitory thkt Napoleon Bonaparte
put a
; check fot'?100, 000 f r an cs.(2 0,000) in a
s , Ai-ixanc piece and that the coin
V M.r thattho people "did notwanta'fiTfe-
' . 7 franc Pce, and that in order to create
, demanl for silver money of that de
nomination the Emperor resorted to
the derice mentioned. The check, or
treasury order, was written on asbestos
paper and made in the coin. It would
be interesting to know, if all this be
, true, how many five-franc pieces have
i been broken open since the story of
the check was first circulated.
i
n
s
Til
ii
I
her
8feet,
Thl -orlSj Lady from Hushaby st
f is stealing ; comes creeping j
Thr -les they hung from, her head t
AcCf!h&s a dream that is tiny and
bn-Hurftth her DOnnift to Ton. mv
. J
rei sne nnueia you sleeping i j
is one Uttle dream of a beautiful
drum ; t' . . ' -.; .
ub-a-dnb V it goeth v ' j ; V.
is one little dream of a big sugar-plum,
tract ana jast the other jdreams
come -,r-' . - - I y ;
01;pguns that bang, and tintops that hu
tihd m, trumpet that bloweth I I lo
1 1 ... - . j . -v f - Vfi
When Emperor William ' tasted the
food of his sailors on board his yacht
at Cowes he did only what is prescribed
in the United States Navy, and prob
ably every navy in the world, states
the Chicago Herald. When the Italian
man-of-war, the Giovanni Bausan, lay
at Brooklyn Navy v Yard, the "young
gentleman acting as officer of the deck
on a certain day excused himself to a
visitor and turned aside to taste with
due solemnity a portion of the sailors'
noonday mealheld up to him on deck.
The same thing occurs at early morn
ing, when coffee is served, and at night
when the sailors- have .supper. The
officer of the deck is the representa
tive of the Commander, and when the
former tastes the sailors' food he does
it vicariously for the latter. Emperor
William merely did for himself what
the United States Xava "Commander
does -through the officer of the deck.
Antics go a-noating on;silvery Hreams.
AiiifUQ stars peek-a-boo i with the
j misty gleams, .4
4.ndp, up and up, where the Mother . Moon
hMm I 7
I '
he fairies go winging
"Wed you dream all these dreams that are
I tiny and fleet? j
fThey'll come to you sleeping ;
Sj-nutthe two eves that Am
sweet, !
X I I lie iVOCt-a-UV I.RiiV frnm TTr-ioV,K
street,
h poppies that hang from her .head to her
feet, r
Comes stealing ; comes creeping,
Eugene Field, in Chicago Record.
trombome rslaver at the cafe-
concert in the "Esplanade, 'and
he it is who brings all the fashion-'
able songs of the day to Galignan.' Eor
a week after the returns there is a
constant concert going on every night
at the Grand Cafe de lTTnivers ; his
whole repertory is gone over, old
as well as new; he never wearies,-but
sings on and on. And all who listen
clap their hands and cry, "Oh, this
Cassoalet of ours !there is certainly
no oioe like him !" ' . :' - '
Bat the most ardent admirer of Cas-
soalet,' the one who: followed him like
a shadow and who applaudeH "him fTfo
drink together one of these bottles of
white wine that von know about, those
rkeep for my friends on special occa
sions at the far end of the cellar. ;
The thought of the white wine
brought a - smile to Cassoulet's face.
Yes, certainly, he knew, it ; well, and
liked it even more He winked, flicked
with his tongue, and said, "I accept !"
At the same time he was really glad to
do a service to his old comrade. More
over, he was not sorry to have a chance
to be listened to a little, for there had
been no nocial meetings at the Grand
Cafe de l'tJnivers for . some time. . In
sximLicr-tni.veninjrsoverrerv neaw
loudest even before he bean to eirr niii hot. Ha began o cough and hum.
urand street, ; wno, i Bauaiacuofl iuaii xie sim possessed tnat
weary, my
HE SUBSTITUTE SINGER
Wl.ti'.'LHU
HAT i was a good
story they told me
as I was sitting
near the station at
Galignan, waiting
for the train, v
Do you know
Galignan?, It is a
little village you
could almost hold
Vp(in your hand,
urawn ciose To
gether under the
few trees that sur
round it, as if the
carpenter of
dentally, sang in therGalighan
CJiurch. Never did Mallamprav aare
tov compare himself with Cassoulet; he
recognized him as his master never
even had thelea entered his mind of
seeking to equal him whom,he con
sidered inimitable. Still, helhadhis
own faiae and his special ad
mirers; tut he himself stdenced
them, and ed them in the applause
when Cassoulet intoned one of his su
perb and noisy refrains whicn they
chorused with their voices an with
the beating ol their glasses on the
table. Therefore, Cassoulet would go
to the ends of the earth for Mallam-
prat, and MaUamprat would cast him
self into the fire for his d&mrade
Cassoulet.
.Now, one
o'clock in the
i ' . . . t
smoKing nxs pipe oetore tne apor o
the station, tranquilly waiting for th
train from Ferigoulet, when he sa
before him on the hicrhway, walkin
ro
iti
am
sonorous" organ which had made him
so fatuous;
"I can count on you. then?" asked
Mallamprat for the last time.
mend, extending his own as he spoke.
"You may go and baptize your nephew
and all the rest of them, if you like
with tranquil mind. Don't disturb
yourself. Everything will be right."
nnr -i i i t .
xou quite understand, wnat you
nave tq do?"
"Perfectly. I have heard you often
enough to know, hbw you go at lit !
When your turn comes to siner, they
ive you a - sign and you go right
UHead.". -
Ho had " something to talk abon t
that day, I - can assure you. ; E
congratulated every i one ; . gently,
slowly, with real enjoyment, he turned
but the most - beautiful sentences,
searching for his prettiest words and
his newest 'metaphors. V You ought to
have heard what he said about Cas
soulet; he compared his voice to the
trumpet of Jericho which could over
throw walls. ; - .; '. .
Cassoulet, all V this time, having
nothing else to - do, had quietly . fallen
asleep. It must be admitted that the
day was one of, the hottest of the sum
mer, jsuch as you can experience only
BILL ABFS JiETTER.
Son
oy a Recent Eloperati'
XoTe
j
the Children and Old Age TTIU
Yon Blessed
Find
at Galignan.' :
"Exactly so. But, if you wishi we
hiight have a little rehearsal this even-
Saturday about fourfiEg." n
afternoon Cassoulet was "By no. means. I have sunar plenty
of other things, and more difficult
things too," said Cassoulet, bridling
up. . . - s ,
And the other bowed before him.'
Just then the bell in the station
very quickly and mopping his
with his large handkerchief wit
red squares, Jean-Bap tiste Ma
prat. He was marching along, g
ulating with both his long, thm
and as soon as he saw his frie
L I
hastened still, more, motioning tq him
and crying out. ' ji
Cassoulet. as he was heavy, fat anal
slow of gait, waited for his frieJdd tf
come up. Then he asked, )Well,
what is the matter ? f;
m k
"Oh!" And Mallamprat ereBticuf
j.
rang,
"The
Tarascon
'I'
in Germany, td re ports United States
. Consul Hason.1 ftnti-beggary .?eti.
organized to resist the importuities of
tramps and oiher. mendicants. They
aro also to bo found in other towns
ond Yillages, and their members are
supplied with small, brass discs, which
are fastened w their front doors. Each
disc has an ascription informing the
applicant fo charity that the owner
of the house is pledged not to give it,
and that he must apply at the office of
the society o: at the "relief station,"
"which is a ljarding-houso outside of
town where aU applicants for food are
required to work before it is given to
them. Such a practice, comments the
New Orleans Picayunne, might oper
ate satisfactorily in cities where there
is a large police force, or in the conn
try where householders keep a big dog,
but W new urieaus ik.wuum uu un
less. It is against the' law for tramps,
beggars and street venders to ring the
trade, but it" is, entirely disregarded
through the inability of the small po
lice force to look after such intruders.
gel
lated wildly, all out of breath, lettini
ma iiparr nnnv tr. on inn npnn n ri
t-.-.v v.i.T.i. l rrtj Cassoulet opened his eyes to iheii
IV II ll'll 1 M 7 K- wa w Til flkl. m.m m 111111111111. ii n I - , (.
-itohd tttetcliei beioi you,- border
train," exclaimed
stic-j Cassoulet, rising. "I return to my
ms, post. Good-by, Jean-Baptiste. Have
, ha a good time." , y '
"Good-by, Trophime, and thank
you!"
And Mallamprat set out again Si a
run , in the directionof his house in
haste to tell everybody that the affair
was satisfactorily settled, while Casspu-
let rushed to the platform to;meetthe
train, which rolled in at its customary
moderate pace, and to utter his re
sounding "Travellers for Gaillar
hies, Ferigoulet, Baracan, and Tar as-
iuxi V3.ieu, anu luoy Buono-wixa curifjfwu, lajitJour eeaia j ...
1 oaiir. . yi eu f no . as&eu again. ' ; -t-j f .j.ijei.ii u.t v -u i bxio
e Ixuisville Courier-Journal :
1 T-
many reasons wny xng-
Says
There
lish should be the universal language.
It is spoken by two of the most power-
I ul aud inlightened Nations on the
face of thV globe, whose possessions
extend arpUnd the worlfl. 1?ha use of
SOy litogCgdnSairgtowa. faster JBihce
sthe beginning of this century than
any other. lt is in possession of a
literature whlso richness is absolutely
unriraled. On this continent the
English-speaking race is .absorbing
and assimilating . rich contributions
from all the civilized races of the
world. All the world is becoming of
kin to us, in a literal as Well as in a
sentimental sense.. That'English is to
be the dominant speech of the world
for the next thousand years is plainly
foreshadowed as any futnrei event can
be. Sagacious men in all Nations are
coming to recognize this as inevitable.
If the advocates of a universal language
can unite at all, they can unite in the
selection of English. Certainly English-speaking
people will never ex
change the language of Shakespeare,
Milton and Byron for any such
barbarous jargon s " offered by
Volapuk, or any similar - system,
envolved in -a closet and shorn, of all
those living beauties which the life of
a great people breathes into the in-
Btrument adopted for the communica
.tioa of their thoughts andf eelmgfc
church, an bid, low building of Jlac:
stone, whoso three spires rise in a Jt
angla above the top of the front . wa ,
all three cased in stone, and surmoun -ed
by a great iron weathercock, whic i
turns with a grating noise. Beyonc
vines and olive-trees cover the plai
and txtend up the hill sides. I
The station is at the yery entranc
of ttle village a little, station, not i
all noisy, before which the trains m j
quietly, not hurrying ; j stoppiagl if
need be, to pick up a forgotten bumlle
or a belated passenger, j .r I
Beside the station stands a littliar
bor, upon which hang bunchel of
grapes swollen to bursting; ajfew
wooden tables, and some chairs wiose
yellow cane seats are worn throng in
places, form all ' its . furniiire.
This is called Le j Grand !afe
de rUnivers, for I; must tell
you that at Galignan eyerythin is
"grand;" there is a Grand stnet,
Grand square, and a Grand founta a
the last a little stone construction) 'in
which you have to open a faucet tolet
the water play. It was in this arbor,
in point of fact, that we were waiting,'
while above our heads the bees,
hummed around the white grapes,! and
the crickets chirped under the plane
trees. f ' j .
Galignan is famous not alone for its
Muscat grapes It also possesses Bar-thelemy-Trophime
Cassoulet, an em
ploye of the station, and : celebrated
for more tnan ten leagues round about
for the superb way with which he cries
at the departure of every train, ."Pas
sencrers for Gaillargues,1 Ferigoulet,
Baracan and Tarascon,1 take your j
seats I" -He wno naa no aeatu uu$
?ry.bas heard nothing. The words ring
out like musket-shots; and' the last of
them cause the air to vibrate as do
claps of thunder. The windows of
the station rattle ; the crickets, stricken
with fear, stop their chirping; the
dogs run to their holes; the cry is,
heard even to the most . distant part!
of the village, and tne oia men
waxminc themselves in the sun
t their heavy silver watches
from their fob pockets, look
at them, and murmur approvingly,
"Half-past four; the Tarascon train X
we have the right time !" : ;
Above all, Cassoulet has a way of
uttering the last word, Tarascon, which
is indeed unique Tar-r-r-r-raa-con!
rolling it out with a really formidable
noise. And there are people there
abouts who will assure yoU quite
soberly that he could join the Grand
Opera Company in Paris whenever he
wished; that he has often had the po
sition offered him. For you may well
suppose that, endowed with 'such an
"organ," Barthelemy-Trophime Cas
soulet sings. There again, also, he ex
cels ; there is none like him to sigh
forth the languishing poem of senti
ment which has to do with blue flow
ers and little brooks, or to thunder
out some song of heroism-in which the
notes ring like a trumpet-call. Once
a month he goes to Nimes to . pass
an evening "with bis cousin, a ;
day
al.tne masf.J
other, making signs - that he was pi-imen as well as women, big and little,'
ting his breathe . And he began jo old and young. Just think .01 it I
pant" again, " while Cassoulet calmy Nothing had been talkedof the "mght
waited. At. last his friend poured dtt before through all the village but the
all in a breath the storv of what lid departure of Mallamprat and -Cassou-
hftTmened a" frightful thiner. a misfr- let's taking his place : every one was
tune to make one lose one's head ! lie anxious to see how the latter would ac
following day, Sunday, he was obliged quit himself. Accordingly at an early
to go to Baracan. A baptism frin nour tne little cnurcn was crowded in
which he could not absent himself; s every corner. ' Even the church-war-
sister's child, and he was to be gjl- den's pew was invaded, and the, good
father. A superb child, already 1- cure, who had never been present at
most as large as its father and moth ," such another joyful occasion, was visi-
and which resembled - himself 1, bly agitated.
wonderfully.! The ceremony wot d As for Cassoulet, he stood there in
be magnificent. Eating would be p- his Sunday coat, with his good, full
face quite placid, as cairn oenind tne
singer's desk as on the platform of the
station, looking at everybody, making
signs of salutation with his head or
hands, a little contented smile on his
ing on ail day long 1 aii tne reiatit
were invited. And 01 course it wa
impossible for him to refuse to go, aia
so put everybody out the parson, t
father and mother, the godmother, an
everybody else. .V .
What was more, the preparati
for the feast were : already made, the
fowls 'picked out, plucked, and- mide
ready for the spit, the cake alreadyjin
the oven. If he had been warned even
two days before, it 'might have fb4n
possible to put off the ceremony. Bat
it was just like them ; they did eve
thing in that fashion. They had ar
ranged the whole affair without con
sulting him, and it was only, jic .v,
hardly an hour ago, that he receii id
by post a bit of a letter which let Itm
know what was "going on. : J -Cassoulet
looked at him confusedly,
listening without understanding. The
other went on, sprinkling his talk with
vigorous exclamations, gesticulating
more and more, sometimes striking his
friend on the shoulder, 4 sometimes
-seizing "him" by the hands, and ending
by telling him that under these cir
cumstances he alone could save mm ;
that without his aid the baptism would
be a falure, the banquet lost, we
mother in tears. ..'-.
,1 count on you," he repeated, as
the other, did not reply. "Thanfct
And now our friendship is one. 01 ui
and death !" And, seizing him by hfe
two lone: arms, he kissed him noisir
on both cheeks
lips. That morning on rising, he
tried a fevr notes. Never had he been
in better or fuller voice.
As he accompanied his friend to the
station, he had quietly shrugged his
shoulders when the latter gave him a
last word of advice.
"Go ! go !" he had replied, pushing
him into the car which was to take
him to Baracan. "Baptize everybody
at your ease. "We have no. need of yon
here." ,;And the train departed.
"Well, the mass was superb. Oh,
friends, what a success was his ! 4 And
such a voice ! . The windows trembled
at it ; and the little stone saint mo
tionless in their niches, seemed al
most about to wake from their eternal
slumber. Cassoulet's voice, rang, like
a trumpet, sometimes rolling like dis-
tanwtnundeiy overpowering tne organ
that accompanied him, drowning it
out entirely. j'r-: r
Sometimes out or thr wvcr-vr iiio-
ye juaseoulet glanced at the . poor in
strument and the organist who was
scrambling away at it, trying -to make
himself heard. Pshaw ! "Why, it
hardly made more noise than a - wood
en clapper I 1 ! "r
Whatsis more, the longer, he sang,,
the stronger his voice -grew. The
organ stopped, overwhelmed, . out: of
Once escaped from the sudden clasi J breath, as it were, and still 9 het sang
Cassoulet first eot his breath: th
quietly, without hurrying himself, J
arked: I
"But you have not told me wilt
ou wish me to aoi juauampib
ked at him in astonishment, tht
urst into loud laughter. I
"It is so, to be sure," he said. 'b
a word, this is what you must do.
morrpw is Sunday ; theref ore of cour ,
there is high 'mass. If I am not the ,
who is to sing it? One person ale 3
can replace me you ! For as to a -ing
the cure to change from high m; ).
to low mass, one might as well ask: t s
river Durance to swallow up the Bhoj ,
ya tniVral to nlav on tho flntA. t
you must take my place at the singi I i0T'
OeSA, Or X aiu a xuair iiimi, .iu a
passes during either mass or vespe.
And even if there did, it could wait 1
little well enough. . It's agreed, it
not? To-morrow you will sing in :
place, and when I get .back, we vl
on. it was really a -matniincenttocca-
sion, and all GallignanV talks of it1 to
this day. i
When church was but, Cassoulet re
ceived a positive- ovation, But he
modestly refused to' linger to accept
it ; there was only time for.himto run
to the station and resume his, post; a
train was whistling ; and five minutes
later thewondering village beard him
uttering his wonted cry, ; more;sonor
ous and beautiful than ever. -"The
hour of vesper servicofarrived.
This was what the people werelparticu
larly expectant about. . Here f Cassou
let could really let his voice out to its
best Every one was anticipating it
Vespers began : everything went on
perfectly; Cassoulet's triumph . Un
turned. ' The time for the sermon came. ' The
cure made a sign ; the singingurtopped,'
and he mounted into the pulpit
in nis big armchair a very, comfort
able armchair it was. I can assure you,
with broad back' comfortably sloned.
and arms just the right lieight to hold
j uuo up. - a mild light prevailed. . Bo
I -warmth, fatigue, and the shade all
aiding little by little he had fallen
asleep, lost in - golden dreams, while
from the pulpit above his eulogy was
ix j i . .. '
uciug uiiereu m giowing terms.
The organist listened, watching the
pulpit, his hands on the keyboard,
ready to play. He had not seen Cas
soulet fall asleep. .
Suddenly the cure made a sign.
Quick I No time to lose. The organist
presses thej pedals with his feet, and
nudges his neighbor with his elbow,
saying: "Attention! that is for us."
Cassoulet, awakened with a start,
jumps up as if a spring had been
touched, and, forgetting everything,
thinking himself still 'at the post at
the station, begins to shout, in a voice
like thunder; fPassengers for Gail
largues, Ferigoulet, Baracan and Tar
ascon, take your seats!"
The rest of the story I missed, be
cause the ; train was coming into the
station, and Cassoulet's voice was call
ing us. So, if you are some time pass
ing through Galignan, get them to tell
it you. I have written the tale as it
was told fo me ; but you miss in it the
sun whict was shining upon us, and
he cricKBts which were chirping and
almost, it seemed, laughing among the
white leaves of the plane trees. From
the French, in the Christian Union.-
j "Fiim-Flam" of a New Kind.
A. very neat method of operating the
flim-flam game was exposed the other
day when Samuel Ash, James H. Mc-GLbEseryiJrTN
"ttenry 'T. Wallace were put :ion;trial
'before? u'dge "Wilson ?Cie'' Quarter
sessions uourt. , charged with eon
pspiracT-andj' the larceny of sums- 'of
money ranging from 90 to $20 from
the proprietors of a number of small
stores in the upper section of theeity.
Ash, who is the youngest of the quar
tette, pleaded frailty , on one of the
bills and described the mode of opera
tion.. The four traveled together
about town, and when they came to a
store one of them would take off.his
coat and hat and give it to the others
to hold for him while he went into the
store and asked ishe proprietor to give
him a $10 bill for ten $1 notes, as he
wished to send it away in a letter, at
the same time holding an envelope in
his hand. Upon obtaining the $10
bill he would hand the notes of
smaller denomination to the store
keeper and busy himself in sealing the
letter. Upon counting the money the ;
storekeeper would find that there was
only $9 and would immediately call
his attention to it. The conspirator
would then feign surprise anr count
the mpney over himself. Upon being
assured" that there was only $9 he
would gracefully apologize, saying his
mother must have made a mistake and
if the storekeeper would hold the let
ter in which he had sealed the $10 bill
he would run across the street and get
the extra one dollar. . Invariably the
scheme worked to perfection, and after
waiting patiently for the return of the
young man the storekeeper would tear
open the envelope to nnd that it con
tained a blank 'sheet of paper. Ash
testified that the other defendants
were parties v to the fraud and shared
monev. The others denied all
knowledge of the conspiracy; disclaim
ing any connection with it whatever.
Philadelphia Times.
j Boom for Homesteaders.
An examination of the records of
the Iiand Office at Guthrie, Oklahoma,
shows that there are 1,500,000 acres of
land- in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
reservations in the western part of Ok
lahoma Territory subject to homestead
entry and which has never been filed
upon. This is nearly all first-class
agricultural land, well watered and
partly timbered and can be had for
$1. 50 par acre. In Beaver County,
generally known as No Man's Land,
there are also over 2,000,000 acres sub
ject to homestead entry. This1 county
adjoins the Cherokee Strip on the west,
and much of the land is better watered
and more fertile than a large portion
of j fiie Strip. - These 2,000,000 acres
are absolutely free to the homesteader,
the last and only free . land in the
Southwest. All a man has to do is to
settle upon them and live there, and
why so many should overlook these
f red" lands and wait for the Cherokee.
Strip, where they must pay from $1 to
$2.50 per acre for the same quality of
lend and fight for it besides, is a mys
tery. American Farmer, i
Boston has a Portuguese colony
numbering about 3000. They are for
the mostjDaxt sailors.
- Every now and tlien come ric'i man' daugh
ter up north runs away with tie Coachman or aT
a negro nr awuo designing ftcmp who 1i oa the "
make and slips up on the fkUatn while he ia
asleep not ax'etp to hia lninS4 or ptlin; up
money, bnt asleep to a. father's lntv, and you
-THTtiy c hun-exorpt ti B'.nidav aud jevtr et
close up lo him as children lore to do un
less they are repelled by iud.fferenoe or unkind-
nesg- tbat tLoa we" n anntere
man flfs niany a father now( and th. children
90 f ?e "Taad 110(1 8( the wife That
Rirl at Paul would nerer haTe married that
ueRro if she had had a kind father'a Iotc and
care. Of courne she has wrecked her hop a of
happines-, aud her parents are to blame for it. -Her
homn was not happy. "Bo ye not unequal
ly yoked." saytth the scriptnre, and erery vio
lation of this injunction brings grief to the
fcirl, the victim, and her family. The Pcamp 1
who works tha scheme is generally bought off
and retired. Salomon nay: "He that troubleth
hu own house shall inherit the wind." No hus
l,nd or wife,; no son or daughter has an? right
Jo bring trouble withjn that ecred domain
called home. I was ruminating abont this bo- "
c ue the daily paprs are of late ao full of do
mestic grier. It looks like there is hardly a
family in the land but what somo menib'r of it
.ias brought trouble to all the rest. I look
over the community whera I lire and
the number U small where tber
is no shadowno secret sorrow. '
father's bid habits, a mother's dicon-"
ent, a eon's dissipation or a (daughter's
l k lty hare troubled aud still are tr ubling
many a household tha might otherwise be .
happy. A lwppy home is the only paradise
ipo the earth and whoever makes it unhappy
i a guilty as was the serpent who destroyed the '
oaco of EJer-. The domestic fireside la the
iiost sacred plsce rpjn the arth. ftlsckvtene
ays that by the law of England a roau'a bouse
h liis castle into, which th king f England
fare not enter uninvited. I am sure that our'
p ople generally do not value the ptivUegei
ud endearments, of their home, f do not
i.exn the house with its adorniugs nor the ;
lowers in tho" front yard, but I do mean the
weet communion of the family by the Area de '
r under the lamplight or in the dining: room
r sitting in the veranda ; and all the time lov
g each thfr and xyrapathizing with those
v ho have suffered or are suffering the afilictions
hat are common to us all. If every member of
v family who is old enough to think would only
jso.va to bring nothing but aunshiae into the
aousehold how happy would they be. This can
.e aone. it la easy to do. A man baa no rijjht '
o enter his own door with a cloud upon his
row and bad temper in his heart. is com- '
ng should- always rejoice his wife and hia
children. A woman has no right to be alwava
complaining about little tilings and ahowintr
herdiscoiiteath
leeplng the children in a state ol ev.ii.j,t
aiann for fenr Trmther -w-T ms'-fl a fr- nl-n-.j
itt Tiiere fcuoulj uevtr L j a liuvwi at u.e un-" "
ner table nor at tbo'mornica: cr evening
meal, nor should .there be that diimal
silence that sometimes broods "over the "feast-- -
and takes away the appetite. Food taken in
sullen silence will not digest. The bed and the
board should always be cheerful. The sleep
will not be swt-et when there are tears upon the
pillow. I would be afraid, to scold a child Just
before the eyes were closed: in sleep. The re
sponsibility is greater upon the parents than
upon the children. If tne father is loving and
companionable to his boys, they would be more
apt to stay at home and not wander off into
bad company. They would not speak of. him
as.. ' the old man." They would not be wait
in:: for him to die so that they miuht inherit
his estate. I
It the mother was alwaya gentle and vmd
and reasonable with her girla they, would love
home too well to make a run-away match or to
receive the attentions of unprincipled young
men., "Make home happy, should be the
watchword in every family. It is well enough
to have the little prayer, God Bless Our
Home," painted or worked in canvas and over
hanging the mantel, but our Creator will, not
do for us what we can do for ourelves. There
are. two kinds of home -sickness sick of home
and sick for home. I know a lassie who. not
long ago, was sent away . to college and ahe
grieved so at the separation , from the loved
ones at home, aud her home-sick letters were so .
full of .teats, that she wai at lst, permitted to
return. Her companions laugh and make
aport of her childish weakness, but I have mora
I regard for her than I ever did. She loves her
'home too dearly to leave it for any common
lover. Hue can get education euougn here even
if the polish is not as Que as it mixht have ,
been made elsewhere. It ii far better to be .
sick for home than tick of home. When I was
sent off to college I was miserable for awhile
and could not conceal It from my roommate,
who made fun of me and talked about my
mother's apron string, but he had do mother
and could not understand my distress. Wben
.the term waa out and I wa to go home I did
not wait for the sun to rise, but left Athena by,
moonlight, about 9 o'clock; riding horseback
with a little negro boy behind m and made
the forty-four miles in time to surprise the fam
ily at the dinner table. . What a glorious- wel
come 1 received xroni parents and brotberaana
Bisters. . It was one 01 tne great events or my
life and slill Jives among the sweetest memo-'
ries. Parental love, conjagal love, filial love
are the keystone io the arch, that supports the
pillars of government and keeps our social aya-'
' . 1 t r . - . 1 ra
lem secure, as a ruie aoarciusis nave no cnu
dren. No nothing to love but themselves. As
a rule the poor love their children better than
the rich, for riches wUl in time absorb a man
and burden hu bet emotions.- W ith the poor
the children are ; first, with the rich they are
second. 1 he law of compensation comes Into
everything in this life. 1 he good and the bad,
the joy and the sorrow are kindly mixed by a
wise Providence. Tnea let us ail be content .
with our lot. Let us not look over the fenca tc
envy our neighbor, for we know not his secret
sorrows. Let us not trouble our own houae fot
fear we shall inherit the wind. Uux Asr, in
Atlanta Constitution. .
. Among the candidates who presented
themselves at the annual examination at
Kon Kong, China, a few weeks ago, was
a child four years old.' The Plinyu
Chehsiea conducted the examination of
the little savant in person and was greatly
impressed with his knowledge. The
precocious boy was able to write a thesis
on the subject presented to him, although .
the letters betrayed the fact that they
were written by a child. The "wonder
child' excites great interest in the Flow
ery Kingdom, and hia. knowledge of
Confucius, the Chinese journals say, is
erg great. , )
For drinking chocolate, the French
iest way isto serve it in four-cornered
green cups,' but the prettiest way is in
the pale brown cups that match the
contents, nd. are extremely narrow,
tall and flar.xj at the top.
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