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:it to the memory of
to crctt
.Ur'e
:.t.
r:..-,r-Central of Canada ha-J
nrc'y against annexation t"
t Alt-.
; at tells how a person may
;i year was probably meant
n th backwoods, or it may
:;e of the thrilling romances
it
' en o
Y'-r
r. a by the annual horse show
that hang tails are the
day. From the pole pony
carriage pair the horse's
p.ih is made to conform to
h
i-al WoSa soys that medical
saddling on the telephone
rc-oonsibiiitv for the in-
,: i!mcv. They seem to think
p t:i" people who use the tele-:'-,
-; t v is endangered.
SONO Of HOPF
I came from far unf at homed zones of light
Clad in the rainbow's hue?:
I have affinities with all things bright.
Fine sympathies and clue-.
That link me to all beauteous uptimes
Of ever-soaring Life;
All flowery forms and radiant entiti
Born of hnrmor.ius strife.
I bring the benediction of the skies,
To man atid bird and flower;
I am Love's herald-angel and mine eyes
Op.ee blest with this swett power
To draw all men, marks my eternal birth;
For I was born of liht,
When chaos" wrack fe 1 shuddering from the
earth,
And Day divided Night.
L'reljn L'cerslej, i,i Ygu'U's
it '
i'r.cu
icco
.,r:ior Alger, of Michigan, as
i' "tobacco is almost as much of
.: bread. In sending supplies
; umber camps in Northern
we tend a LoO worth of
to every SI worth of Hour."
at
S
Ut : - i"-
ij-';: r
lie
L . '
1 Co
rk's King and Denmark's people
.ggerheads. But it D of no
e, observes the Washington
.rcat powers overshadow
., --.i. Its King has no :reat
:: its affairs; its people, ap
i.ivc none at ail.
i he
of four Chinamea in cnter
nited States fiom Canada
rti tiic Atlanta Constitution,
t it is to enforce our anti-
'The border line let ween
,jj ; , , v and the Iiritish possessions
long. We cannot guard it."
Stf. Hi.
J
U v.-:-.".'
-
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u
the. Atlantic Ifontlly says:
A to Italv, is now acknowl---es
the most favorable at
th? production of good
me: i-an singers are begin
;i.e precedence of all others
musical centres of the
is making Xevada a very
'; ub A Nevada man raised
'ri-(-aon so large that when
a friend by mail he had to
,t- po-tage on it. Another
v: 'ivs three potatoes which
weigh nine, six and five
e:y HI., Ceorge W. Boland
1 William Ileining (Bepub
dida'c.s for tho office of
Bun lolph County at the
i :-: each received SOOf votes.
i-:g Thursday they appeared
county- Cleik and decided
'. ;d was the lucky man.
!'.:. i. oil the Elaine coast,
a veritable earthly paradise,
a-H-rued that there are neither
cr-, mud or mosquitoes in the
i r-.-adth of it. The houses are
id in good repair, poverty and
ally unknown, and no intoxi-
.o. s aie to be had for love or
s:.
Kentucky-West Virginian
wor states the New York
) the worst of the Corsican
The blood that is shed seems
date the blood thirst of the
The Governments of the two
:'. d combine in a vigorous
p,-.--s the evil and vindicate
A law.
J 'nf of
I Wv'ild wait and hope and strive; wait
for the unfolding of the future's mys
terious problems, hope for those m'racu
lous changes that sometimes hift the
power of a sovereign in the twinkling
of an eye; strife, if I could, but what is
the ctrife
sir of freedom Sir do, now I could i
On, on I 'went u:,:i! a; l.tt rfturf. weak,
woru and c ,hi d, left i.: : "il:
at the dcr of a:i
kc erf's
BUDGET OF TUN.
to: i
rt .ir.
O!
one
cloe
withm a rock-bound cell! S.
kept
in niv
! solitude I sat for hours, brooding upon
my con ;n:on. ihea came the desire to
know my surroundings more int matelv.
the reasons why cattle ranch
:e s at the West is more pre
au formerly, is the change in
civilization progresses west-
f. It ;s not certain that the winters
c i(i r aad the blizzards more
but tlioy are more destructive tc
than formerly, for the reason that
B9r fee d is much pooier.
k
Ms the New York W.,rll: "Ameri-
lstotn- are making an impression
mr.-.t conservative sovereigns of
At a torchlight celebration
'in h :s hoc or at Breslau last week
t t V'ili:am of Germany shook
kh ach one of the paraders.
r!'.:.L' mm evidently knows a thing
i V aii.ut coal-ou politics."
now wcil I know each stone, each
and i'-i:re !
I recall the
form and re 1, good-riat'ir'.-i
then my must have b-fr
".woke to ::i:d myseif in this 1 t
am writ ::. I have -cen oly
iri.T who broui'ht me m;ter.j.!s
ir,g, and I hav; sea? down ti
from th sword hi.t to com:'
rrv.
1 .
the
);- r
-r. 1
for I
.-.re I
i.tt'e
f..r v. r
o ( w '
n-a;e t
ni'MOROUS SKKTCIUS FHOU
VAKlOL's bOLT.Cbx
A TitV-1 ll'iMr-l'rKjprCort.iin C".n
! 1 f J -is I)ror of Dewy ar-
a-im- Tonnrlal - I.in-s
of C.re. btc, I tc.
e t-
r. i
. vn to f;
Vt f:;.r-."
d ?t-i
ny tit or: . r
:::: a-y. re
i ),i:n -w :
r ..;:: re s.
i r. pi V
ita-B wh-.t j
i '.r Wih -i
K t rt i in
t Wi-i. -i
h - -.t c f d
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tg.
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4
-." -r w 1 1-1. o vt r T tt t no w.
T"-" '' rr. !. .-; w v .li,
T r r . - , 1 . v
' 1 t ''r J: ' fr.
T ,
iunkf-eper f r h
; c rare.
I couid press my hands upon a bed of to-morrow, and then
yielding c:tv and retiroduce the walls of
my cell so accurately that a mould of
one would lit the o'her so closely a
stream of water could not trick'e through
between thern. Kach stone I hate, iave
thoe I moved aside and broke against
k h other to use as implements of toil.
-My cell was nine feet hih, live feet
broad and ten feet de p. Two Lars of
iron inserted in the solid roc k supported
lour boards six inches wide aad two
1;v JAMK ' ,IARVF:v- inches in thh kncss which, with a coarse
In an old worm-eaten chest, the prop- bianket and a sack of straw composed
my b'-d. Alontr tlie outer edge of the
planks was fastened anoth'-r one, extend
ing one and a ha' f inches above the edge,
a three-legged stool and a bidet of w ood,
to pi ice beneath the sack of straw for a
I -hftll -o: :
I shali know
U!e who love me still live; if th
whom i have cared will now care i
brok'.-n rt-ed that the storms of hf.;
a 'ed. In the sevent!'. houe
t
th" -vocden bridge at Heme l!ili
le t rnv wife and children, r-hai
rt:i 8
have
.o:.d
ad I
c,.e
I
S . s,f.o v. .
Who. :;.,.r,-
A'. I h. t
K..r l,,rr.-!t .
An 1 la-
lb- tltir, to.
i; at t ;
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THE WARDER'S STORY.
them again i
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crty of a lodger named William Wilson
who died in a London tenement, was
found the M. of the tale which fol
lows :
I, William Worthington, believing
that 1 a:n about to die, pray to heaven
lor strength to tell a taie ot wrong and
suffering. I know not the year in which
I am living. I dare not a-k. 1 oniy
pray for strength to finhh, for my wife
and children, if they still live, the
story of my woes. The shock of freedom
upon my broken constitution is proving
too great, and 1 feel that death is near.
1 was a waider in the Tower of London.
Every prisoner plared under my sur-
an 1 in a crawling hand
of the innkeeper are th-
"Written by an old and ra
with long white hair and b
died in the ki'cher
Ilird Inn. W
probably lh.it
or is
d mar,
ard, who
lav
chamber of tl
e, as d ; t v call'
d
B '.. re-: cnt consular reports it appears
-t:ou manufacture in Japan i
jv increasing, and that in the near
J o. an, from being a large im
"ffotton cloth, will become ac
H' r of that commodity. The woolec
-try. ti o, is receiving considerable
n-K, as there are now improved
;'-i f ..- obtaining Australian wool.
.nmy ben-.f, ly stated that not one
r ii, ten likes his situation, says
A' , ,' .r. After the novelty of
If w e!ir? nil an intense loathing of
$ I grow- upon him. There is soinc
t t,f'fly r; pngnant to the average
II Leiu r ..bliged, willy nilly, to
fora place to p ace as if driven by
of re-.tl; ssnc-ss. To a married
ecialiy so, and therefore
!tummtr.- are voung and tingle.
!oe latest wrinkles in advertis-
S -oi Cf.innftsPil nf flenf nnd liimli
iie of this kind is in the
1 J f a ''love stoic on imnpr lirnnd-
ii
;" Y ork. The nan e of the
the g'ove is net spelled in bold
I 'I e, ,; bv lingers so arranged in a
If o:!h as to leave no doubt of the
If'" ss of the scheme, provid-
e, that the reader is up in
and dumb a !nhibefc ITnn.
ons stop da'dy to study the
ut only a few are r.bl to
j.dlow, comj.lelcd the equipment of the
ceil.
Through an opening in the heavy door
I could see damp wads and heavy doors.
Through this opening, at irregular in
tervals, was thru-t a loaf of bread ami a
jug of water and at times a piece of
meat would be h ft, without a woid,
upon the shelf at the opening. Many a
time have 1 ra.sed the jug to dash it
against the stones and with the ragged
veilance for twenty years had been tried, i edge sever an artery, but each time the
judged and sentenced by my inner con- fa;nt spark of hope has stayed my hand,
seiousness, and as my intuitions led me, During the first few days, thoughts of
so were they treated, though I never vio- the injustice that had been done to me
lateda law. and the strangeness of my surroundings
By this inner tribunal my own, I gave food for re.'lcction, and motionle-s I
judged that the Duke of Klton had been sat upon my bed with my head bnric 1
a traitor to his King, and from my hands iu my hands, hour-, day-, peihaps weeks,
he received no favors beyond the require- fcr I could no longer measure time,
meuts of the law. ' Then cams the " revulsion of feeling,
I littie dreamed that so great a person- the desire to be up and doing, the thirst
age would wreak vengeance noon a vas- foi comoanlori.-hin. I would crv aloud.
bui i e ?v , ii
"' ''ourr
dea
ut
to the seventh hou.-e from the wooden
bridge, on Heme Hill road, but a ha; py
family live therein, who zc k no aged,
dvirigman, and know not who he mav
be' ri"i'."rj JJu.l-tiH.
Ar.iun;! the World iu Siven1y Da.
A S'i reporter a-ked Mr. (ieorgc
Fade, manager for Thomas Cook .v r-on,
the tourist agents, the exact time iu
which a passenger can go around the
world.
After a few moments of thought and
study of guide books Mr. Fade said:
".n these days of rapid transit with
vestibule trams and la.-t ocean .b'.nn.
stups it is possible to maue a ci
so clo-e that a person, in ew
can decide the very day on which be
will return to the city, having completed
the tour around the worid. 1 (should
Under fertain Conditions.
Miss V ideawake to vo .n;r a' r'i i
rlt "I fa ay. Mr. r.i.,h;'n. that
are very fond .f hu-: an Irvr''
Mr. .-idthid t with an unutterable
pr--i n "Is pose 1 woo d le,
W;d awake, if I could rind th
Co ii t'rt el li ttie Il.itknr.
...e i .i wa in i:.e !..!::
.' bed during the lilhr.
..tu
V o u
kind of a ,
ex-
Miss
rltrkt
A Drop of Dewy Sarcasm.
(Fllaand Mr. "'evergo are alone in the
cor.servatory. Time, n p. M
Voice of Mother "What are you
doing there. I lht
i Ha "tucking
mamma.-" Tun .
.!:.
r. to break
;nd him
i. us al. hi
I'Ht,
:n
r.
: ti
t ra
fa'. : cr 'a.
ou ftil
: :a ,
a:.d
t, w ,.
Vi.
ow,
vv
r. i, papa,
for I went
u as on the
said Fa
u ; t :
'it wa the
- e,
v th.
Ut ; ; : ;t fcat,
bat -n an !! .
1 ;. . .,-;.! f -r i ari i m,
A i X'.xl 1 - k .
b' 'i -ti" ! ' 1 v . ! w .- .'.
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A 1 . .. . , . , ' n i ) ; ; N v.
z .y . s t ; -. v . s t.
'. 111. j.i Nr..,
If
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"W h t made you cry, dun.
h's fa her.
''Ncl , you ire," said Put, in
so: c- manner, "it was dark.
a- K0
IMTll AND IM H Nr.
an
i I
morning glories,
en'iMti't
.ow.
p; 11
:ell wh'the:
if, y, a
Hollis
To nso r i a!.
Ilohvorthv "Whv
it wa- mo or tl
t a I'oct.
(":..:. - th.i o tkc !!.!; r ":r
1 .i pb a 1 h. '. : i w
1 i t.u ne
don't
vou
.lacl
Vou ueed to bad I v."'
'Fraid of cutting
shave,
.'ack doeasv.
myself if I do."
Hull s Holworthy " V ur friends will
cut you if you don't." liar. or. I I.aruoi.
ci.ia: ion
York s iv.
even curse to drive away the
madness that seemed to haunt the place,
bf t all in vain ; my own vo ce was not the
one I longed to hear, ar d back would
come that indefinable dread, that tol l
me I must save myself from despair or
rea-on would desert me.
Oh! you who wander forth into the
blessed woodlands and say you have
been alone; you who drift out from
sal so far below him, vet his hirelin'3
gave oath, months after his relea-e, that
during a time when the utmost watch
fulness had been enjoined upon the
warders, I was found asleep at my post.
During that critical period the penalty
was death.
That very day I had walked far into
the suburb's of London, on leave of ab
sence to visit mv family, and had re
turned to take my usual watch Irom nine the shore m an open boat, witrt your
at night until nine on the following eyes fixed upon the skies above you and
morning. : say you are alone, what can you know
I was weary and travel-stained, which f such solitude as mine, where uot
told against me, b it as there is a just even the gnaw ing of a rat breaks the un
Cod iu heaven I d:d not sleep on my ( endii:" -iience. Hour alter hour I toyed
post, neither that night nor any with the broken pieces of the lantern,
night during my yeais of scrv ce. I :o h one had its name ; each to me was
A warder had "once slept and al- a living tiling with a personality
lowed the escape of political prisoners. : The iittle pin that held its door in
He was accused of complicity, and the place I would throw away and then
death cnalty had been instituted. ! search for it. Again and again I would
I could prove noth.ng. I had paced throw it, hoping it would lodge in some
the corriiors through the night, but the device and bring a new sensation when
prisoners had slept and could say noth- I failed to find it.
ing to save me. "Wearied with this I would count the
Two men claimed to have passed hairs of my beard, separating one from
through the conidor as the dock struck another and then . egianing over again,
twelve, and upon their oaths ailiimed as-uming that the count had bee t in-
that I was sleeping, if they entered the correct.
corridor at a!!, it was while I w as at the One day my food was thrust through
farther end, aud they must have left be- the opening to me and in the meat a
fore my return. In vain I protested my ; bone of eculiar shape, not unlike a la
innocence. The friends of the Duke of borer's pick, gave rise to thoughts
face
Illtoa were in favor, and my doom
seemed inevitable.
I had been foully dealt with, aad dur
ing a short recess I bethought mo of foul
means for escape.
I had a staunch friend in the tower,
a fellow-warder. I would risk every
thing and trust to him. The infinite
patience and kindness of a mother's love how 1 w orked, and ere h ng held in my
.nanus six spiKes, lour in. nes long, l uiy
after day w ith these I picked aud scraped
and dug at the stone wad of my cell un-
iiaci taugnt me to write, ami I carelessly
toyed with the materials at hand,
stealthily writing a word or two now
and then, without detection. At last it
was finished, no whit too scon, for the
opportunity came at once to slip into
the warder's hand, unseen, this writing:
"Hasto to tho clock, outsMa the wall. Cut,
with a saw, a thirteenth notch, after the
twelve, in tho striking wheel, an.l save the
life of William WoHrrtiNiiTojr."
"Leaving New ork at P. 10 . r. on
Monday, November P., ho wou'd ani e
at '. hieago at "!) . v. Tuesday, heav
ing Chicago the same day he would ar -live
at San l'ranci-co at 10. .1 . v. Sat
urday, the l .th. On the same day the
Oceanic Company's steamship leaves for i
Sydney at . r. m., and the .'teamship is
due to arrive at Sydney on December 1 .'. I
i caving .-ydney the same day by tram
at lo r. '. he would arrive at .Mel
bourne at v. m . on the following
d :y, December Dk After resting in
Mtdb ourne for a day our trav eler would
leave by the I cniri-ul.ir e. ( 'rier.tal Steam
ship Company's steamship on the i th
for I'rindisi, calling en route at Ceylon,
then crossing the e l r-c.i to I'ort Sa.d,
after which the teaniship goes through
the Suez Canal direct to ibindi-i, arriving-
there on .January 'Jo. The train is
then taken for London which is reached
in three days, and on the follow ng day
(the rj 1th) he would leave 1 ondon by
North Oermnn 1 loyd steam-hip and
reach Xew York on i ehruary l.
"It is a well-established fact that fir.-t
make their voy
aceuraev of an
ordinary express train; consequently
there is no doubt the journey could be
completed in the time indic ated, namely,
eighty-one day-.
"Supposing the journey Is reversed,
and our tiaveier goes east iu-tead of
west, the same ground can be covered
seventy nine days.
"Tak'ng again the route through
China and .'apan the voyage can he com
pleted in even less time. We haw not
worked out the times of arrivals and de
partures iu detail, but may briefly say
that, allowing six days fiom , ew i ork
to San Francisco, sixteen days thence to
Yokohama, six days from Yokohama to
Hong Kong, where the Peninsular vV
Oriental Company's steamship can be
taken for Urin lisi, the voyage occupying
thirty-two davs; allowing three days
til at !a-t 1 loosened a stone, then another from Dri; disi to London, and seven days
and then another, ami then came to the ! thence to .New York, t he whole voyage
moist earth. Again and again I kissed round the world can bo completed in
that soil, calling it bv endearing names. ' seventy days.
Lines of Care.
Winks "What a sad, anxious
that man has."
.links "Ves, I noticed it. lie has a
strained, haunted, afraid-I-wou't-catch
the train expression. I gue-s he works
in the city and lives in the suburbs."
class ocean steamship
ages with almo t the
The Force of Ilvample.
Young Mamma "Children, why r.re 1 be p i.nted, and an
you nodding and smiling at all the witti
policemen we pas:" Frcn
Children (who are in the habit of tak
ing their morning walks with the nurse
maid, "Oh, because Mary always does,
mamma." Cor loon.
Srerlintr Ad i. o
Ket p your hair ( ut.
It is a bad plan P copy one of liyron's
shorter pcm- and sign vour own name
to ;t.
Do not be Ci-t down 1 cjau-e you re
e e $:.?) instead of '.'.'.i for vour r ir-t
clfort.
Fori't write poetry unless you are
forc ed to d) so, e thcr by hunger or by
the enthusiasm of your m u-e.
If possible avoid rhyming "c i-tanet'
with "p anof iite,"' "frolic ' with "cow
Lck," or '-Niagara" with "Ttpper.iry."
Never despiso work that (oiuh ior
way unsolh .ted. Writing a i vc rti-eno, v s
is a protitable vocation, they are sure to
mucn more pop
odes, sonnets
fo.lv
A 1.
It
Men iiO p: '. i e
i ! 1 t nil' Th'
: lo
i -
. la :r ad d-.st - Money pa; I f.-r a
111 t i.re.
1 o:. gal 1 .w i ari.iot be pie-. rte-1 in
f:in. : . yir.
1 an wh travf U on hi iuui
HI..,-.' -i f p r t,
I ; 1 C so I he ke a te . f 6..C-
.1 ;..iural. -.
11.
ps 1 . i v i- sr-i v t!i a;',i none of
If
the masses tnan
h forms,
you have three
ar
or
sec; ions to vour
name connect the 1 ;-t two by moans of a
hyphen, aud cat the first to the winds
il vou wish to; but do not try to gain
Iihicroaelied on pre-empted Ground.
A little girl was sitting on the floor
when the sun shone in her face. 'Mo
admission to the Authors' Club on the
strength
1'ucL
of this proceeding aljue.
'way! go 'way 1" she cried, striking out lamergoncy rravert.
at it. A story is told of a man in a
" You move, dear, and it won't trouble county whose name we withhold.
you," said her mamma.
"I s'ant; I dot here first," said the
little one. YoulL's Cmj'Uuio.i.
a
near
'I he
mem ter
g- ntlemau in question is not
of the church, and, whi ehone-tand no
bis
on
dealings
re.ig on.
which, for some s'range reason, had
never viiled me before. I kept it, and
sharpening it against the stone, began to
dig e.way the wood on the edge of my
bed. I struck something hard.
Joy ! The pinions were of iron. Here
was a hope, here was an occupation,
here were the tools to labor with. Oh!
A IiPft-IIanded Compliment.
l ittle Hoy (to elder sister's beau)
"Is that your !'(. . "
Fnamored Youth (taking the paper
from lis pocket- "Yes, my dear boy;
I bought it thi-morning."
Little Doy (examining it) 'T don't
see any scales on it. Pop said your re
cord was scalv." I'nilt.(c'j'ti i He or J.
lust after a bi
(iocs Lot go
Not many
r i ain, he w as
joking-
A Matter of Money.
A wealthy young widow said
ly to her new husband, as she pointed
to the safe in which her money was de
posited :
"Xow you have ciptured the fort, and
me with it, are you satis led."
"Not entirely," replied the new hus
band, who was something of a spend
thrift. "What el-e do you want?"'
"I want the terms of the capitulation
carried out. I want you to turn over
the keys." ij'iinjs.
as a m 'ther would call a child that had
been lost and restored. I sing the frag
ments of stone to save mv hands, 1
ioo-ened the soil, tilled the broken
"This, however, is
occupied for travel;
With this paper crumbled in his hand, lantern and brought it back into my
he gave his evidence which availed me cel;, tilling the corners, stowing it away
naught, save to prove that I was at my under the bed and spreading it on the
post before eleven o'clock, and that the planks where I slept. Hut my cell would
usual greetings were exchanged. not hold all the dirt I must move before I
Ab he passed out he gave me a search- could hope to make an exit. I must have
ing look, but its meaning I could not a place for it or all my labors would be
divine. I could not tell his bearing to- in vain. Hoping against hope, I began
ward me. If I were removed, my place to dig at th 3 wall opposite the door.
would become his, and I was a little The spikes were almost worn away be
simply the time j
Hid of co i ; se, the i
traveler would have to make allowance
for the making of connections." .Yw?
Yuv Sun. !
above him. Would he risk imprison
ment for himself to save me
Midnight alone could answer.
I was asked if I had aught to say, and,
as though under the iniiuence of a sud
den recollection, I said:
fore the opening was made, but my ef
forts were not unavailing, for beyond
the wall there had been at some distant
time, four cells like my own. These had
been thrown into one. The do is hid
Lost Privileges of Two Cilios.
An event notable alike in commercial
and political history has just occurred
inCcrmany. Hamburg and llrcnienhave
surrendered the bulk of their ancient
privileges as free Hanse towns and be-
; come incorporated in the general Ocr
i man customs system. Lubeck !o-t the-e
i privileges in Iti.v't, but Hamburg and
lSremcnhave been able thus longtocling
, to them in the teeth of Bismarck's hos
; til: t v. They still retain the right to send
His Pieti-renoc.
, "Are you fond of dogs, Mr. Bliven,"
Said a young woman as she caressed her
pugs.
Billy was too polite to reply in the
negative, so he murmured:
"Oh, ccntainly."
"Do you admire pugs:"
"Well, no, not very much."
"What kind do you like best?"
"I think," sai l Bidy, re iectively, "I
like stuffed dogs better than most any
other sort.'' M r t i.it Traveler.
r.gut in a. l
very strong
months ag ,
driving along a certaiu road. nia ath- i
ing the top of a hill at the bottom of j
which was a creek much swolb-n by. the i
ra:ns and away out of its banks hs !
ni'.lei eons alerod they world run away, j
Th'-y pitched o:F down the h 11 at a '
furious j ii (!. The man did all in his
power to cln ck them, but in vain, .tu-t j
before thev re ich -d the gushing water j
the man shoute d to his boy, who v. a- in j
the wagon with him: I
" We are going to be dro w:i d ! I'riy, j
Jim, pray ."
"Dad, I can't pray." 1
".-ay something ." he shrieked, as they
dashed into the water.
"Oh, dad, 1 can't." But thinking s
second, the boy shouted: "Lord, mako
us thankful for wdiat we are about to re
ceive!" Thai they went down into 'he creek,
which was not as deep a the man had
expected, and the mules, having had
their fun out, went on at a more leisurely
gait. The man has eiuoe learned a
number of prayers for sudden emer
gencies. tireciJuro (Ji.) ll"-orl.
Too Persona!.
They were going to have company and
;he was suggesting the menu.
"We can have oysters on tongue for
one course," she observed.
"I never heard of such a dish," he remarked.
Ph ' I Slier dan's Favorite Yarn
Another story whic h Oencral Sheridar.
was foi d of telling at the dinner tab e,
after the coffee bad been served and the
ladie- had retired, went something like
this, I am told :
'I here, was a ze dous chaplain of the
Army of the I'otomv, who had called
on a Colonel, noted for his profanity, to
talk of the religious inte rests o his men.
After having been politely motioned to
chest, the cliaola n
egan :
line it
a seat on th
' ol'Ui' l," vou h tve one of the
regiments in the arm ..''
"I believe so," sdd the Colonel in ic
ply. "Do you think," pursued the thap-
lain. "that vou pay mi : event attentio i
"These men claim that the clock struck it remained, I suppose, only as a support
twelve while I was sleeping. At twelve to the structure above,
o'clock I was awake, in proof of which ' Into this walled enclosure I packed
know this: The great clock needs re-' away tho ea th as fast as I could loosen
pairing, for at twelve in the night I it and bring it back,
counted thirteen strokes of the bell. It ; I had proceeded but twenty or thirty
renre. ;enrat I ves to thf P.n n :! e-.rat h n -H
been walled up with solid masonry, and ; i;L.ichstag. but that will be the last rc-
maning vetige of an independence
will probably do so again to-night.
Wait and see."
Oh, the horror of those hours of wait
ing ! Three! Four! Five! Six o'clock,
and for the first time in twenty years,
pave for my holidays, I was not in my
place. Seven! Light! Nine! and stiil
feet when I found a treasure of iuesti lia
ble value to me, a broken sword, rusty
and crumb ing at the end and edges, but
still substantial enough to serve in place
of the worn-out spikes.
'I he hilt had once been richly jeweled,
but most of the gems were gone. The
the hours dragged on, wearily, when I : few- remaining I removed with apiece of
bethought me of the all-absorbing issue, i broken stone, and wrapping them in a
but much too swiftly if that wooden fragment of my clothing, treasured care
wheel was untouched. fully in the fond hope that some day I
Ten and eleven'o'clock struck. Then should see the streets of London again.
came the longest hour of my life. Davs . With this new implement my work pro- iavo ,e.rUn an inquisitorial house -to-
j i j a- i 1 1 . i : "l -. . . . 1 l : o 1
1 which, in the .Middle Ages, gave the
: Hanseatic League the wealth and cour
; age to m ike war upon Kings. Themer-,
: chants of Hamburg have made during
; the past six years extensive preparation
1 for the change. Whole blocks of old,
! houses have been torn down, new ware-
houses and new quays built, canals w id-;
. cned, and a geueral transformation of
the wharf quarter has been effected. It
is claimed that the change will ma
terially augment Hamburg's tonnage rind'
importance in the traliug world, but it
is bitterly unpopular with the great mass
of citi.ens, as it will increase by twe .ty
per cent, the cost of living aad rents.
Three thousand German custom oliiceis i
and weeks seemed to pass, and all the ceeded more favorably, and using my
actions of my life in slow procession own length as a measure, I estimated
trooped before me. I longed lor mid- that I had pushed along two hundred
night, and yet dreaded to know what feet.
fate it held in store for me. : I then began to incline my course up-
"Boom!" came the tirst stroke from ward, and ere many days had passed I
the great bell. With breathless lips I knew by the quantity of earth in the
counted the strokes, at each one press cells that I must be nearing the surface,
ing a ringer into the palru of my hands Onward and upward I crept, and yet no
so hard that the nails pierced the skin, sounds to tell me that I was nearing my
Four fingers had thus c dosed on the goal. I had stowed away all that I
right hand, and over them the thumb, could. I would now dig straight up
recording the fifth stroke. Four more aud press the waste against the sides of
on the left hand, and slowly over my tunnel by placing my back against
then closed the thumb, like a band of one side.
steel. Eleven! The hands f.ew open Then came trie thought, "May i not
and I started forward, listening, trem- be upder the Thames! Will the swift
bl ing, praying. Twelve! I could feel influx of water flood my cell and bear to
the very vibrations of the bell beating them the unwritten story of my strug-
against my temples as the iron tongue gl s."
struck the side. Thirteen! Thank 1 knew that I miitt ue beyond the
God! He had befriended me in my moat and beyond the double wall, if I
hour of need. I fell fainting to the had come out on the side with the gates,
floor, and from sheer exhaustion slept 'twas my only hope, and that failing
until daybreak. me, death would be welcome,so I pushed
house inventory of every citizen's pos
sessions in Hamburg and Bremen, and a
duty will be exacted on al i above seventy
bottles of wine, twenty bottles of spirit0,
six pounds of tobaeco, th'rty pound- of
colTec, and so on through the long list.
It is no wonder that the Burghers are
not enthusiastic. Atw 1"
"Didn't you '. It's a very good one all : t0 the religious instruction of vour men f
the same," she said. "Well, 1 don't know," doubtfully re-
"I suppose if I get the oysters you can pjjed th? Colonel,
furnish the tongue?" he inquired inno- "A lively interest has been awakene
cently. ja tnc Massaehu-ctt," the parson
Then he wondered why she slammed wcnt on to sav. "The ! ord hasbles-cd
the door so viciously. Detroit Free the labors of H Is servants, an i ten ha e
lrcs. already been baptized.'-
"Is" that so:" excitedly cried ihe
A Dude's l i ank Confession. Colonel, and then turning to the tttend-
Mis3 Gusher r from the West, with in- : ant, added: "Sergeant-Major, have tif
tensity) "I often wonder, Mr. Van teen men detailedimmediatelv for bap
Twiiler, when you are looking into space tDm; 1'il be blanked if I 11 be outdone
with that far-away, abstracted look in by anJ Massachusetts regiment.''- A' e
your eyes, as if your soul were far dis- 1 York TrJmn'.
tant from vour surroundings, what you 1
are thinking of : ' !
Mr. Yan i'ens-elacr Van Twiller i
(slowly and meditatively) - "Wed, I
don't mind telling vou."
Miss Gusher with deep emotion and a
supplicating upward roll of the eyes)
"Do tell mei'
Mr. an L'enssalacr Yan Twiller "To
be frank w ith you, I am usually thinking
what to say next.'' W- n York S-iu.
it 1'iC:
1 believe that the judge would have
reinstated me, could they have been al
lowed to use their own discretion, but
powerful euenves were at work against
me and the freshly -saw ed slot in the
striking wheel of the clock wa3 discov
ered, and I was again summoned for
further trial. The guards swore that no
person had access to me after my arrest,
and thus left a doubt ia their minds.
This doubt caused them to modify the
upward.
'llow my heart throbs as I recall that
instant, when, pushing through the turf,
I felt the air of heaven again blowing
across my face! I had come out into the
open space diagonally across from the
tower gate. The stars were shining in
the sky, and now and then a elouu
1 -u-.j
A'.ni'.s.
"There is one pecul'a.Trttie face in re
gard to the heavy hardware buMDe-s,"
said .Mr. James M. Corbiit, ice-1 resi
dent of the Beck ov. Corbitt Iron Co., in
a recent conversation w.th a .' ?':'
representative, "whi h is deserving of
mention. We issue a catalogue of :"")
pages, containing a list of every article
of iron, and heavy hardware which we
manufacture or sell. Of the thousand
therein enumerated there is oaly one
that we have to import, every thing else
being manufactured be-t iu this coun
try, and that one article is an anvil.
Three or four manufacturing firms iu
iir.giarid supply the entire world with
anviD, and one cspecia ly, in Dudhy,
Kn gland, whose goods .arc the standard
in that line. And anvils also are the
onlv articles we handle which we do not
guarantee. Blacksmiths a e so care ul 1 after to'
as regards their anvils, and there is- .ich face of th
Afraid of Them Roth.
Young lady (in dry goods stored
''Thee goods will wash, of course, Mr.
Spindle: '
The Rabbit's Foot.
The foot of the common hae will, on
examination, show mainly the ability of
the creature to make gr at leaps and to
make an equally cuick recovery. 'I he
external condition of ti e foot indicates
nothing peculiar in the habits of the
animal. It i-distinctly !i . !'! 1 between
the toes, and is covered m -de ately with
hair. Now exam'ne the foot of the. f'aio
iir.a hare. At the l.rst g a nee it is not
different from its cous n's foot- but a
c o-er scrutiny discovers a partial web
between the to s, and a les-er quantity of
hair on the w hole f ot. ' he-e charac-
Mr. Snindle (who is devotedly fond teri-tics point infallibly to the fa? t that
of young iady, while at the same time in the hare is at home in either mar-hy
easy hearing distance of his employer) places or in wat; r, or in both. And s ,
m fact the ( arour.a hare :s. taking to the
swamps and to he pools in the .wamp?
as rcauiiy as a wa'cr bird Look n w at
the foot of tho Arctic here, a .d there
will be found a ve.y differr-rr. -o-t ''
n.odi'lcatlon. This hare must travel
"Oh, ves, indeed that is, I th nk they
wit! cr of course you know they ought
to wah, they're high e ough I wouldn't
like to say though they would wash if
they won't wa-h but er m - ah."
Lrnplover icmnhaticallv) "You mav
sav to the young lady, Mr. Spir.dk-, that over the yielding or, as freqeen'ly, -li.
cry snow, and it ne us a loot wn, n v. ii.
at once offer the great st s irfa ' an : 'he
mo t resistance to sdij p'.r.g. ih .-e re
quirements are met bv a irreate- expan
sion of the membranes, of the- toes ar
the goods will wash.
Mr. Spindle ireiievel "Yes, Miss
Withers, the goods will wa-.h." Ep.jch.
swept over the moon as though to shroud ft peculiar tern; er nece-sary, that
my escape.
Grasping what was left oi the broken
quire the. u to test an anvil for
we re-ti.ein-
lcIvcs. or when we receive .".n order l y
death sentence to sol.tary confinement sword, I climbed up to the level ground, mail we shrp the anvils without guaran -in
the lower dungeon of the tower. Not a soul was iu sight. Lame and teeing, and as a rule th3 standard maKes
What modification! We-k as I was, some strange, new-found go through a 1 right, why it is that
Better death than that; better to know power impelled me onward, and l bed, this country aoes not m tnuiaciure an
that one swift stroke would end all not knowing. naugni caring wniiner l was anv.i equal io ime. i-- mi ones x o not
earthly suffering and that revengeful tending. If I met anyone I do not know, but the tact rstbattney do no
enmity could never more assail me. know it. My blood seemed on fire. I and hence that one article has to be
But prisoners had cscar ed from this was free. Let them take me ba k to- bought from the English manufacturers,
very tower before, aud whj not again? morrow if they would. I had tasted the St. L-ul$ i'.eaublv.
A Joke on a Postal Clerk.
A short time ago an order was re
rehel at the postohuce from Wa hlngton
to return uncalled-for postal cards to the
writer in the same way that letters have
been scut back. Trie
assh'ne I to this ta-k t
card, read the writer's name, and put it
words "Keturn top' on the
card. The distributing clerk
was astonished to find sevc-ai of tho
cards indorsed with directions like
these: "iletura to Father," "Beturn to
Silas," "Beturn to Your Ownest Own,"
etc. Now, wherever the clerk makes
1
inair.lv by a very heavy groAth of htir
on the foot between the toc. The foot
of the Arctic hare is even more a sn ,w
shoetlian the foot of the aquatic hare h
Ameri-ai.
cae.-K who was a paaaie. ,vei.
ri. ed over ea:h
Stung by the Electric ling.
The Savanr&h ; 'la. Xen tells of a
man in that town who was lately stung
by what they call the electric bug.
It
ia so called because it was never fcen
h-v anybody till electric lights came in.
Within twenty-four hours the man's
head and face were broken out with sores,
his appearance in the orhce he is grec-U-d while the arm to the shoulder was
with cries cf
.1 .' a
X. Y
"Beturn
' . ....
urn.,
A Storvof Abo Lincoln.
Storie? of Abe Lincoln always pass
to mamma." swollen as to be useless. A good doc or
'managed to cure him, th.-ugh too-
fessecfly pu'zie 1 by the ca-e, d:.c the in-
ect whose bite caused the trouble hid
s I heretofore been looked upon as per-
coin everyhcre, and it h not too late for ; fectl harmlew.
! 'a -! e d . A ui - I! d s ". r V ' d i et
t- . le g t ktUi k on I h m "o i.p . -i
Tl.e lolin p-.ii.t to be :i:h. I b th
1 h ' r ( : a brass ban 1 is th l. o n-
"on.. -can highwavmeu are g .i b--x-ers,
f o !t i pi . e ami take w ith I hem.
1 ..
i tlej hones area great e.-n vi ri ru e,
and v.i pe-.pie arc the t me ta'kuig
T. g l i! ; -1 t ! u m .
it an odd fat t th.it coa! Pel uro
furnish... i with pet!;.-;4ia xpiia.-g. -
I)i ! . -'. M l . ii . i ,r.
The overbold eld trie wire sl.'-i.ld bo
put vv heie t-o many oi its it t.i.-i- are. -J'
.. . - .,- i ( J j.
B:nya:i has been charge 1 with
p'.ag .a; i -m, but he never a ktiovCe Iged
the Co: ii. .'..-. i -,. mif.
An ei' hinge asks: What are our
young men coming to? Ct ming to ej
our g ri, of o ;i m-.
Cunoti tii .i;gh jt be, it is not tine m
mou t ee a c ld water man bo.i vO;li
ra::e. ' v , , ,- i l; j. ..,'.' ..
If every thing e!-o go op thl w inter,
one thing insure to g o dovn, a- I that
is the luercurv m the ihi-rmoM. ' r
1 i w a, of ourse, the tiist, b it Mm.
11. D. il. N. t-outlr.v.rt h, the n i1 ht, is
the iriit 'ul wiiimii. Mil' oi;. I J.'ij ,,'.
Notwithstanding the d i-eu -vioii now
going on to de i le if marriig- is a hul
uie, tii" t)Miki men go right oa e 'Uplmg.
An old g nt h unai of great cxpeio-mo
B iv s he ii never -iti-lled th it a l i ly no
rle.stan 1- a ki-s unle s he has it from ho
own mouth.
Nature usi-n a good many quills with
who h to make a goo.se, but a man uri
in lie a goo e of himself with only one -
( i ', r-t m. I i n .1, ...
Parent "I h s is your birthday,
Ti mmy. S hut ran I do for you that
w.ll i auc you p'easu.e:' lommy -
"l-p.l: .Johnny." .''.',,.'. yl.
ou r.t odn't be afra.d to tell .-. n-ts in
aruii; ild, for t lio :gh t h'-y 1. n e -.o lo.iny
"ear s.'' thi-ir o.c - are so "h ; - k v they
can't I'll what t hey n ai.
It was a wise tradesman who that
he d.'in t mind how n.u h h;s . turners
kielwcl again-1 his b.l.s us long a i they
foo'c I them. A - -e )'.- ';.-..
Jt i- s lid that "brali. s will tel'."
r-eii, --t n.-c-t they wiil.aud s-oie ! ii.o-s they
will not. Sometime the mote brans
man has the less he wid tell. Lvirrll
(r.Ti r.
At a party a t-oft young man said to a
swe( ..-il "M iy I h.t ou your r .gut
hand'' II'T i dek an-wer " i.y
of i o;:a - r.ol! ou'd b't'er take a
cha r. '" Mt rur .
Cynic. 1 D ntist "Well, hav L) tho
new teetu wurKt" I'at.ent ".Not very
well. '1 hey oc-ein to tut the other."
C. D.--"Th.tt is perfo t;y rrttu-ah They
btiorg tcj an tritirelv ditic , i a, si t, vol
know."
"I Mil on my way home, doctor, ' a d
a citica who wa- aftt r n.u.e rr. e ad
viee. 'ViTid I'm tired and worn out. What
ought I to tak-f' "lake a tab,' re
pl;e i the intelligent phy s eaa. - b .,r-titer
i i ' i'.
S'-or;.. -tea' her with nail:-.' roiss.
Boy re.i iin; --"An 1 as d;c n y ; down
therc.e' ' Tea' her "Why a-e h;;.
cnil 1 shef" Boy -alive to the f ;
I) .itii: i 1 hisei "1'ecii-e theyioed
men to manage them."' ' ',i '., V. .-.
"'e rg,' toe fad, ' defo:e tve- w'-re
marr. el you were a: .-.ays br.n ;ing mo
rit-g-i aid breast p. ns and v.;., 'rettes
and things like that. Why don't you
bri-g rue anything now '' "My dear,"
rep..ed Georg", "del y o i c . r i.e ir '. a
fi-he-m-ia feeding bait to a tih he liad
r hi ;Ltf"
Mr. I'o! i.rr -".-o yo i want to unrry
my daughter? Have you any me.iM of
t x . t ' r. ce ( ' Porisoriby "At re-cnt,
t.o.t-, t-.t I h'ive very br.U.ant j r . j et. '
Mr. i-'-'over - "I dare say, but 'oppose I
!'.-.'? d e for h good nnny y ars, whit's
jroir.g t j bforr.e of y ou, then? ' Dr ikc $
.'.''ji i
h'-v.'-re Party "n corn'::, - - ''I do thin il
th' you might extl'.g i si: yo .r pipri in
s laii's pr e.ie..' N-awy ",.a bl.-"
y, I'm sure the ia-.y 11 i- e 'io us, '
'.r.d ruj mate 'eve is" too;-- oa; o' thj
fniilip 'i 'e-p.tal. and the t br m.ght
' p 1 j k'er, f hir.feeii',;.. ' S e , - re
prry is r-orry oKc. -
"'"other, I tan never win ti e medal
for good behavior,"' ex'-iaimcd a South
Side : cj, ju-t in from school ; "I've tried
and t ri'- t, but ';.. other p jp.l niways
s:-V it. ' "But you muM k ep. on try
ing. ' raid his mother, fn-ourag.r. jj'y.
''it's no use '1 r--p . i the boy, "1 'han't
try a y more. D s a clear, waste of good,
"ie-s," Chir.i'jj (j o e.
Snnff Dipping In Maine.
Sn iff dipping is oa the increase at
I.ewistoa. In fact the practice is grow
ing ';uitc the fa'h.oa. 'Ihe de-.otees
d -n't ir-h&le it as d.d cur jramr fathers ;
th-y marie what is cal cd "a snv ar ' with
easti e soap, and what not, an 1 apply it
delicate! v, v j. up: no .sly to the nostrils.
A species of mild intoxication is said to
r.-ult. Twenty-five pounds of snutf is
one to accon st s order for a w---.it. ft
came in ox bladder as b g as y .r h' a l
! and as solid a a Dutch crcese. l.ccif
ton (Mt.) Jwrual.
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