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* ''" r> i'" r> . d *! r '">'. on>e home with me new, The clock on ih<. inautel etrlkes 1 . Your llurttuudy'* c billed and yunr caavaa-bick barul. And y.nir terrain i n-Uv o'.rioDe ; Our muibeir ha* ou . to a dinnrr to .well And DM i lUuwUe etiu<le.1 . ,( ,-e . . liM flirted and wkltjud wlib au Austrian Ai well ai an envoy from Franc*. Com. bom* I 0*m.homl t'lcu* father, dear fattier, come b JIB* I ''Jher. jB4r 's'her. oome home with ma now Tb clock OB the uiaotel *trikss -' Tour beautiful r.oin and your easy <Ion bid Ar* wai log impatient lor yoa. Too have |ji v'r> luiury fortune can sea J. Including iwrcelam tu W ; Ami Tt.t you're unwilling to turn to your him? And le. your eteruI old club ' r, dear father, com* bom* with me now, The clook on the tuanu*! trikea J; And muiuumr will presently com* from tb* bill And yuu both can lake eui>pcr with me. W* will i m|.t your cuy fauoy itu uauvu-btck duck. And icki* your tMie wltli clituipacne- And ir you ean't mtke yourself wholly at home Wby, Btrika for your club once sgalu. Come home I Com* boui* I Uo wber* you mill, itiero li no elnb Ilk* Hume. VON BY AN ENGLISHMAN A LOVE STORY. "Bat Ml mi," I said, " what is ths meaning of ihie anonymous message?" I pulled ii oai of my pookel, end gave ii lo him to read. "Il metni, no doubt, vbil il eeye," laughed K\m m 1 " Wby iboald il bi lent to mi ? " "My dear boy. you sre simply impossible. Bow am I lo tell yon why an anonymous letter is sent >ou ? If I coald tell >oa Ibe reason of inch a letter, tbe name of the writer, and hie addrM* in town, I auppoie the letter would no I >ngr b* an anony moos pro inction. For godnns' like, b more r< asonable I " Thrj was DO ass i asking him sny Biorri questions; aod < u owlets to reosll all be uaid, daring II. walk, sbjut Diane and her behavior ii these Irving circnm- tsnces. Oae thing, however, etruok me. Rey. mon 4 , whu ii not amtti to exaggerate or to ideaiu j, wai land in bu praise of Diane. ' I ooald never have believed," be once sjai'l, "thai she woald have grown into so beaniifol a girl ; and it yoar mataal love has done this, I osn but encourage love in the foiare." Another lime daring oar walk he aiked in a kind of half-dreamy way, "Where the deaoe has she got Ibal de oilion of character *hkh ih Wuuld you believe il, she told my wife Ian oitii that no power on earth will mike her aay y>*' when ebe it aeked the uiue (jUGdiion al Ibe marrisge ceremony? " " When is Ibst ceremony to tske place ?' I asked. "I btlieve," raid Rttmonrl, that it it fir i for tj- morrow week I mean tbe civil marriage and that tbe religious csremony will take place on Ihe following day.' " Ha* ib trousseau been ordered ? " I aiki ci, with a painful bone gnawing al my thr it and well nigh itringling m* rtan 1 > , and Diane baa tsk*n an extraordinary interest in it so much so, in fa-t, that her mother declare* the girl to have no oirnr idea in her head lhan to Sthor together, if DO! the richest, at least most beautiful eorbtiUt de manage ever It itrnok m* all of a sadden, and the idea thrust the bone back in a moti < Ifioaoi ooa manner, that she was taking an Intereel IB her troosstaa on n>) aoooant, and I forthwith determined to order my own Wedding coal and presents for my bride. ICiymond added brightness to thii thought by remsrking slyly, "Oaeof Diane'i peculiarities is that she ha* absolutely BMHI i! video ly refused to have any initial* embroidered on her thing*, and all are to be marked with her name, Diane, only." " Bhe know*," I exclaimed lo litvmond, " that thai i* tb* only nam* t oar* for." " V* I* promener," said Raymond, " I UB sick of you and Diane ; and a* I am car home I will leave yoa, anise* yoa have willed wim Madame de Chantalii to diet orb my peaceful evening by more love- talk." H* liid all tbii eo good natnrally that I ODul I not take offence ; bni I wiihed him gK>d by, thanking him for Ibe valuable in- formation be bad communicated lo me. Four day* went by, and owing lo torn* oouiusl pre lure of work 1 had letn no- hoi y, nor heard from any one, when towards evtning a little note was handed to me. Il contained these word* : Monday next, 11 o'clock, at the Mairie of Ihe VII. Arroodissement. Be thin D." To describe my feelings on receiving tbii U to attempt the impoasibe. I had believed to a orieii, but in one which would lake place before any necessity had arisen to go eo fares tbe m* or'* presence. I had fancied tbat at the lait moment either Diane'* pannl* would have had pity on their daughter'* misery, that ths oount woald have reipeoted her undisguised loathing to thi* arranged marrisge, thai Diane bsrsnlf would have thrown herielf at her father's feet and implored his mercy, or would have begged the oount to spare her young yean and relieve her misery , hot apparently all thase considiniioni wars absurd- indeed, they never bad been thought of. Monday next. U < 'clock, al the mayoralty. Be there." Diane herself, in har own handwrit'ng, though she merely initialled Ihe note and did not sign it Diane, my Diane invited me to be present al her wadding with my rival. I read sgain. There wai no mistake *j*jejt I should forget the exaot diitriot of Paris where the girl lived who constituted ny life, my hope, my loul, my faith, my rood, my everything, ihe had marked it down. There it w** written, " Seventh Diet riot, al 11 o'clock " ; and lo letters an clear and ai dillinot a* if they were printed, the delivered her oommand, " Be then." I required no more. I woald go. Bh* had bidden m* ; il wai henceforth a duty. 1'erhape the might want blip; no one but myself should givi II to her ; perhaps she wiihed ms to witn*i her nwillingnes*, her powerlissneii, her aerifies lo doty. Did t not know il T No, I ooald not go. Msvbe ihe wanted m* to have thi ohanoe of forbidding the banns. I woald ris* in my oheiron the following Perhapi ah* wished me tj prove myself h*r champion on ths day of bar ssorifior. Y**, I woald. I took a sheet of paper, pinned opon it tbe little blue fsror whioh I had so long tnatured, aod wrote these word* : " Tbe bio* i* a* bright a* it waa when I recsivsd it. Please return il if a storm U npaodiug. I want to protect my pro- psrty." By nine in Ihe morning il wai returned with these wordi : " II fan! oombattn a noui denx main- tenant." I folly understood the message, and re unied an aniwer by post, folly dinoted to Diane, and written in the boldest oharso ten: "Mr DABLINO, Rely upon m*. I shall be by your tide on Monday, and we iball win the day." She answered It by a messenger a valet of her own father'*, saying : " Wait till I give tbe lignal ; do not pre oipitate thinge My lignal will surprise eo many that il will be unmiitakable ; but il may strain all Ihe courage I poise**, and at tbal supreme moment I may be unable to do more. I therefore look to yonr strong trm, yonr itrong will, and our strong* r love to help yonr wife tbat ii to be. " I < MM." Ai a man prepares by fasting and prayer to deserve a life eterr al hereafter, so did I trom the moment I received the abov note devote myaelf to solitude and thought, H a preparation lo the ceremony of Mon- day, to which Diane alone bad bidden me 10 whioh I looked for tbe signs! which would free her aod free me, and throw as nto each other'* armi. Monday oame ; and long bsfon the clock had struck ten, arrayed in my beet lotbet, wearing the blue favor given by Diane daring that cotillon which had Isyed such a part in oar live*, with a jouutenanoe as itolid, a* firm, a* resolved wsi ths will wilhm, whioh nfiecied it 1 io my features, I Bought admission at be Mairie. Al ten, and not before, I was allowed to o ia'o the ball ; bat ii was not before ten that I wa* permitted to enter the room wherein Mademoiselle de Bretenille'* marriage was about to be solemnized in accordance with the require- ment* of the French civil law. * There was a square table, with pen, ink, and piper. Then were two obairi for tba engaged ooa pie in front of ths table, and two otheri for ihe mayor and hie clerk, or ail/u<nt, on the other side. There were a few other chain in the body of the room for rear relative! and o.d people ; but I oared not for a seal, and look op my position next to Ins wall on Ibe aide which the lady woald occupy during the oeremooy. Presently th* people came trooping io, and all in gay humor, bandying their remark* at one another, and, psrcMvm* me. whispering to each other Ibal which I oared not to bear, bat whioh, I fell oer tain, referred to my sad disappointment and my well known admiration for la m trite. Trie noise increased a* Ibe company in- creased, snd now many pressed uear me, and talked and compassionated with n.e To sll remarks I preserved a itolid silence, but edged myself forward, so as lo keep well in light of Diane. A few minutes later the mayor, wearing tiis scarf, and hii clerk, entered the room, towed to ihe audience, and aisled whether the marriage ceremony ooald be proceeded nh ? ' Tney are coming I " shoaled the people n the audience ; and, making room for them, then marched forward a prooeasioo, n ibe finl two person* of which il we* oomr.osed I alone took interest. The Marquise de Brelenille led hi* daughter to Ihe table Hi* step was nnoer lain; hen wa* perfectly eteady. Ilii eye* andered ; here *ers fixed. His counten- ance indicated trouble ; hen was as calm and ai placid as if nothing in ths world wai more common then to be led as a lamb to he slaughter. As they approached the table they both caught light of me. Diane bowed to me, and gave me onoe more tbal divine smile whicn led ma a captive at her feel, and tin aged my whole tram*, body and tool, nto on* long worship of her beauty, good nees, and being. Tbe marquis frowned and ooked away. Another man saw me too, and frowned ikewise. M. de Maapert, oa taking hi* t on th* other side of Mademoiselle de Ireteuille, bed m* in fall view, and elished not Ibe light. Al if lha air had lecome suddenly charged wiih electricity, iveryone kept looking at the annous f sois of myself, M. ds Msapsrt, and lha marqaie. Although rumor had not been very busy respecting ae, Hill sum lient report bad ipread as to thi* marriage being halt f nl lo he bride for the concern whioh oar conn- tenenoee exhibited not to give il consist nny ; and a kind of silence, such as irecedes a storm, fell apon the noisy and irilliant company. The uiiuiiial light, too, of a cotillion ibbon at my ballon-hole attracted atten- ion, and made people wonder whal poeieeeed me to wear aaoh a bauble on uoh an occasion. Il was tharefora with breathle** atie.n Ion that tbe large Bothering of the f riende it both famili** listened to Ihe mayor'i talemenls ai to what conititoted legal mpsdimenti to a marriaga, and with slraoet psinful expectation they waited Ihe aniwere which were now to bi given to the maynr'e queition*. " Monsifar," asked the mayor a vary gentlemanlike man of come 60 yean of age, with a long, wall-combed beard, and a ooontenanoe unite i to hi* offioiel position, are you the person desirous lo be married?" 11 seemed so abiurd a question, seeing hat M. de Maapert wa* standing before him for ths purpose, tbat I ooald not refrain a liokly smile that forced itself to my face, and whioh M. de Maapert noted almait at the lame time h* acquiesced in nply to the cmaial question. Then," proceeded th* mayor, in a entenlioui manner, reading from a psper i* held in hii handi, and having previously iHjuiled an eye-Rise*, " yon, Ooant Charles [Crnmannel ds Maapert, do yoa take thil ady, Diani Maria Ohiilaine de Breteuille. for yoar wifi ? " I do," replied the ooant, with a bow to Dim*. And yoa," continued the mayor, itlll yoa, with the ooneent of yoar parents, duly oertiflid and freely given do yon take Ooant Obarlee Kmeaanael de Msapert for yoar baiband T " My whole soul went oat to the girl, who in that solemn moment bad il in her power by one eingle word from her own lip* to eal her own fate) and mine ; and with a terrible niokneii of heart that foreboded an rqoally terrible oriiie I marked her lovely, pale face, from whioh all ray* of inoihine bad faded, and I wai about to alter a yell of deipair, when from coder her veil I noticed a little blae bow, jail like tbe one I wore, sewn beneath the fold* of tbe bodioe cf her white dreei, hid almost from view, pteping at that moment at me si U to aay, What manner of faith have > on in me ? Am I not true to yoa T Am I not here to ihow )on how itsuacb I can be ? Wait for tbe lignal and aee. All this wai felt, thought of, seen, and appreciated in tbe spaoe of a lecond ; for in another eeoond a clear voice, like that of a ilvcr bull, went forth pore aod trae nto the hall, and taking that aaaemblage to wilne**, sounded in my eare like the message of an angel, a* tbe wordi, " Non, Moositar Ie Main," itruck tbe whole audience dumb with amazement. Befon tbe atoniabmtnt of all present had bad time to translate itself into worde, Ib* mayor continuing hii official dutiee with the eligbteet possible eemblanoe of earpriee visibln on hii faoe, aiked the noble girl the motivee of her refojal. In the aame diilinot tonee came tbe nply, " Beoaaes it U the 4rit time that I have had an opportunity of replying to a diltinot question ; because neither my parent* nor thil gentleman bare," inclining her head toward* M. de Mauperl, "have condescended to ask it of me ; and beosuse ' ' her voioe began to falter, bar strength wai evidently failing " because " I rush ed to her eide, and supporting her beauti ful form " beeanee," abe conoladed, her eyee lif led ap to mine, " this U the man f my choice." I kissed her lipe before the whole of the startled audience. I took her op in my arm* with a giant'i strength to a chair away from tbe cursed seat ehe bad been made lo eil upon before; I knelt by her eide while tbe mayor rushed off for re- stora lives, and by the lide of my speechless love I stood goard, ai a man, defiantly pro- teoliog tbe life of bii life. Then, as if for the first time the siguiflo- | anoe of tbe ecenoe enacted bef are them bad jail alruok them, there wai a ruab to the door of frightened ladiee aod discreet friends, one and aU anxioai to quit a place where Ibeir stereotyped notion* of pro- priety, involving, for aught they oared, the rain of a young life, bad received eo great a shock, and harrying to fill the world of goesip with the detail! of the painful tragedy they had jait witneaeed. But what oared I for goesip or criticism at tbat moment? My darling wai lafe from profanation of other handi, and I be- lieve I ihoald have eirook dead, with the fury of a maniso, tbe flrit penon that at- temped lo approach my charge. In a abort time the wearied eye* opened, and seemed to look for something. My arm wai round her in a moment, and be- fore her stunned and petrified parents my Diane pat her eli^hi armi round my neck for protection, and we embraced with all the might that four weeks of pent-np love ooald poor into oae bsppy moment of glori- fied bliss. Thoee who looked down apon ai in that boor of our triumph and eoeticy realized then, if they never did before, bow power- leea are tbe cold calculation* of humanity and it* meaoingle** project! for tbe bappi- nee* of youih againit tbe power of love, Ibal, onoe acknowledged by two ardent yooog nalurea, brook* no obetaole, koowe no barrier, and overtnrne in it* eweeping onirenl tbe firmed bulwark* raited again*! y eooial ooi-* ornitioaalprejaiioai. CHAPTER VII. Tbe events of Ihe lait few boon wen of too great imi ortanoe to allow any delay in bringing them to a settlement ; and whereas tbe dignity of a senator bad apparently been enough for the ooant to find a ready exovie why he should not be Ihe cause of a scandal, or a play a part in an affair of love, into which be wtll knew he not been will- ingly dragged, and be had on tbat account . I nil ted the room, it wa* left for tbe old marquis to expree* hi* opinion of oar con dual, and to determine tbe line of action he himaelf wished us to adopt. Il moil, however, be acknowledged that Ihe Ooant de Meupert, oa retiring from tbe some of action, It f word thai be waa only behaving a* he deemed at present the cause of dieorelion and dignity required of him, but that he would wail in an aoteohamber any osll on htm whioh might be made by either the marquis, Ihe marqaiae, or th* young lady beranlf. Ae to Diane and myself, we were *o rapt in the enjoyment of tbe moment, 10 happy in the fact that we were there together, breathing one breath, speaking one thought, and defying the world in oar itrong young love, thai we ooald not ipeak. We looked at one another, and tbe out pouring* of oor tooli went to each other in thai look. Bu iotenie wai it, thai it wai almoet alarming lo tbe on lookers, who for some time wen riveted to the ipol, when they elood lilent and dazed, like ouraelvei, in a draam. I wai the firit to break the ipell ; and taking my arm away from the frail trea cure that I had been holding next my heart with luoh infinite tenderness and pride, I went op to the marquise, and taking her unwilling hand shu had no power to keep back, I kieaad il reverently ; then going lo the old marquis, wbota tear* stood thickly in bi* eye*, I raid, " Mon- ieur, her* il your daughter. I ask her of yoa, and I will give up my profession to live with her and yon, if yoa ooaeent to it." U* did not aniwer, bal looked at Diane. The tear* welled in her beautlf al tired eye*. Bhe gave him a little eloquent Banday and throw my glovt, to b* picked reeding >< b. aemi unconcerned f"nion, h , d , wronRn , ^ w * hope! for. p by ihi sen-tor-count. /" Dn* Mail* ObUlain* d* Bntrallle. do i R^ainins, hii voioe, th* marquis smile, bat when sha tried to speak ahe ooald not. I ran lo her, fearing ihe wai going to faint again ; bnl ihe revived on my being near her, and gave my hand so meaning a pressure that, keeping il looked in mine own, I raised il lo my lip*, and looked at her father. He coald etand it no longer, and bent down to embrace hi* child. I Hood by, looking on. Diane, without laying a word, oaoghl hold of her father'* hand, and, gently lead- ing II, pat il into mine. We shook hand* silently, bat th* change Baked for tb* Comle d* Mauperl, and on bis coming in, th* marqoi* addressed him : " Monsieur Is Comle, I owe yon a repara lion of honor for th* insult which ha* been publicly offered to yoa by my own flash and blood. I am at >onr orderi, where and whan yoa may pleas* to appoint." I listened, stupefied. Tbii had never entered into my reckoning. I only noted with latiif iclion tbat Diani had not taken in the meaning of thi* speech ; but Ibe count al onoe replied, with a courage that did him honor : " Monsieur Ie Marquis, if inch be yoar wiih I am, of coarse, at your commands ; bat w* an too old acquaintances for yoa to misanderntaua me when I here declare that I am unwilling to repay in blood the debt of gratitude I owe for an honor to my- self you bad considered me deaerving of, and which il u not yoar fault, or that of Madame la Marquise, tbal I ihoald not now enjoy." There wai a pause ; but a* it was evidently for the count to speak, and he felt it, be went on : " Mademoiselle, your daughter, has only said the truth, and in that she ha* not die graced herself or yonr name. She ha* indeed, acted with a courage ao ran among jouog person! of her age in the France of she proient day that I oan only regret, and buierly regie I, that I should not have perceived, until it was too late, the whole extent of my loss. It i* perfectly true tbal ibe was never asked whither ahe willingly accepted my courtship. Bhe showed me plainly tbat it wai not one of her oboioe ; bat she wai so well brought op, so resolutely obedient to th* will of hsr pannti, tbal she did not oblige me to ask a question wbiob I some- how feared might receive the aniwer it has publicly got tbis day, which perhaps on tbat very aocount I did not put to her. " Under theee circumstances, it remains for me as a man of years, whose honoraole intention! when above suspicion, to release yon from any obligation under which you might feel yourself toward* me, and to beg Ibal if my name be ever mentioned in yoar family it may not be wiih loathing aid distaste, but with pity and respect. Adieu." Noble man I " I exclaimed ; and in my impelnoneily I wa* about to wribg him by tbe handi in a treciport of generous admir- ation, when he looked al ma with a haughti- ness that thrilled as well as checked any forward movement on my part, and laid, "I have not the honor of your acquaint- ance, and it i* fortunate for yon, inasmuch as, bad I tbat privilege, I would certainly make use of il." Slung to tbe quick, I laid, addressing tbe marquis, " Pray, sir, inform this gen- tleman tbat I am at hii service, seeing that hi* vui t to my roomi on an ernnd which concerned himself only waa an acquaint- ance thrust upon me, which I never desired." ' Ai you please," replied the ooant, and left the room, bowing to ui all in lorn, and receiving oar own bows in aniwer. " Come to my armi, my child," laid the old marquis, "and receive my apology fjr having ignored the nal character of my own daughter." He embraced her over and over again, and aent her across to har mother, who had bsen speech les* all Ihe while, and was sobbing a* if ibe would never cease. " Mon enfant," aaid the marquis to me, " we are not accustomed to 3oenee like tbii in our country ; but to novel scene* novel measure* moil bi adapted. What are yoar withe* now t " "Sir, I have not asked Mademoiselle Diane in to many word* lo marry me," I eaid, attempting a smile ; bat I think our been* have spoken. Tbal generoni count has left ui free, and, obeying Ibe custom of France, I respectfully ask yoar permission to woo and win tbe hand of the girl I love " "I shall nply," said the marqai*, "a* they do in England. What doe* my daughter say ?" For an aniwer. Dime, who had heard the conversation, left her mother, and running ap to me, cried, " Oai, oai I " in so childish a manner that the marqai* re- marked, I thipk tbi* time then i* no fear of the ceremony being interfered with, or of tbe mayor slopping proceedings. Qo, both of you, aod auk the blessing and sanction of la marquise," Sh* wa* too much moved to lay any- thing, but aoqnicsoed silently io all her husband'i wish** and ihoae of her daugh- ter. It wa* evident tbat Diane'* gentler*** oame from her mother, and her spirit from he r father. "We cannot remain here forever," at laat remarked the marquii ; " let as go home; and a* my girl oame hen as a fiancee, ihe must not return otherwise Take her arm and aid her to tbe carriage." I did so, through a lias of friends who had stayed behind to hear the denouement or end of tbii affair, maybe to carry gossip abroad -some, perhaps, to grieve or rejoice for and with n* ; and mob ii ths power of laooeii, thai when they law Diane and myself walking down tbe stern of th* Mai rie, happiness and imiles beaming on our ooantenanoea, they raised a load " Vive lei noavesax marie* I " forgetful that w* were not yet .nan and wife. (To b* OonMuQsd) PBOOLJAB IHFATUATIOH. DIBsrea* sieUMts ef fwltowlei; - Uea - L*>ve Oa* A u ,,i i. . r . Do men ever fall in love with each other r Women do. Mot long ago a young woman in New Jersey wa* married to a youibfol laborer on her father's farm Homelina* afterward il wa* dieoovered that the hoe- band wai a female ; the young wife refused, however, tboogb earmsil) euirt-eted by her friend*, to give up her oboeeu consort. The itrangeil part of tbe duoovery wai ih* fact that the bride knew her husband wa* a woman before ebe was led so tbe altar. If men do not exhibit thie drange mfatsj. stion for one of their own x, they al leas*. of tentime* give evidence of the fact that they love one another, '.there are many initanoe* on record wbvre one man baa given hi* life for another h-r am many more iLitancee when mm hive >ieilif to another. Hi* a proud possession th- kioled|ce that one nae saved a pre<ioii< human life. Merideo, Conn., is the hufiui uf each a happy man. John H. Prt-.ton o( thai city. July 1 lib, 1890, wrilts: Kiv >esrs ago I wai taken very sick, I had several of the beet dootori, and one and all called il a complication of diaeaea*. I wai sick four jeer*, taking prescriptions prescribed by these aame doctor*, aod I Irainfnlly elate I never expected to gel any better. At thi* lime, I commenced to have tbe moat terrible pains in my berk. One day an old friend cf mine, Mr. R. T. Cook of tbe firm of Curtis * Cook, advised me to try War- ner' Bafe Core, a* b* had been troubled the) sine way and il bad t fleeted a core for him. I bought six bottle*, look tbe medi- cine a* Directed, and am lo dy a well man. I am sore no one ever bad a worsa oaae of kidney and liver trouble than I bad. Before this I was always against proprietary medicine*, but not now., ob, no ' Friendship expreasea useif in very peculiar waye sometimes ; but the Ira* friend is tbe friend in need. The Keporter'e RftterprlsA. Nebraska State JimnuU : A gentleman wa* complaining bitterly of tbe lack of enterprise shown by the locsl paper* urn printing Ihe new*. Toe reporters never eem to gtt onto anything Lowadaya," ho growled. " I don't suppose tbal any of them heard a word about the slugging that a prominent capitalist nave a lea fling banker at the Windaor Hotel last Sunday." A newspaper man in the employ of th* Nebraska State .luurmil in hearing gave eaaurinoe that he wa* in fall potsaeaioa of the fact*. Then whydiJn'l yoar print the story ?" demanded the stern rntio " Do yon believe that such things ihoald be printed?" Why, of course !" with a fwornfnl snort. " Of course I That is what tbe paper* are for. I wouldn't auppraaa any- thing if I wa* running a paper." The newspaper man took out hie note- book and made an entry of tbe name of ins crilao. What'i that ftr ."' demanded the gen- tlemen. " To poll on yoa the nexl time yoa get into trouble like yoa did last March and oome around and want the paper* to hush it op. Be* .'" A dark brown eilenoe fell on tbe group. In a moment the critic lift, d his voioe. " A* soon a* yoa erase my name," said be. I will move an adj xirument to tbe cigar stand. ' H.- Admired ByaUia. Boston Tr,i>ucnpt : Pint City Father Here'* a fine-looking *trret. Second City Father You're right there. What's bail to be done with il ? " Let'* have it dag ap far a sewer." " Bal wouldn't il be proper to pave it first ?" " Of course. I luppMad yoa understood that. Then, after il is pved and a sewer put in we'll neve it repavnd." AU in readiness to be dog up again for tbe gas pipe. I see >ou understand the) principle* of municipal economy. And after we have had it rrpaved a second lime, then what ?" " Wall then, it will be in order for widen- ing. There'* nothing I admin eo much ae syilem in the oan and improvement of oar rosdweyi." In Chi< *(<>. Penelope Th re i* a slight coolnei* between yoar father and mother, ii then not ? Perdila Oh, no, only a divorce. B) A Colloqav. 14 You're alwayi fall of new*." laid th* Letter lo the Box. I'm glad yon dropped in," replied th* Box ; " I'll keep yon posted. ' Jean Ingelow ii a iwael faced lady with mow-white hair and indomitable industry. Bhe lendi prose oomp, union to several English magazine*. What onclsanily people they seem to be out Weil," laid Mrs. DeLite, of Boston ; " here ii a case of a man starting in to clean oat a town, and they actually ihot him." Th* laying of th* foundations for the new Victoria College building will probably b* oommenaed bii fall. " No," ih* raid, " not another one." 'Jait one more," he pleaded. "Impowible," ihe said firmly. " That is -well the rise In tarift hai not affected thi itook now on hand, I luppoae." _ , Th. U*e Advertise*. Harriiburg (Pa.) Cult : Nothing delight* wide-awa>e, energetic advertiser* so mooh a* to get into a locality when those in business are too penurious or indifferent to make uee of the nowepaprn, and when they do, there are both profit and amuse- ment in store for them. There ii no safe- guard like a local newspaper. Nothing can do more lo keep ap a town and help business ; and merchant*, above all, should give them Ibe preference. Yet frequently the only letnrn the papei* gel for their enterprise i* depreciation from those wbooa they have benefited both directly and in- directly. Ai long ai thii ii the case news- paper* will be prone to welcome newooon in Ibe field, even if their vieila are brief. la Van*. New York Herald : Now every poet point* his pen to make n ladder verse. Ami sins* in steps bis phantasy of bliss. But! bee tbat you'll exouae me If I ask in ai U-rse, What's th* like ter witb Will the AlderaaaB Attend Ie THI* r Muncei'i Weekly: Philanthropist Don I yoa pity Ihe poor men who have to work with pick* and shovel* on the Ireet ? Oynio I do, indeed. I am thinking of circulating s petition in their behalf and then presenting it to tbe Mayor. Philanthropist What do yoa wiih to have granted to them ? Cynic I will petition that all the oirh- itonei be cushioned for their benefit. Amy Yoa have a good heart, Jack, hat yoa have'! much of a head. Jack Oh. you ihonld have seen it when I got up thif morning I Jack And did Mi** Sweetngarw* emit* apon yoar lait ? Jim Smile ! She did more she laughed at it The Official Qttettt announce* that Ib* Imperial Parliament will November 94th.