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TAN 8LK MCHENRY s I ILLINOIS THE CANDIDATE :gr FitTxampleoT humaii>iS, Early he coram imd late he goal! He greets the woman with courtly grace; He kisses the baby'a dirty face; ' \ \ i He calls to the fence the farmer at work; He bores the merchant, he borea the clerk; The blaeksmithjmktle his fmvil rian. it He jmsiImmmI:4£3b thiwfipg J*e B»ga:i how ft* #•? and .fife the J" Husband, who is that at the gate?" ~ Hide, my love, it's the candidate!" " Hnsband, why can't, he work like yea! iiafi he r.vithms at a'l at iioiue to do?" My dear, whenever a man is down, No cash at home and no o*<dit in town, a Too plain to Prent& jfifttG© pittuLfe bA, Too timid to rob, Sfflflfto lazy t#a%, Then over hi® hoise his legs he tlinga. n i oojer can, : worfcingraan.' K ' <fi Ah, »| o*» my list m The horny hand of tl Brothers, who work early and late, Ask these things of the candidate: What is his record? How does he At hue? iSio matter about hie hai Be it hard or soi't. so it is not prone To close oyer money not his nw.. Has he in viaw ho. thieving pka » v; • Y 1 At Is he honest and ck|feMe't-- he's yhhr twwF Cheer such a man till the welkin rings! • Joinin the chorus which he sin era: " Howdy. Howdy, how d'ye do't • »How is your wile, and how are. yon? "•Jjjth. it fits my fists as no other can, «SThe honest hand of the working,mailIw" £ » --Troy (X. Y.) Standard* M BEREff^ Hove, I call yon; can you hear? Ofcll you. want j ou. need you, dear; "Ik this high-heaped mound hiy Mm* < And my answer only this? Jb the silence as iBtense • Tfcyour freed and perfe<Jt Afto mine--and is the tide 3ru»t as dark, and wild, and Qftn there never come a sign fittnn your nesciiad sobl to nine? .* firt So lHipoiiuu ite iei v iie#d, < Wist 1 idly, vainly plead? ' t'f - - A h is there kg ungnaxded place Jton might seek and let your faoe, , ,jj, ,• i% Warmed by Heaven's resplendent light* . Flash an instant on my Bight? I /• f NAjH forbear; I veil ttyeyes; < Tmt traraeeudeat, first surprise Is Death s guerdon. I must wait Though the hour be far and late»< Odnld yont b'ouI, transfigured, bids For an instfcnt at my side? Could my sinfulness endure You beside me white and pure? --Mr*. £.»uf m &cribnet*» M* •"* •** - f I <fh fH iJj'l. I 'THE, G1J0ST Vi THE OLD M1UL. I AM not.-wra generai-rule; easily frightened. Especially has it ever been my nature to Jaugh to scorn all those who, • iA lay presence, have declared that they believe in the reality of .ghosts. And yet I hftve^ always list­ ened attentively to«ghost stories, thus proving, I imagine, that my disbelief in them was not so thorough after all. I remember well that when a small boy I used to listen respectfully, and with .greatinterest, to those which my grand- mother told me; but shocked her sense •of propriety when at the conclusion I would laugh and say that I didn't be­ lieve there were such things as ghosts. Then she would tell me that she didn't •either till she s$,W one, and that " see­ ing: is believing-" - * « As the years passed by and I grew up to manhood my disbelief became more marked, and I wollfld tell her I was afraid that I would never see a ghost as long as I lived. Then grand­ mother wouki fihtlke her head aha say: "You heed never want'to see one, my boy!" The only reason I can assign for not being afraid in the dark is that my par­ ents never tried to frighten me by tell­ ing me that "the dark would catch tae." In fact fhey never tried to make xue afraid of anything that is really harmless, in order to keep me from do­ ing sosaethif g that thpy did not want me to dofand me consequence .has! been that, though naturally of a timid Qr excitable disposition, the number of times that 1 have been really frightened in my life, can be counted on my lingers. Once, when mMitiAg along a road •«' after dark, I saw Reside it huge ob­ ject that caused the hair, to ral^e up straight# It A Iwg? animal of some kind, I supposed, and go I sliced along the fence on tjie op­ posite side of the road till I got well past it, and then ran for dear life. The jiext morning. 1 returned to the spot to see whit kind of tracks it made, and was disgusted to find only a big log! f What puzzled me most was that I had frequency traveled that road and had never noticed it until that dark night. On another occasion, when passing by the country graveyard not very far from my father's home, I began to think of things that 1 ought to have kept out of my mind. I was going tarard home, and had. • emerged from a ieavy belt of timber in which there were wild animals---' though none which \fere considered • dangefoUBtomariwlandiks I approached the City of the Dead and the darkness began to gather around, the mischiev­ ous thought entered my head that some •dangerous wild animal was following my footsteps. Glancing backward 1 imagined I cou}d see a dark object near the roadside. Theq it was that my footsteps quickened into a run; and it was only when near home and oi\t of breath that Jrjbaltedvabd tothitfk how foolish it was to get so frightened at nothing. 7 * These, iiowever, were about the only times, when a boy, that I was fright- ened when there was really no danger; and I tlatter mysetf ibhaf Mot many boja •come off as well as that in the way of frights. At the time of seeing the ghost in the old mill 1 was a full-grown man, and had entered cpon the stern and unpoetioal realities of life^ Everybody believed that 1 was in love with the miller's daughter and most people also thought we would soon* be married. Alas for me she did not seem to recip­ rocate my love, and I was forced to ad­ mire and love her as a rich treasure beyond my grasp. She was friendly, I vand even sisterly to me; but' I fell con- f -inced, almost from the first, that she ' iced nothing "for me in the way, I did Mather. Perhaps she did not even, ' ) ; * ./ know that I loved her; for she was a feemrty B»d trad «o many admirew that she thought the homage 1 paid her was hers of a right, and meant nothing more th|n tlmt 1 was able to reeogftize and appreciate beauttrfmd worth froenever •I saw them. « I J* Beside I was only a poor engineer, and why should she have thought that I really aspi£d for her hand. the air damp and rathei* disagreeable As twilight grew into the darkness of night, the 'dry leaves rustled in the wind with that noise which they can only ifak# fTKen lie weather haf" been dry. fd^WtcCby a damp air, and, prob-j •ably,,"rain. •; - *.< * Several; Ifairih 1tranfpir#di day which Were, when taken as a whole, well calculated to shake one's nerves* though affording no great cause for excitement when taken sepa- One w» tliat a t)Jen found dead on the railroad track, not far away, that morning. All theories as to whether he was killed and put on .L tL A _ 1 _ 1 ^ J.-. A ^ • . UIC VI MtkVi. v'u'MilJLlltr'- ted svicide,' or was intoxicated and asleep <upon the track, and was thus run over, were accepted and rejected in turn as failing to account for all the known facts in the case. As the mys­ tery ^.onccrnln^ how he came to his death increased, the state erf feverish excitement among the people became greatefc It was also just nine days before that a mad dog was killed near the mill; and the man with whom I boarded, having no dogs, his residence seemed to be headquarters foi all the dogs in the neighborhood after nightfall. They came in such numbers to search for stray bones and other eatables, that 1 began to doubt the economy of having no dogs upon the premises. Then also there happened to be si va­ cant house not far from the mill, and the ceasing of the noise and prattle of children, heard there so long, seemed now to augment the deathlike silence that reigned around the premises. Somehow a nice, comfortable-looking house, when deserted, always impresses me with a feeling of loneliness for which I cannot fully account. Last, but by no means insignifi­ cant item, I had heard that the former engineer of the mill wad not expected to Ti' e many hours. " What if his spirit should hover around the old stumping ground?" This thought kept passing through my xnindas l \ky upou |h# bed #mti vainly tried to sleep. "Whit if he should gd Into the old- mill to-night and look at the engine, which he once took so much pride InF What if he should wander through the mill all night?" . * > / ) ' Somehow these thoughts occupied my- mind to the exe^usioiL of tnose everyday ones that so genw waft me into the land of dreams. * I've often been told that nothing but the toothache could ever keep me fropa going to sleep, and nothing but thun­ der could ever wake me before broad daylight. But on this particular night, although i tried hard to go to sleep, 1 heard tne clock strike eleven, Without having been able to fall even into a do2e. - - Dcspairiag of getting to sleep, I arose, went to the* pinjlbw and looked out at the old mill. It was a dreary- looking old building; just such a one, thought I, as a ghost would be likely to As I stood looking at the old build­ ing, a light suddenly > npptearetl fche window. It flashed PP brightly ior an instant and then qtiickly disappeared. As I stood watching the window I saw it again, and then my resolution was fixed to go down to the mill and see what it meant. Opening the door, I peered into the darkness, half afraid t6 venture out. Just then I heard dis­ tinctly the snarling qf a dog, aad the door closed with a slam. It might have been a nervous twitch in my right arm. "This w;ill never do," thought I, and getting my trusty revolver I proceeded toward the mill. It is astonishing what a feeling of safety is inspired by the pos­ session of firearms, even of a dark night when there are a hundred chances4 to ope a peroon will aot be ubld to use tlicm In case of need. * « After getting well away from the hotose, however, a hundred exciting thoughts took possession of my mind. Every leaf that rustled in the wind was a mad-dog making straight for me; the grunting of a pig sounded like the deep, low growling of a fierce bull-dog, and the noise of a tom-cat in the distance reminded me of what must be the wail­ ing of a lost spirit! » As I gazed at the window and could see no more signs of alight, the thought ocqurred to ijje that the man who tad murdered the man found on the rail­ road track was in the mill with a dark lantern counting his ill-gotten gains. And then, strange I hadn't thought of that before^,! remembered iioar- ing mfmv tinftea that the ni|ir was haunted. f ' - 5 j ' ^ : Bit aJmid. ali t&ose depressing thoughts the idea of retreating never entered my head. I had resolved to go to the mill and investigate the mys­ tery of the light; and had I once thought of turning back it would have come to me in the light of % broteif promise, of ft sacred trust betrayed±< Though 4 singular idea it has always seemed to me thai a promise made to myself is as sacred and binding as one made to others, and so I soon found my self groping in the darkness of the old mill. J 1 had groped into every nook and corner near ttee window v^erel had seen the light, all the while expecting to feel a hand grasp my shoulder, or a cold blade enter my body; when I heard, or thought I heard, light footsteps on the floor over my head. Listening closely 1 could hear them distinctly; and then the cold chills ran up my back, excend- ing to the roots of nay hair! Would I retreat? Mo! "I will meet death, < but not dishonor!" was my thought while ascending the stairs. Arriving upon the main floor of the building I beheld a figure in white. "What are you doing hereP ' I de­ manded in tones meant to be those of authority, but which were, in this re­ spect, a miserable failure. There was no reply. " Speak or I'll fire!" were my next word*. Still the figure was silent. For a moment I was at a loss what to d<% But observing that the figure was Jhoving from me, anil fearing it mign b+a criminal and might escape I lo<fked steadily at it and fired. It fell, ftnd aB it dld so I heard a shriek; not the shriek of a man who might be a murderer or a thief, but that of a wbman! I rushe<i baek togthe house in an a^ony of Mispehse.-shduling as I anfc ed that l had eomnaittjed a murdex. 1 1 "When? Where?" exclaimed the aroused inmates of the house. ~ " Down in the mill!" was my reply. ( Speedily proouring a light they hastened thither and soon brought the Weeding form to the house. " Who is it?" I asked, half mspeot* ing, even, then,Vho the victim VToS. .f- They looked at each other, curiously, and then at me. In an instant I knew that it was the miller's daughter. My head grew dizzy and then came a blank. * * . *. * * TRb§L» said I raved like & madman; that I wished I had never .been born; -hat the cSitfc Height opeix aSu BW»Ui.*W me dp; that it was too cruel a fate to kill the one 1 loved best on earth. They said I bent over her and told her of my hopel««s love; that if I could only die for her it would be the richest boon I could ask. All this atid a great deal more 1 must "have said, from the time I lost consciousness till I seemed to have awakened from a long sleep, feeltng very weak and helpless. Ihey toltl me r that many days had elapsed since that sad occurrence, and that she was quite well, having, after all, itocelved only a slighi wound. As soon as my strength would per­ mit, I went to see her, doubting some­ what as • to the kind of reception I would receive. The family did not meet me with a scowl upon their faces, as I had half expected, but, on the con­ trary, rfeeelVed me with genuine hospi­ tality and friendship. It is not difficult to guess that the miller's daughter*was a sofamanfbuHst; and that sne finally consented to be­ come my wife. As to the light in the window, Which was the cause of the unfortunate oc­ currence (if unfortunate it may be called), that is a very simple thing, whe*i once explained. Some boys, whose parents would not permit them to play cards at home, were engaged in this delightful recreation in the va­ cant house, when their light, for a mo­ ment, shone against the window at the mill, from which I' saw it refleotecU-- ^Burlington Hawk-Eye. nary presents them, by means of a diminutive moon. The wst-ch was not- sold in Philadelphia, was offered in vain^ to New York millionaires, and was finally sent to a San Francisco jeweler. Three weeks ago an Ariaona miner, who had struck a wonderful lead and regarded $2,000 as a small dime, stepped into the store, looked at the watch, and in ten minutes said he Would take it. He paid the money without winking and remarked that he thought the boys up at the Gulch oouldi** j»eat it.--California Paper. , , . An Ant Dairy on a Yirgiata Creeper. Talc large leaves have been convert­ ed; into dairy-farms by a colored fam­ ily named Formica, otherwise known as black ants. The race to whioh this family belongs have for years been no­ torious as slave-drivers and cruel task­ masters. They are extremely warlike, and go into battle with regularly or­ ganized battalions, making slaves of theif prisoners, who, yielding to the force of circumstances, become faith­ ful servants, and procure" all the food that is eaten by their idle masters. The family living under my vefanda, al­ though fierce and determined in their nature, have apparently devoted them­ selves exclusively to dairy-farming, having numerous herds of cattle--cows and calves--that are regularly milked by their owner#, ^o-jfriuk the milk for their food. % One bf the larger leaves of the Virginia creeper* forms a rich meadow, where from fifty to sev­ enty-five cows and calves can pasture. These little domestic animals are known as aphides, and it is eertainly an extra- ordinary sight to see the black ant to whom they seem to belong go through the field and milk these little cows. He carries with him a long whip (an­ tennae), with which he strikes the little docile animal on the back, when it im­ mediately deposits the milk that its •master eagerly drinks. When the pas­ ture gives out, the ant carries his herd to anojtlie£jeaf, tqr field; and wheg^jAge little calves are old enough , to be milked, he begins their education by biting them. It is curious also^,0 s»ee the owner de­ fend his ilock from an intruder. Let anothdr black ant eomo into the field-- that is fo&lj'iud leaf-^ani -he-^ItJiLks him with great fury, driving hiru from the premises at once. All this, and more too, my lens shows me of my neighbor's peculiar habits. I find that if I venture too close and arouse the suspicion of the dairyman by placing my hand or finger near his little farm, that I am warned by a sharp bite to be more circumspect in my movements, and not to become too familiar on a shore acquaintance. * M. Fowel, who has gfveh a very close study to the ants of Switzerland, re­ lates some very remarkable instances of an intelligence in these little crea­ tures which • seems almost incredible, and in fact it is almost impossible for anyone to comprehend the absolute mental capacity of these tiny and for the most part industrious dwellers on the earth, unless he seeks through the medium of his own observation a closer knowledge of their habits a^d modes of life.--Egbert L. Viele, in ** Magazine for August. -a L -.... sv jq,, Swiss ONE-HOESE GULCH will keep time hereafter for all creation, for one of the boys has carried off the famous Swiss watch which did nOt find a pur­ chaser at the Centennial Exhibition. It was about as large as an ordinary " stem-winder," and was a minute re- Eeater, striking on musical-bells the our. the half-nour, the quarter-hour and the number of minutes that elapsed of the unexpired quarter. In addition to this it told the time to a fifth of a second; and, by means of a double ar­ rangement, noted the passage of two distinct events or occurrences at the same moment--timing two horses, for instance, starting at different instants. It was a calendar also, showing the days of the week, of the month and the month of the year, and, by means of a wheel which made a fourth of a revo­ lution in a year, noted the quadrennial recurrence of the 29th of February. Finally, as if over-leaping all the other triumphs in its mechanism, it showed the phases of the moon, as that lurui- CTprus--Its Acquisition by England. THERE is certainly much to fire the imagination in the i>ond that practical­ ly auus Uyprus to the possessions of the English Crown. Cyprus is a type of the islands and the Provinces which make up the loose fabric of the Otto* man Empire. The old records of our civilization begin in those lasids, and .the technicalities of the Eastern Ques­ tion are blended with the most familiar names of Biblical story or classic le­ gend. Cyprus has gone through the usual vicissitudes of places over which conquest after conquest has rolled. The Greek, the Roman, the Saracen, the Crusader, the Genoese, the Venetian and the Turk have all in turn been its masters, and woven its name into the literature of Europe. They have all used it for purposes of conquest, and for little else. The idea that the mas-, ters of a dependency should look to the welfare of its people is a modern addi­ tion to political morality, and the light of it has never shone on Cyprus. The Crusaders employed it a -resting-' place, the Italian Republics as a source of wealth, and the Turks as a place for the production of revenue. As the Ot­ toman Empire has made little change in its fiscal practiccs, Cyprus lives un­ der a system admirably fitted for se­ tting human energy, and the island is in much the same state as it was gen­ erations a°ro. But now everything will he changed. The strength, the quietude and the security of British rule will bring capital to the place, and offer rich field for commercial enterprise. Harbors will be deepened or construct­ ed. There will be a naval station and thus the constant bustle of English ac­ tivity. If a railway should ever be made from any port of the Levant to the Persian Gulf, Cyprus may become a Elace of some commercial importance. a fact, the best news which it has ever heard in the course oi its long history is, that it has now passed under the rule of England. The Mussulman, as well as the Christian, part of the population otnnot fail to rejoice over the arrival of an English Governor, as Nations da when delivered from foreign occupa* tion. Cyprus will now be able to profit by some of the prosperity that has come to Western lanas which were' peopled by wandering tribef when it had al­ ready a considerable place in history. The possession of Cyprus cannot be dissociated from the pledges given by fche Sultan and the responsibilities un­ dertaken by this country. The Asiatic Provinces cannot be rescued from mis­ rule except by Western agency, and it will be necessary for English authority to be £n $he spot. Cyprus is, on the wholei, the best station that could have been chosen for such a purpose. The Porte will nonyhe expected to 'develop the vast natural •Sources of its Asiatic Empire, or, at least, to let that task be done by others. The country must now be opened up by roads, and, per­ haps, by railways. Something more will doubtless be heard of the schema to construct a railway through the Euphrates or the Tigris Valley--a prop­ osition which a select committee of the House of Commons investigated in 1872, and to which it gave a qualified assent. A good many facts and opin­ ions may then be culled from the evi­ dence of the witnesses against as well as for the project. To construct a line through more than 900 miles of thinly- populated and sometimes desert coun­ try would certainly be a bold enter­ prise. ' But, if the Government should think that such a railway is necessary to insure the safety of our communica­ tion with India, the starting-point would in any case be commanded by Cyprus. That island will, in fact, be adiiiii'uble naval station, whether for the purpose of protecting the Sue?! Cu-n:u, ccctiringa-cceond'ror.d to India, or giving this country the requisite au­ thority in ite relations with the Parte. --London Times. Youths' Department. Doing Up KM'i Lintto. SOME time a^o my husband used to complain that his linen collars did not set nicety in front. There was always a fullness, which, in the case of stand­ ing collars, was particularly trying to a man who fqlt a good deal of pride in the dressing of his neck, as it spoiled the efl'ect of his cravat and often left a gap for the display of either the collar band of the shirt or half inch of bare skin. While talking with a practical shirt maker one day he mentioned his annoyance, and inquired if there was anyway of relieving It. "Yes," an­ swered the man; "the fault is with vour laundress. Whije doing up your collars she stretches them the wrong way. Damp linen is very pliable, ana a good pull will alter a fourteen-inch into a fifteen-inch collar in the twinkle of an eye. She ought to stretch them crosswise, and not lengthwise. Then in straigtening out your shirt-bosom she makes another mistake of the same sort. They, also, ought to be pulled crosswise instead of lengthwise, partic­ ularly in the neighborhood of the neck. A lengthwise pull draws the front of the neckband somewhere directly under your chin, where it was never meant to go, and of course that spoils the set of your collar. With the iront Of your neckband an inch too high, and your collar an inch too long, you have a most undesirable combination." The speaker was right. As soon as my husband ordered the necessary changes to be made in the methods of our laundry, a Wonderful difference manifested itself in the appearance of that most important part of his clad anatomy--his neck. Let me commend the shirtmaker's hint to other disr tressed men.--N. Y. Evening Post. --A sour heart will never make a sweet life. Plant the crabapple where you will, it will never bear pippins. GRANDMA'S BABY. Tiiswse little midget, who, truly to sap, n? Beema to be always m everyone's way, Who vexes her nurse, and bothers roaBHMH,' And bums her wee finger* with papa'a c^gar. . u . " * * * h e r g r a n d m a m m a • • OVQA£it«* And forgets ail her woes in that haven of rest. "J baby" loves cookies, we know; Aiwt cookies in grandmamma's pockets do now; Anu Krandmamma f* pocket®, we }»i."«nly may T® fcab^-finKcra are constantly " Grandmamma's baby" climbs up in her chair. And taneles and tumbles the silver-gray hair Or rumples and creases the snowy-white cap,' Or rolls her 3xsr.ll oci£ ints -- And pats with her soft dimpled haada the triad' face. Where low for h«r ttofablastftQ* self afae can ta^oe, 1 * ? * " . v . . j, So lay yonr brfefctfaoe, little; dimpled-cbeeked child, A«ainst the dear £a©e that is peaceful and mild. Despite the deep wrinkles which tell us that care Ann trouble have one time been grandmamma's share. As erandma makes sunshine for baby each day, 80 itifb.v nuint help keep the shadows away. • .i . _ <_ ^ it? " Looks like be was playing a whale u '^11 : - caught the Tai 4riaAt"ta^--Sarah Winter 8t* ~N*ch*i«ui far-August. -- Hew ^hey Hsbed. ELSIR'S ' eye» were riveted on her bobbing cork; her cheeks were glow­ ing with excitement; her heart was beating wildly. There was a pulling at her line. " Keep quiet!"'ihe Stilled. got a bite " You would have, if 1 oonld get pour arm,1' said John, who didn't lieve she had a bite. at be- "I have truly," she Said, excitedly, "Look!" All came tramping, crowding about her. "I feel him pull," she said eagerly. " Well, get him out," said Luke •» "Shall 1 pull him or jerk himP" Elsie Was nearly breathless. "If I knew about his size, 1 eould tell you," said Luke. "If he's big, give him ft dignified pull; ** he's a lit­ tle chap, jerk him; no business to be little." Oh! Fm afraid it will hurt him," flfkisl T^iiaa " Out with him!" said Lake. "I'm afraid the line will break*" said Elsie, all in a quiver. " No, it won t," said-John. "The rod might snap," said Elsie. " Here, let me take the rod," Jolin proposed. " No, no; I'm going to catch the fish myself," Elsie said, in vehement pro­ test. " Then jerk, ' sharp and strong," W brother said. Elsie made ready; steadied her eager brain; planted her feet firmly; braced her muscles by her will; and then, with a shriek, threw up her rod, "ashigh as the sky," Puss said. There was a fleeting vision of a dripping, white-bel­ lied fish going skyward; ana then a faiift thin! was heard. " She's thrown it a half-mile, or less, in the bushes/' said Luke. All went into the hushes to look for the astonished fish. They looked, and looked, and looked; listened for its beating and flopping against the ground* After a while, C«uke said he thought it must be one of the climbing fish de­ scribed by Agassiz, and that it had gone up a tree. " I pios' found it twice't; but; it was a frog an* a liiar\ 'stead uv the fish," said Jacob Isaac. To this day, it remains a mystery where Elsie's fish wpnt to. All five again dropped hooks into the water, everybody pledged to silence. For some moments, the fishers sat or stood in statuesque silence, eyes on the dorks. Then Jacob Isaac showed signs of excitement. " I's got a fish, show's yer bawn," lie Jaccfb Isaac, jumping and capering, " What's the matter with you? What; are you cavorting about in that style for? John asked. " Plstyin* 'in*!" answered Jacob Isaac, running backward and forward, and every other Way. " Is that the way they plagr a fish?" Elsie said, gazing, "I never kscw before how they did it." S ho wo nt over to 'where t h e j^bil a nt fisherman was yet' skipping about,' and asked if she rni^ht play the fish awhile.' !»" Law, Miss Elsie! he'd pull yo' over- boa'd! Yo' couldn't hoi' 'im no uiaw'n nuffin. He's mighty strpng; stronges' fish ever did see." But Elsie teased till Jacob Isaac gave the rod into her hand, when she danced forward and back, chasse-ed. and ex­ ecuted other figures of a quadrille, till Puss Leek came up t*> play the fish. |8he wasn't so much like a katydid as Elsie, or so much like a wire lumping- jack as Jacob Isaac. She played the tish so awkwardly that John came up and took the rod fom her hand. He had no sooner felt the pull at the line than he began to laugh and " pshaw! pshaw!" and said! that all in that party were gumps and geese, except himself and Luke. ™ * - " You wouldn't exoept lAlktf," Elsie interrupted, "if he wasn't a big boy. You'd call him a gump and a goose, if he was a girl- "If he was a girl, he would be a gump and a goosg," said this saucv John. ' This fish," he continued, " which you've been playing, is a piece of brush. Oh! how you aid play it! This is the way that Jacob Isaac played it." John jumped and danced and hopped and strutted and plunged, till everybody was screaming with laugh­ ter. " And this is the way tha*; Elsie played it. He got hold of his coat- skirts after the manner of an ail'eeted girl with her dress; then he hugged the rod to his bosom, and capered, tlitted, pranced. Then, havipg reproduced Puss Leek's " playing," he said, grand­ ly: " I shall now proceed to Jand this monster of the deep." " He made a great show of getting ready, and then pulled, pulled, pulled, pulled--when out and up there came* not the brush everybody was expecting, but a fine, beautiful fish. You ought to have heard, then, the Cheers of those surprised boys and girls! Jacob Isaac danced, turned som­ ersaults, walked on his hands, and, for one supuwne half-seeoml, head. What Makes the Hai, M - ' t Majtt pimple sefm to forger Character grows; that it is not somfr- * thing to put on, ready-made, with womanhood or manhood; but, day bj day, here a little and there a little, grows with the growth and strengthens ' with the strength, until, good or bad, it Iwpnmfls Almost- a coat of mail. Look at a man of business--prompt, reliable, conscientious, yet clear-head­ ed and energetic. When do you sup­ pose he developed all these admirable qualities? When he was a boy. Let us see the way in which a boy 0# ten years gets up in the morning, works, plays, studies, and we will tell you just what kind of a man he will make. The boy that Js late at break- * fast, and late at school, stands a poor chance to be a prompt man. The boy who neglects his duties, be they ever so small, and then excuses himself by saying, "I forgot! I didn't think!" will never be a reliable man. And the boy who finds pleasure in the suffering of weaker things, will never be a noble, generous, kindly man--a. gentleman.-- N. Y. Observer. & 4il L * , U*' •0i$- Merry Hearts--Cheerful FaoeMwMjs# rJffs, WTtn a g^IglflUm aseonmeHt v» ' - . ̂ es just received at Buckltn Si ^m.evei»s. , tiro FOR S>AIjE. m4jTwo full Blood Durham Yearling GCFULL Calft, fit for use. J. FLUSKY. ten CLOAKS! CLOAKS! *e,Mrs. S. Searles is now offering I>*~ sioded Bargains in Cloaks and Mantle*, ha* Silk, English Diagonals and Mate- ye%sses, Cashmere, Ac. ~ ? cal ' rea FOR SALE CHEAP, ji0 Several icood second hand Buggfe*.--- diflPP'y to M. Owen. A fine lot of Zephr r and Card Boards, th^gt received at J. B. Blake's Furniture * ttorc. cor w bee PUMPS. evfc A large Stock of Adams wlebrate lenosha Pumps. The best Pumps an wet lowest prices, at £$ M. Owen's, the ~ moiTeeth extracted and filled in tli weioNt skillful manner by Dr. lllcc. Rlv neg-side House, Mcllenry. Con&ultatio we ree. Uncle Sara's Nerve and Hone Liai- "^ent Is most efficient in Rheumatism, 40 'ruisos, Burns, Scratches and many whther Ills Incident to mau and beast, ' timold by all Druggists. . 11 wh Be wise in time and get a bottle of Va>t. Marshall's Lung Syrup, which aiji^ ka/ays cures Cough? and Colds, and pre||i i_,ents Consumption. Price only 25 ctsfe r,jer bottle. Stlld bf A. B. Gilbert, ^jleHenry, 111. ^ haA FOR SALE. Half Interest 1 n a Buffalo Pitts, te ^v<lorse Power Threshing Machine.' •etllmost as good as new. Will be sol th<theap. For particulars inquire at thi 4tfice. tht -------- du Dr. Jaque's German Worm Cakes ar# jt^in effectual and safe remedy for worm»^ jj'liey are Pleasant to take and notonlwgi ,'lestroy the worms, but remove all, races of them from the system leavfljl ng the child healthy and strong. Thejr'" 80 tre warranted to give perfect satisfaci JP/'ion. Sold by all Druggists. Ih -- an Do not neglect a Cough or Col , weSilert's Extract of Tar and Wild Cherte hery is a standard remedy in all throats - , mi«sthmatic and bronchial affections, and^, a (̂ ia8 saved manjr valuable lives. lifTf jikJiever fails to give Satisfaction. Soldi;. ' th^y a11 Druggists. '*4 ®nt Dress Goods 18 and 20 cent* usuall ®eJ^ld for 25 cents. Hamburg Edgein tentnfent anu-^.gaycl iii|. , Ladle*- Lin joyment and usefulness. Merry hearts should be sought from- the Lord- -merry hearts should b© tivated. Moro merry hearts would make cheerful faces, and they are need- ^ ed at home,(in the church, in the street, aad in the sick-room. Words would also flow apace, and n6t only words W ^ complaint, but, • ' <'• " Our cheerfal sont trould oftener bfc,1 • \ su" f|w ', •••• A Running Dog. A nun neighbor of mine has a larm mongrel dog, a terrible nuisance to all Ul f passing the house, which unfortunately . stands near the highway. The brute has the nasty habit of rushing obt and "*• attacking every passing vehicle. 'Com- 4^ plaiuts were loud and numerous; and bn at length the owner hit upon a plaq which h«? thought would effectually cure ^ • his dog.' He attached a small log of' wood, or a "clog," by a chain to his collar. This answered admirably; for no sooner did the dog start in pursuit of anything than the clog not onlv. checked his speed, but generally rolled^ him over. Doggie was evidently zled, and reflected upon the positiOh, and if he did not possess reasoning powers, he certainly showed something very like them, for he quickly over- came the difficulty, and to the surprise f 1 of all, was soon at his old work, nearly;. g§| as bad as ever. And this is hovf " managed. No longer did he attempt to drag the clog on the ground and al­ low it-to check and upset him; but be­ fore starting he caught it up in his mouth, r^n before the passing horse, dropped it. and commenced the attach; and when distanced, would again seize the clogj; in his mouth, and resume his position ahead, and thus became as great a pest as ever. Even on his ordi­ nary travels about he is now seen car-' rying his clog in his mouth, instead of letting it drag on the ground between his legs.--Chambers' Journal. t: V* . .m; m: ft ' *r- m It; •vet --It's well to look at both sides fan. On a "heated" Sunday in Phila- I delphia, the other day, the minister was fanning himself vigorously. He did not see, but the congregation did, that the reverse of his fan bore the inscrip­ tion. 41 Buy Boggle** letter* ̂ Transcript. •m: #•'; M ;l!v J; • V C »