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Wkthaatatfigaeha, and plaiattwn 13»r laid 3ha corpae in hallowed | •/- And in the icy arms of death,' I - -; cf ## m'.*V « ** •>»«* ̂ p®"* *»• ̂ ** u;.; j, ' aai&o atMrlieat d*wn to vH» • t,f y t ' ' .'S ' Dmtpot to sorrow sacred mad*;: ." &;•! «'#, ®«**MP«w,led**«**»*»"*'* ': Jf--- * r * WhW* that Iwred form was laid. ^ >,. fi isvfftWtiiitoeabKWt». f: 1 " Eia»s tS *C- fVM-l-'* >H ur TWE % OLD SALOON. Jtet&e$£c Mtmry fr*m Mm* Itf*.. "' BT OABMK V. SHAW. ; " «l*|k tuoe were dmken briskly ar, diiBks wenl mewfly round, amidst the The red *"«A m^1:' Imtighterol the jolly crowd. bhipti rattfod at the faro-table, experi- ^noed pa*yers skillfully handled the billiard-one, whilst amfiang aneedotes and atotlea were related, and received with vociferous applause. The balmy qpilig «ri* flame in at the dow thnmgh whioh the smoke from snndry cigars and pip^atttrnd egress. Presently a shadow, 'fall&fe 'athwart the strip bf Btmlight thatll̂ yoB the threshold and floor, caused tto'flayers to look up with various ex <daauti«ms of ^easare, aa a tall, broad dhbtudiisfecl fellow entered mi came mringirig up the room. The figure had u oshimi 1»9B, v«jt iumdeome, but now the 'nhoMen, fliî tiy «toopi»g, natrred the ; • . giaoe. CWtain tmeea of good loekg the '|Ml»laoe still retained, though oonsteni IBrfprfoB had wniigkt sad havoc - î theie. He was well dressed, baft a :% aoaxtewhat Bei?Hgeat air pervaded his bearing, which, combined with *u^&iaV' oi f»oe. f«nd the ' ̂ Ijri " gripwl lasairade of his manner, would «|ll NVfMyi towpona advanoed this idea, ii«i «a iftw«i'4t|MWtded with acorn. ' lan^iaa and dsook-hlinds around with S \**i °°ld t,w ,. oiaier mght and was kid up for a day or tw ĵ but tiarf; dbn*t amount to. anything. "li . . . ?: x/'ri-, if •»«*>' (-' g,»< t •' Z&M • m 3 td '-i* ; <Jba.f«r4#% of tlie boyS iiWhanged | '.'I glanoaajhiere, but no one disputed him, a»ff?eatt Bexter^a Mg ^iant of a fel- low,' with an independent swagger-- ? oaBed forthe drioks and stood ireat all /,>, ]Wtli Mb aecastom^d JordliEQss M*t- c ̂:fn^nm" Fdlow% fte laat arrival, Mh^ ̂ani, when he had swal- • lowed a oowpla of drinks of Che poison* • .̂'V «*s fluid, his pal* Imo !>egan to flush, ?*% 811 ^uuxkati Mre homed in his ,*y, deep-set eyea. "the Mood went cours- -'m ing through his veins with new life, and he was an entirely different man for a Hfctle while. Ah! He could afford to #fj»r in the face of ghastly oonsump- j tion when he felt like this. II would y^9* ^V« taken a stranger long to per­ ceive that he was a privileged character wjfh the ndisy crowd aseembled there ^Vbi *f $9 ̂ŝ 'ioon- < When he talked all - -|fc 3»«ten#d mi sgveecL; When he went up fto the bar swne oMtMle voom for him. amm of his money, for, though he was ahrays ready to pay fmrthe drinks when luck--or rather dice--turned hxm» he was not generally suppoaed to much ; and it certainly was not because he ewer tried to be particularly :agreeable(, as sometime ̂ when he had been drinking rather too freely, he would steady himself up against a bill- 1 lawi-tabks, or whatever else seemed to rGffar support, and tell them all euctly what he thought of them as apologies i Int wmxk, espresaing himself throughout fo teims of startling frankness. Per- ^apa the j liked him all the better that Im did not try to beagzseable. Certain 'II i*. ^ any *ste» thai they never took egoaptiCns to his rather unflattering de- aerf^loM of themselves, and, though his ;:xenMKdl(a often Struck disagreeably near ̂ home, they never seemed to think any the:fharder of him for that In fact/ . there w»e often so much of real elo- m**°* W4 trath » his words that tfcey ttigfe* have had considerabk effect m*bmw"- un'ortaMto,r,«i««d not req^itosd so much effort to maintain ap uprigki ipsition while denouncing the men who were drinking around Mm. "I t^B.you what," he woald say, upon his inebriated ig aglapofbecr •WOttid aiop, J with his Tou ain't worthy the um*,mI ym Juan't «Pt i!» neitt||t $ nobo^i^inks you are men." way, tmA nw of his knew anything of hi* m**mp H mat them; b&ihmm *** about Mm which tol Iheaa that he eoulA Ml ^waja have beefe llM drunken sot thalhe Wnow ̂ Hie health had beenpidaa^aiiing ct late, md no one that he would ftdla victim to dread *jon- sumption. The hotel was the place where he took his meals and lod^g, but Hie old saloon was his home. JDkr ̂he could be found at all times playing billiards or shaking dioe with some of tiie "good boys,* in order to ajoertain who should pay for the drinks. I . But this lovely spring afternoon on which we first preseathimte the reader he did n<£t stay long enough to get be­ yond the exhilarated stage, for the gong called him to supper, and he left the sa­ loon in company with Jean Dexter, wfcon he had invited to go to supper with him. These two were great friends, and, though Fellows was everybody's favorite, he was only partial to one, Jean Dexter. Having finished their meal, the two men stood out in front of the hotel, conversing for a short time, fend presently strolled away in the direc­ tion of the saloon. Suddenly on the balmy evening came the ringing of ohuroh bells, and both men involun­ tarily looked toward tihe church, whioh was already brilliantly lighted, and where a crowd of people were entering. "Say we go," said Fellows abruptly, pausing in the middle of the street, and Jean, as if the possibility had never before suggested itself to his mind, an­ swered, approvingly, "Why, we can, cant we?" And so it happened that they went that night, and, strange to say, several succeeding ones found these two occupying their places at the church where the Rev. Mr. Syokles was hold­ ing a great revival, assisted by other di­ vines; and in theft few days Jean learned to understand h£s strange com- pasion'fi nature better than ever before. One evening, as they were on their way to the church, Fellows reached »bove. his head and plucked a ©Mstev of: apple blossoms from a small branch that fell over a wall whioh they were pass­ ing. "Apple blossoms," he said, softly, raising them to his Hps. "Do yon love them, Dexter?" The tone in widch this was put bordered so near on sentiment that Jean, who could swagger and look so big afttoig the roughs dkftrn at the saloon, fotrnd himself a^riotirff embar- zassed, and rtambaered atittle M he ad­ mitted that ho "didn't kn6w.̂ " ( "The old home," mused the other, as if communing with himself, "the pfafr and white flowers with which my har^ds were wont to fill my sister's lap. Then % merry, innocent child, and now " A violent fit of oonghing stopped hltw, and, as they *ere nearing the ohurch door, they paused until he> < could re- oover himself. The handkerohief whioh he removed from his lips was thickly flecked with blood,-and Jean, seeing it in the white moonlight, shuddered, and * turned his face away. Hfe companion looked very weak and exhausted, <|nd Jean whispered him if they had not better, go back. But he shook hie head, and woald not hear to ii "Tom ain'i gittm* religion, be you !* questioned Jean, with some anxiety, as they as­ cended the steps. "Religion," repeated the other, looking quickly into his companion's face, and seeming strange* lj moried. " I never lost it till I came to this place." The sermon was very able and impressive that night, but neither of them heard it. Jean was thinking uneasily of the strange change and#?# the vagabonds, nothing that had come over his friend, but the other's thoughts were not inside the church. From the open window near which he sat he could catch occasional gleams of light from the old saloon, as the crowd inside swayed tnd forth before the window. In imagination he oould hear the fa­ miliar rattle of the dioe as they fell; could see the smile on the face of the winner, and hear the musical <%li»ir»i*g of glasses. All was laughter, life and enjoyment, when suddenly the picture changed. He oould see a made in the glorious image of his Creator, but gradually sinking down to the depths of irretrievable ruin, and in this m*" he recognized himself. And still, as the scenes backward revolved, the home of his childhood, fragrant with the per­ fume of apple-bloom, rose bej^ze his vision, everything unchanged as if but yesterday he gazed upon it, and then he saw the eld, familiar church where his mother worshiped, and where he had first experienced the divine teach* ings of religion, and in fancy he oould again hear the choir singing the hvmns of old. His life seemed passing in re­ view before his Wondrously-quiekeaM senses, and when, at last, the unrolling picture elbowed the image of himself as he was now, he put his emaciated hands More hi* face as if in protest, while s •ague pity for the poor remnant that was iett c? Ms bright manhood took pofnesstnn of his whole being, and he found1 himself--nc ̂rnk Mas, but the otfcwr one, tiki ohe that he aaw in the compassionately over of the pKiiiftt one, as ,es he woald lave wept brother whom he who had n| jpart or .Mtfean^hgre** topfcy;th»,©ongre- their feet He tried to rise .alao, fen* uomething seemed weigh iag him down- The singing of *heim- floated to his ears, as if distance, wild and un­ earthly in the pathos of its muiti * -. He will «*•« yott, Bit'iHilaavayott, rang and taring throughout the crowd­ ed mom, and he half extended Ms ha&ds as if in pleading. "Surely, sttttay," he whispered, " that is meant for me." He tiled again to rise, butthe faintn&s of death overwhelmed him. He Was sinking down, down, in the dizzy stupor of unconsciousness. When he opened his eyes again he was lying in the room at the hotel, the bright morning sunlight streaming in at the window. A vase of apple-blossoms stood on a Utile table near his head, which he noted with a faint smile $f gratification. Several of his old chums were standing near the door, listening eagerly to what somebody was saying in a low voice, and, as this personage turned toward him, he saw with a queer kind of sensation that it was a physi­ cian. "Aha," said the doctor, in a cheerful tone,, as he advanced toward the bedside, " and how are you feeling now?" The sick man gazed at him for a moment, and then his eyes wan­ dered around the room. He felt almost inclined to resent the pitying way in which the boys regarded him. What made them lower their voices, so when they spoke, and what made Jean Dex­ ter brighten up and try to smile when­ ever he eangfci biro looking that way ? It was very annoying to see that forced smile all the time, and at lastjWbin Jean, in the innocence of Ms heart, would have griansd again, the sick man called out, "You needn't be to the trouble of stretching that big month of yours again, Dexter. I can see you when you think I ain't looking, and I know you are soared; but I tell yon I ain't sick no more than you aire, and 111 be round among tfye bqys this afternoon to prove ii" ' V./. : * They all laughed a little at this, and Dextef had,' just commenced to affirm that "He knowed he wa'n't very sick," when the doctor interfered and ordered more quiet, but the sick man would have none of his interference. "I don't need any doctor," ? he said, impatiently, "and I won't have one, neither ;* and, seeing that he Was stub­ born in this resolution, the dbctor was 'dismissed.' 1 But he didn't find himself quite equal to the emergency when, in the after­ noon,h# attempted to dress, in order to keep his word with the boys, feo he was fain to put it off until to-morrow. But to-morrow passed, and the next, without finding him any stronger, and at last he grew indignant, and concluded to go anyway. So, when he found him- saK- quite alone, lie rose aai dressed oa*ef«%s though he was very weak, and felt quite exhausted. When he had oompieted his toilet and took a survey of IriwMf in th© minor, his eyes ciumoed' to fall on the apple blossoms, which had appeared regularly on the table eveiy day during his illness, and he took a small cluster of them and fastened them in the button-hole of his ooat. . " It is my first appearanoe in pnlblio for soine ttaMfc" he s*id, with a kind of grim humor. " and I must look my best" By the aid of a, light cane, he made his way, slowly and painfully, down stairs, but when he had gained the street the fresh air seemed to give him strength, and ha walked along with something of the old, swinging grace, tipping ws hat a little to one ride thai it might shade the side of face on #hihh the son shone with a sickly Warmth And gave him a feeling of faint- In the old saloon the boys were gath­ ered about the gaming tables, but there was an air of solemnity about the room quite annatural to it, and a knot of men were gathered near the door talk­ ing in low tones of poor Fellows' ill- chair leaning against the wall, and his companion* absorbed in thcte^sme, did nrtk jt̂ tioe how the palefrue grew gradually paler, or how, after a wlglpt, the eigar dwpped from his nervals fingers to 'lhe ̂ oT., But Jean Dexter, 9<»&6 to his side, presently, found him sitting very lai® hiead drpopteg down on one aim. He woald not re­ spond to thetelgpeated calls, for he had answered a far different call, and oould not hear their Voices for the rUftiitg of the dark waters o'er which he had crossed. The bunch of apple-blossoms lay just above his heart, and, when they buried him, fresh clusters of the fra­ grant flowers lay on his breast, and near his head. "They will make him think of home," said simple Jean. The Bight after MM Mend was buried found Jean occupying hisptaoe alone at the church where they had sat to­ gether. "It will please Mm to know "•hat I am here," he eaid to himself; as he brushed his coal-sleeve serosa his eyes, and prepared to listen religiously to the sermon, ft had not proceeded far, however, when the congregation wefe surprised to see the big fellow near the' front get up and swngge? from the room with evident signs of disgust. " I wouldn't hev minded it on my own acoount," he said the next day, as he stood in the old saloon, the center of a crowd of listeners; "but you can bet your lives I wasn't goin' to set there and take such lip as that about Mm, A preacher don't know any more'n anybody else, dern him. Hear him palaverin' as how no drunkard shall go to heaven, and then somebody else will tell ygn to repent an4 you'll git saved. Now, accordin' to one, the poor fellow didn't go to heaven, and accordin' to the other he oouldn't have gone to hell. An', if he didn't go to neither place, what I'd like to have 'em tell me is, where the dickens he did go, tor that'll be a good enoughTplace for us, I reckon." SOBKUi ClTT, MO. * Well ttevsr see hini In tills room again," some one had just said, and all were looking sad and lugubrious as possible, when, to their infinite liar- prise and delight, he came in. " Told jfou I'd b© her© before* long," he said, smilingly, as they all pressed forward to shake and inquire about his health. ' ....'"What5® yon take?"askaff Jean Dex­ ter, beamingly, as he led the way to the bar. The drinks went around, and then somebody found a comfortable piaoe where-be eoald at and watch the players. The barkeeper brought him a cigar from his choicest brand, and th^e he sat in the place that had been a home to him so long, sononnded by his rough companions, who would ever and anon come to his ride to have a friendly word or two--peaceful and ̂ tented. He was sitting rather In shadow, his >• 'lit' * •* v> * * i/i l^KP TXS AND WO. Ih the circle of the languages there are not any terms half so emphatic as the two short words which express sent and refusal. How many men's fortunes depend upon them, and how soon is the sentence pronounoed I Their very brevity indicates the intensity of their meaning. If the rich man, who has granted a .favor to the needy, knew the wamfch, of gratitude which glows in the heart that blesses him, the elasticity of step with which the suppliant hastens home to acquaint those nearest and dearest to him with his success, and the genuine happiness whioh is thereby diffused among a family whom it res­ cues from misery; and, if thai wealthy individual who has rejected a poor man's suit were only aware of the an guish of soul which he inflicts, if he witnessed the slow and irresolute step "with which the disappointed petitioner retraces his way home--if he saw his sick wife raise herself from her pallet of rags to learn their fate, and, on its announcement, heard her exolamation, as she fell back upon the bed, "Oh, my poor children 1 "--if the great were ac­ quainted with all this, and well con­ sidered it, there would surely be lees hard-heartedness and less misery in the world. Yet even the wealthiest cannot be expected to grant every demand upon their bounty; nor is every one who comes with a doleful story in mouth a fit object of benevolence. Many a- man has been ruined simply because he oould not say "no." A worthless character comes to him with a plausible story of distress, and, being of a disposition too indolent to doubt, because doubt might involve him in in­ quiry, and, wishing to get rid of the fellow's importunity, he yields all that is asked. Thns me see thai hb who never confers a benefit, and lie who never refuses, as long as he is able to grant, do equally little good la the really deserving poor. The former gives to nobody, and the latter to none but the worthless. We see, also, that a judicious use of the insignificant-look­ ing particles, "yes" and "no," is alike of vital importance to the man who em­ ploys them and to him who anxionslv awifts their decision. • In I - i ' aiusNT nrmrnirvm. ' We are touching our fellow beings, on all sides. They are affected for good or for evil by what we are, by what we may say and do, even by What We think and feeL May-flower* in the parlor breathe their fragrance through the at­ mosphere. We are each of us silently saturating the atmosphere about us with the subtle aroma of our character. In the family circle, besides and beyond all the teaching, the daily life of each parent and child mysteriously modifies the life of every perooa in the house­ hold. The same" process on a wider scale is going on through the commu­ nity. No man liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself. Others am built up and strengthened by our unconscious deeds; and ethers may be wrenched out of their places and thrown dowttby unconscious influence. THM is made of the flllppjwg* of imd^^:«Aedin slfoyiej^sfrsfeed, ©• In molds, cat ijito and dried upon nets. j ' TuMBttB locks We one«r oted pieces, oalled tumblers provided With a lng «jr;&* flttfnga notch in the bolt, from wUA the dog mustbe re­ leased before Hie bolt oan be thrown. JjtrkfBEB oan be seasoned more qnioUy if it be steamed, but excess in steaming kills the elasticity of the timber. Too rapid kiln-drying evaporates the surface moisture too rapidfy, and erases the timber to cheok. «>• •' Lkathxs belts used with the grain side tjo.jfcfrft pulley will never crack, as the strain in passing it is thrown on the flesh side, which is not liable to crack or break, the grain not being strained any more than other portions of the belt. Hemp is laid up right-handed into yams; yarns are laid up left-handed into strands; three strands are laid up right-handed to form a hawser;. three hawsers are laid up left handed to form a cable. The terms signifying the re­ spective forms are single-laid, hawser- laid, cable-laid. / The ordinary life of a locomotive en­ gine is stated at thirty years. Some of the small parts require renewal every six months. The boiler tubes last five years, and the crank-axles six years; tires, boilers and fire-boxes, seven to ten years; the side frames,axles and other parts, thirty yean. Plate-glass is made by pouring the molten material upon a table which has a marginal ledge of a height equal to that designed for the thickness of the glass. A roller travels over the table, resting on the ledges and flattening out the glass, which is thus made of equal thickness throughout. ., What is known as cut glass is glass with incisions and ornaments with smooth surfaces, appearing as if cut by a sharp instrument. The outting of the glass consists entirely in grinding away successive portions by holding them upon the surfaces of wheels of stone, metal and wood, whioh are made to re­ volve rapidly. The first or rough out­ ting is sometimes given by wheels of stone, resembling grindstone. After­ ward wheels of iron are used, having their edges ftofrered with ahtrp sand or with emery. A DBmrKBir SPOOK. ' stout Yorkshire farmer of like name of James Wreggit, having emi­ grated to Canada, settled himself and family on a good farm which he rented in one of the townships. He was con­ sidered fair-dealing and honorable in alTtransactions with his neighbors, and in, every respect bore a most excellent character. In the farmer's house was a first-floor sitting-room with a large fireplace. In this room the children slept, but from the first night evinced the greatest dislike to go to bed there, soreaming with terror, and saying that a man was in the room with them. For a long time the parents paid no atten­ tion to their complaints. During har­ vest time a change was made, and the farmer himself slept in the room, as it was cooler and m&m convenient The first night he slept there he was about to jris© almost before the break of day, when, glancing toward the fireplao saw standing there a stranger of sipated, drunken appearanoe. " H What's thee doing there?" was his natural exclamation. Receiving n ply, he continued, " Wont thee sp IH make thee speak!" and, pidHnj one of his heavy boots from the ride, he was preparing to throw it i intruder, when the man, suddenly ing his arm as if to ward off the 1 vanished in a moment before his Wreggit, unable to get this mattet oat of his head, brooded over it till the next day, when about noon he entered into conversation with a neighbor who was working with him, and asked him to describe the former tenant of the farm, who had died from excessive drinking. The desoription so entirely 'resembled tike man he had seen in the room thai he at once exclaimed, "I saw him last night 1" Wreggit reoounted this to some old friends near whom he had lived before taking the farm, and it is from the dictation of one of his au­ ditors that this remarkable circum­ stance has been written. At the time, neither Wreggit ner his friends had the slightest belief in apparitions. mmmwoi*. And, HMlmr tha laahrtfatoaadoa vfcii aheawttay »fS'*«row «»*** m*mm i»ra" m*. fmmirn te o* who to «h£k If eithw it to a* to vfe*, Or fljmm abrottMrtow ia thodoafl Aad kt take* • ataat. aadwiqr*, .SSftsSS? 1( f <r i Hite ana ̂honor wittTaU ii «in*L4" Do yc* «ua|f x vfai ifcmt ** *M%rr*Qli wfcis® utast" ,• -j And dana to aland by honted thing ̂ At whoa animal thai* haattlaaa jaaaa, S t r M a , t o l a a a a a t h « r m k m * ^ And stays, if he can, the iinalj taan * * , " Boaide the oatcaatvon nit mtyfct From hla feari«sa lips brave words Of ohae^M For he knows h6w little may make or .jaar-ls ! And yet, this man i« your het« noir. ' .1 , frfi ,i KoaxHHbbo,Vt, - ^ MBASANTBim. " ToioffY, my sou, what is Ibrigitnde?* "A ciothes-line, papa." "Prove it,my son." " Because it stretohee froia pole to pole." •"*. W^tir' is'm ' dhio man ah. unnatural being? Because nature abhors a vactajp um, and an Ohio man adores a vacancy* --Bwdettt. - * Who did the plow share witti?--2Tet» York Express. Well, it divided its fur* rows pretty evenly all around the lofc-if: • New Haven Register. m 5 • .i - :<:r fV} Schnitzenheim remarks dinkp dem Englische vellers vind oudt do4 Sout Africa vash a leedle too Zulubri- ou% aindt it? "--Boston Traveller. The man who declaims against tiki railroads, and fays they have ruined the oountzy and ought to be wiped out, makes the biggest kind of a fuss when the train is ton minutes late.--Cincin­ nati Saturday Night. "IiBND me your gold watoh ̂ here ia; my silver one." " What do yon want to do with it?" "Pm going to have my photograph taken,, and it would humitt> ate me to give away my picture with nothing but a silver watch on." mIkkvkb thought but once,* said old De«?on Webbing, "that ft1 was a_ sin to steal an umbrella." "And when was that?" asked a friend. "It was. when some pesky thief stole my netr silk one," answered the deacon. * BKATTTCrut 8»BIH6. IS oa« toore month well hare aw i r t.j Of love atrne reminder; i .1' ., ^|nd, be it said, we'll alao.Jbwrs^^nH^" The festive or^Jii-grisidK'-- , %'" Witt monke/«tIaohinM&!' --Jfne TorkSiar. tj ,.]:l , A wittt lady was once foil bj tleman of her acquaintance that "he must have been born with a silver spoon ° in his mouth." She looked at him carefully, and, upon realising the size of his month, replied t "I don't doubt it ; but it must have -been a soup-ladle " U Bkadtiful moonlight when % came in last night," said Soszle breaking the ominous silence at breakfast. "Yes," said Mrs. Soszle blandly, from the other Side of the table, ""but hardly light enough for you to open this front door with a boot hool^or )isng the' &o^r ma| on the hat tree." „ i ,, t ^ Lrrrut by little the snow melts The a later la huag up to dry; And men await the approach of Ihe That brino#th the beautiful fly. I •^CTrSr-^ic""" fnr"l>^* onr WALL VAPER, trkieb Mitbj I'ntroliuj5« aolicitatl hb4: OOLBY Thx only people in Washington who re sure to profit bw thfl mtiwn. MMinn mdsh.'̂ WlLIiIJK AMD TBS CJJUB. Mamma (who has quietly been watch­ ing certain surreptitious proceedings)-- u Willie, who helped you to that cake?" Willie (promptly)--" Hebben, mamma." Mamma (sternly)--"Sh--sh--sh, you mughty boy. How dare you tell such itories?" Willie--" Taint my fault if it is & *tory, ma. Didn't tell beggar- man zat Hebben helped zhose sat helped themselves?" t* ' • "y1 A vxobo voudoo doctor in Georgia, %pon being acquitted of a charge of killing one of his patients, acquired ad­ ditional eclat by telling the negroes - - jjpii . -v, A;-. man: Mrs, John Horkci( of Anderson county, Ky„ recently gave birth to five ©Mldren, and it was not a good, day for children, either. In her first confine* ment die gave birth to twins; in her second to twins; ia her third to trip­ lets ; in her fourth to--whafc-do j©n-call- 'ems--"fivelets." At last aoooants, all of the five little ones were living and do­ ing weU. • -- , A SKXSY-JXKHUva individual stepped into one of our gentlemen's furnishing stores reoently, and asked for a pair of four-ply cuffii. The articles were hand­ ed him, and he examined them in a dubious sort of way, and then remarked: " See here I These ain't the right thing; I want the four-ply kind,--fhem thnj you can turn four times without, wash- ing.-t -Boston Courier. , ! . ' . . . " it TWO lovubs'VIKWS. - W '•. t, i atraylng by the seaefcoav; f \ y' n the twilight's purple glow, | *' :'14 teningto the soft, sweet mua^' ' 1 "-\U | f old ocean's ebb and flow. • , t usi thinking, love." ha whiafiwi, ' V ; " O f a cottage b y the aea-- "k < t 4nl;>' sea and aky about as; ̂ ' • ' • What a happy life 'twould bef % VP*'** vnT ne«f »e, darling "ft I ' I # an care for nothing* since "v % fotsv are all the world to m»-- '^ . ' Itbb as happy a® a Prince lw * "' answet«d, hesitaMBg, h• Ia thaur oeoTttMUou'i Inll, j infer daar, it might be ~