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"'See*' mWT' W fii«i *r»"t *9* «r might pKHwJ, (ordtgnt day'* er te la* btnm dkt 4t prophet i !iNU tar tor rnJI •&' «Hi«h far 4* btosatn'aob da eberlastin' vlltokwpo>wtiol»a didn't want hU 'p«a WMjM Christ tor bMn ha', bvttorkMp tft la 4* ihidt, <*• •elTwookla't hurt his •tandin' lnd« wieked Bo«4 o'trfcd*. ifcOii'^tmbelyan' >Mwr toyername-- lh|« raad da law, Moaos, an' David play er Vftal y*t back ti da wort* an' doan yer ba ViWiauaa', tar take da boljr maiioine from ontde holy IBw'lamae tall yar ainnar, dat's yar aotln 7,llfcighty Wrong, MMto'a Rot hit eye on de wertness 0' de flesh-- vw MX her sinful whistle wid er hallelujah /'-.Mae; »Ban's fot hi* eye on de weakness o' de flesh, yar hopes ter aatde laben bread yar mua' not • eat de pie, , DM la Masoned with decepshun an' is flavored i,"' byerlle; 'far may tool de men and wimmaa, an' de chil- _ton o' de lan', Satyou cunnot fool de captain o' da Jordan rlb- , bar ban'. ••'* «r readin' o* yo' eonshanoe like er preacher readin' print, 1®' will puff yet into torment like da win' er , blowin' lint. MB *tan* up brmbely an' answer to yar name-- r read de law, Moses, an' David play er I jrer back on da worl' an' doan yer be "-Hug er take de holy xa^Batna front ontde holy •^irimaw Traveler. fltaisri tons |> - . BY "BIG BKND BOB." " The Pike River diggings in the far nferth of Queensland were of some Bote at the time of the first rash there. Gold was found in payable quantities and for some time the place was en­ thusiastically anticipated to tarn oat a future Queensland Bendigo. But a few weeks' feverish work on the part of a hundred and odd miners quickly revealed the fact that the alia- rial gold drift was of the shallowest description, and of no extent whatever. Disgusted enterprise in consequence incontinently shook the dust of Pike Biver from the soles of its feet, and wandered elsewhere in search of richer and more hopeful fields; and some three months after their first discovery the diggins were permanently aban­ doned. Three Chinamen, however, remained OH the spot, content to plod along and glean the pickings that more sanguine and restless seekers after the precioas metal scorned. These three lei the loneliest and mostisolated-of lives. -The diggings were fully 200 miles from tho nearest coast settlement, and the Celestials, not boasting the posses­ sion of a horse, seldom or never moved tar from the camp. They had purchased the stock of pro­ visions that was in the camp when their fellow-workers left, and the Pike River miming close by, they had little or nothing to take them from the scene of tMbir laboflk Their od$ visitor was, now and again, ft bearded stockman oat in search of strayed cattle, or the black boy sent from the nearest cattle station,'with a pack horse laden with salt beef for their vtitt Hie over there." "Yoi. Ton welly good. Me lemem- ber. Yon stapee here alonga camp. Plenty chow. Plenty get fat and horsey, too." The Chinaman displayed a surpris­ ing amount of excitement, and were was even a little less gruffness in the voice of the propector, as he answered: "AH right; yon owe me a good tarn for what I did for yon, and I'll take fine care you pay it back. I'm goin' to turn oat the tiosses. You can come and give me a hand. Fll have to hobble ! them with stirrup leathers; I lost the hobble straps coming along." The circumstanees under whioh the two worthies had first made acquaint­ ance, having a direct bearing on the course of events, a*e worthy of rela­ tion: It happened some eighteen nwsiths previously that the prospector, known generally as Myall Billy ("Myall" being the term by which the uncivilized blacks are colonially distinguished, and so arguing a corresponding amount of savagery in the owner of the prefix)-- it happened fthat Myall Billy, return­ ing to Cooktown after a prospecting tour to the northwest, had come upon the Chinaman lying helpless and al­ most dead in the middle of the rough bushtrack. • He was simply dying of thirst, for it was in the middle of the hot season, and the small creeks and water-courses were dried up. Occasionally one or two chance mus- terers at the time of "gathering" for branding calves found their way to the deserted camp, and spread their blank­ ets for one night beneath the shelter of the Chinamen's roof; but these comings and goings were of snch rare occur­ rence that, as a general rule, the soli­ tude of the community of three at the Pike Biver Camp was, day after day, week after week, wholly unbroken. Towards the close of one afternoon, however, a stranger made his appear­ ance suddenly in the camp--a white man. He rode a rough-looking horse, all skin and bone, and led a second of similar woebegone appearance, carry­ ing* pack. The man rode into the camp, not limn the direction of either of the faint tracks that led, one to the coast settle­ ment and one to the nearest station, bat as if he had come direct from the country that stretched away inland. He rode without a word, or even a gesture of greeting to the observant Chinemen, straight for the river; and throwing himself off his horse, bent forward and took a long, revivifying drink. The Srched and wearied horses rushed into e water and followed the rider's ex- , ample. When his thirst was satisfied the man 90se, and catching at the bridles of the •till drinking horses, palled at them Viciously with an oath, and made his way to the Chinamen's quarters. He was a brawny, ragged-bearded, , thick-set man, dressed with the ordi­ nary mining disregard of appearances. A pair of filthy, patched, moleskin trousers, a torn and stained Crimea shirt, a shapeless slouch hat, and a pair , of heavily-nailed bluchers constituted his costume. "Gimme some tucker," he growled hoarsely, directly he approached the Chinamen standing at the door of their hut Some rice and salt meat being 9 brought in response to this request, he • proceeded to gorge himself voraciously, bolting the rice in huge mouthfuls and tearing the stringy beef with his teeth like a hungry dog. No word passed his lips until his hunger was partially satisfied, and then lie said: "If ye've got any tea made, bring me out a billy-full." There being none forthcoming, how- i aver, he had to content himself with 1 water, and he uttered an evidently * sin­ cere curse at the necessity. After his hunger and thirst were finally satisfied, he entered into some' explanation af his presence. "I've been oat prospectin', and got based up in the ranges. I ate all the ir I had, and couldn't find a blamed to shoot. Water igas scarce, too, I had it mighty rough; but I j knowed this place wan somewheres handy, so I made straight in for the 1} river. I'm goin' to turn oat the horses fr and camp here for a day or two, and fe maybe ill do a bit of work now I'm fv here." - ' What the three Chinamen thought of this statement-- even if they under­ stood it at all--could not in the least •He gleaned from their impassive faces, y tth^remained stolid and silent; gave to, no displeasure or encourage- But all of a sadden one of them Stepped forward and with wonderful i exclaimed: . ; name you?" • ; "What's that to yon?" growled the politely. name Billy. You been alonga if" exclaimed the Chinaman, i eagerly still. thafs me. But what are*you :at?" t aavee. Me Ah Lath Too been trf • t ^ Movt-jJ by the most ordinary spirit of compassion, the prospector gave the suffering wayfarer to drink out of his own fcell-filled water-bag, and further­ more--as he was leading a spare horse at the time whioh he did not actuallv require--even gave Ah Lee a mount, and took him safely into the township. It was an act which the most heart­ less, the most depraved, and the most inhuman would have done; for the most callous would hardly see a fellow- creature perish by the wayside when it cost little or nothing to hold out a helping hand. But the Chiuaman had not forgotten. During the remainder of that day on which the prospector made his appear­ ance at the Pike River camp, Ah Lee t labored under intense excitement. He followed the new arrival about constantly, offering his services, and betraying his pleasure in the most de­ monstrative way possible. The sto­ lidity and apathy that outwardly char­ acterize the race quite disappeared in his first burst of pleasure and surprise; even Myall Billy himself was some­ what surprised at the devotion he had aroused. The day after his arrival was spent by the travel - worn prospector in idleness, unless doing a few rough re­ pairs to his belonging* could be looked upon in the light of employment, and unless the huge consumption of rice and salt beef could be regarded as work. The second day he likewise devoted to ease and idleness. But on the third day he joined the Chinamen at their work by the river bank, and after watching them silently for some time, took a pick in his hand and set to himself. The worthy Ah Lee must have told .Jtis fellow-countrymen in the mo3t com­ plimentary of terms the particulars of the service rendered by Myall Billy, for that gentleman found himself treated with the greatest consideration by the three. Though, as may be imagined, food was not over-plentiful in the camp, the prospector fared well--if not as re­ garded quality, at least as to quantity. The Celestials themselves were arnall eaters; bat for their guest there was no stint. The prospector had made known his intention of stopping only a few days, in order that his horse might rest and pick np sufficient strength to carry him to the nearest settlement; so that he was looked upon entirely as a guest, who would soon leave them to their customary solitude. But during the week he remained at the diggings, a change came over the relations existing between the three Celestials. Myall Billy took possession, on his own account, of one of the unoccu­ pied huts left standing by its original builder and owner at the general de­ sertion of the camp. Into this he moved his goods and chattels, and so temporarily, established himself. His meals he took with his entertain­ ers; but at night he retired to the priv­ acy of his dwelling place. During the long evenings his constant companion wa" Ah Lee, who deserted his own as­ sociates in order to keep his newly- found benefactor company. What subject of mutual interest they found to occupy themselves during those hours of intimacy subsequent developments went to show, for, seven days after his advent at Pike Biver. the prospector one morning disappeared from camp. He departed bag and baggage; and, alas for the bonds of friendship and nationality! the yielding Ah Lee van­ ished likewise. But not empty handed did the two conspirators decamp; for with them disappeared the little bag of gold dust and small nuggets whioh was the result of the labors of the three Chinamen. It was as baseapiece of ingratitude on the part of the prospector to thus rob his entertainers, and as shameless breach of fellowship on the part of Ah Lee, as could well be imagined; but there it was. The poor Chinamen were accustomed in mutual confidence to bury the little bag of precious dast under the earthen floor of their hut for safety; aud their rage and dismay may readily be imag­ ined when, one morning, they woke up to find the earthen floor disturbed, I their treasure gon*, and with it Myall Billy, Ah Lee, horses aud baggage, to­ gether with a considerable amount of their limited stock of rations. Bnt it is not with the two impover­ ished miners or their just cause for re- vengful feeling that the story has to deal, but with the two unworthy fugi- 1 tives laden with the ill-gotten spoil. The prospector gave his companion one of his two horses to ride, and so, both mounted, they made their way along the scarcely perceptible trail towards the coast. Remorse, or even regret, for what | they had done in ail probability not only never entered the mind of either, but never came--so to say--within speaking distance. In the caso of Myall Billy, all moral sense was entirely wanting, and to rob a Chinaman was in his eyes almost an act of righteousness; while in the case of the frail Ah Lee it was doubtful if his estimate of his own virtue was at all diminished by the act he had done at the instigation of his companion, for dishonesty, in his mind, ranked not so much as a failing as an unpleasant necessity to be practiced when and i where it would prove advaatageoua* vfei on JSifc ahead, rifle In hand, eepingwatchful eye for the tmeks of wandering blacks, Ah Iiea following »ith the patience and endurance of his rac& The miner had on an early oc­ casion taken possession of the bag of gold dust, entrusting his companion with the weightier and more cumber­ some bnrden of their stock of pro­ visions. For over a week they continued thus on their way, without meeting with ad­ venture o» aooident of any kind. Be­ ing but too insufficiently provided with firearms, they took every precaution to avoid contact with the wild blaeks who swarmed in those districts. > At night, instead of camping in the vicinity of a water-hole or creek, they contented themselves with filling their one water-bag, and then moving on some mile or so before bringing their day's journey to a close. / The fire whioh they had to make to cook their evening meal was extin­ guished directly that operation was concluded; their horses they hobbled out at night without the customary bells around their necks, so that no tinkling should apprise any of the savage denizens of the bush of their vicinity. But notwithstanding all precautions, early one morning, as the two were making preparations for the day's journey, they were surprised by a tribe of black fellows and attacked. The evening previous the prospector and the Chinaman had been on unusu­ ally friendly terms. The former--in­ stead of rolling himself in his blankets and turning his back on his companion, as was his usual custom--had taken oat his pipe and tobacco, and indulged in the unusual exercise of conversation. Ah Lee, too, had thrown off some of the reserve that characterized him, and perhaps in view of their now near vicinity to their destination, had given expression to his hopes and aspirations for the future. "Gold worth hundred pound," he said; "me get fifty, you fifty. Me go Canton, 'Ittle girley there. Chinaman girley welly beauty. Me mally 'ittle girley. Welly good, welly beauty," and in anticipation of future bliss, his gleaming eyes brightened, and he actu­ ally broke into a grin. But alas for poor Ah Lee and his hopes of happiness! In the gray of the early morning, just as he and his com­ panion had finished saddling the horses preparatory to moving away from the camp, a shower of spears hurtled through the air from every direction. There had been no sound, not even the rustle of a leaf, to give notice of the approach of an enemy; the savages had crept up unsuspected, aud lay in am­ bush around their temporary encamp­ ment. Neither the prospector nor the Chinaman were hurt at the first attack, but the horse which Myall Billy had just saddled was hit, and giving a wild snort of terror aud affright, it broke from his hand and galloped furiously off. The Chinaman's steed, with better fortune, escaped, and its rider, jumping on its back, with a loud cry of terror, without looking behind him, urged it to the utmost of its power along the trail. From between the trees peered out the dusky faces of the attackers, and another flight of spears whistled by the h*eads of the prospector and the flying Ah Lee. One pierced the un­ mounted man in the arm, and another in the leg. Quick as lightning his ready rifle was raised, a thunderous report rever­ berated through the scrub, and a stal­ wart black fellow, shot through the brain, uttered a shrill scream and fell prone on his face. The Chinaman had by this time ridden furiously some hundred yards along the track, and was urging his horse to the utmost by voice and hand. "Come back, you cussed Chinese dog!" shouted Myall Billy, with a terrible path. "Come bacl* with that horse!" The flying man wavered, stopped, went on, and stopped again. He turned in the saddle, and shouted shrilly to his unmounted companion. Dodging behind the shelter of the trees, and receiving Another spear wound as he ran, the prospector rushed toward him. As he saw the other com­ ing, Ah Lee wriggled ont of the sad­ dle, and sat on the hind-quarters of the animal. "You come!" he shouted. "You savee me. Me savee you. Quick!" At one bound the prospector jumped into the saddle, and drove his spurred heels furiously into the sides of the over-weighted horse. But at that moment a third flight of spears was hurled at the flying pair, and with a hollow groan the unfortunate Ah Lee slipped from his seat and fell to the ground, pierced through the back by three of the deadly missiles. That is all the story--such as it is, The prospector, wounded as he was, managed to make his way down to the coast settlement, and enjoy his ill- gotten spoil; the bones of the unfortu­ nate Ah Lee--dastard enough to rob his companions and fellow-workers, chivalrous enough to sacrifice his life to his gratitude--were left to bleach and crumble under the rays of "the tropical sun. Hen and Women.. That women as a rale are more cheerful than men is not due to their escape from their toils and anxieties. They have them and yet are more uni­ formly serene than men, and oftener blithe and happy. One reason why they are so is that they take more pleasure in nmall things, little matters of needlework, little matters of social chat, little shopping or other excur­ sion, mere trifles of work or recreation. Man is consumed with a certain ambi- ti m that gets no good out of the pres­ ent and builds altogether on the future, and it is sure to wear a somber hue iu the long run and not yield much to joy when realized. The men who are con­ stitutionally capable of enjoying small things and who have little hobbies wherewith to entertain themselves, are cheerful and light-hearted. Few grown-up men in the United States nave such a temperament and tastes, and the result is that the American citizen is a sedate, somewhat taciturn and nearly gloomy individual. The cure for him is the cultivation of simple amusements and less rumination night and day, and especially in the night time. He puts on the yoke too soon and wears it too long. He needs to be innocently festive. Count De Lesseps sets him a notable example. f CERTAIN hollows in hard sandstone near Lima, Peru, were ascribed by Lyell to ancient sea-action before the rocks were elevated above oce%n level. A resident observer, however, finds the hollows to be still increasing in size and namber, and believes them to be due to cleavage caused by the growth *iV. Qaaat SaytMg '•Tebodattas iw allT" The impark was maJte by a rosy- cheeked, black-eyed dining-room girl in a most exoellent Pennsylvania Batch inn, in a small Lancaster County vil­ lage. I had asked fur another baked potato. "Ter all," said the dining-room girl, with a smile and a shake of her head. "All?" said L "All what?" "All," replied the girl, impatfentlv, and with a suspicion of contempt in her tone. "Te bodatiss is all." A native, with the whiskers of a patriarch, if it was the habit of tho patriarchs to anoint their beards at meal time with mashed turni|S and chicken gravy, came to my rescue. "She meanss ter hain't any more yit, alrottv. Ter all." And thus I learned that the Pennsyl­ vania Dutch never say that anything is "gone." If the bar runs oat of beer, the boer is "all." When the sauerkraut \ barrel is empty the kraut is "all." But there is one thing that is never "all." That is pie. If some tlir<fty and hearty Dutch citizens should ever ask for pie, and word should go back to him that there was no pio, the relations between him and his host would at once bocome strained. But the neces­ sity of asking for pie seldom exists, either at tavern or farm-house. At a Pennsylvania Dutch inn the doesn't disturb your tympanum with: "Mincerapplepierpud'n ?" She fetohes in the pie at the proper time and places it before you. Not only pie, but a whole pie; and not only one whole pie, but sometimes three or four whole pies, all of different kinds. The black-eyed girl with rosy cheeks, who knocked me out by telling me that the potatoes were all, placed four uncut pies on the table immediately after­ ward. There was a cheese custard, a cranberry tart, a sweet potato custard, and a snitz pie. No matter how many pies there are on the table every guest is expected to help himself to each one as his inclination and capacity prompt him. There is always enough. The only thing that is short abont Pennsylvania Datch pies is the crust Snitz is dried apples. Snitz means the cutting of apples into small pieces for drying, and snitz parties are among the dissipations of the Dutch boys and girls. A favorite viand in the rural districts of Lancaster County is snitz and knep, a combination of dried apples, fat pork, and dumplings, all boiled together. This for supper might not at first thought strike a vegetarian as just the thing to go to bed with if he had set his mind on gentle dalliance with the drowsy god, but it isn't so much of an aider and abettor of nightmare as it looks. Still, two platefuls isn't any too light for one man to eat, especially if he irri­ gates it with a glass or two of last year's cider. The Pennsylvania Dutch­ man isn't very susceptible to a joke, bat there is one about snitz that he al­ ways laughs at. The Lancaster County papers print it once every year as a sort of premium to theif^ubscribers. It goes thus: ' . » A teacher was giving a class of youngsters an object lesson in mathe­ matics. She held up an apple, and asked the cla^s what the apple would make if she should cut it in two pieces. "Halves," replied the class, promptly. "If I cut the halves, what will they make ?'U "Quarters.* "If I cut the quarters, what Will they make?"" » J "Snitz!" exclaimed the class, and, a standard and historic joke was born. Py kroosht is Pennsylvania Dutch for piecrust, and if you ask your girl in that vernacular if she will take a buggy ride, you gently whisper: "Widdu fawry?" Schmierkase has all seasons for its own among the Pennsylvania Dutch farmers, but it is only in the fall that sanerkraut and lodwaorrick get their, work in. In the fall, too, metzelsap is on the circuit, and many rise up gladly and clutch it. Lodwaerrick is apples and cider boiled together until there is no more cide# left, and the apples have become a savory pulp the color of a mahogany bureau. In English the result is called apple butter. It is good. There is in existence in a truth­ ful family of Lancaster County a sealed jar of apple butter which was put down before the Revolutionary war. They are keeping it until some other family produces a "setting" of eight­ eenth century buckwheat cakes. Then there will be a feast. Every well-regulated Pennsylvania Dutch farmer kills at least two fat pigs every falL The butchering is a grand affair, and all the neighbors join in and help. When the hogs are killed, dressed, and cut up, certain port'ons are laid aside for those who helped in the butchering and for gifts to poor widows in the neighborhood. This is distributed with a liberal hand, and is called metzelsap. The farmer who forgets the metzelsap is looked upon as one for whom perdition surely yawns. Faithful to Their Promise. Never was the Empire of France in Algeria in such danger as in the Franco-German war. As soon as it was evident that it was going against the French their troops were recalled from Africa to take part in the great straggle at home--till Algeria was left almost without defence. Then the hoar for which the con­ quered races had long waited had come, and if they could at once have joined their forces and proclaimed a holy war it is altogether probable that the Prenoh would have been driven from Northern Africa. They might have regained Algeria after the German war was over, bnt only by a repetition of the years of fighting which it cost to conquer it That the tribes did not take advantage of it, and rise while the French had their hands full on the other side of the Mediterranean, was owing wholly to their fidelity to a solemn pledgei When the war broke out, a chief of great influence among the tribes, Mo- krani, gave his word to the Governor General of Algeria that there should be no insurrection while the war lasted. That word was faithfully kept The French arms were followed by disaster after disaster; Napoleon surrendered at Sedan, and Bazaine surrendered at Metz. Then it seemed as if a voice from the Rhine called to the tribes of Kabylia to sieze an opportunity whioh might never come again. But not a man stirred; nor yet when all the de­ feats and disgraces of the war culmi­ nated in the siege and surrender of Paris. The Moslem's faith was plighted; the Moslem's faith was kept! But-- when all was over, when the last battle had been fought, and the treaty of peace had been signed at Frankfort, then Mokrani was released from his Eledge, and then, and not till then, did e declare war. And still he wonld take no unfair advantage, but gave forty-eight hours' notice. THen H j » m r ,K»* «»«sk Fort Ifcpolaopt -MMF strongest fofrtrwfea in Kafcylift, had to sostain a siege of over two months be­ fore the French troops oould come to its relief. But the end was inevitable, for as soon as the French armies' were freed from duty at home they eame in large divisions across the Me literanean. Seeing that all was lost, Mokrani put himself at the head of his troops'for the last battle, and, dashing to the front, "foremost, fighting, fell." - The war was ended, and the Kabyles were subdued, but with no loss of reputation for courage, and with in­ crease of honor, in that they kept faith, even with unbelievers; and it was fit­ ting that the French should themselves erect a monument to mark the spot where this noble enemy perished. Such fi<le!itv, coupled "with valor in war and industry in peace, with intense love of country and courage in defend­ ing it, are enough to redeem a whole people from the reproach of barbarism. --Scriimer's Magazine. . The Home Beautiful. The Journal of Decorative Art gives the following excellent advice, applica­ ble alike to town and country, for at­ taining the ideal home beautiful: Tho ideal home beautiful is attained waiter j rather by avoiding errors of taste than ' by the adoption of dogmas of art. For my own part, if I have any dogmas to preach, tiiey may fairly be condensed in this rule; "Avoidshams andjbffecta- tions of all kinds." Don't mistake some prettiness for beauty; millinery, for instance, is out of place in the home beautiful. Don't attach to ypur chairs and soft cushions meaningless bows of ribbon which tie nothing. Don't dress up your toilet table in raasliu petticoats stiffened with crinolin< or colored calico. Don't scatter startling white "tidies" about chairs and sofas, as on so many bushes, as if you were hanging out the wash to tlry. Don't display on your walls china plates and dishes. They were never meant to go there. An exception may be made now and then in favor of a picce of fine color to help light up the room, or where a delicate china paint­ ing is worthy of oarefal examination. But hang up ordinary domestic china! Don't! Don't hang small pictures so that their beauty is lost to any one under eight feet high. If a picture is not seen from the same position that the artist saw it when he painted it, the drawing will appear foreshortened and the gen­ eral effect consequently falsified. Don't hang any picture in the home which has not the impress of elegance, purity, and cheerfulnesa . Don't give place to representations of corpses, tortured saints, or anything occasioning painful emotions. * And above all. having such pictures and wanting them down-stairs, don't banish them to the nursery, school-room, or bed-room. Some things I would relegate to the bed-room--out of the way somewhere --fn locked drawers, for instance. I mean mementos of seawead and dried ferns or flowers and wretched daubs orr china, canvas, or paper, the crude ef­ forts of youthful members of the family. No true lover of the home beautiful will inflict these on his family and friends and compel them to violate truth by pretending to like them. Don't admit into the home beautiful any piece of furniture or implement of every-day life which does not honestly serve its purpose--no light, flimsy chairs, which an able-bodied man dare not sit upon; no puffy, debilitated sofas, all wind and springs; no burn­ ished. brass-sheeted fire-irons, bought only to be looked at, and give place to the ugly little black poker and shovel when coal is to be broken or ashes are to be removed. A Pair of Red Boats. Among the Tartars of the Ukraiile boots of red leather are generally worn. This fact gave rise to a form of torture practiced, as an act of revenge, by the banditti who formerly infested the re­ gion. The victim's skin was cut round the upper part of his legs, and then torn off by the feet. Some years ago the chief of a desper­ ate gang of robbers became so trouble­ some that a large reward was offered for his capture. A Russian soldier managed to secure the robber and to hand him over to his commander. Instead of being executed, the rob­ ber was set at liberty. He had amassed wealth and was able to pay the com­ mander a large sum of money to release him. One day, shortly after the captuie, the soldier was surprised to receive a visit from the robber chief. "You caught me once," said he to the soldier, "but before you set out upon another expedition in search of me I will give you a pair of red boots for the journey." Having uttered this terrible threat, the robber escaped. Tne soldier, knowing if he gave a chance the threat would be executed, and having no con­ fidence in his commander's honesty, de­ termined to take the administration of justice in his own hands. He pursued the robber, and after several days tracked him to a cave. Entering with cocked pistols in his hands, he found the robber chief, "You promised me," said be "a pair of red boots; I have come to be meas­ ured for them!" and then shot the chief dead on the spot--Youth's Compan­ ion, The Correct Thing in Dogs. A change in the style of dogs is im­ minent The Queen has become the owner of a white oollie, which is as rare as a white blackbird, and consequently the craze for collies of that immaculate hue should break out here immediately. If you cannot obtain a white oollie right off, you might take an ordinary chin­ chilla and black dog and bleach him; or, better yet, paint him white, like those ghostly chairs which adorn fash­ ionable drawing rooms. At all events the white collie has now the royal cachet to all American homes where high-bred canines are loved for them* selves alone.--Boston Herald. Jaeqaard in Linen. ; ̂ I A unique window decoration is to^be seen in one of Brooklyn's large dry- goods establishments on Fulton street The entire window is draped and orna­ mented in table line*h of different shades and sizes, while the center is occupied by a life size statute of Jacquard, the inventor of the weaving loom, sitting in a partially reclining position with the right hand resting on a small model of the loom. The statue, chair, and pedestal are done in white linen nap­ kins and tablecloths.--New York Sun. WHEBE there is no want of will there will be no want of opportunity. •bout ten years aga At that time, to py Montaaa offered St* beet field to a young msn from the btates, and in the direction of that Territory I tamed my face. I worked my way up into the northeastern part and was begin­ ning to feel just a little blue, although I would not confess it to myself I had not found a gold mine at the first jump, as I fully and confidently expected, and instead of jingling dollars in my pocket I got down to rubbing dimes together, and even their music sounded sweet for before long I was whacking bqrros for a place to sleep and something to eat "Finally I worked my way to a little town away up in the corner of the Territory, and, by making plenty of friends and hard work I began to see daylight through my difficulties. Then the camp had a boom and things were lively for a time. I took good care to profit by it, and was in a fair way to raise money enongh to 'shake' the country, when a strange thing hap­ pened. One night the beds were all full at the house and I doubled up with a tall miner, who wa3 a stranger in town. Before I awoke the next morn­ ing he was gone, and after breakfast I hoard that a saloon-keeper had been killed and robbed of $300. Late in the afternoon a man came up to me and said he wanted to see me on a little business. I went with him, and we walked quite a distance until we came to a team hitched to a lumbar wagon full of men. I was ordered to jnmp in, and then for the first time it struck me that I might have been accused of the murder of the night before. I asked them what I was wanted for, but re­ ceived no reply* and we were driven out of town to a clump of trees a mile or two away. A rope was produced, one end placed around my neck, and tho other end thrown over the branch of a tree. I was then asked to make a confession. I told them briefly that I had nothing to confess, and that if they could find the tall miner with whom I had slept the night previous he would declare my innocence. They only laughed at me, and I realized that I was to die. I was filled with such a feeling of horror that my legs seemed to give way beneath their weight, and two men assisted me. "The order was given to pull away, and up I went, the rope tightening about my throat like some living thing intent on killing me. Suddenly I was lowered to the ground and again asked to confess. I tried to speak, but could not utter a sound. I was speechless. Upon a slip of paper I asked that my father and mother be notified of my death, and wrote the address. After a brief consultation I was pulled up again, and, as my eyes closed, it seemed as though I had looked upon earth for the last time. At first I suffered in­ tense pain, then a feeling of dizziness came over me and my head swam around and around and I felt as though I were falling a great distance. Then a sensa­ tion as off sleep came over me. I knew of nothing after that until I found my­ self lying on the ground, while the form of a man bent over me in the gathering 'darkness, and water was dashed in my face. The revival was one of pain, and just then I would rather have been left to die. "I was taken to a house, how I do not know, and put to bed. Mv throat pained me and I could not talK. I re­ mained there for twenty-four hours, when the man who cut me down came in and said they had found the tall miner I had slept with and they knew I was innocent He had cut mo down on his own responsibility, he said; but now he could tell the boys, and he did. They came to the cabin with a rush and some of them cried for joy when they found I was alive. They asked me questions and I found I could not talk. Then they took me to the hotel, put me in the best room and sent for a doctor. "When the doctor came and made an examination of my throat he said that some of the smaller bones of my neck had become disjointed. He worked on the case two weeks and I finally found my voice again. But the terrible red Bear still remained and I suppose al­ ways will."--Denver News. A Canal for Sale. The oldest canal in the country is the Union Canal in Pennsylvania, whioh was the first projected on the American continent. It was suggested by Will­ iam Penn in 1690, and its route sur­ veyed seventy years later, before there was a canal in operation even in En­ gland. It is now to be sold. The route on this canal was surveyed by David Rittenhouse, the astronomer, and Dr. William Smith, provost of the Univer­ sity of Pennsylvania, in 1762. It ex­ tended from the Schuylkill River, near Deeding, to the Susquehanna, at the present site of Middletown, Duphin County. It was the first link in a pro­ posed chain of water communication between the Delaware River and Lake Erie, a project so gigantic for that early day, when canals and even turn­ pikes were unknown, that the project­ ors were believed by the people to be crazy. Rittenhouse planned a system of inclined planes to overcome the Al­ leghany Mountains, a plan which was adopted seventy-five years later by the State in its old Portage Railroad. The Revolutionary war interrupted work on the pioneer canal, and in 1791 Robert Morris, Robert Fulton and Tench Francis became interested in it The work was too far in advanoe of the times, however, and it was not com­ pleted until 1827. The canal is eighty- nine miles in length, and some of the greatest engineering work of that day was necessary in its construction. The first tunnel in the United States was bored for this canal through nearly eight hundred feet of solid rock, and the summit of the canal being higher than its terminal feeder, a pumping ap­ paratus had to be constructed to raise the water to the necessary height. The canal oost $5,000,000. Railroad trans­ portation having made the ancient waterway unprofitable, a few years ago it was abandoned, and is now offered for sale.--Bo»ton Transcript Wire Fences in England. A meeting of hunters was held in England recently to protest against the use of wire fences. It was asserted that great danger had arisen in the rapid spread of wire fencing, which endangered the lives of all sportsmen and led to acts of cruelty to horses and hounds. The meeting was told that wire fencing was 90 per cent cheaper than wood, and that wire was so much used in some parts of the country that hounds had been literally cut to pieces. The meeting vnanimously resolved to request land owners to provide their tenants with timber for fencing.--Chi- cago News. MANY an old book has to be \>ound ams-Aa keen the auaa. ' ww ^ " i""" .. bills of fare is nsoaily as ex- as the menu itself.--Carl Frit' ASA, great men are, attentive listen- era. Many of them acquire tike habit from being married. SomerviUe Journal. "I SEE that Skinflints wife *1"1 got a new silk dress." "Do yon know what it is made of." "No." "Stolen um­ brellas."--Boston Gazette. BJONES, who is still a bachelor, say# that he has learned from experience that a girl can smile and ««mile, a I be tmwillin' stilL--Somerville JoiimaL "YOUR daughter seems to hare a good ear for music. She plays withont notes." "Yes; and I wish she would dress without them.--Boston Gazette. "DID the wedding go off smoothly?* "About as smoothly as such attnira al­ ways go off. The only hitch that oc­ curred was when the pair stood up to be united."--Boston Courier. YOUNG ladies do not need to be told that they are good looking. Nature and the looking glass get up earlier in the morning than many other people and things.--Pretzel's Weekly* UNCLE JOHN---Why, my girl, ye*I've grown like a cucumber vine! What progress are you making toward matri­ mony? Clara--Well, uncle, Fm on my fifth lap.--New Haven Newx. IT seems absurd all this talk about gaa being found at Chicago. Was there ever a time when there wasn't an Imp- mense amount of gas about that west­ ern metropolis?--Texas Siftings. "WHAT line of study would you ad­ vise for my son?" asked the father; and the teacher, knowing the incorrigibility of the lad, said he thought the belt line Wtould suit him best--Texas Siftings. "You girls want the earth,* said a Trenton, N. J., father when one of hia daughters asked him for $6 for a new jacket. "No, papa," said the ingenioua child of 30, "not the earth--only a new jersey." MIDNIGHT burglar (sternly) -- Give me your watch! Humorous Mr. Poggs --Certainly, sir. There you are; it's a Waterbury. -- Burglar (recoiling) -- Great heavens, man! do yon take me for an organ-grinder? "SAY, Dick," said George, who had a record as a heartbreaker, "I'll be 21 in a couple of months; it's terrible to think of the wqrk I've got to do in that time." "Work! you haven't any work to do." "I haven't? Don't you call the breaking of seventeen engagements work?" FRIEND (to literary man)--I don't see why you are not more of a success. Literary Man --Laziness. Friend-- Why, I am sure you are industrious enough. Literary Man--Oh, yes, I am industrious enough, but the people are not They are to lazy toe read what I write, you understand. --Arkansaw Traveler. "I NOTICED in the paper," remarked Mrs. Smith at the breakfast table, "that a bullet has been invented that can pass through a man's body and cause him ills • v. •; ifl •W '<; y *. I * i , - ' r * \ ' ! •'£* !i'-MJ no pain. 'I wish I had some of those bullets," said Smith. "Why?" asked Mrs. Smith. "So I could,eat them for breakfast instead of these pancakes."-- American Independent. THE REWARD OF PERSEVEBENOB. I tried to kiss the lovely maid, But she resisted: j Bat I was not the toast afraid And so, insisted « ' She said, "You're lv-isalngall my hair, Likewise my colVar." • I promptly said, "I do not ears I" I She said, "I'll holler 1" I The band with which the maiden aWMtft. Her lips shielded I caught--the victory was complete{ She sweetly yielded. --Boston Courier. "IT is greatly to be regretted," was remarked in the hearing of an Illinois farmer, "that farmers' boys do not stick to the farm. It seems as if scarcely any of them do." "O, I dunno," said the farmer. "I've raised eight boys and they're all farmers 'cept one." "Is that so. pnly one of them caught by the glitter of the city, eh?" "Yes, that's all. Poor Bob would go, spite of all I could do--run away to the city when he was 12, and we ain't never seen him since, though it's been over twenty years. But I dunno but it's all right; he hadn't no likin' for farm work, nor wouldn't take no interest in it He jes' naturally seemed to hate the farm and didn't know enough abont farm work to drive ducks to water." "Yes, I think it was better that he should leave the farm, as he evidently had no taste for it Is he in the mercantile business?" "O, no, nothing of the kind," replied the farmer; "no; for the last ten years Bob has been editor of an agricultural paper. He writes most all the 'Hints to Farmers,' 'How to Do Farm Work,' 'Stick to the Farm, Boys, and sooh things.--Fred Carrutlu Kings for the Fingers* Of sll the ornamenta with which vanity, superstition, and affection have decorated the human form, few have more curious bits of history than the finger-ring. From the earliest times the ring has been a favorite ornament, and the reasons for this general prefer­ ence shown for it over other articles of jewelry are numerous and cogent. Ornaments whose place is on some por­ tion of the apparel, or in the hair, must be laid aside with the clothing or head-dress; are thus easily lost awfl often not at once missocL Pins, broches, buckles, olasps, buttons, all sooner or later become defective in some part, and are liable to escape from an owner unconscious of the de­ fect in the mechanism. The links of a necklace in time become worn, and the article is taken off to be meaded; the spring or other fastening of a bracelet is easily broken, and the bracelet van­ ishes. With regard to ornaments fastened to parts of the savage body,, mutilation is necessary, the ear must be bored, the nose be pierced, the cheeks or lips be slit, and, even after these surgical operations are completed, the articles used for adornment are gen­ erally inconvenient, and sometimes, By their weight or construction, are ex- tremely painful. In striking contrast with decorations worn on the clothing, in the hair, round the neok and arms, or pendant from the ears, lips, and nos?, is the finger* ring, the model, of convenience. It is seldom lost, for it need not be taken off, requires no preparatory mutilation, of the body, is not painful, is always in view, a perpetual reminder, either of the giver or of the purpose for which it is worn. The popularity of the ring must, therefore, be in large measure due to its convenience, and that this good quality was early learned may be in­ ferred from the Hebrew tradition, whioh attributes the invention of this orna­ ment to Tubal Cain, the "instructor of every artificer in brass and iron. "-- Popular Science Monthly. THE man who has not one-half of hia stock paid for is an unsafe customer^ provided ha has no available mttf - , 5L'.» •