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«1BL OF TKS. WNWN. ' at the <fa»0t In t be! icket-bnyeWtow; r tided to the town where fkftf a ticket for an adult with . won 14 have answered tor a iot her iM. 6M agent ask hprlf#h« wanted one •aid, "I want a ticket" fvery cv.rtly aid aayit); • not at the moment interfere in ner ar- wonrlered what ah* meant by such viryagod "airs." aa at length I «aid most kindly to the girl so •Ufhtl; grown, 1 travel very often on the railway all )!* so very often,* said she; "hut I had a wish to>day , Ito leave the noisy city awl go very far away. thtn I told her of her error, which had prompted me 1o sponk d«r« a hlunh of modest crimson ran its course upon her cheok), A»d to do her simple justice I would go with her and xuako Hike agent fix the matter as It should be, for her sake. - • ft my proffer she assented, and not vainly was v it tried, ••'JPtor she got the cheaper ticket with a dollar at its side. And she thanked me. Then I allied her to go with me to a seat, ich she did not hesi t*t«!0 do,;4«nd JtHnewit oa nimble feet. " ;V, ,* --IH newer miss it. What say?" A chorus of animated forth into "Capital!' "S jove!" "Cleverly applied! the courage!" Dick had listened to Corder's offer in scornful silence, well knowing that the •foil arr°gant fellow had no idea of being ' taken at his won!; now he said: "You're mistaken, boys; I do not lack for courage. But, as Bertie uavs, we are living in a practical age. What would Miss Mason think of such* an act? Wh»t would Judge Mason say to a stranger's audacity in daring to publicly salute his daughter?" But the students, now ripe for the scheme, urged him to "go iu and win," refusing to listen to the objections which he raited. Suddenly, he faced his langliing tormentors and temptefs, and with his dark eyes sparkling, said "I am tempted to yield to this offer, boys: for only God and my hard-work­ ing mother, and sister know the good such an ^rnount of money would do { me." «» j "Kiss Miss Mason now, hare before i atl the boys, and your mother and sister ! can rejoice over your success in being ! able to go back to th« m f >r the summer, j instead of remaining iu the East to get % * fancied as we rode along, ami passed from j jt], 0f harvesting," urged Corder with a - i.laee to pluco. half sneer.. I One moment WhigSrt ««r burst by "He hasn't ....... place to plnco, r$tiat she had a world of knowledge for so very '!*'• 'young a face; »^9%at she seemed a trifle older than lie#' modest Wi'r, • > '*»• height would show; , •ttmii, -n ith manners quire avuncular, I thought ' it best to know. •'4$ir falk and trip were ending, hut 1 aoon ad­ ventured then, " •Jty little girl, yon are not, are yon, very far -jfc,*' from ten?" T>p9»t she said with further blushing--with a " ' • twinktj not unseen-- -i *1 am doubtless very chiid-iike hat my aye it . Just niztaen." ' ' " ' i>'~ * <' ' ' 4 !£<n«n I looked and eaW-'m? btander, .Qgtf.Cbf IMB* ing ways of Fate . > Irfft my heart to solve a problem and to mildly palpitate; ,;*ir I had my arm around her, and was toying : r ; • with her hair, • , **d she seemed to think it kindness--or she v.. didn't seem to care. It a moment, if the answer had not come ao pat •> as this, . (Should have proffered her directions on arrival with a kiss. Sat my wisdom always happens mnch too early i.tor too late, -Sv the girl was vary pretty -- confound the courae of Fatal ' lis X Jumped up with my satchel (barely looking . as I went) \' from a task begun in pity, ending sharp in dis­ content. Bat she bowed and entitled most sweetly, while how very mean not stoop to kiss her just because she said "sixteen 1" '» Magazine. THE PRICE OF A KISS. %; 1 BI AD. H. GIBSON. The events of this story occurred iwuar years ago. A group of students stood in the shade of a gigantic oak, in Hie park of an Eastern citv. Just across the road from them, the old college reared its friendly brown walls and looked as if it held a monopoly in the work of dispensing knowledge to man­ kind. \ The students, with the exception of one, were sons of wealthy parents. The exoeption was handsome, dark-eyed Diok Wynn, whose courage and cheer- falness nad become proverbial at col­ lege. Dick was working his way unaided to secure an education that would fit him to fill some useful station in life, and he was as much respected as were his "Wealthy oompanions. W> 33m» elosa of-the sfffing team was near at hand, and tha young men who had labored together so long over knotty problems had a great deal to say to each -other about how and where each would spflmd his summer vacation. One pro- posed to go to Long Island, another had , Newport in view, where a fashionable sister expected to reign queen of the season. However, the majority favored ">• atrip to the backwoods to spend several . Weeks in the delightful recreation of fainting and fishing, while they tried the much ooveted experience of "camp- . •3r'Jf»ek had preserved silence, while the . OwMi laid their plans for spending the so pleasantly; but when "A speech from Wynn !" was called out, he Mud: "Boys, I shall not make you a speech as to my plans, but since yon take an interest m hearing tlienf, I shall tell J yon. Ton Know that I was not born v with a silver spoon in , my mouth. ^ So, while you are all having a good recreation hunting, fishing, and read­ ing in some shady nook of the ' forest, I shall be manipulating tiie golden sheaves in some farmer's harvest field. And later, when you come back fresh and liappy to take your - g>laees in college, I shall take my place " m some country school-house, to earn the "needful' to return next spring, not before. But I feel very happy in that Dick stood before his { fellow students, his manly figure erect, ' then he said resolutely: j "I accept your offer, Corder." j He turned and joined Miss Mason, who was now walking slowly up and j down the path, while the Judge rested j on a rustic seat in the park. He ad- ' dressed her in French. In a few words | he gave her a brief sketch of his life, j dwelling longest on an account of his ! beloved mother aud the pretty dark- eyed sister in the South, and closing with a recital of Corder's proposition, and ! how, for the sake of those near and dear ] to him, he needed the education he sought. Nina Mason listened. Her sympa­ thies were all aroftsed. She was not long in making a resolve. No false modesty, under the peculiar circumstances, should deter her from helping this worthy young student, whose sole thought seemed to be the happiness of his mother and sister. So, -with a smile on her perfect lips, a half-amused twinkle in her merry violet eyes, and a very becoming blush, she stationed herself directly in view of the watching students, and slightly inclin­ ing one peachy cheek* received Diok Wynn's kiss with beautiful grace. Then, with a low bo^*, Dick left her and re­ turned to the students, who had looked on with no stinted interest and amuse­ ment. "I say, Dick," said Harry, after con­ gratulations were over, "it wasn't in the bargain that you were to tell her all about it, you know." "How do you know that I told her?" inquired Dick, roguishly. "I'm sure tliat you could not have kissed her without, for Nina Mason is too spirited a girL" "Well, you see, Harry, I know all abo&t the story to which Bertie re­ ferred," returned Dick, with his good- natured laugh, Mand adhered to it strictly; and that is where I had a de­ cided advantage over you." Meanwhile, Nina had turned to her father and signified her wish to go home. On their way from the park, she gave him a full explanation of the strange scene which had been enacted before his eyes a short time before. The jovial* old fellow laughed heartily over the episode. "It's a capital joke on that young Corder," he remarked. "He should be held to his offer with regard to the money." Two days after the occurrence which took place in the park, Dick Wynn re- oeived a note from Judge Mason. "Does the old gentleman intend to call me out and shoot me for my impu­ dence, in kissing his daughter?" Dick interrogated himself as he hastily tore open the envelope. The note ran as follows: "Mr. Richard lltynn: DKAB SIB--You will ploase to cpU at my house on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. "CHARLES B. MA.SOK." Dick was prompt to the time ap- $to Cafied AMIelian. e. iwYctaWtten.] Kew -wlite ̂ our brain. All high preasuti ft iSmprii nil Study to think as ea*iW,«iid ilnfuietly as you breathe. Never fatm rotttself to leaacn what you have no tilMtffer. Knowledge without t~v-v ». .--; ,, i love will xeoMiia a lifeless manufacture. .Dick became a prominent attorney,; „ot a living growth. Be content to be ignOrant w ttkny things that you may . Dick educated his beautiful sister Belle, and the winter she passed with Nina Mason; she was a belle indeed, eaiMB(4 many a heart back to toe _ Sunny South" with her. and when lull suoess sat perched upon his banner, he married Nina, whose heart had long been his. Corder oon- •pled himself by taking a European trip. And Bertie? When Belle had tor­ mented hiin to her merry little heart's content, she surrendered. She is prond lipr poetic husband. * . , Practical Etiquette; There are many l>ook8 of etiquette before the public, and among them sev­ eral which are written by persons of wide social experience and high culture. They are often excellent as far as they g°, hut there are many deficiencies which are painfully marked by those who desire to form themselves in all things upon correct standards. In many of the common exigencies of life, we are left by these authorities absolutely with­ out direction, and with no light but the uninspired guidance of common sense, and everyl>ody , knows how little that has to do with etiquette.' Where, for instance, is the manual which lays down anv correct and effect- , ive way of expressing indignation when (f"1 ,to n°°k; " If your every vela you strai vulgar people at the theater or opera persist in continuing a noisy private know oke thing well, and that the thing which God 'Specially endowed you to know. It regains fire to fuse the ma­ terials of thinking, no less than to melt the iron in the foundry. But remember this, however strong |yon may be physically, to strike a blow, And however sharp, intellectually, to xeoognize a fact, and discern a differ­ ence, your success in the game of life depends on the serious culture which vou give to the third formative force in human character? your moral nature; and of the rightful supremacy of this element and comprehensive expression is found in the single word, love. ^ On this all prophets, poets, and philoso­ phers are agreed. St. Paul says: "Love is the fulfilling of the law." Burns says: "The heart's aye, the part im That masks richt ei wrang. And Goethe more largely: "The bazaar in splendid trash. Tempts the buyer to spend his cash. He who goes to learned college Comes home crammed w ith empty knowledge; Bnt it true bliss you winh to brook, in*. V- *H*Whafra pity that we live in such fttactical, old fogy days," said young Bertie Lang, who had listened in silent sympathy as his friend spoke. *In old times, Dick, you could have won the needful' in an easier way. Don't fou remember the story of the poor Student who won a bet by kissing a iBoble lady in public, thus securing the •jkeans to educate himself and eventually A wife ? You're charming enough to be the hero of an affair like that, Dick-- eSi, Harry ?" he concluded with sly mis- ahief, for it was well-known in the col­ lege that Harry Corder, the son of a millionaire, was, notwithstanding his ealth, jealous of Dick's many attrac­ tions, physical and mental. " Oh! you almost take away my breath, Bertie," said Wynn, ere Corder, who Was intently regarding an old gentle- jnan and a beautiful girl promenading the park, could reply. "Corder hasn't eyes and ears for any ®ne but Judge Mason's fair daughter,' Remarked one of the students. "Pretty , ©adly struck, are you not, old boy?" "I admit that I think Miss Mason I Jery. a^rac^ve lady, and I enjoy an even- !> < her bright company very much," ! - r̂Qdceer replie<l, giving Dick ajpeculiar "She is a beauty: " ! - Hps axe like the cherry. i are like the peacU. * ^ X rf Which haageth on an upper boujdbl t : ; , Beyond my ardent roach,* f ^ * Sang Bertie, who was facetiouslv styled ; i the poet of the college. " i!fc_ "Well done, Bertie!" cried Dick, ^looking admiringly at his girlish-faced, ll^wamfying friend. "You will certainly g|a®pal Tennyson in extolling female love­ liness, if you keep on.. But you are ||j«|ght in the Bimile, Bertie; for 'her ^dieeks are like the peach,' and meaning ^^durespeot to the lady sweet enough , „ , il "Boys, listen to me," here spoke ...> "• *!Harry Corder. "An idea has popped r <* jtttomy head, put there by fc Kg poi hii I * J im into the parlor where the Judge sat waiting to receive him. "Good-evening, Mr. Wynn," he said. Be seated," and he pointed to a chair opposite his own, where he might ob­ tain a good view of the young man's countenance. "Well, sir, doubtless you are wondering what can be the object of my sending for you. The fact of the business is, I wish to form the acquaint­ ance of the fellow who was so daring as to kiss my daughter in the park before a crowd of college chaps." He then engaged Dick in a lively conversation. They discoursed on vari­ ous subjects, and ere the interview ended, Judge Mason had learned pretty clearly Dick's position and prospects for the future. When the old Judge said good-even­ ing he pressed Dick's hand cordially, saying: "Young man, I honor you for your noble efforts to obtain an education that you may better help your mother and sister. God prosper yon. Call again, Mr. Wynn." After Dick was gone, the Judge quietly remarked to his wife: "I have taken a decided fancy to this young Wynn. He is composed of the right kind of metal. He got ahead of that snobbish Corder nicely. I shall make him an offer if he has any inclina­ tion to study law." Dick did call again. This time Judge Mason sent for his wife and daughter to join them. Dick was formally presented to Miss Nina, who was quite too thor­ ough a lady to appear conscious of that former meeting in the park. Dick called several times during the remaining weeks of college. He was well liked and much respected in the Mason household. Miss Nina, espe­ cially, appreciated his society; he was so different from Corder. Corder paid over to Dick "the price of a kiss," though he regarded the grow­ ing friendship between Wynn and Nina with ill-concealed grace. Bertie did not join his wealthy friends in their summer vacation to the forest; instead, he accepted an invitation from Dick to accompany him to his Southern home among the blue hills of Virginia. He never regretted the delightful weeks spent amid the romantic old mountains surrounding the war-scarred home of the Wynns. But the starry, dark eyes of sparkling little Belle Wynn had far deeper attractions for him tin a conversation during the most in- terestng ]>ortions of the play? how soon is it well-bred to pass from the stare to the frown, from the frown to more demonstrative expressions of annoyance and indigna­ tion? What book tells us how one should behave when at the theater or in a horse-car a man weighing half a ton steps on our corns and apologizes to our neighbor? Just what is the proper form iu which to thank a man for re­ turning an umbrella, so that he may feel that his unusual honesty is ap­ preciated and yet not be insulted by the expression of too great surprise on the part of the fortunate neighbor? How should a man be treated who gives one a cigar so bad that to smoke it would be worse than a year in state prison on bread and water? These and many similar questions present themselves daily, and one searches in vain in the book of etiquette for any solution for the perplexing doubts they raise. And there are other questions some­ what less common, which may yet arise, yet which surely should not be left un­ answered in any hand-book which makes any pretense to be exhaustive. If a man is introduced to another who has eloped with his great-aunt, how should he con­ duct himself? On being presented to a man who has killed one of one's ances­ tors in a duel, how far is it etiquette to exhibit a coolness of demeanor? Would it be excusable, if one chanced, at table d'hote or on shipboard, to sit beside a sailor at dinner to order cabbage? Would the same rule--whatever it is -- apply to sauer-kraut, and would the fact that the sailor was a German affect the question? If one were to marry a bride who had the misfortune to be descended from an an­ cestor who was hanged, would it be un­ kind or indelicate to include a diamond pendant among the wedding gifts? If a girl is engaged to two men at once, and marries one, is she to consider herself still engaged to the other in case of the death of her husband? Has a book- agent, or the man who asks, "Is this hot enough for you ?" any rights that are rec­ ognized by the etiquette of the best society, and if so, what are they? If one one-legged mad requests the loan of a cork leg from another one-legged man, is the second justified in declining to accom­ modate him, and what is the polite form of such a refusal? Should the announce­ ment to a lady that she has dropped her bustle be made in the third person? If a gentleman making a party call dis­ covers, after being ushered into the drawing-room, that he has inadvertently come out in his shirt sleeves, should he apologize, or allow the circumstance to pass without remark ? These are but few of the innumerable questions of practical importance that press upon us every day yet which are wholly ignored by writers on etiquette. WTiy in the world, then, does nobody write a practical and complete book on of daily life?--Boston the etiquette Courier. * atory>nd verse, and partly by Wynn's last rapturous remark. I make this If Dick Wynn will march Nina Mason, and there, before us , $!'• Jata '.'I an the charming scenery, and when he came away, his portfolio contained son­ nets to dark eyes enough to flood the literary market for a year. Dick Wynn graduated with the high­ est honors of the class. Bertie Lang ,. , __ . .. stood next. fass&er, m give him one $1,000\ To beoome a lawyer had k»ng beep Two Country Beys. About sixty years ago a Vermont bof; a farmer's son, was sent to East Poult- ney by himself to sell a load of potatoes. It was a great event for him, the proud­ est day of his life. He sold out his load, then drove round to the tavern, put up his horses, and went in to din­ ner. How grand he felt, ordering a dinner on his own account, and paying his own bill! A good many people were in the din­ ing-room,among the rest a distinguished- looking man, no less a personage than the Sheriff of the county, who had been formerly a member of Congress. But pretty soon our young fellow's eyes fell upon a "tall, pale, white-haired, gawky boy," sitting at the further end of the table in his shirt-sleeves, paying atten­ tion to nobody and eating as if upon a wager. This is a pretty sort of a tavern, any­ how, to let such a fellow as that sit at the same table with all these gentle­ men ! He ought to come in with the hostler," thought our proud potato mer­ chant. Before long the conversation turned upon some political subject, some act of an early Congress, and there was a dif­ ference of opinion as to how certain members had voted upon it. All at once the Sheriff turned to the white- haired, half-dressed boy at the end of the table and asked: "Ain't that right, Greeley?" "No," said the boy; "you're wrong." "There!" said one of the other men. "I told you so!" "And you're wrong, too," continued the boy, and he proceeded to give the history of the measure in question from beginning to end. Our dealer in potatoes was astonished out of measure, the more because the whole company took these statements as law and gospel, settling the whole dispute at once and forever. The "gawky boy" was Horace Gree­ ley, who was there at work in a print­ ing-office at East Poultney. The other boy became a prominent New York physician. The two did not see each other again for many years. Then the famous physician met the famous editor one day in the street, and told bitn this story, to his great amusement.--Youth's Companion. THE Women's Medical College, of Philadelphia, has started its classes and Dr. 'Clara ^ywhaTl at bel4V< „ strain, To fill the mind with various lore, % 'Tis well; bat hocw to use your lore--*" The better wisdom--thin to gain, Yon must knock at another door. Nor haveyou far to search and aeel Xiet the God within you Bpeak. . . Love all things that lovely be, And God will show His best to thee I". How is this ? For two plain reasons: First, because it is only by loving or sympathetically laying hold of that which is good in others that we can en­ large the narrowness and enrich the meagreness of our individual ^selves; second, because without love a man is a self-confined mortal, and cannot stand in any co-operative relation to a social whole composed of mutually dependent parts. Therefore, let every man meas­ ure his value as a social unit, not so much by his power for knowing as by his capacity for loving. Love, no doubt, in a reasonable world, must always be accompanied with knowledge; love with knowledge is wisdom, but it is better for all partie# in the social system to have much love with little knowledge than to have much knowledge with lit­ tle love. But how is love to manifest itself? In the simplest way possible--by carrying out in practice what, as an ethical thinker and a Christian, you must be­ lieve in theory; by treating every man as a brother--as good as yourself, and perhaps a little better. Stamp out that bias of mind, so natural to all finite creatures, which leads them to overesti­ mate their own good qualities--real or imaginary--and underestimate those of their neighbor. Avoid criticism, es­ pecially that species of it which de­ lights in finding faults. Seek in all things to enjoy what is good and let the; evil drop; and if you will judge begin with yourself, following Schiller's rule: "Judge yourself severely, your neigh­ bor leniently." Further, seize every op­ portunity in performing aots of kind­ ness, however small, to your fellow-be­ ings, especially to your inferiors (Rom., xii. 16). Be like the sun, ever giving and diroensixig witching blossoms out of the buds by toe Jight and warmth of its rpys aid even, as Shakspeare has it, kissing carrion .without offense. • Love in its' common form exhibits itself in an interchange of kindred sen­ timents and kindly deeds among equals; when directed towards inferiors it is elevated into reverence and culminates in worship. There may be much amia­ bility, but no true greatness of charac­ ter without reserve. As we gain a notion of the grandeur of the physical world by looking from the low ground up to the sky-cleaving chains of the Alps or the Andes, so our measure of moral greatness grows by the admiring con­ templation of what is above us. This is what Plato meant when he called wonder a philosophical affection. Though any fool may gape at an air bal­ loon, the man who does not cherish an habitual wonder for the grandeur of the universe is like a deaf man who does not hear the thunder, or a blind man who can not see the sun. An Old Saying and Its Origin. The saying, "A bird m the hand is worth two in the bush," originated from the following circumstances: Will Vomers, the celebrated jester to Henry VIII., happened to call at Lord Surry's, whom he had often, by a well-timed jest, saved from the King's displeasure, and who, consequently, was always glad to see him. He was on this occasion ushered into the aviary, when he found "my lord" amusing himself with his birds. Somers happened to admire the plumage of a kingfisher. "By my lady, my prince of wits, I will give it to you." Will skipped about with delighjb, and swore by the great Harry he was a most noble gentleman. Away went Will with his kingfisher, telling all his ac­ quaintances whom he met that his friend Surrey had just presented him with it. Now, it so happened that Lord North­ ampton, who had seen this bird the day previous, arrived at Lord Surrey's just as Will Somers had left, with the inten­ tion of asking the bird of Surrey for a present to a lady friend. Great was his chagrin on finding the bird gone. Surrey, however, consoled him with saying that he knew Somers would re­ store it if ho (Surrey) promised him two some other day. Away went a mes­ senger to the prince of wits, whom he found in raptures with his bird, and to whom he delivered his lord's message. Great was Will's surprise, but he was not to be bamboozled by even the Mon­ arch himself. "Sirrah," said Will, "tell your master that I am much obliged for his liberal offer of two for one, but that I prefer one bird in hand to two in the bush." A Matter of Roads. About a generation ago iiftotence O'Connor Doyle sat in the Nova Scotia Legislature, He was of Irish descent, a brilliant lawyer, and, like a number of his political associates, a clever, impres­ sive, and eloquent debater. But it is chiefly on account of his ready wit and Ids unfailing repartee that he is best re­ membered. Many a bon-mot of his has been published, but the following, which I first heard a short time ago, will probably be new to a portion of the reading public. Doyle and two brother Legislators, Messrs. Uniake and Kenny, wero among the guests at a dinner­ party one evening, and while Mr. Kenny- was drinking his champagne a small piece of cork escaped into his windpipe, and violent coughing ensued. When relief came, Uniake, himself a wit, ob­ served that "that Was the wrong road for Cork," whereupon Doyle, quick as thought,julded the.remark, "It may be Style en German Rathreads. The railroad stations all over this country are models of convenience and pretension. The meanest local train on a German railway receives a degree of consideration and boaor that would stagger the engineers of the Chicago limited. The railroads are run entirety by the Government, and everything connected with them shows the impress of military rale. The- stations there are surrounded by small parks, in which there are fountains, flowers, and artis­ tically arranged hedges. The station building is often the most pretentions one in the town, and there is usually attached to it a large restaurant with several waiters in the conventional claw­ hammer coats. Broad walks made of granite and marble, and relieved from monotony by designs in mosaic stretch along on either side and there is an air of spick and span brightness about everything in sight. As the train draws into the station the waiters stand in an orderly row at the entrance to the din­ ing room- They have all been soldiers every man in Germany has served a number of years in the army, and they stand in a military attitude, with their hands at their sides and their chins up. Directly in front of the main entrance stands the Captain of the station. Bis rank is indicated by a red cap. His uniform is exceedingly showy and often becoming--for the men as -a rule are stalwart and well formed. He wears high-heeled boots, dark-blue trousers, relieved by a red stripe, a double- breasted military frock coat, with a gold belt and rows of brass buttons. Ranged behind him are the guards, who are alno in uniform, but whose caps are dark blue. After the train comes to a halt the chief guard jumps to the ground and salutes the station-master. Then the other men step forward, and the work of loading and unloading the train goes on with conventional Teutonic stolidity. It is the duty of one of the guards to walk along the train and rub all the dust from the door handles and other brass work, so that in the course of the journey the metal becomes bril­ liantly polished. When the train is ready for departure the guards salute the station-master again and he takes a whistle from his belt and blow it twice. Upon this another guard, who is sta­ tioned at the farther end of the plat­ form, rings a huge bell three times, and then, with another salute by way of courtesy, the train moves on its way. This is only an indication of the. military spirit which pervades Germany in every direction.-- Vienna letter,, In a Brick-Yard. A rich man was taking a walk in bis brick-yard with his little boy one morn­ ing, when the following conversation took place: Tommy--What sort of a place is this, pa? "This, my boy, is a brick-yard." "Who does it belong to?" "It belongs to me, my son." "Does that big pile of bricks belong to you too, pa?" "Yes, Tommy, it belongs to me." "Do those dirty-looking men belong to you too, pa?" "No, my son, in this glorious land of liberty there can be no slavery. They are free men." "Why do they work so hard?" "I don't know, my son." "Does anybody steal what they make?" "Of course not, Tommy. How do you come to ask such questions?" 'But, pa, don't those bricks belong to those men who make them?" "No, my son, they belong to me." "What are the bricks made of, pa?" "Of clay, Tommy." "What! Out of that dirt?" "Yes, Tommy." "And nothing "No, Tommy." "Who does the clay belong to?* > "Tome." r . "Did you make it?" "No, my son, God made it." "Did God make the clay specially for you?" "No, I bought it." "Well pa, aid you buy the clay from God?" • • '• • "No; I bought it just as-1 any­ thing else." "Did God sell the clay to {he man you bought it from ?" "I don't know, Tommy. Ton ask more sillv questions than lean answer." "It's a good thing you own this clay, aint it, pa?" "Why, Tommy?" "Because if vou didn't you would have to work like those dirty men. Will I have to work when I get to be a man?" "No; I will leave you all my property when I die." "When these men die wont they all turn to clay ?" "Yes; we all return to iclay when we die." " When are you going to die, pa --pretty soon?" V" "I don't know, my aon.- Why da you ask?" *' "I was just thinking what a nice lot of bricks you would make after you are dead.--Texas Siftings. She Suspected It. "Yes--you have strawberries, haven't you?" she queried of a Woodward av­ enue grocer as she stepped from her carriage. "Well, hardly, madam--not to-day." "Will you have some to-morrow?" "Really, I don't think so, ma'am. In fact, it is a leetle late for them.** "Oh, dear! I suspected it might be, but was in hopes. I guess I'll have to take two heads oi cabbage."--De­ troit Free Press. Ancient Vegetation. Remains from coal beds prove that the ferns, of which several thousand species are known, constituted a very important part of the earth's earlier Vegetation. They are abundant, es­ pecially in moist tropical regions. In the Antilles they comprise about one- tenth of the vegetation; in Oceanica, one-fourth or one-fifth; in St. Helena, one-third; in Juan Fernandez, one-half; and in England, one-thirty-fifthi--^.r- kansaw Traveler. ^ Explained. "Strange," remarked Mrs. Brown, "I have rung at Mrs. Smith's door three times this week, and I didn't succeed in raising any one. I suppose the family is out of town." "Possibly," replied Mrs. Jones, "but Mrs. Smith told me just now she could tell your ring among a thousand."-- Worcester Gazette. VCHABLEY CONNOLLY, a young miner, fell 115 feet into a Utah mine, and re­ ceived only slight injuries. A COLLEGE of carpentxy for women has been started at Cambridge, En­ gland. -mmrn they vo«e to Retire, "and if so, 'yon have a sight worth seeing, as it is so rare." ̂ |fr. F. echoed the artist's opinion, and tile trio went to their rOoms with bright anticipation of the morrow Which were amply fulfilled. Had some enchanter waved his wand above the scene the transformation could hardly have been more complete or wondinful. During their rimnbeni the earth had entirely disappeared, and oar three friends, the hotel and its immed­ iate surroundings had been lifted in cloudland and seemed to be floating upon a sea of fleecy'whiteness which stretched to the farthest horrizon. The sun was shining in a sky of the deepest blue, unflecked by a single cloud. The air seemed perfectly transparent, as in­ deed it was, and there was nothing to be seen but the level sheet of vapor which formed a base for the bright blue dome above them. This was the "val­ ley fog" which Tinto had predicted. It hai come, and he was satisfied. Lead­ ing the way to the ohservatory, whenco a view of the entire horrizon could be obtained, he descanted elegantly on what was--to one of the party--a novel sight. Hi* remarks were supplemented" on the part of the Dominie as to the causes, origin, object, and results of valley fogs in general, by which his companions were very much edified, and doubtless convinced of the good man's erudition. As the observers looked over the ap­ parently boundless expanse of cloud, they noticed a gentle movement in the mass, which gradually became rough­ ened and then broke into billowy shapes until it resembled a great white sea with innumerable waves rolling and tumb­ ling under the influence of the wind. Then the movement increased; great white masses broke off and drifted along like billows of snow; rifts suddenly opening showed glimpses of a world be­ neath, then closed again. The golden figures of the sun were playing with the clouds, or, as the Dominie expressed it, "Old Sol was stripping the coverlet from the sluggish earth." "By-and-by," said he, "the people in the valley will know that the sun is up; they have not seen him yet." Then wider rifts appeared, the little plateau half-way down the, mountain, with the cottage and stables, came into sunlight, and gray strips and streamers of fog floated through the adjoining woods; then trees in the valley, patches of the plain, and stretches of the river showed. Now the whole mass was in motion, broken into curling fragments, some of which drifted away before the wind. Others, driven against the side of Mount Tom, crept slowly up its steeps, but all fast dissolving under the influence of the sun's rays, till in half an hour from their first view, Tinto and his friends looked down upon the earth bathed in sunlight, with not a speck of cloud or fog to din its brightness.-- John B. Chapin, in The American Magazine. Ideas Are Money. A half-dozen of the most successful men were recently asked what chance young men have to get on in the world these days. Mr. Jay Gould, Mr. Russell Sage, Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Dr. Norvin Green, and Charles A. Dana, said the outlook was never so good as now. "What one auality should they pos­ sess to succeed best?" was asked each. Russell Sage replied, "Caution;" Jay Gould "Perseverance;" Dr. Green, "Hard work;" Mr. Bennett, "Enter­ prise;" Mr. Dana, "Brains." Perhaps Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, of the World summed it up in the best way: "My dear sir," he said to an applicant for a position on the World, some time ago, "what can you do?" , "Anything," was the oheerful reply. "Yes, but you must certainly be able to do one thing better than another." "Oh, yes," was the response, "I can write well on most any subject, am a good exeoutive man, and am fertile in ideas." "Oh," was Mr. Pulitzer's reply, "fertile in ideas." And he drew liis chair u p close to liis visitor and peered anxiously into his face. "Then you are just tho man I want. How many good idea# have you lying around loose that I could utilize in increasing the circulation of the World?" "Oh, I could give you twenty," was the calm rejoinder. "Twenty," said Mr. Pulitzer, in as­ tonishment. "Yes, sir, twenty." "Well, now try it. Go -homo and write me out twenty good ideas or sug­ gestions for increasing the circulation of the World. Send me your list to-mor­ row. I will pay you $100 for each idea I accept. My check for $2,000 will be mailed you at once if I accept them all, and I hope I can, for we need new ideas here all the time, and then we can make a permanent aftongement. I will pay you $100 a week rqr a good idea, and you needn't come to the office either. Yes, I'll do more; I'll buy you a fine pair of horses so that you may drive around town and enjoy yourself in the park. Your fortune is made if you can do as you say." The young man did send in his ideas, carefully written out, and they were promptly returned to him as worthless. Instead of riding through the park in a luxurious coach he is holding down a chair in a Bowery cheap lodging house. He possessed brass, but no brains,-- Boston Globe. How a Hedgehog Sills a The Arch, de Pharmacie describes the proceeding as follows: The hedge­ hog cautiously approached the sleeping reptile and seized the end of his tail be-' tween his teeth. Then he rolled him­ self up into a compact ball and awaited developments. The snake, awakened by the pain, tnrned upon his enemy and fought with his fangs. The hedgehog, retaining his hold, allowed himself to be dragged back and forth during the struggle, and meanwhile the serpent's jaws had become lacerated and useless from constant assaults upon the sharp spines of its enemy. In a few minutes the serpent had become exhausted with his efforts, and the hedgehog, unrolling himself, disembowled the serpent and ate his meal. In this case the hedge­ hog does not kill the serpent directly, but obliges him to kill himself by dash­ ing upon the sharp spines. Wants to Sell His Wife. Giles Clayborne, a Vermont farmer, offers to sell his wife. In a circular ad­ vertising her merits he says: "Height, five feet five; age, 32; form, finely de­ veloped; hair, brown and luxuriant; eyes, large and hazel-colored; hands and feet, about the usual size; temper, bad." The last quality is supposed to be the cause of this unique procedure. STO»t well the human body, tl* mind is not far off. A <K*1> man with b*A|riands is hfcit tobeniissaideMtood. ' THKrag-gathererVbusineesis up a little.--Ney} Orteom ONE needs a knowledge of mankind before one can be ibagMty « oneself. WK often do more good by ing sympathy than by all the labor we might bestow. A MISEBY is not to be measured fobm the nature oi the evil, but by the tem­ per of the sufferer. IT is claimed that all absconding cashiers are ex-chequer players.--Dur luth Faragrapher. Tbtjk no-bill-ity consists in paying one's debts before the tradesmen ara done wearing themselves out with dtta --Neic Orleans Picayune. THE reason that doors were not so nobby in the olden times as now is probably because they used latches.-- Blnghampton Republican. _e A f-BOG which depends on his brains instead of bis legs would stand a mighty poor show in a puddle hear a school- house. --Detroit Free Press. FUNNY that a fast young man never begins to think of settling down until it has become utterly impossible for Mm to settle up.--Texas Siftings. A STOBMY day on deck: Fenley--I say, Ferguson, it's strange that the more pitch a vessel has the harder it is to stick to one's feet. -- Boston Post. FATHEB,--Yon have been three years at the university, now tell me what you have done. Son--I have taught three dogs to drink beer.--German Fun. CHRISTIAN Martyr (in the spirit world)--Were you ever on a rack? Modern Spirit--No, but I've been on a dentist's chair.--Philadelphia Becord. ONE of the funny scenes of paternal felicity is the spectacle of a fond, fat father screwing a new sea-grass tail into his little boy's hobby-horse*--Oil City Blizzard. CHICAGO Dame--My dear, you must remember that 6ur children have fu­ tures Husband (a grain broker)-- Heaven help 'em if Old Hutch finds it out.--Philadelphia Becord. PEDDLER--Am I addressing the lady of the house? Girl--Which lady, the wash-ladv, the culinary-lady, or'if you want to see the door-ladf, why that's me.--Terre Haute Express. LAWYER--The coat's too long, the waistcoat is too long; in fact, the whole suit is too long. Tailor--I am sorry,, sir, but I always supposed gentlemen of your profession preferred long suits.-- Harper's Bazar. MVRTLF.--Florence, is that Fred Dum- ley's handwriting? Florence--Ye3, dear; Pm engaged to him, you know. Myrtle--Yes, I know it. I was engaged to him last summer, Florence. The dear boy, I wonder who will marry him eventually.-- The Cartoon. FIBST Ballet Girl--What a lovely bal­ let costume you have for the "Fairy Queen!" Second Ballet Girl--Yes; bought it in Long Branch at second hand. It was made for a bathing dress, though, and I had to lengthen it a little.--Philadelphia Becord. IT soifaetimes pays to poke your nose into other people's business. The ac­ tion of two strangers in Franklin, Ky., excited the curiosity of a rustic named Hendrick, who, digging in the ground > explored by the visitors, discovered a bag containing $2,700 in gold. MISTRESS (to servant)--Look at the dirt on that chair, Bridget. Yottr work is shockingly neglected this week. Bridget--I know it is, mum; but Tve been too busy to attend to it, sure. I'm < a candidate for the Boord av Iddioashun, mum, and I have to canvass my waard. --Texas S if tings. GILLS CLAYBOURNE, a Vermont, farmer, offers to sell his wife. In a cir­ cular advertising her merits, he says: "Height, five feet; age, 32; form, finely developed; hair, brown and luxuriant; eyes, large and hazel-colored; hands and feet about the usual size; temper, d bad." The last quality is un­ doubtedly the cause for this unique pro­ cedure. IN A QUANDARY. •'O mother, I'm in trouble, My heart feels just like lead, • "'\ <* And such throbbing pains stew o'er fl|a Here iu my little head. ;'v "-OJ: j?lace lue, my dear mother. In my we snug beddy-bed." , ; V •'Tell me, my child, what ails IpgAf : I can hear the worst of news*' . |EIas a horrid man deceived you? »>• ; Do you suffer from tight shoes?" filie sobbed, "I love six fellows, ' * And don't know which to choose." --Drake's Magazine. He--How did you like the plav, Gar* rie? She--It was just lovely. Idont know when I have passed so delightful an evening. "Did you ever see such fine scenery?" "Yes--no--the fact is I didn't notice. I couldn't keep my eyes off that lovely bonnet that lady in the second row wore. You saw it, of course." "No; I was interested in the play." "Do you know, I don't think men are observant. "--Boston Trans­ cript. "YES," said Smith, "it is a cheerless thing to be left alone in the world. I was left an orphan and without a single relation to whom I could look for sym­ pathy in affliction. But the world is: brighter how. I have seven sisters." " Seven sisters!" exclaimed Jones. "I thought you said you hadn't a single re­ lation in the world." "I hadn't a few years ago, but I have seven sisters now. I've been rejected by seven girls."-- Boston Courier. Diet and Long Life. The Oorsican farmers, among whom the average of age is greater than any other people in Europe, live principally on dried fruits and polenta (ohestnut meal). Shamyl, the heroic Circasian, defied for years all the efforts of the Russian Empire to effect his capture, living among his native mountains with noth­ ing but water to drink and roasted beechnuts for food. Frugality was ranked next to godli­ ness by the ancient philosophers, who expressed their belief in the aphorism, "God needs nothing, and he is next to Him who can do with next to nothing." --St. Louis Magazine. . t*1 ^4. 4 m :M i >, I .1 The Crow and the A Crow who had been charged \£?tfi n' lack of Politeness went down to the Lakeside and invited a Fish to come up and stop with him for a week. The Fish, not to be outdone in Politeness, pressed the Crow to go on an Excursion with him under Lake Erie, and they finally Separated with many bows and nods and words of regret. An old White Crane who was standing by on one leg and Overheard everything. Chuckled to himself, and said: "There were no Flies on the chap who first said that Politeness didn't oast a cent." MORAL--When invited to "Coma Again Soon," stay av*y>--Detroit JV* Press. - - M ' • ? m •W- ;•* &>•<. .v -•; v: • . • « . . . T •'Mi