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AL__# "~m 8,! Ian "sciatica. h ‘l’lE ishes. His houseâ€"little more titans cot- l .l ll Ul ' Lugeâ€"Ith en the roadside among the â€""‘ from this base of operations be dominated the wild glen that broke the wall of the snowd rifts were twelve feet deep in winter, I and the col we of e at times was 5’ Y ME A (’Ex’m‘l‘ "3"(‘7’1’0523' district westwards till he came to the Don- Drimiiochty was accustomed to break kill! sphere of influence. Where more we" , , . tocbt in its len ti which wasei ht miles food ani fresh air, and yet had reduced the and ,2; bremlhDgwgich w” four, fly in Psalmist’s farthest limit to an average life- tho world, which in the night time hevisited clothes for summer or winter, Drumshrngh M the “3" 0‘ ’“e’ for the "‘5' than” was find 000 01' "‘70 0*..th “"89? “WW” “‘3' trcacherous bogs. And be old the land eastwards toward the Muir-town so far as penalty of their position, and without :e- , , every day, and could carry word that the 8"" to tempenwre' They wore ’he‘r, doctor was wanted. He did his best for with anything, out of respect to the d.- l in this wild, straggling district, year in, ceased, and standing longest. in the kirk» year °”t’ "1 the “WW and m the heat' m I without holiday for forty years. across a hundred miles of snow. If the One horse could not do the work of this rain was pouring at the junction, then _ old white mare, who died the week after her in t r, dth ' fth two did through sheer native dourness lill each M e an spasung o 6 man had a cascade from the tail of his beautifully, for he broke every canon of art, flying Wth his arms, steeping till be H e I (I w_ny ’0 Kud‘fumm’e’ fluff,” "‘f’ been " rising in the saddle beyond all necessity. b“? "cmch l 3 "SCTOWIB 1‘9an “a far But he could ride faster, stay longer in the "week" knees, than any one I ever met, and it was This sustained defiance of the elements a“ for merc’fls “ke' “than the reapers m a cloud of dust,or the family at the foot of of 8 "boast" (cough), and the head of the Glen Urtucb, gathered round the fire on a h . case was then exhorted by his women folk hams on the mad, or the shepherds, out a‘ter the sheep, traced a black speck mov. ‘Walk through a ‘ ‘ll‘n on his way home, and was pawl-ed generally Wm, “mum-y pre- knew it was the doctor,and. without being , _ Before and behind his saddle were "‘3" "allied Snell BdV‘Ce "uh Contempt: strapped the instruments and medicines regarding it as suitable for the clieminacy what was before him. There were no Drumwchty Sandy Stewart, “nappedp specialists in Drumtnchty, so this-man had stones on tho road in his shirt sleeves, wet quick1y_ He was cheat doctor and doctor for every other organ as well ; he was ac- crauaded t t' f t‘v ‘ '. t , , p. ht fl 0:1”8 mtm Mi 6 nu y I: must; he was dentist and chloroformist, e’g 3" Vet 8'“ ‘8 Ellen’ to“ 78”“ more” besides being chemist and druggiat. It successor, The ordinary course of life, Urtach when the feeders of the threshing with fine air and contented minds, Woe to m’“ Caught’ ym’ng Bumbmer and now he and galloped all the way to Burnbrae, and then to look after “orra” (odd) jobs Well flung himself off his horse and amputated into the eighties, and to “slip awa” within , “ X on wud liac thocht that every meenut understood to be acquittiug thtinsclvcs’ been at, the threshing, 1: “any” never for. with credit, and assumed airs of authority, get the Hit lad l 'in as white as deitli on P l g .' . . ; an’ Burnbrue haudin’ the bandage ticht an’ ininature, and confirming their cciiclus.ons pmyiu. a. [ha Mule. and the mm," green last century. ‘ “ ‘ Will he never come 2' she cries, an’a’ when Hmocka’ brother so far forgotl heard the sound 0' the horse’s feet on the pines towards the head of our Glen, and Grampians above Dremiechtyâ€"wbere the the channel of the riverâ€"and the moorland every ‘5“, of health. except “ho‘emme iour doctors and a bydropathic. Drum- hsnd ; besides aglen iebind, unknown to rate. Our men made no difi'zrence in their across the big moor with its eat holes and descending to a topcoat on Sabbath, as a Geordie. The Drumtochty post travelled blacks at a funeral, refusing to cover them ; we need of every man. woman. and child . th l k ' ' ' d yard when {he north wind w” blowing er at and in the light, Without rest, an man, but we liked best to see him on his Drumtochty stood two minutes longer our hearts good. , It was not that he rode coat, and hazardtd the' su estien half- gg ' seemed to be speaking into Jess’s ears, and short ofa "shear" ass. “shoor” fell belowlaaddle, and bad a firmer grip with his harvest time saw a figure whirling past in provoked occasionaljudgments in the shape winter’s night, heard the rattle of a horse’s to “change his feet” if he had happened to lug across the snow to the upper glen, they cautions. It is right to add that the gude- common” 0’ ’t’ Wished him 60d speed' the doctor might want, for he never knew of towns, but not seriously intended for to do eveything as best he could, and as or fair, summer and winter, till he was couclieur and surgeon : he was oculist and regretting his hastiness and criticising his was often told how he was far up Glen _ only stopped to change horses at his house, do a full share of work till seventy, and ‘ the arm, and saved the lad’s life. ' l ’ t , ~ ' ' v . . . . “g 1" Of mue y Persona abme “we” wue was an hour," said Jaime Soutar, who had brushing aside the opinions of seventy as me fl“)? 0’ the lOf'a Wl’ his bee-d 0!! 9- Shelli, with illustrations drawn from the end oil jn' in the corner. road a mile awn in the frosty air. himself as to “slip awe." at sixty, that worthy man was scandilizeni. and offered labored explanations at the “ beerial.” “ It’s an awfu’ business ony wy ye look at it, an' a salt trial tae us a’. A’ never beam tell 0’ sic a thing in nor family afore, an’ it’s no easy accoontin' for’t. “ 'l‘be gudewifc was sayin’ he was never the same sin a west niclit he lost himsel on the muir and slept below a bush; but that’s neither here nor there. A’m think- in’ he sappit his constitution thae two. years he was grieve (steward) aboot Eng- land. That was thirty years syne, but ye’re iieVer the same aifter thae foreign climates.” Drumtoclity listened patiently to Hil- loclts’ apologia, but was not satisfied. " It's clean hovers aboot the muir. Losh kcep’s (Lord keep us), we’ve a sleepit not and never been a hair the waur. “ A’ admit that England miclit bae dune the job; it’s no cannie stravagin’ (strolling) yon wy frae place too place, but Drums never complaint-d lac me as if he lied been nippit in the South." The parish had, in fact, lost (onfidence in Drums after his wayward experiment with a potato-digging machine, which turned out a lamentable failure, and his pre- mature departure continued our vague “ ‘The Lord be praised !' said Burubrae, and u.’ slippit doon the ladder as the doctor came skelpii.’ intae the close, the foam fleein’ frac his horse‘s mooth. “ ‘Wliai' is hé?‘ was a’ that passed his lips nii’ in five mecnuts he bed him on the feedin’ board, and was at his workâ€"sic wark, nechursâ€"but he did it wee]. An’ ae thing a’ thocbt rael ihoulitfu’ 0’ him: he first sent all the litldle’fl mitiicr tue geta bed ready. “ ‘Noo that’s fecuished, and his consti- tution ’ill due the rest,’ and he carried the lad dc on the ladder in his aii'ms like a bairn and laid him in his bed, and waits aside him till he wes sleepiu’, and then says he : ‘Burnbrae, yir a gey lad never tae say “Collie, will ye lick ‘2” for a hevna tasted meat for sax teen hoors.’ “ It was michty too see him come intae the yaird that day, neeburs ; the verra look 0’ him was victory.” Jamie’s cynicism slipped ofiin the enthu- siasm of this reminiscence,and he expressed the feeling of Drumtochty. No one sent for MacLure save in great straits, and the sight of him put courage in sinking hearts. But this was not by the grace of his appearance, or the advnntage of a good bedside manner. A tall, gaunt, loosely made man, without an ounce of superfluous impression of his character. flesh on his body, his face burned a dark “Ho's awn noo," Drumsheugh summed brick color by constant exposure to the up, after opinion had time to form ; “ an' Weather. Nd half and beard burning grey. there were waur fotik than Drums, buthonest' blue eyes that looked you evvr there’s nae door. he wes a wee flichiy ” in the face, huge hands with wrist bones When illness had the audacity to attack like the shank of a ham, and a voice that a llrunitochty man, it was described as a! hurled his salutations across two fields, he “win-p,” and was [named by the men with suggested the moor rather than the draw- a line negligence. Hillocks was sitting in . ills-mum. Bl": Will“ a clever hand it WES the post office one afternoon when I looked l in 8-" OPefflthD. ‘13 delicate 1‘5 3' woman’s; in for my letters, and the right side of his and What 3 kindly VOice it- Was in the Lice was Hazing red, His subject, of dis. bumble room where the shepherd’s wife course was the prospects of the turnip WM weeping by llel‘ man’s bedfiide- He “ breer,“ but. he Casually explained that he W118 “ ill Pltlen tbcgither " to begin with, was waiting for medical advice. btit many of his physical defects were the " The gmlowifo is kccpin’ up a (ling. penalties of his work, and endeared him to don; frat: moriiin' till niclit- alioo‘; me use , the Glen, That ugly scar that cut into his and a'in fair deaxed (deafened), so a’m right eyebrow, and gave him such a sinister \vatchin' for MacLurc tar get a bottle as be i expreséion. “'38 203 one night Jess slipped comes wast (west); yon’s him non." ion the ice and laid him insensible eight I‘lie doctor made his diagnosis froin’miles from home. His limp marked the horseback on sight, and stated ihe result big snowstorm in thclifties. when his horse with thttt admirable clearnras which en- mifised the road in Glen UFYGCh, find they cleared him to Drumiochty. rolled together in a drift. MacLure es- “Confoound ye, Hillocks, what are ye caped with a broken leg and the fracture plottcriu‘ about here for in the wee: wi' alof three ribs, but he never walked like face like is boiled beet? lliv yo no ken lotlwr me" again. He could not swing that ys’ve a titcli o’ the rose (erysipelns), himself into the saddle without making two and ocht too be in the bones? (lac home 1 attempts 811d hOltliDgJESS'S mnne- Neither m' ye aforc a’ leave the bit, and send a i can you “ warstlc ” through the peat bogs hatlin (half-grown : a child) for seine inedi- - and SHOthY'lllfi for fully Winters WitleOI-lt 8 clue, Yo donnerd idiot, aw “Hamlin l touch of rheumatism. But they were hon- (intending) tae follow Drums afore yir l orsblc scars, and for such risks of life men time 3" And the medical attendant ofl get the Victoria Closs in other fields. Drumtociity continued his invcctive till; Madame got nothing b“! the E80!“ 3560- Hillocka started, and still pursued hisl lion 0f the Glen. WhiCh knew thht none retreating figure. with medical directions of had- 6Vel‘ done 01194911“! it! much for it as a simple and practical character. i this ungainly, twisted, battered figure, and "A'ui wanhm’, an' petty ye. if ye pit nél‘i I have seen a Drumtochty face soften at time. Keep yir bed the mornin’, and the sight of MacLure limping to his horse. dinna show yir face in the fields till a’ see. Mr- HOP?! earned the ill-Will of the ye. A'll gie ye a cry on Monday-sic an Glen forever by criticising the doctor’s auld {tileâ€"but there's no one 0' them taeldl’efl- but “mad if: WOUld have filled mind anither in the hale pairish.” (my townaiuan with amazement. Black llillocka’ wife informed the kirkyaird ‘, he wore once a year. on Sacrament Sun- that the doctor “gicd the gudeman an ’ (ii-)3 and: if P033lble. M 3 funeflll awlu' clearin’,’ and Ham Billed" "(t-es, topcoat or water-proel never. His jacket keepin’ the home," which meant its: the fond waistcoat were rough homespun patient bad we breakfast, and a: that time t of (lien Urtach wool. which throw *3. wandering .bouuhe (um building, in: oil‘ the wet like a duck's back and an easy undress «uh his head in a plaid. .1 below be was clad in shepherd's tartan It was impossible for a doctor :0 “mi trousers, whicbdisappeared intounpolished even the most modes: competence from a), riding boots. His shirt was grey flannel, people of surh smudaious health, and so: “14 l“? W“ "Burn-ll“ “b0!” ‘ CONN”. but Elu'lrrc had annexed neighboring WJcertain as to a tie which he never had, his continued my friend heard doing of unending a lotion. " Some thseep (declare) that he’s worn than eendential pair the last twenty year, an' a’ mind masel (myself) his gettin' a tear ahint, when he was crossin’ our palin’, and the mend's still veeeible. "It-hers declare ’at he’s get a wab o’ elaith, and hes a new pair made in Muir- town since in the tws. year maybe, and keeps them in the garden till the new look wears afi’. “ For ma ain pairt,” Soutar used to de- clare, “a‘ canna mak up my mind, but- there's no thing sure, the Glen wud notlike he see him withoot them : it wud be a shock to confidence. There’s no muckle o’ the check left, but ye can aye tell it, and when ye see thae breeks comin’ in yo ken that if human pooer can save yir bairn’s life it 'ill be dune.” The confidence of the Glenâ€"and tribu- tary statesâ€"was unbounded, and rested partly on long experience of the doctor’s resources, and partly on his hereditary connection. ” His father was here afore him," Mrs. Macfadyen used to explain ; “atweeii them they’ve bed the countryside for woel on tae a century ; if MacLure disna understand oor constitution, who dis, a wud like tae ask '2” For Drumtochty bad its own constitution and a special throat disease, as became a parish which was quite self-contained hen tween the woods and the hills, and not de- pendent ou the lowlands either for its dis- eases or its doctors. “He’s a skilly man, Doctor MacLure,” Mrs. Macfadyen, whose judgment on sermons or any hing else was seldom at fault ; “an’ a kind- iiearted, though 0' course he hes his faults like us a’, an’ he disna tribble the Kirk often. “He aye can tell what’s wrung wi’ a body a:.’ maistly he can put ye. richt, an’ there nae new-fangled wys wi’ him : a blister for .the outside au’ Epsom salts for the inside I f I dis his work, an’ they say there’s no an herb on the hills he disnu ken. “If we’re nae dee, we’re too doe; an’ if we’re tae live, we’re tae live,” concluded Elspeth,with sound Calvinistic logic ; “but a’ll say this for the doctor, that whether yir me live or dec, he can aye keep up a ahairp moisture on the skin. “But he’s no verra ceevil gin ye bring him when there’s naethin’ wrung,” and Mrs. Macfadycn’s face reflected another of Mr. Hopps’ misadventures of which Hil- locks held the copyright. “Hopps’ laddie ate grosarts (gooseber- ries) till they bed to sit up a’ nicbt wi’ him, and naetliin’ wud do but they maun has the doctor, an’ he writes ‘immediately’ on a slip o’paper. “Weel, MacLure had been awa a’nich wi’ a shepherd’s wife Dunleith wy, and he comes here withoot drawin’ bridle, mud up too the con. “ ‘What’s a dae here, Hillocks?’ he cries ; ‘it’s no an accident, is’t?’ and when he gotafl‘ his. horse he cud hardly stand wi’ stillness and tire. “‘It’s nane 0’ us, doctor; it’s Hopps’ laddie ; he’s been eatin’ ower mony ber- riea.’ “If he didna turn on me like a tiger. “ ‘Div ye mean tae sayâ€"â€"-’ “ ‘W eesht, weesht,’ an’ I tried tae quiet him, for Hopps wes comin’ oot. “‘Well, doctor,’ begins be, as brisk as a mange, ‘you’re here at last ; there’s no hurry with you Scotchmen. My boy has been sick all night, and I’ve never had one wink of sleep. You might have come a little quicker that’s all I’ve got to say.’ “‘Wc’ve mair tae dae in Drumtochty than attend tae every bairn that hes a sair stomach,’ and a’ saw MacLure wes roosed. “ ‘I’m astonished to hear you speak. Our doctor at home always says to Mrs. ’Opps, ‘ Look on me as a family friend, Mrs. ’Opps, and send for me though it be be only a headache.”’ “ ‘He’d be mair sparin’ 0’ his offers if hehad four an’ twenty mile tae look aifter. There’s naethiug wrong wi’ yir laddie but greed. Gie him a guds dose 0’ castor oil and stop his meat for a day, an’ be ’ill be a’ richt the morn,’ “ ‘He’ll not take eastor oil, doctor. We have given up those barbarous medicines.’ “ ‘Whatna kind. 0’ medicines has ye noo in the Sooth ‘2” “ ‘Well, you see, Dr. MacLure, we’re homceopathists, and I’ve my little chest here," and act Hopps comes wi' his boxy. “ ‘Let’s see’t,’ au’ MacLure sits doon and talks act the bit bottles, and he reads the names wi a lunch every time. “ 'Belladonna; did ya overhear the like? Aconite; it cowes a. Nux Vomica. What next? Weel, ma manuie,’ he says tae Hopps, 'it’s a fine ploy, and ye’ill better gang on wi’ the Nux till it’s dune, and gie him any ither o' the sweeties he fancies. ” ‘Noo, Hillocks, a’ mean he afi‘ too see Drumsheugh’a grieve (steward), for he's doon wi’ the fever, au' it’s tae be a tench fecht (hard fight). A' hinna time tau wait for dinner ; gie me some cheese an’ cake in ma hauud, and Jess ’ill tak a pail o’ meal an’ water. “ ‘Fee; a’m no wantin’ yir fees, man; we’ a' that boxy ye dinua need a doctor ; na, na, gie yir siller tae some puir body, Maister Hopps,’ an' be was doon the road as hard as he cud lick. I His fees were pretty much what the folk chose to give him, and he collected them once a year at Kildrummie fair. "Weel, doctor, what am a' awin' ye for the wife and bairn‘! Ye 'ill need three notes for that uicht ye stayed in the hoose an’ a’ the veesits.” "Haven," MacLure would answer, “prices are low, a’m hearing ; gis’s thirty shillings.” “No, a’ll no, or the wife 'ill take me. ears all," and it was settled for two pounds. Lord Kilspindio gave him a free house and fields, and one way or other, Drums- heugh told me, the doctor might get in about one hundred and fifty pounds a year. out of which he had to pay his old house- keeper’s wages and a boy’s, and keep two horses, besides the cost of instruments and books, which he bought through a friend in Edinburgh with much judgment. - There was only one man who ever com- plained of the doctor’s charges, and that was the new farmer of Milton, who was so good that he was above both churches, and held a meeting in his barn. (It was Milton the Glen supposed at first to be a Mormon, but I can't go into that now.) He offered MacLure a pound less than he asked, and two tracts, whereupon Mac- Lurs expressed his opinion of Milton, both instead, and 11': hat was soft felt of four colors and men difi'erent shapes. His point ofdistinctiou in dress was the trousers, and they were the subject from a theological and social standpoint, with such vi our and frankness that an attentive an ience of Drumtochty men could hardly contain themselves. Jamie Soutar was selling his pig at the time, and missed the meeting, but he hastened, to condole with Milton, who was complaining everywhere of the doctor's language. “Ye did richt tae‘ resist him; it ’ill may- be roosa the Glen tae mak a stand; he fair hauds them in bondage. " Thirty shillings for twal veesiui. and him no mair than seeven mile own, an’ a‘m telt there werna mair than four at nicht. " Ye ’ll has the sympathy o’ the Glen, for a’ body keus yir as free wi’ yir siller as yir tracts. " Wcs't ‘ Beware o’ glide worka' yo offered him? Man, ye chose it was], for he’s been colleckin' sae money thae forty years, a’m feared for him. "A’vo often thoclit oor doctor’s little better than the Gude Samaritan, an’ the Pharisees didna think mucslo 0‘ his chance aither in this world or that which is tae come.” (T0 Bi: (:oxrixvsn.) _.._.._._._-_ BERLIN’S FIRE DEPARTMENT Almost a Military Organlsntlon. the Momâ€" bers navlng Dally Drills. The Berlin fire department is the oldest professional orcanivation of the kind on the continent, and, without a doubt, also the most. efficient. It is orginized on military lines,anil the firemen as well as their officers have their regular daily drills. The progress within the last few years has been enormous and many novel appliances and machines, electric apparatus and other improvements have beeu'introduced. The “soaphander” is a suit of asbestos and rubber, with a helmet of rubber fitting hermetically upon the suit. A plate of glass, specially prepared to stand great heat without cracking, is embedded in the front of the helmet and allows the wearer to see plainly. With this suita fireman can dash into fierce fire in spite of smoke, heat and flame. Air is supplied to the fire- man as in a diver’shelmet. Several men of each station are supplied with smoke helmets, which protect against being ovsrcome by smoke, and enable fire- men to search all rooms in a burning house for people that are blinded or overcome. They also receive theirsupply of air from without. In the way of life-saving apparatus no fire department is so complete as that of Ber- lin. In special carts they carry not only tools, ropes, appliances for climbing, chemi- cal extinguishers, rubber cloths for jum - ing into, etc., but all things necessary or the first surgical help. Among other con- tents of the tool cart there is a " life-saving sack,” which, for simplicity, efficiency and lightning speed of operation, outranks all other temporary or stable fire escapes. A fireman ascending an upper story from the outside by means of short ladders reaching to the window sill of the next floor above finds a fainted form on the floor. The next minute he has unhooked the strong hempen sack he has slung across his body and over his shoulder. A rope is thrown down by him after being run- throng b one of the rungs of the ladder, and within one minute after he entered the room through the window the human form is gliding through space and into the arms ofa brawny fireman receiving the frightened sufferer. Four persons have been saved with two sacks on one line inside of three minutes. All sig- nals are given wltn cornets, each company using a different pitch, The firemen get so used to the signals of their company that they can instantly recognize a signal not given by their own bugler. ' GRAINS OF GOLD. Every great man is a unique. The Sci- pionism of Scipio is precisely that part which he could not borrow . â€"Emcrson. True hope is swift, and flies with swal- lows’ wings ; kings it makes gods, and manner creatures kings.â€"-Shakspeare. If happiness has not her seat and centre in the beast, we may be wise, or rich, or great, but never can be blest.â€"Burna. Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.â€"Lamartine. The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions ; so is his- tory.-â€"-Lew Vl’allace. It is no great part of a good man’s lot to enjoy himself. To be good and to do good are his ends, and the glory is to be revealed hereufter.â€"S. L. Prime. Although men of eminent genius have been guilty of all other vices, none worthy of more than a secondary name has ever been a gamester.â€"Landor. Life 2 I know not what thou art, but know that than and I must part; and when' or how, or where we met, I own to mc’s a secret yeaâ€"Mrs. Barbauld. The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtu- ous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government.â€"Washington. ' The haunts of happiness are varied, but I have more often found her among little children, home firesides and country houses than anywhere elseâ€"Sydney Smith. We can see through one pane of glass easily, but through ten placed together we can not see, yet each is transparent. By living a day at a time we get a ong well.â€"- Anon. There is no defence against reproach ex- cept obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.â€" Addison. The ordinary employment of artifice is the mark of a petty mind; and it almost always happens that he who uses it to caver himself in one place uncovers himself in‘ another. â€"Rochefoucsuld. â€"â€"â€"â€"_.._____.__ Too Up-To-Dats. She couldn’t sing the old, old songs. W hat do you think she did 2 She acreeched about the new, new songs Till everybody slid. CARL DUNDEB’S was“ “Well ?" queried the fat police sergeant. as he looked up from his blotter and saw Mr. Dunder standing before him. “Sergeant, you will oxoooso me." re- plied thc caller. “I remembers dot your fsdder und inudder vhas deadt, and l skull: shtep in." “Y-e-s. You are not going to read me- any more of your jokes, are you t” “Shakes? Ha, ha, ha l Sometimes I hat some shakes, und somtimes she vhas sadv uses or philosophy. I will nowâ€"" “Please don’t, Mr. Dunderl lam very busy today, you know. " “So vhas 1 werry busy, but 1 like to make you feel goodt. Listen now to some t’inga which vaill be in der next number of Carl Dunder’s Comic Almanac, what sells all ofer Europe and America :â€" " ‘Maybe a bird in mine handtvhas wort two in some bushes and maybe not. It de- pends on der kind of bird he vhas.’ ” ‘I haf always firmly believed dot hon. ssty vhas der best policy, but der trouble vhas to make der odder man believe it, too. He vhas always a leelde shy on dot.’ " ‘Some folks vhas like some pieces of woolâ€"â€"full of knots, mit dsr grain all mixed oop. \Vhen you find coach a man, you should be big enough to lick him or shmall enough to run avhay from a fight.’ ” ‘ l doau’ like to talk to a dumb man, and Idoan’ like to haf a man who vhas all talk shpeak to me. I like somepody u Ito vhas half way an orator during a campaign and a mute all der rest of (let time.’ “ ‘ I somedimes hear two men disputing about Noah and his ark, und 1 took notice dot dey fight shust as queek after dot as someding dot happened only last week. What we doan' know vhas shust as good ash what we do know. if we can make somepody believe it.’ “ 'Nobody can take his riches mit him into der next world, but he can invest $50,000 in a monument to ahtand sliust on dcr edgeof eternity. Dot is supposed to be a great consolation to some folks.’ “ ‘Somedimes’ a. man comes to me and says he has no luck. I talk mit him and I find he invests $1 in a lottery und fondly oxpccts todraw $50,000. My experience in dis world vhas dot afool nnd luck vhas in close partnership.’ “ ‘Eaferybody hates a liar, and yet eaferypody takes care to shpeak only so much truth ash won't give avhay nottings aboudt himself. week to tellder solemn truth, we should be sopleased mit a liar dot we make him a president for life.’ “ ‘Most men are agreed dot each one of us should do somedings for dsr peoples to come after us, but I find dot der great majority vhas willing to set out a goose- berry bush and lot it go at dot. Perhaps, howefer, der coming peoples vhill have haf an appetite for gooseberries.’ “ Sometimes I find a man who doau believe aboudt dot garden of Eden because he nefer saw her. I find, howefer, dot dsr same man believes in dcr whale, although he vhas nefer within sight of der sea.’ “ ‘ If somepody comes to advise me how to bring oop my shildren, I shenerally find oudt dot he vhas a young man who dcan’ get married yet, or a man so oldt dot he has forgotten how she vhas. Dot vhas natural, howefer. A man whose advice is good for somedings keeps quiet und makes you pay for him.’ “ ‘ When I see In der papers dot some- pody vhas divorced, I believe I know how she vhas. Dot feller figgers too high on love and too low on meat und potatoes. If "I turn TO KILL mu.” people could love and be sensible. too, it would be all right. You can’t make bread out of a romance, uud you can’t fry love in a spider.’ . “ ‘Once in a great while somepody’s conscience troubles him so much dot he ails himself cop to der law, but der rest of us keep quiet and go right along sllust dor same. If we vhas all to all ourselves cop at der same time nobody would be left to pass sentence. It vhas worry wise in us to keep ( uiet.’ " ‘ if we like a man,it vhas more because he doan’ find oudt our faults than because We find somedings to admire in him. If BOXDCpolly injures us, of course we vhas madt aboudt it. If we injure somepody else, We find ourselves even madder yet. I once told a man dot 1 like his honost opin- ion of me. He said 1 vhas a fool, and I vhas so madt I like to kill him. If he vhas a liar und said I vhas shmart, hc vhas my frendt for life.’ “ thll how you like em '2" asked Mr. Dunder as he finished reading and looked a . pBut the fat police sergeant had quietly slipped into his room and out on the street, and the almanac maker was alone with his philosophy. â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"+â€"â€"-.‘â€"- Hts Ultimatum. And you reject my offer 7 be said to her, intensely. You refuse to be the one woman in all the world to me? I’m afraid so, she confessed kindly, for she meant well. Then, I have but one thing I» say to you, madam, he said, reaching for his hat. I am sure you have my permission to say that. What is it? He drew himself up to his full height. There are others, he replied haughtil), and passed out of We game. rather If we’il set oudt next_ fi‘fi. t-..”â€".-v.s.'â€" m_. â€"â€"...._.._... -... <»<.-. um“ u. vwâ€"‘wfi