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Near the emnli town of Dacha, in Niver- min. Frwce, the {amily of Le Brianne had resided for many generations. After the Revolution they were greatly reduced. but lived in hte old chateau, positivel refusing to cut oil‘ their pride and on age n any oc- cu “on that might. fyielifiimo ument. arguerite, one o the daughters, alienat- ed her family from her forever b marrying I g erlr in n mercantile house, on her name \ .i ver mentioned by any member of the I. But Margret-itch husband rose 1" human. until 0 becomes partnerin I“ 3 * p, until he became a psrtner in his firm, d then planted himself in Paris, where be rapidly acquired an immense for- tune. in 1865 he retired from business, and he end his wife-all their children havin diedâ€"went to reside near Reims. In 188 Monsieur Trevoux died. and his widow came into possession of all his estate, valued “puny millions of francs. , , A A) .1“; u“. hmbhnra “I“, ulna-av“:- v. .aâ€"â€".â€". U It must not be sup ed that the brothers and sisters of Mme. revoux had failed to watch with envy and regret the growing‘ Wealth of their relativeâ€"with envy, because itwas an ingredient in their nature, and with regret, because they had cast her off and her prosperity would never benefit them. At the time of M. Trevoux’s death one brother of Mine. Trevoux was livingâ€" Henriâ€"but his three children and the seven sons and daughters of two sisters were all occupants of the chateau, existing in the same way in which their predecessors had existed. Charles St. Dinan, ason of the aister, had studied medicine, but he was not allowed by his relatives to practice hie profession, and, at the age of thirty, was passing his life in idleness at Decise. .... e- -_ MM! . .mnmImtinn Emlus usn alsv u.- I“-vâ€"â€"â€".â€" We 7 . When M. Trevoux dled a consultation was held among the relatives of Lime. Tre- voux as to the best course to pursue, so as to secure for themselves her wealth at her death. It was finally arranged that Charles St. Dinan should go to Champagne and see how the land lay. He was to take every means to preserve his incognito, and to re. turn as soon as possible with a full and ac- curate acoount of all things pertainino to the widow, who was now ver ing on eighty and in the ordinary course 0 nature could not last long. ~â€"- “ 7‘ AN OLD LADY‘S CUNNING. \Vhen Charles reached Reims he learned that she was avaricioue and grasping and that her only thought was to hoard money and to live as long as possible. She lived in good style, but kept no company, and was seldom visited by any one exce ther lawyer. Her property. so far as con d be ascertained, was chiefly in route and stocks, though the estate on which she lived was worth probably a quarter ‘of a million of nun-av... \Vhen Charles returned home he reported that his aunt was likely to live for tWenty years lon er, that she had adopted a irl to whom all er property would deacon , and that there was no chance of the Le Brienne family profitin in any way by her demise. Shortly after t is he made known his reso- lution of going to Paris and endeavoring to secures. sition on an investigation com- mission w ich was going to explore certain parts of Africa. “ ' ‘ I L- ”Ant 4». r..- -_ V, He did not go to Paris, but he went to ‘ Reims instead. Here he began to ractice his profession as physician. He ca led on Monsieur rayon, Mme. Trevoux's lawyer, and consul him as to a small property be- longing to Mme. Trevonx which ‘he thought of buying, and in which, of course, the law- yer was interested. He spoke to the lawyer as though he had a large sum of money at his command. “ I shall stay here if there is any likeli- hood of my succeeding.” he said, “ and if I resolve to stay I will buy this property.” at..." n... lnwvm' had asked three times as luau-Iv w nanâ€"J _ .. Now, the lawyer had asked three times as much for the house and land as they were worth, and Charles St. Dinan well know it; but he was laying a bold game, and the lawyer's geo offices were necessary to his 31106088. quuca . " If I could secure three or four wealthy patients," said Charles, “that would gas very great way toward insuring to me pros- perity.” The lawyer acquiesced in this sentiment, sud it didn’t surprise Charles when, in the course of a Week, he was summoned to pre- scribe for Mme. Trevoux. This was what he was aimiu at all slon . He was very successful in uilding up t e old lady. who was in utter ignorance of his relationship to herself. “Union. “ Misdame,” said he, “ you have a splendid constitution, and if you follow good medical advice, you may live for many, many years. ty, though of course you may uvc Uluuu longer." The old lady was greatly pleased with this kind of talk, and the result was that Dr. St. Dining was aflaily gisitor at her rea- 97 l L-_ __:LL ”1'. DV. unnu- 11w v. “w“; __,,V to furnish her with idence, and, being able blencsa which many antidotes :0 growing foe know to the old-fashioned doctor were not who had reviously attended her, he soon obtained great influence over her. â€" ~ n u I 9 -2j-_L_ n.L€n‘u ‘n‘lnm learned burning tn the bed room: Iufliciont h nuke ulna-w ’- -h- him .09 {but horév‘u I‘boht. Hill .90 was-u uv n.â€" ...... While he was tending in the middle of the room, in a listening attitude, he heard a noise which indicated that Mme. Trevonx was arisin from bed. He hastily hid him- self behin the window curtains. The next moment Mme. Trevoux. in her nightdress, stalked into the room, with a bunch of keys in her hand. She went straight to the closet, opened it and rumaged about. Then she brought forth a large leathern case. La in it on the floor, she reloeked the door, (“it , filth)" the case, returned to her room. St. Dinan heard her get into bed, and all was silent. After waiting for about ten minutes St. Dinan ste ped cautiously toward the bed and peer at the occupant. There was no doubt that she was asleers), and by her side lay the leathern case. t. Dinan was then satisfied that she had walked in her sleep, and was still under the sheets of the power- ful soporifie which he had ’given her. All. AI... nLn‘AflII ful soporifio which he had given her. He quitted the room and left the chateau h a private door which led into the ardens. \sheu he reached home he opened t e case, ‘ which was simply clasped. and found it empty ! Next day, on visiting Mme. Tre. voux, he found her in a state of great ner- vous proatration. She told him that the previous nifiht she had dreamed that some one was rob in her and that she must have arisen in her s eep and procured a certain leather casein which she had a lar e sum of money and notes. \Vhen she awo e in the morning, she found the bundle of notes lying in the bed beside her, but the case was gone. 0n examining the lace where ‘ she usually kept it, it ‘was not t ere. ”A -_- _- Lub any “Hui-“J .â€" I" --, -, St. Dinan expressed great surprise, but advised her to say nothin to any one about it, for he was afraid of £01- mentioning it to Lawyer J ugon, whose suspicions might be aroused. .. n n. “-,,_, W III Vu‘JV\.‘ Almost a. month passed before St. Dinan ventured on another attempt at robbery. It was Mme. Trevoux's customito keep her sleeping apartment and dressin room un- der loc and key all the time an never to let a domestic cuter except in her presence. During the day she spent her tune in a small suite of parlorson the ground floor overlooking the front garden, which was arranged in terraces, along which she occa- sional y strolled. St. Dinan, afraid of an- other experience similar to the former, and fearful of using a drug to stupeiy the old lady, resolved to attempt to get at the val- uable contents of the closet by daylight. While the domestics were at dinner he 3 reached the room in safety. He ransacked the closet and stowed away in his pockets several valuable jewels and a large roll of notes of the B_an_k of_ France. 1,;. u u: vâ€"v â€"â€"â€"â€"_ "fig relocked the 316361: and was ready to quit; the room, when he heard a click. Turn~ in hastily he saw a me! in the wainscot- keg wall move inwar , and the next moment La_wyc_:r J ugon stepped into the room. A _ -\-__....-L mnnn‘llnnl‘ uuw‘yv; tan-5v.- ~-vrrv.. ___.7 V Both men were tor a moméut paralyzed with astonishment, and both grew first pale than red. St Ding!) {Ecpvered himself first. | ‘I I,,IA:_-M_‘_ Itllw III“. w- â€"_._ “\Vhat means this f’r'rhe asked, looking at the lgwyer qtemly.‘ ._ n _.-.. n... Annmnv uuu II." Jv- "'"”â€"J _ “ I came to watch you," was the answer, but the lawyer’s lips were very dry, and he found it hard tp‘epunpiate. - I,,,, n __:.I luuuu IV ”wiv- vv vâ€"___ “ You came hither by ssecret door," said St. Dinan. , “And how did you come 2" the lawyer asked. St. Dinah could say nothing, and the two men looked at each other. The lawyer, who was the more abcomplished villain, was the first to updei‘stgnd the situation. I A‘ _Â¥ LL- DD“ “low w uuuuuuuuuu , “ I think," said he, “ we are both on the same mission. Leg us_w<3x:l§ together." ,,,,2j‘-- ”luv "luau-v... “v- .v. ., ,, O “ In what way ‘2”‘aaked St. Dinan,'rapidly losin his assumed dignity. “ n making all we can out of Mme. Tre- vonx,“ was the reply. “ Agreed,” said St. Dinan ; “ here is my hand upon it.” And the rogues shook hands upon their nefarious bargain. ‘ “What have you got?" asked the lawyer. " Let as get away from here,” said St. Dinan : “ We may be discovered or ever- heard." " Follow me, then," said J u on, and they passed through the open pane , which J ng~ 1 on closed. They descended a stair in the ‘ wall and soon reached an underground pas- sage, at the entrance to which stood a lamp. Taking the lamp, J ngon led the way, and m a few minutes they reached a floor. On touching a spring the door opened, and they entered a small chamber of eolida masonry. 7 7* -1---) cu“): cu u on“... v--â€"--. “ See," said Jugon, as the door clo'sed, “ you could not tell it from one of the huge blocks which form the wall. This is the ice house, and our way out is through that door." He pointed to a thick wooden door, which he opened with abraee key, and they passed into a small coppice. “ You have no hot," said J ugon. “That is true." replied St. Dinen. "How for em I from the chateau I” . ..- ,9 A ,I:___L_ nor a!" A A: --v 7....--" “ Go up to the end of the coppice, climb a low wall. and you will be in the garden,” said J 11301). “ No one will think it; strange for you to be in the garden hatless. Then get a hat and come and join me." _-.. . ‘I‘I_ It is not needl‘ul to recount all the conver- sation between these two rascals. J ngon recommended the return of what St. Dinnn had stolen. as the loss might be discovered. Ho disclosed to St. Dinan how he had be- came thoroughly acquainted with the se- creta of the chateau, when a boy, as he was the non of the former steward. and how he had recently ascertained where Mme. Tre- voux kept her valuable papers, etc. He had procured}: duplicate key to the closet, .I, ‘__ _- __a!... â€"Amnivnl‘ and *had within rthree months removed stocks of great value and replaced them with papers of no value. Now he thought it was nearly time to clear out what Wes left, then they could quit the country be- fore the theft was discovered. Ever since the circumstance of the miss- ing leather case the mind of Mme. Trevoux had been on the rack. She had searched her closet and had discovered the fact that 1 the stocks had been abstracted and worth ‘ less papers substituted. Some one, she knew, who had her confidence was robbing her. and her suspicions fell upon the doctor. If she disclosed her mistrust in any way, how easy for him to poison her. True, she had never taken his medicine since that night, but then there might be many ways known to a physician of introducing poison into the human system of which she was ignorant. So she rcsoived to disarm all ‘suspicion on the doctor‘s part by treating ; him withthe utmost apparent c‘onfi‘dence. AAAA A- IIIlll W IVI Then she secretly dispatched a letter to Ceylon, to a M. become, who had formerly been a cicrk in her husband‘s employment. M. IAconto obeyed thourgent summons. and in duo time secretly reached Reims. “When he was Lifformed of the cit-cumr lance- of the rob :- he quietly waited on the chief of police an Avenged with him to be u the chntean 3t 0 certain hour. When St. Dinan arrived, as ulunl. Mme. Trevoux received him grnciouely. Then entered Le- conte and the chief. The business was brief. “M. St. Dinen.” said Lecoute, “ I am Mme. 'l‘revonx'e friend. This is the chief of police; Mme. Trevoux has been robbed of valuable prontrty. and we have reason to sue -t on ‘1 'het have you to en ' ‘2" Apes...) . -. JLL..- on m... 11?. nlmul. HUIPWIIJUu. u-..â€"v _-,_ , ',,, _, , v St. Dinen had nothing to say. He plead- ed that he was Mme. Trevoux‘s nephew, and confessed his association with J ugon in the crime. J ugon wee speedily ctptured and most of the stocks were recovered. Mme. Trevoux's nephew told the story in court as it is bold here, and he and J ugon were sent to prison for ten years each. “ Ever man is e freeman until he reaches the bean er line of license. As soon as he passes that e is a slave of the deepest dye. “ I don't care what you preach in Boston, some one will be with you. for every belief and disbelief under the sun is there repre- sented. - '- " I am not orthodox. I believo that man is a loat sinner and Jesus Christ. a divine Saviour. If I talk with a man and he ad- mits that tWo and two are four, I will under. take to coach him mathematics. If he says two and two are six, I won’t argue with him. “ The great difference between Bob Inger- 8011 and many Methodists and Baptists is that Ingemoll says, ‘I don‘t believe this and I won’t have anything to do with it,’ and the others say. ‘I do believe this‘ and don’t have anything to do with it. Another dif- ference in that Ingersoll gets $500 a ni 'ht ; the others get nothing and boarci themse ves. AI, £_ _-A_‘,] UI-IU U§HVIIJ va uvvâ€"-â€"° 7“ ,, , “ There are too many men in this world trying to take it right out on a. straight road. “ Man’s power to love determines his in» mortality. “Show me 3 man who doesn’t believe and I’ll show you a wenkling. Faith is the traces on a horse, ulling the load ; doubt is the holding bac straps. Infidelity is Mr. Nobody going nowhere. Just a great big mouth. “ About half the church is singing ‘ Oh to be nothing, nothin ,’ and it turns out miehtygear God’s trut . ,. -n 41-“- 41... .mn. “agd’s atorehdllsés are all along the path- way of a good man. I go to church for marglljng. orderly, n91; for‘ratlogg. -.__ 4.-..5 and» "nu-vu- u- w..., __ .5 , , _ “I’d as soon try to make a circus tent out of my coat, as to try to get a suit of religion out of the spirit of some prayer meetings. “ I’ve thought sometimes that ii a reach- er were only sugar and milk I Won (1 fold his church shout him ; he would make some of the nicest ice cream in the world. They ut a preacher in the ice box and then curse im because he Won't sWeat. “ The worst enemy God has today is whiskey, and the preacher that does not speak his mind on the subject is the most Worthless preacher ‘in the world. , #4 AL:â€" -22,‘ A: " surgnfiiVJE .1-3' .tiuâ€"a 11:31: Véttiger this side of damnation and most. of_you have got there. " When you have a law on your statute books that you can’t enforce you have an- archism already begun ; when you have a law that you won’t enforce communism is already established. A community that does not enforce one law may come to the time when it can’t enfoncepne. n“ lulu uuvu ._ vâ€".. - v___-‘V .. In speaking of a typicnli bpponent of the law; requiring Sunday observance, he said : “ Put a knife in him and four gallons of beer will run out. __ . .. “ If I wanted to muster an army that the devil would not let into perdition until he had disbanded them and let them in one at a time, I would beat the long roll at the bar~rooms of the land. " Ignorance is round as a ball and slick us a button ; it has no handle on it and you’ll never know where to find it next time. ‘ aluvu- nu u u--- .. “God bores through the brain, then down through the heart until he strikes the pocket- book. He doesn't begin at the bottom and bore up. What would he do with the dirt? “ I have nothing against D.D.’s. I expect to be one myself one of these days. Not that I am going up but I think D. D.’s are coming down. x’-.. A...“ LA“... wan", mm... "You hypocrites, you! You are lying when you say you take liquor for your health. You drink it because you like it. If I were a doctor I would not prescribe whiskey for a. man until he had been dead three hours. " God pity a good, clever man who has n forked-tongued wife.” A Smart Alickutionist. BY BILL NYE. I have heard a great many people speak the iece, beginning, “ To be or not to be,” but ir. Booth does it better than anyone I have ever heard. I once heard an elocution- intâ€"kind at a smart Alickutionist, as my friend, the Hoosier poet, would say. This man recited “ To be or not to be” in a man- ner which, he said, frequently brou ht tears to eyes unused to weep. He recite it with his right hand sacked n his bosom up to the elbow, and his fair hair tossed about over his brow. His teeming brain, which claim- ‘ ed to be a kind of a four-horse teamin brain, as it were, seemed to be on fire, an to all appearances he was indeed mad. So were the people who listened to him. He hissed it through his clenched teeth and snorted it through his ripe, red nose, wailcd it up into the ceiling and bloated it down the aisles, rolled it over and over against the rafters of his reverberating mouth, handed it out in big capsules, or hissed it throu h the puckered atomizer of a mouth, waile and be lowed like a wild and madden- ed taillcss steer in ii time, darted across the stage like ahea lesshen, ripped the gentle atmosphere into shreds with his guinea hen voluntary, bowed to us, and teetered off the stage; \Villinm Beach has been offered ”0,000 to'come to America and row Hanlnn and (laudaur. It is thoupht that he will declino the offer. He prizes the championship so highly that. he will take no extra chances with it. His favorite course is the Parm- matm. where good luck came to himâ€"Turf, Field and Farm. - Hard is the fate of the New York Alder- rnanic corruptiouists. The latest to go to Sing Sing. “ Honest" John O‘Neil, was fifty-nix years of ago. He has never used tobacco or liquor in any form, an abstinence which doesn‘t seem to have been momlly beneficial. As he fell into line for the lock- atep in the convict procession, now really a memlvcr of the 1m . his hand rested on the shoulder of n ur y negro. That to an ()fiNeil must have been the nnlrindeat cut. of }8 . SAM JONES" SAYINGS. Ills Own Account of his Early we. The history of Henry Ward Beecher is re- markable and Worthy the man. His birth and early history can be no better told than in his own Words, given not quite a year ago : “l was present, of course," he said, “ when I was born, but I haven’t the slight- est recollection of the event. I learned sub- sequently that it was at Lichticld on June '24, 183. My childhood was perhaps no dif- ferent from that of others seventy years ago. The little ones in those days were not given the consideration that is now accorded them and properly so. I didn’t have any jumping- jacks, nor tops, nor marbles, nor toys 0 any kind. It doesn’t seem to me that I knew any boys to play with either. We lived in a part of the village where there didn't seem to be any boys, and so I was let alone. My father was kept busy with his pastoral duties, and my mother had so many other children to attend to that little attention I was paid to me. Occasionally the parental l government would reach me. Sometimes l my father would whip me. I remember that he used to tell me that the whipping hurt him more than it did me. It was ard to believe, because he was a strong man, but I believed it, and it used to make me cry to be told so ; then, of course, I had to cry when the whippiu began, and all in‘ all, those were very do efnl times. HIS SCHOOLDAYS. About this time, he said in his droll way, his family woke u to the fact that he needed looking after, an he was sent to Hartford and was placed under charge of his sister, who was principal of a girls’ school there. He was the only boy among forty irls, and this perhaps dampened his ardour or know- ledge, for he declared that his time there I___L 11.. ‘lvnn clans-flu Icusu, Iva uv uuy---_- --__ was almost misspent. He was shortly sent to the Latin school and that oppressed. him. He was restless and stran ely unhap- py. Of this period in his life 0 said :â€" “ My father let me read the stories of Nel- son and Capt. Cooke. The adventure fever that often seizes boys tool: hold of me. 11 had all sorts of fancy~drawn pictures of what ‘ I might do in the jungles and deserts of the Orient. I decided that I must run away to sea, and had actually made all arrangements when my father discovered my plan. He 1 did not oppose me, stran e as it may seem. He advised me to go to cunt Pleasant ac< demy at Amherst, and prepare myself by the study of navigation and mathematics for seafaring life, and to Mount Pleasant I went, and in a little while I forgot all about my boyish freak. There I did study, and when I left I was fitted to enter Amherst Col- lege. ’ A,__ .- nn‘vhnl‘n A minv At the age of 21 Mr. Beecher received his degree and went to Lane Seminary at Cin~ cinnati to study theology. Graduating from that institution he went to Lawrencebur , a little place on the Ohio River, and preac ed to his first congregation. Of this dismal be- ginning oi his illustrious career he said :â€" “ How poor We were I ’1 here Were only about twenty persons in the flock. I was janitor as well as pastor of the little white- washed church. I bought some lamps and filled them and lighted them. I swept the church and dusted the benches and kindled the fire, and I didn’t ring the bell only be- cause there wasn’t any. Well, my next move was to Indianapolis. There I had a more considerable congregation, though I was still far from rich in the world’s goods. I believe I was very hapyy during my eight vears’ stay out there. I liked t 6 people. They were new peopleâ€"unissued and an cultured, like the land they lived on, but they were earnest and honest and strong. But the ague shook us out of the State. My wife's health gave way and we were forced to come East.” His wife to whom he here alludes. was born at \Vest Sutton, Worchester, 00., Mass, in 1812. She wasof English descent. Her father, Dr. Bullard, was a hysician. ‘ Her maiden name was Eunice hite Bul- lard. The lovers were engaged for seven years, and were married in 1837, when Mr. Beecher accepted his first call at Lawrence- burg. The issue of the marriage was ten children, of whom four are at present living. [ CALL TO PLYMOUTH CHURCH. It was almost by accident that Mr. Beech- , er came to Brooklyn. What is now Ply- I. mouth church had first been organized into ml. _ n-..‘ 'l‘llli LATE HENRY WARD BBBCIIBR. Illueuau won on. -_ _ a new Congregational church. The first services were to he held on the 16th of May, 184'. He happened to he in New York at the time, and was asked to preside at the opening of the new church. He did so. A few months later he was called to the pan. torate, and on the 10th of October, in the same year, he entered upon his duties. ,,,,L_n.L -..:.....1.. a- h:- nnl'. Hall“) J can , vu-v. Of this all- important eglaodo in his car- eer, he said: â€"-“I am t 0 first and only minister that Plymouth church has had since the first day of its organization. 0i ”47L-_“‘ I DIIIVU IIIV nanâ€"ow “"4 7, my career since assuming tl‘ria pastorate. I prefer not to talk. It is familiar to every- onetandl would rather be known by my ..~. 9 “AAA- 1.... “con-‘1‘“n” one, (Sun a. v “- ....-._-- _, words. How did I cometo be a preacher? It was fate, I sup se ; that’s all. I do not think that I can onestly assign any other reason. I took to preaching, as did all of my brothers, simply because nobody ever dreamed of my father’s boys doing anything else. That’s all there is to it." am. ssscnsn’s ms'r meouas. For the last month or so Mr. Beecher has ; been busily engaged in writing the second} volume of the “Life of Christ.” He has been closel confined at his work, as he wished to nish it for ublication in early summer. He has not en away from his house since his return from Europe, except to run up to Peekshill and his country seat for a day at atime. The close confinement wore on him. Mrs. Beecher tried to induce him to take exercise but he refused. Mr. Beecher had frequent bilious attacks. On Sunday. February 27th, he preached two remarkably vigorous sermons. 0n Tuesda he went to Peekskill and returned on \Vc - nesday. He _had_a slight hea‘dajche. but -|| A...» nosuu . no m... .. -.. _- _, _ thou ht nothing of it. fie worked all day on h s book and went out in the evening with Mrs. Beecher. On Thursday the two came over to New York to other to buy furniture for the church par our. After a day in the city the returned home, and during Thursday t e venerable preacher was seized with the first s mptoms of his illness as previously reported: “18 LAST SERMON . Mr. Beecher‘s last sermon was concluded in these words -.»-â€"“ We are all marching ‘ thither. We are going home, Men shiver at the idea that they are going to die ; but this world is only a nest. We are scarcely hatched out of it here. We do not know ourselves. We have strange feelings that BIS FIR“ CONGREGATIOX. The first do not interpret themselves. The mom in us is crying out for the immortsl.‘ .AI in the night the child, waking with some vogue sud nsmolou terror. miss out to express it: {our 1nd dread, and its cry is into: rated in the mother’s heart, who was to t 6 child and lays her hand upon it and quiets itto sleep again so do you not su so thut the our of God hears our disturbs’figs and trials and tribulations in life ' Do you not sup- se that Ho who is goodness itself cares or you! Do ou suppose that He whose royal name is we has less sym thy for you than a mother has for her ha 2 Let; the world rock. If the foot of God is on the cradle. fear not. Look up, take cour- age, hope, and hope to the end.”.g,.fidm A Pmsu or Dunks-rm. “ Prisoner, do you admit that you stole this {mm of diamonds 1” " '05, your Honor, but I do not believe I was then In my right. mind. I know now that they were only imitation."â€"-[N ow York Graphic. “ I understand," said the agent, " that on want 3 burglar alarm in your house." “ I did talk of having one awhile ago, but I‘ve given it up.” " They are a nice thing." “ Yes. I suppose so; but they wouldn’t help Iggy case any. I an} not losing anything now 1'" “ Youâ€"youâ€" ‘! “ I simply leave my pocketbook in the barn o’ ni hta instead of my bedroom, and I haven’t mused a dollar for weeks." An. innocent looking old man was waiting at the Third Street Depot for n train the other dny, and as he got. ready for a. little walk around the nei hborhood, Special Otficer Button caut-ionm him to look out for bad ngen, 531:3: . . \ V“! I, 'n' “ Yeaâ€"much obleeg odâ€"I 11 do 56, phpd the 91:1 xnuu.‘ and8 off he w.ent ”AIM... L. AM .1 av- i6. ‘n-vu uuv u“.- u.â€"..' w_â€"V In about half an hour he returned and ex- hibited a bank check for $25, and asked the officer where he could get it cashed. “ Nowhere. That. check is worthlesar" “ No l" “ Yes, it is. “71mm did you get it 2’” “ Lent a man $23 so that he could get 03‘ on his train, and he put on $5 for interest.” “ Didn‘t I warn you ’3" " You hold me to look out for bad men, but this fellow wasn’t bad. He had over a dozen religious tracts in his pocket, and he never swore nor chewed tobacuo nor drank whiskey.” “ “'ell you’ve been awind ed 1 " And it’s all your fault. If you’d said 1 look out for good men I’d have my twenty in my pocket now. The railroad has of. to make it u to me or I’ll sue some y. “'here’e the ead foreman of the hull bin- ’1 n nets: 2” A Paris~3teâ€"A native of the French capi~ ml. 7 High and dryâ€"A thirsty individual in a. seventh floor apartment. How can t1“; man who gives you his prom- ise be expected to keep it? 7 Loose .mnnagement at his business affairs will eventually get one into a tight place. Is it to bo avsanmed that parsimony is un- known among the members of IS Liberal Party 3 . ‘ 7 01:8 who delights in carrying a. perfumed handkerchief is seldom without a scenth his pocket. The employee of a “ tied-up" street rail- way are frequently to be seen upon the streets in knots. “ This is the unkindest cut of awl,” as the cobbler said when he carelessly wound‘ ed himself upon the finger. Ofcoulse the problem of “ fexs er hours for wage workers” will sooner or later reach a satis acmry solution Itis only n question of time. What. funny things we Ece as we sit by the window, qftcythc _lan_lps have beet} light~ ed. and “much the shadow pantomiue; on the curtains across the street. FIVE MINUTES 1’0“. FUN. Mercury is evenin star until March 2], and after that time ecomes morning star. 0n the 5th of March, at I] o’clock in the evening, he reaches his greatest eastern elongation, between eighteen degrees and fourteen minutes eust of the sun. lie is then at his greatest distance from the sun and under the most favorable conditions that will occur during the year for bein seen with the naked eye. Intelligent an careful observers will be sure to find him, and e si ht of the swift-footed planet is 1 worth all the trouble it costs. Mercury sets on the 5th, an hour and a half after the sun. He must be looked for in the west, about three- uerters of an hour after sun- set, and will visible not only at his cast~ ern elongation on the 5th, but for a week before and after that event, though swift of foot and fleet of wing, he changes his posiâ€" tion at every apfiearance. Observers should note carefully t 0 point of the horizon where the sun went dowu. Mercury will be found on the 5th nine degrees north of that point, and in a northeast direction of the sun. Venus will be an excellent guide in pointing out his position, for on the 5th she is less than five degrees southeast of him. An op- era glass sweeping the sky northwest of Ve- nus will be sure to bring) Mercury into the field. and his position ing thus fixed he will be readily visible to the unassisted eye. The Western sky must he cloudless and the atmosrhere clear to make the sesrch sue- cesslu . Axe-mm DISEASE SrnnADnmâ€"At a meet ing of the Caucasian Medical Society. Dr. A. P. Astvaizatnrofl' of Teflis, drew atten- tion to the danger of infection arising from the romisonoua use of the monthpieces of pnh ic tele hones. To prevent anv accident of the kiln , he recommends that the mouth~ piece should be disinfected ever time after, or, still better, before it is “30‘ . In other words, some disinfectant fluid should he kept at every telephone station : and the ‘ s aker should, first of all, dip the mouth- r n one into the fluid. and then wipe it with a gieco int/6 the fluid. clean tmvel. fihi’ohibt the Seed grain in now being the Dominjop qevennmont I"--l CAN HIS Wm: Exruxx? A Peep at Mercury. A mea Looxov'r. now being distributed by overnmgnt among various -Woat.