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i'«vt '-m+Xt: evria. 'eroler so forlorn-'nr--"8£;jR' iOM'.kofgA, To mead ut arm. initnabj and he o*4l»r: *1 fcatt*wi f^ww|& > •tojHmthik (M'sdart heart, AtrtJdndted love e bright llaaa : m. **«" A little kiss-- | -j\ k 1: r <***»! *1 ' - VllMW thiu *r ' •• ;•»; iv"* , A clergyman and dreMk < ;v, a^a f *-*«• * .< >\«W * >.M ^Wttteoot, "HKfeaaei " rtrlfe to BOi. W l c ,-it i 4 j . ;• For babyboy. " >' • .-. A tricycle for «K' - ** * »** - - « --CAfcsgoNew. «• TO THK1IMQ--W SON. MYAWLFRT KCR,NRDTTHI« BOY] dod ger* thee snto me Ta KM ns Ufa's dlvineet ]ojr-- - , LSTVI purest eoataay, , , >« , ;, VUtotknnA the windows of thlnesyss • •* I oatdi a glimpse of Paradise. ! i ®5 *&•' -• • . ' % , l s a c k l n g « p r t t r t . _MTkincKr*tekt dlvinet WtidMt wttti a lore-bora nlfkt, To bond all heart* to thine. Till conquered npon every hand We live aloaa for thy command. • ;*/ "--J. my darling boy! &•<'*, 9od give it nnto mo % „ To keep ttia tree from earth's alloy-- ! 'L«lb»«Tmisery: > ^ ToMwi«t>«a till thy manhood's gaie »•-:• "»-M irjwll pierce beyond earth's mortal diys. f fj ~ Akttwn. prattling, laughing sprite!-- i;_jkesflag, of right dirtne,-- , j- Th«m atlll shalt role with LOTS-bora might _T# Mad all hearts to thine, Till last tba incense of jus: praise rof thy days. , rt , in the Current s, | Ssik M IxronaK w Jmm. Charles Parker, being a young man from the East, and a newly-fledged the frdafafmicn around his Arizona net with • fearful ^hmtiernMa from their proud higM^^mepsiaaad dirt reeognized tidf n Pfffier only as a "tenderfoot," whua the older officers and soldiers were naturally alow to concede military merit to a youngster who had escaped death orcourt-martial for a shorter pe- riodftm themselves. Ia n«% Lieut. Parker knew very little ol the energetic West as it mate- rhlond inmnd Fort McDowell, and what U^IIM knew did not swell him Willi: pride* It was his idea that if knowledge is power, knowledge of Ariaona was only mole power and not lo be coveted. He was not in deadly fear al tint truculent creators, the Ar­ il w«ha ii a led shirt, bat if he had oho--a an individual to stand betwixt the wial and his nobility, the gentle­ man in his carmine camisa wooid not have obtaned the situation. Has life was not fetfalty withOMt 'charm, for he wfî mtift las Cel neitl's daughter, fo«M|«l|y in all the pelM of developed In their Bohe- love-making-- rki wa« fta expert in that pleasant amnaement yonng Parkwr sat in Ins qnarteca with a big pipe, as befitted an •nay aim. rested his feet gracefully on the mantle, and conscientiously "kept up hlfe Ffceneh" by reading lurid Gas­ con novels which began "Madame, je yais vous raconter une tres belle histo- ire." Beside% as mentally he still lit«4 in the£ast, he followed in a doz- en papers the society, theater, and sportiag news of civilization. If at any moment he had been translated to Chi­ cago* his choice for the evening theater would have already been made; he would have been eniirely au fait with and his base-bait bets VonlluVe beta marked by a knowl­ edge of the most startling intimacy. »W*« arranged between Miss Helen »nd Parker that when he could get leMe'tt should be for a wedding jour- It Waa the peculiar charm of this acrwgen|ient that it was made without theGokners assistance or knowledge. LofSwMpuat have their secrets. A lov- errwithout a weighty secret would out e* poor a figure as a secretleas states- oafi. However the chances of Parker's getting a furlough were dim. Hia Cap­ tain was on an indefinite sick leave, havittg a splendid time and entering heartily into business, while his First Lieutenant was engaged in Washington on some enerous duty which required peculiar"talents and considerable "in- flaence." "One oflBcer," said the law, f»W* te with the troop," and when the law aftjered these words it ignored the astute Captain and the powerful First Lieutenant, and pointed with its erooka& f̂ittger directly at our friend, > The anening when history finds him, the lone Lientenant, acting as Post Ad- î antv, waa sitting at his desk in the colonel's office, gravely referring offi- <!lal papers to himself in some of his many capacities, suoh as quartermaster, commissary, ordnance oflBcer, post trassurer, chief of scouts, overseer of •ebools, or perpetual officer of the day. bis formal *«di one would have JbfegJit him on very frigid terms with himself. Instead, for instance, of say- »"J^ker, will you take a squint at »* he wrote: "Respectfully re- to Lieut. Parker, who will take dete immedhfteljrteflaaf< detail of six men, and arrest military conviot JolaiDifM^" "Just have thai published." _ Pa^i^'lfe«p|!tlla; l'«i ok ihd tostptm- sibilitjr of tin Mri ost was to be upcm him he^deteradsed to sneak. "If that order is published, word of it will go to this ooaviet by the 'underground,' and he"will give me the slip." "Suppose ypn were to go without an older, said the Colonel, "that would exeita saspkrfea as well." "Let it be a false order." "It won't do any good, when those fellows see a soldier they are on the alert, order or no order. They know the soldier is after some one, and they send the word on by the underground for the benefit of whome it may con­ cern. You will have to take the chances of traveling as fast as the news of your coming." But Parker had an idea. He thought he could entrap an Arizonian as easily aa if he had worn a red shirt from in fancy. "I learned something," said ho, "last summer when I was down there. When they knew I was surveying, could have had as many blacklegs in my society as I wished. Mr. Devine | himself waited on me in his saloon Send me down on telegraph business again." "Good!" cried the ColoneL "Make ont aa order to examine the line and publish it here. You will have your real order and warrant in your pock­ et." In half an hour the ambulance rolled out of Fort McDowell into the long road across the desert. The soldiers were in good spirits over their holiday. Very true, they carried carbines and revolvers, but in Arizona carbines and revolvers are as readily associated with good spirits as cheerfulness with beans and big grocery bills in New England. The Lientenant having no one to be gay with, wondered what Miss Helen would think of his expedition, and, having come to a complimentary con­ clusion, wiped the alkali dust from his eyes and begun a new "belle histoire." The roads were deep, but the six-mule team of "shave-tails" sidled steadily on, and by night sixty-five miles of ssge brush on each side had received an ad­ ditional layer to its century-old and hoary coat of alkali This travel brought them to Saoaton on the Gila, where Parker had beat the summer previous. When the people learned his present errand he was hospitably entertained, and no warning of his oom- ing was sent forward. But in conver­ sation with the Indian Agent, to whom he revealed his true orders, he learned that the convict, frightened by pre­ vious rumors, had sold his saloon and was about to leave. This rendered an arrest a matter of double difficulty and danger. Under the circumstances, al­ though the next day waa Sunday, Park­ er determined to push on. At 6 o'clock Sunday morning the ambulance was on its way with a drive before it to San- ford, of eighteen miles. Parker finished the "belle histoire" in his agreeable character of "chare madame," but half a mile from his destination he put off his unconcern and ordered the driver to stop. Then he pulled his true or­ ders from his pocket and read them. The soldiers' exchanged glances. They thought the young Lieutenant would not take things so easily if he knew the desperate character of his business. More respect was visible in their faces when he gave his orders. They pre­ ceived from his tone«that if any one faltered it would not be the "boy." "We will drive into the piaza in front of Smith's. Devine will probably be in some saloon opposite. If people ask our business, it's telegraph. We have come twenty-three miles out of our way by the telegraph line to make them believe it I shall go across the piaza to the saloons. You will loaf about fifty yards in the rear with your carbines. I'll let you know when I want you. Now, drive on." Arrived at Sanford these directions were carried out to the letter. A small but hard-looking crowd gathered around the ambulance where it halted. "Hallo, Lieutenant!" said Smith, the town shyster, coming out. "What is it?" A dom* the evtifc the men had lb three in a frantic, effort •» wat selves rights <*Sailo f 0aai«' ia^oetnii in. Glad to see **i£ B*i*ii])«rrto&e- iisaiR for the Lieutc^act, Coat* is." "Thank you,* said Pwrkar, WOBC ing what deoeit this gieetittg Vis meant to cover. "I'm on boainees, and busi­ ness comes first. Come, Johnny, I wan! yo° " . . "What! want Johnny? What's ha done?" they cried in grieved stirp;ise. "Now, Lieutenant, you don't want Johnny, do you?" Parker made no answer, but he kept his eye warily on the crowd. Devine threw down his cards as if in despair. "All right; I've got to go. This thing has been hanging, over me for a year, and I'm glad it's oome. "But don't be in a rush," cried the others; "don't be in a rush, Lieutenant. Have a drink. Come in and sit down. We aint seen you in yean. Parker was so dumbfoundod by this continued poh'teness that he looked about for the oause. It was evident. A big Sergeant stood behind him with two cocked revolvers aimed at the crowd; on each side of the door were soldiers with pointed carbines. The Arizona desperado understands the doctrine of chances aa well as the rest of ua.' Devine arose to follow, fie looked mournfully at his big pile of chipa. Wir/o's banker?" asked Parker, who, being a pretty "stiff" poker-player himself, understand Devine's feeling. Banker, cash Johnny's chips. Sosry 1 can't let him stay so that you can have back at him, but the money's hia." The disappointed banker made the exchange. * While the party were taking Devine to his ^ house, where the convict wished to say good-bye to his wife, a bonftman passed them at full speed going toward Flor­ ence, a little town five miles to the east. The inoident did not escape the unso­ phisticated Lieutenant. He sent an orderly for the ambu- lanee and hurried Devine through his farewells. When the wagon drove up he was ready. Everybody was mount­ ed. The conviot had the appearance of being perfectly hopelesa. "Which way?" says the driver. Parker looked Devine keenly in the face and answered, "Back through Sac- aton." The convict dropped bis head, and his hopelessness was no longer as­ sumed. "Our friend on the horse will pre­ pare his ambush for nothing, won't he?" asked Parker. He just will," replied tha convict with a laugh. That night at 10, having driven eighty-three miles since 9 in the morn­ ing, the detail arrived at the Fort and Devine was seoure in the post guard-house. The Colonel was delighted and sur­ prised. • "I spoke," said he. "of having another officer come here. I think I had better have him" oome now and give you a "Thank you," tpud the bold Lieuten­ ant; then he explained that leaves were best for wedding-journeys, and so led up to a full revelation* "In that case," replied the Colonel, with a dusty, Arizona wit, "I will send for my other daughter and give Helen a leave too." ' He Chaaged te Sugar? < Gen. Strongly, who was once Gov­ ernor of Arkansas, could stand defeat or success alfout as well as any man « l&Mkwhfle tlM Colonel was kitting ~ brows over an order from head- - "•Whatdo you think of that?" he said #]MltJuMidfng the paper to Parker, yl -*3ae JWNg man read the order, but •Mirer. He liked to have aeked, but he did not sup- > Ms crude ideas would be of to aa officer of so much greater fett think?" repeated the it'll hare to be done," - . v . "t Vaguely, not know- wkat point a reply was wished. "* nuued the Colonel, "but how ? he ia supposed to be at San- dascription is vague to ^ I'OB." - * eeid Parker, "why I think already. I saw him I was svrveying the Bend to Tucson. He ffe Sanford." shook hia head. "I was an older officer, but the man you'll have "Telegraph," replied Parker for all to hear. "I've come out to see what you folks can put up for it." "Good," said Smith, while a murmur of approbation went through the crowd. "I'll take you around to see the peo­ ple. Have the man put up the rig." "Can't stop long enough. I'm going on to Florence to get their ideas. That's the short way home, and I must get back to make my report. Driver, keep the team here. You men can go where you please, but be back in tim« to start." The ruse having succeeded so far, Parker and Smith walked across the piaza to the saloons (Sunday or Mon­ day the heart of Sanford business) while the men followed aimleEsly along, carrying their carbines on their hips. The Arizonians considered this a very peaceful spectacle, but they did not know that in every carbine there was a bullet of 405 grains with seventy grains of powder behind it. "Come in and have something," said the hospitable Smith when they had crossed the square; "help you talk busi­ ness." Parker accepted, and they went in. The saloon consisted of two rooms, front and rear. In the front room -were two or three loungers, but from the back room there issued through au open door at the end of the bar various sounds which gave evidence of a crowded table of gamblers. Parker gave his order and placed himself so that by turning his head he could com­ mand a full view of the back room. The hen looked for his men. They were already at the saloon door leaning on their carbines. They played their parts well, for they seemed only waiting for their superior before they took a turn at the bar. Parker poured out a generous Ari­ zona glass and took it up; but instead of replying to Smith's bacchanalian salute of "Well, Lieutenant, here's how," he turned his eyes and glanced into the back room. Directly m front of him at the oppo­ site side of the table sat Devine. At the word "Lieutenant" the convict raised his eyes and met Parker face to faee. His first instinct being to escape recog­ nition, he resorted to the clumsy de­ vice of dropping his glance and slouch­ ing forward his sombrero. Parker looked at him absently, turned to the front of the saloon, and still holding up his glass, made the signal Then, without drinking, ho set the glass down and walked directly to the door of the gambling-room. He did not know what trage<|y would follow his known to the'thrilling history of this country. Once, while his chances of ictory were in the hands of liis friends assembled in State Convention, the General'and- several supporters sat in the rotunda, of the leading hotel. . The result of each ballot wa* brought by a courier. "Well," said the General, after re­ ceiving returns from the forty-first bal- lot» "if Jackson climbs much more he'll down me." "I'd be prepared for the worst," some one remarked. .. "Oh, I am prepared. Hello, here's the courier !" "General, I am pained to inform you that you are defeated." That so? Well, boy*, cone up and lets have something," leading the way to the bar. "What will you take, Bill?" addressing the bartender. "Give me a whisky sour." Just then a man dashed in and ex­ claimed : "General, six counties have changed their vote and you are nomi­ nated." That so? Say, Bill, you may put a little sugar in mine.--Arkanmw Trav­ eler. .y Looking on the Bright Side. Hogne's wife found ont the real meaning of the altered runes; when alone with her husband she advised him from making this journey, which would cause his death, and said: I dreamt a strong and rapid river broke in/ and carried away the support­ ing columns of the halL" Hogne said: "You are often de sponding and imagine things. It is not in my mind to believe ill of anyone till I find cause to do so." "1 dreamt," she continued that our bed-sheets were burned." Hogne answered: "Our cloth is at the dyer's, and it may poeasibly burn while in his bands." "I saw a polar bear," shesaid. "That means a storm," answered Hogne. "But," cried she, "I saw an eagle fly in here which besprinkled us all with human blood." "Well* eeid Hogne, "weshallaoondo our family killing. It is a ei|h of an ox when you dream of an eagle. "--JVqm a Saga of the tforxemnn. * | • Tweed as a Waltser. The other day a lady, speaking of her New York experiesoes, said that among other things whieh she had mne waa to waltz with Boss Tw&d. "Waltzed with Boss Tweed I" said Fin surprise, for I had never associated Tweed in my fancy with anything like waltzing. "Yes, waltzed with Boss Tweed, and I ean tell yon thai I never had a better partner. He was one of best waltzersit was ever my good for­ tune to meet, and he seemed, to take a keen interest in his dancing.--Pito- burgh Dispatch. * . IT is only through the morning gate to the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge; that which we feel here as beautiful we shall one day know as truth.--Sciller. A friend etsee pat a Isrga poker oMb la the church plato by inistak* > jNfcple wooId have htfowa «*atte«of barhe jesf went to the faster afle* the services were aver ana eeid that ha hud the money with wrhich toredee* thai chip. Hie told the miniater that the ehfr Was worth fS up tewn, attdihet he wooM caah ft at that ptfcie. The |ireaoher took tha $5 and Said he atwaya knew that these little red souvenirs came high but he jljidn't know th^y were so expensive as Another friend of mine, wha had no presence of mind whatever, went to a Sicnio and by mistake sat down on a aby that was asleep tinder a shawl in the shade of an umbrageous tree, breakittgittt nose^the child's nose, I mean. He wa® a candidate for the Legislature, and did not wish to offend the mother or loee the vote of the father, co be tried to turn the thing off as a joke by saying ha didn't nose it was there. He was terribly snowed under at the polls, and he deserved it, toa I am rather cool in a great emergen­ cy. Some years ago there was a shoot­ ing affray in front of my office which terminated fatally, and no doubt it would have been still more so if it had not been for my cool self-possession and u daunted courage. The city editor, Mr. Barrow, was just readiug me a Column puff in type of a new bank, and I was carefully revising his grammar with a large mallet and chisel, wh n we heard a shot in front oftneoftfee. 1 said* "Barrow, that's a shot." He guessed not and went on reading the puff. • Pretty'soon someone add "bang!" again. In a loud tone of voioe and about forty-four caliber. Then everybody jumped for the stairs, printers and all I saw that I could not get down the staira in time to get shot, so I rushed out on the baloMy and found myself directly over the shootists. Windy Smith was underneath and had no weapon, while a gambler was on top, armed with a beautiful peail-handled, self-cocking Smith & Weston baritone soloist, worth about £&, including freight There was a crowd of perhaps a hun­ dred men standing around near by. Not too near, but just near enough. No one seemed t j know what it was best to do. ^ Everyone saw at once that it ^wasn't right for those men to be shooting at each other and perhaps giving needleaa pain, but no one seemed to have any presence of mind. That Was the state of things when I came proudly forth upon the balcony. T saw what must be done. "Gentleman," said I, in tones that rang out like a bugle call, "take that man's gun away. Can't you see that if you don't diamn the gambler he is go­ ing to kill some one?" Then there was a slight tense, dur­ ing which everybody seemea to be per- fectlv willing 1 that the gambler should be disarmed. Finally, seeing that eacfy man seemed to be waiting for the other, I called to a tall, «lim man who stood right under me, and told him to take away the gambler's revolver; but he said no;" he was only a strang­ er in town, and the gambler was a total stranger to him. He wasn't acquainted with any one, and he didnt want to seem officious. But I didn't lose my self-control. I kept calling on different ones to disarm the gambler until finally Baswell, the Sheriff, came along, and he did as I suggested. Of course Smith died of his wounds, but remember the thousands of other lives in the town that were saved by this cool, brave act. " And $till I would do it right over again if the circum­ stances were the same. Some of my friends say that, though brave, I am a little rash. One dear friend who knows m® best, and who is very closely related to me by marriage, says that I am so rash that I would "rush in where angels fear to tread." I wonder if she means anything per­ sonal by thai BILL NYE. i whole, when fiowftri, Was - Bilfrid,4he enchorite, with gold and rar plrtss and precious stones.--The BibHoora&frer, • The Process of Calk* . The prooess of oalieo printing is of Book-Cepyfng. The religious orders bad the monop­ oly almost of the oopying of books, for the number of laymen possessing the requisite skill aud learning was very limited. Some orders, such as the Carthusian monks, made it one of their chief duties, as they depended entirely on the pay derived from their labors to keep them independent of all char­ ity. In every abbey or other religious house the inmates were allotted certain tasks, varying according to their mental and physical qualifications, but the task that was most highly esteemed, and which proved constant employ­ ment, was copying books. A room called the scriptorium was especially set apart for the monks to pursue their labors in, and here they would meet every day for a certain number of hours. These rooms were were furnished with stone or wooden desks fixed to the walls round the room, but before desks were introduced the only supports on which the copyists could place their books were their knees. There was always a fixed number of transcribers, and when­ ever a vacancy occurred, through death or any other cause, it was filled up im­ mediately. It was usual to intrust the copying of books for the choir, and those not demanding much skill, to j boys and novices; but missals, bibles, and books requiring the higheet skill and learning were only executed by priests of mature years and great ex­ perience. The monks were enjoined to proceed with their work in strict silence that their attention might not be distracted from their work, and to avoid as far as possible, any errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. In some • cases authors prefixed to l heir works solemn adjurations to those whose duties it was to transcr.be them. For instanoe, Irenreus wrote: "I adjure thee, who shall transcribe this book,, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by his glorious coming to judge the quick and the dead, that thou com* pare wliat tliou transcribcnt, and cor­ rect it acording to the copy from which thou trancsribest, and thou also annex a copy of this adjuration to what thou hast written." Every possible pre­ caution was taken to insure strict accu­ racy in the copies, and it was the duty of certain monks to examine and com­ pare faithfully every copy with the original. Other monks, again, had to busy themselves with illuminating the i* «il oonntiy and in Egypt as ear|y as the first s second century, but the art was not in trodoeed iato Europe until tha seven­ teenth century. The eerly method was to do printing by moans of blocks on which the deaigaa to ba transferred to the doth had been engiaved in relief, dipped into dye-stuff and then pressed upon the malarial by hand. Later, presses for tfcfe Mock printing wem in­ vented, and the use of several blocks was introduced, so engraved as to fill each other's Vacancies, and thus put several oojors in the pattern. Copper­ plate printing was Invented in En­ gland about 177& in which the dosigns were ont into plates, the oolor filled into the sunken parts of the engraving, and the oloths printed ; by being pressed upon it. The invention led to the in­ troduction of oyUnder printing, and as one man with a cylinder marine can do as muob work in a given time as 200 men could by the old method of block printingit oan be easily seen that this machine completely revolutionized the business of calioo manufacture. The oylinders are of copper, and the design is engraved npon its surface. They are from thirty to forty inches in length, and four to twelve inches in circumfer­ ence. A separate cylinder is required for each color or shade of color to be used in printing the cloth, and, in fine and intrioate designs, as many as twen­ ty cylinders are sometimes used. These are set in * strong frame against the faoe of a large central drqm, made of iron and covered with woolen cloth in several folds, between whieh and the oylinders the ealico is printed as it passes. The color is spread npon the oylinders, as they revolve, by contact with another roller, which drips into a trough containing the coloring matter properly thickened. This roller is made or an absorbent, elastic material, similar to the roller usad in inking printing presses. Each cylinder thus receives its proper color, and imparts it, in revolving, to the oalico press be­ tween its face and that of the fixed drum. A sharp blade of metal, press­ ing against the oopper cylinders, re­ moves all the superfluous color from its surface, so that only the design cut into the metal is imprinted in clear outline upon the cloth. The employ­ ment of a number of rollers to make one design is attended with much diffi­ culty, as in passing under them the cloth is in danger of being displaced and the regularity of the print destroy­ ed. But when everything is exactly adjusted the work goes on with beauti­ ful precision, and the printed calico is turned out with marvelous rapidity. As the cloth leaves the printing ma­ chine it is drawn over rollers through a hot-air chamber, by which it is thor­ oughly dried, and the colors become fully set --Tnttr- Ocean. An Anecdote of Kebert Breckinridge's Tenth. This amusing anecdote was toid me a few years ago bv an intimate friend of the noted divine: It seems that Dr. Robert Breckin­ ridge lost his father in his early child­ hood, so that his early training was left entirely to his mother, who was a little woman with a large mind and wonder­ ful will power; consequently she and her son lfobert often had cause for dis­ agreement, when she not infrequently came out second best. When he was about five, one of these encounters oc­ curred. One day, when Mrs. Breckin­ ridge was particularly busy, Robert of course became unusually rampagious. His mother stood him as long as pos­ sible, then she said, "Robert, if you do or say another crooked thing this even­ ing, I will punish you well, sir." > She left, and heard nothing more from him for some hours, when, on going up­ stairs, she stumbled upon Robert, whom she saw lying on the top stair twisted in the most horrible shape. His face waa frightfully drawn as though in pain, and he muttered something in- uudibly. Mrs. B. became greatly alarmed, and called a servant to carry the child to her room. There she beg­ ged him to tell her, if he could, what hurt him, whereupon he jumped up in bed, laughed in her face, and shrieked, "Ram's horn!--ram's horn! You told me, mamma, if I said or did another crooked thing you would punish me, and I have said and done the crooked- est I know--ram's horn. So there!" So saying, he got up and fled. The sequel to the story I did not hear, but let us hope that when Mrs. Breckin­ ridge caught him he received the whip­ ping he so richly deserved. From what I have heard of her character, I think he did.--Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine. • Brother Gardner's Legends. JJrother Gardner announced the fol­ lowing new legends to be hung on the walls during the fall and winter term: "A bigot am mo' to be feered dan a fule." "You kin silence a man by knockin' him down, but it takes argyment to convince him." "Human natur' kin sometimes be de­ pended on ober night, but it's de safest way to take a note of head fur it" "A man's rating am not how much he can rim in debt, but how nigh he kin squar' np ebery Saturday night" "Industry am aartin to bring plenty, an' economy neber goes b'arfut in win­ ter." "Between aayin' nuffin' an' talkin' too much de world leans to de man who ho'di his tongue." "Our opinion of ourselves makes us all great men."--Detroit Free Pre$s. He Goes Elsewhere >ow. ' "Mr. Smith, is ague catohing, just like the measles?" "No, my little dear; what made you think so?" "Coz, when you was here the other night, you know, petting sister Jane when she had the ague, ma said after you'd gone, that you was no good and hadn't got any money, apd that Jane had better give you the shake. I thought maybe it was catching."-- Exchange. \ PBOF. PANCOAST, of the - Jefferson Medical College, New York city, says he has frequent applications from New York fools and foolesses for the ampu­ tation of the big toe, in order that the uuwieldy foot may appear alight and ,delioat» Hlitrffiaal -columns' in endeav- ^of'OMe' on the altar between i tfca> «faMtabia. M oar hapce and-£ears» aad boaMk>wn b*> fore it with our Caeie inthedaist I cant aay that ltd* fe the proper thing .16 do, and I-think be fntnt ooough to say we want it and pleased with at. ItahonU, of eourse, not lie made tha motiv* of, or ineaotiv* to, gmat endeavor. Thai is debasing to the actor and destroys tha beauty of the act True nobility of action is that whUb seeks to benefit the recipient, however humble he may be, aud from which no reward is to be expected. Thereafter, if the world sees itto ̂ plaud this actien, the actor becomes a beneficiary to mankind,. and it ia bis duty to aooept gracefully and modestly whatever honors may be bestowed. There is generosity and beauty in re­ ceiving as well as in giving, and the neglect of one is about as reprehensible aa the other. Let us then do all the good we oan in charity, in literature, in science, in art, in politics, as our lines may be oast, and if the world discovers that we are worthy of credit and ac­ cords it to us, let us accept it with a pleasure which will encourage us in not wearying in well doing. What is my opinion of contentment? It is pretty much like certain' religious beliefs, good enough for those who like it, but not for general adoption. As an old Shaker once said to me, when I asked him how he expeoted the world to continue if all people accepted his faith and no longer married or gave in marriage: "We don't expect it," h% answered. "We are not for the world, but for those who think as we da" So it is with contentment It will do for those who like it, but the world cannot be oontented. If it were, the gudgeons of the earth would rust in their collars, and the whole thing come to a stand­ still, and we would drop like so many dead flies from popcorn ball. We were not born to be contented. Where wotild be our ambition, our energy, our hope, our future if we were content ? The con­ tentment so many sages recommend 1 think means philosophy, that philoso­ phy which takes things as they go, but which does not lessen our ambition, or curb our spirit in the march onward and upward. Such philosophy is a near enough approach to contentment for all practical purposes, and it is our duty to study that until we have it perfect What is my opinion of scandal in pol­ itics? It is a piece of indecent busi­ ness which I am afraid the introduction of women into the field would not in any degree improve. We want, ol course, men with as pure lives as possi ble, to administer our affairs, not only because of the implied purity and hon­ esty of government, but as an example to our young men; but we do not ex­ pect perfect men. If no serpent had ever crawled into the garden, suoh an expectation might have been enter­ tained, but the serpent has crept, and we must abide the consequences. The history of the men whom God ap- ] minted to fulfil His missions on earth i Kp the Creation to the Christian era, is not without its blot, and scandsJ has more or less attached to their names, but their power in doing good was great, they slept with their fathers crowned with the glory of men and the blessings of the Lord. H an all-wise Bttler could overlook these weaknesses, why should His creatures go about act­ ing as judges, and rake up from the post forgotten and forgiven deeds, and parade them before the world as evi­ dence of the wickedness of men, whose later years have been filled with deeds of honor ? It is well to call politics a dirty business, when those who seek to win, in its pursuit, stoop to such meth­ ods, and it is little credit to those who indulge in it, that they have no higher notions of the rules of war. It might not be out of place for some of these Pharisees to remember that Christ on one occasion said, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone," and no stone was cast.--Merchant Traveler. mm. it « . -I gtti%©f;«*tis U n mafe] Tn total tha XT) in the oountry. we be sshwaed of ton Free Am A waa arrested in Ontario lei: thrashing nineteen dudes. Bis ex­ cuse was that Ml phyaioiatt directed to tofc* «»»g«Ue exercise, and that was the gwtteel exardee he could think ct-mSmbe. So** persona are like the oofbe dt commerce yen, can't make them cml nntil yon oome to the settling, and thai vances.--Carl Fret t rejociinff thefr ad* a man marries a A Contempt for "Arrer-Heads." "No, there ain't many folks gits up here," said the driver, "cause folks don't know nuthin' about it muchj and them that did got so plaguey fooled once that I reckon they never let on to try it again. How so? Wall, ye see, the heap has alius been kinder noted for the cur'us things they get out of it --Injun arrer-heads, stun knives, an1 the like of that But bless ye! a man had ter come here and work like a horse to git 'em out. So it kinder struck one chap that he'd come here* and collect a heap of stuff, and have it already for company when they did come. So he put up a shanty down here clost to the mound, and after that everybody that went there bought arrer-heads and bone things cheap as dirt, and all without workin' a bit. Wall, it went on for a whole summer, when one 'day along comes one of these 'ere scientific cusses, and the first time he clapped eyes on the stuff the old man sold, he let on they was bogus, and swore he'd adver- tiso him all over; in fact, he scairt the old fellow so that he jest dug out that day for fear he'd be locked up; and what do you 'spose they found ? Well, it wasn't nothin' else but a reg'lar fac­ tory fer makin' these ere arrer-heads. He didn't find one of 'em in the heap; it was too hard work; so he gits a lot of Hint stuns an ! goes to work and makes em for himself, just as nat'ral as life, and 1 reckon there's a heap of these museums round the country that is filled np with 'em. But, Lor' bless ye," continued the driver snapping his whip, "they're jest as good; you can't tell the difference to save your life. You see he took some of the real things as models, and the only difference is that the Injuns made one and an Irish­ man made the other."--Correspond* encet2ieiu York Evening Post. Cashmere Shawls. Tha best cashmere shawls, tha long shawls with plain ground, crimson, pur­ ple, blue, green, or yellow --green are best--never cost less than £130 a pair, and are never sold singly. The next kind, or square shawls, much more fre­ quently imported into Europe, are either loom worked or needle worked-- neelle work being the more orig­ inal--and they cost from £30 to £50 in the Punjaub, without freight or inter­ est, or profit to the importer, little facts which we commend to the atten­ tion of the women who think they can buy the "best cashmeres" at £15 or even £10 a shawl--Every Other Sat­ urday. ' THERK are 10,000 windmills in Hol­ land, and they don't need any Presiden­ tial elections over there. THE sugarcane growers already have a grinding monopoly. ' 9 -- w a i t f U O i u l l ( I S , r je on the mill foreelosed it, and ill n't run now." "O, you mean tha young lady and goee to housekeeping ha should always lmy a healthy doa. And the healthier doc thebetter f o r l u a p u r p o s a , i f h a*3L t o t i ^ t h l effect of her pie-crust upon it beforehf indulges in it a; "Now, JIMMY," said a Texas mother to hercroupy son, "you just take thii epicac, and III say you are the noblest, handsomest, most intelligent boy in tha United States." "After that I donV think I need the epieao. What's tha used of nauseating me twice?"--Texa* S i / t i n g s . ! - f . "IT seem to me," said a well-knowi judge to his daughter, "that your if . fianced calls a good many times a week My court doesn't sit anywhere near a• ofter as yours doe#," "O. well, papa? was the blushing reply. MI am engage# to him,you know, and that entitlee at;:'*' to a court of special sessions." ON; XATBSB M I^OAIXR. , •' LaUier me lUKMjr and Speak to me lowt ^ ! Trust the tin* IS PEAR ^ ¥ AndSo onft&T^ 4" Lather me lightly aad SPEAK to M« Jew. ' Lather me lightly and speak to me low! ' Oh, interrogative barber mine. 1 \our close warm breath is eteoaf like win* ! - (Lather ME here-- Here In tha other eye)--SPEAK to me lew! --Jiurhnaton Hmwkeve. . I,, f< A GIRL at Fremont, Nebraska, ha|if taken the first priae for blowing th# largest soap-bubble at a charah tociag ble. And yet some persons argu|| ̂ !* that church sociables are produc­ tive of no real, lasting benefit!. Young men in Fremont, when lookf^h*' ing for a wife, will select soma other girl--one less liable to "blo '̂ them up" now and then.--Exchange. »' CUSTOMER--"You have not left m|^ any bread for two mornings." Baker's . Boy--"No, mum. You take Gtahanp bread." "Of course; why don't yoa leave it?" "We haven't none, mum.^ "You haven't any! That's a queer exf, (* cuse. Why don't yon make it?" "Yoil see, mum, the man what held the mort! B " flour-mill ?" "No, mum, the oaw-mill.*! --Philadelphia Call THKRE is a young lady wboJivsf nex door to Bloggs house, and while Bl0g( - h a d c o m p a n y t h e O t h e r e v e n i n g d u b was heard tn hsr entfeaVors to extort K mufyo from a piano. "Oar neighbor'# daughter is a very good pleyer," rat i marked Blogg affably during a paus$ , in the conversation. "Her time is a lit* tie slow," was the critics^ response of ; Blogg's caller, who happened to be connoisseur in music. "Yes," sai Blogg, "her young man is there, an very likely she lias set the clock back. "DID Zaccheus climb up a sycamore tree, mah?" asked young Johnnie Jar* phly. "So we are told, dear," replied - Mrs. Jarphly. "Did he shin it or goife £•' a boost?" "Don't ask $uch foolish; s questions, sir," sternly remarked hi%'..; father. "That ain't silly," replied ther- - Jarphly heir. "Certainly it is.- What: • sense is there in it, I should like tc|- know?" said Mr. Jarphly. "Why inf the one case he committed a shin, and) in the other he had somebody to boost about," and Johnaie dodged a tin cus­ pidor.--Pittsburgh Chronicle, sr? A PLSA FOB THB CLASMOSL * ! J A Boston gentlemin declares By all the gods, above, below, That oar degenerate none and heirs Mast let their Greek and Latin EST , »<S Forbid, OFa e, we loud Implore, ' • A dispensation harah as that-- What! wipe away the sweets OFYC*»-- The dear ".4mo, atnas, amat"? The sweetest hour the student kiiows , »v'- IS not when poring over FRENCH,*; > I Or twisted in Teutonic throes, , VI Upon A hard collegiate benoh; ,> AC T:, 'TIA when on roots and kais and ALM; ,«• He feeds his soul and feels UglowF ' *!' Or when HU mind transcends the alar. With "Zoa mon, .Sas agapo"! So give our bright, ambitious boys An inkling ot theap pleasure.-*, too-- A little smattering o( the joys 1 Their dead a nd buried tot her'H knew; And 1' t them ning--wliile glorying that .. Their eirei so sang, Ions year* AGP--' - > T h e . s o n g a " A M O , a m a t , A M O I , " G F ; ; R And "Zoa mou, tat agapo f ™ --Chicago News. / - , Home Life In America. Scene--The next room. Door shut. Nothing visible except an audible voioe the other side of the door. Enter aud­ ible voice, audibly, speaking orally in v o c a l a c c e n t s : , . Hah! &S-, There nowl '*'•?v»v II !••' Hoi' up! ^ ^ J,*; Holedup! . - kjw Hole dup your real. ^ Can't you hold your head Puttittin! . Turn a round) " "f •* •'" •• • Oh, goodness gracious! 4in*i yon * know how to turn around? . * Hold your head T'otw^ r*. The other arm! * • - Oh,great land! go to your mother! It is a man dressing his inlant son in - - the morning.--Bob Burdstte.. ^ ^ The Tariff Qaestito. * • * "I should like to discuss the tariff question with you." "I have got four reasons for not 1 discussing, the tariff question with - yOU." " "' ' "What are those reasons?" "Well, in the first place, I am a per- • feet ignoramus on the subject, and in ^ the second place, you dontnnow half aa ^ ̂ ; much about the tariff as I do, and thirdly, if you did know anything on , '* the subject, you have not got sense V enough to express yourself intelligibly, Ji" and in the fourth place, snah discus- £ aioa creates unfriendly sentiment." It took four men to separate --Texas SifHngt. *" J • ; s - a. - . w LV- A.L" J.