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PRICE $1 PEB BOTTLE Or Six Bottle to ti. ubvered to any addres free from observa-''-PatlenU" may eonsolt by letter, reeeiv ln the same attention a by calling, aj aowertng the following qweatknat 1. Give your name and potfBee address, rooty and Slate, and jour aaarcet express ffioaT j. Your ape and aext a. Occupation? a. MaiTieU oralnelet fci.fc a. Hulsbt, weight, now ;and In health t . Mow long have you been alefct -1 Yowreomplexlon color of balrandeyagf 8. Have you a stooping or erect galtt 1 Uelale without reservation all you toowaSoot your cae. Kncloee one dollar i, wUatl1,n fee. lonr letter " reeetve our at Lntkn. and-we theitature of yonr d'eeaao and our eaulM opinion eoueernlng a cure. mpetent Phy.lolan, attend te V3 Ul?peilwiui, atelpbla, ra. B. T. HKLMBOLU, Druggiat and Cheiala. rhUadelphla, F. BT THI S.UL My Une-eyed pet. with gulden hair, I eitting ou my kuee. And gazee eagerly a'ar. Acre tbe beacU. bevond the Lar. Whete rolls ihe tesUen ki She puts ber Utile Land in mine. And laugh wiih childich glee. To aee the roaming billow splash, A on the ahore they fiercely oaah. Then glide back eilectly. tut while aha laughs ao meiril.-, Uy U?rt ia far away And, aa 1 look upon the ahore. Where lend and long the breaker roar. My a ill tout aeema to aay i "The tea ia l.ks a human life ; It bieaki upon the ahore Of time with a reratleaa might. And, when the goal ia joat in aikbt. Dice to return to more. "And all along the ahore of Time, Full many a wreck doth lie; The pang of many a mad carouee. Of blasted hopea and broken Vwws, Ol happy day gone by." let, while I nun in mournful mood. And gaze npou the sea. My blue-eyed pet with golden hair, Whoee heart baa never known a care, Wboae vcioe is murio in the air, "' fctjl ait upon my knee. Iir head la reeling on my breast Her eyee in el umber deep ; The earns rough aea. whcee breakere roar, Acd madly, fiercely lath the abore, . Ilia lull:d my child to aleep. Mrs. Terebiath's Birthday. Mrs. Terebiath vu sixty year oM oa lb titfUtecnth of June. And Mr. Terebiath had property to leave, w hich probably may account lor tbe devo tion of a large circle f relative, and their kind remembrances, whenever the eight eenth of June came around, aa well as for tlit-ir cordial hatred of little Winifred Leslie, whom the old ladv bad ai'.opied out of an orphan aniuni, and was "bringing up" after an erratic system, which comprised a rent de&I of scoldlnir. bem-elilcbinir. and O - CjT r,, l.x:kin2 darning, and very little indul gence. Itut there are octvsions in wbich even one as hapless and insignificant as Winifred Leslie wa9 made useful, and this was ouc of thetn. Wlnny," said Captain lie)fnc Tm-W-ath. the old lady's nt-phew, you are a poor Tes, Mr. Leofric," said Wiunj, meekly. ! "Have you heard my aunt mention any particular article ahem i or jtift, you ktow that she would fancy on ber birthday, be ?" "Xo, Mr. Leofric,' said Winoy, demure ly ; but she was telling old Doctor Duffer what a beautiful picture she saw last wevk at the Genuflex Gallery. !Mie saiJ if it hadn't been for the price, alie would have been tempted to buy it for her boudoir." The Genuflex Gallery, eh?" said the captain, pulling his long mustache. "You don't happen to remember the suhjixH eh, Wlnny?" "Yea, sir," said Wuiny. 44lt was "On the Juniata.' At least that was what she said.'' "All right," said the captain. "Ill give you a quarter, Winny, the next time I have any change." "Thank you, Mr. leofric," said Wlany. "Winny bad scarcely finished dusting her parlor, when In rustled Mrs. Forrester, Mrs. Terebiath's cousin, once removed. My cousin Pliorbe isn't in, Winifred.'" Xo, ma'am," said Winny. "Oh," remarked Mrs. Forrester, with a gilt stoppered smelling-bottle at her nose. "Winifred, I'm going to make a confidant of you." "Are you, ma'am," add Winny. Mrs. Forrester nodded. "I want to make my cousin ITiosbe an acceptable birthday gift, Winifred." said yixe. "Xow, cap you mention anything for wu.'ch she has lately expressed a wish! This is quite confident lal between our selves, you kno r." "Oh, yes, ma'am," said Wincy, with wide open blue eyes. -There was a painting that she admired at the GennOex wallery.1 Vol a word mote . said Mrs. Forrester, lifting her primrose-kidded finger. Xow, what was the name? "It was a scene on the Juniata lUver, ma'aoi. I heard her say" Yjl" said Mrs. Forrester. "Exactly. Thst is sdlf my good girl. I've a cart-off alpaca dress at home, that 1 11 try and re member to give you some time. And K Forrester rustled out of the flavins: behind her a strong odor of patchouli, while Winny s blue eyes laughed in unison with the sly dimples srouna me corners of brr liule rosebud of a mouth. Awar Dosted Caplaia Leofric, on the wings of the street ears, to the Genuflox Oellery. There was the UMial proj)ortion Uiere of lounging pleasure-seekers, news natier critics, starinr atnateurs, ittty girls and stout gentlsmen ; but through them all rvmaln Terebiath made his way to the apot where, on the crimw B-draped wall, hunir the picture chronicled to the cata logue us 'On the Junmta." Horror of horrors ! in we corner minKea little green ticket, on which was Inscribed the fo'tr fatal letters "Sold:' "Sold ! repea ted the captain to himself, wiping the bead of perspiration from his forehead with cambric pocket handker chief. "So ami! Where's the address of the fellow that painted It t Perhaps I can utbid the puehaT.', Mr. Roland 1 into lived In s ihree-palr-of-stsirs studio at 99 Lavender Place. Th cantain climbed the stairs, secretly ,rratlnf their leneth and steepness, and walked in upon Mr. Tlnto, jast as the latter gentleman was eating his modest lunch oi bread and cheese and oia aie, at an amiuc table, which also contained 3 skull, two manikins and plaster cast of Apollo, mi- ai-sl ADA HJTTl. Tva taking a fancy to your painting ol On the Juniata,' " said the captain "at the Genuflex, you know. "Unrh obilced I'm sure, said Mr. tinio, wiping the froth of the ale from his fiery red mustaclw; but I sold It yesterday. It's quits a settled th!a. then 1" said Captain Terebiath, w ilh his lower jaw fall ing. "Oh, yes quite," nodded the artist. But if you cared particulary about it, I could make you a copy." "The very thing: " said Captain Terebiath, smiting the table so vehemently, in his sat isfaction, that the skull, Intended as the study for a picture to be called "Alas, poor Yorlck !" rolled off upon the floor. "How soon can you get it ready f Mr. Tlnto hesitated. "Would a month " he commenced. "A month, man ! Why don't you say a century at once. I must have it in a fort night, at the farthest!" shouted Captain Terebinth. "It will be a tight fit," said Mr. Tiuto, reflectively ; "but if it is absolutely neces sary ' "It is a matter of life and death !" reck lessly asserted the capUtiu. "And what will you charge. Come now, you can't expect a copy to be worth the full price of that origi tal," he added, insiuuatingly. "Couldn't do it short of a hundred and fllty," said Mr. Tiuto ; and to this statement he resolutely adhered, In spite of all remon strances. The captain took counsel with himself. A hundred and fifty dollars in ready money represented a great deal of cash ; but then Aunt Terebiath represented a great deal more. Yea, upon the whole, it was worth while to risk it, and so he ordered the pic ture. Scarcely had the captain's footsteps died sway on the staircase when they were suc ceeded by a great fluttering of silken flounces, and Mrs. Forrester sailed gracious ly into the little studio. "Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. ahem: Mr. Roland Tinto J" she adsed, putting a pondt.T.'HUi gold eyeglass to her viuas optics. 'My name is Tinto, ma'am, confessed the astouished artist, beginning to wonder if, like Sir Walter Scott, he was destined to "wake ut and find himself famous." "I wish to purchase your charming view j in the Genuflex Gallery,' said the lady. s On the Juniata,' I believe you call it." "Madam," sitid Mr. Tiuto, with a luw bow. ! regret to inform you that it is already ftiliL" "Sold J" echor d Mrs. Forrester. "Sold," nodded the artist, wishing la his secret heart tha! ke hud sketched a dozen views on the Juniata instead of only one, and murveling whence sprung all this popu larity. "Mrs. Forrester cUsjied her bands theatri ca'Jr. 'What a pity !" she cried ; and I had so j set my heart upon it." j "Wouldu tacopy" Vr.Tintnsuirgested. "A copy I" Mrs. Forrester wondered that ( she had not thought of it before. 'Oh, yes, a copy, by all means! but I wanted it finished by the eighteenth of June, without fail." No sooner had she withdrawn her silken and sutiny presence from the studio, than Iiland Tinto rushed out aud engaged the services of a pair of needy brother-artists, to help him out with his double order." - Art is looking up," quoth he, "and ge nius is finding its true level at last." So that when the eighteenth of June dawned upon the summer world, two pro digious packing-boxes were trundled up Mrs. Terebiath's front steps. 'John !'" cried the old lady to her foot man, "open those boxes in the ban, ami tell me what they are." And John was yet unscrewing screws and drawing out nails, when Mra. Forrester and Captain Leofric appeared on the scene of action; but tbe words of congratulation were yet upon their lips, when the sight of A View on the Juniuta, hanging in a gay gold frame on the wall, froze the glib sen tences into amazed silence." "Yes, my dears," aid the old lady, "a birthday gilt from my old friend Doctor Duffer" Please, ma'am," said John, staggering In under the weight of Captain Lcofric's present, " 'ere's another 'View on the Ju niaty,' wheresoever that may be, with Cap tain Terebiath's compliments. " "Dear me!" said the old lady. 'Tm sure I'm much obliged, but I've got one already. Claribel Forrester," turning sharply toward her cousin, who was evincing strong symp toms of hysterica, 'what Is the matter with TOU?" Iu the meantime. John, who had momen tarily disappeared, came groaning in one more. "Please, ma'am," said he, "there's an other.'' "Another what I" shrieked Mrs. Tere biath. 'Another 'View on the Junlaty,' ma'am, with Mrs. Forrester's love, and many 'appy returns." ' And in came (he third picture. "Bless me!" said Mrs. Terebiath, "what fools you all are! Do yon suppose 1 m go ng to open a picture gallery I While Winny stood demurely smiling be hind Mrs. Terebiath's chair. "Oh, by-the-wsy," said the old lady, "you and Leofric may come to tea to-night, if you choose." "I shall be -delighted," said Mrs. Forres ter. Charmed, I'm sure," taid the captain. And Til introduce you to Deacon Pen L" added Mrs. Terebiath. "I'm going field," to married to him next week, and he has two daughters out In Pennsylvania, and, if rou don't object 111 send two of those great awkward pictures out to them and keep the one that dear Doctor Duffer gave me the one out of the Genuflex Gallery. So Captain Terebiath and Mrs. Forrester were checkmated, and Doctor Duller s ar tistic investment was In vain. And no one was pleased but Roland Tinto, and his im pecunlous brother-artists. Chicago makes $13,000,000 worth of s'oth a year. In 1870 the French army estimates were $100,000,000. Tbe school attendance la Japan is now thirty-six millions. Whkk a woman sails along tbe street with a majestic strlda, you admire bet graceful carriage), but the chaim van hh&$ after she has betome a little sulky. A lim Bonae A few rods back from tbe water's eck-e at San Francisco, surrounded by a tangle of weeds, stain Is a curious edifice, about seven by nine feet and two feet high, constructed chiefly of strips of rusty tin torn from large coal-oil cans, with here and there a bit of board. The entrance to this abode is aa aperture about eighteen inches wide, run ning across one end, and peeping in, we see a few pieces of old straw matting and car pet. This is the last surviving relic of a niunber of similar edifices that dec orated the spot last Winter, and shel tered from twenty to thirty men during the whole rainy season, whose mode of living attracted much notice at the time. An im pression seems to prevail that these men had adopted their singular life from choice, preferring to eke a scanty living from the refuse of tbe dump piles to applying them selves to any active work. Kecenlly a re porter visited the solitary structure among the dumps for the purpose of interviewing its occupant. He found a slender-looking man, upwards of fifty years old, shabbily dressed, with full grayish-brown beard, clear blue eyes and intelligent face, who expressed himself in excellent language. It is said that he was a Captain during the Mexican war, and he reluctantly acknowl edged it to be true, seeming very averae to giving his name or any Information by which his friends or family might learn his whereabouts and circumstances. He gave this history as follows: "I came to California from Boston in '49, attracied by the discovery of gold. I never learned any trade, for up to the time I came out here it had never been necessary for me to work. I went up in the moun tains to Sonora, and staid there most of the time for twenty-four years. In the early days I did very well, never making a ten strike,' but very fair wages. Then times grew duller and I thought I would c mo down to the city, for it seemed as if any one ousrht to be able to make a living where there is so much to do all the time. I got a few odd jobs of work at first, but no steady job. My clothes kept getting worse and worse, until finally I was ashamed to show myaelf to the few old friends I had here. The times kept grow ing duller, work more scarce, anil a little over a year ago I bad no money, no friends and was forced to come here, where I have lieen pretty-much ever since. Sometimes I gft a little job of work sawing wood or something of the kiud, and do a lit tie bet ter for a time. San Francisco is a bird place to get work. There is a good deal doing, but too many to do it. And then the Chinese are everywhere and crowd the white men out. - " What the general character of the men who have been living on the dumps the last eight months ?" ' There were men of all trades, farm la borer?, machinists, carpenters. Among them there were several who were evident ly first -cia-sS mechanics, who had been em ployed in some of the flint-workshops Fjist. rhcy had come here strangers, were unable to get work, got out of money and had no other place to go. Some of the men had families back East, but when men come to that pass they don't like to talk about thcir livea. All were hoping for iMter times by and bv. " Where have these mea gone I ow 1" "The most of them have gone to the country and some of them have got work. Others have failed on account of the large num:irr of Chinese employed on farms. I should have gone to the country myself but I couldn t stand the work on a farm. I am getting loo old and broken for thut." I suppose a good many men an- brought down to this on account of drink." " Tol so manv as people think. Out of the twenty or thirty men who were here last Winter not more than two or three were brought down by drink. Another thing we have been spoken of as hood lums. On the contrary, the hoodlums are are our greatest enemies. They delight in making raids on us and tearing down our houses. The hoodlums, like all outlaws, have plenty of ways of getting money, and don't need to come here. Sometimes when they have been committing depredations they come down ana sleep in the weeds." " hat kind of a time do you expect next Winter ?" " Hard to tell, sir. If times don't im prove I don't see what poor men will do. There are thousands of nun In this city to day living in a way that would surprise people if they knew it. In the W inter a lot more crowd into the city from the coun try, to say nothing of those all the while arriving from the East. These are hard times, sir, and no mistake." Harbingers of Spring. The nap on seven-dollar ulsters is worn off, and there is a neat fringe bonier on the bottom of trousers legs. Boils "oegin to look for a comfortable place on a man's svstem to locate, and suc ceed in finding it, in spite of all efforts to sit down on them. Liver pills and bitters are in active de mand, and "bad h!snd'' ispurifaL Th follows peace in the land. Homely girls who have made a success ful season, buv up their wedding clothes and get married before summer. Flirtations begin. Ve always noticed that homely girls marry in the spring and pretty ones in the fall. The small boy grows superlatively saucy and refuses to take bis sulphur and mo lasses unless he is rewarded by a nickel; this merely shows his financial acumen. Hens that have been loafing about all winter "on their oars," when eggs were forty cents a dozen, show a disposition to glut toe market at fifteen cents. The housewife decides that two new car pets are needed, and because she can't get them, pounds the old ones to pieces out iu the back yard. Lettuce is in market, but on the top shelf, where poor folks cat't reach it. Potatoes show a disposition to be frisky, and young sprouts sre continually coming ut. Fellows with shabby overcoats leave them at home and bravely shiver down the street in the chilly wind. Farmers bring in wrinkled and withered turnips and palm them off for just dug. when you know they must have been picked from tbe trees before frost came. The oldest inhabitant begins his series of lies alwut planting peas in January and picking roses in March. Grocers work off their, surplus "brown Havana" as maple sugar, pure and unde nted. This is not only a harbinger of spring, but an evidence of total depravity . t;imMtir.n (av4env tliA nnh. Duu m ..1 .-'.. .... .v -. . . .- , - lie. "Great clearing out sales" spring up on every side, and you can buy anything you don't want at ridiculously low prices. The advance guard of the house fly legion flutters his wins in the butter, and dies of chlllblains. Stockholders in gas companies smile broadly as they note the receipts of the "heavy quarter," and there is great pover ty and gnashing' of teeth among gas con. The debt of Cleveland. ., b I85y 018,000. $U93,000 ware paid on the deot I last year. Carlo, Good DoC I left the cemetcrv and went down Into the woods. 1 could bear the noise of i liitifir Mnrl llmuiirh the lnM I aw tbe axes I gleaming in the sunlight. peeped brightly through, the leaves under a stump, a great urown spiutr rusneu out . to sec wuo Knockeu. t sat uown. anu waiciieu me wooii-cnoppcrs, anu uukcu to them as they wrought. There were only tliree idle creatures in the woods. I was the biggest, tbe oldest, and the idlest of the three. A chub of a boy,- about six or seven years old, was the next, and a black and tan dog thai had treed a squirrel, was the next, 1 was so pleased with the boy's idle companionship that I paid him for it, and advised him to stick to it, and never work until he had to, and thin, feeling the community of sentiment for the dog, I went and helped Mm bark at the squirrel. The tree was about two hundred feet high. The dog would probably stand abewt thirteen inches from the ground. He tried I to climb that tree. He barked as though his throut was all the rams' horns of Jericho. lie was attcr I nut squirrel wmcn was just as far out of his reach as the clou.ls. Anil the squirrel wasn t paying any attention to the dog ami, indeed, didn t know what he a iwraiuu ai. i am hoi iiiic inai i. had not gone off into another tree au hour ago, and w is away off in another part of the woods, down near the county line. So I patted the dog's head as I came away, and said to him : " Carlit, keep it up. It seems to do you a heap of good, and it doesn't bother the squirrel a particle. So keep it up. You never can climb the tr?e; you will never ca'.ch the squirrel ; when he j wants to come down he will come down another way, and you will not see him. He will live just as long and be jn4 as ! happy with your noise as without it. It oc eties your mind and it doesn t distra.-t his. And it shows a very human tra.t in you, Carlo. I have known men just like you; men who spent their hv.s in doing just you are doing-t.a.-k.ng at people who are out of their reach. Keep it up, t urlo, good dog." TSr New Game. i . , i , ... ,1 -. . , . .. . 1 Tlie dead-beat ptniuis nothing to get i , , ... " . , ahead of him ?xcept a funeral jmxx-ssion. Hecently . seedy-een.ee, who seemed to be iTenltv eVflTi-;!. r:i.lii'il into a tI;lce on : Voolward avenue, Detroit, and wildly in quired if they hud a telephone th(r.'. Being answered in the aftirma'.ivc, he rushed to the instrument, threw his hat on the tloor i nnil ra'ti il mil "Hello! tetralofii-forHeaven'Ssilke!lwJu'...,, ,ron Cl'MhJ"if'. V..7 hello' hllo" hi-lln'"' "is there a lire r"' aked the mercliant "tire: keep still wait oh: Ueavens why .ou t ti:ey answer .,, , ... t, ai i i - I with sub-o bice ou Dufliehi street iiuick hfe denends "" ,w ' i . -o i i .x. i "fvnielKjdv dying " akei the merchant. ..tr .. 'n t it i , "heep still for vour life, keep still! ,, , ..-I,,.- . -.iv- Ah! suboiiibel tonnect me with No. ( 'ass avenue as soon as you cau ! Hello ! hello! Mary! Ah! it is her! Mary, your mother has been run over by a street car on Jefferson avenue and will Oie! I'll bring her up in a carriage! Get everything ready! Send James for the doctor good-bye !" Somebody hurt'" asked the merchant. "Somebody hurt ' No! Yes! I'm half f . . : i k i 1 ..f. . ...... - v-..... .... mv wallet at the ofticc down the river! I II , ii n ted Mary no, I'll ak you for 2 until 1 1 hi, 7 t . . , , . ...' jj The Court instructed Mrs. Murphv to come down after dinner! . . , , ., .. . ,,. . . - .... . , , i i .... , i, r . . ' keep quiet while J:m was telling his story. The niercl-aut looked at the fellow for a A.,1 , . . , - J , . ... . ,. , , i "Mie letce the mcec micee bumcc, re- few seconds and then walked to the lele-! . .. ,, . , , ' i tv. i n: . sunied Jim, "and 1 says to her, "Ntx-e phone. The sub-ollice was saying: i. , .,, u ...... ..- ,T .i . i . bargm, Mrs. Murphee, vou burnee my dm- ho was getting off that rigmarole to ; , V, . ,. -. . , , j ' ner.' She sav she won d likee to burnee Mary, and who was Mary ? Medontcon- . --..., , . i. '... .. J i i mee in stovee with the nncee. 1 tellee her nect with No. Ca.-s avenue! If you! . . . , . , , . ... . i, noee barg n, and she keepee sistee, ou don t stop your nonsense we II cut vou off! 1 . i . . ,i ' i r i ' The merchant turned to overhaul his cus-: tomer, but shabby-genteel had slid. 1 er- haps he took his poor mother upon a wheel barrow. Mnsir and Animals, A remarkable instance of a toad's enjoy, mcnt of music came under my notice some years since. I was on a visit with my hus- 1.- I - n .1 nnAnr ... .? r). l..-a f f .. I lw. who lived in the south of England. He had a very pret.v garden and lawn ; and it was his delight i'utbe evening to sit at his drawing-room window w hile I played o. tbe piano and sang to him. One evening he said to me; "My dear, here is a load under the window. It has been here a long time without moving. 1 believe it U lu- tening to your singing." Will OU.. .'.IV. II. Ill J IM.I1J.III-.I3 IW 111. 111.11. 1 . When I ceased plaving the toad slowly crept awav, but every eveicng when I sang, he creature came, took its place uadefthe window and there remained. Onc evening, at my father's request, I suddenly stopped the music, and in a few minutes it went away. We watched it until it reached the path, when commencing another song, it stopped, listened and then slowly returned to its Place under the window, n hen 1 left and went home, there was no more j music. The toad was never again seen. Some rears previous to my marriage mv father lived in an old hall in the neighbor hood of one of our large town. The grounds were extensive. 1. was hi delight to have a sort of model farm, which gave mc many opportunities of studying the dif ferent characters of the various animals upon it. Then I saw the influence of inific upon many ot them. There was a beauti ful horse the pride and delight of us all ; a i:i .. ,... k. -.. ., ble dislike to be caught. My father hail . . J . - so trained him to obedience that he gave veryUf.ie trouble; a whistle aud a wave - ... . of the baml, and KoU-rt would come quietly to be sadilled. But if left to our o.d gard- ner Willy, he would lead him a chase, gen - erally ending in defeat. One very- hot Summer day I was sitting at work in the , ,i : . :. garuen. wucu it ihy BiMieaie-.i Bin-Bimns . J 11 "I MMtk nmnintlnn. , U hut is the rrattrr. lllv ' Mutter enough, -Miss. 1 here's that Robert, the uncanny bcat : he won't be caught, all I can do or say. I've give him corn, and one of the best pears off the tree ; but he too deep for me he snatched the pear, kicked up his heels, and off he is, laughing at me at the bottom of the meadow." I was vcrv sorrov for the old man, but I did not clearly see how to catch the aenn U1U .l. . i T " quent. I could well believe he was laugh- ing at our old friend, for he was a curious animal. "WelL Willr. what can I do? He won't lot me catch him, you know." "Ay, but Miss if you will only just go in and begin a toon en tbe peanncr, cook says he will come up to the fence and hearken to you, for he. is always a-doing that, and maybe I can slip up behind and catch hjnj." I went at once, not expecting my strata- know. "on, 1 Know rrencn ana uer gem to succeed. But in a few minutes the man and Italian and Spanish, and that is saucy creature was standing listening whilo I all. " Bnt you know EngUsh 1" " No, I I playsd "Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace ! don't know English," he answered with a ww Tha halter was anon round hi i very positive shake of the head. Yes, neck; and he went away to be harnessed! you do, certainly," persisted the English nnlta himnv and contented. ! man. " I te'J you I do notr rephed the There was a great pecuuanty anoui nis cuiiu eimooi uupaucm.., mj tuiu.-1 taste tor musio. tie never wouiuaiav to;ij ji pi' au x.uKnm, . , listan to a plaJuUve song. I soon obstnrd kat 1 only know two words In Dng'ush !'' , tST If Iph;ed "Scots wha UaV hej'IAnd what ej they T'" Quae and o-:' 1 would listen well pleased. If I chauged ; the measure and expression, playing the same air plaintively, as for instance in the "Laod o the Leal,' he would toss hi head i .nil v.llr .wait ta. if tn Hf ' Thut id mil mv . ri i f imiain I huniniiv tt flonti. w UianM be wouW ret and iten In this respect he entirely differed from ;, ,,,1 coir wehacL She had an awful temper. Old Willy used to say: "'She is the most contrarieat beast under the sun.'' If site was iu one of ber ill-humors, it was with the greatest difficulty she could be I milked. She never would go with the other cows at milkiDg time. Nancy be milked with them 1 that was a thing not ui be thought of. She liked the cook; and when not too busy, cook would manage Miss Nancy. But if she were not. very careful, up would go Nancy's foot and over would go the milk can and its precious con tents. When the cook milked ber, it was always close to the fence, near the drawing i room, ii i w ere playing, sue wouiti si aim frel, ,m yielding "her milk without . ,, ,,,,,,. ., ,mii,i ntii i ceased. As long as I played plaintive t ,: i.-n,,, i ,,.i t ,i. ii n,,u. ( lhmc liui)ia Adair," any sweet, i Un Jt.r ,ir,he gej elraace.L 1 have trjcj upr nJ ebnageii to martial mmi , . LrrHlln,,n .nvar.ablv wa keil aw.iv. 1 could give many instances of a love for music in animals. 1 will give another. I was silting in the drawing room one even ing, singiug to mamma. It was a double pjoiu with folding doors. She was in one where there was a lamp. In my room, which was unlighted, the window was open, and close to the window was a stand of uiusic. When I ceased playing I heard a ; jKTiihar sound, and wai conscious there va something in the room. I called for a , . , Tl..- "amii. on the stand, whs a , wllitcowi iIe il)()tl lar Jes sur istd ,,iaa we dili Iu minute or ,wo Ue . sleppt nuietiv , of ,e winJw and flow : y Aru.r ,ui, we did n-H leave the ,(wl;r ,(f ,ue wimlow oyH,a. Uiit the ow, H; ,ud Mt M ,h) tav ,. 1 9j(je ji-ttuin, ; ' . . A Cnlnanana Qneuav. Jim Grant, notwithstanding his Saxon name, is a full-fledged celestial, minus a . , ., . ; pi"taiL How he loat the appendage forms .. . . . 1 ? . & . .P. . . - ; roc is the Widow Bridget McCracken. 1 Aa arrangement existed between the wi I dow and the Chinamen, by the terms of ! wbich she was to do his cooking and lidv- uij (. muuiw uit .uuira anu uc no. 10 - l ii... i-:.!... i i... . . . ' ",K" ""-"ur"' " "icuv Bi-ivc in Justice Kenna's Court, Williams- ' burg, where the widow was arraigned on a me1 Hello' IVi.lrai'chnr'-'e''f,58a!l!t' mi'le hy the celestial. me . lit 1 o . leutral , ..Afpr fin4 wecfc i(, ,h (.hi thcin ! t onnect me i . ,. , - uiaii, iu miieuii iui;iiiii, oij oiieii nite no-I . . ". . ." .... described "Mrs. Murpli-e 2ve mee wholi-e lots of clothes to 'wssliee . , , ,. , and ironce, more clothes than her own ; , , , ' ., . . c. ,.... ;and her familees. She brought Ciothec ', . . 7 , ,i i z i ii 1 1 in i . . 1 1-. . i: lii.. ii a nil aiiii:n- I 1 iiirl.t or I I c.v tt I, or mw. f -i i n. hurir.nn 1 T . 1, J " : " iiu mic u iu luo, iu, re ..im mrc o 1 'don't wsntee law, and I said t mescif, "1 ; fixe you. I give her things to co-kee and jhe don't cookec him." i "Yes, you dirty baste." interrupted Mrs. Murphy, "yez give me six mice. Yi I ought to lie driven to where yez come . rIj,h, .;h inn,l. .' U1 .". ... eoiTkeir. rue lucuiuwx.i i.icv . 11 ii 11 . , . rw . .; . . . 1 I amice ano cutiee ou uij uuircv. xjootvee. Judge." (Jim called attention to his scalp, which lacked the tail). "She then throwee mice on street and breakee things. She I awful womin, Judgec, and savs she kill Imee." "Mr. Murphy, what have you to say in answer to what Jim says about you ? "I gave hitn no clothes to wash, Judge, j 'V-T . ... "r nily must be pretty large, ac- ; nK ? ,e TT?. f,st' . . j ' Ju'l lt not t . trou.-lo; bu ! ht.n. ,h.e ""J I fI'"d Out I wasn t :tho k,"J. w.mn he mc for he i want hl " nd gave me m"7 ,0 c- ,roa?t' ItIlr,;w. the,? 'rn ! ".S w' e'?- U1"" , . . . . :" - . - - i f 1 1 Sa y irigsttlaa raa ast f . i i aa thni war ao in f M aa nim f " , " ,V , ,T ' .Z V j I ;M.t'Z '? ,7 , " ' J as;e nimseii alter toeni. 'But how about assaulting him aud cut ing off his pigtail ? queried the court. "I'm coming lothat," replied the widow. "After I threw out the mice he picked them up and brought them in, and bonn to eat them. Tht; was more than I could stand; , i i . i.i . -. , .. so i asueu lot niycioiueii ami sum i wn;iu -. . i . i it : j l , no more oi tue uargain. itesai'i ne wuuei not give me the clothes until I paid for them with kisses if not money. Laughter He then put bis arms around me and tried : to kiss me." "Noee, noee. I only trlee to keepee her ; fronice mee clothes, and put mee srmee ! aboutee her."' "Oil, yez are running and sly enough, nu lying Chinaman, exclaimed lr. ' .uuipiiv, umixuiiuur. i ,T i : . I: .1 I' 1 oi I ,io . I win I th. iIm Alnr- . - , ''"''. T "Ti .c , ' - , . , " , Kl .1 ,,n ItA faiiirrtr wnm nv h hnir anil 1 got bis piutail in me hand and cut it off 1 a a 'n "K "ltwu u,u 11 ,u .i : . l. .. . . i .i. i : . : , :LmMmrtim, Mr. v.,mt,r. . ' . I last remark. , , , . . . , He eertmnlv eriithl nor IimVA atmrk V.ll I - . . ! . wi:h th niirtail nuiil tha onr! -. . . No, but the baste had no use for It. ,-Dil he succeed in Kissing you V "No, Judge. "Mrs. Muqhy, you must give bail in the sim of one hundred dollars to keep the peace for six mouths," said the court. TThat Ra Knew of EngUoh- I beard a fuuny story ot a littlc Boston tv.e the other dav. which I think has never i been ia print. His father had amused himself In teaching the bright little fellow several words and phrases in a numncr ot languages, so that he had quite a reputation as a linguist. An Englishman of some note dined with the family one day, and the i child was much interested in watching him and listening to his conversation. After dinner tbe guest took him on his knee with the remark: "I hear you know a great ! many languases tell me hew many you hat-s the Kaa '. Recently the sash in a fourth-story win-!h,eld 'our Jn. But ( apta.n Ielmont. dowof a "business house on Woodward ! f!ir"uu h,r f,'r! If the candle carried avenue. Detroit, was raised and a man's : h!. cwar, i, half a dozen cots away." head and slioulder appeared in sight. Next ! He turned his face toward the wall, and he thrust out an arm, and ped'-striaus saw ! thenI reinhel for the effect 1 feared my a small rope iu his hand. Twenty men i wou!:1 h?ve- ' ""en he turned halted in less ll.sn a minute. A plank was ! b,s fate "a 1 OT .T fear W1U SuJ lying at the curb, and the general line of, , , ,. , , , reasoning was that the plauk was to be!fl . called her," he replied, and thoiutli drawn up through the window. ! five n'mJred miles away, she heard me and "You'll break the glass if you try it !" j eame t,.me' ,.t"id b!e3s hcr: shouted one of the fast growing srroun. I ,f,,r U the sif" prophesy he "That cord isn't stout enough:" veiled a raI1,,,"' l,eBa to ni,en,L lhl S''ded by, tujnj " and he grew convalescent "Why don't they carry it up by way of cck? ,a.tcr- ",t ouf I the stairs!" demanded a man as he flourish-: mtt M? f;"1- 11 nteJcJ b,lt one ed his gold-headed cane around and seem ; K'uce o tell mc w ho it was. 1 went up ed much put out. i to her and tKk h-.r han.L The wid came part way down and stop-! :T.ms 13 talltala lM"ont s -Netae!' " I ped. Smie ten different persons volunteer- j 'u'- . ed the information of "more yet," and pre- he ,?okl',J frsghteneiL I saw that she sentlvitwas lowered so that one of the ! T. ,PaK 1 'uuieJ er to ( aptam Del- crowd couhl grasp it. He pullej down anj the man above pulled up, aud four or five men seizeil the plank and brought it to Iherope "Lower away!" veiled the man at the ' - .... . 'lull lown on it : rneit a iLizen voicfa. TKn ....... .L... I... ........ ....... . ...1 ' waved his hand. "lie wants it over that hitching-rK!''!,T'"jrW'U'',- .... . screamed a boy, and it was carried there. "Ncr. he wants it fast to the lamp-post !" shouted a man, and it was carried there. "U-t that rope alone P came from the man atiove. Six men had hold of the plank, ready to booM on it, and three more had hold of the rope. "Do vou want the plankf " asked one. No:"" "lk vou want the hitching-posM" "No:"' 'Well, what do you want!" "I want you to let that rope alone! I had a hot of ci '.irs th.it it was Ion enough to toii!-h the walk, and I've won 'em! W hat's the row down there somebody dropped dead?"' The plank was hurled away, cuss-words indulged iu as toes were trodden on and in fifteen seconds the crowd had melted away to a squint eyed boy and an organ-grinder, - A My.tery. . W e are used to scenes of paius and suffer- in.5 at the G hospital, and could look on ghastly wouikU and faces on which the mortal agony inflicted by the surgeon's probe and knife was paiuted, willmut flinchim or app treat e:n i n. But whea pal.snt Hany Dal ton was brought iu from the "front.' with a hideous hole in his niamy i'reai, sucn as oniy a 'iinnie nan could m.ike, a great hush of sorrow and dis may fell upon us all. "He cannot live In, " three days," fell upon our ears; the hush as broken bv the sotw of strong men, as well as by the more quiet weeping of the female nurses, for all of them loved the brave young captain as a brother. We hovered over his cot throughout the day, aud when night came, ii was azreed tltul un, i-.f ti. alt. .ill. I ti.w tli -viM.;.it .Int. .. r .1; I : . 1. . .:i. i'"'"S un,uSu u,c u,Sul ",r' tear thai lie suoiiki waken irom tne letuargv which seemed the prelude of appprostching death, to a-.k for something that the steward could not obtain. Aud then I pleaded for the privilege, ami after some demur it was accorded me. "Watch him very closely,' said the sur geon to me as I took my seat for the vigil lxside the cot of our favorite, "for at any moment he is liable to come out of the com'i, and he may lie waadering." But 1 was very tired, and alwut mid night, do what 1 could, I could not keep my eyes front closing in a ha'.f-unconslous reverie, which after a time merged into a ntrui siumrier. -nl very soon occurred the mystery of which it is my present t:tsk the fssllion of a graven image, and"thc rest tell- j of the company seemed to be rather amused "A bright drtatn of the 'northern home j ti,Bn otherwise. :nil!ikins bought a moun so far away,' wa flitting through my j tain howitzer next day and went east to brain, when suddenly I seemed to be iui-; i,, rlir E.lijajn. pressed with some presence, that held myj ,mm bixly in a thrall, while my senses became t The sia cane. almost preternaturally acute. Opening my i eyes at last, I gazed toward the couch of i How Justice was dispensed iu Toledo, a the wounded captain, and bv his side, with ! quarter of a century ago, by the celebrated one band clasped in hers, I "saw the figure Charles O'Malley, Justice of the Peace ou of a young and beautiful lady, wl sue eyes : the North side. were looking down to his with such a look j The first case which came before HU of pitying tenderness, that 1 felt sure at I Honor was O'Donucll and others for dU once she was his sweetheart. j turbance at a dance hoti-e on Kinzle street. I wondered much, however, how she The testimony was gone through with ap camc there iu the hospital at thst hour of parently correctly, and the decision (of the the night when visitors had never been sd- C'oort) was a fine and costs, mitted after sundown. And I knew Dr. ! O'Malley rose to his dignity, and turning Vance, the sin-geon-in-charge. had his own ' to O'Donuell (and the other offender', 1 - - - . ... 1 - - 1 it.. 1 a 1 - - brother been dying in that place, and his; father come to s. e him, would uever have admitted even them, only at regular hours, i I was so exercised in mind, that I was t opening my lips to question the strange : visitor, when 1 saw a steward with a light, ! moving along at the lower end of the j ward in such a way as to bring our visitor j between the light and me, and then my ' heart s'ood still. The lamp the steward ! carried I could still see shining, and I was j poking through the form or the lady i .r a ho ; gcnd bv mv patient S bedside. I I EBZd in awe unon the aonarition for a i Tew brief seconds, and then a torpor over-1 came me, and I knew no more until the i steward roughlv shook mv arm and bade i me awake for Captain Hairy IVlmont was1 no longer lethargic but delirious. But w hen I looked npon his lear, calm eyes, ! I told the stewar.1 he was not delirious. "Is Nettie bore?" he aked faintly, as I I., .. , sent over mm. I 1 did not question who "Nettie' was for ) I was certain I had seen her semblance, and I answered calmly: i "Nettie has been nerc Captain Delmout, but she IS not here now. "I wish you would call her again, Mr. ! pcricnces have been successively bequeath Ennis, for I wish to speak with her." j edj principal and interest, and have slowly via jou spcaa. hu un ucu cue M mouuted to that high intelligence which wailing hert?" I asked heeding not the ies a,ent jn the brain of the infant. Thu steward s great amazement. jt happeM, says TynilalU that tbe Euro 'Vo? l.eanswerefl nninlv. ! tried to! : i . . . i . - . . i : i !- . .. 1 j , iiii iuiit-i iu tmcuij hi i in i ij tum lucurw speak but somehow I could not utter a i nMre 0f bra,n lnan the Papuan, thus it . word, I suppose that I was then too weak. happens that faculties, as of music, which "Was she your affianced wife?'' I asked, j .freely exist in some inferior races, be I "Not when I ioin d the arinv. ehai ..., ; . .,.. b,en affianced once, but she broke off the l K.ii.1.'' Ki... I.ta wnin. f.l engagement because here his voice lai - tered "because l was too poor. But i uugers, and speaking a language eontain know she love me." i onjy noun and verbs, arise at length "She does,' 1 sai.U "I could see it , v,wtons and Shakesncares. beaming iu her eyes." i "If she is to nurse me," be exclaimed, , .... II. I "I surely shall recover. O, ca.l her now, , dear 3Ii a Emus I must have the assurance fnm her own dear lips." But I persuaded him to wait tiil morn ing. Morning came, and the surgeon, i after a b.iatr examination, taid the captain , was much better, and that a chance for life was won. As xn as he was gone, 1 turned "For my sweetheart, replies X., nut sgaiu to my latient, who only murmured, 1 precisely seeing the drift of her questiou. "Nettie." I "Ten francs.'' "Captain Delmout," 1 said calmly, j "Ten francs phew!" says X., turning "Nettie is not here." ; on his heeL "Not here!" be cried, clutchiDg my hand, j "Come bark, come back," cries the old "Not here! why, I saw her last night, woman, "take it for three. You've been She has not gone away again, and left xue ; lying to me, though, you have no sweet here to die alone?" i heart. If U had teen for her you'd have "No, Harry, but she has not jet heeu , nought it at once without regard to the here not in the flesh. ! price." "Mrs. Emus, am I luad, or are you? For I plaiuly saw ber, and you say she has not been here " "Yes, I saw ber," I replied, and, she was standing by vour cot, and in her hand she 1 ",U!',1 " nu "u" e r Heu " ' s'" ' f.i ' . . , ... ' " hy, this is the very place I ureaaued , "inS tw" -!' are i the nurse 1 saw sitt.ng by his ot, she i trdatii.il rdtli.L Iti.i.i u..1.. 1 6 . l I did not ri piy. Harry Deliuont hal bn-a-t and 1 very eas1 Uv: .l, : " "-"".' ltc or- cu'", " PIin " i 7 'J 1 ' iear, wu. never i " " "i" fv-"- ; "m" l" m '' The New I an err ot Cuunlng. j loung SmiiTkin was somewhat sttr : prised, but highly elated, wheu he received ' a polite invitatiou from old Scrogins to come up and take a crust which meaus : dinner and that, too. when he had spent : the very evemug iK-fore iu the sweet -, ciety of Mis Matihla Jan.: S-roggin. It ! is needliss to s'iv th;it he was ou hand. I 'Matilda Jane." said i!ie old ireutlema:i J wheu dinner was over, "did you ever hear : the phonograph in active operation ?'' "No pa, but 1 should like to," answered the 1 maiden, who w ished to encouraze her parent's scientific weakness. "Well, my j dear, you shall. I bought one d:iy before j yestenlay. You will find it under the sola : in the parlor. I forgot to take li up stairs ' last ni;ht, when I left vou and Sinillkiiie conversing on church 'fesUval-. ' Matilda bri)II2,lt m.irilim.t al,a ,he old man , W1un,i it up remarking tha! he had set it ! jus. M,m e,(iliS , 1m.,l The familv circle allJ onc or w of Scroggins's cronies, who napp-tic(i to be present, listened with a pri.t llta ot interest as it slowlv revolved: -Thank txl ! liie old devil's go'ueat last !" exclaimed the phonograph, iu tone that smmdi d amazingly like those of Smiffkins. "I thought the hateful old thing would sit up all night, continue'! the wonderful in vention, in a voice th:tt was unmistakably that of Matilda Jane. "Well, mv own , darling, we'll make up for lost time." Yum ! Yum! ejaculated the revolving cylinder ; wiih a pronounced Smiffkin accent. "O ' don't darling! v.u miiitn't ! Yum Yuiu ! it priXTCdcd, in the tones of Matilda Jane. V 1 After that the instrument grew int-oherent and mixed up as it wt re. A subdued ovu latory, sound, mingled with deep drawn sighs and occasional whispered p rotes: s iu . the M:itilda Jane voice were all that could lie distinguished, till it suddenly blurted j out : 'Well, I suppose old Scrog will bo coming down stairs if I don't clear out. I Another silence broken by yum yums, . and then in a softer voice the inexorable cylinder concluded : "There you must go ' now. Good yum night yum yum. j I'll make the old beast ask you to dinuer to-morrow yum yum!'' By this time ' Matilda Jane had fainted, snd Smitfikin'4 face looked like green cheese, but old Scro.ins looked noon them irrimlv. after saiu to me ur one nei uuii; "Tim, have ve'es anv money? " Tiut ays, "Nsh." "Bryau, have you!" Bryan suy. '"Nah." Terence "Have you?" Terence says, Nalu"' Patrick "Have vou?"' Patrick ssys, "Nalu" Then turning to a wild-looking young Irishman, recent lv from the "ould dart. and probably out on his first spree in Ainer. lea, says: ".'launee, have ye es any money? Maurice says, "Yis, your Honor;" to which ithe Coort .responds "Well, thin, the foinc is on you." "Call the nixt eve. Itvltnltlon ai tbe KraiM. ! Xue nuMlan i,raln Uc-c r ting to Profe sr Tvndall s definition, is tlw orvanizeil iwia. ! - a n . cr 0 infinitely numerous experiences re- . ivcd during the evolution of life, or , nlhcr during the evolution of that series of organism through which the human or- ' ganUms has been reached ; the effects of tbt! mnA ..nitonu and freotient of thee . ' ;, lin.,., ,hAt' t of aTv. rei 1 am,e to count up to the number of their . . . . : Knew it. X., traveling through Brittainy, asks an old woman who m peddling crosses and medals at a church porch the price of a cer tain tnuket. "Is it for your wife or your sweet heart?" ! she asks. ' 'Til take It; here are your three fraocs. " ''You haveu't a wife, rilher. It it hail been for her you'd have bea'.en ma down to two franca. Oh, you meat, you went i
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