BIRTHDAYS. 1 sin content To let the mbied years That come to uie, Roll back into the past so far Tbut memory Can only tlail along the shore Some jicrfect shells and nothin r more. I am content That 6cuwecd, bits of wreck And pebbles gray. Drift out of sight into the Boa. For thetn to stay Would be to cherish grief and pain I would not. must not, feel again. I am coutent Thut none of life Can ever he Lived o'er with self same throb and thrill; Nor more to mo Will former song, or book, or toy. Fill the measure of my joy. I am content To live all of today;' And when I dream Let fancy revel in the light That hope had seen Beyond the present, and afar, A steadfast, sweetly beck'ning star. I am content— For ago npon the heart Can never creep; And when, at last. In stillest night I seem to sleep, A birthday comes to me in truth; The gift It brings—immortal youth. —Philadelphia Times. FLICKER'S DEBT. Sykesburg was a mining camp in New Mexico and a perfect specimen of its kind. Like the mushroom growth of a night it sprung into existence on the dis covery of a silver mine there, and it was immediately stocked with the usual rough and in many cases desperate char acters and a generous allowance of drink ing and gambling places. In front of the principal boarding house —fondly termed a "hotel" by Wing Lun, its Chinese proprietor—a crowd of idlers stood one afternoon, waiting for the arrival of the stage. This was even a greater event than usual today, for Mr. Kennedy, one of the owners of the mine, was expected to arrive, bringing his daughter, whom he had gone all the way to St. Louis to meet. Women were seldom seen in those parts at that time,-and it was rarely, in depd, that a delicately reared young lady ventured there, and from all accounts this was what .Miss Mabel Kennedy must be. Many of the men had never seen such a person—"not a real high roller; one o'theui that can't do nothin' but look purty and read these here novelties and crow-shay," as Long Jim, one of the miners, expressed it. A handsome, bright faced boy of about 15 was silling on the fence, hearing the talk and whistling softly. He now sto|>- ped this latter occupation long enough to ask: "Don t von spCct she'll do nothin' else?" "Naw, 1 tell ycr. That's all any on 'cm does." The boy'se\ i -igrew large at liiethought of tins ornament in Svkesburg society, but lie uttered none of the thoughts, for just then the stage turned the corner of the roitvi i;:id rut tied up to the door. The manner in whs-:, the men watched Misi Kennedy ;.! I;: u. s perfectly respectful, but very ougei. cud us she raised her eyes she wet the admiring gaze of the crowd ad, blushing ah tie. she attempted to cross the side*.a' ; into the house, hut was stopped at tin- id ! step. It had been raining and the ground before her was soft and muddy; the men could manage well enough in their high hoots, but her dainty shoes must suffer if she crossed. None of the men had ever heard of Sir Walter Raleigh and how the gallant courtier laid his cloak down in the mud for Queen Elizabeth to pass over, though all would gladly have done something similar if they only had thought of it. As it was, soiuo one came to the rescue with a plank, which he flung down, and Miss Kennedy walked over this impromptu bridge into the house. "Ef it ain't that everlastin' Flickerl" ejaculated LOUR Jiui. That everlasting Flicker was the boy who had been sitting on the fence, and who, having knocked off the loose plank for the young lady's use, now proceeded to repair damages, grinning good natur edly in response to the friendly cuff ad ministered by Jim. who was disgusted that he had uot received the smiling thanks bestowed upon Flicker, and more than one of the other men felt as Jim did, for in that minute of her arrival Miss Kennedy had awakened an admiration which only increased the longer she re mained. As for Flickler, it was soon found that that young gentleman, having been the first to he of service to the pretty stranger, was resolved to "press his luck," to quote Jim again. Without being obtrusive or officious he found many ways of making himself useful to her and considered noth ing troublesome that gave hersatisfuet ion and brought him a word or a smile. Flicker's real name was Philip Picker, which his baby tongue bad contracted into the name by which he was always called. Left an orphan in a mining camp when only 2 years old, lie had s|>ent all his life in drifting from one camp to an other. Self reliant, courageous and mer ry, he was a great favorite among the men and had always associated with them and learned their ways, and this had done him no good. I am afraid lie was a very bad boy in deed; but, then, no one had ever shown him the difference between right and wrong. Miss Kennedy, with her sweet, gracious manner and her shrinking from all that was rough and wicked, was a perfect revelation to liiui, and he turned to her like a sunflower to the sun. She saw it, and was deeply interested in the clever, manly boy who seemed so anxious to oblige her; though, at first, she did not realize the really beautiful and chivalrous devotion which he felt for her. Once, not long after her arrival, he had taken special pains over an errand and when he came to her afterwards she of fered hini money, and she regretted it immediately. Ilis face crimsoned and he looked bitterly mortified and wounded as he stammered: "1 don't want nothin' fer this kind o' work. I—I" "I beg your pardon," she said, sorry ; for her mistake; "I see I must only j thank you for your trouble. It was just in the way of friendship, wasn't it?" "That's it!" he replied quickly, repeat [ ing the words with a pleased look. "In | the way o' friendship." | "And we're good friends?" she said, j holding out her hand. | "That's what we are," he answered j emphatically, and pressing her hand j gently he went away as happy as a I king. 1 After she left the hotel and went to I live in the house her father had been | building their friendship still lasted. Mr. I Kennedy assured her that she would be ! disappointed in Flicker—that ho was j lawless and unreliable and, worse still, that he had been known to drink and to j gamble; but, though greatly shocked, she believed that she could influence ! him to his permanent good, as ho had ! notably improved in appearance, man ; ners and language since he had known I her. She even persuaded the hoy to promise that he would try to get his living at some regular employment instead of by any means that cauic to hand; and her friend, Mr. Lanyon, gave him a place in the mine, where ho had once before been employed and had been discharged. Flicker had quite made up his mind that the young New York gentleman would marry Miss Kennedy some day, as the boy well knew it was because she asked it that he was allowed to return to the mine, which was against the wishes of both Mr. Kennedy and his Mexican part ner, Seuor Miguel Hernandez. The senor, who was a constant visitor at Mr. Kennedy's house, was the al calde of San Luis, a little town about six miles away, for under the treaty by which New Mexico was ceded to the United Stales many of the Mexican laws and custon3 remaiued in force, and San Luis, among whose population of 150 not more than three were not Mexicans, continued to elect its alcalde, an official whose power is much more despotic than that of any American governor. There were many stories told of the senor's harshness and cruelty, and these, with his cold, hard face and forbidding man ner. made him greatly feared. For many weeks Flicker worked stead ily ami told his friend that he was saving his wages, rw she advised, and every thing seemed to be going smoothly.when one evening he presented himself in re sponse to n message, looking gloomy and disturbed, lie did not seem inclined to talk, but when, after awhile, she ques tioned him gently he shamefacedly con fessed the truth. He had been gambling the night before. •She looked at him incredulously for an instant: then, to his utter consternation, she burst into tears. "Don't! don't!" he begged her, in dis tress. "Please don't cry." "How can 1 help it?" she said. "1 thought you'd lie angry and give inn up for a had lot. I never thought you'd cry." said Flicker, wondoringiy, as the tears still came. "1 am so dreadfully disappointed,"she said, after a while. "I hoped hotter things from you." "How did vou know I 10.-.t my money?" Flicker ask'd. "I didn't know it; it's the loss of your honesty and right feeling that troubles me. The money is a very small part of it." "It's a good deal to me." answered Flicker, ruefully. "I was a foul just at the wrong lime." And lie explained to her that a party of Syki shurg men were about to go into Mexico on a prospecting Iripand had of fered to let him accompany them if lie would undertake a small part of the ex penses; and his profits, if any resulted, would be in proportion. Anxious to make his share as large as possible, lie had gambled in the hope of increasing his capital, and had lost every dollar of his savings. "And served mo right for a donkey!" he concluded, vigorously. "I won't get another chance like this in a liu-iry, though." "None of the gentlemen at the mine would advance you any money, then?" she asked, knowing what the answer would ho. "No; they'd—they'd think it'd go as the other did. They don't take no stock in me," he said, flushing hotly. "No, they don't," she replied. "And now you see what it is to lose your good name.'' There was a long silence. Miss Ken nedy seemed to be thinking of something else; Flicker thought she was tired of having liirn there and he had better go. Still, when he left she made liitu prom ise that lie would come again the next evening. lie went away greatly puzzled over it all; he could not make out why she had cried. To bo sure, she had often told liiin how she abhorred gambling, but he had supposed she meant when people were unsuccessful; but she had cried before she knew whether he had lost or won and had told him that the money was of no consequence. She had shed tears for him; it gave him a feeling he had never had before in his life. Meanwhile Miss Kennedy was also thinking hard. As Flicker had said, it was a good chance. She knew the men to be steady and respectable, and though Mexico was a dangerous country, it was better for the boy to try to make his way there than to go to ruin in Sykesburg or whatever similar place he might wander to. She made up her mind that she would make an effort to save him. When Flicker came the following night she told him of the plan she had for help ing him; it was that she herself would give the necessary money, for her father was very generous to her and gave her more than she spent. Mr. Kennedy warned her that alio was only encourag ing the hoy in had habits, and that the money was thrown away, but she felt sure that it would not prove so. "You see," she said to the amazed and overjoyed Flicker, "I don't intend to give you up for a bad lot. I want to help you lo he an honest, industrious man. I offer you this money because I nm your friend, and I don't make any bargain with you about it. But if you aro iny friend you will do as I would like to have you do." Then they hud a long talk, and Flicker began to understand how miserable such a bad life was, and why Miss Mabel was so anxious to get him away from it; and he told himself that she should never be disappointed in him again. The next few days he devoted to pro curing his outfit; then one night he came to say good-by, wondering sadly when and where they would meet again, for who should say how long he might be gone? "I'll say one thing," he said; "this money's loaned ter me. I'm a-goin' ter pay it back. The first streak o' luck I get, I'll come ter you ter pay ray debt if I hev tor hunt you all over the United States." And then he tried to thank her and promised that she should not find her trust in him misplaced, and, though he could find but few words, she understood and was satisfied. The next morning he went away. More thau three years had passed when one day a fine looking young man, riding a strong pony, drew up in front of what had been Wing Luu's hotel and looked about in a confused way. Of the bustling camp nothing was to be seen but a few dilapidated and deserted cab ins. The only signs of life were at the hotel, now apparently a roadside inn. A number of horses stood saddled and tied to the fence, while their owners talked on the porch so excitedly that they did not notice the newcomer until he called out a greeting and asked: "Is this Sykcsburg?" "Waal," drawled a tall man, evi dently the proprietor, coming forward, "it's what's left of it. Was yer pertike lerly anxious ter find Sykesburg?" IK asked, looking up inquisitively. "Why,'' he exclaimed; "ef it ain't Flicker— littli- Flicker! Shake hands, sonny. Don't yer remember Long Jim? Say, bub," he continued, growing grave and ripcaking rapidly, "hev yer struck luck? Becasi ef ver hev, ye'vo come in the nick o time. There's a friend o' yourn in trouble." '•Yes, I've lunl luck,'' saiil Flicker, lay ins lia liand on a leather pouch thai hung from his belt. "Who needs help?' "That tliur Miss Kennedy," Jim re plied, as somehow Flicker had felt thai he would. "Git on yer horses, boys." he shouted to the men. setting the example by jumping on his own, ami in a few minutes a cloud of dust enveloped tin part*' as they took the road to Han Luis at full speed, Jim explaining to Flickei as they went. A year and a half ago the mine hail suddenly ceased to produce anything the company disbanded and the camf was deserted. Mr. Kennedy and his daughter shortly afterwards removed tr San Luis. Mr. Kennedy had been utter ly ruined by the failure of the mine. He and Senor Hernandez had quarreled be fore this and were not on speaking terms, and. knowing the senor's character, every one was surprised when he now cuiue forward and renewed bis friend ship with Mr. Kennedy, advising him tr open a store in San Luis and insisting upon loaning him the money needed; and Mr. Kennedy accepted gratefully, little dreaming what a terrible revenge tin wily Mexican was planning for his fan cied wrongs. Among the old Mexican statutes was the infamous one which enabled a person, if he could not obtain money that was owed him, to make his debtor a peon— that is, aservant —until the amount owed was worked out, a servitude that is noth ing but wretched slavery. Ilernandez, therefore, had pressed his loans on Mr. Kennedy, knowing thai they could not he paid and intending ti make him a peon. Just as this was aboui to be done bis unsuspecting victim diei -Buddenly. It was an easy matter to males his daughter responsible for the debt and before she realized what had occur red she found herself threatened with this terrible fate unless the money could be produced on this very day of Flicker's return. "These fellers," said Jim, indicating hit companions, "just come from thar, an they sez ole Hernandez is sayin' as lu means ter send her inter Mexico. I hope we git thar in time ter stop that off; she'll bo Skeered half ter death. We was think in' wot to do wen yer come up," he con tinued, "but we ain't got much money an'thar ain't enough on us ter take hei out o' that nest o' Mexicans by force; 'sides, the ole feller's got the law back of him." Flicker's blood rushed like fire through iiis veins; he was almost beside biuisell with pity and indignation; and he could not even think of her having perhaps started in captivity for Mexico, for, though, of course, they would follow and bring her hack, ho thought the anguish of terror would be enough to kill her. His horse was a swiftone, butonly wings could have carried him fast enough. The/ were in time, however; the crowd of Mexicans in the street scattered before the flying hoofs and Miss Kennedy saw a figure spring toward her and heard a voice cry triumphantly: "Don't you know me? I'm here to pay my debt!" And in a few minutes the senor's intended peon rode away with her friends. She had written to Mr. Lanyon some time since, but lie did not receive the let ter at once and it was several weeks after her rescue that he arrived at Sykesburg. Very soon afterward lie and Miss Ken nedy were married and went east to live. They did not go alone, however, and when, iu after years, they were ques tioned about the promising young man who made his home with them they were always glad to tell the Rtory of how Flicker paid his debt.—Helen Keene in Philadelphia Times. A Hud Cane. De Smith—'Travis is pretty wild, isn't he? Bloodgood—Yes; dissipates every mo ment of the twenty-four hours. De Smith—Pshaw! The fellow must sleep once in a while. Bloodgood—Yes, so he does; but he is a fast sleeper.—Burlington Free Press. AWAY UP. A St ranker Whose Title Produced Sur prise in Tennessee. A dignified looking stranger entered the ticket office of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad yes terday, and stated that he wished to purchase tickets for himself and family to Texas, and also wanted to se cure rates for the transportation of a carload of household furniture. Col. Harry Wilson waited on the gentleman, and ascertained that his name was Mar tin. He negotiated a trade with him for the tickets, and referred him to the freight office on Monroe street for infor mation about freight rates. As the stranger displayed a goodly role of hoodie it was incumbent on Col. Wilson to treat him with the considera tion due liis importance, and so lie told Billy to take the colonel over and intro duce him to Mr. Bartley, and he took care to lay the accent on the colonel. Billy got the stranger safely over to the freight office, and in his politest manner presented him to Will Bartley us follows: "Mr. Bartley, allow me to introduce to you Col. Martin." The stranger drew himself up haught ily, and striking an attitude, with his right hand over his left breast pocket, said: "I am no colonel, young man: 1 am something higher than that." "Excuse me; I meant to say briga dier," apologized Billy. "I have a higher title than that," said the great man. Billy was equal to the occasion, and came again with "I really meant to say major general, you know." He was knocked out again, however, by the supposed officer remarking with heightened dignity, which, however, was softened by a quiet, amused smile: "You have not got. up high enough yet." "You must be the commander-in-chief of the army," suggested Billy in a doubt ful sort of tone, but the stranger par alyzed him by the announcement that he held a slill higher title. Billy wasstumped. He thought the dis tinguished visitor was no other than the president travelling in cog., but lie dis missed that idea, and then his curiosity got the better of his reverence, and he blurted out: "Well, who are you, any way?" The stranger softly replied: "lama minister of the gospel, sir," and Billy fainted dead away, while Will Hartley made a half rate for tin? divine 011 ac count of his high title.—Memphis Ava lanche. I)ul>t of Honor. England, which is rich in gentlemen, furnished, in the beginning of the pres ent century, a good model of that genius which the world loves in Charles Jainer Fox, who added to Ids great abilities the most soci il disposition an ! real love ol men. A characteristic anecdote is re lated of the celebrated orator and states man: A tradesman who had long dunned Mr. Fox for a note of three hundred guineas found him one day counting gold, and demanded payment of his long duo note. "I cannot pay you now," said Fox. "1 owe this money to Sheridan: it is a dels of honor. 'lf an accident should liappei to me he has nothing to show to main tain his claim." "Then," said the creditor, "I chang my debt into a debt of honor," and tor the note in pieces. Fox thanked the man for his conii dence, and paid him, saving: "Hisdebi was of older standing, and Sberidai must wait." Fox was the lover of liberty, friend ol the Hindoo, friend of tile African slave he possessed a great personal popularity and Napoleon said of him, on the occa sion of his visit to Paris in 1805: "Mr Fox will always hold the (irst place in an assembly at the Tuileries." Youth':- Companion. IIIH Pra.v**r AiMivrrrii. A certain Chicago coal man enjoy nothing more than ho does a romp with his two pretty boys. After supper ev ery night lie has great fun with them One evening last week his wife was taken sick, and lie cut short the usual romp, much to the disappointment ol the boys, who had been looking forward all day to bis homecoming. He told them it was time for them to go to bed. and, like obedient boys, they walked oil without a word of remonstrance. Silent ly they disrobed and prepared to retire The larger boy said his prayer and found his way between the sheets. Then the little fellow knelt down by the bedside, uttered his prayer and added: "Please, God, make papa funny some more." And the father, who had been waiting just outside the door to see that they retired all right, overheard the petition and went in and gave Ids two boys another great romp. The little fellow then re tired in the firm belief that his prayer had been answered.—Chicago 11. raid. A Ceiit'H Worth. I was walking by the Hotel Bucking ham tho other evening (says a writer in New York Truth) when my eai was pene trated by a hoarse shriek, "Extra! extral full account of the fire down town—ex tra!" "Let me see, boy, if you're telling the truth," said a passer by. The lad held up his paper to verify his statement, and showed the headline, "$250,000 Blaze 1" , "Oh," said the inquirer, "two hundred and fifty thousand? Is that all? Well, I guess I don't want the paper." "Ah, what's de matter wid you," an swered the newsboy; "do yer want ter burn up de city o' New York for a cent?" Importing Carp Neoeuary. A largo carp is found in Lake Cham plain, which, with proper care in regard to its propagation, would be a boon to our people as a food fish. It is one of tho most handsome fishes iu our waters, and as a food fish deserves to be looked after. It is known to ichthyologists as Ictiobus Thompson!, Lake or Thomp son's carp. We are told its flesh is not equaled in flavor by any other fish in Lake Ohamplain.—Burlington Free Press. A STORY OF THE "BAREFOOT BOY." On Haverhill's pleasant hill there played, Bome seventy years ago, In turned up trousers, battered hat, Patches and freckles and all that. The barefoot boy we know. He roamed his berry Acids content, But while, froiu bush and brier, The nimble feet got many a Bcratch, His wit, beneath its homely thatch, Aspired to something higher. Over his dog-eared spelling !>ook, Or schoollioy composition, Puzzliug his ltead with soine hard sum. Going for nuts, or gathering gum. He cherished his ambition. Kind nature smiled on that wise child. Nor could her love deny him The large fulfillment of his plan: Since he who lifts his brother man iu turn is lifted by him Ho reached the starry hight.s of pea"e Before his head was hoary ; And now at fourscore years ugAin The blessings of his fellow men Waft him u crown of glory. —J. T. Trowbridge. The Festive Frog. A frog in the first stages of its career gives 110 hint as to what it will eventu ally become. As far as looks go one would supiK>se it was going to be a cat fish. It spends the first days of its ex istence swimming about in some pool, industriously wagging the small tail that is appended to one end of his little round, egg-shaped body. By and by a pair of legs begin to stick out from under its vest. These it uses for a time to kick with, and then moves them up close to its collar to make way for its long and osculant hind legs. It is then tl.at tin* little bright eyed fellow disclaims any 1 urther relationship with his tail, and ever* goes so far as to cut its aeiju linlance entirely, and quits the wat v forever except for bathing purposes. Taking up its abode on the land, it soon grows into an article of commerce much sought after and prized by epicures.—Philadelphia Times. Meteorologists ami Eiffel'. Tower. French nut, urologists, it appears, have just discovered that the Eiffel tower will prove far more valuable to thetn for ob servation than was at first imagined. Indeed, it i; eaid thai it possesses most of the advantages of an observatory built upon a mountain. In confirmation of this it is stated that recently, while a se vere frost pre? ail d in the city, a strong, warm breeze was blowing at the summit of the tower, and it was three days be fore this temperature reached the ground. In no elevated observatory could such direct Vertical observations be made as here. Photography will be pressed into service at this elevated position, us a matter of course.—Journal of Photog raphy. laws in China. In China, if any prisoner resists an officer and strikes t lie latter so as to draw blood, the offender shall be strangled. If a criminal who resists an officer is armed, md the officer kills him to secure his person, or if a criminal escapes from prison or is killed while being pursued, or if a runaway criminal destroys him elf. the officer shall in nowise be an swerable for the prisoner's death. In any case where a criminal is killed, where the offense charged against him was punishable with capital punishment, and the officer had no right to assault or wound him, the punishment of the police officer shall not in any case exceed 100 blows.—Sun Francisco Alta Itanium** Ancient Anecdote. Baruum himself is an infant in arms as compared with the age of this story. It is about the meanest man on earth. A grocer and general dealer advertised a drink with each purchase. He look trade. A mean man came in with an egg worth a cent and traded it for a darning needle, also worth a cent. Then he demanded his drink and took sherry. He said lie always had to have an egg in his sherry and the dealer broke the egg lie had just received from him in the sherry. It happened that the egg had two yolks, and so the meanest man de manded two darning needles because of the two yolks.—Detroit Free Press. liiliMrmoiiiouii COIIIH. All coins out of harmony with our decimal system ought to go, and not stand on the order of their going. The gold one dollar and the three dollar pieces have practically gone out of cir culation, and this is also true of the three cent nickel. These three are not in har mony with our coinage system and mar its symmetry. The gold coins named are too easily lost.— Washington Star. Cap UIHI COWII Unpopular. The young ladies of the graduating class at Colby have taken a step that must be regretted by all lovers of the picturesque. They have voted to take no part in the class day exercises of the next commencement. They didn't en joy the spectacle made by their sisters in mortar board caps and black gowns last year.—Lewiston Journal. The Central Shoe Blacking institute in Berlin undertakes to cleati hoots and shoes for its clients as often as required between 6 a. in. and 0 p. in. for monthly payments at the rate of fifty cents a month for men and thirty-five cents for women. Half rates are given when sev eral members of one family subscribe. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's eldest son, Arnold, is said to be a literary prodigy. He is only 1 1 years of age. He recently sent an essay to a magszino and received a cheek for SSO and a letter of thanks. It is also said of him that ho read "Robert Elsmere" during the first year of its existence. In Maine spruce gum now brings to the men who gather it from §l5O to SIBO a barrel, according to quality. A barrel weighs about 170 pounds. Voltaire was a most impatient writer, and usually had the first half of a work put in type before the second half was written. A Michigan mathematician calculates, that 17,500,000 people in the United States have had the grip. B. & B. The A w Spring Assortment ar Xou> vll in. It is a great pleasure to us to offer this season's productions, because they are the most elegant and satisfactor for the pries we have ever seen. Our .Mail Order Department will cheers fully submit samples bv mail, and you r order will be filled at the lowest prices and as satisfactorily as though you were here to do your shopping in person. Have you tried it ? Special mention is made of a few iteuis only. A very large assortment of All Woo Imported Suitings, 88 to4o iuchcs iu width tn large assortment of stripes, plaids and mixtures, at 50 cents. This is the most comprehensive offering of 50 cent Dress Hoods ever made by any mercantile house. 100 pieces 40 inch Imported Plaids, 46 cents. Also, at 50 cents, large assortment of All Wool, 50 inch Scotch Cheviots. New and stylish Cloth Bourcttes, 88 inches w ide, at 50 cents. A75 ecnt offering—the most for the moncv ever offered—lmported Tailor Suitings, in large variety of stylish stripes, 38 inches wide, elegant quality. At 33 cents, 30 inch Wool Suitings, new "tripes and plaids. 500 pieces extra tine Satuics, 15 cents. 25 cent quality. New X phyr Ginghams, 15c, 20c, 25e. 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