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( 'oS V 1 : , " 1 lrv 1 i';" ',:lis rut. y ii VirKKK'i x l' . Aii'U.-t:l, 51c. UniHV(i.izi;ni- i Joiima'.cf information for iertisers. Edition, 9,UOO pes. Fublished weekly, jp-.s 2 CT annum, in ad ice. i V i' i V i i 'I I I S ( i rvtry.MivATts) li'n.M. M V)l CTS. KW lOKK. I iilnri nnl I'll III i!ioi-s. y i ii imkk linn i t. :: v h i. a. (a bT0 YCUMG MEN. x' fir. I'ricf 6 rt 1 .-i-l ii r (in I n f il ri. 'I' rfsl t tl t , i vi (i.i i f;i fir Sjxr- ' "-ii I n vi. i unt it ry N i v u - I m I.: i ii v. :i 'ill 1 m- ' -l: ! I v : I '"i'-uii'.iit inn. ' ' r ' ii in.) IMivai'-il Ini-a- i 0 i k l 1 Liar mimics. The murmur of a wall-. A mile aw.iy. The rustle when a robin liichtJ T'in a svray. The hii;iing of a lwlan1 stream On 'Ilppi ft boughs Thesi uii'l of ffru7.l-,g from henl Of gentle cow, The echo from a wooded hill Of curkoo call, The quiver thro i-h the meailotr-grass At eveninit fll ; Too sivitle are tliese hn monies From pen ami rule Euch n,i(-ic is not umlurdtood By any school ; And when the hra'n is overwrought It hath a ?p- ll Beyond all hum n ckill and power To ni;ike it well. The memory of a kinMly word Far lonx K,,n by. The frnirrance of a failing flower Sent lovinirly. The gleam inx of a sttidden smile Or aiKhlen t. ar. The wanner prvssureof the hand. The tone of cheer. The hush th.it m cans "I cannot speak Uut I have heurd!" The note that only hear a v rse Kr ni Ood's own word: Such tiny things we himllv count As ministry; That g'uers dceniinn they have shown .f:int s input y ; Eut when the heart is overwrought! Oh, who can Cell The power of -uch tiny things To make it well. I THE WHALEMAN'S DEYJC3. ir in his nwn experience ! - " Si ll'.AIuc may he ! -'1' 1. 11- licit!". HT'I Wil ll- .i.i ...ns. K.iunics. instril-i-: I". Tiring oiu a moid' of " . i' ii j I . Iiy mciins of r w Ii it his ciui'ii; inn - '-Iicap.y, privately ami I' n in vl- pe. I o a ny n'' "i m.x ct-nf.st or two ' I l'u'.!is. I i . K I.I K S. '!).. : u N ,.riv. I. . JIox 4'S8. 1 -4 it 1 1 vtv j r I e R"':,!A Family Medicine. iM ! ' .1 V. ' :ui.l rca'lily taken by ' I 1 ' 1 1 -ri . I i v sii ian"" 'ii i !,c In. n j,- in, j i jL. jn J i 1 H i I. Iii.n t l't vonr - h.nj- else. !:u'y it. . :ci. r..rc Kef'iK'rs I'. i i ; . t ,.i,v hv MAX i ;.. J'liilH.lciphiii. GILES' Te entered the Arctic Ot-pan in 18 . Cut- ship wiik the whiiler Kt. Michael an olvl (ub of a ve?l, whoie timlxie hud been washed ly the sea water for thirty years. A. we now glhled easily Klon, under whole topsail.s, with the water li'ipllnvr uliout oar lowe, we leaned over the rail watching the st;iienlo-.i' masses tf ice which loomed up on all tide, flashing brightly iu the beams of the afternoon eun. Suddenly the man at the mainmapt-hfad, an old bo-.tt-steerer named Tom Tirekin?, le.meil forward from the cros-ti-ees, K'v"" i:iy the welcome cry of "There she blows V In a moment all hands were called, and H aid I'm n inca- i ... . , , r .1. rriA'KliWfXi., ! fn ffter we were pniiing for a school of " ' k- . . iKjwhetulf1, which bad coine tip far ahead. ' r. in this a'lmiraMe ' .... .. . (ive it to him ! roarea the niit mate, Mr. Thomas, when we were with!n fix fathoms of a monster with a great Lump on his back. The boat stcerer at once obeyed, driving bo'h irons into the wh:dt. The monster made a backward rush, a second after up went hid flakes, and down they came within au inch of the boaUs teei er's temple. The whale then went down, and away Hew the boat, dragged with terrific: ve- i : i ry.l li-'lera. Summer (Tom- ,rkiy ,un.,j t.ytheuseof Throiiflrb the ice we were drawn, the boar H ' ecrav'.ng and lrrindini; acrainist the entailer f" ".I ..!" I '..-rry Itoolan.l Klmharh. , 1 . i . i- i i r ... .iv. ct.reiv vettetai.l-. W'nt.s and the line humming and ;.'':, a in m ctiecf : can th'tmpinjj as it ran smoking' aronn I the , , ,.. -r nrg nt mttv lie . . , .. . ... ...... .. , ir.t as w,.u a, lu a.iuits. Ki-r-ueau. 1 nH " e lnlollSn wnicn w boat was now beinij dragged merely con fisted of detached f i Hui-uts, so that there was at present no danger of our being etoven. Far ahead, however, were larger m.a.es, some of them in fact looming up as hiyii as a ship's main yard, which must crush ottr boat like an eggshell should we come into contact with them. We Loj ed that the whale would come up ere we readied that locality, and give our fii-st mate one of the imwl i-k.iiit.il Ij.ii. ers in n.e service a chance to kill it. On s;iU on.sjH."! the lx.iat, and we found t.'ln-. I.'Im iimatisni. (iont. on; f-elvea drawimr alariiiinfIv near the n..M,r. ir..:it. I-rysipela., ' - , ,. v : . k i ,:,n ,,r :lni: , frowning rampArU of ice. ; 'i ' Mcs r. iimiy i,a. el- ( We were within about fifty fathoms of . m. -ii: -' important and 1 , , r v. r.- l i(,r thu cure ' tliein, and toe mate had puked up the boat " " ! .-r - p. i.in in niv fare- ! hatchet, with the intention of eevering the line in case ot our getting1 much nearer, when up came the whale, booming out of the tea, scarcely three ship's lengths ahead. "Haul line f shouted the first officer. We ol -eying, and the boat was drawn raj. idly toward the whale. When n"ar enough the mate sent his lance whistling through the air, and struck the whale in the region of the hump. The moment he felt th? oint of the lance the monster made the water By all around him, beat the sea with his dukes, and rolling his head from side to side. Suddenly, when the movement was least expected, he made a das'j for the boat, and just gazed the bow with his .Hukes, knock ing off a iortion, to winch was attached the boat hatchet. T. c du. .. ,-. , i info '.he i cii..m e s ., The bo . , , .v,t. drawn toward tho.-e u . lf. J. The ru..te i..vi.i, ..j.-.n, lost the boat hatchet, now calleti u. Knife. One of the men reached over to hand him one, when a coil of the line caught him around the shoulder, and in endeavoring to regain his balance and escape the coil he lost his footing, falling headlong Rgainst his shipmates. Here was a delay which was attended with peculiar result. The boat dragged on, seemed about to be dashed to pieces against the bergs, when the whale nulling (turning) under water, it was drawn into a huge ravine between two masses of ice. This ravine seemed very long. We were drawn farther and farther into it ere the' mate could suc- e-d in obtaining a ku.. At last, having procured one, he was about cutting the line, w hen the passage 'LINIMENT DIDS OF AMMONIA ' '" a veil ; ii.plicl ,'iV. . 1 i, i". n Midi cured uie." 1 U" ll'n. l:i.t,urir. Pa., - - l.ej.t 4.1 6-1, Ave., N. Y. NEW SCALE PIANOS ' "i-V ,0u,'h 'latle. n,i a fine ,tJJ,concertoORCAKS 'n 7 ik ' ' . t I'f't fletV lir. "" r1o,'"l is.i line Imitation M V'.''KM f,LY UnV ,,,r ""' '"rh,a ''"'.-, rr,lral. - ' ' ' ' v" ,' Hxit-M-tii iiallnu-iit .lTi:U;;ii'v" '"""'"""N AT "fri" ihw ,' s-. -i:viw w a m ' '""" 1 Tfarhrr. U;i,t,r. ' " i..' -Vr. Speelal lailorr. . 'K. i;,,r 3.:,e7. Poultry Powder. wTnted.lf nsed In time, to cure rhlrken cholera und f Withasurply ofthm '"W'ler and abcvtowalof Li r 1 oriJinmrT attention toclem- i'U P materl .!. n w on e mi of ; --vil;.;, J ,r,rT"'n(rmater1iil,anTonemay 'ottiriV'rlnri'tT"'n,)',r"T,'"?th of . ie.. ,1MU"' ParkafraSiScfH.. "r?"'t. AjCi" Ucier' Bnt tree npou re- rss. A-1. METER CO.. BalUmore. "- si:yii.j OKTIIIiV i-i '-lceti e,eh. for 5. V" ' ' V ):T'T''- ;"l'l-l Prlne 1 r i.rticlar. AddrcM ' ;.;J.:,,lr-"''"'.ty, Wyoming TTrr, . LAKE. r," ': nn!,ar4i';'i,-l n old, t'(. ,-KL M INSTITUTE. . A.M., principal, . ? Uf r " j ,v-EKLY SUN 8 rMtiri ;"l'iiin.rroinn..w Mv.k.1 "l"'u, (.0 rt. Addrees Thi we were drawn having narrower as we pro- through wiiic.i become mu-h ceeded, jammed us in, crushing the boat at once. Two of my unfoi tunate shipmates, caugh ma bight of the flying w bale line, were di awn out of my siht in a moment, disao pearing, with r.ne simultaneous shriek, into the deep waters. Never shall I forget the look of their wild, horror-stricken faces, which, for an instant, were revealed to me ere the sea closed over them forever. The rest of us were, meanwhile, strug gling in the cold waters, two of the men holding on to oars, and the mate and I clinging to a spur of ice projecting out from the side of one of the bergs. To add to the peril of our situation, a thick mist had gathered, hiding the other boats from our view. We shouted with all our might, but we had little hopes of making ourselves heard. Now and then, as we still clung to our hold, we could distinguish far up in the mist through the opening in the ice ravine, J the form of some Arctic bird wheeling past with rushing winds, while around ns fell the eternal roar of the icebergs, as they were washed by the everlasting tides: Finally the male pointed out to me an opening in the side of the berg just alove our heads, leading probably to some cavern in the very bosom of the icelierg. How to reach it, however, we could not determine, until at length, unbuckling the long strap around his waist the ma'.e formed a sort of hitch at the end and Ihew it over a spur of ice projecting just above the hollow. Ey this, with our half-be mimed hands, we four men contrived to draw ourselves up to the cave. We entered it to find it comparatively warm; and by exercising, which we now had plenty of room to do, we contrived to infuse some d g: ee of warmth into our chilled frames. Thn we commenced to explore the cave. It was more than four feet deep, and had a slopii.g roof, from which, like "crystal chandeliers," depended large fragments of ic? of almost every shape and hue. 1 here were green, gold, blue and pui-ple, all hang ing downv.ird, while at the sides the cave seemed st idd I with precious stones, gleam ing with a beautiful luster almost dazling to the eye. I think we are safe enough now," said the mate. 'The boats will, doubtless, le here soon, as th"y were pulling after ua when we got fast." "Aye, aye, sir," answerer! the boat- steerer; "but let us shout so as to make sure." We adopted this suggestion, but it seem ed to us as if our voices did not penetrate beyond the ice gorge. Meanwhile we wailed vainly for the ap pearance of the loats. Night came upon us a dark, glooomy night, and still there we were in the cave. All night long we there remained without closing our eyes. In the moi-ning, the mist having cleared, we took a survey of our situation. It was alwnt the same as on the previous night, still with no sign of the boats. As on the previous night we again shouted, and thought this time we heard a response. "Hark r said the boat-steerer; "I think there's the sound of paddles. We all listened to hear it qutte dis tinctly. D p ! dip ! dip r K.-igevly we gazed round the edge of the cave opening, expecting every moment to behold one of our boats coming to the rescue. Suddenly we saw the edge of a boat come round the corner of the ice gorge. Not ours, however, but ouo of a far dif ferent kind. It was about twelve feet in length, and was made of sealskin tig'htly drawn over ribs of whslebone. It contained about half-a-dozen Esqui maux, wearing garbs of sealskin and having great lings in their ears and nostrils. They were a most uncouth-looking set, beirg short, squat, and armed with sjieara and lances of fishbone. The moment they caught sight of us they stopped their loat anil stood gazing toward us with a hideous expression of counte nance. Iiy signs we endeavored to make them understand what had happened, and that we were anxious to get back to our ship. "Celupi cel.ipi '." they all screamed by which we hum -'mi h i.i to mean tobacco, ha .'ir i. - . ; i . . - uf this region ex iv. the... . o.-s in a sm.nr manner. We shoifc our heads in the negative, im plying that we had no tobacco, which was really the truth, as we had chewed up all In our possession during the night. They seemed, however, to doubt Us, and, withdrawing round the angle, they held what seemed 10 be a consultation, judging by the sound of their voices. Finally they reapjieared, and we knew it was with hostile intent. A party of whalemen had recently com mitted an outrage upon their tribe, whom they had driven from their vessel, which We easily avoided these missiles, how ever, by dodging back into the cave, ier ceiving which the natives drew their frail vessel within a few feet of ua, now throwing with greater precision. We contrived stiil to avoid their darts, by withdrawing behind an angle of the cave, although we had several narrow escapes. We made many attempts to seize the f pears as they came into our retreat; but hey were w'-thdiawn too quick for us. Meanwhile, 'he sharp missiles coining, as the did, in t perfect shower, were fast ki... Ring away the angles of ice which Sti'oi . ' -I us r-! re- so :.at we in...t .-oon be fi.ii -n, . i rotis we (.pons. We ie-iii a '. ; ..t. ill l.ut could ti.ink of no way of delendhig oiu r eives against a d'ycn armed men. "If we could only contrive to reach the su'iimit of this berg we would be safely out of the way," said the boat stset er. "Aje. aye. but that is impossible," ans wered 'be mate. "There is no way we can get to '.T.e top ..f the l.ei-er." The btai-"teeier waa a brave fellow from New l-dfov.'. "Tiie ile- of the berjr are rouirh, and in some places protrude like shelves, said he. "I will make ih? attempt." "Heller no;," said the ma'e. r.nl the 1 oa;-s eei e:-, who in his younger dnys l.d Won a performer in a circus, and was, iheref o,-e, well e;sed in gymnastic pel foi mances, said he wt u'd try. Arrived at the summit he might see soiiie.hing of the i-hip or a sail, which he would le enabled to signal, and thus, pet haps, brio.i." to our assis;:,nee in time. Without fiii lher pfi'lude he did actually start, a.n'l had goi ttj-be '.nd reach of the natives' lances ere thty could get ready to hm 1 iheir weapons. From our position through a wide chink in the leig, we ,-av. Tom l in knis such wa tl e iKiat-stce.'ei s name tmully ascend so far that he was btyoud tiie range of our limited vsion. At the same moment whiz c.Mne another slower of h.n. f.s md ti.e column of ice, which had been our only sliel'er, gave w aj . Thus in a moniont we found ourselves ful'j exposed to the weapons of our as sailants. Tiieie they stood -the whole party : their hideous faces couvul.-ed w ith dt inonia- ca! Ii ii.mph as they glared upon us. i Wo gave ouis: Ives up for lost, for, at so shoi I a distance, our eiieniies couid not help ' hitting us. Apparently, fully aware of this, they set tip an exultant t-hout, showing their teeth, which were long and hooked, as they did so. We all stood awaiting our fate like men, although, had the canoe been near enough, we might have concluded to spring in to it, so as, at leas, not to lie without a struggle. We saw the wretches take aim, saw them about hurling the deadly missies, when there was a crash like thunder, and a huge mass of ice fell upon Ihem, beneath which boat and all vanished in a moment. We never saw those Esquimau or thtir boat again, but we now hoard alove us the shout of our gallant shipmate Tom Tirekins, w ho explained to us that he it was w ho had rolled the mass dowu upon our assailants. lie had also seen and signaled our vessel, w hich soon picked us up, ami to the occu pants of which we related our hazardous adventure. A. COAL 31 12S iE HORROR A TIIRiXLTNG STORY OF A BOY'S ADTEX TUBES IS AN ABANDONED MINE. Puxmorb, Pa., July 27. Through the brutality of a miner in the employ of the Pennsylvania coal company, at this place, a wide boy in the same mine was recently put to a terrible experience in one of the company's abandoned mhies. The miner's name is James Barrett. The boy's name is James Gallagher. The man Barrett, it seems, was in the habit of abusing the lad in a most shameful man ner, having no apparant cause save a mere personal antipathy. The boy stood in mortal fear of Barrett. A week or so ago the latter had been tyrannizing over young Gallagher with more than usual cruelty, The Roy at the Soda Fountain. A STARTLING TALE THAT HE TOLD TO A fOOR OLD LADT WHO WAS THIRSTY. lie was rinsing the glasses when the old lady entered the store. It was hot weather, and the soda fountain looked so tempting that she conquered her avarice and walked over and told the boy that she would take a glass. "Po you wish for a fly in it?'' he in quired iu a whisper. "A fly? grashus I no 1" she replied, a look of disgust on her face. "Just as you say, madam,'' he went on as he drew some lemon syrup. "PeDple are so different in tastes, you know. Some object to flies and some don't. I'll mix some pineapple syrup with this lemon, and and finally swore that if he did not quit now will you have a great deal of gas and his sight at once be would kill him, at the TllK MOTHER'S ROY, "Is there a vacant place in this bank which I could fill?" was the inquiry of a boy, as with a glowing cheek be 6tood be fore the manager. "There is none," was the reply. "Were you told that you conld obtain a situation here? "Who recommended you?" "No one recommended me sir," calmly answered the boy, "I only thought I would see." There was a straightforwardness in tho manner, an honest determination in thd countenance of the lad, which pleased tho man of business, and induced him to con tinue the conversation, lie said : "You must have friends who could aid you in ob taining a situation ; have you told them?" The quick flash of the deep blue eyes a little gas?" "I'm purty thirsty," she said, "Well, then you want more water than gas and there won't be so much danger of an explosion." "Explosion?' she queried. "That was the word, madam. TVe have had but few such accidents here this sum mer, and I truly hope that we riray have no same time ruuning towards the boy with his pick raised as if to strike him. Gal- j lagher ran screaming away from his perse- i cutor, and made directly into the abau- j doned chamber, uever stopping to look : where he was, in his fright only thinking j of getting out of the reach of Barrett, j After running for some time the boy stop- ped, and for the first time saw that he was in the worked out mine. In putting his foot i more." forward he found no rest for it, and before "Poes soda water blow tip folks?" he could recover his balance be fell head- "That depends on the state of their long into a pit. His head came in contact ( health. Some people could stand here and with one side of the excavation. He at- drink all day, while others might get the tempted to regain his feet, but ho was' glass tipped up this way, and boom ! they'd overcome with a sense of numbness, and fell back into the slime and ooze that cov ered the jagged bottom of the pit. How long he lay there unconscious the boy did not know. He came to himself with a knowledge of a peculiar pain in bis fingers 1 and toes. At first be did not realize where j he was, but the impenetrable darkness and , cold, damp atmosphere soon recalled his ; situation. He drew up his hands and feet . to make an effort to rise, wheu an army of rats scampered away from about him. j They ran over his body 'and trailed their cold, slimy tails in his face. j When ho reached the first cross corridor ! he sat down on a jutting piece of coal, and j for the first time found that the rats h?.d j gnawed two of his lingers to the bone, had ; eaten away the uppers of his shoes and the j flesh of his two great toes. He followod , one of the cross corridors snd wandered about in the maze of chambers for hours. J Once he thought he heard his name called ; and he shouted in reply, only tohear it re- pcated for minutes by the echoes. ' W719 nilPnelifil in tl.a miaH.LinM n-n t a little water, or a great deal of water and ! , , ... . , . v i KArf ipu ne lit. cmil i.s.t f..ir " ".". i ui'n ..j nan iu laving , gol' "Bust?" "Yes'm fly into a thousand pieces. You never saw a human being explode, did you?" "Mercy, no 1" "Well, you don't have the least warning. They may be laughing or talking, and all at onco the store is filled with false hair, monogram garters, bustles, corsets, fcet teeth, and rolled plate jewelry. It makes a great muss around here, and if we hadn't three of the smartest negroes in town to "My mother said it would be useless to try without friends ;" then, recollecting him self, he apologized for the interruption and was about to withdraw, when the gentleman detained hfm by asking why bo did not remain at school for a year or two, and then enter the business world. "I have no time," was the reply. "I study at home and keep up with the other boys." "Then you have a place already," sairl his interrogator. "Why did you leave it?" "I have not left," answered the boy, j quietly. "But you wish to leave ; what is tho matter !" For an instant the child hesitated ; then he replied with a half reluctant f.-ankuesa I "I must do more for my mother." Brave words ! talisman of success any wherej everywhare. They sank into tho heart of the listener, recalling the radiant past. Grasping the hand of the astonished child, he said, with a quivering voice t "My, boy, what is your name? You shall have the first vacancy that occurs in tho bank. If, meantime, you need a friend, coine to me. But now cive mo vour con. . ft.lonxn IV 1. .. .1.. 1.. . f- pick up and sweep out we'd have to shut " "J " "" Ior Ji'iu iimiiivr r nave you no lamer ? up the store for a whole afternoon after an explosion." He stood with the glass in his hand agi tating the syrup and waiting, and she said : "1 didn't suppose it was dangerous stuff." "Well, as I told you, it depend on the state of the system. If your liver is torpid and your digestion impaired, one glass of soda water would blow yon higher than AVli.VT A HOAX DID. The Chicago Times lately indulged in a sensational hoax by getting up a column with glaring head-lines, giving a detailed account of the destruction of a theatre in that city, to which it added a list of the burned alive." The proposed object of the hoax was to show what would lesult were one of the theatres in that city reallj to take tire. This, was one of the results: A gentleman just out of Chicago left his home the nigiit before for the purpose of attending this theatre with a friend who was visiting him. They were to stay in the city over night. The next morning, at breakfast, the. wife of this gentleman took up the morning paper, and was greeted by the xlisplay head-lines of this infamous hoax. In horror she turned to the list of "killed." and found the name of her hu.i band. She shriek d and fell to the flooi . The man's mother, who lived with him immediately seized ti.e' paper to find the ''iseiif her da: ; h i : -it - j'w's distress. On .. ,.u.: ;r it. she ti l i) .i.-. iloor lieside her, ..nd c::pii'ei. 'j i.c v A became a raving maniac. Suibiy, here .must le some form of retributive justice that will reach the causes of calamities such as these. Jones, who is a very small man, let Smith, who is a ton man, that he could carry him twri;e around the hippodrome. A large number of ladieB and gentlemen attended to witness the proceeding. " Now, Smith, I am ready. Take off your clothes." " What I sbnp myself f You don't mean itr " I tet to earrv von. but not a narticle of the natives had boarded for the purpose of ! yotlr clothes. Come, let's proceed. It won't trafficking, and had afiei w.trd jehed them , do to disanoint these ladies and gentle men." But Smith was inflexible. He blushed at the bare thought of showing himself in the thin costume f Venus emerging from the waves. So the refe-ee decided that Jonea had won the bet. with rotten iotatoes. Paddling their sealskin Wt to within a few yards of our retreat, I hey commence 1 throwing their spears at us pulling then: back by means of long warps attached to th handles. prey to the tortures qf hunger and thirst, and to both mental and physical agony, lie saw a light Hash, for an instant, across the corridors in which lie was groping. It was a long way off, but be knew it was a miner's lamp, and felt that parties were searching through the deserted chambers for him. Regardless of the batd, jagged floor, the strong walls, the ever-accompanying throng of rats that kept in his rear, or dangerous pits that might lio ahead of him, he ran rapidly towards" where he had seen the light, shouting until he was hoarse. His answer was heard, and in a few mo ments sturdy miners had found the boy. But he did not know that he was rescued. He had fallen to the ground unconscious, his strength having gone out with his last wild cry. The people were wild when it was announced that the boy was found, and his biave rescuers were borne aloft by the crowd. It was a long time beforo young Gallagher was restored to conscious ness, and then it was only at intervals that he was in his tight mind. In these sane intervals he related the story of his fearful sufferings, and learned that he had been nearly two days and one long night wan dering among the horrors of the mine. The moments iu which he was sane be came less frequent and finally days passed without one gleam of reason lighting up tho darkness of his mind. The surgeons found it necessary to amputate one hand and three toes that had been guawed by the rats and to perforin other painful oper ations to save the boy's life. One day last week his physical condition being such as to permit it, they decided that he must be taken to an asylum for mental treatment and expressed great doubts of his perma nent recovery. The brute Barrett, when the result of his cruelty became known, was compelled to fly the place in the night to escape the fury of the exasperated popu lace, and personal effects left by him were burned as an expression of tho indignation of the ieople against him. While wandering about in this way, a j Gilderoy's kite, and the coroner would be lucky to find as much as your spectacles to hold an inquest on. If your system is all right, you might drink a hundred glasses and feel no disastrous effects. Now, then, you'll have a good deal of water and but little gas, eh?" She made a deprecatory motion and asked ; "How's the stuff made ?" "Well, I can't go on and explain all tho process. There's marble dust, acid, gas, sugar-coated pills, giant powder, cologne water and kerosene all mixed together and then distilled. The distilled liquid is placed iu a retort t where a chemical action separates it, and the gas forces it up separ ate pipes." "Kerosene and pills !' she gasped. "That's what I said, madam. You look innocent and honest, and I hope you won't say anything about it. I tend this foun tain in order to support a w idowed mother and seven fatherless children. If you should say anything I'd be discharge') ru d j j if I were discharged I should contmitsuicide You'll have plenty of water eh ?" "No, sir, I won't," she replied. "Ro Tears filled his eyes as he replied : "My father is dead, my hi ethers and sisters are dead, and mother and I are left alone to help each other. But the is not strong, and I wish to take care of her. It will please her, sir, that you have been so kind, and I am much obliged." So saying, tho boy left, little dreaming that his own nobleness of character had been as a bright glance of sunshine into that busy wot Id be hid so tremblingly entered. A boy ani mated by a desire to help his mother will always find friends. Sayings or C ii e-Foo-Ts i x. I dreamed last night that I had three friends. How ciazy we are in in our sleep. Since my ryes became dim, and I do not read any more, I find myself grow ing daily in wisdom. We knew a man who did not like to have his name in the newspaper. I have not seen him since he was a boy. I think he is dead. When I was young I had thoughts of marrying, and I began to look for a wifo whom all women would speak well of; but I never found her. I have wasted my time. There was a place set apart in heaven for good wives who could Judge a wicked thing as harshly when a man did it ns when a woman did it. But it has never been oc cupied, I believe. I foolishly applied myself to the study of the laws. It is fortunate that I gavo the study up for I should have been sony to lose all sense of justice. I am told that our breath poisons the air yo suppose I'd drink acids and kerosene? " and V'C t,e.CS 1,aVC to Uce, U pt,re ,,y "ck "Not in their crude state, madam, but this process-1 " "I don't care for the process !" she snap ped ; "I wouldn't touch tho stuff !" "It, is a mild beveragn, madam, and the doc- " "Well, I don't want any. When I go to swallering tar and lard and kerosene oull know it ! S'posen I drank some and ex ploded I" "Pon't mention it I" he Whispered. "Pon't speak of it !" "I'm sorry for you, young man, but thero's a constable li ving right in sight of our house, and I think 11 f "You'll drivo me to a suicide's grave, you mean 1" She lowered bcr spectacles, took a look at him, and went out without replying. Detroit Free Press. A Caudal Tale. Amos Smith is a Very particular Friend, and very much opposed to all wordly titles; but a certain corres pondent was not aware of this peculiarity, and "hereby hangs a tale." This corres pondent" had directed a letter to Amos Smith, Esq. Friend Amos replied punctu ally, and added the following postscript : "I desire to inform thee that, being a member of the Society of Friends, I am not free to use wordly titles in addressing my friends, and wish them to refrain from ictnn. 4 l.n In mo Thn.l n.tU 1 C lining iuviu vyj ut;. M uv u nut, I lie I u H U tf, please to omit. the word .'Esquire' at tho end of my name, and direct thy letters to Amos Smith, without any tail." By the return mail came a reply, directed in precise There aro no wooden houses, hot even barns and sheds, in the British Islands. The patent cause is a want of native "lum ber," Englishmen who visit tho United States wonder at the immense quantity and terrible waste of timber throughout them. Mr. Watsor, Secretary of the British Legation at Washington, mentions in his reiort this year to the Foreign Office in London that "in traveling through Ne vada by railway he observed a snow-shed or tunnel constructed entirely of timber, which took an hour and twenty minutes to traverse, and which is said to be twenty- i rectpy answered nine miles in length." If we do not plant. ing the poison out. It seems ro me that a great many people are put into the world for nothing but to make hard woik for the trees, I do not understand it. There is an a jvful catastrophe that I am in dread of. I am afraid that we shall some day learn to read one another's thoughts. That will be the end of society, and of marriage, and we shall have to live alone after that. I should like to soe a world peopled with men alone, just to see what kind of crea tures they would become, but I uever expect to. There could not le but ono man in it at a time. He would have eaten all the rest. I should like, too, to seo a woild peopled with women alone, but I never shall I would not dare go near it. I have some ambition to be a jerfect man but not till after I an dead and in another state of existence, for it is a sad thing to have no character among one's fellows. I wish I had ingenuity enough to steal without being caught, because it is pleasant to acquire reputation and respect in the world. The following puzzle is again on its rounds: "To five and five and fifty five the first of letters add; 'twill make the thing that killed a king and drove a wise man mad." It was published first aliout twenty years ago and has never been cor- But they say there is an answer. to compensate for our infinite no and j - - abuse of timber, a time may come when 1 The Rochester Chronicle indulges in t 1 T" - .1 m - we suau grow as nine oi it as x.ngiaui mis awmi proplresy: In six months from ; accoiuance wtiu me request oi the particu- ( does. Nearly all the timber used in Kng- now mark tho prediction the ladies will j lar Friend "To Amos Smith, without any . land is brought from Canada, the United have two small leirs to their nauta inUeorl tail, Philadelphia?" States and Norway. of one big ono.
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