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'I'l. Y l'i' HI.Ic i :i ,...) s nri I us ut our p'a 'e . to: .in.'.- I'l I . . !..,,.. r,, erytlilllK kcj t in- it : d e- y. liui i. w l a art ULir. ll r..SI nn.l I11..M- I'rirm Ueun e:lman-s new parallel eieles : ; . i. (ii-.Ki a 4.,rtit:. . kv.v; - j M 5 a 4 Xl-K WUtell :. l ,. h-vt n: in -t i .'.u'nc '"tl !- i' ! , n .IV ii. ! i kii.t y . v miM'-ki.r i i -i. ; . ; .i :ii.l i,il II l!N lNt!, U. v, w. 1 tr im ' V ff TT MM LB C ROYAL '"u":3 J 4 mm Absolutely Pure. i Tne inwi:or novcr v.i n?n. a marvel ot vurtty j it rr.i: ; n un-l wiinU'nrneQiis. Mure foimnmir il i 1 1: in I ln iinlin-irr klnJ). n 1 cannot tie sold In I !':) oilimn with the ru ;iltl t ml e of the low tent, ' .'h irt Meiii ht, alum or I hos;h;ite powder . f ui.'i I'l f?i. KilVJLL lilUlMl 1'UWOKK CO.,l'Hi n i!l St., N aw Vi.Kii- P.ATURE'G CURE FCf? - COSSTIPATIQ'rl. hll.Mhl.K K1MKD fur Sii'W Mnm&rR, t or ToriiM l.lrrr. Itilinut II rail a he. t oil iti n"ii, Tjrranf lifTcrvrHCeiit iSlt-xr-r A pprif lit. It U certain in 1 cltec:. It !i m'r.tli' in its :ii'tt n. It Is I'Alutoutile tu the tlte. 11 ran relied 'ijHjii to cure, ami it cures t y i.i.n.vfi7, w? ty outrair line, milure. lo t-ul take vli!ent imrsf ative . your M lvt.i or ulinw your chil SicS-Keadachqi"; AND DYSPEPSIA. li reu t take tUciu, !w.tyd use tMs elegant ihar tuticAiitical preuartiun, which tiii.i .cL'll lur mora Hi in I'.rtr yeara a jiutili: liivorn. t;ti by druggitte TliooM.xt an 1 hrt I nitit'-j'ion l"r !t:t!nln a i;ulnc-i 1 il ,1,' it inn . W e h.ve nic .-( 1 II v iro- l.irfi ti: '-i.N i ' y. i:ri m'n l .r tUe activo .lutlc.-i i,I I lie. 1 r i ' i r".-ul. 1 1 i. r. i'i i f s".., rit.sburi,', Vx. S.-,t. il.-ht. D. LASV.CELL9S ASTHMA AND cw r n m SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. ll-.vlnir .trni'uli'. vo vnr li-!wicn llleanil il-vi- Ii w.tr As I II M A r I'll I'll I sic, treated Ly etnuii.'iit h i.M;in.. an I rii'cr. iii no I cneCt. 1 a ,i .-. n j ell el 1 1 nr.-. t he 1.. " eiirji oi iuv 111-n.-.- to pit on niv c! -ir il:iy mid n.ht nai'inir for I'ri.rli. My ittlliTitiijii wfto t .-wiii.l ilecripuon. In d' i r I exj i" it:i I oil ! y -e' f cutii i-und-i'iir . l-i and I'.erl". uud t':t;:il iiir the medicine tt'in iii':iin'.J 1 liiftni..iti-lv dtiic.iverod this hn.M'i i,h i. ci i;:: im; asiuaiv am I' tl.ii; 1. 11. Wl TT 1 Cod t T'liCVO the mi. it tut-i'.i-n c..c of Asril.MV IN Mi: MINI 1 Ks, M. it t;.e '.it;ci't . .in Li down t. r.-t and U'ep c. i:ifuri:it ly. l ir.i.ii' r. iid t:.- t. ii em: denn ed i I nu t irom uii.-i l .c:tt.l te'tiuiuuia Is all i f r c r.l .'..ite . 1 1. iv it k . II. IT lit "5. San .Tnso. -:il. . writer : "I rn I fie Keineiv- n i Jti'1 even mire Ihaarci.re--i'i te I . t re i v e i ii-t i ;r . e.e.i - r'i i-f . I- 1. C.irs n. . M. V.arr-n Kan., WTitc: W . tn at c.t !) en iu. :.t . f: . e. j tin t th t ei.un try u:nl i ertuany ; tried the clln: ite of iliffereat si'nir n. th'u all. rue I rein f like your prepara Inn." I. . IT PJtelp". P. M. GrliriiJ, 'hin. write ? Sor-f.-red Itii A t h ma i ye irs. uur mo lirioe in 3 rn i .;n 1 1 lines mere lir tin t linn the most e tut nent ph t Me -a i. -i dui fi r ui- . n : i. ree years.'' II. c. I limj. I. m, J... let 111., write : "Send Ca tarrh Kemedy at once. Cannot ir't along without it. 1 rid tl the mist valuable medicine I have ev-r tr'e.l." e have miry otherhearty tetlmonlal. of cure i r relief, a I'd i'l r.it r that ail .-iitTererti rrorn As'.Ii tiia. ii'arrh. Kay jr'ever, and kindreil di-"ass may t:ve an i or' unit y ol te.til. ti e vulue ol t !. Kerne.; v we wt'l s;-nd to arir address 1 I; A 1. PACK At : K K ivl-.h: I ! t HAICiSK. It our tlr:x n i-t ta ..- to kee it do imt peru.it tilm t.l sell you -nine worthies-, unit atom I y h.s re prrsenti m it to .,".. o.-.o.'. l ut -cud .lire.ll to us, Write v our prime and d ! t i '"' - nl:.(..l..i.MMf:iiMAN X .. Prop".. Win i. sa'.e Prumjlut., Wo.i-ter. Wayt" Co.. U. 1-11 f z : ty uail tl.oo. lene 11. l-T.-ly. B. J. LYNCH, AuJ Manalai'lurtr .c; Dfa'.rr ia EOME AND CITY WADE FURNITURE ! i?a Kjsaa sens, LOUXGnS,bI-l)STEADS, TAKLKS CUAIKS, Mat! reuses, Sz'cy 1".: ELEVENTH AVENUE, ALTOOXA. TEXX'A ; ' (.'it ! pi's i f Can. tr.ji County aiu! all i r f.-r-i wisliiiii: to pure! a Jioiiest Fl'liNI 'I I Sir'., Ac. :a l utit t.1 prio r are rospt-ct fully invilrd t. cire us a call before Imvlnij tlse wtieri. tu Wr are cur.fulent tt at we can mi-el evi-ry ft'snt and please every taste. Tri-es the vory lowest. 4 U-"so-tf. PATENT ihril: p.l ami nil I .VI FN'T ITSINE.VS at tr..t".t t. fur aitUiLKAl K KKK. ur C'fTuv is u juMte tt.e I. S. Tatent f IP.i.'e r:.J we can ot-tain pat-nt4 in ip time tran tl use re r.n te fn m WASniNCT N. !sfti.i MOHKl- Ol". DI'.AWIMi. We ail v.s,' a t i .,. nt!)!:itT f't'e'i f cliariM' rtrd we i..k. MM-i!Aia;i.VNLKS PAT EST IS m.i i i:m. We rcf.-rt'. lier.', ti tho lVstniaster, tl.e pt. of M.ti'v ir ler Dlv.. ana ti: trie i fti-I-: f ' tlii' 1' s. r.-.t -r.: l:loe. Kor circu I ,s. si! vice, ri'riiH ani! refercnceri to actual l:ents in cur twn st.ite write to 12. -V. SXOW k CO. p. 1'ali nl ): Haitlilutlon. I. ('. s Kl PiAivTo-ponTca. I VhUt.'Al.l.H) 1 M Tens, Tcucli, VcrlxESIii5 & Exility. ITIT.I.l.tM 1 A1.K . V Vtmaj t Ik. It'm. re Miss., J.llliU je. I FITS! iv"'.i-t 1 -. ..; . ! l tiff i. rrn-. ' ' ' tsm f t I .1 ia I I- pb hw . :um r' -i i . .r. I I t-'- ' 'J' ; rir:i.V,.;K;:;,':H .. . w .t. 5V nf i TUe NlgUt-TTin J. 'nce ttlieti the r izht-wmd .lai.pcil iti wins And shook the w in.iow-hars ami roof, I hear I the soul of hattle-kinirs ltive liy in clahin; proof! Simrt.mrs runic ,f rife it kept, )f winter r.i-h:-,, in selected tree; ;-'r uiidernea h the e.ive, it crept A twutui of uiuruiuria(f tyci , . 1r, no-T. w ild hnntsmrn of tli. air Tn liollon- rh.ie their Initio blcn, Wlnle sn ift o'er wood and hill-t.., bare , The s!. nil-voiced nuarrj- flew. s-.mu-f iim's I hcinl of lovers flown, sal.', mi k r ward ol storm and ni'it. To wheie, in ilv in lo.i tburc sliouo A la.ie. kiu l aud OM'at. Tlii's'' t un,-, ilu ni.-ht-w in I use! to tell, A u l still vv on!. I tell, if I im,hl boar; Lut i.ii i'i'iv siecpx too s'limd and well To Kud a liieainlnl ear. " .VAI.TER-S iVIFE. i Walter Wi'.Iiam-s wss oin to he runr ricl, ra.l Lis art-lit ,-re imwir.in.,'. In fact. Iii r.i'ilior, who vaa energetic and to il:i ai;if i ve. ilecl;ire.l, "if k1it was in iat Iter's j'huv," uncatiir.j; her liuslmivl ', "slio won!. 1 iorhi.i the? baiiii.s.' '' Mrs. William's "father" Wii.s nota i.'loil man. Mrs. Williams ha.l not marri-il liiui for his inti lK i tual wealth, an.l he had some what misty views iij'on most stiliiei-ts. And he evidently regarded these ' bands" that his wile Fjiukt; nf, us two luni: lines attached to the matrimonial haiu-r, iu which Wall' r ;.n l !iis v.i:evirj to ho driven in future in wed. led harness. Atid he rci'lii-d, thnt "it wouldn't do no pood to meddle with the hands, frr they Were dcterr.iinesijto l3 joined together, and ir" they wa.-n't then, they would beat Some future time." the Imns were not feirl iJdrn, end Walter Williams and llattio Parker were) niiite I till death would part them. As a tr w hi.sji.Ted to Hattie. rs they passed out ol the church, "Ti l dcatii, darling; my own, and forever alter. Ui h l.'ve .is ours i3 for r.U time.'' Pc n.i'tiil'Cr what the I'ihle pte. a Tn:'.n shall forsake father and mother tor his wile; nn I that you are now my owa wi:e, ti hive and t.j protect forever more. Walt.-r'a handsome f.;ce lonked so nol.'.o ; nd i: anly ns he said this, that lhiltif fni'Li't the preat r-orriov of lier liti', in her perfect love ind admiration of her hus! a ci I. And lu w as s.ot so much tu hlatue fur l.er udmirafon, lor Walter Wiiiiairs was a Very nohle yo :i man. 1 !!', i c! ii. je t de.-ert llatiie, and ! leak her h. ai t .snd hisowii, h caii.-e his nrelits 1. 1, eele 1 t her poverty. So i -tiier f-ii'.t o .l ! he I rotsht a.iotst her. she V. as an IpiiJIl, tlltirely il iell lie.-, e h r W alter. I or the invalid w i. lowed li.othi r, v. !.o::i llatiie h.' l s iried w.th le r m.'."li hil di d two u.oiiths ! e.oe icr marriage ; die 1 v.ah a lot. k oi iiditvlit uj on her worn Ie;.tlire.s ;i ';:-.. r took li..tt'.e's haul in his, and v c I "io '. o e and r- iei t h. r a! i vs." .' I! '1 :- . . :!!! 1 i:i th" vi";: ' of I "lay toll, vhere N alter had bei n t .-'nd the wmttr wii!i :n im.'le. And whin his par -lits i speci.cly his mother, raised her stiiimy i ; -itioii. Waller, a-s wo eve, wa.s ii. t in i d Ut 1'ieak his vow to tha .'.a 1 an 1 ihu hyin tj appease his pareuta prejudice. At the stormy interview that occurred, when Waiter toll his mother his linn determii.ati'.tt to marry iluttie, his mother told him "that not one cent oi their piop.rty ehonhi he evi r have ; it fd.ould al go to found a hospital, or church." "Very w. ll." aiJ Waller, I hid r.Vher have llattie than a hundred fortunes. " "mu h a 6l.auie," eaid Ins mother. "Ar.d then you might Lave had Jemima Price."' "t-'ous n Jemima! That cli cat," cried Walter, irreverently. "Mie is only one fourth cousin, and is worth sixty thousand; aud it Ouht to le kept in the family." . - "-he is t'.i'ty years o!J." ".-he isn't a day over tliirly-f!c. auJ you can't have everthing in a wife." I have cverytliino; in llattie; evcrr th;n' that is sweet und loveal le, ble's lier ."' Which words, 6;vlion so lover-like anj n; ii ic .l'.y, s. incensed the old lady thi' s'.io h ft the rx)m po rapidly that evt-iy r l.h.n on I er cap t!oa.ed baek war i hko t'ajs i:i hi-h a!e. Put tho Idl.i'iy i.a i a heart; sn. h of n-moiith'-d. ;:i pu.si'.o jei p.e u-iialiy liave. And when sic saw W;dter, h -r only child, an 1 the i ! ! d hi r 1 cai t, dressed iu his 1 e.-t. r a !y t 1,0 to his hii lal. s!:e re tired into the ch. e ; roo'n, the iatthrst in t he lions , and s.n ow n njon the o! I che se-pre-s, unused lor e..rs, and 11.0 t; 11 .1 it with her tc-ais, cut of si-ht oi ;i!i, us she th. u.'i.t. l ut Wu.ter had a I iiii t, ti.o. a cry warm heart; 0110 th. t w:ts '.,-'r nioii-'i to hold the sweet o in ;irl iiid", nil 1 tho faithful o!c n. other. And he fo. lowed her lor a last k'ss. i-e hei.t overiur, aulki-.sed the faded ci.i'i k very tenderly: and then, r.uti' In.- her t.' rs : 11 i i.o:';e.i d mo d. ho v. t.i-.i ! to -r.y, "Muthi r. if y. 11 would ot.lv. e Ihtii', you v.o.dl "he Fure to I' Ve l.er. M e W ouid bo S'lcll a gOOI l.i ;!.. r to VoU." l.ove I.ei-1 Never!" And the r.l 1 lady's i: ! si'.n.t 111 .'.iotis iiiie.1 her t ais. I never wili c. 11 her daughter, t:n 1 she s!ia!l never enter try hou-e." "NiVtr, 11 other!' ad le 1 Walter, st ru'y. "Ni v. r, till yr n leel ditiereiitly t'v.ari h-r: till you look tipon l.er as y. .ur da uhter, wel(oti:o her tu tae; then idle win come." - ".-he -! al! never co-no. She hn sf nlfn my I", ys h rt, ruined Lis prospects in hie; lor Jemima tio I rea iv to tnanv you, I know, :.n i put her property with ours, and ;..u vi-uid le the riehist mart in the eountry. I had net my heart on it. And now, t ; is 'irl, a fortune-hunter, no I011I t, has stepped between you and pre 1 1 1 .ty an I happiness. 1 never will ch l. r i.aui.ttr, o. ost my foot into her hoti-e." , "Vt ry well. n. other. P.ut if you ever change yo -r mind ; if you ever come to her, if you or lather v ; nt .1 dnu;:b.ter'g care ani a. lection, sue w.ll le re.ily." '.-he shall never lift her finder tor f.uheror me - never! We will lay out 01 the ioa 1, hoin oi ii', Le fore she shall. An 1 you will never sc;r either of uj in side oi yo'-.r house - ln-ver I" Mrs Wild tms prided herself upn al ways kcpii ht r word, l ut, i l.nde.l by her ili-a; pol:te d ai.ihition, and her hoi jti.j' r, s..' oi l not at tnis time rci-ol-lei t tiieoi I i'llaje, tii. L "u.au propose!", and .ed .h.-po.-cs." .i W.d.i-r Will ams r.a 1 his j-ounj I I l ie set it f'!l t 1 .r II.. ill. e l hfcj over it .-id:." ' .!.. t :i.;tst.i"Us sea. Int. for a!! that, th. y w. re ciy hnj py. V;dter ob taii.e ! mp'.iiymi nt in I lay ton ; he was i i' 1 U in ;i b nk, w.tli a j."xd salary. And 1 hit; ie ma :e tiieir little ntlaw-Loine tha ei y t o. i st iitid L rihi s; pjki uj.n earth. It wa.s a Mnt to rsett ln i ll;t:ii.j ruiin.l the t :pper-t..h!e like a houhol I fairy, i.t. i t c; ii seem; whether Mary, their t tie servant . ha 1 rraii'd everthinn to Mi.t i.ll-r s ratiit r fastidious t..ste. And i:.- 11, v ie 11 th. u tlehcatt ly-ti i.ted china, i i:d !. ii:iy v.ands cf l.er own rooking w. re : rraned to .uit her, to bee her run o- t to the Mont jxirtiio, un l stand with lo r eyes shaded with lier hand, to see if Walter w.-s i)min. And then, when tho h; nds :iie, num y form appeared, ste p n- ll.htly, rs who would uot, to l wvicou.ei lo s-ith a hojae. And so two years rolled away, anil then came an evening, it was a lovely June evening, and Walter, comin homo at uiht-iall, 1 think, if possible, more lihtiy than ever. lor, though llattie did not run down to the gate to inee't hiai, he saw her looking out of tho window eagerly, and welcominjr as ever ; an I held up in l.er r.rn.s its golden head shiuin.', was the swe-.Ust of baby face', a miniature llattie in beauty. Its namo was b"usie ; for tender hearted llattie, who realized, by tlu Eiytterioas knowl edge of motherhood, n.ore than ever w hat it would be to have euch a Bon as Waiter, and lose him from any cause, so, as a Fort of silent peace-oHi-riii: for hav .n; stolen her loy, she would ii.si-t upon calling the baby for his mother. Plesised was this cottage aliove others after this little' angel visitant came t tarry with them. Eut one shadow dimmed the blue sliy cf their content, r. nd this was a constant Borrow to both Walter and llattie, tho alienation of h;s father and mother. Never h:d llattio :r.ct either of them. Waiter visited them occiisionally. llattio would make hint ?eO. He, resenting their treatment of her, would not have pone nearly so otten. had it not been for her persuasive eloquence. "They are old, Walter, J:a,t on but vou." "P.ut they hrive so x;.ci tolx: eatinniJ la you, my'pet-'' "Ji they tre unjnrt, r.z n3t cr-t ba rruel; two w rout's never nnido a ritrht yet," pleaded tender hearted llattie. And, after baby ca ne. lIio had another, a stronger argument, "What ii eux precious should grow up, and be onto estranged from us, Walter, you must go and see your fath.r acd tt.otlier "to morrow." This wss said upon the evoninr of th-? day before New-Year 'd live. "Walter could not ssibly havo rt fus.-.l r.ny re quest that llaltie could ask him ; but to his regret ho w as obliged to tell her that he was to be sent toC , ou business for the bank; he must start in the moin ltio, and should be ijone two days, llattie was too sensible a woman, to make any objections Xj her husband's leav ing her on business, although it was thj first Jime he had lc:t her so long iaco their marriage. Waller set out early tho next morning. And upon this very samo clear, cold morning. New-Year's live, Walter's father and mother an! she had leen awake nearly all tho previous night, co.iuting the peri is and anxieties oi the iourn -y se-t out lor Clayton. The old Ueutleman had eji idea of getting a pension ; li" had ber-n er.i;teJ in th jale war. lI- knew well what the jeril of war was, for Le had bte-:i ia an en gagement ; t.al ho Well ri.'liU'llll'iTB 1 running- every step cf thi way h-ine Iront the Lsttie-tield, wh'-n the c:i.".c.y appeared. Ilo ran tweiny-fi.nr milis, ami reached home perfect y exhi'.t:s:ed, and woiu out with the i.-ues of w ar. 1 or this very act.ve. service he was row thinking of petting a p. oil. lie ha.l been tiu ouraed in the hi pe l v a keen eyed peiisi 11 jigelil ill C. ay ton. but ha liniat, a; pear beiorj the u-tie.? pei-on-ally. i course-, Mrs. ih.a.i s ,.s i.ot g.'Ui,' to permit her husband to e. alone jn such a journey; i!jnrer hs.rii'd u: t't-fore her anxiouseyes. .lemima Pric htcr third Cou-in, who tioarde.l with In.-r now, h.t ing quarreled niiii all her lirst and second ousins, thought '"There was no need of Misau'a p:n-g. t-he was "ettin 1 old. and there vt as no need of it." This ony whetted the oil lady's de termination to go. "Old, indeed "i Slid guessed the wasn't so old now in Hatiuiw, st3 6omu wL j w ua a htilo 3 caliper in years.'' "A little younger, indeed I" .Temimtt was tender upon the subject of a--e, and long an 1 warm discussion ensued. To teil the truth, ever sm-e Jemima vvts tlomesticated with cousin Susan, she had .ooked upon her Walters refusal to marry her with lenity at lirst, and of hue with absolute joy and triumph, to think bha was no more nearly related to h r than third cous-.n. They both had the Price temper that flared up on small occasions .11 gusty anger. And a the daily batiks they fought had been withothcr weapons tiian their tongues, this fetory would probably not bo wniten, ts one or moic of the actors would ha.ve been missing. It was a very warm altercatiou, Mrs. Williams taking tho ground. "Ih .t if would be alto- thcr ! st for pome people to attend to their ow n busi ness, and let tho atl.dis ot othe r people i' lone, for other people wt ro nl,uudai.tly able to (on '.uet the ir own aiinirs." And Jemima, taking the immovable I os tion, "that some folks needn't pet into saich a j 'fission bvcauscs somebody Ttascd i.-ingtlu'in iortln-ir goo 1." Tor their good 1" Put it is needles to recapitulate tiieir wordy warfare. Put when Mts. Williams went out to the carriage, her head was. well up in the air, and her bonnet s'rinjs floated out deh ::ntly ou the ke 11 morning air. Whilo .'cmima, ns she ma Ie he-r morning toi.'et, tied up her 1 ack hair in fo hard :md vindictive a knot,- that, to her alter re gret, she loosened several oi her few locks of hair at the roots. I'ld Mrs. Williams did riot often kavo home, and she wearied and haras.-.ed her hus'i.tnd with fearful roj h-c:es anil f.rebo.hngs. Three times during tho r?t lew tiiiles, did she make the old g i.tleman,- who waj very lame, dis mount front tiit hlh seat, and examino the harness. Then she heard the linch pin break, r.nd the axle-tree crack; and llien the springs broke down, one i yone, in her vivid imagination. And at last, when mid way a Me-i hill, the old h.tly dec!:. red '"the whole carriage-tott m waj breaking down, and tld LiUitot'-t cun k and see." . The old man rosn in hia dignity, and declare, "ihat he wouldn't get "out of that bugoy ugaia till they got to Clayton, lo suit anybody." Poor old man, how little did ho kno-v what fat ba i jn store for him, although, perhaps, he was not ko far wrongj did not get out "to suit anybody." 1 he villa?" of Clayton lies in a mcst shelter-d l ttlo valley, with high hiiiit standing hke sentiue-ls about it, and it was in t'tse-enihng one oi thenj hills about a quarter oi a mile from thi.? village, that Mrs. Williams exclaimeu again, "I :ithT, do tie careful ! " 1 eclare if you hain't run over every stone be tween here and home, and gone down .n;o every rut. Why can't you be care ful ? And I do believe one oi the wbiiiie trees is I roke." "No it hain't, said her h'.isl.and, calm ly. "The whittletn es are a 1 right ; yon vre always imagining things." "Wail, elo jest git out, and look,' said jis wife, lii'.i ti g her black lace vtil, and pe ering down over the side of the car-ri.i.-e. "You ktio-.v Jim 'i.ver cifti bear anvthinr i.ear hii be-e's. W- thall bo kiile.l jest as sure as the world.'' "No, we han t, motiier; 1 never hava killed yoti yet, and you havo been ex jiectin'of it for ti ty years." "Wall there hain't no need cf 0 man's beili' so i arelesis." "I hain t careless; von are actional, inothe-r; wiminen always be." "When we are lioth tj, rowed out and killed, 1 cueas you won't tU me of bciu notional." I guesj ncl," says the old man, calm ly. Put patience hath its limits, and when the o:d lady rose again, ani put '"ai k heij-.eil from her face, an 1 peered i'.owii at Hie harness, the old gei. tit-man, worn out by her complaints tml icc-l.ng that h:s dignity, aa timer, was Lc:ug impeachetlTsaid to her, in a reproachful tone : "If it hadn't been for yon, mother, we should have a boy to be a driven' for ns." Within the memory of the old man, never could pnch a speech have been made to his wife w ithout drawing out as sharp as an answer. Put now she said nothing. Memory was busy with the old ady; mcmori.-s of the the time when she and her husband, would ride out with bright little face between them ; and small hands would proudly hold tho end of the lines, thinking they were driv ing. Then afterwarel, when" thev wera older, she and father, sitting on the back s-at, while the handsome lov, whom they both worshiied, act before them, guiding the spirited horses to their greai admiration. Put Walter, their own bov, iheir idol, was s--paraLetl from them no-ir, Ji 1 tho old times tould never come back tcaim Her loy, her Walter ! Somehow of hite the old lady's heart bad ai hel for net loy nioro than over, f-he hungered for th sight oi his liand-oim', manly lace ; his loving voice, and ringing laugh. And Low bright and heeriul lie bad made the ol J homentead, w hich w as dis mal enough now. And wlmt a rhild h nad been to them till this one fault and was it a fault? Of late Mrs. Williams often found herself asking this uestion to her own fouI. liveryw here site heard only gotxl of her son's wife ; an aunt, one of the maiden angels who tread fearless by amidst tho lire of domestic dissen sion with 110 smell oi fire n their gar ments visited both sister Susan and nephew- Walter; and tho keene-st cro.ss juestioning of sister Susan could extract nothing but good accounts of Walters wife. Aunt Pay would descant npon the perfections of baby f-us'n tiil its grand mother ie-It as if she must nee Is set out chat very minute ami taka the babv, Walters bahy, to her heart; it it wtro not for her pride. Put her pride made a ;:ulf between them that she could never cros3; that was -all that purled tlie-m. -he had had relenting? of heart before Cousin Jemima had come to make her home with them. Put now abe hal been there six 1. on i lis, and every dav she would nay to herself, with groaning of spirit over her past blindness. "What if 1 had my way, and had mado Waiter marrv her, what ft life would Le have had . fche felt that no amount of wealth coeil l compensate for the sharp thorn? of her daily presence. Cous.n Jatninta was a very li.-.agreeab!e per.-on ; and ng which mellows noble natures, also has power to sharpen vinegar. Cousin Ja miiua was not a pleasant presences m any; man's or woman's homo. And as tho elavs rolled by, more and more did Mrs. W"il iams bug for he-r boy, long to be recon riled with him. Hteleit that she could love his wife now for his s ik", and for her own. Put tho old lady's jri le stoo I in the way. How could "the bend her prid" nut', cicntly to own sha had been in the wrong? And she ha 1 sai 1 that s.ho v.otill iic-cr call her Eon s v.i'e h-r daughter. And Walter had saii sho should ik v r come t them t.l! she iiid. No, it must go on always as it w.-.s no- ; ior wider than sea or Ian 1 th" old lady's pride sejiarate-d them. And tho old d.Iys could never come back again. " . The old lady was so wrapt m her mns ings, that she forgot, for a moment, tho per.Is of th? journey, the impe riled car rifge and harness and Jim s heels. Put a tremendous bound of the buggy arous ed her, and tho exclaimeel, somewhat sarcastically, "There, you couldn't ndi; gettiu' on top of that stun, could you ? 1 know I heard Eotnethiu' tratk then. Pat her, do get out and see." , "I won't get out." Mistaken old man, he did get out. The old ladv was right this time. 'J ho w hitrletrces dil break, and Jim, incensed by having somei strange object touch his hee.s, wheeled round, rait tiic buggy into a ditch, and the old lady on the roadside ; but the old gentleman less fortunate, found himself on a stone-heap, with the carriage-wheel partly across his arm. . . It was near a pretty white coltage th- cccident oceured, and a pretty lady, with a bahy in he r arms, was looking out of a window, and saw it all. ."-he oikpatched Ler bervant t.u'n kly to the sji t, aud a liiau it work iu a t.hcd ran thcr her. . The eld gentleman was sensed s-, anl looked like a dead man; and he was taken up end carried into tha cottage, whilci the gr et-stricken old huiy iollow ing him, the-ddi-s tileut tgais through the bice ved. llattie, tenderhearted llattie, iiid nor, you may b' sure, s-e a white-haired old gi'iitl ui. n hr -light into her hous" uncoii 3 -ions ani a gray-headeel oil la .y iol losving him. v.veping. without teals in .e r ow n eye.5. Mis comiort-'d her, and petted he-r cs if she baa leeem her Oo it .m.lher; ph.- opened her best room for tin; um oni-.e,iio old gentleman, an I then, when the t!i. lor came, she stoud by him, t.ll he set 1 he broken arm. The old gen tleman toon recove red h:3 fcenses. He was stunned by the fall, or, as he- alwavs lol l it a tea ward, in relating t he adven ture to his- friends, he would never fa 1 to s-ey, ' I whs stunted by the full. They all thought 1 was dead: but 1 va3 only Stunted." - When thon'd l.idy, relieved of her frsb torrihl? tir.-nd, began to look about her. admiring the bright, cozy home, and tho sweet little mistress, she caught sight of a photograph hanging ujou t ha" wall, and she cxclaimeJ, With c-ys full of won der: - 4 "Ilow caiuo my eon Walters puturo here ?" , "Yourfon!" then it was that llattie, worn out with he r unusual. toil, and tho sudden shock, fell down in a fa.nt, at tho feet of her astonished mo'.her-in-law. A hen she re overed, she found her h-al on the old l.tly's losom. aud Walter's mother bett dow a and kissed Ler, aiiJ said, "Aly daughter '" And so the long silence, and the lon estrangement was bridged over, anil marrle rs ii it Lad never been, by that motherly kiss; an.l ilattie's warm eruis about her now fond mother's neck. . . llattie was Kick all that night fb-j said she was only weak ; she should bo setter in the morning. And so she was, out not able to rise from the sofa much ; so fearful that Walter's mother would tire out. Put the old lady scorned the ielea of weariness, and refused all re.-t. she stood over Hattie all night, and tend eel bt-r with genile care. And baby Mi sie, in all her short petted liie, surely sho bad never known such watchful atten tion as she received during that night. And tho next day after the ace-ident, about night-fall as grandpa lay comfort ably in his bedroom, and llaltie lay on the sofa, smiling in her content at the picture betore her, of grandma holding baby Susie in her arots, when the door opened and Walter, coming in tjiiicklv te surjirise llattie, saw a picture that almost tinned his brown locks hoary gray. ".Mother! You here ?" "Yes" eai 1 the oi l lady, as calm as if it were an every -lay frccurence. "our father broke the whifi'etrees, and almost broke hi? neck, and your wife hi re has almost killed herself taking careoi him." 1 Walter, happy Walter, what a happy Sew Year's night was that for him. And from that Sew Year's Pay the old la ly never once referred to the estrangement. Put, as she was energetic in her dislikes, so she was in her friendships Her Jaughter-in law, an 1 especially the won der;ul baby. Jemima left soon after to cce if there was any warmth iu a fourth "otisin"s heart, ox If it wore, indetil. a froen fountain of ice, as was her third oumii Susan's, oi course ba r rritkiaiiis did not long annoy the old ladv. And aaby Susie pulled o-r her grandma's spectacles made delightfnl havoc with her kmtt:ng-work ; and every act was good in the eyes of the the doting grand mother. So Hattie 's sweet pres -nee and "baby-lingers' waxen touches" renew .h- youth ef tho coujile, at the old aa-nesteai, j"ici( Walter p'.ayed ia i fancy. Truly, tr tno-w not always whethet whit w taost w ish for mav Le for oup best good. For Mrs. Williams enjoving Ui' prosperity an 1 happiness of Walter oud his ge ntle wife, re-turns thanks OTery cay that she did not have tho power to do what sho bo much desired to duel aa time, "forbid tike tVrn s." And never will sho forget tlw bright Z-w Year's Pay whea she found "Wal tei's Wifo." . -- TUE WIDOW'S DAl'GIITEB.' It was to ward.? tho cIofc of the month of May. The. weather was bright and naild ono ef those days which, from their clear delicious freshness, give add &A buoyancy to the step, (strength and clastie ily to the spirit when the boon of piero existence is felt rs a joy and a messing, and the heart, forgetting the ?ha lows w hich jast grief or impending calamity liiiig over it, breathes unmixeei aspirations of praise and thanksgiving to the Author of U goo 1 ! JIow ap--propnate, then, was a day lfko this for -.ho long pr.;ecu-.l a m Moulton Cirauge! What was it Commemorative oi? it wa? to mark tbe recovery front long and dangerous illness of Neva, the only child oi tlm - jerQud ami pompous owner. of Moultosi Grange-- a youti" still feeble," aiiing girl of tilteen. The success ive eleaths ot hveotherchtldrcn, the Ions period which intervened between the de--miscj of tho last of theso and birtli of little Neva, had tnado her to love her pan nt? an object, it might be eiid, ai. moit of idolatry. iSuch arllueneo of love was s attered over her patli, so forced ia was she by tho eag"?-, wateljul care of parent d affection frofa tho common casualties of jieril and eiatijfer, that w hen, iesipitij vigdance exereined, d.sease struck her down, an 1 tho glad lau-! was ex changed for the low wail i anguish the bright glance dimmed by the nlm? of sickness the Appalled parents started as lioin a dream. What then, was she, the only and beloved whom they had so iierished and carossoj, Lurrying, liko tueir other LitCe ones, to tho dreary grave 7 Thers was agony ."t'mosi to mael- II ess in Uio thought. All that medical : k.Il i ouid ef.tct wad rendered, ail that ceasel-ss unremitting attention accomj Iish. ol'ored. Heaven w.is besought with earnest supplicating imj-ortunity, to spare the ir treasure; tiui ilea veil listta id t 1 tiieir prayers. ... J Nova was j rouonnre"! out of e!an ''r; c nvaleseenci rajudlv followed; ":m when entirj racovery was estahlished cveiv fiie-nd on tlteir visiting lis: was bid to share in tho exuberant joy which '.heed the whole house hold ot" Moulton i range, fru.n its imperious master to its humhest retainer. And was Neva worthy of this love? In truth she was. In her sweet face, in every modulation of the low, sweet voice; every movement f the small rosy mouth told of the mind that dwelt within, oi the warmth an 1 seiiiibihiy of the heart boating in her yoiiii' liosiin. If evi r there w as a nature from which every taint of seliish- III ss that prisoner arid corrupter of human motives and actions was ban ishel, if ever one utterly exempt from that cold, exculatin worldly wisdom which, fettering the nobler and more s-enerotis impulses shapes each deed in ecordauee onlywith 1 hard systematic ;o.icy, it w?s that of Neva Moulton; s -nsitive, truthful, wi'Ji tho ready tear for any Buttering, the open hand for every distress the radiant smile for others' joy the keen sympathy for hu manity ia nil its variesfasp--ct?, from h"r jiar-iiis, to her the hrst oojects iu crea iioii, down to the bird, dog and smallest insect which crawled in her path, the .ovehiies of her natllTS w..s ce vcloped : nd exhibited. The Vv at Moulton (Irango tru in no respects elissimilier to the thousands that li'ive gone before it. The appointments -.vlirii the outlay of money is tho last joint considered, and ovir which ex.jui s.te tast- jr. si b. s to direct and design, could scarcely fail to be gooj. L'mler the superintendence oi Mrs. Sloulton ti.ey were perfect. I in this occasion, v. hen her heart was filled with rapture stud ihaiikfuitic's there wss a peculiar jileasure in tasking ingenu ty to it.? ex iremest limit in manifesting, by every outward symbol of splendor and gaiety, tne feeling.? which jiossessed her. Tho result was quite satisfactory, even to Ker fastidious eyes, aud those. of the live hun dred guests, partakers of the festivity, but time still leaps onwards to eternity. Whether the hours ha chronicled by tho dial of joy or ilespair, unnoticed, or bi: terly, weariiy counted, pas3 they must. The'- eu 'e l amidst bonT.res blazing, music, and fireworks. Tiie gucsLs r--t red to their respective homes; romo with heartache-, w'hich.the next' morn ing's suu should chase away; others it may be, with impressions of a deeper, perhaps iiidelibh-, character. As it f mock at the in-tability of xJl human, pleasure, and show to the proud and ex uding how slen Ijr is the barrier which divides happine-s from misery, and that "in the midst of life we are" in death," when the next sun shone upon Moultoa irange it dawned ujon a heap of smok ing rums! W hether the lire which, in a lew short hours laid the stat-ly homo n du-t and ashes w its the result of care lessness or tbe work of an im-endiary. was never clearly demonstrated. In struction, total and i-ornplete, was ths conse-epience. Whilst every inmate was buried in slumber, overcome by the fa tigues of the preceeding night, they were roused to consciousness by the fearful announcement that a portion ol the house was in llamea. , w A young'man, on 'a visit to the rector of the village, who had risen early in order to teach the early train, was tho first jierson who gave to the horrified in habitants announcement of the peril sur rounding them. The wind, which howledj in terriilic gusts assisted tho work of devastation, and they had barely time to escape with their lives, ere tho noble mansion was blazing in every part. And Neva, where was she? The be loved, might in a few moments have been a blackened corpse, but for the heroic exertions of Henry Yale (tho young man be.oie alluded to,) w ho, on hearing that sue was yet in the house, only waited to ascertain he situation of her chamber, and regardless of the t'.ames rushed to where the child lay dfeless snatched her in his arms and succeeeled, despite the imminent peril which threatened both, in placing her, unharmed, unscathed in her mother's arms. Time would not permit the intrepid Henry Vale to wait to receive tho fervent blessings poureel on his head; he hail only a moment to spare, ami, ero Neva had uncleised her eyes to consciousness he was again on his route. Moulton i ranee, then, existed no lon cer, and it was the commencement of a train of successive casualties ami evils which ultimately plunged the family iu sorrow, jiovertr, and ruin. A few days oij!x subseiiutiut to the coniiagratiou of nis house, Mr. Moulton wa? called on to bear a yet more heavy, calamity. Kit gaged to an enormouss extent in specu lation in the funds he accepted the suc cess which had hitherto attended his s hemes as an augury and earnest of its Derjietuity ; but the tide of fortune, as i? frequently the ease, ebbed suddenly and ceaselessly. Political events d.nkened and convulsed the horizon of the "money market ;" a rapid anil ruinous fall in tho unels wa? the consequence, and the hip ess Moulton found himself not only beg gired but involved iu liabilities to the amount of thousands which not the mortgage of every acre he poss "ssed, not even tho sale of "the family jewels and tlate, would avail to discharge. Mad dened, de-sjorate, cowardly, he staggered beneath, the new an 1 overwhelming evils which met him on every side, and, instead of waiting for the helpful, healing aid of the "time, faith, energy," "iho hree friends (iol has given to the rxxir," 1 ut a 'otol to his head, and leeanio a suicide! The brief limits of a tale forbid us to follow step by stej) the declining fortunes of the devoted f amily of Moulton. The widow and her daughter found as, alas! to the discredit of human nature, expe rience has ever jiroved that the sum mer friends of prosperity Uy with tho Srst indication of penury's wintry chills. They gathered together the small rem nant of projierty, which, after the p iy nient of all debts, yielded but s jioorjii't tance indeed ; and leaving the scene of their former splendor forever, proceeded to New York. They entered the great city, without aim, resources, or friends! It. was now, and ever since the fchadows of adversity had encompassed them, that all the b.-autiful points in Neva's character more prominently developed themselves. Though but a child still such events seemed to have forced into 3udden maturity the wisdom and intelli gence of ripened years. M10 saw (her mother, weak in nature, now absolutely Helpless in grief and indigence, with only t-'iirsnn.l lamentations, to meet tho evils which surroundeel them, without faith for this future. To add to their al ready "huge calamities," an attack o rheumatism laid Mrs. Moulton on a sick bed, and deprived her temporarily of tho tise of her limbs ; they had es'ablished themselves in a pmalf lodging, in m oh seura locality. Their money had been consume 1 by the long illness of Mrs. Moulton, and sho wa.i deicndant 0:1 Neva for support. Neva's tender ag-i presented an insup?rable barrier. Who wouli takes a child as an instructress ? , Tho const ruction of fancy articles for the bazaars, was the only me hum that suggested itself to provides a roof and maintenance for them. In tho scorch ng heat, the wintry snow, was the on. o paoijier.-ei i-niia ot luxury and pomp comjielled to traverse the streets, to lind purchasers for her work. She repined not if success were the reward oi her abors, and they jiroi ured tiu dearest boon! the means to jur. has some cov eted dainty l r Ii-t sn-k and Uerulous MU fondly loved mother. For herself she cared nothing; he-r fare was the 3ca:it est, her dress simple toiling from early dawn tothe midnight chime, n.-ver fret ul, never murmering. Miu connded in Hun who "iare.s for the lather.e.-s." flay by day her step beeamu feebler, still she worked on. It was alter a niornin" more than ustiiehy harassing, when weary hours had been spent profitlesily in endeavoring to dispose of Jirr little wares, that Neva, on her ho newar.l path, took her route through the Central I'ark, hoping that the fresh clear breer.es might, at least temporarily, brace tier. The bright sunshine, the glittering equip age's, the smiling laces, ail;. were in sal contrast with the pale-fared, sorrowful girL who was crawling, rather than walk n, along the broad thronged path. A nursery maid with two children, one an .n;ant in arms the other a beautiful boy .hrce years of age. wero amount tu pe destrians. The bahy elropped the toy it leld in it.? tiny hand: the servant stooped io re.-over it, and at the same 111-tant, th ooy, in pursuit of a dog which accom panied them, rushed into the midst of .he drive where the carriages were roll ng carelessly along; another minute and the child would have leen crushed under the wheels of a carriage, when, Neva, who saw the boy's imminent dan ger, at the risk of her own li;e, dragged nim from the road. P.ut in her eflort.? to avert danger ironi the child she her self receiveel a blow from the pole of the carriage, and sho had scarcely place 1 him unharmed on the footpath -T-t sho fell bleeding and senseless on the ground. To summon the carriage of the grand iuethTof the boy, which was a little way in advance, explain tho nature of the accident, hie the lifeless Neva into tho vehicle', and con v ey he-r to the near est surg"on"s. were events that followed in instant sin-cession. Tho injuries she Lad received were found to bo 011 exam-.-nation of a trilling nalur.. jshe was tir.ven to her humble lodging, promising to .-all on Mrs. Pee. the 'relative of tho rhild, as soon as shn was suhiciently re covered, and reeeivo again her grateful thanks. Put w eeks p.isss.l ore Neva could do this, a long and sevens illness followed he event narrated ar-ovc. Sot un cneere'd. not un-olaced however, was .ier sick bed ; .Mrs. Pee, ase-ertaining tho straiten el circumstance of the j-irl who na.1 saved her idolia-d grandchild from death, jirovided eve ry appliance which generosity and wealth could supjdy to initigatg and relievo the sufferings of Neva. l'indii.g, on a near anl constant intercourse witU her, the beautiful char acter exhibited, she offered, on her re covery, a permanent home to herself and mother in her house. And when the period of convalescence arrived the o.ler was accepted, Neva becoming the in-strue-tress of young Arthur. The mother of the boy (Mrs. Iees only daughter) nad died iu giving birth to au'infaut, now only a few months old ; the father was in India, an 1 tho whole charge of the chil dren devolved on Mrs. le, wliose love ami wealth made her qualified for the tasV, but who labored under theatliction of total blindness. It was, therefore, with joy she found one so comjvetent, so gentle, so accomplished, as Neva,' to asso-into with he-r in tha carj ot ths childre n committed to her charge. In another way also was Neva able tc minister to Mrs. Lee's gratification. Neva hail a voice of exquisite leanty. To isten to the songs she had loved in early youth, breathed by the sweet and bird ike voice of Neva, was a source of in vnse and unfailing delight to Mrs. I.ee. Perhaps in the great city, no house jos sessed a circle where the inmates were more tranquilly happy, than were gather ed under the roof of Mrs. Ixe. The dis position of Neva, serene, hopeful, un shaken in adversity, resumed the buoy ancy which distinguished it in early youth. Hers was a temrerament which not only is a boon to its possessor, but dilluses over a whole household its beneficent and genial power. There was soon another being on whose destiny 3he should exert a mighty and abiding .liilueu -e. Mr, Stephens the father of the children, arrived from India. "Truth is stranger than fiction." He thit hue prove 1 - and where is be who has utttt ihat our common, every day life is char acterized by passages of such romance that the novelist would scarcely dure in vent, w ill not marvel that iu Mr. Stephens Neva identified the heroic Henry Yale who lore her in his arm? from Moulton 'J ratine on tbe n ght oi the conflagration. For the life then saved she had almost an equivalent debt of gratitude to place to hi? account. His first liorn, had escaped an ahrupt and painful death through her intrepidity. And so it is: "etribution and ' reward, even in this world, aro dealt out to us according to the deed? we have wrought far more evenly than inanv a lmit. Mr. Stejehens on the death of a bachelor-uncle iu India, had succeeded to his lappines?, unless shared with tho gentle Neva. Fortunately she reciprocated hi eelings, and tho bright and blissful courtship oi a few months was ratified at .he altar. Seva Stephens, while basking in tho ight of undiinmed prosjserity, never for rot the deep and solemn lesson she had equired while treading the thorny path f poverty and sorrow, that "her feet lad well-nigh stumbled," thit she would nave been overborne by despair, had aha not, reiiiem'.ered and coniiib-d in the promise, that "time, faith, and energy, ire the thrge, friends Uod lias given to die poor." " Flomo Improvement. 1 The following hints are certainly from a person of good judgment : Never hang a jiicture so that it will be necessary to mount a steD-laelder to view t. Hang tt so that the center will l about live feet and a half from tho flivir, a little below the lino of vision of a jer 3011 of average height. . Never select furniture whose "means af sujiport" do not appear adeejuate. haii? with spindle legs inclined too far .nward or outward have an apparent tendency toward disruption, and are con stant terrors to callers. Mraight. sub stantial legs suggest strength and inspires confident e. Never treat a hallway as though, it wero a dooryard and 110 part of the house jro per. A hall should le inviting ami hold out to the visitor a promise of the beauty jf the inner rooms. Never put a piece of furniture iu fl room merely because it is jiretty and will jll tip. livery article should' have iti feal or apparent use; as a general thing ;ho necessary jiieee will occupy all tho snai-e that should bo allotted to furni ture. Never permit a white mantel to disfig ure an the-wise tasteful room. Cover t with a draped mantel lj.ud. White marble has suggestion of cemeteries about it ; it alwavs leioks crude in a elravv- ng room, even In thu form of tho tinest 3culj)ture. Never forget that an open firo and judi ciously selected pictures will tank an room cheerful. Never put paper on tho walls of a nursery.it is better either to ji.iint or cal cimine. There is always danger of poi soning in the coloring oi the pajur or of the js.iste becoming sour. Never have a drawing room fo filled with frail and delicate I ric-a-brae; that the le.ist movement is fraught with dan cer of costly and wholesale breakage. Phis lees not conduce ease. Sever have dark carpet and wal's in a room that is deficient in light. Only apartments open to outer light will stand -gloomy tones in decoration. We'would add that dark fdaining or paint is not healthful to mind or lodv; and it is better for the comfort of the nousekeejier, and ior the jiocket iu the long run, to havo stained or hardwooel floors. He wa Generou. The visiting clergyman remained to the Sundav-school, and inaile a little speech. "I know that you are enter prising," he said, "because I see so many new books. I know that you are happy, because I see so many smiling faces. And I know that you are generous, because that little boy over there ottered me a peanut as I came in." The attention of the assembly was instantly directed to the little boy, w h began to snicker uncontrollably to him self. "Well, what's tho matter, my little man?" asked the clergyman. "You'r not sorry you offered me tho peanut, are you '."' "Lid you th-think that was a neanut T ;vj you .- Rskea me little bov snickering violently. still ny, yes ; wasn t it ? ' -o . twas only a shell !" fie ruderetood Latin, Years ago one of the masters in tho High .school of Edinburgh had the lepu tatiou of punishing uumt-rcif till v the boys whose parents were comparatively poor, and being at the same time very lenient toward the sous of the richer classes. One day, after severely thrash ing one of the unfortuuates, he weund up w ;th the exclamation : "Now, sir, you're a stupi.l fellow. I don t supjKtse you even know the Latin, motto of this school." "Well, what is it?" "A'ini dowinirs frustra. ( t'nless the Lord be w ith you all your toil is vain "Now give the English of that." "Unless you are a laird's son youi needna come here." He TTaattd Treat. Pncle Kastus "Has yo' enny Mections. Mistah Lightweight, ter trustin' me fer a half poun smokin terbacco till day crter ter-morrow at quatah pas' foah '' Grocer "I couldn't do it, Unci Partus. You owe me money now Y.'hen you want to get trusted you come to me, and when you've got cash you go somewhere else." Uncle Kastus "Yes, sah. I bliere in dividin' up my trade. I gives some oh it ter one gemmen an some ob it ter a nudder. 1 don wan' ter show n p'Bhallity, sah." A Brief Letter. A young boy who recently left his St. J aul borne to attend a preparatory school is not much taken with tho change. He ia iiflerinr hi. e'.-t Ar home-sickness, and naturally desires to return to his home. In making known, his desires to his father in a recent let ter he said : "1 ear father : Life is very short: let ns spend it together. Your aflectiynalo eon," A Considerate Mian. A cute little girl of three ia IH s. , Q V A V- M O I lieht Of a WaRbinirtnn iunl.,.o..l family for her prettiuess as well as for the brie ;ht and odd things she says. The other day igmjisuj oi miutia passed, down th street in front of her home ami her minute black-and-tan barked lurioiialv through the window-pane at them. T his little girl arose in alarm and said, "Shut the door, mamma ! Fido will bite the. army." Too Much Ardor. PefJarmo "I understand Mrs. your Airs. son is ouite Bick at college, Smythe M rs. Smvthfi Trwvr InVin I Sha president w-riu-a ma that ho ,ou.ii Into his work with too much ardor, and ha has broken down." "What seems to be the nature of his trouble?" "lie was hit on the head by a Jjui bail, J behev they call it.".
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