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THE OLD FOOT LOG.
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Across the stream still running on
llctween the Uclds vt gruwiuj, wheat.
O'er It the pathway wanders down, M
Through hollows iH p. round wooded bill;
No rule lo follow but Us own,
It bunds as winds the rippling rilL
I stand and Razo about to-day,
At wooilluud haze, at changing sky;
The memories of the far away
With shadowy years eomo hurrying by.
I muse upon the friends a host
Who liD within the churrbyard low;
The feet that once so nimbly crossed
Have feeble frown and very slow.
Here, merry children ran and played,
Where ttutterniod danced in tbo air,
A fairy arU- n rin'er to fade.
With tlowrrs blooming everywhere.
Here prew tho violet's modest cup
Low in the fern, a sweet surprise.
Methinks I see her looking up.
Their hue within licr gentle eyes. .
Tho lone, long yoars have fled away f
I hear once more a quiet voice.
As wandering by this narrow way
She bade my sorrowing soul rejolce
She sleeps with violets on her bed.
Their hearts die out ia fragrance there;
And yet, above, so softly spread.
In beauty waves the maiden-hair.
Take but a blossom and a spray.
Else might this day seem but a dream.
To vanish w:th the mists away.
To die with murmurs of the stream.
Ah! Life may lead through desert ways
And, lacliin j.iy. all sorrow prove;
Yet still, when done are earthly days,
Twero worth It ail t'i only love.
-Kusf Wilcox, in West Shore.
A MYSTERY.
A Minister with a Sccrot Attached
to Hia Life.
"Did you crcr bump up against an in
dividual who baffled your curiosity by
drawing a vail of secrecy over his past?"
queried tho young doctor when it came
his turn to contributo a story to the gen
eral fund. "I used to think," ho con
tinued, "that such characters emanated
solely from tho fertile brain of tho fic
tion writer, liut I was mistaken. Not
many years since I formed tho acquaint
ance of a man who was harder to make
out than tho most ingenious creation of
a novelist could possibly bo. A regular
human enigma in short, and ho wasn't
obliging enough, you know, to clear up
tho mystory before bodied, either.
"It was early in tho bO's." began tho
doctor, lighting a cigar, "and I bad
just finished my medical studies and
was trying to pick up a little practioo
in a pleasant Till:iro in tho southern
part of Wisconsin. Kusiuoss didn't
fiourish by any moans, but as I had
friends there, and was too poor. lesides,
to think of establishing myself in a
largo city, I was very well content to
remain there, for awhile at least.
"There wero several churches in tho
town, but at tho time of which I speak,
the Congregational ist pulpit was empty.
Numerous applications for tho position
appearod, but none suited, until at last
one of tho trustees arrived homo after
a short trip and announced that he had
found tho very person. A IIcy. Mr.
Ramsay it was whom ho had run across
quite accidentally, and who though
traveling for his health, had finally con
sented to come out and preach a trial
sermon, and to remain indefinitely if
his hearers wore pleased.
"Well, in duo timo Mr. Tiamsay ar
rived and delivered a discourso which,
for eloquence and logic, I havo never
heard excelled. Tou may bo sure tho
church lost not a moment in engaging
him. and they marveled much at their
good luck, wondering that so talented
a man should wish to stay and bury his
gifts in such a small, obscuro town.
"Tbo new acquisition speedily rosoto
tho place of first favorite in the ranks
of the ministers. His sermons fairly
scintillated with brilliancy, and we
soon found that ho certainly possessed a
remarkably fine education in tho bar
gain. Though ho never spoke of the
past, his conversation gave evidence of
his having traveled extensively in
pretty much every country on tho face
of tho globo. Moreover ho was young,
and such a genial, warm-hearted fellow
that every body liked him at first sight.
They couldn't help it. ,
"But, as I said, he never alluded to his
former life. For aught wo knew he
might havo been a bishop or a high
wayman, an American gambler or tho
son of an English duke, but the church
members were too proud of tho prizo they
had captured to be very curious about
his previous record, and tho touch of
mystery clinging to him only rendered
him the more attractive to us. . For my
part, I thought the strangest thing con
cerning him was that he seemed never
to hold communication with anybody
outside the town. A fellow so engag
ing and companionable must have mado
friends wherever he wont, and, yet so
long as we knew him ho didn't receive
ono letter or telegram from abroad
not a single message of any kind.
"Ramsay and I got to bo quite inti
raato after awhile, and many were tbo
walks and talks we enjoyed together.
Iiut he wasn't any more confidential
with mo than ho was with others, and
of course I asked no questions. Only
onco did he say something which might
bo construed as bearing upon the secret
I was convinced that he had. It was in
this way: ' N
"Ramsay had dropped Into my office
and we foil to conversing about heredi
tary disease. It grew out of somo case
I was treating then 1 don't remember
what. Ramsay, in his brilliant, earn
est fashion, began to inveigh against
peorlo who married and brought into
the world children cursed with the6eeds
of somo dreadful malady.
"Letmo tell you a story,' he said,
'and it will show you how many lives
may bo ruined by one such deed. Tho
facts came to my knowledge years ago.
Onco there was a boy never mind his
name who, his friends said, showed
exceeding great promise in his youth.
His mother, a widow, seemed utterly
wrapped up in him. She traveled with
him in foreign lands, sent him to the
finest schools, and spared neither pains
nor expense to improve tho talents
nature had bestowed upon him. He
was hopeful and happy, and ono thing
only troubled him he used often to
wonder about his father, whom he
couldn't remember, and his mother was
reticent upon that point, and replied to
all his questions scantily and vaguely.
" "They were living in England at tho
time, having come there from America
after tho father's death, and being in
easy circumstances financially tho fu
turo looked very bright and glowing in
deed. '"In due timo the jounjj fellow grad
uated from the university with high
honors, and soon after became engaged
to a beautiful girL Ho bad long been
destined to enter tho ministry a work
for which his taste and abilities best
fitted him and immediately upon Lis
roarriago he was to settle down in
charge of a parish at some distance
from his home. There was but one
drawback to happiness. His mother, al
though she consented to the betrothal,
did not seem to feel tho pleasure in it
that bo could havo wished, liut he put
.it all down to her grief at tho prospect
of parting with him, and preparations
for tho wedding went on In the mer
riest fashion.
"'Rut ono morning there was an
alarm. The mother was missing had
disappeared in a .very unaccountable
and mysterious manner. All-the day
they searched for her, and just at night
my hero, passing through Some woods in
a secluded part of tho grounds, found her
lying, face downward, in a shallow lit
tle pool of water there.
" 'Drowned herself during temporary
aberration of the mind, was the verdict,
and then it was the young man learned
that insanity had been for generations
back a hereditary trait in his mother's
family. Then, also was he told the real
truth about his father; and he found
that that father was not dead, but was
incarcerated in a private hospital in
America violently, hopelessly mad.
" 'Well, you can understand bow he
felt, or, rather, you can't comprehend
it. The girl that ho loved was true to
him, but how could he marry her,
knowing what ho did? Even if the
lunacy slumlered in his veins it would
surely awaken to curse their children.
So ho left her, and, almost crazed with
sorrow himself, he sailed for America,
wbero he still remains. A little while
ago he heard that his betrothed was
dead killed by tho double shock of
his disappearance and hia mother s fear
ful and untimely end.
. 'Can you wonder, continuod Ram
say, in a tone of subdued passion, 'that
a species of bitterness often mingles,
half unconsciously, with his sorrow for
his parents? And is it strango that he
feels almost as if they had committed
a crime in bringing him into existence.
knowing, as they did, that ho must,
perforce, bo dowered with the fatal,
inevitable family curse?"
"This tulo mado a 6trong impression
in my mind, tho young doctor re
sumed. "At first I seriously questioned
if Ramsay wasn't himself the hero of
it, and, though his apparent gayety led
me to dismiss that thought, still I
couldn't help feeling that the events
he'd narrated had in somo way pro
duced a lasting effect in his life.
"Well, matters wore quite tranquilly
on for a year or so, and Mr. Ramsay
grew in tho popular favor all tho while.
"One morning as I sat in tho drug
store talking Ramsay happened in, and
purchased a package of rat poison. Ho
mentionel, casually, that the mice
wero bothering him, and stood a mo
ment gossiping with careless good
humor, and then went out.
"That night tho deacon with whom he
was boarding came hurriedly to my
ofUco to summon me. Rev. Mr. Ramsay
was taken very suddenly ilL I put on
my hat and coat and went to him at
onco, and somehow before Td reached
his bedside it flashed over me that ho
had swallowed the poison I saw him
buy in tho morning. Tho moment I
entered tho room I knew that It was so.
"Ho lingered threo.days, suffering hor
ribly, but not a word would he say as to
the motive of his deed. Before he died
he showed me a photograph he wore
upon his bosom the picture of a young
woman and a child, each very beauti
ful and very like the other. And he
asked that it bo buried with him, and
so it was. The church gave him a most
imposing funeral, and erected a fine
monument over his grave; and they
have never ceased, I believe, to mourn
their mysterious but dearly loved min
ister. For a long while they sought to
find out tho secret of his life, but the
minutest inquiries failed to reveal a
single fact. With characteristic fore
thought ho had destroyed' his papers,
leaving nothing that would throw ligh
upon his former history.
"I often recall him, even now, added
the young doctor, "and I can't help
wondering if he was not tho hero of the
strango tale ho told me. And in that
caso was ho insano when ho killed him
self, or did he do it because of grief
for his betrothed? Who, then, was the
child whoso portrait he wore upon his
breast?
"Soraotimcs I fancy that he had com
mitted an offense which mado him a
fugitive from justice and led him at
last to take his own life in remorse.
Tho remembrance of his open face and
kindly, sympathetic manner makes this
seem impossible, and yot, in this strange
world, where people are such curious,
contradictory mixtures of good and evil,
who can tell?" Nelly Booth Simmons,
in Chicago Times.
VTeeplos; Trees la the Northwest.
In tho forests of Washington and
British Columbia 1 have frequently seen
trees dripping copiously during clear,
bright days, when no dew was visible
elsewhere. The dripping was so pro
fuse that the ground underneath was
almost saturated. The phenomenon in
this caso was caused by the remarkable
coudensing power of the leaves of the
fir, and it occurred only when the rela
tive humidity was near the dew point.
The dripping ceases aftr ten or eleven
o'clock in the morning, but resumes at
or near sunset. In Hakluyfs "Voyages"
there is an account of liawkin'a second
voyage to Africa and America, written .
by a gentleman who sailed with Haw-,
kins, iu which we are told that in tho
island of Ferro there is a weeping tree
that supplies all the men and beasts
of the inland with drink, there being no
other available water supply. Further,
he states that in Guinea he saw many
weeping tree, but of a species different
from that at Ferro. .
The F.lectrle Expreas Train.
Dr. Louis Bell says the electric ex
press train in the near future will in
all probability contain one or more pow
erful motors on the axis of lt drivers,
and aggregating perhaps 1,000 horse
power as a normal output. It will be
lighted and Lea ted by electricity. The
track over which it will run will be
straight and smooth, like tho great En
glish trunk: lines of to-day. The train
will 6tart smoothly into motion, fly
along the track at the rate of one hun
dred miles an hour or more, and stop
quickly and easily by applying its elec
tric brakes- An automatic, block sys
tem will be used that will secure perfect
control of the trains and almost absolute
immunity from collisions.
THE LITTLE-RED-aPPLE. TriiE.
The Little-Red Apple Tree!
" Oh. the Little Red Apple Tree! '
When 1 was the little om tK of a boy.
And you were a boy with me
The bluebird's tllrbt from tbe topmost boughs.
And the boys n tic re so blgb
That we rucked over tbe roof r tbe house.
And whooped as tbe winds went by 1
lia tbe Little Red Apple Tree! . .
With the Karil n beds bulow.
And the old t r;ipc-arlor so welcomely
Hiding tbe rake and hoc
Biding, too. as tbn isud dripped through
In hpatters of wa-Uxl veld.
Frank and Amy away from you
And me, lu the das of old.
Ah. tbe L'ttlC'Red Apr-'n Trecl
lo tbe edge of lb warden spot.
Where the apples fell x lavUbly
Into a neighbor's lot;
So do I think of yon.
Urothor of ttiloe. an tbo tree
Olving tho ripest wealth of your love
To the world as well as me.
Oh. the Little Red-Apple Tree I
Sweet as its Juiciest fruit
Spanged on the pulaut spicily.
And rolled o'er thu tonguo to boot.
Is the memory tlll and the joy
Of the Liltie Red A pole Tree,
When I was the liule-.-st bit if a hoy.
And you were a boy with me I
Jaiucs Whitromb Kiluy. in SI Nicholas.
JULIET, THE ORPHAN.
How a Nice Home Was Provided
for Her.
"Well. Juliet, what aro you calculat
ing to do?" aaid Mrs. Murdrigbt.
'It"8 time to make up your mind about
something, you know," briskly observed
Miss Juniata Jessup.
Juliet May lifted her heavy bead,
and lookod at theui with vasruo surprise.
"Do?" sho ropeau-d. "What's tLero
to do? I don't know what you all mean."
She was a dark, large-oyed girl with
cheeks as pale as a ralla-leaf. a Spanish
luxuriance of jot-black hair, and a slight
figure, which nee mod to be lound by Hie
we'trlit of hor deep mourning. Mrs.
Murdright was a tall, masculine wom
an, with iron-gray hair and a squaro
ehin. Miss Jessnp wore spectacles and
moved around in an activo. irky way.
like an extra-large-sitoJ canary bird.
"It's a week to-morrow since your pa
was hurled." added Mrs. MurdrighU
Juliet winced.
"Yes.- she said, I know it Oh!
papa! papa!" -
"There, there," said Miss Jcssup. as
tho young orphan bid her face in her
bands, "don't give way. It's unchris
tian and its uncomfortable, too'."
"And it's high time steadily ob
served Mr Murdright. "that you
looked matters in tho faco. Juliet
May. You've got jour living to earn
and"
"Rut I thought I was to live with
you," said poor Juliet, who was as
ignorant in the ways of tho world as a
six-months'-old infant. "You are my
mother's sister. Aunt Murdright. and "
"That is hardly a reason why I should
undertako to support every relative 1
have got in the world." said Mrs.
Murdright. sourly. "You arc n't a child.
Juliet. You was eighteen last month,
and there's many a girl of your age
earns ber own living and lays up a
handsome sum besides. And it's close
on the first of Juno, and I need every
room I have to let to summer-boarders."
"And there is no reason." suppli
mentcd Miss Juniata, skillfully seizing
the opportunity to strike it when Mrs.
Murdright paused for lack of breath,
"why you should sit with folded bands
while your cousin Artemisia works in
tho skirt-factory, and Louisa Lacy goes
out to tailoring."
Juliet sat looking frem one to tbo
other, while her heart seemed to stand
still -within her. At the Grange 6bo
had always lived in luxury. She had
been the darling and idolized child of a
doting father. Sho bad never paused
to consider the question of mero money.
All good and lovely things seemed to
assemble around hor by magic. Every
ono had spoken tsanderly to her; and
now and now
'What am I to do. Aunt MurdrlghtT
6he faltered. "Is all my money spent?"
"Your money!" hysterically echoed
Miss Jossup. "Foor child! You hain't
got none. It's all gone in rash specula
tions and mad inventions."
"Juniata speaks only the truth," said
Mrs. Murdright, stiffly, as Juliet's eyes
Bought hers, as if to ask corroboration
of the littlo old maid's unfeeling words.
"You're as good as a beggar, and you
must begin to consider in serious earn
est what you are to do for your bread,
can't undertake to support you."
Juliet putter littlo cold band in a
pathetically pleading way on Mrs.
Murdright's.
"Aunt." said she, "couldn't I stay
here? Couldn't I make myself useful
to you?"
Mrs. Murdright shrugged ber shoul
ders. "I'm very sorry," said she, "but I
don't require any one to play the piano,
and sit around tbe house in picturesque
position, and be waited on. You
haven't been brought up as my girls are,
Juliet Mayl"
Juliet recoiled as If a serpent bad
stung her; she turned to Miss Jessup.
"Cousin Juniata," she said, "you,
too, are my relative! . Aid me! Aiviso
me! You have age and experience I
am like a lost child in this great, cruel,
grinding world!"
Verily, Juliet May was but a novice
in all conventional wisdom, or she nev
er would have alluded so unguardedly
to the age and experience of the spright
ly spinster. Miss Jessup bridled.
"X really don't know that I have any
thing to say." she said.-; "As Mrs. Mur
dright remarks, people must expect to
work in this world!"
But Miss Jessup studiously banished
from her recollection the fact that,
when she had first set up Urossisaking
for herself. Squire May had generously
lent her money for her lease, furniture,
stock, and fixtures. lie bad never
claimed a cent of interest; he bad nev
er so much as hinted at the repayment
of bis loan, and she bad been equally
silent. And it is to be presumed that
she had quite forgotten, the whole cir
cumstance, when she added, with some
little yindictiveness:
- -"And,;, to- my - mind., tt. would have
been a deal wiser if your papa bad
looked a little more closely to his
money, instead of lending it to ne'er-do-
wells liko Chauncey Graham to squan
der!" -
"Cousin Chsuncey was always good
and kind!" cried Juliet coloring up.
"He would have paid papa if he could!
And it is mean and dishonorable of you
to say such things as these, Juniata
Jeasupl". .. . ..
"Hoity-toity!" cried Miss Jessup.
"Meanl Dishonorable! Well, if he ain't
both, let him put In an appearance anl
say what he has done with thatcjoneyr
As Mr. Graham was at that moment
supposed to be in Australia, engngel in
the management of a mammoth sheep
farm, this was perhaps a rather unrea
sonable demand. But to Miss Jessup's
Infinite amazement and, perhaps, to
ber discomfiture as well, tho front door
was pushed open at that juncture and a
bronzod. bearded apparition, in a suit
of some foreign stylo and cut. stalked
in.
"Is this Mrs. Moses Mnnlrighfs
house?" said be. "Can any ono tell me
if Miss Juliet May is here?"
Mrs. Murdright stared. Miss Jessup
seemed equally amazed, but with a cry
Juliet May sprang to her feet.
"Chauncey!" she cried. "It ia my
cousiu Chaunceyl"
"I am Chauncey Graham,' said tho
young man. "I only arrived in tho port
of New York last evening. It all deems
so strange to me to hear that my
cousin. 'Squire May, is dead that
Juliet is without a home."
He stood in surprise, scarcely ablo to
recognize in this tail Andalusian-faced
girl, tho chubby -chocked littlo play
fellow of former years. But when she
flung herself so confidingly into his
arms be bcld her with a tender and
chivalric embrace.
Oh, Chauncey. I am so glad that you
bare come." she sobbed. "Oh. I was so
lonely and forsaken! No one has seemed
to care for mo since papa died no one
offered rco a home!"
"I will," said Chauncey, quietly.
"Thero, there, little one, don't fret. It
is all smooth sailirg now. The money
which your father lent me has borne
fruit seventy times seven, and it is
yours now!"
Mrs. Murdright hero recovered her
self so far as to extend a fish-like hand
to Mr. Gralam. Miss Jessup pressed
eagerly forward.
"My dear Juliet" she said, with a
little acidity, "you aro such a mero
baby! Don't you sue that your cousin
isn't at all tho proper person to take
charge of you?"
"Why not?" said Chauncey Graham.
"It seems to me that I am tho very one.
And my mother is in New York waiting
to extend a mother's tender care to Ju
liet" "At all events, my dear," said Miss
Jessup. "don't cling to your cousin as if
he were a floating spar and you a drown
ing mariner! Do Sit down! Dear cousin
Chauncey," with a smile which dis
played every one of her false teeth to
tho very best advantage, "this u such
an agreeable surprise. We havo thought
and talked of you so much!"
Whilo Mrs. Murdright hastened to
prepare what sho called "a little re
freshment," for this relative who
seemed so much nearer and dearer since
ho bad come bacn homo with plenty of
money.
"I wish now." she muttered, "that wo
hadn't been quite so sharp with Juliet
She was a silly child, no doubt but if
she is going to be rich again Eh?
What?" to her niece who now presented
herself with a crape-vailed bit and ink
black draperies folded across her slen
der shoulders. "You're not goi ng away
so soon. Juliet my darling?"
"Chauncey says that Lis mother ex
pects U9 by tho very next train." said
Juliet upon whoso rale cheek a new
color bad kindled. "And wo have no
time to lose!"
"And," simpered Miss Jessup, who
was hurriedly donning an extremely
youthful Gainsborough bat with rose
buds and daisies wreathed around its
brim, "I have volunteered to accom
pany dear Juliet Really. I have grown
too fond of hc-r to allow ber to slip away
lrora me like this!"
Mrs Merdright maJo a grimace.
"The scheming old cat" he thought.
"She actually thinks she is going to
luro Cbaunzcy Graham into marriage.
Well. I never it ul see such idiotic folly!"
But she said nothing of this as she
kissed Juliet good-bye with an effusive
ness which surprised the ycung girl.
"Farewell, my darling.' sho said, al
most tragically. "And remember that
if ever you need a home, my heart and
hearth are equally open to you."
"Why diJn't you say so before?"
Juliet asked herself, vaguely amazed at
what seemed to her. such a surprising
inconsistency. "Why did sho talk so
disagreeably about my being a burden,
and earning my own living? And why
is Juniata Jessup coming back with us.
without ever being invited?"
V Poor littlo Juliet! She had yet much
to learn of tho ins and outs of this
world!
Miss Jessup's 6tay in New York, how
ever, was not prolonged. Sho camo
back the next day, very HI satisfied with
her journey.
"Things are quite changed since J
was a girl," said sho. "There's Juliet
engaged to Chauncey Graham already .
or as good as engaged a mero chit liko
that with no knowlodgo or experience
of society! And Mrs. Graham taking on
airs liko the queen, and telling me, up
and down, that she didn't care for my
company! Me! Her own cousin twico
removed! And Juliet parting from me
like a clam, never even kissing me nor
telling me sho hoped to see me again!"
."Humph!" said Mrs- Murdright
"That's genorally tbe way rich people
behave. But I almost wish. Juniata,
we hadn't been quite so short with tho
child!'' .
"Yes." said Miss Juniata; "but who
was to suppose - that she was to be an
heiress, after all?" Amy Randolph, in
N. Y. Ledger.
The True Gentleman or Lelsatre.
We hear a great deal about gentlemen
of leisure. Your true gentleman of
leisure is tbe man who does not havo to
work for bis living; but who. cut cf tbo
gentleness and chivalry of Lis nature,
delights so to live as to bo a telp and
an encouragement and perchance a
burden bearer, for those who are com
pelled to work, in order to keep alive
aiid maintain their self respect No
man of leisure can maintain h-is claim
to. be called a gentleman, when be is
merely a loafer, a trlfier, or a pleasure
seeker. Such use of lifo makes one un
gentle, selfish, base.
Carlo ma ItraslUan Cuatom.
They have a curious custom at the
burial of unmarried women in Brazil.
The coffin, hearse and tho livery of the
driver must be bright scarlet, the four
white horses drawing the hearse must
be covered witii scarlet nets, and scarlet
plumes must deck the horses' heads,
Didn't Sit Lo the Caae.
In selecting the names of a jury to try
a man for murder down in Georgia the
name of tbe murdered man was drawn
out iI tlto box along with the ovLvri.-
JlfVl SHATTUCXS.
Oh! he'd hurl therdleUonary premlsc-ae through
the a r.
An he'd j ib f.taOstics inter ye Ij-cm almost
cVrywhare.
An' oi' Eratus Deede
Said be et a cycl jp.-dy
EvTy moi-nln' 'ilk bis breakfast; an I tllevo
be did, I swear.
An' In knowledge of the Scrlptur' he could lay
the parson flat
'Bout Alelchizedek so' Moses, Jonah an Jeho
sopbat. An' you couldn't fin' bis ekll
In Li viticus or Zekil;
He kep' all tbe law an' prophets packed away
beneath bis bau
He'd iote Congcss-lonal Reports j.?st li'it his A
DC
An' of all tbe laws and statoots be possessed a
a full Idee.
An' he'd argify on science
'Ilh all the intellectual giants.
An hed run 'en from their burrows, an he'd
chase 'em up a tree.
An down to Pi-leg PerklD's store be ester set
an' talk;
One d4' w'en be wnz rpoutln' In there- eome an
orkcrd gawk.
An' be kinder sneaked an' sidled.
Like a boss that isn't bridled
An Jim pitcbs) into him an' tried to mako him
too tbu chalk.
An' tbe gawk be looked so Billy that we kinder
pitied buu.
An Pcleg l'erklns whispered- Kinder stroke
him easy, Jim.
Then the gawk he squirmed an wiggled
"Till the gal clerk up an' gVylcd,
Then he waded in an argered liLu a blessed
seraphim!
He pelted Jim Mth school books til) I tell ye It
wuz rich.
An he'd whelt him with the Bible as be'd beat
him with a switch,
Ita the history of Chiny.
Tlicbuc'.oo an' North Cailiny, -i
Theology aa jollogy, geogerfy an" slco.
He'd kote the President's messages an' bis lo-
augerul speech.
An no crumb in wisdom's pantry seemed to be
beyond his reach;
All hlst'ry would be grabble on
F'rm Uoston back to Babylon;
W'en he shook the tree of knowledge ev'ry
shake would drop a peach.
An' Jim be sorter wilted, an then hung down
his bead.
An slowly shuffled frum tbe store, but not a
word be Fald.
An' we all knew ol Jim Shatlucka
Had met bis Appomattox;
Ncx Cay his children foun bim, la tbe tipper
corn field, dead!
S. W. Foss. in Yankee Blade.
HOW "LIFTERS " WORK.
Tho Way Fair Thieves Prey on a
Dry-Goods Store.
Same Women Faint When They Are Caught
vilb I'landrr la Their Packet. oth
ers llerotue Hysterical and
Courageous by Torus.
A tall, handsome woman, fashion
ably attired, walked into a loading dry
goods establishment in Chicago ono
afternoon and was soon lost in the
throng of busy shoppers. She stepped
briskly from one counter to another,
critically examined many goods of fine
texture, but apparently could not find
tbo artk-lo sho desired. Approaching
tuo jewelry department slio glanced
hastily over hor shoulder and then sat
down at tbo counter with a languid, ex
hausted air. Several trays of jewelry
were brought out for her uxamu'dlio'i.
but tho peculiar design sought tas not
among them.
"Let mo see those bracelets." abe
said, indicating a tray in ouo of tho Ji
play cases farther down tbo counter..
When the saleslady's back was turned
tho tall woman resumed ber examina
tion of tho rings. Her movements
were mero deft than before. . A large
Land-bag hung at ber side, and bcfoic
the saleslady returned a handful of
jewelry bad been transferred to it
None of the other clerks had witnessed
the theft but when tho tray of brace
lets was deposited U.-foro the critical
customer the young saleslady silently
signaled a fioor-wall.cr.' Her expe
rienced eye bad detected tho loss. The
tall woman pushed back the tray of
bracelets, with tho remark: "It is
strango that you have every design but
tho one I want I am soiry to Lave
troubled you, but I will, not purchase to
day." When sbo stepped into the elevator to
descend the fioor-walker was at ber
side. Reaching the main floor, sho was
on the point of walking out tho main
entrance when a gentle tap on the shoul
der arrested her attention.
"Will you please step to tho rear a
moment madam?" tbe floor-walker
asked, pointing tbe way.
"What do you mean, sir?"
"Simply that you can not loavo this
storo until you havo been searched.
You are suspected of having goods se
creted in your clothes that were stolen
from the jewelry department"
"I will neither step to tbe roar nor bo
searched," 6be replied, excitedly.
''How daro you accuse ladies who conio
here to make purchases?"
Tho floor-walkor approached closer,
and said in low but emphatic tones:
"Madam, you can take your choice be
tween going quietly and being arrested
by an officer. Wo are not mistaken.
You havo stolen goods in your hand
bag." The tall woman did not stop to argue,
but stepped quickly to the office of tho
superintendent of floor-walkers. Two
salesladies wero waiting to receive ber.
Going into a small room they made a
hasty examination of the critical cus
tomer's apparel. When they came out
one of them had the stolen jewelry in
her band. The tall woman broke down
and begged the superintendent to 6 pate
her.
"This is tho first time I ever took a
thing that did not belcr.g to me, and I
will willingly pay you for all tho rings,
although J Lave no use for them. Do
not expose me, I implore you, before
my friends." .
"MaJim, TiCitbcr you nor all your
friends combined havo enough money
to buy those rings now. You will be
prosecuted liko a cou.mon thief. We
make no distinction between profes
sional shoplifters and first offenders
here." A moment later tho weeping
wore an entered a carriage and was
taken to the police station. Y' tterJay
Uicriiing sho was fined twenty dollars
and allowed to depart Her friends
came to the store in large numbers dur
ing tbe day, pretesting that she was re
spectable, a member cf, an influential
family and had never been guilty of
stealing before, and begged the firm to
withdraw tho charge. Their plead
ings wero In vain and an hour lattr the
woman sat among a common lot Of of
fenders at tho armory.
ThU scene, v, ilh blight variations, is
enacted almost every day in some of
tbe large dry-goods stores in the cltien.
SbopHfttTi fccldoiu ir.Yad.u cxcluaho
jewelry stores, althoi.ffh the big whole
sale dry-goo.! establishments that sell
j-vlry ;iro eoti'ia-lb -.1 to ex' teise more
than- usual vigilance in th;.t depart
ment "Their way of working aro
pretty much alike," said a si.rwi intciid
ent of floor walkers in one of the lar,T
Chicago store;. "The profi-ssi.jr.al
shoplifter seldom makes a purvl.r.so.
Sho goes from ono counter to another,
generalfly choosing a busy day for her
operation so that sho can glide out
into the crowd a'ter getting what sho
wants. Somo of them an handsome,
distinguished-looking women, who
would nt br taken for thieves if seen
on the street lienerally thf-y are well
dressed and have a nuuib'-r of capacious
jMK-kets in thoir skirts, into which val
uable silks can" bo easily dropped. S-.im3
of tneso poekets are lar" enoufh to
conceal arr entire roll ofilk without
giving any external indication of tho
roll."
'"Do you employ private detectives tj
watch such jM-r-onsV asked a rejortcr
of the Chicago Herald.
"No; aur own employes look after
thorn. Wo havo three yfunrr VM-n hero
who know every professional shoplifter
in the city, and when one comes in she
is immediately put under close surveil
lance. They seldom eacapo uit'.i ftolen
goods. Somo of our salesladies aro
quit as expert in detecting those
women as tho young men. and we have
frequently caused the arrest t per
sons on a word frota them. In fact, I
may say that several of our lady em
ployes are very successful detectives in
this line, and it must Ik; an accom
plished thief wbt eludes their vigi
ls nee. While tbe operations of shop
lifters are very similar, their conduct
wtren caught differs in almest every,
cast. Somo of them indslgn in mock
hysterics and create a scene that gives,
their arrest a great deal of publicity.
TLeso aro generally professionals.
Others fall in a faint and are carried to
tho seare-Ling-reiom. Quito a number
pretend thst they are under the inllu-ene-e
of inert. Lino or some other opiate,
and say that they did not know what
they were doing. Occasionally we get
one w ho assumes an air of dignity that
would do credit to a queen, and who
fairly boils with indignation w hen told
of tho charges against her. But
wo seldom mako a mistake, arid gen
erally recover the stolen gooJs. One
week we caused tbo arrest of three w om
en. One of them was evidently an
old worker at tho business, for on tho
way to my office sho slipted the stolen
goods from her dress and threw them in
a waste paper basket Of courso, ia
that case, wo could do nothing, for tho
articles wero not found on her person.
Such cases aro very rare, as our em
ployes generally watch the fair thieves
so closely that they can not dispose of
tho plunder."
"What do they do wkh the stolen
goods?"
"That depends upon the character of
tbo thief. l'rofessionals have regular
places to sell wba. they steal. Pawn
brokers get most of tho stuff taken by
that e-lass. Non-jiroftrssioiials steal
only what they want towrar. and many
women get enough in that way to dress
themselves handsomely. They will take
any thing from a pair of shoes to trim
mings for a hat or dress. We make it
a rule' to prosecute every person de
tected in stealing, no matter who it is.
Neither tears nor money will shield
anybody caught shoplifting in this
house. Wo arc first careful to make no
arrests without conclusive evidenceof
j'uilt and itht'.it at hinl prosecu
tion invariably follows. It is the only
way wo can protect ourselves against
tins class of criminals."
THE GIRL WHO WOOS.
Treat Your Sarellirart Murlt aa You
Would an luvalid.
I may as well be- frank at nee and
say I do not liko the maid who Uih-s tho
wooing, says the; Ladies Hone Journal.
She is usurping the- privilege of her
knight, and if I were he I should turn
and flee. But." says Ethilinda, "he
needs encouragement'.'' Perhaps bo
does. But not too much of it When
you want to give an invalid something
to increase his appetite you do not of
fer to eat for him; instead ycu oflVr a
dainty bit, a little spice or a little acid
that quickens the taste and make- a
great hunger come. Treat your sweet
heart in the same way. Let him bo
conscious that you are ple-ase-d with bis
liking; but do not for a miuuto take
away his prerogative and do tho wooing.
No man has a true appreciation for
good things too easily obtaiue-d. Man
is yet a little bit of a saage, and tho
bunt is always a delight to him. Your
eyes may reflect his love, but they ne-ed.
not annuuinx yours first, thereby send
ing out an invitation- My dear girl,
ask almost any niun you know what his
favorite flower is. and, after be Las
thought hei will tell you cither the vie-le-t
or tho rose.. One grows surrounded
and protct-U'd by. green leaves, and to
get it perfe ct that is, with a stem you
have to reach down and pluck it careful
ly, but in a deuiruiiued way. - Xhe- othe r
is guarde-d by sharp thorns, and though
it stands up in a laost dignified way, it
resists, except by its encouraging sweet
ness, the one brave enough to take it
frem the -,arent tree. You can learn a
EuoJ lesson in a Cower garden; you seo
the bellyhek.s plaJitand know tuat they
are the forward he-autiosi of the worM of
Cowers, you see the lilies with, t'n-ir
Lowed heads, aud aro eoiiv iiiced UiU
beauty without faith is vf litlie worth;
yeu are aware of a dainty perfiin and
know tho little lady, whoso eiliti-a
surpass her charms the mignoueU' is.
near; ou can see the' luasoali'ie iii in
"Johnoj'-juii.p-uis"; you cau ' the
positive ono iu the gaudy s.mi'.ov.
you ran see the aggi-i-ssivt- om- iu tho
scarle-t geraniuru, a.j j-,, 0
th tu all and conclude tUi.-'. the oik s
wortn hating, swut of peril. me u:id
restful in e-olor. an- not the in- that
preitrudetheiusclve-s on your l-nm, and
say, as lo s'iue tio i i s aud some; maid
vu: "Take tis."
A Simple IZzpUanaUfMs.
"George," said the lirids "1 mv-iu t..
bo constantly Iwarii.g th.' sweetest,
music. I wonder what it ini atis."
"It means," said the pra.-t ic.;l groom,
"that th feller that sold that wM
ding ring for a plain gold band worked
off a brass band on UiO.'V-DeiUoit Free
Press.
Civilization First Citizen "The
first time I uie-.-t that fellow Fin going
to give him tho worst th:-:i "hing ho
ever had in his life." Second fit in
"But suppose bo should proie able to
thrash you, what then'.' Fir-t Citizen
"Huh! If Le hurts me 1 11 havo biin
arrested." Good News.
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