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It ' a norrl. iiiiiim. ami wiirn-vt latf work U evury pt-incn of ivlluiii ut. On reo-lpt of ten crutu in tmpK they HI iKWtpoifi a full tet of Uit.ir fauiora bius- Fnrtmi crt they wlU 8lw rnl u Nxk cmtiiit:iittr cotnpl. tn word, uf "Tli ilikuii.-." nuil iuiim.: i.( lu uioct populur oi).'i, tO(;i-tltTvit!i t.'i; rxq t.' chniiH card. QmNEPTlJS ! A rery leinr. liarnili plyrynl i '' .1 "; compound (ir diiiiKin;; tin' taic c: (;i. t . n : otl-r bitl-r drni,-. rilli.r mli.l ..r I'.-.ul !'im-. 7-. nU prr Tint iitllr. Pn-n rib. il l.v I Iiii-m. ' phyhitian. in Kun.o nm! Aiii.m i. :i. 1 n: i i . couiuttuiwB every botllf. K TX'.u !-;. i): i j. : Stnnr.f.vtiin'd ty The Academic FharnzacMitic Co., tOM( AM .tiv v;rtu. 532-536 WASHINGTON ST, NEW YOKK CITY -a O Y A r v : R ELIXIR. An rlcj.-niit English pli.-ro.-.C! ;i-; t-r.rutio:i for l'i'ioi;rt, mnturiiLl nnd lto;u It ,;l.l- : l.i sult. of ovi-r tweiKy-tlvo yrui: cf ir.: Lt riuiucnt Bi-ifntirle ri-s-rt-h. Afprvl hy iln- hith-'it tn-V.:cnl nithi 'ties. In tii" in the lioKpila's in a cry r :rt or 1- i:i ) h.p--!a!ly ln-liliil to ludli-a, iliil-lr. u uutl n-o-jl i't at-d-nt.-vry hutiiiM Entin-ly vcvetubie ; five from b-.miful Jimss. li Hjinisoiue Packages, Price 50 Cts. rriar.il solely hy Co. LONDON AND NEW YORK, Chi.-ini.-dM by u ) ,i'iitmi-:!l to If.-r ?.!.::.!? t!. iium-tx ttu.1 Ui t!ir I: v..! SEW VOXK I'KANCH: 1 CO, 132, 134 Charlton St ROYAL PILLS. tuixo mtlit-innl pn-.rv-rt-s liv-ViL Ei.iii:. boxi-s, M iii: to h jx, for 5 ci r t. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUCOSTO REMEMBERTHOIG FOUR! Vinegar Bitters CORDIAL, ,,Lt!"(U3 5 Oo . Vinegar Bittsrs P0WDZS3, 50 doses, SO.-. Vinegar Bitten, new style. l'g?t 1 1 .OO Vinegar Bitters, old style, bitter tantc, $1.0O The World's Great Blood Pur-flor and Life Giving: Principle. Only Temperance Bitters Known. Tbr p Jffh of n mor; 'oi-T lxi Lpndinir l litis Wcrid. ranalry Medic-tut B. IL HcEonalJ En: Co., Froprietors, HAN 1- BAIiCISCO asu NEW OiUS. THIS! Y.S., i '"-L-hlv tight, 1. i-.-iiie-ly Iln.M -.viih ' ciiliftfr " u ; v - . 'i -x va a ruii cr 'BY CUTTIWQ TL ant, wiling where y.m w It. and .-ndinr ft ' o ilainiM. or notn 1 nuUi for rity rat, v ihr WEEKLY BEE i ole-lo, you will rc-tst-ivr theWocUylloe hy pottP pi1, til! Ja.m;ry li-t. lint. The lint l&riro pttgvs, ooluit.nsmch, making one nd one quarter mile, of readmit each yrar. It ti or.e of I he In thel'nlledtatea: Iiak all the Ni-w. irreat 8to-j I;.-, iiMiM-noia, farm t n' t htidrn Hour, I u ft ID,s iviuuiea, ner, T.J- mnK! i Str nona. Market RrmtM tjii " w. a ub T. r.r.rt i.i ttajj, Toledo, LUfilBER IS ADVANCING. SAW-MILLS, STEAM ENGINES, Mil NuLE MILLS, HAY I'h KFSES, kr. Juil r neetloa t . ulu special price to IntroiJuca 1 A. H. IA1KU aK.d.lnilte.! 1), York, Pa. 80 WEAK Mm Buitoruig from th. .SocU of youthful errors, early " r. w.ULg weakiWM. lost manhood, eto, IwiJ ei-i a vaioable treauae (mind, containing full n .uld meciral work ; .houldlS rad by .v7 uerrooa and debilitated. Addni, rf. F. C. FOMXEH, 3Ioodu,' Conn. ' tJ. I ' .f, . . - ' j'.-'l'vwu IIUO Cl 'lit f , . An- z On the Tidal Wave. Family, the f orr lint, the Tar mrand tb Jfrrhanle. 1891. lie Rltslmr- Fast. 1691 All tU ?fw. M.ttt-wnry Teprtnietit, Ureal Krrlal 'ovl". rulltleal r.mmraH. norlal llrP'n,n" B.ey forrtiipondfBfe WITH TH yto.l Thornnsrh ami nellatol Marlte ice-port) Printed. The er 1M1 promlne. to he or. of treteit In prr.r n't hume and ahrond to nowjparer readers. Ti e IMtMhuricn Weekly Post luthe larire't. a It l admittedly on. ol the het Im.XTratlo weekly paper. In th. Vnito.1 State.. Kch lue con tains twelve paif".. or 'nr mom than the nnl ulia o( city week lie.. With lurrcasdnir acllltlea for rathertnn an I prlntio the new. It will In terest and entertain It retiier a noer hel.ire. l'( iMTldAli.-The rhvlnir year has been crowned hy unpariilled IVmncratie Tlctorlea In the Store nnd nation. Wiih the new year ov ernor f'artiaon will enter noon ht ilutles. The arc nnd work of the urraat Presidential battle ol 18'. will be laid this year, fonirren and the State I ifiKlatnre will he In action. The Week ly Fort will Rather all the political ncwa in Im portant to eery w.ll Informed Democrat, and wlildlHCUss It with tatrne and candor from the standpoint of DemToratlo prlnriples. UTKHAKY.-IHiHnir the year this departs ment of the The Weekly Post will he of unnnr pas I value and Interest to the family circle. Several romances hy the foremost aut'.iors ot the day will succeed encn other. In hooK lorra any one of them would cost a year', subscription. Valuable mlscellane. eoice poetry, humorous fketcqe. will add their attractions. NEWS. 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Price kO cents at Druggists ; bv mall registered, W CU. ELY 1IK S M Warren St. New Y'ork. ' SELF-TEED lJfc W. Vi-i Jt., '4 f or ; 2. 4. I ( I '. ! J t . ' ..L : , If 'biiofliid Xi MARSjl STEAM lri:ti-ia I'.aytu-1. a :i i E. C. MAC 301 lcvi btrrtt. 1VKKYBODY In rnmnrl anty should read Ai the Fkkemam Only l.&o per year. rlnl rTEEL EXPANDED METAL BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. Do you know how the tale of the buttercup D.cume the son of the daisy. Ah they grew bos.de the meadow bars. In the sprintf-time soft and Lazy? Was there promise of gold In the buttercup? Was tiiere promise of sr.ow in Ihe daisy! As a boy and pirl ctrie after the cows, Joan West and his playmute. Mazier ' We'll tame the cows," eald Johnny West. -Oh. ao wo will.' said Mazie; -Yours sha'.l le named for this buttercup. And mine called after this daisy." They lingered so oft by the pasture fcars That la after years a daisy Would remind John West of a sunny haired girl. His blue-eyed playmate, Mazie. Ten years: and a tain by the meadow bars John West confessed to Mazie; "I would give all the gold of the buttercup For the golden heart of the daisy." And thus the tale of the buttercup Uoram: the soiitf cf tho daisy. As thev ki-sed across the raondiw bars, John' West and his sweot'icart. Ma.ie. Annie A. Preston, In iiriub-fleld (Mass.) Re publican. THE 1GTII CHASSEURS. The Last of Thoir Number Fell Fighting Hungry Wolvca In tho Frcrch invasion of Russia in tho Sixtocnth Chasseurs woro de tailed aa skirmishers. They had foupht in Spain and liermany and had pained a hib reputation for bravery. On tho way to Moscow they made themselves droaded by the Cossacks and tho sound of their battle cry wastenough to put tho "foxes of tho plains" to flight. As is well known, the Russians offered no serious resistance, but their heroic pol icy of self-sac rifico in destroying; all crops and provisions that lay in tho path of the invader made tho enemy's procrross very slow. However, Moscow was peached at last and promised to provo a haven of rest. Then tho Russians crowned their previ ous elTorta of dovotion to their country by setting Cro to their old, sacred town and in the depths of winter tho in truders were forced to commence a dis ustrous retreat. Tho bitterly cold and pitilessy north easter moaned and howled through the scanty and stunted trees standing here and there on the side plains of Western Russia. It whisked sharp snow parti cles high into tho air, whirled them into shadowy Bhapes and drove them furiously after a small troop of French soldiers that were slowly and painfully plowing through, tho rifts. No.ono would have recognized tho gay 'i?'v;.r.i of the Sixteenth Imperial Chasseurs in tho30 wretched bundles of rags that tottered feebly westward. Three weeks before that regiment had Ud the way into Moscow, two thousand strong, mounted on fine horses, and tt:o sun hud glistened brightly from their uniforms cf light blue and gold. Vk hen Moscow wont up in flames, they had rrutected the rear of tho retreating army; when tho retreat became a rout they had still showed their teeth to tho enemy. Rut haria-sscd hourly by the relentless Cossacks, tortured by hunger and cold day by day tho regiment hail lost Bcores of bravo men till hardly ono hundred remained. Weak and worn, they still had a cheery word for one another, and hoping against hope, every man expected to seo once more his beloved France one thousand miles away. Of their horses but threo wero left tottering along under stacks o straw and horseflesh, they wero but specters of fchoso fino steeds that once needed the restraint of curb. Marcbin westward wrapped in tho cloaks of their dead comrades, their legs and feet bumlled in horse hides, tied with tho bridles and stirrup leathers of their dead horses, staggering under tho bur den of their carbines, tho Sixteenth Chasseurs retained not a particlo of their former splendor. - .- Twilight was fast fading into night when the little ban ! reached a slight but welcomo shelter from tho icy fury of tho wind under tho bank of a small stream. A halt was male and a fire kindled. Their supper was of melted snow and boiled horseflesh. Guards were posted ani tho weary men slept. As morning prose savage veils re sounded on all sides and bullets camo pinging through the camp. . A party of about two hundred Cossacks had acci dentally come upon them, and tho sup eriority of tho enemy in weapons and numbers gave them but littlo promise of asuccessfui resiit&nco. oiley after vol ley (f the Cossacks could only be answer ed by a few well-directed shots, for their ammunition was getting low and they daro not waste a bullet. The Cossacks grow bolder circling nearer and nearer round the camp, socking a weak upot for one of their resistless charges. Sud denly they clustered together, pointing toward the east and gesticulating vio lently then'spurring their horses they all rodo oil to the west- As the enemy fled tho French raised a shout of victory fer lLog sure, help was near at hand. Probably a largo detachment of tho re treating army was coming" up and in their joy they rushed out of their shelter and poured a hail of lead after the rap Mfy disappearing Cossacks. Looking eastward they discerned on tho horizon a long black line, but blinded by tho glare of thenow they could not at first make out what it was. Untthe horrorg of their situation burst upon them when tho faint but terrible, ominous sound of prolongod howling reached their' oars. That long lino meant wolves. Despair was in- their hoarta, but" ihey at once began preparations for a a tout defense. Twenty had fallout beneath tho bullets of the CoRsacks-i-only ciglUy men to face hundreds of wolves. They gathered the rifles of the dead Cossacks and of their dead comrades and "nastily threw up an embankment of snow. Hounding with long strides over the undulating stretch of frozen plain on came that ravenous host of fierce brutes. Howling and yelping they came straight over tho track of tho Cossack troop that was now but a dim speck on tho hori zon. They would halt to devour tho bodies of those who had fallen beneath tho French ilro, and an attack was in evitable. Every race in that doomed littlo liody of Koldiers was pale, but their courage never faltered. On came the foremost wolves. They reaehr l the iV 'i r,sa--. and a tnml ung mass of shaggy forms struggled fiercely as, with horrible cries and yells, they fought for a piece of flesh. Teeth gnashed and furious fights took place between the discoverers of tho feast Then thoy scented the other prey and rushed for tho encampment. Crack! j ;rackl crack! and eighty carbines sent 1 their dread warning tearing through tho ranks of that wolf army. The fore most fell and the charge was chocked for an instant. Tho extra guns poured aut their lead, but tho fury of tho wolves seemed to increase. Ilefore the gallant band of soldiers could reload hundreds of wolves were among them, and a terrific struggle began. Rayonet crashed through Bhaggy breast, gleaming bruto teeth tore at human throats, snarls ad howls, yelps and cries, groans and moans who can de scribe tho horrors of that awful struggle! Tho snow was soaked with tho mingled blood of man and beast. Rack to back men fought as never men fought bo forc hunting tho savage, leaping beasts dwn to tho ground with deadly thrust of stelL Numbers fell, but num bers sticl pressed on in overwhelming foroo. Tho little troop of soldiers fought on till bat a score remained to defy thoso crit'.-l teeth fought oa till but ten still faced tho foe fought on as long as 11 va could raise a hand fought on till the last man sank beneath thoso tearing fangs conquered but not subdued. Rut tho wolves did not proSt by their victory. The fleeing Cossack band met a regi ment of Russian lancers and told their tail, and the wbolo force went to the rescue. Too late to save a man, they reached the scene of thestrugglein time to drive the victorious brutes from their prey. Threo hundred wolves lay dead in and around tho encampment, show ing how fierce had been tho defense, and with military honors tho Russians buried the bodies of their brave enemies the last of tho Sixteenth Chasseurs. Detroit Free Press. THE HUNTER'S RUSE. How the Slayer of "Itlc Den Got II U l'rize Conveyed Home. Years ago, near a place called Enter prise, on a point jutting into Lake Mon roe, during all bright days a certain big alligator used to lie basking in the sun. Ho was well known to tho whole neigh borhood. Tho entire cotorio of sport men at the only hotel used to call him "Rig Ren," and proud hunters would talk, and even dream, of tho time when a well-aimed riflo-siiot would end his long career. Rut Rig Ren was as cun ning as a serpent, and whenever any one, afoot or afltpat, came unpleasantly near he would slide off into the water which meant "good-bye" for tho rest of tho day. One fino morning one of the60 sports men paddling up tho lako, luckily with his riflo in his canoo, caruo upon Rig lien so sound aslcop that ho stole up within range and put a bullet through the alligator's brain. What to do next was a problem. He could not tow tho monster all tho way to Enterpriso with his small canoe. A bright idea struck him. Ho put bis visiting card in tho beast's mouth, and paddled swiftly back. A number of hunters wero at tho wharf, and the slayer of Rig Ron hastened to Inform them, with apparent sincerity, that while out paddling ho bad come within easy range of the '"gator," who was, no doubt, still lying raotionloss on the point A flotilla of boats and canoes. Manned by an army with rifles, instantly started for the point. To avoid confu sion, it was unanimously agrcod that all should go down together, and that the entire party, if they were lucky enough to find Rig Ren still there, should fire a volley at the word cf com mand. As they approached the point, tho hearts of all beat quickly; and when, with straining eyes, they saw Rig Ren apparently asleep and motionless upon the bank, even the coolest could scarcely control his feelings. The boats were silently drawn up within easy shot, and tho word was given. Ranjl bang! went a score of rifles, and Rig Ren, riddled with bullets, lay motionloss upon the point! With a cheer of triumph the ex cited sportsmen leaped ashore, and fast ening a ropo around the dead alligator speedily towed him to Enterprise There the original slayer awaited them upon tho wharf. When Rig Ren was laid upon the shore, opening tho ani mal's mighty jaws ho disclosed his visit ing card, and thanked them ntost po litely for their kindness in bringing his 'gator liotuo for him. Clarence R. Moore, in St. Nicholas. SHOES FOR WOMEN. Hapten t Kemsirks I'tterod by (Socety .Man. Maw York "Why on earth," said a New" Yorker tho other day after an hour's walk on Broad way, to a Shoe and Leather Review cor respondent, "do women who haven't got pretty feet, and who know thoy haven't got pretty feet, if they know any thing at ail about themselves, wear just the footgear that puts their feet at their very worst? A woman with big, shape less feet or crooked feet can afford to wear but ono kind of boot a laced one and never a low shoe under any circumstances. A button booo does all very well for the first few days whilo it still buttons trim and snug about. tho ankles, but every woman knows that it does thl3 for a few days only; then it loosens and begins to take on tho shape of the foot, exaggerating its peculiari ties every day just a little. And by and hy, before the boot is half worn out, it is a kind of caricature of her foot, with every defect and imperfection exagger- ateu. i no lacea boot aoesn t do this, because it can bo drawn np every morn inir liko -new hoot ,u$lding the foot tilwas firmly and securely, and so acts m beorrcctiroa-;inst any" tern dency the foot, ims tsvg IlF-sbapxa and's'ajeadingr 2nt VAiCfn do n6t"9ot-rft to have discov ered tb1"i &U7or "in- rery-foy caies, and so lory tjo on i buttoning wpxheir -street booti with as "much 'satisfaction an" if tL'-'ijr .wen-n't plying-the best possiblo opportunity to their feet, to lie as pulpy an-i M-rradin-j. and crocked aa-they jbooW ... -..;" - l!a.Vll Runs Col-I nnt Stiver. There is wonderful well down near : Del Korte, says tho Tike's TPeatc Herald. It is an artesian well witn an abundant flow of purr water sufficient to irrigate a considerable amount of land. That would l.-o enough for any ono but a San Luis man. Rut this is mineral water. It Is. rtfervescent, very pala tab lo 'aud. extremely healthful. Nor is this all; the force of. tho water brings up from : the depths an occasional lump of native' silver or a gold nugget. Tho frugal farmer has placed a sack of wire netting over the mouth of tho well to catch tho tiu tal and prevent it from choking the cows. Local scientists claim that at a great deptu and undor enormous pres Mure the water is washing away, a ledgo of rock, whose softer parts go into solution and give the water its 'mineral qualities, but whose gold and silver, not being dissolved, are brought to the sur face in a metallic state. FARM-HOUSS. 'NZATH THE HILL. Ol the farm-house 'neath tho hill, I can see It standing still. As I saw It in ray childhood's happy day. When every tranjf was new and beautiful to view. From morning till the sunset's opal blaze. I can see the orchard trees, anJ I hear the hum of bees In the hollyhocks and tmes near the wall. And where the brooklet flows, a barefoot urchin goes Again among the cat-o-n!ne-t ails talL Down to the pasture spring. I walk, and lightly siar. As happy a3 In merry days jrino by, 'J When I wandered in tba wood, li&lf lni-t 1 Sol itude, Or c.iinbel the friendly mountain, looming hih. now I lore that f arm-hous; wide, trith it troes on either side. Where I plaved, and lunjhod and wandored when a b jy ! I can see tie swallows fly fiowa tho chimney frota the ky. And a-ain 1 dream a dream of vanlsLe.l joy. Wherever I may po Til find no place, I knew. That will my mind with sweet .r fancies til. Fond m-.-mory guard the door, and time pass ge-i-tly o'er That humble old prny f-.rmhouse 'neath the hilL Moses Gasrc SUire'r. in Iton Glihc. A BALANCED ACCOUNT. The Thief a Bill V7.13 Sottlod with Neat Cneck. The fpllowing veritable case of klep tomania camo under my observation a few years since, the principal actor in which was the wife of a re.sr-ectai.lc cit izen, who resided in a fashionable quarter of ono of our Atlantic cities, says an ex-attorney in he New York Weekly. A shrewd and thrifty young client of minj, who kept a fino establishmt nt upoff ono of the principal dry-goods thoroughfares . of the town, retailed laces and similar ladies' furnishing ma terials, and had a well-selected stock, which attractod a continual run of good ly customers. From time to time he missed trifling articles from the counters, but could not account for their mysterious disap pearance. lie directed his book -keeper to open a fictitious account in his ledger, to which ho gave tho title of "Thief's Accoun ' :o the debit side of which wsre charged ill articles tfeat wero missel and hich woro Invariably tiolrn by some jerson or persons who visited the store. So the "ThicTs Account" was regular y kept up for nearly a y.ar, and a very ;onsiderablo number of items found ;heir way to tho debtor side of it, the Aggregate value of which had reached upwards of two hundred dollars, at the ;loso of the first twelve months of my client's business. Rut, as yet, no clew had been had to tho actual cause of this unprofitable leak, and for a long time dospito tho most careful watching of strangers the ac count remained open, and increasing, upon the young merchant's books. One day thero entered the 3 tore a well-dressed, lady-liko person, whom the btore-keeper knew by name, for the had been there before who bought some trifling articles and whilo waiting for the parcel to be made up, the merchant who stoed a short dis tance from her observed a small but valuable lace collar slipped from the counter, where there were several paper boxes of goods open; and though he was greatly astonished and could scarcely credit it, yet ho was satisfied that this lady had drawn that collar in to her capacious muff! i - It had disappeared, at all events. It might bavo been accidental it oas so. be at. first bolievad; for surely, that nicely-attired lady, whom he knew moved in good society, and who was supplied generously with pin-money by her highly respected and liberal hus band could fiat bo a thief. At night, he said to tho clerk at the desk: '-Chargo'Thiers Account' with one lace collar ten dollars;" for it had f ont, and this was always tho rule in such cases. -. - And threo days subsequently, having thought the matter over, quietly, and called to mind some cases of so called ileptomania, of which bo had road and heard, h concluded that this must be an instance akin to that disease, which certain persons are afflicted wi'th, and Which Webster defines to bo a morbid and irresistible impulse or desire to SteaL" -'J$.V ;TT''-';- r Rut my client was himself an indus trious, honest young man. who was not overburdened with capital; and he could ill afford to thus lose his goods, or per mit thU style of genteel robbery to go on unchecked. So he said to his book keeper: . . "Mr. QuilL draw oil the Thiers Ac count," and givo me a fair copy of it." "What part, sir?" "Tho whole." When tho clerk handed it to him, he asked: "How much does It figure up?y ' . ' "Rising two hundred dollars, sir.? "Is the' last item charged tho lace collar?" - " Yes, jtixi ton dollars. " j. "All right . I. am , going up-town, QuilL If any ona calls for me, person ally, say I shall be back in an hour." .- - And, putting -on his hat and overcoat, he disappeared. : - --. My client had never called at tho house, to which he was now destined, but he bad a slight acquaintance with 'the gentloman who resided there.' ' '' - Mounting s tho ' stono steps, he rang 'gently,' and wa3' admitted.' V ' - . "Ii Mr,t at home?" jV. .'. . ''Yes, sir," eaid tho servant, showine tho merchant at onco into- the parlor, where, after. shaking bands with the' gentleman of tie house, ho was just about to open up his business with him, when he heard a light footfall, and im mediately his wife entered the apart ment, to accompany her husband down to dinner where she was evidently as tonished to meet the dry-goods dealer, who as quickly observed that the lady he remembered had upon her neck his missing ten-dollar lace collar! . It w 'My wife, -"sir,"' said tho' gentleman, presenting her to my client, who 6aid: "Yes, sir I have met the lady bo fore.' Thcnto her ho added: "How do you like your new collar, madam?'' The. what, sir?" she replied, coolly. "Your new lace collar, madam. It is very becoming, certainly." 'This7" she said. t'Yes, madam." - "Oh, it'a not very new, though." : "No? It is not a new pattern, but it is very pretty. I have a few moro like it, and that is tho first one that left my store, out of a late New York invoice." "Your store, sir?"' she asked. was upon I a in cer- "I think not, sir! "I am sure of it, madam. It wus taken away and without being paid for, too." "What do you mean, eir?" said the lady, heightening a little In color, and growing not a littlo indignant at my client's coolness and seeming effrontery. "Just what I have said, m .daiu. That lace collar on your neck was taken from my counter on the day and hour you wero in my r.tore, on Tuesday last. I repeat that it has not been paid for; and it is not tho first article I have misbeJ, in a similar way, in tho past year. 1 know of what I speak. I can prove in a court of justice what I have now al leged here. And I have brought my bill here for settlement," concluded the merchant, handing the "Thief's Ac count," that ljiil hid prepared, to her astounded husband. "This seems tome to bo a most extra judicial proceeding, bir," began the hus band. "What are all these items here?" "Your lady, possibly, can explain them. sir. I can't." "Rut what how when," muttered the man, confusedly. "I can't answer that, sir," continued my client, noticing tho sudden disap pearance of thu lady from the unpleas ant scene. "All 1 know i:s that theso articles have mysteriously disappeared from time to time fror.i my counters, and that I have found the- taief who stole the ten-dollar lace collar; who was seen to take- it by c;ys-lf and another from my store. This p.;rty must pay ray bill, her", or I si ill immediately take leal treasures to collect all I can of this amount." "Rut this bill amounts to two hun dred and eight dollars, sir." "Does it? I did not notice tho sum total precisely," said tho merchant, in differently looking it over. "Yes, you're correct, sir; it ii two hundred and eight." "You don't want me to pay that is. you don't expect me to pay for other people's " "Do you know tLeso 'other people' you speak of, sir?- "No. Rut" "Neither do L I do cot know one of the offenders. Will you give me your check, sir, for this bill? It is your mis fortune to havo 6uch a wife; but I can not suffer for it" "You don't pretend that ono person took all these goods, do you?" "I pretend nothing; only I have sim ply endeavored to state the matter as clearly and politely as the circum stances of tho case will warrant. You do not care to have any publicity given to this affair, and I am quite willing to avoid it, I assure you. Now, sir, will you accommodate mo with your check? And I will receipt the bill," concluded my client, rising. a," " ""' ' "How much did you say?" "Two hundred and eight dollars." The man went to his desk, wrote hur iedly for a moment, and said: "Here it is. Let this bo tho last of it, ir." . "With all my heart," eaid my client. HJood-day, sir." The lace merchant returned to his .tore wiihin tiio hour. "Has ; ny one called to see me, Mr. Quill?" ho asked. "No, sir." J Then handing him tho check, he laid, pleasantly: "Here, Quill; take this, and balance tho TLicfa Account.' Is tho amount correct?'' ..-'-.?.'.-' "Exactly, sir to a deljmr." "All right. Wo shall niet bo troubled with one of onr old customers any more, I think." ........ And the fictitious account in tho ladder wis forth-vitb closed, satisfac torily to the merchant, who gave me the above fauti afterwards, brt without mentioning tho name of the unfortunate kleptomaniac. WORKING THE INNOCENTS. A Tr. ,1a-Toy V.'Lj Uiu a MUHty Good vUv of itaiiiN.ii atard. The or; erienoed trr:'n boy, Rays the Chicago li'-ruld, wa-j t. arf ntly giving instructions to a youth whom he was breaking in as an assistant. In the seat directly in front of tho two -sat Mr. and Mrs. Harrison ICer pjnk. of George-son's Cross Reads. It was their Urst trip away from home. "You can gentr'ly tell by tiie-ir looks," said the pt anut boy, oracularly, "whe th er it's goiu to pay to try to conn any littlo game ove r 'em or not. Set' that chap half way between hero an' tho other end of the car? Well, you could h-.-ll that ran a dim a novel for a dollar and a half and ropo him in on the doilar-in-the-box trick jufct as easy us look at him. You'd bo wastia' your tlr.ii, though, to try and play any tricks on sr.ch people trio two in front of us. Tiioy'rae l-l-tjrarolcrs. ?No use to t;how them any thing Lut what's bang up gen uine an' chemp. If you've got any thing that's fresh an wuth the money, thorn folks .is tho kind of customers to take 'em to tho first thing. Snide goods won't go down 'with such' customers as them, I tell you. Weil, I must work tho train now. " Remember what I've told you." ' "That boy is a mighty good judgo of human nature, Jose, isn't be?" said Harrison to his wife, after tho exper ienced peanut boy had gone into tho for ward car to get his basket. "He thought he wasn't talking loud enough for us to hear, but I've got pretty fcharp ears. I heard every blamed wtrd Le said. Well, it's a fact, Joio,'5 he addud,' "it wouldn't be much use to try any of his littlo tricks on mo, I'vo got my eye teeth all cut- Hero ho comes. II he" got any thing worth baying ho'il come straight to us. You see il ho doesn't." And bofoitj the peanut boy wa done with Mr. Harrison Kerpunk he Lad sold him half a dozen prLco pacleacs, five bores of la.it year's maple caramels, a dozen so-;r oranges, three twenty-ave-ceut books for half a dollar arb, un loaded his entire stock of moldy flg.5 on him, and cleaned him out ol a two dol lar bill on an innocent Littlo trick wiih a pill-box and a gold coin. "Jose," said Harrison, afur be had sat looking out of tho window for about fivo miles, "durnoAl if don't bein to think - bo said all that to tho other boy on pur pose for me to hear itr rWfr of the Mosqalto ' A scientist computes that with the aid of a maohino constructed on tho princi ple of tho boring, drilling and pumping apparatus of tho mosquito, a hole ciuld be- bored to the center of the earth In less than a day. "Yes, madam. That collar my counter three days ago, tain." RESULT. The days were lor.?, the fcl.'M were splendid We roamed the woodlands sale by side. When s-aL.si.-t. droam wltii iu"onri.-e blended. We I'ca'-d out acroR ti;'.- tid-. We sar.tr together, geu' ly keeping Time t--) the oars' slow riiylLiuic sweepmp. We were the only two that s'-a-on Who came to board, rate willed It So For a distinctly M"-x-lal reason. That lal'r on we leanii- J to know, And ho-.v I pra'i d that rjor.e ir.'.i'ht lind US Where that sweet slitud.- eusLnued us. Thchouse wa- large, the frrounds were t.pacion"r And she ur;d I. we owned V. an I reveled in the thought; rood trracious! How I CTij -yeJ the empty hall. Tho cozj- parlor, bright and lonely. The d.uncrs served for us us only : Ah. Fte life's p-swin stranrely or b-rs For now. i.i tl.n.kiUh' ol Bhal was, I wish t::t-re hid be in other wiaMcft, U !ctia. t!a: th, y- '.-ecau-;e We've be-n (to - rite it r.iaUcs me Ine) BoardiLg tojof. er C'.er since ! Madeline S. HriJ-'es, l:i P'.ick. RESTITUTION. A Prop :B3d Reform ia J urispni donco- Crimlacl Thc Thief Who feteVa Mtonlil nelmbursa tho nn lie llaa Kobbel How th New t-yst-in Would Work. From an article in tne Octo!or nun)-bc-rof the Statesman, by El. 1-. l'ritch ard, tho followincr, c p. bodying its salient features, is ;aken. Ttio writer says: There are fe w lav.s on the statuto books ef any State in the L'r.ion to-day that are in harmony with the spirit of the age in which we live, which have been put there without a t'.Tht I mean it has cost much lime and labor, and long, bitter di-cussic n, and they wero met with the most determined opposi tion before tl ey finally became a vital part of tho b gal codo of a common wealth; especially is this truo of thoso laws which rocognizo the property rights of women, and which place them on something like an equal footing with men in our courts. So, I assert that progress in law making, that is, in framing wise and beneficent laws suited to tho needs of our present civilization, has been slow an 1 tedious. And farther, that in almost every instance a propeisi tion to r'-form a bad, unjust ftutute-, or to make a new one- not in conformity to principles lail down ii iho old common Jaw books, has come from tho-;o outido of the legal profe.-sion ; while, as a rule-, tho most uncompromising and bigoted opposition to such measures has eot-.io from those within that profession, an I, not unfrequ' ntly. from thoso highest in it, thoso wearing tho judici-1 ermine. In framing a penal statuto tho most essential part of it is its penal feature, that is, tho punishment which it in flicts. It matters not so much tLo pro cedure, the exact form of trial, whether by judgo, jury or associate b- nc'i, but tho per.ally is all iinjxjrtant. It might be well to say too that to-day the rights cf a person chnrgc-d with a fi loriy, so far as a fair and impartial ho'iting, the right of challenge, tho adini-f.ion of testimony, etc., aro vve-11 guarded. This is eminently rlgbtaiid just- It Is not with this working of criminal law that wo are finding fault. Nor is it with the modes of punishment now in vogue, save that of tho death penalty; but in tho fact that penalties as now inflicted by criminal procedure In our court fall short of the ends of complete justice. Of course 1 understand that any viola tiem of a ponal codo is taken as an of-fe-nso ajraiiint tho State ruthor than against tho individual wronged. Rdtl do insist that complete justice should tako into consideration the citLx-n who is wronged by tho law brcuke-r and should therefore include in tho punish ment inflicted reMitutim to tho former. A thie f enters my house and carries away, we will say, property to tho value' of ono thousand dollars. A low days later ho is apprehended. In tho meant..' in e ho has e ffectually disj-rocd of tho stolen goods. I r.m put to Uk trouble, and usually some personal ex pense, of prosecuting him. no is found guilty and sent to Slate's priaon for fivo years. I havo the satisfaction of knowing that this particular thief or burglar is not likely to trouble me again soon, but doe-s that J, restore to rao my lost property? - ...r Rut supposo tho Stato put this offender to work, hiring t.im out as convicts aro now lc-t, but at a prioe that will pay tho State for Lis keeping and a small .surplus for each day he wtrks; when this suia amounts to tho valao of tho gex3s ho has stolen, then let th Stato reimburse me for my loss and givo tho convict his liberty. This would be coviplotc justice "a punishment that fits tho crirrie" and gives fu.il rtiiutic-n to tho wronged parry. Wero such a system as this in vogue there would l.o but lew crises of com pounding a felony. To-day, as is well known, one of the r.;ost s rvn obsta cles, at times, in the way of puaishing a. criminal, and e -peciaily incases of arson, theft and embezzlement, is the willingness of tho injured parties to orego a prosocutioa in order to secure tho return of a part or all of the stolen or lot property; in other words to ob tain what the Jaw now fails to give-, restitution. This system, too, would hold good in crimes of all classes from that cf a petty lr.rceny to murder. What be-tu r or more fitting punishment for him who takes human life than that he should bo compelled to labor lbe re mainder of his days, and his earnings be applied towards the support of thoso who may have been left dependent em the Ono ho has murdered. Any com -nion wealth can furnish its convicts with employ ui nt on this basis. If not on public works, such a canals, bridges and buildings then by hiring thoiuout, as is now done, only for a little more money. Another cdvantage fit this would bo to raise tho price ef convict laber, and consequently to advance tho tirico of the products of penitentiary labor, which are now produced so cheaply as to force Lonvst laborers to work in many instances for almost starvation wages. All over . the land to-dav. honest men. who aro industrious, law abiding citizens, are crying out against this, to them, ruinous competition ol convictlabor. : ; A Lirgo boot and shoo manufacturer contracts u ith the great Stato of Illinois for iao hundred convicts at eighty seven and one-half cents per day per man, puts : his machinery' into the prison and se ts them to work, lie has ul-o a factory in Chicago where h- em ploys, rcrhai:. two hundred men. boys SAO un.l girls. Ho forces tben into com-petlt'u-n with his prison-paid labor nnd co-npebi thm to accept wages that will barely ki-ep soul and body together, in.-.! all boem:s ho is able to hiro con vict labor ,sj much cheaper than lie can g' t honest workmen. The reader will perhaps aereo with mo that tho man who wants to be he-nest and respectable, who d-sir.-s to live a free an 1 upright life, crui tit compete w ith the man who does not, and who by violating tho laws of tho land becotnes a convict and a slave of the State. The latter pays no rent, pnys no board, has no clothes to 1 it, lias no position in society to sus tain, and, above all. has not the dUpo tition of his own time, nor any tiling to say concerning tho wage- he Khali re ceive for his lalor; while the former has till these, except the last, and here in eilect, the State, which ought to pro tect and cneotirago honest industry, step in to reduce the honest mechanic to practically the same level with th ;onv:ct Rut tho Ke-stitution System weiuld do away with this. Another point in its favor: It would tend to discourage the commission of th ! class of crimes. L'nder our present svsietn a man steals say ten thousand dollars; ho is sen, to the penitentiary for six years, which would be consid ered a pretty severe sentence. Ho serves his time and comes out nearly ten thousand dollars ahead; supposing of courss ho has save-d his money, or rather somu other man's money. Le-t us, on tho other hand, suppose that ho knew that a theft of tea thousand dol lars would mean, if ho wero caught and punished, a sentence at hard labor for life, at fifty c-nts a day, that money all to go towards re-inihur.sing those he has robb"d. Would he not hesitat .- to incur such a 'ate? This system would. I be lieve, almost completely nlxdish x-tty thieving; would nio.st effectively sti;l tho aiuhitiotis of a largo class ef our criminals, such as house-breakers, foot pads, till-tappers and sneak-thieves. A, theft of one hundred dollars would mean to tbe-iu, porhaps, a year's hard lalor, at tho end of which time they would have been compelled to make full restitution. In cases where the stolen property has been recovered thu same system could still bo employe 1, the convict's earning g.ing to the (state instead of to the injured party. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. If a Thing Ia Not IVrfcrt, It I. Certainly Not .fMl l.tifujr!i. Nothing Is good enough that Is not as good as it can lai male. The verdict "good enough," says a well-known writer, which in 1ovhood passes the de fective task, will lwi-time "bad enough" when the habit of inaccuracy has spread itself over the life. ''You have planed that board well, bavo you, Frank?" asked a carper, ter of tn approntico. "Oh, it will do,'' replied the ley. '-It don't nee-d to bo very well planed for the use to bo made of it. Nobody will see it." "Jt w ill not do if it i not lane I as neatly and as smoothly as possible.' replied the carj-entcr, who had the repu tation of being the be.stand aiost consci entious workman in tho city. "I suppose I could make it smoother," said the boy. "Then do it tJood enough' has but one meaning in my shop, r.nd that is 'perfect' If a thing is net perfect it ii r:ot"good enough for me." "Yeui haven't made things loe very -.e.-tt and i-be ly here in the ba -k part of the store," said a merchant t ; a yo-.rg clerk. "Well, I thought it was good enough for back thero where thing can not he seen very plainly, and where custoii.e-rs te-lJotii go.'' "That won't do," said the mcnhMit. rharply, and then a. Med, ia a ! In ; tor.t: "You must g .. .viAj that i.n.d out of your head, toy Loy, if you i 1 to suce.'tsl in lifo. That S.iiid of tou ti.ough isn't much better tbuji ial dough. " Tho girls who don't sweep j,, tiC. corners or dust under things m I the hoys who dispose of lask;; as s;--dily a3 possible, declaring that thiie'Vu ill "do" if they are not well done, arc the boys and girl who aro very lively to nuke .'ail u res in lii'o be-cauo tho habit oT in iiecur.cy Las become a part of their e-hara.-'ei s. The old adage, "What is worth doing nt all ii Worth doing well." is as true ::ow as iC was when lirt s;j!,en, ami it will always bo true. Youth's Com panion. AFFECTING INCIDENT. How a Uu.i; llero'-i .lay Warn Turned I. it i Sorrow. The conflagrate u oT the sea fTohl in tended for firework for the celebration tt tin; marriage of Ivouis XVI. Is go,,, eraiiy known. Amidst the distracted tittllli'.u J pressing on every d--. trampled under the horses' fee:, pre cipitated nto the Jilt-lies of the l;:i 11. yal and tho square, was a J".u:ig man, with a girl with whom he was in love. Sac was beautiful; their attach ment had lasted f,everal j ears; pecuniary causes had delayed their uu.oa; but th following day they were to be married. For a long tini the lover, protecting hi bo trot bed, keeping her behind him, covering her with his own person, : us tained her strength and courage. Rat the tumult, the crit s, the terror and peril every moment increased. "I am sinking," she said; "my Mrengt.h fails. 1 can go no further." "There is yet a way!'' cried the love-;-, in despair; 'yet tin my shou'i iera." lie fo Is thai his advictt has Uen followed, and tho hopo of saving her whom ho h-ves redoubles his ardor and strength. He re sist s the ino.-.t ioh i.t coneu -sioji.-; with h i.i ar :iu firmly ex ti n.le 1 before his breast, he) with diliic.ilty forces his v. ay through tho crowd; at 1 ugi.ii he clears it. .Ar rive d at one of the er.tre mil ies of the place, Laing set down his precious burden, faltering, exbac. ted, fatigued to death, but Intoxicated with joy. ho turn round. It v. as a different person! Another, tuuro active, had taken a-J-vintago of his rrcoin mend atiun. 12 .. belovesl w a no mn:x-I .N. Y. ledger. Tim 1'i.ftit tn. There ha i !r-en a " t 1 k f . a i s 7 ne. I proer!y, t-lmui. tin- prvlil ic.-.ie by '.!" t eminent, in -oiiu. g d. J !.i i-l. '. of : Cents Wol i ll v-f s'lvi : , ue-i . 1 1 i -.. !!.i4. hon IthuMt tie- nicii -1 .'-Ci et piee" '.' It Is '. ai 1 th;.' th.-se p.otty e.,i:;s -.. .t 1 he I'riu-d ,iU just j!..ut : third of a cent each, aid an i u --1 for 0 cents, r fifteen tunes their value a r'-ol :.l.o,;l I Me- , ., -re-nl. ' mi. I ' .
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