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THE YESTERDAYS OF LIFE.
From out each yesterday of life.
I hold we all trloan precious store.
Some polden ray. some dazzling beam.
To tild our pathway o'er and o'er.
And niako tbo heavy burdens less.
That ever round us crowd aud press.
Thrice dark that day whose setting s in
Descends and leaves no parting gleam
Of purpling glory there to tintre
The radiance of Its dying beam;
So holy dew distilled and sweet
To cool the path for blistered feet.
Thrice blest the heart that fondly gloats
Each ni;.-ht o'er som! dear treasure won.
That count its lit:'.:: sioroof wcaith.
And huxs its blessings one by one;
And hoards them with unconei )us xreed
AKainst the darkening time of no -J.
Each yesterday should consecrat
Some loving token fro si a heart;
Mayhap so'.ao tritla lightly held
By thos who careless did their part
To tine with roseate irlow the ni ;ht.
And wreath each shadow with Ood'a light.
And when the swiftly gliding hours
Shall all te numbered in their place.
Each treasure bright shall bo our own
To hold with swift undyin? grace.
Some hours by sweet-nt iucen e fed.
Some days bright marked in letters red.
Helen N. Packard. In Spriugtield (Mass.)
Republican.
A BASE LXGKATE.
Experlenc3 of a Pine Creek Man
with a Pet Bear.
It I Mo Trouble to Itatoe Them, Bat Dsa'l
flow Ilraln Iclivrred Over to tbo
Enemy 111 poster Mother and
Her Children.
"I don't know what other people
might do under the circumstances,"
said Lewis JShaffor, of the Pine creek
country, "but if 1 should como across &
bear cub in the woods that I thought
was an orphan and likely to perish for
lack of a mother's care, I wouldn't
take it home and become a
parent to it, but would kill
it then and there. There is no difficulty
in raisin? a bear cub, I don't care how
young it may be when it falls into your
hands. And you can train it as it
grows so it will be as docile and trac
tablo as a dog. Hut you can't make it
honest. You can't make it incapable of
base ingratitude. It may not bite or
scratch you, but it will bo sure to
wound you in a way that will pain you
more than a dig with its claws or a snap
with its teeth possibly could. I know,
for I have had proof ot it
"A year ago last March I was going
through the woods up along Pino
creek, the day after we had hral a terri
ble wind-storm, which had tumbled a
good many trees on a lumber lot 1 own.
I heard a peculiar whining cry among
some down timber, and, going to the
spot, found a largo pino tree lying
across the dead body of a bear. It was
a big she bear, and, cuddled up cloe
to the dead animal was a cub not more
than a week old. It was. doing the
whining I had heard. Tho tree had
blown down and crushed the old bear to
death as it was passing tho spot, and
tho cub would bare remained at its
dead mother's sido and starved to death
if I hadn't happened along just at that '
time. I took tho little orphan bear
home with mo intending to raise it by
hand. That night an old sow of mino
that had a two days' old litter of pigs
laid on ono of the pigs and killed it.
That left a vacant place at her side,
and the idea occurred to mo that
perhaps the old pig would not
object to the little bear cub occu
pying it. I concluded to try tho ex
periment, any how, and while tho
sow was lying in sleepy content
ment, nnrsing ber litter, I sat the
cub down among the pigs. It went
to feeding with them as naturally as if
it were suckling its own shaggy mother
in some hollow tree or hole in the
rocks. The cub was twico as big as the
pigs, but they did not offer any objec
tion to its sharing in their sustenance,
and tho old pig paid no more attention
to the presence of the bear than if it had
been there from the start. As a foster
mother sho was a success, and the cub
grew up right along with her own off
spring, and, except in looks, was as
much a pig as a bear. In fact, before
the cub was two months old he had
captured the heart of his foster mother
and held a place there that none of the
old pig's own litter held. How the bear
discovered it I don't know, but be found
out that the mother of the family, like
all pigs, would miss a meal to have her
back scratched, and that imp of a bear
used to humor this weakness of her's
and scratch her back by the hour, whilo
sho lay and grunted her appreciation.
From what I know now, I believe that
the cub was establishing himself in the
entire confidence of the sow as a part of
the scheme he was even then planning.
The little pigs grew rapidly, but not
more rapidly than their foster brother.
"At the age of three months the pigs
were fat and chubby fellows, and the
bear was almost as big as the old sow.
He had begun early with his tricks on
the pigs, as he had on their mother,
and they had come to regard his favor
ite pastime of snatching one of them
up, tucking it under his arm and lug
ging it around here and there about the '
premises, as a piece of rare fun for
them, as well as for the bear, although
at the start the bear was obliged to cuff
them roundly to induce them to submit
to it witbeut squealing or kicking. AVe
used to think that pig-carrying trick of
the bear's was just the cutest thing
imaginable, and we always took pride
in exhibiting our pet bear in his act of
carrying one or the other of bis pig
brothers about tho farm.
"There were seven of the pigs, and
the family, bear and all. were shut up
at night in a high enclosure to which
there was a door that was fastened by a
rude wooden latch, that could bo raised
either on tho inside or outside by pull
ing a leather string. This enclosure
was made on purpose to keep pig-stealing
bears out of the pen, bears having
been numerous and bold at the timo
tho pen was built.
"One morning In July I went out to
feed my pigs, and what was my surprise
to find two of the young pigs missing.
The bear was lying in one corner of the
pen scratching tho old sow's back, but
came out yawning and stretching him
self to get his breakfast. 1 had dis
charged a man a couple ot days before
who had worked for vne a year or so, be
cause I had detected him in stoalinc,
some money of another man in my em
ploy, and I at once suspected him of
stealing my two pigs. A stranger
couldn't have gone in and got the pigs
without their making a fuss that would
have aroused some one in the house.;. It
was out of the question, too, that a bear
$1'
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"HE IS A FBKEMAK WHOM THE TKCTH
EBENS1SUJRG. PA..
could have got in and carried off tho
pigs. The discharged hired man had
stolon them. I was sure. I found out
where ho was, and determined to set an
investigation going. The very next
morning, when I went out to fued my
pigs, I was made wild almost by
tho discovery that two more of
them were- missing. I was at first in
clined to have the suspected thief ar
rested forthwith, but on second thought
concluded to wait and set a watch over
tho pen that night. My barn is only a
few tect from tho pen, and the haymow
overlooks it- About eight o'clock that
evening I went up in tho haymow and
took a position where I could look out
into the pig pen without danger of my
being discovered by any ono who might
coieo into the pen. Tho moon was
shining bright, and every thing could
be seen in the enclosure almost as plain
as day. 1 lay there more than two
hours without any thing suspicious oc
currlnsr, and not a sound had been heard
except the contented grunting of the
pigs. It must have been nearly eleven
o'clock when I saw a movement among
the pigs, and the bear got up and
walked quietly around for a minute or
two, stopping now and then as if listen
ing. "AharsaidI to myself. 'Some one
is coming, and tho quick-witted bear
hears him.
"I was thinking that in a minute
more- I would undoubtedly have the
dastardly thief in my clutches, when I
saw the bear step over to where a couple
of tho pigs were sleoping, pick them
both up, and tuck ono under each arm.
Tho pigs merely grunted good
naturedly, and evidently kept ri.jhton
sleeping. The bear w alked to the door,
pulled tho latch string with his teeth,
passed out, and pushed the door gently
to again. I was so dumbfounded that I
couldn't move nor speak. I was actually
momentarily paralyzed by this sudden
and startling clearing up of the mystery
surrounding the disappearance of u;y
pigs. When I recovered myself I hur
ried down from the mow and out of tho
barn. I could see the bear half way
across a field, striding at the top of
his Mpeed toward a piece of woods
about an eighth of a milo distant. I
had no idea what disposition the bear
intended to make of tho pigs, and I ran
as fast as I could and reached the
shadfew of tho woods by a short cut, and
hurried along their edgo, hoping to
head off the conscienceless robber and
rescue his unsuspecting victims if pos
sible. Hut tho bear had too much tho
start of mo, and even if it had been pos
sible for me to get there in timo tho
chances are that I would not have done
so, for when tho bear had got within a
few yards of the woods two other bears,
tremendous big follows, stopped out
from tho edgo of the timber and hurried
' toward him. My bear handed the pigs
over to the two wild bears. The three
' bears stood a moment together as if In
consultation, and then tho two returned
to the woods and my bear trotted de
liberately back homo. When I got
there be was just pulling tho latch
string ot the pen. He wont In and shut
tho door behind him.
"My first impulse was to get my gun
and blow the brains out of this petted
protego of mine, but after deliberation
I mado up my mind that I might not
only deal out terrible vengeance to him
but to his accomplices at tho same time.
I could hardly contain myself, though,
when I went out to feed my pigs next
morning to see tho one lone member of
the family como to the trough, and the
hypocritical and villainous bear lying
there scratching tho back of the mother
whose offspring he had delivered overto
bo torn to pieces and devoured in the
depthsof the wilderness. That night I got
two neighbors and we took our guns and
hid in tho woods noar the spot where
my treacherous bear had handed the two
pigs over to the wild bears. 1 was sure
that tho bear would fetch the last pig
to them that night, but I was not pro
pared for the unheard-of beartlossness
and ingratitude that he exhibited. We
had been in the woods an hour or more
when tbo two wild bears came slouching
along and lay down not more than'thirty
feet from where wo were hidden. They
remained very quiet, and at about the
same hour as my boar walked out of tho
pen with the two pigs tlje night Lcforo
I saw him coming across tho fluid this
night. As he drew near I saw that ho
not only had the last young pig unJcr
bis arm, but that be was leading tho old
sow herself, coaxing her along by
scratching her back as she trot tod inno
cently at his side. You can imagine
my feelings then. The two bears aroso
to go and get the plunder brought thus
freely to their bands, but they never
got it My two neighbors emptied their
guns into the old marauders, and they
fell dead In their tracks. Before my
ungrateful bear bad recovered from bis
surprise I was out and confronting him.
Ho recognized me, dropped the pig, and
made a break for the woods. I bad the
small satisfaction of killing him at the
first shot. You can raise and domesti
cate bears, but you can't make 'em rep
utable. They will always bo boars."
N. Y. Sun.
Germans In ths Kasslan Array.
The amount of German blood in tho
veins of Russian army officers is sur
prisingly great. Six of the eighteen
chiefs of corps are of German ancestry.
Of the corresponding" ' general staff
chiefs seven have such thoroughly Ger-.
man names as Meier, Rauch, Scaff
hauscn and Rohrberg. Of the forty
eight comm.tndcrs of guard, grenadier,
and army infantry divisions, eleven are
Germans, and among the corresponding
general staff chiefs are Klaus, Monk,
ltuchholz, Uurger, etc. Thirty-four of
the ninety-six brigade commanders and
twenty-nino of tho commanders of tbo
regiments, one one-hundredths are
Fischers, Schmidts, and the like. The
Guard llrigide is under Grippenberg, .
the Caucasian under Treiter, the trans
Caspian under Von Albach, the , East
Siberian under Degen. In all the rifle
brigades together the proportion of
German to Russian commanders is six
to five. Of the nine Finnish rifle bat
talion only throe havs ' Ru&sian-load-u
ers and the chief of all the troops in
Finland is named Wlllebrand. Lon
don Times. " . i,
Taitlne; Maldw In Liven.
English ladies are adopting th fash- ,
ion of putting their maids w ho wait at '
table in livery. The skirts of these liv-t
ery gowns are plain and of the heraldic '
color of ther house. All the plaiWftre
thrown behind. Then the waistcoat
and jacket are trimmed -with livery
bands, buttons and crests or monograms
in metal. A high utiff white collar,
w hite cuffs and a-tiny cap like a top
knot complete this livery.
MAKES BFB ASD ALL ABE PVAVE8 KEflDE."
FRIDAY. JANUARY 23,
COMPENSATIONS.
I
TOa morning comes wltA. bitter winds- that
blow
Along the street a swirling"mass cf snow?
But evening brings, from, low rifls upward
rolled
The radiant glory of the sunset's gold.
One f.nds the day with weary labor long.
While clM at hand be hears au idler' song
That loaves an echo, but bis work remains.
To greet new people's ruahin down the plains.
A sturdy shin. In sea that wildly toss.
Where northern tempest aurge the wavea
across.
Makes desperate battle till the nt;rht Is done.
And finds at morn the long-sought haven won.
When autumn's heavy footsteps lingeries pass
Above tao fallen leaves and withers d rss.
1'cneath the rustling rarments, trailing blow.
The buds of violets to perfection
Swift as tho thought that sweeps the star-spent
skies.
Death's arrow to Its work unerring flies.
And Unas that Love, witli i.rcadeace as fleet.
On the chill lips has laid his mesaage sweet.
No wearing toll, no hours of bitter pain.
Come to the world unknowing joy or gain;
And life, with all Us Weary waste, will prove
The pathway leading to a radm t love.
-Thorna S. Collier, in Spriugtield Mass.) Re
publican. HIS WIFE'S FORTUNE.
A Charmirifir Littlo Romanoo with
a MoraL
'Have you heard the news about Miss
Temple, Ned?" said Charley Ashton. as
he sauntered leisurely up to the desk
which Edward Farnham occupied In
Messrs. Smith Jones office on Wall
street.
Tho warm blood colored Ned's cheek
in spite of all his struggles to prevent
it, and he replied:
"No; I hope no harm."
Well, I should guess it wasn't.
Come, put up you books, and as wo go
up town I'll tell you."
"No; I can not leave yot. I have not
finished my balance.
"Oh, pshaw! finish that to-morrow
before ten o'clock. I wouldn't work as
hard as you for any man living, much
less bankers, who think that all a fellow
is made for is to work and mako money
for them. Come along."
"No, I can not go."
'Well, then, tho tale In short Is she's
had a big fortune left her, some say
500, 000."
An Involuntary sigh escaped Ned,
and be rather muttered than npoko:
'I'm sorry to hear it."
"Why. w hat's got into yoa, you nin
ny? friorry? Why, I haven't heard any
thing to please mo so much in many a
day. I always liked tho girl, but I'm
not philosopher enough to marry for
love alone. My doctrino is when pov
erty comes in at tho window love goes
out at tho door."
"I am afraid I don't agree with you
in all things, but I have no timo to dis
cuss it now. Miss Temple, in my opin
ion, would be a fortune to any man did
she not possess a cent of money."
'Pshaw! that's old fogy. Love in a
cottage! Ha! ha! Well, I liked her
pretty well before, but can't help think
ing her attractions very considerably
enlarged since I heard that news. Never
should have thought of any thing but a
pleasant acquaintance; guess I'll go in
for her now. Good-bye, old fell, and
don't hurt yourself working over those
books."
Ned mado no reply, but he felt as if
he would like to grind beneath his heel
one who could speak so irreverently of
her, who, to his idea, combined every
grace of heart and mind and perfection
of form and feature which should make
up a perfect woman. His thoughts
turned to action, and ho caught himself
stamping his beel on the desk stool with
such force as almost to dent a hole in
it, and looking up saw Mr. Smith's
steady gazo fixod on him.
Back to his work ho tried to bring his
thoughts, but they were not subject to
his will, and he found himself in
great danger of writing the thoughts
passing through his mind. "She is lost
to mo now. Oh, how I wish it had never
happened!" ne shut the book, but put
away bis papers, and with that dreary,
lost, far-away kind of look passed un
heedingly among the throng on the
money mart of the new world.
Charley Ashton lost no time in im
proving his opportunities, for that night
found him seated tete-a-tete with Miss
Temple in a cosy littlo room la Twenty
first street. -v- ,
Mis3 Temple wa3 an orphan, ani had
for years lived with an aunt her fa
; ther's sister. An income of StOO a year
had been left her, which at least sup
plied all absolutely necessary wants.
' She was not ashamed to assist ber aunt
about many things' soms would call
menial; and in form and feature, heart
and mind, all her acquaintances said,
fully sustained the high, opinion wo
have soon Nod Farnham had of her.
Ere the evening was over Charley -Ashton
had succeeded in appearing
deeply in love, and not many days
passed ere he bad proposed and was ac
cepted. Of all her male acquaintances
Miss Temple had always preferred the
two younr men we have mentioned. It
was true she had rather leaned to the
quiet, steady Mr. Farnham, but of late
ho had ceased to visit ber. while Mr.
Ashton's presence had been almost con
stant. Hence she had persuaded her
self that she loved and had accepted
him.
Charley urged a speedy marriage, why,
came in a conversation too long for me
to detail, wherein itppeared that somo
of the" "boys" on the "street" were fix-'
ing up a pool to buy up a certain st4tsk,
and our friend Aston wanted ome of
the 500,000 to put in it. Anna Texrrple
preferred a longer time, urged that time
would make them know each other bet
ter, especially in the intitiato relation
they now stood. Charley vowed that
ho would never change, and he knew
that time could never develoD any fault
in ber.
Tut," said Miss Temple, "there Is
another reason, and I think" I can be
free with you now. I have spent so
nruch of my little inoomo,'and aunt has'
no spare money, so that I have no
means of defraying the necessary ex
penses." , .--'V,'
"But you have tho fortune left you by
your Australian uncle, and even if you
have not received it your agents "will
certainly xnako an advance." '
"I i have no fortune, dear Charley.
Some thought it was mine, bnt the fort
une you probably allude to was left to
my cousin. Miss Anna Thompson Tem
ple, to vhom I introduced you at the
Philharmonic"
V MAh, It was. Indeed! She Is a favored
young lady; and how muoh does she receive?"
8I.CO and
1S9J.
"Report said ?S00,00Dii hut Cousin Nan
has been informed by the agents that
there is but 510,00 in money, and the
rest in houses and lots in Melbourne,
valued at ?ao,000."
"Ah! well, really, how these things
do spread. But to our matter; I guess
Miss Anna, you had best have your'
way."
The hours of that evening dragged
heavily along, and as they lengthened
Mr. Charles Ashton's manner became
iiaoro and more formal. lie left, and
Anna's warm heart was sad as she
thought over the cool manner and cool
er parting. No sleep came to her eyes
that night.
"Can it be?" she said to herself a
thousand times; and yet it must, for
his manner changed almost from my
telling him of Nellie's fortune."
The next night and Charlie was not
in his usual place, and the next, and
still more. About a week afterward a
short note informed Miss Temple that,
'having lost all bis savings in a bad
speculation, he could not think of
nolding her to an engagement which
would be out of his poAtr to consum
mate in years."
To say this did not grieve her would be
false, but it required not many days to
teach ber that she had not loved Charles
AsLton as she should the man she was
to marry.
. Again our two young men met. This
time on Broadway. Charley, gayly
sauntering along, hailed. Ned in his old
familiar way:
WelL old boy, off early to-day?"
'I've been promoted, and am not
obliged to work so late, though I d
often; then I think of taking a ride in
the park; my head has ached much
of late, and I am more nervous than
formerly."
"Shouldn't work so hard; don't gc-t
any thanks for it. By tho by, that fort
une of Miss Temple's turns out to be all
in my eye,"
"How what's that?" was the eatrer
reply.
"Well, a Miss Somebody Temple had
about one hundred thousand dollars
left her, but it wasn't our pretty little
friend."
"But I heard you were very attentive
some said engaged."
"There's no telling what might have
been but for that fool of an uncle mak
ing a mistake in names. However, it's
all over now. You know that L at
least, can't afford to marry a poor wom
an, no matter if she is a Peri. I know
you entertain some sort ot foolish no
tion that love, etc, will do, but ii's all
bosh. Give mo the dimes, my boy.
When poverty comes in at tho window,
etc., you know. Take my adrico and
drop all such foolish ideas."
Ashton might as well have talked to
the lamp-post for all the hearing Ned
Farnham did. What he was thinking
of wo can not say, but he did not go to
tho park that afternoon, but the even
ing found him in the little parlor, which
had been so cften graced by Charley's
presence. Ero the evening was over ho
had explained his long absence, told of
bis better prospects, and had offered her
his heart and hand. She asked three
weeks to consider, he to visit her as
often ns he pleased. At the end cf that
tic:o i,o was accepted, and Anna learned
what true love was.
I lore tho story might end, but there
is a sequel. Somo -months after the on
pagonient Mr. Smith tapped Ned on the
shoulder and motioned him to the pri
vate offlco.
"Going to marry my niece?" said that
gentleman.
"I am engaged to Miss Anna Temple,
sir, and we expect, in a quiet way, to be
married one month from to-day. But
was not awaro that she was your niece."
"Neither was I until a few days since.
As for your quiet way, understand me,
sir tho child of my only siste r can bo
married nowhere else but In my house.
Come, now, no flinching. I've heard all
about it. But she's poor poor as Job's
turkey; and I've too many children to
give her more than a decent wedding."
Ned did understand the expres
sion on Mr. Smith's face, but felt a lit
tle angered, and rcpllt :
"I should never have addressed her,
and I would release her this moment, if
I knew she were an heiress. '
"No you don't; no you don't. I know
you and I know the whole story. You
can go."
Ned pondered Ions over this singular
conversation, but got no satisfaction
from his own thoughts or from Anna.
She replied only by a smile and a kiss.
Notwithstanding all tho urging of
.her new-found uncle Anna refused to
leave her aunt until the time fof tho
.wedding. That event came and tho
ceremony was over. Then Mr. Smith
culled the young couple into his library,
and drawing from his safe a 6trong box,
6aid: - , - '
"Now, young man, yo-u'ro tied hard
and fast, 111 tell yon, yon have got an
heiress and a rich one. too. A foolish
brother of her father, who would go to
Australia, took it into his head to die,
not long since, and left such a botched
up will, that it has taken over six
months to get at the straight of it. We
were his agents and kept the matter to
ourselves locauso it was a largo sum
and might create impostors. We soon
disposed of tho smaller legacy of 5100,
000 to Miss Anna Thompson Temple,
but the contents of this box, 100,000,
in consols, wo used more scrutiny in
assigning, and in the course of our in
vestigations I not only found the right
ful owner of our trust, but the child of
my only sister. Sir, you are worthy of
her and what is of less value, her fort
une. The.; morning papers-will an
nounce you as a partner in our house."
Boston Globe.
' Ltinary from Tobacco.
A queer case of lunacy resulting from
the tobacco habit is reported from AVa
pello Ia. "Uncle Jimmy" Blanchard,
an old and respected citizen, stuMenly
bocame deranged and dvelopd ' an
abnormal craving for the wod, .hich
ho devours voraciously and with the
same gusto with which aett people eat
fruit and other toothsome -articles of
consumption. Ho eat it constantly,
and gets away with about a pound of
plug every day. He is showing the ef
fects of tho poison to a marked degree,
and it is thought the drug will ulti
mately cause his death. -
Raising- His salary.
"SiT," said the ycurg man tohisem-
rlcyer. "I ttct.f ht I n.!ht take the lib
el lv cf reminding you that you prom
itt d to " raise 'Tny salary this week."
"Certainly. I've got two collectors out
new, sr d am just noTugciver to the bank
to try Hi.d get rty note discounted. Just
kotpculm. and I'll raise itou.ehow if
1 Law any oort.-if luck. ' .-
postage per year In advance.
NUMBER 3.
THE SCHOOL AT MURPHY'S MILL
Til tell Jir how." said grandpa to the listen
ing prU aud boys.
"A teacher-taiurht a backwoods school. Twa
out to Illinois
Jn rough aud ready days when school were not
as they are now
When many boisterous deeds were done we
folks would not a. low ;
When people- boasted of their strength and
seemed us take delight
In trying It on, every one, and thought that
mitfht was right;
When fathers at barn raising bee would
wrestle, jump and box.
And when a man was Uttle good who couldn't
aland the knocks.
The school of wbich I rpeak was called the
worst for miles about ;
2io matter who essayed to teach, the boys
would turn him out.
They somt-b -.w would arrange it to discourage
every one.
Tor they were full of mischief end tbey did It
just for fun..
Corcjaittoemen would hire teachers every week
or two.
ITha'd hold the tort a little while and all at
once 1m- through.
It seemed as ir there was no hand with strength
those boys to rule.
And so 'twas ot4y now and then tho district
had a schiadi.
"At times they vsed to hire youth from college
fresh and new;
E didn't take them very bans' to Cad they
wouldn't -So..
For he who puuua city airs and had an nppUh
way
Bad not the ar.j j slightest, ehanee of basing
lung to tztkf..
And then aaii the men employed would be so
very croaA,
They did not st ern to care to Ceacb. be simply
ust to '--;'
nd so the Soys for this or that foond fault
with e ery oca.
But It was oaiy mischief ar.d their way of hav
ing f uu
"They had lahaZi a score of ways a pedagogue
to rou
Sometimes 3iey'd close the chimney o'er and
hmok-t the teacher out,
Or bar the Jo..r-t or wont some cne of many
cunnUix trices
To place tie Lew-found leader la a trying, help
less Bx.
For when a lot of rogu&h. boys decide to have
soru- t ua.
The point they set abual to gain Is certain to
be a tin.
And thouph the tearj-r mit'ht declare with
force be came to stay.
It nearly always happened that be quit and
went away.
"Oncra when the school had long been closed
the word was sent around
That book. would be resumed strain; a teacher
fcad been fonnd;
And all the Murdy youths who In the former
sports bad shared
Felt not a little pleasure, and for future sport
prepared.
And little fellows much too mall to take an
active part
Were ail on hand to see the fun and get aa
early start.
And ere the teacher had arrived the stragglers
all were in.
And waited quite Impatiently to see the fun
begin.
"I call the morn to mind as though 'twere only
ye.-tcrday ;
The Cakes of snow were falling In a blinding
tiort cf way.
The wind was wildly blowing It lu fleecy pu5s
about;
'Twas Just a joily winter mora to turn a teacher
out.
The boys assembled early, with the leaders all
ou haud.
And all their schemes were nicely laid and
every thiui? was planned;
They w ait-.-d lor the teacher with a curious sus
pense. And all were very acxlous that the 'doir.ps'
should commence.
No one could toll from whence- the newly
hired teacher came.
Nor did it seem to matter much; the end would
be the same.
The boys with Kmiles recounted the victories
they'd wjn.
And talked of what would come to pass before
the day was done.
The stonu 'row llrrcer out Of doors, the snow
in srurrii s drove.
The boys were oil within and closely huddled
ToUUd llle stOVw.
AU unannouur. il the door swung back and ere
they were aware
Tho teacher j-m a woman young and frail
was standing there.
"The fiercest Cash of llgatnlng from the fairest
azure skies
Would not in the beholders waken more of
deep surprise;
And o'er tho faces of tho youths who mischief
plaunrd there came
A sndden flush of color and a look akin to
shame.
In vsin their minds had plotted ana for naught
their wits bad schemed.
For she was quite beyond the realm of all
which tb'y bad dreamed;
The fiances that were passed between wide
open, wondering eyes
Said nothiag should be done until they mij-ht
reorganize.
"So at recess the boys convened to talk the
matter o'er.
For such a turn in their affairs bad never come
before.
And one strong youth rrith Cnnneas said: 'Who
dares that girl to harm
Will learn how much of strength I have laid up
in my ri-ht arm ;
Who disobey a rule she make shall suffer for
the deed.'
And all t'j" o'hers then and there with him as
one CSH-ed.
The youth who thus spoke up for ber she loves
and buiiors stiiL
Ask grandma if i-lin ever taught the school at
Murray's M;ii:
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Herald.
HOW I WAS "BURGLED."
Tho Precautions Taken After the
Thief a Visit.
I live in a suburban villa in the vicini
ty of London. Mine is one of a row of
detached houses with small gardens
and fields both front and back. I am
comparatively new to housekeeping,
having lived in chambers until my mar
riage a few months ago. When we en
tered into residence we were so full of
the delights ot furnishing that we paid
no particular attention to tho details of
window and door fastenings. The
former had those little ordinary latches
that are drawn across under a clip and
are known (in the profession) as the
"burglar's joy." Their flimsy character
excited no special emotion in our inex
perienced and ingenious minds. Wc
supposed that they were like other peo
ple's fastenings; the 6ame builder bad
put up tho entire row of housos. and all
were occupied by tenants who, if they
had any fear of burglars, kept those
tremors to themselves. The back door
had rather rickety bolts, it struck us; but.
on the other hand, tho front door tho
burglar's favorite entrance, as every one
knows was massively barred, chained
and doublet-locked. So we possessed our
souls in a sense bf security, ani even
joked about the possibility of tho mid
night prowler making a descent upon
us. For a timo we even took our valua
bles including a collection of vt-rv su
perior electroplate up to our ledroom
every nighL There was nothing liko
proper precaution, a? my wife sagely
remarked. After awhile wo got t i let
the cook take charge of tho "silver."
This she did satisfactorily enough until
tho continued absence ot burglars lulled
her spirit into a state ot happy obliv
iousness ot the predatory tribe. Ku
mors of housebreaking at a distance) oc
casionally reached us, but they affected
.A:lvo"tir?ir) XStitew.
The Isweand rel able circulation of tt '
bbia Hiimii ee.nitnenas it to the lavoraole
run triers t ha of advertisers whose favois will be
inserted at tb lolluwiiig low rate:
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1 Inch, e months JLfic.
1 fnrb 6 Uti
t Inches, 6 month" . "0
Z Inches. 1 year T0.no
Inches. tuonll. a.OO
a Inches. I year
'rolorno (months 10 00
' nnluma. A nj-otbs......
eiumn I year M.00
laOlauio, A months 40 00
1 column, I year 7a.tf
Haslitee Item. flr tnetr.n. 10c. leT line:
tbient Insertions, 6c per lid
AdUiluiatrtor ana r-aeoutor s jsoiioes . . w
Anil .r Notice K.Csi
--trae and similar Not lose I to
-ksalaions or Droeeedlnrs s any Corpora
tion or eueiety and ouuiauunatlcns deiu.ud to
call attention to any matter of limited or Indi
vidual Interest must In- pkM I r as advertisement
Book and Joli frmtiu ft all kluds beatly and
eiea"iouir executed at flie loacsl rices. Aid
don't Job loruet It.
us no more thiti do the obituary notices
of people we Aoti't know. All we did
was to talk vagoely of getting a dog.
This was the -sleep; presently came tho
awakening. On f:tal Monday morn
ing our marital slarjilwrs wer-- disturUsd
at seven a. m. by tho cook rushing into
tir bedroom, and with prliid checks,
distended eyes and disheveled loeks,
crying: "Oh, m'm,- th-Tc's been robbers
ia tho house!"
In loss timo than that brief period-popularly
known as a jiffy" my
wi-fo and I reached tho sos-ne of tho
ca'astrophe. Never- shall I forget the
spc-ctacl that met ur gaze. The vil
lain hud apparently confined his depre
dation 1o the kitchen, but then- he hod
wrought fearful havoc. All tho doors
of tho cuploards, all the drawers of tho
sideboards were wide open, and such of
their contents as had Leon left were
strewn upon the floor, tin the rug were
fragments of cold rabbit pt and cocoa
nut a.ko, apparently cast there out of
puro superfluity of naughtiness. On
tho -a.ble were tho pio dish and cake
plate; both empty. There- also stood a
glass, and jug from which the rufliun
had evidently been drinking beer. Hard
by were some half-burned lueifc-r
matcm-s and a few shreds of tolie.-wo,
khowing that he had fimshed np com
fortably with a smoke. Both tho
kitcie-n windows and that of tho scul
lery wt-re wido open a fact which
thrurt itself upon our outer conscious
ness, for tho morning was raw and
damp and wo were thiniy clad.
When wo had recovered sufficiently
to take now.' of our actual losses, then
indenl tho iron entered our souls. Wed
ding presents aro not always a sonrcs
of unqualified pleasure to either donors
or recipients. Tho former frequently
regard them as a little better than a tax
lewed by custom; the- latter occaslon
aLy. feel that Aunt Jane and Cot-iin
IVter might have dune tho thing rather
inure handsomely wliilc they were about
Sc.. But it is astonishing w hat a won
derful affection one feels for wedding
presents when they tave been stolen.
As we looked for this gift and that,
and found them net, the most tender
chords were touched-. I remember Lav
ing thought Uncle Sniffkin's pair of
plated snuffers rather a poor gift, for he
is something considerable in tboclty.
But, now that the accustomed peg knew
them no more, I saw- those souffers in a
new light. I thought how undo bad
probably walked miles to get them be
was greatly addicted to a second-hand
shop in the Mile End road and a soft
ened sadness stole over me. and I
longed to grasp his honest band and
hint at his buying us another pair. My
wife bore tho trying ordeal of seeking
and finding not bravely enough until
sho made ono dreadful discovery. Then
sho broke down, and, flinging lierself
on my breast, exclaimed iirough ber
tears: 0 dearest, the wretch has act
ually helped himself to some of our
we-e-dding cake!"
Eventually my burglar was captured,
and I had tho pleasure of a personal in
terview with him. He was a thick
sot young fellow with a not unpleasing
air of melancholy about him. Hy pro
fession he was a thoo-ma'cer that is to
say, he professed to follow that calling;
but the pair of boots he made for his
solicitor (who represented him at tho
trial) were a misfit, and were actually
being touched up at the moment ho was
arrested. In some respects he was a
man of careful and providential habits;
he banked at the postoflice (11 Us stood
to bis credit when he took my spoons),
and he kept a diary. In the latter
were artless references to certain "calls"
he had made, and particularly "remem
brances" ho had taken away with him.
Joe for bo ho was familiarly addressed
by the police, who boasted quite a nod
ding acquaintance with him in private
life was rather offended w hen 1 asked
if he had experienced pauch difficulty in
getting into my house. "Why," he
said, "to crack a crib like yours is as
easy as kissing my hand." lie further
explained that he took tho servant's
stockings from the dresser drawer merely
to put the knives and forks in. Ho had
alno taken a volume of culinary recipes.
"My missis ain't much of a cook," ho
6aid to me half apologetically. Tho
whole plunder he had wrapped up in
my Inverness cape; and he actually
used to wear that garment not a milo
from my house when passing the bad
money for which he was primarily nab
bed! Had I met the rascal in the street,
with what a start of surprise should I
have recognized the cloak.
I asked him it he usually had a bite
and sup in the houses ho visited.
'Yes," ho said, confidentially, "you
usually feels a bit down who n you've
finished a job.'" Toor fellow, he dines
on skilly now. for he got seven years.
Perhaps I need scarcely add that my
house is now a sort of. combination of
fortress and arsenal. I have had tho
kitchen and scullery windows barred,
and the othftr windows secured with
heavy shutters. Strong bolts have been
fixed on tho passage sido of the draw ing
and dining-rooms, so that if citric of
these wero entered from without the
sphere of operations would bo conffhed
to that ono room. Then, on all the
back doors I have fixed bells and
springs. In the passage I every night
chain up a large and savage dog. I have
purchased a double-barrel gun and a re
volver, and with the latter I practice at
a target on tho wall, and am now so
skillful that I never by any chance miss
the walL And when at night wo retire
to rest, my wifo leading the way, tho
cook following with the pi a to and I
last, armed to the teeth well, really. I
sometimes almost wish that a burglar
would p us another visit. St. James
Budgot-
An Auecdoto o tuoatt-r.
When quito young at school Ianiel
Webster was ono day guilty of violation
of the rules and called up by tho t"ach
er for the old-fashioned forruling ol tho
hand. His hand happened to bo very
dirty. Knowing tins, on the way to the
teacher's desk he spat upon the palm of
Lis right hand wiping it off on tho side
cf his pantaloons. Give tno your hand
sir said the teacher very sternly. Out
went tho right hand partly cleaned.
The teacher looked at it a moment uul
then said: "Daniel, if you wnl liu l an
other band in the school-room ai flthf
as that I w ill let you off this timo." In
stantly from behind his back canie tho
left hand. "Hero it is, air," was tbe
ready reply. Graphic
A I or tunc.
Foggs Ila, my fortune is u.alo.
Trotter What now?
Forgs I have i;ve:: trd a prcjaration
that produce., the. effect of ! Ll I urr. arid
tan. and otic ne-ei net eHT.d a fertnight
ii the country in older to get cclcifd.