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cay,Mur.Rweaknea, loat aiauhood. eto.. I wlj
"' nabl. traauae (aaaiod coatainlng foil
karticolaia f , r home cure. FREE of charife. A
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v washed dishes, from an unclean kitchen, er from trifles which
wif air" Bttt by thesa ttia 14 mau oflea judges of his
devotion to her family, and charges her with general neglect
he finds her careless la these particulars. Many a home owes
SAPOl"4 f U" thriUy n"tne" ts consequent happiness to
bei..-'r'"rWf"P fte" ub""
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blister. Kuad proof below :
KENDALL'S SPiVirl CURE.
Cklvcbikbi, Pa., Nov. 27, "SU.
Dn. B. J. KrAJU. Co. :
Gnt 1 would Ilk a to tnnki known to thoae who
Br ulmoNt Kraiialrd to uneK-uclall bpavm Cure
tlie f out that Itluiik lt.Ua tntiHteXi'ellent l.lnimeut.
I have uanl I ton a Blood sp In. The ht in, went on
three l-tfa for thrvt ytant when 1 cuiimu'Uced Lo
owe your Kendall' Siavla i'ure. I used tu hot
tlfonthe hore and liav worked biin for three
ye4ira biuce vul han in it bern luine.
Yours truly, WSL A. CTRL.
OEaMAVrows, K. Sow. S, 1399i
pa. B. J. Kexsaix 0
Knnsbursh Prdla, Vf.
Oenm : In praNeof Kradall a Soaviu Cure I win
aay. iluit ayeuraso I IuhI h Hltmlile voui horat-1-coiiiu
very lame, itolc "uiur-te'l oii'l switili-n. Tn
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freon here) fin liounted Ilia liimouefw lihRKl spavin
Dr ThttrntKhpln. ihev nil ton tn fliere w:u m
curt for ll, he lieranif nlNiiit itsflen. an.l I coik.
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the merits of vour Keml.-iir Sij.uviti Cure, m I
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a valuiililH nif tlt liie. and It r'i..i.l.l l.i- In every
table iu the land. Uasucttfi.li urs.
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to any addratas on receipt of prlit by the proprie
tors. DR. B. J. KENn.lLI, CO..
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These are some of the things that a boy can do
He can whistle so loud the uir turns blac;
He can make all sounds of beast and bird.
And a thousand noises never heard.
He can crow or cackle, or he can cluck
As well as a roo6ter, hen or duck.
He can bark like a Uofj. he can lco like a cow.
And a tat itself can't beat his "me-ow."
He has sound, that ar. ruffled, striped ani
plain;
He cun thunder by as a railway train.
Slop at the stations a breuili und then
Apply the steam and be off afairu
He has all of his powers in such command
Has can turn rlht Into a lull brass band.
With all of the ii.sirumenn every played.
As he makes of himself a street tirade.
You can tell that a boy is very ill
If he's wide awake and keeping siiil.
Hut earth wonld be GJ blesj their noise :
A dull old place if there were no boys.
Chicago Post.
BRADLEY'S FAILURE
Why
He Did Not Perform
Task Assigned Him.
the
"If I only had tbs courage," sail
Eradley, as he looked over the store
parapJt of the embankment at the dark
waters of the Thames as they fashed
foa-a moment under the glitter of tho
paslijht and then disappeared in the
Llae-k niht to flash apaiu further dow n.
"Very likely I would struggle, to pet
out again tho moment I went over.' fce
mutttered to himself. "I3ut if no help
came it w ould all be done in a minute.
Two minutes, perhaps. I'll warrant
those two minutfs would seem aa eter
nity. I would see a hundred ways -of
making a living if I could only get out
aain. Why can't I see ono now while
I am out? My father committed suicide;
w hy shouldn't I? I suppose it runs in
the family. There seems to come a
time when it is the only way out. 1
wonder if he hesitated? I'm a coward,
that's the trouble."
After a moment's hesitation itho man
slowly climbed on the top of the stone
wiill and then paused cfain. Hr looked
with a shudder at the trloomy river.
"111 do it," he cried aloud, amd was
about to slide down when a hand grasped
Li-i ;irm and a voice said:
"Wfiat will you do?"
In the light of the pas-lamp Uradley
saw a man whose face seemed familiar,
and although he thought rapidly:
"Where have I seen that man before?"
ho could not place him.
"Nothing," answered Uridley, sul
lenly. "That's right" was the answer. "I'd
uo nothing of that kind if 1 were you."
"Of course you wouldn't. You have
every thinirthatl haven't food, cloU.es. ,
-iu lter. Certainly you wouldn't. WLy
oh'uld you?"
"Why should you, if it oottjos to
that?"
M.eeause ten shillings sfttnd i Let wren
mr ai.d a j, U That's why. if you w.ml
to know. There's eight sbillititrs rail
v.:.y far-, ,-i shilling for so an.-thing to
:H to-night and a shilling for s-oim-ti'.ii
g in the iiiornirg. l.ut 1 haven't
lUe ten shillings an 1 so that's w ii v."
"If I giv you th- t-n -hKlin?; tvh.tt
ir;.nce h.!Vo I that you wiU i.ot
i:ltl g.t di'tlltk on it?"
'rson'' at all. I have not askivl you
ft r tt-n shillings, nor for one. I have
simply r.nswered your jur3:ioB."
"That is true. I will giva- you a
found if you will take it so if unfortun
ately you spent half of it in cheering
yourself up, you will still get that joU
What is the job?"
"I am a carpenter."
"Vtu are welcome to the pound."
"' w ill take it gladly. Utit. mind you,
I am not a beggar. I will take it if you
give me your address, so that 1 may
send it back to you when I earn it"
lly this time Bradle3' had come dow n
on the pavement. Tho other man
laughed slightly.
"I can not agree to that You are
welt ocie to tho money. More if you
like. I merely doubled the sum you
mentioned to provide for any thing un
seen." "L'nless you let mo return it, I will
not take tho money."
"I have perfect confidence in your
honesty. If I had not I would not offer
tho money. I can not give you mv ad
dress, or, rather, I will not If you will
p:iy the pound to some charity or
will give it to some ono who is in
need I will be satisfied. If you give it
to tbo ngbt man and tell hnu to do the
same, tho pound will do more good than
ever it will in my pocketor in my usual
way of spending it"
"Dut how are you to know I will do
that?"
"I am considered rather a good judge
of men. I am certain you will do what
you say."
"I will take the money. I doubt if
there is any one in London to-night who
needs it much worse than I do."
Uradley looked after the disappearing
figure of the man who had befriended
him.
"I have seen that man somewheres
before." ho said to himself. Uutin that
ho was wrong. Ho hadn't
Wealth is most unevenly and most
unfairly divided. All of us admit that,
but few of us agree as to what should
be tho remedy. Some of the best minds
of the century have Leon in doubt as to
what is the true remedy. "The poor ye
have always with you" is as true to-day
as it was eighteen hundred years ago.
here so many are in doubt it is per
haps a comfort to meet men who have
no uncertainty as to the cause and tho
remedy. Such a body of men met in a
back room off Soho Square.
"We are waiting for vnn i!e,n n
sain! tV, vt . . . J
took his
-. vuaii uinri. aa
lue carnen ree
Place and tio .
... - . - uwvaa were
locked. He looked better than he had
done a year before on the Thames em
bankment "I know I'm late, but I couldn't help
li ?, 7 r0 rushinrf things at the ex
hibition grounds. The time is short
now, and they are beginning to bo
anxiou, for fear every thing will not be
ready In timej
"That's if said one of the small
group, "we are slaves and must be late
choose M tb SaUod
w'0hI.lherei9extr pa" Baid Brad
ley, with a smile, as he took a scat
"Geatlemen," said the chairman, rap
ping os the desk, "we will now proceed
to business. The secret committee has
met and made a resolution. After the
lots are drawn it will be my task to in
form the mat chosen what the job is.
It Lj desirable that as few as possible,
even among ourselves, should know
vho the man is who has drawn the
marked paper. J'erUps it may bo my
own good fortune to be the chosen man.
One of the papers is marked ith a
cross. Whoever draws that paper is to
communicate with me at my room with
in two days. lie is to come alone. It
is commanded by the committee that
no man ia to look at his paper until be
leave this room and then to examine it
in secret. He is bound by his oath, to
tell no one at any time whether or not
he is the chtwjcn man."
The papers were put Into a hat and
each man in the room drew ono. The
chairman put his in his pocket as did
the oihers. The doors were unlocked
and each man made his way to Lis
home.
Next evening; Bradley called at the
room of the chairman and said: "There
is the marked paper which 3 drew last
night."
The exposition buildine- mo w it
"bunting and was sonorous with the
sounds of a band. The machinery that
would not stop for six months was still
motionless, for it was to bo started in
an hour's time by his Highness. His
Higtness and suite bad not yet arrived,
but the building was crowded by a
well-dressed throng f Invited guests
the best in the land as far as fame and
money went L'nderneatn tho grand
stand where his Highness and the dis
tinguished guesta were to make
speeches and where the finger of nobili
ty was to press the electric button,
dlradley walked anxiously about with
tho same haggard look on his face that
was there tno nrght he thought of slip
ping into the Thames. The place
un.lerneath was a wilderness of beams
and braces. Bradley's wooden tool
chest stood on the ground against ono
of tho timbers. Tho foreman came
through and struck a beam or a braco
here and there.
"Every thing is all riht" he said to
Bradley. "There will bo no trouble,
even if it i put up in a hurry and in
spiie of the strain that will be on it to
day." Bradley was not so sure of that bus
he said nothing. When tho foreman
left him alone bo cautiou-.lv opened the
lid of his tool chect and removed th
carpen tor's apron which covered some
thing in tho bottom. This something
was a small box with a clock work
arrangement and a small miniature up
lifted hammer thit hi.ng like the sword
oi iiaiijocles over a littlu
con
r cap.
strain.
no threw the
apron over it
tioaea tne ua of tho che3t, leaned
against ono oi tho timbers, folded
anus and waned.
his
I'resently thero was a tremendous
che, r and tho band struck tin. "He is
coming," said Braiiey to hiniself and
closed his lips tighter. "Carpenter."
crii d the policeman, putting ia his
head through the little wooden door at
the foot of the stage; "come hert
quick. You can get a splendid .'ight'of
his Higuness as he comes up ttie pas
sage." Bradley walked to tho opening
and gazed at tuo distinguished proces
sion coming toward him. Suddenly he
grasped tho arm of the policoman like j.
Visi.
"Who is that man in the robes at the
head of the procession?"
"Don't you know? That is his High
ness." Bradley gazed for breath. Ho recog
nized his Highness as the man aa ho
had met on the embankment
"Thank you," ho said to tho police
man, who looked at him curiously.
Then he went under the grand stai.d
among tho beams and braces and
leaned up against one of the timbers
with knitted brows.
After a few moments ho stepped to
his chest, pulled out the apron and
carefully lifted out the ma.-hine. With
a quick jerk he wrench oil tho little
hammer and flung it from him. Tho
machinery inside whirred for a moment
with a soft purr like a cjock running
down. He opened the box 'and shock
out into his apron a substance liko
damp sawdust Ho seemed puzzled for
awhile what to do with it Finally ho
took it out and scattered it alopg' the
grasVgrow n slope of a railway cuui.;r.
Then he returned to his tool chest, took
out a chi,el and grimly felt iu Jgu
with his thumb.
It was admitted on all hands that his
Highness never made a better firie.-h
in his lifn than on tho occa-ion of the
opening or that exhibition. He touched
lightly o:i the country's unexanipW
prosperity, of which the marvelous col
lection within those walls was an indi
cation. He alluded to tue general con
tentment that reigned among tho class
es to whose handiwork was duo tht
marvelous collections thero exhibited.
His Highness was thankful that tho un
fortunate state of affairs that was un
happily prevalent in other countries
could hardly be said to affect our own
land. Then there was a good many
light touches of humor in tho discourse
that is so pleasing when they coaa
from people in high places. In fact,
the chairman said at the club after
wards (confidentially, of course) that
the man who wrote his Highness
speeches bad in that case quite outdone
liimseli.
The papers had very full accounts of
the opening of the show next Paorning,
and perhaps because they occupied so
much space there was such little room
for the announcement about the man
who committed suicide. The papers
did not say where the body w as found,
exept that it was near tho exhibition
buildings, and his Highness never
knew that ho mado that excellent
speech directly over the body of a dead
a an. Luko Sharp, in Detroit Free
Press.
The Height of Clouds.
Prof. Moller, of Carlsruhe. has made
some interesting observations on clouds.
'Ihe highest clouds, cirrus and cirro
stratus, rise on an average to a height
of nearly 30,000 feet The middle
clouds keep at from about 10,000 feet to
2.ooo feet in heicht whii i -
clouds reach to between 3.000 feet and
..wo reet. Tho cumulus clouds float
with their lower surf;ie
from 4.000 to 5.000 feet while their suia
mits rise to 10,000 foot The tops of the
Alps are often hidden by clouds of tho
third class, but tho bottom o , .
the thunder clouds, often enfold them.
The vertical dimensions of a cloud ot
served by Prof. Moller on tho Netleberg
at a height of about 5,700 foot and hhrb.
moUntaln cloud, ot
the middle class, while vails of mist lay
clouds were growing thicker, ThiloX
lower ones wr ?ta0..i..t . . "
, . A . ana soon It
Wan to rain and wow-London mn-
AVJnS. - "
A MISUXDERSTAXDIXC..
Why Sylvia Tola Her Escort Sh.o
Loved Another.
"Going to the literary to-night?"
Bob lienhain nodded.
"V.'ho are you taking?"
"Sylvia Merigold." "
"Oh!" isaid Beaben Bassett .
The single word was uttered so de
spondently that Benhain looked up ar,
his cousin in a manner half question
ing, half quizzical.
Blushing like a girl Reuben met the
glance.
"You seem to have ail the lack. Bob!"
I don't think it's so much luck as
pluck," averred young Benhain with a
laugh.
The mirth of Christmas was over. Tho
milder exhilaration of Sew Year's Day
w as also a thing of the past. January
was contemplating aldi':ition in favor
of Fnfortiary. The day was bitter ani
brilliant. The glitter of the frozen
snow and tho in tens- and cloudless
blue of the sky made tone's eyes ache.
It was Saturday, and the main strea-t of
the littlo country town was crowded
wi-uh teams, saddle-horses and ponder
ous farm wagons
J ust outside tl post-office which
w-j.s also a general store Benham and
Bassett hud met. They were typical
young Western farmers. bigh-lHot?d,
slouch-hatted, roughly-clad- But theii
attire belied their prospa. rity. They
were singularly alike in app arance.
Both were tall and heavily built Both
we;-e beardless, and had the same reg
ular, if rather heavy features. And
both spoke in the same dea-p, qui;.-!
voice. But w hile Benham's w hole man
ner and expression indicated jaunty
si lf-confidene?. Bassett's were gtntlo to
the verire of timiditv.
"Lo.ik here, Bob," said the latter, sud
denly, "are you in earnest in that quar
ter?" "Why?"
Only this: I had an idea you were
engaged to Lallie LUx, that pretty littlj
R'iioolmsrii) back in Illinois."
"Yes," answered Bob, simply and
squarely. "I am."
"Then why," demanded Keuben, in
quick exasperation, "are you taking
Sylvia Mer'gold around?"
' For S'.vt ral reasons." avowed Bcn
Lam, promptly. "In the first place she
is a nice little girl: in lha? wicoiid, tho
Merigolds are our nearest neighbors: ia
tho third, she has no one but me to take
her anywhere. Her folks don't want her
to go out with tho Correy boys, and sh
likes amusement. So I take her. But I'ui
mt in love with her and she's not in love
with me."
Reuben looked relieved, but not con
vinced. "Does sh know about I.illie?"
"Xo, but I'd just as soon she did. I'm
to he married in the spring."
"That so?" cried Keulien, with a de
lighted rimile.
They shook hands heartily.
"So you needn't trouble yourself t be
jealous of me!" declared Bob, milling
pleasantly. "Why in the world don't
you ask her to go to meeting and to the
literary with you? I shan't stand in
your way."
"Oh, she wouldn't!"
"How do you know?"
'She never has a word to say to me."
"As far as I've seen, you never have a
word to say to her! You are dumb as an
oyster when you meet her. And I notice
you hardly ever ak her to dance. What
you need, llube, is uerve!"
lteuben laughed, thrusting his hands
deep down ia his overcoat pockets.
"Perhaps so!"
'Tell you what." said Bob, suddenly
struck with au inspiration, ''pnu go to
tho lifcerary to-night and take Sylvia!"
"I."" with a gap.
"You! We can fix it in this way: I'll
call and tell her that I have to go to
Orossland to-night, and that you will
take her in my stead. How's that?"
Reuln had grown radiant.
"Grand for rue. But she," stammer
ing isadly, "sbo wouldn't liko it"
"Try," suggested Benham. dryly.
Some further conversation they had
on tho subject Then they separated.
And Keuben's heart was lighter and
more hopeful than it had been for many
a day.
Tho crowd melted away. The town
strt wt was deserted. Dark and cold the
night closed in. When capped, xated
and muffled Iieuben Bassett jumped
into his cutter and drove off in the di
rection of the Merigolds his pulses were
beating rapidly. How would she re
ceive him! Would she be angry and re
fuse lo go?
But Sylvia, calmly dressing in herown
little nest of a room up under the eaves
f tho old farm-house, had no thought of
being angry and no intention of refus
ing to go.
Jingle! jangle! jingle!
She was just completing her toilet
when she heard the cheery sound. She
stood on tip-toe and glanced at herself
ia the mirror, a black-bound and ancient
piece of furniture, which, truth to tell,
gave back a rather distorted reflection
of the pretty young face consulting it
But Sylvia was acquainted with its
peculiarities and never unreservedly ac
cepted it verdict Now she nodded
gayly to the wavy countenance confront
ing her.
"You look very nice, Sylvia," she
said.
She was trim and slim and dark
haired, with short curls clustering
around the white forehead, and a bright,
sweet, fcrtrne- little face. And in her
.aress of crimson cashmere, all
trimmed with silver braid, she certainly
lid look quite picturesque and charm
ing. "Sylvia!" called her mother
"CViniingI" she crird.
She pulled on her jacket tied on her
white zephyr hood, and catching up her
uiittens ran down the steep stairway to
tho kitchen. Ten minutes later she
was out beide the sleigh, whera, in an
agony of diflldenee and delight Keuben
Bassett waited.. He sprang out helped
h r iiu Then the team trotted briskly
.lingle! jangle! jingle
There was no other sound for awhile.
K.'uW felt himself relapsing Into his
usual nervous silence. He made a
h roic attempt at conversation.
"It is a beautiful night" he said
Ins voice soundt?d huskv and fe
to himself. This wa.a flea
- ---. . ...a. ay,
nrst real teto-a-frt witn v
loved.
"Is It?" she cried, with a silvery laugh.
I think It's Mt,. -wvVs j
,1 i.wi vaita ani
" 1 tv I
This was rather discouraging. What,
dejectedly.
would Bob havo said next?
"The moon w ill be up pretty oton,"
he murmured.
How horribly fast the horses were
going. He felt tremendously grateful
to Bob for giving him this opportunity.
If he only had enough oourage to profit
by it!
"1X you know," ho said, "I was afraid
you'd be ofVnded at my coming."
"Olfendodl" nho ochtK-d. "Why, I
was glad you thought of bringing me."
"It's very good of you to say so."
She w as a trifle puzzled by his cm-b-rrasstnont.
We ao going to have a fine night
after all," she remarked; "the stars are
coming out."
The littl face in the white zephyr
hood was upturned to the kindling sky.
And thn. very suddenly, he did an ex
traordinarily strange thing for a bashful
man to do. He never afterward could
comprehend how he had been valorous
s-nou-rh for such an act. He bent and
kissavd the girl beside him.
She drew back trembling.
"You have no right to do that!" sh
cried.
Give mo the right" he ph-aded,
grown bold all at once. "I'm aw fully in
love with you, Sylvia. Give me "the
right"
"I can not," she whispered
"Why not?"
She was silent. Distinctly sounded the
clatter of the horses hoofs on the hard,
white road. Onward the sleigh srf-d, by
farms and fences and a few red-e-old
! window panes.
"Is there," he asked, "any ono else?"
She hesitated.
"Yes."
His heart sank like lead. There was
no hope for him, then. In silence they
drove on. The moon had risen and was
swinging up the sky, a globe of pearl.
Evidently they were late. When they
reached tho small wooden school-house
where the reunions were held they saw
several teams hitched without. From
tho windows of tho structure the liht
atreamed. They ajould cateli a pK-asant
murmur of voices.
Brighter the moonlight had grown.
As Bassett assisted Sylvia to alisht sl.e
started, cried out.
"What is it?" he askfd.
His face was pale, and, she fancied,
rather stem.
"Is it yiuf she panted, "Heuben Bas
sett?" Who." he asked, a quiver In his
grave voice, "did you think it was?"
She bad not withdrawn the hand she
had given him whi n about to descend.
Now it fluttered in his like a captured
bird.
"I thought," she faltered, "I was with
your cousin!"
"Bob Benham?"
"Yes."
He went a step nearer.
"Sylvia," he questioned, a queer, wild
hope tugging at his sorrowful soul and
making him desperately brave, "did you
mean 'uu' to him?"
He could hardly hear her low assent.
"And the tho man you cared for "
lie broke o.T. Mie loaned towards
him. bi.o held nut her littlo mittened
hands to him. Blushing and tearful in
the radiant winter mtxmiight her ten
der young face smiled down upon Lim.
Never a word she said. Ho ueeda-d none.
"Darling!" he staid, and sprang into
tho sleigh.
"You don't care to go in?"
"No-oh. no!"
Just then the door of the school-house
was opened. Light billowed mellowly
forth. Those within called to them to
hurry, that a debate was in progress.
But ReuV n snatched up the r?ins,
shouted out a laughing refusal and
turned bis horses honieivard. He was
not at all timid now. Iudted, it was as
tonishing how assertive and masterful
he had suddenly become.
"Why did you ignore me so? You
never were civil to me, dearest."'
'The idea of reproaching rae, when
you used hardly to ioticc me!"
'That was because I loved you so!"
"Well, perhaps I was afraid you would
think that 1 iikcj you!"
And then they both laughed out hap
pily like tho blissful and ridiculous
yorng people they were.
.Such a splendid ride as that was!
Surely neve r the stars shone so superb
ly, or was the air so sweet!
The following day lleuben went to see
his cousin.
Hello," he cried. "Why didn't you
tell Sylvia that you couldn't go last
night?"
"Had no chance. Got stuck in a snow
drift and didn't get home till nine.
What's up?"
For lteuben was beaming.
"Congratulato me!"
II k held out his ban
"You don't mean." cried Bob, thunder
struck, "that you're engaged to Sylvia?"
"Oh, yes, I do."
"Well," declared Bob, with a vigorous
handshake and a friendly grin, "1 must
say that you have done famously for
a baahfui man!" Kate M. Cleary, in
Detroit Free Press.
Score Ua-tter Than Ioren.
Any person who will lie at the trouble
of a little observation, ran hardly fail
of being surprised at the amount "of de
lay, and often the positive inconven
ience, arising from the adherence to
the use of the dozen and the lutli-dozen
in small transactions as though people
were restrained ly high and occult rea
sons from buying four, five, eight or
ten of any thing. Plainly, therefore,
the dozen ;houhl have taken its depart
ure long ago w ith the old sliilling-and-penee
system of which it was a con
stituent part, and of which at present it
is only a relic. Now, a proper unit of
count is a convenience in some kinds of
retail trade; and, fortunatelv, we have
such a unit in the score of twenty, a
measure which is as old as the English
language. The score possesses, for us
Americans, certain obvious advantages
over the dozen, for easy reckoning, bo
cause, like the dollar, it has a half, a
quarter, a fifth and a tenth, in whole
numbers. Boston Transcript
The Ufa? of Trees.
Recent information gathered by the
the German Forestry Commission as
signs to the pine tree 500 and 700 years
as the maximum, 4i5 years to the silver
fir, 275 years to the larch. 24.1 mm
the red beech. 210 to the aspen, 200 to
-ue Dircn, no to the ash, 143 to the
alder and 130 to the ei:n. The heart cf
the oak begins to rot at about the age
300 years. The holly oak alone escapes
this law, it is said, and there is a r-peci-men
of this aged 410 years in existence
near Aschaffenburg in Germany Chi
cago Times.
lecbrn wondered rather
CLERK.
As he bends o'er the
jer that shining
oid
Li-ad,
Which reflects every noo-J of the fcVy,
While he a-teaithiiy blade"! a Vif l, -ues in red
iTht; tlsti'.; of cn uk: t.el:rj:.:f ' t .
Ot: I v.c'.iOit h'w ti:ne v.i!I eiTv.t i.is rclua.-:c.
What ht-'il do when v. e vultj h.m 'too slow ;"
'Twcen tli- d..ys that his useaiid his heart beat
ings cea.
Wlii re will the old c'.crl: po"
On con lcatra cf the ten:) critic day that uro
From ti o ron!nr-p!r. rule an i quill pen;
And li.i a:..A.?rs Ui "'l . ," :-' Tl
As h - answered to "Ta.i.;-" " 11
From lis first hilaut etras'-ts, to credit ani
wealth.
lie !.a i watf h"4 trn f-reat enterprise rrT:
But hi-, hai.d trt-'iiPic-h now he is hiuka.-a
hcia is ;
Yet where can the old clerk got
If each pound of success had but V ft Lim a
prain
What a i.u . -. t , f r-.t ho it.il t . w:. ;
But a ! i.'j'.y e! I heart rr.il a v. T.- o i brain
Ar.- l.i., ui'i-1 i r tl'. . j tL.it :. a. llc'.in.
11 rry t,:a he loved iti the i- if l.f
J Ia been with .-red and he- i , - - -1 1 1; t l.e r.o-t" :
And e'en i-eim ry's barred Jrxti tu.-- L.. i : ui.d
hint,.-
Then where should the o'.l cl' .-1; f'
That the world has a h
rt none will scc'.i to
de uy.
And it s .f!'T.i, 't!s raM. :
r It -""ar;
AT l:i' ca 1 ijf lui! ni it . a . .1,
lti.di.li pi 'j.is : el ii-...!(i, l :
TLe.-.i'- a i-v.-e'-t lltt'.e t-.. r'il
i.. i
" li't
-rs poor.
old Jac
To u "iiirji r" uhrri- str:i: . c-'a
Dut Viiicii air -i-s fi 11- la-,1 tiu.o ti:e
oi. i : -
ruck
Thore ran the old t !rrk po?
p Thouits Frt. ia N. Y. HeraiO.
LUCY'S roCKET.
What Its Contont3 Disclosed, and
tiio Vow Eae Made.
"Now, Lucy," aduoiii-hei a sweet
faced woman, sitting idlj- by tho w in
dow and watching her daughter as slit;
put tho finishing touches to a mo.t be
witching toil.. t. "I tru.-tyou will -it.T
heed to my ca. tinsel, ari l not e-xcitr1 j'-al-ousy
in the hearts of your companions
to-tiAy. Bo cii 'Ca.uiapea.-t; and don't, 1
pray, give any et.co.;ragt mcrtt lo Bt,b
Lester, unless you ne-au to marry l.im.
Your flirting proclivities, 1 a:.i sorry ti,
say, aro alarmingly developed. 1
wish"
"Yes, yes. mamma," broke in the girl,
impatiently, adjusting the ro.-e-colo. t d
knot of ribbon more satisfactorily at l.ur
white throat; "1 kr.otv vha;yo': wish, so
don't draw such a Ic.; ai.-.:; breath, f'.r
1 prviTaiso I'll attend to your advice j.'.i l
be-hato as circumspectly as ever Ih si
Martin, tho ugliest gui in Bosoua!.'.
could do. You ueeun't appro!. t u i ary
thing unpleasant I di-Lke i) , o L -stt r
intensely, and I only cur. .or.'.- 1 to ac
coinpany him Ij the. pje:.i? Irt-cau-e he
is the son cf the richest "man in ti..-.
town cr county, t.o, for ti.at :::atter.
B-'sides. I Lave- a pe-nc! an, f ,; "
She paused ubrur-.ly, tvi.h the name
of some one warm u;on her lips, aul a
blush mantled her piquant blonde faca.
She was a lovely girl, sh-nder. pe". ito
and graceful as one cf tl.-'; --. t-Lrier
branches that clambered o.cr the- gar
den wall. She had r-.isoi.1. vou-i gray
oy.-s, a .-cr rnbitr, ".r.i:i-i ,f r.-i-.-oid nair,
allowed to ' I: ; . . t - ie .t.-i.nj,
to-day, a rosebud of a mouth, aini t
.yunningest hands and feet imaginable.
As her mother regarded her intently,
she lit hc-r lip and turned aside, as if in
quest e f something.
"What aro you searching for now.
Lue.-?" ir quired Mr?. Sherwood. "Your
toiia scf.-ns cumpli-tp."
"Not qui to, mauiuia; you forget My
eh. r:::i:i;- p ,cet- All -.he p:., va;.;
w.'-arc-!i'' to-.l--y. a-...e t0 '.ti.ig i.c.
our trop':i 3 in it, rr t. . v.."
i
.- i
-onsen--e, l.uc;. . i v.o1'! ! r..t v.t
it if I v.ero you. It i.. ah- u;.i f.
lady to hute one e-f tl. - us- :,"ss :
a
peiiaages u..ngiir.g a l in-r :a'.
But Lucy p.-r-Nt.-n:);,- shook h rhe.td
"."sorry, but I ri-a'.!y can't rc-linqui.sh
the cha.i.i'i.g ace-e.--.orj to my tualet,
ma-.ui., . Wiiy. it t-, out cf the q;:. stion
altogether. Each of the girls is to we-ar
cue. I toll vou."
Mr-. tLcr.vood 6aid no more, and
Lucy began to fasten her pocket by in
tastel. d cord to the r.se-co!ored belt rt
her waist
Just cow the girls rt Bosedale had a
maida for wearing pocket cf the most
fancITul dc-sc. iption, r.ot to deposit ny
thing the-rei-i, but n.croly as a it.atter of
show. Lucy"3 was heart-ehaped, of
wine-hutd vi-U.t, i.d artistically
a-Oiiied with goid cord, lying ugnnst
tho soft bat-kgreutid of her dress, it had
a very pretty effect, and Lucy regarded
it admiringly as she turned away from
the loug mirror.
At this Juncture a man reined ia two
spirite l black stieli ia fr nt , "Ti;
Maples," as Wide w Sh. rwoed'i cozy
place was appropriately calic-i.
"There is Mr. Losier now, mamma,"
cried Lucy, who was slylv pc ping at
the showy turnout from behind the
lace drapery at the window. "My!
won't I be tho envy of everv girl at the
picnic? What lovely horses! Their
tails nearly sweep tho grounaL and just
look at tho silver-plated harness! Dear
mo! if Bob Lester didn't have such
lie Ty-red. hair and was a bit more pol
ished, and Yes, y03i I;;an;ma, I -m
ready, and will not kerp my -cavalier
wailing. There g. s Jane, with the bi -frosted
cake aad tho basket of sand
wiches. Oh, I anticipate a splendid
And. putting on her wide gypsy, tho
girl tripped merrily down the step,
was assisted into the carriage by Mr.
Lester, and away they sped in tho di
rection of the pine woods, some two or
thrce miles away.
Bob Lester, a man of twenty-eight
compactly built with flaming red hair
and beard, did his best to make himself
agreeable, Lucy laughed at his rough
sallies, and flashed back witty repar
tees; but all tho while f-ho was wonder
ing what girl htvi been brought thereby
lioss Wilde a strikingly intelligent
out rattier impecunious young lawyer
whoso offer to escort her to tho picnic
out of caprice or a desire, perhaps, to
try her power over him, sho had coollv
rejected. J
Tho pine woods were alivo with hap
py people when Bob and Lucy arrived
much merriment was going on. and a
string band was discoursing a most jubi
lant air. J'
Lucy closely scanned tho motley
crowd. There, underneath ono of the
million-flnjcrcd pines, sho beheld tho
man who had solicited the favor of be
iigher escort assiduously paying his
tkro.r to a gazelle-eyed brunette ia a
costume of crimson and gold. Yes, she
might have known ho would Lrin"
Squire Rogers' daughter. lid would bo
sure to be entangled in tho mesbes of
the web sho was weaving to insnare
blni. ani propose, for her father was a
moneyed man, and Weil, MuI.'imc
Humor did assert that he cau-d a very
ere.-.; Jt-Til for i.n.ney. The girl was uu
que tiitnr.bly lovely, an 1 No matter;
sft' would t,bow R.nt Wii le that his ::t
ten ions were disagreeable to her. So
she fu-got her mother's warning and
flirted t utrage . ii' ly v. ith Bob Lester,
and f:i!.iereifu!lv ritj',!;:l the p'or law
yer wiu n ht a hlrcK.'scJ her, and felt
wr- 1..-'., ed all thai wh.l.s.
It v,.:., l..t" in the afternoon, whr-n,
lotiing to 1j: abne, shr broke away
from the groups sea t-'.-e l her' an 1 there
unlir th'j funereal pine-plumes, ar.l
f .:' 1 a seel u la. i spot on t!i h-.iu'i of a
in ..!''. that woun 1 its w.ty r.-i-ily
t.,r .ii a cha'i:i of jae.-d. f lmrp
ttH)!ht d r.R'lis. and sat dow n on a mcsss
co ;cd b.-.. i.ler Ut rest
TL i lay t.f t:.e cool water, the sigh-i-i.r
f the :-'.n i .".rti-jtig th janrrl'-s t
t a 1 1 brakes, K'-: he 1 her. Mie pirtiaBy
tit el i.t re'.es. when
t t.e siatt. ,1 to her feet, a startle I ex
cl.ii.. .:i..ii dro; j.itig frt.ui h-r lips. She
l.ul j
pot ia.
t.lll' i
1. :i s
ii isrovf : t d that the rul.y vr-lvi t
hat had .-waved from her b ! t a
i. ' before w r.s missing. Where
-i.i- le.-.t it'.' And. oh, w hat if it had
n into si,;.:e one's hands, i-spealaily
Lester's or I'o-s Wilde's?
fall
Bob
Si e reuietnlaered that her little l luo-a:i'l-olJ
diary r lio-ed iit its depths,
a::d r.o h: d been foolish enoui'l) to jot
'..'. :t some thoughts oemcerr.ing the
riv..:-. never le-lievin it would fall
into ti.e posse-sion of either.
Wnat if Boh or Uc,s had picked it up.
"1 No, ft'-; both of tho gont!ei!ji n
ivt re liunorable. a..d wo-.:!d not try to
pry in'.-j another's ailairs. Still, reason
as ti e would, she did Tiot fet 1 quite
e-,..y n bout Mr. Lester. 1!'.- might not,
but
A I.e. ivy fofit ;tr p rruni-bing the pino
cones lhat l.t ;.- d the cr.ejnd fell u; t.n
her ear, und rai.-ing her a'VOs she n
e nr. -.red the malignant glance f Bob
L sM. What br.d brougl-.t that an-zry
frown to his face? Had he found the
pocke t extracted fn ia its depth,-, the
diary, whi h ho had ut t bt. n wise
eti ;i.h to reuiove, and gb-aued the
truth of lier f. -e'ing.s for him?
lie had, indet d. Some perverse fate
hr.d 1c I hiiij to tho f-pot where it lay
g1. iu im: i-i its I row n lt d like sotne
h:.lli...T!y tint"l bird of paradise. Ho
:e.ca giiii-' l it at once, ai.d, sto.ipmg
df'v.i;, tie pickf-J it uj., with the intcn-
the.
fit in
be t.U
'. :i:.g it to its ewner. when
meet', ti.e tiny blue-and-gold
I! i : ' cl eeit.
diary, 1 y Jove!" he
iaell-
1 11
t,e
v. hat she has jotted
a.
no eompunrtioti whatever he
opertr- I it, aiti ired the Italian, spidery
lilte caligrar by, and then re-ad the ltttr.s
it ft.:, tr.i. -jed.
Hi i brow- -rcv.' dark n a ihitr. -t r
uU; furious feeling-! raged a:, d
seethed within him. lie t:iie-.v t!,at i-he
dep:.-n d h.'tii arid loved his rital. He
f -It lik.- rt r ling the tell-tab- !;-' .- in
pieors bat he contr-dle l binisa ,f, and
thrusting the diary back in its recep':.
cle -the pocke t he had rt cently tho:. -! t
so pretty t f hur'ed it in'o tie- t.cst f
ui; ia-.-hrush r.-..,in -., ' i.-l, 1 ! . m:!c- -i it.
"Let th'- uecui -. i I'jing lie ti. ere,"
ht hissed; "I'll confront my lady and
ue-cus. her of hir treachery."
Lucy's f.i blanched whit- as deatii
as Bob Lester, like some raging demon,
I;-! le.l .a her path.
Gi i : hit., faint if vein f.- rt, yu
tr-' ache.otM ?rt:-r.tur.-!" ... "hi -'-xl. v.:.:
i 11 tho v i-.oni e,f a si rprnt. "1 1 ::.,
loui.iiyouc.il. Yon f.;t it-.l v. ith me ! !
1
i.
1
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tl r.t y
the t
it I .. .-.
t ll., .
yet Vo.
S.i ::n :,
t .
1:
-t "...a . t:.i i..,-e ,,' x ,.
ia net mt.rrv n,e. Mere
e Wt
1
h'V. d Boss V.il I
re, I v( :;i ye.i.1 1 hae
. - r. :i mi i.d to f.,-s vie; dowi:
M.ar)-toothed ranks! Y ..i
v....! Fw ':
among l Lo
dt serve fc-.--.-li i
You need cut
oi l Lie; I'll nut. lay baud, on
b.:-
1 si..; t ry to r urn tin. I,. .rt ,-r
mt
1 1
val against vou."
li
t v. a . gt.nr, and Lucy sank shift r
to the earth.
in:
"U hy did I ev r fi: t v. ith bin:'."'
wailed. "It was heurtl. sa, 1 know, hut
I r..-ve-i- tii4-ant I lia : :. v l .-.r.-n. I'-.. ill
nevi r c. (,uetle ag..ia with at.y iz.uk."
SI.. covered l,.r faco v.iih'her hands
and w. i t bitt'Tly.
'-i'i.;s Saervvood Lucy!"'
At the sound of a familiar voice sho
rais.,d h. r tear-wet fat e. This time
I'tos Wild'- stool b fore her. and in his
5. are! sho saw tho ruby pocket She
becan to bate it.
Ho exteab 1 it toward her.
"Your property, 1 believe? r found
it probably win re- you lost it"
She tt.ok it and drawing forth tho
iir.ry. srai 1;
"Aud a-, as there Paul Bry cr.o-.U
about yo.: to make jour..,-if masterof
Ihf cor. ti sits of this jotirnal?"
Ho n-gatded h.-r haughtily.
"You aro unjust. Mm.-; Sherwood; I
am an honorable man. But" lowering
his voice, "let rue Congiatuiate you. 1
met Mr. Lester, who informed me
tuaiyou i;aa jut consented to bo his
wife,
a yon all lossihle Vat.ni.
neps.
I trust lie w iil be as kind to you
should have been h..d you given mo
as I
the rig.it
Oh, Li:
:f-,-, vo;i know re ...
crc-t 'ihink of mo as kir.dly as yoa
can."
He started to leave, but Lucy called
him back.
"Mr. Lester spoke falsely, Ross. If
you had read the diary, as he was moan
enough to do. jou would have learned
that I love you only you."
It matters not what followed; sufiloe
it to say that Lucy was blissfully hap--ry,
and vowed that sho would never
again wear that pocket keep a diary,
or f.irt with any man. John A. Peters,
In N. Y. Weekly.
llow th. Spider I udre.aes.
Did you ever f ee a spider chango his
skin? It, is an interesting Tight, e-no
that will well repay any or.e for tho
time lost in waiting for tho novel event
to take place. W hen preparing for tho
change tho 6pidcr stoj s eating for sev
eral days and makes his preliminary
arrangements by fastening himsf lf by a
short thread of web to one of the main
lines of his6nare; this to hold him firm
ly while ho proceeds to undress. First
the skin cracks all around tho thorax,
being held only by the fore part Next
tho abdomen is uncovered, and then
comes the struggle to frco the leg.. Ho
works and kicks igcri'usly. seeming to
have a very hard time of it Fifteen
minutes cf continued perseverance,
however, brings him out of his old
dress, the struggle causing hiui to ap
pear limp and lifeless for sonio time
after it is finished. Gradually ho comes
back to life, brighter and more beauti
ful than before tho trying ordeal was
Itg-m St Louis Republic.
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