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REMEMBER.
I From th French of Alfred Dc Musrt-1
Urmrmbrr. when the Dawn act open wide
lK-r bright, enchanted palace to the Sun;
n.-iiu-inW.T, when the Nl-ht. the pensive eyed,
O mra ilrraailcg under Telia all silver spun;
WUt u thy bosom beats high with a pleasure
supreme.
When the twilight allures thee to brood and to
dream:
Hark ! the forest profound
Has a voice in Its sound
"Kcmeobcr!"
Remember me, when fate has drawn our ways
A fur. f-r evermoro afar apart;
When rrw. exile aa.l thu ttlpht of days
liavo wlthored like a flower this breaking
heart.
O f urget not our parting, my love an J Its tears !
Love laughs at the malice of space and of
years!
While my bosom shall beat
With lu pulMDs repeat
'Rn-inember!"
Bem'inber me, when, nevermore dlstrest.
This heart of mine shall slumber la th
tomb;
Remember, when above Us hornte of rust
Stif tly u solitary flower shall bloom.
Thou wilt see me no more, but my spirit shall
be.
X4ke a sister beloved, forever with thee.
When the midnight it uif?h
Thou auult hear a vimco alga
'K.-memberr'
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CARRYING REVOLVERS.
Some Good Advice on a Img-er-ous
and Deadly Weapon.
The Maa Who CarrWa at Laal Shotting
Iron la a Ma nan- to I U rune If and
Friends Kely oo Jdoarlo jaad
a Stoat Mark.
It was midnight. I had yut frott?n
off the late train from the -city arul was
i.tartinji' to walk four sallt-K across coun
try to the villayre wherein 1 lived. I
li:ul leen detained in town by business
until the smaller mil road on which I
usually traveled was laid up for the
nioht, coinpellinjf me in ord-r to reach
Inline to take this roondaliout way t
4,'ettinj; there.
It was in the attmmer lime and the
country roads were -dot p with dust.
Soon I left the ifiut lamps of the
town behind me and camo to the long
tin 1 lonesome at retch (where for two
mi!.a there wasn't a liifht or a house)
which-1 must pa. before reaching my
destination.
Here, also, the aVleiralks stopped, so,
of necessity. 1 toKk the middle of the
road, plodding through the soft and
unusually thick dust.
The sky was black with low lying
clouds so intensely black that it
couldn't be distinguished from the
earth, and all was as still as death. No
footfall sounded in that carpet of dust,
r.ot a tioj i.aruea, not a iro croaxeu, .
riot an owl hooted, not a breeze btirred.
The awful silence was oppressive and
the more than Egyptian darkness was
horrible.
Ileside the spook ins of that silent,
rrhostly tramp through the dust and
over strange roads on such a hideously
!'l:ick nipht there was cause to appre
hend danger from robbers, for several
p -rsons had lately been waylaid and
utackcd in the very &pot I was ap
proaching. I possessed a revolrer. bat it wasn't
wl'.h me, for, not expecting1 to be de
tained, I had left it home.
The feeling- of security it would have
given might have taken away some of
fny uncomfortable thoughts as I plod
ded along on my unpleasant journey.
Owing to tho darkness and difficulty
of keeping' a path, I was in the middle
of the road, and soon reached the
dreariest part of the walk, midway be
tween the two villages, and a good
mile and over from a human habita
tion. Suddenly a man's gruff voice sounded
not three feet away.
"Hello, stranger," it spoke, "where
yer going?' Then another voice, too.
close behind me, said: ."What time is
it?"
Then both the men, one at my side
touching me and the other just behind,
walked along with me, for 1 hadn't
stopped when they spoke.
The inky darkness was so utterly in
tense that not even the r shadows
could I see, while the soft dust gave no
sound from their feet.
The silent manner of their waiting
for and joining me looked bad. . I cer
tainly should have heard them talking
together before accosting me if they
were bent on no mischief.
Of course I was frightened, and more
so because I could not in the pitchy
blackness get the slightest idea of
their looks.
Uut I managed to return their salute
as carelessly and as fearlessly as I
could and then told them to keep
away.
"What for?" the fellow at my side
asked, brushing against me, "don't you
like company?"
"Keep away!" said . I, again, "I've
got a pistol, and I warn you!"
. "I've got one, too," he laughed, rub
bing up nearer, and the fellow behind
me stepped on my heels.
They seemed slightly the worse for
drink, or, maybe, only pretending, so
as to get me off my guard.
At any rate they entirely ignored my
warning and stuck even closer than be
fore, at the same time trying to start a
conversation with me, which I had no
humor to encourage.
lieiog, as I have mentioned, without
my pistol. I had no choice but to walk
along in their company, every moment
expecting to get a blow from the fellow
'behind.
When it came If jt didn't knock me
senseless I intended to get one hit
back and then run for my life, trusting
to escape in the darkness.
Hut to my most agreeable surprise, I
was not molested and soon the lights
of my native town appeared.. At the
first crossroad my unseen and unasked
for companions said: "liood night.
and vanished, and I do not know yet
w ho they were or how they looked.
The point of my story, which looked
like an adventure at first. Is thlsr
If I had not fortunately been with
out my pistol, I should certainly have
ordered them off to a good and proper
distance. Then the fellows, being fool
ishly familiar and affectionately dis
posed by drink, would have done just
what they did or they might have put
an arm about me to show their fri-nd.
ly feelings or their lack of fear at mv
i . J
threats.
Then I'd have shot them, or they me.
In either case I should have been pun
ished severely.
One winter I waa spending a week
with a brother-in- law.
I slept on the second floor and he
occupied the back parlor on the first
One night I was awakened by a
woman's shrieks of "Help! Murder!
Thieves!" proceeding, as 1 imagined,
from below me in the house.
As quickly as possible I, again with
no weapon, opened my door to the
hall (where the light had gone out
leaving it as black as my midnight
walk was) and groped my way down
the stairs to assist the person in
danger.
At about the middle of the staircase
I ran against a man coining up.
We had each other by the throats in
an instant, and after a short life or
death struggle we both, still trying to
.strangle each other, fell and rolled,
locked together, to the bottom. There
in the darkness we fought and choked
and only stopped when my sister
"bravely opened the parlor door and let
the lighted gas illuminate the combat.
Lucky indeed it was for all con
cerned that she did so, for had she de
layed much longer my poor brother-in-law,
on whom I was sitting and pound
ing, would have been seriously dam
ageL The servant girl, it afterwards tnrned
out. had an attack of nightmare and
her screams had made the trouble.
Here again was a case where a re
volver in cither of our hands would
have caused irreparable disaster.
In my mind comes one instance after
another of the woes that happen by
owning handy pistols.
A little boy I know found his father's
revolver carelessly left in a bureau
drawer. lSefore he finished playing
with it he shot and killed his smaller
brother.
A friend fearing burglars was in the
habit of sleeping with a pistol under his
pillow.
One night while in a vivid, half
awake nightmare, caused by keeping a
pistol and thereby dreaming of burg
lars, he fired at some one moving across
his darkened bed ehamlier. It was his
bride, and she died in his arms.
A neighlior had an altercation with
his hired man. Stung by his inso
lence he left the stable, went in his
house, got his pistol and returned to
enforce his commands. In his fit of
passion he murdered the man, and
though he escaped hanging he lost his
reason.
Another nghlxr left his revolver
under his pillow one day. I lis daughter
on making up the led tossed the pistol
on the floor, where it exploded and
maimed her for life.
I knew of several men who carried
revolvers for security against imagin
ary dangers aud shot no one but them
selves. Then again I know of more who
have walked alout with pistols in their
pockets and slept with them under
their heads for years without ever once
having occasion to use wen sua never
will.
I consider those people as very un
safe and undesirable folks to be near,
and sincerely pity their families who
are always in danger.
Long ago I discarded tne pistol I im
agined was so necessary for tne preser
vation of my life and in conscpi.nce I
live without the slightest thought of
burglars and have peace of mind sleep
ing or waking.
The average pistol-carrying man is
not only liable to kill his family, his
friends or himself but is in actual dan
ger of being shot by rogues whit, at his
first movement toward his '-pistol
pocket" will shoot him down in tfutr
"self-defense" and not be hung for it
either.
And where there is a single case of a
revolver being a protection to its
owner there are thousaji.Js where it
has proved just the opposite.
When a woman can alone go around
the world in perfect safety a man cer
tainly need not be afraid.
In fact only a coward in these civil
ized times will go armed, although, we
must confess, that a man must have
considerable courage to have about a
weapon almost sure to hurt him sooner
or later.
The old farmer who fixed a gun in
his chicken house so when the lior
was opened it would shoot the chicken
thief found that out. For he fwrgot
the gun was there when he went after
the eggs in the morning.
May his fate and the fate of others I
have mentioned make men sensible
enough to rely only on their fists. A
pistol is a danger and n nuisance and
of no use at alL "Shoot it" before it
shoots you. II. C Dodge, in tioodalTs
Sun.
PROGRESS IN SCIENCE.
M. Marky, by arranging hLs own ap
paratus, has succeeded in photograph
ing the flight of insects, the exposure
of the plate being necessarily not over
l-2.,(XXrth part of a second.
Oxk of the most peculiar marine curi
osities found at the liottoin of the sea is
the brain stone, which in many ways
resembles the head of a human being,
with its many brain-like furrows.
Thk wearing away of the cliffs on the
shores of Kngland has of late attracted
considerable attention and the problem
is being attentively studied with the
view of preventing the erosive action of
the waves an well as the streams that
trickle down.
Irof. Van" Hexschotkn, of Middle
town, Conn., has discovered a new in
sect which attacks and kills currant
worms. He proposes to cultivate this
useful insect extensively, with the hope
of exteftnmating the currant pest, which
all other means have failed to accom
plish. Thr ornithologist of the Death Valley
(Cal.) expedition has secured many rare
specimens of m:mmals, some of which
are almost unknown. At ligeon spring
some fifty specimens of a very rare
mouse were taken. Of this peculiar
species but one specimen, taken about
fifty years ago, is snid to exist.
Women in Ito-tataw
Russia, so far behind other countries
in Europe in other respects, is at all
events in advance as regards its treat
ment of women, of which there is just
now tmother illustration. 15y imperial
ukase it has leen settled tlutt in future
women phyi-icians may practice every
where within the Russian empire, pro
vided they wear a badge supplied br
the crown, indicative of their calling.
Moreover, women are to enjoy special
privileges on practicing in female hos
pitals, as well as charitable institu
tions, gymnasia and schools for young
women. Finally, the ukase lays down
special regulations for the appearance
(in1 f"ri T I n r. . 1 . . ,
..4.. ciiuinre ui conn, oi zemaie '
physicians, so that womanly modesty
shall not be outraged by bUUM imperii- I
nent cross-examiner.
A YOUaXG MAX SAVED.
What Started Julius May on a
Successful Career.
.Tulius May was a lawyer that is, he
was going to be one if spending more
or less hours every day in Reed & Tap
pen's oftiees could produce the ar-ranged-for
result- At first the pros
pect had been pleasant enough to him,
but a course of winter amusements in
New York must have some effect upon
a young man. and the effect in Mr.
May's case had not been, in a legal
sense, satisfactory.
Music and the drama, libraries
bound in Russia, instead of calf; line
ladies and faney balls, London tailors
and Fifth avenue Ixianling-houses
the, and many other splendid things,
had become very agreeable to the newly-fledged
exquisite. Hut his little
fortune was rapidly disappearing, and
his little salary was so extremely small
that it was scarcely worth counting as
a means toward these desired results.
What must he do? He had asked
himself this question almost every
hour lately, and had never got but one
answer "Marry !"
After a careful and honest review, he
was compelled to admit that among all I
the rich and splendid girls whom he I
had habitually spoken ' as crazy
about him. only two were likely to le
crazy enough to entertain the thought
of marrying him pretty litt'.o liossie
ISell and the exceedingly clever Nora
St Clair.
Dessie was the only child of a rich
widow, who lived in excellont style,
and who was perfect mistress of her in
come. She was a sweet, dainty little
blonde, always irreproachably stylish
in dress, always ready to dimple into
smiles, and never at a loss for just the
most agreeable thing to say.
Nora was a close friend of Itessie's,
but in all respects a contrast. She was
no tenderly nurtured heiress but a
poor, brave girl, who had by the force
of intellect, study and hard work
gained an enviable position in the
literary worliL Her income from her
writings was very handsome; she
visited in the most aristocratic circles;
she was charming in person and man
ners, and dressed like the rest of the
fashionable world. I5ut then Julius
felt that in every sense she would not
only Ik-the "better half," but probably
the four-fourths of the hons:.-: and that
his personality would sink simply into
"Mrs. May's husband.
So ltessie won the decision, and he
determined, if his new suit came home
th? next day, to offer Miss ISell the
handsome person which it dorneL
For, to tell the truth, he was a hand
some fellow; and if this work-a-day
world had only TNvn a great drawing
room, with theatrical alcoves and
musical conservat ries, why. then Mr.
Julius May would have lecn no unde
sirable companion through it.
The new suit cam.' home, and fitted
perfectly; the tons trial department
was equally effective in results; every
precaution had lteen taken, and he felt
an earnest of success in the very pros
perity of these preliminaries. He rang
at Mrs. J Jell's aoor; oelore the footman
could open it, a gentleman came quick
ly out, threw himself into Mrs. Hell's
carriage, and, in a voice of authority,
ordered the coachman to drive to the
wharf.
The incident scarcely attracted his
attention until, upon entering the par
lor, he saw pretty Itessfe watching the
ilisappcaring vehicle with tearful eyes.
She glided into her usual beaming,
pretty manner; and very soon Mrs.
lii'll came in, and asked him to remain
to dinner.
After dinner Mrs. HU"s clergyman
called about some of the church's char
ities, anil as the young people were
singing, they went into the library to
discuss them. Now was the golden
moment, and Julius was not afraid to
seize it. What do men say on such oc
casions? I)o they ever say what they intended?
I)o they remember what they say? I
don't believe Julius did; for ltefore he
hail done right in the middle of a
most eloquent sentence Ressie laid
her hand on his with a frightened little
movement, saj-ing:
"Mr. May, please, sir, please do stop!
Surely you know that I have tteen en
gaged ever since I was eighteen to
Prof. Mark Tyler. Kreryltody knows
it we had a betrothal partv he is just
gone to Kurope for six months, that is
what I was crying for; why. all our
set know altont it, though he has lteen
away for nearly two years in the
Rocky mountains and California. Mam
ma said we were to wait until I was
twenty-one, but I love him ju it the
same and 1 am quite sure that I never
did anything to make yon think I couid
care for you in this way, Mr. May."
and Ilessie looked just a little bit in
dignant. "I have had the honor. Miss BelL of
being your escort all winter."
"Oh, dear! Did you think I was go
ing to marry you for that? In all our
pleasant little dinners and drives and
dances, is there matrimonial specula
tion? That would, indeed, be dread
ful." She loved her professor too truly; she
had lteen simply pleasant and friendly
to him as she had tiecn to all other gen
tleman friends, who, however, had had
too much sense and modesty to mis
construe her kindness. Thea 6he
walked to her pretty little aviary and
Wgan cooing to her birds. Julius
hardly remembered what passed after
ward, except that he received extol,
courteous: "tlooil night, sir," in answer
to his "Farewell," and that he found
himself walking round Madison
square in a very unenviable state ef
mind
To this speedily succeeded the thought
of Nora; he must see her to-night; to
morrow Ressie would give her own
version of his conduct, and then well,
he would not acknowledge that that
could make any difference in Nora's
liking for him. "And yet," he mur
mured, "women are such uncertain
creatures." Where his own interests
were concerned, Julius was not want
ing in a certain strength and decision
of character, and in less than an hour
after his rejection by Ressie Hell he
had so far composed and encouraged
himself as to determine upon a visit to
Nora, though whether he should offer
himself to her or not was a point he
left to the development of circum
stances. He found Nora at home, and more
over, she seemed disposed to welcome
him with extra cordiality. In a little
while lie macuged to rike the coover-b-lijii
lri:t tC'Wurd Resiie.
Would she tte marrieil when the pro
fessor returned from Kurope?
"Oil, dear, no; not till she is twenty
one." "Is it not rather a rruU!t'nrr?
Nora's eyes grew dangerously bright.
Certainly not, i'rof. Murk Tyler is
a wonderful chemist and geologist a
man of world-wide fame. It is a great
honor for Ressie to be loved by such a
great soul."
"Will you be glad when she mar
ries?" "Very."
"Vet you will loe your friend?"
"Hi no means. She will remain at
home, and the professor mid 1 are very
old friends; he knew mo when I was . a
little girL"
"Indeed! Perhaps you may marry lte
fore Miss R.dl."
"I may do so. I have no specific
against doing such a thing eventually;
but I am quite sure I shall not d so
immediately.
"Why not?"
"Recaose I cannot afford it. I am
just one of those women who would lfj
likely to inake a mial'iaie in mt 'i
matter -and I repeat. I cannot afford it
just yet. I have at present another ex
travagance ltefore me, a great deal
nicer than a husband."
'I should like to know what it is."
"A long European tour, with, per
haps, a peep at the I'yramids and a
ramble altont old Jerusalem.
Oh! dear!"' said Julius, in a tone
half serious and half minking. "I
should have no chance. I suppose,
against such a temptation?"
"None at all," she saiih positively;
and though she kept up the bantering
tone,it was quite evident to Julius that
if he asked her in solter earnest she
would answer just the sam with a
slightly different accent.
Rut Nora, with a woman's ready
tact, turned tho conversation, and
gradually led it into a very unusual and
practical channel the nobility and the
necessity of labor. The plowing
thoughts, the plain yet hateful trr.ths
that fair young woman uttered, Julius
heard for the lirst time in his life that
night. Never licfore had he realized
the profit and the deep delight which
might spring and only spring from
an honest career, no matter bow hum
ble or laborious if it was steadily pur
sued until success crowned it. She Lid
none of her own early mistakes and
struggles, and then, alluding to her assured-position
and comfort, asked J ulius
'how he supposed she had won it?"
"Hy your genius," he said, admiring-
ly'
"Vef to. fir; but by simple, persever
ing, conscientious lal-or in the path I
hail marked out for myself. There
fore," she said, with a bright, impera
tive face, "go home to-night. Mr. May.
choose wrtai particular form of law you
will study, throw 3-ourscif with a'l
your capacities into that one subject,
and success is sure to come. Depend
iip-.m it, the world i-i not far wrong in
making success the test of merit."
"Vii'i have made n new man of me.
Miss St, Clair,'" said Julius, cnthusi-'
astieally. "When I have proved this,
may I come in to see you again'.'"
He had risen to go, and they stood
with clasped hands "7fin yvv. mag
fomr tigtiiii." Nothing more was said,
but they quite understood each other,
and Julius went out into the clear st ir
lit night, determined to make himself
worthy of a good woman's acceptance
before he offered himself again.
. Next evening Ressie and Nora sat in
the firelight, sipping their after-dinner
coffee: it was an hour for confidence,
and Ressie said, rather sadly:
"1'itor Julius May he asked me to
marry him lat night."
Nora turned quickly, but said noth
ing.. .
"That is, he wanted to marry my
money; cverylwtdy knows that if he
loves anylmdy rml'y, it is you, Nora."
"He called on me, Uto, last night,"
said Nora, "and I saw he was in trouble.
Mi I gave him something to do. Noth
ing like that old old gospel of work
when 3-ou're in trouble. When he had
done it, I told him he might come and
see ine again."
"Surely you would never marry him!
Yon will just have him to dress and
take care of."
"All men need women to care for
them: else why were women made?
Hut 1 think Julius will do very well
yet. These elegant carpet-knights
sometimes don armor and take the
world by surprise."
"Not tHUch-fjf," langhed Ressie.
'Remember how England's 'curled
darlings stormed the Malakoff and
battered down SebastopoL I am going
to trust Julius May for a year or two;
I think he ll do."
"We shall see."
"Yes, we shall see. Time proves all
things."
Time proved in this case what has
often lteen asserted: "That every wom
an influences every man she comes in
contact with, either for good or bad"
Julius went steadily to work, used
with economy the remains of his patri
mony, became known among lawyers
as a hard-reading, clear-headed steady
young man, and in a little more than
two years he ventured to call again on
Nora St, Clair and ask her a certain
question, to which she answered, with
pride and confidence: "Yes."
Another evening Ressie and Nora sat
sipping their coffee together in the
gloaming of an early summer evening.
"Ressie," said Nora, "Julius May
asked me last night to marry hiin."
t.oing to do so, Nora?"
"Yes dear, I am going to take care
of him, and he is going to take care of
me."
Iod grant that in the larger lilterty
to which woman aspires, she may con
sider how vast a power is her influence,
and use it only for gracious ends,!
Amelia K. Rarr, in N. Y. Eeilger.
Taking Chance.
She Are you not well this morning,
Edwin?
He Never better in my life.
She Is is your love for me growing
cold? yon seem so indifferent, so un
demonstrative. Has anything
He Why, no; you foolish little girL
To-morrow, as you know, I take part
in the football match game and I am
puzzled to decide whether to make a
will or run chances on my accident
policy. Arkansaw Traveler.
SuccenffuL
Sanso Where were you last night?
- Rodd Out pursuing happiness.
Sanso And did 3ou catch it?
IUtdd Ret yonr life! I caught it like
thunder when I got home. Muuscv's
Weekly.
THE BRAVE FIREMAN.
TA true inci.lrut. the H-io U-ir.g su?
r.lu I V the bruve act -t r'.r- :-. Me-A I
1, 11;. 11. "1 Nil 11. west-UMU.U n r.,":-." -:.U"".
in re-rum little cl-.i.U Uom ileV.U, near
IliUltl.iiCli hlllll. t't i
With M- l.pu'l upon Tlie thrcfle as the truln
fw.-i t n.u:id tne ln-iid.
The e:i:.e..-r stood ready the a'.pnnl forth to
HU :c u.'ert and watchful as he scanned tlic
That b.' t".oiJL im and the stu'.ion in the rlearu-
Uib' juL.i;.l.l lay.
All alnc hrl.-n.t U.s viril, save for one who,
trim unil tii' il, . . ,
Viih : '.- i' - vcr fai'.lnp, t-hnrr-d each ilaiiM r
by i.:-- aide . , ,
His l.r.t:.-: brave, ar.d dauntless, with li.s
non 1 i:u- fm'x r' st-c-Hut,
v. f.:; ur in of iMl-t Willi. u him, p1-""1!"- x"
uct and quick to In L
Like n fla-h of summer llchtuln?. onward
dasli'-U the lien." fired.
Never pe..sir.. I-r a moment in Its rush of
headi'ia Hiecd.
When K-.l.l. ::i.V thu whi.-tle sounded shrill up
on t'le a.!', . .
And th' ..-Hirer crew pallid with a look of
wild iio.-l.air;
Forthi re brtore him standins, not a htiiidr"d
ra.-il away.
Was a tiuv blur -ryed baby, lrorn us mothT s
A fairy l'ttie i:Kre. with it brifht hair float-in-:
bad:, , . .
AU uncas-;.o-.:-. of Us danger on the cumni.
raii'-v-y track.
FrorathethrotVevn'veMsnr.rcrsin a nerve
less treaio: fell:
B-toa.y f. r :.u It.-tant itileU a.- thou; -lit he
re:.;; U.o. 1-H.
And reierscd t e liyii;? enfiin-, but alas, in
vain, in vain".
For, wi' li t.-rril'lr ir.oio' ntum. onward i-ped the
rosiiii.K train.
leastay: ril rave tlic baby:" all at once
race in his far:
And. aiir.ost Itc.'or: 1'uc inean'-as "f his com
rade's aor.N wa ; fl-ar,
rroui Lis tal' Lad l-ai.'-l the fireman, of the
uai.Ki.-r th.nUin.-r .ar.-l.t.
Driven ouwar I by an inionl.-a Uiat with fc'en
erou l"Ve was Iraneht.
Like a doer b' Tor- its liunt'-rs, :ikr an arrow
thr-'i:;-ii tie- -ky.
' Sped L- on L11 r.i.blc ii.i-.-:of, the dread mon
ster to ruivie,
Wliiie f.oi.i ry d-.' and win.!w of tLe
scurveiy siai k'-r.. .' t-uiu
Aari.Ki- e.r- hi. 1 -n : ;. fulit.wed as he
strove Van gi.ai t-. aia.
ja he rtahr-l. the sfur- of watchers fuzing
wjlii -iipea-.lil hr--:it'i
At the ro:iU--t so u.ieiiii.'i. in the very jaws of
d ata;
Every voice 10 whispers eibUir.. dire.t fear In
every fai-e.
Lee 1 1 in- 1. 1 -,vi: rr.nn. frx'edit.jr onward, should
bo roa-iurreu ill tii rarr-.
It could l ut little longer, and a breaihh-h-silciirc
fell.
When su 1 i .n.v. like thunder, rose a wild, tri-
pttit-ha'? y li.
Tbat, e.-.K.i.: a .1 rercU.tias, seeim-d to l-ierce
the vi-rv -itif s,
Fort'.s,!ip xnii: itiis the victor, and the baby's
lile his jtizo!
Ah! the smiles and l-r.r and praise su. wertd
on him every., he: e
A he ;i'a.-e-.l 1 : e bit.. - eyed baby in Its Eioth-
ci' ten.ler eui-;
Then, to his 1 M-t up-sprinjing, as the train
tt . its rrrr.'-eil on.
Slid the M:.:i-i of cheering voices, in a moment
he wn. oiie.
Goiden Pays.
HONOK AMONG THIEVES.
a case of Clovc-r Roguery Related
by a Detective.
"Have I met with much honor in my
car-er?" replied an old detective to a
reporter's question the other day.
"Yes, honor."
"W hat kind of honor and w here?"'
"Among thieves."
"Oh! that kind," said the ro;nie
oat cher. with a lauyh. "Yes. I have
met with a good ileal of that character
istic you mean when yo-.i n:l- -honor
among thieves," but it"s not honor. it"s
only selfishness, self-interest, self
preservation, and it wilts whenever il
pays lx-ttcr to east it aside.
'Rut I have just heard of a rather
remarkable display of this sort of
honor, which occurred in this city not
long ago.
"An elderly man. a countryman, who
had come to town to see the .-.ights. ac
costed a policeman on the Rowery and
told him, with tears in his eyes, that
he must hare lteen robln-d of all his
money, eighty dollars, for he could not
find it in any of his pojkets and h.- did
Dot know just w here or when he had
last seen it-
"lie had tieen pokingabout in some of
the worst dives a ml dens of the city,
and the wonder was that in his green
ness he had not met with something
rougher than a mere pickpocket. Noth
ing could Ik done, however, so the old
fellow was advised to pawn his watch,
all he had left, for enough money to
buy a return ticket and in future lo
keep away from the wickedness of the
metropolis.
"The old man set. out from the police
station for the pawnshop in wild de
spair, but in a few hour-' time burst in
upon the police sergeant behind the
desk with the shout:
"I've been robistl again!
'Again, exclaimed the sergeant an
grily. "Have you lteen into tiie dives
again? Did you pawn ywiir watch?'
"No. cried-the countryman, ju-t. a
1 was going into the pawn hop a man
touched me on the arm and said that he;
was n detective in plain clot lies, sent by
the poiii-e to help me to get hack my
money and if 1 would go with him he
would have it returned to me!"
'And were you f m 1 enough to go
with him!" exclaimed the sergeant.
" -Of course I went.'
" Then jim deserved to be robbed of
your wnteh too!"
" 'My v;:t-.lr."
'"Yes, yur watch!
" -My watch is ail right r
" 'You said you had been robbed
again.'
" 'So I have.
" 'Rut when you left here a few hours
ago yon said fou had nothing but your
watch.'
i" -Neither I had.
"'What in the mischief could the v
steal from yon then''
"'.My money!'
"'You're drunk, you old idiot: 111
lock you in the cooler for awhile till
you can talk souse.'
'"Cioih all fishhook. I am talking
sense, captain! Don't lock me up. but
let me tell you the trvt'i. the who!
truth and nothing hut the truth, so help
me Cicoige Washington.'
"io on. then,' said the sergeant,
threateningly, 'but cut it short; l ie
wasted more than enough time over
you already.'
"TLwn the old fellow told how he had
followed the Itogus detective, by devi
ous ways and dark alleys, into a room
on the top floor of a crowded tenement
house. There Lis conductor intro
duced him to another fictitious detect
ive, '.vi.j appc-rt-J ta tize o.d jn-n
U-of higher rank than l i gu. le. ot
in - to the bullying way in which 1
spok-. and the deference ::iid hiu
'1 his fellow pi-o'lneed the ..1 '. .nan's
f 11 .:n a drawer and counted it out slow
ly t him.
" -'J'jiere'6 vour money, old 'nan.' h'
t-ai 1. -and the vidance of the fines
police force on earth is once more i.t
to-leil. No oilier p ower co i; 1 have re
covered it for von. Now t !1 me. i
that cverv cent you lvst? R--' pari icu
larand do not triile with mo. us yon
val.ie ; otir liber y. Wen- you robbed
of one cent more than the -'
" No.'reitlilt'.teold m.1.1. lr tn'.iing
with'delight at the reeove-y '' h.s mon
ey. 'That is all. captain. -'Take
it and r.' said the fellow,
and Ik-careful to let the s:n-" olheer
who brought you h-re e -n ! v.'t yo 1 to
the railwav station. Spej'.c to no oue
but him till you are safe a.-uiu on yojr
wavtovour country homo, and ie.i-e
the wieitedcity to city folk i.n.1 the all
wati h'ul police.'
"The old man and his guide bowed
theiiisei'es out and d.-p:ir.e.L They
had not gone far when a bnrtig thirst
seized the conductor, mi l the overjoyed
old fellow was not slow to appease :t.
More dr-inks follow. -.1, 11 11 t":. way to
the railroa.l station begun tn jt.-w tor
tuous. Presently the countryman
missed his guide altogether iti a cr.it.'d
and 110 efforts 011 hi- part availed to
tin 1 him. The old man f v 't 011 a horse
car. and when he put hi- ho ld in his
pocket to pay his fare In- found that
his money w as g. :. agatu.
lie ill 1 not understand at all. even
then, mi ': it took the police -rgett'it i.
longtime to make him see that he had
tteen -j hiyi d for a -"eld r' oi the rank-vt
kind. Fi:.,lly h" t tok ii in and tin a
lo- exclaimed: Well. go-!, i' iru it all.
I dim no which is the .--i'.eUest, the
rascals that done me or the police that
can see tiit-.ni'ii their tricks."
"You see." added the h tuetive, '.,.'
the wav of explanation. ' ;:.. of the
ir;-ini.-d b inds of criiiiin: l - had r pit
ted the old f'-'ilow the in:.:ni.-.- they set
eves on 1,;?, toggery and !-- guile! ess
manner. They set one of their Uot
ti::g. red ;;i -i.:li-rs. the one who played
the guide nit. rwafd. to rob him. The
swag,' eighty dollars, was 1:101 h less
th;:n they had expected to pi-l and tin y
si:-pected the 111:1:1 who had robbed
);1t:i 1 f 11 lac k of 'honor innor.g tl.ic.e-
mid :;ceiwd him 01 keeping back part
of the plunder. 1 1 e had under! ak. n to
show them thai he was -square' and
i you have heard of the clever wav in
which ho led his simple old victim to
:is-iire tin- captain of the gaTiir tl'.at
e'l.ty dollars wa- .-.11 he had h st and
honor among thieves' was on. e n.-ore
eo;;)j.l lied. without C'-st'.Ilg the
thieves anytiiiiiT as the plunder was
soon b.teri again 111 the gaug s treas
ury." N. V. Tribune.
CLIMATE AND MORALS.
The Iiillut-nce of the former I'p'tn the
I -a tier.
The world is tolera'.ly well map;.:-d
out lis to diseases. The color. l ;;"...
show 11- where we may njo-t probitii'y
dwell with malaria, with eonstimpt : oi
or with general debility. We st'.ily
al-o the adaptability of plants to dif
ferent climatic condition-. Rut our
knowledge of the relation of man to
climate is still far from scientific
that is to say. of the inlitience of cli
mate ujion character and conduct. To
come to a detail, what, for instance, do
we know of the effect of climate upon
veracity? There are p-irlions of the
earth's surface where the inhabitants
regard truth as a luxury seldom to lie
indulged in: in others the mind sei-ms
rather inclined totruthfulnes.s. Wheth
er the liiliereiice is owing to race or
climate our observations do not yet
cnablv' Us to determine. There is a
popular notion that the habit of pre
varication go,.,, a'onr with warmth or
wit h a di l.ilitatine atiu.tsphcre, and that
cold is a tonic, a sort of .stimulant for
truthfulness. We indeed have in the
phrase "the cold truth" a recognition
of this. We say that the. northern lati
tudes nurse the rugged virtue of veraci-
ty. It never occurs to us to expect
veracity in Egypt or in any part of Af
rica, We should never think of saing
! that an inhabitant of Malta was uu-
trulhful; we should simply say that
he was a Maltese. The name Eevan
tine carries with it the same idea. The
Levantine, the African, the oriental
hab'.t of indirection is sometimes ex
plained by theamiability of the people,
their desire to say that which will lie
agreeable. Whereas the Englishman
prides himself on his blunt honesty
and oil speaking the truth, especially if
it is disagreeable. Rut plant the Eng
lishman, or auy man whose moral liber
is hardened by a frigid climate, in
Egypt, and how long will he continue
to speak the truth? How is it about
the northern travelers in Africa, who
never agree with each other about :iny
thing and habitually accuse each other
of mi-rcprescntation? Is this due to
c-lii late or to the contagion of a bud
moral example inin atmosphere of uu-pli.-it
y? Charles "Dudley Warner, in
Har'H-r's Magazine
Ait Anecdote of Creclry.
It was the custom of Horace (ireeley,
cme of th- most absout-i.r.iidcd of
American jourua'i.-ts, on Sunday lon--110011
to attend church, after which he
would saunter down to the Tribune
ollic-e and look through the exchanges.
One remarkably e dd Sunday became
down to the otiieo alter church. The
janitor had ngl.-ftetl to light any
tires. Mr. t.reel.-y went int the
e.l.t.irial rooms and, his feet feeling
cold, he t-ok olT t.i-; shoes a::.l re.-t. J
his feet upon the stove. Presently the
foreman came down on some errand of
business. It was freezing, and there
was a cold draught rushing through
the register where Mr. lirecley sat im-iiit-r-e-l
in cx.:h;at:v. v, holly oblivious
of all sublunary discomfort-,. '-Why,
Mr. lireelcy," exclaimed the foreman,
"what in the world aiv you doing?
There's no tire there, and you'll take
your death of cold!'' "I 'onfo.ind it!"'
said the phil.tsophcr, pet : i . Id v. "why
did you tell 111c? I was warming my
self wry nicely." Once a Ucvk.
1 reel lliui U etL
A woman once consulted a seer re
tarding a way to retain the affection f
her hu-band. and thus was the r.iM. i
teieived: "let a raw piece of best .--loi.i
stc:,k, iib-.nit half au inoh tiii
Ru'i with a central slice from u v. ii-1
onion, suit and pcpcr. Toast over r
hriirlit i-ri,l fi re .ill m ri :i:ir'..n -h
1 handled only by yourself, never by y.
servants: -then put a little sweet l".n
owr the beef. tJive l.i;n ha.f j,u.w
I of this, ach morning and do xiut bpc.iA
Vii.t, i.L tills it-"
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