What Will the Sew Year Rrtngf
• Oh, what will tho New Year bring mo?"
Bang a bright-eyed little boy.
As ho |*WRcd 'mid his childish playtlilu|o
The Houroo ol many a )oy.
Say quickly, mamma dear;
Will it bring mo toys and candies,
As it firings mo every year?"
The mother glanced at her darling,
And breathed a silent pray or
That tho New Year's gilt lor hoi darling
Might be unmixed with care.
" Oh, what will the Now Year bring mo?"
Bai 1 a timid happy bride
| And she glanced with n look ol pleasure
At tho huslmtul by her aiilo.
" Oh, what will the New Year bring mo
As it spoedeth on itn way ?
Will it firing fresh |oys and roses
For each succeeding day ?"
But the mother's look was tearful,
As she glanced at her dnuglitor lair,
For "ho know, in tho outward |*illiway,
Was hidden many a snare.
"Oh, what will tho Now Year bring mo?"
Said a feeble weak old mnn;
" I've tasted all earth's pleasures,
And lilo is hut a spun.
Oh, what will the New Year bring mo,
Now 1 am growing old,
And lew are tho charms that hind me,
For my days are almost told ?"
All' what the New Year hringeth
Thy eyes may never soe;
For u narrow tnound on the hillside
Is the only gilt to thee.
NANCY HILL.
CHAPTER I.
The night set iu dark and chill. All
day iong a fine, frosty sieet had fallen,
which as the wind rose in lengthened
gusts, changed to fast-falling snow
flakes.
All day the note of preparation had
sounded in Abraham Plum's kitchen;
for it was the day tfore Christmas.
Mrs. Plum shoved the ,ast quartet of
pits into the oven, shut thq door with a
clang, and began to clear away the sup
per table. She was a short, fat woman;
yet she was brisk in her movements
this evening, and as she swept into the
pantry laden witli blue-edged plates and
teacups, an air of pride was visible. She
lingered to look at the result of her toil,
and to count, for the twentieth time, the
row of pies on the shelf before the win
dow.
"Three plum, two gooseberry, four
hlacklierry. eight apple, fifteen mince,
and a great platter of cranberry tarts!"
Mr. Plum came in also, an admiring
expression gradually stealing over his
face- " I vow !il you haven't got a
show! Why. you haven't counted tin m
in the oven!'
"So I didn't!" ejaculated his wife.
"Them are mince. They aiways gooff
faster'n any other." She broke off a
bit of burnt crust as big as a cent Very
carefully
" Come, mother, you've looked at 'em
enough for one day. You've got all day
and to-morrow, too, to see 'em in."
"No I hain't," broke in his wife.
Dear me! what a sight's to be done to
morrow . I hope Sarnh'll come over
early t'help. I rather looked (or Nancy
to-day."
Her husband drew a chair to the stove
and seated himself. " I'd gone after
her," said he, "oniy I knew Sam was
just cross-grained enough not to let her
come if I did. She's got to take him in
the right mood, you know."
Mrs. Plum sighed and sat down to
rest. This Nancy of whom they spoke
was the youngest of her flock, not five
years a wife- She was also unhappy in
her marriage—which accounted fr her
mother's sigh.
Samuel Hill had been a gay youth,
anrt a handsome one. Courted by ail
the girls of the village, he turned from
their too evident homage to little Nancv
Plum, the most serious-minded damsel
Of all. He called her tenderly "the
little psaim-singer." She, in her turn,
was flattered by his preference, ntl ,i she
yielded up her heart to his keeping, >n
spite of parental objections. It proved
to be an act of folly on her part; he M
a careless keeper. More than that, he
was at times unkind. Her parents read
the eloquent signs of misery in her face
at every visit, but she never complained
of him. Something in her looks forlstde
direct inquiry—a look as If she had de
liberately counted the cost of existence
and nerved herself to endure it- llow
many inwardly wished her
self a girl again at home was known
only to herself. They had not been
married two years before he drank
openly instead of in secret. Whole days
were passed away from licr—where P
Site knew—and crird over the know
ledge.
Mr. Plum looked thoughtfully at the
•love. " He's a poor worthless coot,
that's a fact. I used t'tell Nelly that
•he'd sup sorrow if she'd marry him,
but she would have Iter own way."
"Law! it don't do no good aftsr the
th'ng's done t'say • I told you so.'" The
I expression of excited anticipation had
" faded from Mrs. Plum's face; she put
lier feet on the stone hearth and rested
brr elbows on her knees as she mused
aloud. "It's all a lack an' by chance
business anyway. 'Cause some occasion
ally git cheated, 't don't follow that
they're t'blarae. None of us are very
sharp-sighted in such matters. I wamt.
I abet my eyes and said' Yes.' knowein'
no more'n the man in the moon whether
I should repent or not,"
"Well, have yooP" asked her bos
band, archly.
She smiled mischievously. " S'pose
I'd own it ii I thought I'd oome off
splndngoP"
'•That's jist like wimniin," said ,dr
I'iuu) ; "they're so queer. Own it?
Yes. I'd proclaim it from Dan to Beer
shclm, anri HO serve as a wamin'." His
wile laughed. " All witumin are cut
in the same pattern, I b'lievo. There's
Nancy, now! I'xpcct she'd eat h< r
tongue sooner'n step up t'me 'n say.
Father, Sam abuses me.'"
" It'll be sleiKhin' to morrow, I
guess." Mrs. Plum rose and went to the
window. "Why, the ground's white
already "—shading her eyes with her
hands and peering into the darkness.
"That's like wimmin, too,"chuckled
Mr. Pluiu. "When you git the better
of'em in an argument they allers change
the subject."
The morrow came, and with it all ol
the married offshoots of the house of
Plum. Fiist came Sarah, with children
three—husband to follow when the
choreswere done. She bore a special com
mission Reserving maid from bermother,
and she smilingly accepted the honor.
The kitchen and keeping room were
crowded with happy laces long before
noon. New dresses were displayed in
small knots ot mutual admiration fares,
loud voices and impromptu jests were
the order of things, crowned by hearty
nursts ot laughter. In the midst of it
all the mother and grandmother moved
with ar anxious face, lest some unto
ward happening spoil the fun. (Inrnd
fatiier constituted himself a bull for the
childish mirth, and iiis ringing laugh
sounded younger than theirs.
Twelve o'clock struck. The matrons
came hack from the church. The big
turkey resisting in the oven begun to
steam fragrantly; the fat sparerib in
the other began to hiss and sputter sis
the mistress of the fesist turned it over
with sprinklings of salt and pepper. The
children were made hungry by the smell
and clamored loudly for dinner, and
were appeased with thick cuts of ginger
bread. which they went around munch
ing—witli copious crumbles—to sidults'
dissatisfaction.
Two o'clock struck. The long tables
assumed the functions of spring, and
leaved out with astonishing rapidity.
Children were thrust into an sidjoining
bedroom to !>e got out of the way. when
they set up a series of agonizing
chorusc,. The blue-edged crockery
kept ignominiously in the pantry, while
fair, white china arranged itioif on the
board, l'iekles and preset vescrept side
by side; "cold slaw" brimmed huge
bowls; jelly quaked and quivered;
hearty " brown bread "did not disdain
to iie alongside of its paler relative.
" We may's well give up scein'Nancy
fust as last," sighed Mrs. Plum, :ut she
beat up the lumpy squash with butter.
" I've k< p' hopin'she'd get here yit, out
she won't. I know she's feelin' .ik**
death about it, a thinkin' of ye.u uii
iiere, 'xcept herself. 'Juey look ..ut for
your dress, dear! You'll burn it 'gainst
that stove."
" She has not met with us in three
years," answered Sarah, rather resc.it
fnily, pounding the turnip.
"T'aint her fault. Sam always has
some excuse. Last year it was 'the
baby w.urn't old enough to bring and
they couldn't leave it'—though Min ta
brought hers, which was two months
younger.
" It's my opinion," rejoined Sarah,
with an emphatic toss of her bead,
"that he's ashnmed to face u* alto
gether; he's carried on so that he must
feel guilty, if he's got any conscience."
Three o'clock—and the magic word,
"dinner!" eehoed through the crowd.
The mother's eyes glanced at Nancy's
chair and filled. She would let no one
occupy It, " Her heart is here,' she
snid, in a low voice, "if her hotly Is
not."
CHAFTER 11.
" It is Christmas day," ssid Nan.-y
Hill, at breakfast. " I suppose we are
going home to-day; they'll all he
there."
"Letthem. Where is home, I won
der, if not here P" Her husband ate hi
breakfast sullenly.
"But I told mother we'd go," put in
the wife, feebly.
" I can't ho p that. Am I responsible
for what you say P I'm not going one
step. I don't care a fig lor all their
meetings."
"Well, I can take the horse and go
alone. I can drive, you know. And
it's only eight miles away."
" I'm going to use the hone; I've got
an engagmnt at Stanton. I shan't be
back to dinner."
" You ear, drive me over first. I must
go," pleaded the disappointed creature.
" Bell will be there with her children.
She has just tome from Minnesota, and
I haven't seen her since before I was
married."
" Bother!" Mr. Samuel left the
room. Bbe heard him presently at the
cider barrel.
And then her wrath rose. It was un
just, this state of servitude to a brute
who despised her and her kindred. Her
anger mounted on the wings of dis
appointment. She who had hitherto
shown a mild spirit, and submissively
yielded to his exactions, now rebelled.
Instantaneously, all the Instances of hit
direct unkind nets flashed vivh. y Into
her recollection; snger aggravated the
stings. Succeeding this rose her long
forbearance, magnified by her resent
ment into martyr-like virtues. Indeed,
tier life was a martydois. Rut she wks
powerless to quit It. Ob yes *he was
powerless! The tin, however hateful,
wsn binding until death. " Would that
death would node and take me and give
me rest!" the wept.
There was something :in hlB wife's
tenrs very inflammable to tho pnraion of
Hamuel Hill. Ho always met them with
ahnse. He had lieen <'rinting now, and
was more innu.ting than even before.
Hard words followc.l; am for the first
time in his miserable married life, he
struck her.
She crouched frightened, beside the
cradle where her boy lay sleeping.
There are some nuturcs which the sign
of fear in others determines to aggres
sion. It seemed iw if with that otic blow
a whole rabble of evil instincts rushed
out to follow after. I do not think he
was conscious of what he (lid. The
whiter she grew the louder his voice
became.
Even in his passion Nancy noted how
handsome lie was; and, through her
abject fear, crept a few trembling thrills
of love for him still. Her anger utterly
died for fear. If he would only stop she
would say no more about going home;
this would be no lonelier than other
days. .She would sing to her baby, and
sew, and preserve silence toward him.
Fate Baid (< in person of her husband,
"Not so." She looked bewildered at
first; she did not comprehend his mean
ing. He made it plain to hu*-. "Since
you are so anxious to go you shall; and
you need not trouble yourself to come
back. I really insist upon it. I am
anxious for your enjoyment." And the
villain laughed mockingly. lie took up
the infant and held him forth to her.
" I must dross myself first," she said
soberly.
"Indeed you shall go a* you are.
Here's a shawl! Start!"
"Are you not going to take us?" she
faltered.
At wiiieli his loud laugh rang out.
"Not I. 'Taint a fruit season; besides,
1 don't like plums."
" I won't stir one step in this way;
I'il call the neighbors," she declared.
" Do. if you dare."
She wn too afraid to perform her
threat. Then seeing she did not start,
he took her by the wrists, and she found
herself and baby out in the coid.
She crept under the wood-shed, and
sat down on a pile of boards and cried
Misery had shown her a boid front be
fore; now it overwhelmed her. Her boy
stirred in her arms, and she wrapt the
shawl carefully about trim. She sa
shivering. It some team would only
come by and take her. just as she was,
to her father's house! She would spoil
the merry-making, of course, hut they
would not care for that. But no one
came. "Everyone is happy but me,"
she thought, with suppressed bitterness
" What have I done to deserve it?"
Her husband came out presently and
loc-xi d the door. T ion he looki dup th<
road and down. She shrank into a cor
ner t hind the boards; lie did not <*
h'T nnd passed to the barn whistling.
She t rf.rd hitn .wear at the horse ax he
add d it. Then lie mounted an went
off't rough the snow.
She cfept out of the shadow. How
to ; t into the house was the question.
He would not be back before noon she
kn< w. Sh? tried the doors; tbey were
all fastened. Tho windows raised with
difficulty from the inside; it was a hope
less task to open thcui from the outside.
Besides she could not put her baby on
the snow to make the attempt. Hit lit
tle hands were cold; he woke and
cried, and she was too chilled to soothe
him.
last she thought of the dining
room window. Beside it was a door
opening on the piazza; a fragment of
glass had fallen from one of the lower
panes, and if she could thrust her hand
through she might unbolt the door.
No! it was too small a fissure. Away
she went bo the shed again, and she
found a broken barrel hoop, with which
she sped back as fast as her benumbed
limbs would carry her. This happened
to hit the bolt; she gave a vigorous
push and heard it slide. She rekindled
the fire and sat down to think. After
this experience she must leave him; it
was evident that ho wished it. But how
mortifying to go back so! Turned away
by her husband with scoffs and jeers!
She dressed her baby carefully; the
was tliue enough. He should look his
best at the Christmas feaat. if lie was the
heir to an unhappy home. Then she
•onned her own best garments and
made UD a bundle to carry with her. As
slio busied herself thus her heart felt
lighter. It seemed to her as il she had
shaken off an incubus which had hither
to weighted her with iron.
"Come, baby, we must start!" she
sang to the child, who cooed in return
and made a dive at IIPT bonnet with his
fat fingers.
She walked along the snowy road
with light footstep* until the first two
miles were passed. Then she began to
turn her head and wish tome team
would come along; she should beg a
ride. But she saw none. The sky waa
blue overhead, the sun shone brightly.
The leafless branches of the trees were
freighted with soft snow which glistened
in the clear sunshine. The air waa
crisp and cold, hut still. It stung her
cheeks Into ruddy flame as she walked.
It wa* hard walking. The road was
indicated only by a plow line, where
boofa had been before ber. The snow
ttovercd her ankles, incrnsting her
stockings with considerable pieces,
which she paused front time to time to
pick. It was a pleasant day to those
who walked or rode f r pleasure. As for
Nancy, the recollection of the morning
clothed her spirit with darkness, dash
enlng ber whol# future.
Th* short afternoon waned, night
tall are site reached the village. Her
father'? farm lay a mile beyond. Her
limbs wood with cold and fatigue; her
boy cried ; .she had eaten .nothing since
morning. Her whole soul seemed
poising itself on the wings of despair.
Always when wo think our last agony
is reached there glimmers a respite be
yond. We cry out in our extremity and
make our frantic plunge, and lo! we
have waded the hro.ik. Wogropea'.ong
blindly; and it is only when we calm
our fuintirg fears to look back that
we see the method which has guided
us to a surer footing.
A light now became visible to the
stricken wanderer. It came from her
father's many windows, ray after ray,
which urged on Iter weary feet. I)is
tance shortened itseli unaccountably.
She stood before the door!
What a plight she was in! Should
she spoil their sport? She looked over
the snowy fields and shuddered. They
were playing "blind man's bull'" in
sit.c. I'eal after peal of laughter came
to her, cold and silent on the door-stone.
She was ashamed to go in—asoamed to
say that iter husband had sent her fo.
The door suddenly opened. Sarah's
little Ixiy looked out, and with a cry o
fear slammed it to again. He thought
he had seen a ghost.
How they started when she stepped
inside. Old and young thronged around
her, crying for sorrow at her distress
and for joy at her appearance.
" I have come to spend Christmas,'
said Naucy, amid team, as she sank into
a chair.
"And you are heartily welcome,
daughter," answered Mr. Plum, in a
broken voice. " i/1 it he for always.'
And then 'hey all cried again—the
children Is cause their mothers wept.
" Hooray!" shouted Mr. Plum sudden
ly. wiping his eyes with hi* yellow silk
handkerchief. " .Mother, are those
mincc pies gone?"
"I hope not," answered the dame,
briskly.
" Any cold turkey and things?"
" l/ct us all help!'' was the general
shout, and a rush was made for the
pantry.
The long table came out again with
dispatch. On it marched the nrtuyol
plates and i ut>s and saucers. And
though the second dinner was cold ft
was complete; there wax no vacant
chair.
"Ah. Nancy," s.ald Mr. Pium, when
the guests had ail gone and only the
three ant round the stove talking, "this
lias been a better Christmas than the
iat to me, for then I did not expect t<
ever have you back."
The mother only looked at her.
"For me too," rejoined Nancy; "for
now i krow that I have a home."
" My !x>y wU be some trouble to you,"
-he added presently, in a low voice.
Mr. I*.urn's smile w.is more elegant
than wotds, as he reached forth hi*
hand and rocked the cradle—the HID?
old cradle. which had held them all,
an.t which had been brought from the
garret, iate as wa the hour, that her
boy might miss no accustomed comfort.
Agriculture In Hnssin.
The recent importation of American
rye into some of the Baltic |*>rta lias
created alarm nil over Ilu.sia, and
elaborate articles on the comparative
agricultural resource* of the two coun
tries have appeared in almost every
Russian newspaper. The unanimous
conclusion is that thd cause of the un
favorable resu.tof Russia farming lies
not in the soil, but in the ignorance and
•amine** of the Russian peasant. The
wages of tiie isborer in Russia, arc lower
than in any country, but it takes three
Russian tuoujiks to do the work of one
farm hand in France, Great Mritain or
the United State*.
Another reason of the backward con
dition of Russian agriculture may be
found in the fact that scarcely any
machinery is used in the field. The
■mall landowner* have neither the
nuans to buy machines nor the neces
eary knowledge to use them. Only a
few great landowners, who managed to
remain rich even after the emancipation
of the serfs.are able to order agricultural
implements from abroad, and when they
get them upon their estates they find
that foreign skilled labor is necessary
and that srmed force is often ne-ded fo
protect both labor and machinery, for
the* moujiks arc dispose*l to "go for" Hie
imported maehinery as well as for jthc
imported farm hands.
An adoitlonal drawback lo any pro
gress in agriculture Is d*e to the wut
of country banks. The distances to tide
water from the grain-growing district*
is in some casss greater than from Mil
waukee to New York. Ths railroads
being as few and a* far between as the
freight rate* are high, the peasant is
Utterly unable to staad the expenses of
the shipments without borrowing
money; and a* h* ha* no ban kto borrow
it from, th* local speculators hay up hi*
whole harvest at a mars aoniinal price
•nd grab all the mnnsy that is to be
made. The conaeguenoe of this skate of
affairs is that the naturally laity and
drunken peasant nets ooßspletcly dis
couraged and becomes sa utterly un
manageable brute.—-Afar York Hour.
Mount Baker, Washington Territory,
has now joined the array of voioaaoas,
headed by Mauna and Mount Yesuvias,
in active operation in various parts of
the earth's surface. Whether theve is
anything more than an accidental con
currence in their apparently concerted
outbreak the scientific people must b*
ifl/t to tell.
Rib tied plush is mora becoming tfcaa
plain.
FAITM FOR THE LTKIOIH.
Tho entire Joes of the German armies
in IH7O-76 was 63,000 men.
Cologne water was first so culled in
170W, when nn Italian citizen of Cologne
named Johann Maria Farina prepared
it. Since that time genuine oau de co
logne has been manufactured by the de
scendants of Farina.
A few years ago a .Japanese publisher
brought out a life of Washington in
forty-five volumes, with illustrations in
which the father of his country is repre
sented in modern dress, wearing a heavy
mustache, carrying a cane, and accom
panied by a skye terrier.
When Napoleon 111. went to the front
in IH7O his mass of baggage looked like
a traveling hospital. It included three
kinds of bathtubs, a large medicine
chest, an invalid's easy chair and a pe
culiar sort of stretcher. The emperor
took several very gentle horses and ha/1
double wadded,snddlea, with extra pad
dings in the back.
Thus they make new potatoes at l'aris:
Old potatoes, small and cheap, are taken
. <o the Imnks of the Seine, pnt in tubs of
! water, and vigorously stirred and
: stamped upon by their owner's feet.
This process makes the potatoes bright
colored, smooth and satin like, exactly
j like new tubers. Then they are dried,
rolled in paper, and wild at the Mar
rhandes de Comestibles.
l'aris, in the course of its history, has
j been besieged ten times. The first time
jin 50 11. C. and toe last in !H7n. It
was fortified until the time of
Iy/uisXIV., who razed the defenses, as,
1 in his day, the idea of a a foreign army
reaching the heart of France was
.aughed at. Napoleon I. did not fortify
Paris, and the alficx, in 1814, found only
| n f w hastily-built redoubt* in their
i way.
Byron wrote "The Corsair" in ten
days, at the rate of 800 fines a day;
do V' ga wrote 3<r dramas in 100 <lh>> ;
Voltaire composed "Zaire" in three
weeks and "Olympic" in six days;
Dry den wrote Lis "Ole to St. Cecelia "
at one sitting, and Mrs. Browning's
"The Lady Geraldine's Courtship " was
the work of twelve hours. Shakespeare,
Dickens.Wordsworth and Moore,on the
I other hand, were slow work< ts. Hep
worth Dixon rewrote his "Two
(Queens" eight times, and Kingiake'
"Kothen" was rewritten five or six
times.
Cardinal Antone.fi was very fond of
' canary birds, and at one time had more
| than 9of> of them, which had txen pre
cnte.l to him.
The atmosphere of the Mosque of St.
Sophia, Constantinople, is filled with
tHo odor of the tnusk with which Jut
tininn charged the mortar when he re
built the church in 53-A. I>.
The statistic* of the French war of
fice show that during the first half of
the eight/ nth century, ending five yr are
after Fontenoy, 450.000 Irishman died
in the French service, nnd during the
, .ast half 15/1,00(1.
Glass tablecloths are on exhibition in
N< w York. Their manufacturer says
that they are strong and durable, and
can be washed and ironed.
Almanac*.
Almanack is the Arabic for " dairy."
and hence it may be inferred that some
notion of this kind obtained among the
Aralis. Manuscript almanacs of a rude
| character and dated a century before
the invention of printing are still in ex
istence. The earliest printed almanac
was issued in 14fi0, being next to the
Bible in early date. Fifteen years after
ward almanacs so d for ten crowns in
! gold, and hence were only in the hands
( of the richest class. How strange this
seems at the present time when one gets
| an almanac shoved on to him gratis at
■ very drug store. Notradamus, the
astroioger, who flourished three ccn
j turies ago. was the firs', that introduced
predictions concerning the weather,
which still continues to be one of the
almanac's amusing features. For a cen
tury and a half almanac making was n
government monopoly in Great Britain,
and fis alvolition was a matter of such
difficulty that it required the eloquence
of Krkxkine. It was accomplished about
the time of tho declaration of indepen
dence. The most such pub
lications in America waa Poor Richard's
almanac, which wna iasued by Franklin
for twenty-six years. Its sale was
enormous. (wit dilion being about 10,-
000, and yet it *< i became very scare*.
A century after wsrd copies were sold
at #l3 apiece. The longest series of
aimanso! in this country was issued by
Ittiah Thomas, of Worcester, Mass., and
bis successors. It was continued for
forty-five years. and was highly prized
for its apothegms and sententious wit.—
TVny Tun**.
Heart Piaster.
The fk%enttfc Anurictn gives the fol
lowing directions for making this useful
article: Soak isinglass in a little warm
water for seventy-four hours; then
evaporate nearly all the water by gentle
beat; dissolve the residue in a little
dilute alcohol; and strain the whole
through a piece of open iinen. The
strained mass should he a stiff jelly when
cold. Now stretch a piece of silk or
sarsenet on a wooden frame, and fix It
tight with tacks or pack-thread. Melt
the jelly and apply it to the silk thiniy
and evenly with a badger hairbrush.
A second coaling must he applied when
the first has dried. When both are
dry. apply over the whole surface two
or three .coalings of the balsam of Peru
Plaster time made is very pliable, and
a ever brash*.
HUaOROCM.
Triekett way* Hani an in a bud egg—
because Ik; can't be Mat.—7 oronlo
(hit.
A man never knowa the exact length
of hia thumb until he jam be the end of
it.— MeriiUn Recorder.
When man hhvh lie in armed to the
teeth it in a nign that hehfut been gcttin g
a new plate put in - New York (termer
rial.
" This in an off year," a* the barber
Haid when his razor slipped and took of)
a customer's auricular appendage.—Keo
kuk, (laU. (Sty.
'JI < ii I. mi i Niv, Y< k inlir.d givin
Sarah Bernhardt a reception Ik cause of
her appearance in French roles.—/tofk
rnor) Kv< ry Saturday.
Pawnbrokers may la; a hard-hearted
set, hut it must be admitted that there
i > one redeeming feature in their busi
ness.— Yonkcrs Htatennvan.
A returned B.ack Hilia miner assures
us that Buffalo Bill has scoured the
prairies so much that they are shiney
like a giass bottle.— Rock,boot (Jouricr.
" How slim 1, Sarah IkTijlatnlt pa,
Thai shallow ola sluele? "
"My lioy, she s just about as thin
As picnic lemonade."
—Cincinnati Star
"This world is ail a fleeting show,"
but it takes mighty lively woik forsotnb
of us to keep a grip on our tickets ol nd
mission, however poor the show is.—
JlO'ion Olobe.
The first duty ol u sailor is to learn
all the ropes. It is a remarkable fact
that many of the ropes have to be taut,
also, before they can be of service.—
Yawcob Sir aunt.
Now, by Jove, we've got it ! We're
going to reform this theater nuisance.
Announcement! A big hat makes a wo
-1 man .ook twenty yearso.derthan she
There !— fin.'ton Font
A Boston artist claims to have painted
an orange peel on the sidewalk so
naturally that six fat men slipped up on
it before the deception was discovered, —
Hartford hxening Pott.
" A man never realizes," remarks a
commercial traveler, "how plentiful
mustard is, and how scarce is broad and
'>utt< r unti. be tackles a railway refresh
ruent-saloon sandwich.''
A man .ys a great many things which
wou.d r.ot . Kjk wi.; in print, when he
addresses a few cogent remarks to the
party who leave- th door open at this
season of the jeor.—Hculxnvtflc If'raid.
Science iz a grand thing to studdy. hut
when a man -ets down in a washlub
and f-xp ktsio lift himself up by the han
d,< .he hnz und>:t• ■k< n a kontrakt that
-< ienec knnt he lp him fill.— Joih liiiltngt.
Physicians are unanimous in dis
couraging t!i< practice of sitting on the
paVUBMBt BMMt than two seconds nt a
time. The harder the fall the shorter
•■lii uid be the siesta— Roc holer Demo
'rat.
Contentment is ever so mu h better
than riches; but somehow the stupid
world never fails down and worships
the contented man. nor do mammas with
marriage able dnughU r run after him.—
Picayune.
Tlie wool clip of the world in IW was
nearly five time* as great rs in I*3o.
The fact is not offered in proof that
barbers wi re that much better patron
ized in the latter year.— Fond du Dae Ik
iwrlcr.
" WeiJ, I have done a good deed to
day," saidlbiiington. "What's thatf
aked his friend. " I have given a peior,
deserving man an overcoat," replied
Biliington. turning about; " how does it
j fit Potion Journal.
Alcohol is recommended for cleaning
silver. It cleans bank notes equally as
well—in fact, any kind of money it
j cleans with a surprising alacrity. For
saie by all druggist* everywhere.—
1 isonvlllc Sentinel.
He called in at the back office and
ied to sell the foreman a bottle of his
wonderful lightning eradicator, but the
orrman told him he didn't have any
lightning that lie wanted eradicated, and
sadly he passed out the door.— Rockland
I Courier.
A Mr. Hutch ins, who was sent to
investigate the condition of the new
"Connc-usra Colony," in Northern Min
nesota, reports fearful suffering among
the colonist*. He found the children
almost naked and suffering from the
old. The people had no wood and were
obliged to resort to hay for fuel, of
•vhi> li they had very little. The peasant*
seemed haggard and vurn. Some ol
I them said that they wm better ofT in
Ireland, where at least they had plenty
of potatoes, more than in ths new
colony. Mr. Hutehins •enumerates a
large number of individual cases of suf
fering. _______
A sample of Chinese tea has been
raised by Mr. 8. P. Odom. of Dooly
county, G*.. from plants furnished by
the national agricultural department.
He say* the plants are now three yean
old, In a very healthy condition and
bearing profusely. Mr. Odom is satis
fied that tea raising could be made a
success in this country, and of great
profit, if the proper attention weee
given it.
The little city of Weimar, where (oaths
resided, is ordinarily as quiet as a
country Tillage. Pianoforte playing,
however, is universal, and the noise of
persons practicing on that instrument is
something intolerable. The authorities
have therefor* passed an ordinanoe that
no piano shall be played in a room, the
window* of whieh are open, under pan
Kg of u la*.
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