Surprise.
Did 1® one ever lotia to see n too®
IN ith such intensity of strong desire
1 lui{ their swift soul went seeking it through
spnce,
In ongrr restlessness tlmt naught could tire !
"I hen, one good day, lo ! nt the open door,
The face was there—a glad and sweet I
surprise—
And they with kisses touched it o'er and o'er,
I etching fresh love from the bright trend
ing eye*.
Did no one ever for n voice so long
That they were aching with a listening painr j
'I hen start to hear it shedding sudden sou-1 j
And sweet glad laughter through thei j
houie again?
The nngels of our lives, who sentinel
Our hearts and homes and ways with
guardian eyes,
Ilarely lo those who watch a joy foretell;
I'or they delight iu giving sweet surprise.
Unrjirr't Weekly.
A LESSON IN ECONOMY.
Milly Harrington was only eighteen
when site i tine to live at Holly Lodge.
Very young to he married, said the
gossips of the neighborhood; still
younger to assume till the cares and
responsibilities of the household. And
there were not lacking divers doleful
prophets, who declared, with eyes rolled J
up and mouths drawn down, that Mrs. j
Harrington never would "get on" with
the old colonel.
"He is so fastidious," said one.
"So ditlii alt to suit," said another.
"His ideal is so impossibly high!" de
clared a third.
Hut to their surprise—perhaps a
little to their disappointment -Milly
and her father-in-law were the best of
friends from the very lirst moment in
which they looked upon each other's
faees.
Milly was so anxious to learn, so
eager to comprehend the ins and outs
of the great, roomy old farmhouse, so
ambitious to excel every house-keeper
in the neighborhood, that the old gen
tleman said, with a smile, to his son:
"Don't let that little girl under ake
too much, Dudley."
And Dudley Harrington answered,
with a yawn;
"There's no danger of that, sir. The
ladies of Holly Lodge have always
been first-rate housekeepers, you know.
And if a woman is at work, she isn't
sj>ending money foolishly, or gossiping."
Colonel Harrington's keen, hlje eye
rega riled his son, sharply, for a
moment.
"Do yoti think Milly is addicted to
either of those pernicious practices?"'
said he.
"Theycome natural to ail women,
don't they?" said Dudley, shrugging
his{shoulders.
"Not to all!" said the colonel.
And in his secret soul he wondered
if Dudley was really worthy of such a
, jewel as Millicent, his wife.
So the weeks went on, and Milly
stood bravely to her helm, until, one
bright October day, the colonel, chanc
ing to pass the low kitchen window,
where the hop-vinestmade a screen of
moving shadow, looked smilingly in to
where his daughter-in-law waa at
work.
"Have you got a glass of cool milk
for me, little girl?" said he.
Milly brought the milk promptly.
"See, papa." she said, triumphantly
pointing to the table, "what a baking
I have done to-day! Three apple-pies, 1
three loaves of hre.nl, a pan of biscuit,
a loaf of cup-cake, and a dozen plum
tarts!"
"Bravo!" said the colonel. "But,
Milly, wh'y are you baking? Where is
Hannah?"
"Hannah wanted her wages raised,"
said Milly, rather soberly. "And Dud
ley said it was all nonsense keeping a
girl, when Iwas s fonilof housework,
fvi she has gone."
"But are you fond of housework?"
asked the colonel. "In itself, as an
abstract thing. I mean?"
. "Yes papa," Milly answered, with
some hesitation. "But I'm a little
tins! this tin rning. I rose early and
i swept the house through before break
fa-t, so as to have time for the bak
ing."
"You are a good little girl," said the '
father-in-law. "Hut we must'nt let
you work too hard."
te "I'apa," said Milly, with downcast I
lashes, arid a deep pink shallow creep
i ing over her cheek, "I've ls-en think
ing for some time that—that—"
"Well," said the colonel, encourag
tngly.
i "That I should like to ask you for a
little money." faltered Milly.
"Money !" echoed Colonel Harring
ton, in surprise. "Doesn't Dudley give
you all you want ?"
Once more Milly hesitated.
"He went* to know whats-verything
is for," said she. "He thinks fifty
cents is too much for ribUm, and he
says bonnet-frtiroes ought to lie had
cheaper than a quarter of a dollar, and
he declares it's all noncense to buy silk
gloves when cotton will do as well.
And Ido need another plume for my
hat since the rain sailed the canary
colored, one, hut I donJt.like.tuJwk Jblm !
for it."
"Do you mean to sat'," said Colonel
; Harrington, leaning his elbows on the
! sill, "that you don't have a regular al
j lowanee every week?"
"No, papa !" said Milly, lifting her
prettily-arched brows. "Dudley says
women don't know how to use money,
and that a wife should always receive
every cent sho spends from her hus
i hand. And—l tell you, papa, because ,
you are so kind to me—l am so ashamed
|to have him think inn extravagant, j
! and I do really need so many little !
things that men haven't any idea of. j
i It's a little hard, sometimes."
Colonel Harrington took a goodly
! roll of bills (nit ol bis pocket and laid
'hem on the window-sill.
"Here, little girl," he said; "you have
earned them a dozen times over !"
Milly reached up to kiss him through .
the vine-leaves.
"Oh, papa, you are such a darling !"
she said.
He only patted her cheek in reply.
"Dudley don't know what a treasure
he has got," he pondered, ;LS he kept
on his walk up to the front verandah,
I where a great maple-tree was showing
! its yellow trophies over the steps, and
' the balmy sunshine slept on the painted
lloor. "He is making a ( ireassian slave
out of that dear little woman."
And the colonel took his book, and j
stretched himself comfortably out in
the hammock for his evening's reve
ries.
It was the next day that his son
came to him, in the library, where a
little lire of log-, had been kindled, for a
chill northeast rain had blown all the
j yellow maple-haves awav, and the sun !
was obscured in driving clouds.
"Well, my boy," said the colonel,
kindly, "You are oIT for the city, I -.up
i pose?"
"Yes, sir," -aid Mr. Harrington, ju-1
nilir, a tall, straight, handsome voting
man, with a brown complexion, and
dark, sparkling eyes. "And lie fore I
go, perhaps you had better give me a
cheque on the bank, if it's quite con
venient."
"A cheque!" said the colonel. "For
w hat ?"
"I'm aliout out of ready ea-di," said
Dudley, carelessly; "and a little spend
ing money would come very handy for
current • xpenses."
' i
"Ah!" oliservcd the colonel. "And
, what are you going to buy?"
Dudley looked at his father in amaze
ment.
"I need a fall suit, sir," said he,
"and "
"Yes. yes!" nodded the old gentle
man. "And how much do you pay for
a fall suit now ?"
"Oh, thirty-five or forty dollars!"
answ risl Dudley.
"Thirty-five or forty dollars!" echoed
Colonel Harrington. "Isn't that rather
vague?"
"A fellow never knows exactly
explained Dudley.
"Ah, but you might to know!" intor
rvpted the old gentleman. "And now
I am on the subject, you buy your
clothes of Lanier, don't you? And
aren't there cheaper places?"
"And," added Dudley, "I've a little
hill at the cigar-store to settle, and
there are some new books I should like
! to read; and—"
".lust send in the hills to me," said
Colonel Harrington, gravely. "Young
men have so many fictitious wants
nowadays! But, as I said la-fore, let
all the bills lie sent to me. And as for
spending-nioney, here is enough for the
present.
lledrew out a bank-note, and handed
it to his son. Dudley stared at it in
amazement. It was a one-dollar bill.
"I exjiected a check, sir," said he,
somewhat discomfited.
"Did you?" said Colonel Harrington.
"It isn't agreeable to be put on such
an allow ance," went on Dudley, sharp
ly. "I'm not accustomed to it, and-—"
"Not agreeable, eh?" said the col
onel, comfortably adjusting his feet on
an embroidered rest.- "Then why do
you practice the system with your
I wife?"
"I give her all that she needs to
spend," said Dudley, coloring up.
"And I have given you all that you
I need," asserted Colonel Harrington.
"I am a man !" said Dudley.
"And she is a woman !" retorted the
colonel.
"I am the inanagex of your down
town warehouse, and I claim my honest j
remuneration as such," cried Dudley. ;
"I am no beggar. There Is no cent
which I ask that I do not earn."
"That is Millirent'a case exactly," j
said the wise old advocate. "She doe*
the work of the house and does it well.
She is an economist in every sense of
the word. Is it right that she should
receive merely her Ixierd and clothes?
Is sho not entitled to a regular allow
ance to s|end as she pb-ases? Do not
think me a meddlesome old fogy, my ,
son." Colonel Harrington ad'hxl, rising
and placing his hand kindly on his
son's shoulder. "But I have been ob- '
!OCXXIn# merely
WUllted to giVU you U-pcrHOtlul Upplica
tioii of this lesson in political economy.
| Vou see how it humiliates one to have
to beg humhly for thu money that one
I has honestly earned to he culled upon
! for an account of every penny one
wishes to spend. Don't put your wife
into such a false position its this. Treat
her :ts one of the llrm of Harrington
& CO."
Dudley Harrington stood still a mo
ment, pondering; and then he said
| earnestly:
"1 will, sir! You are right!"
And Milly was delighted, that very |
j i lay, to receive a cheek for an ample ,
! sum of money from her hushaud.
"Is it :dl for me?" she cried, with |
glittering eyes.
"Yes, all," Dudley answered, laugh
ing.
"Hut what am 1 to do with so much
money?"
"Lock it up in your desk, dear," he
answered, "and spend it for your needs
its they occur."
"Hut I never had so much before all
at om; time!" exclaimed the amazed
Milly.
"No you never had, more shame to
me," acknowledged Imdb-y Harrington.
"Hut I me to the conclusion,
Milly, that you arc no child to he given
, a few cents at a time. You are my
little housekeeper, and deserve vour
regidar salary. I shall give you this
check of fifty dollars, for your own
] personal expenses, at the beginning of 1
J every month, and you shall use and ;
economize it, ;ts you choose. The
household ex|icnscs, of course, will be
paid out of the common stock."
Milly clapped lo r hands joyously.
"<>h, Dudley. I never felt so rich in
my life!" -..id she. "N >w 1 can dress
like other women, and give a little
money to the church, and help the
poor, and feel independent' And I e;ui
lay up a little, too. I mdh-y, ■ < ry month!
l Oh, you shall mo what an excellent
manager I can be!"
Dudley Harrington looked at hit
young wife with a sharp pri< kof em-
Mience at his heart. Why bad henevet
made her so inms-ent ly lumpy before ?
: Simply Is-eaus. it had never occured to
' him.
i And Millv ran eagerly to her father
in-law.
"J'apa'" sh'- cried, "I am to have
| lifty dollars a month, all for my own,
i and never to give a count <fa cent of
it. unless I ph-asc' It in Dudley's own
1 offer. Isn't he kind ?"
And Colonel Harrington smiled and ,
j att'sl her head, and answered, grav e|v:
"Very kind, indeed!" //-/<u I'orrtM
>irar< 1.
Casting Sins into the Sea.
A strange scene was witm --'-d by an
Knglish visitor at Odiasa on the first
' day of the pr<-sent Jew ish year. Late
in the afternoon a large numls-r of tin
,'iihmi ,r HO,'**) .few s inhabiting
Odessa wended their wav toward the
sea with the purpose of throwing
their last year's sins into it. in order to
begin the new year w itli a clean soul.
They stood alout In groops, closixv
packed together in some places, look
ing toward the water, mating , ravers,
or reading Psalms or a potion of
Isaiah. The groojis were formed f..r
the most part of listeners, with a man,
and, in a very few instances, a woman
—an old woman with sjss-tiu h-s on her
nose reading to them. Home of the :
people turmsl their pockets inside out
and shook them toward the sen. Others
merely made a sign of throwing some
thing into it.- l.ruurt Hour.
In the Mniter of llcst.
Judge Hinckley, of the Supreme
| Court of Georgia, having resigned,
read the follow ing verses on the con
clusion of his last opinion. The verses
may be found in •! tin., p. 4.aJ :
Kent for my hnml. nnd bruw, and brenat.
For fingprs. heart and brain !
Host and i-oacc A long •lease
From ln!x>r and from } i in;
Pain of doubt, fatigue, despair—
Pain of darkness everywhere.
And seeking light in vain.
Peace and rest ! Are they the beet
For mortals here below t
Is soft repose from work and woes
A bliss for man to know ?
Ibis* of time is bliss of toil;
No bliss but this, from sun and sod.
Does (iod permit to grow.
Hurdette tells ntsnit it and says it
happened at Lancaster. Penn. The
major sat looking earnestly ami affec
tionately at his friend. "Hob," he said
presently, "I dreamed at suit you last
night." 'Did you. Ad." his friend re
plies!. his eyew filling with tears. "Yes,"
sail the major In heartiest tomw, "1
had the nightmare." And then the
sounds of two strong men "rastling"
under tho table was heard in the
distance.
The ftuniranre Chronicle reports 424
deaths by suicide in the United Stats-s
in tho three nutumn months of 1882.
! The occupation furnishing by far the
' grnotost numlier was fanning 54} next
' comes merchant, 28; clerk, 12.
TOPICS OF Till: HAY.
All ancient and remarkable clock"'
has been recently set up in the read- I
ing mom of tho municipal library of
Koucn. A single winding keeps it
running for fourroon months and some
middays. It was constructed In 1782,
underwent alterations in IHlb, was
brought by Koucn for 1,000 francs in
IH.'IH, and has recently been repaired
and just set going,
Tho enormous mulplication of rab
bits in New /.eland has caused such d<>-
struction to tho crops that the colonial
government has asked the Govern
ment of India to send out for aclima
tization a number of mongoose, ani
tuals chiefiy distinguishisl for their dis
position and abiltv to destroy tho par
i tieular pc-,ts from which New Zealand j
is suffering. So urgent Is the neec--itv
1 for a war of extermination that it has
not been thought worth while to con
sider whether an exchange of rabbits
for mongooses will not be jumping
from the frying pan into the lire. The
mongooses meanwhile are being rob
leetcd from various parts of Ib-tigal
and can fully kept in the zoological 1
gardens at Calcutta, whence as soon as
a hundred couples have been gathered
they will be sent to their new home.
A New York paper estimates the
night-laboring population of the city
at about l(Mt,(*m telegraph orpcrators,
printers, teamsters, restaurant-keepers
and others. The work is hard on b>y,
but not unendurable by men on the
i eonditi ui of taking plenty of sleep in
l the forenoon in a quiet, dark -tied
: room. Neither is this IJtel of work
' nee, -airily bad for the eyes. They
•an lie used as nnieli by an artificial
light as by sunlight, if care is taken to
have the lamps or gas-burners properly
arranged. First, there should lie
plenty of light, which will not often
be provided. Without the necessity of j
it Is pointed out to the employer. A
great point is g.-iitusl when the walls
jof the room are white. The light
should be so pl.e is| that no shadows
fall on the paper, and so evenly
balanced that ther< is no ■ train on
either eye; that IS, tb" re luiist not lie
more light from the left than from the
: right. 'Mo re should be no flickering
of thune.anda shade over the eyes will
serve to keep the heat from drying the
IVI balls. The eves should lie perfectly
clean. If the dust has blown into'
them. ,n the vv av to the office they
should lie carefully washisl in cool
water. The eve is a delicate instru
' tncnt. but bardv. and if common-sense
pre, auti.'lis arc taken it 1.111 Is- usisl
almost steadily, with-at harm, by day
or night.
The X< w York H< roW declares that
-the accounts in late Knglish journals
of the newly discovered prm i-ss of
making cheaper aluminium have little
doubt that this metal w ill have, as the
Rnj/in" r suggests, a 'vastly extendi-d
Use.' It IS true the new prOCCSA diss
not cheaj>en aluminium so as to bring
its price anywhere near that of iron or 1
steel. Hut the discovery by Mr. AY<d*
ster that aluminium, hitherto ranking
;■ most as one af the precious metals
may 1m- depositsl on several metals and
soldered and welded adds very greatly
to the value of his discovery of the 1
cheaper and quicker method of pro- |
during the metal itself. Hy the new >
pro,-! ss nftiminiuin is obtaintd at a cost
of alsiut five hundred dollars per ton
a reduction of about eighty per cent on
the old price. These figures bring it
when ued as an alloy, within the j*>s
sihility of economic employnient in
many manufactures (or which it is
preferable to any metal now known.
Ita conductivity to the galvanic cur
rent is set down as eight times better
than that of iron, and as it dues not
rust it may 1m- highly useful for tele
graphic purposes. Already samples of
wire made from Mr. Webster's alumi
nium bronze have been sent to Glas
gow and London, and are b ing testis!,
it is said, in the latter rity for electric
purposes. Hut the great tensility and
lightness of aluminium, as well as its
lieing rust-proof, Indicate, jwrhajis, a
large demand for it for ship fittings. |
and esjiecjally for steamship propellers. 1
This alloy will tiear a strain. It is said,
of forty tons to the square inch, or
fourteen tons more than gun metal j
and twelve more Hessemer steel. 1 f its
cost can lie sufficiently reduced to make
it available for propellers one of the j
wfeakest points in steamship machinery
could lie strengthened and the safety 1
of ocean navigation greatly increased."
In her book on Japan Miss Bird '
described the curious people called
Ainos, who live, in the province of
Soudnl and are supposed to lie the
aboriginal rare of the country. They
are thickly covered with silky brown
hair, and Miss Bird asserts that she
saw "two boys whose backs were cov
ered with fur as fine ami soft as that!
of a cat." A creature similar in most
respects to the Ainos has been on ex
hibition as "the missing link" at the
1 Itoyiil aquarium, London. According
4-Vj the pi|b)isjmd accounts she was
ea 11 gliT~vviffi"lfcF~paFentfn tho forest
near Laos by a Norwegian explorer
named Hock. When the little one at
tempted to wander the parents called
her lutek with a plaintive cry, "Cra-o,"
and that is tlie name which has since
been given to her. The father died at
Laos, and the King of Siain retained
the mother at, Bangkok, but allowed
the chihl to proceed to Knglaml. ID-r
eyes are large, dark and lustrous; the
nose is flattened, the nostrils scarcely
show ing ; the cheeks are fat and
pouch-like, the lower lip only rather
thicker than is usual in Europeans ;
but the chief peculiarity is the strong
and abundant hair. On tin- head it is
black, thi' l. and straight, and grows ,
j over the forehead down to the heavy
'eyebrows, and is continued in whiskc"-
like locks down the cheeks. The rest
■if the face is covi-rcd w itli a line, dark,
downy hair, and tin- shoulders and
arms have a covering "f hairs from an
in.ih loan iin h and .1 half long. 'I lu re
is, it is said, a slight Icnghhcning of
the lower vertebra-, suggestivi ofac.au
-1 dal protuberance; and there arc points
in the muscular conformation arid
otherwise which will provoke discus
j sion. Kr.ao has already pi< k"l up a few
i words of Knglish. She is said to be of
a frank, affectionate disposition, and
shows truly feminine delight in her
clothes, jewelry and riblmns.
Snobbery
Even in these enlightened days
there are people who affect to "look i
down" u|nm women who arc obliged to
work for tin ir own li%eliho*l. Ac
cording to their code it is far more !
creditable for a woman Lodcjiend ujion j
the grudging Ismnty of relatives and 1
friends to be, in fact, a pauper in all
but name than fur her to go out into ;
the business world and win a liveli- i
hood f,,r hi r ■ If. A girl may accept ,
! costly gilts (ruin her male a< plain- i
tarn • - "ii the most lliinsy pretext- and
j not 1 but if she enters a fac
tory. store or office, the doors of society
arech -i I against h'-r. This applies to j
all tin: industrii - and to all but a few |
of the professions. For the great lssly
"f working women s<h iety bas not only
-nubs or at b'--t combo ending patron
age. Contempt for those of the sex 1
who work for wages i- delilx rat' ly fos- '
tensl. In a private school jn N w
1 A" 1 >rk the young girls when iii-trurb-d j
in dejHirtim nt are warned against I
walking on the wist or east avenues
at six o'clock or then almuts, and ail- !
jured never to appear on the street j
with unglovisl hands, and all this that j
they may not Is-mi-taki n for working j
girls. Could snobbishness go further? |
It 1 s not to be womb nil at that in i
ord< r to escape v., disgraceful a fate as !
that or In ,ng compelled to support
themselves, girls should revirt to all I
manner "f unwomanly and indelicate
manu uvres to secure rich husbands. If
a girl is without money, and if she may
not earn it. she has no choice but to
marry it. and if the sjks tacle of a girl
paying court with matrimonial intent
to a rich man is repulsive, the blame
for the unwomanly exhibition should
l>e laid at the door of society, which
scorns the woman who works.
INI I
A Schoolmistress anil Stocks.
"Guess I won't go to school to-day,"
said a Carson urchin with an Appeal
in his hand.
"Why not?"
"Concordia has fallen off b n cents,
and I d"n't dare show up until it picks
up some."
"What h;is the fluctuation of C-on
cordia got to do with your studies?"
"A gih si deal," answered the Imiv.
"My teacher has l*l shares of the
stock, and w hen it falls a few cents
we catch it heavy. I keep my eye on
the list, and w hen there's a break, you
b-t I don't go to school. I play sick.
Golly! how she touted me the time
Mount Diablo went down to (2. When
it was swelling at f2O she was as gissl
as pie. I was the first feller that got
on to the break, ami told the ltoys of
my < lass that if she didn't sell there'll
tg> the devil to pay. I heard Uncle
i Frazier say that it was a good short,
| and I never slept a wink for a week
1 grabbed the Apjtral the first thing
every morning; when I saw her keel
down to #ld 1 skip|>od to the hills.
1 My! how she did leuig Johnny Dolison
around that morning! 1 was in hopes
| that blasted mine would pick up. but
the water got into the lower levels,
and I knew we were in for it. She
| licked soraeliody for every dollar it
j dropped. After it struck $8 it picked
lup a little, and we had time to git.
My mother's Is-en patching my pants
ever sinre the big break in the Sierra
Nevada, and if the market don't take a
turn pretty soon I'm going to quit the
public school and goto work on a ranch.
| —Carton City Appul.
lie is 11 great simpleton who imagines
| that the ehief power of wealth is to
supply wants. In ninety-nine cases
out of a hundrcd.it creates more w ants
than it supplies.
The Orlirln of the Rose.
In ltd green J'MturOH sporting*
Tore from n Ui'tTriy twig
Ii fresh green drapery.
The twig, hnrp fingers,
RnsU-heil front tbu Ttwitrem
A liltje tuft of f|i*ce,
To clothe itself anew.
A nightingale rami! seeking
Hoft tliinip to line her rust.
And thought this snowy flow*
Was j .r-tt i-t n<l fiest.
"< )b ! give to roe the fleece.
To line my nest," naid she ;
"Arid, when I've finished it,
I'll sing my thank* to tin*."
It gave; the in t wa finished ;
And a* tin- sweet lord iang,
i rtit of the hush for joy
'I In- lovi-ly rose-lind spranj
IT MiK Vl' I'AKAbK.U'HS.
The dancer's road to ruin is a tow
path.
A heavy in.i h "Truth crush or! tor
death."
Jfai ingfo-s| from th<- plate to thi*
mouth i the lu st h< alth lift.
Don't a thing because it's
little. A ijuart jug will hold more than
most men.
The toothless man ought to be a
sweet talker, for all his words must of
lieee.s.sit}' lie glltll drops.
Why eannot two slender jK-rsona
ever liioiiiie great friends? Because
they will always is- alight aiquaintr
ail ces.
Skeleton- are now sold at the ridicu
lously low j rice of f J.'. At that rate
almost r very family ean have one in tho
eloset.
The yorliar-al -ign for the opening of
win f er is a goat. The goat is a hard
hutter, and hard hotter is almost al
ways a -ign that tie- WM! her is colL
Thr-turtle j. so slow that he must
take his house with him when he g<*w
out for a walk. Otherwise he might
riot t-e able t - rear h home by lxxltimc.
An rild b.-ji helorsays -I is all noo
sense to pretend that l-.ve is blind. I
nevt r knt w a man in love that did not
■ee ten times as much in his sweetheart
as I r oiild."
A young man who was told by his
r-mployer that his services were no
longer nr-eded, but was given noexpla
natioti. said that hr- considered his
j discharge -piitr- "out "f j>lace."
Why bugle trimmings are so-called:
"Why are those things on your ilress
f-allerl bugle trimmings?" George
w anted to know. "Oh," Emily re
plied, lightly, "lieeause pa blows so
1 over the bill.
A I'hil elelphia inventor has worked
for a year trying t-i make a pin which,
women would not put in their mouths,
lb ha* succeeded, but don't expect to
sell many. The j ;ns arc ae big a* rail
road spikes.
A young pilitician explained tho
tattered eonrlition of his trousers to hi*
father bv stating that he was sitting
under an apple tree enjoying himself
when the fanner's d<>g came along and
| contested his seat.
Mrs. Kay, the first woman that went
to I.eadville. dug in the mines, scoure®
the plains aa scout, took in w ashing,
and now has a fortune of 9lX*>o,ooo.
11 -r husband undoubtedly regards her
as a "bright ray."
".lane," said a father, "I thought yon
hated stingy people, and yet your young
man—" "Why. pa, who said he was
stingy?" "<>h. nobody," replied pa
"only I could sis- he was a little closo
as I passed through theroom."
Woman's love: "I>" TOU believe
that a woman nowadays would die for
the object of her love?" asked a bache
lor friend. "1 d>n't know whether she'd
die or not," answered the Benedict,
"but I've know n her to go wild w hen
the trimming didn't suit her."
I'neonsrious repartee. Uncle Dick
(an artist)—" Well, Johnny, and what
are you going to l>c?" Johnny—"l
shall IK- a judge, like papa." Uncle
Dick—"Ah! but you haven't brains
ctwntgh, my tay." Johnny—"( \then
I'll IK- an artist, like you."
"My mother's awful fickle," said lit
tle Edith to Mrs. Smith, who was mak
ing a call. "When she saw you com
ing up the street she said, 'There's
that horrid Mis' Smith; I hope she isn't
coming here,' and a minute after she
told you she was real glad to see you.**
A farm item remarks that in fly-time
cows should Ite kept in stalls. This ia
for the convenience of tho fly. increas
ing his opportunity of concentration,
and economising much valuable time
that would be otherwise consumed in
chasing a frisky heifer through a ten
acre lot.
At the butcher's: Irate customer—
"That goose I taught here last week
w as as tough as leather judgment, and
you said it was only six months old.
My wife says she tats that gosse has
seen twenty winters." liutcher—
"tjuitclikely." Irate customer—"What
do you mean, then by saying it w as but
six months old Y" Butcher—" Vou for
get, sir, that it was a female. Gallan
try to the sex would not permit me to
put the age beyond that."