ale — -— - IN THE LIGHTHOUSE. It was the last day in the old vear, und yet it did not sce much like winter, though the maple trees were bare and the flowers all dead. The oaks were cavered thickly with leaves, True, when the wind blew it rustled through brown, dry foli- age very diflerent to the liviag tints of months back, but when you looked at the soft, muddy roads, or the clear blue sky, you scarcely realized that it was just past Christmas, Joho Hudson, keeper of th at Fishing Point was weather beaten cont (onoe most “sage-green”), and ing directions to John Jr.—called “Jack” by ars “Now mind amd dont set the house on fire while | am I must fix that chimney when | get back, or we ll be burned oat yet ing with the oil lighthouse brushinz his black, now al diving part fiudson, his famil gone. and dont tnke to fool isn't very much of it left now, Theee's that cord of wood in the yard; I guess you had better tili the wood boxes, and pic up a bit 3 the inspector wiil round and we want te have everything taut and trim when he comes. Get your dinner when you're ready; | may in time, and I may not, with all these errands to do in the village; but, anyhow, I shall be home afternoon. Good bye, sonny,’ tramped briskly away throu there Le before long, be back this and he h the trees, “stub! Stub! here You must stay home with me. [Father don't want you There's a rat, sures | live Stub N.g-8—sick it!” “Now,” said Jack, after an exciting chase in which boy and dog had and barked a most powerlul duct, Stub, we ll wash the breakfast won't wet” stub looked sir ~ick it, howled “now dishes a knowing assent, and sat rravely on a chair (whica he first Knocked the cat off, while . ack washed and dried the few dishes as d ww a girl He had lived ahere as long as he could remember His earliest the brigit reflector up-stairs, and 8 it a sweet, loving face, with eves, near his ow: His next mem the fa wus in n, ju while father his ! the ster H in a years would low N ten vears hie estate, but in © of elt recoliection was 0oKl tender A COU held Bers had to would go t Hous stores ing I “Stub, tLouinson the yard, now that the hed: Jane to the cat, yon t if you want,” said . ack, open accepled the 3 f and Jane n dart at ber as she lay blinking near ihe stove, and rushing her out scant ceremony. “This shed here lets pinay dishes il Wis I CA come, too, ing the door. Stub tion f ise ing DY making shall bethe cave, and I'll wear father’s fur Cap a d be Hobinson Crusee You can be I riday, Stub You are black and don’t know much; and Jaue shall sit up here on the woodpile and be the | Now, Friday, you just stay there | parrot while I go to get some sticks for the wood box;” and Jack, making his work to play, worked with a will, while the waves romped and tossed about ou the shore like merry children, and a litte gray cloud, po bigger than a man's hand, rose slowly in the north and made another dash of color in the brillisat sky. “Why. I declare, if it ain't going to snow! The clouds have come, and they look heavy, too, as if they were just burs:- fog with the piles of snowflakes hid away in them. My! won't it be jolly ccasting, though! It hasn't been half a winter yet ~-no snow, except a little that melted right away, and none of the ponds frozen | over. | guess | bad bettersee if my sleds all right; and away Jack ran on this hol low pretence this delightful piece of self-delusion about the condition of the “Artful Dodger,” for had he not examined it daily for the past two months and longed im- patiently for a chance to use it7 “My! there's a snowilake, as sures the world; and there's another, and another-—swarms of ‘'em!™ exclaimed happy Jack to his small but select audience of Stub and Jane. They were very amiable, and frisked and gamboled with as good an appearance of happy innocence as could be desired “It's getting dark very quickly; o'clock vet [ guess it's going to be a retty big fall this time, and whew! Stub, hear the wind; sounds squally, don't it?” Stub looked with an air of gravity through the windows, and seemed to be of the opinion that it certainly did ap pear threatening. “What keeps father so late, 1 wonder If it keeps on getting dark as fast as this the light will have to be fixed pretty SOON, Thick and fast fell the snowflakes, hurrying, scurrying down, as il in haste to see which could first reach the ecurth. Every now and then a violent gust of wind would come that clung to some of the trees, and near at surged and dashed and tossed on the shore and against the rocks “I know the lamp ought to be Jit. [I'd better go right away and do it," said Jack, addressing his companion. As they raised no objection Jack started, materials hand. and they followed that everything was done fairly and squarely. Up the stairs went the trio, not 4 Stub ahead, souffing and peering into all | Jack, with the lamp | the dark corners, and ofl in kis hand, following warily, and Jane, with a dignity suitable for a lad of her years, bringing up the rear. Jac knew how to work. He watched his father daily, and had sometimes bern allowed to help him; so, in a very short time, a friendly glow of light poured through the dws of the little tower, and laid bare the deep, treacherous rocks with blunt distinctness, while they strove vainly to hide beneath the stormy waves, “] suppose we might as well get supper ready now, against father comes,” and Jack aid the cloth neatly and cut the bread witha will. Like a few rare and isolated boys of his age, being hungry was Jack's normal condition, relieved at ocensional intervals by being satisfied, Supper wns waiting-father 8 tea was bot and bubbling on the stove (Jack's limi hand the waves | themselves | in | {0 sew, no doubt, ] koowledge of cooking had ot | ! taught him that tea should never be al. | lowed to boil), Jack's busin of broken [ bread in readiness for the scalding milk, some dried beef as a special treat and plenty of good bread, chess, and butter besides. Inside, all was warm and cozy, cheery and homelike; outside, stormy and blustering. “Seven o clock, and father not home vet! Well, the light will burn an hour yet without fixing. Father says it would burn longer than that, but its safest to look at it every four hours, and hes sure to be here before it wants looking to.” Bo ack got his favorite book from the shelf, and sat down for a cosy read in {athers arm chair near the stove, It cer tainly was very exe iting-~where Cru | soe and Friday discovered the ar- | rival of the one and twenty savages, and isturbed them at their revolting repast But Jack got up | was so active all his ideas Iu p blink and close near for a little quiet meditation — nose 1 two black, ontstretehed forepaws, K, i on nal in rl SO CNTY the day, that no wonder in to stray and t elween nd gaze fixed ii Hl Lavin (HHT the nicht by careful washing and pat do ed pet behMid the stove Jack slept, hie particuiar her 1 ting Fired | Crusoe, and led, amd among the ca i Sides elu and ust built a Frida) { d « nibals and sent em and the while out doors the and a weary man fought hard wainst the wind and sought to ind again the beaten path Hour alt hour passed, till hammer Pend area d on all | ticked whirls, i 1s hie to nome faithfu doors with | e, fT wih « t # look of “1 shall fr » befor groaned Jack, putting his Lis mouth to warm them, ) ' he shrieked, as forgetting it f | instant, he had stepped om it { the room | | and dashed frantically at the fo ladder to reach his comrade | *Ivan't stand it any longer! Oh, father, father!™ and Jack fell unconscious on the floor. All was silent once again in the house; po voice save the old clock tick-ticking the seconds away —the last minutes of the ol year Loud blew the wind In the foot-sore man, bruised by ab outstretched branch, unseen in the darkness, and striv ing, with unsteady steps. to reach his bome. Out at sea a noble vessel was battling with the storm, and happy hearts, unconscious of danger, were thinking of | the glad meetings of the morrow foot think their return in the bright new year. Anx pilot and the esptaia paced the deok un easily, and peered through the storm, | and Questioned and which was land, “Fishing Point light ought to show to | the nor'ard, ” siid the captain | “I've been looking for it,” returned the pilot, “but the snow is so blinding I've not been able to wee it yet. There it is!” he exclaimed, after some minutes more of | weary watching, and the snow-cloud seemed J arted by a warm gleam of light And miles away, in stormrocked tower, lay a prostrate form, cold and motionless, while the joy bellsof the giad new year were ringing in the of a thousand hearts Bravely the glad ship Dauntless sailed into port on that morning with flying colors and friendly cheers from the shore. “A preity narrow escape we had last night—so the pilot tells me,” said a pas senger to his friend, after a hearty greet ing. “All but Jost off Fishing Point, The light shone on the rocks just in time. or we should not have been here now, ™ But Jack never knew anything of this | All he knew was that his father said, pat | ting his head: “God bless you, sonny, his | mornings, and | his eyes to | stub had settled himself | ying | face of a | ing of the dear faces that should welcome | fous hearts were beating in secret, as the | THE ART OF OILING SHOES, the Why Ker Are Painted Blue, {Chicago Newer] A onearmed bootblack having taken the contract to oil the shoes of ure porter, ater the preliminary brushing began by rubbing the leathes cloth, When asked what it was ex plained “When | began this said the operator, pausing un admiring glance at the ari«tocratic arch of the newsgath tep, “1 used to keep on rubbing the leather until a man stop I thought they had enough vive satisfaction A Boothlack Tells Secret osene Ol-Barrels with a wet for he busi nessa,” a mos ment to cust high, eer the oll told 1 to kKuow when and | wanted to of my customers complained that the oil soaked boot nd their rht had be Mm the Win it into he One through their snturated ocks i utling on t ult was n Pp 11] 0 hh vine ind in sev more « H | fo re | had be red Calne wnion Keep the « the wal Hl open iLs HT mo red ever sinee, ‘WO a 3 vid Of the Use 1 solklity for design sought Value and € ost of Food, Professor WW meeting of agri : L Hs vl “A very iarge pa of 0 ing is the cost of food, and vet little is erally known of its reai worth for sus taining the body A pound of beef and a quart of milk each contains about the same quantity of not of equal value prac quality of the nutrients is not alike are all largely governed by taste. The rich may be so guided, but the poor must economize “In beef we often pay so much for bone and gristle that the nutrients, particu larly the protein worth. Protein, ag found eeps. beans and other al 18 Ll out the « Kpenses iminous foods most stly food essential we buy It usually costs less in fish than in beef, | and ] Jess in wheat flour than in potatoes, less in vegetable than in animal foods Our bodies require flesh forming food to | supply the waste of the muscles, and fat of the darkness, which was sea | hopes and triumphs | and stareh to ke ep us warm and to keep ! the body supplied with its necessary store of fat.’ Hawhide Wheels Inventor's Mars] compressed mentioned as mater for for friction Lately hydraulic has been | ly for friction rolls and pulleys rolls and as facings AVOrn ial wheels, material for small pinion gears much strain comes on each tooth exposed to continuous action of oil mal oil especially-~the deal of rough usage qualities of raw hide shock or sudden ani One of mits strain without | and without giving a permanent backlash, | cant If it hadn't been for the light shining | through the darkness of that awful night, I shouldn't have been alive to take care of | you now,” And Jack thought this quite made up for the long, weary weeks of pain before he could use his lame foot | again The Latest “Fad.” Cincinnati Enquirer Do you know the latest filling for ak leged smelling bottles? Brandy! At all events, I saw one that was utilized as a flask. It was carried by as chipper a young thing as ever you saw, &he sat | next to me. I noticed that she once put | it to her mouth instead of her nose, and that she sucked in place of sniffing. In stantly a gill—or say two fingers—of the | contents disappeared, like n baby dining from a nursing bottle Then she de | murely transferred the nozzle from below | ber upper lip to above it, and pretended to be refreshing herself Ly means of the smell, But the odor, as 1 couldn't help knowing it, was brandy. Nobody could deny, anyhow, that she took a “suifter, Texas Biftings: Sleep is merely an arm. istice in the battle of life, t onable dorsum Steel and the best Norway iron will break | under strains to which compressed raw hide will only slightly and yield The teeth of rawhide temporarily blanks can sw cut in the gear<cutting engine, as well | | as those of iron or steel, and can be readily turned in the lathes. If « is required in the working water is the best lubri Chewing-Gum for Dyspepsia, Harper's Weekly If anybody has dyspepsia, and has tried all sorts cures, and still suffers abomin ably, he need not despair. A member of the New York County Medical society bas declared that for all cases of dyspepsia which come to him for treatment he re commends chewing gum The Maine lumbermen, he says, chew spruce gum, and they never have dyspepsia. We say that dyspeptic persons in general need not yet despair, because probably the average dyspeptic reader of this has not yet tried pfs ng gum, A Treasonable Document. Vitegonde Blatter) Herr Kroutzhuber is a member of the secret police. Being on his way home after midnight be observes on the street lamp & placard. “Ha! these scoundrels of Socialists have posted a placard de nouncing his majesty, ” said Kreutzhuber to himself, Being determined to destroy the placard he painfully climbs up the Jamp-post, und, having secured the trons t, he reads, * Vresh Pain,” 5 | [ eral buttons, and a skein or two of thread, they d | : | pone and buttermilk, | erate em nn i nutrients, yet they are | tically because the | Wel | makes choost so good ss noddings cost more than they are | in lean meat, | rawhide | skate | more | clear | | Living High on sn Paper of Needles, [The B vouac,) After the battle of Chickamauga, one of | | *our mess” found a unecedlecase which had belonged to some poor fellow, proba bly among the Killed, there was a paper of No. 8 needles, sev cut ut each end and neatly braided, so | that each thread could be smoothly drawn | out He (ut the whole thing iu breast pocket, and thought no more about t But one day, while out foraging fon Limself and his mess, found himself near a house where money could have pro cured a meal fried chicken besides a sinall sup snp, But Confed Were goeneraiy a and, in this in he Hoe ol corn tu « purse “ Lo carry Lack (rs iy I IFT IES 15 { wold stomucis, Ho Is od o Her Wail 1 f(r icing indy of th Qt oO give away her nice dinner poor fellow was inhaling the ¢ wid fe g desperately hu { refused 10 make any After Paveon had left d Mos " wn WAR present iL you money ob that ring be asked several times over “Peon ashi 100 TY “1 don't understand y “Vell, you sees an unreliabl come back 230 more 10 red pledged, den | keeps dot forfeited pledge and makes more den 200 per shent: but ven a man vash relial choost like dot Schim Payson, dea be comes pack, may ix in a week, pays me mine money, and goes off mit his valuable broperty, sud | Vet you vanis to make money dot bawnbroker vishness in, you mus! only deal mil pee bles vat vash not reliable Dose reliable peebles steals their broberty away from you ebery dime ” Reh wi It is worth th ny ine he ne Arrested Civilizallion. Bldinburg Review | If we ask why the Chinese have re mained in a strange immovable condition for so many centuries, the answer is clear though it may seem at first a little inade quate. The Chinese have no imagination People without imagination never change The Chinese are clever, cultivated, skill ful craftsmen, admirable imitators, they have no imagination, and that ex plains everything. They are satisfied with the dull routine of a monot onous laborious life, so long as they have | enough, to eat and to buy opium, and to There is no question of its advantage as a | where If not | | They are a practical folk, and so long as wheels will bear a | the useful | yielding to a | breaking | gamble away a few cash now and then with the dice or dominoes, or over the glorious combats of two valiant crickets things are pretty comfortable they do not see the use of vain aspirations Lamb Wine, Cincinnati The Mantchoos, who conquered China make a kind of drink from the flesh of lambs, cither by fermenting it, reduced to a kind of paste, with the wilk of their domestic animals, or bruising it to a pulpy substance with rice. When matured it is put into jars and drawn off as needed Gerbillon says that the rich Mongols leave mutton to ferment with their sour milk before they distill it This is un doubtedly the spirit said to be made from the flesh of the sheep by the Tartars in China, of which the emperors were 0 fond Enquirer | Cost of the Great Eastern, Exchange.) The cost of bullding and Great Eastern was over $4,500, 000 outlay of $3,650,000 broke the original company before she was lsunched Another company took up the work, spent $000,000 and collapsed, Then a last company, with a capital of £500,000, finished and launched the leviathan of the pea in 1880 launching the An Made Famous, Oliver Wendell Holmes once made famous the great jockey and rider, Budd Doble, by referring to him as the man with the cold inthe head name. 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