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and the proofs seem to me sufficient.
Proofs? you yourself shall furnish one."
This was a kind of challenge, and the
younr man accepted it. His eyes were fixed
on his adversary.
"What then?" V
"When you find," said his father, with de
liberation, "two people wandering from town
to town, without any visible means of subsist
ence, you naturally wonder how they man
age to live. Very well. But now, if you
discover they have a pretty knack of falling
in with this or that rich young gentleman
and allowing him to pay for them on all oc
casions, isn't the mystery partlv solved? I
am informed that these two people andyour
self have been in the habit, for a eonsidera
ble time back, ft" dining together in the
evening iudeed I have the name -of the
restaurant; now I wish to ask you this ques
tion point-blank: Is It not the fact that in
every" case you have paid?"
Vincent did not answer; he was not think
ing of himself at all; nor yet of the point
blank question that had been put to him.
A terrible wave of bewilderment bad passed
over hi in; his heart seemed to bare within
it but one piteous cry "Maisrie Maisrie
why were jou driving with thatstranger?"
and all the world grew black with a hor
ror of doubt and despair. He thought of
that young man driving along the King's
road in Brighton; was there another paying
for those two now? bad they another friend
now to accomp.mv them every evening?
And Maisrie? But all this wild agony
lasted only a moment. He cast this palsy
of the bra iu behind him. His better self
rose confident and triumphant though
there was still a strange look left in his
eyes.
"Paid?" he said, with a kind of scornful
impatience. "Who paid? Oh, I did
mostly. What about that? That is noth
ing a few shillings I lound it plcasanter
not to have to settle bills before a young
lady; and o course she did not know who
paid; I made an arrangement "
"An arrangement bv which you gave
those people their dinner for nothing for
months and mouths!"
"And what then?"
For Vincent had entirely recovered his
sei. -command; he aSected to regard this
story that had been told him as quite un
worthy of serious attention. It was his
father who was grouing exasperated.
"Have you taken leave o: your senses?"
Mr. Harris demanded. "Is it nothing that
you yourself have shown this old man to be
a pauper, getting hit. dinner on charity
every evening? And what better was the
girl? She must have knownl Do you im
agine she was not aware of his receiving
money for bogus books that he never meant
to publish, and of his inveigling soft
headed Scotchmen I suppose there must be
one here and there into giving him a
loan because of his sham patriotism?
And these are the people you have
. chosen to consort with all this time;
and this is the girl you would bring
into your family you would introduce to
your friends as your wife! But you cannot
be so mad! You may pretend indifference;
you coniiOt be indifferent. You may con
rider it fine and heroic to disbelieve the
clearest evidence; the world, on the other
hand, isapttosay that it is only a fool and an
idiot who keeps his eyes shut and walks into
a trap olindiolded. And and I do think,
when you begin to reflect, that your own
common sense will come to your aid."
He turned to the mantelpiece, and took
from it some papers.
"I have given you," he continued, "the
Eum and substance of the iuauiries I have
made, in this country and in America. I
can show you here still lurther details; but
belore allowing you to examine these com
munications, I must exact a promise that
they shall be treated as in strictest confi
dence." "Thank you," said Vincent, "I will not
trouble you. I can guess at the kind of
creature who would accept such a task, and
at his interpretation of auy lacts that might
come across him."
Then he rose.
"And is this the important business on
which you sent for me?" he asked, but quite
civilly.
"You do not think it is important?" the
other demanded. "But at least you have
been warned. You have been advised to
ieep your eyes open. You have been shown
what kind of people they are who have got
hold ot you: it is for you yourself to
say whether you will be any longer their
dupe."
"Very well' said theyoung man; and he
rose and took up his hat and cane. "Oh, by
the wa, I presume you have come to an
end o. your inquiries? Because, if not, I
would advise your spy your detective, or
whatever he is not to come prowling to
any restaurant or keyhole when I am along
with my frieuds, or he might find things
become very unpleasant for him. Good
morning!"
So this was the end of the interview; and
Harland Harris shortly thereafter made off
for the Athenaeum Club, well satisfied that
his narrative had produced a far deeper im
pression than the young man would acknowl
edge. And in truth it had. When Vincent
left the house, and walked away to the
solitary little rooms in Mayfair, his face
was no longer scornlul; it was serious and
troubled; for there was much for him to
ponder over. Not about Maisrie. He put
Maisrie aside. For one thing, be was a little
vexed and angry with her at the moment
quite unreasonably, as he. strove to convince
liimsclt; nevertheless, he would rather not
think about her just then; and, indeed, there
was no occasion, for the idea that she could
be the participator iu any fraud or series of
frauds was simply not a thinkable thing.
He knew better than that; and was content.
Maisrie driving with a stranger perhaps
that was not so well done of her; but Maisrie
as a skillful and accomplished professioual
swindler? then you might expect to see the
stars fall from their places in the midnight
ky.
But as regards the old man, that was "very
different; aud he could not deny that there
were certain points in the story just told
him which were corroborated by his own
knowledge. He knejv, for example, that
George Bethune had got money lor one book
which, as circumstances would have it, was
sot produced and published; he knew that
those dinners at the restaurant were paid for
hy himseli; he knew that he had heard Mr.
Bethune speak 01 Cadzow as belonging to
his family; and lie had to confess that he
could not find Craig-Boyston in the index
of his guide-book. Aud yet he could not
give up this splendid old man all at once.
He could not believe him to be a mean and
era ty messier. burely bis passionate
admiration ot the old Scotch ballads was
genuine enough. Surely it was not to im
pose on any one that old George Bethune
sang r loud the tones of his vouth as he
walked along through the crowded streets of
London. I here was a grandeur in his very
presence, a dignity in his demeanor, that was
lar from the artful complaisance of a
schemer. Then his undaunted courage
Ills proud spirit and above all, the tender
and tfiectiouatc guardianship he bestowed
on his granddaughter; Vincent could not
forset all these things. Ho, nor could he
lorrtt how he had enjoyed George Bethune's
society on these many aud pleasant even
ings; and how he had learned more and
more to respect niic, his heroic fortitude,
his generous enthusiasms, and even at
times his innocent vanity. He had had a
hard liic, this old mau; and yet he bore no
enmity. He had had many trials and mis
fortunes, many hones disappointed; yet his
temper was not soured. But the conclusive
iroof, after all, was the character of Maisrie
lerself her noble sweetness, her refine
ment, her sympathy, her quick gratitude
for the smallest of xindne&ses: could such a
beuuti'ul human flower have grown up
under the fostering care of an unscrupulous
vagabond and knave.
" hen he got to bis rooms, the first thing
lie did but with no very definite purpose
was to take up his copy of Black's Guide
to Scotland. It was a recent edition; he
had got it so that he might trace out that
long wandering of which old George
Bethune and Maisrie had spoken so often.
And mechanically he turned to the index
with which be had 'been confronted in his
father's library, and mechanically he
glanced at the successive columns. But
what was this? why here was Craiij-Boys-tonl
His eyes were not deceiving him; lor
he at once referred to the page Indicated,
and lound Craig-Tlovston described asa dis-
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nctlu the neighborhood ot Loch Lomond I
thougb, of course, he could find no trace of
it on the map. So he had jumped to con
clusions all too prematurely? He had al
lowed that unknown enemy of his that
dark and malignant creature in the back
ground too facile a triumph? He began
to be ashamed of himself. ''Stand fast,
Craig-Boystonl" had not been his motto, as
it was that ot the proud old man whom he
had injured by listening to those childish
tales.
He returned to the index, and sought for
Balloray. Well, there was no Balloray; but
then Balloray was a private house; and
private houses, unless of historical Interest,
are seldom mentioned in guide books. And
then again he bethought him: why the old
ballad! the 'Bonnie Mill Dams o' Bal
loray:' surely that was sufficient evidence
of there "being such a place? He could al
most hear Georee Bethune's voice 38 he re
called the opening lines
There were twa sisters lived in a bower:
Balloray, O Balloray:
The youngest o' ihem, O sbe was a flower!
By the bonnle mill dams o' Balloray.
There came a 'squire frae ont the west,
.Balloray. O Balloray:
Be lo'ed them baith. bnt tho vonncest best,
By the bonnie mill dams o' Balloray.'
"Why, what a fool be had been, to be dis
concerted by an index and that the index
of some old and obsolete editionl He prose
cuted his researches. He turned to Cadzow.
Yes, here was Cadzow: Cadzow Castle and
Cadzow Forest; and undoubtedly these were
the property of the Duke of Hamilton. But
might there not be some other property of
the same name, as a sort ot appanage of
Balloray? It was no unusual thing, in Scot
land or anywhere else, lor two places to
have tbe same name; and in this instance it
was the more important one, the ducal one,
that would naturally figure in the guide
book. He seemed to see old George Bethune
regarding him, with something of a haughty
look on his face, as though he would say,
"Of what next will you accuse me?'
Well, all this was very fine and brave; it
was a manful struggle with certain phan
toms; and he was trying to cheat himself
into an elation of confidences But ever aud
anon there came to him a consciousnesss of
something behind; something inexplicable;
and his thoughts would wander back to
Brighton. Fugitive lines of that terrible
poem of Heine's would come into his brain
Zu Tafel sassen froh die Gast!
und wie ich nach dem Brautpaar schaut
O Wehl mein Liebschen war die
Braut He began to imagine for himself
what those three bad been doing this morn
ing. The weather being so fine, no doubt
Mr. Bethune had laid aside his books for
the time being, aud he and Maisrie would
be ready to go out by half past 10 or 11.
Would their new iriend call for them, or
would there be some place of appointment
down in the King's road? He could see
them walk out the West Pier. The old
man with the firm set figure and tbe flow
ing white locks would probably be thinking
but little of what was going on
aronnd him; as likely as not he would be
singing gayly to himself about the pier,
o' Leith and Berwick Law, and 'leaving
thee, my bonnie Mary.' Yes, and so far
those two others would Deleft to themselves;
they could talk as they chose eyes meeting
eyes. And what had the bumpkin squire to
say? On, horses and hounds the county
balls tbe famous bin ol port to be opened
at Christmas. Christmas was coming near
now; might there not be an invitation to the
two world-wanderers fc come and be hos
pitably entertained at the big country bouse
and introdnced to friends? And Maisrie
would she think twice? would she reluse?
The old man wouldconsent to anything that
promised him present com ort; he accepted
favors with a sort of royal complacency; it
would matter little to him so long as the fire
was bright, the wine good, the company
cheerful, and himselt allowed a fine latitude
of oration. But Maisrie ?
It was nearly 4 o'clock now. That pre
vious afternoon at Brighton had been a
time of misery; and loue into the night he
had been kept awake by dull and brooding
speculation, varied by bitter self-reproach.
All the same he felt' himself irresistibly
drawn thither again; whatever was happen
ing down there by the seaside, he wanted to
know; his imaginings were a more cruel
torture than anything his eyes could tell
him. And perhaps he added to himself,
with an ominous darkening of the brows
perhaps there might be a chance of his
meeting this rival of his face to face, the
better to measure him, and learn what both
of them had to expect.
He caught the 4:30 express at Victoria,
and got whirled away down. But be did
not go to Mrs. Ellison's house, nor yet to
the Bedford Hotel, at which his Iriend Mus
selburgh was staying; he went to the Bris
tol, so as to keep himself a little out of ob
servation. He was lucky enough to get a
bedroom; and that was all he required; he
did not even wait to look at it; be left the
hotel and went wandering down the Marine
Parade, which was now a mass of darkness
lit up by innumerable points of yellow fire.
Whither away then? If only he knew
the street in which they had taken lodgings
he could soon find out their daily habits,
himself (remaining unseen, hut he bad
uothing peyond a vague recollection that
they had spoken of some hill behind tbe
town. However, Brighton, though now
crown a big place, has a few leading
thoroughfares in which everybody who is
but a casual visitor is sure to be encountered
sooner or later; and in this particular in
stance it was a good deal sooner than he
could have dreamed of.
He was walking along the seaward side
of the parade, with but a casual glance now
and again at this or that passer-by, when
suddenly, on the other side, at tbe corner of
German Place, three figures came under the
glare of a gas-lamp, and these he instantly
recognized. Occasionally as they went on
they became indistinguishable in the dusk;
then again a gas-lamp would bring them
into vivid reliel the tall and slim young
girl, the square-set old man with the pic
turesque white hair, the young man with
the yellow cover-coat. They were talking
together, and walking quickly, for the
night was cold.
"Yes," said Vincent to himself, in the
bitterness of his heart, "lam displaced and
superseded now. Without much difficulty,
either. Quickly done. And no doubt he is
taking them along to some restaurant. He
will hear about the rocks and dales of Scot
land about tbe ballads and songs perbaps
he had subscribed for the new book. Then
they will ask him to go borne with them
acain; and Maisrie will take out her violin;
and perhaps perhaps sbe will sing 'C'etait
,une Iregate, mon joli ccour de rose' oh, yes,
perbaps sue will sing tnat lor mm, or any
other of the Canadian songs, except the one.
Surely, surelv, Maisrie will not sing 'La
Claire Fontaine?' "
And then, again he said to himself, with
his eyes fixed on those three, but most of all
on the young girl who walked with so ligbt
and joyous a step
"Ah, I have sufiered to-day, you do not
know how much, in repelling insinuations
brought against you, aud in silencing my
own doubts; but what do you care? One
restaurant is as good as another; one friend
as good as another: let the absent expect to
be forgotten, when it is a woman who is
asked to remember. La Claire Fontaine?
why not La Claire Fontaine, for him as
well ai anyone else? All that past com
panionship has gone by; here is a new
Iriend to be welcomed with smiles and
graces. Andas for the old man what does
it matter to him so long as there is someone
to settle up the tavern score?"
Hay, his madness of jealousy overmas
tered him altogether. When they got down
to Fast street, they did not at once go into
the restaurant, for it was yet somewhat
early; they began to examine the windows
of one or two ol the shops, and tbe trinkets
displaved there. And again and again
Vincent was on tbe point ot going up to his
enemy, aud saying "Well, why don't you
buy her something? If you haven't got
money, I will lend it to you!" Surely this
would suffice to provoke a quarrel? to be
settled uext morning, out on the downs, and
not by any accident or trick ot foU, but by
a fair stand-up trial of strength, those two
lacing each other, with clenched fists and
set mouths. The young man in tbe cover-coat-wks
looking at some Austrian garnets:
little did -he know what wild beast
was within springing distance of him.
At length they left the shops and leisure-
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and entered. Vincent gaveithea time to J
get settled and then followed. He did not
wish to interfere with them; he merely
wished to see. And when he went upstairs
to the room on the first floor it was with no
abashment; he did notslink, he walked reso
lutely, to a small unoccupied table at the
further end, but he was some way from them;
perchance he might be able to observe with
out being noticed. The waiter came to him.
"Anythiugl" was his order; gall aud worm
wood' there were likeiy to be in any dish
that might be brought Wine? oh yes, a
flask of Chianti why not a flask of Chianti?
one might fill a glass and send a message
to a laithless friend a message to recall her
to herself for a moment Ton who are sit
ting there, will you not drink to the health
of all fals? lovers you who are sitting there
in snch joyful company toi qui as le ccsur
gail
He could see them well enough. There
was champagne on the table; that was not of
George Bethune's ordering; the booby from
the swedes and mangold was clearly play
ing the part of host And what was sue
saying to him in return? What form did
her thanks take? Jenepuisrien donner
qu mon csjur en mariage; that was easily
said; and might mean no more than it
tneant in bygone days. Women could so
readily pour out, to any chance newcomer,
their petit vin blanc of gratitude.
But suddenly he became aware of some
movement at the table away along there;
and quickly he lowered bis book. Then he
knew he did not see that someone was
coming down the long room. He breathed
hard, with a sort of fear aud it was not the
tear of any man; he wished he had not come
into this place; could he not even now es
cape? "Vincent 1"
The voice thrilled through him; he looked
up; and here was .Maisrie iiethune regard
ing him regarding him with those eyes so
beautiful, so shining, so tender, and re
proachful! "Did vou not see us? Why should you
avoid us?"
The tone in which Bhe spoke pierced his
very heart; but still but still there was
that stranger at the table yonder.
"I thought you were otherwise engaged,"
said he. "I did not wish to intrude."
"You are unkind."
Then sbe stood tor a moment uncertain.
It was a brave thing for this girl to walk
down a long room to address a young man,
knowing that more than one pair of eyes
would be turned towards her; and here she
was standing without visible aim or errand.
"Won't you come to our table. Vincent?"
she asked hesitatingly.
And then he noticed her embarrassment;
and be felt he wonld be a craven hound not
to come to her rescue, whatever the quarrel
between them. J
"Oh, yes, certainly, if I may," hut with
no sort of gladness in bis consent; and then
he bade the waiter fetch the things along.
She led the way. When he reached the
table he shook bands with George Bethune,
who appeared more surprised than pleased.
Then Maisrie made a feeble little kind of
introduction as between tbe young men:
Vincent who had not caught the other's
name bowed stiffly, and took the seat that
had been brought for him. And then, see
ing that it was on Maisrie that all the re
sponsibility of this new arrangement had
fallen, he forced himself to talk making
apologies for disturbing them, explaining
how it was be came to be in Brighton, and
begcing Maisrie not to take any trouble
about him; it was only too kind of her to
allow him to join them.
And yet it was very awkward, despite
Maisrie's assiduous little attentions, und
her timid efforts to ptopitiate evervbodv.
The lresh-complexioned young gentleman
stared at the intruder; grew sullen when be
observed Maisrie's small kindnesses: and
eventually turned to resume bis conversa
tion with Mr. Bethune, which had been
interrupted. Vincent, who had been ready,
on tbe smallest provocation, to break forth
in flame and lury, became contemptuous;
be would take no heed of this person; nay,
he would make use of tbe opportunity to
chow to anyone who might choose to listen
on what terms he was with Maisrie.
"Where are you living Maisrie?" said
he, and yet still with a certain stiffness.
She gave him the number iu German
Place.
"Then we are neighors, or something near
it," he said. "I am at the Bristol the
Bristol Hotel."
"Oh, really," she made answer. "I
thought you had an aunt living in Brighton
the lady who came to see us at Henley."
"Ob, can you remember things as long
ago as Henley?" said he. "I did not think
a woman's memory could go so far back as
that A week a day I thought that was
about as much as she could remember."
For a moment she was silent, and wound
ed; but she was top proud to betray anything
to those other two, and sbe resumed her
conversation with Vincent, though with a
trifle more ol dignity and reserve. As for
him, he knew not what to do or say. He
could perceive, he could not but perceive,
that Maisrie was trying to be kitpitohim;
and he felt himself a sort of renegade; but
all the same there was that other sitting at
the table there was an alien presence and
all things were somehow awry. And yet
why should he despise that stranger? Iu
the bucolic dandy he could see himself, as
he himself was seen, by certain of bis
friends. This other dupe, his successor, had
a countrified complexion and a steely blue
eye, be wore a horseshoe pin in diamonds,
and bad a bit of stepbanotis in his button
hole; but these points of difference were not
of much account And the old man tbe
old man with the grand air and the oracu
lar speech; no wonder he thought himself
entitled to call himself Lord Bethune; but
why had he chosen to abate bis rank and
style? Oh, yes, a striking presence enough
a magnificent presence with which to.
cozen shopkeepers!
For indeed this young man's mind was
all unhinged. He had bad a hard fight of
it all day; and perhaps if Maisrie bad
known she would .have made allowances.
What she did see was-that her well meant
invitation had been a mistake. Sbe strove
her best to remove this embarrassment; she
tried to make tbe conversation general; and
in some slight measure she succeeded; but
always there-was an obvious restraiut; there
were dark silences and difficult pauses; aud,
on the part ol the young men, a sullen and
dangerous antagonism that might at any
moment leap forth with a sudden tongue of
flame a retort an insult
This hapless entertainment came to an
end at last; and, asincent had expected,
while Maisrie was putting on her cloak,
their new friend stepped aside and paid the
hill the bill lor three, that is. And the
next step? An invitation that the generous"
host should go along to the rooms in Ger
man Place? There would be tobacco, and
Scotch whisky, and reminiscences ol travel,
and dissertations on literary aud philo
sophical subjects and perbaps Maisrie
would play lor him "The Flowers o' the
Forest," or sing for him "Isabeau s'y
promeue." Perhaps the bucolic soul was
penetrable by fine melody. There would
whisky and soda at any rate, and a blazing
fire.
And as a matter of fact, when the four of
them paused for a second at the door of the
restaurant, the new acquaintance did re
ceive that invitation Irom George Bethune
himself. But he declined.
"Thanks, awfully," said be, "but I can't
to-night Fact is, there's a big billiard
match on this evening, and I've backed my
man for 20, and I may want to hedge a bit
if he isn't in his best form. Some other
evening, If you'll allow me. But to-morrow
morning what are you goiug to do to
morrow morning? You ca't stay indoors
whil the weather is so fine; you must leave
your work until the wet comes. So I dare
say I shall find you somewhere along the
lront about 11 to-morrow; and if I don't,
wby, then, I'll come along to German Place
and drag you out For who ever knew such
a glorious December? quite warm in the
sun primroses and violets all a-growing
and a-blowing in the baskets. Good night
to youl good night, Miss Bethunel mind
you bring you grandfather along to-morrow
morning; or I'll have to come and drag you
both out;' good night good nightl" and
tbeu with a brief nod to yincent, which
wag frigidly returned, he departed.
"You are going our way, Vincent?" Mais
rie said, timidly.
"Oh, yes," He made answer, as they set
out.together. . . UMJ ., - .
- .To be Continued Next Sunday, j
THE ALLEY SKETCHES
A Rondeau bv tbe Kbymsler Inspired
by a bprisr of Clover,
EESOET OP BEOKEH-DOWK HOBSES.
Fate of a Fire Department Steed- and an
' Old Street Car Male.
EEFOEJI BI A PAINED LANDLOED
rwMTTEN FOX THE SIS PATCH.
NO. 5.
HE Bhymster
is suffering
from an attack
of poetising.
Under the con.
jointinfluences
oi the moon
and this afflic
tion he last
night produced
the lollowinir
r rondeau, to a
-A J bunch of very
jy sickly clover in
tne window
across the al
ley. Who the
owner of t h e
clover is we do
Scenting a Sprig of Clover, not know, but
we suspect she is a colored lady, who lately
moved in there:
A Sprig: of Clover.
In dust and gloom across tbe way
A bunch of clover blooms to-day
Tbat late where fragrant breezes sped
In sun-silt meadows raised Its bead
Or lapt in star-born dewdrops lay I
8ome wayside stroller, city-bred.
Awhile fro in echoing pavements led.
Keeps this poor sprig, as token gay,
in dnst and glooml
Throngh meadows, where the breezes stray,
Tbe nodding clover blooms for aye;
My neighbor's leaves may soon be dead,
Bnt obi their lives are hallowed:
Tbe sun shall smile above their clay
In dnst and gloom!
We are patient of disposition and fore
bearing in temperament We have heard
unmoved the mighty rehearsals of the sheet
iron band at one end of Our Alley; the
nocturnal practices of our Teutonic neigh
bor on tbe cornet have caused no loss of
equanimity; we have even inhaled as a
metier d'etre tbe garlicky odors from our
Italian cotemporary's kitchen; but we do
most energetically protest against and
demur to tbe prevalent impression of a
number of cabbies tbat our street is a stable
and the pavements stalls.
THE SOUKCE OP WOE.
The presence of five and forty horses of
various stages of useiulness placed at incon
venient intervals along tbe alley pavement
is discouraging to pedestrianism as well as
deteriorating in its influence to the longev
ity ot our not too substantial sidewalks.
We are not prepared to assert that the use
of the pavements as a stable can be laid at
tbe teet ot the presumable owners of the
equines, for lack of space in Our Alley has
transformed several structures, which would
otherwise naturally be used only for horses
ot uncertain ancestry, into refuges for
stalled mankind.
It happened some months ago that a horse
which had performed invaluable service for
our municipality while connected with the
fire bureau was turned adrift While medi
tating on the ingratitude of republics, be
wandered into Our Alley and took up bis
abode. He brought with him a battered
pessimistic dispusition and the inalienable
prerogative of a fire department horse, the
right to stand on the pavements. Begard
less of the stern enactments against restric
tions to inter-highway commerce, he incul
cated this right to the other equines. As a
result, unless the pedestrian uses the middle
ot the alley; it is difficult to accomplish
either ingress or egress so iar asOur Alley is
concerned.
A2T ABOBTIVE EFFOBT.
Tbe poet first discovered this animal's
mischief-breeding disposition, and pur
chased htm at a maximum of value lor a
minimum of worth. He immediately sold
tbe animal for a trifling consideration to a
milkman who lived several blocks away.
The horse the next day saw a fire engine
pass, and forgetlul of the precious lacteal
fluid be was hauling went toward the fire
also. Whether he reached it or not is un
determined; 'tis certain, however, that
neither tbe milk nor the wagon ever reached
tbe customers ot tbe dairyman, and tbe
latter now threatens to sue for damages.
The horse, however, returned to Onr Alley
with a broken shatt and a lame leg drag
ging behind. His dignity had evidently
been offended by the fact that the mutations
ot time and municipal ingratitude should
seek to relegate bis battered but lofty spirit
to the menial occupations ot a draught
horse. He is still here, a seer for what be
has witnessed, a lord chamberlain in his re
spect for precedent
Our horses and mules are fond of noc
turnal vocalism; they are troubled with in
somnia. We are perforce also. About
5:30 or 5:45 o'clock (we do not care about 15
minutes) the horses begin to arrive in Our
Alley worn out lrom a day's hauling of
dirt or garbage. Their owners turn the hose
upon them, which only serves to deepen the
pessimism which finds utterance later on.
Alter this aqueous operation a scant peck of
bran is given each aud the owners depart
probably hoping that some misguided thief
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Jnspi ed oy a Fire Alarm.
will steal one ol the animals before morn
ing. Such, alas, has never proven the case
and the genus equine is an integral and self
assertive portion of the autonomy of Our
Alley.
A ONE-EYED ABISTOOBAT.
Hard by our lodgings sojourns a mule oi
haughty hybrid ancestry. He does not rec
ognize the more plebeian horsps who stand
near him, although to-day they are equal on
the leveling plane of misfortune. His sole
companion was formerly a brindle pup who
had immigrated to our street Poor fellow!
The dread ukase of the Department nf Pub
lic Safety found him without a muzzle and
tbe Fallmaster found his inanimate body
shortly alter.
Old "Epictctus," for so we christened the
inulo, may.have a one-sided view of the
world, due to the cruel crack of a driver's
whip, which darkened forever his left eye
when he hauled an overloaded street car;,
but wbaterer influence may have been ex
erted he was outwardly calm under adver
sity until .the death ot his only companion,
the dog. ,
AN AVENGING BLOW.
After that he developed an implacable
hatred against mankind for which nothing
but a bullet ever proved a remedy. He bit
and kicked at everybody and we were about
to kill him when-one day cur hearts soft
ened. ' Epictetus' JhocloM foot came in con-''
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tact with tbe pursy stomach of onr land
lord. It was witnessed by every one on the
alley who pays unwilliug tribute to tbe
ancust majesty nf that penonage. In tbat
ono blow all the indignities which our
p'oeketbsoks and pride had been subjected
to duringjSeveral years seemed avenged.
We were delighted, bnt we are not so ex
uberant in our expressions of joy now.
' sv.vffl N sWcl In
Ticklina the Landlord.
During his first impulse of rage our laud
lord declared tbat he would coerce an ex
odus irom Our Alley of such magnitude
that the Bad Lands would seemteemine
with life in comparison. He did not do
that, bnt the next day one score of hitching
posts added to the diversity of our land
scape and there is now no possibilitv of the
horses living anywhere but on tbe sidewalk.
We now use rubber boots and deodorizers
while we wish some modern Hercules with
a penchant for Augean stable cleaning
would serve his apprenticeship in our
midst
Phixosophee and Bhtmstkb.
To be concluded next week.
PAPEE FEOM WOOD.
The Iintet Proce Which Is Mow Bains
Used Sacc09fiillr Id Europe.
Newcastle, England. Chronicle.
An entirely new method of reducing wood
to pulp has lately been introduced, and is
now being worked at a factory in tbe out
skirts of Dieppe. Tbe pulp made by the
new process does not require, as is the case
witb most wood pulps, to be mixed with
rags, but paper equaling in texture,
strength and appearance that made from
linen rags can be produced direct from it.
Tbe manufacture is a simple one. White
wood in sufficient quantities being un
obtainable in the neighborhood the timber
is imported from Sweden, IS orwav or Fin
land, in round loss, from 2 toi 6 feet in
length, and 3 to 12 inches in diameter.
Women are employed to strip the bark and
clean the outside of the logs, which are
afterward cut into flat pieces of about 2)
inches in thickness. The knots are, as tar
possible, bored out by machinery, but any
remaining are cut out by hand.
Next the wood is fed into a cutting ma
chine, which rapidly chops it up into
pieces of about half an inch in length, tbe
iragments as cut being carried by a band to
the top of the boiling house. The boilers
are of iron, but are coated with lead to pro
tect the iron from the action of the sulphur
ous acids which play an important part in
the operation. Having been filled with
wood a liquid containing bisulphate or mag
nesia is run in in sufficient quantity to
rover the wood, and the boiler closed.
When the boiling process, which is done
with steam and varies from ten to 12 hours
is finished, the steam is blown off, and the
pulp forced through a valve at the bottom
of the boiler into a tank with a perforated
.bottom, to allow all liquid to drain oft.
The incrustaticgand foreign substances in
the wood having been dissolved by tbe boil
ing process, the mass 'is now a soft white
pulp, consisting of wood fiber. After being
washed, this is ready for papermaking, and
for facility of transport is lormed into lumps
of rough thick paper, containing about 50
per cent of water, and somewhat resembling
the lumps of terra alba used in the manu
facture of china. In the process the-'chemic-als
a solution of bisulphate of magnesia
are prepared by leading tbegases from burn
ing sulphur over magnesite, water being ad
mitted at the same time. The magnesite
carbonate of magnesia is a kind of Btone
which is found in large quantities in Greece,
and imported from that country, while the
sulphur comes lrom Sicily.
THE FIRST OIX WELLS.
How tho Dlonnd Builders Gathered
tbe
Golden Grense In PenniTlviinla.
Petroleum was sought and used iu North
America perhaps as early as anywhere else
in the world, since itVas collected in many
places and in large,quantity by that myste
rious people or peoples whom we know as
"The Mound Builders." When, in 1859, 1
went to Titusville, like thousands of others,
called there by the Drake oil well, I noticed
that the bottom lands on Oil creek, below
the town, and where covered with a mag
nificent forest of hemlock trees, were pitted
in a peculiar way; that is, the surface was
occupied by a series of contiguous depres
sions 10 or" 15 feet in diameter, add from 1
to 3 feet in depth. These were circular and
symmetrical, in tbat respect differing from
the pits formed by uprooted trees.
Inquiring the cause, a bystander an
swered my question by taking me to his
well. As it chanced, this well was sunk in
one of the pits before referred to. It was
carried to the depth of about 25 feet in tbe
earth when the rock was reached and the
drilling begun". Throughout this depth it
followed the course of an old well, which
had beeu cribbed up with timber, and in it
was a ladder such as was commonly used in
the copper mines of Lake Superior by per
haps the same people who worked the oil
wells.
This ladder was a portion of a small tree,
of which the trunk was thickly set with
branches. These were cut off four or five
inches from the trnuknnd thus formed
steps by which the well-owner could go
down and gather the oil as it accumulated
on the surface of the water, just us was dene
by the old oil producers on the banks of
the Caspian und the Irrawaddy. Some ot
the trees which grew over the pits which
marked the sites of nil wells were three and
even lour feet in 'diameter, thus proviijr
that the wells had been abandoned at les$t
400 or 500 years ago. At Fnniskilfcn,
Canada, and ut Mecca and Grafton, Ohi(,,Ii
found similar ancient oil wells. :
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HIS IDEA OF SHAKESPEAEE.
TlioGrcnt Forrext Once Put His Estimate
Very High Indre.l.
Dr. Kane quotes a very forcible utterance
of Forrest, tbe great actor, in a letter to the
Washington Post "Once, during a con
verwtionrwith him at New Orleans," ,says
the Doctor, "I noticed his man packing
trunks for Galveston. Joe McCardle was
just putting a copy of Shakespeare' away,
when Forrest said:
" 'Joe, don't put up tbat volume of
Shakespeare; I want to read it on the
road.'
" 'What? Do vou read Shakesneare at
your time of h e?' I asked.
" 'Bead it?' he replied, 'I read it every
day. Shakespeare was a greater man than
Jesus Christ'
Forrest the doctor says, was a very singu
lar man. Beneath his rugeed, stern man
ner, which, perhaps, "the rude blows and
buffets of the world had given him, there
was a deep well of natural tenderness. The
simnle utterance of the word "Cordelia,"
as King Lear kneels by the body of his
dead daughter, seemed to bubble up from
his very heart. There was something in the
subdued pathos of his utterance of the line
'Her voice was ever so.t, ceutle and low,'
which went straight to the heart
Very Probable.
New York Herald. 1
He I wonder will Gabriel's trump be a
bower or an ace. ,
Bhe I fancy you will find it the deuce.:
. i ii "inirlf n "TiriinrJMM
TRAVELING IN JAPAN.
Tbe Railroads Give Cheaper Biding
Than tbe Steamboats.
SCENES IN THE CURIOUS CARS.
Cholera is Epidemic, bat the Authorities
Are iqual to It Kow.
HEACTH OF THE J1NKICKISUA MEN
rCOnEESrOKDENCE OF THE DISPATCH.!
TOKIO, August 28. Eighteen years ago
the first railway in Japan the short line ol
18 miles between Tokio and Yokohama
was completed. To-day Japan has over
1,000 miles of railway, and one of the most
important roads for tourists, the line to
Nikko, where the finest scenery in Japan is
to be found, was completed only a few
weeks ago. These 1,000 miles of railroad
have cost tbe Government and the private
capitalists, who own a few of the lines,
about $30,000,000, and the net annual profit
is between 4 and 5 per cent.
The peculiar difficulties against which
railway builders have to contend iu this
country were illustrated by the fact that
hardly had the NikKo road beeu opened to
the traveling public, when considerable por
tions of the roadbed and some of the bridges
were washed away by one of those violent
rain storms, which occur in Japan almost
weekly during tbe summer months, so that
for several days tourists had to resort once
more to jinrisishas and the crazv rafts on
which the rivers are crossed in fioodtime
with the aid ol a rope and the current
ENTHUSIASTIC ON BAILEOADS.
On tbe principal lines especially that
which connects the two capitals, Tokio and
Kioto tbe cars are usually as crowded as
on any line in America or Europe, and
much more so than in Italy or Spain. What
increases this popularity is tne tact that the
difference in expense is as great as the differ
ence in time. To travel with a jinrikisha
(or manpower carriage) in the country
usually requires two runners, which makes
the expense 5 or 6 cents or more a. mile,
while the railwav fares are only 3 cents a
mile first class, 2 cents second and 1 cent
third class. Seven-eighths of all the Japan
ese travel third class, some of the wealthier
natives and most foreigners take second, but
tbe first class seems to be, as in some parts
of Europe, reserved for princes, tools and a
few American and English families.
Unless one desires unlimited elbow room
or a chance to lie down to sleep there is no
reason whv anyone should take first class,
which, as in Germanv and France, differs
from the second chiefly in the color of the
seat cushions. Japanese cars are a curious
mixture of American and European styles,
and it cannot be said that they are at all
comfortable.' In one respect the seats in tbe
third-class cars are the best because, tbough
simple wooden benches witb a board to lean
against, they allow tbe passengers to look
straight backward, while the first aud second-class
seats, tbough more comlortabie in
having cushions, are all arranged alone the
sides of tbe car so that one can never look
forward without losing all support for the
back.
INSIDE XHE CABS.,
Some of the cars have doors at both ends
so that you can walk through them; in
others the smokers are separated from the
none-smokers by a partition; and others
again are divided into several sections, in
such a way that you can look through the
whole car, but with separate doors on tbe
side for each section. There is neither a
bell rope nor a water tank in tbe cars, but
at tbe stations there is usually a large over
flowing basin ot water to wash the bunds in
and a fountain, or a, covered bucket of
drinking water; and a glas3 of chipped
artificial ice can always be bought at the
car windows.
Each class has a separate waiting room
at tbe stations, aud in the first and second
class room there is usually a table well sup
plied with Japanese newspapers, as well as
one or two foreign papers published in
English. Occasionally at Tokio one may
see a newsboy, though these useful individ
uals are not as numerous as one might
imagine from the fact that 650 periodicals
are published in the Empire. Brats checks
are given for the baggage, and tbe ticket
has to be shown and puncbed before step
ping on the platform, and at the end of the
journey it is collected at the gate. Ten
years ago mostof the engineers were foreign
ers, aud the ticket sellers were Chinese (who
are employed in all the banks); but at
present the railway service is entirely in the
hands of the Japanese.
ENGLISH VEBT COMMON.
English has become the official foreign
language in JuDan. Tbe designation is
always printed on the tickets in English, as
well as in Japanese, and on the reverse side
we read: "Issued Subject to the Bailway
Begulations." The cars "are marked in
English, first, second and third class, while
the mile posts and signs of level and grad
ing are only in English. Tbe time-tables
also are printed in English, and so are cer
tain notices inside the cars regarding tbe
objectionable habits of standing on plat
forms, putting the feet on seats, spitting on
tbe floor, etc, which areforbidded on threat
of a fine.
Within the last two weeks, however, two
disquieting notices have been placed in the
cars iu Japanese only. One of them gives
the cheerful advice that any person attacked
by cholera should at once notify the con
ductor. Tbe other notice contains half a
dozen bits of advice regarding the preven
tion of cholera. That these hints are timely
may be inferre'd from the fact that tbe daily
number of cases in Yokohama has risen to
about 20, in Nagasaki to 50, in Tokio to 60.
and iu Osaka to 160, etc., with tbe whole
warm month of September to be heard from
yet However, the Japanese authorities
have learned much regarding the treatment
of cholera and precautionary measures.
TVABM FOB THE DOCTOBS.
Only a few days ago a Tokio physician was
fined $10 and his license revoked tor three
months because he had neglected to report
to'tfie police a case of cholera1 under his
care, and with the present methods of sani
tary control it is not likely that Japan will
have another epidemic like that of 1857,
during which 80,000 died in Tokio alone in
'the month of August, or even like that of
1886, when there were over 100,000 latal
cases throughout tbe empire. N
If some of tbe Japanese cars have sepa
rate compartments for non-smokers, this is a
mere concession to foreigners; for Japanese
women are almost as invariably addicted to
the use ot tohucco as tbe men, and one of
the ruo.st novel sights to be witnessed in
these cars is tbat of a women young or old
taking a smoke. Japanese pipes, as
used by both men and women, are not as
large as a thimble about the size of a
Chinese opium pipe, and hold about as
much tobacco as makes a pinch of snuff.
The woman fills and lights her pipe, takes
three or four whiffs and then knocks the
howl against her wooden shoes or clogs so
that the glowing ashes fall in a lump on the
floor. She immediately refills the pipe, but
does not relight it with a match. She tries
to pick up the of glowing ashes with the
pipe bowl, which requires skill and prac
tice. But altera few attempts she gener
ally succeeds, whereupon she has three or
four more more whifis; and this process is
repeated several times before the pipe and
pouch are put away to rest for an hour.
THE JAP WBESTLEES.
On the train 1 saw four huge fellows who
would be regarded as veritable giants even
in, in America. While here amonir the
Japanese they seem to he actual Brabdigua-
I8
giaps. 'lbey are professional wrestlers, and
s they are abnormally fat, wear kimonos
and have their hai? done up in an olil-
tash!o"bed feminine sort of way they look
very much like stout old women, an Illusion
which ouly adds to their apparent mam
moth size.' Oce imagines that tnese men
must come from", some province in Japan;
uz
where giants are ft specialty aud. ordinary
folks larger than elsewhere; but as a matter
of fact tbey come Irom all parts of the
Empire, and wherever a man grows up very
full and stout he becomes a wrestler as a
matter of course.
The appetite or these men is as big as
their bodies, and it is an exhibition in itself
to see them eating. There are no eating
stations along Japanese railwavs, and as
the dining car stage of evolution has not yet
been reached, it is the custom to take along
lunches in boxes. At the stations one can
get a bargain for 5 cents. It Is a pot with a
cup on top and a pint of hot tea inside. It
all goes lor the nickel.
STEAM SAVIOATION.
Steam navigation is quite as recent an in
novation as railroads, notwithstanding the
fact tbat the empire consists entirely of
islands, and that the Japanese were noted
many centuries ago as daring and sucressiul
navigators. But when Japan, in 1636, ex
pelled the Catholic missionaries from fear
that religious conversion might be followed
by military invasion, and shut itself up like
a clam, tbe Government at the same time
issued an edict that no Japanese should be
allowed to leave bis country under penalty
of death, aud that ail sea-worthy vessels
must be destroyed, leaving only the small
coasting junks with a single sail. Bnt now
Japan has creditable vessels not very differ
ent from those we are familiar witb. A mo
nopoly has put rates absurdly high. Bates
are nearly twice the railroad rates.
In the management of one steamer I no
ticed a method which suggested Yankeeism,
pure and simple. When 1 bought my ticket
I was asked whether I wished ray meals in
foreign or Japanese style. As I wanted to
see how the natives eat on a steamer I
naturally chose the latter the more will
ingly as I had been told that S2 extra would
be charged for foreign meals. When the
bell rang I went to the dining room, ex
pecting to squat on a mat and have my own
little table three inches high, laden with
bowls of soup, rice, fi-.Ii and meat cut into
small slices so that it could be eaten with
chopsticks; and opposite me a kneeling girl
waiting to fill up the rice bowl as often as
emptied, and to bear remarks on her per
sonal appearance.
A MABE OP CIVILIZATION.
But I found nothing of the sort There
was a regular foreign table. This being the
"Japanese" edition of tbe dinner, I was
very curious. to know what the "loreign"
version would be like. On comparing uotes
witb tbe other foreigners, who bad paid $2
extra for their meals, I found that they had
exactly the same things with this difference,
however, that they had to wait for tbe second
table. Obviously these Oriental Yankees
are making rapid progress in civilization.
Most tourists, if they were asked what
struck tbem at first as the most unique street
sirht in Japan, would reply "the jinricki
shas." Yet you would look in vain for these
vehicles in photographs or pictures that are
more than 20 years old; for, oddly enongh,
the "rickshaw" is almost as new a thing in
Japan as the railroad and telegraph, having
beeu fi-st introduced in 1867, and it is even
said that the first specimens were made in
San Francisco.
LIKE AMEBICAN CABBTS.
In the matter of charges these men are
incorrigible, though there is a fixed legal
tariff. For my first ride in Yokohama, from
tbe dock to the hotel, I gave my runner 10
cents. It was only a few blocks, but he
looked at it and asked in a tone of mingled
surprise and reproach, "ten cents?" He
wanted 20 but did not get it, as I bad been
forewarned; and I discovered afterward tbat
the proper fare was 4 cents. The cheapest
way is to hire one by tbe day at 75 cents or
by the month at $10, as resident foreign
ers do.
It bas often been said that these runners
die young from lune and heart diseases, but
this does not agree with medical testimony,
which is that brisk daily exercise is abso
lutely necessary to health in this climate,
and as a matter of tact these runners are the
most vigorous and healthy looking of all
the Japanese, althongb some of them do
work which would kill a foreigner in a (exr
days. I have had one runner take me over
40 miles of difficult road in one day, with a
broiling sun overhead, so that even I felt
uncomfortable on my seat and under my
umbrella. It may seem cruel to make men
toil thus like horses; but they would rather
do it than starve. In fact they quarrel
among themselves for tbe privilege of null
ing you; and this eases one's conscience.
Henbt T. Finck.
JfATUEE'S SWEETEST MUSIC.
Tbe
Rev. Di-Pjirker' Idens of Xlnmor and
Its EfTi-cis on HnmnnltT
Newcastle, England, Chronicle.
The Bev. Dr. Parker, of the City Temple,
London, in a recent lecture said he deplored
the fact tbat some men had no sense of
humor whatever. Such men were arithmet
ical, prosaic, and too serious to be really
enthusiastic about anything. Their's was a
seriousness that was mere woodenness. Tbe
man who never laughed never really cried.
Nearly all great preachers had been humor
ists. Luther had bis broad jokes. Whit
field laughed with a will. Some of the
wittiest things ever uttered were spoken by
John Wesley. Even .Mr. Spurgeon's grim
Calvinism could not stifle his merriest jokes.
Henry Ward Beecber's grandson said: "I
like to go to meeting, because I like to hear
grandpa's little jokes."
With regard to pulpit humor, Dr. Parker
pointed out that there was a buffoonery
which ail wise men should fiown upon the
rude, clumsy clownish joking worthy only
of contempt, not on the high ground of its
irreverence, hut on the low ground of simple
imbecility and indecency. On the other
hand, there was a refined humor, which no
more burdened the discourse than the dew
burdened the rose bud on which it glis
tened. As to laughter, the whole universe
was full nf it When the universe was
sympathetically interpreted, what was
laughter, rational and timely, but a species
of music? Was not laughter another name
for gladness? Was there no gladness in the
sunny universe? It was not mere joking
"that elicited laughter. There was a laughter
born of reason, inspired by thanklulness,
chastened by the ever-present melancholy
in whose gray climate all human life had
lived. Commerce would do its sbopkeeping
better i f it laughed heartily, now and then.
The house would be more of a home if its
inmates were more cheerful.
MUSIC FOB THE MASSES.
How tbe Experiment Heine Made In Alle
gheny TnltP In England.
Newcastle, England, Chronicle.
Sir. Thomas Stamp Alder successfully
carried out another of his open-air concerts
for the masses of the people last night Tbe
place chosen was Maiden street, Scotswood
road, and tbe great gathering of people
from that thickly populated quarter ol the
city consisted of the very class which it is
desfted to entertain. The band was the
Newcastle Military Band, under tbe con
ductorsbip of Mr. B. Smith, and tbe audi
ence testified its delight by round
after round of applause. The programme
consisted mainly of pieces with which
most people are familiar, the most popular
item being, to judge from the rapturous ap
plause bestowed upon its performance, the
song, 'Home, Sweet Home," the solo being
exquisitely rendered on the clarionet by the
conductor's talented son. Master E. Smith.
Prof. Oliphant was in attendance with his
Punch and Judy show, including his won
derful trained dog Toby. The story of the
domestic troubles of this ill-matched couple
was enacted for tbe especial amusement of
tbe children, and the performance was wit
nessed with the greatest delight by a numer
ous assemblage of youngsters. Mr. Alder
was in attendance, and superintended the
arraugements.
Didn't Know His Patient.
FbarraaeentlcalEra. v
"To be taken alter each meal," read Im-
pecune, as the doctor left the prescription:
"I shouldn't .think one dose a day would
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GOSi-EL OF ECONOMY.
It Hay be a Good Thing to be a
Little Short on Provisions.
HIKTS ON EEDUCIKG EXPENSES.
The Preacher, the Doctor and the Wifa
Are Tery Easy Victims.
PEEPS BEHIXD SOCIETY'S CUETA1NS
IWBITTOT JOB THI DISPATCK.1
In nearly every part of our country comes
the cry in one sad chorus that the crops are
short Fruits are very scarce, grain is like
ly to be much dearer, and loaves of bread
will either be less in size or larger in price.
This is to be a hard winter, in some respects,
for ordinary people. It Is more than likely
that the rich monopolist will try to corner
the poor man's bread and "grind his face,"
irrespective of the woe that is pronounced
against such people. Now, while It may be
a tact tbat the very poor cannot practice
much more in the line of economy than they
do, there is a class, or rather, there are
classes, of people who can. To them will
my remarks be especially addressed.
It has been said that the French nation
can live on what the American people waste.
This can hardly be true, but it contains
enough of truth to set the people thinking
whether or no there is not some plan of
economizing in household expenses. One
of the best inducements to practice economy,
it seems to me, is tbat we may be better
enabled to help those in actual want One
year's shortage is not likely to affect us
materially, but it may teach a lesson worth
learning. ''The earth is the Lord's, and the
fullness thereof." It is well to remember
this fact How can a family with a fair in
come economize so as to meet existing cir
cumstances? There are bo many little ex
travagances that can be curtailed without
serious injury that it is difficult to select
those which can be best dispensed with.
Where to Cnt Down.
Suppose we begin with the church. Your
pastor gets 51,000 a year. Of course he is
worthy of his hire, but as his example in
economizing would be a benefit to others,
and as he is used to self-denial, might he
not worry along with say, 800? Of course
he might argue that he only just exists as it
is, aud that to live in such times on $200
less would be an impossibility. Bemiud
him ot the fact that the early preachers
never bothered about their food and raiment
Tell him that a certain good man was fed by
the ravens, and that he must have faith to
believe that his bread will be certain
and his water sure, especially the
latter. Yon can empbasize (hat point.
If be argues tbat his "day and genera
tion" may be shortened by lack of physical
sustenance, inlorm him of the fact that he
will become more useful by practicing self
denial for a few years, than if he spends a
long life of inertia. A short life and a use
ful one is better than a long one devoid ot
usefulness. Follow this plan and yon will
save 20 per cent of your contributions to the
church. If you can do this and sing
I love Thy kingdom. Lord.
The honse of Thine abode.
The cburcb onr blest Redeemer bought,
Witb bl3 own precious blood.
while you may not be enabled to prevent
some people from questioning your sincer
ity, as to the love, etc., so long as you have
a clear conscience (and it doesn't take much
to clear some people's conscience) you will
have achieved one success in the line of
economy.
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Doctors and Domestic.
Then there is the doctor. Now, doctors
do not usually sue for their fees. It is not
considered to be in accord with, with, what
is that? Etiquette? No, that's not it
Usage? No. Well, it is not good form.
Here is another opportunity to practice
economy. You can keep a doctor waiting
any length of time for his lees. In a few
years a good season may come, and if he
should die in the meantime, it will be a
good tbiug for his heirs when you do pay.
a bird in tbe band is worth two in the bnb,
and you might as well have the bird as the
doctor.
Another good way for men of moderate
means to economize would be to dispense
with tbe domestic. Tne wife can bear a lit
tle more of tbe burden. Sbe promised to be
faithful in times of prosperity and adversity.
Not only is there a golden opportunity to
test her faith, but the saving would be con
siderable. Taking into account wages, wear
and tear, and tbe provisions sbe necessarily
consumed, the aggregate would be consider
able. Of course tbe wife would feel it to be
deprived of her help, but it would inculcate
the grand principle of economy. A penny
saved is a penny earned, und if the poor
woman should stagger and fall beneath the
burden, tombstones are quite reasonable in
price, if the design be not too elaborate.
Another point is apt to be overlooked iu
times of stringency. The clothing of the
wife and children need not be so expensive.
Of course, it will be necessary lor the head
ot the family to appear suitably clad. Some
one must uphold the dignity of tbe bouse,
even if the times 3re tottering. Who so ap
propriate as he who'makes the living by the
sweat ot his brow or the whirl ot his massive
brain? A good standing in tbe world is es
sential. The wife can plead ill health as au
excuse for appearing seldom in society.
Possibly sbe may have no occasion to plav
the hypocrite in this matter, especially if
the domestic be dispensed with, but it sbe
indeed, that she may be enabled to play the
role permanently. See how beautifully the
whole scheme works? '
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Treit the (incer Coallr.
I think it will pay to keep on good terms
with the grocer. These men have formed a
society for mutual protection, and I under
stand they place men of questionable finan
cial standing on the black list This you
cannot afford. Keep as square as possible
witb the grocer. A Mastering and autbori
tive way will gain you a little longer credit
perbaps, but be sure to study the leading
characteristics of the man you are dealing
with.
Now, in conclusion, as we preachers Bay
(in tbe middle of the sermon), supposing
the worst comes to the worst, and it is abso
lutely necesJary, the head of tbe family
might substitute for bis Henry Clays and
flora del fumas a cigar of a somewhat
cheaper grade. He might possibly dis
pense with his Bordeaux7 and Burgundy
and substitute tbe native' product of the
y new At least he could supply ois rieeds
with these things. Instead of going to the
theater three nights in the week try to get
along with two. The odd night might be
spent in accompanying the wife to prayer
meeting. I know some of my readers, "es
pecially mv clerical brethren, " will marvel
at my familiarity will all these worldly
things, but in early life it was my misor
tune to be connected with the editorial pro
fession. Of course the reformation is com
plete, but these old, familiar scenes will
present themselves occasionally to tbe retro
spective mind.
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Behind tne Cm tain.
Ah! what a thing this human nature isl
Behind the curtains, iu the greenroom of
lile, there is much that will not bear the
light of day. I can see no difference be
tween the drunkard who squanders half of
what he earns, while his wife and children
live in rags and tatters, and tbe well-dressed
club man, whose weary wi e rocks her child
to sleep in meanly tnrnished rooms, while
he luxuriates in clover. Happy the horns
where husband and wife shall work together
to overcome present difficulties, bearing
each other's burdens royally and loyally, .
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