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VOL. XXXY1. NO. 29.
ST. NICHOLAS
For Young Folks.
.vtw- tfrM t-smc in IST-'i, tiii pvalmx'uw
niainiaint. im iiiMi:imil tvoi:iii-
fi !i. tti ji-iinn if t.k ui trw (w-jriitinuir,
'li.it t.i U-iii iii4 iiMt -jt(vj' i.t juvenile
rttuhfa ev.r ruli. Titt tw-t kiM'fcti
iMtm iii liU'raum-wt-rt on its liM of coti
irilii(n xhtiii it c Mart Hrvattt, ImiM
invt, rimniit J I t tf, (.ry-' MuWtuili,
itri liarn-. lavl!. Krai my H'iir-
mmi liuriwti. jun.r T. Fniiin. Ji.ii li
SVl.:ti r; i itt- if. tliti mi Uitiir itiai it
w -Mli In fa-ii-r t U'it 1 lit t'fw aulln'rr
U lc !. Ir.ir it.nir.litittd ti lliv
THE EDITOR. MARY KaPES D.DGE,
I...- ..t TI .... lln.i...r- ..r Tl... Sllv.n-
vcr Miaiw, ' ami niht-r (.U'.ar Uikx fur
y'tnuf l 1 k aii-l fr r.iii ui l.ik, 1. .
!ut ivinj'ikiiM' lai uiiy t'r knowitt aini
t m rt.iMiiin: i IiiI'Ith. I'ihUt 1t kill!iil
,liTliit. .Sr. NiiiinLAn brinp lo tlioii-.-i:iJ
lii'nn- U-tli fHio if the a:i-r
ST, NICHOLAS IN E.GLAND.
j h lid loiif in Aiiifriia itiai St. Xlcli'i
j Li; Iti ttliiii. itf .'IVal uttifss. Ti IjOImI"!
i V ( i ; " li ii alu'te anjll'iiij; v '"
J ltltv in (In- .-.him- 1 UK'.' ' Tilt- ,SrifiM-J
I " I'f'i-ri' i? uo nrtizini thai call .u tp-l'ii: ;
I -.r:iii'h- u.'
THDC'MINC YEAR OF bT. NICHOLAS.
T!.e I.Vh vr.ir 1ciiT Willi t!ii- imnilper f.-r
oTvuhkt. 1-i.aitM ine j.uiMiiers ran an-
,,ulllV . .nil ai in.rt Sl.iri.-s hv lir
Kr.i...-., Il..t-,.ii U.in:.-u. Frank It Si.m k-
j,. II l.Mr- n. J.H lflia.i.lirr llarri.
J j' . In.wiiinlV. n!. Kieu.iKi M Joiiii-tKti.
I.. uia M. !!!. A IntH iNirt d Win.
li. U.-Unic. Ualiilii;'"!! ItlaiMeii. llarritl
l'ninii ."-iH iloni. Amrlia K. Hurr, OraiKei
K.iiniiaj ILiyi'ir. Harrf! I nn a id many
c.tlir. Ktiiiiiiil Alii'M will w rile a H-rii-j of
j-a(Nr on ine " K-iiit ine if tii- Krpultlir."
iiw the Tni'lriit wtirks at ll.e While
IIomv. anil lm the attaim of the Treaury.
Hie Mate ami War l'-mniiirnl!'. i-tr., are
('"txhiru-t! ; J"M'ili t lireii, a W''ll-kin ri
Anlr;il:;ui jKirii:ilit. will 'U-M-rilie " Tne
(.n.y,
ai.'l 1 n i t inetit " ; IChzahetli Rnlii,ii
lVnin ll a ill lell ill " 1iiiIimi t'liriMtna
I'antoniiiiK s " lAliivm Womler'niid. etc.);
J'liin liurn-iili- will wnie " Mralow anil
WikII:iii,I Talks wild Vimii' Kolk." etc.
Mr. Him nrtt . li.ir'. Mri:il will the eilil'ir
n;iy. a wr. liy ll(1lHlr tn 1 i-r laini'tis " Lil
t.r loril Kauiiileroy," wliu li a.-anil in St.
Nli'HiiLAK.
Why not Irj' St SirnLMilii year lor the
yonnj Ni(lt' in the 1itnr'.' lUin wild the
'iienitM-r tmnitier. Si-nd 11 S'i.oTMilirrilie
tdri'iiL'li lMiKvlirr inni iiewl'-ali-r. IIIK
( KM I KY ;KAST ITtu St, XKW
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T1IK
Century Magazine.
With the N.ivrnilx-r. I7. i.ne TliKt'E
tnry iMiiiniriiir- it Xf.H volume witd a r:
n:ar in ulatioii ot'alnuM i"i.uon. The War
l'.ijr nun the l.ifr ol Liiiroin itw rraxl ii.
inoiitliiy rireulaiioti dy 1,(. T.ie latter
h.-tory iiavin miiuntnl the evcnt-.nl' l.in
nl' early v eai. ami jrivru the n-ary
ll-vrv ot tiie JMililleal oilHllli.in of t he eollli
irv. nai hi a new ierul w ild w dirli hi
rTetari were 1110M intimately atiiaimeil.
I'lulcr the etiption
LhNCOLN IN THE WAR,
the writer? now en'rron the more iniirt
ant sirt of their narrative, viz : tlie early
yearn ol the War, ami I're-i.letit Lineoin s
urt idrn'in.
SUPPLEMENTARY WAR PAPERS
foll..in tl.e" Iwtlie s. rii" hy iliMinui-'.-el
;etier:il. will .ha-riije the inien-flinn fea
ture of army lite. Iniu:eiii.jj Ironi l.iddy
I'rioii. i.nrruMMM'l j rxoiial aihenuire, A'r.
lit-t.erul .XiiTiiian will write on " I'ltiraml
Strategy ot the War. '
KENNAN ON SIBERIA.
Kre.l the l.ile
Artirl.-. no mmv
ifiiirtaiiT -nrs iia- t-r
lm n uiLlerakni dv litK CtXTi K tl an tde
ot Mr. Kennan Wild ld .nvioii- tv
!ar.iiion ol four years travel ami Miniy in
iiu-Mii ami Silar.a. the author un.lertoi.k a
j.itinii y of l.),tm niil lor the 4 ial invt
lialioii lure rejiiinl. An titlnaliH-titni
Iroin tde l'unsian MiniMer of the interior
admitted dim to the .nn ipal mint? un.i
.n.-oii, w here lie Ix-i-ullle ai..ilainteil w ith
-n.e tdrr-e dtimin-d Stale exi.i-, l.ilx'rai.
X l.ili.-t, aii'l other. aml-tlie wriii- will U
a M; rthi'ii well ai. an urate nelat!on ol
il.e tjiiie y.-trin. TU' many iliiutraiioi:K
l.y i,t arti anil nln.n:ra.l.er. Mr. -or;.
A. Fi'ot. w do an oniani.nl liie author, w ill
a.l.i reaiiy to tde value of the anirits..
A NOVEL BY EGGLESTON
will i!iti-ir:iti!! wild run through ti year.
,..n.r novels will follow dy t'adie.n.i
m. ktoii. shorter la lioiis will a.-arevery
iniiitd.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES
w ill conipri-e m vcrai ii!utrutet! artieii' on
Ireiami. liy Charlek IK; Kay; i)vr l.iurli
nir the tielil of Hie Siimlay-Si dooi IamjIin
ilm-trainl dv K. L. Wilwm ; wil'l Wwlern
l ie. dv Tin"., lore K..rV.-l' ; tde Klllfli-h
Ci.ili.uV.iK dy Mr-. Van Ue: we arr with
i!ln-tr.iti..n I y reiinell : lir. ltm-Kley'a vai
uadie ht on I'rrani, .SiiritttaliMtt, ami
' iairsovame ; eay in i-riiieL-ttt. art. travel,
ami d:.i:r:t.lie : m'tii; i-artt.iii?. ; etc.
l::ia trull ufftr the l'tlliller lor tde pa.-t
yrai in.nt iiiiina tlie Uneoin di1.iry) may
i: net nreil w i'd I lie year miIm riti.m In-ni
Ninimlrt. In-T, lariity-lour i-ui in all.
IV.r li. or. wit!, id la-t year'b tium'iep
l,aii.liuirlv liotimi. jT r.
1'udli-ln il dy Tin: ( ksti BY Co. S3 Kat
Ktd Mreet. Nrw York.
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Family Newspaper.
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eiit at hotel' ami atipni.1 ; Storii-?.. i.eviewi.
'.ni.ir!,eil X w, lei:irtment for Farnn-r,
Mrn-daiil.-. liuiilt.-r.-. I'tiitV-'iu'iii! men, tstu-.l.-ets.
iloy- ai.'l tiirl.
This, ytiir tde i hi-i ki l n w ill nidlih more
than
FIFTY PRIZE STORIES.
Ami the ttb!et ami nii: (aomilar writer,
will eMOriiiute to it ei-hiiiiii!. i'.ietf anil
inr wriur. autlior, .-.litors. nirnofwi
eii.e. ami women of ir tiius will Hi! td oil
umt.s of ti rOn.-f.Kvta. ati i it will give'C
nm-xii-ll.-' Kiwr- in tde cominjr year.
Price $.;.' a year.
4 Trtvymcn. J no a year.
CRET INDUCEMENTS FOR VTS.
1. The XKW Yt'IlK Ul SKUYKE will U
iv tit for one vcur tonne clerjrt man not now
a .iidf ride f.,T S K l tl.LAU.
2. Any miIim riln r M-miini: hi own and
trii'lioi: for a ymr in alvatice ami a ta w
-iitw nU-r w itd $ in mn have a ni rofliie
fei'!ei- la'llrTx," or "Tde Lifi- of Jerry
M. An'ev."
:i. We will en.I id.-'tltSKVKU t.rt!te re
ma titlerof tiii- y.-ar. ami I" J tnuary 1. Hi)
to any n WMi'n" nlT 'ti.ing ti hi- liaim
an.! allre ami -i t" in arfvaiMT. To i-w-h
-iil". hl-r-we wi't l!i trive eitl-er tde vol
nni.'of " lo-naMC- Iett.t" or Tlie Lifi: f
M.AiiUy."
AceiHi. watitiil evTrywhere. Lihrral
teruiK. Ijiivs commiie-'otia. 8arn'le copy
free.
AtitlreM.
NEW YORK OBSERVER,
NEW YORK.
YOUi
eaa live al bone, and make
more Dxmejr at ar lor tw man
ar.ytiiu;? en in in? worm.
I.ilai not tn-edeil. Y'OQ are
-aert fre . both rae: all ae. any oneemj:
ili. the work. Ijirire eaniu.ir wire from the nan
Clr outfit ami w-rmn fief. Better uot delay;
ro-t T.ai nothine lo e:vl o "four o:re and
ItiK- mil If vwi are T "j,"
JL HaiJTT Oo Portland, Ma. 4atUr.
Hows
Your Liver ?
1. the Oriental Kilntation,
knuwini; that gnui hm!t h
cannot exist ithnnt a litil
thr I.iwr. When Hip Liver
i T'Tpi.) the Bmels sre
Kl'i-zaish n'lconstipiitei1,lhe
fj.nl in the htumarh nn-.iff-KteiIKiwtiitif(
tliehlmxl;
fivqm-iit heu lai he eiiMies ;
x feeling l UtitUile, ileson
licncy a:nl nervousm-i iuiii
eule how the whole cyein
is ihriin;pl. iiiinmns Liv
er Kivnhitor has U-en the
ni-aiis .t res-toriiift more o
pie to health uiitl liaiuei
I iy givinjt them a healtliy
Ijver than any ajn-m y that
is known on earth. It acts
with extniorilinary jKiwer
and etfieiency.
KKVEK HICES Ul"AmIXTID.
A. a ptieral family remtily for Ivjn;piii, Tnr
fiiit Liver. 1 4rt.aii.tion, a.e. bandy ever tiae
aiiyiliitiir ele. an. I have never tieeu .lia.M)iut.
' -d In the etl. -ei .nltn--l : it M-etiis to I alimt
a trrft-i'i cure lor all dii4-acs of the Siouiaefi and
I Hon el-.
j W J Mi El. hoy, Macon. Ga.
HOLIDAY
SUSPENDERS.
Put tip one .air in a Imx, I'laiti -.ili'n
nnl Moire, also lvii lily Kuidn.i.li-nl.
Holiday Fancy Nightshirts.
The Rest Line of Pattern we have
ever Inni.
HOLIDAY NECKWEAR.
Xew uiiole-np nhHii, KiKir iii-ll.m.i1Vs,
lows, Ac, tor till occasion.
IIOL.IDAV GLOVES.
For laiiii-s am! ientlcuien, all the latest
(vilora am! ieiiiftliK, ftii every iK-asiun.
HO LID A V SILK HOSIERY
Iiegutar an.l Opera Ijenthv, Clark anil
Plain Colors ami Fancy Pattcrn, en
tirely new ileniiLs.
HOLIDAY APRONS,
A very haii.lHinie line of Plain Tuck.
Einhroiilereil an.l Dkinioinl iatterns.
Holiday Handkerchiefs,
Kvery kiml, (itality ami in larxe quanti
ties, ami, of most itiinirtam-e lo ny
ers, EXTUA AN1 BK-T VAL
I'KStt eroffereil in mnlker
chiefs, r"ilk and Linen,
fir (icntleineii.
llnJkereliiefs, Plain anil EinbroiilcTV!
for Laili f, and llanilkerchiefK for Cliil
ilren. Come in every ilay anil look aninml.
IIORE & AVVTID,
41 FIFTH AVE.. PITTSBl kiiH. PA.
It is to Your Intrest
TO M'Y Yol'E
Drugs and Medicines
or
i '
BiESEGKER & SNYDER.
PVtX'fJswiIW TO r. K. fMiYD.
Vitu- init tht- pim-t anl kvi ; ytiM-k.
ami !n-i; lm Uihuiu jtu-rt iy .lanl
in;, a" tn-na.n f tChth we dt
strny thrill, rat'ii-r llh :n-
ItJM 'lt (.MIT CUtOtlU'IN.
Ym ran tit )-- !i mi having y-mr
PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
tilled w ith rare. Our prii-es are as low as
any other lirst-cias hoiie and on
many articles much lower.
The op!e of thia county seem to know
this, and have giveu us a larve share oftheir
IwtrotMge. and we shall still continue togive
th tn the very best goo.U for their money.
lo not tirgi t that we make a sri:il'.y ol
FITTINO TIHISSES.
We guara'id'e satisfaction, nd, if you have
had tmuhle in this direction,
jsive its a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety; A full set of Test Lenses.
I'onie in and have your eyes examined. Xo
charge for examination, and we are confident
wc can suit you. Conic and see me
Respectfully,
BIESECKER dt SNYDER.
Something New and Cheap I
(MHMMMHMIIHItHWhltiWliiiKKIfMHal-MMM-MM-f ttwNMNNf
- a pESsr sa Kir is a w.v.vr jearsw
U a Buitto you can verify bf )li!ir at the turw
Boot and Shoe Store
OF
JOHN G. SANNER,
NO. 8 MAMMOTH BLOCK,
I have in Stork Full and imf.et-p Uneof iea-Mui,t-.t:
Omwi al Aunu-iiw ITic run
niu iu j-arx of
BOOTS, SHOES,
GAITERS, LEATHER,
FINDINGS, AC. &C.
I have Uie Ceielirat.id fl Al KEXPHAfT SHOE
ihe and Clieapest licnts' Shoe made. In
Ladies' Shoes
I have the Finest I4ie ever Wrought to Romerseu
at Atotlsllliitr la Priees. A eeia invt
lation t.eatewle.1 la call and see these twwK
My i4f'k of tea!, and the prices at hh'h ther
are mild, cannot be iajrvaied. fn-loaa-nude
aork and repainn a "t-ia!tjr. 'alj and see
mi4i. and you will is-namlr fln.t jiisl what
Tiiuwaui. Uesfw-eifully,
JOUX U. 8AXVER,
So. 8, VaraaxXb Bkx t, Somerset.
AGENTS WANTED
TO SEU-
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
BYSAMPI.K These AI.Bt'MS are to either Xo-r-co
or lht 8ilk. teoeade. ar Plush, very haod
aone and dnra'.le. LarnHilea are made, and
mod say assured agema. All amSdiiHiyed
ble ahanld write la us ImneiluMelr. Add
A. tMJalTUK AGO, PhibnlrlphM. 1
S-a-'a34r.
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
HISTORICAL KISSING.
Ol.l HitjR-lpid of Brupes town
Had whacked hi tike blaze ;
Hail won (Treat fame, likewise renown ;
The uM banl sang hia prai-j.
He'd sack a town wiiene'er he fought ;
His fiw dirt srreatly fear him ;
A thousand men in each cohort
He'd none hut brave one near bim.
One hold and hinst'ritifr bugle note.
And none would dare ignore him ;
He'd dash o'er every cautle moat.
And vaiupiiah all U lore hint.
Ten vassals all diti liquor twire
in burkets to Ins ladle ;
He'd drink and irmtz'e. shout and roar
As long as l.e was able.
He'd eat a Uiar's head st.-aniing hot,
Wnili tpiuliadoiirs would carol ;
With tons of wine, he'd drink the lot
And mulled sack by the barrel.
lint w hen he licked a foe complete
And few tliat could resist him
He'd neither sleep, nor drink, nor eat
full! he went and kissed him.
And when they'd hu'dand kiss'd like mad
Tin ir a- red as roses,
Tdey d t'Uireach.older aw lul bad
And pull each other's noses.
A kiw a drink a punch a hug,
Kaeh chief with " old Kirk " reeling ;
Then arm in arm the'd pull and tug
" To show they'd no ill feeling."'
So dry and sly was HufS'hjiiJ
His wil was really catching ;
He'il .-mile ami joke and taik and swig
White plots lie still was dali ding.
He'd say. You dear old aavage cuss,
Yutt fought tike one gone crazy.
But .et s i'oryive! fiive tne a buss !
Die boy, you are a daisy."
Smark .' sinark ! their lips would go w ith glee
Each laarded, ti-uilal rodder
Would kiss and smark as each one he
M ould grasp and kisa and sioolier.
How history doth itself repent !
'Way down in Cleveland city,
Two generals showed their love to greet
In mood so quaint rii.J winy.
That is, they did the kissing jart
Tdey kissed like mules iu ciover;
Tdey have not done the punching yet
Uut lection is not over.
H" J. Flutence.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
"1 do Hot believe it!" said Mrs. Grant,
ein.liatiia!ly.
' But what everybody nays must lie
j true," persisted Mr. Jell'rey.
i "Bv no iiicaiis," thiid Helen Grant.
i - '
"Once every body su'nl the earth was tlat,
now we all know it is round.
I "speak for yourseli, retorted .Mrs.
j Jeffrey. "1 don't know it's round, but
I'm willing to believe iton good evidence.
Thank heaven I'm not ho stubborn that I
won't Iwlieve. I aui one of the sort thai
can be eon vi. iced of a tiiihg even it' 1
don't see it,"
m Mrs. Grant flushed a little, and tears
cauie to her eyes.
"jshe is my friend and I love her very
dearly," she said. "She has faults
every one can see that but this wicked,
shameful story, I simply can't believe I.
Oh, Mrs. Jeffrey, can you uot see that it
is a matter of conscience with lueaswell
as w Ith you?"
Mrs. Jcflrey, a little ashamed, but of
the same opinion still, roee to go.
"ll tiie matter is brought up in the
church, you will then hear all the evi
dence. Alter you see the letter you may
change your mind."
Pine Falls was convulsed over its first
scandal. The tongue of censure, that
had faintly rcproud when Ahram Har
ris hud cat i ied his mother oil to the poor
house, and indulged iu audible criticisms
w hen Laura Cow les had U-en baptized
in the river and died of inflammatory
rheumatism a week afterward, had now
broken silence and carried the story from
hoti-e to house until it was on every
IksIv s lips.
A mania for visiting seemed to have
broken out among the ladles. Half a
dozen could be .-ecu any day, w ith a lit
tle bundle ol knitting or crochet work in
band, going to make informal visits or
calisat the homes ot their intimate friends
or near neighbors. To lie sure each lady
w as very particular to explain, if oppor
tunity a Horde. I, that she had promised
Mrs. Si-and-su a uew stitch or pattern,
or she had been intending to take her
Woik and ruu iu to see .Mrs. "so-and-so
lor six months or more. Jt was re
ally a sliu i.e to neglect one's neigh
bors so.
Mis. Jctlrey and Mrs. Martin w ere seat
ed on the lark porch of the Jeffrey man
sion, engaged iu earnest and confidential
conversation. Overhead in the apple
tree the robin sang unheard. On tiie
Uoor a mischievous kitten played with
Mrs. Martin's baii of zephyr, tanlmgtlie
thread unheeded, while her -crochet
work lay idly in her lup.
"She always did seem frivolous to
ine," remarked Mrs. Jeffrey. " Xo care
of her house, no interest' in domestic
matters. There is a great deal said in
these days ulout a woman's hiding a
j God-given talent under a bushel, and
smothering her genius under Uouieatic
drudgery ; but I've Dotn-ed tliat the wo
men who are domestic and take an in
terest in tiieir homes are not tiie women
who figure iu scandal cases or elope
ments.' " Perhaps," replied Mrs. Martin, who
was not so conservative as her neighbor,
" there is s great deal of human nature in
women a well as men. Most of them
take an interest in some one thing oeside
housekeeping. W .th some it is painting,
with others music, others fancy work or
religion. 1 have known women who
were really dissipated, you might say, in
religious work, they curries! it to such
nitre soiiable lengths. You and I, not
being gifted in any of these directions,
have gone on in plain, quiet home life.
But we must not on that account find
fault with tiiose w ho see life from a dif
ferent standpoint or call them frivolous
because they take an interest in things
we don't care for. Mrs. Downa was al
ways find of iln.su and fancy work, hut
nntil this story came out every body seem
ed to like her."
" Well, you can My what you pi ease,"
returned Mrs. Jeffrey, wrathfully," when
a woman behaves herself she won't be
talked about. The most shameful part
of the whole aflUir is her assumed inno
cence. I saw her. myself walking the
utrecU with Mr. Col ton only lust even
iug, as cool as you please. If there's
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1887.
man in. this village that I pity it's Jack
Downs."
The next Hay was Sunday, and the
minis-tcV, Mr. Snow, looked around at the
rapidly filling pews with a fin-ling of
calm complacency. Every face wore a
look of keen expectancy, and w hen Jack
riwi)s entered witii his pretty wife, sig
nificant looks were exchaned and asup
prcssed sensutiou was visible throughout
the audience.
youthful and pretty, she added to
thee attractions by a taste in dress that
was simply perfect. As she came slow ly
up tiie isle twirling her fan nonchalantly
whisien-0 comments pawed from one to
anottier.
" How brazen! IM yo.i ever see och
effrontery?'' murmured Mr. Dorr to Mrs."
Cow les.
"She's a plucky little piece V said Mr.
Martiu to his w ife in a tone in w hich sur
prise was so evidently flavored with ad
miration that his better half bestowed
on him a glance of w ithering scorn.
" What audacity !" said Mrs. Brown to
her daughter Cora.
But that young lady, who rejoiced in
tiie distinction of lieing the village poet
ess, was wrapped in poetic contempla
tion. She knew that Mrs. Downs had
fallen under public disapprobation be
cause of a love-letter that had been found
by some one, addreswed to her, and in
Mr. Colton's handwriting.
Other people saw the reprehensible
Married flirt accepting protestations of
love from a gentleman acpuiintance.
Not so, Miss Cora. This By route stale ol
atluirs did not so much sli's k her moral
sensibilities, as it presented a theme for
her muse to portray tiie agonies of mis
placed affection. Viewing the whole
matter simply as an abstraction, she stir
reptitiotisly drew out her hymn book
and slyly jicnciled on the margin :
laft the cold world deride me,
I will but iove thee more,
What ver fate la-tide thee
Here she stop.ied, the only rhyme that
suggested itself being " gore." "struggling
w ith the situation, she had just changed
the line" I will not shed thy gore," to
" My heart but can adore," when she was
recalled to herself hy Ihe sound ol Mr.
Snow's voice as he finished reading the
usual list of notices.
"A most painful circumstance having
triseu, that seriously affects ns as a com
munity as well as a congregation, sim-e it
comprises the good names of two of our
members, I feel it a duty to aff ird an op
portunity for a full explanation. Ti
congregation is invited to meet at the
parsonage to-morrow evening at eight
o'clock. 1 hoiie that et err ineuilieruf
this congregation will be present."
After that it inaiter.d little whether
the sermon w as a nlirve! of brilliancy or
the dullest disquisition that ever bored u
long suffering audience. Xo one paid
the slightest attention to it except old
Major lorr. who was so deaf that he
only caught alsjut one word in ten, and
had thus missed the story of the lovi
letter that the school teacher bad written
to Mrs. Dow ns.
After the conclusion of the services
Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Martin
and Mrs. Jeffrey stopped iu the aisle for
a moment's conference.
" I shall take Beatrice Cenci out of the
school," said Mrs. Jell'rey. "Xo child ol
mine shall be under the instruction of a
teacher who writes love letters to a inat-
ried worn tn."
" And to think that Mr. Snow should
attempt to cover it up and excuse it !"
added Mrs. Cow les. "1 don't know but
we shall be obliged to withdraw from
the church. My husband thinks there
is agreut deal of corruption among min
isters themselves now-a-days."
Certainly no one was letter able to de
tect corruption anywhere than Mr.
Cow les, if half ihe stories el his own hu
nt. .ra! escapades could be relied U'lon.
But Mrs. C'o Ies's friends remained dis
creetly silent on this (siint.
"1 ahull not allow Cora to go to the
parsonage to-morrow night," interposed
Mrs. B.xiiMi. " 1 think the diseuss.on ol
such subjects has a most demoralizing
eUircfVlpoti young people. It is a deplor
able affair all arouud." . ..
But when the evening came Cora did
go. More than that, lo her mother's
jjreal horror, she crossed the room and
sat down by Jack Downs and his wile,
who sut al. ne together on tiie soft, al
though u greait ui.my weru standing up
around the lulge parlors. '
This was not so much front sympathy
with Mrs. Downs, as a prolession.il in
stinct such us that which impels a sur
geon lo investigate alt sorts of patholog
ical luouslroniiies. She wauled to ob
serve for hersell the ravages of remorse,
humiliation and unhappy love, the bet
ter lo finish her poem.
But Mrs. l'ow'fis was as pretty, as jtay,
and as nonchalant asever. Onccortwice
she w hispcred ts-hitid tier fan to her
husband, and once she actually laughed,
w hich so outraged the sensibilities of the
more severely virtuous matrons that they
shuddered With horror. .' A
Mr. Coltou was a romantic-looking
young man, with disheveled hair, and a
look of general shrewdness. He had
lately couie to Pine Falls a teacher, and
Dow blood leaning against the inanteL
His romantic appearance, so attractive to
tue ladies, was due to his hair, which be
wore long on account of his ears, they
being euoriudunly large, and an interest
ing pa lor which was caused by dyspepsia,
and uot uuuappy love, as the ladies sup
posed. "1 have hero," said Mrs. Row, a let
ter w I'ii h has been a theme of much se
vere comment. T ie envelope is address
ed to Mrs. Downs, an., it was picked up
iu the street by Mrs. Martin's little son,
who too it to his father's grocery. The
contents are in a different penmanship,
w ith Mr. Coi ton's name as a signature, i
will ask Mr. Cotton to make an explana
tion, which will no doubt be satisfac
tory." : ; -. . - v.- , -
"Satisfactory!" repealed Mr. Conies
with more spirit than iolitencta. "It
seems to me that when a man writes in
that style to another man's wife, cadiug
her husband a base wretch" here he
cast an indignant glance at Jack Downs
"and urging her to run away ith him,
a satisfactory explanation is not an easy
matter." '
" You are mistaken, sir, answered Mr.
Coltou. "An explanation in this ease is
very easily made. I am a member of an
amateur theatrical club aud I w rote out
my part at Mr. Do was' one evening.
copying it out of a book of his. Mrs.
Downs gave me an envelope from one of
her letters that lay upon the table to put
the manuscript in, and I nnfortunatelr
lost it on my w ty home. I will now re id
the lines if Mr. Cow'es will lookiwer the
printed pages and see if I read tbetn cor
rectly."
Miamelace'l, Mr. Bowles lookeit on,
while Mr. Colton read, with much dra
matic effect :
My angel fly with me
Afar in other lands beyond the sea.
We'll build a home sacred lo love and thee.
Si-orn the luse wretch who in your bumble
home
Profanes the name of love ah, be my own !
And heaven is not so high nor earth So vast,
P.ut that its treasures at thy feet I'll cast.
" There is a full p?ge of it, with my
name signed at the bottom, but this wiil
su'Hee, I think," and Mr. Colton coolly
tit down, while a look of consternation
went around the room.
Mrs. Downs went up to Helen Grant
and kised her.
Titank yon, dear, for your faith in
me. I heard all about it, and 111 never
forget it as long as I live."
She looked so gentle an I girlish in her
dainty white draperies, with that look of
childish gratitude in her blue eyes, that
kind-hearted Mrs. Jeffrey went and put
her motherly arms around her, and said,
w ith tears in her eyes :
" Forgive tne forgive us all, won't
vou?"
i
Jack answ ered for her :
"She forgives yon, we both forgive
you, neighbors and friends; hut if any
inn n rejieats such stuff ag tin about uiy
wife or any other woman, I give him
warning here and now that it jrill affor I
me infinite pleasure to give him a sound
thrashing."
And th.it was the last of a great scan
dal at Pine Falls.
Reached the Limit.
A Detroit peddler oftinware took out
some eg'g beaters on the last trip, and as
the price was only 15 cents each, and
they worked on a new principle, he cal
culated on big sales. His first exK-rience
will answer for all others. He drove up
to a farm house in the western part of
Wayne county and tisik in a beater to
exhibit. The people liked it exceeding
ly well, but the old farmer said :
" Young man, I waut to see your
patent."
I have none."
"Then your written authority to make
sales."
" Ifcin't nets! any."
"Then you must give me a inind, with
two securities, iu the sum of $1,01)0 that
you will stand between um and any
trouble."
" But I can't do that"
"Then I can't bay. I've just had to
pay royalty on a driven well, damages,
for an infringement on a patent gate,
and have one lawsuit about a hayfork
and another over a windmill, and we
don't even buy a dishpan without a ootid
that it don't infringe on somebody's pat
ent bathtub." IktnU Free Pnnx.
Cured
His Boy of
Smoking.
Cigarette
A half a dozen politicians at the City
Hall were talking about the evils of ci
garette smoking the other night. One of
the newly elected Aldermen, who was of
the group, and who is known to be a
slave to the weed, said : " I went home
one night a couple of weeks ago, and
found my 15 year old boy smoking one
of those v illainous, arsenic-bleached cof
fin nails, known as cigarettes. Instead of
taking him dowu the cellar and laying
him across my uiee in the old-fashioned
way, I cm I le 1 him into my office, and
said to him solemnly : ' Young man, I
saw you sumking t cigarette down stairs.
I was very much surprised, not that you
should smoke, but that you should smoke
cigarettes. My Ltd, I was a boy once my
self. When I was your ag I was only
half as big is you are now, but I was man
enough to tackle cigars. My little sister
smoked cigarettes. Xow, my son, don't
ii-grace the family. Here is a bos of
gissl Havanas w hich I bought for my
self. I would be proud of you if you'd
learn their use. Cigars won't hurt you,
boy, I know, for I have used them for 25
years, but if you want a pair of wing
and a silver harp, just stick t J the cigar
ettes.' The buy smokes cigars now."
On the Altar of Harmony.
For the small boy the way out of a
difficulty is generally clear, and no ob
struction iiiiieiless it tliat his ingenious
id.-as will uot remove. A Sunday school
iu this vicinity was recently preparing
for a harvest home festival, an 1 alter the
lesms on the Sunday preceding the
event, t i-j o'W.Tviti :i of sell l irs and
teachers was directed to the coming fes
tival. " What are you going to bring, John?"
asked one teacher, speaking to a boy in
her class.
Tin going to bring a pumpkin," re
plied John.
' What will you contribute, James?"
" Oh, I'll take cucumbers."
"And Henry," continued the interest
ed teacher," what will yours be'?"
I'll bring my cat," returned Henry,
after a moment's thought.
"Oh, no! that won't do; yon can't
bring live things," the teacher said.
Henry was silent for a moment. But
he wanted to do his duty in the matter
of contribution, so he proioaed :
" Well, I s'pose I could kill iL" Troy
Tunc.
"John, I am afraid we can't go to the
theater any more," said a Chicago wo
rn n to her husband.
"Xo, I'm afraid re can't tnoney is
getting very tight"
" 1 shall miss it dreadfully."
" So shall I."
"What shall we do?"
'' I have it. We'll hang your big hat
on the buck or baby s chair ana sit and
look at it," Merchant Trnnler.
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A ITS
Managed.
Raymond Ives and Lottie Charteris
were engaged to lie n arried. It was a
love match, and consequently they ought
to have leen happy, but Raynioutt Ives'
fm as he stood tugging at ids mustache
and staring into vacancy, was anything
but the picture of happiness. But then
the course of true love know, nev-r did
run smooth, and this case was not an ex
ception.
Lottie, of course, was the sole cause of
all the trouble. The course of true love
woul.l run without a ripple if Miss Lot-
tie wouldn't tell Riymond th.it this, that j
or the other man was "just too hand
some;" "any girl's fancy;" " perfectly
splendid," R iymond w;is just now treated
to some such information, which ac
counts for the ferocious tugging at his
mustache.
Lottie Charteris was pretty, plump,
and petite. She always received consid
erable attention from the opKsite sex.
This, we are afraid made Lottie a little
vain. She loved Raymond Ives, but she
did enjoy nuking him jealous. She had
a propensity for flirting, and she thought
the more attention she received from
others the more R lyinond Ives would
love her.
" I cau't stand it any longer," said
Raymond to himself, as he stood and
stared out of the wiu low. "I wonder
how it would work if two played at the
same game."
" I think Clam Lewis is so graceful,"
said Riymond next day to Lottie ""she
was valking on lx-fore tue this morning
and I couldn't help admiring her, but
then your tall ladies alwayt look graceful
they show whatever they w -ar to such
good advantage."
Riymond Smke as if in a thoughtful
mood, and Littie lisiked up at him with
surprise, that slia could not hide, though
she smiled and said lightly :
"Well, what has come over the spirit
of your dreams? I thought you never
saw any beauty in till jieople ?"
'' You thought so? That's strange. I
am sure the man must be blind that
would fail to discern tli.lt Clara "L-wis is
a handsome girl."
"O'i ! I lielieve in the old saving, said
Lottie, with something like an indignant
toss of the he.i I, "' the most precious
g'uls are done up in small parcels.' "
" And how alsmt the poison ? D i you
beli -ve that, too?" ask.? 1 Raytnon L
" Well, poison is Very expensive to, say
tiie least anyway. I never could sue
anything nice in lieing tall. Take flow
ers, and the most beautiful grow near tiie
ground ; it is only the weeds and all that
are verv coarse and common that shoot
np."
"That's queer," said Riymond, quiet
ly; "it wis only yetterliy that you
wert ent into ecstacie teHrn me tout
Charlie Dalton was so tall and so hand
some." Jic-t as Rtymond Bnished speaking,
Clara Lewis came in. Clara was Lottie's
companion from childhood up, and mt-
haps to-day was the first time in Lottie's
life that she was not glad to see her old
friend.
Was Riymond very attentive to Clara.
or whs it all imagination on" Lotties
part?
Lottie couldn't tell. She only knew
she felt ill at ease about something, and
when she found herself alone' she stood
b 'fora the glass, surveying herself and
wondered if it wouldn't add to her at
tractions to have a few inches added to
her height. Xo mistake about it, Clara
always did look well, Lottie thought, and
somehow she appeare'l some smaller in
her own eyes to-day than ever she did
before.
A few eveningt after, there were some
friends assembled in Lottie's parlor.
Raymond was very attentive to Clara
Lewis, until Miss Powers, a still hand
somer girl than Clara made her appear
ance. When Mi is Powers w as at the pian i,
Raymond was beside her turning her
music, Lottie could hardly credit what
she saiv. Raymond Ives was flirting with
every pretty girl he came across, and she
felt wretched.
Charlie Dalton. lall and handsome,
was present, but Lottie had no heart to
flirt with him ; she had eyes for no one
in the room but Riymond. She thought
his con luct was scandalous cruel. H.s
heart had changed toward her he loved
her no longer.
That night Lottie h id a good cry in
her own room. Riynt'ind loved her no
longer. And to-morrow, though she
knew it would kill her to do it. just as
surely a the sun rose she would give
him back the engagement ring.
Riymond came next day, and found
Lottie alone. She scarcely noticed him
when he entered the room. She was
very white, very quiet, and looked every
where but at him. He en is.se I over to
where she was sitting, with an amused
expression of countenance.
" Why so pensive, L ittie ?"
Lottie did not answer, but her lips
quivered, her eye lids dropjie I an 1 she
fidgeted with herring.
" Lottie, what tioubles you?" said
Raymond Ives, putting las arms around
her.
Lottie's answer was a fl.avl of tears ;
and Liking her ring from her finger! she
Said Is'tweeu her sole :
" Hers is your ring, Riymond. I don't
want to marry a man who cares nothing
for me."
" I care nothing for you. Lottie ! Why,
what put that foolish notion into your
head r
" Last night you were making love to
Clara Lewis and Miss Powers," sobbed
Lottie.
"Oh, I didn't think yon took any no
tice of thaL It was what you call a little
harm less flirtation. You know how you
flirt sometimes, Lottie."
Yes Lottie knew she did, and she
looked at the roses on the carjiet and
wondered if Raymond ever felt as tut
erable when she was flirting as she did
now.
" Raymond, I think it wrong to flirt,
said Lottie, without looking up.
" Since when T Raymond was going to
say, hut trying bard to repress a smile,
he said instead:
You really think it's wrong, Lottie?"
" Yea, I do," said Lottie, wiping her
yes.
" And you never intend to flirt any
more V
"Sever I" answered Lottie.
"Then you'll never nee roe flirting
again, dearest," said Raymond, drawing
Lottie closer to bim.
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Lottie replaced her engagement rinir
on her finger, and Raymond neves, told
her how he had cured her of flirting.
The Garnish of H Dusekeeping.
We all know the ditferenrea little taste
and care mak in th pr.rir.tti'n of ivtr
f fund, and how mneh more jviltabie t the
I plainest fare daintily serve ! than the
r ni'st recherche cookery if carelessly or
I untidily prep ire.l. The aioe rule hold
M ,n ":"'.v anu 1,0 on
i mnr a!ive to tl"? f il t th;in our hm,",--
j u!'lfr
It is in most cases owing to this lack
of garnish that the tniij -ritv of the d:ti-
culties that be--t the I'lth century house
! mothers arise. We despise the day of
small things, and fail by little and
little. Little roug mess iass unchecked,
little courtesies nrgle.-te.I, little mean
nesses overi.a.ed or laughed al. small
matter thai rmi"l .i triviil lo notice
at the time which yet will in the end
amount to a tidal as startling as it is
formidable.
We all know that in our housekeeping
it is not the large sums that are so trying.
We count the coot of a large outlay, and
make provision for it; but it is the tiny
sums, the pennies and half pence, that
mount up so terribly and so unexpectedly
in our weekly accounts. Well, it is Ihe
same in our daily life ; the foolish jesl.
harmless enough 'possibly to the elder,
but which the children he.tr with round
eyed horror, and discuss later in nursery
conclave : the hasty, discourteous word
to your governess, for which you proba
bly apologized nicely enough later, but
which tiie maid, or the bairns before
whom yo.i so thoughtlessly utteivd it
will not forget as sin us you do; the
sharp, perhaps undeserved reproof to tiie
servants these you consider trifles very
likely, though how they tell on the well
being of a household few but experienced
housekeejiers realize. At ail events,
these trities show a lamentable de
ficiency in 'die "garnish" that makes
such an i.n te-nse ditf -reni-e in the com
fort of our daily existence.
A g.Kxl deal of the uncomfortable feel
ing that undoubtedly exists between
mistress an I maid owes its origin in great
a measure to this neglect of small things.
A few years ag there was an unbridge
able gulf let Aeen up and down stairs.
ServaiiLs wen: ex(ceted to "kuow their
place," wen- looked on as a kind of liv
ing automata. uttelv unconscious of the
sitv ings and doings of the superior Ijeings
they were privileged to serve. Xot lie
ing either blind, deaf or dumb, they were
nothing of the sort. Ivit, on the contrary,
uninminotily s!i irp (and ocrasionuliv
malicious) crit'n-s of their betters, a id
amply revenged the slight they were
quick to see was put upon them.
.This feeling we have now to cotn'jat
when trying in some measure to restore
'the rorshint Mrvice of the antique
world," and the ta-k is not a tight one;
"the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and
the children's teeth are set on edge."
We looked on our servants a a separate
class, wi'h feeling, utterly different to
ours, and incapable of understanding
much less appnviating the little gar
nish we considered only the onlinary
courtesy of daily life in our station.
Well, they frankly aivcpted the situation
and, very naturally. , insist on tiie advant
ages of the position wc have fon-ed them
to take up. Tn-al a man as a human
wolf, and if he shows his teeth, aye, and
use them, too, w ho shall blame hint ?
And do you think th it women, with
their more highly strung nerves and sen
sitive feelings, are likely to Like the mat
ter more coolly? Hanlly. We have de
spised the garnish, and have only our
selves to thank if the rough edges show.
It is the same witii our ch.ldren. We
allor them to speak disresectfu!ly to
ourselves, nvughly to one another, rudely
to the servants. We actually foster their
seitishness, and treat xs clever jokes the
petty meanness and tlie spiteful speech :
and then we wonder if our lads and
lasses gnw up rough and uncouth, or. if
endowed with a surface polish, without
one single thought for anything outside
their own comfort, and re call heaven
and earth to witness that never since the
creation were parents so innocently un
fortunate. If women would only realize what a
lowerful weapon real refinement is, they
would value it tuon for themselves and
anxiously cultivate it in their offspring
It is the same in everything. Give
peop; ire-lit for right feeling and g-ssl
intentions, and in n.ne cases out of 10 vou
will do more to pnsluce them than by
the most eloquent admonitions or the
most eloquent watchfulness.
They Were all for Him.
The srh'iol miiiinittee of Xew Bed fori I
were called upon t cIunh.: a superintend
ent of sch'iols the other evening. Two
can-lid ites were n i n :l, !rtii tu"ti of
experience, ability and character. Con
cerning one if tne u the le i ling p iper in
Ihe city where he ii is been Working says
of his two and a li t f years' work :
"It hit irvrn b-y t.i I qi :s'.ioti or
doubt competent, protitadle an I iiig iiy
advantageous in every way to the pnblic
sehools. System, order and organization
have been greatly improved. Hisscolar
ship is of the best, while his practical
experience a a teacher from the primary
to a high schiail h is been of exi-ellent
service. We believe, also, that he has
looked after the finances of the de
partment as if the) money were his
own."
Just before the election took place a
woman called the attention of the com
mittee to the fact that this candidate
ased tobacco and the other didn't, so far
as she knew. It is plasunt to be able to
state that he received 17 votes, which
was alt thiv wtes there were. If she had
charged hi'n with e iting onions, or some
similarly heinous offense, it is to be fear
ed the committee would have looked
only at his qualifications, and elected
him just the same.
Parent Look, here,
never do! S m Wa.it
boy, this will
viil never do?
" Your report shows that you have mis-
behaved at school. Ihotethis will uot
happen again." "Tnat's all right, dad.
Keep a stiff upper lip. Din t tone cour
age. We mast hope for the best. T?jcom
Sifting.
From the Pastor of the Olivet Baptist
Church, Philadelphia, Pa- i was so much
troubled with catarrh it seriously effect
ed my voice. One bott) of Ely' Cream
Balm did the work. My voice is fully
restored. B. F. Lie' uner.
Public Libraries.
The growth of p blic libraries has bt
one of the most remarkable features of
(IU century progress. Tiie British Mti
oi;n.whieh in roraprehensirenes t.tkos
prtceleni-e of all trie great libraries of tiie
j wor!-d :tw rot lectins ev;! of foreign
j 1'ter.tt ,in eon ir.:i: .v :!i t i -s ' li.e
couniri.'s in which they were pn.oicsf
was founded as late as W'iX Haifa cen
tury ago, when tile late Sir A. Panizzi
took charge of it, its printed books
numbered only 2-er,)'). They are now
eonsiilerably over l,.W,0ii. A to the
other libraries of the metropolis, and of
the United Kingdom, though their in
crease has not kept pace with that of:!ie
museum, they have u:i I.Tg-m- very
marked development, an., h in Ir.-is of
new libraries, genera! and special, publ o
an.l private, refi-remv a id lending, and
both combined, have been e-t id' -'i.-d
throiTjdoit; tlie ii.iii'rv.-
It is in tiie I'rev: piVir l.iinries ,.f t!,,.
towns, however, tiiat the r-cor l-l ad
vance has 'oven m.r-t ext ra-.r lia in.' an!
of great st utility to the in iiini'd!:cw
tliat nave proiite I 'iv t'eeii. M- t it',
Public Libraries at t of s,"), a'n n ic l hi
sitci ee iing years, g.nea we;,-,, w. ; u.s t.is
to the movement. Over WO cities an t
towns have rate sujitrtel libarif s in
accordance with the acts, though it is
note-worthy that some of the more . on
ions centers still hold Kick lieing, ia
some cases, at lea?, supplied from other
itirces. It is all the more to tne enslit
of the smaller towns that they have
availed themselves of the pr vi-ion made
for them by the Law, something like S-
of the public library towns having under
J Vi. V il itih.ihit.tnts, and f these ahc.nl 35
not exceeding i-v k. So nc of the towns
had i iy bequMsl the n.n-leusof libraries
when the acts came into fonv.
The Manchester Free Library w is the
first to take ad vantage of the &-t of H k
the library being op-u I in lslj.
Liverp-vol, Silforl, X ittingni ti. B rning
haui, Xewca-st'e, Leeds. Bra li'or I, Bristol,
Leicester and other places followed the
example. In Scotland, after H54, the
act came into operation an I a n i ubcr of
towns availed themselves of it. D in lee,
for instance,, has a public libriry of be
tween :-,. X an I -W.'VM volumes. Until
rinvntlv Dnndalk was the only Irish
town that had movie use of tii, act ; but
several Irish towns Itave fair libraries, to
which th" public has aci-ess. and an effort
has of late been made to make a more
extended application of the British sys
tem. In nenriy ail the British colonies some
thing has livn done lo ni.;dy lh- public
sith reading. At Sydney. X. S. W.
there is a public library of more than
Vl.l)') I Vila ties, frcii which books are
ient, an t which is open on San lay.
Melixnirne, Victoria, has a public library
f between 1!0,)V) and 1J'l,D'); volumes,
while A ieiaide, S. A. ; Bnslmne, Queens
land ; Oug an t Wellington, Xew Z n
land, and H ihart Town. Tas mania, all,
give evidems-, in like m inn-r. of the
P'lbac spirit and infelligi'tns' of our
Australian kinsmen. In India. Smth.
Africa and the West Indies we rind, in
varying prop irtions, the sign- of like in
tele-ctn.il hie. O tr great lilw.ry at tt to
wn, is, however, as an institution, equal
to show, the public library of M lis. urn
living its only rival in nu uU-r of hooks,
ihongii In lia an I ,-ven Smth Ai'ricj are
lu'lore it in m.innscripts.
In considering a qu sdion ni this kind
we can in it help glancing i.t the United
Slates. From one point of view the sur
vey gives no encouragement. In l'U, a
-late-wt wihieh ui population our neigh
Tlrs ti.tY TKichff- tht- stgi tit nborit
which we are to-day, all the libraries of
United States did not exii-ed a total of
S IijihI volumes. T i-il ty the agjreg.ite is
n it far from 1 4 l .. K r Some time ago,
in connection with the II ifv.tr I di cen
tennial celebrttion, we alluded to the
founda ion of the first public lihriry in
what are now the United States.
The sufiscription library has Ion r been
a purely Amerii-an institution. Mercan
tile libraries are fairly niioierous. and of
historical, legal, scientific and s-cialists'
libraries there is a pretty full supply.
There are altogether alwmt SO libraries of
-fljUK) volumes. Tne B istou P i ilic Li
brary is getting iu, to its, VM.O'X) ; the
Astor, of Xew York, to its ) ). II ir
vnrd numbers over SOI.'TIi); Yale. 175,
OifO. Tiie lilntry of Congress, Washing
ton, has well on to 4',0i0. The pnbitc
town libraries grew for the most part out
of the school collections. They ar still
mainly intended to serve the purpose of
public eiluc.it ion.
Besides these, every state and territory
has its own tibary. It is the rule, indeed
in organizing a new territory to niake a
grant for that end. To us Canadians,
and to us M intrealers esecia!iy, the in
ference to be d-on fr.n these .".Tittered
statistics is obvious enough. Tirjnto.
availing it.se'f ..f legislation based on that
of the Birtish act of 1SV), has shown that.
in the matter of a public library, as in
other things, when there's a will there's
a way. In Montreal we are differently
situated. Our forces are d ivied. Never
theless, the gron id work of union" an.l
co-oporotion has im-n laid, and possibly
out of the inoveiu-at tii.it is now afoot
some plan m iy be d :vised which will
lead the establishment of a public libra
ry worthy of our ranks m a city, and by
which ail 0"r people may benefit.
Thing3 Worth Knowing.
That inspiration is nothing without
work.
That a pound of le-arnipg requires ten
pound of common sense to applv it.
That there is no .imit to the ago at
which a uc.n can make s fool of himself.
That a tiling is never t s often rejs'at
e l vhVli is never s i :fl icnt iy 'earned.
That the cat which is always wa.-hing
himself U'f-.re tiie fire has no time lo go
ratting.
That there is a vast difference U-tw een
being an i:iip-rtah iersoii.ige and a sclf
iiuiortaiit one.
That a silver dollar m.ik.-s more noi
than a five dollar bill when it is Jmp;ed
into a contribution Is.x.
That when thought does not deserve
a neat dressi it is well to keep it in some
dark closet of your own brain.
That he who blows thecou'sin quar
rels he has nothing to do with has no
right to complain if the srks fly in hia
face.
That a fool can ask more quvstiona
than a wise man can answer, and a wise
man cannot ask more questions than he
will find fools ready to undertake to an
swer. Gtni-ILmik'rpiig.
Says old Allen Thompson: "When I
am in the wood 1 never use a compass;
in fact. I don't need any. There are threw
sure ways that I have for finding the
points of the compass. You wiil notice
that three-fourths of the moss on tree
I grows on the m rth side: the heaviest
J boughs on spruce trees are on the South
. side; and, thirdly, the toint twig of
every niiinjured hemlock tis to the east.
You just remember these things and yoo
will never get lost."
What is the difference between stab
bing a man and killing a hog? One ia
a-isaulting ith intent to kill and the other
is killing with intent to salt.
De sto'keeper's long prat,n't no sign
of a long yardstick.
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