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With just the lulling sound of brooks Out childhood used to know ; Her eyes are bright, her steps are light, There's music on her tongue; And all ber days are beautiful because ber heart is young. With the perpetual sunshine Of sixty cheerful years ! With scarce a cloud or shadow, save The sweet relieving tears (That heritage of womanhood) That surely comes to all. Like those soft sunlit summer showers That brighten as they full 1 For hope. Immortal flower of heaven. Is roo'cd In her breast ; And patience Is ber handmaid, And Charity her guest ; F moolhing the paths of others. And turning their clouds to guld With cheery helpfulness, she hath No time for gtow iug old ! Content that God s sweet providence And love arc over all Sr'ee makes the very best of life. No matter what befall ! Thus all her days are set to song, The sweetest ever sung ; Ami '.f she lives an hundred years She ulways wiM be young ! TRUE TO THE DEATH. BY Rl Ft 8 HALE. " Well, Captain llayton, I liot you aiei making progress in your courthhip of the beautiful young lady I introduced you to some tnontliH ago." TliU3 addressed ly a friend who Lad uillud on Liui, Ilayton, a dark, liandrtome young man, with dark wbihkers and rud dy i lieeks, stroked his beard complacent ly as lie replied : I hope no. Although Miss Wei don has several other suitors, of course, I shall ' cut them out.' " " Have you proiKtsed?" " Not yet ; will do so to-morrow. A month hence, expect an invitation to our wedding. By the way, would yu be lieve it? that sober fellow, Allan C.iiap bell. who formerly was first oll'uer aboard my steamer, is one of Miss Wel don's admirers," "lie is? Why, I always thoi ht him too backward to 1 make up ' to any girl. Then, again, his voice is like a httrriranei and would, I believe, frighten any wo man out of her wits. You jertainly have nothing to fear from him ?" The two friends laughed heartily. The idea of plain Alia; . Campbell thinking to win the favor of a light-heftrted, be-uti-fu! girl like Miss Weldon, seemed to af ford them infinite amusement. Next day the captain called on the young iady and " proposed," when, to his surprise, the blushing gH gently but decidedly refused h.j oIRt, informing bini, when iniiortuned, that she was pledged to another. Chagrined and mortified, he took leave of her to meet lbn Campbell, in the next street, going in the direction of the house he, liayton, had juht then qui'ted. Allan wan a sturdy young fellow, with irregular but firm features. He was seri ous and reserved in manner, and what little he said was sensible and to the point, delivered in a deep voice, which, however, was neither rough nor loud. He was steady, truthful and energetic ; had worked his way np fw i before the mast to the position of captain, owning his own vessel a bark in the West India trade. The moment liayton saw him he could not, in spite of his late rejection, help laughing. " I know whither you are bound, Al lan," he said, " but you'll have to change your course. The pretty craft has been captured. "What craft?" inquired Allan, with out the faintest sign of a smile. " I mean Miss Lucy Weldon. No hope there for even me now. She told me herself that she was promised to an other." " 1 know she is. Yesterday I proposed to her, and she accepted me." "How? What? When was that?" cried the astonished captain. " At exactly ten minutes past three o'clock." Hayton started, for he remembered it was just at that time, on the d iy In-fore, that he and his friend were lapghingover the idea of Allan's thinking to win the young lady's regard. " Come, you are joking, Baid the cha grined suitor. " I never joke," was the reply. "Well well, continued the other, draw ing a long breath, " I thought you were the last man she would accept." " I leave you to your thoughts," an swered Allan, moving on. " .She will tire of such a fellow in sis months," muttered liayton, exultingly. " There w ill be a divorce." In his rage and jealousy he wished all manner of harm to his rival. A month after his meeting with the latter the weddimjtook place, and though invited to attend it, he excused him self. Three years passed. Captain Ray ton had not yet forgotten Lis disappointment and often brooded over it, andjnow, as he stood on the deck of the steamship he commanded, on her way to Havana, the memory of his rejection and the prefer ence given to Allan was bitterly forced upon his mind by the sight of a bark to leeward. This bark he recognized mrougc his glass as the one owned and comman ded bv his successful rival, lie knew iter well by the red bands about her fore and tnaintnastneads. "And she bislwlfe is with him," he muttered, gloomily, " As I have heard, she always accompanies him on his voy ages." Drifting mist and rack soon after gath ered. The wind blew almost a gale, and the steamer labored in the heavy seas as she rushed on her way. " Sail-ho ! right ahead !" suddenly roared the man on the lookout. There she was Allan Campbell's bark looming up through the rack not twen tv fathoms ahead. " Hard-a-port !" shouted Rayton, and at the same time he gave the signal for slacking speed. The steamer was rushing straight to ward the bark, and unless something set ESTABLISHED 1827. were very quickly done, must strike her. " On the quarter-deck of the sailing craft, nearly amid-ehips, stood Campbell, trumpet in hand, and close by him was his lovely wife. "No ! no ! be roaredathrough his tram pet in a stentorian voice to Rayton. " Hard-star-board hard ! Quick! and' you will clear me !" The other captain, perceiving the mis take he had made, was about to give the required order, when he saw Mrs. Camp bell lay one little hand trustingly on her husband's arm. The sight aroused all the envious and malignant feelings if Rayton's nature and he hesitated about Jgiving the intended command. "1 will let the steamer strike the bark," thought he. " My vessel is ot iron, and will not be harmed, while she will sink the other, and then those two wretches whom I now hate, will perish," Had as lie was, however, the thought was only temporary. Rut he had lost time enough by 'his criminal hesitation to render the order hard-a-staiboard,' which lie now issued, of no avail whatev er to save the fah;d craft. Tor an instant the steame seemed to hover on the crct of a sea with the bark directly beneath her ; then, ere she could swing off, down . he drove upon the sailing vessel her heavy bouys striking it amidships. There was a loud crash the noise of splintered woodwork and nearly the w hole port-side of the bark was badly crushed, together with all her coats, ttie quarter-beat, the launch and the dingey, ere by swinging olf she enabled the stea mer to pass, grazing her stern. But for Alan's rrompt mamevertng, the huge vessel would have cut him in two at once. s it was, the water poured rapidly into his hold, and his bark must go down in less Uian half an hour. " Our boats are all broken ! We are lost !" crsed his wife, shrinking, pale with terror, close to i is side, while he stood, with an arm aliout her waist, striv ing to allay her fears. Forward, the he, sweeping over the bark, had driven the crew aft. " There will, of course, be a boat from the other ship to our rescue," cried Al lan, in a cool, collated voice, as Iiayt n's craft vanished in the heavy mist and rack. He was right. A boat, w!th the steam ers captain in uie stern-siieets. urg- Dfr his men at thu oars, soon camu in eight. ' " Mrs. Campbell clapped her hands. "Come, Allan," she eaid, " let us lie ready to get in the boat. " Yes, Lucy, you must, be ready," he artsweied, " but as capfain of this craft, it is my duty to be the last man to '.eave hei. When the boat caAte alongside -Lucy refused to get in." " I must see if it will hold us uU first," she said. "Jump in, men, to satisfy her; we've no time to lose," cried Allan to his crew. U the men entered the boat. There was room for only one person more ! A look of fierce joy darkened Rayton's face. Now," thought he, " Allan must of course give the one vacant place to his wife. She w ill take it, and her husband will be left aboard the bark to go down with the craft, ere further assistance can reach him. Mrs. Campbell, thus made a widow, and ere this, probably tired of her stupid partner, will now know how to appieciate the contrast between him and uie, and w ill soon consent to become my wife." " Come, Lucy, get in," said Allan. " There is not room for two," she an swered. " Never mind ; my place is here ; your'a is in ttie uoai- " And what w ill become of you ?" "I must go down w ith my craft if there is no other way!'' Quick cried liayton, holding up his arms to help Lucy into the boat. "The bark is about to make her last plunge." Cio," Lucy," entreated Allan. "Never miun me. Leave me 10 uie iate mat cannot be heljed, and save yourself." Then he tried to force her into the boat but. now, throwing both arms about his neck, and clinging to him tightly, while her beautiful face was lighted with .love and resolution, she answered : " I w ill not go. Sooder than desert you I will die with you !" " Cast loose the boat warp !" hhonted the mortified and disappointed Rayton " tjuick ! We must save ourselves, at any rate." With a loud, gurgling roar, as the boat drifted clear of the bark, an avalanche of water swept over. the latter," which was buried to her waist. ' " There she goes!" cried several of the sailors as the stoven vessel gave a side long yaw, preparatory to plunging be neath the sea. " Ay ; and thoso two living fools will go down w ith her !" muttered the angry captain, between his teeth. " It will serve them right." Just then there was a shout Another boat, which had been lowerext by the steamer's second officer, was seen emerg ing from the rack and mist close to the sinking craft. Had Allan waited longer, his wife and he must have been drawn down by the floundering wreck. Therefore, with an arm about h?r waist, he sprang as far out with her as he could into the sea, from which, a moment later, the two were helped into the second officer's boat. As the latter was swiftly pulled away, the bark was seen tol'ft her head for an in stant, and then to surge over on her beam ends w ith a violence which caused her mainmast to go crashing over by the board as Bhe sank beneath the surging waters. Several loosened blocks from the fallen mast were hurled outward from it, and while Captain Raytou, who had sullenly witneased the rescue of the couple, Btood watching him, one of these blocks struck him on the head, knocking him down, senseless- After the boats reached the steamer, the doctor there pronounced Rayton's in jury a fatal one. The unfortunate man lingered for three days, during which he was kindlv tended by Allan Campbell, who did all in his power te relieve the sufferings of his former shipmate. Just before dying Rayton said to his rival : "I have wronged you in my own mind. Have bated you and wished you ill. Now I regret it, and hope you may ever be prosperous and happy. I do not think you can help being so with your bonny, loving wife, who hai so nobly proven herself " True to The Death !" How Can You Explain It? A tale of the supernatural te generally ' followed by the question : "How do you explain that?" And we have all heard of the old Scotchman w ho answered it promptly in these words: "The inon lied." The "mon" often lies, and still oftener exaggerates. I never take a mar vellous story myself without "a grain of salt ;" and if I did not hope that my readers do the same my conscience would be heavy with the weight of every thing of the sort I have ever written. And yet, after all, within bounds I adore the marvellous, and I open my mouth for all I can get of those fabu lous "sugar plums," which are generally prepared in such a tempting fashion that if we cannot swallow them we desire to do so. The ordinary human being, un aided and not abetud by higher powers, is such a helpless creature! A guardian angel, the spirit of a departed friend, or even a good fairy, could help one out so in the emergencies of life. And after ill, how are we to feel so sure that we are wise in putting from us the idea that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy ? If there is nothing in the stories wo hear, why are so many told? Who has not one tiny bit of su perstitution tbtt he treasures in his b"art? Who have not some ancestors who couM tell a tale that wguld make the hairs upon their childish heads seem to rise, and cause them to draw nearer to her k ne -, as she went on ? In after yeirs they shake those heads grown gray or bald, and say : "Of coarse, it is all nonsense." But it w as not at all nonsense when she told it, with her steadfast air of be lief, aud those who listened knew she was a woman of sense and judgment. Merer nary wretches who coin everything into hard cash have taken advantage of this yearning for the marvellous, and of the anguished longings of broken hearts, and of the wish lovers hav to be assur ed by miore than mortal voices that their lov shall prospei, and advertise them selves as clairvoyants, mediums and soothsayers, for prices ranging from twenty-five cents to ve dol'ars the hair hour. They tell you whom you will marry, and call Cj jter-looiing spirits from a cabini tfor your edification, but yo': are never edified. There is no proof that such supernatur al tbiL-gs are ever kenned by mortals. There never -vill be any, I suppose ; but I cannot see that to those who hold the Christian's I -el iff, it can be foolish to dream- that invisible links bind Us to those who have passed beyond the mi ts, or even that there are holy beings who sometimes git e us a loving glanceor bles sing, knowing how aiuch we need them. The Indian Regiment I ran across Frank Bennett, ex-chief of Indian scouts for the department ot New Mexieo, at the Astor house. Frank bs had, perhajis, more In iian service in the southwest than any of the trus'.exl gov e -anient scouts, Al .Seiber, of Ariwna, not excepted. He served r-nder Hatch, B'jel, Forsyth and Crook from tne time Victorio broke out in lS,so until Crook tracked the Apaches into Mexico and broke them up. He is now engaged in mining, being interested in several claims in New Mexico and Arizona, and is here on business connected with them. Speak ing of the proposition to form a regiment of Indians to bea part of the regular army, now under consideration by the war department, he said : "If Indians are enlisted a system of tactics and discipline must be adopted different from that of any regiment we have in the regular service, or there will be a mutiny before many moons. The Indian character isopposed to restraint, and an army life is one of such dull routine as would drive an Indian crazy. It is true that the scout companies which served under Hatch, Ruel, Morrow and Crook did well, but they were wisely subjected to little or no discipline. It was go as you please. Our scout com panies were nominally commanded by a lieutenant of cavalry, who had with him a chief of scouts, w ho acted as interpre ter as well, and, as a rule, the Indians led the white men, not the white men the Indians. There is hardly a chance of any further Indian troubles, anyhow. If there be any outbreak it will be as for years back in the southwest, and what use could the so called 'civilized Indians' of the Carlisle school be in that region? I do not believe a right practical Indian fighter will indorse the scheme certain ly not Gen. Miles, who has very pro nounced opinions on the subject." New York ir. Corn and Potato StuDble. The preparation of stubble ground for planting or sowing is an important labor at this season. An Eastern contempora ry very pertinently says that were it not for corn butts, which are in the way un less ploughed under, many farmers would hardly think of ploughing corn-stubbles to fit it for Spring crops. Where ground is full of large weeds it would still be necessary to plough to get them out of the way. In tact, pretty deep ploughing is needed to get the butts of last year'a corn under far enough so that the har row or drill will not drag them up to the surface. Harrowing the field as soon as frost is out of the ground will pull up most of them, and repeating the process usually makes a mellow and but little rougher seed bed than will be secured after a great deal more labor by the usual method. Roll the ground after ward, and most of the stubs will be press ed into the soil so as not to be in the way in harvesting. If it be thought im portant to get the butts out of the way entirely they may be raked together after being dragged loose, and burned, at less cost than would be required to plough them under.. With potato stub ble there is still lessened for ploughing. Dead potato tops may be burned on the ground where they have lain, or in most cases will break up by handling, so that they will not be in the way. Most of their mineral matter has been leached into the soil during the winter. The reason some men get married is that they may put things in their wife's ; name. -a. Knd of Kornvillo T7 TT He 1 He Wanted to "Remain." A typical Missourian from the back counties appeared at the Tremont Ho' se recently and asked for a room. He aaid his name was John Wakely. About 5 o'clock he approached the clerk'a desk and said : "Guess IU remain, 'cause I'm kinder tired." "Pleased to have you," rattled the clerk. What's your name 7' "Wakely." "Oh, yes ; give you No. 5fil, front room, with bath, southern exposure. Y'ou can get dinner at 6." The fellow stood like a bronze statue for a few moments, nd then took a chair opposite the counter. At (J o'clock another clerk came on watch, and Wakely went to him, saying: "My name's "Wakely. . Guess I'll re main." "Thank you, Mr. Wakely ; let's see ; 551 ; best room on that floor, if not in the house. Just make yourself at home here. The man seemed dumfounded at some thing and he returned to hi- chair, di rectly opposite the register. When tbe nightclerk appeared at 11 o'clock, the Missourian almost ran to the counter. "I'm glad they got a new boy," he said. "I'm what they call 561, and I want to remain. Do you understand ?" "Certainly, Mr. Waktly. I'm going to eat my lunchoon, now, but if I can do anything for you after that, don't hesi tate to call me. Be pleased to serve you, sir." The strange uest, after glaring at tbe clerk, returned to his chair, where he did not move until 2 a. m. Then he was disturbed by a couple of late boisterous traveling aien. "We've had enough fun," spoke o ie of the drummers. "We might as well retire, and " Here the man from Missouri jumped two feet in the air, yelling out to the clerk : "Retire ! That's the blamed word I've been trying to say since yesterday noon, I guess I'll retire." Working Women's Apparel. "If you are a working woman and a.t ambitious to get on in wha'evcr yru may be doing," said one of the most clever and successful of that class, "there is one thing which you must Co, 8tid '"iat is dress well. Simply from i. business point of vioir, you cannot alfonl to do other wise. Aside from the vt.-y direct and healthful influenco the consciousness of being well dressed has upon the mind of any woman, the fact of her being so im press a other persons in her favor. Good clothes give her an ai- of prosperity that, in a working woman who supplies, her own needs, stands for good pay, and good pay means capable work. More than that, the hajit of wearing good clothes implies a recognition on the part of the wearer of her own dignity and worth, wh'ch others are very quick to see and acknowledge. It ought not to be true, perhaps, but it is true, that there is a quick instinct of consideration in the minds of most men and business life brings most working women chiefly into contact with men toward a w ell dressed woman that does not manifest itself to ward an ill-dressed, dowdy looking crea ture, and so the good clothes give her a j pleasanter atmosphere anil easier con- j ditiona in which to do her work. j "And as for the money side of the ' question, I ffrmly believe that my per sistence in dressing we'.I, even when I was desperately poor, has been worth at .east $500 a year to me. Let me tell you how I found that out. I am not by na ture careful about these matters, but on that bitter day when I made my first venture into the world in search of bread and butter some worldly wise instinct led me to put on the best gown I had. I went to an editor to ask for work as a fashion writer for his weekly edition. A shabby woman sat talking with him. He offered her $ 1 a week to do half the fashion work. She took his otfer and left. Then he turned to me. " 'I want to do the other half of that fashion work,' I said. "We talked a few minutes about it, and then he said : 'I'll pay you what I do the other woman, $15 a week.' " 'I can't do it for that,' I answered. 'I couldn't live on $15 a week.' "He looked me over critically from the top of my best hat down to my best French kid boots. " 'No,' he said slowly, after a bit, 'you look different, somehow, and I'll give you $20 a week.' "That was my first experience in tlio benefit of being well dressed, and each succeeding year has only added to it." -V. '. .Sun. A Deserved Rebuke. "Have you seen a small black dog go past here?" queried a woman of a boy who was standing at a street corner. "No'm. Lost your dog?" "Yes, and I'm worried to death." "Where do you live?" "In that brown house a little ways down there." "Why, that's where some children are sick hain't it?" "Yes, my four children are down ami not expected to live, and I've had to leave them alone and hunt for the dog." "That's right, ma'am ; children hain t of no earthly account, while small black dogs is of the greaWst importance. ou keep on hunting for the dog, and I'll go down to the bouse and kinder hang around to see whether any of the child ren die w hile you're gone. If they do, I'll call in the neighbors." She looked at him for a moment in a puzv.led way, and then started home without another mention of dog. The usual treatment of catarrh is very unsatisfactory, as thousands of despairing natients can testify. A trustworthy med ical, writer says : "Proper local treatment is positively necessary to success, but most of the remedies in general use by physicians afford but temporary benefit. A cure cannot be effected by snuffs, pow ders, douches and washes." Ely's Cream Balm is a remedy which combines the important requisites of quick action, spe cific curative power with perfect safety and pleasantness to the patient. "Mrs. Beaconsfield, will you consent to the marriage of your daughter and I ?" asked Collie. -4"Not until you have a better bold on your grammar, returned the Boston lady. Maniey't Weekly. Bridge. I Capacity of lot) pounds. - me rvnr, "irna rt m Ob O AVHOLE NO. 2080. The Yankee Spirit Now and then one hears more or less discussion as to what constitutes " the Y'ankee spirit," but like many other com mon phrases this one seems to elude the eiforts of the definer and to be al ays in the aii The one thing always agreed npon is that to be a real Yankee one must be good at a bargain, and if this is not very definite it is at least something. There is a small boy in the neighbor hood of Boston whose mother is English while his father is a New Knglander. The parents have often laughingly de bated whethefr the lad was or was not a genuine Yankee, but it was only on the day after last Christmas that they were able to agree in the matter. On that day the boy was for some time missing, and the whole family became much alarmed about him. The servants were sent to the neighbors, the house was thoroughly searched, the well looked into, and, as a last resort, the policemen of the village were called ujon to aid in discovering the truant. When matters had gone as far as this, the boy himself was seen coining across the lawn in a draggled and evidently ex hausted condition, but waving his hand with an air of tri imph. "I got thirty cents, mamma !" he shouted, as his anxious mother came out to meet him. "Thirty cents," she repeated in aston ishment. "How did you get thirty cents?" "Why, with my organ, of course," he answered, and he showed her, strapped upon his back a toy hand organ whichH Lad been among his Christmas gifts. "I've been playing way down to the other end of wt ." The English mother looked at the eagtr little fellow, divide 1 between a de sire to lauifh at the droll situation, the feeling that she should reprove the run away, and the relief she felt at seeing him kafe. "George," she said, turning to her hus band, w ho bad come up in time to hear his son's words, "you are right. He is a born Yankee." Youth' Olhiim.'jh. Unceremonious. As I'.e end of the Civil War drew near the 5"uth found itself in some straits for food and other necessaries. The biog rapher of I!. W. Allen, who was then Governor f Louisiana, describes the de pendence of the peopie on him, and his uncetiing eiforts to keep him from starv ation. ; A friend stepped into Allen's otlice at Shreveport, and found the governor seat ed before the fire between two country women soldiers' widows all three tak ing a comfortable smoke w ith their pipes. Allen was too courteous a gentleman not to conform immediately to the customs of "ladies." So, as he rather enjoyed a pipe, he would join them viry socially. His companions Lad a triple claim up en him they were women, soldiers' mothers, and Louisianaians. "Governor," said one of iiis wlleir, "we come to bother you a-.'ain, you aie such a friend to us poor women. Now, iovernor, we got the corn you sent us, but we ain't got no hoes and no ploughs to plant with." The (iovernor took his pipe from his mouth, and turning to his secretary, said: "Mr. Halsey, give these iadies an order for a plough and two hoes, free of charge." "But, Governor," they continued, "we want some meal, and some meat, and some sugar and ino'.asses.'' "Mr. Halsey, give the order for these articles." The women received the orders, knock ed the ashes from their pipes, shook hands w ith Allen, and started out of the door ; but halting at the door, said : "Well, Governor, we hate to bother you so much. You are .the best man alive. We are all going to name our next grandchildren after you ; but we foritot, we want a well-rope yet and a in.j." "Ladies," said the Governor, kindly, but with a perceptible smile curling round the coraers of his mouth, "you shall have the well-rope, but at present we are out of pigs." Youth's Comimnion. A Napoleon in His Way. A well known mad doctor has just died at Vienna. He had a large practice, a great reputation, and a curious, indeed a unique, experience. Napoleon was the great king-maker of the century. Prof.' I.eedesdorf was the great king-dethroner. No other medical man has had so large an exigence. When in 1S7U Sultan Mourad V. was to be depose,! and Abdul A.iz set upon the throne, the profeswor - was sent for to Constantinot.le. examined his royal patient and promptly declared him mad. There was no ap:eal from that decision. Later on, when Inis II. of Bavaria- was getting unusually eccen tric, his ministers did not dare take any stejis. Ttiey sent to Vienna for the pro fessor, w ho seemed to have no dilliculty in pronouncing him mad, and the meni liers felt their responsibility at an end. Sometimes he would be sent for to St. Petersburg. The Iiotiiauoff family had failings. And tiie professor had to give his verdict. On all these occasions he got great fees. It was easy work. No diKtor, not even a mad dix-tor, could doubt the insanity of the patients. I'all Mali G-l-VKr. During the war of 1S12 aiany banks outside of New England suspended spe cie payments, and the people were forced to use irredeemable bank bills as money. At the close of the war a National bank was created upon a sound basis, which caused ihe "irredeemable rags" to disap pear. Among the anecdotes of the time was this : A man carried to a bank in Pennsyl vania some bills which it had issued and demanded gold and silver for them. The cashier replied that they did not pay gold and silver. "Give niethen," says the man, ' bills of the I'nited States Bank."' "We have none." "Then give me bills on any bank in New England." "We have none of them." At this, the man growing desperate exclaimed : "Pay me, then, in the best counterfeit bills you have !" The Pennsylvania Railroad is experi menting with a shaking grateon its freight engines. An engine equipped with a grate ran over five days without clogging roadway. r uiii act A. ci. klMitKU A Railroad on Pike s Peak. A cog-wheel railroad is at present in course of construction on Tike's Peak, a mountain in Colorado belonging to the Rocky range. The railroad when com pleted will extend from Manitou to the summit of the Peak. The mountain is about 1 L215 feet in height, an.l its pre cipitous clifT of solid graoite, together w ith deep canons and ravines, f'ria ob stacles that combine to make the work of constructing the railway extremely difficult. The road-lied was commenced lat fail near the top of the mountain, and con tinued downwards, because the intensely cold weather prevailing during the win ter at such an elevation prevents work beimr carried on then. Mules and burro were used to transport by trail all the tools, camping outfit and provisions to the camps along the line of the road. Eight hundred men and one hundred and twenty teams of horses and mu'es were employed in making the road-bed. The elevation overcome throughout the entire line is about one thousand feet per mile. ln all places along the road where it is necessary to guard against wash-outs, culverts will be placed built of solid ma sonry. All the bridges will be iron and no trestles will be a-ted. The track will be standard gnage laid on red spruce ties. The engines will weigh thirty-five tons and will be operated by cog-wheels, fur nished with pinion brakes, that can bring the train to a standstill in ten inches when going either up or down. The engines are designed to move three coaches, and the maximum speed of the train is eight miles an hour. The cars will carry fifty passengers and will be pmhed by the engines instead of being drawn. These will be only eighteen inches between the tracks and the lower part of the cars, as the latter w i'l be boilt on the tn'cks in order to keep them level. The trip up the mountain from Mani tou will require about one hour and fifty minutes, while the journey down will require ab at half an hour less. The cost of the road will be over half a mil lion dollars. It is expected that the work will be fini'Sed during the coming summer, and there is a probability that the line will be lighted by electricity, so that passengers can make the ascent at night in oroUr to see from the summit the sunrise in the morning. Australia's Wool Clip. The past wool season in Australia has; been a highly profitable one, anl not only have prices been satisfactory, but the clip is the largest on record. It is estimated that during the season 1,4S5, 000 bales were exported, against 1 ,-),( 0O in 18SH-9 anJ i;;i5,0U0 bales in l7-. A competent authority estimates that the total value of the clip at Au-alian ports was about 23,000,000, against a little over X21,000,'X)0 for ISAS-'i, and about Jtl7X),0fN for 187-8. The squat ting companies ami the lnks, whi'S are Iaigttly interested in stations, have dur ing the last two years been able to ma terially strengthen their position with respect to the pastoral industry. There is every prospect that, owing to the vat ness of the improvements made on the runs, especially in the storaire of water, the industry will suffer fewer vici.ssi ttii'es from drotuLt in the future than has been the case in the past, an 1 that the production of wool will steadily progress. li 'j tJ'l L'hrin- U. The Tale- of a Porous Plaster. "Well, Iennis, did that porous plaster help your lame back 7' "Fwell, doctor, Oi can't say that it has helped me much, yet, but mebbe it wi',1. You know it was only last night Oi tuk it." "Took it! What do you mean?" "Mane? Sure, Oi mane that Oi chaw ed 'n chawed fur half an hour on the owld thi.-'g 'n then i had to bolt it down hull. Seems to me if they'd bile 'em a little more, and not put so much pepper in they'd be aisier to chaw up, and wouldn't scorch a spalpeen's insoides so. Don't they have any soft ones for owld people, wid no teeth tosh pake of?" What "iTcosts Must be carefully considered by the great majority of people in buying even neces sities of life. Hood's SarsapariUa com mends itself with special force to the great middle classes, because it combines positive economy with great medicinal power. It is the only medicine of w hich can truly be said "liX) Doses One l o'.'ar,'' and a bottle taken according to detections will average to last a month. Sister Lizzie wes to be married in a few month and she was putting in the inter val of leisure from preparing for the cer mony in the way of dress by experiment ing on her family in the cooking line. Little John was going to bed and went through his usual prayers up to the point of saying "jive us this day our daily bread," when some depressing memory stnick him and he added, "but don't let our Lizzie bake it." Forced to Leave Home. Over (X) people were forced to leave their homes yesterday to call at their I urul 'ur -"" i Pge ot t-ane s j YmM? Medicine. If your blood is bad ; yur liver an'1 Sidneys out of order, if I a. -a . 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - .1. - ! 7" re "'nipaieu anu uae neao.iciu-, an'1 an niwightly complexion, don't fa.l to call on any druggist to-day for a in " sample of this grand remedy. The ladies praise it- Everyone likes it. Large-sir.e package, 50 cents. A postage stamp was recently found by a Connecticut physician in the ear of a little patient, and on its removal a feverd pain, from which the child had suffered, anil which caused the visit of the doctor, disappeared. The "relief fund" of the Pennsylvania Railroad is no small affair. Last year it is said that the employes contributed $:577,4iil and the company $70,lu, mak ing a a total of $417,11. Of this $:'. i:;,5oi was paid out. Hold It to the Light. The man who tells you confidentially just what will cure your cold is prescrib ing Kemp's Balsam this year. In the preparation of this remarkable medicine for coughs and colds no expense is spared to combine only the best and purest in gredients. Hold a bottle of Kemp's Bal sam to the light and look through it ; no tice the bright, clear look ; then compaie with other remedies. Price 5tV and $1. Halt tbe men who complain of some one standing in their road eventua.iy find that they didn't have any road. Be ready for the young chicks when they come from the nest ; have a place provided for them and make a right start if they are to be raised profitably. We are no longer happy as eoon as we wish to be happier. . Every temptation is great or small ac cording as the man is. History tells ns of illustricus til's :r, trot there neref was an illustrious miser. LANKAN. J Trastee. rrss, at ' " IlOI re rn r m iVi-o OOtIs Atom yii- IT
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