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Forgive tno lault, il so.Tietinin on Thy day ( And In Hiino house, my prayor huth lolde d winjej My gpii H turnol Irom Thee to thing! ol seme, And lo;ind dulii(bt in vuin Imagining. Oh, root and quiet pliices whore men pray! Without, Ihe gentle sound ol cawing , Within, the country luces fluiliod with honllh, Tho wlji'.o smocks bont above the dog' onrcd hooks; Soltbrca.h ol mignonotte and soented thyme From the warm hanrlg of children tilting by, And through tho open door a veil of elm Aoioes the fclory of the lummer iky j The sourd ol voioos In the shady lane, The trembling hoat above lomo quiet nioand And hero the sunbeams' painting on the wall. Tbe ivy'aliitnmoiing shadow on the ground ; And oveiywhnrea pregenoo, without name, Suhlle, iiifcirble a spell, no more Broutlung Irom arch and elm, Irom flower and groin Ay, Irom tho trodden stone upon the floor A souk thing il at we know is not, lo-dny, A somewhat that gives strength to prayer nnd song; And il we miss it, as we kneel to pray, Art Thou extreme, oh Lord, to mark it wrong T Kay, (or the desolate town was never Tbine, UnlovtlinOBS hath nevor purt in Thee' Vot wher gross man has marre J Thy handi work, Sauls, it at hocouhl not reach, are white and ' lite. So that I breath the hrcntho of Iragiant lives And learn that where Sowers siokun, hearts tjrow si roil:?, The bettor man within mo crie "Content!" Albeit tbo wanker whiper still " How long?" Sputaior. TOO SUSCEPTIBLE. Ian German by bJLithi but was left ru ii idnTii uvnnjMtrif age ni d rent to Bt. l'.-iersburg ti Iw" raised" bv two old maiden aun's, who regardtd me with curiosity and dislike, as if "a bounding human boy " were an odd and rather disagreeable animal; but they tolerated mo afar a while, and did their best for me. PI I Kit that I was intended for some thing better thau to be a clerk in a jew elry store; I us.d to feel the stir of young ".mbittnn in my heart whenever I passed the " Kcolo des Turps " in the Sadovoic-that great gilt structure, so imposing, yet of the color ot half-baked gitmcrhiead. But I determined to rise, and, even in the ignoble sphere in which 1 found my self, I soon made my way, and was at last rotindcntial clerk in Carnrels & Shoveloff, the greatest house in their line in St, Petersburg. Old Carnreis had been a diamond dealer in Frankfort, and had experience. Shovelotl' was a Russian, and had put in a large capital; but we have nothing to do with them. I found myself at twenty-three in the above-mentioned prosperous situation, and, moreover, engaged to a very pretty girl an heiress. Iliad therelore some reason to congratulate myself on a cer tain December night when, after taking leave cf Lisa, I was wali?ter rapidly home under the sparkling deep blue sky, well wrapped in furs, and quite warmed by my own thoughts. We were so near the wedding now there was scarcely a chance of faimre. To be sure old Schroeder, a fat, tallowy looking man in the candle trade, had never regarded me with favor. His Lisa, he thought, should have done much better than to throw herself away on a fellow who had nothing ex cept a salary. Rut the young girl was his only child, nnd had at last won her way with him. So it came to pass I had tho prospect before me of being a rich man ; and I thought ol that perhaps more than I did of the young girl who was giving me her heart's purest and best affections. So you will say I deserve all that lollowed ; and perhaps I do, but that is poor comfort. Lisa was a pretty little thing, with hair and eyes like a brown robin, and a winning trusting look that made a man feel like gathering her up in his arms and taking care of her. At the same time she had never stirred the depths of my being, and she was not the least like my ideal. Still I was quite serenely happy the next day as I went about my work, thinking cf the future. "To-morrow, Conrad, my boy,5' I said to myself, "you will set your foot on another round of the ladder of for tuneyou will have one of the best and truest ol girls for your bride, and a good round bum with her. She is not a dia mond of the first water, to be sure, but more like a pear! soft, moonbeamy, and" At that moment a swrsh of silken drapery startled me, and the tap of French heels' on the floor. I looked up and beheld such a vision of beauty that I tele like closing my eyea as it too much light hd dazzled me. A iady. young, yet with tho ripeness nnd bloom of summer, instead ot the blush and pro mise ol spnnc, stood beforo me. She was dressed in a costly combina tion oi sax ana velvet, she wore a sa ble cloak, and diamond pendant) at her ears. lsut 1 soaiceiy saw the jewels. although in that line, for looking into a pair of golden fringed violet eyes that rested upon me well, I might say plunged their glances into me in a strange and heart-fluttering style. For the rest, the lady had waving golden hair, rippling very low down on her white forehead, a straight Grecian nose, a pale, high bred complexion, with a faint aristocratic bloom in it, and a mouth ah, well, so rare and sweet no words could do it justice! "I would like," rhesaid, in a voice that seemed to melt into the air and make it all resonant with music, "to look at some of your very finest dia monds." There was no one in tbe store that day but Alexis, a young relative of Shovo lofTs who was learning the business. Alexis was a youth with fawn-colored hair, white eyelashes and a suety complexion; very absent-minded, and given tOjjWriting sonnets to some young Alexandre that he had meirit the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kasar. He was rolling up a pair of faded eyes, that looked like boiled gooseber ries, in a frenzy of poetical composition that very moment, and seemed quite obvious of the presence that illumined the place. How insanely glad I felt that it was my lot to show the jewels, watching all the time the changing expression of the lovely eyes and the glitter of the golden hairl The lady wanted the best of course she did; nothing but regal jewels be fitted her royal style of beauty. I showed her all. with a fierce wonder at my heart whether she were choosing for her bridal, whether she were merely ex amining previous to some gallant young ollicer or grand noble driving up and finishing the bargain, as his wedding gift to his bride. There was a superb necklace upon which she had fixed- her attention for some time. " I must own to a weakness for dia monds,' she said, with a winning laugh, raising her eyes from the jewels and resting them on mine in a lingering way, that set all my pulses madly beat ing. fdo not wonder at it, madam," I salil Mlh an imbecile smile. "The glittfing stones must suit you well. They must borrow light from you, though they cannot add to the " Here 1 stopped short. I felt a hot flush rising to my face. WhatI was I making iullsome compliments to a woman I had never seen bifore a cus tomer merely P I wondered she did not "cat he me with a glance like heat lightning. I was relieved to hear her laugh. You should praise your jewels, not your customers," she said, lightly, and it seemed to me her eyes looked kindly into mine, as if she read my heart. And, what right had I to care for her glances P I thought of Lisa with a tinge of re proach. Bah! I said the ne?tt moment, because I am to be married must I never feel that a woman is beautiful again P lean admire her, as a piece of statuary or a picture. ( " Yes, I may say I have a passion for the splendid stones," she wenton, gayly. " though they are so cold and white and hard so soulless, as one might say. Mv husband indulges me." Ah, ye gods, her husband! "He has promised me anything I choose for the anniversary of our wed ding. Fancy, it is the first, you see. PerhaDS when we have passed several of these milestones he will not be so complacent." " I should think time would omy in crease his rapture." I stammsred. Oh, you are very gallant !" with a charming gesture. " You should be a courtier; but I must not allow you to say such things to me. Ten thousand rubles with the earrings P Ah, it is a great price, but I think he will not grumble." " lie saouid not v l saia, emphati cally. " Nor" with a piayiui ioojc; duc ne must see them first, lis is so busy I can never have his company. His position is so confining you know. But of course you do not know." sue tooK out a cara irom a Buyer ma- gree case. " MdAMB PlfcKKE BtRNHOKK." Who had not heard of Doctor Pierre Bernhoff and his celebrated institution for the insane P So skillful, so success ful was his system that patients came from far and near or, rather, I should not say these patients came ; they were always brought. But a man who had made such a reputation must be old, I thought, and I cast'a glance that was half-pity on the blooming woman who had, perhnps, sacrificed herself for a home, position and wealth. . "I suppose that young man is saneP" she asked, with a glance at Alexis, who was in the throes of composition, and rolling his eyes in an imbecile manner. "Oh, yes as sane as poets usually ore," I answered, with a laugh. " Then I suppose you can leave the 1lace with him while you bring this ovely set to show my husband P My carriage is at the door." There was no trouble about that. Al though Alexis was in the clouds, he was very wide-awake when a customer en tered, if he was in charge; otherwise, he laid down all responsibility. We drove through the Nevskoi that corridor of palaces and churches past the splendid Alexandra theater and the Place Michel, with its English square, so refreshingly green in summer. ' Ah, here we are!" she cried, as the carriage stopped before a great, gloomy looking building. " I am sorry to have given you so much trouble." The next moment she had opened the door of a room at one side of the hall. " Ifou will Btep in here a moment I will go and see where my husband is. I cannot always send a servaut after him. because there are times when he must not be interrupted. I think he is in his oUioe. Where are the jewelsP" I had held the rase in my hand till this moment. " I can show them to him and he will decide in thr moment. Between you nnd me, he knows nothing whatever of diamonds. Of brains diseased brains he knows considerable, but his ignor ance on other points is dense." With a gay laugh that seemed to stir up shudi.ering echoes in the silence, she took tho case in her hand and went out, shutting the door behind her. It was a Targe room, and somewhat vault-like, I thought, in appearance. There was a great Russian store of white china in one corner that looked like a sarcophagus of an eoclesiological pat tern, with pinnacle and spire. There was a much-gilded picture of St. Nicho las on the wall that patron saint who is found in every Russian house. 1 did not Una much room for specu lation in that room, or food for thought. Indeed, I had gotten all through, and was going tho rounds again and again rather impatiently. Perhaps the lady had not found the Herr Doctor, or he might be hesitating about the price. Impossible to look in her face, I thought, and haggle over a few hundred rubles. When one is the fortunate possessor of such a jewel why, the door is locked ! I have just turned the knob witti the in tention of looking out to see if my en chantress is coming. I fall back in con sternation. What does it mean P Before I have a chance to speculate about its meaning, tb.3 door opens and two persons enter. A stout man with the complexion of a kidney potato, and a stiff little aureole of red hair. He wears a green cloth suit with gilt but tons, on which the imperial eagle spreads itself. The other individual is an old woman, with three chins and a snuffy appear ance. "Ah!" said the fat gentleman, cheerily, "and how are we by this timeP" I look at him in a puzzled way, and he scrutinizes me. "Where is the lady?" I ask, some what impatiently. "The ladyP Oh, your wife thoujht it would be pleasanter for her not to see you again just at present. After a few days, when you are at home and calmer." "Calmer! What tffe deuce do you meanP" I asked, turning fiercely on him. " There, there. Not the least use in that ; all in good time. She will come, never fear; I have seldom seen a more charming and affectionate creature. ' I cannot part with him," she said; 'it wrings my heart.' " " See here, I can't for the life of me make out what you mean. Let me see the doctor Doctor Pierre Bernhoff." The fat man shrugged his shoulders. " Well, I am Doctor Pierre Bernhoff." " Where is your wifeP" He regarded me as one does a trouble some child, then lifted his eyes with a look above. " In heaven." "Good gracious! Do you mean to say that I did not drive up hers with your wife a half-hour ago, and that she did not show you a case containing ten thousand rubles' worth of diamonds for your decision P" "Ah, diamonds ;" said he, indulgently. " Yes, yes so you did. But you must have patience. She's gone now to show them to the Cham of Tartary, whose daughter is to wed to-morrow the Bashi Bazook ot Shiraz, and will wear your jewels on her neck. Ha, ha! Mashouka, you must have help. This is no mild case, as the lady represented," I saw the whole plot at a glance. My imbecile fancy had led me straight into it. I cursed my own folly and began to tell the doctor the truth as rapidly as Eossible; but I saw it had no effect. I egged him to send at once to Carnreis & Shoveloff 's for confirmation. I knew Alexis had not least idea of my where abouts. The doctor listened patiently, blandly and assented to all. But I felt a horri ble certainty that he would do nothing. Why should he trouble himself with the vagaries of a lunatic? " If monsieur will be patient, it shall all be done to-morrow, I dare say." " Good God !" I cried, a sudden horror striking a terror to my heart. "Iam to be married to-morrow !" The doctor evidently regarded this as a fresh outburst of insanity. "To be sure, to be sure,'.' he said, soothingly ; " but it will all come right. It would have to be put off any way, for Madame Snippski, has not finished the wedding dress." "Oh, for heaven's sake!" I cried. In the moat abject terror. " do not talk to me in that style, or you will drive me mad in earnest! Canyoa. not see that this woman was an adventuress that this is a clever trick to rob us of ten thousand rubles' worth of diamonds P" "It reminds me of the case we had last fall squint-eyed party who had been robbed of the Robinson," mur mured the doctor to the nurse. And then I lost all command of my self, and made a mad effort to escape. I flung myself suddenly ag i nst the doctor and doubled him up ; but he old woman flew on me like a tigress, and fought tooth and nail. She was n powerful creature, as were all tho employees of the p.'ace; and beneath the vast cush ions of fat were muscles of steel and a rarae of iron. Then she never ceased yelling for help, and, of course, I was overpowered in three moments, while the doctor, recovering from his tempor ary collapsj?, glared at me rather vin dictively, hi's fice the color of raspberry-jam from rage and pain. There was no hope of his listening to anything after that, and I felt that my chanoe was g ni. So I allowed myself to be led to a bare cell and locked in. , Th(n I had a chance for reflection. The sun was going down. I knew that I must spend the night there, and per haps many a night. How was I ever to be found P Carnreis & Shoveloff migh publish the loss of the diamonds. There was a slight hope in thut; but it would take a day or two to give the matter publicity, and my wedding was to be to-morrow! Then it va3 more likely they would go to work in a secret way, which is mote popular in Russia, and pot breathe a word openly of the loss, and what would become of me in the nieantimeP They might even think I was in league with the handsome ad venturess, and had gone off with her to enjoy the ill-gotten gains! All theso things burned nn I frethed in my brain, till it seemed ns if I, too, must break out into impoitant raving, or blood curdling oaths, or passionate prayers, such as re-echoed through the long corridors abtut met for I was in that department ot the institution marked " Violent." and 1 could hear all night long the wails the groans, the gibber ings, the mad outbreaks of vio lence, the sudden shrieks and crashes, that seemed to torture the very echoes. Morning at last through a barred window that "slurred the sunshine half a mile"; yet I knew by even that pale beam that the sun bad risen upon my wedding dayt My wedding day! Lisa was kneeling perhaps at that moment breathing a prayer for our future happiness. She was a pious little thing, I knew. I pic tured her lifted soft brown eyes, full of tears and hopes; her pretty folded hands. I had nevef loved her enough, but now now that I she seemed slipping away from me, now that a horrible chance hap severed us she grew sud denly dear and precious. "Lisa," I groaned "oh, my darling, pray pray as you have never done he fore, for my destiny hangs on that praver 1" Oh, how slowly the hours crept on ! The little bar of dusty gold that lay upon the floor of my cell -grew broader feebly. It seemed thinner as it broadened. I thought of its fading with horror. , , , Good heavens! Is there no help for it none P Must I sit here, the sport of circumstances an innocent victim, while my poor girl breaks her heart over the strange delay? I grow frantic. I call out. I implore. I beg the keepers to come to me. I adjure them by the memory of their mothers of their sweethearts and wives, to listen to me to believe me to help me. Then I listen with a quick, throbbing heart. Every ste j in the corridor wakens hope that springs up only to die away. They do not heed me no one comes I Oh, only aman to bring me something to eat! I do not see what Iam faint and sick with a great throbbing from head to foot, as if I were all one pulse of pain. I spring forward. "Oh. for the love of God," I cry, "get me out of this! To-day is my wedding day. This is a cruel mistake ! I will give you a hundred rubles it you let me out. I will leave you my watch in pledge. You have only to open the hall door. Think of it the poor girl that I was to have married is" He did not even wait to hear me. He looked alarmed and hurrried out, leav ing me to rave alone. In vain. I knew the time was pa9t the hour was gone. I could picture tho surmises and whisperings of the gue3ts, the rage tne livid rage of the father, the mute anguish of my poor little girl. They were disrobing her, perhaps, this very moment, laying aside the pretty dre,33 and filmy veil, to bo worn again -ah, when ? Did she faint, or cry, or lay thero dumb with anguish,. I won dered? Would her heart say a kind word for me when others were traduc ing meP Oh, pure and trusting heart, I have never valued you aright, and now I am punished for it! After that 1 grew calmer. There was no more hope, and so the quiet of des pair came to mo, and I sat dumbly watching the fading of tho bar of sun shine till it looked like a faint golaen mist, and thn went out in darkness. Another night had come, and I slept from sheer exhaustion. I was awakened the next morning by a familiar voice. "Hello, old otraightiacket, here you are! No end of a row yesterday. Couldn't find a clew to you or the dia monds, or the lady so fair, fair, with golden hair.' Ah, my boy, you are too susceptible! But I found the card with her name this morning. You dropped it on the floor, and it got shoved out of sight. I followed it up, and it's all right. The prison-doors unbar. Ri-tu-ri-ru, the captive breaks his chains." The keeper was regarding Alexis with a euspicous air, as if, instead of freeing any one, he fancied he should have another patient. That young gen tleman always took liberties with me on account of his relationship to Shove loff, but 1 never enjoyed them till this morning. I seiz?d his hund as if it had been my iearest friend. I thanked him with effusion. The doctor did not ' appear. He turned my valuables, but kept himself out of the way. Confusion at his mis take had perhaps overcome him. I reached the store to meet the united wrath of the partners. When I in formed them that tue diamonds were gone, I was at once dismissed from their employ. My offense was in permitting the case of jewels to go out of my hands. I had been betrayed into this by the glamor of a pair of bright eyes. I went home disconsolately enough to find a note in mv room from old Schroeder. "Sik Your infamous conduct de serves a punishment that my hands are itching to give you, but I cannot leave my poor heartbroken child. I hive been to your place ot businesi, and heard the story of your elopment with a vile adventuress, and robbery of your em ployers' diamonds immensely valuable. I am thankful my child has escaped you I thank God your depraved taste made you unfaithful to her, and I know she will see the truth in time. I am going to take her away at onco from the place you have made hateful to her. It would be best for you never to cross my path again. Anton Schhoedek." So all my plans had toppled down like a child's cardhouse, and I sat despairing among the ruins. It is wonderful how tho modest titi zen, who objects to seeing his name in the paper, will want to whip th-J entire establishment if it should happca to get in print with one letUr left out. Hi tlon (N. 0.) Leader, V Individuality of the Horse. One thing curious and interesting about the horso Is its individuality. This is a characteristic common to all animals, undoubtedly, to a greater or less degree, but surpassingly eo we flunk in the case of the horse. How this characteristic varies in horses is well known by any one who has ever intelligently drawn a rein over a good roadster. The individuality of horses varies as much as that of men. Every one has a different mental as well as physical make-up. Some horses seem to possess brain", to have some sense, are quick to understand and obey the least sign, n.otion or word of their mas ter ; others are r.ot inaptly termed "lunk heads," always awkward, lumbering about, difficult to teach, and never "make anything," in a horso-ological sense. It may be true that these traits in a horse are sometimes due to the hab its of his driver or owner, and that tho horse itself may not be so much to blame for his ignorance, but however much he can be excused on this score, there is a surprising diflerenco in these mental qualities of horses. Some men drive and use horses for years and yet never realize anything, or that there is any more difference between them than there is between so many barrels or sawlogs. Other men who hand.e horses a groat deal, who buy and sell Irrquently, and who study much their difierent characteristics, will tell you how wonderful horses are, how much more they know than some men, how much each one hits to be driven and handled differently, and how much they will sometimes teach even their drivers ! Between a nervous, sensitive, intelligent horse and his considerate owner how large a union of fellowship and sympathy exists. In the stable, on the road, if overtaken by an accident, the cool, sensible man is sure to have a ?uick sympathy from his faithful horse. Ie trusts his master, as his master trusts him. If the master is quiet, the horse will be equally so, knowing every thing is safe; if the master blusters, or becomes anxious, or exhibits fear, the horse knows it at once, and becomes restive likewise. Oh, that men only knew that horses know much more than they give them credit for, and that they would use them more humanely, as they should, than they now do. Horses are not brutes, they are noble, intelligent, sensible creatures, the most useful animal servant' which divine goodness has given to man I New Eng land Farmer. A Badger's Defense Against Dogs. Mr. Charles Gonter and son were shooting ten miles west ol the city when they saw UDon the banks of a stream a badger. Two dogs accompanied the hunters, and upon receiving the proper encouragement began an attack upon the animal. Tho tight was a lively and interesting one, nnd though a shot could have easily settled the contest, the hun ters preferred to Iook on and enjoy the struggle, and leave the fate of the badger to be settled by the dogs. For ten min utes the dogs howled and barked, and would occasionally jump on the enemy, inserting their teeth in its back, receive a slight wouud in return and then re treat a lew feet away. A false move ment would then be indulged in by the dogs, as though they intended to pounce upon their victim and kill him without further parley. The badger soon under stood their false attacks, nnd when he paid no attention to one of them the succeeding one was sure to result in a struggle, in which every time the dogs were driven away with an extra wound or two, until finally, all worn out and covered with blood, they gave up the fight. A large bulldog, owned by a neighbor, heard the noise of tho other two and came bounding upon the scene, fresh and in good trim and eager for tbe fray. The badger was about tired out, and it was but a short time after the arrival ot the third dog before he was lying dead, having fought bravely to the end, leaving gory marks upon the hide of the third antagonist. The badger is full grown, and probably weighs thirty pounds. His fur is ot grayish color, and he is altogether a very pretty anima'. He was looked upon as a great curiosity, from the hu-t that no badgsr was ever beforo discov ered in this part of Missouri, and the quesiionis, wuere did he come from? ISt. Louis Q!obs-Iernocrat. The American Eagle and the Dog?. Some three months ago, while hunt ing in the mountains east of tho Twelve mile house, Mr. Butlingtoa captured a young American eagle. At the lime the bird was quite small, and from appear ances but a few weeks old. Mr. Buff ington has his pet confined in the yard back of his shop, and the many curious monkeyshines indulged in by the moun tain bird are really amusing. Measur ing some eight feet from tip to tip, and weighing forty pounds, with talons three inches in length, there is but small chances for any dogs residing in the neighborhood. For as sure as one makes his appearance the eagle spreads his heavy wing, and with a loud scream ho lights upon the back of the terror stricken dog. The scene that follows is one ot great interest. The dog. without further notice, darts through the Bide gate and out into the street, with the eagle attached to bis back, and that, too, in a manner to stay. Down the street he goes at breakneck speed. At a dis tance of about two blocks the eagle bids the dog an aff ectionate adieu, and quietly returns as though nothing had happened. The same experiment is gone through with whenever the dog can be procured. It does r.ot seem necessary to remark that dogs of any description are seldom seen in that part of the town, and tho samo dog never more than once. It would be a blessing to our city if we luid one such bird on each block. tian Joie (Cal.) Mercury. "Have animals a sense ot humor?" nsks Evelyn. They have, and thtre's lots ot it m a mule s hind leg tor the fel low who contracts to lift it up. Oweyo Ktcord. " Success With Small Fruits." " I just rolled out here from the gro cery," said the little green apple as it paused on the sidewalk for a moment's chat with the banana peel; "I am waiting here for a boy. Not a small, weak, delicate boy," added the little green npple, proudly, but a great big boy, a grcit hulky, strong, leather lunged, noisy fiftcen-year-older, and littie ns I am you will see me double up that boy to-night, and make him wail and howl and yell. Oh. I'm small, but I'm good for a ten-acre field of boys and don't you forget it. All the boys in Burlineton." the little green apple went on, with just a shade of pitying con tempt in ils voice, "couldn't tool around me as any one of them fools around a banana." "Boys seem to be your game." drawled the banana peel, lazily; "well, 1 suppose they are just about strong enough to afford you a little amusement. For my own part, I like to take some body of my size. Now here comes the kind of a man I usually do business with. lie is large and strong, it is true, but" And just then a South Hill merchant who weighs about 231 pounds when he feels right good came along, and the banana peel just caught him by the foot, lifted him about as high as the awning post turned him over, banned him down on a potato basket, flattening it out un til it looked like a splint door mat, and the shock jarred everything loose in the show-window. And then while the lallen merchant picked up his property from various quarters of the globe, his silk hat from the gutter, his spectacles from the cellar, hfs handkerchief from the tree-box, his cane from the show window, and one of his shoes from the eaves-trough, and a boy ran for the doctor, the littio green apple blushed red and shrunk a little back out of sight, covered with awe and mortification. " Ah," it thought, " I wonder if I can ever do thatP Alas, how vain I was, and yet how poor and weak and useless I am in this world." But the banana peel comforted it and bade it look up and take heart, and do well what it had to do, and labor for the good of the cause in its own useful sphere. "True," said the banmapeel, "you cannot lift up a two-hundred-pound man and break a cellar door with him, but you can give him the cholera morbus, and it you do your part the world will feel your power and the medical colleges will call you blessed." And then the little green apple smiled and looked up with grateful blushes on its face and thanked the banana peel for its encouraging counsel. And that very night, an old father.who writes thiiteen hours a day, and a patient mother who was almost ready to sink from weariness, and a nurse and a doctor sat ud until nearly morning with a thirteen-year-old boy.who was all twisted up in the shape of a figure three, while all the neighbors on that block sat up and listened and pounded their pillows and tried to slee and wished that boy would either die or get well. And the little green apple was pleased and its last words were: "At least I have been of'some little use in this great, wide world." Love that Glorifies the Humblest Man. There is nothing in the world so sad as human nature, and the tears come into my eyes now as I think of the piti ful story Tom told me as he smoked his after-supper pipe lost night. The other day, just before I came home, Tom had occasion to go over tho lake. On his way back, and when the train slopped at the bay, be noticed a man getting into tne car in lront of him with a little baby lying in his arms. The baby eeemed young, and the man hushed it in his arms with a gentle, rocking motion, bending over it now and then to kiss its white faccj the train got under way the comrffCtor came to Tom and said: " Come with me, I want to show you the saddest, strangest sight you ever saw in your life," nnd he led the way into the next ear. "Do you see that man over there?'' said he, and there sat tho man whom Tom noticed with the baby. His precious little bun dle lay quiet on the seat in front of him, and, as these other two men watched, he leaned over, looked long and earnestly in the little flower face, and then kissed the. frail linger-tips he held so gently in his hand. "That baby's dead," said the conductor. "It died this morning at the bay. He couldn't bear to put il in a coffin, because then it would have to go without him in the baggage car, and so ho isjustcairyingithome to New Orleans in his arms." And tho car rat tled on; the boy called his stale slices of sponge cake and his cigars through the train; the passengers laughed, and smoked,. and fought the motquitoes; and he, stricken to the heart's core, sat there quiet and unheeding, watching over his dead child, kissing the fingers that would never again softly clasp his, looking down upon tho white lid s that had closed over tho bright eyes as the petals of a sensitive flower close at night time over its delicate heart and the world was nothing to him. New Orleans Tiwt k Safe on Wheels; The removal of the bureau of engrav ing and printing to a building half a mile from the United States treasury a Washington has made it necessary t provide new arrangements for tb transfer ot money and bonds between the two establishments, lue depart ment has had constructed a heavy, van-like wagon, a sort of vault on wheels, built of iron and steel, and ar ranged internally like a bank vault with a sheet-iron lining. The doors are fast ened with tremendous bolts and the locks are of the combination order. The body of the concern is painted an olive color with gilt ornamentation. It was only put into Bervico a short time ago, and when drawn through the street by two immenso horses it attracts con siderable attention, especially as it is always accompanied by hve armed agents of the treasury department, two j guarding the front and three the rear.
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