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(ltd dniiMiri, nnM ..r.i. - p,jy (,) above reward TLAAOS BACK ' Tli, 1 tlm Frul toils to euro. This Grout Rem. .l.v: will popitivnly and permanently ettre l.iii! Lo r,,, I.nj Duck, Sciatica, Gravel, Pi, bet., l)rijtt;yt ISrlghts' Diwe of tbe KJd rif'V?. Innominnnoe and ftptnntian of tbs t". :..3, !r.2r.rst"rn of the Kidneva, Catarrh o t'i Jiladdar, IIi(fh Colored Urina, Pain in U. r.; . Loins, Nervous Weakness, and n Jftr,i all uinorlra ol the Bladder nd Vifrf O'K-una, vhether contracted by pii VH(4 i'WWOT otherwise. I A-DIES, Uyon ns-eaufferinf from Female Wr-ixiiesa. rio-irrhoH, or bt diao the IU()icya, Kiav Wr or ITrlnary Orn, ) YOU CAN BE CURED 1 Wi'.Jiaut wn'dowlni luuimna m!MnM K -I mmpiy wartnjr F vILJirTTE8 ' OU ItBDHEY PAD. Ctlll BT ABSORPTICIf. tk yor ifnr-iMt for Prol. Gullraette'a oh X.t.Jny iad, and take no other, 1 aa not s i, nd S3 and yoa will reeelve ty r-"- mail. . . J P'.-Wim,, Iwyer, Toledo, Ot. ears: je o Frof. Gnllmette'a Frenoh Kldoey ; oarad of IrfialRO in three weeks' hu My n had been (jiven up by thr best - oni at lnannble. Iurlne all this time I :.rd nntJd wsy sad pal l out larg-e corns iwiey." t or TUw, f . r., Toledo, O., eaysi " I r " 5i wit.k Suiaiio and KM. w.-- I cKUsa had to go brat on '.sa. ii eUry and permanently 1 sr vreariag Prof. Guilmett'a Frenoh ff I'vAtmt weeks." i li-e XI. O. toots, 8y!vanla, O., writes s v b , jrreat BoCurer for II years ;irti,-U's I,.aee of the Kidneys. For. 4 at a " was nn&Ue tojet out ot bed; ' .,";?'U$fVfcGt they Mre me : ,vit7 riiiJ. I wore two of Prol. ..o's AJdncrPads six weeks, and 1 ..i'iw I ira entirely oared." II") m Jorom, Toledo, O., sayer "For 1 I have been confined, a (peat part of the to say bod with LeooorrhM and Female nM... I wore one ol Gallmette's Kidney d waseurpd in one month. ' ", Gren, Wliolenale Grooer, Flndlay, i " 1 scCered t years with kni : .three weeks was pnrmantntiy f wriii one of Prof. Guilmettes 'leallnjr, M. P., DrnnRlst, Loptna. , Cv when sendioK is an order tor Kid i. 'tent "I wore one of the first wO ' Jtil received more benefit from 'rou jnj I ever used; in faot the Pads f better general aatistaotion than any Sid. t remedy we ever sold." . jty Shoemaker, Drnggists, Hannibal, . i " We are working np a lively trade ia nrlHilB, and are hearing of good results ri thsia every day." f'or sale bf Q W BOVARD, Honest, Fa. VzMd POSTPAID : TREATISE A 9 TBUK HtXIl ; V Am IGUA . Ssjf erus W ' Contalalnc an Index of Kla. N&ses,whteh ajlvexa the Urp tmi, Cauie, aAl tla .lSMft rretment of eiaIa. ua, T.Sj1 j t v 1 iirf nil thcirinlpaI4rus utpd roc kt iXr, wltte tiie ordinary dose, urTeo tat, timet Miif, jto when ipelatn. Jh. . Vie trltli. an J2WBta-wsar ef Horse's OTiaotii avk llftv l sue with Jtul (Wv toll, the AST1' A. e.ltxaiJale ool. Ion ot lleoelvt end other valuable lufor ion. nc post Id - to . t ad- 4 In tli United Mtates or -d'25CErJTG. CLUB RAT2I3: Oopies - Oopi' ity Cojii n riftundeo Coplat the n f I.CO 1.78 S.00 (0.60 : 4 I CO Worth St.. M. Y. Tim farmers F?5ser Uphold by htxtids made brown with toil, And bnurta both true and trind, Oh, patient tillers of the scil (The nation's hrart and j vhle), Snnd o'or hi.;h hilla aii.l Tfuioys wide The ftladmone wotd ol right, Tint farmers in tliair hnmble homes U . vs. mi-Jfty and miht. Then monarobs proud shall honor, ' And blowings on yon shed, For to the humble farmer They look for daily bread ; t Tet need ye not to oovet The prince's power and wealth, For otowns ooatain no jewels Compared to peace and health. Yonr wealth consists of meadows green .And fields of waving frrain; ' Your homes made neat by labor sweet, Prove you've not lived in vain. Then hail to the farmers' banner, From war and bloodstain free! -May peace, good-will and charity lis motto ever be. A QUEER VALENTINE. " I'lishkin, plushkin, pelioan gee, We think no birds so finSTy as we; Pliahkin, plushkin. pelioan sill. We think so then we thonqbt so stiH. Ocrtrude Wintbxop looked rather be wildered aa these Bounds issued from the aoor wDicn the servant opened for her. " They're rum ones," whispered the girl. Two children were hopping; about uie room as iney sang the strange gin bfi ish given above. One was a keen. SRllow-faced boy of nine; the other a preuy, lair-naired girl ol seven. The ooy ijaa a hat on with a bunch of di lapidated cock's feathers in it. The girl wore a lonar ostrich chime, and varinna srraps of red fiannel pinned here and "Oh, hallo t we're pelicans," cried the boy, in no way abashed: "that's me pelican chores." ' You're precious pickles, that's wot jou are," said Jane. " Ii;ever I see sich im bs of the " - She hesitated "out of respect for the stronger. Gertrude surveyed her charges.and they in tnrn bestowed on her an unflinching "What are your names P she asked, so'tly; "I am going J,o be with you, and teach you. you know." (irolly ! " Baid the boy, wouldn't It De larKs if you never lound outl then you couidn t call us, you know. And it you cidn't call us wo wouldn't have tofome." " Hat I can easily find out," said Ger trude, with a laugh: "bo you had better do gentlemanly and answer my ques tion." "My name's Roderick, but they call me R.xJ. Her name's Nina, but I call her Ninny, 'cos she's a numbskull all girls are numbbkulls." "TjIb is your room, ma'am," ex clairjt d Jane, opening a door aud going in When Gertrude stood at her side she turned the key. " See I you kin do this when you want to be alone; and you'll bless themin utes you git from that pair. I'm goin' to leave to-morrer -as I give women regular an' my life wore out with them two young imps savin' yourpresense which you'll find 'em out, eoon enough; and I wouldn't prejudice you agin 'em beforehand : and thai cantankerous old cat, cither, down below oh, they're a sweet lot" " Ilush !" said Gertrude. " I cannot listen to such" ' " Well, I'll say a good word for Ma9ter Eric," said J. , turning to go; "he knows how to treat poor girl. He's a gentleman more the Ditv he's to be thrown away on that liibberty gibbet Miss Francia, as is no better nor a " " There, there !" cried Gertrude, as the children were pummeling at the door, "you may go now thank you." There were two or three scratched -un desks and some torn books, also a globe over which stransra maDS had been smeared with ink r,t rtid paint. tveu. iiociencli." bLo s:t!d, turning to her little subjects, wljohad ruant. mu tinous laces, " wlist do you study r " "Oh! when 1 feel like study, I like Roman hiatory best. I'm goin' to be a heathen and worship Jupiter. I built an altar to him the other day ; got one of i rancia Dormer4 white bones, and printed ' Jupiter Ave lmperatore' on it, Knt made a phe of sticks and matches, and pouied cologne over it lor incense, and, poily 1 ho w it burned ! That was a sacrifice, you see; and Prancia says she'll wiciiiice me tLo nest". time I med dle wiih her things. 1 said to her: ' 1 rancia, you've got no iuclin lor Ro man hL..ry.' " "1 am a tieathen, too," cried Nina. " Yt.u ain't; you're a CUrutian," cried Rod, as if he were hurling at htra moat opprobrious epithet. " I 1 won't be a Christian all alone!" cried Nina, with a roar. 'Mlallol What's iberumpusP What's the row f" cried a fcood-natuied voice, and a very hands )ine young man en tered rather hurriedly, ana stopped short at the sight of Gertrude. ' T,hey wnnt to be heathens," said Gertrx i, with an embarrassed smile. " Well, I venture to say it would be hard to find twogreater young heathens in our enlightened country. Excuse me lor bursting in so uncernioniously. 1 wanted to quench wese y.UDgsters" noise. My uiother " ,' Oh, I forgot," answered Gertrude, nervously; ' she e-peciaily spoke of her dis ike to noise, la a little time I shall iearn " ."inc was forgetting everything even the two young savages w ho were swarm ing up on him in looking at the won derful beauty of this young girl's face. Suiely. it Mrs.Chumleigh had seen that face in anytLin but th half darkness in w hih she dfejitited, she would never huve brought Gertrude WintLrop into he houso, ( ) "Well, Eric, what are vou about n. mnrry voice- " oing to wollop r i n so in ior mat, as no used up a good bottle of my Frangipani in his slat incantation." And a little dark, brilliant-looking creature, in black guiBe and amber, fluttered in, and etared rather supercili ously at Gertrude. She. reminded our heroine somehow, of some brilliant South American insect, there was bo much flash and color about her. Her only real beauty was in her eyes, which were large, intensely black and shining, but also, at present, a little malicious; for Francia Dormer took in at a glance Gertrude's beauty, and be was not yet secure of Eric Chumleigh's heart. She nodded carelessly. "The governess, 1 suppose P Come, Eric, the count is downstairs, and wants to consult you about something --whether tomatoes will grow in Saxony, I believe. He has learned to dote on them, and wishes a garden of them around his castle." Erid "took leave witl a polite bow, and Rod, who had been silent for the space of five minutes, said : " 1 hate Francia Dormer. She's a snake I" Gertrude kept the Irrepressible ones quiet till their tea time with her inven tions. She had some talent in that line, and felt glad and relieved to find that Bhe held a most potent weapon to be used in her new kingdom. Rod had really an active mind, and she won him by her praise; Nina fol lowed bis example; and when he found he could gain the pleasure of hearing a story by diligence, he began to apply himself. Eric said the children were growing so tolerable he quite enjoyed looking in on thtra once in a while; to which Rod replied : " What makes vou look at Miss Gertrude all the time, then !" . Gertrude blushed, and began to feel uncomfortable about the visits . ' Sometimes Geitiude was requested to come down in the evening to play, and then she saw Bertha and her betrothed. The elder sister was too busy just now to look into the schoolroom. Her in tended. Von Arnheim, who was an officer in the Prussian army, was a rather stolid-looking German, , with scant blonde hair, good natured blue eyes and a beaming smile. Bertha was sallow, but had fine dark eyes and dazzling white teeth. Sometimes Francia bestowed ' her company and confidence on Gertrude; at otlipra nhn smmn1 homrht-v onA itio. tant airq, , She delighted in outre toneief "ore tuer most wonderful com binaiiciJ, slowed and glittered . like some rare tropical bird. So the months went on or,hat winter, and the wedding day drew near. " " -wn. vauiuilucu i' iOliUIl one night as she opened the schoolroom A it " . j n t i i.i i iuuut x uopea tne imps were in bed. Hnavpno and ourth Y,rm T Hots - w Hu .1 J- UUUl children! I pity you, Miss Winthrop! I suppose you dream of an escape some day! some fairy prince will open your prison with a golden key!" ' l. XT. T 4. il.! II . oj cptxi iioming, anBwerea Gertrude. "I am trying to cultivate the spirit which Tennyson eulogizes : " ' Not to d eai re or admire is better by far man to walk ail day like the sultans of old in a garaen oi spioe. ' "Go awav. Francia Dnrmor." rripd Rod, from the next room. " You keep me awase witn your chatter. You're worse inan a nigntmare." "Oh. vou an roll are vnn RwaWeP" cried the girl. "Then good-bye. Miss Winthrort. Comfnrt in at. , end Vrt,,Ml havQ the house to yourselves to-morrow ; we're olf on an PTmirsinn nil nf no Th. snow is just right, so hard and white bah ! what a noor fire vnn havp " a nH she disappeared. " biio Has everything," thought Ger trude, " beauty and fortune " (she had heard fabnlnna nrwinnta nf V estates in Cuba), "and Bhe will win Ciliunt 1IUI wuu v&a QOUOI ltr Still Gertrude, rpmpmhertnir oart.in words and looks, did doubt it in her ucart. x uo next morning, wnen tue nnrtv nhirlnrl nwnv unH aha asm yi. f J - . . j uuv U . JM1IU tuck in the Babies about Francia, and heard the cheery sovrBd ot thdr voices, the old schoolroom looked very co'd and hare, and h trwtlr tin tho itmn. eared hist4iry very absently. ftvif fs f- ot con vif Y sa w nt-A ums4 K . a. a-4. in i i m i v jr tv itu uvue CaliU C UUU(Ulb crfB.m whito fflmeliftfl. hlnn h1i rirtvQ and i;riuison bouvardia. " Sure they was both left thejjither, but they're not after belongin' thecither, as the rost-by brought the letther." . Gertrude dropped the hhaorv and gloated over the flowers indeiivb' . She had never owned a bouquet of hv se flowers before, and then she r whoee kind heart had remembered her when all the others were absorbed in their own r;pn.mirf It apunmrl Ua if they would make the whole day Ira- a tl. .. I. . J 1 a j- tcrani. cue uau aimosi lorgotten tne note. There was only one person iu the WArld trfwritA t.n hor u... aha nnonui . - - - v uuw V Jl JiVU tha note leisurely as those do who have little to hone nr faar. Hut j aha moj she started anxiously. Betsey had not leit trie room. . " Oh, I must go," she said, decidedly. " I shall have to give the children a holi day; I shall have to leave them in your care. My aunt is very sick and alone. I will return this eveninir if f can nr. range things. You will explain to Mrs. Chunileigh if I am not here." ' Sure aud I wull that, ' said the girl good-naturedly, " and a holiday wilt do i , j tun juuiijs nuiu ;uou. uoiiy, a coimayr cried Rod, in ereat ecstasv. "Ob. I'va nt a i, - - - - - c nlan!" i r ' "JNo miccier." said Gertruds, anx iously; "1 shall think of you." "Oh, we'll be quiet; you'll be so pleaed !" exclaimed tie boy, with a do cility that would have alarmed Gertrude if She OOUld have BtODDtd to think ahnnt it. As it was, she hurriod her prepara tions onlv remember i no- in iVa u,. flowers with her, aa she thought they miitiik oiieer iu sick room, to say notu- iukui uwuifu reiueiance tolo.se Bigtit cl them. Her ride in the cars lasted only half an hour, and she found herself before the little brown cottage which was the only home ebe remembered, as she had been left ah orphan to this aunt's care in her earliest childhood. Poor and plain as everything appeared a thrill came over hor at sight of it, and she hurried with real anxiety into the house, whose door stood open. Aunt Rachel was in bed, and a neigh bor's girl had come in to wait on her. The old woman bad a sweet, patient face, and her eyes lighted up as she saw the young girl in whom all her love and earthly hopes were centered. " I feared I had done wrong to send for you," she said, "but there waa a little business to settle. Do you know, my love, the age of miracles is not overP" Gertrude smiled and held her aunt's wasted hsnd very fondly. " I've told you that the houie all I have might be taken away from me any time. What do you think of my having a couple of thousand sent me yesterday -enough to pay off the mortgage, and leavo me five hundred dollarsP" " I should;say you dreamed it, auntie." " Look in the top bureau drawer, and you will see the check. I think the sur prise and joy of it hns been too much for me. To think Jamie has remembered me now that his fortune is made in India! My godson, you know." Gertrude had the check in her hands, and viewed it with delight. " You see, my love, the action to fore close the mortgage has just commenced, and I could not rest a moment till this business waa arranged. You can do it for me, and Bess here will keep me com pany. ' Gertrude was quite relieved to find that it was anxiety more than illness which had prostrated her aunt ; f nd she at once net about performing ttr task, which she did by calling on an old friend a lawyer to aid her. She had the satisfaction of leaving the old lady calm and comfortable in the evening. She found it quite dark when she reached the house, and felt a symptom ol relief that the family were not yet returned. The children, to her surprise, were in bed, a state ot affairs which she did not doubt had been accomplished by bribery. But the silence and rest were never theless sweet, and she Batdown to the hemming of some interminable ruffles with which Mrs. Chumleigh kindly kept her employed. After a time sbut- tir.sr nf Hnnra lntiirhtcr and nloaminn lights woke up the quiet house, but no j.. i i i onuiHtuTDeu tier. - The next morn i no- Francia ownnnnri in just as lessons began. "weii, you iook Berene," she said. "Do you know there's an earthquake downstairs P" "Oh. what, a flhhfir vnn nr lTnnnta Dormer !" cried Rod. indignantly. " If there was an carthanake ir. wnnlil linen us all up.'r " Well, look out ! Bad boys get s wal-. lowed the first thing," said Francia. "This. Iinwpvf-r ia a. financial nna Thay've lost ten thousand dollars in , n uuupuua. . lx)st P" questioned Gertrude. "Yes; just fancy Bertha's dowry! It's been stolen, and, what's worse, Von Arnhp.im wnn't ri married nitlmnf if lift is rlpanlntpd hnt firm it 'a iho lam - .. . . w uv ,n of Vaterland." rranciawas jupt as careless, as in- snnpinnr and smilincr ua aha toltai nf this loss, as if it had been a pleasant bit ot gossip. . Gertrude, with her ready sympathy, was nn t lip nnint. nf w aVi n o acTrnrof .nnn. tions, when she noticed "the open-eyed cniiaren. "Oh. T fnrcrnt. T waa in ali- nmi in step down into the library," exclaimed i.i . : .. . j .t . . rniuvia; suu Liieu, alter popping a sni?ar nlum into the child rpn 'a froa danced away. Gprt.riidAWPnl.dnwn wihti a taalir,- ' .WM IV.UU that she was to be called to account lor hpr nhfionM frhp rlav KofAro hut nW.. convinced that her reasons would sat isfy any ngm minaea person. So she mat Mrs. fihnmlpis'h with a furm m aa. - - O . - M .wv UVI Uj rene that the aforesaid lady waa some- i . . . . . i . ... . . ... wuat, stajrgeret in tne nenei u wiiica she had rapidly come within the last hour. " I hear and must say I am exceed -ingly annoyed to hear Miss Winttirop," the lady began, with, extreme acidity, " that you absented yourself the whole ol yesterday from your duties without leave. Was this a premeditated thingP" 'Certainly not," Gertrude bean, impulsively ; and then aa rapidly a3 possible explained the affair. "T)n Vntl knnW Wllnl llu liannor.!.! j . . UUH . u i j it am.vi here P" asked the lady. . , "About tne coupons r" aked Ger trude. " Yes; it's a robbery, you know.'" "I SY.arp,elv iindprit-in1 it is a great lobs," said tho girl. 1 t. tt'Nl t.HaTOn f-iTf anma rve . e-1. o w ..... aw - mjj UVUiV V'lJ U JJ1 hliC? house," Mrs. Chumleigh went on. ex- uiinuiy. uiy uKSK -was opened, me coupons taken and the desk relocked, the key put in the usual place." and she fixed a penetrating glance on Gertrude's face aa she spoke, and added, after a BPCOnd'a Hilpne.P. " It. waa talron nuts.. day after we left the house." .ven men uertrude listened with a noli to svmnntliv witlimif.. A.lSnn . r j r j f . h. h iwuug caujr direct reference to herself in the case. "fliy servanu l know thoroughly," Mrs. Chumlfiii?h went, nn IVnn ni. sey, the last comer, has lived with me before, and I cannnt Biisnpt. ih,m nrin of course they must all be Beaicbed. You must feel, Mrs. Winthrop, that cir cumstances are somewhat against you yon leave tue uouse in sucu an aocount- Gertrude's face flushed. "Shame on you, Mrs. Chumleigh. You insult me because I am poor, Be cause I have no one" Eric opened the door with a mad burst at this moment, and caught the sound of these last words. "No oneP" he cried. "You have me! I have heard these insane suspi cions. Mother, you are mad! 1 stake rnv iifo upon this young lady'a honor. Why do you not suspect me P " Mrs. Chumleigh faltered and turned pale. ' " My son, what have you to do wiih this young person'' "I have this to do with her," he cried, impetuously. " I wish to make her my wife, if she can care enough for me." "My God!" exclaimed Mrs. Chum leigh, falling back in a half faint. "Nice time for your declaration," cried Francia Dormer, who had heard these words, and now hurried in with restoratives, her own face ashen pale, but still with a malicious gleam in the eyes ; " at all events you won't be able to get a recommendation lor your wife from her last place! " By this ti r.e Von Arnheim had come in, and Bertha. To Gertrude the room seemed full of staring, talking people. Sho stood among them like a aueeh. tall, erect, with undaunted eye, but a nerce pain at ner neart Mrs. Chumleigh opened her eyes to' say, tragically: "Search her things 1" and then sank away again. Von Arnheim, with true politeness, bbiq : "It vill not be veil to suspicioned som cones mit not no grounds to stand on." which waa very lucid, but not much calpulated to console Gertrude, on the whole. Bertha eat crying in one corner husband and fortune and coro net all to disappear like the baseless fabric of a vision. Oh, it was too much I Von Arnheim, who was really, not mercenary, strove to comfort her. Gertrude walked up to the nursery unco allenged, and sat down in the empty room. The children had been spirited away somewhere the whole bouse was in commotion. Erica words, so strangely sweet, seemed somehow to span this sudden storm like a rainbow but never, never would she listen to him while there was a shadow on her good name.. It was not bard to search the meager contents ol Gertrude's trunk; but every thing was tumbled out in a summary way, pockets examined, even linings ripped, and Bhe heard some one say, " Wot'a the use, Bhe went out j ester day," with a feeling of desperate, ex asperation. She laid back her clothes, all of them, sadly, for there waa nothing now to do but to go. She strapped her trunk her ceif, and did not wait for leave-taking. Only she had a kindly feeling for the imps, after all, and looked about for them as she went downstairs. She left also a note for Mrs. Chnm leinh, merely giving her address. Then with such a feeling of desolation as had never yet wrung her young heart, she started out. The childien were not about; but when she reached the corner Rod darted out at her. His face waa smeared and tear-stained. "They Bay you're goin' away,'? he cried out, "and I wasn't to see you again ; but I've cheated 'em bully. I want to give you this valentine. To-day's the fourteenth, .you see, and I like you bet ter than any other girl I know. I fixed it yesterday painted it all myself there's two hearts on a meat skewer and an altar and a bride-all right, you'll see." "Thank you, Rod," cried Gertrude, with a sob in her throat as she stooped to give the boy a kiss. " I do not ex pect any other valentine.-" And she smiled through the tears that dimmed h r eyes as she looked at the huge envelope with its official-looking seals.tp which Rod had confided his treasure. A moment after a quick step came be hind her. Then 6ome one took the lit tle traveling bag out of her hand, and, looking up, she saw a friendly hand some face looking down at her reproach fully. . ''Going without one word for meP cried Eric . ' And irom that moment halt her bur den seemed lifted. She fond herself actually smiling as she reached her aunt's door . "What is that billet-doux you are carrying so carefully P" exclaimed Eric, as he cauerht sight of the huge envelope. " My valentine," answered Gertrude. Then a moment alter Bhe added: "Rod's work ." They stood in the little parlor, then, hv the window, as the young girl turned over the epistle, and finally opened it with a half-hysterical laugU. Such a villainous-looking couple as Rod had executed; but he had gilded a ri"g on t ho bride's finger which obliterated her hand, and had aljo a cable of the same burnished metal on her neck . "By Jove! what's thisP" exclaimed Eric, seizing the paper; "do you see what the rascal has tied on with blue ribbon lor a fancy cover my mother's coupons, by all that's jolly !" Gertrude stared in speechless sur prise. The child had nicked a whole sheet of coupons and used them aa a cover for his chet d'seuvre. The neat little Equares and numbers had evidently tanen his fancy. The e were only a part, to be sure, but he could probably give an cccount of the rest. Of course he had r.o idea that the beautiful paper he ha1 found in bla mother's desk was so valuable. Gertrude gazed at it a moment, and then joined in the laugh. Sue looked up to sua Aunt Rachel in the uoorway regarding them with mild wonder. "My first Valentin.! !" she exclaimed, in Borne embarrassnvdnt. But Eric told the Btory for her, and added his own conclusion. He was his own master, free i choose where Jie would; aud iu tbi happiness that fol lowed Gertrude foirgot the misery of the day when she had received her queer valentine. A vicious Indiana boy met a little seven-year-old 6ehooltdrl, and as he h.d a dettd bitieksnake Le ruthlessly wrapped it alout herueck. The physi cians rUDlirt tllut. w in-iirHhlu in. sane. I End of the Courtship. Though Harry knows the time is late. And dreads her angered sire, He hates to leave his charming fate, Or rather leave the fire. " What happy, swoet, I spend," He sigbs, "alone with thee." "It's all," she says, " you ever epcud 1 Good evening!" says be. . C. Dodge. HUMOROUS. Goes against the grain The reaping machine. Yaueob Strauss. Out of every 100 inhabitant in the United States, sixteen live in cities. The man who has gathered a big ice crop wants to keep it shady. Ficaywie. He sighed for tho wings of a dove, but had no idea that the Jcgs were much better eating. We would rather hire a mule than own one.. on the principle, "Of two evils choose the leased." Boston Post. The Rochester papers have a good deal to say about " elevated tracks." Cats prowling over the roofs, we Buppose. biracust Herald. " When I die," said a married man, "I want to gp where there ia no snow to shovel." His wife Baid that she pre sumed he would. ' Ohio papers are discussing why quail freeze to death. It is simply because they can't afford to pay $7 a ton for coal. Philadelphia Chronicle. Those who believe that the world owes them a living don't stop to con sider how many bad debts the old globe haa to shoulder. Saturday Night. A middle-sized boy, writing a com position on "Extremes," remarked that "we should endeavor to avoid extremes, especially those of wasps and bees." " What hapry hours, sweet, I spend," He sighs, "alone with thee." " It's all," she says, "you ever spend " "Good evening!" says he. Detroit tree Presi, A party of 150 Chicago lawyers, gam blers, board of trade men and shoulder hitters, went out to Crystal lake to wit ness a fight between a couple of roosters. No disgrace, however, is attached to the rooBters. Milwaukee frm. A question of identity: "Did the prisoner at the bar strike youP" "Eye think so." replied the man with the decorated optic. "Eye eee," smiled the justice; " eye-dent-ity established; three dollars and trimmings." Keokuk Gate City. A youngster, while warming his" hands at the fire, was remonstrated with by his father, who said: "Go away from the fire the weather is not cold' "I ain't heating the weather. I'm warming my hands," the little fel low demurely replied. "In the hour of danger woman thinks least of herself," said Madame Stael. True ! When the thunder roars and the vivid lightning flashes, and the big drops come down, the woman who is caught out in the- otorm devotes her agony to the thought that her hat and oie-s will bo ruined. An editor may write himself "we" in his editorials, and feel therefore doubly proud and doubly strong; but when he get3 home to dinner an . hour or so late, and forgets to briilg something home tc make that dinner, he doesn't feel any larger than one-fourth of one person. Kentucky Stale Journal. A prudent and far-seeing mothti married her two daughters some veara ago to a plumber and an iceman, and now, no matter whether there is a mild winter or a severe one, Bhe has a box at the charity bail, and spends the next summer at Newport or goes to Europe, with some one or the other of her sons- in-law. New York Chic. A tramp was being escorted down Galveston avenue by one of the most stylish policemen on the force. "1 hate to walk along arm-in-arm with a . uonceman." Baia the tramp, "xou ought to be used to it by this time," re- plied the policeman. "I can t get usea to hearing people on the streets say, 'Just look at that vagabond !' when I know they must mean one of us." Oalveston News. "George Peabody," Bays a New York paper, " was never married, and lor a singular reascwi." Then it goes on at some length to give the reason, because the girl married ant lier man. And we have read that artic. a dozen times and have pondered over it deeply, and hanged if wo can see yet why that, thould be called "a Bingular reason." ' , We think it waa a very sensible .matter of fact reason. liurditt They both went sailing down the walk, Arrayed in faultless teurinir, Both engaged in leaoaut talk, jtiacn suuiea vu etuin enutmng. He said: "My love, this blithesome day, ' This braciiuj;, glorious weather, This obanuiug walk Whoop! ulop 'er say They both went down together. They picked thtmi np, small boys ki-yi-ed, When she resumed with flmnery : " Dear George, I think it is nut denied, lbeae counniug walks are slippery." Too fold far the Fish. A remarkabla circumstance in con nection with the recent cold snap was tue euecc on tue nsu along tue coast, large schools being driven in shore and in shallow water. Stranpe as it may seem, it ia asserted that the fish, par ticularly bass and trout, were observed to throw themselves bodily out of the water on land. An old negro cauuht thirty-one very fine large bs in this way at Raccoon Key, near Warsaw. On Saint Catherine's a net thrown in tho water whs almost instantly tilled by tine large iiah, and fishermen lound some diilieulty in hauling the nets in. Others were observed to kill them in the water with ours. This novel occurreneo waa witnessed generally ail along the islands to tho southward aad in tho rivers near the coast. Savannah (6'a.) NtV.
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