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Trust Them as Lone as You Cnn.
Iook not with sunpiaion on others
Because t ono time you were foiled;
'The world is too full of misgivings,
.With Bin and docoit it is soiled.
1'et Judgo not too harshly the next one
"Who may offer a friendly hand, . .
'or think of your Vast wrongs too often, '
But trust all as long as you can.
Speak not in rough words to the fallen,
rerchanoe they may yet rise again;
Thou little dost know their temptations,
Thou little canst fuel their heart's pain.
If God in His infinite mercy
Has iparod you the griefs they have felt,
Your hoarl should respond in thanksgiving,
And pride In humility melt.
There is much to offend tho senses,
Thero is much to disgust tho taste ;
Yet often the best of material
May bo gathored from seeming waste.
Tia not for us flnltos ta measure
To tho depths of another's sin
Ood sees not, as man, but tho outward,
lie looks at tho motives within.
Our lifo has its sweet and its bitter,
Andfften tho httor excoedB ;
But b'sn in tho fairest of gardens
Wo still can dlseovor eomo weeds.
Yet our days might bo made much brighter
If wo only would tiy this plan
Of seeking to cover men's failings ;
And truBt all n long a we can.' ,
F. 0. Browning,
THE CANCELED DEBT.
" See, Vincent, I found this memo
randum among a package of grandma's
v letters. It must Lave gotten there by
accident."
Vincent Tracy took the paper, yel
lowed by age, and glanced over it.
I Then he Landed it back to his bister,
having:
."It was just like grandmother. When
she did good it was always in that un
ostentatious w.y. il r right hand never
kn-w what her leit hud given forth. I
wih we might rind a iriend like her."
"bo do 1," said Gertrude, with a
soW look on her pr tty face. V How
little she thought .thut even the sum
' mentioned in this"-holding' up the
faintly trai ed lines and running her eye
y over tlieiu mechanically " would be a
comparative fortune to us." .
"I hoj glad the kind old soul was
taken home before the losses came. We
are young and can bear disappoint
ment., and can strut gle to make onr
own way in the world. But our grand
mother would have felt the difference
keenly."
"1 don't quite understand how such
! a large fortune could melt so suddenly.
J)o von, Vincent? lias some one
cheated us ?"
'No, Gertie. It was all because of
the way the money was invested. Lawyer
Grey advised that it should be taken
from the bank and put into insurance
6tock. Then cauio those tires in Chicago,
and afterward in Boston, and some of
the best companies buret up. Our
money went with them. Say, Gertrude,"
as a thought struck him, "lot ui try
and find who it was that grandmother
meant by those initiate. If he was smart
he may have inado a fortuno out of her
loan, and might be willing to give ns
back what ho borrowod. Four thousand
dollars would just enable me to finish
my law studies, and would give you the
have our diplomas, and might shake
our fists in the faco of tho world before
we began to wrest our living from it."
Gertrude smiled at Vincent's boyish
speech, as she said, quietly:
" Wouldn't it bo better to coax for
tune instead of to drive her ?"
"That depends on circumstances.
Women, of course, have to be silky and
smooth-faced to get along."
"And men have to ape their beards,
and be rough. Is (hat the idea, brother
mine?'
Vincent laughed. "That's it, sis,
exact ly. But let m e have another look at
that paper."
He took it in his hand and read aloud :
"Lent B. V. Z. to-day four thousand
dollars, whicli I drew lrom the bank for
that purpose. I did not require a note,
as I am old and may be called suddenly,
and would not press him for payment
until ready to make it. I have perfect
confidence in his honesty, and am sure
he will return it at some future time, if
possible. If not, and his previous bad
fortune follows him in his new venture
he is about to make, I can afford to lose
the money, and he is welcome to it.
The date appended was twenty years
previous, and as Vincent was only
eighteen, while his sister was two years
younger, the loan had been made pre
vious to their births.
Mrs. Graham's only daughter had
married and gone with her husband to
India. Ten years had elapsed before
children had been given to her arms,
and so at the time the memoranda bore
date there was every prospect that the
race would die out with Mrs. Tracy
"If grandmother had known that sho
was to have us to leave her money to,
she would have been more careful of it
Don't vou think so. Gertie ?"
" I don't know." answered Gertrude,
thoughtfully. "At any rate, I am glad
she did as she did. I'm sure she had
treasures laid up in the right place." .
Vinnftit'a "Yph" was an absent'
minded one. He was in a brov$ study
about something. Then he said:
"Sis, vou are very handy in com
Dosing. Now vou just put your wits
to work, and write an article relating to
this a sort of blind one, you know.
Bay that if i. V. Z., or, bis neirs are
liv'iog, they will hear o.j something to
their advantage by communidting with
V. T. No; with the heirs of G. "
"You mistake. Vincent. 'It would
be to our advantage."
" Don't r interrupt," said Vincent,
loftily. ",I look at it from the higher
plane. Isn't it purer pleasure to pay a
Inst debt than to feel that perhaps one
las defrauded an orphan ?' j
"But if one knows nothing about it?
If the person grandma loaned it to is
dead, would his children foel glad to
hear of such a large debt ? You know
that it was twenty years ago that this
happened."
Vincent looked slightly discomfited
at this view of the subject.
But Gertrude, seeing that she had the
best of the argument, was magnanu
mous, and did not follow up her vic
tory. She took up a pen, and, after a mo
ment's thought, wrote something on a
sheet of note paper.
' Tnere, Vincent, will that answer ?"
Vincent took it from her and read :
" If B. V. Z., or his or her heirs,
know anything of a sum of money
loaned a long time ago to B. V. Z.
(without any security but his promise to
pay as soon as able to do so), they will
confer a favor upon the heirs of B. G.
by communicating with them at their
convenience. Address V. T., Box 1181,
P. O.
"That's all right, Gertie. Copy it
right away, and I'll run to the office
with it."
"Running won't hurry the mail,
Vin," said Gertrude, pithily.
"Don't tease, Gertie, Girls are not
nice when they torment a fellow."
" But a ' fellow ' needs to bo kept
down a little, or he realizes too deeply
that he is a so-called Lord of creation!"
you know,' Vincent. But you are better
than most ; so I'll be your humble little
servant, and do as you say."
And the girl bent and touched her
lips to her brother's forehead, with a
bright smile, which atoned for her teas
ing. iho advertisement was duly inserted,
and for days and weeks the two studied
the columns of the daily paper, hoping
for an answer. But none came, and at
lust, in the pressure of newly-assumed
duties, all thought of it faded gradually
out of their minds.
Vincent had found a position in a
store, and Gertrude had gone back to
her school as a pupil teacher, bo ai to
finish the nearly completed course of
study which had been interrupted by
her kind grandmother's death, and the
loss of fortune which had bo speedily
followed it.
Time passed on, and Gertrude was
graduated at the heed of her class, carry
ing off high honors.
She was at once onereu a position in
madam's school at a good salary. She
accepted with a glad heart. Now sho
could help Vincent to carry out his
heart's dearest wish, as her only expenses
would be for her clothing, and she could
appropriate the1 most of her earnings
toward paying for his tuition at the law
school.
Wait, Gertie," said Vincent (clear
ing his throat of a lump which had come
into it as he bad listened to ber unself
ish offer), "until I get a start. It's
your turn now, bat mine will come if
industry and perseverance can compass
it; tben we 11 see.
"I have no doubt youJl get me a
coach and four, Vin, said Gertrude,
with a slight touch of her old mischief
lurking about her lips and eyes: but
she sobered down at once and added,
seriously:
Love mo always as well as you do
now, and continue to be tne same
steady, good-principled boy, and I shall
be the happiest, most contented sister
in the whole world."
Spite of Vincent's twenty years and
tall stature, Gertrude still called him a
boy; and that name from her lips
sounded in his ears with a music no
other title could have carried with it.
With the lapse of two more twelve
months Vincent had attained the first
stepping-stone toward success. He had
mastered the details of his chosen pro
fession, had passed his examination,
and his name was enrolled among those
who were considered competent to un
ravel knotty law points.
Judge Lorrimer. a famous jurist, bad
taken a fancy to him, and admitted him
to his office, first as clerk, then after a
time as junior partner. He found his
position no Binecure, but he worked un
weariedly on, feeling no effort too great
that would help him on toward fortune
and fame.
One day, while searcbing for some
documents pertaining to an important
case, he came upon some papers yellow
with age, labeled " IS. V. Z.'s Bonds."
The conjunction of initials was such an
unusual one, that Vincent's heart gave
a sudden bound. Surely he had come
at last upon a clew which would enable
him to find tbo person to whom bis
grandmother had made the loan. As
soon as he could gain Judge Lorrimer's
ear he told him of his discovery, and of
his reason for being so mucb interested
in it. The judge listened with attention
until Vincent had concluded his story.
Then he said :
"Even if your surmises are correct,
my opinion is that you can do nothing
about it. Mr. Zennington has been
dead many years, and his heirs are
abroad. They were two grandchildren
a boy and a girl and as their father's
friends were in England, after their
mother's death they were, as a matter
of course, sent to their natural guardians.
They must be grown up by this time."
A client entering stopped the conver
sation, and it was not again resumed.
Some months after Judge Lorrimer in
vitt4 Vincent to a dinner-party.
"Be sure and come and bring your
sister with yon," he said. " I am ex
pecting some pleasant friends, and I
would like you to meet them."
It was quite an event in the lives of
the brother and sister. Their daily
duties allowed them but little recrea
tion. So when it did come they enjoyed
it all the more.
Among all the guests gathered to
gether within the judge's stately home,
none looked fairer or sweeter than Ger
trude Tracy in her dress of simple
white, and her breast-knot of velvet
leaved, golden-eyed pansies. Vincent,
too, compared favorably with any of the
gentlemen present. Straight and broad-
shouldered, with an expression in his
clear, dark eyes which told of a daunt-
less spirii, anu oi a nopeiiu, sunny
nature, which is one of the most precious
of gifts within fortune's power to be
stow.
He was seated at table beside a young
girl who was introduced to him as Miss
Montague. As he glanced at her he
could think of nothing but a modest
white rose. She was of a dainty fair
ness of complexion, with a faint pink
upon each dimpled cheek. Her eyes
were as blue as forget-me-nots though
tlreir color was rarely visible, so per
sistently did the white lids shut them
in. At first she was very shy, but after
a time Vincent succeeded in drawing
her out, and the two chatted away as
confidentially an though acquaintances
of years instead of houis.
Gertrude was equally well enter
tained. Her vis-a-vis was a courtly-
mannered youth, who had evidently
seen much of the world, and his de
scriptions of continental society half
humorous, but without a touch of mal
iceheld the girl's pleased attention
until the party broke up.
The brother and sister weie very
silent as they went home, and, strange
to say, neither questioned the other as
to the cause of the unusual abstraction.
But the truth was each was recalling
the music of the rtleasantly modulated
voices which had so lately entranced
their ears, or were seeing again in mem
ory the witching glances of bright
eyes. .
What was Vincent 8 surprise , ana
pleasure, some days later, when the
mdge came into the office with the two
young strangers, who were brother ana
sister, and introduced them again to
his young protege; but this time he
added, turning to Claude Montague:
"Mr. Tracy is the young man of
whom I told vou. Claude." and then
Vincent found his hand taken in a firm
clasp, and heard earnest words of grat
itude poured forth.
"Benjamin V. Zennington was our
grandfather, Mr. Tracy, and once, when
his fortunes were at an ebb so low that
ruin stared him in the face, a noble
hearted friend gave him help. We
knew of this debt of gratitude, as in
after years he used to talk about it.
But we my sister and I were so
young at the time of his death that the
name of his benefactress escaped our
memories. So we have never canceled
the debt."
" And we can never, never repay it,"
said the soft voice of Blanche Monta
gue; " for money alone would be pow
erless to do so. . All we have in the
world is indirectly owing to . your
grandmother's assistance."
As Vincent met the frank gaze of the
soft blue eyes he thought how pleasant
it would be to cancel any debt in that
direction by asking for a very precious
gift herself. But as he did not put
his ideas into words Blanche was none
the wiser, although if eyes could have
spoken his ardent look would have soon
told his secret.
This discovery at once placed the
young people on the sure footing of
friendship, and they were thrown to
gether very often, as a matter of course;
and need I tell my discerning reader
tbat at last tho heirs of Mrs. Graham
and of B. V. Zennington became joint
possessors of both estates by entering
into that mystio alliance which is for
better or for worse ?
The Welsh Teople.
The Welsh people are simple in their
habits and very polite, writes a travel
ing correspondent. The peasant women,
always plainly dressed in short frocks, a
handkerchief tied around the neck and
shoulders, with a tall, conical-shaped
hat, seldom fail to make a courtesy
when they meet strangers or those of
the upper classes. The rich and poor
are proud of their Welsh origin, and
they are clannish and tenacious of their
language, customsand traditions. Their
church services are conducted in the
Wesh language, and they observe with
strict fidelity the church rules and regu
lations. The bulk of the better classes
belong to the Church of England, while
the poorer classes and peasants are
Methodists. DuriDg my stay over Sun
day I attended the Episcopal church
with my friends. The services, of course,
were in Welsh. The minister noticed
that we had but one book between us,
and he walked down during the service
and handed us 'another one, in a simple
and quiet way. I noticed also that the
first lesson of the service was read by
theleader of the choir, while the sec
ond was read by one of the boys who
sang in the choir, and the whole congre
gation impressed one with the earnest
ness and devotional spirit they mani
fested through the whole service. The
language is built up largely of conso
nants, with but few liquid sounds, and
at first, and to a person not familiar
with it, sounds severe and harsh.
Mr. J. P. McCullough has been ap
pointed a missionary of the Southern
Baptist board to China.
WISE WORDS.
A handsome man and a fool may wear
the same cap.
Children have more need of models
than of critics.
The failure of one man is the oppor
tunity of another.
A handfnl of common sense is worth
a bushel of learning.
The best people need afllictions for
trial of their virtue.
If a man has nothincr to do vou mav
be pretty sure that Satan is looking out
for an employe and will soon find one.
Fine connections are apt to plunge
you into a sea of extravagance, and then
not to throw you a rope to save you from
drowning.
They who are weary of life, and yet are
most unwilling to die, are such those
have lived to no purpose who have
rather breathed than lived.
Such is the marvelous ductility of
gold that a single ounce of the pure
metal may be drawn out into a wire
thirty-three miles in length.
Wrong-doing is a road that may open
fair, but it leads to trouble and danger.
Well-doing, however rough and thorny
at first, surely leads to pleasant places.
An unkind word from one beloved
often draws the blood from many a
heart which would defy the battle-ax of
hatred or the keenest edge of vindic
tive satire.
If you hate your enemies you will
contract such a vicious habit of mind as
will by degrees break out upon those
who are your friends, or those who are
indifferent to you.
The grandest and strongest natures
are ever the calmest. A fiery restless
ness is the symbol of. frailties not yet
outgrown. The repose of power is its
richest phase and its clearest testimony.
Men's lives should be like the days,
more beautiful in the evening; or like
the spring, aglow with promise; and like
the autumn, rich with golden sheaves,
where good works and deeds have
ripened on the field.
In the depths of the sea the waters
are still; tho heaviest grief is that borne
id silence; the deepest love flows
through the eye and touch; the purest
joy is unspeakable; and tho most im
pressive preacher is the silent one whose
lips are closed.
- Hie Man With the Umbrella.
Why it is that the public do not lock
kindly upon a man carrying an um
brella in a hot day is a mystery yet to
be solved, but the fact is they do not,
and that not one man in a hundred has
the moral courage to carry one. Yes
terday when an eminent and dignified
citizen coming back from his dinner
turned into Griswold street with an
umbrella over his head, he was accosted
With:
" Been raining down your way ?"
" No. sir."
"Going to?"
" No, sir."
"Then you carry the umbrella to
keep the flies off'"
Yes, sir."
"Well that's a good plan, and all soft
men ought to practice it."
The next man had a grin on his face
as he called out:
"What's that for?"
" To keep the sun off."
"What do you want to keep the sun
off for?'
"Might get sunstruck."
" Suppose you did ?"
"Suppose you mind your business,
sir?"
The next man presumed upon his
long friendship to halt the man with
the umbrella and whisper:
" Pretty sharp in you, old fellow
keep the bulge toward your creditors
and they can't see you !"
Other men told him that wearing a
poultice on the head would dispense with
the umbrella, and others eaid that if he
was afraid of his ears feeing tanned ho
should fasten a fan on each side of his
hat. Not one single man took him by
the hand and encouraged him, and
when he reached the postoftice lie was
so discouraged that he lowered the
shade and used it to punch the ribs of a
boy who had begun to sing;
'He's a flat he's a feller,
And ho lugs an old umbrella."
Free Press.
A Kissing Spring:.
On Greasy creek. Ark., has recently
been discovered one of the most mi
raculous springs on record. A corre
spondent says a Baptist preachernamed
John It. Yeatts tells what he saw there,
and a Baptist dominie should bo most
excellent authority on water. Tho par
son says the spring flows from a moun
tain about 400 feet high, comes out of
the ground 100 feet from the top of the
mountain on the north side, and flows
at the rate of about forty gallons per
minute, and it is the color of apple
cider and ta&tes just like apple brandy,
and has the same effect. Those under
the influence of the water are perfectly
ecstatic, and hugging and loving every
thing they meet, ne says: I never saw
the like, children and boys and girls
hugging and kissing every one they
meet. Old men and old women, young
men and.young ladies embracing each
other by" hugging and kissing. I met
an old white-haired man and woman I
suppose about eighty years old and
they were hopping ana skipping like
lambs. I saw hundreds lying around
the spring bo drunk that they could not
Btand nr. and they were lying and
laughing.tryingto slap their hands. The
people cbLll it th " Milennium Spring."
The Careless Use of Ice.
It is only in this country that ice
enters so largely into the apparent com
fort of its inhabitants, and a very dan
gerous comfort it is. Dyspepsia and a
number of evils follow directly in the
train of the consumption of ice. To
the great pitchers of iced water so
temptingly displayed on hot days may
be traced a number of maladies, for it is
evident that no person can, without
danger, suddenly and violently lower
the temperature of his stomach by fill
ing it full of waf er at thirty -two degrees
Fahrenheit. That valuable orgnu will
certainly resent the insult, especially if
followed up by repeated injuries of the
same kind. In the tropics, where tho
ice has mote temptations surrounding
it than in any other part of the world,
the inhabitants most carefully avoid it.
You cannot get a Cuban to indulgo in
iced water. People who have been
previously addicted to the foolish habit
of using ice-water, after visiting the
West Indies, forever eschew the dan
gerous practice. A party of men who
recently visited San Domingo on busi
ness (who would go there for any other
reason?) on the first arrival mourned
greatly at the absenco of ice. "Ah,"
said they, " when tho English steamer
runs in here we will go aboard and
have a treat in the shape of good iced
brandy and soda."
The steamer arrived in due time. The
ardent foreigners jumped into the boat
of the captain of tho port (a negro gor
geously arrayed in uniform covered
with gold lace) and, barely saluting the
captain, rushed to the saloon for the
coveted refreshment. It was duly ab
sorbed, and the whole party rendered
ill in consequence. None of them have
ever touched ice since that time. In
the West Indies it is only tho colored
race which patronizes ice to tho white
people it is not only no luxury, but a
dangerous enemy. Ice lias its uses ; m
the hospitals it is invaluable ; for the
preservation of provisions, especially
fish, it is useful, although detrimental
to flavor if allowed to touch tho meats
to be preserved ; but as an article of
human consumption it should be avoid
ed. There is yet an essay to be written
upon tho maladies and woes produced
by the careless consumption oi ice. It
is only with us that this takes place.
Abroad, ice is simply a .'.nxury only re
sorted to at times ; even in California
the rotidents are wary of it. In shoit,
ice is a very good friend iu moderation,
bat a bitler enemy when the intimacy
is too absorbing. Xew York Hour.
A Curious Trap.'
Among tho discoveries made recently
in the great dead sea of tho West, wore
some gigantic oyster shells, more than
six feet long, each pair of which once
contained an animal that tho average
boy reader of St. Nicholas could not
lift. In other localities shells of but
one valve wer9 found iifteen feet long,
and each of these wn3 inhabited by a
cuttle fish, that forced itself through
the water by a method like that used t.)
shoot a rocket up into tho air; and
some authorities tay that these cuttle
fish attained a length of eveu thirty
!eet. Those long fellows had . a long
aame, Orthocerotite, and they had a
cousin, the Ammonite, which grew as
large as a cart-wheel.
Such wero some of the shells of a
thousand years ago; to-day the only
really largo shell is of the clam family.
It is named Trklncnagignn, and is found
in the Pacific ocean; the length of it i
life being sixty or seventy years. It
grows imbeded in the coral, and is fast
ened to the rocks by u cord called the
byssus, which is so tough that f can
only be cut with an ax. The shells
themselves are six feet long, eachvalvo
weighing more than two hundred and
fifty pounds; while the animal part
often weighs thirty or forty pounds.
When alive, the tridaena lies with its
great valves ajar, capturing any food
that may pass within the scalloped
edges. A shark was once caught in
this way, as shown in the picture.
Swimming along in search of food, he
unwarily passed into the doorway of
the great clam's houso, his tail rudely
striking tho animal. Like a flash the
tremendous jaws snapped together,
squeezing tho mon-eater as if he wero
in a vice, and rendering him utterly
powerless. As the tide went down, the
shark's head appeared above water,
thrashing about and churning up the
sea. The hubbub attracted the atten
tion of some natives, who soon cap
tured both shark and clam. St. tficko
lis. A furious Spot.
Between the mouth of the Missis
sippi and Galveston, ten or fifteen miles
southwest of Sabine l'ass, is a spot in
the Gulf of Mexico which is commonly
colled "The Oil Tonds" by tho cap
tains of the email craft which ply in
that vicinity. Thero is no lund within
fifteen miles, but even in tho wildest
weather tne water at this 6pot is com
paratively calm, owing to the thick cov
ering of oil which apparently rises
from the bed of the gulf, about eighteen
feet below the surlace. This strange
refuge is well known to the captains of
the small vessels which trade between
Calcasion, Orange, Sabine, Beaumont
and Galveston, and when through stress
of weather, they fail to make harbor
elsewhere, they run for "Tho Oil
Ponds," let go their anchors and ride
out tho gale in safotv.
Anaxagoras Jjnes (bawling into the
ear -trumpet of his stone-deat, beloved
Arabella ("My augel darling, Iadoio
you. Will you be mine forevV" Ara
bella Smith" Louder!"
and Matrimony.'
Ono year, ' ,
Slues clear;
Yearn trr
Ua titer blue,
Yoars three.
Can't agree.
County court,
"Splendid sport."
Sorrow. Sin.
Jury grin.
Divorce given,
Fetters riveu.
, Worried wifo, ;
Lonely life.
' Husband roams.
Care. Cost.
"Lovo losr."
BlOIt AT
VA'hen you wed,
Look ahead,
Might fay,
That's all.
AVtf OrJefins Tiiie.
Moonlight tales,
Midnight walUs,
Longing eyes,
Soothing ijh.,
Front gate,
rarlor scono,
l-Veling mean,
" Dearest Bran,
Answer yes."
Kind kiiH,
Dlind MiH.
Interview
Pupa, too.
Nothing loth,
Happy both,
Couple glad,
llavo it bad.
Organ swells,
Marriage bellrt.
Honeymoon,
Ended soon,
Double brown,
Settled down,
HUMOR OF TIIE DAY.
With some women the desire for the
latest new book is merely a novel sen
sation. " They quarrel liko a cnurch choir."
said Mrs. Slobson, as she saw two boot
blacks fighting. .
Undoubtedly the earliest domeitio
circle was formed by the ring of the
breakfast bell. Boston Courier.
When Henderson said he was at his
wits end. Fogg remarked that it wouldn't
take hirn long to get back; a very short
journpy, indeed.
A vagrant who had been fined regu
larlv (very week for begeing requested
the magistrate to lino hirn by the year
at a reduced late. .
When a man says he makes his living
by keeping a country tavern isn't it a
sort of declaration of inn dependence.
Louisville Journal.
A facetious younsr mao calls a certain
female institute a "Vonnor wea'her pre
diction" becttuso it contains bo many
Mioses. Xoifwt ini Herald.
" I alwnyf," Eaid the wife of a French
editor, "like to know that my husband
is fighting a duel. Then I feel that he
is perfectly safe from harm.'1 '
Solomon's temple at Jerusalem-cost
Feventy-seven billions of dollars, coin-
pieio. mere wero uviut-any jurou
ment contractors in those days. . ' ' :
Jay Gould controls $050,000,000 but
ho always thumps a watermelon before
buying it and insists on down woight'
when purchasing a pound of sugar.
It is now discovered that "Billy the
Kid", killed only eleven menand not
twenty-seven., William was not of such
inJuKtrions habits as at first reported.
A Cincinnati belle, in reply "to the
question whether there was much culti
vated r.nd refined society in her native
city, is reported as having replied,' 'Yon
jistbet yotr boots that we're a culti
vated crov, d.".
Model hnshandi : Brownsou "Well,
I always make it a rule to tell my wife
evervthing that happens." Smithkics
"Oh; my dear fellow, that's nothing.
I tell my wife lots of things that never
happened at all." '
He had lost hi knife aDd they asked
know where yon lost it V '; "Yes, yep,"
ho replied, "of course I do. I'm
merely hunting in these other places
for it to kill time " 1
It is a matter of economy for a man
to allow his wife to pinchase the meat.
A woman can get more meat for fifteen
cents than a man can for halt a dollar.
And fihe can generally got a chunk of
liver thrown in, too. Rome Sentinel. .
Steamship officials nned unusual vigi
lance in searching for stowaways before
leaving European ports last Btason, in
consequence of which there, was a
marked absence of noble dnkes, count,
etc., at c,ur watering places. Detroit
Free Press.
There is a young laly in. Keokuk,
Iowa, who is six feet four inches tall,
and she is engaged to be married. The
man who won her did it in these
words : " Thy beauty st:ts my soul
aglow I'd wed thee light or wrong ;
man wants but little hv.re below, but
wants that little long." Buffalo ,
prens. '
Hunting lu a Cemetery.
Greenwood cemetery, in Brooklyn
embraces live hundred acres and is
traversed twenty miles of drives. It
is well named the City of tho Dead,
for it is already the final resting-place
of more people than Now York had
when tho cemetery was ttarted forty
years ago, or nearly MO, 000 persons
It is also a considerable haunt of the
living, ruaDy of this portion of the" in
habitants caiibing no little trouble to the
oilicial trapper. Moro than '.10,000 ani
mals, large and small, have been feLot or
trapped within the cemetery bounds
since lN7i".
Tne largest game was a fox, trapped
in 1878, nnd tho smallest moles and
ground mice. The oilicial figures for
rive vears (1S7G-1IS0) arc us follows:
Ground mice, 11,0; chipmunks, 2,853;
moles, 'J.SWO ; snakes, Utiu' ; ruts, 1108 ;
ca'.a, li'Jvi; dogs, 137; tkunks, 10;
mu'ikr.it. 0 ; ; total, 'JO.Kii. All
this work has becu dono by ono man,
who is cxpreHlv en:tgt'd for this pur
pose. His name is Tiitz Waguer, but
' men emi'loved iu th'J cemetery as tl.o
! -Uole Catcher."
Courtship