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"re is h utrnwje, sweet floln, in the thought
i 'Imt all (he wore u tfiiffor Imre below
y, ns ft dark nml liiclcons inm-nt wrought
I or us to wonrf Whether h ill or no,
j oast aside, with i i-olieviiig smilo,
Aftor a liwlo while.
o mortal roaming but Imth certain end;
'J 'hongh fur unto the orian-spnces gray
' Mil nnd fi-il, iiliunt a olmrt.for fiinnd,
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After a little whilo.
Oil, when our cares come thronging thick
end fust, - .
Willi more of Anguish than the heart can
lioar,
Though friends desert, and, rs the heedloss
blast,
Even love priss by us wilh n Ftnny stare, '
Let us withdraw into some ruinoU pile,
Or lonely forest uile.
And contemplate the never-ceasing chancre
Whereby the t rorc.;csof God are wrought,
llid from our petty lives our souls estrar
Till, bullied in currents of exalted though,
"9 feel the re t that must our cares beguile,
After b little while.
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A Curious Disposition. -
y
Three ladies wore seated in Agatha
Foster's parlor ; Miss Fortmnie, large,
dark and of uncertain 'ago, who mon
opolized tho most comfortable arm-'
chair; Mrs. Becker, 'shrunken and
Bandy, who was constantly sliding
oil tho sofa and ' reinstating herself
with a jerk, and Miss Agatha 'herself,
who sat npart from the" others, glanc
ing uneasily out of the window, as if
distressed by their garrulity. Miss
Agatha was u fair young woman, with
a noblo head and a countenance ex
pressive of all grace and goodness. Yet
at tills moment she entertained feel
ings decidedly hostile to her callers,
Who had run ill. with t.lin familiar fron
dom of fellow boarders in a family hotel,
to chat away the afternoon. At heart
they 'wore immensely sorry that Miss
NarmieFostcr hadjiotyet returned from
a suburb, where she had gone the day
dm ore. Miss .Nannie, Agatha scousin,
companion and chaperono in one, was
far more to their taste: she was mum
attentive, more easily impressed, morij
sympauieuc, mey thought., Sha sever
sat looking out tho window1 when they
were retailing their choicest litis of
scandal for her especial benefit. But
then she was a woman of years. How
ever, they still lingered; it was a
pieasant place, xne rosters had the
handsomest suite in the biiildin(r-.ind
furnished with such taste! Such car
pets! Such decorative art! And tho
Fosters weie tip-top people. There
were four of them, Miss Agatha, her
two bachelor brothers, ten and a dozen
years her senior, and Miss Nannie.who,
einco their parents' death,Lhad kept the
children together. Tho 'winter day
t'rew to a close, the room grew dusky,
and tit ill the ladies lingered.
Airat ha could endure it na lono-er-
this, of all days, she was without pa-
ucniv. Mir rose quickly.
"Ladles she said, with an indig
nant quiver in her sweet contralto
voice, ' you must excuse me. I cannot
listen to such conversation !"
There was silence a moment; then
Miss Fortescue lifted her cumbrous
frame. "Oh. certainly. I quite un
derstand. "ro will withdraw. Wre
do not wish to offend."
"Oh, certainly," faintly echoed Mrs.
Becker, sliding from tho" sofa for the
last time and preparing to follow.
Agatha's impatience only increased.
" And allow me to say," she ex
claimed, with no compunction, "that I
think iadies might be .better employed
than with their neighbors affairs."
" Good-afternoon," said Miss Fortes,
cue, savagely.
" Good-afternoon," sneered Mrs.
Becker.
"Good riddance !" cried Agatha,
sharply, ere tho door had closed.
"To-day of all days," she said, as
she walked to and fro in the dusk.
Presently the door opened.
" All in tho dark, Agatha?" asked a
cheery voice. 0
"1 thought you would never come,
Nannie," was tho swift, unnerved re-
riy.
""Why, what is tho matter, my
dear?"
" I have just put Mrs. Fortescue and
Mrs. Becker out of tho room, and it
has annoyed me."
"Dear me, what had they done?"
"The same old sickening gossip.
Miss Bruce ilirts on the street; Mrs.
Gray holds her step-child to the fire to
burn it, and so on and so on."
"They get their ideas from the
morning papers," said Xannie, calmly,
unclasping her fur-lined circular.
" The stepmother holding the child to
the tire is a favorite paragraph when
news is scarce. Sometimes she heats
the flat-iron. For my part I would
never go to that trouble."
But Agatha could not respond to her
staid humor. She helped put away the
wraps, and inquired after the suburban
friends.
" You look pale ; aren't you well ?"
asked Miss Nannie when they were
seated.
The girl dropped her eyes. " Nannie,
I have homo news for 'you," she said
with an effort. "I last night I
promised Mr. 1'eters to to marry
him." Then she sighed as if relieved
of a great burden.
The room was si ill, utterly still. If
Miss Nannie were surprised or shocked
she gave tei token. She only sat quietly
bii.ki.vj ai. the girl and taking time t'o
collect. A "at hti never lifted h.-r eves
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VOL. IV. NO. 36.
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until, after some moments, her cmiain
cleared her throat and tranquilly in
quired : " Well, dear, are you satisfied
that you will bo happy?"
Then the girl rose and threw herself
upon the sofa. " Oh, Nannie, I don't
J-how; I can't tell."
' Morn silence. Then Miss Nannie
asked if she had told the boys.
To these women George and Lewis
would bo "the boys" as long as they
lived.
"I told George at noon," replied
Agatha, in a voico heavy with tears.
"Lewis was not here.. I wish you
would tell him."
' "And what did George say ?"
"lie only said, ' I congratulate
Peters.'"
MissNannfe leaned back in tho chair
end meditated, bringing Fctcrs up for
a mental review. Poor little whiffet I
To be sure he had money, somo social
standing and a fair education. They
had known him a long, long lime, ami
even felt for him a sort of distant rela
tives' affection. . They would do any
thing in the world for him. lie olten
took Agatha about, to places of am use
meat, to church, or riding. But he
was at least fifteen years her senior,
nnd they had never d'reamcd of his as
piring to marry her. His appearance
Wiis pitifully against him. .Miss Nan
nie reviewed his bad build, his bowed
legs, his " wild eye," as she called it, a
suspicious eye that seemed to skirmish
about tho room while its mate regarded
you with steadfast respect. Then she
turned her thoughts to Agatha Aga
tha perfect in face and ligure and en
nobled by education and advantages
Agatha, for whom a senator had pro
posed and a congressman languished,
to say nothing of her lesser adorers-
Agatha, wno had rejected the senator
occause lie lacked principle, and the
congressman because ho was a wid
ower. ' Nannie remembered that the girl
had suffered and shed tears over re
fusing these and others. She had a
curious disposition, as tho boys had
said.
; At length Nannie roused and spoke.
' I will tell Lewis ; and now, dear,
you had better dress, it is near dinner
time." ..''Hark!" cried Agatha, "there he is
now gone into his room."
" Nannie recognized the clumsy step,
Lewis had never yet come up those
stairs without tripping at tho top ; the
rushing, impetuous way of his boyhood
Would always cling to him.
" 1 am going at once to tell him,
beforo Georgo comes," said Nannie,
rising.
"Yes, do," sighed Agatha. And
when her cousin had gone- out across
the corridor, nnd her tap had been
welcomed by a careless "Come in!"
the young girl stole after nnd listened
at the crack of her brother's door.
"Lewis, I have news for you," said
Nannie, gently, and there was a hid
den sob in her fond voice. "Agatha
has promised to marry Mr. Feters."
"Oh Lord!" cried Lewis, in open
mouthed disgust. .
Agatha crept away from the door ;
her face was burning and her heart
beat hard.
But Miss Nannie remained awhile
in her cousin's chamber.
"Lewis," she said, gently, "I sup-
pose e an leei the same over this
matter? Agatha says when sho told
George he remarked that he 'congrat
ulated Peters.' "
" Well, this is too bad," said Lewis,
indignantly. "It is a shame if a girl
with her laco and brains can't do bet
ter. She is altogether too soft-hearted.
Sho would have married all the men
who ever proposed, if we had let her,
and out of sheer pity, not because she
cared for them. That is why she ac
cepted Peters, couldn't bear to hurt
his feelings. didn't want his eves to
suffuse with tears ! We must do "some
thing to prevent."
Nannie smiled denrecatint'lv : "We
must bo very careful. Agatha has a
curious disposition, and it she thought
wo were till against him she would
only pity him the more."
" If there was onlv some wnv t.-i dis
pose of him," exclaimed Lewis, grimly;
"if we could send him .nit. with tho
next Arctic expedition "
Nannie rose. "You will be very
careful what you say, Lewis?"
"Oh, of course."
She lintrered at the door. " A ir.it Im
has not a forceless nature by any
means," she said ; "she can ret anTv
if she cares to. She tells Inn (dm toit
Miss Fortescue and Mrs. Becker out of
our parlor to-day, because of their vile
gossip. I have'no doubt she did."
"Humph !"
Atiatha came down to dinner with
her face composed and her manner
gracious as ever. Her inward defiance
was not outwardlv manifest. Of her
family. Geortre was a shad.' nn
dignilied than usual, and Lewis ap
peared annoyed, whiL Nannie put on
a regret! ul look and s.ighed occasionally.
When they left llm dining-room,
Agatha swept haughtily by the table,
at which sat the Fortescue and P.ei Kor
She win done with the twain and
intended thev should see it.
L') in their t;lrl r. Oeorire sat, down
by his sister. Agaiha," ho said,
slowly and with ::u "evident dKt.e t.'
for the bill deft, "do vt u tiiin'; von
did weli t.j en".i ' voiirsidi' to Mr.
Peters before c-.u.-u!t;n,-' vour l'amilv?"
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1882.
" "w '"K" uuee years ago,
Vhoaid, -regarding him with serene
".I was of
iiigmiy.
" Yes, yes, of course. But there is
such a thing as advice. Mr. Peters is
our good friend, but is ho a suitable
husband for you?"
" What is there against him?" she
asked, unflinchingly. She was not
blind to her lover's bodily imper
fections. She had lain awake all
night mentally endeavoring to straight
en his crooked limbs and control his
recreant orb. But with daylight they
had dawned upon her as uncompro
mising its ever.
But George would not stoop to per
sonalities. "Nothing," he answered,
quietly. "Only we have looked very
high for you. AVe want you to be
happy."
" Then do not speak against Mr.
Peters," she said, in a way that seemed
to dismiss the subject.
George lieto .'c himself to his own
room, and L-vis took his idace by
Agatha.
appose I am to congrat
'. witli a careless disre
, '.! injunctions,
c s M in very enthusiastic,"
; -der, calmly, recalling
iicard exclamation upon
'.lie U''WS.
ub.te," lie
gard of Na:.
" You do :
responded hi
his seeretly
lirst h arniiiL
" I can't help it if I don't." ho an
swered, half impatiently. "Y'ou know
low proud we are of you, Gath, and
we can't be expected to think any man
good "Hough."
She smiled.
lie v. cut on recklessly: "I don't be
lieve you knew what you were doing,
Y'ou don't love 1'eters", you only pity
nitv
nun, just, as you used to pity the sena
tor and all the rest. This crooked little
curmudgeon! Why, he is older than
George, and cross-eyed "
Shu sprang up in a rage: "Lewis,
you have said quite enough. Never
speak to me again. I forbid it!''
Then siio sought her own chamber
and threw herself upon the bed.
Nannie came to her after awhile
"My poor darling! Why are you feel
ing so bad ?"
" Lewis has been saying such awful
things!"
" And are you quite sure you have
made no mistake?"
" Quite sure?"
She arose and arranged her toilet;
i !. i . . . . .. " i -
mt. jeters was to come that eveninsr,
He arrived early. Nannie endeav
ored to be gracious, but excused her
self, leaving Agatha to her lover, the
ooys Having iiutli gone- out. And
Agatha, with Lewis' cool criticism
still ringing in her ears, felt as if in a
dream. Fortunately Peters made no
inquiries as to her brothers' opinions of
rne marriage. Miss .Nannie had con
gratulated him as though all was satis
factory.
Agatha accepted his adoration quite
passively, and tit last, when he had
gone, retired to her own room to pity
linn, and tell herself how much she
loved him.
But as the winter slipped away tho
engagement was announced, and, liav
ing remained unbroken, Agatha's
brothers even began to feel quito re
signed.
The quiet, intense devotion of Nor
man 1'eters was touching. He wor
shiped his betrothed; to him sho was
a very goddess.
"If," thought Nannie, with a soft
ened regret, "it he were only not quite.
so small ! ii no were only a half inch
taller, to bo of even height with Aga
tha !
Meanwhile Agatha was fretting her
self to death. A thousand little heart
less sarcasms and glances of ridicule,
to which Peters, in his great happiness,
was utterly oblivious, were constantly
stabbing her. Night after ni'dit she
passed in wakefid agony, the idea of
oreainng tlie engagement never once
occurring to her. She was suro she
loved him, and she realized tho depth
of his devotion. She endeavored to rise
above morbid sensitiveness, tcllina her
self that people would cease their cruel
wayyavheii they saw that she was de
teruLped to stand by him. But she
grewtliin, and her face More a hunted
expression. Mesdames Becker and
Fortescue now began to circulate petty
little stories about her ingeniously
constructed, but untruthful romances.
Nothing very bad, for Agatha was a
woman to whom no doubtful mist
clung for a moment; but whispers of
"coquetry," "girlish folly," aud"last
resort," which were blown from lip to
lip on the dubious breath of friendship,
came at last to vex the ears of the
Forsters. Agatha only grew more
pale. Stormy Lewis, however, one day
confronted Miss Fortescue in the hall
beforo his sister's room.
"I can tell you, niadame, that you
must discontinue your talk of my sis
ter," he cried, angrily.
Agatha came" out. "Oh, Lewis,
dear."
He took her by the arm. "Go back,
Gath. I've a matter to settle with
this lady. She knows what mischief
she has been trying to work, and I in
tend the talk shall cease, or I shall take
measures she may not admire."
, "Without a word Mrs. Fortescue
turned anil (led.
"1 was soitv for her," said Agatha;
" She 'ooked so guilty ami helpless."
" I declare I haven't much patience
with yet," excldoied her brother, "to
think that you would d.-lVnd her, and
she every day assailing your good
name. But all your ways of lute are
provoking. You are going to marry a
man you don't love, because you pity
him. For God's sake, why didn't you
pity some one suitable?"
She trembled with excitement and
passion.
" Lewis, if you have the least particle
of love or respect for me, you will
never speak so again. I do love Nor
man, and it will kill me if anything
should break the engagement 1"
Lewis quit her presence- crestfallen.
Tho days slipped by. There had
been no date fixed for the wedding,
nor was tho subject discussed by the
family.
None but Nannie knaw tho terrible
tremor in which the girl existed. Sho
was moving about, her hands con
stantly occupied. Day after clay, rain
or shine, the two women were out of
doors. They had always an errand,
usually one of mercy. Nannie, how
ever disinclined, would have felt it a
sin to oppose, and so A gatha dracged
her off through tho flitting sunshine,
the moodiness, the chill, or the storm
of the springtime, until one last morn
ing. lthadbern raining for three days,
and so steadily that t he sidewalk flags
were cleaned and whitened.
Agatha said they would not be ham
pered with a carriage, and they took a
car for a mile or so, alighting to walk
a few squares to another line. The
storm had abated, and the rain was
but a listless drizzle.
Agatha slipped and slid once, and
Nannie gave a frightened exclamation.
" My overshoes are useless," said the
girl, carelessly. "I must have another
pair. I have a irood deal of shonrVinrf
to do soon."
"Your outfit " ventured Nannie,
and stopped.
Agatha sighed, but the sigh was
lost in the noise of the street.
A poor little vellow d orr lirrmivl rmf
from under a passing vehicle, holding
up one paw and yelping pitiiully.
"Oil, see," cried Agatha, with her
ej es ei. "i-oor, poor doggie I I am
so sorry ! "
The yelps died away in the distance,
and the ladies went on.
A ldind man crying "Cough lozen
ges?" upon the corner detained them
for a moment.
In the next block nn rld i
had been torn away to cive place to a
new one. Careless workmen had left
tho sidewalk unguarded in one place, a
step from which would have landed
t .1
ouu iu u ueep ceiiar, wnere lay a num
ber of loose foundation stones
Just as they had reached this spot
they were brought to a sudden halt by
loud cries and confusion. Down the
street, and directly toward them, came
i runaway icam dragging a splendid
carriage.
Agatha took an irresolute step for
ward, ami men sprang back as the
horse dashed up against the sidewalk.
The women were thus separated,
ami in a second .Nannie was reaching
forward, cold with horror.
"Agatha!" she cried, but too late.
Tho girl had lost her balance, and had
fallen backward from tho unguarded
sidewalk down into the deep cellar,
and there lay upon tho stones limp and
unconscious.
She would live, sadly crippled and
helpless; the spine had been injured
and one hip dislocated. So said the
best of surgeons. .She would hence
forth require all care and tenderuesss.
"Thank God she is not poor J" cried
Nannie. As for the bovs. fli-ortro w.-.c
completely crushed, anil Lewispaccd
me uoor ior nours, crying lor his
"Poor, poor sister !"
Agatha insisted upon hearing th
worst, and, when it was made known.
Was silent. Bv-and-live "Y.-innin .mibi
see great tears trembling under the
long, dark eyelashes.
" I would not mind." faltered the
sufferer, "but for him. Who wiU
love and care for him now?"
Then she asked that he bo sent foi
at once. When he arrived Nannie
and the boys were in the room, but
thev withdrew to the window TvtfW
face was us pale as Agatha's own.
"Gorman, dear," sue said, without
a preface, "I am a cripple for life. I
may never walk atrain. T sent for vmi
to give you back your freedom."
A frightened expression overspread
his countenance ; his lip quivered,
and lie sank on his knees hv th l.wl
and buried his face.
Agatha, darling !" ho cried, with
re.d ii:it liiis; '-ilmi't ilim't d mo ,.if t
...... ...... ... .. v i.u.11, iiiu uu ;
Y"oi are a thousand times dearer to
me now. All 1 ask is th riirbt. in
care for you" his voice broke, and he
fell to weeping.
Jy the window three persons heard
it all. TheV looked in silenee Jit. i-.-ii-b I
other, then Lewis strode swiftly across
me room.
" 1'eters." ho said. " we haven't done
right by you. I, myself, have acted
despicably. But if you will forgive
nnd lorget, it will be verv different in
the future."
Then Peters, who bad risen ctmul
silent and bewildered till, through the
mist, pjoom grew suddenly bright,
for tin V TUd ( Jieircli-d him nml with
claspiiig'his hands with sudden warmth.
as ,gui!ia lay watching sho
raised a lVcldo hand to stav the tears
that coursed her cheeks.
"I never th night," she subbed aloud,
I never dreamed I could bo so
happy!"
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A French paper says : "It is a re
markable fact that th'ei ; are no rats in
the islands of the Pacific ocean. Be
peated attempts have been made to
acclimatize the rodents there, as tho
flesh is much esteemed by tho natives
as an article of food. But the attempts
thus far have failed, as they invariably
die of consumption."
Among the instruments at a recent
scientific meeting was one exhibited
by Sir F. Bramwell, employed for
ascertaining the velocity of trains and
the efficiency of brakes. "With this
apparatus it was found that a train
weighing 125 tons ran five miles five
yards alter steam was shut off while
traveling at a speed of forty-five
miles an hour. The line was level and
the day perfectly calm.
Sensations nre transmitted to tho
brain at a rapidity of about 180 feet
per second, or at one-lbth tho rate of
sound; and this is nearly the same in
all individuals. The brain requires
one-t'-nth of a scon d to transmit its
orders to the nerves which p-eside over
voluntary motion; but this amount
varies much in different individuals,
and in the same individual at different
times, according to the disposition or
condition at the time, and is moro
regular the more sustained the atten
tion. Experiments upon over four hundred
individuals of all classes, ages and oc
cupations show how great is the diver
sity of opinion as to the size of objects
seen through the microscope. The ol
ject used in the experiments was a
common louse magnified to a theoreti
cal size of 4.GG inches. The majority
of observers underestimated this
value ; two estimates were
only one inch ; seven were over a foot,
and one was at least five feet. New
students of the microscope usually re
ceive an impression somewhat larger
than the real value, and adhere to it
for a considerable time.
Dr. Mittendorf states that Ameri
can students are less afflicted with
near-sightedness than German stu
dents. The affection is developed by
sedentary occupations and lack of ex
ercise, women being therefore more
liable to contract it than men. It
usually appears in childhood, rarely
after the twenty-first vear. Weak
glasses of slight blue tint should be
worn early to stay its progress, a3
blindness often follows neglect of
treatment. In his paper on this sub
ject Dr. M. tells of a lino horse in Ber
lin which became intractable and was
found to be suffering from near
sightedness, but was as docile as ever
after a pair of glasses had been fitted
to its eyes.
HEALTH IIIXTS.
Eat lighly at supper, retire early and
eat, a h. arty breakfast, if you would
keep a clean tongue and a good appe
tite. Dr. FootiS s Health Monthly.
To remove warts, cover them
with baking soda, wet with water and
no them up; a few applications will
remove them. I have tried it. Cot
tage Hearth.
For a tight, hoarse cough, where
phlegm is not raised, or with 'difficulty,
take hot water ol'U-n as hot as cau bo
sipped. This will give immediate and
permanent relief. Don't fail to try
this remedy because it is simple.
Dr. Denker, of St. Petersburg, treats
diphtheria by first giving tho patient
a laxative, and when its operation has
ceased he gives cold drinks acidulated
with hydrochloric acid ami a gargle of
iiuie-w aier and not imiK in equal parts
every two hours. His method has heen
very successful.
Careful cooking of oven the longest
used and best known kinds of food,
whether animal or vegetable, is the im
portant rule to insure health nml
strength from -tho tahl". No matter
what the quality of the food to begin
with mav be. a bad cook will invari.-iblv
incur heavy doctors' bills and a not
less inconsiderable "little account" at
the druggist a.
Treatment of Frozen Persons.
Medical men have always differed
as to whether tho best medical treat
ment of frozen persons was by a
gradual or a rapid application of heat.
"Jo settle tho matter," says Know-
ledye, " Laptchinkski has made a series
of very careful experiments upon dogs,
witJi the follow ing results : Of twenty
animals treated by tho method of
grailiral resuscitation in a cold room,
fourteen perished ; of twenty placed at
once in a warm apartment, eight died";
while of twenty immediately put into
a lKit bath, all recovered." The experi
ments will probably influence the
practice- of medical men in ltussia and
Northern Europe, where tho question
ot the best means ot restoring lite in
persons suffering from excessive cold
is of frequent occurrence every winter.
Anglers predict that in a very few
years the trout will all disappear from
the valley streams of Montana, owing
to the immense numbers carried out
into irrigating ditches and into the
fields.
Paris scientists have succeeded in
in.K-ulating a i:iu1-j with smallpox. It
is a wonder tho mule didn't tick
ugnimd, it.
."iiit--
-i flolivmrr.
In the Mining Town.
"Tis the last time, darling?," he gontly said,
As he kissed her lir", like cherries red,
While a fond look sh vie hi his eyes of brown.
'My own is the pretti.ut tfirl in town;
To-morrow the boll from the tower will ring
A joyful peal. Was there ever a king
Bo truly blest on his royal throne,
As I shall be, when I claim my own?"
'Twasafond farewell; 'twa a sweet good
bye; But she watched him go, with a troubled
sigh; ,
So into the basket, that swayed and swung
O'er the yawning abyss, he lightly sprung,
And the joy of heart seemed turned to woe
As they lowered him into tho depths below.
Her sweet young face, with its tresses brown.
Was the fairest face in tho mining town.
Lo! tho morning came ; but the marriage
bell,
Ilicdi up in the tower, rang a mourning knell
For the true heart buried 'neath earth and
stone,
Far down in the heart of the mine alono,
A sorrow-peal on her wedding day,
For the breaking heart, and the heart of
clay;
And the face that looked from her tresses
brown
Was the saddest face in the mining town.
Thus time rolled on in'ils weary way,
Dntil flfts years with their Bhadows gray
Had darkened tho light of her sweet eyes
glow,
And had turned the brown of her hair to
snow.
Oh! never a kiss from a husband's lips
Or the clasp of a child's sweet finger-tips,
Had lifted one moment tho shadows brown
From the saddest heart in the mining town.
Far down in the depths of the mine one day.
In the loosened earth they were digging nwaj,
They discovered a face, so young, so fair
From the smiling lips to the bright-brown
hair
Untouched by the finger of time's decay.
When they drew lum up to the light of day.
The wondering people gathered round
To gaze at the man so strangely found.
Then a woman sprang from among tha
crowd,
With her long white hair, and her slight form
bowed;
She silently knelt by the form of clay,
And kissed the lips that were cold and gray.
Then the sad old face, with its snowy hair,
On his youthful bosom lay pillowed there.
He had found her at lasthis waiting bride;
And the people buried them side by Bide.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
" Never smoke before ladies." "We
suppose one must let the ladies smoke
first. Lawrence American.
Corn is said to be lato in ripening,
but when a fellow treads on your foot
you will find your corn is ripe, and
yell oh !
"Where are the men of 76?' 'shriek3
an excited exchange. Oh,to Halifax
with the men of seventy-six. Give
us the women of twenty-three.
Uawheye.
Who ha3 any right to sneer at the
inventive genius of worn an when one
in New York has discovered a process
by which cat skin can be made to look
like seal ? Detroit Free Press.
A man in Elgin, Illinois, put on a
clean shirt with such energy the other
day that he broke an arm. it is a duty
which one likes to have off his mind
as soon as possible. Free Press.
Typhoid fever is now the fashion
able disease. Having it is prima facia
evidence that vou are in easv rlmnm.
stances and passed tho season at a
summer resort. Philadelphia News.
A man never realizes tho littleness
of his own abilities so much as when,
after blackiug his own boots, he is '
greeted by the first boy he meets with
the customary "Shine?" Lowell Citi
zen. Several of our exchanges are de
voting considerable space to the im
portance of "cooking girls." It's no
use. We don't want thein cooked.
Tho raw damsel is good enough for
us. Hartford Times.
Mrs. Partington honored us with a
call this morning, she is looking well,
and she says she is like tho windows
of a renovated house all tho old
panes are out of her, and the pneu
matics are things of the vAst.lioston
Star.
"Pa, I'll bo rigid sorry when you
get well," said a little Austin boy to
his sick parent. "Why, my son?"
" Because I won't get any more empty
medicine bottles to sell. I sell 'em for
live cents apiece to the drug store."
Hiftiiiys.
" Few men are born to rule," and
that is what tho bookkeeper flunks
when ho comes in alter lunch and
finds the old man lias been trying to
close an account on the ledger with a
spattering peri and a nickel ruler.
Jlo.stun linlhtin.
Jn the German army more attention
is being paid to tho science of aero
statics, and officers are being trained
to make balloon ascensions. This will
lit them to come to this country and
amuse tho population on tho Fourth
of July. 11,,.', a Post.
A New York man savs he keeps
chops and sb aks for several days in
thehotte.it weather by hurving 'them
iu meal. Meal is a g.'-od thnig'lu any
weather for sd aks and chops. We
more particularly refer ist now to the
morning meal. Dunltny A us.
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