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LIKE THE ANVIL.
"Stand like tlio anvil," whoa tho filrltei
Of B'a'wnrt mon full fiorco tmd fnot ;
Storms l)iit moro deeply root (ho oak,
V'hoso brawny arms rmhraco tho blast.
""fSfand likp the anvil," when fie sparks
riy far nnd wido, a fiery shower i
Virtue and triilli ma it still b.i mm In
U here tn"l:co ravas it want of power.
" 8. nnd liko the anvil," when tlio bir
Lies rnd and glowing na it broa.it
Duty shall bo life's loading st ir,
And couseioui iutioounu-j its ro-.t.
"Stand liko tho anvil ;" noi e and boat
Are born of earth and dio with timo j
Tho soul, like (iod, its sourco nnd sout,
Is seldom atill, serene, sublime.
FAITH REWARDED.
CHAPTER I.
"You will bo back n.3 soon ni you
can, Edith? You know how I dislike
being loft alone." lit. Bertram
r ppoko fretfully, aul looked as if sho
rather reseDted Iter daughter's going
out ut all. "And you will think over
what I have said to you about Dr.
Ashby? You know, my dear, some
ono must mako a sacrifice; I'm Hure
I'm willing to do anything, but wlr.it
Is there a helpless invalid can do? If
you woull only look at tho matter
from a reasonable point of view you
would rot hesitate. Just think of
Blanche and Eva, what is to become of
those poor, darling children?"
Edith sighed deeply; slio had been
thinking of tho children all tho morn
ing while teaching them their lessons
and correcting their exercises, trying
to coax Bee to practice, an 1 Eva to
f;et through her French verbs, thiuk
ng what a comfort it wouid bo if
they could both be sent oil to a good
school, where they would be taught
obedience; for though she had all tho
trouble, she had not tho slightest con
trol over them.
It only seemed like playing at les
sons to have Edith for a governess,
while to her it was weary, wo Ting
work, added to all her other anxieties
and worries. Tor everything seemed
to fall on Edith's shoulders. Mrs.
Bertram was a fretful, ratlier selfish
person, who suffered from nervous
headaches, and on the strength of
them took very littlo intcre-t in tho
affairs of her sma 1 and t truitune 1
household, except to perpetual'y find
fault, and grumble at the .hard fate
that had placed her in such circum
stances.
She was a pretty woman, with soft
fair hair and violet eyes, and useless
little white hands ; and though Edith
Bertram felt it keenly when her father
brought home a young wifo to tho
Dingle, sho did not wonder when sho
looked nt tho pretty clinging girl who
looked little older than herself, and
seemed) so sweet, shy and amiable.
Edith wa3 fifteen, and her step-moth-r
twenty-two, though she did not look
nearly so old. And just at first, things
went on smoothly enough at the Dingi
Mrs. Bertram mado no changes, and
Edith was still housekeeper, and took
care of her father as sho had done for
five year.-', ever since her own mother
had died. But after a few months the
sweetness and siiyncsa rubbed olf, and
Mrs, Bertram exhibited a sharpness of
temper and petulance of manner that
was anything but pleasant. The
doctor, umiablo and easy-tempered to
a fault, gave in to her in everything.
First she had Edith's drawing-master
sent away, as 6he thought it mere
waste of timo and money ; then the
music-teacher was dismissed on the
plea that, as Edith was not gcing to
bo a musical govorness, it was absurd
to keep on learning, as she played quite
well enough already. Then Mrs.
Bertram began to find fault with Jack
Clifford, the doctor's assistant, and
made it so unpleasant for him that he
declared one day he could not stand it
any longer.
"I've mado up my mind to go to tho
Cape, Edith, to make my fortune," he
said, and she could only l id him good
bye, with tear-dimmed eyes and fal
tering voice. She could not ask him
to stay, for it did not s'ein liko home
at the llingle, and all her authority
was gone.
' But I'll come back, Edith," Jack
added, holding both her hands. "I'll
return to you. Will you trust me,
. darling, nnd wait?"
"Yes, Jack, I will," she replied,
simply. And t lie next day he left with
a formal farewell. Only Edith knew
what a disappointment it was to Jack,
arid how all his hopes were blighted
and his plans altered. The doctor ha 1
promised to make him his partner, and j
that one any ne snoiuu succeed nun;
but for soino inexplicable reason ho
had been cold and distant of late, and
it seemed a positive relief when Jack
w.n gone.
' bix mouths ait r tho baik in which
Dr. Bertram had deposited tlio savings
of his whole life, and Edith's fortune
inherited from her mother, failed stnl
dpnlv everything was lost, and the
doctor never recovered the i-hock of it.
- "If I only had Jack to stand by me
I mjght have borne it," he caul, sadly;
"he would have b.-t-n a son tJ mo in
my adve sity."
V " - - - ry ' I n o - -
I vhither, and Mrs. l.ertram began to ; but no second growth of love would
mly realize that she h::d done a fool-1 ever spring up in her heart. Edith's
tiling in driving him away, for the j Wai an intense, patient, fa'tliful na
doefor trew every day more feeble, j tore, giving much and exacting little
nnd Wtt l?ugth was forced to sell his ' in return, she vm willing to wu t, as
practice and house, wA wove InU ft I bUy had prumiaUucli ClifTord, to wpjt
liut Jack wa cine, none Knew
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tiny cottagt) on tho outskirts of tho
village, where, after a few months, ho
lied of a broken heart. Th'i money he ;
mitt received lor ins praet;c. and too
Dingle, and an insurance on his life,
was all Id had t leave his wifo and
children, and in vote 1 in tin most care
ful way, it brought them in less than a
hundred a yeat.
lVor Edith found it hard work to
make both ends of sue i a narrow in
come meet, and after a few months
she found it absolutely mcossary to do
something to earn moro money. Sho
could not go away as a governess
first, because her t:!piiiothor had cut
short her education at tho most critical
tim?, and, beside, sho could not leave
her little sisters. But her music shj
had always kept up, and tho village
church happening to bo in need of an
organist, tho vicar offered her tho situ
ation, which sho gratefully accepted;
and after a time she secured a few
music pupil3, and in that way helped
out their narrow inomo. But tho
hardest work of all was teaching and
taking care of Blanche and Eva. They
were pretty, willful, spoiled children,
indulged by th -ir mother, and unac
customed to any sort of control or dis
cipline. During the doctor's lifetime
they had a nuisiry governess, and
Edith never imagined till sho came to
have a le charge of them how much
poor Miss Leo must have suffered at
their hands.
Tliero was but one bright spot in
tho rather wearing, monotonous life,
tho daily walk with the children. For
their health's sake and her own sho
made a point of taking thorn out every
lino day for a ramble through tho
woods and shady lanes. Ashmead was
lu tho center of a beautiful country ;
not a railway in sight ; no smoke from
furnace or factory stainol tho clear,
pure air ; nothing but rirh corn-fie!ds.
fertile valleys, cool t.hady woods and
mossy lanes, with a merry little brook
flashing like a gleam of summer light
ning through tho meadows. It was a
positive delight to saunter idly along
in tho glorious sunshine and gather tho
wild flowers that grew so luxuriantly
at their feet, and weave ropes and
chains and wreaths of blossoms. It
seemed like new life to get clear of the
house, with its narrow confines and
sordid care3 ; and of late thero had
come a new element of distress into
poor Enith's exist nee. For a whole
year Dr. Seymour Ashby, her father's
successor, ha I been a constant visitor
at Eglantine cottage. It was amazing
how many excuses he found for calling
at first, and how soon he began to call
without an excuse, and one day he pro
posed in due form to Mrs. Bertram for
Edith, and sho gave linn every en
couragement to try his fortune for hini'
self.
" Of courso you'll accept him,
Edith," sho said, eagerly. " It wiM bo
such a blessing to us nil. Dr. Ashby
is young, rich, clever, handsome. What
more can you possibly want? And he
really loves you mo it devotedly."
"hut 1 dont love him " Edith re
plied.
" Then you ought, and I'm sure you
will in time ; and beside, as I said be
fore, some one of us must make a sac
rifice for tho children's sake. Do
think It over before he talks to you,
Edith."
"Yes, 1M think it over," was the
somewhat weary reply, as Edith put
on her hat and took up her basket to
Join the children, who were waiting
impatiently outside.
But it was not of Dr. Ashby, but of
Jack Clifford, that sho thought, as she
sauntered through tha fields Jack,
who had left her six years before to
mako his fortune, and, despite his
promise, had never returned.
CHAPTER II.
Knee-deep, apparently, in tho golden,
full-eared wheat, Edith and her sisters
sauntered idly along, Eva first, gather
ing tho brightest of everything, till
her basket was full t) overflowing
scarlet poppies, Marguerites, gracful
clematis, rich leaves mellowing with
the first early autumn tints, long trail
ing Fprays of ainb T-veine 1 ivy, and
no.ldmg golden grasses all sorts of
wayside and woodland treasures. They
were returning from Ihv.eldell farm,
where tho children had rested for half
an hour, and eaten home-male bread
and butter, and drank milk with the
yellow wrinkled cream on it, and
helped themselves to the remains of
lata amber gooseberries that bordered
the garden path. It was always a
treat to go to llazeldell farm, but had
Edith known that there were seven
children ill in tho next farmhouse she
would have chosen some other direc
tion. She had trie ! to th'nk Dr. Ash
by's proposal over calmly, and it cer
tainly seemed a safe nnd easy way out
of nil their dilliculties. Ho was rich
and willing to undertake the children's
education; hj would make an addition
to Mrs. Bertram's income, wh'ch would
enable her to live in comfort at some
watering place (though Mrs. Bertram
meant to make the Dinglo her home);
everything ho proposed wai kind and
thoughtful, and she was very grateful,
but iu he.irt t-ha felt she did not love
Seymour Ashby, and, what was more
than that, she never should love him.
Friendship, esteem, alleetion perhaps.
she might iu tune D ablo to give lnm,
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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1883.
nil her life if need be 'itit thrro were
the children and her stepmother help
less and dependent on her. Clearly
Bomu ono would have to make a ?a
riflce, and with eiual clearness Edith
saw that it must be lier.se! f. So sho
resolved to accept Dr. Ashby's pro
posal, and tried to assure hersolf that
she was acting for the bt st.
JTesently site hear ! a step behind
her on tlio narrow path, and looking
round sho saw the doctor approach
ing ; a t ill handsome man, dressed in
a suit of tweed, witli a g ongarry cap
pulled down over his eyes ; as different
from his pred. cessor, Dr. Bertram, as
a man could be, 1 ut with a dash and
cleverness men of tho old school never
possessed.
"1 have been trying 10 overtake you
for ton minutes, Miss Edith," he said,
falling just a step beh'nd, for the path
was too narrow for two. "I have
something of importance to say to
you."
les, doctor, sue replied cainuy,
though her heart beat fast and every
trace of color lelt ncr race.
You know what I would say,
Edith you must have saen during
all tliose months how I love you. I
want you to by my wife. Your mother
ha given mo permission to address
you, and given me some little reason
to hope that you will listen to me.
Tell me, Edith, can you or do you care
a little about me?"
For a minute or two Editlf was
silent, then she told him all the. truth,
how they were situated, how sho had
liked Jack Clifford, but for six years
had not heard anything of him, and
how, if sho consented to bo his wifo,
ho must be content with mere esteem
and affection, for she had no love to
bestow.
" You aro honest, Edith, and truth
ful," ho said in a very low voice, "nnd
I thank you for the confidence you
have reposed in me, but I must think
this matter over. I love you far too
well tor.sk your happiness in any way.
Six years is a long time to be faithful
to a silent lover, Edith."
' Wo were scarcely lovers, doctor,"
sho replied, with a sad little smile.
"Jack just said, 'I'll come back Edith;
will you wait?' and I said I would
that was all. But poor papa was alive
then, and we were rich ; now every
thing is so different. For myself, I am
content as I a n, but the children I"
" Ah, ves, tho children something
must be done for them. They are far
too much for you. Did you say Jack
Clifford went to the Cape, Ed th, and
that vou never heard lrom him i
' Yes, he said he was going to mako
his fortune in the diamond fields, but
he never wrote, so I dare say he was
not successful, poor fellow I Indeed, I
think he must be dead.
""I think not," Dr. Ashbyreplied,
thoughtfully. "Once more, Edith, I
thank you heartily for your candor and
confidence, and I will come to you for
your final answer nt the end of a
month. Till then, good-bye," and the
doctor lifted his cap, and turned down
a by-path that led to the Dingle, nnd
poor Edith went home moro perplexed
than ever.
"Its a whole month since we ve
seen Dr. Ashb Avhatever did you say
to him, Edith? ' Mrs. Bertram sa d
one evening; "tho house has seemed
wretchedly dull without him. You
did not surely refuse him point-
blank?"
"No, I did not refuse him," Edith
replied, wearily; she had answered
nearly the same question every day for
four weeks, and was tired of it. She
was looking pale and worn, but Mrs.
Bertram never hud eves for any one's
illness but her own.
"Mamma," Eva cried, bursting into
the room, " here's the doctor and an
other gentleman !"
And Mrs. Bertram smoothed her
llulTy hair and put on her amiable
smile, while Edith's heart began to
beat fiercely. She had thought the
matter over from every point of view,
add at length came to the conclusion
that it would bo positively wicked to
marry the doctor while Jack Clifford
was so much in her thoughts, and,
come what might, she would not do it.
l'resently he came in alone, and,
after a few moments' conversation, he
asked her to walk with him for a few
minutes in the garden. She went at
once, longing to have tho interview
over, and burst into the subject di
rectly. " I cannot be vour wifo, Dr,
Ashby; I think it would be wrong of
me to acept your proposal, feeling as
1 do. I'lease try and forgive mo and
let me go."
"First, let me introduce my friend, V
he said, laying his hand on her arm.
" and my n w assistant tho work of
Ashmeail is rather too much for me
Mis' Bertram Mr. Clifford."
"Jack I" In a moment she was in
his arms, her face hidden on his
shoulder, all the long years of absence
and silence forgotten. ho only felt
that ho had returned, and she was
still free. Later she learned how it
had all come about how Dr. Ashby
saw an advertisement in the paper,
nnd guessed that " Jno. C'must mean
Jack Clifford, lately returned from tho
Cape, and several old letters he dis
covered in a drawer in ono of the
rooms of tho Dinglo convinced him
that there wa treachery ut work
somewhere. S3 he just engaged Jaek,
and then to d him all about tho Ber
trams, and how Edith was still fa th-
l'nl to him, though she U9Ver received
uae of htn ttra.
The result was a very quiet wedding
in Ashmead church, and on that daj
Dr. Ashby handed over the Dingle and
the practice to his partner, and went
to travel in South America, promising
to return about tho time Blanche wai
seventeen. Both tin children he placed
nts -hool, and Mrs. Bertram.foeling very
much ashamed of tho part she had
played in intercepting Jack's letters,
left Ashuiead, and in a few years
married a retired merchant nt
Brighton, and bo never troubled her
stepdaughter further.
Jack Clifford is fast becoming tha
most popular doctor for miles around,
nnd when Seymour Ashby returns. If
ho ever does, he will find the practice
greatly extended. Edith is perfectly
happy in her old home, the Dingle,
and never for a moment has regretted
her perfect faith in Jack.
A R .tcatclicr's Methods.
In an interview with a professional
ratcatcher a New York Sun reporter
a-ked ;
" How do you clear a house of rats?"
" If the house has a 'soft cellar floor
I can get the rats out, but I can't keep
them out. If it ha3 a hard founda
tion, I hunt out all the holes leading
from tho sewers and stop them up
with sand and cement. That prevents
any more from gating in and those in
the house from escaping. You see, a
rat is always on the move. He Is
never still, but goes from the sewer to
tho house and back again very often.
Having made the cellar tight, I find
the runways by whl h the rats go
from ono floor to another. These are
generally along lead pipes in the walls.
A rat will run up a lead pipe as asy
a3 walk along the lloor. You can see
th3 marks of their feet on the runway.
I nail a small square piece of tin over
a part of the runway and I grease the
outsido. Now, a rat can't run up this,
and ho slips down when he tomes to it.
" If I can't get at the runways I find
tho holes, and fix this wire door on it.
You see, it is made of four pieces of
short wire laid parallel, held together
by crossbars, nud sharpened at tho
ends. This i3 suspended by the top
over a rat-hole. Coming from the hole
a rat can easily lift it tin and get
through, but hi can't go back, as the
gate falls and the sharp points prevent
him from lifting it. Now I make a
rat trap of the whole house. I so fix
the gates and tin sides that the rats
will all bo led into one room in the
basement. There they are securely
caught, as they cannot possibly get
out. I go among them with a dark
lantern and pick them up with my
tongs. I can catch them as quickly m
a cat would a mouse. If they get in
places where I can't reach them I
shoot them with this long target
pistol. I use these little target cart
ridges, and it kills them every time.
" When the rats get in ceilings I
smother them out with cayenne pep
per. 1 have a fumigator here which
works like an air pump. I burn red
pepper in it and pump it into the ceil
ing. The rats can't stand that, and
they get out ai fast as they can.
That is better than a ferret, as ferrets
are expensive and the rats often kill
them. Ferrets are scary things to
handle. If thjy bite you once you
have to pry their jaws open. When I
want to catch rats for dogs I set
traps. First I remove everything out
of their way, so that they will get
very hungry. Then I set tho traps.
Then I have another way of catching
them. I wear rubber shoes into a
slaughter-house at night and carry a
dark lantern. I move softly about
and catch the rats with the tongs
before they l ave a chance to get
away. In this way I have caught
103 rats in two hours and a half. If
you ever get bitten by a rat, put tho
wound in hot water and make it bleed.
Then bathe it with arnica or spirits
of turpentine."
A Wood iful Cavern.
About a mile from the market town
of Adelsberg, iu Austria, and three
miles from Trieste, is to be seen the
most wonderful cavern in Europe, nnd
possibly in tho world, called the Adels
berg cave, and which has been explored
for a length of nearly three thousand
yards, as far as a subterranean lake.
This cavern consists of several grottoes,
from sixty to eighty feet high. The
interior resounds with the noiso of
water, as a little river runs completely
through it, forming many cascades on
its way, and being finally lost to view
in a fissure, 'ibis river continues its
subterranean courso for about eight
miles, and alter a time it disappears
into tho caverns of Laase, whence it
emerges as a navigable river called the
Laibach. The entrance to tho cave of
Adelsberg is illuminated by hundreds
of candles, aid a transparent curtain,
composed of la: go sheets of crystallized
limestone, is been hanging from tho
roof. The vast hall or ballroom is
about U0 yards from the entrance. It
is three Hundred leet long and ene
hundred feet high, and is adorned with
transparent stalactites of every kind of
fantastic shape and form. Until the
year IS lit, this ballroom was the only
part known; but at this date tho wall
..I stalagmite was nroKen tnrougn, and
a series of chambers exposed to view
possessing a cathedral-like appearance,
from the stalactites in many instance!
forming vast columns, by meeting the
stalagmites below. In the Adelsberg
cavern, numerous specimen? are found
of the protein, a kind of lizard that
dwtjlu a tliq huttoui of. the cuyera
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. 1
- A man in Pittsburg, Tenn., has in
vented a potato-digger which, it ia
claimed, will do tho work of twenty
men.
At a recent reception given by M.
Louis Iiau, in Paris, each of the lady
guests about to take part in a dance
was presented with a bouquet in the
middle of which shone a miniature
electric lamp fed by batteries devised
by M. Trouve.
The world's largest animals are dis
appearing. The elephant is said to be
rapidly approaching extinction, and in
the interest of science it is suggested
that tho British government interfere
to prevent the further destruction of
this gigantic creature in India.
Nature creates by the million, ap
parently that she may destroy by tho
myriad. She gives life one instant,,
only that she may snatch it away thej
next. The main difference 13 that the
higher we ascend the les3 lavish the
creation, and the less sweeping the de
struction. Thus, while probably but
one fish in a thousand reaches ma
turity, of every 1,001) children born,
C04 attain adult age. That is, naturo
flings aside t'99 out of every 1,000
fishes as useless for her purposes, and
two out of every five human beings.
Dogs, rabbits and Guinea pigs were
kept by M. Poincare in an atmosphere
resembling that which is usua.ly
breathed by persons who use petro
leum. Tho Guinea pigs alone suc
cumbed after remaining from one td
two years in this medium. The other
Animals appeared to resist indefinitely.
He nevertheless recommends persons
employing petroleum as a source of
heat or light, or who treat it indus
triously, to keep their stock in closed
vessels, to attend to ventilation, and to
execute the operations of rectification,
etc., under draught-hoods.
From observations made in New
York and neighboring cities. Dr. A. A.
Julien concludes that the various
6tones used for buildings will retain
a decent appearanco in walls for the
followins periods : Coarse brown
stone, from 5 to 15 years ; laminated
fine brown stone, from 25 to 50 years ;
compact fine brown stone, from100 to
200 years; Nova Scotia stone, prob
ably from 50 to 1U0 years ; unio sand
stone, 100 years ; Caen stcne, from 35
to 40 years; coarse dolomite marDie,
40 vears: line marble, tV) years; pure
calcareous marble, lrom ou to iuj
years; granite, according to variety,
from 7ft to uuu vears. Among tne
chief destroyers of the stones are sol
vent substances washed from the nir
by rains, and the heat of the sun.
A White Apache.
The Tombstone (Arizona) Republi
can of recent date says: A few days
since a Ilermcsillo dispatch announced
the wounding and capture of a white
man, supposed to be L. N. Streeter,
while heading an Apache foray.
Streeter is about fifty years of age nnd
was born in California, his father being
captain of an English merchantman
trading on the Pacific coast and his
mother a native t auiornian. ur ins
boyhood or early manhood very little
is known, he first cm ng into notice
in Arizona by his connection as clerk
with the San Carlos agency during
Governor Safford's administration in
this Territory. While thtro he had
some difficulty with the officials, caused,
it is said, by his giving aid and comfort
to hostile Apaches. Ho left there
suddenly and went straight for the
camp of Juh and Geronimo, which
was then near Janos Pass, on the line
between Sonora and Chihuahua. It is
stated that while he was at the agency
he became enamored of a squaw be
longing to the tribe, and it was this
fact that induced his leaving civiliza
tion to cast his fortums with the
Apaches. Governor SafTord offered a
largo reward for his apprehension,
some stories placing the amount as
high as $5,000. lie wa3 not appre
hended, however, and has never re
turned to Arizona.
lie is said bv those knowing him
intimately, to be very intelligent and
well educated, and a manuscript now
Vi tho hands of tho writer, written
while Streeter was at Grenadois, goe3
to prove it. He speaks the Aja le
dialect fluently, and is said to have
great influence with them. His stand
ing among the savages, by whom ho is
known as Don Cassamario, may be
seen when it is known that the tdde
son of Chief Geronimo is named for
him
A Shower of Birds.
The most remarkablo phenomenon
relating to Iowa storms occurred a'
Independence not h ng ago, when tho
people at night were aroused by a loud
pelting against the windows, which
could not bo acci tint -d for until th
morn'ng, when thousands of bird
were found dead all over the city. 1
had been a literal shower of birds, and
stranger still, nobo :y ha I ever seen
Mich birds before. In size they were
trille larger than a snowbird and thei
color much like a quail. It is mij
post d they were drawn into a vorte
way down South nnd rushed throug
the atmosphere those thousands
miles.
The fcaMv of railroad traveling i
forcibly illustrated in the s tat emeu
that ol the 4i,fi',-? passengers cur
rirdby ra'lroaU terminating in JjQ;
ton Just year tut eight were killed.,
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THE MAN WHO NEVER ADVER
TISES. Sing, business muse, the dark and dolefa
fato
Of him who labors but that be may wait:
The piles of goods heaped np within his store;
Which can't be less, and never may be more.
The man whose life has lost all fortnn'f
prizes:
In fact, the man who never advertises.
King of his start, his great ambitU""fc"
The capital that gave him cause to hvr.
Uis credit large, his fall and ample stock,
His bank account as solid as a rock;
Then fell the doom to which the man wst
fated
Who never advertised, but simply waited.
So simply, and so vainly! Splendid signs,
ich basement art irradiates and refines:
Plate glass Bhow windows, elegantly dressed.
Such lyvely clerks, cashiers, and all the rest.
Served bat to show him how the publio size
The style of him who never advertises.
He waited, and all waited; clerks, cashier.
Saloimen, saleswomen such dohglitfn
dears
Impatient waited all the season through,
With precious little for the crowd to do.
The public saw Ihit fact there's no deny
ing
But passed the store without a thought of
buying.
Business was dull, but salaries and rent '
Went on till cash and credit both were spent;
The silly merchant hoped his luck would torn
Until the sheriff closed the whole concern. .
Now, at a pittance which his soul despises.
He works for one who alwayB advertises...
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Things worth noing Invitations to
drink. '
Many patients at our best hospitals
receive gruel treatment. Life. .
Why are bores like trees? Because
we love them best when" they leave.
Dirrhk.
Breaches of promise Those your
tailor didn't bring home. Chicago
Herald.
A bee often meets with reverses.
but as a rule he is successful In the
end. Rochester Express.
"I spread my waves from poll to
poll," remarked the wig-maker as he '
rented another capillary adornment.
Dr. Potter, of New York, laments
the decay of enthusiasm." He should
watch the small boy on the morning
of the circus.
llev. Dr. Pusey left a personal estate
of more than $80,000. All his property
goes to his daughter, Miss Mary Ame
lia Brine. ThaUs to say it is all salted
down.
A genius advertised "A sewing-
machine fur twenty-five cents in
stamps," and his dupes did not see the
point until they received a cambric
needle. isooRKteper.
Bi-igham Young's grave is utterly
neglected, and his widows never visit
it. They went there once to cry over
his remains, but it made the ground so
sloppy that they all caught cold.
Joseph Cook has written an article
on tobacco, but fails to teach tho
secret of the art of carrying cigars in
his vestf pocket in such a manner that
one's friends cannot detect them
1'uck.
A Western paper announces the fact
that an acrobat turned a somersault
on a locomotive smokestack. That is
lothing. We know of an engineer
who turned on the steam. Philadel
phia News.
The New York Sun comes out with
the usual announcement that every
woman in the land ought to learn how
to swim. No woman knows how soon
she may get tumbled off a street car.
Detroit Free Press.
A Troy girl was made stark, staring
mad by the excitement of the prepa
rations for her own wedding. She
ought to have waited till she had been
married a little while, when she could
have found real provocation for get
ting mad.
It is said that a young lady can
never whistle in thi presence of her
lover. Tho reason is obvious. He
doesn't give her a chance. When she
gets her lips in a proper position foi
whistling something else always occurs.
Rochester Post.
A San Antonio lawyer does an im
mense business, according to his card
in a local paper. The card reads : " I
attend to all the business in the State
nnd Federal courts." This must make
it hard for the other lawyers to make
a living. Sifting.
A Missouri maiden's mistake: Ono
of the sweetest-looking girls in the'
State of Missouri dislocated her
shoulder the other day by kicking a
cat. Handsome is as handsome does,
but she s-hould not kick with her right
arm. Ak-hison II lube.
A girl shouldn't wear a black belt
about her waist when she's got a
white dress on and is walking with a
young man in the night time. It
makes it appear from a rear window
a ; if her fellow bail his arm around
her waist. ISitfal) A'ewtt.
Boston girls never sacrifice tho cause
of culture tothat of philanthropy. A
tramp recently aecusted one of them
and asked her if she would be good
enough to give him the price of an
humble meal. "I ha.en't any mouey
with me," she said, "but it you'll com
nrouud to the hi uio alter pi ret
home I'll tret Ului-ia read yo
a?03of 'fftraauaLof"
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