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John Mnnhad n wife who waa kind and true I A wife who loved him well; Bhe cared for his homo and their only child; .' But, if I the truth must toll, . She fretted and pined because John waa poor. ' And his business wns alow to pay; But he only said, whrn sho talked of change, ' " We'll stkk to the good old way." Bhe saw her neighbors were growing rio, And dwelling in houses grand; Thnt she win living in poverty, "With wealth on every hand; And she urged her husband to speculate, To rink his earnings at piny; But he only said, " My dearest wifo, We'll l ick to the good old way." For he knew that the monoy that's quickly got Is the money that' quickly lost; And the money thnt stay i the money earned At honest endaavor's coit; So be plodded along in his honest style, And he bettered himsolf each day; And he only raid to his fretful wife, " We'll stick to the good old way." And at Inst there came a terrible crash, When beguary, want and shame Came down on the name of their wealthy friends, Whilo John's remninod the same; For he had no debt and gave no trust, "My motto is this," he'd say " It's a ohnrm against panics of every kind 'Ti ' Stick to the good old way.' " And his wifo looked 'round on the little house That was every nnil their own, And ths anked forgiveness of honest John For the peevish niistri:st she had shown; Bnt he only raid, a hor teirfid face Upon his shoulder lay, ' The good old way is tho best way, wife We'll stick to the good old way." THE LIVING CARRIER. It was a pretty sight to see old Uncle Jim, as lie was called by every one who tiaveled tho northern trail, sitting in front of his houso in the aftewioon in his great cane-bottomed chriLjbvith Aunt Polly nlongideof him in hers, the two holding each other's hand in the most unaflected and simple way. Uncle Jim kept the station at Indian Well, and his house as the rail was a great thoroughfare was generally full in the evenings with freighters, pack ers, " Dull punchers," and those travel ing for business or pleasure. Outside the house his dominion was complete, but inside Aunt Polly was absolute, for as he said: " l'olly 'n me 'green to split up th uossin , an' cover interferes; neither does she. It conduces to peace, don't it, ole woman V" ' It needed but a glance to see that nothing of this kind was necessary to keep peace between these two, for if ever there was a couple who lived for each other it was that one. Every afternoon Uncle Jim would take his seat outside and light his pipe, soon to be joined by Aunt Tolly, and there the two would Bit, hand in hand, looking out at the beautiful scenery of liald l'eak canon. If any one was there Uncle Jim would tell stories, while Aunt Tolly listened, lighting a match for him if his pipe ' went out, and when called upon giving her testimony to his statements in her soft voice and gentle way. 1 used to think the sight a beautiful one, and I was never tired of watching them. A story which Uncle Jim was never ttred of telling was that of his court ship. When he was young he had lived on the border, and had there wooed and won his pretty bride, for Aunt Tolly must have been very beau tiful when bhe was young, judging from her lace when 1 saw her. tmen as he told it. Aunt Tolly never failed to slightly biush and remonstrate at one point, and as invariably Uncle Jim would chuckle and then gravely ask her pardon. 15 ut the story itself will be more interesting than my talking about how it was told. " Long back in th' forties I were ez strapping a young feller ez you c'uld find on th' border, tho' I do say it my self, ez orter wait fur others to say sich a tiling. In them days the border line were th' western edge of Ioway, an' my ol' father, Elder ltichard John son, had moved out a little beyond th' most of the settlers. In fac' ther' wer' on'y one fam'ly further thanourn, and that were the lieekmans. My Tolly's father wer a curious kinder chap, an' he b'lieved ef he wer' nearer than thirty mile to any one he wer' bein' desperit crowded. 'N them days I used t' farm a lectio an' hunt consid er'ble, fur th' hull country wer' full o game. "We didn't make no 'count at all of wild turkey nor prairie chicks, an deer wer' the smallest things we thought wuth givin' any one. 'N the course o' my hunts I came 'cross the Beekman's cabin, an had a talk with th ol' man. " 'N course he 'vited me in, an thar I met my Tolly furth lust time. She's kinder old, boys, now, but you orter ha seen her then. She wer th pret tiest cal 'n that ar' section of country, an' t' my eyes th' prettiest I ever see. T me she ez pretty ez ever, ain't you, or woman V And Uncle Jim gave Aunt Tolly's hand a most perceptible squeeze. " A rter that ar' fust visit I used to go thar purty ' Vler. I alius 'lowed fur to take softIi "'ame with me ez a present f VoV ' vtUer, an.' V kinder keep th ol' man quiet, far he was monstrous fond of talkin' 'bout th degeneracy of th' boys ; an' I used t' think if he looked down on us that ar way he'd kinder think I weren't fit t' hev Tolly ; an' fur a fac' I weren't, nor no other man ever wer'." "Now, Jim," said Aunt Tolly, warn- ingly. " All right, my dear I Th' fac' air, bnys, Tolly never w'u'd 'gree t' that statement, l ve alius thought she kinder hankered arter Tete Bartons' the sto'keeper, and sorter 'gretted Bhe didn't take him." And Uncle Jim laughed until we all laughed, out of pure sympathy, Aunt Tolly as loudly as any one. "Wa'al, said the old man, wiping his eyes, " I used to go t' th' Beek mans ez much ez I c'u'd; an' I cot toned up f Tolly monstrous strong, but somehow I never c'u'd tell her how I keered fur her. I wer' kinder scared-like, an' I used to hope ez she'd sorter make the fust move. Mind you, Tolly wer' lovin' meh' hull time, but she never let on, an' I hadn't the savez of a mewl inth' matter. I used t' sit thar an talk 'bout th' weather. an' th crops, an shootin', an' then go outside an' blame myself fur a fool, cause I hadn t said nothin special t her. I used f make up talks fur t' say ; but bless ye, when I got 'long of Tolly I disremembered 'em totally. " one day l wer n the wood, long with father, an' th two of us wer' cuttin' trees. Fellin' a small saplin. it broke sudden, an' fallin' hit me on the shoulder. I wer' consider'bly bruised-like, ez you may think, an' I went to bed when I got home, an' stayed thar. It wer' my left shoulder ez wer hurt, an it swelled up mon strous. " The second day IH never f orgit that time as long ez I live a man came inter our huuse on his way t' th fort ol J: ort Benton. lie told, arter supper, 'bout rumors ez th' Blackfett wer' on th' war-path, an' said he wei goin' to warn th' people. " Arter they all went to sleep I lay thar, an I c'u'd'nt get th' story outer my head. I s'pose it wer th' pain of my shoulder ez much ez anythin. but I didn't seem to sleep. Finally I dropped off, an' I dreamed ez how th' redskins wer takin' Tolly's cabin. I woke up all of a start, an' in a cold sweat. That dream fixed me. " I got up an' stole out quiet, not wakin' any one, to th' stable. Thar I saddled my critter, an' rode out into til' moonlight. Ez you may think, I headed straight fur old Beekman's place, an' ez my hoss wer' a good one. i mat spare spur ridln . .Now you b'lieve that ar' ride hurt my arm. "Why, boys, I deelar I thought I'd faint atore i got thar. And Uncle Jim rubbed his shoulder. hen ho put his hand down Aunt Tolly bent and kissed it, " When I readied th' house it wer' 'bout G o'clock 'n th morning, an thar 'n th'. front yard I seen Tolly feedin' chickens. Ef you'll b'lieve me, when I got thar I got kinder 'shamed, an' ef I c'u'd have gone back I w'u'd. " It seemed sorter foolish fur t' come that way, an' with a story that didn't really mount to much ez it stood. " S'pose ther weren't no raid, what w'u d l have said, frightenin' them people into fits ? However, Tolly seen me an' hailed me, so I c'u'dn't go back tnen " I rode up an' got off. The fust thing I beam wer' that th' old man an' his wife ha I gone to Brownville, leav in' Tolly an' the four young unst' keep house. I had Borne breakfast, an' then I sat down to smoke. " Tolly found out somehow 'bout my arm, an' she took on drefful; railly, hearin' her, I didn't think it hurt half so much. She 'sisted on my sittin' still an' lcttin' Tom Beckman, her brother a slip 'bout ten feed my hoss, which Tom, who had a kind of admiration fur me, wer willin' enough to do. "I didn't let on 'bout th Blackfeet. but I sorter warned Tom to keep nigh the' house, an' I kept him by tellin' stories. "Ez the day wore on, I got mo' an' mo' narvous, 'till 'bout 4 o'clock I up an' telled Tolly the hull story. She got kinder white 'bout th' cheeks didn't ye, ol' lady ? an her eyes got big like. "But she didn't flinch, not a mite. I reckon 1 loved her better then nor I did before. Site asked what to d j, an' I told her honest ther wer nothin t' do 'cept wait, an' mebbe the reds wu'dn't come, an' mebbe her dad ud get back. " rne nouse wer a jog-canin, iusi rate fur fightin' in.'cause old Beekman wer too old a borderman not to make his house reg'ler fort. That night Tolly an' the young uns went to bed, an' 1 sat un. "Now. mind ye, I hadn't said a word to Tolly yet, but things wer gettin' kinder easier, ez it wer'. I went to sleep 'bout three, leavin' Tom on watch. I guess it wer' 'most 8 o'clock when he waked me up an said : "Jim, thar's somethin' movln' 'long th' edge of th' clearin' I' " I got up an looked out, an , sure enuff, I seen a head, with a feather on it, just over a bush. In course 1 knowed th Injuns had come, an ef you'll b'lieve me, my heart sorter sank djwn. I never rtlt steered arore, 'cent of course with Tollv. ez I knows on ; but 1 wer r'gnt down rngnieqea then, " It's a monstrous mean feeling, that i Bame skeer. Let alone Tolly, I had them young uns on my hands to take keer of, an' me with only one arm, fur my left Bhoulder wer' swelled ez big ez a mussmelon. I wer lookln at them redskins, fur they'd come out' th bushes by this time, an' wonderln what I'd do; an', boys, I never felt so mean in my life, when I felt a little hand on my should er th well one. I turned round, an thar wer' Tolly standin'. "'Jim,' says she, ! aint a bit skeered with you.' I looked 'n her eyes for a moment, an' I got ez bold ez brass. I bent down, puttin' my arm round her, an' kissed her, an' ef you'll b'lieve me Tolly kissed me back." "Now, Jim, you know that aint true," said Aunt Tolly, with a con scious smile, her cheek slightly redden ing ns she spoke. " I begs your parding, my dear," said Uncle Jim, with an elaborate wink nt the rest of us, intended to assure us that he firmly held to his theory; "I outer have membered you don t give in t' that ar. However, at any rate you didn't object, did ye?" " No, dear,' said the old lady, with a placid smile. " I looks at her for a moment, an I says: " Tolly,' says I, ' I loves you, darlin.' " Dog gone me ef she did't put her head down on my shoulder an' begin t' cry. I didn't know what t' do. Tolly,' says 1, Ms you skeered, darlin' ? " She lifted up her head an says, soft-like, her head bent down : I die willing, dear, to hear you say that I'm cryin' Jim, 'cause I'm so happy.' Now 1 wer' happy, too, happy as a b'ar 'n a honey tree, but I didn't feel like cryin. Not much, boys. I felt, sore arm an' all, ez tho' I c'u'd lick all the redskins this side of the Rockies. I never did feel fo good ez I did then. I kissed Tolly agin, an' then I prepared for work. By this time them Injuns had made up their minds ez to what they'd do, an a few on 'em come up t' th' house to break in, They know'd th' old man wer' away, it seems. I'm glad t say ez how three on 'em didn't go back, for Tom settled one an' I fetched two, restin' the rifle on th' logi an Toliy loadin fur me. Th' rest, they got out. I s'pose it wer' too hot fur 'em. Th' next thing wer a night or arrers agin th logs, but, bless ye, we didn't care for them. Then ther wer a lull kinder for time, an' at last I seen some fire arrers fly out. They d taken tufts of grass, wound 'em round the arrers, an' shot em off blazing. At first they fell short, an' wharever I c'u'd see a red skin I'd fire, gener'ly hurtin' the chap I aimed at. But arter a while they moseyed 'round th' clearin' to th' side nearest th' house, an here they'd fire them arrers from be hind trees, so I didnt see em Bimebye one of 'em lit, an fust thing I knowed, th' roof were on fire. Now, 1 were consider'ble bothered 'bout this, fur I had no water to put th' fire out, ar.' ef I had, I c'u'dn't work much with one arm. I were studyin' on it, an' them ' reds were yellin' outside, when all of a sudden my eye fell on a long pole in one corner. " That 'ar roof were made of shakes slabbed-out boards, you know an' they was pinned to th beams. I picks up th pole, an' puttin it agm th burn in shake, th' hull lot of us heaved. Bimebye th' shake give an' slid off. Wall, 1 were delighted ! I kisse I Tolly an' th two gals, an' shook hands with Tom. I calcilated that we'd shove off a shake soon ez it got on fire, an I knowed th logs w u dn t burn. I told l'olly to get a mattrass, an get under it, so ez to be safe ef any arrers fell through th hole, but she put th' young uns thar, an' stayed out herself. Said she wer'en't goin' to let me be in danger, a' she outer it. Tears to me now ez this were kinder foolish, but then I thought it were just like Tolly, an in course what Tolly did were right." ' I d do thesame now, Jim, said the old lady. "Iblieveyou w u u, l bneveyou w'u'd I Waal, boys, time slipped on, an' every chance Tom or I got we'd fire, an somebody a get hurt, l tola Tom an' Tolly an' the gals to keep a sharp lookout, fur I were feared of a run-in by th' reds. Sure enuff. 'bout 10 o clock they come, i ust thing l knowed they were batterin' away at th' door, an' they got it down. "Wall, it peared t me ez tho 1 went crazy just then. I ketched hold of an ax standin' thar an' I set myself in that doorway an' ef you'll b'lieve me, ther wern't no Injun ez come in. My arm ! I never thought 'bout my arm at all till it wer all over. Jim stood up ther' in frunt of us," broke in Aunt Tolly, with kindling eves, "an' it seemed to nie ez if he got biccer. He swunir that ax round his head ez if it wer' a reed. Just beyond him wer' the howling crowd of sav ages, leapin' at him like wolves, and yelling ez only Injuns can yell. I could see them by the firelight. Between them and us stood Jim, an' they never got past him. I tell you it wer' a grand sight ! It seemed to me ez tho 1 was ez safe ez ever I was, an' I felt sure Jim w'u'dn't get hurt. I knowed he wVdn t !" " Th' old lady alius eeU a leetle oft ner head 'bout that tight," said L ncie I Jim, wHb, a jlanc) f ulj ci aSectioa nt his wife: "but it wer a errand ene that's a fac'. I dunno how lomr it lasted; it mout have bin a minute an' it mout have bin an hour fur all Ic u'd tell. At last the reds broke an' run. leavin a pile of 'm lyin at that door step. "We got up th door agin, an' arter that they let us alone fur the night Next morning, 'bout seven, a lot of men come an' the Injuns got out. I wer' sick with my arm fur a long time, but Tolly, she 'sisted on our bein' married so she c'u'd nuss me, an' we wer . When I got well we gia a party, an' a high old time we had. Sence then we've had our easy times an' hard times, but take it all round and we've lived pretty well. An' th best or it all is that we've never had no trouble atween us, has we, Tolly," and Uncle Jim looked at his wife. "No, dear, never a bit," was the gentle answer from Aunt Polly. Alfred JJalch. HEALTH HINTS. Dr. J. II. Mussen has produced good results in a number of cases of varicose veins from the use of fluid extract of hamamelis in teaspoonful doses. The cases are recorded in the Medical Times. The Mtdical Keiord says that Pro fessor Bisoz has found in seventeen cases of snake bite3 that a filtered solu tion of chloride of lime, injected into the place where the virus entered, prevented any poisonous symptoms appearing. A physician says that it must not be assumed that, because there is more fresh and unbreathed air on the moun tains or at the seaside, there need be no precautions. There are special ex posures in these changes. The damp ness of morning and night is often ap parent and flannel underclothing is needed. The crowding into smaller rooms gives less air space and tempts to open windows, which, however good, must not be so situated as, through small openings, to pour a stream of air on the body when covered with perspiration. The beds in hotels are not infrequently damp, and many colds have their origin from them. In some parts of England, among the poorer classes, a large lass of cold spring water, taken on going to bed, is found to be a successful remedy for colds; intfact, many medical practition ers recommend a reduced atmosphere and frequent draughts of cold fluid as the most efficacious remedy for a re cent cold, particularly when the pa tient's habit is full and plethoric. It is well known that confining inocu lated persons in warm rooms will make their smallpox more violent by augmenting the general heat and fever; and it Is for the same reason that similar practice in colds is attfnded with ana'agous result? a col I being In reality a slight fever. The World's Gold and Silver. The subjoined statement will ex luoit the production or the precious metals throughout the world in loaz, carefully compiled from the moat au thentic sources: L'ounuiea. Alaska Itriliali Col.... 1'nited SUtei. Mexico tinatemala.... Honduras San Salvador. . Nicaragua..... (.'oata Kica.... Columbia. Venezuela..... fluiana. Brazil llollvia. tiiili Gold. Nlvi-r. Toial. tioo.uoo $S0,UO0 lSU,UUt) 8,UOU,I00 lUO.OtK) 8,100,000 S-WU.UOO 46,.'SO,(HIO 7a,3SU,WK IJOO.IKX) W ,000,000 24,t00,000 OKJ.0O0 400,000 l,OW,0O0 StHJ.OUO 1S0,0K MO,UO0 800,000 KXI.000 600,000 00,000 HR.OOO HT5.000 150,000 IOV.000 XftO.UOO 800,000 '410,000 1 000.000 Wft.OOO 15,000 KMI.OOO 176,000 100,000 K75.OO0 fc'Hl.OOO 4.r0,000 1,800,000 100,000 8,000.000 8,100,000 600,000 7S0.0O0 1,30,000 600,000 oo,ooo yoo.ooo 100,000 UO.IHIO 1V0,000 100,000 60,000 160,000 Argentine Hup I'aiaeonia. . OtU. countries Totals.. l, ooo.tiool rii,i5o,ooo tr,,soo,eK) El IIOI'K. liuaola Auntria 30,000,IK)0 1,600,000 1,000,000 $500,000. WS,00,) l!75,OOOj 400,000 ,000,1100 400,000 !J,MKI,0uO 1,126,000 1,275,000 676.0O0 ,225,000 600,000 I'ruitHia France 7V00 MV5,UOO 10U,000 Suniu Oth. countries Totals... I33,(H 10.000 Sa.MOO.ooo fM.nno.iion Japan tioo,uoo J2,hi,ooo 2,wio,oio Horneo b00,ooo 625,000 1,388,000 I hina 700,000 475,000 1,175,000 Archipelago... 000,000 8,000,000 8,o0,000 Totals: i t.aoon.oiio w.oon.ooo w.onn.ofio Australia 12,000,000 1612,000. u,5,uuo New Zealand. (S,000,oo0i 476,000 ,475,OO0 Africa li.ooo,ooO 600,000 6,600,0110 Oceauia 1,000,000 450,000 1.450,000 Grand totals $116,ooo,ooo; f9i,on,ooo 2l 2,000,000 The annual product of the precious metals attained its acme in 1853, since which date the annual product of gold has decreased one-half, while that of silver has doubled. The Annameso Court of Appeals. The law courts of Annam seem to be as numerous and complicated as those of the most civilized community; but, if a plaintiff fails to obtain redress in any of them, having tried them all in due order, there remains for him the fol lowing simple expedient: He proceeds to the court of appeal, or Tain l'hap a bulJing lying close to the outer wallswhere he finds hanging to a J door a gong with its stick attached. On this he strikes three heavy blows and then a number of softer ones, whereupon un attendant appears, and savs, witli a magisterial tone of voice, " What do yuu a.-k for?" "Justice," replies ttie plaintiff, handing in his petition.- "You shall have it," is the response, and we are assuretl that the Tain l'hap U generally as good as the word of its, jepresjentntiYj, lond'Vk i'tmU. A BATTLE AMONG INDIANS. THE TBAQZSY ENACTED OH THE SHORES OF OBAJTD LAKE. ITawthe Cbrrrnne and the ttr Rrttlrd m Htumllntr Dispute -A Bloody Mnatnrre Indian Unprritltlon. Referring to the murder of two men at Grand Lake, Col., the Denver (Col.) Tribune says : (J rand Lake, the scene of the recent tragedy, nas s number of roinantitJ associations con nected with it weaved with a number of Indian legends, all of them more or less tragic in their character, ana all full of the superstition of the red man. To the Indian Grand Lake has a peculiar interest, for with it is con nected stories of battles and carnage, heroic bravery and a fierce fight which swept a whole band from the face of the earth. The principal tribes inhab iting this section of the country were the Utes, Arapahoes and Cheyenne3, and between the former, who w ere the mountain Indians, and the latter tribes, who pitched their tepees on the plains, was waged a perpetual warfare. The Utes, if anything, more cruel and un scrupulous than their neighbors of the lowlands, always dwelt in mountain fastnesses, from which they would swoop down from time to time, carry ing off the ponies and other valuables of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, pro voking each time short' battle?, in which they were generally victorious. In the spring of 1847 a considerable band of Utes were encamped on the banks of the lake on the exact spot where the town now stands. The snows of the past winter had left the trails sufficiently I are, and t he stork of ponies and other luxuries was getting very low, so a considerable portion or. the warriors were called together one fine morning by their chief and ha rangued on the duty they owed to their tribe to inflict punishment on their hereditary enemie., and get some po nies, after which the line of march was taken for the distant plains. After several days of marching the enemy was surprised in a grove of cotton wood on the banks of the Platte, a few miles below where Denver now stands, which was the favorite camping and hunting ground of all the plain In dians. Stealing stealthily upon their foe the attack was made in the gray of the early dawn. Although aroused from their slumbers thm unexpect edly a vigorous defense was macle,.and the battle raged until the sun was high in the heavens, when the attacking party, being repulsed, retreated, not stopping until they had reached their mountain home on the lake. In the'.r flight, however, they carried off, be side several of the coveted ponies, the fair " Star of the Night," the favorite daughter of the Arapahoe chieftain. As soon as the great loss was discov ered all of the young warriors, burn ing for revenge, clamored for the war path, liut little time was occupied in the funeral dance over the half dozen who had been slain in the battle, when the pursuit was began witli a vow from each that no halt should le made until the enemies were punishf d and the maiden rescued. Silently, like an immense serpent crawling through the defiles and canons, the faint moon light casting weird shadows from the cliffs above, now wending around seme rocky bluff, then stealing through some thicket or scrub-oak, the united bands trod their way, nor paused in their course, following closely in the trail of the despoilers. On the third day, just as the dawn was breaking, they came upon the camp of the enemy, who, tired witli the fatigues of their long inarch snd battle, were sleeping Boundly. Like a whirlwind of destruction was poured tho arrows of the avengers into the bodies of the sleepers, and many of them never awoke to consciousness. A stubborn resistance, however, was made by the Utes, and the .battle lasted tho whole day through. The latter, as a measure of safety, placed all the squaws and pappooses in the camp in the canoes belonging to the tribe, and direct; d them to proceed to the center of the lake to await the issue of the light. As the day wore on, however, the sky be came overcast, a furious storm arose, and one by one the frail barks were wrecked until out of the whole number of frightened women aad children not a soul remained. The Utes received a terrible punishment, for out of the six score of warriors composing the band but few escaped to tell the tale to the other bands of the distant West. The victors, flushed with their victory, re turned to theirbeloved plains and were never afterward troub ed by these dreaded enemies. Since the day of tho battle the place has ever been regarded by the Indians as haunted by the spirits of those who perished there, the soughing of the wind as it moans through the tall pines around the lake being, in the super.iti tous minds of thess sons of the forest, tho cries of and shrieks of tho women and children drowned on that fateful day. Recent events would seem tJ lend some color to the Indian theory that an uncanny spr .overs over the place, and (I rami Lake, with all its nat ural beauties of mountain and lake, will ever carry with its mention the memory of fiendish deeds and scenes of carnage, which will repel for a long time any idea of a rapid settlement of the country. Statistics show that the growth ef timber in Kansas is yearly increaslp beyond the conaumptu.u. LIFE'S TRUE SIGNIFICANCE. Deeper than all sense of ceing Lies the secret source of being, And the soul with troth agreeing Learns to lire in thoughts and deeds, For the life Is more than raiment, And the earth is pledged for payment Unto man for all his needs. Nature is our common mother. Every living man our brother, Therefore let us serve each otherj Not to meet the law's behests, But because through cheerful giving We shall learn the art of living; And to live and serve is best. Life is more than what mnn fancies; Not a game of idle chtnoes; But it steadily advances Up the rugjed heights of time, Till each complex web of trouble, Every sad hope's broken bubble Hath a meaning most sublime. ' More of religion, less profession; More of firmness, less concession; More of freedom, less oppression, In the church and in the state; More of life and less of fashion; Mope of love and less of passion; That will make ns good and great When trne hearts, divinely gifted, From the chaff of error sifted, On their crosses are uplifted, Shall the world most clearly see That earth's greatest time of trial ' Calls for holy self denial, Calls on men to do and be. Bnt forever and forever Let it be the soul's endeavor Love from hatred to dissever. And in whate'er we do, Won by love's eternal beauly, To our highest sense of duty Evermore be firm and true. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The prince of Wails A baby. Tassed balls Last winter's festivi ties. Loicell Courier. Every machinist has at least one Tice. New York News. Even the quietest woman can make a bustle when she takes a notion to. The Judge. Can't get drunk on water? Non sense I Go on a yachting trip and see if you can't. Boston Transcript , "Please eive me something, sir," savs an old woman. "I had a blind child; he was my only means of subsistence, and the poor boy has rsotVersd his sight I" Papa," said a lad the other night, after attentively studying for some minutes an engraving of a human skeleton, "how did this man manage to keep in his dinner?" The " assisted " emigrant is one that is sent to this country as a pauper, with passage paid. The "assisted" tramp is one that is urged out of your yard with a boot. Pic iyune. A London oculist says that culture diminishes the size of the eyes. Now just listen to that ! Everybody knows that small i's are a sign of the entire absence of culture. Boston Tran script. Mr. Alexis Campbell waslocked up by the St. Louis police because, after nine sherry cobblers, he couldn't walk or stand straight. It was the last straw, you see, that broke the Camp bell's back. Life, An amateur scientist has discovered that the mercury climbs up high in warm weather in order to keep cooL Taste this on your thermometer when the next hot wave comes sizzling along. New York Commercial. "There is one thing connected with your table," said a drummer to a West ern landlord, that is not surpassed even by the best hotels in Chicago." "Yes," replied the pleased landlord, "and what is that?" " The salt" liochester Espitss. Papa "What ! Jimmy, you smoke? and what do you smoke, pray?" Jim iny 1 smoke cubebs." Papa "And why do you smoke them?" Jimmy " Oh 1 they are good for a bad cold." Papa " i low often do you have a bad cold?" Jimmy " Oh, whenever you give me ten cents." New York Life. Mamma, what's a book-worm?" "One who loves to read and study and rollnet bookrt. hit dear." The next night company called. Miss Edith, who wears rings innumerable, was prt8unt. "Oli, mamma, look at Miss Edith's rings. I guess she is a ring worm, ain't bWHprinyleld (.) News. " She thirstra lor one fond look she starved for a kiss denied," says Ella Wheeler in one of her poems. Poit thing! In these days, when " fond looks" are flying all about from every reet corner, and "kisses" are not denied when anybody knows where they are wanted, is too bad. We have heard of "starving to death in the midst of plenty." This po r creature seems to be trying it 011. Hartford Post. A friend, vis'ting in a minister's family where the parents were very strict tn regard to the children's Bab bath deportment, was coulldent'ally informed by one of the little girls that bhe would like to be a m nister. Why?" inquire! the visitor, rather puzzled to understand what had given tho child bo su Iden an adinirution for that calling. Bhe quickly enl gidened him bv the prompt reply: I' So I could holier'oa Sunday." ' ' ' V.
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