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TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT 1, 1884,
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A. CHILD S FANCIER
THE t.AKr OK rotrifTKIlPANB.
-n I nai sick nnd lay bed,
ad two pillows nt. mvrend,
all my toys IhkMo mo lay
' o keep mehnj'py oil tlio day.
ml rimo imo for nn hour or so
T welched my leaden Kolili-ra go,
With Aiffnrrnt uniform i nil 1 drills,
tnong the liod clothes, through tho hills.
And w times sent my ships in floeta
All upmd down among the sheets;
Or bronjiy niy trees and houses out, r
And planted citieR nil nlioiit.
X was the giant great and still
Tliat slta upon the pillow hill,
And sees Imfore him field and plain,
The pleasant luud of countorpnue.
t
THE WIND.
-.iv you toss the kite on high
' Mow the birds about the sky;
11 around I hoard you pass
Indies' skirt across tho grass
: wind, a-bUiwing all day longl
ii, wind, tin Bings so loud a song I
I &aw the different things you did,
Hut always felt yourself you hid;
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all
Oh, wind, a-blowing all day longl
Oh, wind, that sings to loud a aongl
Oh, you that oro so strong and cold,
Oh, blower, are you young or old I
Aro you a beast of Held and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
Oil", wind, a-blowing all day longl
nil, wind, that sings so loud a songl
THE cow. ;
friendly cow, nil rod nnd white,
1 lovo wit h nil my henrt ;
Kivos me ctvnm with ail hor might,
to cat my applo tart
f,;1io wanders lowing here oud there,
And yet sho cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of da$
And blown by all the winds that pass,
And wet with all the showers,
walks among the meadow grass
td eats tho meadow flowers.
.lofert L. Stevenson, in Art Journal.
JACK.
"I don't know about sending such a
Onioned little chap ns he Is."
"That is the kind that need to go."
"But what if nobody'll tako him?'"
"Then I'll bring him buck." 1
Ho said tho superintendent of one of
he earliest companies of children sent
nt by tho fresh-air fund, nnd so it camo
!iat Jack joined the eager little crowd
rawu from alley and slum of the great
-ij.
"Ho is a tough one," said the super
intendent to himself, watching Jack as
he, half carelessly, half wilfully tripped
up one or t wo" smaller boys in tho rush
which camo when they were leaving the
steamboat in order to tako the cars.
"He don't look like tho right sort,"
tid one or two fanners.
If they were the right sort they
wouldn't need our help," said a pleasant
fiicod woman who sat in a spring wagon.
"Put him in here, please. Come, my
boy, will you go home with me?"
.lack climbed into tho wagon, but
made little answer to the kindly attempts
to draw him into conversation. His
tffi were never raised toward her ns ho
rodo along in dogged silence, and Mrs.
l.yun begun to conclude that she had
i'lken hold of a very hard case indeed.
But it was quickly seen that there
ere some triings which .luck loved. He
ro night ho had made friends with
rscs, cows, chic Kens, ducks, geese and
and lying under .a tree in rapt ad
aption of a pert jay which chattered
i tove him, and almost succeeded in
coaxing it to light on his finger.
" Como with nic, aud I'll show you
something more," said Mrs. Lynn, tho
next morning after breakfast. Sho put
pail of salt into his hand, and they
walked up a little glen, then up a steep
hill, when she called : .
' " Nan, nau,' nan, nan, nan, nan come
nan, come, nan; come, my pretties;
come, my pretties."
A quiet little pattering was hoard, and
down along tho path which led higher
up Jack saw coming a lino of soft look
ing white things.
" What's their names?" he cried, in
great interest.
"Ishecp. There are a great many more
up over tho top of the hill, but they
don't know me very well, so they don't
come. We must go further."
Higher up they went to where a sunny
pasture sloped more gtmtly down the
other side, and there were hundreds of
tho pretty creatures nipping the short
grass or lying under the trees. They
looked at tho stsangerg with shy, gentle
eyes, but gathered near us Mrs. Lynn
repeated her call.
Jack laughed and whooped uud rolled
on the ground ia the excess of his de
light at first frightening them away.
Hut ho was soon in among them, winning
them by his coaxing tones to tuste the
sult ire held out to them. The boy's face
semed fj-urMoriued as Mrs. Lynn got her
first full glance at his eyes, aud wondered
at them. TliJ were lago and clear and
soft as lie laid his hands lovingly ou the
heads of some half-grown lambs, and
presently tenderly lifted one which
teemed a little lame.
"You may take that one.to the house, if
ou like," said. Mrs. Lynn, "and 1 will
find up its poor foot."
He did so, and when h carried it buck
J the llock ho remained all day, only
Jing to the houso when called to dinner
y the sound of the conch-Bhell. And
iry day afterward the most of hii time
spent on the breezy hill-side, per
haps taking in the beauties of valley and
stream and woodliid which lay below,
but finding his fill of enjoyment in tho
sheep. Ilo was little seen nt tho -house,
seeming not, tore, for anv human soci
ety, but ho took long walks at his will,
from which ho once brought home n bird
with a broken wing, anil again a stray
starved kitten, both of which lie carefully
tonded.
"Hear him!'' said Mrs. Lynn, ono day,
when sho had gone out into tho meadow
where her husband was at work. "I be
lieve ho knows every sheep there."
Jack's voicfl camo ringing down tho
hill.
"Hiho 1 liiio 1 hiho ! hiho-o-o o-o-o!
my liMtiticsr Conic, Paisy face, come,
Clouu-whitc. come, mv Trigsv-tocs and
Hippety-hop and Hobbldehoy. Hilla,
hilla, hoi my Hop-and-skip and old
Jump-thc-fencel Como with ycr patter
patter and yer -wiggle-waggle, my
beauties, oh! Where be you, Flax and
Flinders aud Foam? Come here, my
jolly boys, and kick up yer heels on the
grass in the mo o o-o-rning."
"He get off some such rigmarole
whenever he goes near them," she said;
" nnd I'm suro every sheep knows him."
Jack staid for a mouth among hi
fleecy darlings, and when tho time cmo
for saying good-bye to them, nobody
was near to hear him say it. He allowed
Mrs. Lynn to shake his hand as ho
stooped on board the train which was
to bear him back to his home, or rather
to his homclessncss, but with little re
sponse to her kind farewells.
!She had tried so faithfully to impress
him with tho idea that there are plenty
in this wide world whoso hearts the dear
Lord has filled with tho tendcrcst pity
and love toward those whose paths
seemed laid in shadowed places, that
sho felt keenly disappointed in fearing
she might have entirely failed. How
ever, sho remembered with comfort that
just ns the' last car was passiug the plat
form, from which she watched it, she
had indistinctly caught sight of a boy's
face whoso softened eyes seemed filled
with tears as he straiued his eyes to gain
a last glance nt her, nnd she believed in
her heart it was Jack's face.
ii.
"It is no use trying to get the matter
righted," said furmer Lynn to his wife,
speaking in great vexation. "This man
Green's a tricky knave. Ever since the
daytiit sheep bi to -into iuy fjcUtiaud
got mixed up with my llock the fellow
has been claiming some twenty or so of
my best Atwoods nnd Cotswolds, nnd
now he's gong to l iw to make mo give
them up."'
"Well, if you're right, won't that be
best' for you?" -
"Hot with such a man as that. He's
ready to swear tho sheep are 1ms, and
there's the trouble. I'm morally sure I
know my sheep, but when it comes to
being pinned right down to swear to
each ono among so many, I can't do it,"
bhe shook her head.
".No, you couldn't; sheep aro too much
alike, and you would run the risk of
fhuking a mistake. When is the trial to
be?"
"Xext Thursday week."
For the next few days Mrs. Lynn went
about with a very siatier face. She took
two or three rides to the village, actually
hud an interview' with Mr. Lynu's law
yer, wrote several letters, and one day
the entire neighborhood was alarmed by
a messenger inquiring bis way with a
telegram for Mrs. Lynn, it being the
first thing of such au exciting nature
that had ever happened in the township.
Hut after that evening everything went
on very quietly until the morning of tho
day set for the trial.
"Well," said Mr. Lynn, "I s'pose
Green'll be out here this afternoon to
swear my sheep aro his. The lawyers are
coming, too."
The afternoon camo, and with it camo
Green, the lawyers, aud half the town
ship beside.
They came, looked over the ground,
saw the two Hocks feeding in adjoining
fields, and how, the fence breaking, they
had become mingled. Then littlo re
mained but for Mr. Green to declare
which of his own sheep hud remained in
Mr. Lynn's Dock.
Hut Mr. Lynn strongly protested
against the wrong being done him, as a
number of his choicest animals were
picked out -and put over tho fence. His
lawyer was restless, and seemed anxious
to delay the proceedings, at length say-
'I am looking for another witness."
"It won't do much good, I fancy,"
said tireen, with a triuinjihuut laugh.
Mrs. Lynn drove rapidly up in her
spring wagon, and her husband looked
eagerly to see ho was with her.
"Juck!" ho exclaimed. "Hut what
good can he do, I'd like to know?"
Mr. Green's laugh took on a scornful
tone as he saw the new witness.
"Ho! ho! Mr. Hright, is that your
witness? A heavy weight, I must say.
Whodo you s'pos" is going to take tho
testimony of a little scapegrace raga
mutlin like that, hey? And against me!"
"I am not going to ask the boy to tes
tify. I am going to let the sheep testify
for themselves. Now, gentlemen, Mis'.
Lynu believes that their sheep know the
voice of this boy, uud will come at his
call, and it is my purpose tosulnuii their
testimony to the decision of the court.
Mr. Tireen's sheep have only been lately
pustured here. Now, my boy, stand ou
thic fence, and let's see if the sheep will
claim the honor of your acquaintance. "
Jack leaped upon the fence which di
vided the two fields, and rail a little way
along it. For a moment there was a
huskiuess in his throat and a dimness in
his eyes as he turned to the pasture in
whic h he hud spent the only happy hours
his life had ever known. Ho gave one
look ut his peaceful, whitc-ficeced pets,
and then turning his face the other wuy,
hia voice rang out clear and distinct on
the crisp air:
"Hiho, hiho, hiho, hiho-o-o o-o-o, mj
beauties 1 Como, Daisy-face, come,
Cloud -white, come, my Tripsy-tocs, and
Hobbledehoy; come, Jack and Jill, nnd
Clover and Huttercup. Hilln, hilla, hilla,
ho-o-o-o-o o. my Hop, Skip and Jump,
como with yer patterin' nml yer wiggle
waggle tail, my woolly backs! Vhcro
bo you, my jolly boys, kickin' up yer
heels in tho wind ? Come, .Snip and
Snnp nnd fsnorum and Flax and Flinders
and Foam."
At tho sound of his voice a few white
heads were raised among tho grazing
flock in Mr. Lynn's field; then more, and
tlieD a commotion stirred the quiet crea
tures. Bleating, they ran to the fence
where Jack stood, and crowded about
him, almost clambering ouer each other
in their efforts to roach him. But little
heed was paid to them, for all were watch
ing Mr. Green's sheep. There was a stir
among them, too, for nine-tenths of tho
flock, alarmed by the unknown voice cut
ting so sharply through tho still air, had
turned and tied, nnd were huddling in a
white mass in a distant corner, while
about twenty had bleated their recogni
tion of a friend, nnd hurrying up with a
run nnd a jump, wore also gathering close
about him. And Jack sprang duwn
among them, and with arms around the
neck, nnd face buried in the fleecy back
of one of his special favorites, was sob
bing as if his heart were breaking.
Mr. Bright danced about like a school
boy, swung his hat, and pitched it high
in "the air.
"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah for boys and
sheep! They are the best witnesses I
ever want. Mr. Lynn's case is the sound
est ono I ever carriod before a court."
"Witnesses!" growled Green. "Are
you such idiots as to think this will
amount to anything in law?"
It did amount to something in law,
however, as Mr. Green found out when
the judge's decision was given.
As soon as the men were gone, Mrs.
Lyon bent over Jack, whose head was
still bowed.
"Jack, my boy, don't cry so. Don't
you know you have friends all around
you ?"
"Yes. Look at 'cm." Ilo looked
about with a smile.
"Yes, the sheep, and plenty more if
you'll have them. Oh, Jack we're all
your friends. The loving Shepherd I
told you of has sent us to try to do von
good. He wants you to follow him just
ns the sheep como at the sound of your
voice, because they love j'ou and you
love them. Do you want to stay here and
tako care of them ?" .
"Stay here, with fou and the sheep I"
Jack's eyes, beaming with joy and grati
tude, frankly met hers.
"I think we've found the soft place at
last," said Mrs. Lynn to herself, as she
went home, leaving him on the sunny
hill-side, Ymmg People.
The Story of a Love Song.
Upon ono of the many hills surround
ing this old Ohio city, says a letter from
Zunesville to the New Y'ork Hun, is a
beautiful homestead which overlooks tho
snioky expanse of the town and the shin
ing course of the Muskingum river.
Thirty years ago a young preacher walked
down tin; hill from this home heavy nt
heart and weary of the world. , Two
years before he had come to Zunesville
fresh from the old collegian institution in
Columbus as the Bev. 11. D. L. Webster.
Ho soon fell in love with Ella Bloxom,
tho daughter of Judge Bloxom, who sang
in tho choir of his church. He was priv
ileged as a pastor to call upon his fair
chorister at the home of her married sis
ter, Mrs. Henry Blandy. Tho young, pen
niless preacher proposed marriage to her,
nnd was rejected. Tho refusal was given
in a kind though firm manner, and the
young man persuaded himself that bio
suit was denied because of his poverty
and tho pride of the girl's family. Ilo
left Zauesvillo, for he could not be at
pence where tho woman he loved was
shining in society.
In 185ti he moved to Racine, and soon
afterward wrote a song und gave it to J.
1'. Wcbster.tho composer. This song was
the once popular "Lorena." In it Web
ster wrote the sentiments of his heart to
the memory of the woman he hud loved.
People who remember the songs of tw enty
years ago will readily recall the opening
lines: '
The years creep slowly by, Lorena,
The snow is on the grns tiain,
The sun's low down ttio sky, Loreim,
The frost gleams whore tho tlow'rs have
. been;
But the heart thro! is on as warmly now
As when tlm summer days were nigh. .
Oh, the sun can never dip so low
Adown allVetion's cloudless Hit y.
In the days of the war tho gong took
a firm hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers
in the camps of both armies sang the
plaintive verses. It was the "Annie
Laurie " of America. The name " Lor
eua" was given to all sorts of things,
aud the young ladies of to-day respond
to the same musical name which senti
mental mothers of that time bestowed
upon them.
When it became known that Webster
wrote the song many of his acquaintances
in Zauesvillo remembered his love affair
there, and concluded ut once that Klltt
Bloxom was tho origin. il of Luicnu.
Miss Bloxom was married to William W.
Johnston, a young lawyer of Iroutoii,
who had been educated in Zuncsvillu,
and who is now the chief justice of Ohio
and the Republican candidate for select
man. Mr. Webster, who has drifted
about from pastorate to pastorate, was
recently stationed in Oak Grove. Hu
also is married, having now a wile and
several children.
It is stated that Mr. John Ilobert, t
British member of parliament, owns
about auu acres of the laud 5a which
Liverpool is built, containing at piesont
7,500 houses with a population of about
40,000.
JJUMOPtlSTS OF THE TRESS.
rWWJTY BTORIES BT NEWSPAPER
WAOS.
Not a nriiMlcnl i;ar A Narrow r.w
rnpe A iHttwlipr Honied Tlie
Ilailrond Ilo -II off nnd Crab.
"My dear, I wish you would tell tho
servant to stop moving that furniture
around in the parlor. I'm sure she has
broken some of tho vases and Sevres
ware."
"I hear no noise, Christopher."
"There I She has dropped the clock!
I heard the shade smash !"
" Why, Christopher, how silly you are!
That's not the servant moving the furni
ture; that's Birdie practicing a Wag
nerian sonata. Chicago JVeut.
A Karrotv Esrape
"Sister!" tried a littlo boy, running
into the room, "your littlo pug dog hus
bit mo on the leg."
"What!" exclaimed tho frightened
young lady. "Beauty has bitten you on
the leg? Let mo see."
She hastily pulled down his stocking,
and sure enough there was the impres
sion of his teeth.
"You naughty boy," said his sorter,
shaking him violently, "don't yok,now
better than to teaso Beauty? Some day
he will bite a big lump out of your leg,
and it might make him deathly sick."
Philadelphia Call.
A lUatilier liouted
A lady, young and handsomely
dressed, entered a Woodward avenue
car and sat down opposite a passenger
who had the appearance of a gentleman,
but soon showed himself to be that con
temptible creature, a masher. He took
no notes on time, but at once proceeded
to mash; he stared, ogled, smi fed insinu
atingly and mnde a second-class fool of
himself at sight. The lady was discom
posed. She seized her parasol and every
one present hoped she was about to mash
the masher.
But she simply raised the parasol and
spread it in his face. Under its protect
ing screen she calmly continued on her
way, but the chagrined masher got out
at the next crossing and made himself
scarce.
WThen he as gone the lady closed her
parasol and said: "I haye heard of
frightening wild beasts by such a weapon
opened suddenly, in their faces, nnd I
find it serves as good a purpose with
tame ones.".
The passengers' ajl applauded. De
troit Free Press.
The Railroad Hog.
"Is this scat unoccupied?" a lady tim
idly inquired.
Her voice was not very loud. It did
not recall the fat man from his reverie
nor his gazo from something interesting
in tho brick wall of the depot. The lady
passed on as though embarrassed at the
sound of her request.
"Is one nf these seats disengaged?"
The question was asked in a firm.clear
voice by a young woman, who looked
steadily into tho monopolist's eyes as
though she understood him. His head
turned slowly, and he coldly replied:
"All engaged."
Then he resumed his study of the wall,
atd the train moved slowly out of the
depot. ,
"Oof!"
The exclamation. resembled exactly the
grunt of a pig. It was made by a young
man with a dimple in his cheek and a
twinkle in his eye, on a seat diagonally
across the aisle aud behind the bald
headed man. He was absorbed in an in
teresting article in a newspaper. Tho ex
clamation was not noticed.
"Oof! Oof! Oof!"
A yoiMig ladv in the seat behind tho
person intended to bo described by the
young man with the dimple, tittered
aloud. The fat man with four sittings
stole a wicked glance at tho young man
with the newspaper, nnd then settled
back with a determined gesture of his
head and neck as if ho wasn't going to
mind it.
"Oo-6o-oof! kweck! kwe-e-eek! oof!
oof"
The passengers turned their attention
to the passenger with tho four seats.
Tho bnld spot on his head began to get
red.
"Kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eck!
Oof, oof, oof, oof!"
A tittering and giggling broke out
spontaneously up and down the car.
The bald spot on the fat man's head
blazed. Then one foot was dragged
slowly off from tho front seat, then the
other. A hand reached out carefully
aud set ono valise on the floor. Then
the other valise followed.
"Scat here, I guess, ladies," ho
growled.
Three women threw grateful glances
at the grunter and took their seats. The
grunter, who had not lifted his eyes from
his newspaper, turned it over to continue
reading, but just at that instant the train
glided into the tunnel. A'eto York Suit.
Ilojf and Crab.
Some years ago my neighbor had a
dog of an inquiring turn of mind, w hich
he called Philosopher when h(i,was not
in a hurry. Philosopher was iu tho
habit of coining over upon my premises,
and tryjug iu various ways to win my
respect aud esteem; but he never suc
ceeded to any irreut extent. Perhaps he
did not go about it in. the right wuy. Ho
cume oft in the stilly night.aud sat under
my window ami poured out his sorrow
to the moon. Tho moon seemed to stand
jt, but 1 couldn't. I went to my neigh
bor With a protest, but he said he could
do nothing; that he didn't like to hear
a dog howl ay better than I did; but,
according f divine law, that was the
only way in which a dog could give ex
preboloQ to his deeper emotions, aud he
thought man ought to try and put up
with it. Bebide, he said, be believed
that the howling of a dog wasanomen
of death.
I told him I thonght so, too, especially
when the dog howled under my window,
and then I vent Bnd bought a shot-trun.
But after that Philosopher scorned to
reform and lead a more joyous life. Ilo
stayed home of nights, and if ho was
ever sad, he brooded mostly in silence.
Ono dny I came home with a basket
full of crabs, and found Philosopher sit
ting in my yard with a look of mingled
curiosity and pleasure on his open
and expressive countenance. Ho seemed
to be glad to see me, and when I set tho
basket upon tho ground and turned
aside, he went up to it in an inquiring
sort of way. As I have said, he was of
a very investigating turn of mind. Ho
would sit by a hen's nest half an hour,
waiting for tho hen to get through lay
ing and adjourn, so that ho could form
himself into a committee of one and in
vestigate the proceedings. And his in
vestigation of a hen's nest was always
systematic and thorough..
When he saw something move in my
basket, he appeared to grow more than
usually curious. He seemed to be both
surprised and delighted that I had car
ried home something that was alive. Ho
smclled cautiously around the basket,
wagged his tail with a graceful easy mo
sion, and then, growing more curious and
bold, ho stuck his nose down among the
crabs and picked a large one up. He did
not intend to pick it up so suddenly ;
it was all the crab's doing. It got one of
its claws tangled somehow with Philos
opher's nose, and then there was a sound
of revelry Jby day. I never before saw
a dog get so excited. Ho lost all con
trol over himself. His one prominent
thought seemed to bo a desire to go
away somewhere and he went. Ho went
with exceeding impetuosity. Ho went
as nothing had gone beforc,excopt chain
lightning, perhaps, and he took my crab
with him.
If any traveler in Europe, Asia or
Africa has seen a yellow dog with a part
of one ear bit off, and an expression de
noting humblo birth, with a healthy
looking crab hanging to his nose, tho
traveler will receive a larsc assortment
of thanks by communicating with my
neighbor. But I am rather indifferent.
I lost a good crab, I know; butthore is
no loss without some slight compensa
tion. Scott Way. in, Puck.
Early American Coinage.
The earliest coinage that can bo called
American, in tho seno of Anglo-American,
was ordered by the original Virginia
company, only fivo years after the found
ing of Jamestown. The coins were minted
at bomers islands, now known as the
Bermudas. For a longwhilo the stand
ard currency of Virginia 'was tobacco, aa
in many of the early settlements of ,-tho
Northwest it was beavorskins. Th Ac
counts of tho fur trudeKand jiionecrs in
their dealings with the "Indians were
kept in beaver skins "instead of dollars
until some years after thfi opening of this
ce'utury, aud in some parts of the Domin
ion of Canada they are still kept so. In
1645 the assembly of the Virginia col
ony, after a preamble reciting that "it
had maturely weighed and consideredhow
advantageous a quoino would bo to this
colony, and tho great wants and niisories
which do daily happen unto it bjTtho
sole dependency upon tobacco," pro
vided for tho issue of copper coins of
the denomination s of twopence, three
pence, sixpence and ninepense; but this
law was never carried into effect, so tho
first colonial coinage of this country was
that struck off by Massachusetts under
the order of the general tourt of that
colony, passed Ilay 27, 1805, creating a
"mint howse" at Boston, and providing
for tho mintage of "12 pence, (1 pence
and 3 peuce pieces, which shall be for
foAne fiatt, und stanqied on the one sido
with N. E., and on tho other sido with
Xlld., VId., and Hid., according to the
value of each piece." In 10(53, from this
same mint, appeared tho famous "pine
tree shillings," which were two-penny
pieces. This mint was maintained for
thirty-four years, fti tho reign of Wil
liam and Mary copper coins were struck
in England for New England and Caro
lina. Lord Baltimore had silver shil
lings, sixpences, and fourpences made
in England to supply tho demands of
his province of Maryland. Vermont
and Connecticut established mints in
1785 for the issue of copper coin. New
Jersey followed a year later. But Con
gress had tho establishment of a mint
for tho confederated States under .ad
visement, and in this same year agreed
upon a plan submitted by Thomas Jef
ferson, and tho act went into operation
on a small scale in 1787. After the
adoption of the Constitution of tho
United States in 178! all the Stato
mints were closed, as tho constitution
specifically places the solo power of
coining money in the Federal govern
ment. Mexican Etiquette.
I was given a lesson iii etiquette by a
Mexican young lady I met in the train,
says a correspondent. 1 chunced to be
the only man iu the tlecping-cur wheu it
drew out from El Paso, and utter uu in
troduction by the conductor, to whoso
charge the young lady had been com
mitted, she and 1 became quite well ac
quainted. " I saw you eating an orango
on the depot platform," she said. "In
Mexico tliut would be considered un
mannerly. There it is unmannerly to
eat uuything outside of u house, even
cundy. And I noticed when Mr. Ko
uiero gave you a .Mexican match you
threw it aw ay after using but one' end of
it. The other was still serviceable, and
you should have returned tlx? match with
your thanks. If you hand ono a cigar
or cigarette to light with, you must take
a w hill' from it alter it .has beeu returned
to you, though it uiuy hu so short as to
burn your fingers." All this I received
with good grate, tpr my young lady wai
but ten year of aga.
STRENOTH FOR TO-DAT.
Strength for to-day Is all that we need,
As there never will be a to-morrow
For to-morrow will prove hot aaaHher to
day, With its measure of joy and sorrow.
Then why forecast the trials of life
With such grave and sad persistenoa,
And watch and wait for a crowd of ills
That as yet has no existence.
Strength for to-dny what a precious boon
For the earnest souls who labor,
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-day that the weary heart
In the battle for right may quail not;
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears, .
In their search for light, may fall not.
Strength for to-dy, on the down-hill track
For the travelers near the valley
That up, far up on the other side,
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day that our precious youth
May happily shun temptation,
And build fm the rise to the set of sun
On a sure, and strong foundation.
Strength for today in house and home
To practice forbearance sweetly
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting In God completely.
Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never will be a to-morrow,
For to-morrow will prove but another to
day, With its measure of joy and sorrow.
Afr. M. A. Kidder.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Drawing materials mustard and wa
ter. Life.
Never dispute with a woman about her
weight. She's always bound to have her
own weigh.
A wall in the southern part of China is
said to be entirely made of fish. It ought
to be an easy one to scale. Statesman.
A Philadelphia father makes his baby
sleep with the nurse three-quartors of a
mile off. It must io the second one.
Courier -Journal.
"Do cats reason ?" asks a correspond
ent. CMtfainly. There are two in our
neighborhood that are reasoning with
each other all through tho stilly night.
Baltimore lay.
"Why am I like a Wall street finan
cier t" asked a young farmer as he re
turned from the barn. "I give it up,"
replied his father, ' Because I have
been watering the stock." Brooklyn
Time.
Tho old saw, "Nevor kick'a man when
ho is down" is a-good one, because to
kick a man when he is down is cowardly.
Now we give another, "Never kick a
man when ho is up," because it is reck
less. Evanstill&Argui.
The young ma"h who wrote to his of
fended girl asking her to send him "
line" informing him what she would lika
him to do. was surprised to receive by
return mail a clothes-line with a noose at
one end of it. Statesman.
The lioy who seeks the river's brim,
Where he intends to take a swim,
But runs away,
Possesses wisdom, strength and vim;
For he will surtjly live to swim
v Another day.
' New York Journal.
The w ise men tell us that the. whale
lives about 400 years. Since the days of
the patriarchs, however, no man has ever
taken a whalo from the breast and raised
i it to old aire. A whalo would be a good
I thing for a man to buy who hated to part
with a pet after he became attached to it.
Burlington llaiekeye.
" It seems to me," said a judge to hit
daughter, " that your young man calls a
good ' many times, a week. My court
doesn't sit anywhere near as often at
yours does." ilOh, well, papa," wai
tho blushing reply, "I am engaged to
him, you know, and that entitles us to
court of special sessions."
Tho seats in a Western church are
set on pivots, liko those in a dry goodi
store. This enubles the fair worship
er, who sits pretty well up, in front, ta
turn around and count tho number ol
new bonnets in the house without screw
ing her head off almost, and going home
with a still neck. Xorrhtoien Herald.
A paragraph in a number of our ex
changes says: "Napoleon was bow-leg-'
ged, Alexander Pope was humpbacked,
Hannibal had notoriously big heels and
was knock-kneed, Cicero was spindle
shanked nnd Alexander's lefb leg was
badly out of plumb." One might sup
pose that theso old worthies were; alive
and running for a political office. Nor
rixtoii'n lhrald.
A-DOWK THE BAT.
She was a vision of delight,
When first alio tieannxl UKin my eight;
I met her in a casuid way
A-dow u the buy.
What steamer, I refuse to
Enough tossy, she pleased inu well;
You tn't it wai a lieuuteous day
A-dowu the bay.
She stymied so modest und discreet,
' 1 thought I'd asked her in toeat;
It only cost me fvo wives' j ay
A-dow u tho buy.
o.ion Star.
I Deaths from Cholera.
I Iu 1S71 there were 1100,000 deathl
' from cholera in Russia; in 1873 there
wero 10,000 deaths in Pifiiiud; iu 1872
73 there were 1 10.00U deaths in Hun
gary; lN7 i 7;l there were nearly 27,000
deaths in Prussia; in lSOj-0? there were
. 143,00) deaths iu Italy. In Puris the
mortality Iroiu cholera- has been us fol
1 lows: lu 11 :l, 13"il deaths; i:i 18H,
; 10,184 ; iu lS.3-3!, H.O'.IU ; hi lMl.VC.n,
I l'liiu i. ;., KM VS-. 1., I. .,..1 ... 1 1..
184U tho deutlis from cholera weie 70,
000. In 1817 the urmv of tho Marqiu
of IlHatings lost in Imliu 9.000 men ia
j twelve din from Asiatic cholera.