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ears of pain
cheek or brow,
o abej,
Mad thee now.
-; .-jTT -jjirizei
io thine eyes.
Utjt1ow,-in Harper.
m GQOSE.
win beautiful, she never
'0 glass long enough to
' was 001, she did not
'sufficiently to recognize
'cent did not, of cVurso
"pon herself as born
spaces a sort of
1 fnmily. And
"U at your own
'"gnrdod Mcli
' i of top-gap.
it much grati
.icent; perhaps
- was any grati
longdd to Provl
; to bo grateful to
; eople; a debt to
i : toublesome, and it
cat.
. inning little homj of
mother was prostrated
of couso she left it,
' -v motor's side at once.
a her, and it was her
thoro was nothing
t, was ncr place,
: two daughtcrs
f that sufferer,
i ft' tjrremem
i hu hour's
' as to the
she would I
.ho had not
.'ufortablc And
havo him com
v Inirlio wrote her
missed her, and
hi men once a
1 1 her how well
'bout her; and
!ut the gay
t(y dining
HYIor air that
lied drawing
of the houso,
1 fTfSTrspected
- suspicion did
in s by the bed
Mill, it was her
it to do for her moth
although, alas! noth
il' mother but an old
all her dues, the one
n of her life, selfishness,
apotheosis now, so that
' received or suffered by
McllcfMit'H linnilu Tlio
....... .
V t nr much hl in u,m
J i i ied brothers, it was to
f 1 "eir hands fuJl in
I fnco or twice ioc-
I (i her with her; but
jice lifted stout ob
.. i ie in Uer own home ;
uiolty, when her heart
. sot on it, to insist that
ywhere else to die, es-
he who had to die, and
i v
arried brothers, Francis
1 their voices too, and
.of the mother being
i neighborhood, and the
Shad always had to run
-). . How could Meli-
n "What
homo was
And, moreover.
pf the three boys in
(Francis' wife nor
yhein, and there
yi Melicent's little
must stay where
: Meliccnt must
end of a year,
,ght every week
.x-ut had seen her
I it was quite im-
d leave
ncusiva
url l lie thought
verlooked lJ the matter.
ids hurt unV indignation.
n.to nnf . r, ..l .......... . i t'
..o uiljllUil&UUt lit iiien-
i should exjressit; but in
the saw possible danger,
K' st to soothe him and avert
indignation grew. At the end
year ho summoned her home
ypjind Meliccnt said she must
1 courso the mother had a con-
sm,or a spasmodic convulsion,
. litis' wife had a six-wceks old
James' simply asserted tho im-
ot assuming new duties, Mcli-
expluin the case, and iitnv
was, "It won't bo long, it
ng," tho mother would uiur-
' h6w cm Charles be so ex
llie others would say; and
' take care of mother if not
i the combined remark of
t took care of mother in
.n one. After Millicent's
mother's little property had
is general linancial catas
illicent had turned to ac
i y talent for painting that
1 altliough she might
' :it any one who applied too
t-U to her work, she was
:.ut it should sell readily,
iiild use its proceeds on
mforts. It did seem as if
unistances she might have
tuke her mother home,
' brothers. Imagine her
hen, upon her saying as
i fusion of her husband's
o took the opposite 'dew.
v.ur mother," he said,
" you. If your mother
lit as well not have you.
.ui iui vr part in you. ,
f'. . nun cull
lo think of if
Mcliccnt's ho
? And mi
7
i
j in
No. In Iho present Btate of your moth
er's health and intelligence a good faith
ful nurse ran Mb procured that wilt an
swer as well tis you, and I can hnvo my
wife agnin, my home it's mistress, and
you some share of life. If this thing
goes on, I shall begin to hnte the whole
kit of your relations. It seems that I
am nobody, not to bo considered, a ci
pher, a nonentity. There is nobody in
the world to be thought of but your
brother's puling wives and a paralvzcd
old woman."
"Hut, Charlie darling, you forget it is
my mother."
-"You forget it is your husband."
And the end of it nil was a violent
quarrel between .Mcliccnt's husband and
James and Francis, nil taking tho same
vi((w from antagonistic points.nnd Char
lio flung himself out of the house, and
vowed he would never writo or call
upon his wife for a word till she re
turned to his house.
And ho kept his word. And lie
thought every day how he had to fore
go tlic sweet presence that others could
enjoy, how he missed the hand and head,
tho thousand and one littlo devices of
skill and talent, with which she beauti
fied the homo nnd changed tho beauti
fying. Perhaps ho had no thought of
the tax at all that had been upon her, in
addition to tho caros of housekeeping;
but ho thought h great deal about tho
tax it was to her to bo painting nnd
selling, in addition to the keeping of
her mother and her mother's home and
the homo of those three hulking boys.
Ho could not comprehend or make al
lowance for her natural feeling, it had
grown into something that so outraged
his own rights and feeling; and to him
her bewildered conscience seemed at last
to be only an excuse for doing what
sho preferred. He grew more and more
n.nfri'i in sort of blind rage, that her
life should bo spending for those people
and not for himself, and ono day sho re
ceived notice of a suit of divorce upon
the pica of desertion.
Poor Meliccnt! She had felt it com
ing. When week by week nnd month
by month went by at lirst, and her pleas
ant homo was still so faraway, she had
felt it coming in her husband's impa
tience, that sho recognised to be as
righteous ns it was unreasonable. Every
day had been an agony of apprehension
to her. Hut when at lust tho notice
came, sho was, at any rate, out of her
suspense, and had tho rest of certainty.
She did not blame Charlie; she could
not. Sho did not belicvo in divorce her
self, she held herself as much his wife as
ever; but in the 6ilent depths of her
heart she bitterly upbraided fate that had
forced this cruel lot upon her, and sho
wore a black gown always afterward.
It was at this point that Hen, the
eldest of the three lads, brought homo
one day,a young wife. Perhaps the out
spoken reproaches of Jumes and Francis
made Meliccnt more lenient. Hen had
nothing with which to support a wife,
but Melicent felt that, at any rate, here
was a help iu household duties and iu
tho nursing of the mother, nnd again
silently upbraided fate that Ban had not
brought her home a year ago, and set her
free herself to go to her own home for a
while, before the husband whom she so
loved had taken this fatal step.
Hut of course Melicent was mistaken
in hoping for any good fortune out of
her life s events. The young wife soon
proved to be only a miserable invalid,
nnd another weight upon her hands.
Melicent dared not think; she let
her mind dwell neither upon the
future nor the past; sho only
lived from one moment to tho next, and
only set one foot before the other. This
would have been easier for Meliccnt if
she had had nuything to console her as
she went along. The boys seemed fond
of her in their way sho was an affair of
their comfort, and they valued her as a
part of it; they were not fond of her in
a way to save her an hour's work or a
moment's pang. Her mother was of
course so fond of her that she would
hardly let her out of her sight an op
pressive, savage fondness that made only
bondage. But she had uone of a
daughter's friendly confidences with her;
the height of their intercourse was a sub
dued fault-finding on the mother's part,
ns if it were owing to Melicent's net that
sho was ill and poor and helpless and got
well no faster.
So Melicent went along with her bur
den ; now and then sho found time to
read a book, although usually it was in
the watches of tho night, and in order to
keep herself awake when somo exacer
bation of her mother's illness occurred;
and now and then Maud, the new wife,
gave her a little pleasure of music, being
often well enough to play the piano of
an evening, and letting the strains mount
to Melicent in the sick-room, the least in
the world refined and mellowed by tho
ascent.
"Whether it was that her powers
ripened now with the years, or whether
the strain upon her nerves wrought them
to highest expression, Meliccnt had
never painted so well as she did now,
and her work took on a decorative
character that brought fine prices.
She had not sufficient suspicion iu her
nature to think of concealing the
fact; and as sooi us tho brothers knesv
of it they saw vistas of good fortuuo
opening before them. They were not
going to ask Meliceut directly for her
money; they knew a trick worth two of
that. 1 rancis had long wanted a horse
uud phaeton; and James' wife was long
ing for a velvet carpet on her parlors and
hull. They had their respective desires.
And then tho wives quietly let Melicent
know th:it the boys were worrying to
death over their debts. Aud Meliceut
paid the debts. Aud what had been
done once was presently done again.
Well, if Me':ccut could do thut, why
could she not do more i If Dolph might
only go to Europe for a year aud improve
himself in his siiecialtn what an archi-
I U w
tect he would bcl
ves talked of
guardedly till Meliccnt caught the ideat
nnd then gradually discussed openly.
And at lust Meliceut thought sho might
venture. Of courso it required her to
work all but night and day; nnd all but
night and day sho did. Dolph wrote
her delightful accounts of what she could
see only through his eyes; and he said
littlo of other experiences that he had
while she delved with her brushes and
colors, and called upon a tired brain for
fresh effort.
One day now James decided to change
his business. But it involved his leav
ing town for a while. And while he
was away, why could not his wife
nnd daughter come and stav at mother's?
It was always mother's, although Meli
cent provided everything there was
there except the house. Very true,
why not f Mother was delighted, in
her feeble way, with the idea of added
members and cheer in the house; and
Maria and her daughftr Helen cnine over.
Of nil the women in the world, to none
was Melicent so thoroughly antipathetic
ns to Maria, a mischief-making, suspi
cious person oi a jenious temperament,
obnoxious to Meliceut in her personality,
her manner, her want of taste, her want
of principle, nnd tho very sound of her
voice. When she saw the auction going
on in James' house, and she realized what
it meant a move for life she reeled
away stunned. It did not seem to her
that she could bear this last drop of bit
terness, tho utter bitterness of daily life
with a wrangling woman, whose chiid
had been trained to be littlo better than
a spy. Not that there was anything to
spy, but that even tho smallest trifles,
misinterpreted nnd reported, ndd to the
boiling of the daily strife. And when
Roger, who despised this sister-in-law,
saw what it all meant, and Dolph, who
already hated her, came home, tie com
bat deepened. Roger and Dolph must
have rooms outside the house then, and,
of course, Melicent must be responsible
for them. Roger had a small salary, with
which ho dressed himself and bought
theatre tickets; Dolph played the tine
gentleman while waiting for elder archi
tect s to appreciate his gifts and apply to
him for aid. They were perfectly secure,
lor according to Mcliccnt's view of life a
debt long left was almost as dishonoring
as a theft, nnd ono owed by any mem
ber of tho family was owed by all of
them, and that meant owed .simply by
herself.
"I don't see why you dp work so con
stantly," her mother whimpered, in her
indistinct way. "I should think you
would see I needed your attention as
much as your everlasting boards and
canvases."
When, ono day, u second attack of
the disease rendered her mother's tongue
powerless nt last, and she really did need
more attention, the canvases and designs
had to suffer; but it was no relief that
her mother could not upbraid her any
more by word of mouth; the beseeehin".
louowing eyes were doing it all the time.
Of courso Maud could do nothing in
this emergency, aud Mrs. James was
worse than useless. Melicent had
tobreak through tho mother's prejudices
and hire a nurse, in order that she might
go on with absolutely necessary work less
totally hindered.
It is hardly surprising that this course
met with a very decided objection from
Mrs. James, who saw money diverted
from legitimate channels by the nurso
money " that would ha've bought
Helen the loveliest of spring suits, and
who always pleased herself by speaking
her mind, nnd could iot, for the life ol
her, see why an old woman should be
indulged to the point of ruining the rest
of tho family. What n household it was!
James had returned, nnd having, with
his wife, organized an opposition to
Maud and Hen, the atmosphere was only
one of crimination and recrimination.
Melicent could do nothing for her mother
that Maria did not make her uncom
fortable becauso it was not done
for Helen; she could buy herself no
luxury without feeling that she deprived
Dolph and Roger of its equivalent;
sho could give them nothing without en
countering scowls and unpleasant re
marks from James nnd Francis. The
bills for Maud's doctors and message
women and drugs were sums that might
have mado a provision for old age. She
began to feel as if it would soon bo an
impossibility for her to meet them and
nil the rest, for in this atmosphere inven
tion was deadened and tho pencil palsied ;
sometimes it seemed to her as if every
lino sho drew represented irreparable
wasto of vital tissue.
Not that personally she cared for that.
All tho vital tissue might waste, so far
as she was concerned, but not till her
mother had gone; not while she wns so
needed by the rest, for by one of the
strange contradictions there are in all of
us, khc loved these vampires that were
sucking her life-blood.
"We must stop our bills and lessen our
expenses," she said one day to Hen.
"There are u half-score of my things un
sold at the exhibition. I am ceasing to
be the fashion. My biain seems to be
useless. I have no iJcas, no freshness,
and my hand trembles so that it carica
tures my line. If I could only go away
just now, nnd have a little rest !"
A littlo rest. For ten years now it
had been nothing but work and worry,
work und worry apprehension, pain,
sorrow, and now was coming despair.
Francis came in one evening and told
her that unless she could help him about
the mortgage of his house it would have
to go. Ho had mortgaged it when he
wished money for something or other,
sure, probably, somewhere in his inuer
consciousness, if not in his external
thoughts, thut she would redeem it; and
now the day of redemption or of loss
had come. There was only one thing to
do the mother, with the consent of the
rest, could mortgage the homestead.
But the consent of the mother could now
never be had; so there wus nothing to
do. Yes, one thing Melicent could give
her note. Her dealers would doubtless
(discount it. And to meet It? There was
j the great prize to contend for. Gained,
I it would discharge the note. Not trained.
the note could be renewed, and constant
work must wipe it out. " I have not
the strength," sho murmured, appalled.
Hut, nevertheless, she tried. And nny
one who has called upon a brain alter
nate fire and lead knows what the effort
was. Never before had Francis shown
such interest in her work. He was in to
see it in the morning, and gave it its last
look at twilight. "What a devoted
brother he is!" ids wife said to her
crony.
"1 never knew a piece of yours hang
on so," he said to Melicent. " And some
how it has none of your old snap. It is
leaden. You really must call up your
reserves, Meliccnt, if you want to "win
that prize."
" You really must," said James.
"If you want to win the prize," said
Hen.
l'oor Melicent ! She looked at her work,
and realized what they meant. The foun
tain wns exhausted; the sparkling flow
had ceased; they were drawing now the
dregs, tho very" lees of life. And why
should she call up her reserves?
why should she win the prize? why
should she not 6lip away and lot some
body else work now? What reward had
she for all her work? Not even the
consciousness of doing right, for her
sense of right and wrong had nlways
been conflicting, and never left her nt
ease since tho second time her husband
had demanded her return. And as for
living for the sake of such a home as sho
had, was it worth the while? And if her
right hand lost its cunning what then?
She shuddered to think of herself then
at the mercy of these ravening wolves, ns
for one moment they stood revealed to
her only ono glancing and fading mo
ment. Sho was holding the candle and look
ing at her picture carefully as these
thoughts swept through her. Suddenly
a little flash, a creeping light, a crackle,
a flame. Sho had held tho candle too
near. Tho work was ruined. She did
not care for the work; but it was hard
work; there was no time for more; it
was her last chance; and a thousand
sharp, heart-burning thoughts darted
into the nir like sparks, and then a with
ering flash seemed to surround and blast
her.
They found her lying on the floor, the
candle extinguished as sho had fallen.
She never knew what befell her, but
slipped off her burden in that flash, and
if there was any more work done in that
family, it was not done by Melicent.
Harper11 Bator.
Ways of Circus Elephants.
"Ho knows nothing beside eating TOO
pounds of hay, two and a half bushels
of oats.seventy pounds of Graham bread,
a bushe. of carrots or turnips, and drink
ing three barrels of water, each day."
said the trainer. "He does that as reg
ular as clockwork, in two instalments,
and begs the rest of the time from every
one who comes near him. Ho never
goes off his feet, not even when he
sleeps, ami he never lost his temper
while we had him, except once, when
something had angered him. That was
in winter quarters in Bridgeport, but I
soon got him quiet by putting an ud
ditioual iron clasp on his tusks."
"But how can you handle such a col
ossus?" asked the reporter, glancing up
at the fourteen feet ill height which rep
resent the '.'4,000 pounds of elephantine
matter.
"We drive four stakes iu a square,
and fasten ropes with pulleys to each
leg. Then we pull the legs apart until
his majesty's belly touches the ground.
In that way we throw him, and leave
him fastened down until he begins to
beg off. After that he is treated with
kindness until another dose becomes
nccewnry. But, as I say, Jumbo is a
very pleasant fellow and well behaved."
"I presume the elephants soon learn
to know their keepers," suggested tho
reporter.
"That they do, but not every elephant
is kind, they grow wicked as they
grow old, especially the bulls. We are
more or less in danger all the time, but we
become attached to them as a man will
to a horse. They all have a special hobby !
or. likinr. For instance, Hebe, one of
tho members of the herd, some years I
ago, developed a great liking for a 1
camel. Whenever the latter lay down i
Hebo would stand over him, pnt her trunk
around his neck, blow on him, and ex- I
press her love in shrill trumpetings of 1
delight. !
"Gypsy, another of the herd, took to
children, and when Frank Melville, the
bare-back rider, traveled with us.Gypsy
showed a remarkable fondness for his
little on. The animal recognized the child
every time it camo into tho tent, and
was almost frantic if the boy didn't come
up aud fondle his truuk." Chicano
Herald.
Nicknames of American Cities.
The following are some of the queer
nicknames of American cities: Pitts
burg, Smoky City; Alexandria, Delta
City; Cincinnati, Porkopolis; Boston,
Modern Athens, the Hub; New York,
Go'.hatn; Nashville, City of Rocks; In
dianopolis, Railroad City; Detroit, City
of the Straits; Denver, City of the
Plains; New Orleans, Crescent Cityj
Baltimore, Monumental City; Washing
ton, City of Magnificent Distances; New
Haven, City of Elms; Racine. Wiscon
sin, Belle City; Littlo Rock, City of
Boses; Mobile, Shell City; Kansas City,
Mushroomupolis; Lowell, City of Spin
dles; Minneapolis, City of Flour; lloly
oke, Massachusetts, Papr-r City; North
Adams, Massachusetts, the Tunnel City;
Peoria, Illinois, Whiskytown ; Alton,
Illinois, Tussdburg; Pekin, IlliuoU,
Celestial ','ity.
A four-in-hand Tho piano duet.
B:ton Couriert
news And notes for women.
'Shirring is quite popular again. '
Large patterned brocades are much
worn.
Long evening gloves cinie with paint
ed backs.
Brown bids fair to be the favoiite color
this wintor.
Jetted braids appear among tjie new
dress trimmings.
Lace and small fichus are worn with
morning dresses.
Belts and sashes are tied at the side,
instead of the back.
Gold crowned bonnets are no longer
stylish, and are but little worn.
Crazy patchwork is said to have been
suggested by certain Japanese patterns.
Ribbed silk jerseys are the latest form
of this most popular and comfortable
jacket.
Worsted lace is a pretty novelty and is
seen in all shades. It will be much worn
this season.
The teller of the Granite National
bank, of Quincy. Massachusetts, is Miss
Flora Underwood.
It is predicted that full, gathered
skirts, and boots without heels, will be
the next fashionable caprice.
Bombay husbands cut off their wives'
noses for punishment. In a single week
five such cases were lately reported.
As late as 1840 there were but seven
vocations into which New England wo
men had entered; in 1844 the number
was 317.
Miss Laura White, a sister of Congress
man J. D. White, of Kentucky, hai been
admitted to the special school ol archi
tecture in Paris.
Snakeskin belts are fashionable. Th?
skin is highly polished and mounted in
gold or silver. The rattlesnake skin is
most highly prized.
The old stylo English walking hat in
pale brown and gray shades is coming in
fashion, and will be worn in the street
during the coming season.
Turbans made of marabout feathers
are coming in stylo again. They will be
worn down on the forehead, after the
Id fashion, and not on the back of the
head, as they have recently been worn.
Bag vests are still worn, especially on
the dresses made of soft, clinging ma
terials. On the new imported dresses,
the vests are invariably made of velvet
of a contrasting shade to the rest of the
dress.
A Troy, N. Y., robin found three
pieces of costly lace lying on a lawn
bleaching, and carrying them off built
herselt a very high-toned nest of them.
She was allowed to bring up a family in
the nest.
Painted fans are losing their popu
larity in Europe. At a sale iu Madrid a
Watteau fan, formerly belonging to the
Princess of Savoy, brought only $740.
In London, fifteen years ago, one of no
greater beauty sold for $2,. W0.
The latest noveltv in bouuueU wu3
carried by the Princess of Wales at a
ball after the races at Goodwood. It
was of rosea, nnd iu the middle of it was
concealed a miniature electric lamp, the
light from which could be turned on at
will by means of a little switch iu the
form of a lady's brooch.
The hats and bonnets of the coming
season are contradictions of each other.
The hats are large, with tall, tapering
crowns, and narrow or medium width
brims. The bonnets, on the contrary,
are small, and there is a tendency to re
vive tho "gable roof brim, a peak
above the forehead, introduced two vears
ago.
Empress Eugenie's long black coat and
black cune, on which she leans con
stantly attract the deepest sympathy
of the gay world at Carlsbad. She
lives at the chateau of Westmunster.near
the Schlossbrunnen, and is accompanied
by the wife of General Bourbaki aud M.
Petre, formerly prefect of the police in
dcr tho empire.
Belts can be worn with all waists.
They are narrow or wide, according to
taste. Deep belts are not suitable for
women with short waists. Silver buckles
are much sought after when artistically
chased. Young ladies and misses wear
belts without buckles. These are closed
under a rosette or ribbon bow. The same
bows are on the shoulder, and at the
front of the neck. The directoire sash
is also worn. It is wide, of soft fabric,
and is loosely tied on the side.
INT AUTUMN-TIME.
Now comes the brilliant mornings, klndUng
all
i Tho woody hills with pinnacles of Are.
Bayard Taylor.
The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea.
Each loot ripple with its separate flush.
J. It. LowM.
fhe fallen leaves are with raindrops pearled,
And southward flies the swallow;
Is song then passed from the silent world?
Is there no spring to follow?
Anon,
I see again a? one in vision sees
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear tbe children's voices shout and call.
And the brown chestnuts fall.
Longfellow.
The year's departing beauty hides
Of wintry storms the sullen threat,
But In thy sternest frown abides
A look of kindly promise yet.
, Bryant.
The busy shutttle comes and goes
Across the rhymes, and deftly weaves
A tissue out of autumn leaves,
With here a thistle, there a rose.
T. B. Aldrich.
It was autumn, and incessant
Pipe tbe quails from shocks an4 sheaves,
And, like living coals, the apples
Burned among the withering leaves. ,
Longfellow.
The summer passed, the autumn cams; th
stalks T
Of lilies blackened In the garden walks;
The leaves fell, russet golden and blood red, ,'
Love letters, thought the poet, fancy led.
Longfellow.
Think not, when the wailing winds of autumn
Drive the shrivering leaflets from tbe tree
Think not all is over; spring returneth;
Buds and leaves and blossoms thou shalt sea. '
Mr$. Slowe.
Whitheraway, Robin,
Whither away?
Is.it through envy of the maple leaf.
Whose blushes mock the crimson of thy breastt
Thou wilt not stay i
K. C. Stedman.
The bird wanders careless while summer if
green,
The leaf-hidden cradle that rocked him un
seen; When autumn's rude fingers the woods havf
undressed,
The boughs may look bare, but they shov
him his nest.
Holme.
HCM0R OF THE DAY.
One Snake Swallows Another.
Colonel Bob Glllam has iu a glass
fronted box live largo sharks, two black
and thive rattlesnakes. None of thein
have had their fangs removed, but all are
as dangerous as when captured. The
largest is over five feet long and has
thirteen rattles. They werg all captured
by Mr. Vine Sandford on his farm in
Greene county.
Not long sinco Mr. Gillam had a very
largo king snake in his box, aud, obtain
ing a black snake, hp put the two iu the
box and watched for the result. For
several day the king snake would eat
nothing that was given him, und ouly
watched the black. Finally, one day,
sounds and a desperate struggle attracted
those in the store where the reptiles
were kept, and it was seen that the
king snake had the black's head iu its
mouth, and was eudeavoring to swallow
him. The two fought, writhiu aud
lashing their tails for an hour, whin th'i
black snake was dead, The king snake
was three weeks in swallowing the black,
nnd for six weeks after he had completed
this he ute nothiug. .drifs (Va.) Ban-lur.
It is
a wise candidate who knows his
own picture on a campaign banner,
Js'fte Ytrk Journal.
An ocean swell a naval dude. S't
inu. Great staying powers Those of tho
girl of the period. Life.
A despondent person ought never to
eat bluetish. Burton iW.
A cuol proceeding Icebergs in mo
tion. Bradford Sunday Mail.
The old bull may bellow, but he can't
blow his own horn. Blizzard.
Old maids would make u very tiresome
literary society, because they are always
ready for the question. Sdtsoti.
In crime as in horse racing, the fast
ones come under the string first, if the
judges do their duty. Merchant- Traveler.
Softly, through the garden gate Le's stealing,
To meet his love upon the grassy plat.
The risen moon his lithe form just revealing;
'Tis not Adonis 'tis the Thomas cat.
Marathon Independent.
The New York Commercial says "cam
paign songs are now pluyed by the'
barrel." But many of them are first
grdund out by an organ." Norriatown
Herald. ,
A nice, pious young man, who tried to
steal a kiss from a Washington belle, got
his uose so coveted with red paint that
h s pastor subsequently stopped him in'
the street and discoursed to him for ten
minutes on the evils of strong drink.
Burlington Free 1'ieitt. - '.
A London physician has ascertained
that there are "six deaths among one
thousand married men, ten among the
same number of bachelors, and twenty
two in the same number of widowers."
It is believed that married men are usu-'
ally too busy to die. Sew York (Jraphic.
"This is a nice neighborhood; strange -that
the authorities would allow a black
smith shop around here," remarked San
derson, when on a visit to Boston. "Oh,
that's not the noise of a blacksmith shop:
that's my neighbor's daughter practicing
a piece of Wagner's music," replied the
Bostonian. Brooklyn 'I'i...e.
PKHIL OK A PET.
"Oh, doctor!" she cried, in a spasm of fear,
'Come, fly as you ne'er flew liefore,
Else, ere you can save him, my xur little
dear
The borders of death will cross o'er!"
He slacked not his speed till he entered her
door,
Where he found a remarkable group
Six ladies, with tear-dampened faces, hung
o'er
A pug dog w ith symptoms of croup.
at. I'aul Herald.
The black death of the fourteenth
century, believed by some to have been
Asiatic cholera, although the symptoms,
us described by the historiaus of the
day, differ widely, actually desolated
the world. It is computed that 18,000,
000 perished in China, and elsewhere ia
the East about '5,000,000 more. Ger
many lost nearly 1,:100,000; Italy half
iis entire (Herniation ; London alone in
xeess of 100,000. In Europe fully 80,
000,000 must have died, uud, iu all
quarters of the globe, not fur from 70,-1)00,000.
Penny dinners for school children have
been instituted under the direction of
the London s.-hool board,
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