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- of pain
U or brow,
1 thee now.
I Rrasp
...mis mor.i priasi
r.rt of Love,
tlilne eye1,
foi!', in llarper.
;;n goose.
.s beautiful, she never
xlass long enough to
!is good, she did not
;'ieiently to recognize
i. did not, of courso
on herself as born
: aces a sort of
family. And
at your own
arded Moll
"f stop-gop.
; much grati-
'at; perhaps
'vfts any grati
nged to Provi
.' bo grateful to
, 1 0 ; a debt to
ublesome, and it
ming little horns of
ilier was prostrated
course (the left it,
other's side at once.
her, and it was her
' pro was nothing
wns her place,
' daughters
t sufferer.
rrmcm
: hour's
- ; 1nthf
: would!
i.-j had not
iiijibieand
: liim com
i a) wrote her
i d her, and
i hen once a
her how well
at her; and
t the gay
v diniog
orair thut
1 drawing
i ho house,
: suspected
. ;jicipn did
by the bed-
..i, it was her
do for her moth
hough, alusl noth
other but an old
ill her dues, the one
i her life, selfishness,
oothcosisnow, so that
! cived or suffered by
t'Jiccnt s nanus. he
of much help to her
h d brothers, it was to
their bunds full in
Once or twice it oc
mother with her; but
voice lifted stout ob-
(lie in her own home ;
. :ty, when her heart
t on it, to insist that
vlicra else to die, ea
he who had todic,and
.nied brother8,Fraucis
; their voices too, and
of the mother being
neighborhood, and the
hi:d always had to run
ii up. How could Meli
as to think of it? What
i o Melicent's home wus
"ing. And, moreover,
mo of tho threo boys in
ier Francis' yUo not
.vo thorn, and there
t in in Melicent's little
other must stay whoro
ourse Melicent must
U tho end of a year.
1 thought every week
Meliceut had seen her
for it was quite im-
obtain extended leave
long and expensive
. Naturally he thought
n.hed in the matter,
. hurt und indignution.
not unpleasant to Meli-
hould express it; but in
he saw possible danger.
t to soothe him and avert
4 nation grew. At the end
:ir he summoned her home
, and Melicent said she must
l ourse the mother had a con
ni, or a spasmodic convulsion.
is' wife had a six-weeks-old
.imes' simply asserted the im
i assuming new duties, Melt-
explain the case, and stay
wiih. "it won t De long, it
V tho mother would niur
how can Charles be so ex
be others would say; and
uike care of mother if not
the combined remark of
took care of mother in
i ouo. After Millieent's
ihcr's little property had
... general financial eatas
lieenthad turned to ac
talent for painting that
although bhc might
' finy ono who applied too
i to her work, sho was
f it should sell readily,
11 use its proceeds on
forts. It did seem as if
stances she might have
! ;ke her mother home,
brothers. Imagine her
m, upon Iter saying as
ision of her husband's
look the opposite 'dew.
our mother," he said,
von. If your mother
.'. us weil not have you.
1 lot or rart in vou.
No. In the present stnto of vour moth
er's health and intelligence a good failh-
lui nurse rnn lie procure that will an
swer as well as you, and I can havo my
wife again, my home it's mistress, nod
you sorno share of life. If this thing
goes on, I shall begin t$ hnto 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
tho world to be thought of but your
brother's puling wives and a paralyzed
old woman."
"But, Charlie darling, you forget it is
my mother."
"lou forget itas your husband."
And the end of it all was a violent
quarrel between Melicent'. husband and
James and Francis, all taking the name
view from antagonistic points,and Char
lio flung himself out of the house, and
vowed he would never write or call
upon his wife for a word till sho re
turned to his house.
And ho kept his word. And he
thought "very day how he hnd to fore
go the sweet presence that others could
enjoy, how he missed tho hand and head,
the thousand and ono little devices of
skill and talent, with which sho beauti
fied tho home and changed the beauti
fying. I'erhaps ho had no thought of
the tax at all that had been upon her. in
addition to the caros of housekeeping;
but ho thought a great deal about tho
tax it was to her to be paintincr and
selling, in addition to tho keeping of
her mother and her mother s. home and
tho home of those three hulking boys.
He could not comprehend or make al
lowance for her natural fee liner, it hod
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
angry, in a sort of blind rage, that her
life should be spending for these people
and not for himself, and one day sho re
ceived notice of a suit of divorce upon
the plea of desertion.
1'oor Melicent! hhe had tclt it com
ing. When week by week and month
by month went by at lirst, and her pleas
ant home was still so far away, 6he had
felt it coming in her husband's impa
tience, that sho recognised to be as
righteous as it was unreasonable. Every
day had been an agony of apprehension
to her. But when at lust tho notice
came, she was, at any rate, out of her
suspense, and had the rest of certainty.
She did not blame Charlie; she could
not. She did not believe in divorce her
self, she held herself as much his wife as
ever; but in the silent depths of her
heart she bitterly upbraided fate that had
forced this cruel lot upon her, and she
wore a black gown always afterward.
It was at this point that Ben, tho
eldest of tho threo lads, brought home
ono day a young wife. Perhaps the out
spoken reproaches of James and Francis
made Melicent more lenient. Ben had
nothing with which to support a wife,
but Melicent felt that, at any rate, here
was a help in household duties and iu
tho nursing of the mother, and again
silently upbraided fate that B3n had not
brought her home a year ago, aud set her
free herself to go to her own home for a
while, before the husband whom sho so
loved had taken this fatal step.
But of course Melicent was mistaken
iu hoping for any good fortune out of
her life's events. The young wife soon
proved to bo only a miserab'e invalid,
and 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 the next, and
only set ono foot before the other. This
would have been easier for Melicent if
she had had anything to console her as
she went nlong. 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, suvage fondness that made only
bondage. But she had none of a
daughter's friendly confidences with her;
the height of their intercourse was a sub
dued fault-finding on tho mother's part,
as if it were owing to Melicent's act that
sho wus ill and poor and helpless and got
well no faster.
So Melicent went along with her bur
den ; now and then sho found timo to
read a book, although usually it was in
the watches of the 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 the
ascent.
Whether it was that her powers
ripened now with the years, or whether
the strain upon her nurves wrought them
to highest expression, Melicent had
never painted so well as she did now,
and her work took on a decorative
character that brought fine prices.
bhe had not sufficient suspicion in her
nature to think of concealing the
fact; aud as sooi us the brothers knew
of it they 6aw vistas of good fortune
opening before them. They were not
goins to ask Meliccut d'rectly for her
money; they knew a trick worth two of
that. Francis had long wanted a horse
and phaeton; and James' wife was long
ing for a velvet carpet on her parlors aud
hall. They had their respective desires.
And then the wives quietly let Melicent
know thut the boys were worrying to
death over their debts. Aud Melicent
paid the debts. Aud what had been
done once was presently done aaruiu.
Well, if Mei;cent could do that, why
could she not do more i If Dolph might
only go to Europe for a year aud improve
himself in his specialty! what an archi
tect h would .bcl It was talked o-f
guardedly till Melicent caugnt the idea, j discount it. And to meet It? There wai
and then gradually discussed openly, j the great prize to contend for. Gained,
And at last Melicent thought she might it would discharge the note. Not gained,
venture. Of course it required her to j
work all but night and day; and alt but
night and day sho did. Dolph wrote
her delightful accounts of what she could
sec only through his eyes; and he said
little of other experiences that he had
while she delved with her brushes and
colors, and called upon a tired brain for
fresh effort.
Ono 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
and daughter come and stay at mother's?
It was always mother's, although Meli
cent provided everything there was
there except the house. Very true,
why not ? Mother was delighted, in
her feeble way, with the idea of added
members and cheer in the house; and
Maria and hcrdaughftrllolen came over.
Of all the women in the world, to none
was Melicent so thoroughly antipathetic
as to Maria, a mischief-making, suspi
cious person of a jealous temperament,
obnoxious to Meliceut in her personality,
her manner, her want of taste, her want
of principle, and the very sound of her
roice. When sho saw tho 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 child
had been trained to be little better than
a spy. Hot that there was anything to
spy, but that even tho smallest trifles,
misinterpreted and reported, add 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 be dressed himself and
NEWS AND NOTES FOR TTOMEX.
bought
theatre tickets; Dolph played the tine
gentleman while waiting for older archi
tects to appreciate his gifts and apply to
him for aid. They were perfectly secure,
for according to Melicent's view of life a
debt long left was almost as dishonoring
as a theft, and one owed by any mem
ber of the family was owed by all of
them, and that meant owed .simply by
herself.
'I don't see why you do work so con
stantly," her mother whimpered, in her
indistinct way. "I should think you
would see 1 needed your attention as
much as your everlasting boards and
canvases."
When, ono day, a second -attack of
the disease rendered her mother's tongue
powerless at 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 beseeching,
following eyes were doing it all the time.
Of course Maud could do nothing in
this emergency, and Mrs. James was
worse than useless. Melicent had
to break through tho mother's prejudices
aud 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 nurse
money that would have bought
Helen the loveliest of spring suits, and
who always pleased herself by speaking
her mind, and could rot, for the life of
her, see why an old woman should be
indulged to the point of ruining the rest
of the family. What a household it was I
James had returned, and having, with
his wife, organized an opposition to
Maud aud Ben, the atmosphere was only
ono of crimination and recrimination.
Melicent could do nothing for her mother
that Maria did not make her uncom
fortable because 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 and Francis. The
bills for . Maud's doctors and message
women and drugs were sums that might
nave made a provision lor old age. bhe
began to feel as if it would soon be an
impossibility for her to meet them and
all the rest, for in this atmosphere inven
tion was deadened and the pencil palsied ;
sometimes it seemed to her as if every
linu she drew represented irreparable
waste of vital tissue.
Not that personally she cared for that.
All the vital tissue might waste, so far
as she was concerned, but not tfll her
mother had gone; not while she was so
needed by the rest, for by ono of tho
strange contradictions there aro in all of
us, she loved these vampires that were
sucking her life-blood.
"We must stop our bills and lessen our
expenses," she said one day to Ben.
"There are a half-score of my things un
sold at the exhibition. I am ceasing to
be the fashion. My brain seems to be
useless. I have no ideas, no freshness,
and my hand trembles so that it carica
tures my line. If I could only go away
just now, and have a little rest!"
A little rest. For ten years now it
had been nothing, but work and worry,
work and worry apprehension, pain,
sorrow, und now was coming despair.
Francis came iu one evening and told
her that unless she could help him about
the mortgage of his house it would have
to go. He had mortgaged it when he
wished money for something or other,
sure, probably, somewhere in his inner
consciousness, if not iu his external
thoughts, that 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 conseut of the
rest, could mortgage the homestead.
But the consent of the mother could now
never be had; so there was nothing to
do. Yes, one thing Meliceut could give
her note. Her dealers would doubtless
tho note could be renewed, and constant
work must wipe it out. " I have not
the strength," she murmured, appalled.
But, nevertheless, she tried. And any
one who has called upon a brain alter
nate fire and lend knows what the effort
was. Never before had Francis shown
such interest in bcr work. He was in to
see it in the morning, and gave it its last
look at twilight. " What a devoted
brother he is!" his wife said to her
crony.
"I 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, Melicent, if you want to win
that prizo."
' You really must," said James.
"If you want to win the prize," said
Ben.
Poor Melicent I She looked at her work,
and realized what they meant. The foun
tain was 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 slip away and let some
body else work now? What reward had
she for all her work? Not even tho
consciousness of doing right, for her
sense of right and wrong had always
been conflicting, and never left her at
ease since the second time her husband
had demanded her return. And as for
living for the sake of such a homo as she
had, was it worth the while? And if her
right hand lost its cunning what then?
Sho shuddered to think of herself then
at the mercy of these ravening wolves, as
for one moment they stood revealed to
her only ono glancing and fading mo
ment. ,
She 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. She had held the candle too
near. The 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 air like sparks, and then a with
ering flash seemed to surround and blast
her.
They found her lying on the floor, the
candlo extinguished as she 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.
Harper'i Baxar.
Ways of Circus Elephants.
"He knows nothing beside eating 700
pounds of hay, two and a half bushels
of ots, seventy pounds of Graham bread,
a bushe. of carrots or turnips, and drink
ing three barrels of water, each day,"
said the trainer. "Ho does that as reg
ular as cWkwork, in two instalments,
and begsk.8 rest of the time from every
one who comes near him. lie never
goes oft his feet, not even when he
sleeps, ami ho 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 hirn quiet by putting an ad
ditional iron clasp on his tusks."
"But how can you handle such a col
ossus?" asked tho reporter, glancing up
at the fourteen feet in height which rep
resent the 24,000 pounds of elephantine
matter.
"We drive four stakes in 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
necessary. But, as I say, Jumbo is a
very pleasant fellow and well behaved."
"I presume the elephants soon learn
to know their keepers," suggested the
reporter.
"That they do, but not every elephant
is kind, they grow wicked as they
grow old, especially the bulls. Wo are
moro 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. liking, for instance, llebe, one oi
the members of the herd, some years
ago, developed a great liking for a
camel. Whenever the latter lay down
Hebe would stand over him, pnt her trunk
around his neck, blow on him, and ex
press her love in shrill trumpetings of
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
littleson. The animal recognized the child
every time it came into the tent, and
was almot frantic if the boy didn't come
up aud fondle his trunk." GUknyo
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 Y'ork,
Gotham; Nashville, City of Rocks; In
diunopolis, Railroad City; Detroit, City
of the Straits; Denver, City of the
Plains; New Orleans, Crescent Cityj
Baltimore, Monumental City; Washing
ton, Cityof Magnificent Distauces; New
Haven, City of Kims; Racine, Wiscon
sin, Belle City; Little Rock, City of
Hoses; Mobile, Shell City; Kansas City,
Mushroomopolis; Lowell, City of Spin
dles; Minneapolis, City of Flour; lloly
oke, Massachusetts, Paper City; North
Adams, Massachusetts, the Tunnel City;
Peoria, Illinois. Whiskytown; Alton,
Illinois, Tasselburg ; Ptkin, Illinois,
Celestial City.
Shirring is quite popular again.
Large patterned brocades art much
worn.
Long evening gloves come with paint
ed backs.
Brown bids fair to be the favorite color
this winter.
Jetted braids appear among Qie 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 Japauese patterns.
Ribbed silk jerseys are the latest form
of this most popular and comfortablo
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 lor 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 of archi
tecture in Paris.
Snakeskin belts aro fashionable The
skin is highly polished and mounted in
gold or silver. The rattlesnake skin is
most highly prized.
The old style 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 style again. They will be
worn down on the forehead, after the
i Id fashion, and not on the back of the
head, as they have recently been worn.
But? 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
herself 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, oue of no
greater beauty sold for $2,550.
The latest novelty in bouquets was
carried by the Princess of W ales at a
ball after the races at Goodwood. It
was of roses, and in the middle of it was
concealed a miniature electric lamp, the
light from which could be tamed 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, aud narrow or . medium width
brims. The bonnets, on the contrary,
are small, and there is a tendency to re
vive the "gable roof brim, a peak
above the forehead, introduced two years
Eugenie's long black coat and
black cane, on which she leans con
stantly Bttract the deepest sympathy
of the gay world at CarlsbinJ. She
lives at the chateau of Westmuu-ter.uear
the Schlossbrunnen, and is accompanied
by the wife of General Bourbaki and M.
Petre, formerly prefect of the police un
der the empire.
Belts can be worn with all waists.
They are narrow or wldo, 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,
i and is loosely tied on the sido.
IN AUTUMN-TIMSt
Now comes the brilliant mornings, klndUns;
all
The woody hills with pinnacles of fire.
Bayard Taylor.
The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea,
Kacli leaf a rijrple with its separata flush.
J. It. LwU.
One Snake Swallows Another.
Colonel Bob Glllum has in a glass
fronted box five large sharks, two black
and three rattlesnakes. None of them
have had their fangs removed, but all aro
as dangerous as when captured. The
largest is over five feet long and has
thirteen rattles. They wero 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, and, obtain
ing a black snake, he put the two in the
box aud watched for the result. For
several days the king snake would eat
nothing that was given him, and only
watched the black. Finally, one day,
sounds and a desperate struggle attraeted
those, in the store where the reptiles
wero kept, aud it was seen that the
! king snake had the black's head iu its
mouth, and was endeavoring to swallow
him. The two fought, writhiug and
' lashing their tails for an hour, when ths
' black snake was dead, The king snake
' was three weeks in swallowiug tho black,
! and for six weeks after he had completed
this he ato nothing. Attena (Ua.) mother.
The fallen leaves are with raindrops pear&d.
And southward flic the swallow;
la song then paused from the silent world?
Is there no spring to follow?
Anon,
I see again as one in vision tees
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the children's voice shout and call.
And the brown chestnuts f all.
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
Tbe busy shutttle come and goea
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 and sheaves,
And, like living coals, the apples
Burned among the withering leaves. ' t
Long follow.
Fhe summer passed, the autumn eamt; the
stalks
Of lilies blackened in tbe garden walks;
Ths leaves fell, rttsset golden and blood red, .'
Love letters, thought the poet, fancy led.
Longfellow.
Think not, when the wailing winds of autumn
Drive the shriveling leaflets from the tree
Think not all is over; spring returneth;
Buds and leaves and blossoms thou shalt see.
ISrt. Slow.
Whitheraway, Robin,
Whither away!
Is.it through envy of the maple Vent
Whose blushes mock the crimson of thy breast.
Thou wilt not stay!
K. C. Stedman.
The bird wanders careless while summer is
green,
The leaf -hidden cradle that rocked him un
seen; When autumn's rude fingers the woods have
undressed,
The boughs may look bare, but they shov
him his nest.
Halmet.
HUMOR OP THE DAY.
An ocean swell a naval dnde. 8tft
ino.
Great staying powers Those of the
girl of the period. Life.
A despondent person ought never to
eat bluetish. Boston Port.
A cool proceeding Icebergs is mo
tion. Bradford Sunday Mail.
Tho old bull may bellow, but he can't
blow his own horn. Blizzard.
Old maids would make a very tiresome
literary society, because they are always
ready for the question. ikitwrt.
In crime as iu horse racing, the fast
ones cbme under the string first, if the
judges do their duty. Merchant- Traveler.
Boftly, through the garden gate he'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 played by the"
barrel." But many of them are first
grdund out by an organ." Korrirtown
Herald. i
A nice, pious young niun, who tried lo
steal a kiss from a Washington belle, vt
his nose so coveied with red paint tlust
h s pastor subsequently stopped him in
the street and discoursed to him for tea
minutes on the evils of strong drink.
Burlington Free Press. - '
A Loudon physician has ascertained
that there are "six deaths among ono
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 Graphic.
"Tloa ia a nie neighborhood : stranpe
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 Ti.r.e.
PEKIL OK PET.
"Oh, doetori" she cried, in a spaara of fear,
'Come, fly as you ne'er flew before,
Else, ere you can save him, my poor little
dear
The border of death will crows o'er!"
He slaeked not his speed till he entered her
door,
Where he found a remarkable group
Six laities, with tear-dampened facos, hung
o'er
A pug-dog w ith symptoms of croup.
at. itiui Herald.
A four-in-hand The
BMon Cuurien
piano dact.
It. is a wise candidate who knows his
own picture on a campaign banner,
Kcw York Journal. "
The black death of the fourteenth
century, believed by some to have been
Asiatic cholera, although the symptoms,
as described by the historians of the
day, differ widely, actually desolated
tho world. It is computed that 13,000,
000 perished in China, and elsewhere iu
Ihe East about 5,000,000 more. Ger
many lost nearly 1, 1100,000; Italy half
ils entire lMipulution; London alone ia
excess of J0O.0O0. In Europe fully 80,
i)00,000 must have died, and, in all
quarters of the globe, not far from 70,-
uoo.ooo.
Penny dinners for school children have
been instituted under tho direction of
the London school board,
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