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WORTHINESS.
Whatever larks Furprme is evil; a pool with
out pebbles breeds slime;
Not ny one step hath Chance fashioned on
the infinite stairway of Time;
Nor ever came Good without Labor, in Toil,
or in Science or Art;
It must be wrought otit through the muscles
, born out of tho soul and the heart
Why plow in tho stubblo with plowshares t
Why winnow the chaff from tho grain?
Ah, since all of His gifts must be tolled for,
since Truth is not born without pain!
He giveth not to the unworthy, the weak, or
the foolUh in deeds;
Who givoth but cbafT at the seed-time shall
ronp bat a harvest of weeds.
As the pyramid buildod of vapor is blown
by his whirlwinds to naught,
So the song without Truth is forgotten: His
Iiooiii to Wmi is Mail's Thought.
Whatever is strong with a purpose, in hum
bleness woven, soul-pur..
Is known to the Master of Singers He
toucboth it, saying, "Endure I"
Charles J. (TAtalley, in nj Current.
CAUGHT AT LAST.
A BTOHY OF CHIME IN PAIIIS.
Monsieur Choroy was a poor dentist of
the Hue do Chazellcs, Paris. Ho was a
widower with a largo fnmily, and resided
in tho Hue do Legend re. IIo had been
struggling for a livelihood for years, for,
although an expert dentist and a fine
locking man of cood address, fate seemed
to have deniod him success. As it was,
he was barely ablo to make a subsistence
for himself nnd family, and, to tell the
truth, added a little to his doubtful pro
fessional income by acting nightly as a
marker in a billiard hall in the Hue des
Capucius.
On tho afternoon of November 7, 1883,
Chcroy wns standing not far from the
billiard hall, when he saw a veiled lady
quit a largo millinery estiiblishment near
by and approach a carriage in waiting
for her. The day wns windy nnd raw
CVd tho cjjrjy, pari hiftV been wet. . As
the ladysiepped into her carriage her
Vbil blew on one wide and she cuught it
and drew it to . her. At the moment
Cheroy saw something flash. The lady
had entered the carriage and it wan
driven off.
Choroy watched the vehicle depart,
and as he was turning away his eye was
attracted by a glitter in the gutter, in
which there wus mud and water. Look
ing more carefully ho was satisfied that
the brilliancy came from nothing less
than a diamond. As he drew near the
edge of tho sidewalk ho distinctly saw
thRt a splendid pieco of jewelry lay in
the mud. For a moment he hesitated.
Paris is not a city where a person other
than a chiffonier can pick anything from
a gutter without being observed and
probably surrounded. Cheroy kney this
well, and had recourse, therefore, to a
ruse. Taking his purse from his pocket,
he appeared to bo searching for sorne-
, thing inside, and then accidentally, as it
were, dropped it into the gutter. In
picking it up he gathered up tho sup
posed jewel with it, and then placed
both, in his handkerchief. Having
wiped the poeketbook, carefully con
cealing the jewel, ho put both into
his pocket and went toward the billiard
hall.
On examining his find ho was satisfied
that it was most valuable. A large brilliant
surrounded by sixteen smaller stones,
all set in a magnificent piece of filigree,
( was what was disclosed to him. Care
fully putting it away, he attended to his
duties that night.
Next moaning ho visited the Rue do
Vaugirard, where au old jeweler whom
ha knew had his business. This man,
named Greu.e, bought gold and silver,
and supplied a good many oi the smaller
dentists' with what they required, lie
was a shrewd dealer and a skilful lapi
dary. When Cheroy showed him tho
jewelry he examined it slowly and with
out enthusiasm, and at last, having scru
tinized it through soveral powerful
lenses, ha laid it on the counter with a
smile and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, what do you think about it,
monsieur?" asked Cheroy.
"Paste," was tho almost contemptu
ous reply.
"There you are wrong." said Cheroy;
"no false gems ever shone like these
stones, and beside, the setting shows
that the thing is valuable..
Greuze took tho jewel once more and
examined it. At length ho said :
,-I may be mistaken, monsieur, and if
you will leave it with me a few days 1
will take means to settle beyond a doubt
the question of the genuineness of these
stODes."
"Many thanks" was the answer;
"but I return it to the owner this even
ing." "The 'Marchioness do Fonthieu,
Greuze said, with a half 6neer.
"I don't understand you, "Cheroy said.
"You don't,', Greuze replied ; "read
that."
And he drew a morning newspaper
from his side pocket, folded so as to
show a small space, and handed it to
Cheroy, at tho same time placing his
finger on an advertisement. Cheroy
took the newspaper nnd read as follows:
Onb Thoi'Sand Fhancb Reward. Lost
yesterday afternoon, in or near the millinery
establishment of Mine. Jolivet ikmluvtu'd des)
Capucius, a brooch but with one lurge central
brilliant and sixteen smaller ones. 'i'he tinder
will receive the reward iiaiiind above in re
turning the brooch t the Marchioness iJe
Ponthieu, Houlevard Hausinanu.
"This is the urticle, evidently,"
Chcroy said, "and with a knowledge of
this advertisement and reward I cannot
understand how you cau suppose for a
moment that the jewels uro spurious."
"If they had been genuine," was the
reply, "don't you suppose the reward
would have been lare 1" Ureuae asked.
"A thousand francs is a good deal of
money,'" Chcroy replied.
"To you it may be," was tho answer;
"but let me tell you that if these jewels
are genuine they arc worth at least thirty
thousand irancs."
"Thirty thousand francs!" exclaimed
Cheroy.
"Every sou of it," said Greuze. "Let
me sees it again."
Choroy handed him the brooch and he
onso more scrutinized it closely.
"They may be genuine," ho said;
"look here."
Ho opened a casket and exhibited what
appeared to be a magnificent necklace of
diamonds.
" Will you believe," he said, " when I
tell you that every stone here is spurious
it is all paste? It is true, nevertheless.
Now, you are a poor mnn, and tho
marchioness is rich. Suppose these
stones are real. You take them to her
and sh"3 hands you in return a paltry
1.000 francs. Nay, you don't know that
she may not have a detective in her ante
room to arrest you ns a thief. Now, I
will talk business with you shall I?
Then here is my proposal: These stones
are genuine no doubt of it. If you will
leave the brooch with me for four and
twenty hours I will tako out these stones
and put paste in their places and give you
ten thousand francs for them. Then you
can tako the brooch to Madame de
Ponthieu and get your 1,000 francs."
"Hut she will discover the cheat, will
she not?"
"If sho does," was the answer, "lay
the blame on me. I will take tho risk."
Cheroy was poor and his children were
miserably clad and winter was coming
cn, and he yielded to the tempter. Tho
next evening, when Greuze handed him
tho brooch with paste substituted forthe
real gems, ho was astounded. For the
life of him he could not tell the differ
ence. lie returned tho brooch to the mar
chioness and received tho reward. But
he invented a story as to how he came
by it.
"I am a humble dentist," he said,
"and my small place is on the Hue de
Chazellcs. On the evening of the day
before yesterday, when I was just about
fo quit my place, a rough-looking man
entered, and, lemoving a kerchief which
was around his throat and chin, he asked
me to examine his front teeth. I found
that two of them were broken off and
tho juw was swollen. I removed tho
stumps and applied a soothing lotion to
him. Ho said that some ruffians had at
tempted to rob a lady on the corner of
the Boulevard des Capucins and the Ruo
de Scze, and that, in driving them oil
with Borne other passenger, he received
a blow across the mouth. lie was on his
way to the Boulevard Malesherbes to the
Hue Jouffray, when the pain grew so se
vere that he sought a dentist. After he
was gone I was preparing to depart,
when I saw something lying in the seat
which tho stranger had occupied. I
raised it and found it was a handkerchief
tied in several knots. On opening them
I found tho brooch inside. I immedi
ately started for home, and didn't see
your advertisement until this morning."
The Marchioness do Ponthieu was
very grateful to Cheroy, and uext
day drove to his oflico in the Hue de
Chazelle with a friend and had Choroy
examine her teeth. She made an ap
pointment with him the next day, by
which timo ho had changed the furni
ture of the apartment and rented and
fitted up an adjoining room. The mar
chioness expressed her satisfaction and
her intention of patronizing him and
recommending him to her friends. The
result was that every day tho carriage of
some wealthy lady stopped at the door,
and his circunistancos improved rapidly,
lie ceased to be a billiard marker and
occupied himself with his profession.
By and by he let it be known that he used
an anaesthetic of a new and improved
kind, and so performed difficult extrac
tions without pain. This was a cause of
increased income Greuze soon learned
of his prosperity and questioned him ns
to tho character of his patients. Soon
after this Cheroy added another room to
his offices, ami spent much time there
with Urcuzo practicing witli a camera,
until they became expert ut taking in
stantaneous photographs.
Among his patients was a Madam
Emerian, a wealthy woman, who woro
splendid diamonds. Cheroy was remov
ing her teeth one or two at a time, and
she suffered much. At length he pre
vailed upon her to take the anesthetic.
As soon as she became insensible he re
moved a splendid bracelet of large and
superb diamonds, and passed it in to
Greuze in the adjoining room, who in a
minute had taken three or four instan
taneous photographs of it. Meanwhile
Cheroy operated on his patient, and had
tho anesthetic ready to renew its appli
cation if necessary. Greuze handed back
tho bracelet, and Cheroy clasped it
on tho lady's wrist. Then Greuzo de
parted. i The next day but one .Madam Emerian
i again submitted herself to the dentist,
I and again wore the splendid bracelet.
I No sooner was she under the influence
' of the anesthetic than Cheroy unclasp
i ed the bracelet and handed it to Greuze,
who appeared from the adjoining room.
Greuze compared it with another brace
let, which he then handed with a tri
umpant look to Cheroy, who clasped it
on the ladies' wrist.
This scheme wns performed, perhaps,
on various customers a score of times
without detection, uud Cheroy and
Greuze wero growing wealthy on the
spoils. At length a circumstance oc
curred which led to the detection and
punishmeut of this pair of scoundrels.
One afternoon a Madam Maubert,
whom they had selected as a victim,
came to Cheroy's accompanied by a
magnificent mastiff. t.'heioy sug
gested its being left in charge
of the coachman, us il niiy lit
be troublesome, but Mme. Maubert a
sured biia that he would be perfectly
still where she directed him until she
gave him permission to move. The gas
was administered, Greuzo camo from his
room holding the spurious gem which
was substituted for the lady's brooch,
and Cheroy was in tho act of removing
tho jewelry from the lady's neck, when
the mastiff sprang upon him and seized
him by tho arm.
The next moment Cheroy fell, and the
dog changed his grip to the throat. The
man struggled and Greuze tried in vain
to drag the savage beast away. Cheroy's
cries for help were heard on the street,
and two officers were soon on the spot.
Her brooch was firm in tho grasp of
Cheroy, who was lacerated and bleeding.
Tho moment tho lady recognized her
jewelry, the officers' suspicions were
aroused, and they would not allow
Greuze to depart. A search was subse
quently made and a brooch the very
counterpart, in every respect, of Mme.
Maubert's, but with spurious gems was
found in Greuze's possession. Tho plates
disclosed to the eye of a sharp detective
the fact that many beautiful pieces of
jewelry had been photographed, and no
doubt remained of the business which
Cheroy and his accomplices had carried
on. Greuze's place in the Hue do Vau
girard was searched and valuable gems
were found. Cheroy made a confession,
and many precious stones were recovered
and restored to their owners.
There is no doubt that the scheme was
of Greuze's concocting, and that Chcroy
was too weak-minded to resist tempta
tion. Greuze was sentenced to twenty years
and Cheroy to fifteen, at hard labor.
Philadelphia News.
Horses versus Houses.
Cornelius Vandcrbilt's palace (on Fifth
avenue) is now understood to be for sale,
but as yet no prico has been announced,
asserts a New York correspondent of the
Utica Herald. If any reader, however,
should make an offer of half a million it
might be accepted, and even then it
would be selling below cost. Why, the
land cost $335,000. When Cornelius
selected this corner it was occupied by
two elegant dwellings for which he paid
the above sum, and then had them de
molished in order to make room lor the
palace which was three years in construc
tion. By the time he got fairly in occu
pation he became a heavy Wall street
speculator, and no doubt hoped to make
enough to pay for the palace. Instead
of that, however, he only sunk a large
part of his patrimony, and is now so
deeply involved as to require the as
sistance of his father. The latter no
doubt regrets having built a palace since
this example probably led Cornelius into
his extravagance. These Vanderbilt
houses cost not less than 12,000,000, and
it will be a longtime before such an out
lay will be equaled.
What a difference in taste is displayed
by another millionaire who stands alone
in the ranks of wealth, at least in love of
horses. This is no temporary fancy.
Had this been the case it would have
passed away. Thirty years have been
sufficient to prove it to be a ruling nassion.
Bonner does not crave a palace like
Vanderbilt, being satisfied to excel him
in horse flesh. In this point, indeed, he
has always astonished the public. When
he paid 10,000 for Lantern every ono
was astonished. That was twenty-five
years ago, however, and since then he
has invested a halt million in the same
manner. The interest on this invest
ment is $500 a week, and the cost of keep
ing the animals is an equal sum. Had
Bonner been like Astor, ho would have
put his money into land, and (taking
interest into consideration) he would iu
that case be richer by a million and a
half. Had he been like Lenox, he would
have invested in rare books and literary
curiosities. Had he resembled Commodore
Vanderbilt, he would have gone into
stocks and become a power in Wall street.
None of these things, however, moved
him. IIo kept aloof from other attrac
tions. He owns no stocks and no rare
books, and only real estate sufficient for
his own use. The horse is his passion,
and he has shown the mastery of the
latter to a degree unparalleled in the
history of the turf. How strange that a
roan who began life in this city as a
journeyman printer should thus, as
Shakespeare says " witch the world with
noble horsemanship."
War Statistics.
From official records of the war de
partment, based on losses given, and
the total number of men furnished by
the States and Territories during tho
war, it appears that:
Out of every sixty-five men, one man
was killed in action.
Out of every fifty-six men, one man
died of wounds received in action.
Out of every thirteen men, one man
died ot disease.
Out of every nine men, ono man died
w hile in service.
Out of every fifteen men, one man was
captured or reported missing.
Out of every ten men, one man was
wounded in action.
Out of every seven men captured, one
died while in captivity.
A Peculiar Custom.
The Cape Verde islands are fourteen
in number, and contain a population of
eight v thousand. The manners and cus
toms of the people have remained un
changed for vears, which is natural
enough, in view of tho fact that the
ruling principle of their lives is to live
without work. A peculiar custom is
noted by a recent visitor at the islands.
His hostess was smoking a cigarette,
when suddenly she drew it from her lips
and offered it to him. Though some
what startled, he accepted it with the
best grace he could command, and upon
subsequent inquiry found that it was
considered among the islanders one of
the gieutest compliments a lady could
I pay to a gentleman.
0DR MERRY MISCELLANY.
HUMOEOUB SKETCHES FROM VARI
OUS SOUBCES.
A WalCr' lUiinitrr-Mng-ular 1
naclly of Life Wouldn't llrmorc
the firlp Jake. I'arrot, ICtr.
They did not often give dinner
parties, says a contemporary, and never
gave a large one; but at tho little re
unions to which they did invite their
friends they liked everything the best.
Ho, on tho afternoon of one of their
choice little feasts, the host summoned
the boy-in-buttons and said:
"Now, John, you must be very care
ful how vou hand round the wine!"
"Yes, "sir."
"These bottles with the black seals
are the best, and these with the red seal
the inferior sherry. The best sherry is
for after dinner; the inferior sherry you
will hand around with the hock after
soup. You understand hock and in
ferior sherry after soup?"
"Yes, sir, perfectly," said the boy-in-buttons.
And the evening came, and tho guests
came, and everything was progressing
admirably till the boy went round the
table asking of every guest: "Hock or
inferior sherry?" Everybody took hock.
Singular Tenacity of Life.
"How little it takes sometimes to kill
a man, and then, again, what wonderful
tenacity to life some men have," said the
red-headed man who was reading the
paper.
"That's so," said the others.
"Just listen," said the red-headed
man ; " here's a brakeman on the Nickel
Plate road. The paper says : 'He fell in
front of the car, which passed diago
nally across his body, and lived' "
"Begosh, I knew a painter who fell
off a church steeple and got well ngain,"
said the cross-eyed man.
"I knowed a man shot a bullet through
his heart and lived ten years," said the
man who looked like a farmer.
"There was a man in Salem, where I
came from, that had four ton of rock
fall on him, and he's alive yet," said the
one armed man.
"Y-a-a-s," said the red-headed man,
"lemme see. Where was I? Oh 'fell
in front of the car, which passed diago
nally across his body, and lived but a
few moments.'" Pittsburg Chronicle.
Wouldn't Itemove tho CJrlp.
"Will you be kind enough to take that
grip-sack off that seat?" said a country
man, who got on a train at Luling,
Texas.
"No, sir; I don't propose to do any
thing of the sort," replied the drummer,
who was sitting on the other side of the
seat.
"Do you say that you are going to let
that grip-sack stay right there?"
"Yes, sir; I do."
"In case you do not remove that grip
sack I shall be under the painful neces
sity of calling the conductor."
"You can call in tho conductor, the
engineer and the brakemen if you want
to. Perhaps you had better stop at the
next station and send a special to old
Jay Gould himself about it."
"The conductor will put you off the
train."
"I don't care if he does. I am not eo
ing to take that grip-sack from that
place where it is."
The indignant passenger went through
th train, and soon returned with the
conductor.
"So you refuse to remove that grip
sack?" do you, asked the conductor.
"I do."
Great sensation.
"Why do you persist in refusing to re
move that grip-sack ?"
"Because it is not mine."
"Why didn't you say so at once?"
"Because nobody asked me." Sift
ings. "Jake's" Parrot.
A Bush street barber has recently
added to the interior decorations of his
tonsorial symposium a large owl, whose
Solomonic visage assists in wooing som
nolent delights, while the nimble blade
is reaping its hirsute harvest. The other
day a callow youth whose eyebrows are
much more prolific in their growth than
the hair upon his lip, and whose intellect
is in an inverse ratio to his knowledge of
cheap slang, entered the shop and spied
the apotheosis of wisdom upon the perch
near the chief chair of torture. Deem
ing it a rare opportunity to be "funny"
at tho expense of the proprietor, who
had recently lost his wife and was subject
to fits of melancholy, the "fresh" young
man proceeded to distribute his stock of
"chaff" for the delectation of the occu
pants of the neighboring chairs.
"Hello, Jake, where did y' ketch the
bird?"
Silence enveloped the shop like a fu
neral pall, and the barber went on shav
ing. Nothing daunted, Mr. Fresh
nioved a little closer to the perch, and
after a careful survey thus delivered him
self: "Why, the mark that stuffed that
euro mo couldn't stuff a sausage for me.
Git onto them eyes; the're a couple of
glass beads poked in there. Pipe the
position of him. Who ever seen au owl
in that posish?''
He paused for a reply, but the painful
stillness w as only broken by tho scraping
of the steel, and "Jake" quietly went ou
shaving.
The case was getting desperate, and
the youth saw the necessity of immediate
and decisive action; so udvancing to
ward the bird, with outstretched hand
he said, almost plaintively:
"Say, Jake, honest, now; get onto the
way they've fixed the head of hia nibs."
But the lesson in taxidermy was never
concluded, for us the aggressive hand
reuched the ruined poll of tho big-eyed
bird there was a blink, a sweep and a
I map, and "Jake's" pet sat quietly munch
ing a small cutlet, which had once been
a portion of the youth's manual anatomy.
The " trusty Damascus blade " glinted
and scintillated, as the barber quietly
went on shaving, and the silence was op
pressive as the wounded youth started
for a drug store, mentally debating
whether he had made expenses on the
trip. ,San Francisco Alia.
He Saw the Falls.
At the Falls of Montmorency, below
Quebec, there is a hotel by the roadside
where you pay twenty-five cents to a
woman who can't talk English and in
consideration of this sum you are allowed
to see the falls. A young fellow paid
just as I left the house to walk across
the fields to the steps in front of tho
falls. He came running after me. He
had walked all the way from Quebec
about nine miles and now his impa
tience was getting the better of him.
"You paid first," he said, "but would
you mind my going down the seeps
ahead of you?"
"Not at all," I said. "Iguess, though,
tho stops are wide enough for two to go
down."
"I suppose so, but I want to get there
before a crowd comes. I hate a crowd.
I want to enjoy the falls alone."
"It is too late in tho season for a
crowd. I don't suppose anyone has been
here for a month.
As we came to the long stairway ho
hopped merrily down, two stairs at a
time. Suddenly his feet went out from
under him and he went down the stair,
which is very steep, in a sittiug posture,
giving a shriek every time he hit a new
step. There were several platforms, but
he shot over them with incredible swift
ness in spite of all his efforts to stop, and
at ono time I thought nothing would
save him from going right down into
the current. However, he flung his arms
around one of the railing supports and
hung on there seemingly panic stricken
till 1 reached him. 1 found that after
the first few top steps tho rest had been
covered with spray that had frozen and
made every step as slippery as glass. It
required a good 'deal of caution and a
persistent clinging to the rail to get
down in any other way than the some
what .hurried planjmy new acquaintance
had so thoughtlessly adopted. "You
are too impatient," I said soothingly.
"You shouldn't have done that. Do you
think twenty-five cents pays for such
wear and tear of tho steps as you put
them to. This is not a tobogganing
slide you know."
"For heaven's sake," he cried, "how
am I to get up again?"
"I guess we'll both get up the same
way. Hang on where you are and look
at the fa' Is "
"Falls!"' he said in disgust. "I've
had about five hundred separate and dis
tinct falls. Falls enough to last me un
til next season. When I visit Montmor
ency again it will be in summer."
And with that he crawled up on his
hands and knees, and I saw him no
more. Detroit Fret Press.
The Gondoliers of Venice,
Tho Venetian gondoliers are a hardy,
active, cheery set of men, civil and oblig
ing, limbed like Greek statues and grace
ful as greyhounds. John of Bologna
might have molded his incomparable
Mercury from one of these lithe-limbed,
sinewy oarsmen. Their fine develop
ment of form is due to their occupation,
their habit of rowing standing, develop
ing and exercising every muscle in the
frame from throat to heel. As a class
they are the clcunliest set of men to be
found among the lower orders of Europe.
The watery ways on which their days aro
spent send up no cloud of dust or dashei
of mud to sully their neat and pictur
esque attire
Their hands and faces, bronzed to ai
dusky a tint as the sun and the wind can
impart to the human epidermis, and theii
crisp, curly dark locks, are as free from
soil and as well kept as are those of any
high-bred gentleman. Tho costume of a
gondolier of the better class would be a
handsome one to adopt for a fancy dress
bull, since it is very characteristic, and yet
simple and sufficiently in accordance
with a gentleman's cvery-day suit to be
worn without awkwardness. It consists
of a loose double-breasted jacket of dark
blue cloth with trousers to match. The
jacket is closed with two rows of large,
highly-polished brass buttons, and is
bound around the edges and around the
cuffs and collar and pockets with cloth
of a blue, two shades lighter than the
hue of the garment itself. A glazed
sailor's hat, around the crown of which
is passed a ribbon of the lighter shades
of blue, with long floating ends, forms
the headgear.
Sometimes a felt hat, with a melon
shaped crown, the brim curving over tho
brow aud at the back of the head, is
adopted, but tho ribbon is never absent.
A sash of cloth, matching the jacket
and trousers, and with long ends fin
ished with wide worsted fringe, is tied
around tho waist, the ends fulling at the
left side. Sometimes the jacket is piped
with red, or with the same dark blue as
the cloth whereof it is composed; but
the style I have just described is the
most usual, and is also the prettiest. It
opens at the throat, showing a collar and
white necktie, both scrupulously clean,
us are also the white cutis visible be
neath the loose sleeves, the linen being
coarse iu quality, but of snowy white
ness, rl'iiltplelfitia TtUgraph.
There are 00,000 skating rinks in this
country. On uu average there ure six
fulls u day iu each rink, this makes u
total of liOO.OOO falls a day throughout
tho country, or 1,800,000 falls u week.
In the face of this showing the fall of
Adam dwindles into insignificance. Hut
the true American U by no menus dis
mayed by thee statistics. On the con
trary, he excltiims: Oh, my country, with
all thy fulls I love thee still. Boston
Courier,
NEAR THE DAWNINO.
When life's troubles gather darkly
Round the way we follow here;
When no hope the sad heart lightens,
No voice speaks a word of cheer;
Then the thought tho shadows scatter,
Giving us a cheering ray
When the night appears the darkest
Horning is not far away.
When adversity surrounds us,
And our sunshine friends pass by,
And the dreams so fondly cherished j
With our scattered treasures lie;
Then amid such gloomy seasons
This sweet thought can yet be drawni
When tho darkest hour is present
It is always near the dawn.
When the spirit fluttering lingers
On the confines of this life.
Farting from all joyful memories,
And from every scene of strife,
Though the scene is sad and gloomy,
And tho body shrinks in fear,
These dark hours will Boon be vanished,
And the glorious morn be here.
Tain cannot affect us always,
Brighter days will soon be hero,
Sorrow may oppress us often,
Yet a happier time is near;
All along our earthly journey
This reflection lights our way;
Nature's darkest hour is always
Just before the break of day.
IIU310B OF THE DAY.
The lay of the song birds Eggs.
"A piece of lemon bound upon a corn
will cure it." A sort of a lemon-aid, aa
it were. Graphic.
Domestic pursuits Chasing the man.
of the houso with a broomstick. Bur
lington Free Press.
There is only ono thing sadder than
death, and that is a seat in a theatre be
hind a four-story hat Bo ton Post.
It is impossible for leopards to escape
when once in confinement, for they are
always "spotted." Merchant- Traveler.
"Yes," said the dudeling, as he
gathered himself up, "the hardest thing
about roller skating is tho floor." Lj't.
The skating rinks should make a deal
of money. The patrons come down
handsomely every night. Boston Tran
script. There are certain social grades in
every rank of life Even tho poor fisher
man is obliged to draw the line some
where. Boston Courier.
"AU is not gold that glitters," ob
served the philosopher, just after he had
absent-mindedly picked up a red-hot
horse -shoe. Lowell Citizen.
"Man is born to rule the world," says
a philosopher. Woman is born to rule
man. No philosopher says this, but it
is a fact nevertheless. Graphic.
It is much harder work for a man to
care for his children an hour and a half
while his wife is at church than to run a
fox all day. Waterloo Obcerter.
A Southern woman has in use a rolling-pin
bought when she was married
sixty-one years ago. Her husband has
evidently behaved himself. Call.
"A talking machine has just been in
vented in Vienna," says an exehange.
The dickens you say I Why, we married
one ten years ago ! Newman Independent.
Clear down to vegetation's roots
The solar warmth now reaches,
And girls are trimming bathing suits
For mashing at the beaches.
Uoston Courier.
An exchange says : " How shall we
prevent mice from gnawing the bark oil
fruit trees V Kill the mice, of course.
A dead mouse never gnaws bark.
Graphic.
It is scientifically estimated that if all
tho "chumpion" roller skaters iu Ameri
ca should stand up in a row, there
wouldn't be people enough left to count
them. Savannah News.
Now the faithful funny writer
'Along the dust of uges pokes.
For the summer's work preparing
Resurrecting base-ball juke.
St. I'uvi Herald.
When the man told his landlady she
fed him wooden biscuits, she didn't get
mad, oh, no, she smiled and
told him board was so cheap that but
the story is too sad to conclude. Mer-chaid-Traceler.
A New York circus is advertising for
the second year a sacred white elephant.
An animal that can keep the company
of circus meu for a year aud remain sa
cred must certainly be a curiosity worth
crawling under the tent to see. Mate
man. There was a man in NorrUtown,
And ha was very tall;
IIo went into the skating rink
And got a heavy fall.
And wlmn he found himself laughed at,
V ith all his might and main
He quickly sprang uKn his feet
And fell right down again.
Xurrmtuwn Ilrrald.
The other day a Newark physician,
who suspected that some oue was peep
ing through the keyhole of his otlice
door, investigated with a syringe full of
pepper sauce. He found his wife, half
uu hour afterward, with u bandage over
her left optic. :?he told him that she
l,a I been cutting wood and a chip had
hit her iu the eye. L'o::rUr-Journal.
A DOAUDINU HOUSE ANUKU
Tall and slender
Autl divs.ttxl in blue,
A fairer creature
I never knew.
Her (i jldi ii tresses
A luetic shed.
And, h.;o an aureola,
I'lOWIl II. T head.
Tlnl wil S'i'l light ill
Her a u.e eyes
t-.lm iimt lmrt biouht from
Her intivo slues.
Sht'v an mwl surely,
l.i.t il make mo sijli
To ll'll- HtlllH
u U chunks of pie.
Liii-sforl ditirier.