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MOTHER'S WORK.
JViklnjr, stowing, and browing,
Roasting, frying, and boiling,
Bweoplng, diluting, and clnaning,
Washing, starching, and ir'ning,
Hipping, turning and mending,
Cutting, banting, and stitching,
Mnking tlii old like new;
Fhoostrings to lace,
Faeea to wash,
Buttons to ww,
And tho liko of such;
Stockings to darn
While the children play,
Stories to toll,
Tours wipo away,
( Making them happy
Tlio livelong day;
It is ever t!mn from morn till night;
Who nays that a mother's work is light I
II.
At evening, four
Little forms in whito;
Prayers all said,
And the lout good-night,
Tucking them safo
In rich downy bed,
Silently asking
O'er ca'-'h hoad,
That the dear Father
In heaven will keep
Bafe all my darlings,
Awake or osleop.
Then I think tho old adage true ever will
prove:
" It is easy to labor for those that we love."
IIL
Ah me I dear mo! I often say,
As I hang tho tumbled clothes away;
And the toar drops start,
While my burdened heart
Aches for the mother across the way.
' Where, oh, where are
Her m-stlings flown !
All, all are gone,
Save one alone I
Folded their garments
With tondorest care,
Unpresscd the pillow
And vacant chair.
No ribbons to tie,
No faces to wash,
No hair all awry ;
No merry voices
To hush into rest;
God save them I
He took them!
And lie knowoth b?st;
But, ah ! the heart anguish! the tears that folll
This mother's work is tho hardost of all.
Philadelphia Sunday Itepublio.,
LATE FOR DINNER.
A CONJUGAL DIALOGUE.
At the Macy mansion tho dinner hour
is six o'clock., sharp. Mr. Macy, who has
been absent since morning, coinci homo
seven minutes late.
Mrs. Macy (not giving him time to of
fer an excuse; '"Well, when you rang
I thought certainly it was tho doctor."
Mr. Macy (anxiously) "The doctor?
Are you expecting him! What is tho
matter?"
8ho "I supposo it has ncvor entered
your mind that a woman, though blessed
with a constitution of iron, might suffer
from having her meals at all hours of the
day and night. Neither would you call
it being sick, I suppose, for her to sit
and wait and worry, tormented by all
kinds of conjectures and fenrs; expect
ing every moment to hear that her hus
band has been crushed to death by a
cable car, or met with some other fright
ful accident."
(Macy who sees tho storm coming,
wisely remains silent.)
She "Will you at least condescend to
answer the only question that I shall ask
you 1"
He "Assuredly, my dear."
She "Will you be good enough to
inform mo if you intcud to come home at
this late hour every night J"
lie (deprccatingly) "Surely, my dear,
you arc not going to scold because I am
seven minutes late this once. I was de
tained by business; but do not ask what
it was, for 1 promised not to tell."
She "I have no doubt that you will
be a whole week lute one of these days,
and will end, perhaps, by being awuy
from your family for years."
He "Pshaw, my deart How ab
surd I"
She "Absurd, is it? Why, it was no
later than last night that you were tell
ing me about the sea-captain La Pe
rouse I believe his name was who left
home one day, promising to return at
the usual time, and has never been seen
since by his uuhappy family."
He "But that happened ninety years
ago."
She "So much the worse."
He "Beside, don't you remember I
told you ho was shipwrecked?"
She "Oh, yes', it is easy enough to
say that a man was lost at sea, especial
ly when he is not here to contradict
you. But don't think, when you inako
up your mind to leave home forever,
that you will bo able to deceive mo by
some foolish story printed in the papers,
declaring, for instance, that you have
gone up in a balloon which has never
come down again; oh, no, I shall not
believe that story any more than the
one you tell to-day."
He "I am suio I do not know to
what story you refer, my dear.'
She "Oh, indeed! A man comes
home brimful of mystery, and when his
wife questions him, when sho ventures
to ask him a question, ' he responds
guardedly that it is a secret. Oh, 1
am not at all curious. I have not the
slightest desire to kuowyour wonderful
secret. Far be it from me to try to
iind out what perhaps would be the last
thing I should want to know."
. He ".Now, are you going to imagine
all sorts of foolish things, totalise I hap
pen to loll you that I have been occu
pied with another man's business to
day?" Sho "A nice business it must be that a
man dare not tell his wife. You are the
greatest talker in the universe away from
home, but it is simply impossible to got a
word out of you when you are alone
with your wife."
Ho "But, 1 tell you, it is not ray se
cret." Sho "I supposo not. A very good
excuse, that."
He (irritated) "Good heavens! How
exasperating a woman can be."
She "A man never is of course
not."
He "Well, for tho sake of peace and
quietness I'll tell you tho whole story."
She (with tho air of a martyr) "Never
mind I do not care to hear it now."
He Why. are you not willing to lei
me explain?"
Sho What is the use? You would
only invent something. You are very
good at that sort of thing."
Ho "Will you allow mo to speak."
"She I cannot prevent it,can I! You
needn't be so fierce."
Ho (about to confess) "I"
Sho "But I warn you I shall not be
lieve ono singlo word you say."
"Ho Thou I may us well remain si
lent." Shc(triiimphantly) "There what did
I tell you? . I knew very well that you
wouldn't have anything to say if driven
to tho wall. Ah I I understand you."
Sho "Oh, certainly swear; that'i
just like a man. It will eive you more
timo to invent a plausible story, too."
Ho (in a rage) "Do you intend to let
me get a word In edgeways?"
Sho "Oh, go on, go on your hum
ble servant is all attention."
Ha "Well, then, a friend of mine
who is on tho verge of bankruptcy,
camo to me this morning end begged nit
to give him soma assistance, and 1 have
been running about all day trying to heir
him out, and even at last offered mysoli
as his security."
Sho "Is that all!"
He "Yes, that is all."
Sho (sighing) "Well, I am thankful
that I paid tho baker yesterday ; we shall
at least have bread one more month
and I shall begin this very night to lot
the children go barefoot, for that is what
the future has in store for the pool
things, with their father squandering hit
fortune upon every scallawag he meets.'
Ho Scallawag, indeed I Bo a little
careful what you call a man till yov
know who he is."
She (scornfully) "Oh! I can guess
fast enough; it is that fool of a Earns
worth." He "In the first place, madam, Farns
worth is not a fool, but a very intelli
gent man; and in tho next plaee, it it
not Farnsworth at all."
She (angrily) "And for such a mis
erable creaturo as Farnsworth do I scf
myself and children reduced to beggary?'
Ho (more angrily) "And, I repeat,
that it was not Farnsworth."
She "Well, then, it was some othei
good-for-nothing fellow, whoso name
you dare not tell.'"
He "Do not call names, madam; you
will soon regret it if you do."
She "It must have been a sharper oi
a swindler; a gambler, perhaps, or cvcd
a thief."
Ho (out of all patience) "Very well1
Since you force mo to it, know that it is
your brother whom you are abusing, and
that ho has been speculating too deeply,
and is heavily involved."
She (repentant) "Oh, Frank, won't
you forgive me?"
(They full into each other's arms.)
"He "And now, my love, since pence
is restored, let us sit down to dinner."
She "Not quite vet."
He "And why not?"
Sho "Well, you seo I sent the cook
away thi9 morning because sho wat
saucy.and I have been wandering around
tho city all day, trying to find another
going from pillar to post, from one em
ployment oflico to another and I onlj
succeeded in getting one a little while
ago, so that "
He "So that, I suppose, I get no din
ner at all f"
She "No so that dinner will be
ready at 7." From the Fivnch, in Argo
naut.
Training- a Trotter toy Swimming.
While Mr. Robert Bonner was inspect
ing John Turner's horses in Philadelphia
thu general told a curious story of hors
training. "When I was a boy, and $20C
looked as big as a million, I had a horst
matched against a pacer to go a single
mile for $'JOO a sido. In training him
discovered that through exesss ol action
he hit his aims. I was in despair, when
I was advised to try and put him into
condition by swimming. Like a drown
ing man, I grasped at a straw. The rivei
ran near my door. I hired a man to row
mo in a boat, while I sat in the idem and
held the halter. We started up stream,
and the horse swam beautifully. On the
return he struck out eagerly, and ac tually
towed the boat. I kept this up for ten
days and I never brought a horse to the
post in better condition. The violent
action iu tho water had given pliancy and
firmness to his muscles and made his
wind as clear as the ring of a bell. 1 won
the race easily, but it was lucky that it
was a single dash, because through hie
faulty action he cut his arms into rib
bons." Turf, Field and Farm.
All attempts to make billiard balls oi
anything but ivory have bieo failures,
though celluloid is used for pool balls
The material of which billiard balls ore
made is imported from Asia and Adieu
in tusk form. The principal points ol
exportation are Zanzibar and West
Cape.
There are said to be 11,0U0 lawyers in
the Slate of New York.
MOMENTS FOR MERRIMENT.
BT7MOKOUS SKETCHES TO WD IB
OUB EXCHAWOBS.
rile f.atn Husband What Ha .!
The Deacon' nag- Tb( llra Was
Main .Tlnalhnavdcd bf a i lab.
A gentleman came home in the "wee
sma' hours ayont the twal,",at tho South
End recently, and was surprised to find
his wife clad in black.
"Why, are you wearing these mourn
ing garments?" ho said, somewhat un
steadily. "For my lato husband," was the sig
nificant reply.
Ho has Dcen in (the house at 10 ever
since. Boston Budget.
IV lint He I'aed.
"You say that you was forcibly
ejected?"
"No, sir; I don't say nothing of the
kind."
"Didn't I understand you to say that
he removed you with violence?"
"I don't know what you understood,
but I didn't say that."
"I inferred from what you told me
that he used force to compel your exit."
"I don't seo how you got that into
your head, for I didn't say nothing of
the kind."
"You didn't go out of your own ac
count?" "Not by a tarnal sight."
"Then how did you get out'
"Why, gosh it all, he kicked me out."
"Well, 1 want to know if ho didn't use
violence."
"No, I'll bo shrunk if he did. He used
his foot." Chicago Ledger.
The Deacon's Dog-.
A good story is told of the presence
of miud of a New Hampshire deacon
who was very fond of dogs. Ho had
one valuable setter that he had trained
himself, and that understood his every
word and slightest gesture with an al
most human intelligence. One evening
at a prayer meeting tho good man was
offering an earnest exhortation and the
people sat with bowed heads, giving earn
est attention. The audience faced the
stand where sat -the pastor; the doors
opened on either side. All at once ono
of the doors, which had been left ajar,
was pu died open, and the handsome
head of the deacon's favorite setter was
thrust in. The head was followed by
tho body, and the dog in toto had just
started with a joyful bound toward its
master. The deacon generally knew
what was going on about him, whether
be was praying or shooting, ana the hrst
movement of tho intruder attracted his
attention. Quick as a flash, the deacon,
raisin? his head with a warning gesture,
exclaimed: "Thou hast given us our
charge; help us to keep it." At the em
phasized word so well known to his ca
nino cur, the handsome brute stopped as
if shot on the very threshold of the door.
with his intelligent eye fixed upon his
master. In the same unmoved tone, with
a slight wave of the extended hand:
"Wo would not return back to Thee
with our duty on earth unfulfilled."
Again tho perfect training of the dea
con's 'pet was made evident, for, without
a whimper, ho turned as noiselessly as
he had entered, and remained quietly
outside until his master appeared.
The Hero Was Slain.
One of the farmers who succeeded in
backing his wagon into placo at the City
Hall market yesterday morning had sev
eral errands to do nround the neighbor
hood, and he left his son of fourteen on
the vehicle to make a sale of five or sis
bags of potatoes. The old man had
scarcely disappeared when a bill dis
tributor came along and threw into the
wagon the first chapters of a sensational
serial. The boy grabbed for the "fly"
nnd began to devour the literaturo in
chunks and hunks, and of the half
dozen people who came along and asked
'the price of his potatoes ho uuswered
only one, and him so absent-mindedly
that no sale was made. Iu about half
an hour the old man returned. He
halted at the back end of the wagon and
took in the situation, and then asked:
"Gearge, what you got?"
"Story."
"What about?"
"Injuns."
"Do they kill anybody?"
"Tney are after a feller and I guess
they git him."
"He's the hero I s'pose?"
"Yes."
"Don't sell any ta'ers, does he?"
"No."
"I thought not, but I reckon I'll soon
know the reason why!"
With that ho leisurely climbed over
tho tail-board, reached for tho bov and
the shaking up that youth received will
make him dream of earthquakes for many
nights to come.
"You don't want any more ot that,"
said the old man, as he finished business
and dropped the "fly" overboard. "The
Injuns not only overtook tho hero but
they slew him in the most fatal manner,
and don't you forget it! Now you git
up'n gallop and sell these 'taters!"
Detroit Free Press.
mastheaded by a Hh.
"Here's an old acquaintance," said my
friend, as we stood looking at the fish
display of Commissioner Blackford, point
ing out a parti-colored eel-like fish sev
eral feet long and of most villainous as
pect. In form it resembled the typical
sea serpent that figures in the old works
of I'ontoppidan nod others. Tho body
was high", the mouth large, and in it
appeared a most formidable! array of
teeth.
"That is the famous, or lather infa
mous, murray of the South," explained
my companion, giving the creaturo a
spiteful dig. "It's as much of a sea ser
pent as I ever want to see, and I must
tell you a good joke on myself in which
one of these brutes played a promiucnt
part. Somo years ago, when I began
spending my winters in Florida, I
devoted almost my entire timo to
fishing sea fishing, you know and
almost tho tlrst hsu that caught me
was one of these murrays. This is
a medium-sized one. They attain
in tho Bahamas and around Cuba
a length of four or five feet, and. being
proportionately stout, present a formi
dable Appearance. One day I was fish
ing off tho reef, in about five fathoms,
and had been having fino luck with
grunts and yellow-tails, when suddenly
I had a bite that brought me to my
leet. I hauled the fish and the fish
hauled mo, and after ten minutes bard
work I had him at tho surface, and,
with a tremendous jerk, landed, not a
fish, but ono of those murrays a
rouscr. I was amazed as much as tho
murray.
"No sooner did it feel itself in the
boat then it opened its cavernons mouth
and mado a rush for me. There were
but two methods of escape open to me,
one to jump overboard and the other to
climb the small mast of my boat. I
chose the latter, and as the murray
reached tho spot I just cleared it, and
there I was in the attitude generally
known as shinning. The murray made
the circuit of the boat several times
dragging tho line, thrashing the oars
about, and darting its ugly head in my
direction at every move I mado. It wa9
impossible, however, to hold such a
position long, and I was about consider
ing the possibilities of leaping into the
wuter and ".swimming to the reef when
the '.creature wriggled overboard. I
then slid down and cut the line. When
I got ashore my friends asked mo what
I was shinning the mast of the dingy
for. They had been watching me
through a spy glass. I told them I had
been clearing the halyards. If they had
ever got hold of it that I had been there
for ten minutes to get away from that
green-hued eel, I should never have
heard the last of it." Xeie York Sun.
How tho Earth Is Built Up Hourly
by Meteors.
Dr. Kleiber, of St. Petersburg, pub
lishes in the Astronomische Nachricten the
results of investigations by himself and
Dr. Keller on the amount by which the
earth's mass is increased each hour by
the meteors falling upon the globe from
space. The original memoirs, which are
printed in Kussian, have not reached
this country, but the summary referred
to is extremely interesting.
Observations by Professor Schmidt, of
Athens, and others, have shown that on
the averago a single observer will see
about ten meteors per hour. This is a
number which depends upon experiment
simply. A single observer does not
command tho whole sky above his hori
zon, but only somo twenty-three per cent,
of it.
Professor Newton, of Yale college, has
shown that about 10,400 times as many
meteors fall on the whole earth in an
hour as fall so as to bo visible above any
one horizon. Combining these separate
deductions, it follows that 10x100, 4G0x
23 (or about 450,000) fall on tho surface
of the whole earth each hour. It is to
be remembered, too, that only such me
teors as would be visible to the naked
eye are included in this enumeration.
Every astronomer knows that there are
vast quantities of extremely-minute tele
scopic meteors in the heavens. Ono can
hardly work for two or three hours
without seciug at least one meteor in
every small field of the telescope. The
number given above, then, is clearly a
m'nimura.
Professor Alexander Herschel has
shown that the average weight of a me
teor may be taken as five grams, whence
it follows that tho earth receives hourly
not less than 2,250 kilograms, or 4.950
pounds of foreign material deposited
upon it from the celestial space.
Gave Filty Dollars to Kiss Booth.
A good story was told of Booth when
he was here last, says the Philadelphia
J'rcss, which illustrates his indifference
to tho class of women who always find
something irresistiblo und fascinating in
the men who earn their living behind
the footlights. Booth was traveling on
the Boston and Albany road ono day,
having just closed an engagement in the
New England metropolis. He heard an
expensively-dressed, handsome, middle
aged woman back of him sigh and say
to her companion : " I would give $50 to
kiss that man." Booth turned sud
denly and looked at tho speaker.
"Do you mean that ?" ho demanded,
fixing his fine dark eyes upon her,
and causing the blood to mount up to
the very roots of her hair. "Why, yes,
of course I do," replied the woman, con
fusedly, looking iu a helpless sort of a
way at the great tragedian and at the
smiling passengers. "Well, 1 accept the
terms, madam," exclaimed Booth, sol
emnly. "And I stand by my proposi
tion," said tho woman, recovering her
self-possession, and, rising, she imprinted
a sound kiss upon the actor's lips.
Booth's face did not betray the slight
est emotion. He received tho kiss
stolidly, and did not retuK jt, but
waited until the impetuous wok 'ound
her purse and handed him a bill.
He took the money, thanked hVr, ani
turning to a feeble, shabbily-dressed
womau oil the other side of tho aisle,
who was traveling with two young chil
dren, placed the money in her hands,
and with a courtly bow said: "This is
for tho children, madam. Take it,
please," and without another word ho
left tho car.
The cheerful alacrity with which a
young man will guide his best girl
towurd a milliner's bhow-window before
they are married, is equaled oniy by the
marvelous skill w ith which he will steer
her away from it after she is his wife.
Uitmerville Journal.
THE COOK IN THE ORIENT.
A CHXaTAMAW WHITES ABOUT CHI
WEBB IB.VITB.
Frails a mainstay ol I. lie In China
fdil War of Preparing 'I he in
The nolo and Sal cbi.
. From timo immemorial fruits have
been a mainstay of life in China. Their
culture gives support to millions, and is
brought to a perfection almost unknown
in the Occident. All of tho kinds fa
miliar to Americans are everywhere
grown, so also, are the semi-tropical and
tropical; such as the orange, pineapple,
lemon, lime, citron, banana, star-fruit,
gnava, mangofi, tamarind, date, fig, and
shaddock. Beside theso are a long so
ries of fruits indigenous to tho East; the
Bolo, Dai-chi, Ma-tag, and a score of
others.
Fruits are more frequently cooked in
China than here. They enter into cakes,
tarts, pics, puddiugs, stuffing. They
are baked, roasted, fried, broiled, and
boiled. They are also dried, evaporated,
dessicated,- smoked, pickled, soused,
preserved, candied and made into jellies,
jams, and marmalades.
Among odd ways of preparing and
preserving them, is one in which a fruit
sweetened to taste, is perforated with a
cochineal stick, then wrapped in a
water-lily leaf, and then boiled in syrup.
The heat and moisture transfer tho crim
son color of tho wood to tho interior
flesh, whilo the lily-leaf stains the ex
terior a rich green, and at the same time,
penetrates it "to a moderate depth with
its gelatinous or mucilaginous elements.
Fruits thus treated are put in large jars,
and sent over the world. Even when
opened, they resist fermentation for
weeks.
In the use of fruits, the Chinese do
not follow tho Portuguese adage of
"Golden at morn, silver at noon, and
lead at night," but on the' contrary in
dulge to an extent that would astonish
a physician of the old school. It is a
common sight in a Mongolian home to
find the entire family devouring oranges,
bananas, and suaar cane, at midnight.
In the main, acid and sub-acid fruits are
preferred to all others.
The extremes to which fruit-culture) is
carried on in China is well exemplified
by the Bolo. In a wild state, the fruit,
(which grows from the trunk, and not
from the limbs of the Bolo tree), is not
much larger than an apple, and in shape,
color, and interior construction resem
bles an orange. Cultivation for centuries
has increased it in size until it weighs
from 100 to 200 pounds. As it buds' in
the spring, the fruit farmer builds undei
and around it a strong bamboo basket,
which in turn is firmly attached to the
tree trunk. When mature, the fruit can
be easily broken into spherical sections,
similar to an orange. Its taste is very
rich and sweet, resembling, somewhat,
that of a Hackensack melon. The seeds
arc small, almost rudimentary, and never
sprout. The tree is propagated by shoots
and grafts. The Bolo exerts a fascina
tion upon the Chinese small boy, similar
to that fabled to be exercised by tho
watermelon upon the colored brother.
As soon as it begins to ripen, guards are
stationed in tho orchard, and there kept
until the last globe is gathered. The
enfant terrible in the East has ono advan
tage over his Ethiopian rival. Once
picked, he, or they as it requires three
boys to properly do the business may
carry off the fruit before the owner's eyes.
A queer superstition among the farmers
forbids recapture, or even unkind words
to the malefactors, on pain, it is sup
posed, of the blighting of tho tree or or
chard the next season. The Bolo sells
ior from 1,000 to 5,000 cash, (1,000 cash
being nearly equal to $1). It is sold to
peddlers and venders, who separate it
into its component sections. These num
ber from u00 to 000, nnd are retailed ac
cording to their size from five cash up
ward. Covered with leaves, the sections
remain sweet and fresh several days.
Another fruit (now beginning to ap
pear in American markets) is the Sai-chi.
As it grows it is the size and shape of a
walnut, with a shell thinner than that of
the finest almond. Within is a fresh
and luscious pulp that may bo put half--way
between a strawberry and a raisin.
After being gathered, it slowly dies un
til the pulp resembles a small date.
Thus far only the dried fruit has been
imported. Its success, however, indi
cates that the fresh fruit'would in a short
timo bo extremely popular. Tho dried
are sold in American stores at forty cents
per pound, in Chinese stores at twenty
five, but in Canton and Hong Kong at
ffvc to ten. Lai-chi has considerable
hygienic value. AVhen fresh its action
is similar to that of figs or tamarinds,
dried to that of prunes. An essential
principle is extracted from it by the
C hinese physiciuns and apothecaries, and
ha i long been a favorite remedy for
many complaints. Wong L'hinfvo, in
the Cook.
Not so Easy for Men to Fly.
With wings of any moderate spread a
horso power is able to lift about twenty
five pounds. To lift 150 pounds, the
averago weight of a man, culls for six
horse power, while man's power is esti
mated to be about one-fifth of a horso
power when exerted to the greatest ad
vantage. In other words, if the machin
ery for the purpose weighed nothing,
man's strength must bo increased thirty
times at least before he can sustain him
self in tho air. Even then he could fly only
in a calm. It has been stated that the
average velocity of air currents at a dis
tance above the earth is twenty miles per
hour. Theso must be met and overcomo
by uuy flying apparatus before it can be
successful. These facts ought to be
enough to settle one sido of the ques
tion, ut least. Men canuot hopo to fly
by muscular exeition. Any flying ap
paratus must weigh less than twenty-five
pounds per horse power in order to sus
tain itself, and, if sul 'loried by a bnl
loon, must be even .iter. InduUria!
A merican.
1RY AND MAKE IT DO.
" My homo is small, and yet I've all
Tho room that I require,
For, had I more, 'twould take my store
Of coals to feed the fire
On frosty days. But now a blaze
I keep the winter through ;
Though scarce enough when winds blow
rough,
1 try to make it da
" My cupboard there is often bare
As Mother Hubbard's own ;
No toothsome sweets 1 no wholesome meats;
Not e'en a chicken-bone
Appears in sight! My appetite
Oft craves a bit, 'tis true,
But if I must hare but a crust,
I try to make it do.
" Though I should miss the greater blis3
That other folks enjoy,
What do I gain if I complain
And peace of mind destroy I
Though luxury dwells not with me,
And much is lacking, still -My
table's spread, and I am fed
According to His willl"
Thus spake a dame I need not name,
For she is known to all
Who makes the best of what's possessed,
Nor frown what'er befall;
Who may not have the joys they crave,
Yet cheerfully pursue
Their clouded way, from day to day,
As if their sky was blue.
If 'tis your fate from high estate '
And region rich to fall, '
Despite your hurt, your faith assert
In Him who ruleth all.
It may be but a little hut
In which you dwell, yet you
May make it shine with light divine,
'Tis what you ought to do.
Josephine Pollard
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The daughters of a millionaire always
have fine figures.
The root of evil is a hog in a flowct
garden. Picayune.
Tho mosquito always makes himself
to hum. Boston Post.
A young man may bo good on a loaf,
yet .make a bad bread winner.
Economy will always pay;
The man who saves is wise ;
And those content with mush to-day
Will one day eat mince pies.
Boston, Courier.
A maid is a young lady who is single
and who will bo won if she marries
Judge.
A tough steak is something like an
incorrigible boy. Both may bo im
proved by pounding. Lowell Citizen.
The biggest men in the country are the
drum-major of the local brass band and
the pitcher of the local baseball club.
Ixiwell Citizen.
One of the hardest things for a boy to
do is to convince himself that the pants
made for him by his mother look just as
if they had come from a clothier's.
Judge "You say you aro not a va
grant?" Prisoner "No, your honor."
Judge "Did any motive bring you' to
the city?" Prisoner "Yes, your hon
or." judge "What?" Prisoner "Lo
comotive." Judge "Thirty days."
Boston Post.
Now to the pond the small boy hiea
To fish for pickerel, perch, and pout,
But soon returns with weeping eyes,
To have that ruby hook cut out.
Boston Courier.
"Have you seen 'Schurz on the South
ern people?'" asked Jones, as he laid
down the morning paper to skake hands
with Smith. "I never saw a Southerner
without one on," replied Smith. Jones
resumed the reading of his newspaper.
Atlanta Constitution.
ON A BUMMER'S DAT.
How lovely it is in tho summer,
To go to the mountain or sea,
And there is a restful abandon,
lie happy as mortal can be.
Ah, lovely it is in the summer,
In the shailowy caverns to lurk
Jut, brethren, it. s tough in the summer
To have to stay home auJ work.
Merchant- TrateUer.
Indian Slavery In Early Mexico.
The old Spaniards were? not at all
afraid of tho savages, and enslaved as
many as they wished, and made them
work well in the mines. History tells
us this, and tells us beside that they
treated tho Indians with great cruelty.
Even tho pious fathers made the Indiaus
cultivate the soil and lead clean lives,
and, above all, caused them to give up
their ways of idleness.
Every evening tho Indians came in
from labor, aud, after singing some re
ligious songs, were locked up for tho
night in about tho same way that the
slaves of tho Southern States were
formerly locked up. There was no non
sense about it, and near every mission
there was kept a small party of Spanish
soldiers who disciplined tho Indians
whenever they needed it, which was
quite often.
Whenever any of them mado their es
cape to the mountains the soldiers went
after them and brought them home, or
rather back to the missions, and again
set them to worn. Some of these In
dians eventually became respectable
members of society and good men,
though others returned to their vaga
bond life after the priests had lost their
hold upon them and the church proper
ty had been secularized, which occurred
as far back as 16i):i.
When the church property was aban
doned, us was virtually dune iu conse
quence of a decree of the supremo ;;ov
fciumeut of tho city of Mrxico, dated
August 17, 181)3, the semi civilized In
dians found themselves free, as they
considered it, and icturned to their will
ways.