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Job work caih on delivery.
They nru proposing to pension teach
era in England.
Crimo is rapidly increasing all over
Argentina. Statistics show that it ban
more than duubluil during tho past
two years.
The School Board of Auburn, Me.,
has decided thnt it taken six children
to mako a school, and they intend
cloning up all schools having Ichs than
that number.
A California man offers to give, with
out charge, to the city of 8au Fran
ciBPo a flow of water amounting to
190,000, 000 gallons daily and bring it
about 120 milos from the forks of
North and Middle Yuba Rivers. His
only condition is that he should have
the privilege of loaning for a period of
twenty-five years tho horse power to
bo developod from the water.
A novel method of meeting tho
chinch bug post is being adopted in
Minnesota, where these insects appear
in such largo nnmbors as to destroy
the crops. There is a disease known
as entomophahers, which is deadly to
tho bugs. Several hundred of them
are caught, inoculated with it and
turned loose. These give it to others,
and in the consequent epizootic the
bugs disappear.
A controversy is raging in St. LouiB
about the identity of the last surviving
Boldiur of tho Revolutionary War. The
facts seem to indicate, concludes the
Atlanta Constitution, that this obsenro
individual was John Gray, who died at
Hiramsburg, Ohio, March 28, 1808,
and who lies buried there in an almost
unmarked gravo. He was 104 years
old at the time of his death, and was a
Continental soldier when only sixteen
years old.
More than eight thousand persons
the exact number is 8180 committed
suicide in 1'aris in 1891. The propor
tion is twenty-one to every 100,000 of
the inhubitnnts, and the increase over
1881 is twenty-five per cent. What
has caused tho enormous percentage
of increaso in self-destruction in ton
years, wonders tho New York Mail
and Express. Apparently life is no
harder and its condition no more dis
couraging than they were ten years
ago.
Hays tho Boston Herald: "Tho
country taverns are reported to be
getting a good deal of custom from
bicycle riders this summer, who make
long journeys into the country, put up
for a day or a night, and then keep on
or return home. Any town in the
rural districts that hns good roads is
sure to be benefited by this sort of
custom, and in time it will more than
make up for the losses which the
country hotels and boarding-houses
are likely to experience on account of
tho prevailing business depression.
Let the town authorities bear in mind
that good roads are the prime requisite
for encouraging this business, how
ever. "
One of the most commendable
pensions granted by the British Gov
ernment during the past year, tho
New Orleans Picayune thinks, was that
of $500 to Miss Lucy Garnett in recog
nition of her literary merits and to
enable her to prosecute her researches
in Oriental folk-lore. Other note
worthy pensions bestowed during the
year were one of $370 to the widow ol
Professor Minto, and one of $250 to
T. Adolphus Trollope's widow. The
ladies, indeed, fared very well, Misf
Margurct Stokes receiving $500 for her
researches into early Christian art and
archaeology in Ireland, and Mrs.
Cashol lloey $250 for her novels. Tho
Rev. Richard Morris, to whom every
student of early English literature and
philology is indebted, receives $750.
The English, who are trying to
anglicize Egypt, are very much an
noyed by a recent decree of the young
Khedive to the effect that the Arabic
lunguage must bo used in oil branches
of the curriculum of tho Government
schools. The study of this language
has always been required of every
pupil, and they attain considerable
proficiency in it, in order to pass tho
necessary examinations, but under tho
present ordor it will become practi
cally the vernacular. Tho English
consider this a long step backward,
and say that all the text books on the
modern arts and sciences are in the
languages of Europe, and that all at
tempts to teach them in the Arabio
have resulted badly. This, perhaps,
was due to tho fact that the teachers
were not so familiar with the lunguuge
as they might have been. At all
events, no one can blame the Khedive
for using all the means in his power to
keep alive the National institutions
and feelings of his people. Egypt is
almost a British colony now.
A Western geologist says thst tin liens
can raiso wheat for another thousand
years boforo exhausting tho necessary
properties of tho soil.
Tho Greek stylo of building, modi
fied to modern needs, has been moHt
successfully used in Paris, where many
palaces are seen of this const ruction.
A Now York rausio dealer says that
tho composer of "After tho Ball" will
make $100,000 out of his song. Many
other authors of popular songs havo
made nothing becauso they failed to
take ont copyrights.
Home timo ago an Iowa cyclone fol
lowod tho routo of a railroad for sev
eral miles, and now, the Chicago Her
ald learns that there is a theorist on
dock who proposes to steer these
storms, by means of rails laid and
wires strung for the purpose, into open
sections of country where they can
spend their force without damage.
Prince Henry of Orloans, who is not
of much account in most things, has
shown wisdom in advising tho scions
of French royal houses to assist in the
colonial development of France, since
they can but add confusion to coufu
sion if tboy take part in polities. It
was upon his advice that the young
Duke of Uzeo went on tho Congo ex
pedition, which proved fatal to him.
If half tho stories told of him aro
true, Lord Cromer, tho British diplo
matic agent iu Egypt, is an original
individual. He divides his leisure time
between lawn tennis and Homer in the
original Greek. During tho recent
Egyptian crisis Lord Cromer ordered
the Khedive to dismiss his prime min
ister within twenty-four hours,orderod
troops from Malta and Aden in case of
an emergency and then went out and
played tennis until sunset.
The paucity of American-born sail
ors in the United States Navy has ex
cited a great deal of comment, ob-
Berves tho Chicago Herald. A record
of the seamen serving in tho navy since
the establishment of this system shows
that not more than four per cent, of
tho lads who are graduated from tho
apprentico training system continue in
tho service of tho United States. The
records futhur show that of tho 7250
seamen allowed by law in the navy.loss
than one-half of those who enlist at the
receiving ships are native born Ameri
cans. The interesting fact is shown in the
emigration and immigration returns of
Great Britain and Ireland last year
that, whilo the native population is
leaving in hundred of thousands for
this country and the British colonies,
there is a considerable, influx of immi
grants into tho United Kingdom, com
ing for permanent settlement. Last
year 210,042 British and Irish left
their home, the great majority, 150,
039, coming to the United States. In
the same period 22,137 aliens from the
continent of Europe arrived in tho
United Kingdom "for permanent set
tlement." Western railroad officials say that
this year's corn crop will be 300,000,
000 bushels larger than last year's;
that the oat crop 50,000,000 larger;
that tho wheat crop will bo only
100,000,000 bushels smaller ; that the
hog crop will be 4,000,000 larger and
that all roads will have vastly nioro to
haul than in 1892-92. State Secretary
Mohler has issued a special report on
the corn prospects of Kansas. He puts
theareaat5,290,000 acres, only 600,000
under tho wonderful area of 1889, when
the yield was 273,000,000, and that tho
condition this year promises a yield
exceeded only by 1889.
The New York Post remarks that
"Few people hove any conception of
the pressure for pardon which is
brought to bear upon every Executive.
Governor Stone, of Missouri, has at
least 500 applications before him, and
declares that it is not an exaggeration
to suy that one-hulf of his timo is ab
sorbed in listening to such applica
tions, which aro presented by mothers,
wives, daughters, lawyers, friends from
every part of the State, singly, by
twos and threes, und often iu larger
delegations. Most of these applica
tions ho has to refuse, only nineteen
having been grunted during the first
six months of his term ; but it is easy
to accept his plea that 'an undue pro
portion of my time is consumed with
these matters, and the strain upon
nervous vitality resulting from tho pa
thetio incidents connected with them
is very exhausting. It is obvious that
some change ought to be made, either
by the establishment of a Board of
Pardons or otherwise ; for it is absurd
that half of an Executive's tim and
strength should be exhausted in con
sidering petitions that he will set usido
the findings of the courts."
HOW TO LIVE.
Po should we live thst evory hour,
May ilia as dies the natural flower.
A self-reviving thing of power.
That every thought, and overy deed,
May hold within Itself tho seed,
OI future good and future; mood.
AN INTERRUPTED VERDICT.
HE lights were
turned low in
tho courtroom,
snd about them
slowly circled
tho fou), heavy
air, adding to
TV' dimness.
,!' s J Judge Green-
m goods had irono
to his dinner,
having a n
nounccd his in
tention to re
turn at 9 o'clock
unless sum
moned sooner by the agreement of tho
jnry. The District Attorney had
1 mcked away the papers that had seen
their day in his green bag, and, arm
in arm with his assistant, had strolled
nway, pausing now and then to whiB
per a caution to a bailiff, and to re
ceive in return more or less authentic
information.
The prisoner had been led over tho
covered corridor another Bridge of
Sighs into tho jail, to await his fate
in tho cell where murderers were al
ways kept, as the great iron ring in tho
centre of the floor, for their better se
curing, attested. His counsel had
accompanied him to the stairway, and
then had turned into the office to have
a smoke and a chat as to prospects
with his friend tho Sheriff.
"Dubious," said that functionary,
munching on his cigar. "Tho Judge
was agin him from the fust, and the
jury seed it."
The reporters had
with thoir notes, first
hurried away
arranging for
telephone calls when
a verdict was
reached.
High above tho Judge's bench ran a
gallery. At the end nearest tho win
dows was a door. Before this door sat
a court officer, and behind it were tho
jury, discussing, and so vigorously,
too, that again and anon a mnflled
sound would descend to those who
waited.
These were few in number tho jan
itor of tho building, tho clerk, who
lived out of town and had brought a
lunch with him ; three or four attend
ants, tho blind crier, dozing in his
chair, and, in tho further comer of
tho spectators' seats, au old woman
and a young girl. Tho former of
theso two was stiff and motionless, her
features set sternly, and her eyes burn
ing with a fierce desire. The latter
was slight and yielding ; sho swaved
from tho weakness that terror had
brought, and would have rested her
head on her companion's arm had not
on unrecognized antipathy prevented.
There and thus they had tat through
out the day, the matron a stone and
the maiden a reed. Finally this young
girl spoke. "Grandma," she said,
"why does that man sit without that
door? "
"He is on guard, my child, to see
that tho jury aro secure and unmo
lested." '"But why should they be locked
up?"
"In order that they may render a
verdict and tlius punish the wicked."
"But surely each one must have
known what he believed when the case
was finished, and confining them won't
cause them to change. "
"No, but discussion may."
"Then that would bo yielding to
other influences than that of tho evi
dence, and that would bo contrary to
tho oath they each one took."
"Some are strong and sensible, and
others are weak and foolish. It is
proper that the will of tho former
should prevail."
"But that wouldn't be their unani
mous judgment then, and who cun say
but that tho weak and foolish may not
sometimes bo right? Besides they
must bo hungry aud tired and cross.
And when people aro cross they are
uufuir. Oh, what a dreadful thing is
the low!"
"Whnt a dreadful thing rather is
murder. Think of. your only brother
douo to death by the Barlings. I only
wish the old days of drawing aud quar
tering had returned."
"Oh, do you really believe "
"Believe I Don't I kuow? Hain't
tho Kuowleses and the Barlings been
at odds this fifty years? Didn't the
boys quarrel at tho tavern? Haven't
we heered tho detectives' stories aud
this lad's admission? What if the
others did get away ? Ho was there,
and he done it as much as them. And
the jury will say '.Swing, ' you mark
me."
"But thero were two who seemed to
believe his story."
"Them poor critters iu tho back
row? They dasseut trust their own
feelings in the face of the others. Do
you mind that racket? That will set
tle their doubts iu short order. Now
you shut up, Putty. If I thought
that one of my kiu wouldn't rejoice iu
tho detith of an enemy, I'd turn her
into the street without a shawl to her
buck or a shoe to her feet."
"Poor, poor Tommy!" sobbed the
girl, as she trembled before tho indis
tinct sounds of wrangling thut eame
from above.
Putty Knowlcs shrunk still further
away from the stony bosom und the
threatening unn, und tried to think,
as if thoughtscould bring comfort. It
was ull too awful to be rcul ; she must
be dreaming; yet why could she not
awukeV Wus it true that she, w ith her
grandmother, was awaiting iu court
the verdict which should shamefully
destroy their enemy, and that enemy
her old comrade, Tommy Barling?
Ah, there were substancec, not thud-
aeri
g
ows, about her ; her mind in its peacc
8ul slumbers had never imagined any
thing so cruel 1 Yet ho would bo ac
quitted, how could sho doubt, when
tho jurymen as well as sho had heard
his frank, simple story and had seen
the caudor of his beautiful face? Had
sho not watched them snd detected
expressions of sympathy, of confidence,
on at least two of their countenances?
And if these men had onoe trusted
would they dare to condemn 1 Then,
indeed, were not they tho murderers
who would Blay for relief from cus
tody, from fatigue, or from fonr of
thoir associates? Oh, a dreadful
thing was this law which beclouded
the truth when it was so evident!
Hadn't Tommy explained that ho was
removing tho obstruction from the
track when the "wildcat" so unexpect
edly came around the curve and struck
it, and was derailed?
Couldn't they understand why ho
had remained silent when asked how
ho happened to be there? Surely, any
ono could see that ho had discovered
his brothers plot and had striven to
ttiwart it, but was now too loyal to im
plicate them. Tho idea that Tommv,
her gentle, true-hearted Tommy, would
connive to slay tho only brother of the
girl ho lovod ! And yet, when he had
refused to answer, tho Judge, who
surely should be impartial in action as
well as word, had swung around im
patiently in his chair, and the District
Attorney had smiled, oh, so ironically,
and shrwggcd bis shoulders and said
"You seo, gentlemen. See?" .
The case which had occupied the
Aberdeen Oyer and Terminer for tho
past week, was, as the District Attorney
had said in his opening, "awful in tho
simplicity and directness of its proof,
At tho further end of tho county, amid
the arid sand plains, tho Barlings and
tho Knowlcscs had occupied adjacent
farms for many years. Tho railway
ran in front of thoir dwellings, and the
young men had grown up half farmers.
half linemen, gleaning from the two
occupations livelihood and recreation.
There had boon a constant feud be
tween the two families, sprung from
some lorgotten trivial cause, nut en
hanced into bitterness through paucity
of daily interest.
There were three Barling boys, of
whom Ihomas, the defendant, was tho
youngest, and one Knowles, the brother
of Patty. This luttcr had encountered
ono evening tho two older Barlings at
tho village tavern, and a quarrel and a
scuffle had ensued. It was the follow
ing day that a "wildcat" train, of
which young Knowlcs was engineer.
was derailed and ho thrown from tho
cab and killed. Thomas Barling was
seen running away from the place
where this accident occurred. His
brothers disappeared, but tho dotec
tives, incited by liberal rewards, caused
tho arrest of the lad, cluiming that it
was ho who had set the obstruction on
tho track.
His presence, his flight, his terror,
certain incoherent words which he had
uttered on his apprehension, consti
tuted the main points of the case against
him. His defense had been necessarily
brief, consisting of bis youth, good
character, and his own story slightly
corroborated that he had been en
gaged in removing tho obstructions,
when the "wildcat," of whose existence
ho had not been aware, came around
the curve and struck. But on tho
question of how ho happened to be
thero at just this timo he had remuined
silent.
Solemnly tho great clock in tho
courtroom beat out the dragging mo
ments. Ihe bailiffs droned stories and
yawned. Tho clerk scribbled on tho
bock of papers. Tho crier slept the
sleep of childhood and smiled over its
reviving scencc. The old woman sat
erect, motionless, intent like another
Sphynx, awaiting the culmination of
burning desires. Perhaps she alone
could explain that ancient feud ; per
haps when that bosom had been ten
der and that arm softly responsive to
caresses, an inujry to her beauty had
been the dragon's tooth of this future.
Perhaps the past now returned to her :
for expectuuey huth its panorama of
spent, but not dead, emotions. Cer
tainly little Patty, as sho saw tho grim
luce growing grimmer, grew faint with
dread, for iu its lines sho read ven
geance upon Tommy and woo for her
self. There was a sharp, demanding rap
on the door of tho jury room. Its
drowsy guardian sprang to his feet and
unlocked it. Thero were whispers, aud
theu once more the door closed, the
bolt was shot, tho sentinel sat at his
poHt. Onco more, but with a differ
ence. The man no longer lolled. He
was big with the consciousness thut
every eyo was upon him, big in the
possession of a secret which he hud no
right to kuow.
Ihe great clock ticked waruinglv.
for tho hours of excitement aro mo
ments. It was nearing tho timo for
the Judge's return. Tho clerk set
dockets and pen and paper in order.
The bailiffs shut windows aud opened
doors, and turned up lights and took
their stutious. Thero was ono whose
post was by the door ut tho eud of tho
gullery leadiug to tho jury room,
which opened upon tho muiu stairway
of the building. The giuirdiuu of the
jury room tim his friend, and, us ho
passed, whispered a single word. Tho
bailiff stepped to his place und beyond.
He leaned over tho ruil and gazed
down into tho gloomy corridor. The
front door swung open, a dignified
form entered. Ho recognized it, ami
iu au .instant wus leaping down the
stairs. Aud iu unother instant Judge
Grcciigoods knew ut what verdict the
jury hud arrived, knew thut tho solemn
words which he hud mentally urrungod
during his wulk thither hud not been
marshaled in vain.
Many sharp eyes had noticed tho
passing of that single word from officer
to officer, aud ere tho crier hud begun
his souorous pruclaiustion, bailiff's and
attorneys and Sheriff mil prisoner
knew that the verdict was "guilty.,'
Patty knew it, too, for she had watched
that guardian at the door as if he held
tho portals of her happiness. Patty
knew it, and a great sob swelled in her
heart and hardened into a resolution.
In this moment of extremity, when
human and Divine powers had
coalesced against him, she would bo by
her old playmate's side to comfort, to
sustain, to bless! She looked at her
grandmother. Thnt expectant gnzo
had not yet changed into triumph.
"I will go a little closer, so that. I can
find out," sho said, and the old lady
nodded an eager approval.
Down the narrow iron stairway along
tho wall came tho jury swaggering,
hesitating, stuttering. Potty leaned
against the littlo door of tho railing
which divided the courtroom, thus
separating tho goats of spectators from
the sheep of tho bar, and studied the
faces as they passed. Stolid, im
movable for tho most part ; but there
wero two that seemed worried and
dubious, and they were the faces of the
two men in whom sho had put her
trust. Oh, cowards ! Why hod they
not preserved tho courage of their
convictions or why had they put them
selves in a position where faint
heartedness is a crime?
Tho jury took their seats, theso two
men in the places which they had
occupied during the trial, Nos. 7 and 8
in the rear row, directly behind tho
foreman. From tho anteroom came
Tommy, and sat by his lawyer along
side of the table in front of the Judge's
bench. How pale he was, but how
quiet, how stern ! Was it possible
that those hps which had ever curled
in smiles could be so firm? Why one
might be afraid of him, that is, one
who didn't love him as she did ! Patty
brushed a tear from her cheek as sho
gazed ; it seomed as if he wero already
dead, and that it was his cold gray
shado that now appeared.
"Call the roll, Mr. Clerk," said
Judge Groongoods, and, as that func
tionary obeyed, each juryman answered
"Present" complacently so, too, ex
cepting Nos. 7 and 8, who looked as if
they wished very much they wero else
where. No. 7 was a tall, slender, bent
young man, awkward and bashful, who
was perpetually blushing, either bo
cause people were looking at him or
becauso he imagined they were. He
also stammered. No. 8 was a short,
thick-set, aggressive-appearing old
gentleman, very deliberate in action,
slightly deaf, but ever ready to slay
any ono who imputed such a defect to
him. Consequently, No. 7 dropped
into a pool of stuttering, whero he
hopelessly floundered, and No. 7
shouted "Here" some time after the
clerk had noted tho attendance.
"Stand up," said tho clerk to the
prisoner. And Tommy arose and stood
with foldod arms, a fragile yet in
trepid Ajttx defying tho lightning.
But, oh, it was dark about him ; if
thero might bo but a single ray of sym
pathy, then ho could endure. Tho
court officer at the littlo gate was nat
urally more interested in tho proceed
ings than in his duty. Ho moved for
ward, and Patty slipped within the
rail.
"Let the prisoner look upon the
jury ; let the jury look upon tho pris
oner," continued tho clerK. "Gen
tlemen of tho jury, have you agreed
upon y mr verdict
Tho foreman dropped his hat and
foldod his overcoat ucd struggled to
his feet. In that silent instant of
suspense thero was a fluttering sound,
and Putty flew to her old playmate's
side. Sho throw one arm about his
neck, and stood with the other ex
tended toward the jury box like i
guardian angel performing her mission,
Sho upraised her face glowing with
with light of love, and Tommy bent
bis head and kissed her tremulous lips.
"Wo havo," answered the foreman.
"We find the prisoner" but here arose
confusion. From the touching tableau
Nos. 7 and 8 sprang forward on either
side, both noisy, incoherent, and in
dignant. From the spectators' space
an ancient fury with blazing eyes and
twitching fingers was menacingly ad
vanemg.
"Silence! Order!" cried Judge
ureengoods, rapping sharply, and the
crier reiterated his command. Tho
builiffs rushed to their posts, Ono
caught the grandmother at tho littlo
gato and forced her bock ; another
gently placed Fatty iu a chuir, but she
leaned against the prisoner und
clung to his band and unuointed it
with her tears. Once more tho silence
of suspense prevailed.
"Wo find him guilty, your Honor.
blurted the foreman. "Or at leust I
thought wo diil, but theso two gentle
men seem to object.
1 hen again there was confusion. Tho
District Attorney, his assistant, tho
defendant's counsel wero on their feet
together and talking at once.
'hit down ! thundered Judge flreou-
goods. "Mr. Clerk, poll that jury."
"(unity, auswered tho foromun in
response to his name, uud guilty
answered tho succeeding five. Theu
cuiuo No. 7's turn. Hespruug forwurd,
apoplectic with dctenuiuution to ex
press himself uud for oncouueouscious
of his own personality. "Not guilty,"
he screamed, "and I've been trying to
sav so ever since wo retired.
Then No. 8 deliberutelyset each foot
iu place and arose. "Your Honor,"
he said, "1 am thoroughly convinced of
tho defendant's innocence, snd I uu-
lerstood thut we all wero. I um a
nun, sir, Uot upt to bo mistaken, und
thero must bo some chicunery ut work
lore. 1 solemnly protest uguinst the
verdict us given by tho foreman, aud 1
to say thut 1 um prepared to luuiu-
luin my judgment lor mo rem ol my
nuturul life. "
"It is evident, your IIoiior,"suid the
prisoner's counsel, "that thero has
been a luistrvid. 1 would ask thut the
jury bo dismissed ami tho defendant
released on his ovu recognizance, un
lesH, indeed, my louincd brother will
agree to an ord'-r of nolle prosequi "
'Never," exeluiiiiod tho District
Attorney with on oratorical swing.
"Never. 1 have a duty, sir, a sacred
duty thut I owe to the people of this
great commonwealth which sustains
me."
"There, there !" interrupted Judge
Greongnods, "of course, of course. I
dismiss tho jury ami continue the case
unto tho next term. The prisoner is
remanded without bail. Adjourn
court, Mr. Crier," and with a very dis
satisfied expression contorting his reg
ular features "his honor" hastened
away to his club.
Tho Sheriff led his prisoner away.
Tho lights were turned out nud the
great building whs left to the ghosts
of sorrows and tho echoes of sobs.
And littlo Patty driving home with her
wrathful grandmother dared smile
through her tears.
But before the next term news came
of tho violent death of the elder Bar
ling boys in a foreign land and of their
prior confession and assertion ot their
brother's innocence. The grim jail
yielded up its captive, and tho cell
where murderers had been chained
knew his guileless naturo no more.
Impotent rage increased tho weight of
yeari until they crushed tho grand
mother into her grave. Tho feud be
tween the two families was buried with
her, and over their joint farms Patty
Barling now presides as a happy mis
tress. New York Times.
WISE WORDS.
Hasty marriage seldom proveth well.
Self-respect that cornerstone of all
virtue.
Thero is no malice like the malice of
tho renegade.
Tho absence of temptation is tho
absence of virtue.
No man who needs a monument ever
ought to havo one.
No nation can be destroyed whilo it
possesses a good home life.
Out of clothes, out of countenance ;
out of countenance, out of wit.
The lowest people are generally tho
first to find foult with show of equipoge.
As soon go kindlo fire with snow as
seek to quench tho fire of lovo with
words.
What is becoming in behavior is
honorable, and what is honorablo is
becoming.
Be thou the first trno merit to bo-
friend ; his praise is lost who waits till
all commend.
It is vain to trust in wrong : as much
of evil so much of loss, is tho foi inula
of human history.
Ho who observes tho speaker moro
than tho sound of his words will seldom
meet with disappointments.
A politician weakly and amiably
right is no match for a politician
tenaciously and pugnaciously in tho
wrong.
Men seldom, or rather, never, for a
length of time and deliberately rebel
against anything that does not deserve
rebelling against.
All Incident in Edison's Early Life.
Iu telegraphy, operators ure taught ;
receivers must bo born. Equipped by
nature ana training, .bdison gave ui
tho newsboy life, in which ho had
earned in four years S20UU, tho greater
part of which ho gave to his lmrcuts,
Now began his migratory career as
a telegraph operator. Muuy ups aud
downs wero his. Often ho was cold,
hungry, uud shelterless, for tho insati
able impulse to experiment to tho neg
lect of his duties kept him continually
out of work. Ono duy ho reveled iu
the praises his ingenuity evoked ; tho
next, he was dubbed "Luny" and
turned adrift.
Perhaps his most ingenious boyhood
leat was performed during un ice jam
thnt broke the cubic between Port
Huron iu Michigan and Surnia in
Canada. The river at this point is u
mile and a half wide. The ice made
tho river impassable, and there was no
wuy of repairing tho cable.
Ldison impulsively jumped on a loco
motive and seized tho vulve controlling
the whist lo. Ho had au idea thut the
blasts of tho whistle might bo broken
into long and short sounds, corres
ponding to tho dots and dashes of
telogruphy. In a moment the whistle
sounded over tho river : Toot, toot,
toot, toot toot, toooot toooooot
toooooot toot, tool toot, toot.
"Hullo-o, Suriiiu ! Do you get mo?"
"Do you hear whut 1 say?"
No answer.
"Do you bear whut I say, Surnia?"
A third, fourth, aud fifth time the
message went across, to receive no re
sponse, r luully, tho operutor on the
other side uudcrstood. Answering
toots" came cheerfully buck, ami
tho connection was established. St.
Nicholas,
Cured by Laughter.
Laughter bus often dissipated dis
ease und preserved life by a ftnddcu
effort of nature. We ure told thut the
grout Erasmus laughed so heartily ut
suiiricai remark that ho broke a
tumor aud recovered his health. Iu a
singular tmitiso on "laughter,"
Joubert gives two similar instances.
A patient heiugvery low, the physician,
who hud ordered a dose of rhuburb.
counterniuudod the medicine, which
was li ft on tho tuble. A monkey iu
the room jumping up, discovered tho
goblet, uud having tasted, mudo u
terrible grimace. Again nuttiiii onlv
his tongue to it, he perceived some
sweetness of the dissolved niauna.
while the rhuburb had sunk to the
tottoiii. Thus cmboldi lied, ho swid-
wod the whole, but found it such u
nauseous potion thut, utter muuy
ntruuge und funtustio griinuees, he
ground his tooth iu ugony, uud in u
violent fury threw tho goblet on tho
floor. The whole affair was ho ludicrous
thut the sick niuu burst into repcuted
peals of laughter, and the rocoverv of
heerfuluess led to hculth. New York
Ledger.
"Would we hetuhnt
Would we rntum
Ifonff th" gates whlnh closed upon th9
past
Were oponwf wide for us, and If the dnr
Bomembered pathwny stretched bo'oro t i
clear
To lead us back to youth's lost Innd at lask,
When on life April shadows lightly cart,
Heoallod the old sweet days of childish fjr
With all their faded hopes, ond brought
anenr
The for off streams with which our ckies
wero glassed ;
Did these lost dreams which wake tho soul's
sad yearning
But live once more and wnib-d our roturnias',
Would wo return?
1'iobcrt Burns Wilsox
HUM On OF THE PAY.
Good luek is the best nerve food.
In nt the death The heir-npporent.
Truth.
A model young lady Tho ono who
poses for an artist.
Jagson says ho has no objection to a
foreign air if it is disinfected. Klmirn
Gazette.
Antiquity is tho thing which wo ara
going to bo a thousand years hence.
Ram's Horn.
The woman who vows that she has
"waited for an ago" never confesses to
it in her years.
Hope is tho smiling personage who
presents us with a bill-of-furo when wo
haven't a cent in our pocket. World's
Fair Puck.
Landlord "You should always pay
as you go, young man." Impecunious
Boarder "True, but I don't intend to
go for six monthsyet. "--Bost on Gazette.
"When I was young wo prepared
students for lifo ; now we prepare them
for examinations," is a bit of truth
from Jules Simon. Medical Record.
If all things come to those who wait,
Then wide must be the range
Of things to cotne to those who stop
In dry goods stores for change.
Buffalo Courier.
Mr. Foster Tightest "Say ! let mo
havo that fivo I loaned yon last niht,
willyou?" Mr. Spender "Man alive,
I haven't had timo to Bpoud it yet."
Brooklyn Lifo.
Lato revelens singing "Thero's No
riace Like Homo" always stop their
melody just before they get thero and
creep upstairs in their stocking feet.
Boston Transcript.
He (maliciously) "It in only tho
fomale mosquito that onuQys people."
Sho (musingly) "I notice that you
tako a groat delight iu mushing them."
Indianapolis Journal.
Skiggs "Must, be something inter
esting. What is it?" Skaggs "Long
aocount telling how a man was robbed
on a car." Skiggs "Humph! Wag
ner or Pullman?" Buffalo Courier.
Charley "So, Jim, you wero -extravagant
enough to pay J0 a dozen
for your handkerchiefs. Don't you
think that was a good deal of money
to blow in?" Columbus Spectator.
"One of you boys has been stealing
raisins again ; I havo found the seeds
on tho floor. Which ono of you was
it?" Tommy "It wasn't me ; I swal
lowed tho seeds iu mine." Tit-Bits.
Tommy (at tho Fuir) "Mumma,
what makes all the guards wear straps
under their chins?" Mamma (tirod
out) "I think it is to keep them from,
asking questions." Chicago Inter
Ocean. Ho "What kind of a ntory did that
tramp trump up to got his breukfust?"
She "None at all. Ho said he'd seen
a good many babies, but our Teddy .
wasahoadof thorn all." Chieigo Inter
Ocoan. Teacher "Now, Tommy, if you
wero a man and had $2000, aud you
wanted to buy a house worth 10,000,
whut would you do?" Tommy "I
guess I'd try und nnirrv somo woman
with $8000." Texas Sittings.
Drill Sergeant (to recruit) "I've
told you forty times that yon must
staud up as straight as if you had swal
lowed a ramrod. Instead of that you
appear to havo swallowed half a dozen
Turkish scimiturs. " Texas Siftiugs.
Ho "Is thero auvthing I can do to
Jirovo my ufToction so that you will not
loubt it?" She "There is. Marry
my sister. Sho iu older than I. ond
mamma is determined to not let mo
marry till sister is disposed of. " In
diunapolis Journal.
Mr. Wickwiro "I notice thit Jules
Voruo is sixty-six vcur old and has
written just sixty-six books." Mrs.
Wickwiro "Well, that is not so
ninny. ile only Im I to write at the
rale of one book u veur to do that."
1 ndii'.uupolis Journal.
Doctor "What you need is moro
exercise. nut business do you fol
low?" Patient "I am a bricklayer."
"Humph! I should think you would
get u.l tho oxoreiso you required, but
your symptoms indioato thut vou arc
f a sedentary disimsit ion. " "Well,
you see. Doctor, I work bv the duv."
"All, that explains it. "--Texas .Sift
iugs. Irf'iiirili of the World's liny.
At Stockholm, Sweden, tho longest
:lay is 18 J hours iu length; at Soitz-
borgen it is throe and a half mouths.
At Londou, Euglaud, uud Bremen.
1'riiBiia, tho longest day has l'.lj hours.
At Hamburg, (.iermuuv, and Duutziu.
Prus'iiu, tho loupes' day bus seventeen
lours. At urdbury. Norwuv. tlu
longest day last i from May 21 to Julv
2J, without ineri-upli.iu. At bt. l'e-
leriibur, ltvi-j.i.i aid Tobotisk, Sibe
ria, tho lcn,to.,t duy ia nineteen hours
m I the uhort-.'st live hours. At Tor-
, Fiuluil. Juno l?l brings u ilay
nearly twenty-two ho.ws long, ami
hlist'ji'Ki ono 1j than ti:roo hours i:
Ion th. At Now York tho lougout day
is about flfton hours; at Montreal,
'diitt U, it la si.tjii hours. Chicago
Herald.