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Tbat ar) rfly f..r any work;
ILat rarn". the uiotnrnta tliat others
A Eil the duties of life never ahirk.
The bantiful band are ttte helpful bands
I hat lnhtrn a mothrr's toll;
That cliwr np her heart weighed down
with earn,
Au.T bntifi tu her lip a smile.
The laatiful h.tmN are the loring hands
Mrh ani.Mitti a tutlmr's l.row.
ULrn it aches w ith ti e worries and cares
of ill.
Or smarts 'nea'h affliction's blow.
The lieantiftil hand are the clever hands
I I .it make home attractive and bright,
v uli tli.'ir skill ami cuduId.-, in manj odd
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T) charm and g'adden the .ilit
1 he beautiful liamN are the wllliii bands
That gladden many a home,
V ith their tireless devotion, and ready
aid,
Wli n h nrs of aflllction come.
The lieautiful ban.N are the kindly bands
liM.eiitiing i;ihj1 to all;
iniM.thitiif the pathway for others feet,
.Aud ral.tinjr those aliu fall.
The beautiful hand are the reverent bands
hich, clat.ied in earnest prayer,
Krins bienMngs down from heaven to earth
ur weaif beuris to share.
MR. liAGSIlOrS TRIP.
Mr. Baffshot informed bl3 landlady,
one day, that be ii.tended golnar oa an
excursion for a few days to list) and
Bhoot by bis native river; and be bad
boasted much to the boarders of bis
exploits by flood and field was in face
a deuce of a fellow" among the finny
and feathered tribes.
He had long ret bis mind on this
excursion, and bad made it a theme of
conversation with b'.s associates until
It bad become a bore to t'aem. They
were ralber clad at last wben they
beard Lim tell bis landlady that he was
Ko:nz; and be mentioned the fact to
her because be needed bcr assistance in
preparation.
i'or a week fceforeliaud be was busy
iu procuring Ghing tackle and other
articles of your true a;mrtsuia a outfit;
and be was a perfect Winkle as regards
external. lie talked wisely about
rods and G:en, and reels and creels, and
bandied a gun f which be bad several
as thou.'!' be were a perfect master
of the art of ttrmi.
For a week be brought borne with
him armful of paraphernalia, and his
landlady ave it as her opinion that for
an ''amatory sportsman" be was not
to be tieat by any of the professionals.
At leiiifth be luformed her that be
was coliitf the next morninc, and asked
her to make him up a little something
for a lunc'i over night, as be should
probably be off before she was out of
her nest.
"We Fportsmeu, Mrs. ilullin," said
he, "stand cot on the order of our
giin. I. ike time and tide, we move
when the occasion comes; and as the
train coes by here at three o'clock.
I ketlie early bird, I aiiall be up and
tate it"
hue smilingly went to the task of
preparing for bis departure, and be
went out to tlnlah bis arrangements.
Have you got a dog?"' said Bill
Ulmtn, his quondam friend, as if the
question weie a special Inspiration.
"No."
'Well, you ought to have a dog. If
I were you I would buy that dog of
Harvey's up here, lie is a capital
buuter. ami you can manage him just
as easy I lie refused twenty-live dollars
for hiiu last week, but I can get him
for fifteen. I can buy him lor that,
aud no sportsman should be without a
dog."
Well yes perhaps. But really
I thought of only having a little quiet
Calling and shooting, and not doing
anything elaborate, you know. Well,
1 don't care; it would seem more like
the thing, wouldn't iff"
"Certainly. Well, I'll go right up
ami bring him around lo the bouse."
liagshot mentioned the fact that lie
was going away to such friends as be
met. taking care to speaa or ms aog.
His steps brought him down by the
market, and as be went on, nis irisnn
ISrowu, who keeps a fish stall balled
him:
"Hello. Eazsliotl" cried he; "so you
are going out to shoot the fish and
book the game, are you? You are a
lucky fellow to have the time. 1 can
not. 15y the way, you are going down
ly the Sea wash river; why don't you
carry two or three of those live lobsters
for bait? There's nothing better, and
I'll send you something to take 'em
alorur In and keen 'em alive."
I'.ugahot made a half refusal and
stMike of his tiles.
Files be blowed," said Brown.
"Flies ain't good for anything in still
fishing."
"That's so." eaid Eagsbot.
"Well, I'll fix two or three up for
you aud leave 'em at the depot as I go
bv. A pleasant time to you."
r.agahot left him. and after laying
in extra hooks, some sinkers, a book or
i.ew tUes, a new kuife, six fathoms of
cod hue for a hillock, an additional
hair line, aud ottier etcs., he went
home. Mis. Mullln met him at the
door, and be thought there was the
merest indication of a cloud upon her
usually I'laci 1 brow.
"I like to please my boarders," said
Bhe. "but I can't say that 1 dote on
dogs much; to say nothing of their
beiug thrust upon one, so to speak, ana
frightening the cat till every hair stood
ou end, and the canary hasu't got over
it yet; wl.eu at last he was got into the
wash-room, where be was making a
fine time of it. with his howling and
growling, till the whole neighborhood
is ilecoiu posed."
liagshot. comprehending the sltua.
tion. expla ned to her about the dog,
and then wont to the wash-room, where
he found the canineite in a state of
determined bowl. He at first seemed
unwilling to establish an acquaintance
with his new master, but snarled at
him spitefully. Bagshot. however, by
diut of coaxing and a pound or two of
beef, brought him to terms, and went
to bed fueling a misgiving that Carlo,
the dog, would prove an eiepuaui on
his linn, Is.
Before retiring he had placed his
lunch in a convenient place, ana ex-
chanced farewells and good wishes
with the landlady and the Doaruers.
He wished her a good night's sleep, but
it did not come to him. The thought
of that dog and what he should do with
h :m haunted blm like a nignrmaro.
He lav awake, hour after hour, count
ing the imagmary sheep going over
walls, repeating the alphaDes ana mui
tinhcation table buck wards, and resort
:ug to all the plans to induce sleep he
had read about in the papers, bu it
wouldn't come, until about dayugni
lieu he had just resolved to get up
aud go to the depot, he fell asleep.
-WelL, if I ever?" said Mrs. Mullin,
as she opened the door of the wash
room in the morning; 'If Mr. Bagshot
hasn't gone without his dor. "Get
out, you brute!" as the dog made a
plunge for her. She stepped aside, and
Carlo put for the street with a speed
that would have done credit to a loco
motive. "Well," said she to herseir,
"if he will go and leave his dog, he
can't blame me If the dog gets away;"
saying which, she proceeded to get
breakfast.
The boarders had assembled at the
raatntlnal meal, when Bagshot, some
what haggard, opened the door and
appeared among them, to their general
astonishment.
"The devlll"
"So," replied he; 'it Is wht is lett
of me. I have been worried by an
accursed dog all night, and, getting to
sleep late, I have overslept myself."
Mrs. Mullin felt guilty when she
thought about the dog.
"As for the dog," said she, "which
I am very sorry it happened, but the
creature looked so fierce he has gone
away. Begging your pardon many
times and thinking you had taxen him
with you."
"Mrs. Mullin, w replied Bagshot.
brightening up, "don't fret about that
dog. lie has deserted us basely. I
will thank you for some coffee. I shall
be ready for the next train."
The next train came along about
eleven o'clock, and Bagshot walked to
the depot to rejoui his gun, fishing
rods, etc, that be had left there the
night previous. The weather was in
tensely hot, and he took the walk
leisurely, but arrived much healed.
"Hello!" said a voice as he turned
round the ccrner of the depot. "I
heard you hadn't gone, and came down
to bring your dog."
It was birnma, who held the dog by a
ash. Bagshot's heart sank.
"You see, he came home, and 1
knew he must have run away, and that
you would be disappointed; so when I
heard you hadn't gone, I came right
down to bring him."
' 1 ou are very kind." said Bagshot.
though at the same time he wished
Simms and the dog both were any
where else.
"Here's a box that Brown left for
you," said the depot master; "told me
to be sure and give it to you."
All right." replied Bagshot, as he
looked at a cumbrous box, covered with
thick paper, having seaweed hanging
round it.
At this moment the train came
aloug, and Bagshot was the only pas
senger. Si mens helped him on board.
with bis traps, which he took in the
car with him, and wishing him a happy
time the tram moved oH.
The conductor, as be punched his
ticket, took no notice of the dog as he
lay curled up on the floor, and passed
along. His gun and fishing rod stood
up by the window. By and by a sudden
motion of the dog threw the gun in an
almost horizontal position, bringing the
muzzle directly in range of a bald gen
tleman's bead, who sat on the back
seat.
"Is that gun loaded, sir?" the bald
man asked, in a nervous tone.
" o, sir." said Bagshot.
"WelL I don't care if It Isn't. There
are so many accidents occurring from
Ore-arms, I must insist upoa you keep
ing it somewhere else."
Bagshot then put it over the other
side, which brought the muzzle directly
under the brim of a heavy traveler s
bat- who turned upoa him a tierce look.
as he said:
"What in the deuce, sir, do you
mean, sir? Are you going to blow my
brains out?"
"I assure you, sir, it is not loaded.
and cannot barm you."
"Don't care. I'm not going to have
my h-ad made a target of. I'ut it in
the baggage-car."
He called the brakeman, and begged
him to put the offending weapon in the
baggage-car. As he attempted to move
it. he brought his fishing-rod la con
tact with the head ot a small boy, who
was looking over the back of his seal.
"Good gracious! are you going to
murder us w.th your infernal traps?"
said the bald man, petulantly, aud the
boy yelled frantically.
"Here, please take 'em both," said
Bagshot, the ierspiration gushing from
every pore. "I hey will be just as well
In the baggaza car."
These removed, Bagshot lapsed into
a retlective n'.ood, iroui which he was
aroused by the train for a moment
stopping at a way station and a nervous
looking man entering, who took tne
vacant seat by his side, as the cars
moved on. The nervous man looked
Bagshot all over, as he could see out of
the corner of his eyes, as if he were an
undertaker and was guessing his meas
ure. At this moment the dog, which
had lain quiet under the seat, stretched
himself with a hideous yawn.
Good heavens!" said the nervous
man; "what's that?"
"That," replied Bagshot, "Is my
dog; a Que hunter."
It s against the law to carry dogs in
the car. A dog is not agreeable com
pany, especially as bydtephobia la so
imminent at this season of the year."
"He's perfectly safe, sir."
Oh. it is well to talk of safety. I
shall speak to the conductor about bim.
What's that?" and the nervous man
Dot his hand down to feel the box
containing the lobsters, a part of which
projected over his side.
"That is part or my luggage," said
Bagshot. "We sportsmen take more
than ordinary travelers." As be spoke
he drew the box toward him.
" Thev shouldn't be allowed to. The
comfort of the passengers is disturbed
by them. Why, what is ur it is
alive!"
And he bent down to listen, reaching
down to touch the box by the side of
his foot.
The living lobsters had by some
means forced their way through the
frail cover of the box, and the claws of
one were hanging passively over the
side as the nervous man put his band
down.
Without seeing what It was, he
touched the shell of the Crustacea, and
received a friendly nip in return. He
drew back his hand, with a yell that
aroused the dog to a bark, and every
body in the car started up.
At that instant the dog had managed
to get his tail within reach of the
lobster, and got firmly seized by the
mandibles of the largest of them, when,
echoing the cry of the nervous passen
ger, he started for the passage way
with the speed or lightning.
The nervous man was thrown down.
over whom the dog leaped, with the
living appendage oa his tali, an.i
dashed through the car, frantically
swinging the lobster right and left.
Women screamed and Jumped upon
the seats, children cried and men
looked anything but happy, while the
cry of "Mad dog! I'ut him out!" ran
through the car.
The nervous man sprang to his feet.
alia king hut fist fiercely at poor Bag-
shot; the heavy man behind him did
the same, while the broad-brimmed
man In front turned and looked daggers
at him. '
Bagshot was overwhelmed with con
fusion, aud bei&g a timid man, felt all
the pluck dying out of him. It seemed
to liim that he had been guilty of all
the atrocities of which humanity is
capable, including highway robbery.
But his trouble bad not reached its ,
climax, for just as the dog reached the I
farther end of the car tha donr nwnM '
and the conductor came in, at whom
the animal made a dash, laying htm
prostrate on his face by an adroit trip,
and darted out with the speed of a
cannon-ball, turning three or four
somersets before he reached the ground-
"Whose dog is that?" shouted the
conductor, gathering himself up.
There were plenty to tell him, and
he came along toward Bagshot as if he
were going to eat him.
"Look here," said he. "you musn't
carry dogs on the train."
"Well, I won't."
'What have you got in that box
there?"
"Some bait; I'm a sportsman."
"Cant keep it here; It must go in
the baggage-car."
He attempted to move the box,
when the remaining lobster, well awake,
finding his territory invaded, made a
grab at the conductor's hand, and,
getting a good hold of his protruding
finger, held on. The conductor bad
never seen a raw lobster before, and to
be seized In that manner was very
startling, as much so as it was to the
nervous man, who watched the progress
ot things very eagerly. Try all be
could the conductor could not ehake
the thing off.
"Take bim off! Take him off!" he
shouted, while the lobster nipped the
harder.
Bagshot didn't know what t do,
but raising the window he threw ouc
the box, which was a point gained
The whistle sounded the approach of a
station, aud, with the lobster clinging
to his linger, the couductor went out,
yelling 'lobster!" instead of "Thorn
ton." as be should have done. Outside,
he got a man to smash the cursed
thing with a hammer, and, after the
train started, came in to curse poor
Bagshot which he did for four miles,
to which the three passengers most In
terested said "Aineu," although they
were Christian people and didn't swear.
But the longest journey must have
an end, and s.on they approached
Dundeld, on the Seawash river, much
to Bagshot's dellzht. ila was free
from his dog, the lobsters, and his fellow-passengers,
and he could now be
happy. He stood upon the platform
enfranchised. He could have shouted
for joy, aud came near hugging the fat
depot-master who stood near. The
bell sounded.
"Hallo!' cried Bagshot, "where are
mjr nun anrl flehing-rod '("
The train moved on, and, like tho
rather or "Lord Ullin's Daughter, " "he
was left lamenting." "This was a mis
aiventure about as bad, in Its way,
as the dog and the lobster for what
coa'd the sportsman do without his
tools. He had relatives, however, in
Dunfield, whom he soon found, and as
it was the middle of haying time he
bent bis energies to haying, awaiting
the return ot his gun and fishing gear.
The next day he was at the cepot
when the train returned. He knew
the conductor by having his hand tied
up, but thought he wouldn't speak to
him. He asked the baggage-master
for his implements. He hadn't seen
them oh, yes, be had, they were left
at Thornton he would bring them
back to-morrow. So to-morrow he was
at the depot again, but they had been
forgotten. Promising a braketnan a
dollar, be received them the next day,
and arranged for his sport.
There was no trout brook within five
miles, and nothing larger than field
mice had been killed round there for
many years. S3 he hired a t- am and
went for" the brook. For a day he
lashed the brook with his rod aud his
most tempting Cies; but not a fish
responded. A aariug squirrel came
near him on a tree, at which he fire J,
but missed; and at the close, weary and
hungry, he left for Dunfield, satisfied
In his own mind that if he should stay
there for a fortnight, not a fish, or
g irue of any kind, would ever come to
that vicinity again. They bad evidently
heard of his prowess, and kept away.
But in the Seawash were great speckled
river trout, with horns on their beads
and mouths four inches across; aud
these be caught In abundance as be
swung at anchor in the tide.
As the time of his return drew near
he dreaded the questioning of his
friends, but determined to put the best
face on it. He was within twenty
miles ot home on his return when,
looking from the car window as they
stopped at a junction for an approach
ing tram, he saw one man witn a
buuch of fine largo gray squirrels, and
another with an elegant string of trout.
which they had just achieved. 'Twas
an Inspiration for Bagshot to go out
and ask about them, and its climax
when he walked in again with both
squirrels aud trout.
An hour s rurmer nae ana ne reacneu
the depot from which be bad started,
where he took a carriage, giving loud
directions as to how his sporting gear
should be disposed of, and showing
every one bis game.
It was a perfect inumpu, son luat
which awaited him at home was as
marked, where bis stock went up tj
nremium rates, and be was afterward
quoted as authority in sporting mat
ters.
He told Simms that he had given
away the dog after using him, and was
enthusiastic in praise of lobster bait
when speaking with Brown.
Shoitly arter this, the following para
graph appeared in the papers published
along the railroad line:
Singular Discovert. As some
bovs were playing near Otter Creek,
over which the railroad passes, they
discovered the body or a dog. or the
nnirter variety, lying upon the bank.
with a dead lobster holding by one of
its claws to his tali, bo singular a fact
has caused considerable speculatiou
among our scientific people. By most
it is believed that the dog attempted to
swim the creek, when be was seized by
the lobster, the struggle ending in
favor ot the dog. who dragged his
assailant from the water, but was too
much exhausted to move and died
upon the bank. This seems the most
plausible theory. But as the creek is
forty miles irom uie salt waioi, wuiuj
lobsters inhabit, this is not, to us,
wholly satisfactory. We can but regard
it as a great mystery."
Henry I died of glutton-.
SAVIXO THE EYE-SIGHT.
How to Keep the Eyes in a Stronjr and
Healthy Conditions
A blind person is the most pitiable
object in the world. Deafness is an an
noying affliction and leads to dumb
ness, but such persons can make a liv
ing in many occupations; the blind
person Is either reduced to beggary or
some poorly-paid trade like . basket
making. Therefore it is important tuat
great care should be taken of the eyes.
In reading, the book or paper should
be held at a distance of tram ten to
fifteen inches, from the . eyeu-The
reader's position should be such thaS
the light may fall on the book and cut
on the eyes. The light itself should be
sufficient. Nothing is so injurious to
the eyes as poor light in reading.
2?ext to sunl'ght, the lncandesceut
light gives the best illumination for
reading, and all the notions of the in
jur ions effect on the eyes of the electric
light are erroneous.
Nearly every body reads while riding
in the cars. This should be avoided.as
the jolting and shaking of the train
causes great strain to the eyes, and
will surely injure the sight.
At the first symptom of near-sightedness,
spectacles should be worn. There
is a great deal of popular prejudice
against spectacles, but there are two
good reasons why they should be worn,
and only two. One is that we may see
better, and the other that the strain on
the eyes may be relieved.
The near-sighted child should wear
spectacles, because they are the best
preventive against increase of near
sightedness, and also because be loses
a great part of his education in not be
ing able to see more than a few feet
away.
The vast majority of people who wear
glasses can see as well without them.
They use them to avoid a constant
strain on the eyes. The act of locali
zation is a muscular one and uses up
nervous energy.
The over-sighted eye. in which tne
focus comes behind the retina, has to
irform this muscular act continually.
The results are headache, irritability
and nausea. The only remedy in such
cases is to wear glasses.
For eves in a healthy state there is
but one safe wash pure cold water.
When the eye-lids are inflamed, the
best lotion is a weak solution of salt
and water. Never apply poultices to
the eyes or use "eye-waters" without
the advice of a physician.
A Street Incident.
A New York reporter called to a
little bootblack near Uie City Hall the
other day to give him a shine. The
little fellow came rather slowly aud
planted the box down under the re
porter's foot. Before he could get his
brushes out, another large boy ran np,
and calmly pushing the little one aside,
avid,
Here, yon go sit down, Jimmy."
The reporter at once became indig
nant at what he took to be a piece of
outrageous bullying, and sharply told
the new comer to clear out,
"OI dat's all right, boss." was the
reply, "I'm only goin' to do it fur him.
You see he's been sick in the hospital
for mor'n a month, and can't do much
work yet, so us boys all turn and give
him a lift when we can savy?"
"Is that so, J immy?" asked the re
porter, turning to the smaller boy.
"Yes. sir." wearily repnea uie ooy;
and as be looked up, the pallid, pinched
face could be discerned even througn
the grime that covered it. "He does
it fur me. it you'll let him."
Certainly, go ahead;" ana as me
bootblack plied the brush, the reporter
plied bim with questions.
"I ou say all the uoys neip mm in
this way?"
"Yes. sir. lien uiey ami got no
job themselves, aud Jimmy gets one.
they turns in and neips mm, -cause ue
ain't very strong yet, ye see."
"What percentage do you charge him
on a job?"
"Heyr" queried the youngster, i
don't know what you mean."
"I mean, what part of the money do
you give Jimmy, and how much do you
keep out of it?"
You bet yer lire I don't Keep none.
I ain't no such sneak as that."
"So you give it all to him, do you?"
"Yes, I do. All the boys give up
what thev sets on his job. I'd like to
catch any feller sneaking it on a sick
boy. I would."
The shine being completed, the re
porter handed the urchin a quarter,
sayirg:
'I guess you're a pretty good fellow,
so you keep ten cents and give the rest
to Jimmy, there."
"Can't do it, sir; it's his customer.
Here, Jim!"
He threw him the coin, and was off
like a shot after a customer Vjt himself,
a veritable rough diamond. In this
big city there are many such lads, with
warm and generous hearts under their
ragged coats.
The Trice ot Strength.
Activity Is the price of strength. Tie
your arm tight to your side, giving it
no motion, and its strength will nee
away from the conquering palsy. The
oak, that king of trees, girds itself with
giant might because it is full ot activ
ity; energy runs through a thousand
roots gathering the strength or the soil
and building it into the heart of the
oak; activity runs through a million
leaves and gathers the commerce of Uie
air and the sunlight to en'ich the
strength of the magnificent giant. Man
no less must be full of business, busy
activity, else be can not be strong in
the ways of life and staunch In the
tests of manhood.
Victoria's Ills Salary.
Queen Victoria has been paid by her
royal subjects since the beginning ot
her long reign, SU3,4o5,000. and yet
the good old lady lets the poor Prince
of Wales worry himself over his insig
nificent debts of an hundred thousand
pounds! By the by. the Presidents of
the United States have cost in salar
ies, altogether, less than five mi!Hoc
but then they were all men that
makes a difference and none of them
bad a big family of daughters to marry
off at the public expense.
Conquer your irritability.
A good man even in death makes no
mistake.
If anyone speaks evil of you, let
your life be so that no one will believe
him.
Chief Justice Fuller is five feet six
inches In height and weighs 125
pounds.
THE ANCIENT COPYIST.
Driven Out ont of Existence by the
Cae or the Typewriter.
- The Introduction of the typewriter
Las driven the ancient copyist entirely
eut of existence. Befoie modern me
chanical ingenuity devised this means
of overcoming the deficiencies of bad
handwriting there was quite a trade
driven by the scrivener. In the copy
ing he found constant employment.
Fach theatre usually had a copyist at
tached to Its staff. Sometimes he was
tae prompter, who thus added to his
heTno'iuments, and at others an entirely
independent member or the company.
When a play was accepted several clein
copies had to be made of the complete
"ork, one for the prompter's use aud
others for preservation in case ot acci-
hdent. Each part has also to be copied
off for each individual player and the
directions for the carpenter and prop
erty man besides. Altogether the copy
ist in a large theatre had his hands full
throughout the season. Independent
of the theatre were, also, men who had
made a trade of copying plays, legal
documents and manuscripts for publi
cation. That there were quite a num
ber of these might be inferred from the
Tact that at one time they had a sort
of an exchange in Union Square,
where they used tj gather daily and
very often work among the beer mugs
on the tables.
Indeed, beer was as essential a fluid
to the professional copyist as ink. lie
was, as a rule, a decidedly snuffy and
erubby person, given to chronic alcoho
lism, and as careless in his attire as he
was irregular In bis habits. Most of
these men bad been, 1 fancy, actors,
but if they acted no b-tur than they
wrote I do not wonder at their change of
profession. Nowadays we have altered
aU this. There is a trpewiKer's desk
in every hotel office aud typewriting
establishments all over town. You now
have your manuscript converted into
4 book even before it goes to the prin
ter's hands. Indeed there are publish
ers in this city who tend manuscripts
to the typewriter to be copiei in order
to save the expense of the innumerable
corrections by the printers which would
be necessitated by the bad handwriting
of the author. There Is a firm of
young women who make a specialty of
handling manuscripts of this sort, and
who somehow or other contrive to ex
tract sense, as well as dollars for
themselves, out of manuscript beside
which Horace Greely's was copper
plate. In addition to books which are prin
ted and plays which are acted there are,
as may be imagined, a good many that
never see the light of public day. In
deed, the plays which are acted and
the books which are sent to the press
are but a drop in the huge bucket of
production. Consequently the pros
perity of the typewriter cannot be
scoffed by the amount of matter act
ually maue puuiiv. A know ou. woman
who makes a business of copying plays
alone, and who keeps from three to
ball , a dozen girls continually busy.
She once informed me that out of some
hundreds of plays which she had copied
during the year she bad, although she
followed the dramatic papers very
closely, as a matter of curiosity, only
discovered about a dozen that had been
put on the Btage. The others bad been
consigned to the limbo of rejection that
holds so many unfulfilled a reams.
Porter's Prejudice; or.
A Hero's He
waru.
The peculiarity about John Porter
was that he regarded all people who
did not work for their living with
contempt and spoke of them facetiously
as "buttertiies."
This epinioa was detrimental to the
Interests of his pretty daughter Jesse
who, although a farmer's daughter,
bad been educated at a fashionable
school and already bad a number of
admirers among the condemned
classes.
Every Winter she paid a visit to her
school friend. Clara lljberts, in New
York, and wben Miss Roberts paid a
return visit to Grange Farm a "out
terfly" was admitted to the Porter
household.
His name was Wade, and lie was
handsome and elegant enough to ex
cite old Porter's ire. The farmer,
however, was glad to hear the young
man refuse an invitation to tea, and
also to bear Miss Itoberts say as she
parted from him: "Come early to
morrow, Jack, but I wouldn't speak or
our engagement yet!"
"It ain't Jessie he's after, anyway,"
thought Mr. Porter.
Next morning Jack made his ap
pearance with an elegant turn-out, but
there was another gentleman ahead of
him, a rural admirer of Jesse's, and a
hot favorite with her father. Mr.
Johnson's turn-out was not as elegant
as Wade's, and the owner's were as
great a contrast.
There bad been some argument be
fore Jack's arrival, and when he drove
up Mr. Porter said:
"Come, girls! what are you going to
do?" He wished Jesse to go with
Johnson, but did not sue how he could
interfeie.
"Well. I hope Miss Jessie ain't going
to break her word," said Johnson.
"She promised a week ago to go to the
fair with me to-day."
"But my friend has come since,"
retorted Jesse. "Your buggy will not
hold three, and I'm sure you don't ex
pect to leave her herel" She was
angry, and woman-like, would not be
forced to do anything, but at this junc
ture Wade came forward with an
amused look.
"Pray do not let that Interfere with
your intended trip. Miss Porter. If
Mr. Johnson will accept of it my car
riage is at bis disposal."
There could be no further objections
now, but as Mr. Wade helped Jessie
Into the carriage she told him he was
"a mean thing" which, to say the
least, was rather odd, but Mr. Wade
-did not appear to mind it at all. but
bowed and smiled serenely as the car
riage drove off, with Jessie still look
ing anything but pleased.
Coming bouse from the Fair the
horses were very restive and became
worse through Johnson's ill-judged
efforts to restrain them. Finally, as
they were nearing the hotel, a rein
broke and the horse, now thoroughly
worked up, started off at a tremendous
gait which the cries of the girls only
made worse.
Johnson was thrown off In attempt
ing to climb down on one of the horses
and two or three pedestrians were
hurled violently aside in attempting to
stop them.
Wade, looking as though there were
lairely enough energy in him to keep
ll is cigar going, was sitting on the
hotel piazza when he saw the runaway.
The effect was electrical.
In an Instant he bad bounded over
the rail and was flying to meet the
approaching carriage. Asitneardbim
he jerked a revolver from bis pocket
and fired at the off horse, at the mo
ment springing to the head of the near
one.
The shot missed its mark, while the
brave fellow stumbled and fell, but
held on to the rein.
The hotel stood on a bluff and the
road wound around it, but it was more
than likely that the horse, unless
stopped, would go stra'ght ahead and
over the cliff.
Wade knew this and after he had
Iteen dragged twenty or thirty yards he
made a tremendous effort and raising
his t.aud which was hurt w hen he fell,
fired twice at' the horse which was
dtagging him. The animal made one
mighty plunge, tearing himself free
from Wade, and fell dragging his mate
with hi an.
A week later, thanks to Jessie's
nursing and a good constitution. Mr.
Wade made his appearance iu the
parlor at the Grange Farm.
"I don't know how we can ever re
pay you," said Mr. Forter, who lad
insisted on Wade's removal to his
house.
Jessie has already repaid me," re
turned Wade, "but If yon desire to
overpay me, you can do so at once.'
"How?"
"Simply by giving your consent to
her wearing that engagement ring
which 1 gave her a month ago, but
which she has been carrying iu her
pocket."
"But I I thought you were stran
gers. You were only introduced to
her yesterday." Mr. Porter was be
wildered. "Oh, that was only Clara's fun."
"And your engagement to,'' and
Mr. Porter nodded at the guilty Clara.
"She said not to mention it."
"Clara was referring to the engage
ment between Jessie and my bumble
self." explained Mr. Wade blandly.
"Well. I give it up! Go ahead take
her! You will anyhow, I suppose," aud
he left the room muttering:
"I'd like to meet Just one more with
as much grit and cuteness as that but
terfly." Hard to Katily.
"Why don't you marry?" was asked
of a young mau who had been mint
ling with the best Hoboken society for
years, had ample means to support a
wife, and conld had he chosen have had
the pick from scores of fair damsels.
"I haven't found a girl that suits me
yet," was his respou-e.
"There's Miss A "
"Yes, I know she's all right enough
now but what will she be twenty years
hence, with that nose and chin the
drawn image of her mother? Why,
she'll be just like the old lady, hid
eously ugly. I want a wife that will
wear, I do. I'm lucking out for tke
future."
"llow about Snlia B.? She ought to
fill the bill features regular and hand
some, form graceful, pleasant conver
sationalist, plenty of cash."
"Very true, but did you know her
grandmother? No? Well. Julia is the
exact likeness in every particular of
what her grandmother was at 2D, so I
a in told. Just before the old lady died
she weighed 340 pounds, didn't have a
hair on her head nor a tooth in her
aiouth. Tliink I want to be leading
around a bald-headed, toothless old
whale, and introducing her to my
friends as my wife? Not much, 1
don't,"
"But the Jones girl Is"
"The Jones girl! Jever see our cook!
We've had her for sixteen years.
When she first worked for us you
couldn't have told her eyes from the
Jones girls. Now she's blind In one
eye and cro3S-eyed in the other. I'd
feel nice now, wouldn't I, to have a
wife in a fix like that?"
"There's Alice Brown a perfect
Juno. By Jovel she has a carriage
like that blooded bay or yours."
les, and that blooded bay of mine
died recently of distemper. Suppose I
want a houseful of horse medicine?
No, sir; no Alice Brown for me.
There's no use of talking; I've made
up my mind that I haven't yet met the
lady of my choice. There s no rush
about It, anyway, and I'll just bide
my time."
He got married finally to a widow
with three sets of children. He said he
hadn't any fear of her changing ma
terially, as she was about as ugly and
tough then as she ever would be, and
there was some satisfaction in that.
Girl Athletes.
Ten or fifteen years ago no man
would have believed it possible that
girls that race of whose aptitudes Tom
f ulliver entertained so despairing an
estimate could ever have become such
brilliant performers in the lawn tenuis
court. Even among men less prejudiced
than the young hero of "1 he Mill on
the Floss," it had always been an arti
cle of faith that women "can never
throw nor leap," and that the day
would neither come when a tennis bat
wielded by a female arm would really
and truly "strike" a ball Instead of
'spooning" it. They knew not what
could be done with the female tenuis
player by merely "catching her young."
The girls who have learned their tenuis
in the schoolroom, so to speak, who
began their game at the age when they
began their "scales" and "exercises,"
are very often nowadays a match for
their brothers. And of power has been
born grace, which, indeed. If it does
not always spring from power, must
always have power for one of its par
ents. No one hits ever seen a really
skilled competitor iu a "ladies' tourna
ment," but will at once retract and
apologize for the impious word "awk
wark" and "unfemluine" if any such
slanders have' ever passed his lips.
Lawa tennis has now fairly won its
title to be considered a fitting game,
not merely for '"young men and chil
dren," but for "old men (or at any rate
middle aged men) and maidens" also.
I have said my say on behalf of the
latter, and as to the former, they, if
they are sensible men, are hardened
against ridicule. Why may they not
as legitimately breathe themselves,
though unskilled, on the tennis court,
as grasp the crao-cratching oar, or
mount the unaccustomed horse?
Aquatic and equestrian facilities, more
over, are less easily come by than the
opportunities In these days for a bout
at lawn tennis.
raul Kotclialsky, a Russian boy only
1 years old. Is the latest musical
prodigy.
Use both brain and brawn.
OLD YARNS.
What a Man's Ear Shows.
In China long ears are considered an
indication of wtsdom and common
people think they are the Emperor's
chief characteris' ic
Pliny says: "When our ears do glow
and tinge some do talk of us In our
absence."
Moliuaeus, an ancient writer, says:
"If his ears tingle 'tis a sure sigu that
others speak of him."
In "Much Ado About Nothing," we
read "What fire is in my ears?"
Herrick alludes to the ear supersti
tion: One ear tu.nte thrreho
That are snarling; now at me."
An earlier writer (liyS) says: "If
their ears tingle tiiey s iv it is a sign
they have some enemies abro t l that do
or are about to speak evil of them."
An old writer says of the supersti
tious man: "When his rght ear
tingles he will b cheerful, but if his
left he will be sad."
In popular weather lore, when the
ears ring at night, a change of wind is
at hand. Forsters, an old metetrolo
gist, says: "Singing iu the ear in
tends a change of weather. "
It seems formerly to have been a
form of endearment to bite one's ear.
We read in Komeo and Juliet:
"1 wld hit thee by thine ear for that lent."
The ear was iu Egypt a blerouiypu
of oliedience. The saying, "walls have
ears." Is very old. Chancer savs: "The
fields bath eyes and the wood bath
ears." The phrase "to set eople by
the ears" had its origin in a pot-house
custom of stringing pots by the handles
or ears, and clashing them together iu
carrying them.
The Scotch ask: "Right lug, left
lug, which lug lows?" So in Hull,
England, it is said that slander is
talked about you If the left ear burns;
but if the right, men speak well of you.
In Lancashire this is reversed. The
Dutch say that some one is praising
you if the right ear itches, but if the
left he calls you names. In the latter
case bite your little finger and the evil
siieaker's tongue will suffer according
ly. In this country it is said that ieo
ple te.lk well of you if the right ear
tingles, but evil if the left.
Individuality ia Carrying LmbrellaM
There is a curious thing which one
may notice on a rainy day. It is the
way in which the manner of carrying
an umbrella reflects the character of
the individual. Most men, indeed,
have a stereotyped commonplace way
of bearing that emblem of our civili
zation; they grasp the umbrella by the
lowermost extremity of the handle, ex
tending the thumb upward on the
inner side, and tipping the umbrella
backward a little so that a considerable
portion or its weight beurs uihui this
thumb. This is a very good way to
carry an umbrella, and the Listener, in
the course or a tolerably long walk In
the rain recently, noticed that about
four out or five men carry that way.
The filth is apt to seize It 6iuireiy
about the handle, without any up
turned thumb; and, what is a rather
unaccountable thing about four out of
five women carry it in this way.
Why should men tend to stick u;
their thumbs on umbrella han-1 es
while women do not? The Listener
will not undertake lo account for it
any more thau he will for the fact,
which he bad also noticed, that the
male sex, which, ordinarily, is in all
things less perceptive aud sagacious
than the female sex, tends to project
an umbrella in the direction from
which the rain or the sun comes, and
thus get the maximum of protection
for the body, while women have a ten
dency to hold an umbrella or parasol in
a fixed direction always, eitiier straight
up or else over one shoulder, permitting
access to a good deal of storm aud sun
which inifrht be excluded. The actual
idiosyncrasies of individuals in the
matter of carrying umbrellas, however.
are more easily accounted for. Some
individuals are bound to be very indi
vidual, and such have a strictly indi
vidual way of carrying an umbrella, as
well as of doing everything else. Some
hold it with a grasp well toward the
top of their heads. Some put it back
over their shoulders, and march
through a crowd regardless of conse
quent collisions. Others run to the
opjiosite extreme, and carry It eJge
wise. in order not to incommode any
body, and so manage to get the ribs of
their umbrella entaugled with the um
brella and clothes of half the passers
by. And others put it away up m the
air, in a lordly way, above the tops of
all other umbrellas.
He Had No Vc For Kids.
"I hate kids," Le said.
"Why?"
"I think they ought to be locked up
in asylums till they are old enougli to
take care of themselves. If it hadn't
been for a kid well it might have
been "
"What?"
"1 loved thw kid's mother. She was
a rich aud beautiful widow, aud I was
madly in love with her. I was actuuliy
contemplating In fact, I had just got
to the point of putting the delicate
question. We were in the drawing
room. The kid was playing In the
corner. Forg'3'.tiug all about that, I
put my arms fervently around the wid
ow's w.iist, aud iui; 1 .in ted a passionate
kiss upon her lips, when the kid started
up aud rushed at me. 'Don't you kill
my mamma,' and ran screaming Into
the kitchen, calling for the servants.''
"That needn't have "
"What? Marry a widow with a
child like that? But the worse came a
tew nights after. 1 called at the house.
There were several ladies there, and
the kid was being petted all round. Of
course, the widow was all right, but
that confounded child deliberately
turned her back. I didn't mind that,
but the mother, to be nice, said:
"You darling child, dou't you know
Mr. ?"
" Oii, yes,' said the Imp, very
pertly; 'oh, yes, 1 know you; you are
the man that bited my mamma.' I
need not I could not describe the ef
fect." The Sheens Indians.
The feheena Indians are described as
of low stature and degraded morals.
They are all heathens aud sturdily le
fuse to embrace Christianity. They are
wild and lawless, with no more notion
of fairness than a wolf, whose charac
ter they exactly parallel, inasmuch as
when they come to the store alone they
are almost vexatiously meek and lowly,
but wben they collect in numbers they
are loud mouthed and menacing. Their
faces consist mainly of mouth aud
cheek bones, with small, flat noses.
ITEWS IX BRIEF.
Queen Anne died of dropsy.
Charles I died on the scaffold.
Edward VI died of a decline.
K chard III was killed in battle.
Prince nenry was the first Russian
prince who ever sailed round the world.
The Empress of Japan is a diligent
student of German, Russian, French
and Italian.
When A.T.Stewart died there was
to his credit on the books of A, T.
Stewart & Co. $12,000,000.
Twenty-two thousand Norwegians,
it is estimated, will leave their homes
this year to settle in the United States.
A scientific paper has been started
In Taris with the novel feature of pub
lishing nothing not written by women,
The old wood should be removed
from vines as soon as possible, as dead
wood sometimes causes the new wood
to leconie diseased.
Moody, the evangelist, is fifty-one,
and his mother Is still living at an ex
tremely advanced age. They reside at
North field, Mass.
Ten rnillioia sterling will lie spent
by the Japanese Government In the
next ten years in the purchase of fifteen
ironclads and thirty torpedo boats.
Iu China gills are not obliged to go
to school at all. Their position in the
empire is so insignificant tint no pro
vision is made for their education.
Montreal has thirty boot and shoe
manufactories- Four thousand persons,
all over 14 years of age, are employed.
Wages average 12 per week for men
and S7 for women.
The beauty show at Spa, Belgium,
has leen a failure, as there were only
twenty conifietitors for the prize of
W.OHO francs A Creole from Guade
loupe is to receive the money.
New Or Wans has discovered that
there's money in tho canning of
shrimps, and is developing the industry
rapidly. It is said that fully 10,0i0
cans a day are packed there during the
season.
Lord Wolse'.ey tells of a soldier who
was the bravest man lie ever knew, lie
was so lazy that in battle he would ex
pose himself to the most imminent dan
ger rather than move ten paces to a
place of safety.
The novel, "Robert Elsmere," has
been expelled from the circulating li
brary of the town of Ipswich In Eng
land on account of its "dangerous" re
ligious tendencies. Intolerance is not
limited to the Czar's dominions.
It is only 90 years ago that the first
stage carrying the United States mail
westward passed over the Allegheny
Mountains. The road taken by the
stage was from Cumlterland, Md., to
Wheeling, a distance of 130 miles.
C. 1'iazzi Smyth, astronomer royal
for Scotland, has resigned his olliue for
"despair of ever being aula to do any
thing good or coniiete with the other
observatories when the government con
tinues to refuse to do what their own
commission recommended."
The natural rough taste of oruf
champagne is obviated by injecting a
finely flavored liquor just before leav
ing France. It takes two years for this
to assimilate itself fully, and therefore
champagne is better if not used until it
has been a couple of years in this
country.
An English writer declares that the
custom of pairing off guests at dinner
arose In the middle itges, when there
was only a Biugie plate and drinking
cup for each couple, aud that while the
man cut up the meat the woman put
the pieces in his mouth and they both
drank from the same cup.
In New Mexico the Spanish lan
guage is the language of the courts.the
council and the assembly. Iegislative
debates aie carried ou iu Spanish, and
laws are framed In that language. Eng
lish is a secondary tongue, aud a person
is at a decided disadvantage even in
transacting bu iuess unless Le is famil
iar with Spanish.
Refuting the assertion that meat
diet causes cancer. Surgeon Major
Ilendley reports from India that out of
102 ojterations for cancer in formed at
Jeyiora since 1-so, 41 were on the per
sons of meat eateis and 01 on those of
strict vegetarians, who had not known
the taste of meat from their births.
In the month of April last two Ger
man travelers, I-nk and Topf, under
took the ascent of the volcano of Izlac
cihtiati, the neighbor of Popocatepetl,
in Mexico, whose summit reaches an
elevation of alxmt 17,000 feet. They
failed to reach the very top, but the ex
pedition fully rewarded their efforts, as
they report the existence of a glacier.
It has not been supposed hitherto that
there were any Binders in this part of
the American continent,
Some fellow of a mathematical turn
of mind has been to the troubh; to cal
culate that the heUl of the full moon ia
equal to that of lDl.OOO.IMKJMO.OtMJ.OOO
caudles, and that within eji- or two of
that uuinlter of candles could be set up
on end on one-half the surface of the
moon. This information will enable
any one to figure up how much every
lull moon is worth to us, putting cau
I dies at, say, iifleeu cents a dozen.
The French national debt Is stated
to le the lar-jest in the world ?."i,0 H),
'K),M)0; annual inteiest, i.S'il.O'MJ.OoO.
Thus the interest alone is nearly I'.O,
(110,1)0') more than the t tal wants of
the Lu.ted Stales Government. The
I er capita tax ot the French ieople is
' Sflo, perhaps the largest of any ienple.
! The President receives.! salary or f l.3.
, 000 a year.
The richest mine or Australia, and
j perhaps in the world, is the Mount
Morgan, of Rockhanipton, (Queensland,
says the San Fraucifco Hxntuim r. Its
value has been variously estimated at
; from -L12,000,0i0 to JLJiXJ.WW.OOO. but
it is a fact that one of the Rothschilds
1 offered i'40,0o0,000 lor the mine, but
the offer was refused. The gold, as
taken from the mine, is 'J'J Cue, or al
most pure.
1 The Ingenuity exhibited in the dif
ferent modes of selling quite a com
mon name is curiously illustrated In
, the following incident: A lumber
dealer in Minnesota, whose given name
was Isaac, had quite an extensive cor
respondence. His bookkeeper made a
memorandum of every time his name
was mlssielled In letters directed to
him, and the list read as follows: Isiac,
lisac, Iciiack. Iscac, Ysac, Isaag, Izic,
Islace, Icac, Isach, Isic, Isaace, Isaace,
Icaas, Icks, Iaasic, Alsec.Isaar, Iaasac,
Iceic, Isaas, Isica, laac, Iassac, lzk, I
Sic, lssaach, I sac, Isick,Issacc,Issaace,
Iseke, Isslck,Isaak,Iisace, Isak, Isaack,
lcaac, I Sick, Isich, Isaac, Iss.ic.lsace,
Isoac, Isice, Isaic That will do for
Isaac
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