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"BE STRONQ."
Be strong to bear, O heart of mine!
I-'alnt not when sorrows come,
The summit of these hills of enrth
Touch the blue skies of home.
Bo many burdened ones there are.
Close journeying by thy side;
Assist, encoiirntfp, comfort thoui
Thino own deep Morrow hide.
What thoiitrh thy trial may seem great,
Thy strength in known to Und;
A in! pathways steep am! rugged lend
To pustures green and broad.
He strong to love, O henrt of mine!
I.lvo not for self alone.
Hut find. In blessing other liven,
ComiileieiiexR for thine own.
fWk every hutiKcriiig heart to feed,
Kuril undder henrt to cheer,
And where stern Justice stands nloof,
In pity, draw thou iienr.
Kind, loving word mid helping hand
Have won more xmils for heaven
Than nil the doirninit mul the creed
ly priests ninl snges given.
Ho stmng to hnjie. o henrt of mine!
IOok Hot on life's dlll'k Hide;
i'or just bcy.ind these gloomy hour
Itich. nidiiuit diiy uliide.
I-t hope, like miuimer' rninliow bright,
Scatter thy falling tear;
And let liod's prei iuim promise
IMhm I thy anxious frnrs.
I'or every grief n Lethe comes;
For every toil a rest.
Ho hoi, .i love, oo patient l.enr,
joi do, tli nil thing best.
Womankind.
JOILN SMITH, DYSrEP
TIC.
It makes no difference If John Smith
was born with Indigestion, acquired
Indigestion or hud Indigestion thrust
ujion him. ho wns wlmt tho world culls
O dyspeptic.
Thu widow Jamison hnd told more
tban o h.,w Mr. Smith, when he
fame first to her boarding house, wove
only a MnT, lulstl" like mustache, nn.l
lld not then appear with the Iron-gray
Hide whisker which distinguished
Mm, nnd which he literally kept trim
med to u hair. She told, too. how her
feelings hud n ltlr( WM, flr(it J,,,,.
oldest boarder began to grow the whW
kcrs. It was some time after he came
to her house, n year or more, perhaps.
Sin- had got so she thought she under
Mood li I in pretty well. At nny rate,
she knew Just how brown ho wnnfrwl
his npph s bilked, and Just what npplo
lie preferred to have baked. She knew
too. that he would cat only the prunes
that were distinguished fi,r their
plumpness after they hud been Mewed.
She knew Just how he wanted his
bread toasted, nnd she knew, too, that
lie would not eat the toast If he knew
the bread was less than two days old.
She knew how rare he wanted his
roast beef, and what part of it he pre
ferrcd. And she had ground Indelibly
hi her memory tho only kind of out
meal he would eat, how long he wnnlc.l
It cooked, how warm the milk must be
which he put with it, the exact nuni
'er if seconds which his ergs mnt
-iiu viovV fresh they must bo.
r uudc" tKMl further how he want
ed Ids knife and fork and his nnpkln
fduccd on the table. He had told licr
that It was better to have tho knives
and forks lie north and south because
of tlie electrical Intltiences at work nil
the time, nnd she remembered It. Mrs.
Jamison never considered him a crunk:
she said only-ho was much younger
than she that "he suffered so much
from dyspepsy." So she humored him
In all his whims, nnd pleased him. ns
she thought; for h had told her In
burst of good feeling one (.'hrlsttui's
morning that In- had never enjoyed
such good rooking anywhere as he ha I
at her boarding-house. And that
Christmas I ay seemed mme merry to
Iter than any other. And if she had
told It all she Would have confessed
that his few words had made her more
liappy thai! anything Aw had heard
since the dear, good man Jamison had
tiled and left ln r to make her way in
the world ns well as she might. Itut
the Impression which Mr. Smith had
created at the time did not last long,
lie began to grow tho whiskers, the
widow had told her Intimates, and she
bad asked him why. He snapped out
to her that ho was crowing them In
cause his lookinc glass, which ho con
sulted daily, had told him that ho was
petting thinner, nnd he wanted to hide
that fact from his friends and follow
employes In the ollioo.
"Ami really." Mrs. Jamison had de
clared, and always in u tone of sorrow,
"lie wan glitln' fatter all the time. if
course, he wus nevt r what yu'd really
call fat, but he wasn't thin tho:i
though he vn:i thinner when he tir-it
fame to my house. 1 felt dreadful cut
.tip ithi.Ut It,"
In tiie menial distress causi d by that
Incident Mrs. Jamison actually got oie.
of the baked apples too brown, and
Ht range as It may nppcar, kept :hi
eggs in the water nil of twelve second,
too long, both of which hip.-.cs wort
discovered tut the Instant by Mr
Smith.
That night ho Informed Mrs. Jaml
Fon that he Wi ld. c i .unpolled I.
leave her house, that lie could not tv
main longer in her establishment an '.
riucrlliee himself us a martyr to ra-'
cooking. lie tool; longer to say It thai
that, nnd Mcd the opjn rtuuity u
point out In Just what way the i.iVeiisc.
bud been committed. lie had savei1
the baked apples and the eggs and
during the tours,- ut his remarks, pro
Sliced them as evidence .r what lit
termed In his own mind the "vicious
carelessness, or worse," of his board
lag mistress.
tn that occasion Mm. Jamison win
bo taken uba at first that she hardly
knew what to say in reply to hla ati
illuunceuicut. She tried to speak, bin
could uit. She could fed the breatt
passing through her throat, but .du
could m.il.e no siiiu.d. Her ugitatli::
was fUtvnf. Sh. ;:t hand to th j
back of her hi-ml nnd felt of hen
tt'ilull IU wdt M i U it WM louagi
Sho didn't know It was loose, ib
flldn't even think It was. If she bad
thought about It at all she would bavo
remembered that It was her new
switch she hnd on and that It wns well
pinned, which would have been a com
rot ting reflection. Uut sho thought of
tiono of those things.
Tho movement of her band to the
back of her bond wns purely median
leal, and Mrs. Jamison did not reaily
know that sho had performed thut
diou.
Mr. Smith noticed the movement,
however, and thought t himself what
a hollow Mockery for some women to
chiiiu that they hnd a soul, n heart, or
nny feellnc of any kind, for Hint unit
ter. Here wns he, he thought, plead
ing, as one might say, for bis very ex
istence, ami ther-j sat that monster of
a woman stnrlni; nt ldni blankly and
arranging her hair.
Could anything be more outr.iceous?
W hat was her hair It was probably
false, bo thought or the hnlr of nil the
women In the world, for that matter,
ns against his dig -st Ion? Could It be
that Mrs. Jamison was really Mockim?
him, and toyed with her hair to make
him understand Hint she considered
his digestion, his existence, of very l't
tie account?
Ho had become quite excited by the
thoughts Which Hushed through his
mind. His hands began to shake nnd
his head seemed to whirl for 11 Mo
ment. He got in such n state of nglta
tion that he well nigh lost all control of
himself. As It wns, he thought he said
In ordinary tone, but shouted: "It's
outrageous:" The vohctn-wo display,
ed by Mr. Smith was so great, the force
with which he made the exclamation
was so explosive, that It roused Mr
Jamison from the seinl stupor Into
whh h she had been thrown by his first
words. She wondered how It had hap
pened that sho had blundered no; how
It had occurred that she was not so
careful as was her wont wns beyond
her comprehension. And he, poor man,
he must have suffered so, she thought,
been use sho hud never seen hlni (julte
so ngltateil before. The nconr his
words had caused her tnnde her heart
bent nudlbly. And he had told her he
was going to leave her house! The
very thought of It made her feel limp,
and In the very ngony of despair, and
not knowing what she said, she nl
most walled:
"dood Lawd, Mr. Smith, you're fat-
tor now than you ever wus!"
"It's a lie!" shouted Smith.
He htrode toward the door, nnd Indig
nation seemed to radiate from him
On the threshold he whirled about so
suddenly that the baked apple, which
he wns carrying on n small plate that
had I n given to him by his mother
when ho was a b-y, How from the plate
as Ir anxious to get away fro'ii the cen
ter of kc much excitement, ami struck
one of Mrs. Jamison's newly covered
parlor chairs with a thud.
I'nder ordinary circumstances Mrs.
Jumison would have been up In nn In
stnnt to sco bow much ruin hnd 1eeii
iwoutiiifuj' fh apple. Hut oil this o
ruslou she did not even notice whore
the apple hnd landed. Her eyes were
llxod on Mr. Smith, as he stood In the
doorway, looking at her Indignantly.
I.iue one In a dream site heard him re
peat: "It's u lie. I say." And then
"I was weighed this morning and again
(ids afternoon and I was a whole pound
lighter than I was three weeks ago."
1'hell he was gone.
Mrs. Jamison tmt quite still for n few
II letlts. I lien the tears began to
gather In her eyes. She locked herself
to and fro for a moment. As the tours
began to roll down her cheeks shi! got
tip. put out tho gas and stole quietly to
her own apartments. When she np.
pea rod in the dlniiig-room In the morn
ing she seemed to have grown a vear
older during the night. Mr. Smith was
there, and sho erected him Just as
pleasantly as had been her wont. Sho
wondered If he was going to leave her
house for good after breakfast, and
felt faint at the thought.
Hut no Ktich Idea was In Ids mind at
that time. Her loninrUs. that he li.t I
gained llesli since hi haii been at her
house was a seed that had fallen Into
good ground in his brain, and nour
ished during tiie nigh. inti. the convic
Moil that he had reuliy grown a little
Molltcr since he had lee:i living at
vl is. Jamison's ho-ise. He la,j .,.u
j wake most of th: night tiilnUCg of It
and had considie:'. tl.. mirror many
limes, and had i:-.t ::i rived al the final
conclusion uaiil .:er dnyiight In the
morning. I'.ut with that conviction, he
decided lie win;! ". : .oi.ii: where he was,
also that he had lioiie Mrs. Jamison n
.;:os. injustice n mi n;.ule up his mind
'o tell her so at the llrst opp n tunlty,
So niter briaki.i .t he did tell her so
nnd apologised for his conduct and
language f tin night before. She,
good soul, told him simp:;; that she
was glad he was goi.ig to r.-main w ith
her. And whoi; he was g..n-.! she vow
ed mentally that thctvufto: so loiijj
as she had the n.'tises of sm. II, sight
and hearing, she would never aguin
permit anything to go on th table for
Mr. Smith that was not to his liking.
Ihat was the situation at the time
that one of Smith's fellow clerks got
marrieii.
Smith attended the wedding, and In
the midst of till the Joyousness he felt
a sense of loiielinesM. It Worried hllll,
too, to see the guests eatlr.g all manner
of confections and pastry. Ho would
have substituted a patent prodlgctftod
food for tiie cakes which were scatter
ed about In such lavish profusion ou
the table.
Smith never realized his !ono condi
tion so much as he did after that wed
ding. He was so inueli Impressed by
It that w hen his fellow-clerks b 'gar. to'
chart' him becausj ho had not married
he took It all seihMsly. They related
out to him, Knowing Ids wcf.kr.eisa,
thut with a woman devoted m h!m to
do his c ooking, he i:e '. uowv leur that
ly. That was a powerful argument
with him, and It sunk deep Into blm.
What If Mrs. Jamison should die, hs
thought, or decide to give up the board'
tug-bouse? Who would he find then to
prepare bis food as she had prepared
It? JIo couldn't marry her, of course.
but wasn't there some of the young
women among bis few acquaintances
to whom bo could safely Intrust the
task of cooking for him for life? He
thought there wns, and determined to
settle tho fact without dolny, for ho
wns firmly couvlnced thnt bo must
get married as soon as was consistent
with absolute safety. So ho called on
one eminently practical young woman,
a Miss Moore. She seemed a good,
home like young woman, nnd he had
beard thnt she wns ns good n, cook ns
her mother, nnd her mother hnd quite
a reputation In thnt direction. IIo
called on her n number of times, nnd by
degrees ninth! her n ware of the food ho
wanted and how be wanted It cooked
nor mother inviteii iiim to ten one
Sunday evening and had told him her
daughter would bake blm a couple of
npples. He went to ten, he sat at the
the table, the apples were placed lie
fer blm. One glance, nnd the matter
was settled lu his mind forever. Tho
npples were not half brown enough.
If Miss Moore could be so careless now,
was the thought which thisli 'd through
his mind on the Instant, w hen sho hnd
everything to gain by exercising care
In cooking for blm, what It would be
later when she had hooked him? He
shuddered nt tho thought, and shudder.
ed ns he nte the apples out of common
politeness. Ho left the homo of tho
Moores early In the evening nnd never
went back there again.
Smith was discouraged for a time.
but tried again, this time with a Miss
l'.iown. The result was nbotit tho
same. Idle Miss Hrown linked the
apples Just to his llklieg, she made him
toast from fresh bread. Fresh bread!
The very thought caused n perspira
tion to break out on him. He had vis
Ions of writhing ami groaning and pnlo
features as ho ate It. He divided on the
Instant that Miss Hrown would liever
do for him.
Hit re Is no necessity for recounting
nl! the experiments Smith nude with
the cooking of different young women.
One tlid not cook his eggs long enough,
another cooked them too long; the oat-,
meal prepared by another was simply,
raw. One offered him tomatoes wlthJ
out straining the seeds from thoui when'
she knew ns wt II ns ho that append!
oltU wus now a common aliment! So
it went on from one to another, until
Smith was In despair. What shoti'd
he do what could he do? he asked him
self. In all there was not one woman
who could cook for him!
Smith groaned and went down to the
supper table. Hv found Mrs. Jamison
there, smiling ns asti il, nnd everything
on the table that he wanted and Just
as l.e wanted It. Mrs. Jamison seemed
quite cheerful, ho thought, and thou a
new thought Unshed through his mind.
lln flubbed hts supper hurriedly. TlfcTi
he donned his hut and overcoat. Ho
hurried out and to tho grocery on tho
corner. "I Just want to weigh myself,"
he sriid to the grocer. Ho was two
pounds heavier than he hail been be
fore! Any Increase?'' asked the grocer,
pleasantly.
"Yep. two pound.-;," answered Smith,
with something like Joy rln;iug in his
torn s.
You're loyklng well," commenced
the grocer, as Smith hurried out again.
He made his way to tle parlor. Mrs.
Jamison was there. He bad made up his
mind ns to w hat he won! I do.
"Mrs. Jamison," said he. hurrledlv.
"I liiiil I'm two pounds heavier than I
have ever Is-en before. Will you many
me?"
Mrs. Jamison recovered from theshock
suflieiciitly to say yes ami Smith was
happy, for he was sure that thereafter
ho need not worry abjut Ills food. New
York i; veiling Sua.
An I'ni onslilcreil Kenietly.
lie stood tin the dock looking at the
water and the policeman, noticing him.
. . ...
iiccuiiic suspicious ami walked over
that way.
"What's up?" he asked, touching hi:u
on the shoulder.
All," wus the utterly despondent re-
:iy.
"What do you mean?"
"All's up between mo and my girl."
"What did you tin to bring ft on?"
"Asked her."
"And wouldn't she have you?"
"That's what she said."
"What are you going to do about It?"
"How deep's the water o!V this plat
form?"
"Twenty-live or thirty foot, per
haps."
"Would I strike bottom pretty hard
If I jumped off?"
"Not hard enough to hurt, I guess.
"What would you tlo If 1 Jumped In?"
"Hitch a bout hook In your collar uud
fish you out."
"And tear my clothes 7"
"Likely."
"Vhey cost Iflo."
"Well, I couldn't stand on price r.t
such a time."
;You wouldn't lit r.:u drown If 1
wanted to?"
"Certulni;' not."
"You don't r. mpathlzo with me lu
my mist r;, yci: don't."
Yes I do. I've been through It my
self, but that's uo way to remedy it."
"io you Know nny better way?"
"Of ccursa I do."
"Wh&t hi It?"
"r.iv.ce up r.::c. gkIc !ky again."
Tha victim of woman's wavering
rhook himself, straightened tip, and
pulled Llinnelf dow n with u Jeik.
"hy Ueorg'.Y' he exclaimed, "I r.eve.
t!'.cUht of lUf.t. Much ohiljced. Good
by." J.r.i be hiu'tled off the dar-Jr nnd
up ti.j tl.v.t in f. bu.vy.-DbU'ulf I'ieo
TIIE FASHIONS OF OLD
QUEER CUSTOMS OF OTHER
BELLES AND DANDIES.
Breeches Co Large that They Ber-red
a a Btorcroora and Were Sotnctlmea
Stuffed with Drnn-Iatchea aa Adora
tncnta Other Knormitlca.
Btjrtea that Were. -'!
If some of the dandles and beaut'
of other days could only return to f
the flesh and wearing the habillnfc.
of their age what a sensation they
would create! Imagine a dandy of
the reign of James I. of Knglnnd wnlk
Ing Into your home with breeches birso
enough, If extended, to shelter a mod
erate-sized circus: or a fair daughter of
Kvo of the seventeenth century beam.
Ing on you
w ith stars and
half moons
nnd n coach
nnd horses de
pleted on her
fuce! Yet those
were fashions
lu other days.
After the
time of Ilenty
VIII. of Lng
laud bis bree
ches were the
objects of a
young man s
chief solici
tude. We rend
r.onn now Ann op
r.r-
KIVOIIAM.
of "pettlco.it
breeches" tied above the kuee, riblMiim
extending ut to tho Dockets, rllilions
hanging all nhoutnhe walstbaud and
shirt hanging out from the opened vst
rront, we rend or breeches "utmost
cnpuhle of a bushel of wheat" and of
alterations which had to bo made In
the llrltlsh
House of Com
nions to nflfortl
a d d I tlounl no-
co in in od at Ions
for the mem
bers' seats. !t
Is related of n,
dandy of th.i y
time that on rls- K.
Ing to conclude
a visit of cere
mony he had
the misfortune
to damage his
FAIltoN OF THE
ATC'IIKS.'
breeches lie n tirntriiilln.. n.ill In 1,14
chair so that by the time he gained th.il
door the escape of bran was so great us1
10 cause a state of complete collapse.
Ilrcrcfien am a Htorcliounc.
A law was mailt! "against such ns ill.
so stuff their breeches us to make them
AX ALSATIAN IIF.I.I.R.
stand out, whereupon," says an oi l
authority, "wheu a certain prisoner
was accused for wenrlng such breeches
contrary to law he began to excuse
blmst If of the offense nnd endeavored
by little nnd little to discharge himself
of that which he did wear with them;
ho drew out of his brooches a pair of
shoots, n brush, a glass, n combo nn 1
night caps, with other things of use,
saying, 'Your worships may under
stand that because I have no safer
storehouse these pockets tlo serve me
for a roome to keep my goods lu nnd
though It be n straight prison yet It Is
n store house big enough for them, fir
I have many things more yet of value
within them.' And so his dlschur:e
was accepted and well laughed at, and
they commanded blm that he should
not alter the furniture of his store
house." A Dnmly of UitO.
One of our Illustrations is of a dandy
of 1'iPS, taken from tin old print. IIo
wears a tall hat, with a bunch of rib.
boii on one side, and a feather on the
other; his face Is spotted with "patch
es" and two love locks hang down upon
Ills bosom and tiro tied at the ends Willi
ribbon. The vest Is left partly open,
and the shirt protrudes. His broo.-hos
ure ornamented at the knees, nnd his
MASKS OF THE niMON OF CHAULES It.
legs nro incased lu "bout-hose tops."
"Tho tops of his boots," snys uu old
record, "were very large, fringed with
lace and turned dowu us low ni hh
spurs, which Jingled like tho bells of a
inonlco dancer as he wnlked."
The patches referred to In tho nbova
description weru Introduced In tho sev-
nl i Ji ti4Uiu.iv. iirLuihLr fiuui Sitk
Fsf,n s' y j . it
blfl. wher a hinrk mot la mniMnr-
A beauty spot Hence those In Englnnd
m waora nature bad denied tho boon
of a black mole endeavored to Imltnto
it by means of black silk and nnt
Our Illustration of this fashion repre
sents a lady of tho latter part of tho
seventeenth century with a star and
two half moons, a circular mark nnd a
coach, coachman and two horses, with
postillions, upon ber face. ratcha
were even mado a symbol of political
allegiance, ladles favoring tho Tories
patching the rlcht -idn of ttm fmw
while those who adhered to the Whh's
,iatciied tho left side. After I'M patch
es oh tho face were discontinued.
Moka Were the Kanhlon.
Masks formed another fnshlonabla
decoration for the face, half masks nnd
whole innsks lxl
w t'woiniii; i A IIU
masks, when not w lrn, were suspended
to tiie side by n string; when used
tiioy were held In position by tint
teeth by Mentis of a round band fas
tened on the Inside. During the relgii
of Chnrles II., of Kngland, few ladles
Visited the theater unmasked.
Hoops, which were nn extension of
mo "padded or false hip" of the flf
teenlh century, did not come Into verv
general use until toward the close of
the seventeenth century. A paper of a
little later period speaks of n chair
maker, "one William Jingle, who con
trived n chair six yards and a half In
circumference, with n stool In the cen
ter of It; said vehicle being so contriv
ed ns to receive the pnssetiger by open
ing lu two In the middle nnd closing
Mil WILLIAM
paxdi
w heu she Is seated." The same Jlnglo
"invented a coach for the reception of
one lady only, who Is to be let In at the
top," and the pnfPr continues, "the said
coach has lou tried by a lady's worn,
nn, lu one of these full petticoats
(hoops) who wns let down from u hub
cony and drawn up again by pulleys to
the great satisfaction of ull who beheld
tho sight"
Ono of our Illustrations represents
nn Alsatian (French) belle of 1727. The
most singular feature of this henntv iu
tho coiffure, which consists of an enor
mous three-cornered eilltlco nt h.i
lace and Jewels, stretching out on either
siue rnr beyond the width of the figure
and standing up In a polut In front
Two of our Illustrations, that of Sir
William Russell and that of Lord How.
ard of Effingham, deal with tho time of
i.neAb..'Ui. In the representation of
Sir Wllllnm Russell the immense ruff
worn very generally nt thnt time is
shown. A raller against the vimiitoa
of those days says: "There Is n certain
liquid matter which they call starch
wherein the devil hnd learned them to
wash nnd dive their ruffs, which helm?
dry will then stand stiff nnd lnfloxllil.
about their nocks." Imagine u ltrltlshl
lord of to-dny dressed like Lord How
nrd of Effingham I
AGAIN IN USE.
Adobe Houses Are Onco More Bclnff
llullt In the Went.
It Is n curious thing thnt adobe
bouses, the earliest tvno of houses
known In this country, nro again com-
ing to be used, as several have been ro
cently built lu Colorado. Everybody
who bus ever seen a picture of a cliff
dweller's town or of a pueblo village
Knows what nu adobe bouse Is. The
adobo bouse Is made of a peculiar
sticky mud and Is ulwuys sun drle I.
J. no bricks vary In size nnd aro uvuer
ally about 4 Inches deoti. d Indies widn
and 10 Inches lu length, while tho outer
wans or me auouo bulhnug proper vary
from 2 to 4 feet In thickness. One old
mission in ew Mexico boasts or un
outer wall six feet In thickness.
Curiously enough, the exact reclpo
lor mixing tills adobe Is held ns a se
cret by tho Mexicans and half-breeds.
Not even have they disclosed tho neces-
sary uutount of hay or straw to make
up a perfect adobe brick. Mayhnp iho
I.gypthin told it to the Aztec and this
wonderful race to the ancestors of the
present Tho building of nn ndobo
house must necessarily bo confined to
the mouths between May and August,
at least In Colorado, Arizona nnd New
Mexico, for frost Is death to the tin
baked brick. The adobe is prepared In
the old-fashloucd way that of tread
ing nnd when the mud Is worked to
the proper consistency by the uervou?
feet of the Mexican It is placed lu molds
of tho required size. The mortar Is
also of mud, but dries quickly, nnd Is
as solid as modern ceme?t Wealthy
NEW ADOBE HOUSE AT COI.Olt ADO sntlXQf
people In the West hnve tnken up tho
fad aud nre building adobo houses and,
If the fashion sprends, tho tlnio may yet
come when tho adobe dwelling w ill be
the distinctive type of American archi
tecture. Uod can fora-iva sin. but TTn won't
bless laziness.
lirssKt.T. AND A
OF li'dil.
1T01XDS OF TTISDOX.
Seirara of your brilliant Ideas.
Ecors are mere tbo tracks of ex
fiericnce.
One sometimes runs a gTcat liak
while standing still.
The chickens of others sometime
come home to us to roost.
Borne people appear to e utterly
unable to do the best they can.
The gentleman is solid mahogany;
the fashionable man is only reneer.
The most beautiful pictures are
those that lovers carry in their eyes.
A narrow-minded r crson is one who
considers every competitor an enemy, -
It is sever tafe for two people to
marry unless they are real coo.1
friends.
Rest satisfied with Joiner well, nn.l
leave others to talk of voa as tho
j
pleaBC.
A propensity to horo nnd lor is rpid
riches, one to fear and sorrow rc.il
poverty.
Tho thine thnt a ninn linn, thnt 1..
could Rive away cheerfully, no oun
else wants.
V.rfTV man in fnl! nt ntitncni..
. - - V. u.iuwmr
which ho is unable to apply to hisowu
necessities.
Soma nconlfl never l.inrn how
keep out of debt until after thoy lose
their credit.
Every man has a rlcht in H
opinions, though they may not bo
worm enucKS.
Tho mnn with nobodv to eara f.ir ia
quite as badly off in tho man nith no
body to care for him.
A rihilosonber knows bow nnntdnmt.
iblo the pooplo aro becauso ho knowj
bow contemptible he is himself.
Ono kind act from thntn vim dn,.
inflicted injuries should atono and
tripo oat a multitude of tho latter.
Running in debt is as easy as mil.
Ing off a log, or walking dowu hill.
but getting outaye, thero's tho rub.
Whnt we ardently wish wo evert
oursolvos to possess, and hence it is
thnt a l.tgu ideal is always so es
sential. The Arab Character.
One day I was tho en nit. nf km.
ernl comiaanning tho chief military
- T ..it . m .
uiTiBiuu oi .oriucru Africa, wntej
roultnoy Bigelow in Harper's Mag.v
zine. It is better not tn mnni;n
names, for pcoplo with official respon
sibilities usually dislike boingquotei
My acnuaintnnco with Ounnr.il
arose, however, through a good mutual
inuuu, ana as i was treated with
frankness. I bava ernrr rnnann In nn-
sider his views in consequenco.
"Can vou trust thesa Tnr. -,irt 1
opanis in case or war?" Iaskedniin;
To this ho replied by telling .a story.
That he had once been in the position
wbcro ho wt.s ablo to save a great Arab
chief from distrraea ami hanxrnrv Tl.ot
o 00 ,7 .-
chief had been friendly with him for
uibuj j euro, uuu was so overwneiraed
by cratitado that he brought tho.
eral a costly present.
"I never accept presents from na
tives," said tho general, in parenthesis.
"Wnoever accents a nrcsunt from nn
Arab loses his authority at once."
Tho chief was very much chazrincd
at tho general's determination, aud
sought in vain to niter it Finally, ia
a fit of uncontrollable emotion, nnl
with a choking voico, ho raised his
hand solemnly and said :
"General, you have saved mo from
dishonor. I owo you all I hnvo. Lot
me make you a gift more valuable to
you than an; precious stone. It ia
one word of advice : Never trust an
Arab not one not even mol"
With which strango, not to say para
doxical, warning the chief disappeared.
"That happened soveral yeurs ago,"
said the general, "but each clay I
realize i,more fully the value of the
strange gift. Tho Arab has his nature,
which is not yours or mine. He may
live twenty years with you ; respect
and admire you ; serve you faithfully;
oven spill hia blood for youbut nil
that counts for nothing. Tho nest
year he may cat your throat."
Old People ol Philadelphia.
There was published in tho Ledger
of July 4th a record of tho death an
nounced in our obituary columns dur
ing the first half of tho year 1831 of
Ihoso who bad lived to or beyoud tho
ago of eighty years. Tho total for
that period was 433, of whom 101 wera
mon nnd 209 women, tho latter out
numbering tho mon by 103. During
tho last half oflS:)!, toDecoinbor 31th
thero wcro announcements in tlu
Lodger colunius of tho deaths of 37i)
persons who had lived to or beyond
tho odvanced no of eighty years. 01
thoso 101 were men uu 1 207 women,
tho latter outLumberiar the former
by 41.
The total number of deaths ot octo
gouunauH, uouogenariuns and cen
tenarians anuouticod in the Ledger
during 1834 was 8J1, thero being 3i"
men unit itii women, thus u.un
emphaizing luo usual propouderauoa
of women. Of the malo.i. fortv-throa
reached or passed the ago of ninety,
uuu toeir combine. I ago imU.e a total
of 4003 yearn, wh'.lo tho iitrtrreiritu
ages of tits eighty-four women, ueJ
ninety or over, give Toil year. riiila
dolphia Ledger.
Tun ot (.'aicrpi liars.
Thirty-six tons of cateruillurs anJ
a lartre number of coaoon wem die
stroyed in the effort to drive the pes.
.row iae youn? plantation ol trees on
lloug-Koug Island. China. Thev ap
peared on tho pine trees with which
tne uovernmout is trying to realloresi
the island, and lasted for two months.
(Stations were established where tb .
caterpillars were received and puiJ
lor uy weint J tats method seems M
liavo been sncL-esstul. It is culiruateJ
that 33.OU0.OJ0 insects wtro killgJ.-
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