..,r THE BEST OF LIFE, Not till Ufa' heat Is cooled, the healongrush slowed to a quiet pace, And OTory purblind passion that ban ruled Our noUer yiam, at la.t "purs us In vnln, and, wi-ary of the m"o, Wecaro no morn who losi- or who wins Ah! not till all thn lot of lifo seems ast Tho best cf life begins. To toil for only fimo, fjandclapplngs and the fickle gusts of praise, Fur place or power or gold to gild a Dame Above the grave whereto All paths will tiring lie, worn to lose ourdays, We, on whofo rnrs youth's pacing boll has totl'vl. la Mowing bubbles, even as children do, lrgi King wo grow ol.l. But tlio world widens when Bu.'h hopo of trivial Kiln tlrnt ruled tl lies Llrikea a mo in; our childhood's toy, for th on Wo win to self-eon;.-' l! And mail ourvelvos in manhood, and there rl.. t'l'nn ux from the v.i.d nn 1 wlndlois height Tu. jo clearer th ugkt that nro unto tho soul Wh'it stars nro to the nttflit. Tho Hpoctutor. A MAN'S CHOICE, AXET'tt fortune! How much is it, mother?" soid Ronald Mitchell, as lio carefully measured the anchovy for his mi! moii. "Nothing less tlmu tho whole Cross-Me-loof es tate ami S10.000 Dank of boot- pood land. money in tho Too little. ko cheap." I couU not sell myself "Hut thero is tho lusnio forbyo ; hbo is not bud looking, and sho is a careful hoiisowifo uud a good Chris tian." "Doubtless, mother, nho is better tbau she's bonnio ; lint I know a girl worth ever so much wore than Janet McDonald." 'That will lie Eailio Johnsou'o daughter?" Vim do mo too much honor; I do nut nspiro to n woman six feet high, especially wheu her temper is of equal proportions." "Well, Isabello has n bad temper, but Janet in dillcreut ; hho has" "Xo heart." "She has plenty of money. " "Aud no intellect." "lint sho has interest enough to send you to Parliament." "I don't want to go there, nnd I do want my dinner, and you uro taking away my appetite." And Ronald drew tho moor-cock toward him and helped himself liberally. ' Thira was a few minutes' silence, which li- t doceive i.onaia; bojtne-r.u j , t v v.u.e- for. ,j breaking of the atorm. His mother's attitndo of iudifferonoo nud listlossness was all assumed ; ho was perfectly familiar with it, and knew what a spirit it hid. hho was only hesitating now to opoti tho subject which luy nearest her heart. nun kuo was uesiiatiug, u hi rvaut brought iu n card uu I gave it to her. "It is Wyho Ronald," i-hu said; "you had butter go and see him." "Why so, mother? I know nothing about tho property. You uud ho have always managed it. Resides, I have uu engagement at half pai-t seven." "Rut something must bo done. Every year tho reuts uro decrensing. JIv income will soou bo ut starvation point." Ronald looked up and smiled in credulously. "Oh, yes. I keep up an appearance of course, and I suppose I shall always bo ablo to do that, for I ntu not ono of tho foolish women who Hpond us they go. I havo laid a little by to help tho future; but what is to becomo of you? "lloigh-hool I havo a good angel, I suppose "A good wife would bo moro to tho purpose, nnd if you would only marry Janet McDonald, she would bring you a lino ebtatol besides, sho is a prudut lassie (and would help you to keep tho gear well together. "Jtow do I know that Jauet would have mo?" "I have aire ndy spoken to her it was throwing words awav, mother. If thero is anything elso can pleao you in, 1 bhall bo willing an I oIm- in ut, lnit I eauuot cant my lite n-.vay not lcr gold, ut least "Vet you are goiug to do it for a pretty face." "You uro mistaken. I havo my price, I suppose, but neither laud nor btauty uro able to buy me." "Tho conceit of meu is wonderful ; it pastes the comprehension of women. Where are vou iroing this evening ?" "To Mrs Sorley V." "To sen Eva. Weil, Ronald, ro member, if you ileclaiu to accept Jauet McDonald us your wife, I also decline to receive Eva Sorley us my daughter. Isuppono tho right of rejection is left to mu a well as to you." "Xot equally, mother. You ennnot maho Janet my wile ; but I, by marry ing Ere, can mako her your daugh ter." "I deny it, sir, for in such a caso you would bo no longer my sou. Good evening, Kit." "Mrs. Mitchell Victrix as usual," said Ronald, laughiug softly to him- nelf. "Hero is a turn iu nlTiirs. 1 1 treaties, aud his friends pitied or must go aud boo what Evo says about ' abused, advised or laughed at him. it." -Still tho last night he was to spend On his way thero he tried not to under his mother's roof he made think of tho subject; it anuoyod him; I another clfort at reconciliation, but Eve had a way of letting sunlight j "1 have a miserable headache to into everything, and whatever she night," ho said. "Kiss me, mother, ai I, of course he should do. Eve, for tho sake o: old timet." wat'ihing and listening in the shadow, "Certainly, R iuald, if the kiss im hu.nl the echoes of his twinging steps, piles that you havo recovered your and dit ined in them something new, even beforo sho saw him. "What is the matter, Ronald? I do not believe I shall all yon 'Sana souci' to-night; you look troubled." "You may call me the 'Disinherited Knight,' for I thing my trouble will amount to that." "What havo yon been doing?" said Mrs. Sorley. "My sin is one of omission, madam. You see, I am only a part of the estate to my mother. Sho wants to invest mo profitably, jnst at sho does the in terest of her savings. At present she allows me five hundred pounds a year ; but if 1 refuso to carry out hor plans, sho will withdraw it. What am I to do?" "Ask Eve." Evo met the questioning faco with ouo of confidence. "(Jo to work, sir, nnd make five hundred pounds a vcar. I will mary you when yon can earn three hundred pounds. What do you say to thot?" "lhatyou are th loveliest and bravest littlo lady in Christendom ;" and ho fairly lifted her iu his arms nud kiHsed her. "Put mo down, Ronald, and listen to what I siy. Yon are six foet two inches high, and utroug as Hercules. You never have a headache, and ato jii't twenty-two. 'Disinherited I Pshaw I lour inheritance is in your own keeping. Tho world is given to tho children of mon ; go into it, and take your portion." Nothing strengthens a man in trouble like tho sympathy and help of tho woman ho loves, llonald went from Evo's presence gifted with a detlnito purpose. The inward chango had its outward evidences. It was per- ceptiblo in his tread, which had lost its usual lazy swing, iu tho manner which ho nsccndeJ tho steps, and in tho impetuous way iu which ho flung hat nnd gloves on tho hail table, and entered his mother's presence. Sho partly tamed her head, and said, in a bleepy manner : lour energy is exhausting and un necessary, liou&id ; i wiau joa wouui bo more gentlemanly." Ho tried to obey her, as he had al ways done, but ho was too exoitod. 1'cfore ho got hulf across tho room he htuiubled over a small ottoman, and then kicked it out of his way. " hat is the matter with you? hat kind of company havo yon been in, to bring uieli u riotous influence back with you?" "I havo boon with twoof the noblest women in the world, mother." "Indeed 1 I urn tmro I should never have thought so." "I told you I was going to Mrs. Sor ley's, aud I havo been." "Very well, sir; that is enough. I am not curious about the family. Wo will change the subject, pleaso." Tho habit of obedionco was so 6trong that ho remained silent. "The Wilkies were here to-night. They wish you to join a fishing excur sion to the Trosscus. I teid them J wis Kt9 you would jrh,H " "Yon are mistaken, mother. I shall bo better employed, 1 hope." Mrs. Mitchell raised her eyes in credulously, but asked: "How?" "l nm going to try and nnd eomo work." "Workl and pray, what can you do? " "Indeed", mother, very little; but I can loarn. I havo been taught noth ing Uhoful ; my education is superficial, and no profession has boon given mo. I nm not even lit for a clerkship. I see uothiug beforo mo but manual la bor, unless you continue my allow- unco while I study law or modicino." "Vou havo begun nt the wrong end of your story. Now bo pleased to bo gin your nrgument properly. What led vou to form this resolution?" "Your remark this evoning. You declared that if I married Miss Sorley I should no longer bo your son. "Quito correct." "Then, as I urn determined to marry Miss Sorley, it becomes necessary for mo to consider some way of support ing her aud myself." "True; for you can hardly expect mo to (iupp.)rt a young woman I de test. As for continuing your allow ance, I shall do no such thing. I will give you a month to reconsider your conuuet, and if at tho end of it yon still prefer this this " "Miss Sorley, mother?" "This girl, sir. You can take hor, and go your own way. That is all I havo to say." Uut it was easier to determine to work than to find the work to do, and if it had not beeu for tho strengthen ing iutlueuco of Eve, Ronald would perhaps havo becomo discouraged. Tho month drew to n close, and still no employment had beeu found. I "What shall I do. 13riht Eyos?" said Ronald ono evening. "It scorns us if thero were uo place in tho work-u-dav world for me." "Oh, yes, thero is, only you have not foun 1 it yet. And do you know, RjnalJ, ma'uina uud I have boon talk ing of your going to America?" The s i-'ehtiou was not uevr to the youugmau; his own heart had beeu giving him tho s.me advice, and the tubjoct, ouco broachod, soon assumed a taugiblo form. It was thoroughly discussed and arranged, and Ronald's place taken in a htoauier leaving two days before hii mouth of graco ex pired. ! During all his trials and propara I tions Ronald's homo never a happy oue ha I been becoming daily more wretched. His mother wearied him with alternate reproaches and en- senses and are willing to fo'loar my plans for your welfare." "I cannot give up i.ve, motuer. "You are old enough to choose bo tween ns. If it is Miss Sorley, her kisses must suffice you." "A least, mother, shake bands. "You are sentimental to-nighta thing I havo no uso in tho world for. Obedionco is the test of love." "Well, good night, mother. "Good night, sir." And thus they parted. Hard as his parting was with Evo it did not sadden him like tho unnatural "Good night, sir," of his mother. After Ronald's departure Eve waitod hopefully and happily for the good news sho was sure would come. Nor did sho wait in vain. In two years Ronald hod completed his study for tho law and opened a small ollico in a flourishing town in Western New York, for Koruo timo his practico was small, but at tho end of tho fourth year ho w as making moro than enough to claim tho redemption of Evo's promife. Mrs. horlev accompanied her iluugh ter to America, and lived many happy veors with the young couple, ltoimld is always a warm defender of that much abused character a mother-in-law. As vears woro on the littlo cottago was a bled to ami enlarged until it be- camo the prido of tho town, and Judgo Mitchell s house aud gardens, bis horses and servauts nro certainly evidences of an income vastly above tho X.0() a year ho refused to accept ns equiva lent for manhood's noblest rights and privileges. Ronald is a portly, middlc-afrcd man now, and Eve, though still beautiful, has lost tho early bloom of youth, but np and down tho long piazzas, and through tho shady arcades of elm and chestnut, beautiful boys an 1 girls play, walk or rea l, uncontrolled by any clement but a wiso and patient love, lor Ronald has null a sa l re membrance of a homo cheerless and loveless amid all its splendor, of a childhood unblessed by fairy loro or mother a kisses uu 1 of n youth in which everything was to havo been sacrificed for interest ami ambition. Mrs. Mitchell Mill lives. If her heart ever softeus toward her son -ho nover aufTers it to make uny sigu. Sho is apparently as indifferent to his later honors as she was to his early struggles and trials. It is likely even that sho may outlive her busy, hard working son, whoso brain and hoirt carry the cares aud sorrow of many besides his own, for "The ir.iod .lie first. And thoy whoso hearts tirj dry as summer dust Burn to tho soefcot." A Womlcrliil IN trilled Forest. Down in Apacho County, Arizona, covering a tract of ten miles square, on Government land, is a wonderful petrified forest which has been visited by muny tourist uu I frequently do scribed in newspapers, magazines and books. Some of the trunks of tho trees are 9)0 feet high and from sevcu to ten feet in diameter. Tho exhibit of petrified wood from thU forost iu the Manufactures Building at tho World's Fair will be remembered, nud also tho beautiful samples that were shown in tho Arizona Pavilion. In many respects tho color and grain o? tho petrifactions nro superior to tho Mexican onyx, although they cannot bo obtained iu such largo slabs. Tho fore-t is being rapidly plundered by speculators nud tourists, uud tho Leg islature of Arizona has scut a petition to Congress that tho laud bo with drawn from CLtry aud set a.ude a a park. As it was evident that Congress could not take any action upon tho petition during tho closing hours of this session, a copy was forwarded tj tho Secretary of tho Interior, who will cause an examination to bo ma.lo nt ouco to determine whether he can withdraw tho lands. Tho law author izes tho President of thoUuitod State "to act aside and reserve, iu any Stato or Territory haviug public lands, any part thereof covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of com mercial value or not." The word "undergrowth" in this statute has be construed to give him authority to withdraw from settlement waterways to facilitate tho develop ment of irrigation, because in tho arid countries streams are always bordered ty bushoi and small trees. Rut tho petrified forest is not a watercourse, and the law otllccrs of tho luterior De partment do not think it cau be law fully considered "timber" or "under growth," although it was tho former ouco. Thero is no precedent for tho reset vatiou of public lauds for tho preservation of natural curiosities, al though every ouo will concede that thero ought to bo a law authorizing it. Tho canons of tho Colorado and other great phenomeua of ir.it uro havo been withdrawn uudi r tho timbor law, be cause thero uro trees aloug tho bunks of tho stream uud ou tho clitl's, and I do not think auy ouo will object if tho Prcsideut assumes tho right to do tho sumo for tho potriile I forest until Congros may havo an opportunity to make some permanent provision for its euro and protection. Chicago Record. Tsar! Wliat it T.iarJ At a banquet last summer at Arch angel, wheu tho health of tho Em peror was given, wo English rose aud (iu accordance with our custom) re peated the name, exclaiming, "Tho Tsar." My neighbor ou my loft the commander of a Russian lino-of-battle bhip then in tho port turned to me and aaid in French, "The 'Tsar 1 What is that you meauby 'thoTsar'?" It scorned to mo that ho had never heard the titlo applied to his Emperor. Notes and Queries. ! The number of emigrants from Eritibh ports to the United Stitutiu 1SJ4 was lower than tha numb.ii: iu j by twenty-five per cent. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. IIOW TO A IB A tZD. It is not everybody w ho can make a bed well. Beds should be stripped of all belongings, and left to air thor oughly. Do not, however, leave a window open directly upon a bod and linen with a fog or rain prevailing outsido. It is not nncommon to see sheets and bedding near a window, with, perhaps, rain not actually fall ing, but with ninety per cent, of hu midity in the atmosphere, and the person sleeping in that bed at night wonder the next Jay how ho caught cold. A room may be aired in most weather, but tho bodding and bed mufct not absorb any damp. Xew York Dis patch. as innAn HLEEPixa noojf. In a bedroom just furnihod tho enr? tains, bod-cover nud canopy are of fine white dimity scattered with little sprigs of flower and leaf in pink and olivo. Tho bod-cover is mado with a deep flounce of tho material, gathered, about an inch aud a half from tho edge. This part makes a littlo rufllo that heads tho llounco. The cover is laid over ono of pink sateen, also made with a flounce. This ilouuco has no heading. Tho drapery at tho head of the bed is simply a long, wide scarf of tho dimity, with a rulllo a finger wide on ouo dido of its length. On the back of tho bedstead thero is fastened a wooden brace that hasabrassrod with a hook nt tho end fastened to it. Tho scarf drapery depends from tho brs arrangement, nud is draped back gracefully liko a curtain nt each aide of tho head-board. Xow York Tout. FrUNtsniNO TUB DEDROOM. It is well to remember that in times of illncsi your bodroom is either your prison or your plcnsaunco. Cheerful ness and absolute comfort nro the re quirements hero. Tho room should not bo incumbered with much furni ture; it is far hotter whenevor pos sible to have tho furnituro fitted and fixed. Recesses such as frequently occur right nnd left of tho chimney breast nhonld bo fitted as wardrobes; their pimply painted panel doors add much to tho uppearauco of tho room. Pictures are of doubtful advantage in a bedroom. Thero is just now n happy reaction in favor of tho so-called chintz papers of bold flower patterns; they give a delightfully cheerful look to a room, nnd with them pictures nro quite out of lace. Papers with cold gray grounds should bo avoided ; they are always dull and cheerless. It is a good plan and a clean and wholesome ouo to paint tho margius of tho floors for about eighteen inches from the walls. Paint is better than stain. It iscusier to renew whon worn, and can bo applied to any old floor where stain would mako a bad job ; it also offers a variety of coloring that helps in the deooration of a room. With a painted margin less carpet is wanted, the carpet need not bo elabor ntely "planned" to fit recesses and projections, and, being of rectangular shape, it can bo changed end for end wheu ono part gets a little worn, lho modern brass bedstead is surely an ugly object, with its hard, uusympa thetio glitter. How much better to have bedsteads of hard wood well de signed, or with head and foot paneled and painted. Surely, taking iuto con sideration tho greater utteutiou now paid to matters of cleauliness and sanitation, tho old dangers that led to tho disuse of wooden beds noed scarcely bo fe.iroJ. Tho Xutiouul Re view. WIIAT MAT DE DOSE WITtl SALT, VINEGAR, EE1IOSENE AND AMMONIA. Salt on tho fingers wheu cleaning fowls, meat or fish will provcut slip ping. Salt thrown on a coal fire whon broiling tteak will prevent blazing from the dripping fat. Salt as a garglo will cure soreness of the throat. Salt in solutiouPinhalod euros cold in tho head. Salt in water, is the b)st thing to clean willow-ware and matting. Salt iu the oven under baking-tins will prevent their scorching on tho bottom. Salt puts out a fire in the chimnoy. Suit uud viuegar will remove stains from discolored teacups. Salt aud soda are excellent for boo stings and spider bites. Salt thrown ou soot which has fallen on tho crpet will prevent stain. Salt put on ink when freshly spilled ou a carpet will help iu removing the spot. Salt in whitewash mukos it stick. Salt thrown ou a coal lire which is low will revivo it. ;-Salt used iu sweeping carpets keeps out moths. Vinegar will "set" dubious greens and blues in ginghams. Vinegar is an antidoto for poisoning by alkalis. Vinegur will brighten oopper. Vinegar and brown paper will heal bruise or "black eye." Vinegar and sugar will mako a good stove iiolish. Vinegar and salt will strengthen a lame back. Vinegar uted to wash the wall bo fore pupering will help tho paper to stick. Vinegar for soaking lamp wicks makes a bright light. Kerosene simplifies laundry work Kerosene in starch prevents its sticking. Kerosone is a good countar-irritant. Kerosene Iwill romove rust iroin bolts and bars. Kerosene will remove fresh paint. Kerosene will remove tar. Kerosene on a cloth will prevent flat-irons from soorcniug. Kerosene clean brass, bnt it should be afterwards wiped dry with whiting. A Dolntion of ammonia cleanses sinki and drain pipes. Ammonia takes nngcr-marks from paint. Ammonia in dish-water brigntens silver. Ammonia in water kocps flannels oft. Ammonia is good in washing loco and fine muslin. . Ammonia cleanses hair-brushes. Ammonia blenches yellowed flannels. Ammonia brightens windows and lookiug-glaseos. Xew York World. Where Do Children Loam Lying I A Chicago kindergarten teacher says that mothers come to her so often, asking how they shall break their children from telliug untruths, that she has almost como to think that ly ing is a National evil. Humiliating as is this conclusion, its truth cannot bo gainsaid. "I am so distressed," said a mother to her boy's teacher, "that Froddio could deceivo yi n so. I can't iningino why ho is so untruthful ; his father is truth itself, and I am sure no one ever heard me tell n lie. Call him in," she added, turning to her littlo daughter. "Re won't como if ho knows Miss is hero," said the child. "Say it's grandma wants him," suggested her mother; "that will fetch him." And yet hho wondered at her boy's untruthfulness! "Have yon a dog?" asked a tax col lector at another home. "Xot a dog of any description," was tho prompt reply. "What about Speck, mamma?" asked the little son, appearing in tho door way with a tiny dog in It's arms. "Cost me two dollars," laughed his father, relating the incident. "Capital joke on his mother, though." Ruthcr a costly joke, involving tho loss of a boy's respect for his mother's veracity, and by reflex influenco low ering his own standard of truth. "You're a half an hour late, Willie," paid another mother, "but hero's an f-xcuse; givo it to the teacher, nnd sho won't say a word." Tho child, who couldn't read writing, confidently de livered the note ; it was an urgent re quest to have him punished, n mean revengo for some trouble ho had giveu while being bathed aud dressed. If mcuns littlo lies and petty decep tions on tho mother's part are tho child's early object lessons, what wonder that ho soon outstrips his teacher, aud even islncks her by his proficiency in tho art. Donuhoo's Magazine. Hunting Porcupines in Egypt, I had an adventure ono evening, when, just beforo retiring, I turned, on hearing a noise, and beheld a large, black object rolling towards mo. My hair began to rise on cud. I took a brave stand and flapped my towol at the intruder, but on it rolled. I was cornered; but when I stampod my foot and "shoo-ed" vigorously, "it" took a stand, too. Then it rolled away nnd disappeared. My husband returned from his errand, and I, after relating my adventure, mounted a chair in true woman fashion for my courage hud rather oozod out at my feet in that heroic stamp and left my husband to poko around the room, umbrella iu baud, after tho unknown and unseon foe, which I described to bo about as largo as a puppy. Nothing came to light; und "hubby," after tho manner of men, teamed mo unmerci fully as ho rammed around with our best umbrella, while from my porch I insisted that such an object really had attacked me, and that my natural his tory remembrances were unable to cope with its species. rinally, much to my triumph, the foe was unearthed from behind the portmauteau, aud the erudite hunter, after a prolonged stare of astonish ment aud a prolonged poke of his weupon, declared it to be a little por cupine I He determined to kill it and bnug it home to show his prowess as a hunter iu a foreign land ; but first ho went and displayed it to our hostess as a samplo of what was geuerously thrown in with the room and not in cluded in the board bilk Horrors I It was oue of her pets, which, with its two brothers, she, according to Egyp tiancastou, kept to rid the house of roaches aid other pests I Therefore we had to return porcupinoless to America. Domorest's Magazine. Converting Suit Water Into Fresh. According to tho Rovue Scionti fique,Mr. P lister, an Austrian engineer, has discovered a curious property of tho trunks of trocs that ot retaining the salt of sea wuter that bus filtered through tho truuk iu tho direction of tho fibers. Mr. IMster utilizes this property for obtaining potable wuter for the use of ships crews, Ihe ap paratus, which has been patented, consists ot a pump, wuicu bucks up the sea water iuto a leservoir aud theu forces it iuio tho filter formed by the tree truuk. At soon as tho pressure reaches from 1.3 to '2.5 atmosphere, the water is seen (at the end of from oue to three minutes, according to the kind of wood mo 1) to uiuko its exit from th other extremity of tho trunks, at nrat iu drops and then in flue streums. The water thus filtered is potable, haviug been freed from every purtiolo of saline taste. 'The tree truuk measures fifteen feet iu length, by from five to six inohes iu diameter. Xew Orleaus Picayune. He f'iuotl Murk Twain. Among the recent deathsatSan Fran oisoo, Cat., wastbatof Alfred Rarstow, a pioneer lawyer, who, as a justioo of the poao'i, ouoo had "Mark Twain" before him for "painting the town red. "jlark was tuen a newspaper reportsr, and Rurstow remitted the flue of 810 ou the future humorist's shoaiug that ho possessed only a plug of tobacco und a broken jackkuifo. Kew xork Tribune. 60NO. Ily hart Is the shore whea the tt u iu. rK-ui ictji ui luTBiy uawn Walk far and near o'er the rocks unit .... mift w 1th a loveless spare 'twlxt the sea Mj ( ' Fnp thnn fcff 0i-inAf My heart is tho shore whon the thin h With yearning lips and soniri, and hom Have waked a song In the shore's Imh Where the wild roso bloom and the curhn pass, Forllioit art cotip! Eugene Field, la Chleniro P.r;, rmi AND MM, Deaf mutes would ncvr answer i .. . . IT teicpuono oiuce. iiurtiora Journt luero is a new pretty woman i, town ior tue women to uute. - -At:'ai. ion Ulobe. A man s experience teaches hjm fear nothing on earth but his friends. Aicuison iiiooc. Many of the men who aro o int nt- ty coming up are tuo weed o! the garden oi progress. ruck. Love needs no definition. Men anl women loved long before there mtt iicuonnrios. J'etroit tree Prem. Tho first thing a girl does aft.'ti young man caller leaves is to l.iok ; herself in tlio gInss.--Atclnsou (Hobo, It's mightv lucky for the phot ?. raphers that the women don't kt.o when they're plain. -Xew Yrli i'c. corder. Thero is ouo thing to be fail in favor of the American woman ln marries a count sho isu't nioreeaarr. Puck. nign in irotit oi cioiumg stcr n Texas town : "Owing to tho lov,- prict of cotton, all wool suits marked dona to 87.93."--Life. A pair of wandering Willi'' , -i:.-:i All la'r hard to slum- Two souls with imt a sln.-le in u rh , i wo iruiiips mill '"Mi en". Aieuua J i ina. "You don't seem to hold n very Li.l opinion oi tho intter-day wo.ma.' I don t. She has ceased to be n lilt and has not yet succeeded iu bc?ja ing a gentleman. ' Life. Friend "now aro yon doin? tm'-' Scribbler "First rate. The Rev. M. Saintlio aud I have gone into ( urta r ship. Makiug money handov.-j- ti-f "Eh? now do vou manage? "I writ books, and ho denounces them. "Sot York Weeklv. "Yes," explained tho pirty i mo cxienuoa iosuh, -i mii;o nip cialty of accompaniments at functus. I supposo I havo playod nccr.u'aai monts for soma of tho mobt bri'.li.ir I conversationalists of tho social k'.' Dotroit Tribune. Wifo -"Why do tho friends of San chez say that uo is such a jolly felloe? iiusnaud- "liocanso no n a:wi pleasant and goo 1-toraperod; b very obliging, spends his money .'reel ly and neglects his family to a thiat-l ful extent. Mons Calpe. "I have noticed," said the cnra fsil philosopher, "that tho man L spends most of his timo in gekticjil tho bottom fact oi things often In: wifo who has to spend her time i. scraping out tho bottom of the l!o::l barrel. indlunapolis Journal. Tommy's Mother "Did you la- about poor Mrs. Jones? hue ns -I needle into her hand. The do:!:r- had to open every tluger trying U: it. Tommy " hat made ea that, mamma? Why don't they s: tbo lady another noodle?" Lite's Ci. endar. "I'm sorry, Mr. Tirapany," ssiat'. Icador of the biass band to the bv drummor. "but wo shall havo to Ji-I penso with your service." "Why- "Why? You ak mo why? A m. who has got so fat that he can uo kl ger hit the middlo of the drum al mo why! Xew Vork Journal. Mother "Tha vorv hair of orl heads are numbered." Smart Kid (pa'- ingoneotit ot his head) "What us her is this?" Mother (suatchin? of ahandfnl out of his head) "Ta- vou crave me was number oue. l can go out in the woodshed and cjq-I these others." Philadelphia Impiril Dcllnlliflu ot Home. A prize was offered recently by don Tid Bits for the best ansnvr the questiou i "What is Home? hv are u few of the answers which receivod : The goldon setting, in whic'j t. brightest jewel is "mother. A world of strifo shut out, a noil of lovo shut in. Home is the blossom of which Lc ' en is tho fruit. Tho only spot ou earth wuere faults and failings of alien hum-!' are hidden uuder tho mantle o itv. The tdace where tho sreit '1 sometimes small and tho small c''- creat. The father's kingdom, the o'aiUf paradise, the mother s worht. The jewel casket, containing j most preoious of all jewels Jouwl happiness. Whero you are treated beitooJ.T grumble most. f Home is the central telegraph o- of human lovo, into which ruu L merable wires of affection, niun.'i which, thouch extending thoUSJ I of miles, are never disconnoctoH'l the ono great terminus. The conter of our afl'eotions, ann which our heart's host wishes ttn-'j A little hollow sooopad out of windy hill of tha world, whera ha Khieldod from its cares ana uoyanoos. Pnnnairl vAnia iu Hamlin 7 WH w . . J - - i..ui in V.nnrlAnd fnr VAflrtDrtUCT mwua Frnm nnrt fullnd in ric6 '"uvw ' , I Township reooutlv a lo:r was cut M was thirteen foet long and forH Inches in diameter.
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