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PRAY FOR ME.
frny for me, lov. nt dawn, whit tltie
For thoe my prayers arise,
riint, hnni In hand, our vinrs mny clltnb
The rtoop path through th skips.
Trny for m lovs nt eventide;
Ho shall tho worts we sny
llt In tho mists, and slJe by Mill
Hwop up thn lii-atnn way.
riint cry tl:n I ktiol for tho
Mny my unlmllow"! prnyi-r,
Coming in mi-'h good company,
Find sweet n'voplnnoo thxre.
rail Mull nu-lffot.
A BICYCLE CHASE,
tr itiis. m. l. nAYxn.
ILO WAKRKX
wns making n
call ou a girl to
whom ho
fondly attached,
nlthough lie h fill
never told Lor
so. But this wan
a case whore ac
tion speak loud
tr tliuii words,
ntiil have n eirl
M a J H'"no '"r hnditig
YS mil ir a young
man ronr.l.s Lit
t it!i favor. I'very girl is clsirvoy
atit where n flairs of tho heart nro eon-cerm-d.
They were talking nlmit thir
birthdays, mi I tin; pie isant custom of
giving pn M-nti at such a time.
"Li t mo see," said Mill), thought
fully, "did you say your birthday
came in September, Miss Xillie?"
"1 did tut my," remarked Miss Xel
lie, !uinuri'ly.
Thru it wan Iceeiuber, wasn't it?
Some lucky follow will lie giving you
a diamond, perhaps."
"Or a souvenir spoon," laughed
Still i; ; "yuu know they ma do j:vel
spoons fur birthday pi I tn, liut ail the
girls changed their birthdays to De
cember. hihI tin' young ii.cu could not
Hlunil tho expitise, and thi'U they sent
a petition to thu manufacturers, ask
ing them to discontinue tho custom,
bo tn inure spoons uro iu thu mar
Let." "I 1 1 rmlly wish you would
tell mo whi'ti your natal iluy arrives.
1 lniht nt ! ait Ht'ij.l you a bunch of
tun s, in ri :;ii i!ilraiicu of all tho the
happy dilVs WO IlllVO spent together.
Is it tins month, Miss XuIIk-V"
"You ri'iniul mo of t'ao jinrlor
paints, Ts it this? U it that ?' "
Miss Xi'Ilic, a:iil tht'ii fouiiriK tlut tho
voting whs liecoiuin M-utimciital
sho turuoii tho couTcrBiitiou to other
feUlljOOtH.
lint tho ni-r.t ilay Mi'o Warron
dvoppoil cusuiiily iuto tht store where
Mi Xollie XoHtoii'a lio.it hrothor win
t'uirne.l as houkkeopor, nuil inquired
J;,n ,e to itppcur, . that 'young u . i
w. oil. I tuku Inni'li with him.
"(V rtainly," wni tho lii'iis pii reply
from a mouth full of peu, "I'll meet
thee at l'hilippi I munu at Hunger &
Co.'s-- in mi hour."
Ho was there, mill nt the pleasant
Hpreail of oo.l tilings provi loil Milo
Warren pioiimiuoeil this conutnlrum r
"If you like u nirl awfully, lmt
haven't toM her so, ainl you th'iik she
maylio likes you awfully no, I don't
mean that lmt if that irl has a
liirtluhiy mi l you want to make her a
pren'iit, and she won't toll you when
it is the lurthdiiy, you know oh,
liatt it all, I'm everlastingly mixed
up. Can't you help a fellow out?"
Lyimin Newton laid aside his knifo
and lurk an I looking Milo iu tho face,
asked seriously :
"Any insanity in your family, Milo?"
"None that 1 ever heard of outside
cf my own C!i.-e," was tho depressed
i:ier.
"llcduein'jr j our heroics to a plain
fciatement, then, you want to iivo a
Kir! of your aoiiuaintauoe a birthday
present ?"
"Kxaetly."
"Is she lu Old Woman?"
"What do you moan?" roared War
ron, turning rod, "I'll thauk you to
upeak with respect of my friends be
Bldes I "
"Oh, no harm done ; don't get riled
fo easily. I wanted to know if she
belonged to the past age or the pres
ent. I take it then that phe's a Now
Woman?" .
"1 understand now. Yes, I believe
olio has adviiiu'ed opinions, but alio
i-n'totieof those dreadful creatures
that n.Ivoc.ito the wearing of bloom
ers. Xellie is the soul of womauly
viodosty and "
"Xel'lioV" lo I know tLia bright
particular star?"
"Why, of coiirt-o you do I quite
forgot she's your owu Ulster !"
"Well. 1 like that! Aud you want
to make her a birthday pro-cut and
don't kuow the day. Sorry, old fol
low, but 1 c.in't heli) you out. Nellie
would take my head oil' if 1 told."
That cuded the lunch, but an un
foreseen th my; happened. Just as
Milo Warren left his company at the
corner l.e saw au urchin he knew. It
was the iutlictiou known as Nellie's
youngest brother, ae neven, capacity
lor mischief, iteveu times ueven, pre
cocity unlimited by auy period of
time.
Milo, with malice prepense, en
gaged the dear child iu a surfeit of
fcwoets, aud theu asked, us if the idea
was not of the least cousequence and
had just occurred to him :
"tVhen does Sister Xellie have a
birthday?"
The dear child looked at him for a
moment, drew his mouth around un
der his car, elevated both eyebrow
aud aid iu a coufilinj, lufuntilo
voice :
"Wbat'll you give to koaw?"
Advantageous tortus bein made,
the boy puckerod hi mouth. for, a
vfhUtle, thought better of it aud gave
wi M
the following Saturday as bU sister's
birthday.
"An if yer want to make yourself
solid see, just tend her a real stunner
of a bike."
"What! A bicycle I Docs she
ride?"
"How kin she? I reckon she kin
learn, mister. You just send that
biko there ain't nothin' Noll wants
wnsn nor that."
With this advice, and being sworn
to secrecy, tho small terror bowled
himself o.T.
It gave Milo Warren something to
do to pur:hase tnat bicycle and havo
it delivered to Miss Nellie on her
birthday in an anonymous manner.
Ho expected il back "every hour tor
about a week, but it did not come, and
he felt safe. Tho small brother had
not betrayed him after all.
15ut nfter a little he bo?an to wish
ho had, for Miss Xellie Lad evidently
mounted that bicycle and ridden out
of Ins life. He called, but she was out
ou her bicycle, no matter what tho
hour wns, noon or night, and ho got
himself ruu over on tho street and
knocked down daily by dashing out
from si lewalk corners to see who tha
rider was, mid getting hurt for bin
pains. When he could staud it n
longer, ho camo to a sudden resolvo
ho would buy a bieyclo for himself,
and perhaps bo ulilo to find Xellie.
And now beau an exciting chase
for lio and liberty, for nt oao moment
the amateur bicyclist was under tho
f-etof n trumpliu? horse, tho next he
was runuiu over a wrathy pedestrian,
and he usually cuded hit experiences
by picking i his frisky stood auJ
carrying it to tho shop for repairs.
And all this time ho never caught n
glimpse of Xellie, but he was inclined
to tlnuk lie divined the cause. Judg
ing from his own experience in learn
ing to riito a bicycle, Xellie might be
exercising her owu fractious acquisi
tion ou some remoto roadway outsido
tho city limits or, dreadful thought,
might even bo laid up herself for ro
pairs. He called on the bookkeeper
brother, but foun 1 him busy and noa
coiLtuittal. So he waited and tried to
posses his oul with pntieaco, and
leiirn to ride n bicycle without the
zig-zag motion that had endangered
the lives of the populace snd nearly
caused bis nrrest by tho police.
Then ho made the discovery that if
ho gave his wheel its head, it would
bohave much better than wheu he
guide I it carefully, to the cud that it,
traversed both sides of the street nt
once. After acting like a thiug pos
sessed it learned to behave, au 1 ho
found himself skimming along like a
bird ou the wing, with an exultant
nemo of freedom and delight, and ho
longed to coo Nellie acd tell her what
he 1 1 ii 1 been trying to say for mouths
that he loved her I
Aud at that moment there whizzed
past him a vimou iu bloomers, one of
those dreadiul New Womn of whom
h- y pard, and now Wav Q sho. He
..uov .6lt '.tnt-H was disloyalty to
gentle little Nellie to even look at
such an apparition , but somehow she
looked fo (iiiaiut in her saucy jacket
and baggy trousers, her neatly-gait-ered
feet word ho port nud independent,
that Milo looked and looked ngaiu,
and theu he gave a great whoop, aud
took afttr tha llriug wheel like a
streak of lightning.
His confidence stood him in steal
of skill. He went spinning along iu
tine style until ho reached a parullol
with the girl iu bloomers, thou ho
leunel over to speak to her, toppled,
and fell iu a heap, but not before ho
had gasped "Xellie!"
That voting ladv skillfully eluded
the wrick, madoa fancy run mi l turn,
mid as Milo gathered himself up, said
plcastMitly :
"Why, Mr. Warren, I didu't Luow
that you rode a wheel."
"I don't," said tho young man rue
fully, fetding of his cloow to detenu
in i j whether it was dislocated or
merely abraded, "but you, Mids Xel
lie, are quite un expert."
Miss Xellie murmured something
About the wheel being a present Irom
her brother, and that she had not
cared to ride, but did just to please
him.
"Hut yon ought to pee my little
brother ride," she said, with euthusi
asm ; "he rides the wheel when I am
not using it, mi I he makes it spin.
Why he rides standing up, and I'm so
afraid something will happen to him."
Milo was walking along, loadiug his
wheel, as if he preferred that way,
and Miss Mollie gave him scvtral ex
hibitions of her skill, nud each moment
made a stronger uu I more lasting im
pression ou the poor fellow's heart,
liut even bicycle courtship comes to au
end, mid they were at Nellie's home,
and he must leave her, unless he
asked fr a glass of water, aud before
it was brought he sa; dowu with tho
wheel on the sidewalk.
It was a sudden aud most effective
stroke of art. Xellie cried, and asked
if he was killed anywhere; Mrs. New
tou brought camphor ; they got him
iuto the house, aud then he was able
to speak, ami said what was true
enough that he had lost his head foi
a momeut.
The two most expert cyclists ou the
avenue are Milo aud Nellie. You will
recognize her by her brown bloomer
suit, which is much admired, nud he
by the glad smile which mantles his
cxnressivecountenance. Nellie know
now who gave her the wheel, and Milo
has had another example of the total
depratitv of the .small brother. Nel
lie's birthday comes in Jauuary, but
to expedite matters the imp changed
it to July. However, all's well that
ends well. Detroit Free Tress.
Oysters Are hcniilivo.
It is the belief of oyster ciiohsr
that oysters are peculiarly sensitive
to sudden tais. . Xua careful oyster
man never chops wood ou board, lest
he kill the oysters, and he dreads
thunderstorm, uuicazo iicooru.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LtTEItATt'nK FOIt
FEMINISE READEK3.
n, CLEVEt.AD 8 EC0X0MT.
One of Mrs. Cleveland's virtues which
icems hitherto to have escaped the
pnblio notice is her economy. It is
laid that she spends less than 11009 a
year on her wardrobe, and this with
all her beautiful now gowns and her
faultless and never-failing freshness in
every detail of costnmo that bespeak
a genius for management. Now Or
leans I'icayuno.
Titr. TLArnEr noLE.
Tho placket-hole is a feature in femi
nine ntttro that is deserving of disci
pline You rarely ever see one that is
quite correct, and when yon do you
wou-i r how it happened. There is
the belt, the skirt waistband and tho
kirt band and placket-hole all light
ing with each other to see which can
disrupt tho union, if any uuion there
be. Fashion allows a silver safety
pin, designed after a modest and tin
suggestive pattern, and ns nn expe
diency this is nliowablo to try to ef
fect a reconciliation between these
contending forces in nttirc, but rven
that sometimes fails. New York
World.
nrnMKsE ntr.t.3.
In every household the d inciter
has her appointed work. Iu all but
this richi-r merchants' houses tho
daughter's duty is to bring tho water
from tho well evening aud morning.
It is the gossiping place of the village,
this well, and ns the suu sets tl (To
come running dowu nil the girls of tho
village. Aa tljcy till their jars they
lean over the curb and talk, and it is
here that are told the latest new, the
latest flirtation, tho latest marriage,
Iho little scandal of the place. Very
few men come. Water-carrying is
not their duty, and there is a proper
lime nud place for flirt ition. So thu
girls havo thu well almost to them
telves. Almost every girl will weave. In
every house thero will be a loom,
where tho girls weave their dresses
and those of their parent. And very
many girls will have tails in the ba
zur, but of this I will upeak later.
Other duties nre the husking of the
rice and the making of cheroots. Of
course, iu the rider households there
will bo servauts to do nil this; lmt
even iu them the daughter will fre
quently weave, either for herself or
lor her parents. Almost every girl
will do soinethin, if It be only to
pub the time. Dlaokwood's Magazine
TilE AFRICAN PITCH Clint..
Culms, the Hottentot, has brought
an iron bucket from the wagon, and
at the margin of the well he tills it
with m'alvt for theineisje, who already
has soap, a towel and a comb. Tak
ing off her 6nn bonuet, she washes htr
face aud hands; then, unfettering her
utout plait of fair brown hair, sho
leans forward, and using the calm sur
face of tho water ns a mirror, she
comhsout the samewhat tangled locks.
Again tho brown hair is coiled inn a
neat plait, dr.iwu tightly from her
temples, nud her toilet is complete 1.
As hIic ties on her sun bouuet agsiu
tho lioer comes up, pats her broad
back and looks admiriugly at tho now
lofreshod face.
Two htiudre I years of South Africa
have little n'terod tho old Hataviau
type. The eyes aro blue, but of small
brilliancy, the cheeks too hroa I and
Hat for Kuglish taste, and tho young
liguro is already htid, waistless and
heavv. et m this tar-off back coun
try women folk are sc ircc aud iu much
request, nu I ulrendy, ut eighteen,
Anna i-itiiuriniiim has found a mate.
Next to her brother's wagon there
btauds tho wagon of her betrothed
Cornelia Klopper, who is just now
away iu the grus plains a little to the
north, shooting springboks with the
younger Stuurmaus.
Ibis wngou is newly repaired, smart
nud gaily painted, aud is destined iu
another mouth or two, after tho llocks
have beeu recruited iu the liushman
laud Trekvlodt, to become tho homo
of the Boor maiden. The combined
families aro to trek to Calvina village,
where the marriage will tako place,
nud thenceforth Auua becomes mis
tress of her own mau ar.d wagon.
Dldchwuod's Magazine,
WIDOWS MOfKNINO.
An authority says wtlows should
wear crapo-coverod dresses and a
widow's cap a year and a day iu tho
I'uglih fashion. The mourning
period for w idows lasts two years, aud
iu half of the second year tho Henri
etta cloth aud grenadine gowns should
be worn simply trimmed with crape.
The first dress cauuot be made too
severe iu style, yet it follows the pros
eut fashions very nearly. Box-pleats
of crape, a, wide double box-pleat
dowu the frout and back, are sutli
cient trimruiug in the secoud year. A
yoke of crape and a draped or folded
collar aud belt are also excellent
trimmings. For tall women a deep
fold of crape around the foot of the
skirt as a border is becoming, as it
shortens the apparent height. Smaller
and shorter women have a narrow fold
of crape dowu each seam of the vol
uminous skirt, or else a broad panel
of crape down each side breadth,
three milliuer's folds of crape around
the foot of the skirt are also liked.
A feature of mouruiog dress worn
only by widows is the turned-over
collar nud cull's of white organdie or
other transparent white lawn, which
they wear ou all occasions during their
use of crape. These are about two
inches aud a half wide, with an iuoa-
wide bom turned up ou the outside.
The widow s bonnet is merely a
foundation for holding the veil. It is
frame fitted to tho head quite
closoly, and nestlj covered with crspe.
The use of the white crimpo l pn3
called the widow's rnche is a matter
of personal choice; it is adopted or
discarded by young or elderly women
alike. The veil of English crapo is
abont three yards long, hanging be
low the knees in front and perhaps a
trifle shorter in the back. The hems
are a third of a yard deep. It requires
a skilful milliner to arrange it prop
erly on the small frame of the bonnet.
The strings are of black gros grain
ribbon. Harper's Dazar.
rouTtcs in osnuAvr.
I'Die Frauenbewegting" is rapidly
gaining ground in Germany. Thr
hans-frau is laying aside her knitting
needles and taking np her pen to write
her name upon tho petitions which
are rolling in upon the Iloichstag ask
ing tint women be nllowel to form
themselves into political bodies. They
nro now permitted to make speeches,
and, it is said, that in addition to the
industrial class which has long desirod
suffrage, women of a higher rank and
stntion are giving thu movement much
cucouragement.
Women in Oorminy seem to have
done less talking than their American
sisters, but they havo not been nap
ping, for they evidently have out
stripped the women of other lands in
throwing oil" tho burdens of housework
by patronizing tho publio washhotises
nu l kitcheus. They seem to do this,
too, without getting littlo Johann's
knickerbockers on die kleiao Marie or
putting their thumbs over tho plums
iu their neighbor's pie, as might be
expected of nn "otnancipirte fr.iu."
H.ironesB Von Oibycki is one of the
most prominent women suflragists of
(Sormany. Kho is n journalist and is
joint editor with Fran Catier of a wo
man's paper devoted to suffrage. Ac
cording to a writer in tho (jtiuen, she
is tall, fair and stately, possesses great
literary ability aud originality of
thought. (She is ns goo I, as wise and
as mo lest ns she is attractive. Xow
York J'ress.
r.s:i;ov sores.
Hlack bice gowns will bo rjliavjj
with bright colored bow.s.
A youthful hat with a pokn-shapftd
brim is covered with loose, soft frills
of white lace.
A poppy-shaped hat of ro pink
straw is trimmed with rose gau.o auJ
s.lk roso pink yoppies.
A black silk parasol with yollow lsco
figures inserto I in it nn 1 a bordor of
yellow lace is very much liked.
A stylish waist for a crepon gown
has a sailor collar aud wi ) box plait
of white s:itia edged with poiut-do-Urugcs.
A gown for wear at tho seaside is ol
navy blue serge with a bluuso waist
mounted on a rounded yoke of white
borgo striped with blue.
Black silk muslin fichus, Tory largo
and full, are also worn with linen
gowns, aud the frilled ends are usually
drawn through the belt.
Black silk blouses with enormous
sleeves aud sailor coll.tr, briar-stitched
with white or pale lilac, are worn with
ulteruoou costumes of hlf mourning.
For thin materials it is always best
to make the skirt separate from the
under skirt, as the graceful floating
effect is maiuiaiuod, aud moreover it
can easily bo prosso I.
Black, brightened with any of the
popular colors, is iu the height of
fashion, and thin black male uu over
color is umoug tho most becoming au. I
stylish of combustions.
Atuoug the simple gowns for youn
girls is one of silk cropou for after
noon wear, trimmed with au insertion
of lace around the full skirt and be
tween the box plaits on tho waist.
The simplest cotton dresses are ma lo
of gingham or of cotton duck, and
have a shirt waist with gathered front,
voko back, very full gathered sleeves,
deep cuffs aud high turn-over collar.
A gown of embroidered muslin over
shot silk shows tho close-tittiug sleeves,
which uro to come later, disguised by
lace cipclcts over the shoulders aud
tl nit bed with a frill of lace at tho
elbow.
Whito chiffon waists nro worn with
white taffeta, moire and cropou skirts,
linking tho daintiest sort of summer
gowns for alteruoon wear. A pretty
example has a sort of stole collar of
white not embroidered with due
sequin iu hlack. silver aud pearls.
The latest military importation is a
framework bonnet with sets of adjust
able trimmings. There are jot and
iridescent pins and butter.lies, and
they adorn it, front, buck aud sides,
as the wearer faucies, and the chauge
allows it to correspond with auy gown.
llomuauts of satiu, white, tiutod
and of faucy patterns, are sold for
yokes and belts and other accessories.
Sometimes the satin is covered with
lace or net, aud especially is this mode
followed in sleeves which are made
with Queen Anno puffs and gathered
at the elbow with ruillos overlaid with
lace.
Alpacoa and mohair fabrics are again
in fashion, being worn fur summer
traveling dresses. They are absolutely
dust resisting, a ad they are light in
weight, cool enrugh for hot weather.
and yet sufficiently protecting for the
cool summer days, lhev come in
black, iu gray, and iu changeable
eltocts. elvot or satiu ribbon is
niuou used as a trimming for theso
gown.
Skirts are severely plain ai regards
trimmings, in spite of attempts made
to popularize garments with fan-like
insertions aud other patchy arraui; j
ments. But if the np-to-dnte jupes
are simplicity itself, tuit lack of orna
ment is replaoed by the enormous
volume of ray lady s petticoat. Nine
yards of material double width is
the usual quantity of stuff now used
I for aa ordinary dxsss. ;
BUDOKr OF ruN.
VAKIOCS SOfrZCES.
f On ft Strlns Kiist to Klnt Out
The Klertlon of the Ktilure
A fruition (juest,
l:to.. lite.
11" tells yo:i whs' a s'r'n; of fi't
From out tho wsv tn .lr''ws
Cut, sh! Initi'H't of str nnu til n
lie doubtless strlorflug vu'
Town 'i'jpiej.
A rnrtTLRss qriwr.
City Boarder "Didn't yon alver
ie that yon had plenty of fruit?"
I Jerseymau That's right. The old
woman's got over a hundred cans of
iU" ruck.
KASV TO FIND OtT.
Wyld "I wonder where Ilighce
gets his money?"
Mack "I don't know, but I will
toon learn. My wife's curiosity is
aroused." Harlem Life.
TnR r.t.r.rno.v or Titc rrrrns.
Candidate -"I can't understand
why my support was not greater at thu
polls."
Manager "I am told a grent msny
of the voters had nothing to wear."
Town Topics.
oMRwriAT rr.toro.
ITugsins "Isn't Mibd Basting
rather cold?"
liissam "Co'd? AU sho r.eds is
no mo pemmicau nn 1 a relief expedi
tion to be a regular Arctic explora
tion.;' Puck.
ma roisr ok vtnw.
The Sentimentalist "Doosn't Miss
Dove look as if sho was very sweet and
tender?"
The Gourmet "Yc, indeed I As il
all sho needed to make her perfect was
a few mushrooais." JuJje.
AD.7V2 AND BELOW.
ITiisband "Wo must bo more eco
nomical in the uso of coal."
Wife (a Vassar graduate) "There
aro untold billions of tons of coal just
beneath tho earth's surface, and "
Husband "Acd oneor two big cor
porations just above." Xcw York
Weekly.
rnnsminiNo ins own MsmnNr.
Irato Party "Young man, havo you
mado any provision for your family?
Is vour life insured?"
Agent "I-r-"
Irate Party "Well, it don't make
any difference just now. But you'd
better get it insured before you call
here nain." Puck.
BAFEn, TOO.
Visitor "How long has this foud
continued?"
Mountaineer" 'Bout thurty ycahs,
sab."
Visitor "Why doesn't tho law stop
in and settle it?"
Mountaineer "Well, sah, it's bet tah
to let it run on, sah, till only one gen
tleman is left, sah, and theu wo ll
haug bin." Chicago llccord.
IT .SrilF.ADS HEALTH.
"Why was Mr. Pestloso cool to Mr.
Wheeler? I thought they were great
Irieuds."
".So they were; but Mr. Wheeler
bos lately become a bicycle agent, and
Mr. Postlo insists that ho has ruiacd
his business."
"Wh-, is Mr. Portia also a bicycle
agent?"
"No; hois a druggist." Harper's
Bazar.
AN rSAITBEflATEn Ht lTOR.
ITc "Yoiir-er father nud mother
have noticed that I am-er-calliug on
vou nuito frequently, haveu't they ?"
Sho "They couhtn't very wtdl help
it."
"Aro they mad?"
"Xot a bit."
"Truly?"
"Certainly. They know it isu't my
fault that you como so much." Now
York Weekly.
A FRANK LOVER.
ITo "Carrie, do you know, darling,
that yon are tho only girl I ever---"
She "There, that will do. Don't
tell mo any of your fairy stories."
He "But hear me out. You nro
the only girl, I say, that I ever thought
was fool enough to have me."
She "Wuich shows that I was ms.de
for you. Yes, Charley, I thiuk you
may buy that ring as soou as you like."
Boston Transcript.
G03O OF A IIU A:t A.NTKS.
Mr. Trotter "Loo! here, didn't
yo'i guarauteo that you would traiu
that kicking hoise ot mine so that I
could drive him just as well as you
could?"
Celebrated Horse Trainer "Cer
tainly." Mr. Trotter "Cut ho kicked my
buggy to pieces as soon as I got home."
Celebrated Horse Trainer "Well
he kicked mine to pieces about live
minutes before." Frank Leslie's
Weekly.
IT MADE "HLKEri" NICK AT FIB ART.
"Talk about your brotherhood of
roan," said Sleepy Ike, the dusty
wanderer, to his companion, "there
ain't no such thing. I've lost faith iu
humau nature."
"How's that, Sleepy?"
"Just now I went to that big house
the other side of tha creek and asked
tho mistress if I coulun't eat some
grass iu her front yard. She said no,
I'd spoil the lawn, but that grass was
too long ou the tennis courts, and I
might have some there. Such things
just break my hoart." New York
Tribune.
A SHORTHAND JOSC.
rawhvr (oxprt shorthand roprri.-J
i say, tfamc. tun nor frurg ii
port or i nar lecture, is n fii;.-,
James (a novice "All lmt . . "
seutence iu the middle of j;, 'J
can i lor me 1110 ot me make 14, '. . I
iu v unit wiiat 16 if.
Lawley "O'.i, jnt put in Vroi'
plsusc' and let it go." ' '
tfames acts u th surc-.t; n ,
thf lecture is sent lor pu';i i . ,;l ' .'
t ie doctored part readiur: ".'n ,ljt"
1 Will lltttAtn Vlltt Ikttt A fdR.
louger. (Uroat applause.)" 'fj ; .V ' j
DIAMOND cn PtAW) V!
Mr
rs. l ou-onby iircH'itts L !,'
Madame Valerie, the mo iste, (,, ,
cut nn error iu the tiiounaieji,,, ;
for her summer costume.
"Madamewill Lotij that !!
on the challis v',nn i c!i r., ,
eighty-five cents a yar. ; . 1
ribbon on tho surah gown u; ,, .
and yet precisely t ti m-u-ribbon
was u-el! , it
course I" murmurs Mr. l' 1 . . , ..
suspiciously sweet tones, a Mn' v
tcr in her eye the whih
"Ah!" cries mmlamo, .
stupid bookkeeper is rnin! (J, c .v
it is a mistake, my dear Mr. I'.n
by. I ani desolated it sho.il 1 n.
I will rectify it nt or.c. 1J ,
bona should have been chur,:: 1 tt
Truth.
FAt'LT CF T!F.U SY'T" !.
"Bridget, I want a iju I ;' .
bag of salt, two oucces of p.p.,..
loaf ot bread and a poun 2 ef l :) ;
l)o you think von can reiceta') r t
all, or ehail I write them downy
"Sure, mate, I kin rumeuih-r
tho other. Wiicu I hev lir -.il. 1 ;
I want butter, and when I Lavj :.
wsct pepperar.il salt."
"All ri-ht. Cu, mil
long."
Bridget was not I-tg. H
back in ft very ehcrt time, b-t v;
empty basket.
"hv, wherj is t'ao
Erilget?"
"1 couldn't rcmcmlcr w.-.n ; ;
mam."
"V.'liv, I th'jught you c cii ! r
ber each article by tho 1.
it."
"Faith, mil)', I hil ;,
number tuo furst ouj by." il
Ba-nr.
An Ltrorillittiry I ikuhi ;r,
Oouverneir, X. Y., lost a 1 ,,
citi.en bv the death of Albert '.V
lie was Dora in ;.icri;in::r
1S11, and want to Ciouver'nur
the county was iuot!v will,.".
ninco bis itoatti tuo lotio'.vii'" 0:
document was found auieii L:t
vate papers :
"I am to-day eighty-four y sr I
I have never had a quarr -I with
or woman since I arrived nt mm;, t
I havo always succeeded iu inrn:
way in the world. I never Un.i
a dollar in moncv : never Mil 1 1
lar's interest ; never gave cy :
never sned a person; never mi
never food a lawyer a dollar, nH
usually acted 11s my own em
tio far as I kuow, I am st pen '
mackind, and if I havecu.'nueiL
not who they are.
This remarkable retrospect vi
ten on April 1! last, and nt
legible. Mr. Whito had for wa;
enioved the distinction oi l'e.a.
- .
oldest living graduate of tue 0
ueur esleyau Summary, vi
some iliH-iiilcs was a faiuoiii ' -
lenruiug. Xew York I'res-.
Smallest Homestead Liiildr;
u hut is lievori 1 doubt tlk s"-l
nru.jiiI:.
body of laud ever gruitd!
I'uited States as a iinme-te-n I
at i,
Dad", the extreme soutlicsit't:
ri ii-.
ty of thu Statu of I iori.la,
of a small island iu the unr'.ii
Lake Worth. This island b f
less thau one-fourth of an .-
teut. vet the claim for it wis'
in the United States Lsul
I'.?0P1TA
O.iinesville ; final proof wssdi;
and the owucr took popsessiui
J. J. Haley, ot Bhodo MuU-
j tin f
site
islaud cost him 9.1. J 1, t i n-
fee aud thirtv-sovou ceut
land. Tint homestead is b Jt l
sandi)it, situate ! about otion f
the ocean, whose tide Hew i:f
set
l
lako from an inlet about tint ;
from tha isle. Mr. Hs.
Hr.n
about 8S ) per mouth from li-
sr.ANi
"'nco.'iihi
mont. ns tha isle is hut in t
green and loggerhead turtle J
iuto the lake from tho oee.a '1
and there ho catches tbeai. -I
Freo Press.
A King ol Vure
r n r v..i-rn u Hurt I
pure gold that has never I'1
since 1810. Iu that yer
his uot the col I fevor s il'
rwirii.:
promising to send back t Lie M
be found. He chancel tJ J
"UW,.
.1. . . f.. I .... ... all I it ' I
iuu oiieuesnim uud - -- i
f.w moiitlm till Dr. XortJlM
ljt
Tl.i. l.a.l .... U into S
A.US4 SS7 t im kUW-W -
nrViinli Iia mora eff '
niLii.li ij inn lmt nns-tllir-1
1 I -ill
nal size, ibe st-mier, j ' 1
uow President of the Scirtli l
of California. Uincium'-
Star.
(ioo.l t oiiutrj I'1!
A Western conteiunortfj
ihu mi iirnvMninut of du-
ssys: "It is not uecc'.':
tase to get better road,
necessary is a 'better
the taxes levied to-J.
TlvepH B.ru many mi.eso.'-
not far from this city '
J s ft M sp w
tliirtr vetri without tJ
'IV"
sional commtiuittes "-1' 1
fullv of such a waste,
hat -
rare that country ro1" J
s - a . l. anrfS "S.
a uisgrace vo vui -them.
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