THE MIDDLEBDRGE POST.
GEO. W, WAGEXSELLER,
Editor mil Proprietor
MiDDLEBiKuii, Pa., Ai-kil 15, 18U7.
A Washington phyMcian hus ofX red
SltlO "to nny ono producing a well
antbenticutcd case of hydrophobia iu
either mnn or dog."
l'ho IuiIaK'liliiu North American
asks "if tbo tbentro hat in to he legis
lated ngain-d, what is to ha douo with
tbo tncu who crowd out between the
acts?"
McKinley is the first President to
have ft "Mc" ia his mime, says the
New York correspondent of tbo Phil
ndclphiit Ledger. It is n singular fact,
considering tbe iroinineuco of tbo
Scotch auil Jrinh blood among tho
American people, Hint not u hinglo
"Mc" has served ns President, Vice
President or Speaker. (Savor aI
"Much," however, have served iu the
Cabinet.
Suez canal trulio has been the most
reinnerative over expi'riunceil, amount
ing to almost $ir.,Oi)0,)W). Great
liritam supplied two-thirds of this,
while not u single Sihip under the
United States flag passed through tbo
canal. A total of .'HOT steamers used
li if great waterway luHt year. In
view of tbo possibility of tho Nieu
ruugua caual, relating to our own
commerce, these figures are interest
ing. During 1 S ; (i tbo I'mted Kingdom
purchased on this country IT.'.WO
horses, compared with only, iu
11SU.". England bought nearly 12,000
horn's iu Canada, or no ineionso over
a year previons. Total import of.
burses into tbo United Kingdom iu
IS'.li; wirro -10,i7T. km inerenso of
nearly 7000 computed with tbo pre
vious year. Tbo nverngo. valuo of
horses shipped into tho United King
dom last year from tho United States '
w is ubout gl 15. All this goes to show
reasons for eueouragemeut in tho i
horo industry, especially tiiat part of
it devoted to raisin" serviceable' oui
uials suitable, for foreign trade.
A young widow in Franco whoso
husband loft her all his property on
condition that sho should forfeit tbo
whole, except dower, if she Tn.nrried
again, was inclined to contract a now
luariiage, and prudently went to tbo
local court to see if tliero woro any
escape. It upheld tbo will. .'but. a
high it court to which the question
was taken then reversed tbo decision
on novel grounds. The judges thero
said that celibacy, beiug contrary to
nature, was something which uo man,
nlivo or dead, liud a right to impose,
and that ni:'li mi act, p irticulsrly in it
country like France, whore tile popu
lation is stationary or waning, was
contrary to public policy. Upou this
the widow married, but it seems hho
was too hasty after all, for relatives
carried tho oiiu up to tho snpicmj
otiirt, win oil: iingalliintly reaflirtned
the original opinion. This French
decision agrees with tlio law in this
country, ami, we believe, iu England.
Conditions in restraint of marriage
aro generally held to bo void, but
there are except ions to the rule, and
one of these exceptions is iu the cute
of a second marriage.
Very few yeoplo hnvo any idea of
tho inaguitndo of tho trailo in gentle
men's "neckwear." The quantity of
collars aud neckties consumed in this
country, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, is fabulously largo uud out
of all proportion to tbo consumption
of other countries, because in the
cities aud towns of the United States
nil classes wear linen aud adorn their
throats with silk ties, Tho natural
effect of this great consumption is to
Miuiulute the designing of new style".
This art lini reached hiich u degree ol
success that the foreigners have ugents
on the ground who nutate American
modes in neckties us soon us they up.
jeur. While tho work of f.mhioiiing
collars ant ties is almost wholly
American, foreign materials are largely
ned, tbo linen being chlelly imported
from Ireland, lint while French. aud
other siiks are employed, it is gratify
ing to note that American fabrics aro
Rraduslly displacing them. That is
not utisuge, for Palerson silks of tine
designs aie ma le up into ties which
re aold for lifty cents, while the iui
ported, no better in nhupu or quality,
raunot be had for less limn 1 to
SI. 50. It is needless to say tbut with
Mien it dilfeie'ic .' the foreign article
raunot stay in the raw long, aud must
M way to lbs hoiiiu-iuadt product.
Ttiere a iv filiii'.n'. ns umuy vr'jiP iu
aver:ie love nffsir at there have
txi'ii iu the rub of the Hultau of Tur-
ETER !" ' cried
Bonrcueil. risin?
t f o
. withviolcDco and
throwing bis nap
kin on the table.
"Never ! Do von
hear rue ?XcTerI"
and the old roas
ter mason paced
lin fltiil ilnwn
cozy Uininp ropm, turning on his heel
furiously, like a, bear in a cage ; while
poor mother Lourgueil, her tearful
eyes lowered on her plate, was discon
solately nibbling almonds.
For two years the same dippnto had
been springing up between the old
couple jiiBt as now t the end of their
evening meal. For it was two years
since they hod fallen out with thoir son,
Edward, who, in spito of their oppo
sition, bad married awomai picked up
somewhere iu tho Latin aiuirter just
when he was about to take bis degree
as n lawyer, too. IIow they had loved
him nud petted him, this EJward
th:i long wished for child, who lpul
couio after ten long years sjf married
life, when they bud almost, given up
hoping for a son. TJie happy Hour
gueil, then only a simple builder, had
rubbed his bauds, saying to his wife :
"Vou know, Clcmence, that smart fel
low Haussraaun is improving and
changing the whole of Paris, from one
ond to another. ;IIcre is good chance
forme. If things go on this wiiy, I
can make a fortune iutwolve or fifteen
years. ' Aud I know ono thing, the lit
tle racal of oiirs won't. need to climb
up into ecufloldiugs, like bis father,
nor come home every njgkt with spots
of. jdnster nil over bis gray Vest, and.
lit to drop with fatigue.. .We will moke
real gentleman of him. won't u-r
Clemence?"
All 13ourgueil'fl nmbjtions bnd been
real ike J. . At collnira Kilnrnnl ru n
brilliant pupil, and tho -old .peasant
who uaa come. to,. i'arisi many years
Bgo,.carrying, bis; shoes on bis back
nud a little silver tied up iu a corner
of his handkerchiefj bnd tho aatisfac
tion of seeing his son congratulated
nud-toaded with jrizes by tho Minister
of Instruction bimsolf. What a future
tho boy hadbofore him f Ho would
puns tbo most' difficult examinations
without any troubler-rtbcy would, Le a
mere joke for Lim-iaud tbcp choose
any career bo bad it fancy for. "Vc
will leave tho boy a goojj 25,000 francs
income," father Hourguoil wonld say,
c&ecrfnlly, flapping bis wifeVBhb.nlder
with his strong, broad. hand. .'. "And,
euprlotte! we( will( make him many
"lOK NF.LD SOT rt'P.CT A SOU I IIOM
KITIIKK 1K VH."
right soon. It will bo easy to lin 1
Koine pretty girl, with a good educa
tion like bis, who will make him
"f'Pyii'nd of whom wocan feel proud !''
Ab, those lovely plaus! where had
they gone? The kind old parents had
been foolish enongh to furnish a room
iu tewn for their boy, that ho might
bo more independent. Then ho mot
that woman, aud immediately bis
studies were dropped. At twenty-five
he had not even taken his licentiate's
degree. They were dreadfully disap
pointed, after having built such tine
castles; still they did not give up all
hope. They consoled themselves,
raying: "Ho is so young! It will
pass. Lot him alone awhile."
But one day tho imbecile had the
audacity to inform them that he bud
adored this girl, and was determined
to make her bis wife. This was too
much. If Uourgticil did not full with
it stroke of apoplcxv it was a miracle
indeed ; the veins in his neck wcro
swollen like cords. Ho ordered his
Hon out of tho huin.o and cut oil his
income.
"If yon dare to givo your namo to
tbut woman," the old man roared,
crimson with wrath, "you need not
expsct a sou from either of us as long
ns we live."
Put tbo stubborn, ungrateful boy
had outraged them to tbo end, and
now he wus married to this doll of his,
and living on a wretched clerk's sal
ary, ia tho suburb of tho city liko
tomo vagabond! Poor old couplet
Dow their urn's conduct had made
them suffer for tbeso two horriblo
yeurs ! Life was a pleasure do .ouger,
and lately tho situation 'was getting
worse every day. It was tho mother's
fault she was too wretched and sho
h"d relented at last. Ifcr sorrow had
4,-ot tbo better of her refejitmcu'., and
now sho was actually inclined to for
ive. One day sho mustered up suf
ficient con rage to mention the sub
ject to her husband! lint ho fell into
a f rony of passion, crying, "Never I"
with a force that shook the doors and
windows, forbidding the poof woman
to My fcmjiher worii about it. She
haifDrtt thtf hwrt.' to obey him, and
pleaded tho en use of tho ftuilty sou
V ST!
again and again. And at evory new
attempt Bourgnoil was furious and
made a terrible scene. Their homo
became a purgatory. Tbeso two old
people, who had nothing to reproach
themselves with, who had Joved each
other faithfully, who had, lived and
toiled Ride by side for more, than thirty
years, became almost hostile. Every
night at tbe dinner table tho quarrel
broke out anew, and it always ended
with some of those stinging thrusts
that wound the hoart.
"Do you want me to tell you what
I think, JJourgneil?" tbe old woman
would say. . "Tou are without pity!".
"And yon aro a coward to want . to
give in," the mason replied, leaving
tho room with n ttauip of his heavy
loot.
Loft nlnno in tho soft light of tho
lamp in tho comfortable parlor, tbo
poor mother, who was still true to her
white linen caps, would quietly drop
burning tears on her knitting and pray
for her boy. Pourgueil bad lost- all
I o,va for. his home, now tbat.he had
continually a sad face to look upon.
Ho bud got into tbe habit of joiuiug
hoiuo friends in a cufo close- by whero
they waited for him for a, game of
mauilla. In dealing out tho curdsth'e
irritated mason luado long and violent
speeches against thopre-ent state of
morals; whero' paternul authority was
defied by children. .' Hut ho swore
that h,e, tit least, would set a good ex
ample; ho would bo stern to tho'cud.'1
Ho could epcak of nothing else, nud
his partners proclaimed- him '"ft tiro
somo. old fellow,1" us f-nbn as his back
was tnrned. In his presence, however,
they. deplored his ill luck in having
such a scamp of a son, Hud.bighly.
praised his firmness. One.man in tho
group, especially,, invariably, hailed
the mason's imprecation witUi an up-,
proving word or two: "Bravo! Father
Bonrgueil.'youaro a llonian!" -.
Bourgueil was from ibe province of
Marche, and posspssod very inSitinct
notions on antiquity. :Still, ho bud
some inkling of tho story of old Brutus,
and felt highly ilattoreil to bo com
pared to such a personage.- Yet whed
be left the cafe and found himself in
the cold dark night, ho would say to
himself oh! very softly tbut Brutus
must have bad a cruel, bard heart,
and .that it wns a Lorriblo thiDg to con
demn u tou to death.
Easter Sunday has come a joyons,
bright, huppy day, merrv with the
cnimos of bells aud tbo: promise of
warm eyring days., Il'he city itself
looks gay and coquettish. Women aro
coming home from church, and all arc
carrying a bunch' of box plant that
fills the uir with sweet, fresh odor.
Even the old cab hordes liavo it bit of
it stuck l.ebiud their oars !
Bourgnoil, who snt up last: evening
at. tho cufo till midnight, wakes up
very late. He is in a horrible mood ;
and what man would not he, 1 tdiouid
like to kuow? Lust night, nt the usual
hqur, he bad again to listen to bis
wife's absurdities. Sho again men
tioned. Edward, and tried to soften
him, Bourgueil! Sho had inalo in
quiries, she suid, and learned that
their duughter-iu law, tor she was that
in spito of all his anger, was not the
bud woman they bad first tboiixht. A
poor girl? Yes; hho hud worked in a
store. But what of that? What were
they themselves but siiuplo working
people, even if-they had become well
off? Could they expect their sou to
marry 'some rich marquis' dnuguter?
Aud ever since Angolinn on ugly
namo, but it wasn't tho girl's fault
nfter all ever since Angelina had been
his wife, no one could breathe a word
against her. Sho was a model littlo
wife. "Can it bo that you will not
have pity on these poor children?"
tho old mother bad a.iked him tearful
ly. "They arc poor, very poor. What
do you think Edward earns in that in
surance company whero ho has found
ft place? It breaks my heart to think
of it; only 200 franes a month I As
much as you spend on your cafe nud
your cigars. 1 don't ask you to sco
them; but won't you help "them, just
a littlo? Wo nro living in plenty,
whilo thoy " and receiving no answer
from Bourgueil, who was pensively
turning the glass ho Ha l just emptied
between bis lingers, tbo old woman
hud risjn from her seat and coma up
to him putting it trembling hnud on
bis shoulder, silently pleading. Vain
effort! Bourgueil, suddenly remem
bering, that ho wits a Human, hud
again poured forth maledictions and
his formidable "never.,
Aud on this lovely Easter morning
ho is more thau usually sad and ill
tempered this strong minded old
luatou. Ho leels very nervous; tio
bus cut his oil i it twice while shaving.
Oh, no; ho will not be weak enough
to pay uu incouio to his lin dutiful son. .
Would old Brutus have rolontod? Of
conrso not. And last night he was on
the point of yiolding! That is what
oomos of listening to women.- They
haven't energy for two soni.'-'tho
women haven't." BonrgueiHs llrnier
t bn over fn his resolutions as ho puts
on a white, shift and his gray holiday.
sun. no goes into tnu purfor, tbut
cozy, pretty parlor' ' ha win soproud
of when things 'had still soma ' interest
i or imi, ui ioous ia lie cloak. Jt. )
only 11 o'clock, 'and Buiirgueil.v who-
nas a lino nppcMle tun morning, few"
crons at tuo thought of eating only at
12. Boon Mother Bouruuoil returns
from chural with, s. largo bunch of box
plant. Sho ple it on "a lit.y side
Uble.rand suddenly tb whols room is
filled with the strong, fresh, odor.
Bourgueil is no poet ; he has not s
very refined nature. Yet be is im
pressionable for all that liks jon or
me and tbe sight of v the greeu
branches recalls far oS memories.
Whilo the old woman is bniy taking
apart tbe twigt to decorate the rooms
with them, the penetrating perfume
affects his old heart He remembers
a certain Easter morning ah, so long,
long ago when ho was still a work
man, aud, his , young wife n dress-,
maker's ..apprentice. .", It was . their
honeymoon, for they iTtd' married a
few days before Lent. Then, too, sho
bad returned from church with a fra
grant burden and made, their only
rraTj bright and festive. How pretty
eaa :oo.ked, and how he loved her!
And by a rapid effort of imagination
he recalls iu an instant their long
years of married life; "she has ever
been so iudnstrious, so thrifty, so do
voted. And now he tortures her
this good, brave woman he makes
her BuQer on account of his wicked
sou.
But is Edward really co wioked a
all that?' Of course a fellow ought to
honor his father and mother, and
obey them ; but theo, aro not youth
and love sulTiciout excuses for many a
fault? Ho watches Mother Bourgueil
with moist eyes, us she goes to place
a spray of box nbovo Edward's pio
turo on the wall a picture of their
boy in his college suit, when they felt
so proud of him and of his studies.
"What is the matter? Tho old
mason hardly kuows wbnt be is about.
His head swim; it is that strong odor
of tho plant, doubtles. But bis heart
flils with soruethiug that eems very
much liko mercy and pardon. Mo
goes up to is wife, takes hsr hands,
and, looking nt the picture, mutters,
his rough voice growu traugely hoft:
'Viay, Cleraenee, siinll we forSive
him?" Ah ; tho cry of joy that bursts
from the mother's bps! And ho has
called her "Clemence," just nsin their
young days. He bus not given her
that namo for morn than fifteen years.
And she understands that ho loves her
still- her husband, her old com
pauion.' She throws herself in bis nr'ms nnd
kfses him frantically, all over bis
face, til lies his' head iu both of her
bauds, and whispers in his car. Tho
other.., day sho couldn't . help it,
reoAJy she went tcj.see their boy. . He
is so unhappy to have offended them.
Anil'i.ba has not come a hundred
times to bog their forgiveness, it is
simply, because ho did not dure. "You
know," sho adds and her voice ..be
comes soft 'and caressing "you
know I have 'seen his wife, and 'you
really cannot blamo him for loving
bcr, she is soweet, nnd as fre-eY ns a
rjse. J She just worships our Edward
one au sou 4bat at onco; nnd sbo
kaeps their littlo homo in such njplc
pro order." '
Bourgueil feols oppressed ho is
choking. Putting n trembling fingerf
on hiaSvifo'd lips: VThat will d!" hp
soys. '".Send for a cab. Let us tako
some of these sprays to them in mgu
of pence) nd bring them homo wirh
as!" - ' '
, And "while tho old mother, ' stunned
with joy, falls sobbing on her hus
band's shoulder, Bourgueil tho Bo
man, tho old Brutus begins to cry
bolt y, like it cbilJ.
Eii'lcr 'lliouilits.
It seems clenr that a pure spirit will
nriso from the seed of a' pure body,
and a loving spirit from the feed of it
loving body. If the body we sorrow
fully put asido has been one full of
charity, helpful, kiudly, nud eager to
speak tender, pitying words one that
bus thought no evil, and bus believed
nil things, and honed all things, nnd
endured all things can any one doubt
wbnt should come of such it seed plant
ing? Tho natural comes first, nud
nfter that the spiritual. But "as is
tho natural, so is the spiritual." It is
fur moro glorious, but uftcr all tbo
sumo !
Ho wo may bring Easter, with its
wonderful deep mer.ning, into tho life
of every day. How? By teaching
ourselves to comprehend the truth
that whilo wo live this human life, and
develop this natural body, it -is not
alono the natural body we nro creat
ing, but tho seed of tho spiritual body
which is to come alter.
This is not it mystical doctrine. All
those who iu this lifo have attained
some knowledge of their spiritual na
tures will testify to its truth. Tho
change from a natural to a spiritual
liviug is liko the growing of n plant
whoso seed wo have sowu. Tho rigut
plant surely grows in a man who has
uowu the right seed.
As tho spiritual nature of such n
man bauins to develop, tho purer,
higher elements iu him grow stronger,
aud one by ono tho baser sort die,
Ifnte dies, nnd revenge, and anacr.
Cruelty dies, uud all uukiuduess. Nar
rowness of. miud dies, nud coutompt
for tho frailties of others.
The part that lives and grows stronger
is love. Parity and truth and conrngo
are but parts of luve, and, as it grows
greater, by uud by comes the siireiiess
of knowledge, and faith itself is swal
lowod up in fruition.
This is tho daily burial of tbo old
rami, who was "eni lhv," nnd the ibuly
rising of the ne, wuo is tbo "Lord
from Heaven." To snob, a heart East'jr
coucs every day. Uurper's Bazar.
. t Luster, rieasimtrlos.
Liko nil otlitor holy days, Easter
snoii boosnio a holiday. In some
countries tho people dunce about a
heap ot flowers at Etstor ; ia other,
lliey'distfibutu colored eggs nud have
grsut "ogg-II ghts," in which tho own
r of the hardens Tgir wins and tho
.uuer.cgg. is eaten by thu vie tor,. So
muu or, boy .with a very hard egg is
able to accumulate the basis of an
Easter Monday hoadache.
, H1DINO EASTER EOOS.
.a
Cllmbta? o'er tha croat straw ttacki , ...
Arnt h'lnting thro' tho Bay; ,
riautoc alt tbe new-laid actfs, ' -
Than hiding them away s . ' "if
In the queerust kind of plaQM . ,.
Boxrn, basket, holes anil ker3i
- BtMlthily they come and go, .
Hidiug Easter egss. - .-' ,
Trom the eldnst, twe'vo years olJ, -'
Down to the yunpt born;
81 riving whose th greatest lore,
Lai J bv for Eastsr moral
Drinking youthful happiness
To the very dres,
la the early, chill spring days
Hiding Easter ugi.
IIt who finds another's stor, "
H raiy add it to hit own, ,'
EX throughout the learhoula J dny,
The sooret fun goes on.
OldHpeckle. and the top-knots, proud,"
' White Lrghorus brought from Clegg
Cackle most exultnully
Ltylug Easteregifs.
w
They never.Mo their vory bast,
i Can All a host a day;
Some dimpled bund or dirty flst
1 Purloins them right away.
No mutter where they hide themselves,
In haymow, boxes, kens, - .
Sharp eyes will find, ns soon as laid,
And hide a'nlu their eggs.
Hugh, tl youni;or. Ave years old,
illf.Krau'ms's mending hn;
Jfoeand S.tm have an old bo:.,
Together 'neath thu dra
In the old, ntiandonnd stable,
., -High on the hsrueis pegs.
Ilanus "Olo Clinrlie's uos'j bakol '
With Jeuuie's a.-ih;r eggs.
. I)Tvn on the lon!ng liillsble,
Way out behind til l barn, . .
Wiioro, underuealb a pate.i of sod,
Sung nud sale from barai, t
If'i'd hollowed out the sau ly soil,
And bid some oi l paint kvn;
.3 jhn slyly, goes from day to il.ty r
' JliJiut; Eislor eggs.
fair and bright dawns Eater mom,
And euds the wer.)t strife.
En-jh ono liri.ns out his hidden s'.urj
Old embleais of now lire.
A 'Vim basket fiill to the brim!
-' 'No longer mother be.s
F iriiKg. All hnrntlieir il!l
. . E itiug Easter cggi.
, NVtlie Overton '
EH1EK-Elti LUKE.
Curious Customs the Origin of Which
' Is Lost tu Antiquity. '
Tho distriliutiod'of o??i nt Eister
has deseonded to ns from tho greatest
of he Chinese Spring festivals, man
guratod moro than teveu hundred.,
years before the Christian era.
The oustoiu was particularly popular
dujing the tiftoont-h add sixteenth
ceorwriel in-England. :vIbo Pope sent'
nHqur VIII. aa Easter egg in silver
case.
, In Russia it h common to exchango
fslt's and eggs on- Easter duy.
In Italy dishes of eggs are sent to
the priests to bo blessud, after which
they are carried uooie and piucud in
the center of tho table.
In Spain and Germany tho eggs are
not blessed, buf they are highly col
ored nnd are distributod among calers
to bo eaton or taken away itccordiug
to the taste of tho individual.
Tho custom', iu ono form ornnother,
exists among the Jews, Greeks, Turks
uml Persians.
J 'Pitas" wits tho ancient nnrai for
Easter, nud tho eggs were often called
"paco,"'"pach" or "paas" eggs.
In Scotland eggs are taken to church
to bo blessed. Thoy ore nflcnvurds
distributed among tbe members of tho
household and aro cither eaten or saved
as keepsakes.
Tho decoration of ordinary og?s
originated in England. Gilding tbo
shells was tho lirst step. This was fol
lowed by tho addition of ribbons, pic
tures nud various other devices to
pie ate the littlo folk.
These eggs were given nud received
with tho familiar Easter greeting,
"Christ is risou!" nnd tho answer,
"fie is risen, milted !"
Germans first introduced games into
the Easter celebration. Eggs were
hidden about tho lawn or grounds or
in the house. Then tho children
hunted (or thorn, the tinder of tho
greatest number receiving a prize.
Sometimes the eggs wore all put in
ono nest ovor which a rabbit wns
placed on guard. How this Auitnal
becamo identitiod with Easter is not
Uuown, but iu tiiuo tho young children
began to belicvo that the colored ?ggs
were laid by thu raboit.
Egg raoiug is a favorite amusement
of Russian, German an 1 French chil
dren. Tbe eggs nre rolled down hill,
and tho prize goes to tho boy whoso
egg rolls tho greatest number of races
without damage to its shell.
This gamo is played by Washington
children in front of tho White liotiso
on Easter Monday.
In Germany there aro trabks mndo
of twigs down whioh each egg may
roll without interference from any
other oue. Tho boy whoso egg arrives
unbroken nt tbe foot of tho bill col
lects "toll" of his opponent wbojo
egg is cracked.
Another giinio is played by two boys
who stand, eneii holdiug au e'g. nud
suildouly strike thorn together. 'The
ownor of a heuvy-Fliellcd ogii cnii, if
bo possesses skill, brj-tk tuo eggs of
sevoral players boforo his own is in
jured. Ihen he is a "cook of one,
two, three or four eggs," us tho case
may bo.
Eggs aro colored by .moans of ant
lino dyes. By the addition of horns,
oar, tails, legs or llns eggs tuny bo
transformed into many grolciquo
figures.
J. 11. Morse, uu American, bns tho
contract for tbo llrst railway in Korea,
It will couueot- the putt ot Chemulpo
with Seoul, thooupital, a listanon oi
twenty five unler, aud will oust JI,B50,
O'Jl).
DEFIANCE.
Qnne on Dl-rlsaged 'demons -I
1 ...and Despair. V .. ' ""V
Coie on!' I hurt defiance, and wm . -
anywhere; , hi
Laa armed for battle royal, an .
fbrhtve.boUiY : . J:"H
Uy weapons, srood dtgestioa
never sloth.
tVheBlscentafliihtlmteni'lnc .,
onists like these. ' '
I avoid h6t. sodden Msentta n. l ,
and cheesei ' '"m
I don't '.load up" with coffee,
fruits with cream,
mi: .
And then,' awake, lie wonderiui Bllv (
... patnsAo hopeless seem,
t iust so into trnliiine. an.l ..:
:ri t - i i0 .1 'j.
t dine upon such wholesome K,,,. '
' moo sense deems fir. t'5
And when I toss my castor, na 1 i-j-j- l A,
In tho .Inn '
I'll knock Foreboding "smIv,"
, . eye "In a sling."
Mil l-.
PITH AND roiXT.
Some of our happiest ajicc-j;s
spent in air castles. ' l;!
. The man who rocks the boa'
I 1 A - 1 1 1 . .
Hi is;
no mnue to pauuio uis ou
Puck.
i'uut..
"Fisherman's lncVVThca i:
nnu some ono wno believes
Puck. . ,
nrtt.-l
l-l.l
"Madge can read her husbau.l M
book." "Yes; liko a blank boj '-'i
Norristown Herald.'
Trying to look like a ehee ba n.,
yei prouucea any wool uu tuo iu;k
a goat. Ham's Horn
All tuo world's a stage, ami th.. ,,
d action seems to reijuire a tri uilUuil.
array of "supes." Puck.
She -"Did you ever trv tV
cure?': He-"Oh,yes." -for,at
mutism?" "So, lor love."
rho mun who takes a fhort
success geuernliy has to go 1,
'we
learn the regular road. Life,
Cholly-"! believo I au s..t!ls.
softening of tho brain." Iiootjt
"Aro you sure it was ever hir.i;-"
Darkside "Isee one of our vtt-n
is doomed." Fcnilwortk
that?" ; "She's been ordered tj !ti
Life.
"My mother-in-law rTltmt n'.fy tk
train, driver so hurry up." )m
"Count on me! 1 shall drive sir
sho were my own." I'liugmil,.
ter.
"Do yon enjoy novel reaMti- Ms
Pelibda?". ."Oh, very much; ouea.
associate 'with people in lietiuu tU
ono wouldn't daro to speak to iu
life' VTit-llits. -
Driver (arriving at n cliff, tn:t;i;
to tho pas-sengcrs in his ua-m,.
"aero the road is only p iiblc :s
Assosnnd I requost the partvlu ctn
out antl walk ahead."
V "Is your boy precooious?'' "eit
if 1 uiny say it. He s otily ti ij,
and yet- he already thinks "he kion
little if nny more' than his milt
and I." Detroit Journal.
Drawbacks of .Art "Isabel, m
haven't painted any angels on tb
presentation cards!" "So ; I co:
make thetn look stylish without W
sleeves." Chicago Itecord.
Mrs. Newcd "Mrs. Ilieiiton lrni
lovely now bonnet." Sir. Ni-
I, thought it an nnu-niullv n:1-
thing."- Mrs. Newcd "Whi,
jtsinly; but just think what r. as
have cost! Truth.
Anchor to Wiudwnrd. P..t:ct.t
"Sity, doctor?" Surgeon iciin:
opening his case of iitnuaisbr
"yolI.1" Patient 'r.eunuiii.r-n
aro insured in tho same iuu::::i! mi
pony !" Chicago llecord.
Cholly "Have yon seen anvo'is
sooiety buds yet?" Chiippie "V
and I have almost mined n.y-e!! bi;
ing them blossoms." Clioily
aint it? Wo must buy tb?:n
llowors or be out ourselves-, ''to
"es, the Bosleys mu-t hive
with severe losses lately."
have they had to givo up their li:mr
"No. I don't think it'll he lm
that, but they nro going to ride it
last year s biovcles this tea:ju. -
Cleveland Leader.
A II uu tor's Fancy.
Tho last buffalo killed in .w
County was on Mar 'IX 1ST-. Awl
rodo np to the ranch of Coluul'i
Palmer and reDortod that he limll
a buffalo in a draw it mile or two '
Palmer took liiu Ana inul htartt'l,
thus describes what suli-e.iui'u:'r 'l
enrred : "The does rsn uu iilicil
me. but nrettv soon thev cittuetti
buok with a bii? bnll'ilo bull w
pursuit. Gullopin Jelioepht! tl
that bull iliil look- lii. as he cuv
down on me with bis tail initio
nnd bis shncav head sbakir." in 't:1
r-atf .
I triod to mora oft lo one
that was no use, for the 1"6'' lr1
coming toward mo wbi.'bevnr H
turned. It is snid ta be riii'ii'-'1'1''
kill abuftulo which is coniinc H
Ah. Illlf. Tana. Ainu f h 111 if bad ti 1
done mighty nuiok. so I dtui'H I
my knee and plugged him u:'.j
tne forehead. He fell uem
tracks, anil lam now couviuctJ1'
any man who says a btulalo cc0,'
shot through the skull ti I""
Kansas City Journal.
Au Kccentrie fount.
The lato Connt Ernest von
berg, by "whoso death tho to"
Ilcnensbiirir in Bavaria cures is''
legacy of . 15.0UU.0U0 marks
brilliant soldier uud n unv P1
1
his youth, but very suddenly. Ia:
known reasons, do iiroju" .
rnt nt mnnlv Ilia rastU'
rack and rniu, and the ""'''"'j
Alia v.tlnin,, Alt.kiif t.ilil l:tl'U'
to see bis master wander itlilJC I
feninrm alumt llm forlorn
Oue do J recently ,ho spoko ('
first time iu months to hi
niieuonui, nnu rcinroniK '
Uiid soon after of heart dim