Homesickness.
If I should Irate my lining mnl go sway
To pans a year tiil (I iy
'illil ill Mr r scene, slimiM I not rarly Gml
Thnt 1 Im.l li ft h. lilml
A portion of my life's felicity
Which co'iM not rul low imp?
And It, when Ilia nl'oicil tlmu had passed,
I turned my steps nt hut
To enter nt the olil fiinilll.ir dour
Of kindly home mice morn.
Might I not not linrii that what my lirnrt
had untight
Win 'inrk-tiirniiiK thoiiKht,
"iVn nililnu null In home's securest spot
Arul t mnl, I llr.. I it nut'.'
Mli;ht I nut vnluly wander to mnl fro,
Sifklntf n In in know
t That fond cnniplftenc. of fclhily
Which cnu'il not ful I.. w tnrt
Ah, ycsl Ami Ifa lonclnn onl In heaven
Kn o pns.p irt might l o hIvcii
To come a ilii and trend curth'a weary mill
Willi feel unuicil In lull
To leave tin' converse or eternity
Ami linger lovingly.
O'er cm tli's poor haunts, Hip p 'ay-ground of
IIiiimi years
Whose mil pi worn (llmniril with tears,
Rn w.nilil llml II, Ht nntlilnir here hc.lnw
Was w lint It mcd to know;
That nil the peace hli'h mi'innry hml cat
Around the cherished p-t,
All thi' (Hinlll ir kin Hr Imnip delight
Mill vanl-licil rrmn II uite;
, ' 60011 would It spread it 4 wIiik" with sigh of
pit 1 11
Ton tlinnkfnl In rrt 1I11
Tht power of entering; henven'a open door,
Ami leaving nevermore.
1 Let us nut weep, then, though we lime t lie
llxl.'t
Thnt muilo I liia earth an hrluM
Though all Hie single tiiile.uns, one liy
one,
lie gathered to the nn i
As.iirrd Unit there, In fullness rieh mnl free,
They will restored he.
Anil Iioiiip, the dearest nnmc that wo can
know
Op. Wenry cnrlli hclmv,
Shall lie a mother wholly reconcile,
V loea U tleapuniliiiK chllil.
, ll.nriililll Jlns.izlne.
With the Wason Train,
Twenty army wngons mnl llicli'
(lrlvors llfly cavalrymen from Troop
E a pull of ninety lulled across llio
luillnn country. Yes, wo shall bo nt
tnckuit by tho host ilea. They woulil
not lot audi nit opportunity pus,
l'hey ciin muster four to nno, even it
wo counted In Iho icuiiMtcrt. Colnno'
Ulnnk, at tlm lie iv post" to which
wo wc.ro liouml, hud writinn to C
ta'n Whlto, who was lit command of
tho train: .
"My wlfo la to como out with you.
Soo llml my provioua Instructions me
carried out, 61m know what they
arc"
And wo Imd not mnrclicd nn hour
wlion Cuptulii Whlto Hcut for mu ami
suidf
"Corporal, you will act na n pool ill
guard over tlio third wagon."
Vory woll, sir."
"The Colonol's wlfo l In thnt
wagon, ns you probably know."
"Yon, sir."
"In cno t ho Indians tiro too strong
gor ui tlioy must not 11 ml hot' allvo.
Thnfs nil!"
I rodo back to tho third wagon nnd
placed my 1 10 r so nt tho nigli fore
wliool, and liftod my cap to ilia lady,
who lind bcon provided with u com.
fortablo tout by herself. Sho wus n
Utile bit of a woman, not over 2J
yours old, nud innri lud to tho Colonel
only two yours boforo. She looked nt
mo out of lior big blue eye nnd
milcd, but slio coul I not iloady hor
voice ns tho leaned forward nnd in
quired :
"Corpornl, do you you think wo
hall be attacked?"
"Qiito likoly, ma'am, but wo may
tqnaezo through."
And if at 1 nckeil, nnd you can't boat
tho Indian oil', you"
"I hnvo tho Ciiptaiu'i ordors,
ma'am!"
- "YVs; vory well."
Wo both understood. I had bcon
ipociully (loluilod to kill her if I saw
that wo wero to bo wiped out! Tho
thought of It niailo me dizzy na I rode
along. Now and then I trtnncod up
at her to llnd hor face whlto nud her
evoa anxiously aoaicliing llio horizon.
I bud my nrdom nud wa thoio to
oboy them, but could I do it? If I
waa the laat living man In that train,
eould I rulso my carbiuo nnd bucomo
hor murderer?
At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of tho
locoud day out wo taw a dozon
mountod Iudluui ou a ridre to tho
right nud cloaod up tho train. To the
left wore a tucooaaion of ridges, nnd
(f tlioro waa any force of hoitile
about they wore hidden behind thorn.
The Colonol'i wife waa one of tho
first to discover tho Indians at the
right. She was looking at me as I
glanced up.
"We shall be attacked?',' tho
queried.
"Within ton mlnnios, ma'am."
"Well, you you "
Yea'm, but I hopo we shall . boat
them off"
The redaklnt on the right now be
gan to ride to and fro and whoop and
yell ft'id pok to draw our attention
nnd foitj the train to linlt. Onloia
bad linen given the day before lo keep
moving In cino of ailnck. In ulusliig
up ilia n nfrnna Imd doubled the linn,
moving two nbrenat Tho hoiaeinon
foil Into their plneo nt once twcniy
on it aide, live In front and Ave In
rear. 8niue of the tniunator had cur.
binoa, while nil had revolver. 1 1 it 1 IT
n iniln beyond whern wo bad anon the
llml I it 1 1 utt tlio nttnek win made, nnd
it wna n bloody one. Aa wo rnmo op
pualio n valley running back Into thn
1 lilies 11 liiinilreil or liiori) mnuntnd
Imliiiiia ciiiins I'luirnlng down on u.
Tli 11 valley wna juit nliiuit na wldu 11a
tho Iniln waa long, nud there font tho
twenty of 11 a on thnt aide Inula chntiro
at tlm reda na ihey eaino nu in n timli,
hIiooI i nif, r-lititt) intr, and neemiiigly de
termlnod lo rldo ovnr us.
"Corporal !'
It. Win I lie volen rf the Ciilonol'a
wlfo, jnt 11 a wo were piepaiiug to
lire.
"Yea'in, I renininlier," 1 replied na
I lonerud my c.iiblno to look up lit
her. '
Wo poured llio tiro of our rnrblnp
Into tlio charging innaa nud checked
lla riixh. Tlm Indlniia then pnaand to
our front nud rnnr ao na to aamll na
011 nil aiib'a. Tliero wero fully HOO of
tliPin nud had I lie train balled but for
a minute they would hnvo bad ua
wiped out. A part nf lln-iii hml been
ordered to lire only nt tno inuloa nl
tiiehod to tlm wnumia. Aa they worn
kept moving only Ihrnn or four woro
struck and noun dlaaliled.
'('i)i porul !'
Tliero wna drilling on front nnd
rar nnd both siiloa, mid tho blilleta
wore Hying nlmiit ua In n apliefnl
wny. I'ivj had pnaaed though tho
over of iho wagon boaldo mo.
'It wna tho Colonel' wife calling
to mo. I iol"d up Into her whito
f.tco nnd she gaped :
'Corpornl, nro you going to
lo "
"Not yet wo nrn holding our
own! ' I replied, na I luinod to open
firn ngnln.
Wo wore) praduully gelling out of
tlio t-np. Furlher on tho ground waa
open nud lo our mlvnntnge. Tho In
dian nlwnya does Ida beat (lh!lti nt
Iho alert. Hern nnd I hero wo bad n
inn 11 wonndod, but (hero waa nn con
fiMlon no halting. Whenever Ihey
patlirrod na if lo clinrgo wo opened
Urn on tho apnt nud aeatlerod Ihem.
Our (Irn wna rnpld nnd well-analnlned,
nnd nt tlm end of n quarter of an hour
wo had them liealcn. Wo woro Juat
drawing clear of tho rdgo oT tlm rldgo
wlien n bullet si ruck tlio third wacnn
Icainatcr in tho aliouldnr, nnd ho fell
forward on bl raddle. It happened
right ninler llio oyra of tho Colonel'
wlfo, nud -lio cnllod to mo:
"Corporal, obey your orders!"
Sim Imd her linnd over her faen ao
thnt alio might not aen inn na I ralaed
my gun. Tho next few aecouds must
hnvo been torrlbln.
"Ileg pardon, ma'am, but tho red
nro drawing olT nud Iho victory la
our."
Sho dropped hor Iianda nnd stnrrod
nt mo for 11 minute na If sli) could not
comprehend. Then alio fell buck In n
ilond faint, nud it was n long half
hour bcfiiro her blue oyos opened to
tho Riiimlilnn again. A week Inter at
tho now post, Colonel llliiuk called mo
in nnd nkiu1:
"Corporal woren't you ordcrod to
shoot Mi a. lllnuk?"
"Yoa, sir."
"Thou why didn't you do li?'' ho
stonily domundod.
"I I wns going to, but "
"Hut whni, sir?" It wns groaa dla
obodlcnco of orders, and you aro no
longor a corporal.
llut that wns the old martinet's wny
of promoting me to a surgoautcy,
Now York Sun.
Doctor mnl Dentist.
All dlscatos which profoundly nfljet
tho nutrition liiiliiouco the dovolop.
ment of tho teeth ; and since the
growth of tho toeth Is miilnly limited
to tlio ngo. of childhood, their condi
tion la especially Infliiciicod by child
roll's dlaonaos.
Faulty nutrition or sovoro waiting
llluosa alow thomaelvo uowhore moro
prominently thnu in tlio development
of tho bones nnd tooth ; and on tho
other bund good icolh In chihlrou play
a vory Important part lu producing a
benlihful and robust manhood or
womanhood. Decaying and looaened
teeth diroctly favor Imporfoct mattica.
tlon and consequent ladigostioii.
Indigestion favors poor nutrition;
it cauaes tho sooroiions of the mouth
to become acid In renotlou a perver
sion of the normal reaction of the
saliva, which attacks the teeth and
favors tholr rapid doony.
A case of this kind has lately been
observed. A child, naturally good
natured but "spoiled" by iudulceut
parents, was allowed to eat fresh
enkoa, vxponalre eandlea, Jama, pae'
tries. Attacks of iuilgutlon, with
vomiting of iho kold contents of the
slouiaoh, aiipervennil. Tho teoth
aoftuneil, "becauio poor" at an early
sge.
In order to naanro such a child a
healthful bodily development and pro
tect It from tho evil of subsequent
nttneka of Indignation, tlioro must be
something mora than a correction of
lla diet. The Irnth should be fillod.
This guards ngalnat illaeaao of the al
veolar proeeaa, or llio bony portion
of the jnw Into which the roots of tho
teelh mo Inserted, ngnlimt nil UMsyin
metrical growth of tlio jaw ltlf, mid
ngalnat nn Involvement of the ao jond
tooth, jual developing boucnth tho
Ural.
A regular supervision of chllilron's
teeth would anvu Inrgo tlmilUl's bills,
nud would uudiiilliteilly lend to 11
lienlihler, stronger rneu of mauklnd.
I'ioiii ilni time of tho llrit nppvuriini 0
of Urn lentil Ihrougli llio gnin, they
ahiiulil boaulijnctod to n rubbing twice
n day wiih n soft rag nud llmo wnlor,
until tho twelfth mouth of Infancy,
when n soft billsh should ba substi
tuted. Frequent visits to tho deiitlat nro nn
nliaoliito uecosaity.
Children who nro allowed to out
warm bread, rich pastrloa, cuke nnd
cnndlcs, nio nlmost Invariably aulijeet
Id IiiiIiIhiiiI attacks of Indignation.
Tho fnrrcachlng cllects of such ul
tacks can bo nvuided by tho prohibi
tion of such food. Ment, not loo
lender, nnd crusts of bread aro ex
cellent objects upon which a child's
icolh may bo exercised mid strength
ened. Youth's Compmiloii.
Trying It Slnglo lliimleil.
A gentleman who served Willi dl
Unction In tho Civil wnr, but who
wishea not to be pawd hero, rcbil'-ij
)t'U'ldiiy tlio following Incident of
one of tho early lmtlloi of that war:
Tho l'odeiiil nnd Confederate
forces wore draw 11 up In tlio woods on
cither eldo of a conaldornblo clonrlng,
where tin) battlo waa likely eoou lo
Inko plneo. Tlm l'cilernl coiiiiniindor
nud Ida sliill', aeulcd upon tholr horaoa,
woro conauliiiig nonr tho right of tho
lino. Colonel Nonl l)ow was standing
In front of Ids regiment, a vory small
man with n tremendously big hut oil
his head nnd a mouelrotis sword
dangling lo tlio ground nt Ids side, a
plctiiro such as 0110 might expect to
soo In a comic pnpor.
"An nldo nppiouclied Colonol Djw,
saying Hint Iho commander wlshod
to speak to lilin. Colonel I)ow
strode down tlio Hue, llio suldlors
Iniighlng ut iho alghl.
" 'Colonel I).w,' an id tho comman
der, 'you will march out into that
opening and lako n position 011 tint
knoll yonder. You will llioro await
furlher order.'
"In sight of Iho entire right wing of
Iho army, Colonol Dow won! inarching
into tho opening, hi long, heavy
sword clanking 011 tho ground behind
him, hi big bat druirgod down over
his head, until ho looked na If ho inllit
bnvo boon drawn by CruikViaiik.
"Tho commander heard tho shout of
laiightor that want up from tho runks,
ami looked for tho emiso.
" 'Who Is that walking out thcro?'
ho nskod.
"Souiobody lold 1 1 1 nt It was Colono'
I)ow. Au aido was sent to bring him
back.
'Colonel Dow,' said tho com
mander, 'why did you go out tlioro
alone? AVhy did you not take your
rcglmont with you?'
" 'Dour 1110, Gonoral,' Raid tlio
Colonel, 'I bog a thousand pardons. I
didn't know you mount fur mo to tako
anybody with mo. You didn't say,
you know.'
"And Hint la how It happened," snld
ho who rclutod this story, "Unit
Colonol Dow wns prevontud from
putting down tbo war without aid."
New York Ilt'rnld.
The Colonel's Itejnlntler.
Col. Stono of Tennessee once lold a
pretty good thing of a dolognte from
one of tlio rural counties lo tho stalo
con von lion, whom ho met thcro for
tho first lime. Tho colonel said:
"I am glad to meet you. I have
known your father for many years,
but novo? had tho plonsuro of your
acqtiuinfanco. I soo, howovor, that
the son is bolter looking thun the
fatlior."
"Look bore, Colonel," said tlio dole
gaio, "you need not bo flattering me'
up, for I urn out nnd out for Baksdalo
for governor, ul though tho old mail is
for you."
"Why, I simply find you bottor
looking than your futhor, but I did not
say you had half as much sense as he
baa," reluruod the colonol.
. Those standing around roarod, wllh
laughter, in which the delegate good
hnmorodlv lolned. rCblenao Journal.
LIGHTNING.
Odd Behavior of Electric Dis
charges from Above.
Slnuular Effects on Animate
and Inanimate Objects.
Modorn scientist bnvo denrood Mint
lightning I of throo kind. Tho 11 rat
comprehend Hint In which tlm dis
charge umtiifeat llaelf In n long,
luminous lino bout Into nuglo nnd
r.l. 'gi. This kind la known na
forked lightning. Tlm aecoml ill Iter
from (he 11 1 at In the rmigo of siirfnco
over which the Ibiih 1 dilFmod nud I
ended sheet lightning, nud tho third
class Ima been inudu Iho subject of
wldu ilUclHaliui mid contention. It
never ntaumna Iho form of long Hue
nor of sheet of ll imo, but np,inar na
bulls or lump of llru. They nrs not
liioiiioniary nppnrlilons, but lust seve
ral Hccond mid burst v 1 1 It a bright
Hiiro nud n loud report, mid occasion
ally dischiirgo flushes of lightning. A
schoolinasiur In Ohio whose school
waa struck during a recent slorm de
clared that hi) saw a ball of lira strikn
nud roll down the llugatnir of tho
schoolhoiise, nud tho ball caused n
piuile among tlio scholar.
A singular story como from Paris.
A tailor who lived ou tho Kno St.
Jaqites was eating Ids iliiinor 01m day
during a thunder storm when ho
beard a loud chip mid saw Iho chimney
board fall out and a globo of lira as
big im n man bad come quietly out ami
moved about tho room n few foot
nbovo Iho floor. Aftor moving slowly
about Iho bull went bick into tlm
chimney, nnd a moment, lnlor tliero
wna a loud explosion which complete
ly shatiorcd Iho chimney.
S'Sn Wy jcr irj tho south
WCifjTiinue 6 of mi old cTimuTi In
Droog, In Cornwall, was domollshnd
by n stroke of lightning nud ouo
stono, weighing Ihreo hundred
pounds, was hiirlml upward nud In n
southerly direction n tlUlniico of 0110
hundred yards, mid 11 seo mil wna sent
In n iiorlhoily direction 100 ynrds, uud
a third 100 yard to Iho cast.
In 1875 Iho topmast of Iho fishing
schooner William nnd Mary of Mn-su-chusotts
waa hit by a flush und cut
into chlpa uud since thnt time throo
cons. Ing schoonurs hnvo hud tho sumo
exporienco. A DiliUh ship whllo
crossing tho North Tuolllo ocean from
China waa a 1 ruck by a ball of globu
lar lightning, which loft such a sul
phurous odor behind It that tho trow
woro obliged to tnka to tho rigging In
order lo avoid sullocnilon. This odor
nflar nu explosion occurred rouontly
In Cuba whon a largo company of
Inborors on u tobacco plantation woro
obligod lo tako to tho woods lu order
to avoid II.
The mngiiotio cfl'jcls producod by
lightning nro often vory singular In
deed. A cheat containing a largo as
sortment of knives and cutlery irin re
cently struck in a carpenter's shop lu
Chicago, and nil tho articles wero at
onco miiguotlzid. A shoemakor In
S iv aid 11 had bis tooli troatod In tho
sanio wny, lo his groat uniioyiiuco, ns
bo bad to ba consimitly freeing his
hammer from Ida awl nnd nails which
were always galling caught ns Ihoy
luy togethor on hi bench. And sumo
year ngo a Uonooao ship was wrecked
near Algiers lu conscqiioi.co of Iho
lightning having pluyod prank with
tho compass, nnd tho cnpiulii suppos
ing ho wna sailing to tho north instead
of 10 tho south.
Another class of cffocls causod by
lightning nro cure. Gouty men buvo
beou eunliled to walk freely, epileptic
person h ivo boon honied and rbeuina
lism cured by n flash. On tho other
hand, the elluct of inngnotia lightning
uro liarmlus. Throo hundred par
sou were once struck in Charleston
prison and complotoly robbod of tholr
muscular strength.
There Is still another phonomona
producod by lightning and this 1 the
lightning prints. Mr. Toly, who has
treated tho subject of lightning prints
vory f u'ly In the psgos of the French
sclontltlo journals, inoutions twenty
four cases of tho impression on tho
bodies of mou and animal. Of tlioso
eight aro of trees or parts of troos.
ouo of a bird and 0110 of a cow, two
of horseshoes, one of a unit, one of a
molnl comb, four of crosses. Cronos
In this connection nro very old, for It
was doclured ill the year SGO A. D.
tboy wore printed on the bodios and
clothing of the workmon who wore
employed lu rebuilding the Tomplo of
Jerusalem.
A horsoshoe was found indelibly
marked ou the nook of a young man
lu Cuba who was struck doad by
lightning near a houso upon the walls
of which a horseshoe was nailed.
lu 1853 a little girl was standing: at
a window nonr which stood n young
innple troo. A flash of lightning
all nek eltlior Iho girl or tree, or both,
nnd tlm Imiign of Iho Ireo wna found
printed 011 her body. In nnulhor ouae
a b"y was climbing n Iron to stonl a
bird's 1101, whim ho wns struck by
lightning nud Iho troo whh the bird
and Iho noat npponrnd upon his back.
A Demi Man's Knee.
About half nu hour before thn train
reached Maker City 1 happened lo look
up from my book uud iiotleod tho
man on Iho snat ahead of mo, which
was turned an Unit ho was riding back
ward. His f.uo waa pain, Id tenth
clinched, and ho Imd both bands
pressed on bis heiirl. I ran for some
wnler, but boforo I relumed ho bad
fallen over. I helped him up, gave
him water, nnd llieu whiskey, nud
presently he nskod :
"Am wo near linker City?"
"Vim; within n few nillos."
"I'leaso ralso Iho window."
"What's tho trouble?'' I naked.
"Something about tho heart, l'lnnv)
font lu my hip pocket. Do you llnJ a
revolver ihuro?''
"Yes."
"1'ull It out nnd soo If It is ah
right."
"There nro six cartridges hero, nnd
Iho weapon seems to bo lu perfect
ordor."
"Thanks. Turn 1110 lo llio window
so. Now glvo ma Iho gun."
"llut you can't bold It."
"1'vo got lo. Thill's llio whisllo fot
linker, Isn't It?"
"Yoa."
"Thou you'd bolter move bnck a
sent or two. A thousand thanks for
nil your trouble
I moved bnck, having a dim suspi
cion of troublo ahead, but not soolug
hov i c'oiilii iiilerfcro. As tho Iruin
rnn slowly In'.o tljo depot jio pulled
bnclc tlio luiiiincr nlid lihcod Iiluiiolf.
At It stoppod bo made a in vo of bis
wrist nnd hand, ultorod n groan, nnd
just then llieio woro loud cries ou Iho
platform. All of ua ran out of tho
ear. A man wna being buhl by two
others, whllo a third I111J tukou bis pis
tol nnd was saying 1
"That's nil right, Tom, but It's 110
u so lo shoot a doud man!"
I looked up nt Ilia enr window.
Tlioro sat my fcllow-travollor, eyes
closed, jaw down,' nud the mark of
douth so plain on his face that nil
could rend It. Ill finger wna on thn
trigger of his pistol, nud tho barrel of
the weapon rested on Iho window sill.
Douth had 001110 to him whllo Ida Au
ger pulled nt Iho trigger In send aomo
ono clo Into olornlty. Now York
Sun.
Woman.
What Is woman for?" So nskod
Dr. L. F. Ilryson ut tlio annual moot
ing of tho American Social Kulouoe
Association at Saratoga on August 30
18'Ji.
She I for soul, for thought, for
lovo, for bewitchment, for romance,
for bonuty, mid for man, S!io Is for
Ibis world und for other world. Slio
Is for all tlmo nud nftor tlino. 8I10 I
for memory und for hopo. Slio 1 for
droums boautooiis. She is for pootry
nnd nit. Slio Is for Iho ftillllmout of
tho human imagination. Slio Is for
tho household und bur mate. Slio 1
for ovcrylhing that I worth anything.
Slio 1 for lifo. Slio I for faith. She
is for earth nnd houvcu. Slio Is for
summer nnd for winter. Slio is for
tho glory of tho world, which would
bo lutolornblo without hor. She is for
nil ilollcacy nud daintiness. Slio 1 for
youth, for mid llo ngo, for old ngo.
She U for Iho morry-hoartod and for
tho woary-foolod. She Is for light.
She is the crown of creation, tho con
sumtnuto masterpioco of nature. It
wna Robert burns who, iu an hour of
ecstasy, snug:
"Au'd Nature swettrs, the lovely dears,
Her nohlcftt work iho classes, U
Her prentice ban' she tried on man,
Aud then she made the lua-es, 0!"
"Whut is woman for?" cries Dr.
Bryson, whllo standing up before the
American) Social Soionco Association.
The Is not for analysis by the chemi
cal methods of tho mombers ot that
body. Slio is not for the monoculous
inspection of a lot of delegates assem
bled In convention. She Is not for
thi gratification of social curiosity.
She is not for sclouce nlono. Oh, no,
not Slio la for those only who sur
render their souls wholly to her magic,
and throw theinaolvos unreservedly at
hor foot New York Suu.
The lieason of It.
Gny I see Ihoy'vo boen having a
colobratlou in the town in which vou
live. What was the ocenslou?
Grimm I don't know. I do not
live there now. I moved away a week
ago, ,
Gay Oh I I understand. Ther bad
the colobratlou six days ago. New
York JVeis.
PL A ill,; OF THOUGHT
riiimll sins cnusn great sorrows.
There I no rlvor of life in the land
of death.
It doesn't Inko any ability at all to
bo a growlor.
Success nnywboro requires slnglo
neat of purpose.
Tho moment you kill fnlth yot
break nil the banks.
l'ooplo who curry siiushiuo witfe
them nro nlwnys welcome
A doubt la Iho benvlost thing yoo
can pick up nud try to carry.
Troublo always runt lo moot the
mini who goes out to bunt It.
Ono of tho cnaleat thing to boiieve
Is 11 pleating lie about 0111 solves.
Confession of iu Is Impossible until
there 1 a willingness to foraltko It.
Tlio woman who novor lakes any
Intel cat lu iho fashions noods luodl
line. No man prnya In enrnoU who does
not woik with lust as much eurnesU
lies.
Tho wny lo qualify youraolf to do
grnnt thing is to bo faithful III little
UlleS.
Tho man who lends oilier people la
tho one who Is not afraid lo wulk
alone himself.
If you hnvo never bcon In ndvorslty
you bnvo never found out who your
real friend nro.
Tlio best thing lo do when wo enn
not sea In any other direction Is to
look straight up,
Tho nnn who think thnt nifty bo ho
will run when ho got Into battlo will
bo prolly npt to do It. - ;J
Thnro Isn't n sin on enrth but what
bront boa freer when It can get nn ap
parently good nnn o Indorse It. ,
Kvnry limo Iho soldier linndlcs bit
musket In drill it bus aomethli g to do
with the wuy bo will hntidio it In bat
tle. A dog disguised in n lamb skin may
look liko a sheep, but ho will tell you
what ho Is tho minute ho get sight of
n bono. Indlnnapolls (Iml.) Ultra'
Horn.
The Difference,
Somo eighteen years ngo thoro IIvool
In a thriving llttlo city In central
roiinaylviiiila n prominent lawyer,
wiih a bountiful young duughtor.
This girl had ninny ndmlrors, but tho
most fnvorod ono wna a young bank
clork, a bright, Intelligent young man,
In every wny worthy of tho mnldou
lovo of this bonntioue girl. Ills woo
lugs prospered, and In course of tlmo
tboy plighind troili and tho woddlng
day was fixed, llut before the happy
day arrived n misunderstanding nrose
between tho lovers, but Itprovod more
serious thnn a "InvuiV quarrel," and
both bilug vorypn.ud nud no I tho r be.
lug willing lo coucodo lo tho 01 hor,
they drifted further and furlher apart,
until nt Inst all hopo of a reconciliation
wna pnsl.
With tho loss of hor lovor the young
girl lost nil hopo of happlnoss In Ibis
life, nnd In a moment of dcspnlr slio
took Iho veil uud has sinco dovoted
her life lo tho sorrlco of God and suf
fering humanity. Slio Is nursing the
sick In a Washington hospltul.
Not so wiih tho young man. He
soon coiisolod biuiBolf for tho lots ol
ono sweetheart with tho love of sn
ot hor, and lias for yours been tho head
of a happy family, ilo enlorod public
lifo and roso rapidly from ouo posi
tion to another until ho was chosen lo
roprosnnt his poople iu Ihocongroas of
the United Slates, and now occupies
u seat iu iho south wing of tlio mag
nificent structnro on Capitol llilL
New Y'ork World.
A Fine Legal Point.
Tho tramp wns beforo tho examining
court for stealing a horso.
"Guilty or not guilty?" asked the
court.
"Not guilty, Yir Honor," was the
prompt response.
"Worou't yoa caught riding the
horso?"
"Y'es, Tor Honor."
"Did you buy hi in?"
'No, Ycr Ilouor."
"Or bi-rrow htm?"
"No, Yor Honor."
"Then you must have stolen him."
I didn't, Ycr Honor."
"What do you call it, thon?"
"I don't know, Yer Honor," and thtj
prisoner was puzzled. "It's this way:
I was golu' along tho road aud tho
horse wus golu' tbo same way, an' I
just got on him an' rid him. Now,
if I had got ou lil in an' rid him t'othor
way you might call that slealln'; but
I didn't. Now, what do you call it,
Yer Honor?"
The Court took It under advia
meot fDotroIt Free Press.