Mnnnrtse.
. 1 see a slrrtrh of shining ky
Like sonic fair ocesn sunsct-llt;
Peaceful unci wide lis spaces lie.
Ami purple shores encompass It.
A lit I Ic slender silver boat
, Vpon Its bosom Is alloat.
This craft, unstayed hv winds or thles,
Hhps out across (lie twillht bar:
Tliniuuh rosy ripples soft slie li'les,
Led by n sinule pilot stsr;
Willi shailmvy sails aifl filry crew,
Mic drifts nlimn the summer blue.
Sim s filled from stem to strn with flowers,
Anil Love, ami Hope, trnl llippini's.
Will sunlit of wtinr she hrnls he ours'.'
Ah. mi'! if wp ronlil only mics-!
Mio rides elusive unit rein ilr.
This liltle Sli'llill'r SlIlIT built.
The Spco'.ntur.
II,
The Girl I Left Behind Mc."
Ono rainy l-iv in tlio lalo winter of
I8S2 I found myself bag and burgage
on lln) railway platform tit Urn ml
.linn; ion, Colorado. As I In" train les
soned in tin) distance I look il survey
of my surroundings. Not n (run, not
A t:-r of gins until which luOC(l
ns if il might ingulf one to bo muiie
tunc dug u j M4 mi unknown fossil
not u sidewalk visible except now
and llicn ttin uneven roiuains of n
brick pavement fust resolving ilsoif
lulo its n igitm! clay.
I liinl been 1 1 :i vdi tig- through tho
Wt, mill now on my woy liere I had
Mopped to seo oho vvlio wus my oKlcst
nud dourest fi iciid, tbu wifo of I lie
(utoorinloiulout of ii iiiinu on the head
waters of the Wliilo river. She litid
hied lo prepare mo for I lie discoui
form of I lie uiriiey nfier I should
leave 1 1 io I'tiili'ond, but 1 found no
words o mid describe it us vividly us I
nfierivni'iU felt it, mid I heartily
wished myself safe in tlic luxury of a
3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 :t ii and speeding eastward. How
over I pulled myself togothor :ind went
to 1 1 io agent lo usk when I lie htngo
would leave for Meeker, and found I
could not go (ill morning; to giving ii
hiiiiiII buy n quarter to carry my gti,
1 gingerly picked my way from brick
lo brick along the cnisciva y Unit led
to Hie (own proper.
Tlie next morning was clonr and
pleasant and 1 ho air bracing as wo
dragged laboriously on', nortli through
(lip n iniiNt bolloinloss clay roud.
Thcro wore no ollior passengers, but
two men and myself, io I turned my
intention lo I be scenery.
'J'lie iwi men iuid eyed me curiously
at lii'Ht mid l lion began talking of mines
and tlio various nrts nud tricks of the
inii-crmiulous to outwit. Ibe guilliblo
tenderfoot. Hut gradually lliey over
came tbuir appiireiil dilli Innco in ad
dressing a woiiiiiii and began after
true American t ; lo to want to know
all nImiiii my antecedents, and above
nil my reason for Inking such an uii-ti-iial
j money. When I told llicm I
expected to visit Mrs. I.'onfrow ut tin:
Tin Cup Mino ouo wliislled oxpres.
aivuly and said: "You bo likely to
slay all winter."
Why ?" I asued.
"IkcuUKe, If signs go for anything
there is going to be an evci lusting
snowfall before long."
All the discomfort of my join noy
was forgotten in tlio overflowing on
Ibiisitism of my woluomo. Over and
over again did "My Mtirgnret," as I
Imd culled tier in oldtimo school days,
rusli in from lior liillo log kitclien lo
Ktk mo if there was any thing she could
do lo oust) my aching bones. As 1
looked around I lie little rooms, tin
plastered save with grout dug from
ucighho iiig bills, I began lo appre
ciate Hie decorative possibilities of
dolled Swiss anil red ribbons, bldllicn
Margaret could (ind beauty to tilili.e
on the bleakest of desert isles. From
my neat by tlio 1111110 window I could
see I ho log mine buildings 011 liio
opposilo slope of Iho gulch and the
day bhi ft coining out like boos from a
hlvo and scattering to tlio various
ahnniios dotted along the side of the
stream.
As 1 looked Margaret can 10 and
looked over my shun dor und ex
claimed: "There's John," and then,
"Why, wind can be Iho mailer," for
just behind Willi 011 an Improvised
strotehor of pine boughs four men
wore carrying another, go stiff and
allll il did uot socui us If ho could bo
living.
Margaret said: "Help mo get a
bod ready," and by the time tlio 111011
reached the doorway with llieir bur.
don a bed was stripped to mattress
and shoots, and they bud laid him
upon it, whilo John said, briefly:
Au accident to Hie machinery. lie
la uot dead, but 1 don't know how
badly hurl.'
We soon found one arm and one
leg broken, but 110 evidence of other
Injury. Mr. Ileufrow, with the as
sistance of two of the men, who
through many year of Western lite
had learned a rough tort of surgery,
tot 1 ho limbs, whilo the womou wailed
the result In suspense. Through the
long night we watched besido the
poor follow for sonio signs of con
si'ioiisiicss, and toward morning
were rewarded by seeing him open
his eye and recognize Mr. lten
frow. Puriiig the weeks of nursing which
followed wo women had not much
lime to think of weaihor, bin my
friend at Meeker lint been n (rue
prophet, and the feathery flakes begun
to lull during the llrst liiulit after my
arrival and kept it up steadily for a
week, and tiail and canyon and side
slope were covered Willi a while pall.
We wore 11s securely shut up from
the out -i Id world as if we bad boon
walled around with adamant. Wliilo
one's sympathies cannot fly round tlio
world nilh the did; of the electric
medio, one naturally socks for sub
jocts of interesi iu tlio humdrum Lie
around, mid so 1 beitan to study our
charge as 1 sal beside him day BlLir
day. Not thai he seemed n ilillicull
subject or wrapped in any mystery,
but us be lav there swnllied in band.
tines he seemed lo lie intently thinking.
)no day be abrupt ly asked how long
since lie had been hurt. I told him
throe week. He turned bis head
away with a deep siijh and aitl no
more for a lew minutes. Thou ho
a-ked: "T.out how far Is it to Cairo,
III?" 1 said 1 didn't know exactly,
thousht nearly a thousand 111'lc-.
"Wish 1 was there," ho jerked out,
with an oll'orl.
1 began to suspect that "The girl I
loft behind me," was troubling him
and lie wan led lo talk about it mid
did not know how lo begin. Si I
rather baiitcriugly said: "Tell me
about her."
lie locked at mu Willi a look of
comical dismay, ami said "W hy, how
did you know and llicn said: "I
might as well loll somo one, though
there ain't much to tell. I used to
live down iu Cairo and was a roust
about on 11 Mississippi steamer. There
was another follow always worked 011
Hie saute gang with mo and we were
thicker than molasses in winter, lie
was as vain as a peacock and thought
lie was some 11110 when ho got on his
Sunday togs, mid he was a puily
sizable sort of a feller. Well, there
was 11 girl who lived down the river
a few miles, whose dad 1 11 11 a truck
liirm and sent garden sasttoSt. (Villi,
you know. Hank Simpson and mc
liuili mot Iter at a daneii one nlnht. I
go! introduced lirst ami danced twice
with her before Simpson dii',
and thou she danced several
limes will, It i lit, and when 1 come up
n ice to ask her she said she cotildu'l,
as she was going to dance with Mr.
Simpson. That made me hot and 1
went and told Hank he Was 110I lining
the fair tiling, not allowing her 11
dance with any one bill hint. lie
laughed ami said she didn't seem to
Hunk of any hardship. Well, wo
both got mad, and 1 told him 1 would
dance with her anyway, nud 1 went
back and nid Hank couldn't keep hi-
engagement. Moll, ho dance t wl:i
1110, but llnni; und me were enemies
and he did me every bad turn bo
could. Well, I used to go down the
river every Sunday to old man Leo's
place, and sometime found Hank
Simpson there, and hu went down
sometimes in the week. 1 couldn't
tell which of us K sie liked tlio best or
whether sho was fooling botli of us.
She was pretty enough for bolter than
us."
lloro a tender 110:0 crept into his
voice.
"I had lo go down on (ho boat, lo
Vicksburg, which would luko about
two weeks, us wo would liavo to wail
for a cargo. It was a regular purga
tory to me nil the, nnio 1 was gone,
for 1 was afraid Hank would get the
best of me, and 1 niado up my mind to
have it out when 1 got buck. Tlio
next Sunday 1 went down. I had
bought 11 ring In Vicksburg, with two
clasped hands holding a litllo gurnet,
lo givo lior, and thought may bo Hint
would help mo out. 1 found her iu a
liillo arbor In Hie corner of the gar
den. SI10 soeuiud glad to see me, but
she acted tlio tamo lo Hunk, so 1
couldn't toll uiiyliiing from that. She
asked me about the trip, and w tin tod
to know if 1 had lust my heart lo any
pretty girl Iu Vicksburg. 1 thought
It was now or never, to I said : "How
could 1 wlion I left it at home!"
"Who tool, care of It whilo you
were gone?" she asked.
" 'I'd liko to think you tl:d, I said.
I wish, KUle, you could make 1110 a
litllo better than Hunk Simpson.
You know bow much I euro for
you.'
"She lookod down and dug her
shoo Into the dirt anil said: JIow
should I? Von tievor told mo.'
'Wull I tell you now, and 1 can't
bear to think of Hank coining here
to toe you wbou I want you lo marry
I uin.'
"K slo looked a, mo and then said:
Why, Hob, I didn't know that you
meant anything. '
"Well, Miss Majors, she didn't
in iko much fuss whan I put my arm
around her and kissed her. I foil at
if I was In heaven und even felt sorry
for Hunk Simpson. 1 wauled to do
something great that would make me
wcrthy to have Klsio for A wife.
After she had given mo her promise I
didn't euro for Hank Simpson and
wasn't a bit Jealous of him. She totd
mo t I1.1t she h id begun to cure for mc
at Iho dunce bill had boon afraid to
cross I Link, as he bad such a temper.
"Maybu you waul to know why I
am away out bote. Weil, Klsio and
mo agreed that II was no use trying
to make any money to buy a home
working for day's wages on Iho river.
I heard dial good men In the mines
in Hie mountains got big wages, and
o I tlioili; it I would try. 1 went to
see l.lsio tlio night before 1 rinio
mvnr, and she cried and hiin to mo
till I almost lost my courage to go,
but I did. I have been bore a year
a yejjr now and saved a good deal.
I have written to Klie every limn any
one wont out to Mocker.aud had letiert
preliy often. We were lo have been
in n ried al Ktsior, ami now il is only
a month away, nud hero I am laid up
and snowed in, loo! What will Elsie
think when she don't hear from ma?''
The poor fellow turned bis bead
away witli lours In his eyes, lly way
of consolation, I said: "You may bo
able lo send a lofer soon."
"No," he said, "ihore's ten feet of
snow in White Canyon. "
lie seemed in tlio depths of misery
and I left him.
Two weeks slipped away, and the
weather was steadily cold, with occa
sional liiiht falls of snow, mid as Hob
Traver-ly looked out of bis litlie win
dow al the rounded outlines ot the
peaks I could seo that his heart was
far away witli tlio girl bo loved, per
haps thinking that bis rival was taking
advantage of his silence lo catch a
heart 011 the rebound. A week beforu
Lister the weather suddenly model
tiled. The snow melted rapidly ami
begun to disappear iu our little valley
and 011 the lower slopes of the moun
tain, l.vory now ami then on some
distant peak wc could see 11 slido coino
down, leaving 11 black trail behind.
A couplo of days before Ivistur two
ot the men hud announced their in
Imiiiou of trying to get lo Meeker.
Mr. Ilonfrow warned them lo bo caie
fill, and above all things not to get
caught in u slide. In Hie afternoon I
was sitting reading to Hob, who was
lying with bis tuco to the wall and
apparently not paying much at ton 1 ion.
Suddenly bo turned over.
"llavo 1 been asleep?'' ho asked.
"No. why?" 1 o-kel.
"I've boon dreaming awukn then. I
thought 1 heard lvsie's voice."
Then silting straight up in bed
without any regard for brokon legs,
In) ejaculated wiih the greatest aston
ishment and joy: "Elsie!"
I tin no I to tlio door, and (hero wni
the living embodiment of Iho pretty
girl whose piciuro DjI) kept under his
pillow. Hut only an instant tlio stood
I here, and then hud both arms around
Hob crying and laughing by turns.
It seems she had arrived at Meeker
II week before, but could get 110 0110
10 ven 111 10 with her through the snow
to iho Tin Cup Mino until iho fort 11.
naio arrival of the two miners, Tlio
only tiling that prevented a wedding
011 L ister was thai thero was no mill
Is'or nearer than Grand Juuclisii.
Omaha lice.
Arithmetical Progression.
The old bewlilskerod story with
which wo arc fdinlliar has ari-en, (his
linio in new form. Tlio yarn come
from Hiill'ilo, X. Y. A man con
tracted to furnish twenty bales ot rags
for 0110 cent for I ho Hint bale, two for
tlio second and four for third, etc.
Tlio contract was made in writing,
but after going homo and tig 11 ring out
what It would cost tlio buyer con
cluded bo didn't have such a snap as
lie imagined when iho bargain was
made, so bo lepudiuted it. The court
sustained him and refused to grunt a
Judgment.
The original of this tale Is that a
father otico agreed to lay up a com
petence for hit ton by depositing ouo
cent und doubling it every day for sixty
days. Ho hadn't the funds to curry
It out, for the sum total (don't Imag
ine Hint I luivo tijurod it out; it wus
0110 who hud moro time) would
amount lo $1,80 007,022,0111,93 1 88.
Suit Lake Tribune.
She CouluVt He.
Mits Peart Did yon ever look at
yourself iu the glass when you were
angry?
ttival Do lo No, I'm never angry
wheu I look lit the glass. New
York Weekly.
I0n FAU.M AMI t, AUDIO.
KKKI'TtIK MAMIKIt l-l l.t..
flotno agriculturists assert Hint It Is a
waste to have the horse's manger al
ways full of hay, and that it is best to
give tlio animal only as much as he
will cat up clean at each feeding time.
M'e do not think Ihal It Is wlso to Tollow
this plan. M Iho manger be always
full, but seo that the horso does not
waste any hay. Oftentimes tho lu.rse
nibbles at the hay long after his feed
ing lime, ami there Is no sense in de
priving him of what ho wanls.
American farmer.
mux sii.aiii; nut i viti;ninu catii.k,
Tim relative value of maize silage
and roots for making beef, has boon
Irle lby T. Shnw and C. A. Znvitz of
the Canada station at (iuclph. Six
grade steers wore fed in three groups
for live winter months. Corn silage,
cut limoiby hay, sliced ruin bagas and
slock beets, and a meal of equal purls
by weight of peas, oats and barley,
were fed three times per day. Tlio
results show 1I1 a silage mid meal alone
is not 11 safe ration for Mulshing
beeves, as loss of iippctllo nud death
may ensue, though 100 pounds gain
iu those thai live costs but (fli.'J'A.
Hay, slluge and meal I'm 111 11 safer
ration, inuiigli Iho animals fed upon
it, somotimcs refused ihcii' food. The
cost per 100 pounds of gain was
$10.43. Knots, hay and meal was the
safest ration, keeping the steers In
uniformly good health, though 100
pounds of gain cost 10.01. Ameri
can Agriculturist.
ki:ii.imis of SToxr. nit ir.
The opinion is often expressed nnd
tlio assertion is frequently made, that
tlio seeds of peaches, cherries and
plums will not grow if they ore not
exposed to freezing. Joseph Medum
very justly remarks that (hit opinion
is disproved by Hie fact that seedlings
arc raised iu countries where they
never have frost, and that a continued
supply of plouty of moisturo will
crack them freely. Tho remark may
be added, that a very common ul tempt
is made by poisons not nurserymen,
to raise seedlings from these seeds
after they have been kept for iiiou'hs
quite dry, after which they will uot
get inmate, lids remark applies 10
such seeds a thoto of the chestnut,
walnut, borsccliestiiutsaml stone fruits
cnerally, and wc frequently hear
complaints from tho'O who try to
raise chest nui trees from tho seeds
which havo been (It; ing for mouths,
that "they will not grow." if kept
continually moist from the time of
ripening till planting, thoro will be
no difllculty. Conn try (ienllcinuu.
aroxK nttiNs.
Stone, boing indes rucliblo, is a
good material for making druiiis,
when it is to bo procured on tho land.
Indeed, it will pay to put tho stones iu
drains merely us a way of getting
them oil' tho land and out of the way
of tho plow and h 11 row, and ot turn
ing them over and over every year.
Hut a stone drain must bo carefully
tuuitc; it will not do to dump tho
stones in ditches nud cover them mere
ly. To build a good drain proceed ns
follows 1 Muko the ditch wldo enough,
and at least thirty inches deep. Lay
a row of long, narrow stones along
each side ot tlio ditch, and cover them
wiih flat gtoius ns closely ut possible.
Fid all spaces with small ones and
thou lay on others to within n fool of
Iho surface, and cover with earth. It
is well to heap this over Iho drain lest
there may bo a hollow iu which water
may gather and sink straight down
lulo tho drain, making openings in Iho
covering and gradually carrying soil
down, and iu time lining the drain.
The water should novor go straight
down lulo any drain, but should sink
In Iho ground and come iu at tho bo:
loin. A drain laid iu this way will
pist n hundred years. Xew York
Timoi.
MAKIMl MAI'l.l; Kt'liAII,
Many maple-sugar makers say that
110 forolgu substance it needed tu
clarify tlio syrup. This, however,
can only bo true where the greatest
cure nn. I cleanliness bus bocu prac
ticed In gathering and storing iho sap.
iu old timet the tup was caught iu
troughs mudo by hollowing out small
logs and wus boiled 111 huge - open
kelilus oxposed to the suioku und cin
ders of open tires. No wonder the
sugtirs and syrup thus tuiidu were dis
colored Miidofieu to black at Iu bo al
most or quite jtnsalable. Now the
practice wiih the best makers Is to uto
covered pailt (tin ones being pre
ferred), tiielullio tap spouts aud pai.
ut evaporators.
The sooner the sap It boilod down
into syrup the lighter colored it will
be, and it must bo sklmuiod during
the 1 1 tno It Is being evaporated
The line, grayish sediment smnctimet
found In sap may bo removed by
stralniiiir Ihrounh flannel. The most
common form in which ninplo sugar
Is left by tho makers Iu tho sugar
bush Is In cakes. The syrup Is slowly
evaporated until of A consistency
whore it will become solid when void.
The cakes are made by tunning the
wa.m, thick syrup Into moulds of
diU'ereut kinds, In which form It Is
moro snlnbto ns a delicacy, for wnloh
purpose it Is now chiefly used, than
when stirred oil' Into the loose, granu
lar stale. It is needless to say much
f It is commonly largely ndulteintcd
by somebody before It reaches the
consumer. New Yoik World.
m iNt nr. t on mini ttns.
The feeding roots of fruit tires pc
deeper than dolhoso of ordinary farm
crops, and especially for mineral fer
tilizer. It. is likely, I hero fore, licit
when mineral manures have boon ex
hausted for orchard purposes the ex
haustion it much more complete Ihiin
il is witli grnin crops, llosldcs, ti c
Ireo requires for fodage nud wood
growth 11 much larger ration of min
erals than does mi onliiiory grain crop,
and if fruit Is to bo produced a still
heavier dressing must be given.
Hence, when n farmer has reported
thai mineral manures have uot set hi
orchard In bearing It It a fair pio
sumplioii thai lie lias not applied
enough. He has manured ns he would
for 11 grain crop. This may havo made
tho trees more thrifty, but without
making tlieni fiulii'n'.
Mosl of Hie successful nltcmpts tc
renoValo old apple orchards havo re
quired large amounts both nf mineral
and stable manures. J', is likely that
Hie hitter wus mainly e'llleienl in keep
ing tlio soil open uiid)supplicd with
carbonic acid gas, and Ihtii preventing
the mineral in initio from becoming
insoluble. Wlion vegetable mailer It
delicient, the tree roots cannot got Hit
boucllt of tlio mineral fertility that lh
toil contains. Old orchards often
sudor Huts, ami are made productive
again by supplies of stnblo manure
thai has Itself very litllo mineral
mailer, but makct available whnt tho
toil already contains.
There need be 110 fear of making
the soil around largo trees Iu full
bearing too rich. It young orchard
me fertilized or culiivaiod too highly
lin y will run to wood ; but iu ohloi
trees this extra supply of uutriiiieul
will, if the Iron bo properly pinned,
bo turned to tho proiliniion of a
richer and heller flavored fruit than
tlio larger specimens which very young
trees occasionally produce. lloslou
Colli rulur.
FAItM AMI I.AttKI V NOTES.
Si tilling chickens injure llioiu and
stunts tho growth.
incnlmior hatching requires a grout
dual of skill, patience and caie.
Do not feed growing chicks, even
at meal, line, when their crops are
full.
Tlio best brooder is one that pre
vents nil crowding of tho weak by the
strong.
Many of tlio ills of infauthnod may
bo easily I rued to Iho cow und its sur
rounding.
Pasturing witli sheep Is Ilia only
certain way of getting lid of the ox
eye daisy.
It Isn't cvoi y utio licit is adapted to
chicken raising, either by incubator
or iu Iho natural way.
Managing u lot ot newly hatched
chicks so thai they wou't nd perish it
no work for a novice.
Stagnant water poured in pools, il
drunk by the cow, will soon eltoct Hk
liver 1101 only of tlio vow but ot the
milk drinker.
As eighty. scvon per cent, of milk
is water, tho diiiryinan should see
Ihal cowt get none but tlio purest
waior to drink.
Thcro has been no end of disap
pointment us tho result cf rash at
tempts ut lunching th rco lo six hull
died egg 1 in uu incubator.
I'iue Trees on Volcanoes.
Kvory one who udmlres treo must
be interested in the result of Professor
lloilpriu't siudioi of Iho pities that
clothe tho tlopas of tho great volcanic
mountains of Mexico.
Thoie hugu peaks srem lo havo
pierced tholr way upward through a
mantle of pino forest, which clings lo
their sides up to a height of nearly
threo miles nud ihree-quurtvrs.
Tho vcrilcul range of the pino in
Mexico is remarkable. It is found
among Iho sun-loving piilin tree at the
tool of the mountains, nnd It stands
delimit of Iho cold close lo the porpel.
mil snows that cover their summits,
Youth's Companion.
Tlre.l.
The wind Is just a fnr-ntl vo:-)
Hcyoml Hip pale-Mue bound of sky 1
wfiiK 10 murmur or rejoice
I wateli the moments drifting hv.
So larxc the world, nnd nil. so clilll
The itront pale sky, the drlf'ln sito'.rt
flie lone'y wlml Is calling allll
Willi a voice of human woe.
Now all my Mud nmhlilons fanV;
The things I lioi for si-em so far:
r'rom work mice loved I shrink. nfrnM
l."st some tnis'ake that work should tar
Ai d till my Intultuis turn to this;
To hold one wcil liivcd hand, to know
The rest nf home, the sinlic, the kiss.
Ami Ii t the ureit world no.
- .l. K. Lolx rt-, in Churchman.
11 mourn.
Wulkinjr-siick A wooden leg.
Dealers Iu lard ought (o havo no
'liiliciiliy Iu rendering ll.clr accounts,
Maude -That ws n politic move of
Louie's. L'dla Yes, 11 kind of
u Charlotte life.
onsiunoe D you think she has
faith in him ? C. 111:1 Sue gave him
oimi ribbon to mulch.
"Aiv, do you think licit fashionable
women impi ci l.ito a rising young
man?'' "Yes, in street cars."
I see U uighpath has got down to
work. Ltgh linger Struck u nood
job, has he, for the wilier? "Yep;
winking out a 10" line."
Mamie Why do you think bo's en
gaged lo her? Maud Ilo lakes her
lo the I hea tie in 11 sired car now nnd
ho used to have a carriage every lime.
Villi know Uigplice, the groal cor
poral ion lawyer? Well, thieves
brok'! into his houso last night."
"And did '.hoy gel nway with much?"
"Yes, with their lives."
McKiiildeu (wlio lias ordered a cn;
of lea) D 1 yi. knpe open all Height?
Waitei Yes. M.I. Well, tr. had
boner watch tho lay, for ll looks
puny weak 1111' ()i think It'll dio bo
fore moriiln'.
lin e b'u Old (enlleniati (pulling
head out of four-wheeler that is
crawling uloiig at an tiiiconsciubln
pace) Suv, cabby, we're not going to
a funeral! Cabby (promptly) No,
iiud wo ain't going to 110 bloomin' lire,
oitl.er.
"I can't understand il." said Mr.
liowguw nl tho gas elllco. "Last
month my bill was $1(1 and this
mnli'h it Is $1K. I haven't burned a
bit moro gas this mouth il.nu I did Inst.
Now how in Iho name of honesty do
you account for Ilia ?' "You didn't
pay lust mouth's bill," "aid tlio cleik.
Hoys Are u Mjsterj,
Lx-liov. Ciilleiidcu and Senator
ticorgo (i. Vest were silting iu front
of tho Midland liotol, talking over
the old days of Center College, Dan
ville, Ky., from which institution
botli ot them were graduated, says
Ilia Kansas City Times. Tlioy tpiko
ot Iho many young men who had
gone forth fiom Iho university and
had grown famous, the moil ot tlicm
iu politics.
"1 wus back at Danville n few j oins
ago," laid tho (inventor, nud hud u
talk Willi old Piof. Ileal i. 1 asked
him who win lliu mosl rcmnik iblo boy
lie evor bad under him iu tlio -cliool.
" 'There were two rem likable
boys.' ho said. -One of llicso wus re.
murkablu iu his school life. 1 thought
I1I111 a marvel and expected Hint boy
to reach lliu highest posil'on iu tho
laud. The oilier was 11 very ordinary
boy iu icliool, and I did iiol tools for
much fiom him.
' 'Tho hitter boy was John C.
Ilroi kinriile, Senat ir, Yicc-l'residciit
ami at one I'mo candidal) tor tho
Piesiduncy. Tlio 111:11 vol is now
touching iu n deaf aud dumb tisyliiiu.
Iu your class of Iwenty-livo boys,
(iovorno:', 1 did not think I hero was
111 Mi: 1 1 brillancy, and did not think that
11 man in Hut illast would evor risj
very high, nud now thlliocii of them
arc occupying prominent positions. I
hare given il up; I can't tdl 11 thing;
ubout boys thuy'ietl mystery.'"
llolh Hud Married Well,
Tlio lute Dukt) Maximilian, father
of 1 1 10 Empress of Austria, wus one
of lliu most simple and alia bio of men.
Ouo day at ho wai travelling on Iho '.ruin
between hit country residence und
Vienna, ho fell in Willi a banker trout
Stuttgart.
"Aro you going to Vienna?" a.kod
the Duke.
Yet; to oi my dnuglitor. Sim liaa
pist been married."
Ah!" said tho Duke, "mine ha
pitl been married also. Was it 11 good
inalch?"
"Kxcellontt And that of your
daughter?"
Not bad oilhor."
"My daughter married the btxnksr
lioldsohmldi."
Mine Hie Kmporoi' of Amlrta."
Harper's H u.ir