Title Hoar! I
tl.ilfnf our human Ills
Have a color tony :
Winter bring the rblll
But Its fires are cosy !
Let tho winds of winter blow!
There nre daisies 'nontli the nit w.
When the lightning rends
Nkles th lit to love in
fioft a rainbow Iv-ams and Is-nds,
Ami makes light atiove us!
t.-H the blsck skim w irk their will.
No Ood's raln'iowsspantliem still!
-T. I,. HrAXTox In Atlanta Constitution.
Tho General's Canary-Bird.
BY CLARFXCK rrLf.Rsj,
Shadows wero gathering in tin
Horse Crock Valley a tho February
day drew to an end. A frosty chill
was creeping into the nir tlmt had been
so genially warmed nil tho afternoon
by the Him now sinking behind the
distant Hooky Mountain peaks.
On the rolling, drab-tinted prairie
wero to bo Boon two upright figures
between two patches of gray. They
wore. shepherds, going homeward with
tlioir flocks. Two cow-boys, loping
their horses nlong a ridge, moved as
silhouettes against tho wintry sky.
Throe mon who lmd lioon building a
wire fence about tho hay meadow wore
walking up tho Crook Valley j Imlf i
mile behind them rode n hunter, loud
inn two packhorses with loads of ante
lope skins.
Far to the north a teamster urged
his mulct, as if fearful of being be
lated. The jioint toward which all theso
figures w ere moving was an uupaiittcd,
watlier-beiiton building, about which
stood a stable, haystacks and corrals.
It faced pleasantly to tho Kouth, and
c imtaaiuliid a long valley view.
Through its open door catno a hearty
baritone voice singing of "My Sweet
Highland Mary," with varying accom
paniment of rattling dishes ami stove
irons and tho grinding of coffee.
The song ceased. There was n
moment's silence. Then a caged can
ary within tho ro.ni chirped, twit
tered and trilled into a melody, full
round and sustained, that subsided to
a warblo and died away in a luullitln
oils rpiaver.
The first who had ruing was the
veteran plainsman, Jim Slieriilan,
commonly known as "the General. "
Ho was a short, wiry, florid man with
a largo head, thick, yellowish hair,
aquiline features, and a gray, soldier
ly moustache. Tho General was mov
ing actively about a largo cooking
range, preparing an abundant supper.
Busy though ho was, he stopped his
work a moment to clap his hands and
shout :
"Bravo, Pick! You're the priuer
donner of the cattle country !"
After a visit to Colorado Springs,
ths General had astonished tho ranch
mon by bringing home with him tho
cage and songster, a bag of canary
seod, and a "flsh bono" for tho bird
to peck at. Ho hung tha cage from a
rafter of tho uncoiled room, and there
were no bounds to tho care lie be
tstowod on the small malo bird, which
survived, throve, aud sang most
sweetly.
Tho lamps had been lighted when
the ranchmen, having gathered in.
doors, snt dowu at the long table and
fell to hungrily. After the rattle of
knives and forks had subsided, the
canary struck np his song again. In
the midst of rough talk, tobacco smoke,
the clink of spurs and the show of
w eapons on every hand, he was as
happy as if his cage swung in a fine
lady's boudoir.
Some one stopped out upon tho ver
anda, leaving the door open. From
the darkness without came the long
wailing chorus of gray wolves.
"Sassy, ain't they?" said Ed Dyer.
"We'll have to get up a hunt for cni."
The . General was examining the
loaded magazine rifle of tho antelope
hunter, when the bird-cage door(
which had in some way become un
fastened, swung open. The men saw
a tiny flash of yellow as the canary
flew across the room and out through
the open doorway.
General Jim, still holding the maga
zine rifle, darted after his pet with a
yell of dismay. The others rushed to
the veranda just in time to see the
cook's check flannel shirt, blue trousers
aud slippers disappear in the darkness.
"Leave us a look of your hair, Gen
eral 1" roared Ed Dyer ; bat the Gen
eral made no reply.
The men had returned to tho
kitohon, when galloping hoofs were
board. In a few moments Tom Step
man, whose pluce adjoined the Horse
Creek Ranch, stood in the doorway,
breathless and speechless. His eyes
searched the room,
"What's the matter, Tom? Is any.
thing wrong?" said out, '
"Have any of you seen my little
Oily?"
The men looked blankly at one an- J
oinor. most 01 inemnni K.'eu lom
Htopmnn's sweet-faced little seven-year-old
dtitstliter, itlivlii. For a mo
ment no one spoke. Then MeClure,
tho c U'ponter, said :
"No, Tom. Hhe hasn't been round
hero. Thar' nothing wrong, I hope?
Yor hain't lost her, have yer?"
"Yes, she's gone I I had her with mo
this aft.-ruoon. On my way homo
from Hiver Bond tho wagon broke
down about throe miles from my place.
'Oily,' s.iys I, 'would you ruthor walk
in, or wait hero till I ride in to the
ranch for my spar' wagon?' She did't
want to walk, so I left her. 'Twas
sundown afore 1 got back there, an'
my little girl win gone."
"G..n;.!"
"Yes, gone clear away. I rode to
right nn' I rode to left, anT called an'
I called an' yelled, but thar caino no
answer. Then I thought she might
h ive headed for your light, an' rode
over to see if shu'd turned up here.
My wife's oxpeetin' us every minute
She'll be plumb crazy when I have to
toll her that Olly's strayed off."
"Boys," said Sir. SleCltire, reach
ing for his spurs, "thir'a but one
tiling for us to do start out nud find
that littln gal."
The men hurried on their revolvers
and s;mrsj caught and saddled horses
at the corrils, and soon were sweeping
the country westward above the trail
between Morse Creek and Ktepmnn's
ranch in the forlorn hope of finding
tho lost child. Out from tho darkness
to the north came tho ominous howl
ing of wolves.
Oily Stepmaii, for a time, had waited
contentedly enough for her father's
return. Then she desponded from the
wagon to the ground, and began to
starch for a "lady warrior," the white
flower that comes when spring begins
to green the buffalo-grass roots.
Walking with eyes bent downward,
she pasted over tho brow of a ridgo
and on into the hollow beyond. Thero
Oily found a "lady warrior," but lost
her direction completely.
On goiu to the top of the ridge
that she supposed she had descended,
she could see nothing of tho wagon.
Bare prairie was about her in every
direction. She kept on walking ; alio
meandered unconsciously; she gained
one eminence after another, only to
look around in vain for th missing
wagon. And Dow the dimness nud
chill of nppronching night wore in the
air. How strange the prnirie ridge
looked in the twilight.
Oily stopped in the sandy bottom of
ono of the deep gulches which tho
Mexicans cnll nrroyos. Before her
was a high steep bank with an over
hanging top. Tired and discouraged,
sho sat dowu upon a heap of fallen
sods beneath the bank.
Sho was too much at homo upon tho
plains to be very much fright
ened, and she was confident that her
father would t-oon find her. . Still sho
cried. Tho more sho cried the more
sho felt like crying. From tho long
fit of weeping she was suddenly startled
by the rustling of an approaching ani
mal. Could that bo Jip, tho house
dog?
"Jipt Jip!" said Oily, joyfully.
No, it was too large for Jip. Thoso
upright ears, tho pointed nose, and
tho gray, shaggy hair were not Jip's.
Oily gazed at her visitor for a moment
before sho realized that tho beast be
fore her was a gray wolf.
As tho child started up with a
shriek, tho cowardly beast stopped,
turned tail, stopped Agaiu, then set
down on his haunches, faced her.lifted
its nose, and gave a long howl. Know
ing that to attempt to run away would
be useless, tho trembling child waited
iu helpless horror for the death to
come.
With auswering how U shadowy forms
came sneaking down the gully ono
by one, and the wolves ranged
themselves iu a semicircle facing tho
little girl. With the bank behind her
she gazed despairingly on the long,
sharp teeth, and grinning jaws of her
circle of enemies. They were at the
point of springing upon her when
with a rattling down of earth and sods,
a heavy body crashed over the bank
and landed directly at Olly's feot. It
was the General.
He had run from the ranch in eager
pursuit of bis bird. Again and agaiu
he almost grasped the yellow spot that
rose and fell iu the moonlight. Home
times bis foot came down upon the dry
disks of the prickly pear, w hich pierced
his thin slippers. . Sometimes be
stumbled into a prairie-dog bole, and
measured bis leugth upou the
ground.
But Dick always waited till tho pur
suit began ouoe more. T,he oauary
seemed to be playing a gams with its
owner.
On and on went the General for
mile, now following at full run aloua
flight of bird, and again stealing for
ward with catlike tread as tho little
fugitive perched upon some prairie
weed as if waiting to be taken. But
always when the pursuer was near tha
canary renewed its flight.
Ho tho chase wont oil until, at last,
tho bird disappeared. Incautiously
hurrying forward, tho General felt the
ground give way beneath his feet.
Next moment he tumbled heels over
head into a gully with soft sand at tho
bottom.
He got upon his foot and felt him
self over to make sure that no bones
wore broken. Iu tho darkness of the
gulch he could hoar tho scurriug awny
of several nnimals. Ho picked up tho
rifle he had dropped in his tumble, nud
looked about him.
"Wolves, eh?" said the General.
"Just show a mark, will ye?"
But the wolves seemed to think that
would be foolish conduct.
"It's a pretty trap that Dick led mo
into," said tho General. "I'va seen
tho last of him, sure enough. It's the
worse for himself, for tho hawks '11 got
him tomorrow sure, if the weasels
don't tonight. Serve the little fool
riht for running away from his
friends."
The General was looking ruefully
up the stoop bank, twelve or fifteen
foot high, when he hoard the sobbing
of a chiid.
"Who's there?" cried tho amazed
man.
"Mo!"
"Whore arc vou?"
"Here."
Tho Gen Tal moved a few st ps be
fore he saw a small girl who cowered
close by the dark bank, shivering with
cold and terror, and trying hard not
to cry aloud.
"Why, if this isn't a little girl out
here alono !" he cried. "What brought
you here?"
"I'm Oily Stepman, Sir. General,"
sho whimpered. "I lost my way. I
thought when you came tumbling
down that you were you were -I
didn't know what you were!"
' "No wonder," ho said, laughing
cheerfully. "Now, Oily, you shall go
to tiio Horse Crook Ranch right away
with mo, and get some supper. Thou
we'll send you homo to your folks.
Come, come, that's enough of crying
There's a brave girl !"
"May I see your bird when wo got
there?" faltered Oily, whoso tears
wore drying. She had once behold
tho famous canary of tho Horse Crock
Hanch, nud greatly longed to see it
again.
The General groaned. For a tiiro
he hail forgotten the loss which Olly's
words recalled. But he had scarcely
begun to tell her the doleful story of
the bird's escape when small wings
fluttered close to his fnco, and Dick
flow to his familiar roost on the Gen
eral's head. The bird, already wear
ied of its freedom, had returned to its
master of its own accord !
"If Dick isn't ready to go homo
with us!" he whispered, joyfully.
With a amidon movement, he caught
the bird iu a secure but tender grasp.
"Well, little one!" ho cried, joy
fully. "I'm glad to have you back.
You've "
A tpiiek rustling of the sand up tho
dry creek channel drew his attention.
Ho thought he could see tho gleam of
eyes and vague shapes of animals.
"Here, dear, hold Dick now," said
the General, gently placing the ciiunry
iu tho child's hands. Don't let him
fly away wheu the ritto speaks. We've
got to toll those wolves that they cau't
have little Oily this time."
Ho threw tho repeating ritle to his
shoulder, aud its muzzle spouted flame
to the ringing crack, crack, crack, of
six shots sent iu tpiiek succession
among tho wolves. With loud yelp
ings the puck bounded awny, nil but
oue, which rolled ami tumbled about
on the sands in his death struggle.
The searching party heard the shots,
and hastened toward the sound. They
were met by the General leading Oily
Stepman, who was carryiug the canary
with great care. The first man to learn
the good news fired bis pistol ; the
man repeuted the signal, and thus, in
a few seconds, it was kuown among all
the searchers that the little girl was
found.
Tom Stepman came at a gallop,
reckless of road ami darkuess, to catch
up and kiss bis daughter, and thank
tho General iu such words as he could
summon in bis joy and excitement.
"Gen'ral," be said, "I believe thai
yaller bird o' yours knowed he wat
a-goin' to take you straight to my
daughter when be flew out ou the
prairie. He's little, but Jiminy I be'i
got sense aud fueliu' that ud do credit
to an ostrick with legs seven feet
long." Youth's Conipsniou.
Iu the United States there are said
to be 670,000 Freemasons aud C30.00C
Odd Fellows,
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
AT CANE RIVER.
tad Scenes That Cstne to a Voterau'l
Notice There.
Dl'IMNU ths first
artillery duel be
tween lbs Union
t ..... r.a r. a r I ... I
lane mver. i.e.,
in, i inline, April,
VjiSL v 1 IS14, there ceme a
" o rN f . young neirro to
one of our Uener
rrsls who toll!
him of a ford a
short distance
down the river
where we could
cross and ome
up In the rear of
the rebels.
W'efs iiirtoftlie Niiifff nth Corps and
the remnant of Hie thirteenth Coipi) were
soon on the msich for the nid ford, which
we found suit commenced the psmnge of.
Bow cold that water ' Hut we put arms,
ammunition end "iub ' a'inre our head
and succeeded in wiiciinn s. ro-s anfelr and
cumniencvd our march in llneuf battle up a
long, low bin IT t hick It covered with trees,
fallen longs snd xnderbru'li.
At the stittmitt of the hill, or bluff, we
surprised the rebel rear-guard who tired s
few shuts and ttstUKi on a run lnwu the
opposite elope turn snd scroti a little v alley
wiiout one hall mile iu width, closely pur
sued by the Ninetis-nth Corpi burs, who
were ordered to chance thein.cloeljr follow
ed by our (Thirteenth Corps) boys.'
During this chance, and while the Thir
teenth I'orpa was ImIIhwIiik closely upon the
heels of the Nineteenth Corps, 1 esmo upon
s little dry run with here snd there quite
IiIkIi banks and put ss I crosed this run I
met two men wit hswoii'ided comrade from
e line Maine regiment. I helped them to Ret
him Into the run behind one of the high
banks for protection snd got our Atsistsnt
Hurgeon, Dr. . H. Vo:d, to come and dress
his wound. This comrade was stint In the
forehead; his brains wete nor.ing out of tho
wound snd the note, lie kept slicing the
lioctor if heihniiuht he would live It seems
he was the only son of s widowed mother,
who, together with one dsuglilsr. were
dependent upon him for support, lie told
the Doctor that he had s few dxys before
received a furlough for 30 or IU days to go
home and visit mother and sister.
Although to used and hardened In scenes
of this kind, it is as vividly impressed upon
my mind as though but yesterday. Of
course we know that there were thousands
of Just such cases, but they seldom fell un
der tbe notice of sny one man, hence were
not so realistic to hi in.
There ii also one other, little episode of
which I would like to spe'ak connected with
tbia aame battle. After having crossed this
valley, and while ascending a very ateep
bluff, heavily covered with timber, brush
and rocks. I found a wounded rebel sitting
with bis back against a tree. I heard him
cursing and groaning. I got Comrade ('. A.
Lsngdon, lifer of my company, to go with
me and tee who he was. When 1 got to
him I asked him where he was hit. His re
ply was: "In mf stomach." He was con
scripted from Richmond Vs., and lent away
down In Texaa snd Louisiana, so he could
not easily get away. At least, that was his
version of It. lie told Comrade l.sngdon
and me that be had a wife and two children
back in Klctimoud, but had not beard a
word from them for over two years.
We Hied him up as comfortable as we
could, gave hlni n canteen ubout half-full
of water and as we turned to leave hiro be
told us that he would like to ask a favor of
us. We aaid to be quick about it, as tbe
troops were getting quite a long wsys from
us. He thereupon pulled out a "house
wife" such as our mothers, sisters and
sweetheart! used to make fur us.wlilch con
tained the pictures of his wife aid two
children. That and a few trinket! that ho
bad saved to send some day In his wife and
two children he handed to Comrade l.sng
don snd asked him, if be lived until after
the war was over, to aend to his wife.whnse
name and address was upon the back other
picture. After this we left him to die.
After the war was over and we came
horueComradel.angdon wrote to the address
and received s very nice letter in return
with Instructions where and how to send
the trinaets. K. A.C'kaM'Ali,, iu "National
Tribune."
WHAT A "VETERAN" IB.
A Nine Month's or More First linllst.
ment Necessary to a Beoond.
A question of Interest to soldiers and
sailors of tbe late war. and to enlisted men
oi the Kegular service will soon be decided
by the Navy Department, "ft relates to
the preference which appointment officers
must show according to law to "veterans"
v. ho h live passu I satisfactory examinations
for appointment to positions under tho
Government.
An employe of the Navy yard brought
the question to the attention of Secretary
Herbert. He bad been refused "preference '
by a naval ottlceron the ground that bis
service in a Maine regiment from eaily in
M to the eml of the war did not entitle
him to classification as a veteran.
Tbe question has never been definitely
decided although many opinions have been
rendered by various Government ofllcera.
aud the Navy Department has secured all
of these, and also informal opinions of
other persons In authority. Tho War De
partment, Webster's Dictionsry, and tbo
becoud Auditor of the Treasury practically
agree as to the definition and If these three
authorities have weight in determining the
question submitted to Secretary Herbert,
many applicants for employment under the
Navy Department, at least, will be affected.
Webster says that in the United Htates a
veterun is one who bat served one enlist
ment during tbe civil war and bad r e-eu-listed.
In an order issued In 1801 tbe War De
psrtmeut taye "men who have served for
not lest than nine montht ecu bt re-onlisle.i
at veteran vulunteert."
Tbe present .Second Auditor of tho Treas
ury givet an Informal opinion than to bo
enrolled as a veteran requires two enlist
ments. Th soldiers mutt have served a,
least nine months of tbe first enlistment,
snd then re-enlisted for three years or
during tbe wsr. The chief clerk of the
Penaioi Office alto holds that two enlist
mtnti s.e required.
'i'rattno on our interna Waterways.
The magnitude of the trafflo on the
Important inland waterways of the
United States is well illustrated by the
following comparison: The Pennsyl
vania Railroad, on the 45') miles of its
main line, the world's greatest freight
carrier, had a trafflo of tju,036,245 torn
In 1S93, a sum a little larger than the
freight on the Great I akes and New
Yrrk canals. The Reading's main lino,
327 miles in length, had a trafflo of
10,625,48'.! tons, ntarlv the same as the
Hudson River. Tbe Now York Central
and Hudson River Railroad carried on
the 849 miles of IU roads 20, 473,879 tons,
practically the equivalent of the trafflo
on the Mississippi River and its tribu
taries. The total tonnage c n these
three trunk lines, whose ocmbined
length U 1,61 5 miles, was 114.135.o5S
t :ns; the four waterways named carried
very nearly the tame amount 112.
410,233 tons
Hicks Jovet 1 came near giving
you one of Mr. Barton's cards Instead
of my own. Car Dat's all right,
sun. Ef yo' sen' up Mr. Barton's
card, Mlns Pollv sho' to come down.
1 SfSX
1
; KEYSTONE STATE CULMS
RI.00PID ItORtC Sl'RNFD TO St ATM.
The bsrn on the Keystone stock farm, In
Manor township, near Klttannlng, owned
by Dowser tlrot., was destroyed by fire.
Twenty-two horses perished and two men
made a narrow escape. Tbe Are It attribut
ed to Incendiarism. The lost Is put at I JO,
000; Insurance t0ol. of the horset burn
ed, those best known were Montaigne 2.27 1:
f'blmbrlno 2.21. Halleck, half miler. l.lll;
Juanlta 2.2l; Major Mont, Ozelma, J. O.
Wilkes and Jay (lee, 2.87.
Rit.t.r.n ii r a mematurk Kxri.nt.ios
Ilot.LitiAVsnt'Ro Miles Kennedy, chief
blaster In the Juniata limestone quarries at
( nrlln, was blown to atoms by a prema
ture esploalon In the quintet. If it brother,
Itussell Kennedy, toui hed the button of the
electric battery, not knowing that Miles
was at the dangerous end of the line. The
dead man leaves a wife and four children.
TUB t'ffKMPl.OVKU AT HARRItHPRll.
HtRRtsnrsu (llibert Mct'suley, presi
dent of the Harrisbura benevolent society,
ssyt of the 13,0Qi) wsge earners In Ham
burg and Bteelton at least 7.A00 ara working,
half time sndli.OOQsre out of employment.
Of the 8,000 unemployed the Harrisbura,
benevolent society it providing for between
0.0 snd 1,000 persons.
MI'lltllKRIA AT NEW I'ASTl.tt.
New Castle There have been Hire
deaths In the family of William Kmery. Iu
Mabonlngtown township, caused by diph
theria. Two other children In the family
have the disease which is black diphtheria
Peven other fumilies In the locality art
afflicted.
AS KARTnoJ.'ARR AT IH'!STINOIOX.
Hc!Tlsuno About 3.20 o'clock Tuesday
morning a shock of earthquake wet felt
here of sutllclent force to awaken many
tleepert. The duration of the ehock was
about (Ire seconds and In direction seemed
to pass from southwest to northeast.
mi.i.r.n sv a trolly c r.
Altoowa John Hoar, a blacksmith, r
years of age, was struck by a motor car on
the Logan Valley electric railway In the
West End and Instantly killed. He was
well known and leaves a wife and a large
family.
THIRTEEN DEATHS FROM PtPHTIIERIA.
New Casti.i Diphtheria Is raging In Ma
honing township. Bo far 13 deaths have re
suited, the latest being a I) year old daught
er of William Kmery. Tbecbildren of sis
families are now down.
A white deer was recently killed by A O.
Kellar, In Center county, and K. V. Fox, of
Harrisbtirg, shot a white partridge in
Adamt comity the other day. Among
other odd aniinali killed in Sullivan
county during the present month by Amos
ltennett were a white pheasant and a black
rabbit.
Dr. II. K. McMn.r.ow, of Mahonlngtown,
was handling a bottle of muratic acid, when
it burst and the contents Hew all over bis
face end entered his eyes. His SutTeriiigs
for over an hour were terrible, ft is feared
that bis eyesight may be completely des
troyed. Tint Mahoning rolling Mill Company
with headqusrters in I'hlladelpbiaand mills
In Danville, is in tho hands of a receiver.
The liabilities are 1310,000 and assets (.li
Ai. Ten designs for a monument to mark the
spot where William I'enn received tbe
ordinal dee I for land Irom the Indiana
have been auhm itted at Harrlsburg.
The body of William liendlg. aged abont
B0 years, wat found near Middletown. It it
supposed he was burned to death at the re
mit of a fire which he built.
The track! of the Allegheny Valley road
are sinking near 1-ogan's Kerry, and ten car
losdt of cinders are required every day to
till in after trains past.
The Arelhua and Aetna Iron mills and
the tin plate and ateel mills at New Castle
have returned work after a shut down of
some time.
Hexry ContifR, a farmer of Rochester,
wat killed on Tuesday night by the over
turning of bis wagon on a hillside.
Charles Moi tat, aged shout 23 years wai
thrown or fell from a freight train at Ken
wood station and instantly killed.
Is a riot between Hungarians and Police
at Hcranton one police was abot and several
others were badly hurt.
James Malonev, a farmer, of Hsnlln,
Washington county, wat killed by a train
at a crossing.
In a burning Slav boarding bonte at
Hnutzdale au unknown cTav and a baby
perished,
Howard K Trr.ns, a 10 year old boy,
wat killed at Vniontown by a freight train.
Mi'Roi.ari are busy at New Cattle. Four
houses were broken Into in four days.
Thr Csrnegie mills at Iteaver Falls have
shut down lor repair!
The Nuggar Tank.
One of the Innumerable curious
sights of India Is the Nuggar tank ot
Kuioch'. In former times the croco
diles which inhabit It roamed the
neighborhood at their will, seeking
whom they might devour, but so
great were their depredations that
tbe authorities were forced to Lulld a
wall round their haunt This is a
swamp, caused by hot springs, tbe
medicinal virtu s of which have been
known from early t racj, and are at
tributcd to the sanctity of a Moham
medan whore tomb h closobv, and to
whom the crocodiles are sacred. The
tank, as it Is called, Is about 150 yard i
Inna ly ubout half that distance in
breadtn. In this space one observer
counted over 200 reptiles, frnui eight
to fifteen feet 1 ng, and mailer ones
innumerable. Ther are so tain?, In a
sense, that it Is necessary to poke
thera with a stick b fore they will
move. HutTulues a e always stand
ing In the water and are not At
tacked, but any other animal is In
stantly seized. '-The whole appear
ance of the p ace," says one writer,
'with Its greeu, slimy, stagnant
water, and so many of these huge,
uncouth monsters moving sluggishly
about, Is disgusting in the extreme,
and It will long be remembered by
mo as the most loathsome spot I ever
beheld." Chambers' Journal.
She I see the Elizabeth ruff Is to
return. What In tbe world shall we
do? ' He (embarrassed) Er why
can't' we pu( the police on bimf
Dream On.
Ilear Invs, I feel your fa)
Close, eloset to mlnn, though wo are far apart,
And seas Iwtwnen sob Ilka some wloked heart
It pttrlllKS the plant.
I bear your rolies low glldn
Now In, now out. H ms ang'd It may be,
I) taring a blessed memory to me
And bright Is pvhiuT.Ih.
TIiosh stnrs whlnh are my funis,
Vour defip.divpey'is, shins In my lonely room,
(Hiding the airy castles of Its gloom
And glittering on Its chains.
1 know that you are lruet
These are u it l,as!es Itnsgns I seet
Perhaps your drtams are reaching out to me
As my heart yearns for you.
Ilptam on. though years go by!
Itlse not. swet love, tr im theiinwortliythntnei
Let mo be ever pleading In your dream,
Aud you ilt-oam ou for aye.
-Tho Capital.
liT.MOIlOt.S.
VVII posted The ledger that bal
ances. Onu Kootl way to improvo tho mom
ory is to lend money.
Tho orchestra leader is never troub
led by stairo fright hj always faces
the music.
The briile jumper may lint inherit
notoriety, but it comes to him by de
scent nil the same.
It surely must lie safe b, sny,
Without the least tmnsgrnsslon.
That he who "(rives himself away"
II -IS lost 111 Sidf-possesslon.
"Poor Miss (Iralili is a confirmed
kleptomaniac." Aunt Tilly : "Dear
me! Why tlou't ahe take Hotni)tliin
for it?"
I'rolulily few people take an much
interest iu their business as tho pawn
brokers. "Vou surprise mo I That quiet little
man as ifo robber!" "Entirely so
from detection. He's the man that
makes out my gas bills."
The boy stood on the burning deck.
And seemed to think It funuy.
He knew tho old craft was well Insured,
Aud he was after motley.
ftdorge "You would marry tha
biggest fool in tho world, if he asked
you, wouldn't you?" Ethel "Oh,
George this is so stnldon I"
Traveler: "Now whit ought little
boys to say when a gentleman gives
them a poiitiy for carrying his bag?'
8m:ill boy: "Tuiii't 'nough."
Aunty "I was pleased to see yon
so kind to your little visitor. Is he
ono of your dear friends?" Rohhie--"No,
but he can lick me liny day."
Jle sat by the stove that hapless man.
And sorrow iervad-d Ids soul.
While a shiver ran thro' his diaphragm.
As lie thought of the price of coal.
"Don't bo down hearted. Every
roso must have its thorn, you know."
"Yes, what I'm kicking about is that
every thorn doesn't have its rose."
Ho (au old hand) "They have
dropped their anchor." Hhe (a begin
ner) "Serves them right I It has been
hanging over the side all day long."
After all it is tho conditiou of trado
that regulates tho fashions. Nearly
nil kinds of garments are worn longer
iu dull times than iu prosperous onos.
If every man were but as Idic
As k" assumrs to be
The half would soon be crow led olf
And drop Into tbe sea.
"It makes me tired to seo that
wheel go round," said Lazy Lumpkin
to his friend. "If it wasn't tired it
wouldn't go around," answered Lis
frieud.
"That Auger is a sharp fellow,"
said tho Hammer to the Saw, "but he
runs around a good deal." "Yes,"
replied the Saw, slowly between his
teeth, "aud what nu awful bore he
is."
Fond Father "Mr. Meanitall has
asked mo for your hand. Do yott
want to uccept him ! He says his
adoration for you is unlimited.'
Dutiful Daughter "Very good papa ;
but how is Lis credit?"
"I'll woo tloa in the moonlight," san lbs
lover to bis girl.
Who wat gazing fondly ou bim fru.-n las
casement.
"IU much cheaper thau the gasliirhl," sang
her father, the old churl,
Who was taking observation from tbe
basement.
Young Bride (pouting) "Hero we
have only been married two days.
Clarence, o 1 you're scolding tne
already." Husbaud "I know, my
dear, but just think how long I have
been waiting for the chance."
"Can't you wait upou me?" said
the impationt customer. "Two
pounds of liver; I'm iu a hurry."
s-8orry," said the butcher "but there
are two or three ahead of you. Surely
you wouldu't have your liver . out ol
order!" ..
Too Much.
Algy. "Why this dog knows as
much as I do. "
Miss Kiddeuhani.- -"Don't you think
three dollars was a big prioo to pay
for him?" J