Ill Australia tho tiinnlirr of horses
is in nosing lit thu into of 30,000 n
your.
The total public t1-lt of tho nolf
govtriiing British colonic nmollitts to
something like $l,500,0i)i),00').
Tomato enlturo has boon Kpecially
miuciidcd to the attention of Brit-i
iali market gardener by tlio English
Hoard of Agrii'iillnro.
(Juocn Victoria's Unity tnotitt in
written in French with tlio exception
of tlio singlo itont, "ronst boof,"w hieh
in loyall v nml uncompromisingly En
glish as botlts n nnlioiinl dish.
Tiio government of (Vylou bus re
cently pnMflott stringent laws against
poaching by elephant hunters. Tlio
clliunt in rather big game to sneak
oft' with, lint it ft '011111 they tlo it.
Over aovonty-flvo per cent of tho
ocean onblo routes now iu operation
are owneil by different governments,
but those ronton have less thiin ono
sixth of tho totnl length of wiio (:!.)!),
C.'tfl kilometers) in operation.
In Austria tho nverugo number ol
executions for murder is four per cent
on convietioim in Prussia Ions thiin
eight per cent ; in Sweden, Norway
unit Denmnrk, there is ono execution
in every twenty sentences for nuiriler.
I'dyar Fawcett says of New York
society: "Tho plutocrats reign su
lirenie. You seldom llml professional
people, artiittH, litterateur, nciatitiHtn,
men eminent in tho nriny nml navy, in
tho sooioty circles of tho nietropolit,
as you lo iu other cities,"
Joseph Wctzier is authority for the
Btatoiiieiit iu Harper's Weekly thnl
aince 1HS7 tho number of electric rail
roads in tho United States bus in
creased from 111 to Kit) and tho iiumbci
, of earn from 100 to 2:1,00;). Thoro are
now over 9,000 mile of track upon
which eleetrio trnlVii) is c irried on,
representing n capital investment ol
nioro than $100, 000, 000.
Tho failuro of tho now system ol
vcutiliiti-d cars is a great disappoint
ment to California fruit growers, but
it is hoped, before another season, to
pet some substitute for ieo in keeping
n low temperature lor fruit and ar
resting decay. There is a fortune, foi
the Hum who e.m devise a cheap meant
of refrigerating fruit on tho overland
trip, maintains tho Now York Trib
une. Tiio Atlanta Constitution says:
"Nebraska w ith less illiteracy than any
other stato also has less crime, but
Km. sis has n larger percentage ol
crime than any other state, and yel
its illiterates nro only slightly mor
numerous than tho.se of Nebraska. In
South Carolina 43 in every 10J can
not read and write, but the percentage
of crime is smaller than iu tho country
At largo."
Oronbyatokha, a Canadian Indian,
is enjoying himself in London. He it
puro Mohawk and is presidoutof the
Grand Council of the chiefs of Canada,
which comprises the Mohawks,
Ouo;da, Ououdagas, CayngnSj Seno- j
oas, a.m iiioc.iror.is. no ucmes me
Londoners by saying: "Tho Aniori
cans sacked our towns and villages.
As to the French w,i thrashed them;
when they cam i wj drovo them back.
Orieinally, yon know, w were settled
ou the banks of tho Mohawk Valley,
stretching from Albany to Niagara.
He tickles the
We left it voluntarily in order to be
still Bri i h i made ourselves exiles Id
o,d,r to be .till British. i
The people of Utah have been clam
oring for statehood for upward ol of vou? You Cl,u B't u placo with
forty years, anl it is now, apparently, MrH- Sewitup iu the millinery busi
close at hand. It is for ; ha people to nei"' ! or J'0, cn' 6 out as companion,
d icido by their votes on November 5 ' Aml "w 1 tlliuk "t it, it waa only
next whether the state constitution Kxterday I saw in the daily paper that
ehall or shall not bo adopted. In the 8oU attr wanted u dozen smart
former case president of the United yolII, women to "tn,ul behind
States will issue tho necessary procla- couuit'- There are always plenty of
matin i. The delegates to the consti- lui88 r woman to do if only sho
tutional convention were elected on b,ls a UttlB "nuitoa and energy. And
yo.veml.cr 6, 1831 ; the convji.tion as- , now J""'1 Bt,,Dd tuere- '""king as if
etubled March 7. 1S9 and the com- your B0U,,e wure a11 tt'iu "P "nim
pletatl constitution wss adopted by th ney, but bustle oat and put up that
convention on Mav 8 by a unanimous Uotio" " W poasible, for it's a
Toteofthose pren', only seven of the nioa day, and all the house-hunter
107 delegates being present. The con. will be out"
ventionwasin session sixty ixdays.and Eunice Lynn obeyed, with an in
it framed a constitution which covert desoribable feeling, as if the whole
bout 18.000 words and is incorporated world wore it upside
into twenty-seven articles, or chapters. dwn-
Concress appropriated 30,000 for the And M ,be ,eneii OTer tho iron
of ). nnvntinn. nml tb
tlnal report of thu committee on ac
counts shows that on the adjonrnraeut
of the convention there was a bslauoe
on band of $110, with 8.009.50 yet
due to membors: ftl.500 required for
printing tho constitution and the pro-
ceedings of the convention. This
means another deaiieuey bid for thu
aext congress.
Abide With Mc .
Abide with moj fur darkly loom tlio future's
mystic way,
My nlrnlnliiK t-yns yet fall to cateli tlio glow
df coming clnv,
HUH In tho gloom nil fears glvoway nil shad
own swiftly flnp.
A thrill of pence Illuminates If thou abldo
with mo !
Abldo with nm, while morn Is fresh, o'or
hnmulny's scon-MiiK hunt,
Willi lash of lire, lays bursting blooms In
nshns at my foot
AMilo with me, whnn all sterns lost when
all (he melody
Of life Is oli,ke,lyet still I'll slmt-lf thou
nblilo with met
Whon softly creeps the drooping sun sdown
tho western skies,
When from tho Klorles, xpneilluir swift, tin)
RoMi-n sunlienm flies,
Ami when tho close of ilay Is near, n'nl lillml-
o l cannot sen,
I'll sink to s eep-to sweetest rest -If thou
nU In with met
Atlanta Constitution.
"To Let-Apply Within."
nv HRt.KN rottnnsr ouavksj.
"Thoro I ' said Miss Lobelia Lynn.
"I guess I've got it black enough
now!"
Miss Lobelia bad been wrestling
with pen and ink. Not that she
was a literary lady that was far from
being thu case.
Tho effusion upon which sho was so
hard at work was neither nioro nor
loss than a big "To Let," printed ou
tho back of a sheet of her deceased
father's sermon paper, and sho viewed
it with solemn satisfaction.
"To I.ot-Apily Within!
"I won't pay any real estato agents'
feos," said she, "nor I won't pay
good, hard money for a notico I can
print myself. I've economized nil
my life, and I'm not going to leave
oft now. Euuico Eunice, I say I"
In answer to the last word, spoken
in quick arbitrary accents, a bright
eyed girl of seventeen camo running
in, wiping hor dimpled hands on a
frilled gingham apron. Her cheeks
wcro flushed with lions hold exorcise,
her shining brown hair was coiled in a
lustrous braid at tho back of her head
and her long-lashed hazel eyes
sparkled liko diamonds.
"What is it, aunty?" said Euuico
Lynn.
"(let tho paste-pot and a brush,"
said Miss Lyun, "and put up this 'To
Let.'"
Eunice looked first at hor aunt ond
thou at tho fat, bhiek-lettured sign iu
dismay.
"Aunt Lobelia," said nhe,
going to move?"
'are you
"Yes," mid Miss Lobelia, "I'vo
niado up my mind to give tip house
keeping." "Whero aro wo going, Aunt Lo
bolia." "I'm going to Vermont," said Miss
Lobelia Lynn, "to keep houso for
Cousin Peter Lyun, whoso wife Ce
riuthiit is feeble, and can't keep im eye
to things."
Euuico colored visably.
"But, Aunt Lobelia," said she, "it
was mo thot Cousin Peter wrote for to
come and holpCerinthia and bo a com
panion to tho girls."
"Yes, I know," said Miss Lobelia,
with tho indifference of utter selfish-
ne""' eior nauu , auy mea
bow young ana inexperienced yon are,
and I've wrote to him that I will come
there, if he'll pay me liberal wages and
give me tho complete management of
everything."
"Biit,Aitut Lobolia "
"Well?"
"Wiiat is to become of m3?"ploaded
i r.. ...... .
"6"m WW nl' uUn? tl'i"'ii3
I of themselves I" said Mm Lobelia,
sharply. "Why, what should become
tl" eps, fastening the big "To
Let" against the mildewed brick wall,
0 certain soent of greening grass and
opening dandelions saluted her senses,
while the warble of a prisoned thrush
in a osge across the street reminded
l" ' she had once mado, years
"J yen' 08i to Cousin
Pter Lynn up among the maple sugar
' urove of Vermont.
Tears came unbidden into Eunice's
cyos.
"Oh, how delightful it would bo to
live iu the reul country I" she said to
herself. "And I know I could make
inysolf useful at Cousin I'oter's. But
if Aunt Lobolia is goirg heiBotf, there
is an cud of tiio motter."
For Eunice was too well used to her
aunt's overbearing egotism cveu to
attempt a struggle against it
All her lifo long sho had b inn thu
victim of Aunt Lobelia's sollUhnoss.
It was loo Into for any rebellion now.
And then Aunt Lobelia wout up to
her room to pnok hor trunk for Cousin
Peter's while Euuico returned to hor
dish-washing ami ironing.
All day long tho house was besieged
with an eager throng of honso hunt
ers. All day long Euuico marshaled
them over tlio prnuiMes with untiring
patience, nnsw.iriug morn ninoitioiii
than any catchism could contain,
bearing patiently with covert insult,
and keeping up a eh ;r fu I front while
every bono in her pjor littlo body
Belied with weariness.
And Aunt Lobelia cried :
"Tirodl Why what on earth havo
you dono to Im tired?"
On tho afternoon of tho socon 1 day
Miss Lobelia shouted shrilly down tho
back staircase to her neico :
"Eunice 1 Euuico I Hurry up!
Hero comes Mr. Iljncdict, tho rich old
jeweler from down town. He's looked
at the 'To Let', he's coming iu. Put
im extra fifty dollars a your on the
rout if he's to take it I"
"He's not so very old Aunt Lob
lie," said Euuico hurridly flinging off
hor kitchen apron and haiteuiug up
the stairs.
Aunt Lobolia utter.ido resounding
suiir.
"He's no chicken," said she.
Eunice smile I to herself. Hhohal
not boon uii )'.)sjr -int of all tho wiles
that hor aunt had put forth to capti
vate this sumo Mr. Benedict. Hue hud
uot forgotten that Aunt Loboliu had
not spoken to bur for a week the last
timo Mr. Boiiodiet ba lwilkel homo
from church with her (E mice) instead
of with hor aunt
Iu hor secret heirt sho liked and
respected the stalwart middle-agod
man, who hud always mingled so chiv
alrous a couvtjsy iu his manner to
ward her, poor dependent though was
upon Aunt Lobelia's grudgingly-ex
tended charity.
Mr. Benedict camo in, kindly shak
ing lunula with Eunice as ho did so.
"I boo your houso is to let," said ho.
"Yes," answered E iuiuii.
While from tho held of tho stair-
wiv Aunt Loboliu disposa I hersslf to
listen.
"I'm glad that girl didn't shut tho
parlor door," said she.
"I am iutendiug to chaua my local
habitation," observe. I Mr. Benedict.
"Are you," said Eunice. "Perhaps
you would liko this house?"
"No," Biiid Mr. Beuediat, "I don't
think I care about the houso."
"Rude old monster," muttered Autit
Lobelia.
"My aunt is going to Vermont, "said
Eunice.
"Is she, indeed?" uttered Mr. Bon-
edict "I am thiuking of going to the
country, too."
"I wish I'd gono to the door my-
alf," said Aunt Lobelia to herself. "I
know I could have coaxed him to come
to Maple Grove."
"The fact is," added Mr. Benedict,
"I am tired' of the city, Miss Eunice.
I havo made upiuy mind to livd among
tho daisies and buttercups."
"Gracious me!" mused Miss Lobe
lia. "IM put ou m best 'irout' di
rectly un I come down. I boliave the
mail lias been madly iu lovi with ma
all along, and now h has decided to
tiuito our destinies."
And away she sculllid iu her old
carpet slippers to beautify horielf as
expeditiously as possible.
"And you will excuse the interest
of an old friend, M;ss Euuioe," kindly
ndded Mr. Benedict "aut what is to
bo your fate?"
"I don't know," said Eunice, sadly.
"I should like to go to Vermont, too,
but Aunt Lobelia thinks I had bjtter
stay here and be a shop-girl."
"What do you think about it?" said
Mr. Benedict.
Eunice's dark-fringed eyelids
drooped,
"I have no cboioe," said she.
He gazed kindly at her. Her heart
began to throb a pulse or so faster
than its usual wont
What pleasant blue-gray eyes he
had I What a frank, smiling mouth !
"Do you like the country?" said he.
"I don't know," faultered Eunice.
"I have seen so little of it But when
ever I think of heaven, it seems to me
aa if it mast bs beautiful green
meadows, with violets openiug in the
grass."
He leaned forward and took he;
baud.
"Euuico," he said, gently, "your
words encourage me still moro in tho
mission upon which I cmno. 1 have
bought an old manor house ou the
Androscoggin River, with a farm and
plenty of greou trees. Will you go
thither with mo Eunice, nnd be tho
Eve to my little Paradise? Will yon
marry a mau who, although ha Is close
on forty, is still young at heart, and
who will try his best to make you
happy?"
And without a shade of coquetry or
a particle of hesitation, Eunice joy
fully answered:
"Yes I"
".My own swoot girl I" ho exclaimed,
drawing her close to him. "You aro
quite sure that you can Icaru to lovo
me?"
"I I don't know!" murmured
Euuico. "But I think nay, I am
certain that I lovo you now!"
At that very moment tho door
opened with a long, croaking groan,
and in tripped Aunt Lobelia, with her
lowest frout of curls and hor Hunday
smiles.
Hlie startod back with an exclama
tion. "Eh!" siid she, in soiii) embarrass
ment "Do not bo alarmed, Mist Loboliu,"
said Mr. Betiediot,rosolutoly retaining
tho hand that Euuico would fain have
druwu away. "This young lady has
promised to bo my wife, and whon you
go to Vermont she will accompany me
to Wallaoo Manor Houso,ou tho shores
of tho Androscoggiu river."
"I hopo you won't bo vexed, Aunt
Lobelia," said Eunice, half expecting
to be scolded, as of yoro.
Tho fortitude of woman is provor
bial, and although tho report of a
cannon could not havo electrified Miss
Lohiliit Lynn auy more than did this
occurrence, sho rallied promptly.
"I I'm sure I cougratulatj you,"
said sho, with a littlo gasp.
Tlio house wa let that aftcruoon to
a widow who wanted to take a fow gen
tlemen boarders.
Eunice was married tho next week
and went to Wulluco Manor Houso a
superb old stoiia mansion, which
seemed liko a palace to her unsophis
ticated eyes.
And Aunt Lobelia sorrowfully took
her way to Vermont
"I'm afraid I'vo mismanaged mat
ters," said she. "If I'd sent Euuico
to Cousin Peter's at onco, perhaps Mr.
Benedict would have proposed to
mo!"
Aud even this dubious "perhaps,"
was a comfort to poor Aunt Lobelia.
Saturday Night.
Ki'slornlli... .i Famous Oak.
A remarkable aud indeed unique
process of restoration has been car
ried out in tho interior of u tree. The
troeis tho famous "Hollo's Oak"
which is to Ihj seen within ail easy
distance of Hoiieti. It is declared to
bo the identical onk upon a brauoh of
which tho first Duko of Normandy
used to hang his gold chain to see if
any of his subjects would like to haug
there instead. If it isn't it is, at any
rate so ol I that it has completely lost
its iusido and was liablo to collapse at
any moment. It has now been ro
liuvdd of this liability. An nboricul
turist has titled it with a solid new
iusido of masonry. The masonry is
mado to follow aud fit every turn and
twist and guarl of tba pationt aud
there is the votoran solid ns a rock
again. Thou the Assures and cracks
ou his exterior have been neatly tilled
up with cement and tho cement has
heuu artistically colored so that you
would never know it from the natural
bark. It is expected and believed
that tho treo will uot know tho differ
ence, either, and take to nourishing
again as it did a fow centuries ago.
Still as no tree has ever boon thus re
juvenated before, itsbohavior is being
watched with houio anxiety. PulL
Mull (inzotto.
Oldest Oak In (ileal Britain.
Dr. A. J. Harrison, iu the current
number of tho Naturalists' Journal
says the oldest existiug oak iu Great
Britain is considered to be the Cow
thorpe or Coltborpe one growing near
Ribstono Hall, in the West Biding.
"It is only a remnant of the forests
of auoieut Britain, but a monarch
among the kings of trees." The cir
oumforenoe of the trunk close to the
ground is seventy-jight feat, aud
three feet higher forty-eight feot. The
trunk is now hollowed, aud is capa
oious enough to contain a crowd. A
few years ago the vicar of St. James's,
Wctherby, aud the ohuroh-wardena
and achool-ohildren, to the number of
ninety-five, got inside the tree, and
while the vicar raised the union jack,
the children sang the "Old Hun
dredth" and the "Nation! Anthem."
V "
Australian horse breeders are pro
posiu to tax stallions in order to im
, prove the itook of the colony.
CHIXIiSEOJRi; ALL
Oinsong is Worth Its Weight in
Gold in Tar Cathay.
Celestials Bellove tho Root Has
Miraculous Qualltloa
Ginseng is very littlo used by tho
medical in on of this country in pro
scribing for patients, but in China, for
centuries it has boon considered ns
possessing miraculous healing and in
vigorating properties. Iu tho Chi
lirso army it lakos tho placo of quinine
in bracing up tho soldiers.
It belongs to tiio genus pnnax, or
all-curing plants, but tho American
species, which grows wild iu tho woods
of this and other States, and is col
lected annually at this season, is of the
order azalea quiuqui folium. It is
both a perennial and an animal, and
sends up a smooth round stem about
twelvo inches high. Tho fruit is a
kidney shaped scarlet berry, and is
divided at tho summit into threo leaf
stalks, each of which supports a com
pressod leaf, consisting of flvoor more
petals. Tho leaves aro oblong, obo
veto, aoumiiiiito oviatos, and the flow
ers that oomu from tho plant are small,
of a greenish color, nnd aro supported
by a peduncle which rises from the
to of tho stem iu tho coutro of tho
petioles. Tho fruit has two aud somo
times three soods. Tho plant is indi
genous, and grows in tho shelter of
thick and shady woods. In appear
ance it somewhat resembles sarsapa
rilla. The tasto of tho root is miici
fagiuoits, sweetish, bitter, and has a
slight flavor of licorice. It is aromatic
Dr. James Lockhart, a medical
missionary in Chiua and an authority
on Chinese modiciues, mentions that
tho ginseng root collected iu China is
imperial property, aud is sold to thoso
who havo the privilcgo of dealing in
it at its weight in gold. At ono timo
it commanded fabulous prices, the
finest qualities, which aro oataiued
from Manchuria and Coroa, fetching
as much as ? )t)fl or $100 a chineso
ounce. 'Thu collodion of it was pro
hibited at one period hucaiiso of its
scarcity.
Whilo its valtto is something unpre
cedented, it must bo remembered that
tho avorngo root is only from two to
four inches long and very li!;ht. lr.
Lock hurt tells of n visit ho mado to a
ginseng merchant iu Pekin who dis
played to him tho precious roots,
which wero contained in a long lead
lined box. Each root was kept in a
silk wrapper iu silken boxes. Loss
expensive roots wero kopt in cotton
wrappers, an I a cheaper variety yet
iu paper wrappers. A big box held
the small boxes nnd was filled with
parcels of quicklime to keep tho at
mosp ore dry. Tho merchant would
not let his visitor handle or breathe
upon tho costly drag, but ho expti
nted upon its merits and the wonder
ful cures it hud nft'ected.
One of the holiday customs of the
woulthier cluss of Cinnamon is to make
presents of tho "cure- all" root to thoir
friend'. With it they send a dainty
doublo kettle,, in which tho medicine
is prepared, foe use. A silver kettle is
suspouded iusido the- outer, which, is
copper lined,, by a ring,, and betweou.
the two vessels there- nt a snudl space
or holding water. In the silver ono
is placed tho ginseng, with wator. The
cover has a cup shapod vossel ou it,
and in this is put rice, with a litthj
water- When tho rice is cooked the
ginsong is ready;
A dose is from sixty to ninety grains.
The-tea of the root is also, drunk, at
the same timo tho patient swallows the
drug.
The name of tho root in the Chi nose
laniiuage is schiustuig, signifying the
trunk of a human body, ami Gfrosier,
the scientist, says that this. i becuuso
tho loot which is divided! into two
braiuchcs from the main t runic, bears
resemblance to a man's thigh. It is
likened to the mandrake of Scripture,
and) its miraculous curatiTe qualities,
according to observers in China, are
largely depndod on tho faith of the
followers of Confucius
Sometimes in preserving the root it
is kept for three days in fresh water,
or water in which rice has been boiled,
and it is then suspended for three
days over a fire, aud afterward dried,
uutil from the base to the miadle it
asaumer a bard, resinous and trans
lucent appearance, whioh is deemed
proof of its good quality. The older
the root the more superior the Chin
ese thiuk it to be. New York Herald.
The number of Mohammedan emi
grants arriving in Constantinople
from Bulgaria and othar countries,
formerly under Turkish rule ooutin
nes to, increase, and th Porte has or
dered map to be prepared of the
lands available for distribution, among
them.
Hnlhta) In Turkey,
Thoro is only a trifle over 3,005
miles of railway lines in Turkey, but
they are manage I iu some respects
bettor than nny in moro civilized na
tions. Tho disciplitio on tho Turkish
roads is very severe. Negligonoe is
punished with heavy potmltios, nnd if
a collision occurs all employes who
share iu tho responsibility are likoly
to bo sout to prison and, if any one
is killod or injured, under aontoucoi
for long tortus.
Employes of tho road who aro in
jured iu service reooivo pouslons, and
if tho Injuries provo fatal, thoir fami
lies aro provided for. There is a pen
nl)y of $1 for walking upon a railroad
track. Cattle and othor animals found
on tho right of way of railways can b
conlW-atod by tho company, although
tho owner may ro loom them by paying
twenty-five cents each for sheep, dogs,
goats, hogs and other small animals.
It coHts $2.50 to got a cow or horse
out of a railway pound. Every pas
senger must bo iu .his seat whon the
last gong sounds, n few moments bo
foro the departure of a train. Trav
elers buying tickets must prosent the
exact amount of money to tho tickot
agmit, otherwise ho is authorized to
charge a commission of 4 per cent for
making change, which goes into hit
own pocket Pussongors found upon
trains without tickets are roquired to
pay threo times tho full faro between
the place whore thoy started aud the
first station reached aftor thoy are dis
covered, whon they aro allowed to buy
a tickot for tho rest of thoir journoy
at the regular rato. One hundred
pounds of baggage is allowed for every
ticket, but the traveler must pay three
cents for having his trunk chocked.
Tho oriental express and trains from
Constantinople to Viouua (U hours)
and to Paris (72 hours) run twice a
week, and carry first-class parlor and
sleeping cars. Similar trains run be
tween (Smyrna aud Aldoti. Atlanta
Constitution.
(lailcrs Seem to Glow in the Sight.
After sleeping a few hours, I stole
quietly out of the camp, and climbed
tho mountain that stands guard be
tween tho two glaciers. Tho ground
was frozen, making tho climbing diffi
cult iu tho steepest places; but the
views over the icy boy, sparkling bo
lieutli the glorious effulgence of the
sky, were enchanting. It seemed then
a sad thing that any purt of so-precious
a night had been lost in sleep. The
starlight was so full that I distinctly
saw uot only tho bay with its multi
tude of glittering bergs, but most of
tho lower portions of tho glaciers,
lying palo aud spiritliko amid tho
huge silent mountains. Tho nearest
glacier in particular was so distinct
that it Hoemed to bo glowing with light
that camo from within itself. Not
Ivou in dark nights hnvo I found any
ditliculty iu seeing Largo glaciers; but
ou this mountain-top,, amid so much
ice, iu tho heart of so-clear aud frosty
a night, everything was Luminous,, and.
I seemed to- be poised in a vast hollow
between tw skies of equal brightness
llo-w strong I felt after my exhilarat
ing scramble, and how glad I was that,
my good augol hiid oalled mo before
the- glorious ni ght suceediug so glori
ous a morning hadbuon spent! John.
Muir iu Century.
Fli in-Flam, on Mr. Sam,
A very nice sort of n bunco game
of tho tlim-tlaia order, was worked
list evening on Adam Sim, a Green
streot tailor, by- a mau who curried
one of his arms in a sling.
He asked Mr. Sunn if he couldi give
him a $10 dollar bill for somo ilur,
at ho wishod to Rend; tho monoy away
in a letter. H.uui readily complied
with tlu fellow's request, got the bill,
aud tho man, taking aa envelope- out
of his packet, nokod Mr. Saia to. put
tho bill in aud seal it up.
This done, h replaced the Utter in
his pocket ami began to count out ten
dollars' worth cf silver, but 3 was all
he had, aud UUin the letter contain
ing the bill (apparently) out of bin
pocket, he gave it to Mx; Sum and
told him to. keep it until be went hom
aud got enough to make up the $10.
Replaoing the silver in hi pocket
be went ont and has not yet returned.
Several hours later Mr. Sam opened
the envelope and found thtt it con
tained nothing but a slip of paper out
in the shape of a kill. Albany (N,
Y.) Journal .
X Strategic Move.
"I was in tue theatre whn your
play was brought out for the first
time." '
"You wera there, were you?"
"Yes, and I saw you there, too.
Everybody was yawning, aud to my
astonishment you yawued, too, with
the rest."
"I had to yawn. If I hadn't so mo
body would have suspected mo of be
ing the author," Texas Sittings.