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I -'4t.? 1 L?l H, llli Ill, ,.H. II, II _ mil J J IWIU.'UI 11 Jill Iji fek S '' ; ^^ ,?v/ ii! i ^ 1 11. . *' I ! ?---r? - _ : rrrrr^ ? . --?== ijrr-r- ,11, 1 1 1 l r.i ll.li III I'H'lll.HfijW I, .1, " n '' '" r '' "' '"' " ' ' 1 '111 1 11 '-? _ _; ; _ winnsboro, g-p., ': , V,: ;v: ^ j A Liittlo Roy-Lover of Mine. A fnoo to-day on tho strcot I mot, Now dcoply bronzod and bonrdod grown, With ft look fn tho oyos I can't forgot j For 'twBB n vlsago I hnvo known; ' liOnp years ago wlion my stop was Hoot, . Woou brightly my youthful oyos could L Hhtne, A This very man I olinncod to moot W Wns ft littlo boy lovor of iniuo. few, J)hl ho rcoall mo wlion wo passed So noar upon tho crowdod stroot? . Wo both of us woro walking fast Bnk Whon our rnpld gitnicos onnncod to moot; But I suw his eyc-llds givo, I tho'lf A swlftnud rooognlzlng Blgn, And I Hiild myself, "IIo has not forgot,? Tlfis littlo boy-lovorof mluo." " aii, wnnt nns nnpponod in nil tlioso yonro Of rapid, ovor changing lifo? IIuh It boon a Bonson of bittor toare. Of iloroost struggles, wonry strlfo? Or liavo happy wlfo and children inftdo Ills passing yonra Boom so aorono That tho old-tlmo joys bavo begun to fado SAs If, alns, thoy d novor boon? O littlo boy-lovor of mlnol Tlioso days woro happy though so short, Iluttho glow of tholr memory still doth slilno Within my hearts' mosttondor thought; Whon wo roaoh tbo othor 8horo, I'll wait To moot 110 recognizing, But I'll como and groot at tho llcautlful Gato This littlo boy-lovor of mino. . ?Wlllloinsport Hreakfast Table. DIAMONDS IN THE GUTTER. A littlo girl st\t on n doorstop, watching tho mia-drops ns thoy splnshod in tho puddles, stopping to count thom in hor misery, for sho had nothing to do, t nothing to think of, and nothing to hopo for. tier clothos woro shabby, hor arms woro scarcoly moro than skin and bono and her largo wistful oyos seoniod big onough to swallow up tlio rest of hor face. Povorty was stamped on evory childish foature, and their boauty had i boon drivon away by that harsh liond, R; starvation. f Tho door behind hor oponod, and a man with a rod board camo out, nearly stumbled over her, and gave hor a rcurso instead of an apology; then lio wont his way down tho watory pavoment, stopping into every puddlo ho Carno aeross, as if ho wore in too groat a rago to sco thorn. Lottio Smith watched him, and said to horsolf: "My! how ho'11 spoil his shooloatlior!" Then ho passod ont of sight, and sho drow hor tattored shawl round hor with a shiver, for tho street scorned to havo ^ grown darker and coldor than it was before. Prosontly a window behind hor opened, and something flashod down lilco a falling star on to tho pavomont. In an instant Lottio jnmped up and socuied tho prizo, holding it up to tho light of tho lamp-post in hor dirty fingers. ft was a diamond ring. jsiio una nover soon sucli a thing iu her lifo, and sho thought, the beautiful jowol Hashing radiantly in tho gas-light was a star fallen from its placo in tho sky. "Poor 'icklo 'tar," sho said, wiping it with tho corner of hor shawl, "mo can't tako 'ou buok Just yet, but mo goln' aforo long* doetor says, and then mo take 'ou with mo." Holding it tight in hor little bony llngors, sho dragged hor tired feet ttowu ono dirty stroot after anothor; but thoro was a now light in hor oyos, piglg' as if a small hopo had rison up in tho PP' darkness ^ecauso of tho star in hor [ . hand. I v' Another gentleman came-to tho doorstop on which sho had been sitting, *" and boing admitted after a resounding knock, made his way unannounced to ^ tho drawing-room. >"Sir Folix has boon hero again, Marion," ho said angrily. "Don'tdony it, for ho told mo soliimself." H "1 sha'n't dony it.becauso itis true," F and Marion Dearsloy rose slowly from } tho sofa. "If you wish mo to say 'Not Iat homo' to every man but yoursolf, I must toll you that I can't do it." "Do you over do anything to pleaso mcP" in bitter rosotiimont. "Yes, but I shan't for tho futuro, i now that I know " ? "You know what?" looking at hor in DUJL^llOl/* "That tho flowers I givo you aro passod on to somoono else." "Whoovor told you tluit tolls ft gross falsehood!" nud his dark eyes llftshod I x (iro. "He is qulto as truthful, I fiuicy, ns i ; Mr. Harold Battiscombo." "Whoro's my rin^P" his eyes sudr ( donly falling on her loft hand. [ < "Ah, whoroP" hor chooks flushing. "I supposo tho next will bo given to Laura Dickson P" "Timo to talk about tho next when I've found out about the first," his brows drawing togothor. "Marion, rtll H t i/vAi uiu bitu LJiui/ll* I1HYU y Ull, or I12IVO you not, given tlio ring to WhittakorP" - j "I am not in tho habit of making prosonts to gontlomon." "No ovaslons, if you ploaeo. You lmil tho ring on your linger whon Sir Folix was horoP" , "Cortainly, and ho had tho good |'j? ' tasto to say I likod you tho boat bocauso you could givo mo such jolly diamonds." "And you can t icourago such a snob as that!'' "I don't oncourago him," drawing up hor long nook. "Thon whoro is tho ring?". ? Sho laughed" n^pasily and dookod toward tho windbwvf - ij * "I was dospojcfitoly angry, bocauso I had jiiatheard pf'tli6 rq8oa." ?; "V ;,J ./ \ "Thoro w?9 nothing to'iidar," ho lutorruptod hastily. 44IJut I'd. }ol,f. yqn < all about It, only it wpuld nQt intorost v you now.*' > 4'Why not now?" iu vaguo alarm. "llocauso if you give away ray ring, it is a sign that you want to got rid of i tho glvor,V hla . face . sot and. Btcrn. 4lGood-byo, Marlon; I'll. novor bqthor I you again," taking up his lJWt. Wait a momont. I?I throw it out of tho window." A contoinptuous 9railo curlod his moustaoho. L??A likoly story; diamonds aro not gonorally thrown in a guttort" ? "'11 you won't bollovo mo, go," and Rgpr alio polntod to tho door, but (Urootly it lind olosod behind him, sho throw liorA boH down on tho sofa, and burst into a f passion of toars. "Oh, Harold, Harold, como back!" Hut tho days panaod on and Harold novor camo back, and tho prido whioh soparatod oacli from tho othor, soomod to raiao an impassablo barrior botwoon w thorn. .soon a?) efco had grown a V i * littlo calinor, she sent out somo soiw vants to look for tho ring, but not a traco of it was to bo soon, although in cohsoquonoo of tho badness of tho woathor, tho policoman avorrod that no ' ono had passed by for tho last halfhour. . Not. long aftor this,Miss Doarploy was on g ago el to act in somo tableaux-vvvants at tho houso of a Mrs. Mackinzio. In ono scono Harold Battisoombo had to knool at hor foot as an ardont lovor, with lior loft hand progsod to his lips, whilst sho tumod away in appavont agitation. Tho agitation was not foirmod. for when Kiirt fnlt. lmr lmiwl onco nioro in his, and saw by tho oxprossion of bis faco that ho had neither forgiven nor forgotton, sho trorablod so violontly that sno noarly spoilod hor part. ' If tho ring had only boon in its placo alio fanoiod that ho would havo corno back to hor. A Bickoning fooling of despair cropt ovor hor, tho lights aoouied to bo going out, and sho foil forward into his arms. Wliqn sho oponcd hor oyos ngaib, sho found liorsolf on tho sofa in a Yittlo boudoir,, fnd ho was knooliug by hor sido with ii scout bottlo in his hand. BottorP" ho said anxiously. "Yos," with a'sigh of ploasuro, for it was iov to havo hiui waiting on lior onco again. ? . . . Thon ho looked at hor beautiful faco with longiug oyos, and whisporod: "Darling, where is my ring?" Sho shook hor head sadly, and ho at onco roso to his foot.' When sho lookod uj), his placo was Jillod by, Sir Folix. Winter passed,into summer, and still Harold Uattiscoiubo avoided Marion's homo as if. I its lumalys . had\ got \ the,1)iague. 'iMrcd of going to balls, whon xor favorito partner was never there, Marion Doarsloy turnod hor thoughts to moro sorious things, and being exceedingly unhappy herself, for tho first tiuio in hor life, bogan to think of tlioso who had novor known what happiness was. Ono lovely day in Juno, whon tho Park was crowded with fashionablo throngs, and flowers in balcony and squaro woro striving to (ill tho misty mr wmi moir iragranc.e, marion uearsloy kuockcd at tlio door of a misorablolooking houso in a squalid street, and asked if it were true that a littlo girl, named Lottie Smith, was living thero, and vory ill. "Walk in, mum," said a haggardlooking woman with tired oyos; "she's gotting past everything but groaning and coughing, and that alio do protty nigh all I ho day." A fow minutes lator, Marion was bonding ovor a miserable pallot-bed, 011 which a shrunkon form was lying, and foeding the thirsty lips with spoonfuls of orange-jelly. The child s wistful oyos lookod up into the prettv face, which had grown so palo and. sad during the last few months, and whispered hoarsely: "Mo goin' to tako 'ittlo 'tar with "What docs sho sayP" looking round at tlio mothor. "Bloss hor heart!" wiping her oyos with tho corner of hor apron; "she s a a dyin', and she's glad to go; and sho's got summat undor hor pillow which sho always says sho must tako with her. A penny thing, 1 fancy, sho must ha' got from one of the chil'cn. Show it to the lady, dear." Lottie put her hand undor the old sack of straw which did duty for a pillow, and brought forth hor ti'oasuro with glistening eyes. "My ring!" exclaimed Marion,'dropping the spoon in her agitation. "Your ring, ma'amP My goodness, Lottie, think of you stealing the lady's ring! "Sho did not steal it, sho found it in tho road," said Marion kindly, as 3ko saw largo tears rolling 0110 aftor the othor down tho wasted cheeks. "My 'icklo 'tar!" with a plaintivo moan. "Sho thought it was 0110 of tho stars, and sho was goin' to take it back." "Oh, Lottie dear, tho stars novel' como down to us; wo may go to them, but they will' novor. como to us," said Marion sadly. "This is nothing but a bit of gold and a jowol, nothing to do with heaven. I dropped it out of tho window ono day, and I wanted so much to got it back. Will you lot mo liavo it, and I'll send you somothing so nico instead." "Yes; mo thought it was a 'tar?no caro now," tljo dark oyos glistening through thoir tears?tho toars of a lost illusion. Day after day Marion brought sunshine and happiness to that misornblo liomo. Mrs. Smith was suppliod with constant noodlowork, and daintios of ovcry description found tlioir way to the sick child. Tho falling star had brought a blossing with it, and nogloctod health rovivod undor tender caro. Softly tinted roses camo back to Lottie1 s chooks, but Marion grow whiter as tho suramor advancod. It was against hor prido to writo to Harold lJattiscombe, and toll him that tho ring was found, but how would ho ovor find it out unloss sho didP Laura Dickson camo to call, and said that Mr. Battiscombo was ono of tho . nicest follows sho had ovor scon. "Now fancy what ho did last wintor. I mot him with somo lovoly rosos in his hand, iuiu wiuiuut uunKing, i saia now 1 wished I had eorao like thom to woar that night, as I was in slight mourning and could not woar a color. I guossou whoro thoy oamo from, for ho said ho could not givo thom away?not that I should liavo taken thom, my doar. But just aftor din nor I rocoivod a lovoly bunch from Covont Garden. Now wasn't that nico of himP" "Vory nico," murmurod Marlon, fooling that her lioart would broak, 1 for it was on account of tho story Sir Folix had told hor about thoso rosos that sho had filing hor ring out of tho window In a sudden passion. Oh, what a fool sho luid boon! Sir Folix caroo tho next day rind made hor an ofTor, which slio doclinod with thanks, and tho baronot wont away in tho worst of tomnora. That evoning Mr. and Mrs. Mackonsio took Marion to tho opora. Ify hor sido thoro was a stall which romainod ompty till tho ond of tho first act, whon a gontloma.i mado his wav to it. nn<1 ant down v itlioub looking round. Hor hoart stood still, tor ono glanco out of tho cornor of hor oyo told hor that it was Harold. Thoy oxohangod bpws as if thoy had boon distant acquaintances and formal remarks on tho woathor woro stopped by tho rising of tho curtain. Tho opora was noarly oyer, and tho covotod opportunity was slipping away. If sho lot him go, porhaps thoy might uovor moot again. Suddonly sho began to unbutton hor long glovo, and sho folt that Harold's oyos woro immodiatoly Hxod upon hor. "Why aro you taking off your glovoP" askod Mrs. Mackouzlo in surpriso; wo aro just going." "I know?I know," said Marian hurriedly, ns sho tugged away at a rofractory thumb. "Como along, or wo shall loso tho carviago." Marion rose, fastening her cloak round hor nook, and lot tho glovo fall as if by accident. Harold stoopod to piok it up, and sho stretched out her loft'hand to tako it from him. His oyos travolod from tho radiant diamond to hor agitated faco. May 1 como to-morrow? ho whisporod. Sho gavo him a nod and a smilo, and quickly followed hor friends, whilst ho camo after hor and put hor in tho carriage, fooling as. if ho woro in a droum. * * , ? "But why did you ovor do it?" looking down with puzzled eyes at hor blushing faco. "Becauso Sir Folix told mo that you had given my roses to Laura Dickson!" "It was fatso! Hut tho idea of being joalous o? poor plain Laura!" "You woro jealous of Sir Felix, in spite of his ugly red beard." "But I thought you lilced him." "And I thought you likod hor." "But you didn'tP" ' "But you didu'tP" sho ochood with' smilo. And tho next moment his arm was around hor waist, and their lips mot. Lottio Smith has loarnod by this timo that falling stars don't como to tho oarth; bnt all tho ploasuro of hor lifo Bho datos from tho day wliou a diamond ilnshcd in tho guttor. m ? Fivo Thousand Tortoises. In tho back yard of iho liouso next door bnt ono to my abodo thoro aro storod at tho presont timo no loss than ninotecu casks full of tortoises. This morning complaint was mado to mo of tho smoll thoy wero making, and accordingly I examined tho casks. Ono had been opened and 1 removed tho | noaa ami looicod inside. Tlio eask was simply full of tortoises thrown in anyhow. Ono poor creaturo at tlio lop had ks shell crushed in, which speaks volumes about what thoy must liavo undergone. And tlio smell?well, wo aro used to smolls hero in tlio East End, and do not mind thorn very much, but tlio smoll of tlioso poor croatures was too much for cvon our practiced nostrils; many of tlio tortoises had evidently diod.somo of AUom pnvkftpa ?#?? 1 Now those casks woro brought into thoyard last Tuesday, and no attempt has Dcon mado ovon to sort out tho living from tho dead. From a rough calculation, I should say that thoro woro at loast 6,000 tortoises packed into tho ninotoon casks. Tho ownor does ' not reside upon tho premisos; but ho rents tho liouso and lots it out to tonants, and every year about this timo uses tho yard to storo tortoisos in. Thus ho is liiinsolf froo from tho miisannn thmr cause. I liavo complained to tlio medical officer, and the result will doubtloss bo that tho casks will bo romoVod, and, as far as wo aro concorn?d, tho uuisauco will bo at au oiid. Tho tortoises will undoubtedly bo taken to another yard, and then as thoy 'aro wanted each cask will bo unpacked and tho contents exposed for salo upon tho coster mongor's carts. Tho casks ought to bo unpackod at once and tho contonts sorted, tho dying dispatchod without dolay, and tho living at least allowed somo placo whoro thoy can stretch thoir logs.?Letter to London Standard. Tempted by Sharjicrs. "It is a groat wonder to mo that tho numbor of defalcations by treasurers of corporations is not largor than it is," olt.ini'vrul !? tl-nntlll-nw nf nno *! ? . .? uj. v/jiv; ul iuuuuuu* ties of Maryland to a JJullimorc American reporter, whilo spoaking of tho rocont failures. "WliyP" "Becauso thoy havo bo many temptations. Whon I first took hold of tho treftsurorship of our county I was litorally bosoigod with lottors, circulars, and, confidential communications from Now York banking firms of doubtful notoriety. Thoy camo in ovory mail. They woro markod 'private,' 'porsonal,' and all that sort of tiling. Thoy provod to me?011 papor, of course? now I could oasily doublo all investments. Thoy showed that by putting my inonoy up I was absolutely certain to win, and that it was an impossibility for mo to loso. Tlioso communications woro full of tho'most plausiblo motliods. Tho plans woro captivating. The rosults thoy worked out woro astoyndiugly big and thoro was an air of frnnlcnnno about thorn which would ordinarily diaabuso tho unsophisticated miud of any suspicion of crookedness. For nearly two yoars these things kopt coming to my oftico, Jjut as I did not bito at tho hook they gradually foil off, nnd now I got very fow of them. But I do know this to bo tho case?whono'ver a now man is put in a placo whoro ho has othor people's monoy to handlo, those sharpors in tho big ci'tios got aftor him with thoir ciroulars, anu when thoy uiiuu coo noui 01 mm tlioy don't lot go until thoy havo nrado him a thiol or a bankrupt, or both. That is why I am surprisod that tho numbor of defalcations is not largor." A whittling Yankco has cut, with a !ack-knifo, from a singlo pino block, a argo, solf-liko group of liguros roprosonting a span of liorsos attaohod to a carriago, in which aro two men. It is tho most wondorful pioco of carving ovor soon In N?w Havon, and is truo to lifo. Ho has boon at work for mouths on it. Evon tho spokos of tho wheels aro porfoct, and tho wheols rovolvo on thoir axlos frooly. Tlio harnoss is comploto in ovory dotail, and can Oo movod on tho liorsos. Sovoral months moro will bo rcquirod to porfoct tho group in minor dotaila. It is viowod by many pooplo d^Ily. % - ?? 1 L4UM-)i-4U?g ONI3 OF PINKKirrOK'B (^teATS' ? t .luuiojj}" The Acoutiltifg Blood that J.o<V ? Muv-!! iloror to Commit < "1 was lust thinking/' fcaid-jOaptaltt' 11. J. Liiulon, snporlntomloul of riiikor toil's Dotootlvo Agonov, >i tjio woudorful will poworand iitttlringjitoiv1 aovorauco of AUon rinkorloft.' 0V+ ' fow poraona, unloss tlioy wdro'intlmatoly aaaooiatod with him, Would'bo-: liovo that any poraon. could<pO|Afll : snoh a patient porsistonco, whlchssi^ mountod obstaclos that to ot&^R moii would appoar liko im^3BHH mountains. Major . PiiikortoiL/.igjvKw man with a big heart I don'%: iiu ivuuw now iu uu iv muiiii uiuig,, nu j was one of thoso honorable, fair-mind*'' I oil mon, who, whilo giving everybody* thoiv duo, oxnolqdtho iftmofortoJiMoli In mattors of business ho in^atod on jotting ovory ponny that bolingod <6 him, and onoo ho xnadda pwWmo it was livod up to if it cost nlu* .ov^ry ponny ho owned in tho world., jHis likos and dislikos woro intonso. If ho booamo your friond * NO AMOUNT OP CALUMNYon tho part of your ononAy could cliango his opinion; but if ho disliked you, noithot arguments nor oritroaiios could shako him an iota. 'MajorFinkorton's porsovoratioo and ingenuity woro tho socrots of his sucooss in all his undertakings. If ho could not accomplish bis purposo by ono plan ho immodiatoly roso'rtod to anotlior. His mind was wondorfully (orLilo in expediontsj and it wris a raro thing for him to fail when lio had ouCo But his mind upon sucooss. You oau form somo idea of his roady'Jafct and capacity for planning in tho oako ol tho colorod murdoror Johnson, ol. South Carolina, who killod an onomy undor tho most brutal ciroumstanuos. Major Pinkorton was protty positive as to tho man's guilt, but it was impossiblo to obtain a comploto ohain of ovidonco. With tho natural soorotivonosg of his raco, Johnson rofusod to fall into any of tho man-traps laid for Urn* and mako a confossion, which wns'Finkorton's object. Aftor wooks of I pationt but aboitiyo work, a novol plan was hit upon. Tho murdoror was surprised ono morning when ho wont to tako a plow into a field to find it sgattorod wiiii uioou. m tno open liejfl wlioro ho was to work tho murdoror found LITTLE TOOLS OF BLOOD along tho courso ho was to plow. When ho wont back to tho stablfljiio was startjod by sooing. tho bloody iit^>rint of a human hand on tho stablo door. Evoiy hoo, or rako, or othor farm implomont that tho man pickod yp had blood on it. When nightfall cftmo tho murderer was so paraly/.od with foar that his teeth woro chattering and ho was afraid to go to bod. Ho bolioved that tho spirit of his victim was haunts ing him. Tho dotootivo and his assistant noted theso symptoms, and woro coniidont that tho right u]an Itt^boon given tho noxt day. Johnson was found in tho barn with his throat out from oar to oar. Hohadkillod liimsolf rather than onduro tho tortures of & guilty consoionco. I noed not oxplain that tho blood marks which frightonod tho murdoror'a guilty soul woro tho work of tho dotectiyes and not of spirits. "It was ip that kind of detoctivo work that Major Pinkorton cxcollod. Ho could chango his tactics so that tho man or men ho was Booking would bo lod into a trap whon thoy' really thought thoy woro getting out of ono, Thoro are scores and scoros of such instauces, but thoy havo all been published from timo to timo as thoy occurred, and I do not suonoso would interest you. It was ono of Major Pinkorton's rulos to conceal nothing from tho public of public interost, aftor the work was dono, and it was anothor inlloxiblo rule to toll tho public nothing boforo tho job was finishod or wldlo ft was in progress. From this ho novor dopartod, and his sons, William and Robert, who are their fathor's successors, will adhoro to it as rigidly as tho ioundor of tho agonoy did. ?Philadelphia Press. Watorocl Thoir Stock. In Pooria, Ills.', was a stook company of thtoo brotliors, having a oapital of $20,000. Tho dividends woro so largo and tho opportunity tor incronsing tho business so fair that ono of tho brotliors wont to a lawyor and. oxplainod: "Fritz und. Jacob und mo talk it all ovor, und wo concludo to put somo wator in our stook. Shust how wo shoufd do him wo dnnno.1' ' How much do you want to iucrpaso your stock?" "Vholl, aboudt $10,000." "Woll, wo'll got some moro cortilicatoa printod and I'll soo to tho watering. Just loavo it all to mo." And as tho partnors' romarkod to oacli othop about tliroo wooks lator: ' How vash it dot lawyer put all dojj vator in his own pocked und calls for Bomo dividonds on usP"?Wall Street News. -???? Tlio ophthalmia of oarly infancy haa boon provod to bo tlio most cortainly curablo of all disoasos', and yot its nogloct results in moro casos of hopoless blindnoss than any othor troublo to which tho oyo may bo subjoctod. An investigation of twonty-two blind asylums in Gormany alono has shown that ono-thlrd of tho inmatos would bo in full possession of thoir sight but for tho terriolo offoot of noglootod ophthalmia, and in England also a similar oondition of all'airs lias boon dovolopod. Blindness is for tho individual a oatastropho and for tlio community a burdon; thoroforo tho insnootors of tho f>oor in all tho largo European citioa lavo boon roquirocl to distributo cards giving Bimplo instructions to mothors enabling thom to rccognizo tho first symptoms of ophthalmia and to undorstand its gravity. Wholo cities and villagos in Algoria mado of adobo sun-dried brick havo; mnH.nrl imilni* !./> %WJ UUV4VI |/l*v> UUUUU^III^ null of tho patfj, wlntor. Tho ITronch garrisons and tho Arabs had to tako to thoir tonts, for thoir housos bccamo massoa of soft mud Whiot) foil to piocos. But tho groat doaort of Sahara is reported to havo bloomod into raoadows and blossomed liko tho roso undor tho influonco of tho uncommon rains. , * # v Ifjj-jimj. liijjiiuQiL-iXIin^) JX. ?i t-i i : (?ii.A'1 -< '' I yd I) unit- i "<. " ," - ' w t > i I) 'Am^mueJng JuoUlonbiu tho unwritton* hljstpry 91 Abraham Lincoln. is told by thpi Hon., Ward 1J? Lntucm of this. oity. W.Wlp.t'Ufl goi?ttom.on worp lawrpartHqr* fa. JUlJiiQi^,' and bofor.o Lincoln \rn? .tUongbk of fcr'tRroflidant. vf th? Unitod Sta.^ofl,: (hoy bfvppouodi to .visit. an. agrioidlw^iwr ,;fa an..,inland town ot, . m - */ji/ji )i! .: > ; ijuwwfl smW. JMgh .spirits and Boomoaring about. ^or. nmimfiw WMtUq o^ppsitjoiv 1 ?ptQr<fpdi^iftoovorod mi. a)trapifo** 4 ft a lurhoddowu floyr(Paqgoyi , v, **9HBOT0Uara / lor. .A, doc that will BbqUtpd ^rc^MpA itfftfi who owiiod tho, opt/It.)|()(V#W dollars 4 say,,to the ddg.tj^t qpfl, bftul out tho badger." ., ;, ; 'Jfhorqj Wqyqi^ ^o\v takprs pf , tUa bad-. gOr ^f\u'a oftqr, but; % AmMAw&Uta? V>\y{Vp?a ,^0 Ji^ypstpd 2$ cents oxporimont Invariably lost in tho spooulatlon, for tho badgor'a tooth woro sharp, and ovory dog that ontorod its stronghold camo out in a jifty, wliilo tlio forocious animal insido hold tho iorp and ^rlnnqd. all ovor. jMr. Lincoln hit upon a happy thought. Taking Ward to ono aidO JtUoy. found a lank countryman with a still lankcr mastiff! ("Want to mako $50 with that dogP" askod Lincoln. "Course I do," ropliod tho liay3eod. Tho dog was bartorod for, and as Lincoln approacljod tho badgor man, uiuuwiug ins way inrougn tuo crowd, ho said: | "I'll iuVost a quarter in your ganio air." ' ; Tho. badgor oporator looked at Lincoln's hungry dog and smiled as ho took tho silvor quarter. Lincoln caught tho dog and lod it up to tho barrol. Hastily grabbing tho mastiff, ho throw it into tho opening I'tother end first. There was a pauso only of a socond, and thon followod a livoly sorapo insido tho barrol. , i*'Hold on thoro" cried the manager, i 'Fair play " But no was too lato with his romon- ' stance.' Outspraug tho badly frightened d with tho badgor stioking to his J quar.tors. Tho crowd parted, and away wont tho. dog and badgor into tho inner field of tho race-track. 1 Tho badgor stuck like a brother, toams ran away, women faintotl, and tho crowd roared. Lincoln fairly wont into spasms of mirth, tho fun. was so onjoyable. Tho countryman owning tho d6g was paralyzed, as was tho badgor-owner, who sot up a great howl aiul was mad onougli to fight. Troduco your $50," said Lincoln to tho badgor-koopor. "Foul play, foul play," criod tho chagrined gamostor, "and I'll novor pay it." Hero is whom Lamnn nmnfl In Wjjfflga** kadgor's friond l>y "Givo up tho $50 or I'll wallupyou." Lnmon's lierculoan proportions wero too argumoutary to bo trilled with, and tho monoy was haudod to Mr. Lincoln, wlio in turn gavo it to tlio countryman. Tlio dog was well paid for, and tho badger business closed up for want of a badgor.?Denver Tribune. Just Liiko Jolui. A woman clad in doop mourning wont through tho mcnagorio yesterday, stopping to admiro oach of tho animals in turn, and every n.ow and then applying lior handkorchiof assiduously to her oyes, says The Biirlington Free Press. Whon sho camo to tlio I3UU1U1, ii> wnu ovHioni unui sno nau come to stay. Sho sat down on ono of tlio posts that hold tho ropo and bogan" to oatochiso the attondant. "This is tho camel, ain't itP"' . "Yos'm?and tho iinost spocimcn in this mpnagorio or in any monagorio in i tho country." i "Do toll! How that rominds mo of JohnP John was always at tho hoad of i tho hoap. Now, do tell mo boiqo of i tho poouliaritios of thb camol?won't 'i youP i "Yea, ma'am. Ho has a long nock.1' < 4'Just liko John! IIo had tho longest I nock you ovor saw on a man. Gracious! i I wish you could have soon tho standing collars ho used tn wnnr. flnmn now, toll mo somothing moro." "Tho camol, has tho largest natural hump of any animal iu existonce." I "Just liko John! You ndvor saw a ( mon that cdiftd hump liimsolf as John could, wlion'had a mind to." ' Tho camol is also a great travolor." f "Just liko John! ' I novor could koop ( him at homo nights.'' , "Ho is called" tho ship of tho doscrt." , "Just liko John! Ho could gob moro ; pio aboard than any othor man in Vormont." Just thon tho liAn began to roar, and , tho woman startod on tho doad trot to , seo how much moat thoy could oat at ] ono moal. Say!" criod tho attondant of tho cuinol. "Thoro's ono thing I hain't told you about this animal?tho ' most important of all., I "Wlldt.'w flint.!1" m'lnil tlin "* I < ?, ? ~ XSA *vv* VUU nuuuui, turning round in hor tracks. 1 4'Ho can go for wooks without drink- ' ing a drop of wator." "Just liko John!" oxolaimod tho ] excltod fomalo. "You novor saw a < man?" < But tho lions began to roar so loud i that horvoioo was lost to tho attendant | of tho camol; and ho forgot all about tho > little incident, until later in tho day, < whon ho saw a fomalo in black in front i of tho monkoys' cago, and hoard hor oxplain, by way of commont or somo romark of tho koopor? , "Just liko Jylml" Sam Kalloton, a mouibor of tho Arkansas Logislaturo, was vorv fond of oftorlng amondraonts to bills introducod. That was tho limit of his Log- , ialativo oapaoity. Ono morning aftor ( a night's hilarity, ho ontorod tho logis- , latlvo hall lust as tho chnnlnln wuh n?t. ing divine aid. Tho old man took a , chow of tobacco, and listened atton- | tlvoly until tho chaplain closed his potitlon with an offootlvo raoltation of tho Lord's prayor. "Mr. Spoakor," said i tho . old man, arising, "I movo to ^ Btriko out tho words 'daily broad' and f insert 'aa much broad as may bo found ( ncoossary for twonty days.' Wo havo alroady dono onough for tho llood lufforora." . ?! , ' 6 r , I>]{iy^ng With a Groouhoru. t 1< At tlio Michigan Central- depot tKo1 othqr day, says/tho Detroit Fred l'resw,. tliroo or; four rctyizoua, wlio happpnqiV i to bo waiting for the,, same' train to coj'iio in got to talking about cortfidobco mon and tlioir viotims, and ono of thorn1 * pointed to a particularly vordant apocImoD of the yonng-mau-from-tho-cOuh-' Jry.aadL'BalcU, ii : "Xfiat follow| woul<\ ,bo. a ,ripo, pubjoqt jor tiio iratornity. Tho phnucos aro that ho cotllcl bo bbmbbozVod ftd oasy1 as yqlling off'a lo'g."' 1 11 ' ''' v) VX annuo," ropliod- anothor. 'i4,Supposo you workpn hjjp a IMI9 M au oxt : poriiuoht, 'Horo is a chock; that, I will till <Jut, 'toidthon T Will 6om'o in tyt ^h'o tighttimotRa4yovl^'pal.,^, r' ''i1 ' 1 '"'l' Tho Woa<wa?? pniorod into; and- in' A"? I few ^omo^t^ ^o. y put jiiuiKoif >^ j#tti r way Of tho groonhorii and wiado iioino , WnltioiftCont tho*#$?& fam^nHRSl'tno Btvahg&tykB,*^fr^'w * Mlohigau City. ; '"So! Why, I am going right thoro mysolf. I own ft paw-will thoro.1' "Yow dow, oliP" "Yos, and I'm horo looking for a loreman. .jl nnvo a Uoss placo for a man at $G0 a mouth." "That's mo to a liuckloborry. I'vo worked in saw-mills all my lifo." "You cau havo tho placo, aud I'm glad to got hold'of such a man. Consider yoursolf engaged forayoar at $60 a month." "Snakes and torn cats but, ain't that luck," chucklod groony. "Stranger you must bo an dwiul good man." "Well, I run a Sunday school and try to load an upright lifo. May bo you waut a month's salary inadvaneoP" "Woogh! you don't say so! No, 1 guess I kin git along, as I havo $45 in my pocket." At this moment tho palcamo up with tho usual bill, which must bo paid at once or tho now saws for tho mill would i not bo shipped. No. 1 had only $3 or ' ft't 111 hills. Illlt. nffnivwl n ntmnlr <1- OAA r ??-w, VMVAVM I* VJUVVIV IV/l Following out tho usual programmo groonhorn was askod to hand over his 1 i$45 and take tho check for security. Tho words woro hardly out of tho man's lips when greeny spit on both j hands at once, shot out his right and i loft in chorus, and thoro was a thump! 1 thump! which knocked two men llattor < than pancakes. ' j "Softly, gentlemen?softly," commanded greeny as half a dozen men rushod up. "I lookliko a last year's pumpkin saved over iu tho basomcnt < of a canning factory, but aftor travel- ] ing for oloven yoars with Foropaugh I t ought to know buckwheat from goslings. Pick 'cm up and spongo off tho blood and turn cm loose. Thoy'll , feel tired all tho rest of tho day." Tho Lioft Side tho Better. Tho loft sido of tho faco is tho right; statistics ni'OVn fclin n.iriwlmr AvMeta 1 " V,M always put tho best, touohos, lincst Blinding, uiul most dolionto tints on tlio loft side of tho profile. Actors, act- ; rossos, and public singers always mako i a half turn to tho right when thoy wish i to impress their audioucos. Young i radios desirous of bewitching thoir < gontlomon friends always walk on tho right hand sido. Why? Bcoauso ] scienco has shown that tlio loft sido of , tho faco is tho moro beautiful, or loss , ugly. The loft hand is moro magnetic f than tho right, tho loft breast has a , moro graceful contour than tho oppor j site, and thoglnnco of tho loft oyo lu\s a bowitching nowor of which tho rifHit i? hopolossly'innocent. Tho tliorno will boar inlinito oxpausion, but wo forbonr to pursuo it. Tho remarkable part of tho now well-known fact is that tho discovory was mado by tho Chinosc. In Lho year 9381 Ah lliug Fy Foy had a fainil.y of 17 daughter j. Thoy woro all loft-handed, and were greatly sought in marriago by mombors of lho royal household. So irresistible woro tho charms of those moon-oyod maidens that ovory man who looked upon them bocamo onslavod. To savo tho Empire trom interuccino war for their possession, tho Emporor mado an edict Lliat tho daughters of Ah Iling Fy Foy should bo allowod to havo 13 husbands oach, but that in tho futuro all loftlianded girls should bo Btranglod at their birth. ? Scm Francisco NexusLetter mm o m* Plantation Philosophy. Do pussou what doan' talk nothin' i vi t> anui^, uuuii unuic nouun' out ' dang. Folks sometimes growl 'bout do very ' sourco o' diir fortune. Do farmer ofton ? ;omplains o' do heat. ' " y Sudden pleasures is alius do koonos'. ( Oar ain't 110 applo so swoot as do ono f tvo accident'ly tin's in do grass. 1 ( All do eddication in do worl' won't make somo nrbn wise. All do co'n in { lo erib won't fatten do stump-suckin' j :ioss. Er dog has got moro sonso'don do f ipen'thrift, fur, of a dog hab got or big- t ^or picco o' moat don I10 kon eat, 'stoad f )' tlirowin it, ni*wnv. lm. hnr?f?a H 1 In1 (hit artor orwhflo, ho wilf bo hongry ^ argin. Whut or glorious thing it is fur do t laborin man dat do Sabi or didn't como t jz or rich man, 'ca'so of ho had, tick- ( )Ih on do salvation x*ond woul' cos' so i much now dat or po' man couldn't > loch ono wid or ton foot polo. Iiloss > ycv, da wouldn' lot him hang orroun' f lo dopoC tor sco do train start.?Arkan >aw Traveller. , ? ( Thomas Chancoy lias startod a novol 11 businoss at Ilawkinsvillo. lio has gono 8 into tho 'possum businoss on an ox- J tonsivo scalo and proposos to raiso * Lhoso much sought varmints for tho J markot, His ranch in located about a * milo from town, and is inolosod with ' tviro fencing. This was dono in ordor ' to koop Calvin Brown from trailing n thom oft'into tho swamp with hia pack >f hounds. IIo has commoncod with J Lon, but will greatly incroaso tho num- r jor during tho year. As tho avorago n )inoy woods 'possum litids roadv salo \ it 40 ccnt a pleco, a lino, fat, stall-fed li possum would, of course, bving doublo hat amount, and 600, at 80 cents apicco f imounts to $100, which Is nothing to 11 jo laughed at.?Savannah Newsn "*?- m t About 4,000 comots Iiavo boon soon ? ilnco tho roQprds bogan. \ I!1 i r. Familiarity dooa > not always breed contornnt. For%in9t&AC0? thero,Is tho girl and io6?orolroi). ; An anxious liiqulror aake: "Whoro Is tho host plfc&y for * nit-water bathWgP" In tho ^tor, doarirloud. No," trnld,Brown to KobinHpn with MV| MU? j. milium W IIUYO a nvo for a ohaflga'?W'\i':i/.* ?*?". . - in/ II ? A country . ^ostraftitor bad an holr r n f^i A? remarked to a friotia, who was oongratulatitig'hlm, tliat? It was tho earliest iu,alo ho had-oyorsTOCflived; U.H // ? Choofljwj wUq is jrofy. rnuoh Ilka d) dorlng a modi fa a Fa*U, roataurant w iba you don't uttdoratattd FronoU. Vhll <M?<t nAi. ?.1- - *-' 1 ^ /? *"iy uuv Kuv Nbah, bocauso hos u oo os a fullyfM^ da limited company whon all tho rost of tlio world was In liquidation. "Yos," said Fondorsop, "I'vo got quito an oiu* for music." "You lmvo * quito nn oar, buvo enough," said Fogg, "but 1 wasn't suro it was for music. I didn't know but it was intondod for a windmill." A Vermont man has a hon 39 yoara uiu. l no oinor any n liawk stolo it, but after an hour onmo back with a broken bill and throo olaws gone, put down tho hdn and took an old rubber boot in placo of it. Girls, whou you marry, bo auro to wed a big, strong, hoalthy man. While in nine cases outof ton ho won't bring up tho coal, ho111 como in handy in tlio Full to sit on a Bibio fillod with Autumn loaves to pross thorn. "What- do you think of my mua?1_ - -Y - - - - luvuur usivuu n young man of his girl. "Oh, it vominds mo of a Western frontier city," was tho answor. "In what rospcct, pray?" ' "Booauso llio survey is la?go onough, but tho 3otllors aro straggling." A clergyman in an outorprislng Western town doos much of his parochial visiting by moans of tho tolophono. But ho is concornod to soo that many of his parishionors go to church by toloplione?at least they do not go in bodily form. Is that young man on the corner, with two girls on his arms, from tho country? IIo is. Is ho looking for tho. n n tt. i * - - ouiiiuiuur no is; uui tnoso girls aro looking for an ico-croam aaloou. Will thoy lind 0110? Thoy will, or that young man will go homo alono. A drcssmakor rocommondod that ? shirring bo put upon somo portion of Dot's now dross. "Mamma," said Dot, "what is a shirring?" "Well, my child, a shirring is?is?a gathering." "Oh, yes, mamma; I nad a shirring in my oar last Winter." Customor?"That last beefsteak I bought lioro?or-?or?do you purohnso your bocf in Gooi'giaP" Hutonor?"In Georgia? W hut ui.o you talking aboutP" Customor?"Nothing; only I read tho othor day that cows In that Stato fro- ^ quontly livo to bo 100 years old." It is rumored that Sarah Pornhardt lirvs thj eatoncd to commit suieldo. Sho ocuuiu iv groat aoai oi iroo advertising by resorting to such a scheme,.but roally wq don't soo how it would benefit hor "first appoaran0o" In tho noxt world.?Norristown Hcralit. Tho white-elephant crazo appoars to bo dyiug?not dyoing?out. An exjhango says that out of thirty-six oir3U30S now on tho road, thirty-two advertise whito olophauts. It is ouspooV' id that tho managers of tlio otho'r four shows havo joined tho ohurchr and aro trying to load bottorlivos.?Norritfown Ucr aid. A younrj woman in Now York Stato, lias boon Killed by attempting to talk through a tolophono during a?tluindoritorm. It sootns a littlo harsh, poriaps, to say that sho ought to havo cnown bettor, but it is tho most uttor foolishnoss to try to talk agaipsk lightning. Evon a woman cannot do "./.-ll "Vat? You havo novor' boon in ?yanco, Moeas! Zon 'ow aro you arivod at so voll spoakjng zoFronchP" 'Oli, woll, Monsieur! at school, you enow, tho girl who sat noxt to mo at linnor usod to oat my fat, and I usod 0 do lior French exoroisos for horj so 1 got lots of practicot" Telcmachus, don't lot mo hoar you aughing at a woman again bocauso iho can t sharpon a ponoik Whon you vant somotiiing in that lino to laugh lo you just coutomplato a man cutting >ut a papor pattorn with a pair of icissors by tho unitod efforts of his ight-hand, lowor jaw and two-third# )fhis tongue.?Burlington Hawkeye. "Yos," ho said, "wo woro out oailinir > tntl noticod a yacht 001110 distanco oif lying signals of distross, and whon wo ;amo up with hor wo found aflfaira in a earful state." "What was tho -ronbloP" askod his friond; "was alio linking?" "Worse than that-?all tho iquor had givon out" ' "Indood! 1Y0II, that was torrlblo."?lfoston Post, Tho chomist is happy. IIo hasn't ,imo to sloop nights, so busy is I10 oxracting tho puro ossonoo of lomou, >rango, strawborry, and other -dolioous fruits from coal tar for tho soda* vator fountain. And tho f ruit-growor, vho has tho roal thing, fools bfuo bo:uuso ho can't soil it at a paying prico. L'his is how naturogots loft somotimos. Thoro is a story told of Lord Hardsastlo mooting Poolo on tho chain plor it Brighton. Ho stoppod him and iiui: jliook noro, rooio, 1 got tliie toat of you, and sco how badly It llta." 'oolo took a in I ot chalk out of his vaistcoat pookot, and markod His. jordship's coat all ovor, and Mid: Tako that coat to my cuttor, My yord, and ho will mako tho nocossary iltoratlous." A Gorman gontloman of mathptio roolivltios rccontly sat In a Ixmdon ostaurant whoro Oaoav Wildo ocoupiod i tiwno. uflcar cauoa lor a bunch o! < iolots, fltuok bis noso into tUom, inlalod thoir porfumo, and rornarking, 'I imvo dinod," paid his bill au<J >assod out. Tho German tosthoto rc* lootod for a moiuont and thon ordered > cako of Limburgor chooae. Aftor in*,. laiiug tho porfurao ho oxolaimod, "I ,lso haf mittng golmbon," andfollowod Yildc.?Pilwurq Chronicl<hUcral^ ? Jk