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^ 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. ,
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'' 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^ ?
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