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WE FLING AWAY OUR GOLD. We fling away our gold. Ease, comfort, pleasures never beg in va From starving, homeless ones our mite wj hold; When seed thus sown might whiten all plain! We fling away our gold. We send away our thoughts, Half clothed and senseless, soft they sp< away; When, like the gorgeous tapestry inwroug They might add lustre to each pass; day. We send away our thoughts. We throw away our time. That golden gift we never know to prize *Till life's high goal unreached, too weak climb. The last few moments pass our closi eyes, We throw away our time. We castaway our love? We plant its flowers upon life's shifti sands? We bend the tender blighted blooms abo Watered by tears within our feeble hand; We cast away our love. ?Lvdia L. A. Vern. in Salem Gazette RUINED BY HIS HAT, BY BENJAMIN NORTHROP. New York, March 1. Dear Tom: I am a fool. No, I ? not. Yes, I am. Well, I'll tell you i about it. and you can judge for yourse You remember pretty May Spalding that dainty little blue-eyed, golden-hair maiden who summered with the Vand< dusens at Newport last season? "We ane has been with the St. Georges New York, and I am head over heels love with her. I have been buzzii around her like a moth around a can<i ever since snow fell. So has that odio Tannine Vaii rfl'npmW TnnHno? T is the same disagreeable wretch he w when you knew hire.?rich and go< looking, so some foolish women thini though to save my life I cannot see whe it comes in. The St. Georges gave party last week. She was there and was I. So also was that miserab Jenkins. Some people never do kno enough to stay away from where th are not wanted. About 10 o'clock asked Miss Spalding to walk with n into the conservatory. There we four a rustic seat in the ;-hade of a big cact plant and sat down. After a few minut of embarrassing silence I sighed mel ingly. "Why do you sigh?" she asked. # "Don't you know?" I replied, mea ingly. , he thought a moment and then r plied: "Yes. I think I do." My he:irt gave a great bound direct into my throat. She had uoticed n love! My devotion had touched h heart and now I was to receive my r ward 1 T'It was that chicken sa'ad," she ai 1 n U J..J werea, iu a nearness, cuiu-uiuuucu tui of voice. ''Chicken salad is the wor thing you can possibly eat be! ore retirin and I saw you last evening eat foi dishes." "Only three," I interruped; "but,Mi May," 1 added, appealingly, "it isn't tl alad that makes me sigh." "No?" she replied, in that same hai tone that reminded me most forcibly this unhappy moment of the silver-plat< head of the screw which the undertak makes fast in the cr.iket just at the clo of the funeral ceremony. "Then it mu have been the cream. Salad and crea never go well together." "Don't be cruel," I exclaimed, "dor make sport of me, I beg you. Indeed, was not anything I have eaten." "No? Then you must have drank som thing that didn't agree with you. Reall Mr. Bronson, you should be more caref of yourself. Your are far from strong, y< know." "Miss May," I cried with deep em tion, "it wasn't the tea, the ice-wate the salad, nor yet the biscuits, the crear the cakes, nor c\cn was that sif brought out by the coffee. Oh, Mi May, can't you guess what it is thatgiv me such pain?" "I am not good at conundrums replied Miss Spalding in a wi that really did more to derange n billiury system than if I had eaten all the was on the table the previous evening a single mouthful. I arose in mute ai touching expostulation. "Speaking of conundrums," she o served, ia the same wintry tone, "c you tell me what time it is, and whc Mr. Jenkins is? He promised to call i me here in ten minutes. It seems to m ?here she placed a marked accent up the "me"?"that I have be?n here least an hour and a half." Then she rose to go. I put out r hand to ditain her?as well might I, my love-lorn folly, have triid to stop I agara with at-nnis racquet?but just my luck would have it, one of those fernal cact'.s thorns managed, in t dark, to run itself half way through 1 palm. "Deuce take it!'' I exclaimed, befor realized the strength of my langui?e. . "Mr. Bronson!" she remarked, sofr idly that the poor, unoffending cacl shivered as with a chill. "Mr. Bronsc will you be kind enough to stand asi jo that I may find Mr. Jenkins?" I followed her instructions withe even whispering of theii injustice,and s sailed into the brilliancy of the ballroo growing m )re radiantly beautiful at evt step. The door swung back to pis leaving me alone in the shadow to nui my physical suffering and mental agor A moment later, before I had time to c termine whether life was worth livn even for the rest of the evening, a as I was about contemplating impali myself on another of those murderc the rns, the door opened and closed agu Although my back was turned to it heard footsteps which I recognized hers. She had cone back, relentingly, f of sweet penitence to ask my pardc TU/\t?l<^ T ka liOrtl-nr ?in /ri I'inff fY UU1U x Ut i.'aun muu a** That is not my nature. Almost bef< turning arot' -d ray arms were extend their full v.dth and I made a plur through the g'oom toward the locat! where I fancied she stood. "I forgive you freely?most freely, i dearest .May," I ejaculated in a sin breath which had not spent itself beli my arms had closed, just a little ti derly, perhaps, around the figure I v addressing. "Your pardon is granted," respond a deep bass voice ending in a little i gravating, snorting laugh. I alw; *- n man nnnrtpd ftq uavc liO CV4 a UJU44 ?. -V laughed, and since that night I ne' hear a laugh of that sort without havi red-handed murder in my soul. Af the last snort the laugh-owner, who 1 during this short period of silence b< struggling to escape my clasp, which wicked deception had given, tempo rily, the strength and fixedness of a \ gasped, he said: "But please dc crush my shirt bosom " It is well t! at the contemptible J kins, who was my latest tormentor, hi mauaged to make his escape by wigglii from between my arms snakily, as titfc l*n- his nature, and had rushed frantical th- from the room as if he had been havii an interview with a dangerous maniac, the 1 don't know, old man, why I didi kill him right there. I could have do: it just as easy. And I don't think shall ever have a better chance than the My heart is set on gore?Jenkins's gore and I'll not be cheated cut of my revenj this time?not I. ht, Now you know the whole story. A Lug swer my question. Am I, or am I nol Your devoted friend, Harry Brokson. No. II. i March 7, 1886. to Dear Old Tom: It was awfully got of you to say that I am not quite a loc fKiu ni/1 XT f jjg UUt nail U1IUI1 J UtA 1 cau V/iUU, i/m JV ever hear of 6uch frightful luck as I ge: erally have? I left my office in Pai Row yesterday about 2 o'clock. 1 Bleecker street I met some friends ac ing we stopped on the corner. Here I gai an exhib tion of my luck that woul ve make a less sensible man take poison an s? die in agony and a bow-knot in the mic die of the floor just as soon as not. A gust of wind on its way uptow from the Battery?harmless, spotive, ii uocent gust of wind, that had gone tw miles and never touched a hat?swoope down on my new tile and sent it rollin up the street like a college foot ball on most di<giaceful bender. There is r use in prolonging the description. Tt faster I ran the f;t>ter the hat rolle through the mud between blockades ( I* street cars and drays. - hrough the crowc on the pavement a block or so down e(j muddy gutter. Finally taking an of ,r shoot it came to a stop in a pool of watt on a side street. Two minutes later eigb policemen a 1 several thousand citizen j rushed down the thoroughfare, and sui rounded me and my hat as if we had bee U? malefactors of more than ordinary prom: ug nence. After running behind an excite and muddy man several blocks, followe as by the populat on ot" five or six wards, i J(j is not within a poiicema's nature to rc ^ sist making an arre-t, and if I had nt submitted to this outrage with a meet nessthat Closes would have ki ked at, ao am sure I would have been clubbedint the bargain. Here my same luck put it foot in its mouth as usual. After pas; ' ing through a dozen streets or so, fol ^ lowed by the same pestilential gang o ae idlers, we reached the station hous J(j where the Sergeant promptly dichargei ug me. After waitrng until the crow* e3 faded out of sight, I rushed to a hat stor t next door--a cheap, antique storebought the only hat in it that fitted me It looked like a very small and invertei tin pail on top of a very large and widt n* spread umbrella, only the edges turnei up in a roll. If I had worn my trouser e* in my boots and looke 1 throughly wicke I could have passed for a cowboy eve: !y under the experienced gaze of the moa 'y expert desperado yet unhanged. er in my excitement I failed to notice m e" peculiar appearance, but I thonght I wa exercising sagacity beyond my usual won a" in choosing an unfrequented thoroughfar ne to finish my walk, lor I did not fane st provoking the curiosity of street ca = riders, and lJrcadway with its crowd seemed unbearable, and there wasn't cab in sight. Here is where my lucl QQ 1 ?? ?ma a.rain Pcfnro T Tinrl crnri JUUipUU UU Uioa^rtiu. A/VAV1V A uuvft ie two blccks, whom should I meet but Ma Spalding and Miss St. George, who hai r<^ been evid?ntly indulging in a liltle innc at cent daylight slumming excursion. The; did not see me until I was close to them er when, actuated solely by impulse, I trie* se to raise my newly acquired rool from m st head. At this moment Miss SpaldiDj m saw me and gave a scream that chille< t whas blood was not already frozen withi my person. Kemembering my hat whe ^ it was, alas! too late, I fled lrom the spo like a guilty thing. A few doors in ad e" vBnce of where I st jod when I started i 7. my mad chase to escape from my Nemesi was another hat store. Into this I dashed )U Five minute? Inter I re-entered civilize tion, the dust brushed from my clothri the mud scraped from my boots, and m r> head adorned with the glossiest of stylis tiles. >r" I hastened bick to where I had frighl ss mv heart's true love, but they wei es gone. Half an hour later I saw them agai ' seated 011 a bench in Union square, lister a/1 ing with appa ent interest to a ma >y bended over them with his b ?ck towar re me. As I apprca-hed them without al at trading their attention, I was enabled with or without my consent, to overhen their conversation. b* ' 'Whatever do you suppose we ha^ an 1 just passed through?" inquiied Mi: ;re Spalding of her companion. ''A mo or horrible looking man met us near Was! e" ington Square a few minutes ago and wj 03 about to insult us, I know, when screamed and he ran away." ' The wretch." responded the mai nj ''What sort of a lookiug man was he?' in ?'He wore a light suit of clothes, very broad-brimmed hut, and when t as j,ot a block or two up the street 1 m" dodged into a store. Then we hurrie ;'le up here where y ?u found us aa fast 1 ny we could come." "I think I can throw a little light upc e I the identity of this miscreant," replit the man in a voice which I half recoj ig- nized. 4T saw him rush into this sto :us from the centre of the square. He w ,n that Idiotic Bronson. I have no idi de why he should try a trick like that ui less because it occurred to his feeb >ut mind that it might be smart or amusin he J never have heard of his insulting ai n? ladies before, though. But I am n :ry surprised at anything this imbecile mig' lCL" do. I understand,'' nc continued, with rse malice purely Satanic, "that his frien< >y. have been contemplating for'some tir past putting him in a retreat for weal minded persons." At this moment, patience being ] tlg longer either virtuous or needful, I pr >us sented myself before my accuser and tv listeners. I There were two feminine screams ^ the ladies rose simultaneously from tl bench and clutched, with every sym UN I torn of uncontrollable fear, the arms their self-installed protector, it' "Good afternoon, ladies," I observ? are as cnlmly as possible. led "Never mind your apologies, fellow |ge responded this absolutely deprav< ion wretch of a Jenkins?for such heturn< out to be?"I will have my footman s my tend to you later on."gh? With "this rebuff, so stingingly applie ore the trio wheeled into line and marchi En" up the walk toward Broadway. Wh 'as wa9 there left for me to do? I couldn spatter these ladies with his gore. Evi lo^l ? . T L :a -11 i Qaa sense enuujfii witu an my uuuuii BS" ing emotions, which quite overpowcri a)'s me, to see that. So I lett them. If y< he receive a telegram any momeut from i *eT sent from the Tombs and headline jng "Murderers' Row," you may know th ter I have done my duty. tad Yours, devotedly, until such time aa je_n am ^e Sheriff's, and his till death, bis H. Bronson. >ra is? NO. III. >n t New York, March 21, 1886. en- Mt Dear Thomas : The tear be-wett ad extract from the morning paper relate! ag the story of its own tragedy: sd Married: Jenkins-Spalding. On March 18 ly Horatio Jenkins to May Spalding. No cards Yours, despairingly, Bbonson. P. S.?I am experimenting in charcoa i't as a means of suicide. If I find that if oe entails too much patience, and if I verifj : I the rumor that its use would cause mj n. face to turn black?too black to be rec? ognized by her for whom I died?I shall ?e end all things with dynamite?New Yorl Graphic. n- ?1 ^ * A Case of Bibery. The different methods by which a mar may be bribed are legion. I heard of s case that occurred in one of the Soutt American states, the story of which will, ?u in tois connection, Dear repeuuun. 11 1, goes without saying that bribery among >u the Latin race in America has been reQ duced to a science. My informant hud k lived many years on the southern half of U this continent and was, I imagine, a good id judge of the science. At one time there fe were two mining companies, a Scotch and id and an American, struggling for the d possession of a valuable gold mine situ1 ated in a South American republic. It had come down to a contest between n Scotch shrewdness and Yankee wit. The l- stake was enormously large. Through ro all the courts up to the final tribunal the d case had been fought with the persistg ence and ingenuity which characterize a such contests. The final arbiter was a io I brother-in-law of the President of the ie 1 republic. His influence with the admind j istration was naturally supposed to be >f invincible, and by the law he was the Is final judge.. The Yankee saw his advera sary fraternize with the judge with apf parent unconcern. Bribery in South sr America, though a common vice,must not it be found out. is The day was set ror the hearing of the case, and the adherents of the Scotch and n American companies flocked to the court i- room. The former wore a look of supd pressed triumph,and the President of the d concern, such is the habit of the country, t entered th; court room smoking a cigar! ette. The judge, who knew him well, ?t j descended from the rostrum and re quested a cigarette. I "You will find one in my outside coat 0 pocket," he said, and the judge obligs i ingly helped himBL'lf to one, likewise a i- bank of England note for ?1,000, frhich 1- he concealed in his hand and resumed his f place on the bench. Judgment was e i given in favor of the Scotchman, but the 1 Yankee was playing a deeper game. The i : next day was Sunday, and when the ccn0 gregation emerged irom the cathedral, a 1 i printed document, recounting the facts, !. with place, manner and all the details, i wa9 placed in the hands of every person, i- The story was given with so much directd 1 ness that the denial was impossible, but 3 I Spanish adroitness seemed equal to the d i taik of explaining an affair as damning n 1 as this seemed to be. it I "Ob, yes," said the faithful official, "I ! took the money, there is no doubt about y j that, but it was all understood. For some is j time I have been soliciting contributions t to our chapel. The money was given me e | for that and no other purpose. I shall y I turn it over to the Archbishop and take r j his receipt." s j He d'd so, but it did not avail, the a decree of the President removed him lc j from the judgeship?the American had e 1 seen the President. When the judge y found out that he had lost both his i ! position and the money his rage knew no ?- : bounds. He even went so far as to sue y | the Archbishop for a commission for colt. | lecting the money, but was defeated, i : His decision in the mining suit was overy i thrown. He was disgraced, the Scotch? man baffled and the American triumphI ant.?Chicago Ledger. n , n | >t' The Largest Telescope in the World. | Passengers out of Boston on the Boston II ; and Albany Railroad may have noticed ,3 | just across the Charles River, at the firat ; bridge out of the city and opposite Cot l" tage Farm Station, a handsome residence, ' and back of it a low. round-topped ob7 servatory, and outside, near it, a long I white model of a telescope, and in the same yard a two-story brick building. I This building is the factory where the e great Russian telescope was made,as well ; us many othi rs nlso famous, and where n i work is now going on for the Lick tele l" j scope, which will be the largest in the i world. Of the two discs of glass, each one yard in diameter, for the Lick tele, ; scope, the flint glass has been made a ? longtime, but the crown glass, although j ordered five years ago, was only received ; by the Clarks in September last. It wan 6 made, after repeated trials and failures, at an establishment near Paris, the only j one that could get out such a piece of x~ work. Each glass cost $i5,000 in the j rough, and they cannot b? finished before | fall. At first machinery could do a little | rough grinding, but for months past the a* j bare hand only has been used in Applying ! the polishing substance, which is rough. ! The glasses have now reached a stage ie where the removal of a small portion of the surface in the wrong place would !a ' ruin them. Thev are freouently tested, 19 j set in a circular iron frame, called a cell. ! No instruments can be used for the test, but the long experience of the Clarkshns given them a judgment which is uner=?' ! ring. When completed the great telere scope will be placed in the observatory on "8 Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County, 3a j Cal. Mr. Jnmes Lick left $700,000 in ?" | his will for the purpose of constructing e , the necessary buildings and "for a teles' j scope superior to and more powerful *7 I than any yet made." An astronomei P I has stated that this telescope will bring j the moon, 240,000 miles distant, within, .a apparently, a hundred miles of the be3 holder. It will cost $00,000,and will be ?e covered by a steel dome seventy-five feel in diameter, weighing ninety-five tons, Besides the observatory are mmy othei 30 , buildings, containing all the valuable in e~ j struments necessary for a complete esro j tablishment to carry out Mr. Lick's in I tentions. The citizens of Santa Clara ,ns J County have built a road to the summit 8 ! of the mountain, at a cost of $78,000.? Pj i Hartford Pott. ;d The Table of Appomattox. ? There has been an inquiry made re cently for the table upon which the arti cles of surrender were written and signec it- ky Grant and Lee at Appomattox. Thii table is now on exhibition at the room! ? of the Woman's Decorativc Art society ir ^ New York, and belongs to Mrs. Gen j. Custer,to whom it was presented by Gen, ? fpw hour* uftfir the surrendei ?gn of the Confederate army. Mrs. Custei has been offered large sums of money foi it by would-be purchasers, and circu; )u and museum men have made repeated ne efforts to secure it for exhibition, but sk< ^ will not part with it under any circum ai stances or for any price, nor will sh( permit it to go out of her possession. I j would not be on exhibition where it i: now, but for the fact that Mrs. Custer i: superintendent of the Decorative Ar society, and can keep the table under he eye. She has made a will in which sh bequeaths this historical piece of furnit ure to the museum of the West Poin ed Military academy.?Inter-Ocean. BUDGET OF FUN. 1 ~ HUMOROUS SKETCHES FR( ] VARIOUS SOURCES. t j Family Pride ? Too Sarcastic ? r Quiet Chat ? A Bargain ? He Brought the Bea?-TuraI lin's Victory. A Texas boy of about twelve brouj home a very poor school certificate. 1 old man said, as he looked under sofa tor a bcotjack: "I'll have to apply coercive measure "Don't do it, father. I'm afraid ;h 1 will be a scene, and we don't care 1 have the neighbors suspect that our r< tions arc not harmonious." The neighbors say the boy's eloqtiei ' was intoned by something that souac like hitting a tough beefsteak with 1 i flat side of an ax.?Siftings. Too Sarcastic. First Dude?"Ole fellah, what do j think of Miss Commonsense?" Second Dude?"Well, ma deah b< me opinion of her is not vewy fw twing." First Dude?"Thath bad. Wat'9 t weason you don't wike her?" Second Dude?"Too deuced sahcast don't ye know. W'y the other day were out widing, she and I, and passed by one of these donkeys, a m wable animal, you unnerstan, and I ask her the difference between that beast a myself. I thwought she would say s didn't know, and I would tell her tl the donkey dwew loads and Idwew p tures. Ye know I am a sort of an nhti and that would be a fwine joke, b Jove." Ffirst Dude?"And what did she snj Second Dude?"She said the onwi d wence she could see was in the length the ears."?Detroit Free Preu. A Quiet Chat. J? is a wideawake young business m on State street. Sauntering about at t Art Club exhibition recently, he chanc to meet a friend, a deaf mute, who w conversing with a companion in si language. Greeting J? cordially t deaf mute drew out a pocket p and pencil, and after a brief pencil a paper conversation introduced his co: pinion by the same means and stiori | after withdrew. J? and the gentleman discussed t J pictures pleasantly for twenty minuts more, meanwhile covering the backs sundry envelopes and scraps, of paj with their pencilings, when a ifoui character in this little draa.a came up the scene, a friend of J?'s new-made i quaintance. "Hello, George!" said the new-ma acquaintance to the new-comer, farailii ly, "how do you like the pictures tl year!" "Thunder and Mars?" exclaimed Jin surprise, "can you talk?' "Well, I should say so," said t gentleman, equally surprised, as he p away pencil and paper. "Ain't you d( and dumb?" "Not by a good deal!" J? replie thrusting into his pocket an en^elo nearly covered with peneil marks, "t I'll kill Dummy next time I meet him." Boston Record. A Bargain. A street-tinker, surrounded by a be of children, was industriously worki on a demoralized tea kettle, when a vt soiled tramp approached him, a cautiously drew from under his coat tin can, and in a confidential way said: "My friend, I'm in hard luck; dropped this can yesterday, and n< every time I drink it leaks down on r coat and looks very untidy. I'm bro ?I spent the last cent I had for a chi lotte russe. But won't you just put drop of solder over that hole?" The tinsmith was very prompt in : forming him in plain, unalloyed Englii that he didn't walk around all day yelli up alley-ways, with a furnace in his ha and a twenty-fivc-ponnd box oi to. hanging on his shoulder, for pleasu After the tramp had reflected as only tramp can reflect, he said : "I'll tell you what I'll do if you soU that hole; I'll inform you where thei lots of tinkering, and it fays finit-ra too." The tinsmith entertained the propc tion, and it was a bargain. The can v once more beer-tight. "Now where'e all that tinkering 3 were talking about?" The tramp hobbled off a few jar ancl informed him it was over in 1 United States navy-yard. Before ] tinker could gather himselJ togethe r, 1 tramp jumped on a passing ice-cs.rt a was gently wafted out of sight.?Pu Tumlin's Victory. The present heated political campai recalls a story told of the spirited cont for Congress in the fiftiei, in the < Cherokee district, between Lewis Tu lin and William Henry Styles. The wh country was at the time agitated over 1 . Clayton-Bulwer Treaty which was tl ' pending. Styles and Franklin w i speaking from every stump in the c trict and the former laid great stress the idea that it was necessary that 1 district choose as its representative learned man and one well posted on i current news of both thii country a , the Old World. "Why," said he in one of his joint c I cu8sions, "we want a man in C'ongr who is sufficiently posted to protect i from the aggressiveness and grasp methods of England. We want a n . who can vote intelligently on the issi , arising from tliis great treaty whici ; now pending between the two countri This, my friend, Tumlin can't do. I t | submit to him a single question, and . he answers it- from his seat with being informed, I will agree tj co down." All eyes were on Tumlin as the spea ; turned to him and pointing at 1 . asked: "Where is Liverpool, sir?" Tumlin sat undisturbed and anwe with a sneering smile, but ventured further response. "Ah," continued the speaker, turn to the audience, "he don't know. N j I leave it to you to say whether or j your representative in Congress sho ? know the situation of Liverpool !'' This seemed a clincher and Styles down with an air of triumph. As passed Tumlin it is said that tho lal Mmoi-L-od tn h5:n sotto voice: J, vu<w..v? r "Styles, I think that was blame mc , you know I ain't no geologist." , But it cnmc Tuinlin's time to rej ^ aud he was eqi?.al to the occasion. , scorned the imputation that he did ' know where Liverpool was, ac.cl p ; ceeded to locate it. to the .satisfaction ? the audicnce. "But," said he, "it wo s make no difference if I didn't kuow s There is one thing that I do know, t that i& my pco 1c and my distriot. N r I want to ask i.i r friend Styles n sim B question, whi 1 the representative of 1 district in C?-?.<jreas ought to be able t answer, and f he does so at onc<J, ri from his seat and without inforiuatio will promise to come right down and ask you to vote for him." Attention was now directed to Styles who e.ved the speaker complacently and pj jjood-humoredly, nodded for him to proceed. ' Whare, sir," continued Tumlin, rais A iag his voice to a high pitch and leveling his finger at his opponent, "where, sir, is Hi Ocoper's Creek?" < Styles became confused and did not S1) . . venture a reply. The audience accepted p,1 the point as a good one, for every" one Tb knew that Cooper's Creek watered the e most prominent section of the county. 13 ? "Ah, you see," he conclued, "he don't know anything about the county Oi e^e that he wants to represent. Now, I . leave it to vou to sav whether it is best to , elect a man who knows all about England and nothing about his district, or one who knows every cow-path in the ? district and every creek that should be e cleaned by Congressional appropriation." sjt The victory waa Tumlin's. He had cjj carried the day, and his triumphant elec- fu tion followed. History says tbat the old <0( r?u Cherokee district was well represented in fQ] Congress during his term.?Atlanta Con- _r xtilution. , at th He Brought the Bear. ve You know that I went up in Northern th jc Michigan last fall on a hunting trip with all Wg three or four friends. Well, I can tell ex we you of a comical little incident which oc- flo j3> curred to our old negro cook, Jim. ch We had killed numerous beavers, por- T1 n(j cupinc, partridges and pheasants, and a su jje few deer, but we had been grievously re: iaf. disappointed in getting no bears. We cu jc_ followed up every bear track we could les find, we set trap3, and we employed an la* Indian hunter to aid us.but no bears were ull r r to be found, although it was suid that .jn there were many in the neighborhood, jjf. Returning one afternoon after an unsucaf ces9ful hunt,dispirited and out of humor, it was no wonder that when Jim, the ^ cook, who was somewhat of a privileged 8tj character, commenced to poke fun at us ^ an and deride us on the bear subject, one of 2je the fellows became enraged and said: ** e(j "Jim, you black devil, get out of the ^ ras camp, and if after your bragging you _n don't bring a bear back with you before | dark I'll give you a found thrashing." 1 a(j "Sartinly, I will," replied Jim, gayly. . Q(j He obeyed, and failing to obtain the loan * mm of a gun from any one of the party he started out, having no idea in the world , * as to where he was going. Having wanjje dered away a mile or so from the camp . ' or he lay down under a tree and went to , ()f 6leep. It was dusk when he awoke, and . e )e the first thing that met his frightened , e ^ gaze was an immense black bear resting . [ 0Q c?n his hauncheB, about twenty-iive yards " lc_ away, and watching his victim compla cently. The bewildered and thoroughly fr* alarmed negro jumped to his feet and , ' ir_ started for the camp, and the beast fol- . jjg I owed. It was a race for life, and Jim's only chance was in his legs, for he had ! not the vestige of a weapon with him. ' After half a mile had been t;aversed he ke looked back and saw that the beast waa iUt gaining on him rapidly. He threw off - liia can. and. while the bear stopped to j. s;mell it, he gained a few yards. In this in 1(| way the poor darkey continued throwing ?P ' off his out clothing, pisce by piece, now ^ *ut and then, and profiting by the bear's mo- 3U raentary halt to examine and snuff it. Bn Finally, to Jim's great delight, he saw Pr the lights of the camp but a few rods ca uway. and, having nothing else that he could throw off, he redoubled his speed, vy but the brute gained rapidly and was but a aS a few feet behind. A series of blood!ry curdling whoops brought the fellows Ja' nc* from the tent, and as they reached the rei a door, iri cama Jim, with a big black bear : _ at his heels. "Geminen," gasped he. 1 "I's brought back dat b'arl promised )W you."?Washington Post. ' P1 ny | an ke " sa The Infant King of Spain. ro J ? It is not etiquette for a Queen of ! Spain to nurse her own child, and Maria | w< Cnristina has always been deprived of . th this pleasure. She wished to nurse her i pa "g first, little Mercedes, and begged hard or "d to be allowed to do so, but it was not an ols considered to be "the thing," and she cl? re- had to give her up with a sigh to a moun- wi a tain l,ama" (nurse) so swarthy and dark m that they called her in the palace "La ier Africana." The two little Princesses, el e's Mercedes and Teresa, wero delighted to a f te, have a little brother, and asked their ro English nurse "who had sent him." , til >si- They were quite satisfied when she said: j ar ras "Their papa from heaven had." The si little girls wanted the baby and the new so 'ou "ama" to share their pretty apartments; to but this could not be, as the King of dc ds, Spain must have his separate household, i sh the with a host of ayas, nurses, chamber- I th the lains, and a magnificent suit of rooms ht the was ready for him close to his royal fit Q(11 mother'a. The new King is a neaitny < in babe. He is very dark, and showed | strength by crying loudly during his ax presentation, much to Don Mateo Pras- I n< gn ceides Sagasta's discomfort. The layette j w est of the little King is very simple. He cc jld even uses many little things that have be- of im- longed to his sisters before him. Maria di ole Christina is fond of simplicity, and often i in the of an evening of late she has made small . o* uen garments for her child; so have her sis- re ere ters-in-law, the Infantas Isabel and Eutis la'ia.?Madrid Letter. on ? The Difference. . a ta the Some years ago a law book which had of ,nd belonged to Jonathan Trumbull, contain- E ing the early statutes of Connecticut, was ^ li3. in the possession of a Boston gentleman, u ess who informs us at the end of the volume, us in manuscript, were found reports of E |n<r "Brother Jonathan's" adjudications of w ian i small cases which he tried as "justice of E jes j the peace." Among them was one where p] ! is "his majesty's tythingmnn" entered a m ;e3. complaint against Jona and Susan Smith >] ?ill for a "profanation of the sabbath;" iD if namely: "That on day of m out during Divine service on the Lord's day a me they did smileThe culprits were ad- fc judged to be guilty of the offense and ! ra ker severally fined "o shillings and cost." 0j lim This book was shown to the late Profes- b, sor Agassiz, who examined it with great si interest, and then made the following re- ?] red ma:k: "I find here evidence of the dif- r( no ferencc between the Calvinism of Switzer- w land and the Calvinism of America. I e, * " ? i. ing was Drougnt up in mai iaim. 1 went jj ow meeting in the morning, I danced with tl not the parson's daughter on the green in the ? aid afternoon, and I played whist with the w parson in the evening."?New England s( sat Sunday. tj he " fc ;ter He Got It. J He sweetly played his soft guitar h an; To serenade jc The dearest one to him by far? i A little maid. Above his head a witching sta? P In cloud-drifts played. b not T r0. He sang a song ne'er heard before, r In accents mild; His notes a tender cadence bore? P uld Love undefiled: s< it. There were some neighbors lived next door, gi md And they were wild. ^ ?^r The cold moon 'neath a cloud had fled, n pie So dark and thick; R ;his "Oh come," he sang, "a'nd we will wed: w to Come to me quick!" And then it came ana struck his head; It was a brick! ? n? I ?Tid-Bits. E - ' A WOMAN'S WORLD. PEASANT PERUSAL FOR FEMININE READERS. The Summer Girl. lOtieh her hair be black, or her hair be red, 3r her eye* be hazel, or brown, e'a fairer by far than tha lily or rose, rhe girl with the muslin gown. >e haughty queen, in her royal robes, IVitJi nor o/v#ntr? anH <rn1Han orfiwn not so fair iuthe moiKh of J une As the girl with the muslin gown. l nothing fairer upon the earth fhe sun or the moon looka down; e'8 sweet and fresh as the morning breeze, rho girl in the musliu gown. ?Boston Courier. A Basket of Pansles. Among arrangements of flowers for the ting-room table, none have truer arms than may be gained from a handl of some simple little flower placed jsely and easily in a reccptacle of quiet rm and color, Pansies should be largely own for cutting; they last longer in iter than most summer flowers, and eir varied markings, rich coloring and Ivet-like texture make them worthy of e closest examination. They have an nost human interest from the varying pression of their innocent fa e-like were, while not the least 6f their arms is a delicate and delightful scent, ley should be cut long, with a liberal pply of. stem and leal, when they will idily fall into natural, easy buuches; t with the flower-stalk alone, they are is easy to manage and never look or it so well.?Garden. Woman the Boss Traveler. "If you want proof that a woman i* jre cautious than a man,'* said a drumir, "just keep your eyes open while iveling. A woman never fogets to irt for a train so early that she will ve forty minutes to wait. She never rgets to ask her husband or male escort her trunks arc checkcd. She never rgets to pause with one foot on the car ;p and one hand on the hand rail to quire if she is 011 the right train. She ver forgets to ai'k the conductor if she a to change cars before reaching her stination, and if she is sure to make a nnection, and if the train stops at the ace she wants to get off. She never jes a ticket or train check, never drops r hat out of the wiiidow, never permits rself to go to sleep within 100 miles of r destination for fear that she may ride never fails to get a whole seat for rself and another for her luggage, never ?lks from one car to another unless the lin is stan'ling st ill, and never gets up )m her seat to leave a train without rning to look and see if she has forgota anything. I I! bet on a woman for iveling, every time."'?Chicago Ileratd. An Indian Wedding. A tourist: in Dakota recently| attended Indian wedding, and describes it in a :tertc the Boston Traveller. He says at there was a lanje tent, with the front >ened, and a row of stakes covered ith canvas, making a fence upon each le leading to it. Outside wan quite a lall tent trimmed with all kinds of etty feathers, and over the door a wildt's skin trimmed with beads and porpine quills. In the large tent, buck in o centre, against a very gay curtain, sat young girl, a half breed, not more than teen years old, dressed in a skirt and cket with bright buttons and boar's eth, her hair long and black and falling front, while a wreath of feathers on irhead completed her wedding outfit. 11 around were ormments, and yards of nk, red and yellow calico as draperv, id on a litt'egreen trunk near the bride it the old chief wrapped in a bufialo be, looking like a great bear. Along on one side of the tent sat the Dmcn and girls, and upon the other side e men, young and old. They were all linted frightfully and wore dreadful naments, bright blankets and feathers, id most of the men had on but little otnmg. iNear tne miaaie ot tms group ere piled the provisions of the feast, eat, bread and boiled corn. The ceremonies began with the old lief drumming upon a drum and making shout and noise like an animal. He then se and walked around-the girl several odes, got cn his knees, and again walked ound her, knocked her from side to de, then smoothed her hair, gave her mething that he called mediciue, then ok a dish and placed it before her, knelt >wn and took a sip of what was in it, as .e did also. He then stood up, went irough with some mumbling over her sad, and then began to pass the feast, at to the women and thon to the en. The girl took off her gay outside robe, id it was given to her mother. Under;ath sbehid a short blue dress, which as taken off, and when the eating was included the poor little girl slipped out the tent in a little plain pink calico ess, and, with bare feet and legs, lookg frightened and cold, went to her vn tent all alone. Then they were ady for the dance. What a Bouquet Did. These Paris boulevard flower dealers, rites a correspondent, have wonderful 8te for arrang.ng flowers. There is one ! them, Mme. Lion, whose reputation is urooean ever since an incident with hich she happened to be connected got ito the papers. One of the Secretaries of the French mbassy at St. Petersburg fell in love ith one of the ladies of honor to the mpreas. Unluckily for the young dilomatist, she was already eng 'ged to be arried to a very wealthy and titled uscovite, hut she could not help showig her preference for the noble Frenchan. Thereupon the Russian made such ~ f A tKn PmnrAac SUeilC luai LUC iauj niui wi_/ xjui|jtvow ?r protection. "Try and induce her lajesty to accord your hand to whichever f us two shall produce the most beautiful 5uquet,"' said the secretary to her, and ie promised she would do .' o. The Emress loved her very much indeed, and tadily yielded to an arrangement hich promised to be pleasant in any rent. She sent for the young ladv s ither, who laughingly consented to all lat waa going on. Then the Russian entleman was communicated with, and hen he was informed that mademoi.'Ue's hand was for him who gave her le most magnificent bouquet that daj >rtnight, the Empress herself to be the ldge, he believed he would become hei U9band and none other. But,confident i his great fortune and his own good iste, this Russian let the days pass, suposing all the time that his money could uy what he wanted at the last moment, he day arrived when the love gauge as to be decided. That part of ON alace in which the Czarina lives was th< :ene of great excitement. Even the utocratic Czar himself deigned to be in (rested, while the Grand Duke Alexit ras as eager as a child about it. The lussian nobleman advanced and pre ;n'ed an enormous bouquet. It was in eed beautiful; it was made up of the irest flowers that could be found in al iuasia and had cost something like 8,00( roubles. At tlic sight of it the young lady nearly fainted. Surely it waa impossible for her dear little diplomatic to ever e?cel such magnificence. The other ladies of honor, and all those present showed their appreciation of their countryman's love token. With a mocking smile on his lips the Count stepped forward, holding ^ , hand two gilded boxes. In politieal ' language he said that one of the boxe? contained a bouquet for the lady' he loved; the other held a few flowers which he humbly begged that the Empress would deign to jic .ept. Then he handed the two ladies each her bouquet, and im- < diately all those present saw that he had won; for never before was there such a lovely combination of color and perfume as in those which he himself had brought from Paris. For, the instant that the gage had been thrown down, he applied ' *; for leave of absence: it took nearly twe days to get it, and then he started for Paris. Arriving there he rode straight to a lamous flower shop and told the pro^ prictress what h; wanted. That night at eight o'clock he wm on his way back to Russia, and in the large basket, which > he looked carefully after day and night, were niftos, souvenirs de Mailmaison, and gardenia, and these three most lovely roses were set about with white lilacs. Such a bouquet was never seen in the Russian capital and the Empress withont delay awarded the C<;unt the young lady's < I tion/3 Tliow wora Qfl/1 UFO nnv living in Vienna, to which embassy he - ^ was promoted only a few months ago. Fashion Votes. India and China silks are trimmed with lace. Vests are outlined by passementerie or embroidery. Black and white printed hosiery are among the novelties. White and ecru cotton grenadine* are are among the summernovelties. Camel's-hair cloth, in light colors, i i > combined with bright tinted surah. , , White dresses for home wear are in general use by persons in mourning.; U':. The dust wraps are so pretty, there is no doubt that they will be very popular. The cost of making a plain dress of inexpensive material is three times that of, * the fabric. Full skirts, richly embroidered, are worn with double-breasted jacket bodices with revers. ; \ Very many of the new bodices are + edged with silk ball trimmings or with lace quillings * Pearls in Russia arc considered as gems of bad luck and are never worn by superstitious brides. Lustrous silk-warp white materials are employed for mourning dresses for in- 1 formal occasions. Bows are again in constant use. Embroidered and beaded trimmings are osu- ; ally in panel style. Materials for tennis costumes, with fig- . ^ ures of the accessories of the game, .have ribbons to correspond. Cheap ornamentation of any kind is out of style, and it is no longer good form to wear trash in jewels. White wool ulsters lined with satin and trimmed with deep red or brown velvet are the latest novelties. The mode of showing a balayeus of the same color or a shade harmonizing or . / contrasting is stui popular. Large buttons are used to trim dress panels. The rosary beads, now somewhat passe, are utili/.ed as buttons. ; Many of the imported costumes have full plastrons of cream-colored crepe, which may be removed at pleasure. Polonaises a la princesse, with aproa drapery in front, have long, full vests', plaited or gathered, of the same material or of contrasting color. Short mantles reaching to the waist line have sling sleeves ana the fronts have scarf drapery cross nsj 'the breast and. fastened at the lvft side of the waist,long ends depending below the knees. , Some summer dresses of cotton goods and foulard are in Pompadour and Indian designs. A number of these have round skirts in plain colors, such as reddish brown, gray and blue for wear under the light fancy cotton fabrics. A variety of white dresses are made for misses and children. There are also linen suits in r\r HI HP Sham Mushrooms. "You notice on the bill of fare that your turtle soup is but ten cents more per plate than mock turtle soup/' said a. stranger in a great gilded eating house. "Calipash and Calipee?green fat?an historic delicacy, famed in the history of the world's metropolis as the acme of epicurean delight, for ten cents more than a fried meat ball. But the age likes to think it is eati.ig turtle soup. It sounds rich, therefore the veally counterfeit. I am going to eat a Span'sh omelet," continued the stranger, changing the subject. The stranger gaTe his order to a colored waiter, who yawned and twisted his mustache, and the omelet was brought. The stranger investigated the ingredients of the savory me? with his fork, and on the end of the utensil produced a mushroom. "Look at this," he said. Then he picked at the appetizing vegetable with his kn;fe, scraped on the oovering of sauce, and began paring the stem. It crump'.ed under the operation in a decidedly unvegetable way. The reporter's eyes popped out on his cheeks. "What is it?" as asked. "Dough," replied the stranger. "It is an old trick. Mushrooms are scarce and high. Still the patrons like to have the sensation of ordering mushrooms in that composition. If pi ices were put up to the mushroom market they would abandon the restaurant. So they use dough. It is harmless. I would advise the proprietor to stick to dough, and not indulge in toadstools, which might work injury."?Philadelphia Press. ? i Full Beards. People who can rcmomber back of the | Civil War must know that shaving was almost universal in those days, and that i when the contrary practice began it so . j agitated the country that the newspapers j were tilled with leading articles on "The Beard Movement" and "The Mustache | Movement." Probable most of our older readers can remeraDer wnen me urst saw a preacher in the pulpit wearing a musi tache and the shock it ^ave them. It was, if possible, worse than that other ; ear-rilegious act of bringing fiddles into I the choir. The event which started the beard movement was the visit of the 1 wonderful Hungaria orator, Lord Kos, suth, tfho was extremely handsome and ^ i picturesque in a full beard nnd mustache fa and soft felt hat with curling feather. He ) introduced the soft hat as well as the ; mustache, and as he traveled all over the country in 1853 and 1855, and spoke i everywhere to great crowds, whom he s powerfully impressed with the masterly - English which he had learned from the Bible, Shakespeare and Webster's diej tionary while he lay in an Austrian 1 prison, he advertised both his hat and ) his hair very widely.?Buffalo Eepreu,