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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.
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^ * 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.
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>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
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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,