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TWO WAYS TO LIVE.
There are two ways to live on earth
Two ways to judge, to .-c t, to Tiew;
For all things here have double birth
A right and wrong-a false and true!
Give me the home where kindness seeks
To make that sweet which seemeth small;
Where every lip in fondness speaks,
And every.mind has care for aill..
Whose inmates live in glad exchange
Of pleasures, free from vain expense;
Whbose wants beyond their means ne'er range
Not wise denials give offense.
Who, in a neighbor's fortune, find
No wish-no impulse to complain;
oe feel not-never felt-the mind
Toenvy yet another's gain !
Who dream not of the mocking tide
Ambition's foiled endeavor meets
The bitter pangs of wounded pride,
Nor fallen power that shuns the streets.
Though Fate deny its glittering store,
Love's wealth is still the wealth to choose :
For all that men can purchase more
Are sands it is no loss to lose !
* Some beings, whereso'er they go,
Find naught to please or to exalt
Their constant study but to show
time it was to look forward to! I
How many storms would beat
along the coast, how many suns
would shine, mornings dawn. and I
evenings gather to their close, be
~Vore they met again! In the mean
that Tom Longworthy came in with
a cloud on his face.
'You are ill?' said Letty, regard
ing him.
'Not at all, thank you ; only ill
at ease.'
'Then you have some bad news.'
'Yes, I have some bad news.'
'Nothing about Laurence?' she
gasped.
'I hope not.'
'You hope not ! For heaven's
sake, don't you know ? What is it?
Dont think you are- sparing my
feelings. You are only cruelly'
'The Flying Scud'
'Is lost ?'
'Has foundered. But there's no
certainty with regard to Laurence ;
he may be among the saved. Letty!
Letty ! don't look at me as if I had
brought it about. I would ex
change places with him gladly for
your sake ; I would indeed!' he
cried.
She left her needle where the ill
news found it, and folded away all
the wedding garments. And month
followed month of anxious forebod
ing ; and one or two old seamen
straggled home -to their families,
battered and destitute, after many
hardships, but they knew nothing
of Van Everen ; he had not taken
the same boat ; some had -been
swept away by a wave before the
ship was abandoned ; and so by
sad degrees hope and Laurence
Everen were given up.
It was, perhaps, three years and
better after the Flying Scud had
sailed that Letty, weary - of declin
ing invitations and of being asked
if she meant to sacrifice herself
like a Hindoo widow, joined a par
ty of friends going to take their
tea in the sunset at the beach, two
hours' steaming down the river.
She had understood that there was
to be but a handful of people, but
she found a crowd ; and sitting on
the sand, looking at the delicate
sea-shell pink of the eastern sky
above the tossing breakers, or
watching the groups of girls mak
ing their table of a sand heap and
spreading it with dainties ifrom
their baskets, while others gathered
drift wood and lighted a picturesque
blaze beneath the coffee and clam
pots, was a pleasant change from
the monotony of her days. Pres
ently, while she gazed, a little boat,
with the sunset reddening its sails,
quenched its speed in the slushy
sand,' and Tom Longworthy threw
is anchor ashore.
'Letty !
'Tom!'
'I wish you had allowed me to
bring you down.'
'I wish I had ;' and then they
fell to speaking of the moon-led
tides, about great storms ,and
wrecks.
'Do you know,' she confessed,
'their drift wood fire chills me.
How do I know but it is a bit of
the spar poor Laur'ence clung to?t'
'They are -having supper,'- said
Longworthy, turning away. 'Let
me bring you something. We have
been too gloomy.'
'No ; when I am gloomy, I am in
o danger of forgetting. Don't you
remember Anderson's story of the
poor old maid who used the broken
half of a bottle picked up on the
beach for her canary's drinkiug ves
sel, when it was a bit of the very
bottle to which her lost lover had
entrusted a tend&er farewell?'
'You don't meani to be an old
maid, Letty ?'
'I? The day of my destiny's over.
How ghostly the light-house looks !
[ used to think I should like to live
in one, once-especially in stormy
weather.'
'They will be lighting up present
ly ; we will pay them a visit if you
please.' And while they climbed
the light-house tower, and saw the
fishing fleet standing out to sea,
and watched the keeper light his
lamps, while he told them of the
sea birds that beat their lives out
against the windows, of ships he
had seen go to pieces in the storm,
of the times he had put out his boat
to the rescue, and his -wife keeping
the lights bright alone amidst the
gale, their friends were gathering
up the fragments and steammng
homeward, each thinking that Let
ty was with the other. When Tom
and Letty came out under the stars,
the beach had a wild and lonely as
pect; some night bird was scream
ing overhead, the gypsy fire smol
dered amidst some stranded tim
bers, but the sands were deserted.
Tom's little craft was the only one
in sight, and with the wind dead
against them and the tide falling,
it would be useless to start for some
hours to come.
'We may as well make ourselves
comfortable,' said Tom, bringing
fresh fuel for the fire. 'I am to
blame for this disaster.'
'I don't call it a disaster exactly,'
said Letty. 'Do .you see how much
our black log resembles a crouching
camel? In this weird light I can
half believe that we are belated on
the desert, and are bivouacking till
day. It's rather romantic than dis
astrous.'
''m glad you see it in that light.
You would make the desert blossom
like a rose.'
'.? We never flatter those we
love.'
'You needn't take pains to tell
me that you don't love me,' she
laughed.
'I take pleasure in saying that I
do.'
'That you do !-that you do!'
'Yes. I do love you, Letty,
stretching his arms toward her, for
she had risen and half moved away.
'Letty ! Letty ! don't be angry with
me for loving you. How could I
help it ?'
'You must,' she cried ; 'you
mustn't love me. You don't. It's
all a fancy. You deceive yourself.
I can't a]low you to love me.'
'You might as well say that you
wouldn't allow the frost to pinch
yo.u, or the rain to drench you.
Can't you love me a little, Letty?
'Oh, don't ask me ! don't ! I
can't ; it is quite impossible. For
give me for saying so. You have
always been a friend to me.'
'And always shall be, Letty.'
'Then don't let us talk about
love, nor think of it. I shall never
marry.
'But if you should change your
mind'
'I can never change it.'
'Yet if such a thing should hap
pen-women have that privilege,
you know-you will find me always
the same.'
'But you must be sure that it
never can happen.'
'Since you deny me so much, hu
mor this vihim of mine, Letty, and
promise me that if any change
should occur, you will let me know.'
'I can safely promise that,' she
replied.
'Thank you.'
It is not often that a lover is
obliged to impose his society upon
the sweetheart who has refused
him. One might easily conceive of it
as an embarrassing situation, but it
did not prove so in the case of Tom
and Letty ; they spoke or were si
lent, as the spirit moved. He
trimmed his boat with a hand as
steady as if all his wishes had been
granted. They counted the con
steBations and the harbor lights,
watched the stars set, and the gray
dawn shine upon the water, and
sunrise .was just beginning to glow
in tender lines of color as they
reached the town, made the boat
fast, and stepped ashore.
It was early in December when
Letty went into Boston on a visit.
She was on her way to the cars,
when she was overtaken by Cap
tain Crane, a neighbor, just home
from a three years' cruise.
'Ship ahoy!I' said he. 'How are
the folks at Carbondale ? Don't
know me, Miss Letty ? Anything
happened since I sailed ?'
'You'll find plenty of change,
Captain Crane. rEven Carbondale
doesn't stand still while you go
round the world.'
'By-the-way, I fell foul of an old
sweetheart of yours in Californy.'
'An old sweetbeart of mine ?'
'Yes. Even sweethearts get old
if you give them time enough.
P'r'aps you don't remember Van
Everen!1'
'Don't remember Van Everen !'
'Laurence. Wasn't he sweet on
you, Miss Letty? I run against
him, just by chance, a week before
I sailed; he's given up the sea, he
tells me-taken to trading. Guess
he's married money, by the look of
things.'
'Married money ! Laurence Van
Everen! What do you mean, Cap
tain Crane i Don't you know that
he was lost at sea in the Flying
Scud?'.
'Was he ? Then the sea's given
him up too ; it's a mutual affair, eh ?
He's the substantialest shadow I
ever sighted. The Flying Scud
was lost while I was off whaling,
but I didn't know he was aboard.
But, you see, he wasn't born to be
drowned, Van Everen wasn't ! His
wife can't hold a candle to you,
Miss Letty-begging pardon-but
I reckon she had solid charms."
Letty was in a half-stunned con
dition a]l the way to Carbondale,
while Captain Crane spun his
yarns. Was it anything to her
that Laurence was alive-and mar
ried ? Did she feel any bitterness
that he had given her so much
trouble for naught, that he had
forsaken her ? She had promised
never to marry if he died;- but he
was not dead. And Tomn loved her
-and she ? Yes, she was grateful
to Laurence after all; she felt as if
she would like to thank him for
having jilted her so cruelly.
'DEAR MR. LoNGwoRTHY--she
wrote to him-'when I told you I
should never marry, it was because
I had given a solemn promise to
Laurence Van Everen that if he
died I would remain single. But
he is alive, and I hope you will
pardon LETTY ANDREWS.'
'So the dream departs !' sighed
Tom. 'The lost hero returns ; she
is going to marry him after years
of constancy. She need not apolo.
gize for loving him instead of me.
It ends like a novel, only I am left
out in the cold, like the villain of
the piece. I wonder where Lau
rence has been all this while. HE
always had a plausible tongue;
but if she loves him._.Well, I an
better go West and change the
scene.'
But before going West it was
necessary for him to run down to
Carbondale, settle some family af
fairs, and apprise his grandfather
of his plans. It was a month since
Letty had written her note before
he could make up his mind to see
her and Carbondale. Then, 'I have
come, Miss Letty,' he blundered,
'to offer my congratulations and
good-byes at once.'
'Congratulations ? ' questioned
Letty, with a perplexed frown.
'Yes. You are looking worn and
pale ; I'm afraid happiness doesn't
agree with you.'
'Happiness doesn't agree with
me? I don't think I ever tried the
experiment.' It was Tom's turn to
look surprised.
'I received your note'
The color trembled across Letty's
face, her lip quivered, her eyes di
lated. 'You received it !' she gasp
ed-'you received it!'
'Wasn't it just a little unnecessa
ry, Letty ? I should have heard of
it soon enough.'
'How cotld you have heard of it if
I had not told you.?'
'Wouldn't it have been in every
body's mouth? Can a dead man
come to life and nobody speak of
it? But I dare say you you- meant
kindly, Letty.'
'For Heaven's sake, Tom, don't
you see what I meant?' cried Let
ty, all of a rose -color.
'Certainly ; you meant to break
it to me gently that you were going
to marry Van Everen.'
'But Van Everen is already mar
ried.'
'Married ! What a dunce I am !
Letty ! Letty ! can you forgive me ?.
Can you love such a stupid fellow ?
Jove ! a whole month of happiness
forfeited by a blunder ! Kiss me,
Letty.'-Harper's Bazar.
iisallancous.
CHAMBERLAIN ON THE WAR
PATH.
HIS 4TH O JULY SPEECH AT WOOD
STOCK, CONN.
A Presidential policy, if the
term is descriptive, is an anomaly
aed offense; it savors of bad
faith ; it has a native and histori
cal odor of treachery and intrigue.
But. fellow-citizens, what is the
President's Southern 'policy ? In
point of physical or external f'act,
it consists in withdrawing the
military forces of the United
State4 from the points in South
Carolind and Louisiana whore
they had been stationed for the
protection and support 'of the law
ful governments of' those States.
In point of immediate, foreseen
and intended consequence, it con
sists in the overthrow and de
struction of those State govern
ments and the substitution in
their etead of certain other or
ganizations called State govern -
ments. In point of actuals present
results, it consists in the abandon
ment of Southern Republicans,
and especially the colored race, to
the control and rule not only of
the Democratic party, biat of that
class at the South which regarded
slavery as a divine institution,
which waged four years of de
structive war for its perpetuation,
which steadily opposed citizenship
and suffrage for tbe negro-in a'
word, a class whose traditions,
principles and history are opposed
to every step and feature of what
Republicans call our national pro
gress since 1866. In point of
general political and moral insig
nificance, it consists in the pro
clamation to the country and the
world that the will of the majority
of the voters of a State lawfully
and regularly expressed is no lon
ger the r-uling power in, our
States, and that the constitutional
guarantee to every State in this
Union of a republican form of
government and of protection
against domestic violence is hence
forth ineffectual and worthless. I
could frame an excuse for James
Buchanan. iIe was the decaying
fruit of half a century of North berni
subservience to Southern dictation
-the poor dregs of a worn-Out
politician, whose life had been
spent in coweruig submission to
the will of those whom he was
now called to confront ; but what
shall be said of' this President, od
ucated by the events of' the last
seventeen years, the long and
perilous struggle to save the na
tion to freedom and justice, the
reresentative of a party whose
lif'e and inspiration in every hour
of its existence has been political
justice a[nd freedom for all Ameri
can citizens, a President who had
literally climbed to his high seat
over thie dead bodies of hundreds
of loyal men in Louisiana who
ad met death in forms far more
trying than any battle field in or
der that the liberty of which they
ad tasted might be kept for their
children ? James Buchanan could
say he negotiated with those who
were in arms against the United
S.ate in om-dr that he might by
peaceful agencies preserve the in
tegrity of the Union and avert a
fratricidal war. This President
enters upon his negotiations with
those who are in arms against the
lawful government of Louisiana,
in order that he might the more
surely betray the friends who had
trusted him and the cause he was
sworn to uphold. Now, fell>w
citizens, I exercise the right of an
American citizen -no more--when
I say- that a review of this chap
ter of our history leaves me in no
doubt that the real purpose of the
Louisiana commission and of the
whole conduct of the Louisiana
case by the President was to ac
coniplish the overthrow of Gover
nor Packard and his authority.
Called upon under the constitution,
and laws of the country, as its
Chief Executive, to discharge a
grave public duty-a duty essen
tial to the maintenance of the life
of a great State, a duty equally
essential to the maintenance of
human rights and the principles
of the political party which had
elected him-the President not
only ,declines the duty, but he
stabs the State that sought his
aid, and betrays the principles
and men whom he was bound to
uphold and protect. Look next
at the relations of this adminis
tration to the present financial
issues. President Hayes has here
tofore entitled himself to the con
fidence of honest men by his
course on this question. Nothing,
sir, but the necessity of gaining
support. for his Southern policy
could have induced him to con
template an alliance with the sil
ver conspiracy, a conspiracy which
regards silver with favor only be
cause it has lost all. virtue as a
standard of value, and as a cur
rency is cheaper than greenbacks.
It is the inherent and unavoidable
weakness of his present position,
the effect of his wretched Southern
policy, that be must conciliate an
outraged party so far as possible
-by yielding now to the demand
for the spoils and now to the de
mnand for cheap money. Again, the
Republican party by all its recert
platforms is pledged to oppose the
grant of subsidies to private cor
porations. Yet no man who to
day knows anything of the cur
rent of the influences which are
gathering at Washington is igno
rant of tbe fact that avast scheme
is steadily maturing, unopposed,
if not favored, by ,this Adminis
tration, which aims to take from
our public domain and from our
public treasury untold subsidies
to build a Southern Pacific rail
way, a railway for which there is
no preseot public need, and from
wich private capitalists would
shrink with contempt. in the
train of this gigantic effort at
public robbery will come the re
vival of the defunct Northern Pa
cific, the building of levees on the
Mississippi, and kindred schemes
sufficient to again corrupt the
morals and blast the prosperity of
the whole country, and all this is
the price which mast be paid for
the privilege of overthrowing two
lawful State governments and
trampling upo~n the principles
upon which our governments and
institutions rest, the rule of the
majority. Sir, there are laws of
moral cause and effect as true and
certain as any physical laws.
No political leader, no political
party can forfeit b.onor or desert
principles at one point and main
tain them at another. Integrity
is indivisible. You cannot be dis
honest on one subject and honest
on others. Tbe. President's South.
ern policy, conceived in his own
mind, a shock and offence to his
party, reckless of justice and of
constitutional duty, if unopposed
will more and more weaken the
moral bonds which have hitherto,
in spite of all its failings. secured
to the Republican party the con
fidence of the majority of the most
intelligent and pat.riotic Ameri
cans for more than twenty years.
But, fello w-citizens, thbis gathbering
is not for me alone. Others, whose
titles to your confidence and at
tention are older and better than
mine, are here. The subject which
I have discussed still stretches on
before me, but 1 must close. We
are summoned to the duty of ex
posing and denouncing a great
crime-a crime more wanton
and unpardonable than the crime
against Kansas, which aroused
the sleeping conscience of the
North, and gave its earliest vie
tories to the Republican party.
That crime w as committed by
a President at the bidding of
the party which elected him.
This crinie has been committed
in defiance of the principles and
pledges of the Republican par
ty, and in defiance of the per
sonal declarations and obligations
of the President.
No man who counts the cost of
arraying himself on the side of
freedom and constitutional princi
ples is worthy to enlist in this
new struggle for the honor and
peace of'our country. If I have
to-day spoken the sentiments of
none but myself, be it so. Silence
is for me c.owardice. If, as 1 be
lieve, the heart of the nation is
true to the old cause, to the prin
ciples of free government, to the
principles of the Constitution and
the Declaration of Independence,
t,hen let it be heard, let it speak
by the voices of our leaders. Let
the memories which haunt this
day be our inspiration. Let us
walk again with Adams and Han
cock and Jefferson of our early
revolution, with Lincoln and Stan
ton and Sumner of the later revo
lution. Shades of the great foun
ders and saviours of our loved
country be with us in this strug
gle ! Speak to us again your
great lessons of patriotism, of
courage, of self-sacrifice ! The
marble and bronze in which we
have preserved your human forms
will crumble and corrode, but let
your unconquerable spirits never
behold the day when a blow struck
at the beart of the Republic shall
find your childrens' lips dumb, or
their hearts dismayed.
When Governor Chamberlain
had concluded his speech, the
Rev. Mr. Stoddard, of Fairhaven,
Mass., ai ose and said, that he de
sired with all due respect to Gov
ernor Chamberlain to say that be
believed the sentiments expressed
in the address did not represent
the feeling of New England. He
then called for all those who en
dorsed the policy of President
Hayes to signify it, and three
hearty cheers were given for the
President. Somebody then called
for three cheers for Governor
Chamberlain, and they were loud
ly given.
Mr.. Wait, president of the con
vention then arose, and stated
that it should be understood
that every speaker was per
sonally responsible .for what he
said. As for himself he had an
abiding confidence in the integrity
of President Hayes, and confidence
in his policy: Tbese' remarks
were greeted by hearty cheers.
How A MAN TAXES CARE OF A BA
BY.-First, he must have one to
take care of. It isn't every man
who is lucky enough to have one ;
and when he does his wife is always
wanting to run over to the neigh
bor's "just five minutes," and he
has to tend the baby. She hardly
gets out of sight before tlpt baby
emits a yell which causes the cat to
bounce out of the door as if some
thing had stung it. ~You give the
cherub a piece of sugar. He spits
it out and tries to put his foot. in
his mouth.,. You give him a shake,
and he stops a second. You try
another, and he sets up such a
scream that the passers-by look up
in astonishment. His eyes roll in
their sockets, and he stretches out
as if a red-hot poker was laid on
his spine. The perspiration oozes
out of every pore ; your hair stands
on end, and the thought comes to
you, what if the baby should have
a fit? You walk the floor till your
knees feel shaky, and try baby talk;
but "litty bitty lamby" don't see the
fun, and refuses to be consoled.
You fear he will burst a blood-ves
sel, and frantically pull out your
watch and thrust it into his hands,
which are trying to pull -your hair
out. He stops crying to look at
the watch, and you thankfully find
an easy chair, and prepare to rest
your aching limbs, when that de
mented baby drops that much val
ed watch on the floor, and sets up
a louder roar than ever, just as the
appy woman known as your wife
comes rushing in, and snatching
that long-suffering child from your
arms, and stills it as if by magic,
while you mournfully gaze on tl'e
remains of your watch, and vow
never to take care of a baby again
until the next time.
An editor in Illinois, having en
gaged a new reporter, received the
followinig as his first effort : "We
are informed that the man hoo
stood on his bead under a pile
driver for the purpose of having a
tight pair of butes druv on, shortly
afterward found himself in Chiny,
perfectly naked and without a cent
in his pocket.''
A man of genius never seeks ap
plause ; while the little minded of
those who have but a small portion
of intellect, try by their vanity and
conceited boastings to build upon
the mental resources of others their
own fame and reputation. Howev
er, it is for the best, for they soon
fall to their proper level-once
they reach it, they never rise.
It is false economy to purchase
articles simply because they are
"cheap." One good, durable arti
cle will be ten times cheaper than
four of those that break at the first
handling.
Skepticism has never founded
empires, established principalities,
or changed the world's heart. The
great doers in history have always
been men of faith.
Flattery is a safe coin which our
own vanity has made carrent, and
which will never be out of credit as
lo^g as there are knaves to offer it
and fools to receive it.
JIM MYERS.
From 1830 to about 1848 there
used to trade in stock to South
Carolina a Kentuckian named James
1Myers, commonly, and by himself,
called Jim Myers. During the last
years of his trading he made Abbe
ville one of his points. He was a
jolly and rollicking fellow, and be
sides those looking to his coming
for a fine horse or a pair of then,
his arrival was hailed with joy by
the 'boys,' for he was 'one of them,'
although in his last visits he had
reached over his fifty birthdays by
several. He was full of jokes and
stories, telling them well and with
out, at all times, special regard to
truth ; so that he secured the title
and answered to it of 'lying Jim
Myers.' He used to tell of his first
introduction in South Carolina and
avowed his readiness to swear to
the truth of the statements. His
first visit was in 1830, during the
height and excitement of nullifica
tion. He was at home a Henry
Clay Whig, but in South Carolina
abroad he was like St. Paul-'all
things to all men' to advance his
cause (to-wit, selling fine stock.)
He supposed from his reading that
South Carolinians were all Nullifi
ers and he came down to be for a
season one of them. He crossed
over the Saluda Gap and his first
stoppage was at Hodges, where he
found a crowd, and raising his hat
he sang out, 'hurra for Nullifica
tion,' and the first he knew a huge
fellow bawled 'hooray, for Ben Per
ry and the Union,' and struck him.
He got out by 'explaining' from a
severe thrashing. He concluded
he had got the wrong end of the
story, and prepared to correct him
self at once. Going down into
Laurens he came upon a cross
roads store and grocery where he
found a crowd assembled, and
alighting and walking in to 'wet,'
he shouted, raising his hat: 'hurra
for Henry Clay and the Union,'
which brought in front of him a
flinty little fellow muttering between
his teeth, 'whee-ray for Jim Yarby
and nulification and dang your
buttons,' and gave him a dig under
the short ribs. Quite astonished
again he asked leave to ,nake an ex
planation, which was that he 'was
a Nullifier all over,' and which he
confirmed by a treat to all such.
After these two lessons he never
developed his political status until
he had sounded the locality and
then hie fell in with the majority,
lookin'g well always to his personal
safety. Myers dealt only in the
finest stock pnd his customers were
the aristocracy who always had
opinions. He always had fine pa
cers and trotters, and to introduce
them he was neither~ averse nor
afraid to stake a little on them.
About 1843 he brought with others
a pacer for which he asked $300,
(and I think sold him for that to
John Campbell Martia) and chal
lenged with him, for a pace for any
distance or amount, any horse in
Abbeville. The challenge was ac
cepted for fifty yards by two nabobs
and patrons of the 'short turf' from
upper Trickem, one was Eli Jen-.
kins Davis, a prince of that realm,
with the privilege of substituting a
pacer with -two legs and two arms,
a huge fellow with bare feet and
coperas breeches, named George
Washington Scoggins, present.
The gallant Kentuckian 'didn't
want a safer bet' The stake was
$25 on each side and would have
been any higher amount the Trick
emites could have borrowed. They
piled all they had or could' get.
The ground was measured in the
flat on the Anderson road above
Judge Wardlaw's. At the signal
Scoggind struck on his hands from
a leap ten feet in front, threw out
his legs (frog fashion) and gave a
squall from which Myer's charger,
ridden by himself, ran back, and
before spurs could bring him again
to the starting point the stakes.
were won by the man-pacer passing
out. The Kentuckian threw up
his hat declaring he had never won
a race that afforded' him half the
satisfaction as losing that, and
asked leave to add to it a gallon of
peach brandy. He said Abbeville
was renowned for her Calhoun and
other great men, and now he could
add his personal testimony to its
justice and truth.
It was said by him that he hired
Scoggins, and took him to Edge
field and won back with him double
his loss in Abbeville.
An elevated purpose is a good
and ennobling thing, but we cannot
begin at the top of it. We must
work up to it by the often difficult
path of daily duty-of daily duty
always carefully performed.
Any work, no matter how hum
ble, that a man honors by efficient
labor will be found important
enough to secure respect. for him
self and credit for his name.
"Are ycu fond of tongue, sir ?"
"I was always fond of tongue, and
I like it still"
When is a candle like a tomb
stone ? When a woman puts it up
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UNRE.TLD_G A Prur.BAcK.A most
amusing scene was witnessed on
K street the other day. A lady
with a vigorous pullback skirt and
an elaborate polonaise was walking
up K from Fourth street. In that
unaccountable outside pocket which
the fashion prescribes shall be train
ed to the rear and hung as low
down as possible upon the last
named garment, she had a new,
full spool of threadjust purchased
evidently. An end of this, escap
ing from the open pocket, caught
the eye of a K street gamin-a six
or seven year old specimen. He .
deftly caught the end, and holding
to it, found that it reeled off with.
out the promenader' being aware
of it. He at once squared himself,'
sailor fashion, in the middle of the
walk, and as she 'paid off' he 'haul
ed in,' hand over hand, to the in
finite amusement of half a hundred
men who witnessed the operation.
In a brief time the line reached
clear up to Fifth street, from near
Fourth,. and as the lady stepped
out on the flagging to cross the
street, the end ran off; and she
went on with the empty spool,
blissfully unconscious of the merri
ment behind her back at her ex
pense. The cruel men-and by
this time a hundred had seen the