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She was so fair, with her golden hair And her beautiful eyes of blue, What wonder that 1, In passing by, . Tarried awhge to woo1 :Oh, bright the day of that apring-tit gay. And merry and young were we And the wor. she said, are an hour h spe Seemed fall of truth to be. Oh, nobody heard, save a wandering bird, The 4ords that I dared to speak, AI a. ched the blush, the crimson Bush, That stained her soft fair cheek. :one other ear save hers could hear The question I whispered there, While a sparkle grew in the eyes so blue Of that maiden sweet and fair. Whatanswer hast thou? Oh,'give it now jfaily urged at last. She penciled a line: "For answer of mine, good this when the day is past." - bOh,enaids may be fair, with their gold, hair; JBt those who for love may thirst, e careful, I say, in the spring-time gay, Less it chance to be-"April 1st." -Mary D. Brine. THUNDSHBOLT'S VICTO1V i -0 ~ Tkere are still a few towns i Massachusetts where the railwa train is never seen and whei there is no telegraph. An i painted farmhouse, big and sguai with long barns and sheds in ti rear, stood in sueb a town. was a day in September, as hot ac sultry as if it were midsumme A doctor's sulky had just drive up to the gate and the horse stor hitebed at the post. In the yar lying under one of the elms, wi a boy of about thirteen. He -w thin and pale ; but there was bright, resolute look in his ory that attracted one. Fred. Appi ton had been in Warniam for couple of months. 'He bad bee aent out by his uncle, that I enight have the benefit. of countr air, after a long and prostratir fever. The lad's eyes were tixt on the open door which led in the hall. Everything in the hou was ominously still. Out of doo the chickens were 'craking' aboi the yard and making sudden rui at insects. Now a low groan from the roo at the left of the front door mat Fred start and grow pale. B -hands shut themselves hard wil an insvoluntary motion. Not an ther sound was heard for near F> half an hour, and then steps a proached from within the hon and the doctor came out on ti piazza. He was followed close by a middle-aged woman. Ni ther ot them appeared to noti Fred., and both stopped at tl gate. 'Doctor, how is it?' asked Ma Morris; in a voice that was n steady. 'Bad ! very bad ! it's a ca where I cannot speak with ho; It was an awful fall from th scaffold. Take care of her 'u have said. It's all that can done. It is heartbreaking to he her call for her father.' The doctor was evidently it borry. He jumped into his ci triage and rode away, leaving M. Morris standing there. The at man looked after him a mome with unseeing eyes, then s wrong her hands violently, wb she exclaimed in a low voic 'If Charles bad not gone ! If could only be detained!l' Fred. A ppleton rose, came gui ly forward, and touched the ~ mnan'" arm. 'Is Clara going die?T he asked. Mrs. Morris immedialtely ma an effort to control herself, al said : 'I am afraid so. It was a b fall. Oh ! it is very hard !' - Yon just spoke about her tber. Cannot word be got to hi before he goes on board the steal er T the boy asked. Mrs. Morris trembled. The gi lying in the house was her nie 'and about the same age as FrE She was the only child of 1I brother, Charles Roth, and de as her own daughter to her. T - ather bad gone. He was on I way to Boston, to embark h o..dia Cunard eamur for I rope. He bad remained in Wat ham until the last moment, a -- ai just time to reach the city no i,ing delayed him. -it can't be done I' Mrs. Mor answered. 'It can't be done! '1 telegraph station is ten mi away. Before any one could ne there Charles will have left, a once on the water nothing c id reach him. God help us! T first news be hears the other 6i the Atlantic will break his bear Fred stood an instant, with I bright glance fixed on his co panion's face. 'Isn't there time to rea Nortbport?' he asked, 'There's not a horse In the to% could do it,' was the reply. Fred's eyes lightened. 'Thi derbolt could,' he said, quick 'and, Mrs. Morris, I will ride hi an Clara's father shall know.' The boy started away, but was followed and his arm caug as Mrs. Morris cried; 'He will throw you I You knc you are afraid of him ! Y must not do it! And you could reach there.' . 'There's a chance of my doi , it, isn't there ?' he turned to a., 'Just a chance.' 'And no time to lose 1' cried Fr n as he bounded toward the barn Y It was true that Fred was afri -e of 'Thunderbolt,' for the colt h ?- kicked him when he had fi e come to the farm, and Fred b e naturally felt a little timid aft It ward, for hia health bad not be d robust enough to enable him r. overcome fear as he otherw n would have done. When the boy entered the ha a shrill whinny greeted him, a a long, black head, with big, wi looking eyes, was turned towa him from one of the stalls. Fri as he had said, bad no time lose. le could not atop to thi a whether he wished to go in t n stall or not. lie stepped ins quik ie ly, with the bridle on his ar anid it: two minutes more the s; ig die %%us on the horse's back, a dthe ny !,nd fung him on a 0 and gathered up the reins. I e knew how fierce of temper t *s young horse was, and he kn that it might take the notion i stop and kick and throw bimE about, so that he might unseat m rider, arnd he knew also ti le 'Thunderbolt,' if he chose, mig is cover ten miles in so short a ti .h t,hat he might hope to res 0Northport in season. Mrs. Morris, sitting by the Psensible girl beard the rush of t shorse's feet, as they went < of the yard, and an inaudi Sprayer was in her heart. E glanced at the cloc:k which 's eticking on the mantel, and 2told herself the thing the boy v .trying to do wa.s irppossil 'There was not a braver boy many a mile than Fred Applet and be bad made up his mind t se t should take a very powez at effort to get him off of 'Thund robust in health he might have o joyed this furious start. As arwas, after a few nioments, wI the colt had settled down into a tremendous stride, Fred grew r-customed to thus cleaving thei Stry air, and sat more secure while be felt that savage exu etion which comes to one who le on an animal who seems to ha e : ower to annihilate space. Lie Fred flung up his hand and tered a shrill whoop. Hei monarch of a force as good as i in the 'Arabian Nights.' He wo tnot exchange his seat on 'Tb derbolt' for any magical gift dthat book. At the sound of 2d cry the colt lurched forward s faster and snorted, as if the hea ad fragrant atmosphere were soi thing which made him drunk. a- The boy told himself that he m mn reach Bucket village by a cert . time and Bucket village was b way to Northport. It was a p1 rI where the whole business was ce making of wooden pails of dif d. ent kinds. INow, just before er came to a sharp turn in the r< ar there emerged from round he corner the first of three tall, 14 us wagons, piled high with wool on pails. Fred, warned by the pri u i:., up o f his horse's ears, gatbe -n- the lines more firmly in bis hands nd and made himself as strong on his t if seat as possible; and all his pre s cautions were necessary, for g ris 'Thunderbolt' leaped to one side as ( he he shot by the wagons. The boy S lee swayed fearfully; but be stuck, i go' and then the colt rose high in the nd air, his front feet pawing out, his an whole figure the picture of terrible a be beauty. Fred had reached that i de pitch where it was impossible for I !' him to fear anything; he was too t tis thoroughly filled with excitement; ! .n- but he was afraid that 'Thunder- I] bolt' would now 'cut up some of ] h his antics,' and thus delay arrival i in Northport. He pulled sharply 2 vn at the lines and pounded his! t heels into the borse's sides, pai. in- ing out authoritatively to him. ly, The man on the last wagon bad tt a. jumped down from his seat and B was running up. he 'Don't touch him !' -:ried out C At, Fred, who was anxious above all things not to be detained, and )W whose blood was by this time b on boiling, And who felt gs if he could 't be a match for a hundred 'Thun- C derbolts.' P ng The man fell back from before sk. the pawing leet, looking in C amazement at the fiery-eyed boy I ad, who sat upon the horse. On the O second tone of sharp command, as C Lid if in surprise, dropped his feet and C ad darted away, leaving the man b ,st staring. 9 ad 'Good gracious!' he exclaimed, er- as he walked back to his wagon. en 'Was that 'ere a real borse'n' boy, to or a appearance ? I hope 'taint a $ ise forowsrnin' of nothin' !' When Fred passed through the en, next village the clock was strik nd ing the hour, and the sound sent Id- a thrill of apprehension through ,rd him, for it was ten minutes later d, than the time at which he had to calculated to be in that place. He rk had come fast enough ; it was 1 he not that. It must be that the F k- clock at the farmhouse had been m, slow, and what a fatal slowness d- that might be. Fred thought of rid Clara ; of her father stepping on so board the boat never to see her le again ; and then came a remem be brance of a cart path which went 3w across a piece of woodland and to came out on the main road almost elf a mile nearer Northport tgap jt !is way by the traveled way. The at path must be close by here. He ht was sure he bad not passed it and1 sine there it was. Without hesitation, *ch he turned his horse's head in that direction and rode on beneath the in. low-drooping trees. More than be half wgy throllgh he saw ahead of )ut him a fallen tree, lying directlyI ale across the way. Can you imagine he the pang that wont through the as boy's heart, as he saw that ? No be time to go back, and on each side ras thickly-growing wood, filled with e. a heavy growth of brier and un-1 fo.r 4erbriish. Again he thought of on, the girl lying at bQste there and 3at moaning and calling for her fa ful ther, and he resolved to try. He er- no more remembered himself than are if be could not be hurt. en- 'Go on, Thunder I' he shouted. it The colt was not half-broken in ien any way. He knew nothing of ts leaping; but he saw that there an- was an obstacle befoire him and inl- his instinct was to jump over it. ly, He flew on ; he gathered his four La- legs under him, he rose in the air lits like some winged thing, and went wve over the tree and landed on the other side without having touch ut ed a twig of it. As for Fred, was vasf there an,y breath left him ? He .ny thought that it did not come back ad for several minutes after the 2n- horse had landed; but he was in conscious of a swelling sense of his magnificent triumph. The colt till was as wet as if he had been in vy, the w ater; the perspiration drop. no- ped off him as be went and his blazing eyes protruded and seem, usi. td to) emiL sprs ain Three minutes later, the horse sf- and rider had entered the out ace skirts of Northport. 'Thunder he bolt' was running now. Every er- body stood and gazed. It was as he if some demon ihorse had gone by. 4, Did he have wings, or was it a the mortal steed ? In tw.o minutee >ng more they had reached the depot. len Fred was off his back almost be ck- fore the animal had stopped, and red a Adahed into the station. 'Telegraph !' be gasped out to he clerk, who instantly put him elf in readiness, seeing how ur ent was the case. 'Telegraph to harles Roth, Wharf of Cunard teamers, East Boston. Clara is 11. Comeback. Have you got it ?' The clerk nodded. 'Make it go, then. I'll wait,' 7hispered the boy, and he gave is .name, and then sank back elpless and trembling on a set ee. The reaction bad come. omsthing gurgled up to his lips. le fumbled for his handkerchief. le heard some one say : 'Mercy ! Vbat's the matter with the boy l' Lnd then he had his handkerchief u his mouth and saw that the nen was stained with blood. He dimly knew that two or bree persons hurried to him. He melled hartshorn and tasted of randy, but he was not conscious f thinking of anything but Would Mr. Roth get it? Some questions were asked him, ut he did not try to reply. Outside, half a dozen men were lustered about the dripping and anting horse. How much time passed Fred id not know. He was laid on a Dunge and he was willing to lie ery quietly. No more blood ame, and he dropped into a kind f dose. He started up instantly, owever, when he heard a voice aying: 'Here's your answer.' He took the paper and read : 'Am coming. C. ROTH.' 'Now, I'll go,' said the boy, ,etting on his feet. 'Where's 7bunderbolt ?' 'You are not going on the horse,' aid a man, speaking with au bority. '['ll take you in my bug y. It was the doctor who had oeon nmmoned and who carefully Lestioned Fred as they rode omewrd, the colt having been ut in a stable until he should be allpd for, .Coutrary to the doctor's fears, red was not ill, .although he had o be very quiet for a week or wo. When he reached the house ,rid was allowed to tell Clara him elf that her father had not sailed ,nd that he was coming to her, ie thought the look on her face i4 him for his journey. When, ext day, he saw the girl lying in er father's arms, he was more han ever glad. 'I should never have forgiven nyself if I1 had sailed,' said Mr. loth to the boy. '1 owe you nore than I can tell. The dec or says Clara's joy at my return as given him a hope that her ystem may rally from the in ury.' The gentleman was holding 'red's hands in both his own, as e spoke, and his eyes were glis ening. ''Thunderbolt won,' said Fred, ~ayly. 'Now I think of it, it ealy seems As if I did not ide a ~orse, but some sort of imp in the hape of one. Nothing else could ave made such timerthough.' When next Fred went near the ~olt, it was evident that the ani nal was glad to see him, and soon he whole household learned that Thunderbolt' would obey Fred etter than any one else, and the >oy began to have an affection or the beautiful beast which had ~arried him so well. A few weeks later Mr. Roth ~ame upon Fred, as be was sitting n the barn, looking over some ishing-tackle. 'What do you think I have just lone?7' said the gentleman. Fred looked up. 'How can I guess ?' he an. wered. 'I have bought 'Thunderbolt' of Fred's face fell. 'You will ',ake him away, I suppose ?' he said, in a low voice. 'No, I have bought him for a :lear friend of mine.' Something in Mr. Roth's tone made Fred's cheeks flush; but he said nothing, and Mr. Roth went 'Will you take him, Fred ? bought him for you.' Fred's eyes danced. He sprang to his f-'I'd rather have bina than a in the world I' he .rieA excitedly. Then be weni on, with hesitation : 'But, isn't I a very expensive present ? Pe haps I ought not-' 'Let me be the judge of tha interrupted Mr. Roth ! 'All yt have to do is to take the hori and be careful of yourself ar him.' Fred sprang to the side of ti colt and threw his arms arour the shining neck. 'We never'll be parted in ti world !' he cried eagerly. And 'Thunderbolt's' bright ey< looked as .if their owner kne what his young master said. A RAY'S FISIiti IN FLOI IDA. I should here say, w rites a co respondat of the Buffalo Courie that we were to fish especially f< speckled perch, which only bi from the 1st of February unt the last of March. For this pu pose I had a six-strand linen lir and such a hook as the Chauta qua sportsman uses for bass. . other words I had a bass-fisbir outfit, minus a reel. Live mi nows would be the proper bai but these not being attainable v had to substitute cut bait, takir a piece of dead fish about the si: and length of the little finge thrusting the hook through i iarger end and imparting to the movement of a live minno as nearly as possible by a gent twitching of the line. This the bait universally used at would succeed but poorly who fish were not plentiful and hu gry. Allowing the canoe to dri gently into the edge of the rush or water sedge-there are not re rushes here-I made a cast, usit a cork to regulate the depth line, and we both worked for ful twenty minutes without any in< pation of a bite. Finally, just I was about to draw in and mo on, I had a strike, and my coi went out of sight, tightening tl line. before I bad time to square m self for work. Pulling taut, awi went the game, lairly naki: the line whiz as it cut the wat and nearly bending my po double as he surged down upon I at once knew that it was not perch, as they never weigh mc than two pounds, and althoup they bite very prettily, give at the first pull and may swung Out of the water as easi as our sunfish. In fact they a of the same family and give abo the same sport only they ! larger. Meantime my game w fairly making the water boil, al threatened to break my po which I finally had to she through my hands into the wat behind me and haul in the lineI hand, thereby succeeding in lan ing my g-ame, which proved to a four pound blue catfish. By t time 1 had released my hook ri companion had brought in a ha pound perch, and then the sp~ began. My companion's hook h been in the water about five rn utes when he felt a tremendc surge which swung his end of t boat cut toward deep water a threatened to break his lii From the commotion in the ter we concluded that he mr have hooked a small alligator, the game did not act like a fia Before he had succeeded bringing it to the surface, own neglected pole started ov, board with a rush, and I barE succeeded in grasping it in tiL Then followed five minutes of beautiful play as I ever bad wi a fish and which gave mer hands full and resulted in brir ing on board a bill-nosed a weighing eight pounds. Tl fish has a bill like a duck's 1 much longer which is provid with two rows of teeth as she as needles. It is not suitable: food, but it had furnished its f quota of sport. After killingi viciously disposed gar, I fon my companion still wrestli with his catch, which however had brought to the surface a proved to be,a soft-shell turtle, what he to! med a 'cooter,' weil ing about twenty-five poun They are similar to thei ie turtle and are, considered a great r- delicacy. * * * At the close of our day's sport we had one hun- A , dred and three perch that would boas m average more than a pound each clai se in weight, there being scarcely mat d any variation in their size ; eleven the catfish weighing from two to five mor e pounds; one gar weighing eight cros d pounds; a mudfish weighing six at tl pounds, and a 'cooter' weighing show ie twenty.five pounds, which was by may far the largest catch with hook a 'p )s and line that i ever saw two men Rail w show for a day's sport. stre( and HOFFENSTEIN'S PANTS. pass will Hoffenstein was busily engaged the scolding Herman for not polish- quei g. ing a lot of brass jewelry there witb was in the show-case, when a reco stoop-shouldered countryman en- S r- tered the store and inquired : Ma, r, 'Have you got any good jeans jnotil > pants here?' heai e 'Certainly, my frent,' replied sche Hoffenstein, 've makes a specialty ton r- of goods in dot line, und ve defy Ex e competition. If ve sell anyding schc a- nd you don't like it, you gets cord your money back or someding doct g else in exchange, you know. Vas diffe you a farmer ?' hoo 'Yes, sir ; I live on Red river.' wrel e 'Veil, den, you need a bair uv Da g brnts like dese,' said Ioifenstein, and e pulling out a sky blue pair from a knit r, pile, of clothing on the counter. The t 'Dey vas de genervine doe skin, mal i and vill last de whole year oad, in a w you know.' le The countryman took the pants is to the light, examining the tex ture of the cloth, and then shak re ing his head knowingly, said : Lab n- 'There's too much cotton in them ; they will shrink.' t t ?s 'Of course, my frent, dey vill al shrink but vait and I dells you Po allo 'g someding. If a man vat owns a aho of pank or keeps a store comes here, will lY I don't sell him dem kind of pants. tlea SVy ? Jecause dey vas made ex as bressly for de farming bisiness. any Ce Dey was de dermometer pants, be .k und a blessing to every farmer vat say ye vears a bair uf dem. Do yon th Y- know, my frent, dose pants vill to 7 dell you exactly vat de vedder vil i to lg be? Ven it was going to be vet the r and cold dose pants vill begin to l0 shrink up, and ven it vas going to it. be dry and warm dey comes right the a down you know. Dree years re ago I sells a hair uv dem to a on man vat vas name Vilkins, und b P efer since den he makes good age bcrops ve doer people don't ly make noding, because he alvays. aftE re kn'ows by his dermiometer pants ut vat de vedder vill be. Afder te re avile de people in de neighbor- l' as hood finds oud de segret uv Vil- inn id kin's success, und at de begin wil) e, nin uv de planting season ,you ot know, dey comes for dirty milesth er around, und if dey see Vilkin's .i 7~ pants crawling up his legs dey thj d- holds off und vaits for a phainge, the be btgt if his pants vas down dey be goes right bacik home and puts in m 2y de crop. Dink uf it my frent. f- W'id de dermometer pants you can tio, rt dell exactly yen to put in cappage Th< ad seed, und plant corn dwice as pet- firs n- ter as mit' any almanac, be- wai us sides yen de vedder gets so cold hel be end vet dot de pants goes up un- the nd der your arms, you can sew but- els le- tons on de front und year dem as the a-a vest.' me; st When Hoffenstein finished his the as yarn concerning the pants, the ord lb. countryman smiled and turning sell ID abruptly on his heel, left the vol ay store. his r- 'Did you. see de vay dot manyt ily acted, Herman ?' said Hoffenstein, me re angrily.ta as 'Yes, sir,' replied his clerk. typ th 'Vell it shust shows dot de thi "Vmore you try to help some peopb as ig- along, de more you don't get any ran :ar tanks for it.'-Joe C. Aby. eoz ut Training the hand and the eye . ed to do) work well leads individuals me ,rp to form correct habits in other re- the or spects-.p ll -. .-= . -- the ny Great men undertake great , d things because they are great, ur< ng and fools because they think them acc he easy.is or Do not lose courage by consid d h. ering your own imperfections, butde ds. instantly set about remedying sea them. w CURIOUS NOTICES. Ott bridge at Denver, Colorado. po ts of a notice which might almost pal u the dignity of being ranked as a th4 eematical proposition. It is to th, effect that 'No vehicle drawn by fre than one animal is allowed to pri this bridge in opposite directions. exi ie same time.' An equally slip- odi specimen of the Queen's English still be found exhibited as arr iblic notice' by the Southeastern sal way company at the Cannon $21 t terminus : 'Tickets once nipped to defaced at the barriers, and the eoa ngers admitted to the platform po be delivered to the company in pa; event of the holders subse- alo itly retiring from the platform, ms out traveling, and cannot be pie gnized for re-admission.' all eventy years ago the Universal an< ?azine recorded the- fact that the sh, :e 'reding and wrighting taut we ,' appeared over the door of a tra ol in the neighborhood of Hox- we and a few years since the Leeds ye >ress contained evidenee that the pe olmaster was still abroad. Ac- pr, ing to that newspaper two'curious pe iments were to be seen in two th, rent windows in the neighbor- us I of Hunslet. The first, in a we .ched scribble, is as follows : 'A cr, Skool kept hat---plaise, terms 2 wi 3 pens per week for reeding and ne ting and righting and sowing.' 'pr other, in the window f c saoe- of er, is similar to one we have seen ab shop-window- in Drury Lane: 7 k man lives here' which don't refuse ro mend old boots, likewise old shoes; Sr leather is good, my price is just, G But times are bad-i cannot trdst. he native landlord of the hotel at di ore, in which the following notice W he guests is posted up, is apparent- bE letermined to charge for every dblc item of expenditure, and to w no fuss about the payment of gr w ,t he anticipates his customers look upon as overcharges : 'Gen 01 en who, come in hotel not say of thing about their meals they will b charged for; and if they should beforehand that they are going to breakfast or dinner.etc.. and if Ii r say that they not have anything eat they will be charged, and if so they will be charged, or unless V bring it to the notice of the ti ager ; and should they want Bay anything they must order manager for and not any else ; and unless they not a ig it to the notice of the man- i e, they will be charged for the t things according to the hotel , i, and no fuss will be allowed rwards about it. Should an gen ian take wall=lamps or candle t from the public rooms, tiley it pay for it without any dispute charges. Monthly gentlemans have to pay my fixed rate made0 h them at the time, and should y absent day in the month, they Snot be allowed to deduct any ig out of it, because I take from ni less rate than my usual rate ofd athly charges.' 5 t. POOR MEMOY.-Withoult ques the memory may be cultivated. Shabit of attention is one of the Sto be acquired in working to- d 'ds this end ; but there are other ' p, such as the habit of order, and t advantage arising from proper t isification, and last, but not least, aid of the imagination, in making t ital pictures. The grocer and apothecary knows the value of t er in their business; the book-e ers, too, with his thousands of ames; see him step to the place in la store where he knows the volume b Sare asking for should be ; he a rely reaches forth his hand and es it from the shelf. Watch the e setter at his work ; you would al ak his fingers work automatically, e, they take up from the box ar- i gement before him the exact letters iposing the words of his copy. 05 ye the fingers of the piano player; is if endowed with entelligence or 'a miory, the right key goes down at 14 proper time; it matters not what the ed of the movement may demand, re is no hesitation. Now why d inot we accomplish with facts, fig-. h ~s and ideas what the type-setter omplished with his type, the pian with his keys. All that is ne- t sary to do this is application and a S ermination to scced. D~oes a man break into hulmor d dn he cracka a joke? C NEWPAPER POSTAGE.-Uncle Tim- " iy Howe, Postraaster.General, pro.. ies to take the postage off of news pers and magazines, and to carry .m all free in the mails. Under present law newspapers are carried , e in the counties in which they are ated ; and Mr. Howe's idea is to .end this system to the entire peri cal press. Now, this would be a convenient angement for us, since it would ,e to The Sun from $15,000 to 3,000 a year, which we now have pay on account of postage; but we inot see the justice of it. The st Office Department has never yet d its running expenses. There is rays a deficit, which has to be de up from money which the peo have provided for other uses. It comes upon the taxpayers at last; I if all newspapers and periodicals )uld be carried free, somebody uld have to paq for it. To illus .te the point, we do not think it uld be right to charge our $20,000 a ir of postage to the general ex. oses of the whole country. The rsent system of carrying newspa rs gratis in the counties where ey are printed has never seened.te a fair one. We do not. think it uld be just to extend it and to in. rase the levy upon the taxpayers uich its extension would render cessary. We dare say Mr. Howe's oposition may be very well thought_ in some quarters; but we are un-:1 le to give it our approbation.- ew ork Sun. THE DOG WITHOUT A TAIL. ace a man bad a dog which . dent have no tail, the dog,.' dent cos it was cut off when it as little, but Franky, that's the Lby, he is little, too, yes, indeed se pupies. So the mans dog -ode -up without no tail for to aggle, but one night some notty' ys they got a piece of old,rope it of a ship yard, and fastened e rope on to the end of the dogs tck with the pitch like it.grod 2 ere. Then that dog was prowd. ke be*was a new dog on an oid ,il, and be went swellin round ung the other dogs, trying to aggle it till be most broke his tck. But he douldnt lift it of ie ground, and after awhile it as drug cross a cigar which a >ler had threw away, and it go lite, thie tail did, and had. noke its oin n self. Then the dog lied down like it u as going to eep, and said to the other dogs: hbere wasent never any pup ~ hich code be so cool and calluta ke me while his tail is a house Ire. I ot to be hired out to ech fortitude to Cliristian mnar' ~rs. .Tust wake me up when its burnt of, cos I have got a imn ortant engagement.' Bat when it was ol of, and the . re was got hold of theocakeo of itch onto the end of his back, he ident have to be woke up. cos he 'oke the whole town up his. ~ ,lf.-Little Johnny in Randolplh ~iew. A truly good man had rather be iceived than be suspicious, and ~ther forego his own right than run ie venture of doing even a hard ing. The time spent in reading,books jat do not make us think is worse. ian useless. One good book, how. rer, is food for a life-time. Let those who would affect singa- . rity with success, first determine to i very virtuous, and they will be ire to be very singular. Give even an angel a bad name, ad the simplest of us can see the ril expression in his face, whether it there or not. The difficulty that some sermons , as Rivarol says that they are iritten in landanum on sheets of ad.' Let men laugh when you sacrifice esire to duty, if- they will. You ave time and eternity to rejoice in. The innocent are photographed by be angels, and their negatives prs. erved in the gallery of heaven. Ilcan do by another whatlIcannot o alone. 1 can say to you whatl anust firt say to myself.