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A copy of the Great Industries of the gen for two nme to te H AD,if br. Four dolrs in ubscriptios EVENING SONG. Behind the hilltop drops the sun. The curled beat falters on the sand; While evening's ushers, one by one. 1 Lead in the guests of twilight land. The bird is silent overhead, Below the beast has laid him down; Alone the marbles watch the dead, Alone the steeple guards the town. The south wind feels its amorous course To cloistered sweets in thickets found; The leaves obey its tender force, And stir'twixt silence and a sound. -John Vance Cheney, in the Century. I tlttb #tvq. HER DOWRY. -0 There lived about five or six miles from Easton, Penn., a few years since an honest farmer named 1 Henderson, who had two very prett daughters-Ellen and Maude. The first was about twenty' years of age; while the latter was barely 1 nineteen. The farmer was a thrif- I ty, well-to-do man, 'though by no means rich; but the family lived in excellent style and the daughters had received a good education. Both of these girls were pretty, but Maude was perhaps the hand somer. There was no lack of at tentive young gentlemen at the 1 farm, though the neighborhood was not very thickly settled; but "beau ty draws us with a single hair," and the young ladies were the t center of a gay little circle of I friends. By-and-bye it came about that an earnest, handsome and sturdy young farmer fell desperately in love. with Maude and proposed to her. On I her part she loved Harry Masters above all the young fellows she knew, and told him frankly that he mighti speak to her father. In the 1 meantime she ccifided the matter i to her mother-a kind-hearted, sym pathetic parent-who saw no ob jection to the choice of her daugh ter; but all was left for the father to decide. Henderson was a very straight forward and open-mouthed man that is, he said exactly what he meant, no more nor less, and that f he uttered freely. When Harry Masters called him one side and t told his especial errand as to Maude, the father said : "Well, Mr. Masters, Maude is young. Ii wanted Ellen to to be married first;I she's the oldest, and I have got a< marriage portion of $1,200 to give her; but I haven't laid by anything yet for Maude." "I have got pretty well before hand, Mr. Henderson, for a manI but twenty-four years old, and we shall be able to do very well, I have no doubt." "You mean yon'll take Maude without any marriage portion," said the father. "Yes, sir, very gladly." "Well, it's pleasant to hear you 4 say so, because it shows your hon- 'I est affection, Mr. Masters; but I am too proud to let Maude marry until I can give her a thousand orI two toward housekeeping." "It is not worth waiting for, sir, I as long as we really don't need itI and both are content." Then, again, I'd rather Maude wouldn't marry until her sister isI married, because she is so much older-do you see? It will actually make her si old maid. It isn't fair, Mr. Masters." "Ellen is very popular with the gentlemen and will soon be mar-t ried," said the other. '-That's just what I have said to myself, and then I shall begin to3 pick up a marriage portion for Maude." "I trust that is the only objec tion, Mr. Henderson?" said Harry Masters.t "Why, yes, you are a promising I and respectable young man. and f come of a good family," said the farmer; "but I can't let Mande goI until I have got together a re- I spectable marriage portion to give with her hand." "Perhaps you will think miore favorably~ about it," said the L.over. "I'll speak with you again." -'All right, Mr. Masters." Harry and Maude were very- fond of each other, and now talked over I the matter very seriously. Mfaude ould not blame her father, and did iot herself like the idea of going :o Harry without a proper portion o contribute toward their joint >artnership in domestic life. "Never mind. Harry," said the iandsome young girl; "Ellen will. ;oon be married, I have pretty good -eason for knowing." "Ah, but then your father says he vants time to pick up a marriage )ortion for you, and that will take hree or four years, perhaps." "That is a good, while, is it not, Jarry !" said Maude. jus&blushing little, for fear it sounded forward nd bold. '-It's ages!" said the young fel ow. "Think of waiting three 'ears-why, we shall be old folks )y that time!" "Not quite so bad as that, said laude. "I'm sure my hair will be gray )y that time !". "Nonsense, Harry. Now you re joking. "I was never more earnest in my ife," said he, as he stole a kiss rom her pretty lips,.and ran away, o as not to hear her chide for his oldness. "Maude," said her father, com ng into the house from the barn, 'I wish you would ride the sorrel nare into Easton and get this iundred-dollar bill changed at the ank. The workmen have got done rith the roofing of the barn and I rant to pay them off to-day." "Very well, father. Let John put he side-saddle on and I will be Cady in five minutes." The sorrel mare was brought up o the door, and Maud was soon on er way at an easy hand-gallop to vard Easton. She had an excel ent seat, and was a good horse roman. As she knew this very cell, she would not have objected o have Harry see her just now; >ut he had gone a moment before n an opposite direction. When Maude got into Easton she ode directly to the bank, but was infortunate enough to find that it ras already closed. After a few noments' tl ought she resolved to ;ry to get the note changed at the ,rocer's or at some of the other tores, and went immediately to do o. Fate s. emed aganst her, for io one had small change enough o accommodate Miss Henderson. At one of the stores where she stopped a very gentlemanly-look ng person took out his pocket yook and said he thought he could :hange it for her, and she handed im the bill, but he returned it, say ng after all, he had not so much imall money. He seemed to re gret this, however, and even fol owed Maude to the door and as isted her to remount her horse. She was forced to give up her arrand, as she did not like to run bout among strangers asking them ;o change her a bill, especially as 1o one seemed able to do so. She herefore turned her horse's head nce more toward home. Scarcely 1ad she passed the outskirts of the ;own when she was overtaken by ;he stranger who had spoken with ier in the last store, and who at irst thought he could change her yill. He was mounted upon a fine ooking bay horse, and saluted her respectfully as he came alongside. "Did von get your bill changed?" 1e asked. "No; small bills seemed scarce," he replied. "Do you live near here?" "About five miles off." "Oh, we don't mind five miles in he country." "You are an excellent rider." "I have ridden since I was six rears old," she said; "but my sister Ellen is a better rider than I am." "You are generous to admit it," aid the stranger. After they had passsd over about wo miles they came to a very lone y piece of the road, quite removed -om any dwelling houses. Still, s the stranger appeared so gentle nanly, and had addressed her so >olitely, she had not the least sus >icion of any evil intention on his art. Presently he said, suddenly: "I ril thank you for that bill." "What?" said she, half smiling. "Please give me that bill." "What do you mean?" asked dade. ".Tust what I ay,." he replied, suddenly. "I shall do no such thing ! she answered firmly. ""I am sorry to draw a pistol up on a lady," he continued, suiting the action to the word, "but I must have that hundred-dollar bill at once," "Do you mean to rob me?" "I must have the money !" It was with difficulty that she could believe that the man was in earnest; but when he now cocked the pistol and held it toward her with one hand, while he extended the other .or the bill, she was forced tc yield to the necessity of the situa tion. She was a brave-hearted girl, and now did not tremble in the least, but she saw she could not help herself and so made the best of it. Just as she held the bill to him a sudden puff of the wind blew it in to the road and carried it gently several yards from them. Th.e stranger alighted to .get it, and quick as thought Maude struck her horse a smart blow in order to get out of the robber's power. The sorrel mare was a spirited little creature, and sprang into a smart gallop at once; while the stran ger's horse which had been left standing beside her, also started off at full speed in her company. Bang ! went the robber's pisto after them, having only the effect to increase the speed of the fiying horses, both of which were now on the dead run. Maude did not care how fast she rode, the sorrel was as easy as a cradle at that speed, and in ten minutes she dashed into her father's yard, followed by the rider, less horse. Her story was soon told and her father was with difficulty prevented from starting after the robber with pistols and rifie, but he knew tha the - scoundrel would naturally take at once to the woods, where he could not follow him. "Well, we've got his horse at any rate," said the farmer, "and he is worth more than $100." "Hallo !" said the man John, whc had been taking the saddle bags from the strange horse. "What is it, John?" - "These bags are full of some thing." "I should think so," said the far mer. as he unstrapped the leather bags. They werc found to contain som counterfeit plates, a quantity o~ counterfeit money in various bills and also a little over $1,500 in good money. "Hazza !" cried the farmer "What is it, father?" asked Maude. "Why, your trip to Easton hai proved a profitable one, at al events. Here's over $1,500, gooi money. "Ah, but it will be claimed by the owner." "Do you think a counterfeite1 will dare to come for the tools tha1 would, convict him?-to say noth ing of highway robbery." "I didn't think of that." That evening Henderson seni John over to young Masters with message to call round and see him to which Harry responded instantly "Mr. Masters," saidtthe farmer as he came into the large, old fashioned sitting-room, "you re member what you asked of me this afternoon?" "Yes, sir." "Well, I will give my consent Maude has just furnished her owr marriage portion. Take her, my boy, and be happy." A proposed French law pro vides that every head of a family, who has more than four children, shall be entitled to a reduction ol 15 per cent. in his annual taxes, and to an additional reduction of 5 per cent. for each child in excess of five. In case the head of the family pays no taxes, or if his taxes do not exceed 100 francs a year, then he shall be entitled to a pre. mium of 200 francs for his fifth child, and to another premium in each case larger by 100 francs than the preceding, for each additional child he may have. Hold fast to the present. Every position, every moment of life, is of unspeakable value as the re presentative of a whole eternity. t1Uaean.s JAHIE'S GOOD-NIGHT. At a late hour the other night a poor old man, weak with hunger and stiff with cold, entered the Central Station to ask for lodgings. While he sat by the stove to get warm they heard him groan like one in distress, and the captain asked: "Are you sick, or have you been hurt?" "It is here," answered the old man as he touched his breast. "It all came back to me 'an hour ago as I passed a window and saw a bit of a boy in his night-gown. I would to God that I was dead !" "What is it?" asked the captain as he sat down beside the man. "It is the heart-ache-it is re morse," the old man answered. "I have had them gnawing away at my life for years. I have wanted to die-I have prayed for death-but life still clings to this poor old frame. I am old and friendless and worn out, and were some wheels to crush me it would be an ast of mercy." He wiped his eyes on his ragged sleeve, made a great effort to con trol his feelings, and went on: "Forty years ago I had plenty. A wife sang in my home, and a young boy rode on my knee and filled the house with his shouts and laughter. I sought to l . a good man and a kind father, and people called me such. One night I came home vexed, I found my boy ail ing and that vexed me still more. I don't know what made me act so that night, but it seemed as if every thing weit wrong. The child had a bed beside us, and every night since he had been able to speak, he had called to me before closing his eyes in- sleep, "good night, pa !" Oh, sir, and I hear those words sounding in my ears every day and every hour, and they wring my old heart until I am faint." For a moment he sobbed like a child, then he found voice to con tinue : "God forgive me, but I was cross to the boy that -night. When he called to me good night, I would not reply, "Good night, my pa !" he kept calling, and fiend that I was, I would make no answer. He must have thought me asleep, for he fin ally cuddled down with a sob in his throat. I wanted to get up and kiss him but I kept waiting, and waiting, and finally I fell asleep." "Well?" queried the captain, as the silence grew long. "When I woke it was day. It was a shriek in my ears which broke my slumbers, and as I started up my poor wife called : "Oh ! Rich ard ! Richard ! our Jamie is dead in his bed !" It was so. He was dead and cold. There were tears on his pale face-the .tears he had shed when he had called: "Good night, my pa!" and I had refused to an swer ! I was dumb. Then remorse came and I was frantic. I did not know when they buried him, for I was under restraint as a lunatic. For five long years life was a dark midnight to me. When reason re turned and I went forth into the world my wife slept beside Jamie, my home was gone, my friends had forgotten me and I had no mission in life but to suffer remorse. I cannot forget. It was almost a life time ago, but through the mist of years, across the valley of f,he past, from the little grave thousands of miles away, I hear the plaintive call as I heard it that night : "Good night, my pa !" Send me to some prison, to the poor house, anywhere that I may halt long enough to die ! I am an old wreck, and I care nQt how soon death drags me down:' He was tendered food, but he could not eat. He rocked his body to and fro and wept and sobbed, and by and by, when sleep came to him; they heard him whisper : "Good night, my boy, good night, my Jamie !"-Detroit Free Press. On a railway train coming east through Montana were a number of Crow Indians. There dogs follow ed the train until they reached a tunnel, when they went round, while the train went through. Of course the train got out before the dogs arrived, but they waited at the month of the tunnel until all ha starved hnt one. AN ASTRONOMER IN COR. SETS. Richard Proctor, the astronomer, has been laughing at himselt as a hopeless idiot, and all on account of corsets. He says: "When the subject of corset wearing was un der discussion in the pages of the English Mechanic, I was struck with the apparent weight of evi dence in favor of tight lacing, par ticularly by the evidence of some as to its use in reducing corpulen cy. I was corpulent. I was also disposed, as I am still, to take an interest in scientific experiment. I thought I would give this matter a fair trial. I read all the instruc tions, carefully followed them, and varied the time of applying pres sure with that "perfectly stiff busk" about which correspondents were so enthusiastic. I was foolish enough to try the thing for a matter of four weeks. Then I laughed at myself as a hopeless idiot, and determined to give up the attempt to reduce by artificial means that superabundance of fat on which only starvation and much exercise or the air of Ameri ca has ever had any real reducing influence. But I was reckoning without my host. As the Chinese lady suffers, I am told, when hei feet bindings are taken'off, and as the flat-head, baby howls when hie head boards are removed, so for a while was it with me. I found my self manifestly better in stays, ] laughed at myself no longer. ] was too angry to laugh. I would as soon have condemned myself t using crutches all the time as tc wearing always a busk. But foi one month of folly I had to endur three months of discomfort. Ai the end of about that time I was mj own man again." WISE WORDS. A cheerful face is nearly as goot for an invalid as healthy weather. We seldom find people ungrate ful so long as we are in a condi tion to render them service. All other knowledge is hurtful tu him who has not the science of hon esty and good nature. Envy is a passion so full of cow ardice and shame that nobody evei had the confidence to own it. To educate a child perfectly re quires profounder thought, greate wisdom than to govern a state. Fate is the friend of the,good the guide of the wise, the tyrant o: the foolish, the enemy of the bad. The best part of our knowledg4 is that which teaches us where knowledge leaves off and where i begins. Humility does not make uag& vile nor insensible, nor oblige us t4 be ridden at the pleasure of ever3 coxcemb. Outward actions can never give a just estimate of us, since there are many perfections of a mar which are not capable of appearing in actions. If this life be unhappy, it is a burden to us which it is difficult tc bear; if it be inevery respect hap py, it is dreadful to be deprived o' it; so that in either case the resul1 is the same, for we must exist ir anxiety and apprehension. Maavtous MUsTcm -A Yank ton youth calls his mustache "sbeall" because there are nin( hairs on each side.' The Chinese consul's mustachie is as graceful and drooping as a pond lily in spring time. The mustache of a Mobile marn is so long that when it is waxed he can use the ends for toothpicks. A young man in Brooklyn is trying to raise some hair on his upper lip, and some young lady sent himi a beautiful motto whieb~ reads, "Never strike a mustache when its down." Senator Logan's mustache is of such great length that when he goes in swimming he ties the ends together over the back of his neck so that he won't tangle his toes in it and tip himself heels over bead. "No," said a Philadelphia belle, "no electric light for me. It can't be turned down low enough." The mosquito as a public singer draws well, but never gives satis fnacin. ADVRIYSIII c fora c Double canaaiuu onabove. Nodcs eueeso ,tun,b Noeees_ i Local AdverManu aaot ber of %nWai s' w[be' ad ehaged-aeeored tisers, wi0u besnded'ai JOB P DONE WITH NEATNESS AND D TERMS CASHL; WISDOM FOR B8. Do you wish to make in the world? Do you wish the respect of the you desire to acquire a of this world's goods? Doyoe tc be men? Then observe lowing rules: Hold integrity sacred. - Observe good manners., Endure trials patiently. Be prompt in all thingsa: Make few ae Pay your debtspromptly. Yield not to di Lie not for anyco Join hands only i hi e ons. Keep your mind thoughts. Watch carefully over sions. Respect the counsel <yo ents. Dare to do right; fear. wrong. Question not the friends. Sacrilce money rather t D ciple. Nevery to appear are no. Go not into the vicious. Use your leisure t r ptovement.. Consider wall; then d tively. Injure not another's business. -Studay-&koo '" STINaNG PRiD -Sme e starts of to-day can ni package. The late 'Washington, waoc me Washington, when Rn agent ,with ae.ed pricing a ty. "I'd blidit," hiomid "Bow much willy the Chief-yJoss "Twenty-fie centst" was ply. Give me anorderfaol for the money," replied Justice, whom the gn know. The man hlIgt~ est position in theU the twentydive cenfatsw agent's wife, who knew Justice, and was ho,ri4e&i lesson her airy hb a cesived. *WOULD W "If you shove that enett ble ni whip you," said as daughter. *The gr off "P1c pta a,o you good." The girI didt up the cup. -"Go. and i there, or nil whip.you," didn't go and sit dowp. here to me." The giri "Ain't you ashamed of yo el "Yessum." "No, your not. Pm agent towhip you for telling.me . OughtIto whip you, say?",> "Nome, foryou tell stories. said you'd whip me, ad didn't," and shekicked up her and scampered away. E should be careful to speak truth.-Arkansaw Traveler. WHAT &rUm HUL.I I hear you say the other2 Oilhooly, that you always b9 spare cigar about you for friends r' asked IeSpmUkima "Yes, that's what I sad "I am one of your frens I ?" "Certainly." "Well, then, hand Noutthatcir "Itis singular how it.peR Galveston folks are. Ifl gI,he the cigar, how ean Izkuse t me? Besides, if I give -yio flee gar, and another friend. o clims it and I've not got i) he wilithinklIam a liar. I g~ Ilhad better smoke it mysef prevent hard feeling. Hate got a mach?"-JwGalso Newu2 What is the difference.a dull razor andsab ey for they both needs overiloGye.rsoh h,as {e