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UtfJ-IioS,
Who baa not suffered doc* not guot*
What pleasure is. Who hnn not groped
In depths of doubt and ho**lounoM
Huh never truly ho)>ed.
Unless, sometimes, a shadow falls
Upon his mirth, and veils bin sight,
Aud from tho darkness drifts the ligb
V;' Of lore at iulorvola.
And that moat dear of ororything
I bold is low ; and who can sit
With lightest heart aud laugh and Bing
Knows not tho worth of it.
Unless, in some strange throng, perchance,
llo feels 1 o / thrilling sweat it is,
' One ye n i>{ look that answers his?
Tho troth of glnuco and glanoe.
Who knows not pnin, knows not alas I
What pleasure is. Who knows not of
Iho bitter cup that will not pass,
Knows not the taste of lovo.
Ohs ju!? that thirst and heart* that fast,
And tint tub? faint With faui's'iing,
God foudlo^you, and wifely bring
Xou to your own at last.
IN HAL? AN HOUR.
A SUMMKIl IDYL.
p *? Just wait for us a little while!
We will conio back in half an hour !"
NoraU and Bob ha I sal<l, and they had
gnnu off into the little wood, hand-in
hand, like two children.
Bo Missy was left quite alone, to
move herself backward and forward in
the swing, and feeling horself, to eay
truth, rather left put.' Why had they
wauted to goroff by themselves? ijjHc
wondered. It was fcostri ng 5 of Norah,
wheA hot brother had iust to'.ographed
to say hotwas coming down that after
noon to boo her. How odd", too, that
they should want to get away from
her. Missy was not accustomed to
being neglected. Hitherto she had
always boon flr^t with Bob,' and first
With Noifth, but since Norah and Bob
had become acquainted things bad
assumed a very different aspect, and
the intense, friendship which had
sprung up b"it ween these two threat
ened to extinguish Missy altogether.
Missy did not like it, but as yet she
had no comprehension of its full signifi
cance, no duo appreciation or the
calamity which had befallen her. At
present, she was only aware that Bob
preferred NorahV company to how,
and that Norah- perfidious Is'orah !?
evidently liked lk>b's s'colcty buttvr
than that of her d< arost friend. It
was very disagreeable, and, to put an
?end to the unpleasant thought, Missy
called up hor favorite subject of medi
tation, and li 'gan to weave afresh the
romantic web of fancy which en
circled tho ])er8)n of tho wondrous
being of tho future, who was on his
Way to win and woo her virgin heart.
> She was very young ? only seven
teen ? and the assertion of even those
few years seemed belled by hex childish
appearance. But she was vory pretty,
and she lundo a ehariuing picture as
she Bat in the swing, in her straw
berry-colored dress and large bonnet,
with her deop, eorious eyes fixed on
-the little gate into tho w.md, and her
red li| s hull-smiling at some swoot
imagination passed through hor mind.
'So, ut least, t'.iouvht a young man who
was c ming n isch'ksly toward hor
along th ? dahlia-lxu-dered grass walk,
and who did not fail to mark the beauty
of her prolilu and the grace of hor
movements as she vtirr.-d hers df lazily
to and fro by the help of her daintily
shod ft o' . Advancing quietly in front
of her, he lifted his hat.' bhe was not
slow to perceive who ho must b.\
v; " You are Xorah's brother ? you are
<;iMr. O'ila^a')," sho said, simply.
.^?Norah has gono into the wood with
Bob i'or half an hour. "Will you wait
for them V '
Mr. O'Hagan had no objection to
d'Walfc. lie throw himself down on n
?:arden sent du o by nn-l sat. looking at
ho girl, who continued lur half-un
i| conscious motion, with an oxpnssion
|j| ort Iier fnoo whi h hit rayeil a drgroo
of shyness. She felt, indeed, that she
f ought to speak, but oventually it was
Mr. O'llagan who took the initiative.
"You ' seem delightfully situated
litre," he said. " llavo you llvod in
this place nl ways?"
44 Yes, it belong# to Dob, my brother,"
rep'iod Missy, brielly.
M'$' " Then you are Missy, of whom I
havo ofttn heard?'
41 Yes. I am Missy. And you aro
;?! Norah's eldest brother, the barrister,
0 1 whom 1 have often hoard."
"Why havo Norah and your brother
8ono away without you ?' asked Mr.
>'Hagan. abruptlv.
"I don't know/' returned Ml?sy.
?' But you must know," said Mr.
O'llagan, ip a tono of gentlo authority.
"Norah Is your guest, rtnd it is not
usual for young ladle 4 to go about
alone with their friends' brothers."
14 Norah U doing nothing unusual,0
?fled Missy, Hushing angrily; for,
though she was very unhappy, she did
not ohooso that Mr. O'llagan should
Bj|%" fault. 44 Bob Is Norah's own
friend, and Aunt Caroline sees no
harm in anything thoy do. They Uro
Very fond of each othor."
41 So It would appear," said Mr.
O'Hagan, dryly, lie was somowhat
annoyed. Ilo had received an ambigu
ous letter from his sister that mryrnJng,
| which had made him think it advisablo
he should try and find out what she
was doing, and now he had come to
try, and she had vanished. But she
had left it substitute, and to this sub
stitute, after a moment's pause, Mr.
O'llagan turned.
I 41 You must be vory glad," he said,
"that your friend and your brothor
are such allies. Is he your only
brother?"
" Yes," replied Missy, with a oto
.ound stgh. 44 Bob is my only brother.
Mid Norah Is my only frlond. But 1
Mil not very glad,thoy are such friends.
"*hoy like to play eho*s, and that is a
time that three cannot play; and thoy
lko to drive in a dog-cart, and only
ifa can 4lt In front."
41 And now they like to go alone
knto the wood?' suggested Mr
fo'Hagan.
1 44 Vest It is a prosarve, you know,
%nd Bob thought it would disturb the
pheasants If three pop'.e went through
(tlklng; but l.n Paid he and Norah
could walk along qulatly and speak
ry softly."
??Oh I" paid Mr. O'Hagan, with a
jgthontd intonation.
44 Why do you say oh like thatf*
led Missy, pettishly.
Shp felt glad that Bob was Aot liko
Noruu'd brothat who was so old ?
Ihiity, at thw very Kait, he must bo?
and who tolled such strnpge questions,
and made such singular ejaculations.
"Miss Missy ? may I call you Miss
Missy ?" askod Mr. O'llagan gravely.
"Just as you like," she Bald, indif
ferently.
" Very well, then," he proceeded.
"Miss Missy, I want evidence upon a
certain matter. This swing is the
witness-box, and you are in the swing;
arga1, you nro the witness. Now,
with nature looking so fair about you,
with tho sky so bluo above you, the
cool green woods waving to your
right, and the gorgeous dahlia-) smiling
to your left, you feel undoubtedly that
you could not pcsiibly speak an un
truth; hence you are committed to
speak the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but tho truth. Now I com
ifimmn*'
Missy gazed at her interlocutor with
wide and asUmishing eyos. She checked
the restless vibrations of tho swing and
pressed her feet firmly on tho ground,
while she encircled tho ropo3 with her
arms, clasping her hands beforo her.
She was puzzled, but not disploased. A
lovelier witness, tho young man
thought, ho bad never seen.
" Miss Missy," he began, " do you
know" what flirting is?"
" Yes," said Missy, promptly.
" Then define flirting."
" I did not say I could define it,"
said Missy, with a little appearanco of
pputlng.- ? '
. f4 Then you do not know what flirt
ing la."
" Yes, I do," cried Missy, "flirt
ing is when two people seem to like
each other very much, and to livo only
for oach other, and then they part and
forget one another altogether."
"And their Intercourse leaves no
mafk?"
" No, they havo bean only amused."
\u But suppose they have been moro
than amused? suppose tlieir associa
tion has left a mark ?'* ,
M Then they have been in earnest."
" And wljat is the result of being in
earnest 9" I
" It is love," said Missy, in a low,
sweet voice.,
She1 glanced downward, and was
completely Unaware that Mr. O'Ha
gnn's gaze was Gxed upon her, and still
loss was she awaro thaKfli breast was
swelling with an uncalled-for indigna
tion on ner account. His was an im
aginative nature, prone to leap to su
perlative possibilities, and somothing
.In Missy's youthfulness, beauty and
naivete; had made him jump to a
possibility of the most exaggerated
evil. At this moment he found him
self speculating about some man who
might some day bo only amused with
this innocent creature, while she, per
chance, might bo in earnest. " I
would horsewhip such a follow within
an inch of his life," ho s i I, wrath
fully, in his heart. Then he suddenly
remembered that, at far as ho knew,
there was no sucjIi man, nnd ho smiled
contemptuously at his own fantastic
c< ncelt. Moreover, the present was
all his own.
"What is lovo, Miss Missy?" ho
asked, abruptly.
"Love is when tho beautiful yo ith
comes," she said, still looking away.
" And who is tho b aitiful youth ?"
he inquired.
He felt curious t> know whether a
young man of tlx or seven-and tw.-nty,
not bad-looking ? Oh, by no means
ha \-looking ? and not altogether stupid,
certainly with somo prospects of pro
fession^ success, might bo 1< oked upon
as a beautiful youth. Perhaps a tin^o
of unsmpeAed joalousy unwittingly
heightened h:s curiosity.
A sort of glow diffused itself over
Missy's face; her vision seemed to be
lost in the dim recesses of tho littlo
chase; her wholt mann'r seemed to
bespeak a state of eesta ii/feoling.
"Tho beautiful youth, she said,
slowly and pemivoly, "is all glorious
t> behold, liko tin early son in summer,
or liko the splendor of the apple
orchards when the fruit is rip >. He
Is a peerless knight, clothed with
dignity and virtuo and truth, and a
burning lire goes out of 111* heart and
consumos ail iniquity as ho passes by.
He goes through tho world liko Sigurd,
redrossing every wrong, and tho hearts
of tVie people trust in him, and when
ho speaks, or oven when lie comes
near, mon and women aro happier and
bettor, and littlo ohildren aro gladder
and holier. His locks aro bright, as If
tho surf had kissed them, and ids eyos
are calm and pure, as if the stars so
journed within thorn. His hands aro
mighty, liko tho restlo.<s north wind,
and his feet are rapid, liko tho rushing
of many rivers, and his htart is doop
? deep like the unfathomed sea."
" And ? " uttered tho young man,
breathlessly.
He was amazed at Missy's gush of
poetlo fervor, and he longed for her to
continuo. Ho knew well that in speech
was danger. A word might break tho
spell ? but a l>r<ath? a breath might
oompRHS l.is desire.
"If I hung for it, I would kill tho
fellow who played her false 1" lie
thought.
"And ono day," Missy proceedod
dreamily, "one day ho will come in tho
vernal sunshine, and thrushes and
blackbirds will carol as ho draws nigh,
and pale shy primroses, and .ho frar
grant cowslips, and the nodding
violets, will spring around his feet as
he moVes, and great joy will bo in his
soul. Or perhaps he will como through
tho fields When the corn is goldon, and
elnstors of rtht* will garland his head,
and rich purple plums will fill his
hands, and popples will spread a regal
carpet for his foet, and gladness will
l>e in his mien. Or perhaps he will
come at dewy evo rowing over the
tranquil mero, and pearls will drip
from his oars, and lily-buds will fol
low in his wake, and ho will come to
shore where tho forgot-mo-nots are
bluest, and a tender peaco will bo upon
him. And he will reeogni/o mo, and
know tfoat his destiny has arrived, and
ho will rejoice ? rejoice. And wo two
shall link otir hands together, and a
thrill of sympathy will unite us for
ever, and time will bo lost in the eter
nity of our bliss."
Bho ceased, nnd hor chin drooped,
till it reded on hor folded bunds. Ho
remained silent; he was disappointed.
He felt It was utterly pro ale to be a
barrister ? to be business-like and
busy ? to havo brlofs and clients- -to
bo astute and practical. He could
never attain the petfoc,tlOpa. of the
beautiful youth. ' No sun would ever
cjndeacend to kiss hid curly ba';';.np
star would ever vouchsafe to abide lu
his merry eyes; no fiowlra would eter
be induced to. spring up round his trim
and well-made boots. He must go on
In the ordinary Way; tod look for no
poetic termination to his career. He
was hopelessly common-place ? merely
a barrister; there was nothing Slgurd
hko about him. " Hut I will strangle
that fellow 1" he oxclaimod, vindic
tively. lie hardly knew whether ho
was referring to the ypung man who,
in a possiblo future, might be ainused
at Missy's cxponso, or to the benutiful
youth; he knew not at all that he had
spoken aloud.
" What fellow ? Who are you talk
ing of?*' exclaimed Missy, starting
"Aro you speaking of the l>eautiful
youth? Have 1 been ta'king of him
all thitf time?" she cried, in an agony.
"Oh ! what havo I done? What shall
I do? I have told you my secret, and
I shall ntver, never bo happy again.
Why did you draw me ?,n to talk and
ti-11 you a 1 about him? I neve m ant
to tell you anything, and n-iu* you
! have led me on to convict myself.
| Aunt Caroline siys barristers always
make peoplj cmvjct themselves, and
you aro a barrister. "You aro a bad
man !"
fc>ho had got out of the swing when
first sho began to spea';; now sho
j walked slowly away between tho rows
| of dahlia?. When she had gone half
u ay, however, sho turned back, and
Mr. O'Hagan went to meet her.
"You will please to come indoors,"
she said, coldly. "If Aunt Caroline
happened to be out when you arrived, I
dare say she lias returned now."
Sho seemed suddonly transformed
from an elfin child into a dignified
woman. In days that came after ?
and that came without Mr. O'Hagan
being under the ncca-sity of laying vio
lent hands upon any other man ? ho
recollo te<] this little scene ? the out
burst of childish passion and the in
stinctive womanly control which en
sued ? and loved to dwell upon it. He
felt now a? if a jury had found him
guilty, but he resolved ?o try and say
one word in his own defense.
"Miss Missy," ho began, contritely,
" I only wanted to talk to you about
Norah and your brother; 1 never
meant to vex yotf."
" I do not caro to talk about people,
Mr. O'Hagan," said Missy, severely.
"But I must ham something nbout
my sister," said Mr. O'l lagan.
" What about her?" said Missy, re
lenting a little.
" I want to know whether she and
your brother aro in earnest, or if they
aro only amused."
" 1 do not know. You had better
ask Norah and my brother themselves.
I do not.d<s re to commit myself any
further," said Missy, grandly.
"Miss Missy," said Mr. O'Hagan,
and altering his lino of action. "1
plead guilty to your charge. I havo
done a mean thing, and all I can ven
turo to say for myself is, that your
conversation so enchanted mo that I
could nut bear to intorrupt you. Is
i that any extenuation in your eyas?"
Hhe did not answer; her lips were
yet tremulous, and her eyes moist
with reeont agitation, but tho hard
ness had gono out of her faco. Noting
this, Mr. O'Hagan pushed his ad
| vantage.
I ' I am covered with shame at tho
thought of my baseness" ho went on.
"But. almost before I realized t hat you
| were reposing a confidence in me, tho
confidence was already mine. Miss
Missy, I beg your pardon a thousand
times. I cannot undo what is done,
but perhaps it may mitigate your dis
tress to bo assured that your secret is
absolutely safe with me. * I shall never
reveal it to a human being."
" You are very kind." she said, sor
rowfully. " But it wi'l novor bo tho
samo to mo again. Nobody know ?
not Bob, nor Norah. It. was my ono
fair secret, and tho thought of* it con
soled me whenever I was sad or alone.
It was my dream, which stood over,
liko a tender angel, by my side, and it
l"lle<l mo to sleep in the night, and
broUffht UIO lov in tho mnrninir' nn/1
no'.v ? "
"And now," taid Mr. O'llagan,
gontly, " though sotnfl ono else knows
your secret, it is some ono oiso who
honors it, and would fain bo like your
ideal. I am n ?t such a very baa man,
Miss Missy. Don't you romembor, Portia
was a barrister, and sho redressed n
great wrong? We barristers do try tc
act justly, I assure you. Won't you
think kindly of mo when your mind
is occuplocl with your sweet secret?"
he added, imploringly. "I have a
dream, too, and an unspoken secret,
and when they are present with me I
shall thluk of you ? porpotually."
" You have a dream? What is your
dream like, I wonder 1" said Missy,
wistfully.
" My dream IV^iio answered. "It is
of tho most DSHutiful damsel who
walks this earth; sho is sweeter than
Juliet, and nobler than Cordelia, more
winning than Hosalind, moro charm
ing than Beatrice."
"Sho must bo impossible, " inter
rupted Missy, smiling and amusod in
spite of hirself. "The inexpressive
she, truly I"
Mr. O'llagan oponed his Hps to
speak, and then checked himself. But
he felt convinced that his inexpress
ive sho was a far likelier possibility
than Missy's beautiful youth. Nay,
did she not stand before him, and was
he not prepared to slay fifty men who
might dare a treachory to her?
"Homo day I will tell you all about
her," he said, "and you shall say
whother my secret be fair and my
dream bright. It shall stand or fall by
your verdict. And now that I have
dlscpvered my hidden longing, will you
forgivo me?"
?? Yes, indeed," sho said readily.
Sho was not resentful. Ilut sho did
not quito understand Mr. O'llagan.
She knew no longing with respect to
tho beautiful youth ; sho was satl fl ~d
he w?ould come, and sho was content
to wait. Hut this damsel, of whom
Mr. O'llagan spoko, was an evident
Absurdity, and perhaps this unneces
sary 1 mglng win a natural sequence
to an abjurdity. Men woro often
ridiculous outside their offices and
studies; sl'o lui.l hoard Aunt Oarolino
say so. However, it was not un
pleasant to feol that this man was less
Bealdo, poor fellow I
tie would never fi nd^Hs damsel, an*'
she ought to be sorry for htm. ,
The j Were sUU standing at the top
of the- grass-walk,'" Sttd now Missy,
turned Wand, . " ' : ">
, " There are Norah and Bob coming
out of ttfe wood/' she said. ** See how
happy they look ! Bob looks taller or
older or prouder ? I don't know what
?but he seems different to tuk What
can it be, Mr. O'llagan? A r *. Vorah
seems youngor and ?r Ui*r| And
there is something glistening on hert>
finger? it looks like a Jeweled ring ? ?
hut she had no ring on this morning 1 1
And they are talking so joyously to- J
f [ether that they do not see us ! They
ook as if a fairy had given them some'
.shining treasure. What is it, Mr..
O'llagan?"
"MUs Missy," said Mr. O'llagan,!
oracularly, "I think Norah has mot the!
beautiful youth, and I think Bob has J
realized his rosy dream, and unveiled
his fair secret."
"Then, is every one alike?" mur
mured Missy, regretfully. "Has
every ono a fair secret and a rosy
dream?"
"Every one, 1 hope- nearly evory
one, 1 believe," said Mr. O'llagan.
" Lot us go and meet them. They
have not been only am used, they have
bocn in earnest."
And tho prim dahii.V. did not turn
aside, but smiled proudly, as the iwo
who had played their little drama
among them met thoso other two who
had been unfolding sweet secrets in
the wood for half an hour.
Foriuor Eruptions or Mount Ellin.
Tho volcano of Mount Etna, in
Sicily, is 10,784 foet above sen level.
About sixty eruptions of Mt.unt Etna
arc recorded, tho most notable within
tho last hundred years being thoso of
1792,1811,1819 and 1832. The drat
of thoso continued an entire year, the
streams of lava then being thirty feet
deep. During tho last one mentioned
there opened on the sides of the moun
tain many flaming mouths in the
midst of tremendous explosions and
convulsions, prodigious discharges of
ashe3, cinders and lava, which overran
miles of cultivated fields nnd threatened
the town of J Iron with ruin. The river
of lava was then twenty mllos long,
over a mile wide and forty feet deep.
Tho lava which in 1699 overtopped the
walls of Catania may still be seen
coiling over their summit like a frozen
torrent. On that occasion much of tho
city and 15,000 of its inhabitants were
destroyed. Tho earliest eruption men
tioned in history was 476 year.-? before
the Christian era. Four years later
a vast volume of water is re
ported to have rushed down
the mountain side. It w;is supposed
to havo corao from the crater, show
ing, apparently, the connection botwten
tho volcano and tho sea. A great
eruption occurred in 1852, when mighty
clouds of ash-gray dust wero expelled,
covering the whole surrounding coun
try. From two now mouths on the
eastern ilank issued torrents of lava,
one moving toward ZaITarana, tho
other toward CJiarra. Ono stream was
two miles broa.l, in somo places 170
feet deep, flowed 600 foot in a hour or
dinarily, but when it approached abrupt
cliffs it dashed over likoa fiery cascado.
Tho summit at Ktna, baing above tho
lino of vegetation, presents, unless
covered with snow, a melancholy waste
of lava, ashes, lapilli and aoorhe, from
tho center of which, in n desolate plane,
ancands tho piincipnl cone. Around
the base of tho mountain is a produc
tive region of corn, olives, grapes and
fruits, from t'lreo to (levon miles
broad. TtuNicuptions of Etna aro fre
quent and imposing.
Tit 3 I'lanoforte.
Miss Charlotte W. If awos, in a recent
lecture ( n thy pianoforte, states some
interesting fa.'ts : Tim imd.-rn piano
forte was born in 1711, in the mind of
Christofori of Viulua, Italy, and is a
successor of tho instrument known In
Nebuchadnezzar's tiino as the dulcimer.
The first piano seen in England
was inado by Father Wood, an English
'monk of Home; it was for a long
timo without a rival, tho wonder and
delight of all who heard It ; but about
the year 176U some ingenious mechan
ics camo from (i or many to ICngland in
search of employment as pianofort.o
makers, and this gave the instrument
an impetus ; it was a party of twelve,
who were hence called ?the twelve
apostles. The domand for pianos has
constantly Increaiod. Better music
has boen written for tho pianoforte
than for any other instrument. "VVe
need only to sf,udy tho works of llee
| thovon to be convinced of tho wealth
of harmonious combinations which
have been the, means of improving the
tastes of tho people, hesldo the
exquisite enjoyment which the musio
directly dispenses. Years ago piano*
forte music constituted a very modest
{>ortlon of a musle-sellor's stock; now
t fills three-fourths of his shelves,
and makes his chief business. Over
two hundred thousand compositions
for this instrument have been pub
lished in America alone. There aro
ten million f families in the United
States, and ifts speaking within bounds
to reckon upon a quarter of a million
instruments stationed in these homes,
and one can estimate, by tho knowlodgo
which he may have of family life In
America, how largely tho ainusoments
of these families aro at home and
within the family circle, where music
on tho piano contributes the greater
portion of their enjoyment. Could
anything elso bo substituted to pro
mote the home life In America?
Wheio Jefferson Davis Was Csptnr*!.
On the waters of the Allap&hA, In
Irwin county and near Irwinvllle, la
tho historic and memorable camping
ground of tho escaping president Of
tho Confederate States, The appl?
tree under which General Lee sur
rendered was cut up Into chunks and
scattered as moinentoto oyer the globo.
The three troea-^pino trees? under
which tho historic Jefferson Davis sur
rendered in ifSvln county were strioken
by ono bolt of lightning last year and
shivered into smithers. If tho owner
of those dismantled and prostrat*
nines will gat hi r up the debris and
bring them to Amoricus ho can sell
out at a handsomo profit. ? Amerimu
((/a.) republican. ?
Ills Pa>? T. 0 b.
"What ails your pa's teeth, asked
tho grocery iaan of the bad boy. "|Tho
hired girl was over here to get some
eornmeal for gruel, and she said yovr
pa was gumming it since he lost h ?
teeth."
i ".Oh, about the teeth. That was too
bad, Y ou see n\y chum lias got a dog
thai is old, nnd his teeth have all come
OUtln front, and this morning I bor
riod pa's teeth befoie he got up, to see
h! couldn't fix thom in the dog's
mouth, so ho could eat bitter. Pa says
it itfan evidenov. of a kind henrt for a
boyjto bo good to dumb animals, but
It's a mean dog that will go hack on a
frield. We tied the teeth in the dog's
moifth with a string that went around
h's ipper jaw, and another around I1I3
undfr jaw, and you'd a dide to see how
fun$y he looked when ho laffed. He
look&l just like pa when lie tries to
smllVso as to get mo to come up to
liiu)?0 he can l'ck me. The dog pawed
lif ifcouth a Bpcll to get the teith out,
and then we gave him a bone with
some meat on, nnd ho heg.in to gnaw
tho bone, r.nd the te th came olf the
plutoiand lie thought it was a piece of
tho ' bono and I10 swallowed the
te? th. My chum noticed it first,
and i he paid we hod got to
git in our work pretty qC.ok to save
the plnUs, and I think we wero in
luck to save them. I held the dog,
and my churn, who was better ac
quainted with Him, untied the strings
and got the gola plates out, but there
were 011'y two teeth left, and tho dog
was happy, llo woggled his ta 1 for
more Teeth, but we hadn't any more.
1 am going to givo him ma's teeth
some ( ay. My chum says when a dog
gets an appetito tcr anything you
have got to keep giving It to him, or
he goes back on you. llut I think my
chum played dirt on me. We sold the
gold p'ntea to a jewelrymon, and my
chum kept tho money. 1 think, as
long an 1, furnished the goods, he
ou>;ht to have given me something be
side the experience, don't you?
After Hi's 1 don't have no more part
ners. you b(t." All this time the boy
was marking on a p^cco of paper, and
soon afUr ho went out the grocery
man noticed a crowd outside, and on
going 0111 he found a sign hanging up
which r a I, " \V? rmy Figs for Par
ties." ? Peek's Sun.
1 he Emperor's Buttons.
? recently published life of the
emperor of Germany" occurj' the fol*
lowing: As king and emperor alike,
for mftny y< ars past, William I. has
not appeared in public except while
undergoing his annuul water cure at
Qastein and Ems, dressed in civil dre3S.
Ho invariably wears uniform at home,
even wh*n writing lettersinhis study,
which ovi r'.c.oks Linden avenue, lier
lin's. ?hi?f miliiarv and fashionablo
thoroughfare. While actually sitting
at his writing tablo ho is acustomed to
loosen three or four of the upper but
tons of his double-breastod tunic, and
to turn back its lapels. "Whenever,
however, a body of troops, small or
large, is heard approaching the palace,
he rises fr m his seat, hastily buttons
up bis uniform to tho throat, and ad
justs his cross <f the "Order pour lo
Mcrite" in fu lis >rtthatit baugsdown
over tho coat collar exactly under his
chin. This operation, which long prac
tice enablos him to perform in a
few seconds, concluded, he walks to
his window and stands there In full
view of his soldiers while they march
past. One day an exalted personage,'
who happened to bo in conversation
with tho omperor when, tho sound of
distant drums and lifes having an
nounced tho approach of " Grand
Guards," his majesty hurriedly went
through tho above described "rapid
act," took heart of grace and asked the
*vuher why ho was so particular about
buttoning tho top button of hi? uni
form before showing himsdf to his
guards, " who, after all," added Prince
, " enjoy almost daily an oppor
tunity of scoing your majesty face to
face. I should have thought, sire, that
you would have scarcely deemed it
necessary to stand upoi^ceremony with
them.0 " That is not the question at
all," replied the Kaiser. 44 At the head
of the army, I am bound to show my
soldiers an irreproachable example in
tho way of tenue. They have never
seen me with my coat unbuttoned, and
1 do not Intend t!foy over.shall. Fofr,
let me tell you, it is the one button loft
unbuttoned that is tho ruin of an
army 1"
The First Uoiold Dollar.
Colonel John A. Stephens has in his
possession a coin that lelonged to
Governor Stephens. It is the first
specimen molded T>y the Unitod States
mint as an example of the famous
" goloid " dollar of which so much has
been written and said. Governor
Stephens was chairman of the commit
teen on weights, measures and coins
nnd took a profound interest in tho
question of money. The golofd dollar
1& about tho width of a silver half -dol
lar, but hardly as thick, and lighter.
It has a bronze color, darker than gold,
and duo to tho copper in it. On ono
?it o are tho words "United States of
America, 100 cents," on the rim, and in
the centor, "Goloid, metric. 1. G.; 10.
), P.; 1.9, C.; Grains 14.25." On tho
other side aro the words " K. Pluribus
Unum,H73," on the rim and in tho
center tho head of a female with tho
word "Liberty" upon it. The figures
indicate the composition, which is the
invontton of a man named Hubboll,
and includos metal worth just $1 In
ftctual value. The composition has
nineteen parts, of which one part is
gold, (16.1) sixteen and one-tenths sil
ver and (1.9) one and nine-tenths cop
per.? Augusta ( Od, ) Chronicle.
Twenty-five ^ears ago a young
Philadelphia wife luuirly orled her oyca
out because nhn could not afford to
scrape front her wnlni the tins glitly,
old-fashioned paper, full of pvueot-ks
and pelican* and things, and put a
nice, neat new style in its place. N..w
her married daughter In weeping l>c
cause she can't afford tofiut the pea
cocks and pelicans back. Mfn in full
of trouble.? -Philadtlp Ma /Venn.
The value of the Imports of woo
and woolen goods for the year 1882
wa< nearly $18,000,000, on whloh was
lovied the enormous duty of nearly
$80,000,000.
? HORRIBLE CR ME.
| A Front '?r nnwrndo %Vho Added CanulbnU
Uui to ho l-rltne of >1 urdftr? Ft vn ?.old
| Hrrkcru Killed by 'I hc'r (?t?lJe-Cai> lured
iHer Nine Years.
A rtc Mit letter from Denver, CoL,
t<> tho St. Louis Q I ol-e- Democrat says :
After nine years one of the greaust
murder myster es of the frontier hu,*
been el a red up liy the c ip'.uro of ^fio
j murderer at Foit Fi-tteriuan, Wyvm
! ing Territory, and his confession,
j which General Adams, of the pob'
I office, received hero by telegrapH
j The affaif has long s}nco become a
j story of crime that for atrocity and
(lOiuliHhnuss is n .t surpassed in tlie
criminal hi t >ry of the country.
Nine years ago, whi n tlie ban Juan
' mining excitvment broke uu\ a party,
composed of eighteen frontiersmen,
lvft .* alt Lake City to penetrate the
new 1?1 lk rado by way of the old Mor
mon trad through the t'te domain.
On arriving a the confluence of the
Gunnison a id Grand riyt rs, early in
Fo ruary, they separated iato Uso
bodies of twelve and six respectively.
Tneir supplies had diminished to so
small- an amount that when they were
divide! there wis barely rations
enough for two days. The larger de
tachment followed the Gran.l river t )
I Cochetopa river, while the smaller
i crew, whieh consisted of Messrs. Mil
ler, Hell, Swan. Humphreys, George
Noon and Alfred Packhn, pursued the
GunnL.m Hout h. Packha was selected
for lutder. General Adams was agent
for t-lio Un^ompahgre Indians at Los
Pino.s ag<ney at the time. Late -ffi
March Pa- klia appeared at the agen
cy in an a', most naked condition and
starving. Ho was unablo to oat for
several days and it required careful
melical treatment to save his life. To
Gem ral Adams Packha said he had
? been deserted by his companions and
left to die in a snow-storm. He was
taken to Laguache, the nearest fron
tier settlement, for treatment. Two
days after tho agency escort departed
with him a couple of Utes arrived
with strips of supposed meat, which
they showed tv> Gem ral Adams as
" whito man's fi sh." Suspecting foul
play, the general immediately dis
patched a second party to bring Pack
ha back to the agency as a prisoner.
Upon being shown' tiio human flo.sh
and charged with murder Packha
seemingly broke down, and confessed
that the flvo men were killed, one
by the other, to provide food for
the survivors. One day when ho
was absent from the camp hunting,
he said, his flvo companions drew lots
for death, and Swan drew the unlucky
number. The victim was being cut
up, ho said, when ho returned to camp.
Miller, Humphrey and Noon then fell
under the hatchet, and in tho ordor
statid their flesh was devoured. Boll
tho ? tried to murder Packha, but tho
latter detecting him in the act, felled
h'mdead with an ax before ho could flro
a second shot. Packha wound up his
somewhat crooked story with an account
of his blind journey through the wilder
ness, in which ho preserved his lifo
against the winter cold and st< r.ns by
carrying from pine ) to place burning
coals in a cofTeo-not. Hell's flesh was
what ho fed on. Meanwhile d-uring
the investigation a straggler from tho
party of welve turned up almost dead
from starvation. Ho described as
nearly as possiblo whero he had loft his
companions in a dying condition, and a
relief party sent out with food found
them in a camp on tho Cobolln river,
and they were brought into Los Pinos.
On being told Packha's experience th< y
refused to crerlit it, and demanded a
scout. Packha offered to guldo a
party to the remains. An ex
pedition of whites and Indians
was organized undor tlie leader
ship of Ilerrry Lanter. Tho trail was
taken across tho mountain toward (he
head of tho Gunnison river. When
tho north fork of the Ctinnlson was
reached Packh^ claimed to bo con
fusod, and said he could not direct tliu
sxploration any further. lie tried his
Seat to lead vho party north. Lanter,
growing suspicious, charged him with
*he purposo of mis lirocting tho party,
and insisted on continuing south,
wheroupon Packha drow a knifo and
tried to kill him. Packha wan dis
armed and ironed. Tho party returned
to tho agency, after having failed to
discovor the camp, nnd Packha was
confined in tho Lagaucho Jail. A few
days later he escaped, an I tra:-o of him
was never cortainly had again till last
week.
Threo years ago a desperado was
kil cd at Fort Dell an co, Ari/. >11 a Ter
ritory, whoso desenptlon correspond o 1
with that of T'aclcha, and it waf,
thought that lie had at In t met his
death. In Juno, 1874, a photographer
from Peoria, 111., named itoynolds, ac
cidentally discovered tho bodies of
the murdered men in a hem
lock grove near Lake Ban Chris
tovnl, and only a snort distance
from tho present l.oko City. Somo
members of tho surveying party who
had lingored in tho country visitod the
scone and identified tho men. The
bodies of four of tho mon ? Swan,
Hell, Noon and Humphreys ? wero
lying side by sido Two of them wero
rolled up In a blanket. A bullet-hole
In each hond oxplained tho way of the
killing. What refnalnod of poor Mil
ler was a few yards away. Tho head
was Bovorod from the body and tho
flesh had been taken from tho limbs.
Thero was evidonco In the disturbed
condit'.m tho ground that ho had
fought hard for his II to. Tho bodies
wore presor ?*ed and easily Identified.
Thero was known to havo been about
$10,000 In tho possession of tho party,
hut not a dollar could be found. There
was no longer any doubt but Packha
murdered tho men to obtain thoir
money, and running out of food ato
their flesh.
The closl r g chapter oponod last work ,
when a rrif-mnfcr of tl.o Halt Lako party
telegraphed to tho "herlfT at Lako City
that he had mot Packha face to facb at
Fort Kettermai. The murdoror was
recognized as the leader of what has
been for some time the most desperato
gang of outlaws In the West. Gonoral
Adams wat informed of the discovery,
and a concerted movement by NhorlfTs
Spangler, of Denver, and Hmlth of
l>ak? City, and Rharploss, of Choyonne,
I resulted In the capture of Packha
When confronted with tho details of
the (hiding of the bodies and the charge
of having rnurdorod tho fivo men for
their money he confossed,
Villa . ? Laws 500 Tears Agro.
The law of the land was hideously
' cruel and merciless, and the gaJlows
'and the pillory, nevir far from any
man's door, were seldom allowed to
remain long out of use. The ghastly
j frequency of the punishment by death
to make people savage and
? bloodthirsty. It tended, too, to mako
I men absolutely reckless of consequen
! ces when once their passions were
' aroused. "As well be hung fur a sheep
| as a lamb'' was a saving that had a
; grim truth in it. When a violent rnf
tlan knew that if ho robbed his host in
, t.ie n:g;:t he would be sure to be hung
for it, and if he killed him he could be
; no more than hung, ho had nothing to
! gain by letting him live, and nothing
i to lose if he cut his throat. Where
another knew that by tampering with
; tli'i coin of the realm ha was sure to
go to the gallows for it, he might as
J well make a good light before he was
taken, and murder any one who stood
in the way of his escape. Hanging
went 01: a*, a price which we cannot
c< nceivo. lor in tho-e days the criminal
1 law of the laud was not* as it is now,
! a strangely -devisod machinery for pro
| tecting the wrong-doer, but it was an
| awful and tremendous power for slay
J ing all who were dangerous to the per
jsonsir the property of the co iiniu
j nitv. To hurry a man to d<a'.h with
Irs sins and crimes fresh upon him, to
; slaughter nun wholesale for a ts that
could not be regarded as enormously
wicked, b' o.'ked such as had learned
1 that the Gospel tiught stu-h virtues as
, fifer^an 1 'ong-sufteringa'ul g.i\c nu n
hopts of ibrgiX en< ss and r? p ntan e
! The church set itVlf njfrr fi-t -U.'&hUo
| cious man ?1 ing and branding an<T
I hanging tint wa< bciiw dealt out
1 blindly, hastily and indiscriminately to
i every kind of transgressor; and iiias
much as the clu r .h law and tlie law of
the land GOO ye ?rs ago were often in
conflict, the church law acted to a great
e .tent a* a chock upon the shocking
ferocity of tho criminal ccd \ And
this is how tho check was exeroisrd:
A man who was a clerie was only half
amenable to the law of tho land. IIo
was a citizen of tho realm and a sub
ject ol the king, but ho was morfc; ho
owed allegiance to the (hureh, and
claimed tho church's protection also.
Accordingly, whenever a cleric got in
trouble, and there was only too good
cause to believe that if ho were
brought to his trial ho would have a
short shrift and no favor, sf a it justico
and tho inevitable gallows within
twenty-four hours at tho longest, ho
proclaimed himself a cleric, and de
manded tho protection of tho church,
and was forthwith handed over to tho
custody of tho, ordinary or bishop. Tho
process was a clumsy one, and led, of
course, to great abuses, but it had a
good side. As a natural and inovitablo
consequcnce of such a privilege ac
corded to a class there was a very
strong inducement to become a mem
ber of that class* and, as tho church
mado it easy for any fairly educated
man to bo admitted at arty rate to tho
lower orders of tho ministry, any ono
who preferred a professional career, or
desired to give himself up to a life of
study enro'led himself among tho
clerics, and was henceforth reckoned
as 1 elonging to the clergy. Tho country
swarmed with theso clerics. Only a
small proportion of them ever became
ministers of religion; they were Jaw-.
y< rs, or oven lawyers' clerks; they wero
secretaries ; somo few wero quacks
with nostrums; and these were all just?
as much cl< rics as tho chaplains, who
occupied pretty much tho same posi
tion as our cntatC3 do now ? clorgy
mon, strictly yo called, who were on tho
lookc ut for employment, and who
earned a very precarious livelihood - or
tho rectors and vicars, who were on the
bi noticed clergy, ami who were tho par
sons of parishes occupying almost ex
actly the same posit ion that they do at
this moment, and who wire almost ex
actly in the same position as they aro
now. ? Nineteenth Cmtwy.
Perpetual YVonlhov Table.
The following table wns constructed
by tho celebrated Dr. llcrschell, upon
ft philosophic consid( ration of tho
attraction of tho sun :wrt moon. It is
conflrmod by tho oxpcrienco of ninny
years' observation, nnd will suggest to
the obsorver what kind of weather will'
probably follow the moon's ontranco
into any of her quarters. As? general
rule it will bo found wonderfully cor
rect: *
If tho moon changrs at 12 o'clock
noon, tho weather immediately after
will bo very ruiny, if in sumutor, and
thoro will '?>? snow and rain in winter.
Jf between 2 and I o'clock p. m,,
changeable in Hummor ? fair and inild
in winter.
Between 4 and 0 o'clock r. m., in
summor, fair, if tho wind is northwast;
rainy, if south or southwest. In
winter, fair and frosty, if tho wind is
north or northwest; rjjiny, if south or
southwost. '
Between 10 nnd 12 o'clo -k i\ m.,
rainy in summer and fair and fristy in
winter.
Between 12 at night, and 2 o'clock A.
m., fair in summer and frosty in winter
? unless tho wind i;i from tho south
or southwest.
Between 2 and 4 o'clock a. m.# cold
and very showery in summer, and snow
a:id storm in winter.
Hotwoen 4 and 0 o'clock a. m., rainy,
both in winter and summer.
ISotweon 0 and H o'clock a. m., wind
and rain in summer and stormy in
winter.
Between 8 and 10 o'clock A. M., show
ery in summer and cold in wintor.
Hetween 10 and 12 o'clock, a. m.,
showory in summer and cold in win
ter.
A llappy Chinaman.
A rich Chinaman of Bock Springs,
Wyoming, to whom his wife lately
presoiitod a lino boy, has Wen enter-'
tnining his friends with an exuber
ance corresponding to his joy. Ho in
vited 000 quests. In dotachmonts of
150, to a foast which cost fil/lOO, and
inado overybody "dlunk;" and oven
tlu-n ho was not satisfied, but an
nounced his intention to hold a second
celebration tho following week In
Kvanston, and a third tho next month
in San Francisco.
" You are setting us a bad example,"
as tho algebra class said when tho
teacher wrote a hard equation on tho
board. ? Ihwlinylon fr'reo i'rWJ,
TIT TOR TAT.
I This seems ihe drift of the human heart.
You say, my sou, wherever yon go;
" An eye for au oye, a tooth for a too'h,
A word for a word, a blow for a blow."
You say you stood by au opeu door,
And heard two lad* of six and four
I Cry, "Strike m doj, and I'll strike your cat
I Tit for tat ! Tit for tat !"
Yon 8' y you wnlkod down the garden path,
| My laddie, to list to the robin's song;
While the pollsters forgot their oono?rtijuit
To join in a battle? the woak and strong.
There seemed no mercy for fallen foes,
There soonied no pity for feathered woes;
! And this the cry that your ire bogat:
j "Tit for tat! Tit for tat !"
Truo it is that the world, my son,
Rich and i n>r and little and great,
Give, as yov say, lad, blow for blow,
If they h?.i J not the angels that watoh and
wait;
For overy man hath an angel guide
That 1 n^ers in lovo by his restless side ?
That whispers of penco in his care'.o.ss ear.
And love and joy, if ho will but hear.
The under world, without thought or mind?
Tho hind or boant of low degree, ?
May fo'low its instincts, yot no sin;
But ah ! my son, is it so with tiioe?
No, no ! Then only in ;;ood for good,
And lovo for love, wo inoiUtlj should
Follow tho child ven's phrase ?o pat:
"Tit for tat! Tit for tat !"
j ? Mrs. Ij A. Kidder, in Baldwin's Monthly.
HUMOROUS.
.10 go<aip is liko ft bicycle, la that
1 she in exceedingly liable to iuii ft per
r Tn.vP UMii ? Pifk.
It is sanKiWJi lifvou play on au
, acc<Tdion ni'nr tin ovstcr7xtHL^^','^()r
will open its slu-ll " Whether tlaSk i 18
because it wants to listen or is looking
' for a chance to oscapo i ^ not known. ?
i Philadelphia News,
; It rather takes the .spirit out of a
man who has bragged to a friend of
the sag vf.ty of his setter dog to havo a
friend go hunting with him, and be
j led by the dog a furious cha*e of throe
| miles across .stumpy bogs and finally
, tree an excited iuuise cat. ? Boston
I Post.
According to the Cincinnati En
I quiri m tramp refused to saw wood
for his d.nner, giving jus a reason that
ho was bitterly opposed to tho de
struction of our forests and would do
nothing to encourage that kind of busi
ness. And lie walked off picking his
teeth.
The Rev. Charles II. Eaton, lectur
ing upon "Marriage," said: " Thero
are threo elements that combiuo to
mako a true majrifige ? health, lova
and sympathetic companionship. "
Thero Is another little elewttrnt that
I goes a great way ? a good bank ac
count. ? Netv York Commercial.
\ A wngon containing^ calf in a cago,
j with a farmer's wife In i barge, was on
j the Detroit market recently, according
| to tho Free Press, and a butcher with
an eyo to veal stepped up and in
quired : "Madame, is that calf for
sale?" "Yes, sir." "Is ho a Dur
ham?" "JIo may be." "Isn't an
Ayrshire, is he?" "Like enough."
j "Don't you know his breed?" he asked
In a surprised voice. "No, I don't/'
"Then how do you expect to sell hitn ?"
"All I know about tho calf is that his
father hooked a justice of tho peace to
death and his mother chased a feraalo
locturer two miles, and if that isn't
breed enough to ask $1 on you noedn't
tako him." Tho butcher said tho breed
was all right.
A Strange Deformity.
Probably one of the greatost de
formities in the world is that of Mr.
Gaultnoy, now living in Taylor county,
(ia. There seems to bo nn accumula
tion of adlposo matter about every
joint in his body, and the nearer tho
joints, of course, the greater amount
of this fatty matter. Consequently
his feet and hands aro enormous ; each
of his hands weighing over sixteen
pounds, and leing several times largor
than his head. lie is twenty-three
years old and only thirty-six inches
in height. Tho joints seem to have
taken away all flesh from the other
parts of his body, and tho limbs look
liko threads supporting enormous
weights, and so great is the weight
of his hands that they hang helpless at
his sides, he being unable to lilt them
of his own accord. This fatty matter
continues to increaso and his hands
and feet, got larger every year. This
man is a great curiosity and there are
crowds always at his home to see him.
Little Johnny Talk.
Ono timo I was in Mister Urily's
shop <ind he had cut off a pigs hed and
set it on the top of a barl, and ole
Gaffer 1/oters he cum In and seen It
and ho' sod, old Gaffor did: "Mister
Hrily, ynro pig Is a gitten out." Mr.
Hrily ho hiked ' and then ho said :
'? That's so, Giiffor, you jest tako that
stick and rap him on tho nose ford' lie
can draw it in." So Gaffer ho tuke
the stick and snook up reel nil, and
fetohed tho pigs hed a regular nose
wiper, hard as ever he cudo with tho
stick, and knocked tho pigs hod off the
barl and you never seen sech a stonish
olo manl Hut Mr. Hrily ho ptendod
like ho wesn't a lo;)kyn an olo Gaffer
hosed: "Mister Hrily, you must ex
CU80 me, but when I struck at thst
pig it dodged and cut its bed of agin
tho edjo of tho barl." ? Argonaut.
Unions wo aro prepared to nssert
that all goodness culminates In our
selves and recede* from others In exact
proportion to tliolr dlst.anco from us,
Wo must admit, that our feollngp, nre
largft faotors of Injustice In the Judg
ments that wo aro all of us only too
ready to form.
According to a recent npeeeh In tho
cortes, tho Spanish army Is surpris
ingly " overgoneraled," having ono
general to evory 518 men. In France
the proportion is ono to 1,666; in Kng
lancf, one to 1,759, and In Germany ono
to 1,514.
At a recent dinner In Now York
city tho table, laid for twenty- four
guests, was adorned with 750 Jacque
minot roses. A gold bowl In tho center
of the table waA filled with these flow
ers, which formed also ft large wreath
at tho baso of the dish.