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II j particularly cajruful In ct vlng I MitT date? to liavo tho letter* i?Ulu and <lla ?YOUTH AND AOS. t heart* are young and lightsome, j is straight and clear, fund about 011 ever> tide >right all things appear I mttsio charms as thwi, , and know not why; ?s upon oar path, > bright to die. When h&?t(a nro old and weary, The road is twintad sore, frd Mmm fe Jittlo to bo bc?q Jwoj cottngo Ooor; "bwOraWe thought would never fado te.a*?*t>on the sod; l.W* sigh for poaco and ro it , lb? arms of God. ?Matthias Barr. Bringing Home the Cows, ^jPell, Bessie, th6 now teacher is gotag tolfoard withusthis summer," said Farmer Maple ton, as ho lifted tWobrlmmlng pails of milk and set thoittroiiQtlttmUtchen table. "I Baw him Aown^?i feholby this afternoon, nnd iV^ OTjtgtxl board at $3 a week. Hewtenraa awful anxious about the family, somehow." "Why so, father?" naked the girl addressed a? Bessie, deftly slipping the shining ?M?Jrom her arm into a row alongsidSfcrf^fhe milk-pails. "Oh, he wanted to know how many there were 1n tlio family; and, when I told him on!y myself and wife and one Uttle girl, ho put on a mighty satistied look, and asked if the little girl was old enough to%go to school." " And what did jou tell him ?" ajjain queried the damsel, with an amused look,jyb'8he lifted one of the pails and pour<yUthe;rich, foamy fluid slowly into the hu|S "strainer. said, she is old enough but I ddn't think we suramor, as her oh her at home." silvery laugh fol ,and Bessie took up ^itr/iiner, and went /pump. _n, Mr. Mapleton's lways called her, was lAreJJU^I nagniflcont specimen of WOra&iiKiftd. She was fully five feet eight inches in height, with massive shouldor^lWbtoiai'ilffand hands, and a splendid heaiPof wavy, -Hd-brown " [?rlcr.J#X /(fceponing <on tnftr cheeks rose, full, red lips, and ?r-^^Jimpiod chldt|^|fl[liied to form a very pleasing exterior. ?-* 1% point of intolllgorioe Miss Maple ton Nims farabdvo tho lofcflnary eigh teen-year-old country girl. She had graduate! with sigpai honors at a JjtftSs'* boardinfc-schdol, and had now come hoipe, as sho said, to add to her oihera ocomplishments a good stock of common sdnso. As her mother chanced to be without a domestic Bhe, of her own accord, proposed to take that share of the labor usually performed by the hired girl, and thus learn the mysteries of houppkeeping, She fiaa proved hainelf Jin apt pupil, and, 4Rct six ihonthfc' apprenticeship, > Mrffilftt^Ietpn.' who rather pridod her sfclr oiTner excollent housekeeping aluaojtaa.wull as sho could herself. . !Nfcw, Mr. Mapleton h:?d not meant tOTlec&fb Edgar Tierpont when ho spoke of his littlo girl. lie had fallen Into a habit of calling hot .so in her early girlhood before she had developed ttito her present grand proportions, and he still kefct it up. There 1b no denying the fact that he m as somewhat proud of her magnificent form and comely features, and, when ho saw how quickly tW young schoolmaster snapped up the unintentional bait, he was fain to let the matter pass without further comment, and let the truth flash upon him from Bessie's bright, bewildering eyes.' W-? "I will bring up the cows to-night, father/' said Bessie, as Bhe rose from the supper table the night Mr. Pier* pont was expeotcd to put in his ap you'd better, Bess," saUl,Hr. Mapleton, teaslngly. "That young schoolmaster might come while i you're gope. You'd be rather ashamed to be oaught driving up the cows, wouldn't you V" ? ?? Not a bit of it, father," and seiz ing her aunbonnet she ran gayly out through tne opert gate aAd down the lane, sending back a clear, rippling earn of song which fairly made the bard ring with its melody. - ^ "? slower end of Jrlt seemed to vastly unnecessary amount of hallooing and throwing of JfMA] l to thtf around and, with a sniff [srtott and a sudden lifting of the weht cantering away across the 'Acids, with Brlndio and Pink and id Blossom rushing polk ?ier in such a wild fashion _? Mapioton Stood aghast at the prospect or ever getting them to Srnkt again. Her first thought was So go to the house and send her father after them. Then she remembered die tnd volunteered to brillg them Id snfrlAult do It in Some way. fathering her skirts over her _ _je too* a long stick In her hand, with her stinlxmnet hanging over her shouldtr.4 and a determined look In her eyes, she started on the chaso. " nt were there over such perverse ant vide world? Hither and , jani as U pclsessed by the ?sr? demon of mischief. In vain she thel* playfu nesa than to mpire them with any feelings of respcot and owe dleaoe. Attest she stoppod In the middle of tth^ field,'panting for breath, with iflMked face, disheveled hair and angry 'ftttuig eyes ; and, uttering an excla mation expressive of strong disgust, she throw down her stick and wks re^ turning tovrard home, wheO sho sud denly became aware of a masculine presence, and a deep rich voloe asked: $ Shall I help you, miss?1' . Looking up she saw a broad-shoul dered specimen of the genus homo rap ? ?oHohing, with an atitflsed ex In his bine eye* w4 oertain showing a strong inclination to laugh, i But at sight of the flushed face and tlrtd eyes, this tall,' merry-looking stranger became suddenly tender and respectful; and, while Bessie grew hot ana uncomfortable and painfully con scious of her demoralized condition, ho proceeded after those refractory bovlnes in a way that evidently meant business. Hut, as though perfectly aware of a superior presence, to Bessie Maple ton's utter d'sgust, those cows formed quietly into line and marched as de murely toward home as that wild, wicked frolio had never ^i^n thought of. , yr ; As they followed the cows along over the green, fcl-bfcus-dotted SWftfd, the young stranger conversed iifc an easy, oft-hand way, which under ordi nary circumstances would havo put' Miss Bossie entirely at her ease. But Bho was too keenly allvo to the fact that her dress was torn by ait un lucky contact with a thorn-bush, her collar awry, and t' at her back hair had escaped the legitimato oonflne-; ment of comb and hair-pins, and hungi in great, coffee-colored mosses about her neck and throat. \ "Where does Mr. Maplcton live?" he aske I, abruptly, when the cows were safe In the lano and tlio bars re placed. " I'm the new teacher, Mr. Pierpont, at your service,'' with a low bow, " and I'm going to board with them this summer." "Bight up there," answered Besslo, indicating the house with a nod, and smiling in spite of her chagrin. 44 These aro Mr. Mapleton'a cows." He regarded her curiously a mo ment. 44 And you are?" 44 Miss Mapleton," with a profound courtesy. " Ah I indeed. Mr. Mapleton's niece, perhaps." 41 No; Mr. Mapleton's daughter." "I think?I understood Mr. Maple-1 ton to say he had but one daughter, and that was a little girl." Irawell, he always calls me his little girt,*7 she said, looking up with a comic ally-counterfeited shyness; and then, as all the grotesqueness of the situa tion burst upon lier mind, she gave vent to a long, low, hearty laugh. It was contagious. Mr. Pierpont laughed too, albeit there was a disappointed look^in his handsome, bl.ue oyis, which was not lost upon observing Bossie, and at whloh ;that young ^fturally enough felt a little plqiba; 44 Never mind, Bessie," she said to herself,44 Mr. Pierpont doesn't seem to care for our company. I really don't wonder at It, considering our dilapi dated appearance this evening, but we will take care not to inflict our.-elves upon him more than is necessary." . At the gate they, met MnaMaploton. He stopped to exonange greetings with the young teacher, while Besslo ran quiokly into the house and upstairs to her room, and did not make her ap pearanoe agaiitthut evening. At the breakfast-table the was cool and stately, and acknowledged Mr. Plerpont's presence by a very slight inclination of her handsome head. For some rea>orf ^Ir. Edgar Pierpont had decided that young ladlos as a class were somewhat of a nuisance, and ho had been particularly anxious, in selecting his summer boarding-place, to avoid contact with these, as ho thought, superfluous attachments to the human family. 44 Vain, silly things," ho was wont to say; 41 hollow- hear ted flirts, whoso only idea of life is to angle for the attentions of the opposite sox, and eventually to marry a rich man. But If he had the least idea that IJessle Mapleton was going to angle for his attentions, or try to get up the least bit of a flirtation, he reckoned without his host, for she was as sublimely oblivious to his presence, except whon particularly addressed by him, as if he had been at the antipodes. And always her replies were sharp and pointed and Sometimes so sarcastic that good, Mrs. Mapleton wondered what had come over her usually amiable and pleasant daughter. Before he was hardly ft ware of It, Edgar Pierpont found hU 4nt?rest aroused. He sftw ili&t tHlft girt was different from other girls of his acquaintance, and he resolved to study her. Watching her from day to day as she performed hor homely duties, and seeing how quiet and helpful and womahiy she ?vas, how kind and Eleasant to her father and mother, ow gentle and affable to casual Visitors, he could not help WiBhlng she would be just a little more sociable with himself. But, do what he mlgh', she met his advances with ley Indiffer ence. The more he sought her side, the more persistently she avoided him. At length, piuoh chagrin, he found himself aotuSllf beomiing in fatuated by tine willful beauty. And when he attempted to break the meshes of the aw? ir; WWi fa ,,al h**? caught, howai p>werfoss n> do so. He had to acknowledge hJjnwB'.f Irrevocar bly lost, hopel&sly, de$e?tely In love. He believed, too, that Miss Bessie was not altogether urtawaro of his sen timents toward her, and he sometimes fancied lie was not so obn6Jtlous to her ad'he seemed to be. Watching her olosoly he had seen swift upflashlng of the brown eyes, filled with soft and tender light, followed by sudden waves of crimson over heck fcnd brow as thejr drooped quickly again under his ^And, in^eed^ Bessie had found her self In a prodleament she had not an ticipated, for one day there come to her a moment of supreme revelation, In whloh She sftw Into the depths of her own heart, and she knew that sho loved Edgar Pierpont with all tho strength of her womanly nature. But, with that spirit of perversenesawhlch Is Inherent In some female characters, she quickly decided to cover up all traces of her love, andnot by>6rd ofrtgti to betray th* fact thftt her heart had, gone out unasked to any living man, for novel under velvet or satin robes beat a prouder heart than throbbed under the i*S?ai 'Utm. Ifncaesclously to herself there had come Into Bessie's wide brown eyes an anxious expres sion. Her manner was distraught and her temper fitful and uneven, so Braeh so that her mother had several times anxiously Inquired If she were UL ? .'JSS *No, mother; I'm not ill, end I wish you wouldn't keep worrying about me all the time/' she had an swered peevishly on one Of these occa sions, and Mrs. Maple ton had wondered [ more than ever what chango had come over the spirit of her daughter's dreams, but if she surmised anything of the truth she wisely kept it to her self. x 411 believe Edgar Pierpont lovealme, and that he would tell me so if I gave him the least chance," Bessie said to herself over and over again. And yet, strange a3 it may scorn, she placed every possible barrier between herself and such a declaration. k,-A^d.JEdgar? Ho, had vainly-eought TOr an opportunity'tb1 ftwne&frlone. Ho knew sho purpdsoly kept OuTof his ?way? and he wa* debating wifcli him self whether to go away and make no mention of tho love that devour ing his heart like a consuming fire, or | to ask her for a private interviow, , knowing the could not well refuse him I this, and learn his fate from her own | lips. It was at this juncture of affairs that I Mr.' Mapleton asked Bessie one even ing At the supper table if she could ? bring up the cows, saying that he had to go some distance to see a neighbor and it would l e quite late before ho should get back. ** Edgar Pierpoint heard with devout thankfulness, and eagerly awaited her answer. " Certainly, father." she paid, blush ing fuiiously as she thought of hor former experience, "I'll try." " I'll go with her and help her, Mr. Mapleton." Bessie opened her lips to decline the proffered assistance, but, as she mot for an instant those calm blue eyes across the table, the masterful spirit whifh shone out through them com pelled her to be silent. Down through the old orchard, where the red-checkod applos swung low upon the heavily-'aden branches; {>ast the corn-flelds, whoso wide, green eaves and yellow tassels rustled in the evening breeze; around the brow of the hill, where their feet at every step nestled in among the fragrant clover blossoms, and down to the spring, where a rustic seat had been fixed up under some spreading oaks, they went. He had not spoken a word since they started. Bessie would have chosen to go down the lane directly to Una pas ture, but by some secret power ho had gained-direr her within the last half hour he compolled obedience to his unspoken wishes. Now ho broke the silence: "Sit down here, Uessle, I've got something I want to say to you." She flashed up a little smilo of defi ance, but sho had met her master. She sat down. He remained stand ing. "Miss Mapleton," ho began, "for more than a week I have been seeking an opportunity to see you alone. But you have purposely avoided me. I felt that I coujd not go away without tell ing iy9.u what Is in my heart. But be fore Ieay morfe I want to ask you a question,.and I want you to give me a truthful, straightforward answeK. Will you . "Do you-doubt my veracity, ifr. Piorpont?" sho asked, with a suddon assumption of dignity. "If I answer you at all, I shall probably tell you the truth." "Very well, then," quiet'y ignoring the reflection contained in her speech. " It is this: What have I overdone to mako you dislike me so much?" A spanm of pain swept for ono in stant oyer hor expressivo features. "What inakos you think 1 dislike you?" "You have never given me any reasons to think otherwiso. From our first acquaintance you have seemed to consider me as entiroly unworthy of your notice. Perhaps it was this which first attracted my attention, arid sot mo to watching you. Observing from day to day your sweet, helpful, womanly life, I have learned to love you, and? oh t Besslo, I would like to know what I have done that waa wrong, that I may, If possible, atone, for my fault arid try to Win your love in return." " I want to ask you a question," she said, suddenly, looking up with an arch smile.; * * A doron, if you like." " One will do, I think, but I want you to give me a truthful, straightfor ward answer. Will you?" "I'll try to," smiling In spite of his earnestness. " Weren't you ver) much disap pointed when you fount 1 out that Mr. Mapleton's little girl wa t a full-grown young woman ?" "I?i?hestamn ered, redden ing painfully under her mooking scru tiny. ? " No prevarication, If you please." "Well then, I may aa well make a clean breast of it, and admit that I was disappointed, and, furthermore, that I had at that time a very poor opinion of girls In general. I considered them as Billy and selfish, nnd~" '! Entirely unworthy of your notice." " Perhaps that is not putting it too strongly," he admitted, wincing a little. " But, Bessie) my love for you has taught me a highor form of fatth, and a nobler creed. Having made my confession, am 1 not entitled to your forgiveness, and, an answor to my question ?" " To my forgiveness, yos," extend ing her hand with charming franknoss. "I did not agree to answer your question?" #, You will at least tell me, Bessie, If I can over hopoto win your love?" "No, Edgar," with sudden swoet seriousness. '* You oanriot hope to win my lovo, for It Is yours already. I have a long time known that my heart was yours. I think I havo loved you ever since you came to my. assistance that evening when I was so tired and dis couraged. But 1 was piqued at your indifferenco to my girlish charms," she added, na vely, " and I resolvod to pay you off In your own coin. 1 bavo dls ohargo 1 the debt. I am free." 11 Only to be bound again by a flrmer contract," he exclaimed, as ho bent over and plaoed upon her lips the seal 1 of their betrothal. Together in the early twilight they followed home the cows again, and while Brindle and BrOwnle and Ittos* som and Pink and Juno walked quietly and oontentedly along the lane theso young people talked together of their future, and laid wise and sagaelous plans tor the days to oome. . Then, when the milk had been at mined and sot away In the wide, oool pantry, and the lamps ha 1 been lighted in the sitting-room, they ap ? eared hand-in>hnnd before Mr. and Irs. Mapl^ton, and Edgar Pierpbfct asked of them t&eir daughter In mar riage. ..v,, to ->y ** Yes, yes, you may havo her," ox claimed Mr. Mapleton, rising up in e I sort of nervous flutter; " but you cant take hen You- must roinec kere to liYe?^i'u) getting old, anyway, opd I need some one to help me to see to "More than willing, Mr. staplo* ton." ??That settles it, t&qni and may vou he happy together, IWMppy as Mother MAj)let^?>hndf I# have always been is the, best wish I can give you."?J(rs. A. li: iji Ofith iffo Xtdger.' { /' , Wolres^Sii - ' * How is it that the wolf bfllHi&U&s so much more formidable an enomyi to the human race than his'French or German brv>thoi^ .Writers and novel-* ists of all ng fl "havo accused this ubiquitous quadruped of trouohery, stealthineHS and ferocity, until chil dren, who take their impressions from books and not from experienco, hav<J come to regard hi u as the in urnatio'n o" all that is mean, bloodthirsty, t icky and dangerous. ' Truth compels me, however," say i Lieut naut-Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, t f tho-United States army, "to att'rni that of all t.ie carnivorous anhnals of e jual size aufl strength ho is-the most harmless tj beast and the least dange:ous to mai lie will noteven attack when wound a and though ho will tuiap. at' purntln dogs in solf-def nse. he never follor: ad vac eth r r flight g? y. words, written WkvM tlftJfttT?lb^via.lf: of the Ameri^to^ainp fill, gatfit, leiui and hung3y-lojfclBf? may vitii oqual truth bj applied to his congener in Brittany and Poitou. In tl|o former province wolves are rarely seen, although they commit tar rible noeturnal depredations among sheop, oalves*. vantkvr dogs. ? ??uch, however, is tiielr coward^tt ?l\Ut every Breton former is in the habit pf sending his llock of ttljqo^Vtyt t6' pas turage during th^ day a , jTtwe child, often a girl not morQ,tb?p 'six 6r seven years of age/ln oharge.ol<M?em, and nothing is more unoommoiuthan for tho hungry marauder^ who>:lies licking his chaps on tho edge of the' adjoining thicket, to issue^ fottl^from hi5 fastness and pounce upon a shotp so Jong as thp iqfanijle representative, of the lohlof creat|6if is raos^atiiand. At night, however, tno wolf troldir, and wiHucnlo *mlh? and* scratch his way through the thatched joof of a sheepfold to get at hlk prey, ' dtr.mgo as It may seq\n, tho dog?especial ?y if ho bo of the smooth'-hulrrd breed, like tho pointer or .|^-torrjwu^iH^ inore attractions for the,'J canjs m^itP\vh6Ho relative or descert&fefct 'hfe is generally *&&&& ' tttiSSSFMBLL'fffc petizing dog, ho will spriog.upon him and carry him off. even under the noso of his master. 1^ is certain, in fact, that the Wdlf prefers a dog to (toy other prey. When I was at IIuelrf",et three years fince a wolf jumped? oveY the wall of tho hotel yard aod carried off a dog whose plte^ktybtf 1* Hyroke tho entire village. An empty collar, sus pended at tne end of a chain, and cov ered with blood, boxe testimony to the untimely fate of its late wearer." The lively author of " WolMluhtlngin Brittany ' relates that a Breton peas ant named Antoino lived some years sin :o with his wffe in the forest of Dailt or "Black Rook." A heavy snowstorm had falleh in tho moun tains, and for several nights in suc cession Anto'ne found it necessary toi protect his three sheep by admitting them to his hut. Six or seven wolves paced round his dwelling all night,(ut tering the most dismal howjsibift a largo wood (ire and the prosflMfco of man kept off the faintyhed b&nt&W At last the peasirtt And lite -frife fell asleep, and the tire burned low. A sudden dash was ma?e at tho roof, and five gaunt J into tho hut. Before Antoino could strike a light tho three sheep wore devoured, and a favorite little dog**\tnl s*aV lowed at a gulp, and then thoinva lorh sprang ufcfdrt at* ol^ faMf ^ipbt ard and disappear el through tne roof.? London Tcleyrajth. , i 11;' ?,#W lp-Bopkis y The London f/aiic#,&rt6 of the fore most medical authorities, has mado thp disoovory that* therdjs f'no more powerful appArftty fdi1 tlte convey ance of disease:than a fojpk." 11 men tions measles,'scarlet fevor, diphtheria and other .ills to which the juvenile community are especially prone as being easy to catch from books. Tho germs of disoase may lie for months or even ye** leaves of books that, are seldom handled. Tho Lanoti does not reoommend |lf!w"books be excluded from icKrtliJndt that l?ound literature should be avoided. Indeod, it does not make any recom. mendations on the subject. Perhaps it would be wel to sprinklo books! frV quently with a weak solution of *car bollc acid or some other disinfectant, but probably the most practical remedy against this Storing up of diseaso germs would bo to keep tho books well aired. t., s .. . The Output oft Precious ITetals. A recently piiblished >tatement of tho yield of precious metuls shows that in 1882 tho output)gold iu tho on tiro world was valued at #118,'i00,0()0, and of silver I'li OOpOOO. It is a fact not gehera ly, urtderttoodl that Hdssla is the third greatest pro<luc?r of gold, the yield of that country being *M, 000,000, only t*M<H>.?K> tan than the United States and f2,000,000 less than Australia. The United ftates Is the greatest silver nrodricet, (he yield in ?8H2 bi'ing $i/.000,000. Australia, though rankingSfootid In the prodtic Um ot golJ, contributes scarcely any iMlver to the ,worJd's supply, While Mexico, a great silver produoor, yields but little gold. The comparative data show that tho United States Is the only nation In whloh both of. the precious metals %re found in great abundance^ HUMOROUS SKETCHES, A ^ II.w IlAjrelt. "ineard you'kilned the prettiest pirl in tlio room, at the party last night,' observed an Austin youth in bluo-glass'irbggle?to his companion. "Well, for a fact. "What of it?" . JjK5}. 44 Oh, notM&ff, but I'd just like to know how you felt during the sweet osculation.? . . Jf Felt like a beofsteafc.'' u Liko a JaeefsteakW fe, " Yes,'smothered in ohions."?Texas ?mm. ? - nit wub ?si> 00. iing son. Irelund, from leil on% lendihg surgeqn of "Y... VjW hutt a big liimp yt his .aw*, "Which he ro suirgeoA to oxamine. what ha I happened to . '%ottfc tilt A bit of ricreat.on, ft Wt>a shoo in the jaw." ^Ot Jik^lth a shoo 1" exclaimed the doctor, in amavemont, a> ho exam inedj;b6 jiw and found that It was fractured. MK " Yis, dtythor; Oi got bit wid a shoo ?but, do ye molfid, thefe was a fut inside uv.it." .. , . A Mlrtd Rea er. " You profess to bo a mind roader, do you not :^Va.ild the dudo, accosting a gentleman in a crowded parlor the other evening. ' I do," quietly roplied tho party addrts-el, taking in at a glanco the d.scipio of tinted tdioes and tight pants. " Well, youliuVe now an opportunity to tost tho genuinoncsa of your pro fession," came* with a cynical sneer from bpneathth^ few struggling hairs 'on the u^pof Tip oMhe rare bird? 44 Let me see you read my mh\d?" 41 Oli, you forgot," said the mind reader, m|i.}ly^f'IwMMt havo something to work'oif." fltlTTU .Ti , And t un he walked to the other I end of tho room to aftow tho dude time to deliberate upon which woUid bo the better w apons lor a duel?gold-heatled canes or wooden toothpicks.? Yonk]rs 8tat(sman. i Mmo-Klln < i?ib. ' A postal card from the lodgo of " Black Knights" at Jtichland, Kan., inquired: "Where can this lodgo pro cure a standard work on the mule? one which will explain tho origin of the custom of hitting him with a fence-rail? Wo want it for our It- i brary." I "I is happy in bein'able to say dat Pickles Smith, of dls club, am de author of jist sufeTi a book," responded ^he president.4 * It am a work of 4()0 pages and :300 cuts. Brudder Smith, war' sebon y'ars writing |t,*an' hasn't made a int.- take,:- Jle takes up de mule ?of t5(X>iyears *a;;o?,tollers him all ober de pastur'and back to do barn, an' traees^hlsfchie- straits down tode pre* 1 eflt flay widuut a break. Decuts show mules stand.n' up, lyln' down',? rollin' ober, fast, asleep, ah' inWl odder pofji ahuns. Brhdder Smith am de only pukson in din kontry whoebor fell ajgin -de hfcols of a mul^ trn'-got^away w.d less , dan six ribs smaiuied in. llo - knows him all frew. Do book am now fur Bale by all respeotable lumber dealers an' lightnin' ro<l men, an' de covei* kin bo romoved and used as a linen duster, a tourist's hat, a life pre server, or a baby cart widout huAiri' do contents a bit."? Detroit Free Press. Clilnouc "Ful Thoro is nor..such speculation in China as buying and selling futuros. Two or three years ago the chief ofll 0iaiof a provihfid heard how Amerl e^pprakod in showers of golden ducats lin .this manner, an^ ho used the funds o! tho,governmental apeculato on tho outcomo of the opium yield. He sold short and was busted #01 to shingles, and aoon found himself 1n tho pres ence of the clilof whang-doodle of the flowery kingdom. "Where's them cash?" was de manded in a voice of thunder and lightning. "Slid out'" was tho reply, in toned which brftibiyed'VdlB&ire to go off on a blackberry excursion as ?don as possi ble. r / . . - i !*??' L "How-Ilop, you are a defaulter! Get ready to seo tho angels 1" And he was taken out and his paper collar torn off without regard to his e:ir?, and a Chinese Sullivan walked up to him and spit on his hands, and clutched a sharp sword attd whaOked his head off as slick'as molasses run nlng.down the outaido of a Jug. Since that little rplscde ho Chinamen wants any "future" in his. It he knew that the oountry was certain t6 raise 500, Q00,000 bushels of turnips he wouldn't dftro'sell for November delivery at $10 per bushel.?Wall St fen 'News. Horr I(? W?? "MV ,.t | j V t te)l ViOu, Irf^lignantly ex cilalmed Colonel Webley, addressing a young man who aspired to tho hartd of Idi) only (ihlld, 44 that tnhail never give my consent to a union which 1 know would be unhappy." ? Wo Jove each other," roplied young ttalehuff. ?4 Love be eternally blowod I So I could have said years ago. I was de voted to the woman I married and she was devoted to me." 44 You havo llvod happily with eaoh other, have you not?" u 14Happily I" the coloneL?!>!*tounptu ously repeated. 411 dl In't have money enough to insure haf)plhfcm. ' Kven in Arkansas a man must' l&M money. His wife may bodovotot to him, but if he fall to | rovldo thoso littlo deli cacies which ma\e life so enjoyable to a woman, she will speak of this sad lack of comfort, and instead of atd trlbuting it to financial inability, will rcftannt as willful.neglect At times . ho will be melting with affection and vow^at^vour love 1b all that sho cares foiWS?5PwoTld, but when some ono who In wor dly goods seems no richer than yourself *ides in a buggy with his wife, shn lost ??sight of the great sus taining love, and hanker* aftfcr^angh ble affection, a street display of love." 411 am a young man of energy and good business eapaolty. I can work and earn money." 44 No nse in prolonging this conver sation* 1 have told you that you shall not marry iny daughter. I shall keep a close watch, and if I seo you here again I shall act with violence.v "? Well, colonel," said the young man, with flrmnes*, "a* the gentler resources have failed, I am compellod to adopt the last ros>rt. Some timo ago, before you suspected that I was attached to your daughter, you bor rowed $10 of me. l)o not wince, sir ; hoar mo through. You thought 1 had forgotten the transaction, but. I hadn't. Now, sir, I intended to marry your daughter. If you persist in annoying mo I shall duu you for the money every time I se * you." The colonel sat for a moment iu deep thought. Finally he said : "Say, Hob, don't say anything more about tho $10^ lend me ilve more and tako the.gnil"?Ark nwio l'ia\ler. A Ilavity Kmllng. Shortly before 7 o'clock the other morning a mil i vvagon with rod wheels turned into Clial tte avenue from Woodward. At tho same moment^ a milk wagon with a view of tho Yo scmito on the cover turned into Char 1 >tto from l'ark. They met. Tho driver of the one had a long nose and a melancholy look. Tho driver of tho other had a fat face and was minus two front toith. Thev stopped. Thc'driver of one turned red ana green, and his eyes flashed, and his ha r sto d up, and there was murder in his eye. The drivor of tho other seo ned to sink down into his boots, and he. looked wildly around for a club. " You hyena 1" yelled the first. 44 You calf 1" was tho prompt reply. At that moment a policeman came up and remarked that if there was any row going on-1*> wanted to take a hand in. 44 I'll crush him 1" howled tho one with the long nose. I defy you 1" whooped the one with tho missing teeth. Then tho melancholy driver of the milk wagon with red wheels told a story, llo had courted a girl in the suburbs for five years. They lovod a,ud were engaged. Thoyvwgi?Q.toha'. e been married this fall, but/he with the Yosom to landscape came &uong, wear ing a new brand of |.a >er co'lar, a seventy-fure-cent pipo ?amt< using roal hair oil on liis'locks. he 'wi n- the; girl's almiratlfth and * affection. She had left the old for tho new. "And I'll pulverize howled tho rejecto.l. . t- ? " I'll leave him a corpse 1" chirped tho accepted. liy-and-bye thoy agreed to leavo tho settlement of the case to the ollicer, and both mado a solemn promise to abide his decision. " Wei!," srthr the officer, after de liberating awhile,44 a <_>irl should marry where sho IOyos. She evjdentlV pre fers a man with two teeth goheTO^qne with a long noso. Still, the rejected has taken h r on two oxcursiohs, given her a fifty-cent fan, and bought moro or less candy. IIo should have some damages." 44 I'll givo him three quarts of milk," announced the lucky tfrtiti. " And I'll noVer tako it," said Mel ancholy. 44 Aiy decision is that you must allow him nino quarts," remarked the ofllcer. 441 flguro his actual damage at $3, but knock off twenty shil.ings for the com fort he has taken in sparking tho girl." There was a war of words over f,he decision, but tho one finally K^vin, and the other accepted, and tho mil* changed cans and the men shook hands. 41 That's what I like to see," ol> served tho otl cer. "Why should two mon fight over a woman when a little candid talk and nine quarts of milk will bring about a happy arrangemont V Drive on, my children, and may the cream of happiness attend you !"? Free Press. . All About Amber. Tho coiinmonest impuro kinds of amber are used to mako varnish, and tho demand for the more valuable kinds, whl h aro employed for nock lacos, plpo mouthpieces, and other pur poses, isfcuch as to make an amber mine a source of great wealth.1, Tho lfcr^est European amber deposits aro found on the Baltic shores of Northea tern Prus sia. Thero abo tt e ghty tons a year ore at presontditg up, and tho supply appears practical.y Inexhaustible. Since the beg'ttningof tho century it is cal culated that over 1,000 tons hav? been pro;luc?d thero, and if the production, assomecontenn, has I* en going on for 8,000yearai thetota1 quantity produced In that perioi cannot, it is calculate J, have been less thai) (5,00'J tons; , Tho amber Is foun 1 in. isolatod peaces, va rying from the smallest beads up to blocks of many pounds in weight. The largest pleco ever discovered weighs thirteen'and a half pounds, and is now in the Koyal Mineral cabinet In Berlin. Amber was montionedby llomer, who speaks of It a> being estoeurd of equal value with gold. It Is the fossil resin producod by upward of six k'nds Of ' coniferotis trees in pVrihlBtorlo times. Two of thes*1 trees, of which im mense forests covercd tho regions how Sroduelng amber, have bet n proved to 6 nearly f elated to1 the existing Wey mouth pine and the modern flr tree. While tho wood of tho trees rotted away tho resin whioh oxuded from them has l>een preserved in the form of fossil amber. Tho resin oo/ed out ofHhe stem of the treo as well as out of the roots, and wai depotdted event ually in immenso quantities In the soil. In some of tho pieces ot tho amber bits of the wo >d and bark of the treo are found imbedded, and through this lucky accident have been pr.norvol from decay. On examining this wo'*l with the ihteirAsc.ope, it 1#. fit ( nee ap parent that the trees were, ns inti mat -d ab-ivo, closely relatod to our modem conlfenr, but were not abso lutely Identical with any ot the exist ing species Ages ago the whole ro gi >n now covered by the enstrn part of tho Baltic sea was covorcd by these ambor-pmitoiring trees. Tho ihdustry of ambr r 9 Mng is one of very great importance to* rrusftla, and it isealcu 1: ted that Iho amber district, of that t?ouritry ntlll contalnHa quan tty which, at An average value of Ave shillings per pound, is worth no less than ?250,' 00,000.~ London Builder. Detroit has tho largest st-a ulioat traffic of any city In tho tlnlted 8tate? except New Yorki No Spots Thero. It began to rain again soon after dinner yesterday, and a disgusted citi zen who came down on a Woodward avenue car beside an old man marked : "I presume this is owing to those spots on tlio sun." 44 Iley ?" called tho other, as ho put his hand to his ear. " Spots on the sun !' yelled the other. "Iley? Spots? Where are tho spots?" " On the sun !" "Iley?" "On the sun I" Tho ofd man r^se tip. crossed tho car and looked out of the window atul squinted around for a minute, and then returned and said : . "JCau't see tho sun tall. How did the spots come there?" " I don't know." " Hoy ?' "I don't know." " Havo you soen 'cm?" " No." " You have, eh ?" "Isaid no." " Oh ! you haven't ? What was your object in t- lling mo thero were spots on tho sun? 1 am not so oi l that 1 permit any one to make a tool of me!" Tho other now linked out of the window and assume I a ean l ss air, but the old man was right after him with: " You como into a car when I am minding my own busin ss and begin to talk about spots on tho sun. "Who are you, sir ? Did you want to get me up to pick my pocket?" "They say the rainy weather comes from the spots on tho sun," explained tho oth(T. "Who says so? Name tho man! I'm around a 1 the time, and I haven't heard of any spots on tho sui ' 11 you think you can work any game on me, you are badly s? Id !" Tho citizen got up to change his ' seat, but the old gent pulled him down and said :&****? ??You wanted io work some game on me, and 1 know it I If I evor eau h yOuowithin a rod of mo ag.un I'll tie your up in a knot in two minutes! I'll put spots on yuu till you can't sleep I" 'Jfhi) clti/.on made a break and got out, and though lie had n<j umbiolla ' hVdrdpp&l olt inffie ffiiUst'of the rain ' witlh tlio look.of a-uinn gfoul>:io make tho exchange. He had just reaul^od tho curb when ce old man camo\q. the platform and called out: "Took mo for a greenhorn, did you i I wish I'd .walk d you right to the police stat ion! Ah! you miserable swindler ! Spots on the sun ! Maybe you made something by swt et-oiling around me!"?Dt. r.nt f ree 1'nss. Jay Gould's loinb. Jay Gould's tttihb is to co t $^5,000, and will hMavo rridm for sixteen per sons. In des gn this "mortuary chapel," as the b .ildors are proud to call it, is a niniaturo t.re k temple ol polished granite'. It, is to bo twenty feet wide, thirty feet long and flanked with columns, eight on each sido and four on tlio en Is. No stouo used in tho construction Is t> b ? less than six foetsquaro in size, anu tlio roof- tone-* are to bo six feet wide by lifteen long, weighing several to is apiece. The doors of tho chapel are to lie of bronze, motfeed by Augustu. St. Gau ens, whose bill for t'h.s servico is to be In?i*o, tho .origina plan wa> ? io close each tlio sixteen compart ments with a slab of polished marble to ho cemented in place. Tho latent intention, however, is to finish the in side of tho cliapo. In bronze as being more durablo th in marble. Facing tho door of tho chapel Is to bo a win dow of Ktainul glass, probably by La fargo, representing tho resurrection. Tlio First Jadffo Lynch. A correspondent of tho Detroit Free Press says: In a recent issuo tho story of Mr. Lynch, of Gal way, is told. I was born and raised fifty miles from tho city of Gal way and am' familiar w?th tho facts of tho case. Mr. Lynch sont'hls son to Spain for a cargo of wine, and directed him on his return to bring tho Mine merchant's son to Ireland on a visit. IIo camo, was introduced to tho host so iety in ?tho placo andbecamo a favorite with every ono ho met. Ho fell in lovo with a young lady to whom Lynch was very much attached. This made young Lynch jealous, and he ono night waylaid and killed tho wine merchant's son with a daggor. Lynch was tried and convicted of murder, bu no ono could be found to hang him; ho tho old man did It himself. There was no gambling nor anything else of that Too Fresh. Miss 13. had t? ld tho servant to Fay sho was unWt ll if any gentleman called, and whon tho bell rang tho girl mot tho visitor. 44 Is Miss II. In?" ho asked. "Yes, sir, but sho Is siek." "Ah, indeed? I hadn't heard it. What's tho mat er ;" " I guess as how it must b<- you, sir, for she was well enough boforo you Called."?- Metchant-Tran for. In Ireland tho leavesof tlio common mullein uro popularly supposed to bo useful In cases of con-umptlon and observations lead to tho conclusion that they really ten I to increa rrtho wolght of patients Huffering from the disea e In tho oarly stages, while tlrfy gr< atly relievo plithi leal ? ough. The romedy Is administered b boiling tho leaves In milk?In tho propo. tion ol' a pint of mlk toan oun'oofdrlel loaves or a corresponding quantity of fresh onos?and giving not. Disease is more fatal than wound* to soldiers In tuno of war. In tho Crimea 10,fHX) out of 22.000 Knglish ftuccombed to dlRoaso; in tho Musso Tnrkish war whole divisions were IWept off by tho cholera. In 1800tho Prussian am y lost (J. 127 men from cholera, against 4,4f>0on the field in 1870-71 the Germans lost 12,0 0 men by disease; loss than half that num ber fell In battle. ' On January 1 last th ro w ro In operation in the Unite,1 states 1.0.000 miles of railroad, out of 202,(XX) ml o? In the entire world, or nearly forty six per cent. ? ? ii? Thr Gazette Job Printing Office , Ib UKTTr.n prcparoJ than wy other oflle? In tu oxcoutc lu Uiu must ?ttr?ctW?ity tostvwf < Uuii of Job VriulUis. ?uch ?? Pamphlet*, }f UIU TUv?4v, Ixiitvr ruiU Vote HmuK Law OrUh, I'ontorm, IKxl*\r?, Clrculara, JlauU BUU, \yi VHM Yls'.ttugai'd A64r??Cf6N l>u?luo*?C*r?U. Ub?ll r, , Work Jooo \n Dron**, 1>?1, Ulue ana BUol Tlio publl<- must rc-uMiuber tint tbo bqptltSOtV*. the chivtpett, . ' 4l?id? V- ..... YTc Uo work fit dmrlontoa rrioM, ?i>4 JflM*??to? entlro MtlsfartU'ii to our patron*. * Wo koop co.i?UnUy oft hand the Mock o | I'mjxsr* ami Curtis In town. - ? i. I BABY'S EYES. A baby's feet, like sea shell* pJuk, Ml?ht tmap% should hum Me meal. All angel's, lips to kiss, we think. -,u . A baby's feat.-*-*, ^ . Liko roso-hued sea flower* toward the beat Thojr stretch and spread and wink Their tAv soft bads that pArt and m??fc * ? No flowo* bolls that oxptifcdftnd shrink Gleam half 50 heavenly sweot Ab sliiuo on life's untrodden brink-4* A baby's feot, j * i A baby'B hands, liko rosebuds fueled Whence yet no leaf expands, Ope if yoO touch, though close upourloJ, A baby's hauds. Th oti fast W*warirltfr* grip their brand* I When battNPb tartf hoHed. j ,. . They closo, clench hftrtT like tightening bands, *'']* , ' , No rosobiuis yet l>y dawn impearled ' J*r Match, evun in-lAf*!i?3Btl?nd^;' -* ?? The sweetest flowert ii^ id) tfafc *otfd?' " ^ A baby V haudp. 1' ' ' ' | * ? ? * ^5 ^ c?> I A baby's eyes, ero speech ,l>?gln, ? i t Ero lips leam-words^r Bighs, <*>*?<. t,, Blega nil things bright enoughs* win v?.i, , I A babjf's eyoSf, ^ . A_ 1 Lovo, while tho sweet thing laughs and lies. And sleep flows o^t-und iu* Boea in them perfect .frundise. < Thoir glnnce tni?htOaO?mt paln and sin, Thoir speech mako dumb tho wiAe, ? ? l)y mute gladgodfMvS fdlt within Ababjr**#-*^ " --A/(/crnvii Charlts Rwinbournt. . ? ? '* ,? ,/ Brothers in"lAV?LfWy?k?'' Tho modem maA^aV^t) .quff&Ja at tho steak is tho ^Idu> who livelf'lili Ihe cheap buaidtnjg;:U(5^e^^^!?f* Jiul " Attach youraolf firmly tottoinethlng substantial in* life,'' > siiva- writer, i Exactly. Many flrfat ?wife.^/Bmnito? ' ton Free Press. ?? ? ** L. remarked to his wife 'thftf a I "friend had plenty of grit." '* Well, yot<," tho replied, " ho looks as If he ? needed a bath."?Toledo.Blade. i " ThoYe is a tied in the affairs o? 1 men which leads on to tdrtun?%",re marked a young mau after marrying an heiress.? Merchant-Traveler? It is reported thj\t-an ahgiV pas senger tlucw a porter from a i'julpiau car < ut "Wist. This was probttujy tho biggest tip tho portor oyer rorefyafL j A Western paper sates*} ^iSam Wol don was slu)t husfc?t*hfyihrthe rotunda ' tfyMIenry I'nrsoAs.^'AWXIt^tho worst place a man can b9 shot, AeXt to his heart, is in tho rotftfh(H*lrtfc invariably proves fatal.?Norri findn Herald. | "IIow much is thislegof mutton?'' inquired a sleek-faced chap of a i butcher. " Well, hit," snid.fcho. knight ; of tne cleaver, " L fjhall .ohar^Mj^Urr^", ("All right," ! sei.ingthe meat j,yutij~ ' it, " all right ; clu The window iitfi down and caugbjf while he was out wh ? would havej on go ng u stair? voice, decided 10:3 , tho pain of tho tptjtilj Mnry had a little B#nx. | ItH ooior v 119 iui^.oiirto ; Now Mary'* nefttt is ruly endj t or tinnKfi are on tho fonco. St rti k t fty ho too < lior front pioco off A. a 1 do it on n elmir; i Thoii in indigimu 10 ics idio sivid : ' " Well, I should L>lu?h,tp fltiire." ?.Vea? Torfr Jto? mat. j Tho scarcity o$, gcntlefpeil at a neighboring summeri jeesort .was so apparent that a ljoaton lady tele I giaphed to her husband : George, j bring down a lot o?J^eaus fof tho hop i this evening.'' Thaftkfl to ^tl^e tele graph manipulator, George arrived with a " pot of beans. ?Boston Courier. Twenty-fivo years ago ft' young lady of this town had a singular dream. She consulted a dreambooin\nd leairncd that sho would havo fo^i* husbands boforo sho reachod the ag^ 'of thirty. This ma<lo her rather'lW?pei}dent, and sho is now an old maiA ,pj[ Torty two, and has never hfu} ft beau. ?omo dreambooks aro rpli lilo as thoy might be.? Sorristovm Herald. rr.? v ?: m,1.1. wftw Workev* In- Htraw- #. Certain parts ' of Worcester county and tho wt stern portion of Norfolk afford more thaii an average number of chances for (no employment of women, and they aro well improved. In addition to tho ^uilhVHtor,?!*, print ing otlices, telegraph pieces, millinery and dressmaking establishments, etc., which are open to females ? in other paits of the State, the manufacture of straw hats a lords ? ietyectable and pleasant employment td1 A large num bor. About half of the Industry of the United States is In Massachusetts, and the greater part of this is in the , section named abovo. 81 x or seven 1 thousand hands are. omploved in the business, probably three-fourths of them being f< malps. "Fifteen years ago tho number of people employed in this branch *of industry in Massachusetts was 0VcV 1^,000, rilnety per cent, buing foipafes. v Since tho general introduction of straw sewing machines the percentage of females has been somewhat redwjfcd. During the past week .thoso manufactories produood about 10,000,000 hats, a small propdrtioti being felts, plush and velvets. Ori the Atrawfo the winding the braid for the rtiaoMnes, the sew jng, wiring, lining torid trimming is done by Wtjmertthe othef tarl otles, excejffi, felts, woman's work Is a la go part of tho labor re quired. Whero the girls all come from fa a question quite common from strangers, for although* NMffybody known thfct thin state is numerically gnoat on tho woman question, the pro portion seems out of reason in afstraw town. Mahto furn she* a large hum ber^fff* superior class of work-girls. Tho towns down-Kant offer few oppor tunities for employmenti and the daughters \.t the farmers and the sis ters of the capta ns and mates of tho sailing craft of that sturdy State come to work lit the straw Mhop. Mahy ;oln tho ranks of tho " straw girls,w nro in dustrious and save money to carry home in tho summejr, whtot the season fllosOs. Oth< rs cOrhe from comfortablo homca to see a llttio of the w'Orld be yond tl'ftir own com mon wealth,?Sot ton (ilohe. V ' The American Sunday-school union organized 2,252 schools last year, with 10,170 teachers and 82,749 scholar*.