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The Gazette Job Printing Office Is ?KTT*n projwnxl than other efflto la tows, to exocutc In tUwuuMt RUr*ctWo?typverjr <t?*cri|r ttoii of Job rrtntliitf. *uoh ?a rainph>?U, ImMT, Bill I-o'.tor and Koto lleail*. I.vrr Krlefa, l'cwter*, l>od??r*. Circulars, Ham! Ill I Is, Wi Iding. VlstluBiu'U AdanwiCVOj, PutlapmCurtlsu Labels A.. Work Joootn Brvn*>\ Hud, Bhwua lilac*. Tho public must remember that tho btxt Is ?l w?j\ t|io choapcit. M'oilowurt ?t CtmrliMtP' I'rlc**, aud guarantor entire > illsfacltuu lo our pi.tiuj. Wtt keep constantly oi: hand ttio t?rgyv?t stock a I'ajvt s anil Cartla In town. THE HABIT OF DELAY. Could roan ri*ui Time's pages, Record every scone 1 p Ho'd find, through Life's stages, . How oft he had been Too fall of Invention! ? To satisfy thought, Too rife with Intentions That dwlndlo to naught I Still taxing to-morrow, Still wasting to-day, Whilst angels in sorrow Droppod toanj on his way. ?Cluxrlet Sxoain. THE FALCON. AN OLD-TIME LOVE STOItY. The fine eld mansion or the Alber f[hl family, near Uluckstadt, wai bril iantly lighte I ami the sound of mufic aud dancing was borne on the evening air across tlie rolling, sparkling waters of the Elbe. That nigh; a grand ball was given by Count Frederick Alber ghi, tlie only remaining Representative of the nofolo family whose nam 9 he bojre. The building was massive utcna, hfgli and dark, protected by moat, drawbrldgo anl battlem^nted towers. It wa* a tine old feudal castle, built in the time of Frederick JIV. Outside it looked grand and gloomy; inside it was abla o With lights aifd redolent with the perfume or choice flowers which wt re scattered In profrsion> not only about the large reception salcon, but in all the smaller apartments which .were thrown open to tlie guests. ittle room far removed from the oostern tower, stood rms-^a young man, remark fdsome, though there wa* an ?x loifcof deop care upon his face, a lady. The lady was not remark ably handsome just np dhe listened to'her compa il n with drooping eyes; indeed^ most poop'e would ca'l her sim ply pretty till she raised her e^presalvp dark blue eyes, and the brilliant, sylph like smile broke ;over beg face. The two were standing t 1 dug c irelessly together, the lady leaning against the heavily-oarvd oaken window frame, and, the young, man standing nearly opposite her,, ca easing a bright-eyed falcon pt-rche'd upon his wrist. # ? ?'Bo, Count AlbergM, you will be re membered for a long while ai the young noble who gave tlie most splen did ball as yet ever attended." The lip?of the young man ourled, and he answered contemptuously: ?" That is surely a name worth gain ing at any price/' "Of coureV1' 8fild the ,lady. "But why so scornfulabout ItV" ?? You know, Lady, I.ena, that 1 care only for your ap rob ttion; then the ball is given only in honor an I to please you, whose , al.glitvat wish I would gratify at any expense." "Alas, Count Alberghl, I am told that a do en t jne each dayl" "Probably; but' the words do not oomefro u the heart as mine do." '. " Poohf" said -the lady. " They all swear that!' " Very well, Lady Lena; I may some time be alle to prove the truth of my words. I have been a fool. For three years I have hung upon your accent, fulfilled your evfciy wish, as far as lay in my power. My fortune?which was I aniphi?I laid at your feet, that you I might have every possible want sup*H filed; and in return for this devotion ? have ro.eived nothing but coldness! and siorrt, , You know that il/love you as few men love?with my whole heart and soUfi-Und yet ' j ou scorn me. You are rioh and noble. I still love you as ever, but to-night is the last timelH bow bef< re you. This once 1 plead, I Lady Lens, to I e shown some kindncs*. I For the list time I offer you myself.I Will you accept me?" Lady Lena turned very pale as she listened to the rapid, passionate words Uttered by the young man who knelt before her. Her eyi-a grew dark wltfc some inward feeling, but her words destroyed the faint hope whloh lmd risen in his heart at the gentle ei Imislon on her face. . . >'<? '?Oh, rise, Count Frederick, for I know th'a is all npnsense?instantly.j Tc-morrow you will lie beside me, as Httial> apd the next and every day, lu^t as you4 have boon for yearn.'* Toil young man rose and, in answer to lift! taunt, only bent his head and tenderly stroked the glossy head and neok ot the briiht-oyed bltd on hlswflst,- that I say a bitter thing to you, and you do not retaliate." MI cannot forget myself so far a& to retaliate upon a woman,* 51 "Jeannette nevtr wounds me," ho roplied. "In return for my oure*?& she does not. give mo b uer coldness," " Perhaps she won.M' If sho could Speak," i ersisfed the lady. "AotioWs;'''Laity said he, I "Speak louder than words." The gifl^ l eyes ilAShed; and sho turned to thodqufrl but paused a i she near d it, and, look Jng over her shoulder, said, v ontemptu ously: ?I suppose the cause: of yoi^r love for that bird Is because she ono* be* longM^ to* ?otno former lady love?" The tone was very insulting, and this firttft th'i yotinsr man raised hts head With flashing eyes, and hts Word) were rapid and indignant. .. iv ?? You are right, " he replied. ? This fal'-on belonged to a noble lady, wUiil kind, womanly hemt soornw 16 inflict a wound upon tho attest creature} who trampled not under foot honoiv able. love ottertd h< r, as if It were a disgraceful thing. One whom I loved, devoted y, and who, had she beon unable to return the eft ctlon offered! her, would yet have rejected it with oonsld rate ge ;.tiehofte.v .^1 ;; "Why, then, don't you return to thll^rsgonof tender ueSsand virtue?" sne red the lady, fay liir' *6he would* willlnglv soothe my wounded spirit," he replied, " but she idlM" toother word Lena sped from the room,"her brain on fire, h?^<f**->full of t ars. Could Fred eri k hive seen h r ai she, leaning far of a wind >w, weeping bitterly, murmured nloml: "I have been a driv eling fool?a madman 1 For three years 1 have devoted my time, hvart and fortune to the service of this heart less wuman; one day rewarded with smiles, the next with frowns. To morrow, when the bii's are paid for debts incurred for this night, l shall be absolutely penniless?all rav fortune spent upon this vain flirt, who is un deserving the name of woman. Yes. to-morrow my fnrniture, horses and plate will be so!d, my servant* dis charged, and all that will remain to mo is th.s old castle, and my faithful nurse, Murgarot, who will not leave me, and my falcon. This building now ringing with tho sounds of music, dancing and merry laughter will bo closed, to b?como the sanctuary of rats and owls. For myself, 1 shall with draw from society, and lu this small, gloomy tower, support my poveity and despair as b;*st I may... I liave been worso than foolish?-I havo been wlckcd. But this unmanly repining will not do. I must rojoin my guests. So saying, Fredeiick replaced the falcon on his perch n ar the window, and, forcing a gay smile and careless ajr, sauntere.l int > the ballroom, and from tl:at time till the company left he Was seemlugly the gayest of the gay. * * % * * * Quick, Susan I fasten this bodice and bring mtrmy hood and mantle and the thick shoes 1" exclaimed Lady Lena; then added, imperatively: "You'll iM^eto pin this handkerchief and apron string, for my hands tremble so X cannot do anything." The maid obeyed, and soon her young mistress stood before the mirror, laughing to see herself in complete peasants at tire. u Will anybody know me, Susan?" She asked, laughingly, as she drew the hood over her face. "No, indeed, Lady Ltna," replied the maid; " if 1 hadn't soen you dress 1 should not know you myself." " Then I am off r And, suiting the aotion to tho word, the graceful Lady Lena ran out of the iroom and downstairs in a very undig nified way. In the garden she was met by a lover of Susan's, who ex claimed: " Tears to me wo aro in a monstrous hurry, Mistress Susan. Can't you stop to give a fellow a noontide kiss?", "Away with you 1" slio exclaimed. "You shall have two klse? when I come back, if you won't stop me now.'' "Good bagan, Sutan," said he. "I have not mu.h to do, and will wait by , the gat? till you come back." Away sped Lenu After a pretty long, rapid walk!,she rta hed Castle Alberghl, und, entering by a low, postern 4oor Which she found open, made her w y to the door * f the tower, where she saw old Margaret seated. "Good noon, Daine Margaret," said Lena. The old woman rai eel her head and, recognizing Susan, Laly Lena's favorite waiting maid, bho re turned a very sulky greeting. " Don't be cross, Margaret," she continued. " l'vo got a beautiful note for your young master from my lady." ?'You needn't come hero with it, then," said Dame Margaret. "Your lady's notes have brought sorrow enough to this house." " But, Margaret, I was sent to de^ liver it and receive an answer, and I dare nof go back without it; it would oost tftd my pmcei hud you wouldn't be so cruol as that to a poor girl who has never done you any harm." Ilore Lena began to sob, and Margaret rose, saying^. * t . w\ou have nfevdr done me any harm, so give me the note and let me take -it upstairs quickly. Tho note was produced, and Margaret grum blingly took it upstairs, mutteriug as xjuch good, much good sealed very closely, and if I could read it I would open it, and then if there was any thing'in it to wrong him I'd sooner nut my hand in the fire than ?;ive it to him." By this time she had eaohed the second story fend knocked atttiedoor. J 3 ?? j 4 f " Coma, in," /salft Frederick, Wh<) waA seated by the window reading.' He looked up an the old woman en tered, and asked what she wanted. "A note for you, Mr," she replied. The young man's face turned a shade paler, and hi-* hand slightly trembled fe^dingi ?h?n impetuously tore it open ..... /a *StoUtIto visit Kngland for several years, desires to have the pleasure of meeting once more her friend, Count Frederick Al bnrghi, wltt) has bo* mysteriously with drawn himself from society, hhe will do herself tho honor of dining with him this day at 5 o'clock." A spasm pnnsed over the young man's faoe and umsat?.Xk3 is there in the house to eatv" " Ah good as nothing* air/' replle 1 the faithfal woman, " for there is only the scratoktal* ttomf youtt>reakfast.", "That's bad, Margaret," told ho; ?for I have no money; not a slnglo kreut/or, and here is ? note from Lady Lena informing me that she will dine With me today/' " She musn't come, dear sir I There is fl&thlng to give her." Frederick seem*aTo*t fn thought?suddenly he raised his head. ?* I have it now," said he. " Yon "Oh, master! What, 'W>ast this poor bird you have loved so long, and Which belonged to-" L, " Hush/wmtgaret,?ot another wor<J> only do at I bid you. Serve the bird' up as best you can. Have thu tablqj l^id tor two in the ? old dlntng>room; have it rea<ly precisely at 6. "When the lady arrives summon me* and serve d nner immediately. 1 shall be in my chamber, to which I shall now retire." Margaret- Mr* fcfcot reuic ortstrafce, but, sobbing and wringing her Lands, she want downstairs. Lena had waited her ooming with intense anxiety, and Manxrf-~'L~ J*"" What is the matter, Margaret V Has anything happened to your '? has I wofully an wfc. ftald Lena. "Speak, " Oh, only he's gone clean demented. Yon bring a note from your haughty mistress, who ought to be drowned In the Elbe, for she always makes trou ble for my dear young master, one of whose fingers is worth more than all her body; made him wa.te all his for tune, so that now he is as poor as Job, and now makes him kill his beautiful faloon." A triumphant smile now flashed into the eyes of the false wait ing-woman, and sheatked, "Howso?" ?? Why, you see, Mistre s Susan, your la ly is coming to dine w.th him, and there is nothing in the house, neithei victuals, nor oven a kreutzer, so ho has ordered the fa'oon to bo roastod for your wicked ladj's dinner." " I have no doubt it will make capi tal eating," laughed tho girl. "Out upon you 1" said Margaret "You are as heartless as your mis tress. Go back to her and tell her that she Is welcome. I hope the bird may stick In her throat and choko her, unfeeling woman that site is!" 41 Oh 1 don't take on so, Margaret 1 am sorry your master is so poor, but he will offer my la ly a dish valuable for its rarity, for I warrant mo she has never tasted roast lalcon before." Margaret's only answer was to throw herself into her chair and sob. The disguised Lena approached her. "Don't feel so sad, but toll me why should Count Frederick cure so much for the poor bird?" "Don't you know that? Why, It belonged to hi* blessed mother, who is now an angel in lr aven." Tears filled Lena's eyes, and sho said: " Well, I didn't know that, and it is a real shamo to roa ;t the bird, and if you will keep it a secret I'll help you. Give me the bird and I'll take it home and send you another in return. Your master will be none the wiser." Mar garet's fate lighted up, and earnestly thanking tho girl sho left the room and soon* returned with tho fal on closely hooded, whioh she gave to the falso Susan, who went of! with it. Punctual to the minute came Lady | Lena, and never had she looked more lovely or been dressed with so much elegance or taste. Margaret, with a sullen air, ushered her into the dining room, where Frederick came forward to meet her. He was struck with her fresh, winning appearance?a bitter change to be wrought in so few weeks. His greeting was frigidly polite, and hers particularly gonial and kind. The dinner was soon served, and Lena shuddered as she glanced round the long, dark, unfurnished room, seen last brilliantly lighted and decorated and filled with sprightly g iests, and before whom groaned a table covered with every luxury tho season afforded nnd money could byy. What a con trast! Now all th'o gorgeous hang ings, furniture, pictures, silver, glass and lights were gono, and * in their place-stood in tho empty room a small deattablfc bearing two covers and one dl'sh of meat. With all lild old g?ace of manner, Frederick led Lena to tho table and took his place opposite her. The meal was a silent one, for Fred erick was abstracted, and Lena so nearly overcome by everything around her that she could scarcely repress her tears. As they rose from the table the count said: " I am igorry, maiame, to offer you so poor a repast; but?" " Don't speak of it, o.,unt,"- hastily interupted Lena, affecting a gayety sho was far from feeling. " It was charming?so now ; and 1 never tasted a more delicious chicken." " I am happy to find that I have pleased you," said Frederick ; " but allow me, in all deference toyour taste, to dorrect one mistake?tho bird you have partaken of was not chicken, but my falcon." _ "Your, pet?Jtolcotv?<' said Lena, in affected astonishment. ' " Tiio mum>, madame," he replied. "Frederick I" she exclaimed, and the tone in -which Ills name was ut tered caused Frederick to start. lie was dumb -with surprise when he saw the haughty Lena burst into tears, but before he could7recover "his self possession Lena stood before him erect aoApalet, , ?? , , ; M Frederick, to-day we must part forevef," s*ld she* " and before we do so I must obtain your forgiveness You have always treated mo with ro speot and love, and I?I have. repaid your devotion with coldness and soorn. "Will yotrf^jj^^MYS * ' "^Mest . ptainly," coldly answered Frederick, hiakfng a great effort to subdue the passion her unwonted gen ?ss had roused. " I loved you, and ftnyf toy 4t>? unceasing devotion fed you. n heed oil a leason, and I have learned if. I could not expert one who did not love me to?" " Stop there and listen to me," said Lena, " and if my confession made in this hour seems unmaid?nly, let my excuse be that It is tho only repar ation ta rtiy powor. I am wealthy? the wealthiest woman in all Ger many?a? it is said. From my child hood I have feared to be loved for my wealth, and, with my earnest nature, I know' that a marriage without love woull be death. People whom I oounted my warm, sinoore friends told me thai my riches were all you cared for?that you lavished your comparatively little wealth upon me, only the more surely to ga'n possession of a princely fortune. I did not be lieve them, but I wished to trv you, In my cautiousness 1 went too far, too far; for I have lost what I valued more than life?your love 1" " Lena, Lena, be citreful 1" sail the young man. "Iam past cfcrefor anything now," she replie I. 44 To-taorrow I leave for Kngland, never to return. I could go without asking you to forgive me; withdut telling you, ai the only halm X can offer, that if I made you suffer 1 suffered also, and*perhaps more acute ly, for I was ca led heartlosn, col l, un principle 1, by t*.e only being I over loved in the worll} that 1?" She oould say no more, for siie was clasped in eager arms and covere l with pas siMkate kisses. A few minutes she lay thero, then freed herself, all blushing find tearful, from her lover's embrace. A moment she left tho ro:>rn, then re turned, bearing a basket, which she gav? to Fre ierlok. On opening it his falcon flew out. Heating her beautiful h?iad on Frederick's shoulder she said: '? Take me, dear Frederick.* I yield myself to you, overcome by your love and unselfish devotion ? actually brought to hand by your faloon." HUMOROUS SKETCHES. fie Kept I*. ' Do you keep coffee here?" inquired a bad pay customer at a Central ave nue grocery store. * * . "Yes, plenty of It." " I waut Ave pounds of the best." " Haven't got any." " Why, you just said you kept it, didn't you?*' "Yes and that's just what I'm doing with it. I'm keeping it. When you've got the cash I'll sell it?Mer chant-Travsltr. A Bojr'e Advic e. The young man who is sparking Lizzie is left aloue in the parlor for a, few minutes with the pet of the fam ily. Pet regards him steadfastly for a long minute and then asks: "Are you going to school this win ter?" ? ? ! "School? No, sonny,my sjhooldays are over." "Well, I wouldn't go if I were you." ' "Wouldn't you? And why?" "'Cause I heard ma say you'd never be hung for your smartness, and if you get to know much it may kill you r Net a PI*. " Well, sir, what'U you have ?" said the waiter, us he brushed the crumbs [ off the table with a napkin. " Tomato soup." " Anything else, sir?" " Some blue flSh." "With sauce?" "Yes; and a sir loin cooked rare and some fried pota toes." ; ' v ? "Anything else, sir?" "Green corn, baked beans, stewed tomatoes, and?and?a cap of tea, a slice of Watermelon, a piece of gooseb: rry pie, some fruit cake, a plate of , ice crtain and some nuts and grapes." "Any pudding, sir?" "Pudding! Didn't I order pudding V" " No, sir." " Well, bring me some plum pudding." ?'Anything else, sir?" "Anything else! Do you take me for a pig?"? New York World. A Few TVordi of Eipltittllen, Georgo W. Peck, of Milwaukee, 1b carrying h e right liand around tied up in aog silk handkerchief. He has beon boiherei aim at to death with anxlou) inquiries as to the n iture of the trouble under tha handkerchief, and bo he has Issued the following, ad dree ed to " The general questioning public:*' This is aboil. Not a carbuncle. Just a boil. 1 knowyou have bad boils biggor than mine, but this one is big e nough for me. I am no hog. 1 don't want the biggest boil. Yes, Iliavo triec\ flaxseed, bread and milk, and slippery elm poultice?. Each is better than the other, and all of thorn are frauds. No, the " Bad B >y" has n>t been playing a joke on me This ;s no j ke. Ye*, I think it is cu s.dnos* work ing out of me. Yes, it ha>} broke. That is, it has made an assignment. No, I don't want another.?Milwau kee Wisconsin, A Good Story About General Crook. An interview of General Crook on Indian questions would l.kely result in as much real information as the soldiet got, who, when on a campaign in this Territory, one evening after camp had been made, and being de tailed to bring in wood, found the gen eral sitting on a log some distance from camp. The soldier approached, and thinking the general was a trooper or some camp follower (he dresses very plainly and seldom wears a uni form), sat down beside him and com menced as follows: "I nm awful tir. d and worn out with our fearful long maroh to-day, ain't you V" ? Yea; but I am resting now.'* "if we could only kill some Indian \ one? in a while it would be some pat isfaction, but this marching up hill and down, over burning sands and in the cold of the mountain^, wearing men out for nothing-?I don't believe we will ever see an Indian; do you?" "It looks that way; still we may find them." . I "I don't go much on Crook. He's got aroputation for flghtliur Indians, bat ithink it's all on paper?hews papor talk?don't you ?" ?'I shouldn't wonder." Here Sn officer Approached, saluted, and profaning his verbal message by calling Crook 14 General." The soldier realized his position, dropped his few sticks of wood and broke for camp worse frightened than if he had been suddenly surrounded # by yelling. Apaches.-?Ban Francisco chronicles Qa a Fntwre. " I want you to leave my house, sir," exclaimed Judge Nettleson,/ angrily addressing the young man who sought his daughter inmwrrlag?. "I may leave your house, and, in faot I have no objections to the struc ture remaining exactly where it is, for I have no means of moving it, but I do objeot to leaving your daughter,' whoso affections I have gained and Whose life would wither like a flower out of season were It not interwoven with my own," " You talk like a romsntio fool, sir. "What have you got to feed my daugh ter on, sir?"' " What is she in the habit of eating? What's her regular dkt? I don't pro pose a food revolution." 41 She has been accustomed to eat ing, and if she were to marry you. 1 am conv need that she would bo co u t>elled to forego the pleasure. There ? no use in talking to mo. You can not marry my daughter, and in this re fusal 1 feel that the entire State of Arkansas will take an approving in terest." " Old man, I cannot help but ?mil? at youf ro< klissness. You <.o not know me,sir. You think that I am poor, untitled and unknown, but, sir, I have a future bef* re me." " if I thought so, you might take the girl." " And if I can prove it t<r your sat^ isfaotion, will yen give your conwentto our marriage?1* ??Yes, s r." ? ? " All right. 1 say that I have a fu ture before me." . "That's what you said." "I have, tor if 1 did not have a fu ture before me where would I have it? You don't think that I have a future W ind me, do you ? A man's future is always before hira, and to correct anv *rr>r into which you might have fall' n, I will Btate that it is a man's pa.>t that's behind him." The old gentlonian reflected for a moment and replied: " I always said that my daughter should either marry a rich man or the biggest fool in tho country, and as you aro not rich, you may take her."?Arkamaw Traveler. Couldn't Slap Him. , On a railway train, just behind a pla nly urej-sed, motherly-looking woman, accompanied by a noisy boy, sat two fashionably dressed ladies. The boy was given to asking all kinds of foolish questions, and occasionally he would whine like a cub bear and twist himself around and fret. " If I had hold of him for a minute I'd blister him till ho couldn't stand up," said one of tho ladies. " Here then," replied tho motherly old lady, "you may take hold of him. If you want to slap, slap him. J haven't the heart to do it. "Excuse me," faltered the annoyed lady. " I did net think that you could hear my remark.' ?? Oh, no harm done, for I know that he is enough to annoy any one, and it may seem strange to you that I do not slap him, but I can't. Once I bad a little boy that I slapped. Every time ho would ask fooll?h ques ions oi whine, IM slap him. I was deter* mined to bring him up rightly, so that lie would plea.se everybody. He was the idol of my life and I did so much want to see him respected. Everybody said that 1 wiib a model mother and that my eon would bo a great man, and I was so Haltered by these remarks t lat I was even moro strict than ever with him. One night just after I put him tobol, company came, and while we were talking tho littlo fellow awoke and began to cry. I told hi n to hush, and when I founl that he did not intend to obey me, I we:it to tl e be I an I spanlud hiin. 'That's what I call discipline,' one of tho company rema ked, ' and I assure you that in after years you will not regret the strict measures which you have aijoptel.' "Tho no t morning my littlo boy was too sick to get up and all day did liu lay in bed. At ni^ht 1 sent lor a physician, but before morning ho was (had. 1 d n't t link that there was'a more miserable woman in the world. I to.)k nis little hoots?! oots which a few days . cfore I bad whipped him for gett ng mi ddy, an I 1 put tuem on my oureuii. I coul. not bear to live in the sa i e lion o where both my hm band n id .ittle boy had d ed, and I moved away. One evening while wul'dng along a lone'y .street I saw a l.ttle boy?a vory small boy?standing among some tall weeds. 1 ftiked uim where lift lived and h ? plucked a blo;jr som a id held .t out to me. 1 a ked him wli ro was his mot or and father, and with cu i.?us intell gjn< e ho r - plod that some big men took them away in boxes. I knew then that he was a waif, and I took him limine with me. Jn the night he cried and I got up and sat by tho lire with him and ro ked him. lie was very dollcato, but he was a light that shono on my withering soul. This is tho child, and be is wearing the littlo boots that I put on tho bureau. You may slap him, but I can't."?Arkamiw l*Y?ve er. A Sheop ft areil by a Do?. Tho extent to which tlio character of an animal can be changed by the way in which it is brought up haB sel dom been more remarkably illustrated than in tho ease of a sheep which at present is said by the Kokstaaii Adver tiser to boa great pot. of the magistrate at Matatlele, South Africa. The sheop. when a lamb, left the Hock, attaohed itself "to a Mr. Watson, who gave it to be suckled by his dog "Beauty," and was welt taken care of by her. When the lamb grew older it was noticed that it would never sleep in any house but Mr. Watson's, and would some times lie outslile the door cuddled up likq a watchdog. The most woriderf iU thing about him is that as soon as the hotel bell rings for dinner hi is sure to be Btnnding by ono of the chairs at the top end or the tnble, and when the owner sits down he will jump with his front paws on his back, letting hlth know that he wants something to eat, like a dog. He will not touch grass or ettt hoof, but w.11 gladly eat mutton, soap, candles, and drink cofTee and tea wlthsugar and milk. But "Hchaap's" great love is for draught beer. He will lift the oan up with his front paws and hold it to his mouth, and drink with Such a relish that it can at once be seen that he has been led away by bad example. " &haap " is a fine ram, clean fleece, with very vvioked eyes. All day he is seen running about, with the dogs as one of them, until the bell rings; then oft he scampers to the dining-room. ? The Boy. ITlta DO DON. 4WJSMS5 HI* the bull that Is font on the ground O I* O tho 6 elgftf ette mak 0 In* .him p?l*. 1) Irt tho dog with on It'a Mil. K la the errand k- thtl ' mikM him look wry. If II tho fluh Injr and Kourtn of Jnly. G In tho mm that tnako happy hi* daye. H In tho honk} from sehool that ho piny*. I la tho indianaho's lie'* going to ?lay. J la tho Jnck kntf* ho'a tr adlng Away K I* tho kit* It* tho akjr pcorco dlacern ed. t. la the ticking* for loaaona unlearn ed. M la for fnart.lo* and melon* ?uH.lme N la tho novel* that oat him a dim**. O 'a lila'old man'with a airap by the irate, fa hit toy p!atol whlcfi aettlea hla fata. uli tuo quarrel* which bloodte* hi* n6??. It la tho ruin he tnakea of hla clothoa S la ihuawlmmlnR,aKAt?a,*nowbAlla and ali d T I* hi* top* and hla toya painted rod. tj I* tho uproer he make* when hu a tanned V'e hla vim when he'a leading the band wVhla ?hl* tie *o w? n<* ?hrlll X la X i,'"4 penaeawhen ever he'a III. Y la tho yeil* ha emit* all the day. 7, la hla seal that he ahowa at hla play. ft** If* The cattle tralo of Key We^t w'th Cuba averages 1,000 head bf cattle per ?'?ay- ' The muscat grape Is almost * failure In Califoimia this roar. TUB VALUE OF LIFE^ A DUtlnculabed FrencHinnn'n Hemtrlift Hpeeck Ilolore Htudent*. Some of the moat striking passages in M. Ernest itenan's spot Oil, delivered before the pupils of Ly< ee Louis le Grand, will bo lound below: "Con-! sider the life before you as a matter serious and full of responsibilities. I But is that a rea on to regard you as less favored by fate than your predo- 1 cessors? Quito tho contrary, young people! Never say, as did those* mal contents of whom the pruphit speaks: 1 4 Our lathers have eaten sour grupos, j and their children'.-* to th are set ou eige.' Your lot is fair, and I see a thousand reasons to envy it, not moro ly because you are young, and because youth is the entry upon an excellent thing, namely, existence; but you will see what wo shall never see; you will know what we seek for restlessly; you will possess tho solution of many a political problem about which we liosi ta e, because tho facts have not yet pronounced themselves with sutlkient clearness. " Your years forbid you to be cau tious. Nobody is fe;trful about life when ho is beginning it. A kind of blindness, skiUiully a ranged by na ture, presents existence to \ou as a tempting booty which you burn tc si-i. o I upon. Wis.T men than you wi:l warn ! you against tho .llusion w. lch und> r lies your youth ul at dor. Tney will 1 tell you of disappointments?tlioy will j Bay that existence does not 'keep its promisos, and that if people only knew what it was they to ik in hand they I would not have t!:e naif cinpres-.oni nt! of your age. But 1 declare i, ? you tli.it it is not my sent.uunt. 1 have tra-| versed this life, which opens befoio you like an unknown anil limitless land. 1 expect to e.ionnter n t ing much mo o in it of t..e novel?its ter mination, which seems to you indell nitcly far oil', is very near for me. w ell, with my hand on my heart I say that 1 have tound th .s life wh c!i it i? the fashion to calumniate, good, and well Worthy tho appet te which youth show.-> for it. Tho one re 1 illusion of which you are guilty aoout it is to > c lleve It long. No, it is sh ?rt, very short, bi t even ih s I assure you it is well to have exi>t:d, and the lirst duty of man towaid that mil itudo lr.nn wh.ch lie emerges is to bo grateful. The generous rashness which makes you i ntor, "W.ihout ashadow of arriere p nsee, upon a career a the close of wuich so many en igh ened i'olkt aver tin y have fou.id no.li. g -avo u sgu-t. Is really very ph lo ophic a tor its kind, i orward, the efore, with g o l h arts supp.es'snot.iingof y< u ard. r; ti.at i.ama w ich ourns wit. in you is tho .sa.uo spirit wbi li, provident ally sp oid t r.uigh ut tho bo om ? t' hu inani y, is the princ.plo of ts motivo force. !? orward I forward: *ay. i; lose not your 1 <vo urn p s i-in for living. Sp ak no evil of th * botindli'S; bo mti nines lro>i which your bein j emerges, an t in tho sp.-o al order of mdivid ail n.rtunos ess th3 I app lot w.iich has best >wed on y..u a generous country, dexoted teacheis, km I rel.iti n<. and c nditions nf de el opine.,t in whlc i you ha^ e no linger to strive again t tho old barbarisms. "That joyous int >xl a ion, then, which springs from tho new wino of liie, and v\hi h ronders you deaf to the weak complaints of tho fce .-le hearted, is leg tlmat '. Do not bo ashamed to abandon yourselves to its in.iuences! You will find existenco full of sweet favor if you do not expect from it what it cannot give. When pe? p'o complain ot life it is almost always because they have asked impos ible things from It. I pon this belief wholly the teaching of tho wisest? there Is but one fouuda' Ion for a happy life, tho per nit, namely, of tho good and of the true. You will bo well pi asea with existence if you make fair use of it, and if you abide well pleased with your elves. A noblo sentence is that which says: 'Seek yo tir.t the kingdom of heaven, and all the rest shall bo added unto you/ "On a ilmllar occasion to this of to-day, but forty-three years ago, the Illustrious M. Jouffroy addro.s d the following stern words to ti e pupils o( the Lyceo Charlemagne: 'Our duty, to whom experimce has unvolled tho ul timate truths about the things of this world, is to announce It to you. The mountain top of lifo hide.* fr >m you Its further slopes; of its two sides you Beo but one, that which you are ascend lng; it Is bright, bi autiful, fragrant as springtime. You aro not able, as we are, to contemplate the other fall, with Its melancholy aspect, i s pale sunlight, and tho ioy river l!owing at tho not torn.' Well, my bids, I say no to all that. It Is too mournful. Tho sun light is nover pale, though it Is often veiled. Heoause a man grows old has ho the right to say that flowers have 1? ss lovOly and tno springtide less radiant? Are we. forsooth, to grtimble becauso wo cannot live for ever on earth V What rubbish Is this, just Heaven I Amid all the floworn (and how sweet and fair that flower world is I) only one seems to me with out any 6 larm. It is the sickly, dry, ?tiff, withered, disagreeably glittering thing which garde.lers wronuly call ?tho Immortelle.* 1 do not call It a flower.' I prefer^tho bright and sweet rose, though it has the defect of fading away all too soon." Hfl Conld IIATA 11 or. "80 you wish mo to give you my daughter Y" said old Moneybaga to a woul t-be son in-law. " Yea, Kir.'' "What are your clrcum tanoos?" "Well, I ha\ e $12 a week as a hor*<e car conductor." "Tut, tut, young man, you'ro out of vour senses." 0 Hut I thought you might g'vo con Mideration to u y future j?m> pe m. j uave a brilliant prospect beforo me." '?Ahl thate husinrfis. What are your future prospcrts?' 44 Well, I have been converted, have Joined ohurch. and expect to oe an angel in the future, and live in a mun ition of gol r." 44 Well," said the old man, slowly, as he opened the door to show tho youth jout, '* when you g t to that -mansion you can have her."?*onu>roill4 Jour' mil ? ? ? ? ? * An Indian ohhf beam the name of "X^ooklng Glass." lie Is the terror of the plain.?Boston Transcript. W011DS O* WISDOM. Stiff in opinion always in tho wrong. Ungratefulness is the very poison of mauhood. Those are most honorable who are t!ie mo>t useful. Nothing except a battlo lost can bo half so melancholy as a battlo won. To live long it is necessary to live slowly; to live happily to live wisely, j Tho strongth of criticism Los only ' in tho Wiaku.ssof tho th ng erit.cise I. j The gratitude of most inon is but a j secret desire of receiving greater bene fits. We should never throw off polite ness, even iu our coniliets with course people. Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. Moderation is the silken string run ning throu/h tho pearl chain of all virtues. Disparage ;tnd depreciate no one; an insect lia-j fooling and an atom a shadow. There is no crime so great as oie perpetrated against the freedom of 1)0 pie. I Select th at course of life which Is best, and cu&toin will render it moru pleasant. Wo shall all be perfectly virtuous I wh n there Is no longer any llesh on our bones. | It is not a lucky word this same ini possibl ; no good comes of thosj that have it so often in their inoutas. A man wlu gives his children hab its of industry provi !es for them bet ter than by giving them a fortune. Gratitude is tho fa r st blossom that spring* from the soul, and the heart of nmn knowet.i n >ne m ro fragrant. A cheerful temper, nine! with i'i Qoeence, will mam* b *au v attractive, knowledge delightfu , and wit good na lured. Jnmostown. Changes in the ,lames river have made tin island of ..amestown, min plett>iy separating it from t 10 main land, and anuut a 1 that remains of tin first l.ngli&h s ttleuicut < f Virginia i the dis nantled tower of the old c .urch It was here that Pocahontas embracer the Chri tian aith and was baptize by tlie name of ? e iecca. Tim fi n used on tnat occasion n >w stands ii. tho chancel of Chr..->tchu; Hi, A'illia i s burg. Hero a >o I'oc Juntas was ii.a.ried i:i l'liij to .<ohn Kolph. . low brick wall inclos.-s the gr am occupied by the mined toA'cr and fo.;n lation of the charcli ; and tomb st >nes, some broken and scatter ?<1. some leanin g against tho wa'l, and all with inscr ptio is n-arly .f not quite ill. gihle, have l"i g sinco c.-ased to indicate wh re lies the ?.nst of those \vh > bore tlinr nam s. Two hundred yards b low the ruins and 100 l'r m the river bank is the stately old n an sion built by John Ampler over 10 years ego. It is the only rosi leneo o the island, is in line pioserva ion, and occupied by Colonel II. 1). 11. (.'Jay, formerl.' of New York, wiio own> Jame town, which cons^ts of 1,70( acre , and is between two and thro miles in length and thrje-ijuarters of u mile in width. Tlio Flatlicart Inril .us Not Flatlieadort. Aboutsevon:y miles from the north ern boundary of the Inited .State.?, in the Territoiy of Mon'ana, between th western sloj?e of the Hookies and the more westerly chain of mount a n kfiown a-; tho Ou/ur .1'Alone, and, ns you travel further south, as the Hitter Hoot, lies the r.servation which ha-, been a s gned to the tribe o'' Indians called the Flatheads ; and probably no tribehavo adapted themselves more to tho manners of civilization at the ex pense of their f< riner customs and habits than these. Why they are galled Flatheads no one in their part of the country seems to know. Ti.ey do not flatten their children's head-, nor is thero any tiao or tradition among thom of such a custom having been practiced formerly ; and as their Indian namo i? Selish, it is probable that tho namo of Flathead was given to them, as often happens in this coun try, through tho unaocountablo freak of some traveler. Ducking Stool. J'ho (lucking sto:>l for scolding women was in use iA England in 1740, one of the latest uses of that punish ment being recorded April '27 of that year. Missort, a French traveler in England about tho year l'.OO, gives a des riptlon of the process as he saw it. Me says: This method of punishing soolding women is funny enough. They fasten an arm-chair to tho end of two strong beams, twelve or fifteen feut long and parallel to each other. The chair haiTgs upon a sort of axle, on which it plays freely so as to al ways remain in a horizontal position. Tho scold being well fastened in hor chair, the two beams are then pla< ed as near tJ?? router as posslblo, noross a post on the outer side, and being lifted up behind, tho chair of course drop.) Into tho cold element. The duoking Is ropeated according to tho degroo of shrewishness possvs ed by tho patl nt, ?nd generally has tho elect of cooling her moderate heat, at least for a time. tioilflnh in (he Hr>n. In an ad ross delivered by Professor Huxley at tho International Fi hcries exhibition tho learned professor siatod that an aero of good fishing groun.l woul 1 produce more than the best acre of land under the highest cultivation. He picture I tho great mass of co fish that, moves for two months in the year westwar I an i southward past the Nor wegian coa-t. lie represented the shoal of llsh to he 180 feet in height, and consuming every week 840 mil lions of herrings. Ho stated that every square inilo of ihls mountain of cod contained K0 millions of Hsh A day's consumption of Imrrlng* by this enor mous shod would bo sufficient to keep London for a year. It seems sad that people shoal go hungry and starve while such hup* masses of fish swim In the QCettn. ??Are things what they seem?" ssks the (J aph('\ If thoy seem pretty tough they are.?Button Post. LOVE'S POWER. If I wore blind, and thou sliouldat eutor E'er so softly in tho room, I should know it, I should fool it, Something subtle would revoal it, And a glory round thoe ooutor That would lighten up tho gloom. And my heart would surely guide mo, With Lovo's second-sight provide mo, Ono amid tho crowd to tind, If I wore blind I If I wore doaf, and thou hadst spokou Ere thy preeencc I bad known, I should know it, ? I should fool it, So mo thing subtlo would revoal it, And tho seal at oui^r L?o brokon By Lovo's liquid undortono. Doaf to other, strangor voices, And tho world's discordant noises? Whisjior, wheroaoo'er thou art, Twixl roach my heart ! If I wore <lm<l, and thou shouldst venture Noar tho coflln whore I lay, I should know it, I should fool it, Soinothing subtlo would revoal it, And no look of mildest censure Rest upon that faco of clay. Bhouldat thou kiss mo, conscious flashes Of Lovo's fire through Death's cold ashes "Would give back tho chcok itu rod, If I wore dead I ?Josephine Pollard, in the Century. HUMOROUS. Amorican tints?I 'ancakcs. A dark horso?Tho nightmare. Woman's sph to?A ball of yarn. High life?Housekeeping on tho top floor of a nine-story tenement. A tramp called his shoes corpora tions because they had no soloi.?Cin cinnati Traveler. T..e greatest evro'l on earth 1b nn apple i oolo ami d-ied, A'd tho e men hw j11 on o irlh Is :i t'iL{ i o I cn xu^'a hid ?? "Mercy !" ex laiinod Mrs. P., as sho caught flight ol' tho cameloopard, "just lnok at that o. st! What a long nock!" "Ye*," rallied ligg. ''tho most ro markahlo case of hoar throat I over saw."?11 si >)i Trim* rij>t. " Where ;s the girl of long ago?" >ings Joaquin Miller. Wo saw her the other day, J t aq. liut she Isn't a girl a iy more. She had gray hair a.id a wart ?.n her nose, an i no teeth and wore spocs.?Sateni un aim. A phtnt has be n found that euros hashiulness. It sh? ul I be prouptly tried on tho man who leaves tho hotel by tho back win low because ho is too diiiid* nt to .-av go ><i by ? to the cashier and clerk.?(.')tiu n/o \ rilmm. A Vass.ir eoll^gf novel called "Tlffia is probably about*'St | to college withurf with enough u| vacation.?Ph h, A lady said h a barbed wire fef to 80e a ha-el ii| move a ra ijc'.c, church ho can't sit fri* lor tifteen. minu(^'^!jfl all over th seat., and changing Imb pO" iition forty t mos.? l'eck'8 Hurt. One of tho letters of Introduction Ml-a lwrto field brought with her to Denver was from .Sir Charles I like to Judgo MCwitrdy. -vht) sent note to tho Windsor hotel olllee, a king where tho judgo could bo foiin.l. The ai> swer came Imck: " Don't know; he's been dead eight years."4? Denver Tri bune. _____________ Cold Wator Curo for l)urnt*? A cormp indent of an English paper writer: Many yoajs ago I scaldelono hand very badly With boiling water, .nd 1 found tho pain Btopped on Keop ingtho hand in cold running water. I repeatedly took the hand from the water to lot it bo dressed with tho usual remedies, but every attempt jlmv.ended in tho bandages being pulled off and fresh upplicationtfof tho cold water. Under every other remedy the pain was unbearable. In this In stance blisiers did not form, but a small open soro came on tho wrist nn I kopt open several weeks. I used tM water continuously for four or live hours until tho pain was greatly re duced on removing tho baud from the ould ^vator. I treasured this experi ence and gavo tho remedy anothor trial in a far more uno [iii vocal ease. 1 was boiling glycerine and gelatine for a hectograph, and tho composition wps about freo from wator when tho bot tom of tho vessel blew out and the composlton wont over my hands. There was no mistako about the *em poraturo as tho skin waft destroyed superficially. The shook produced in tenso nausea, and I made up my mind to expect very bad hands and the loss of soveral nails. 1 applied cold water at onco. Tho water not being very cool I a ldo 1 pieces of ice to It. Aftor five or six hours' treatment tho pain '1 not recur on stoppii^f tho treat ment. Noither hand was disabled, and tho only inconvonionco I sulTerod was from a few (rilling blisters. I havo no hesitation whatever in con demning tho usual remedies, an 1> in recommending the prolongel applica tion of col I water. I think it nrob ablo many lives have bo n sacrificed by an a hoslon to (hooft remedies,for, the pain of a large burn or seal I is so -eVero as to do sorlous mischief if pro longed. for hours. Tho use of cold water 1^ rocommen ol in a little medi cal book by a Dr. Mussrll. He re commends (he aldltion of flo a to the water. A plentiful supply of oold water agltaicd and changod as neoos wry so as to atop the pain Will, 1 am jonvlncd, provont the mischief of which tho pain is a symptom. Fighting Potato Hugs With Ants. An Illinois farmer, with raro lngo au.ty, ha employed ants for ve y use ful work, as he reports. Ho says he is lo > la/y t > pick potato be tle^ from the vines and ho does not like to use parls green. In thh dilen.ma he be thought himself of the pugnacious character of ant <, so be carried Into his potato field old ple^s of wood, in which ants bad eits' dished their homes, and left them to do the work. Lart year the ants domiciled ?!a two old fence posts, he says, cleans l alt ths beetles from a quarter of an aCrfe, al though their number was legion.? Hwhantlinan.