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>?? }J /* S;'/IR- '1 I P ???>?? 1 1 . i,3K iEEyw^j IsftM .^v^mF5B81c '03i Yv?\ ymr \ ' ? HBiPl^^r -' rvr^r- . . NO. 41. ra^lF ?*Mm$m* ?ft, v onor*v. whllahordark oyos flashed fgmm .curls, ...nof iwd looked it wlth^th* brush oleyWod; lilit ;???>, WKnf hm VAX nrv m mh-H l>*~to marry : Hariw;| ... ubowI?^4?*o mon<?? tat condition." t moan to glvo up the inan >* that old woman?* dirty i ?Hi mi In m'* ?-arrv, ?will bIioP" alio 'Was horeolf, in jingled angerand ?-nt "What illlHtefool the isl I won4er ; how he' feels about tho' logaoy." ? * -.{!? A ttttlo later, LoU Mayne was saunt ering down tho stroet In all tho glory of a new < winter toilette, a soarlet wihgod i toque perqhed > ooqliottiBhiy nbovo lior jotty braids, and arohest mis chief smiling fromhtyr "velvet oyos. Not far away sfafemeti Harry Vomer. ?t am so glad' not to hayo triissed yon!" ho oKolaimed;' eagerly. "I was . Just gofng to yoUr housb'to ask you?" "And I am gflad to have mot you," interposed Lou. "1 wanted to congrat >m> ?* j," returned Lov, it mo drlVe you ov?fc*l Ppii>ursed hbr prot fm of I next nibment likA infliou _ ijbi for he meant to lose no Something In- :jm that . ^-|pg warned him of w ? ventured' Kfc lading h!? tall tend "reifcjjo^1 he clapeed gate a little ow*Tre*fty that I Joje^jrOu. a? L-f racket that beon satisfied vould scarcely ?-dly to him, And convenient- tarn' in ;the road, 9 wu to oalni^itUi in i dance ry house e few mUes odt. g """f,ny ig WHhpmS pretuntss, bid i .drawn look and a pitiful quiver about the small mouth that no ono'oould keliv noticing. . r. "What alls DoraP" someone aakod.. ? "Hush!" paid Lou. bAwlokedlySS ing her own volofe. "Don't you know her aunt is deadr\< The girl heard, and garo her curly' i head an angry toss. ^ "I never ?$jpioh a flirt in my lifo!" "Why, Do^al" ? waa tho reproachful reply; "andbnly bccadSeTm trying to comfort poor Nedj^for your 'shameful treatment of him." - ^L,* "He's wonderfully easily comforted,'* pouted the gi^l; Vand, there'a Harry tool How oan you treat him sot'' oan .you treat him *of" , "Oh, he> JovF look-out no*r."i I shouldegaV? * r,hlldWb U,t of hwrPrett7 "He. bates ine as bad "as'I do him, ,j^d I know itl-* she gald, Mf hedld-T11 Vr 8he paused, blnahpd furiously, a^td then whispot-ed.-r- . . />,. ., I \"He^ made love to me dreadfully* thougli, on the road. Would you have believed he was so mercenary f" Lou laughed. " - . .. "You're rather #ell matched In thai roapeot, aren't youPM " Dora blushed soarlet. v "Does?does Nod seem to mind muohP" she questioned, timidly. ,4Oh, not He'll get over it easily, enough, said Lou, lightly. "You ' waitv oKniif. needn't worry about him.. .. Dora bit hor lips, and looked ready to ory. ' a ?''v- * "He hasn't asked me to danoo with him once this evening,"-she said, in a grieved tone. ? "Of oourso not! Do you suppose he wan to to dance with you, now thht jtou a,nd Mr. Verper aro going to be mfir briodr r ' *w *' - "I don't; know," said Dora "I don't ?X %r0Vo tx?""tlw mon?y i"Ok,' laideedl'lr slid Lou, looking tor thought Ned would QO. * PIlaK^r4, ouumu viihiiC. At this momont, who ihould oome -imnterlng up but handsome Nod him BBBySSj4i P in8p'\ I : ' PA /\ "? She "went straight up to hlto,' lifting the pretty tear-drenohod faoe, like a flower dipped In dew.1 . ri/. 1,1 "Please, Harry,'' abe orled, plteous ly, "ydh may have all'the money, 'and I know it wasn't right to let you go on so, to-night, and kiss me and* alljl hut, please, idon't want to marry you." A light began to butat on Harry Verner. "Was It yHtt Qt Miss May no I brought here to-rilgntP" ho denhaftaed abruptly* Dora, thought he had taken leave of hls sdhses, bStMplled^' " "Mc, of oourselLou said you wanted - to'talk over the *111 with me,',* ?ul I thought It y*sf J^tettfeaag. went up to thorn. ft tranftforrod he* hsnd tohliowft, and Hefc6norajl;, ?me!"jhe' looking st^ the darkf h dellolbus vltohing nor . _ . /OU oan do now,'* he "wiu'tcb?" ??* **"' -mwwmt" m ro * months R. for thoro was ? And tKe legaoy proved to be & delu sion, ait?* ail. ? vj ??: 1> >? e^tleoTMkeJ enti sbehad ^ of stealing away every now si Tho helrdreMef irt Hbo Jfcfdln de? , Planto* with hi* little rtottt <"My bo; | h wttyOi tribute* her gift#', TbUcwmtare, for lttkt?noe< ll the tortoUo, of whone nholl or - (Jlvo mo * pound of oleo ?. Grooor ?re not niiowed to mU It Aow-ther?! ftUwagtn lt??o Jt'i dearer. ~jV. T. '<mXiy oiZftJ'i nyfflt'ftj-) J Kdlth, yon went to know " whether fanny me? on n**iM?er?> erer tough Ait thehr own Jokon,'" do yoi,'doo,#t ?'%ii 'a th? ?/?<> <t&?^ho do r?hg)i?ttlomj but, of eontMt this ic confldontln). , lfe*?JW. - | JMyifg, uc it &ln't..A> The^deat uvwuj * ,ha<f boon co for flirting,?? and fcurrii his iieart at tho ladyjsf&ot. mt ? high erfecutiohor, under t SSJKSSrSi f kingdom ' ? " " Ioorod/;OL r_T_.^T, tfor youd* and ohf ? And bo we strtlfbt lot out to bell ' A oonrloti vr * -Yi ~.TaI* ?senBrnrnT^ < - ? Oc ftJwu n?j?IWW^Btn off. And taede himbotSgHSor wo said > *'Who's next to be il|e??fi*ted ^ r, ^ ^ww553??ad rolled the two.officii* of! governor *hd*eudsnian Into one, Ko-Ko, the ox-oheap tailor, was now a groat mugnate, governor^of bis tod In bia ofllco by Pooh-Bah, a tro thendoua swell, who describes irimself as "apartioulafy haughty and oxolusive anoestrai do spont. You will understand this whon I tell you that l ean traoo my ancestry book to a protoplasmal primordial family pride is sotMthing inoonoeiv 77, "v .r?v. -"i uiuuuwjiv able. I cutft help .It I was born anoering. Bat Jt >?IHfcled hard to ortify toy jen all the groat ilgned :in a body bo a.iSpoaao arrive frdmpohooV and tho lovoj dulge In aonto delightful lovo pass But even the powerful Ko^Ko'i love does not run smooth, for as he is pro is aringjor hia nuptiaU * letter arrives from Tfafe mikado, wh6is struok by the iact tbtft' rio i bxeoutidhs havo taken place in Xitlpu for a year, and: jlooreea that unless somobody la beheaded within bne month, tho post of!, lord' high exeoutionor shall bo abolished,' and tho city roducod to thb rank of a vllUge. ^sJPooh-Bah ropjarks, thtois uncomfortable rioWs. So thbtwei aiguo It out toits logical conclusion. K>kp himself \h ' thb obvious victim, but he Qan't execute himself booauso ,self doortpitfltion is difficult, and, moreover, snioide ia a capital offense: , Ko?Besides, I don't soe how a man Loan cut off his own bead.; , . , Pooh-A man might tr>-. Pl?h--Kvon if vou-owly succeeded in cutting It half oft', that would bo some Ahin#.?;,! f i ?, \. Pooh?It would be taken as an earn* est of ^your desiro to eo&piy with the 1 imperial will. Ko?No.Pardon me, but there*! ftra ] ?out to emftarkMona j os^I boo | AnUktie ? an mat , I ??and in ?F-Atid ftnd tfrloaln vain to HUf Identity to t)>e wwombly, #ho bl t& JRWkF5^& fmSt* MuhoitMw-bltd* that la a mltaolo of lovollneM. . People oomo milea toaee it My right elbow baa a fnaolnatten that few oan realat. It la on vloW Tuesdays and Friday ?, on pretentatlon of ft visiting oard. Aa The aeoond act takes plaoe in Ko* Ko> garden?a garden of patfulle*, >r?rhnn<r ^th;(>^eft 4M^^I fa snft Ighi, with ft river atfetohlng far away IntliA distsnoa.? Alaai even s tfcfe brief Aonfll of happineaa la deftted to those i iU'ttaed lovers, for Ko*Ko ha* d tabor evad that by the mikado** law When ft fbltrrled nan !* behtfMfaL hli yrlfa PlRM.)' ftHfi^$Tal>lea?. Despair, heightened bv the news of the tnlkido'a antral at Tfttpn. A vlotim most be mnXBUGC? Pouted do as wwras the; ta solfP Tb^otfrouc*'* oertiflc cutioa is handed U, deed is described in when >wi wmmm sottled iajesty suddenly remembers that loompass the defcth of the heir ? Iti mm which th4*wcst _t on thfj Mid" Ms he within m ^?_T?4_.XlU?od ij lth<; b in.the contor. All' ? adish names abound. you hoar what sounds * llko * street" be suro to ask how .. and you will learn that It jpltoulas." In the narrow and indeed in some of tho wider, of dift* w&ter issue from fd store* and rM&r^ods before'tKef eeekTSTwSSSs, * canals, - whonco the oontents pumped into the L*k4 Pontol The pavements are'of'great poorly laid, over wbioh tho bro cotton vans aro constantly n_ raokot. Sovoral littler open spaoos dignified with tfce'iiame of squares, of them?formerly the circle?belt named after the monument to Lee, at another bearing the name of Jaoksbn, the president. Along the narrow: * * Walks ladies are strolling in attire, wbilo tho jllinlnu\lvi look f on to aotive work. The horse, cars filled with smokers as they tr jazily along'after the single mtile nossed with a ohoap a ' dropeifc v^Tho business b" Orleans are inferior,1 }The A ^reminders pf^ JhOsein" H? Mexico, the fashionable patt oony, and no lady ever goes Into parquet'. The St. Louis oathed * p.wVi?f<w in sorlp tionS^shov . came from tho Fronoh provincos. ? _ Charles street ii the fashionable avd ::srra?? keep them from the water. They stand in the midst of largo yaMs, in which orange, magnolia, and lemon trees are in full foliage, ana groat quantities of flowers are in blossom.' Tho front gates are looked and the visitor must ring; a bell before he can reach tho front door. Every house bas a large exterior tank for rain-water. Many of these tanks are three stories high ana resemble Chltiese pagodas.?t Cor. Springfltld Jicpublican. How Long An AdvtirtlMmclot Serves. "?:? >? ? ' ?"?'!') ? i. ? t t Ono of Commissioner Ham's adven ture* at Now Orleans is related by him as followsj . "A llulo thing that made a great Im pression on me whflD I WHS a Ud was an advertisement In rhyme, printed In the Maine Farmer when It was put' od at<Wlnthrop by Dr. Holmee^rJ. as follows:Ts?:mf 1 his friend*, s arMtina sendsl, has oome tome ahun i) eourte of my >p; Wat not acquaint* lirfe thing; tT" ma flxedT _ ain't got nuthln orgln er pns* whnt likea tet war tings *n' shiny pli bnt I doan think dat such hussons eU. 'oomplUhet maoh good, till arter da drap* dat sorter foolishnes*. Do tree hkster shake' off de bright blpoflf 'fore de ftdit am gwtafcte* oome. 1 neber wastes my time in wnshtn dat 1 wu* like de lrtiin whnt am great an er way np yander. 1 doan kero flo bastard Ay?way tttf Opto P. Read. One happy Jnoior at the pi wa* reoognfsed by the yo the Jjpntleman with "the taehe."?Tol* Httord. rmt.frlylt.K AVlM i'owl. >held my wat-ch on about oveiy Wild duck there i?," said R. W. >, an old-tlmo wild-fowl hunter, ! can tell just about to tho sixty rd part of a dot how luuoh space any >oz'em can got over in an hour. ?'? no ftilroad train on tho coritU > that oan hold a candle to ono side ; the ilraee* duek that llios, r "The osnvasbaok Oan distance tho hole duck family, If it lays itself out doit Whon-tno canv'asbaA is out ig things oasy.cpjoyiyg a littioruu nd tho. block, as it t woro, it jogs >ugh thb air at tho rtito of jolghty M an hour. If it has buainoss somo ioro and hae to got thoro, it puts two [U4s behind it every ininuto it keeps wings flapping, and does it as easy 7pu or I would step into Fritz's ana i for beer. If you don't boliovO It t flre square at tho loader in a string canYnsbticks that artt out op a bUsi 1a cruise some time when you got the inpo< Duok ' phot travols protty ok, but if your ohargo brluga down * 'ISiMttaKM jlL "n blow pajir of tho best tTioru is- tn .. with trimmings and all, if it IsftVt tifth or sixth ono back from | .the leader that drops. If .you havo ' the faintest idoa that you will bring the loador down you must aim at spaconot lois than ten feet ahoad of him. Thou ,ho'U run plump against vour fj^ot. >Vhon ho drops you will -tlnd him a quarter of a rallo or so on. ' "The mallard duok is a slow coach. It's all he wants to do to go a mile a minuto, but be can do it when it is 1x00 essary. H<s brdiriary, evory-day style of getting along over tho country gets him from nldco to placd at about a foriy-flve-miio-au-hour rate. Tho blaok duck is about an eren inato for tho jinallard, and the pin-tail widgoon and wood duok Oan't do much bottor. Tho ircdhoad can sail along with oane and rcover his ninety miles an hour as long he fefels inclined to. The bluo-wlng cd teal and At* handsome cousin, tho 'green-wlngod teal, could fly side by sido for ICR) miles and make the tjls tanoe neck and nook, for ono oan fly Just as fast as the other, and to go 1(K) miles an hour Is no hard' task for eithor of them. The gadwale?you don't know what a gadwale I?, J. U bot! I thought not. Well, it's a duok that doesn't get east very ofton, but, is vory woll known In' the west. *. ]Ct is somo thing like a mallard, only _ harder to shoot, bocauso it is not so unsuspeotlng ?as the mallard. Tho gadwalo is Some thing of a daisy, too, on tho fly, and Jwill win monoy i6r;ybttf every tfmo, if ?you bet it oan make its qlnety miles an hour.. .'?>-+?>'?: - h'+i* j .' "May bo you wouldn't think that goose oould almost double discount th* fastest fast expross train that runs; qn our railroads, but it can.evory time. I tfan a wild gooso. It hps a big, heavy >dy tQ caryy^bqt it manages to glldo m one ffeOding gtound to another ie?a that is a oautiort to 'o 8eo a flock of honkors up that Bra Jflid< m hubdi oap bo'dono by tnebroadbiU. and ho,' oonsoquontly, makes a' mark for a shotgun that a groonhorn woulilu'thlt onoeln twenty -severi years."?Fan Franoitco Examr itifr. Ivnotloal Joko on Gen. Khornmn. Home War rominisconcos published initlio Clovolnud Leader yeoord a lnugh abie praotloal joko perpetrated upon Gen. Sherman. Tho General was vis iting the bondquartors of Gen. Howard' while at Goldsboro, If. C., and while Sere felt the need, of a- small (Iranphi whisky to drive off the offoots of m&? larl.t Gen. Howard's rigid tomporanoe prihoiples precluded the idoa of ob taining whisky from him* but whon Dr.. John Moore, the Medical Director,: came In Shorman gavd" him the Wln)c and said: "Doctor, liavo you a sold* litz powder In your quartersP" The dootor said he had. Gen. Howard taldr s f'Ged. Sherman, It is not nooojf sary to go to the doctor's quarters; J nave plenty of soldlitas powders here and good ones, too; 1 will got y one,',-. If thoro was anything In Ho ard's quarters that Shopman did n want ft wa8 a scldlitz-powdor, a therefore said to j&owardi "Ne* issT' going by Moore A quarters After _ while/' Dr. Moore qulokly took In the situation and became a party to tUV Joko on Gen. Sherman, to whorxthfr laid: "By .the way, General, t ddtrT think 1 have a sofdllta-powder in my quarters, and you hud better take the ono Gen. How ,id has." By this tlmo >wardlfnd tho powder all ready ton,, and handed tho ghissos to Sher Rather than offend Howard by. he meant whisky he drank tho stuff, rauoh to liisoWri (Wsgurt, Vi'V-.V- In (Man Of AOoldenta. ,J ' ? 11... .-r.i. . . . ? i ?'And now, ladles and gontlemoni gontlemon, to 5all?"1h?? _ _r tand. ohnmbel of the ordinary laws of gravjta lething went Wrong: and, imall weight flow upward 6ne oamo down ;witl? ft wash, audible* titter woht round tho the asienblngo dUporsed. i ybtln ft Iehthrer to mod despair ingly to a White-haired sago Who hfcd been,seated oloso to tb<*; tabic i: . "Professor, you know the - theory is ? isiMs htf in jbhi' owrt laboratory. mis do you Recount ^or this ?_._J dear boy,".repllod tho scientific* Star, "When yon have had toy exporl tooe, you Will know that experiments ?re not alw V" P? ** tmste^. The best behaved in the laboratory seem to take ? in going wrong before an hftveseen yon do that pSr publlo, atrthe Boyal In on and other pi so AS, "a dozen ?lthout the slightest hltoh," said admitted the old gtf&ftoraan, iAr^a^Ub b preoption against accidents. I I always to tie up ft heavy Weight k a little bit 9f string." ' rijfv;". < ? V "> Pni'yPKlilOK THK < J It MAT. It is related of an illustrious Rurtsian general, that when a boy lio lived for sorao time at tho court of Frederick the Great, whoro tho following incident oo ourrcd: ,v After tho death of his father, his mother had many a l ard struggle to support herself. This fact was well ^nown to bor sod, whoso greatest am bition at this timo was to bo able to pro vide comforts fot hor by his own oxer* tiojfc . To his sorrow, ho soon found that it was quito impossible to s'avo any mon ey for that burposo out of his small al k lowanoe. Ho did not despair,however, but-assiduously sot bimsolf to waioh his opportunity. At length an idea ilashod through hie mind. It-.-was a rocognizod oustom that one of tho pages should sit up all night, in a room adjoining the' king's Bleeping apartment, to. bo rbady at any moment to oboy a summons, should tho king requiro his services. Frit* discovered that to somo of tho pago$ this duty was both, burdousomo ^wAMiia^rcoiihlo. jM>fl that pravWa a subawctfto thoy would gladly give a certain tmm^of raonoy. irltz Offered to .take upon himself tho night-watch for any oUa'who migiit bo willing to pay rhlm rather than accept tho duty when thoir turn camo round. Tho offer was accoded to by sovoral, and tho money thus earnod was regu larly sent by Fritz to his mothor. Ono night, tho king could not sleep, and detcrminod at last to cull tho pago In nttondanco to read aloud to him. He callod; but thoro was no responso. At lougtb ho roso and walkod into the an to-obambcr, to look if tnero really was no pago on duty. ?. ? . jt,V. t Hero ho found a pago, indood, sitting at his post, but sound asleep. Slipping quiotly forward to the table at which the boy was sittiug, the king's oyos foil upon a loltor which Fritz had bden writing to his mothor whon ovorpow erod by sleep. Tho king read tho fol lowing lines: -ft *.. ? "My Dka.ii. y Bklovisd yorjiEK: This Is tho third nit "it that 1 navo taken watch dnty for a comrade. I can -scarcely ho.d out any lonjter; but I rejoice greatly that I ha\o again earned ten thalersfor you,which I send in this letter." With a hoarfc dooply touchod by this proof of tondor filial affcctiou, tho king wont softly back' to his room, took out (wo rolls of ducats from a drawer, and returned to tho sleeping pago, into whoso sido pockots he gontfy slid tho rolls of monov. Then botaking him self again to bod, tho king considerate ly loft exhausted naturo to restore it y '* , * ' *1 ? . ? f. Frit* at last awoko with a stArt, to find that ho must havo slept for sovoral hoars; and, whon finding his pockets heavy, he thrust his hands In and pull ed out tho precious rolls of money, he oorijectureu at onoo what had happon od.'\v*y-%/'' ?; ..? ft; Foar mado him tremble, for it was a holnous offenoe to be eaught asleep at Jds,post; but in spite of tho fear and ho experienced, he could not but ^oioe, for now he had ample means to xtjother for a long timo to 4 V>p?d that the king, who, V Onb nurned glance at his monarch's bonovolont countonance was enough, for there ho road not only' forglvonoss but Approval; the kind oyes bent upon hlpi moltod him to tendorboss, and it was with a faltering voice ho now gave expression to his heartfolt gratitude and thanks for tho muuificont gift his maiosty lmd bostowod on him. '1 ho king did not attempt to conocal tho high admiration ho felt for tho filial love which had prompted Fritz to suoh noblo, solf-donying exortions. Ho mado atow. kindly r inquiries . regarding his mothors fcirotirastnncos, nssurqji him of bla dhtire sympathy, and promised that fromr that day it would bo his endeavor to promoto tne intor'ests and ppvo.the (Way to advancement of suoh>/aithfnl, H$ng son. ^ ' ?? Froderljk |h? Gas good . . years ?sltlon by jnp tolled ob, Fritz rosd'from oim ii<?muii of honor to ftnother^mid ns anMvo and skillful gonqrrtl fi|T/?prIds ijoloved king faith Lr!!? afldH'olJ oven to Old age. ?w. iiu <7ok?g. little kod in en the pular, oither lion wbrtt with ^lM(i?Wq{fcnt<>rlo Zn-sf. Mi X .vTkC pt>otr/,JoW ., olthor t > npms iui ovyn^knd is rojilly ono of" tho most popular and fashionable soon la . ^okrt ig*irclogAtod to the mmbnor olasses, and : may really be ,llod Mold fashioned." It is ?till in favor In tho rural districts, and seoras dostlnodto Oontlnuesdfor several yonr*. " -Wffe-at-8 - o'olook ?In- the o is* not iff such favor 1 as but still many insist npon art of their daily wear, ?pad Joke has almost dlsap pearod. Ortonsionally, however, it may be seen tlod in with a knot of ribbon quite prettily. The. honost-polltloal joko is too de collete td be popnlar. If out high In tho nook It might reign for a brief soa son. Tho sloeping-noHooman joke Had many friends and bAdd fair to beootae courtly in Its stylo, btit It lacked tono and foil into line with ordinary styles. Funs ate popnlar with All olassos. They may bo worn as banglos, and In an in finite vatloty of wA^s. ThO boarding-house pio, hash,6rgum shoo steak joko enjoys a periodical re naissance atld seems to rotaln it* or* Iginal luster. When made up proporly it is still a favorite. The yonng-hUsband-parogorlc joko may be worn on evening occasions, and It is not altogether out of style. The fashions In other linos continue about the safno as por last report. Of courso, With now demands como now supplies, and thongh thore Is nothing entlroly no*v the old things aro so arls toeratloallv worked over that thoy pass quite readily for original designs.? Merchant Traveler. Hpooklod trout como up in tho water of some artesian wells in Novada. Tho supposition Is that thoy oatne from sub terranoan lakos. lilnoolu and Hla Law Oftloo. As a lawyer Mr. Liacola never at tained the high rank and reputation of Evarts, Brady% Seward, Carpontor, or Wobstor. Ho nevor had their kind of Sractice, nor did ho havo fifty thousand ollars as a retainer, or a great city press to report his speeches to tho mill ion. His largest fee was 95,000 in a railroad caao. Although notably successful, his po ouliar strength lay in his reasoning of facts more than tho law ho oit,ed. Fow men ovor livod with a broader grasp of human naturo and a olearor way of ex plaining things. This camo to him by nis genius ana intuition, and that early batflo with povorty of roeourcos to gain wisdom that gavo him a marvol ous uiomory of all ue learned. A largo, ungracofulframe,that to oth ers would havo been a hiudrance, was to him, in Illinois, an olemont of great* noss. As a'trial lawyer, his grasp of the morits and mastory of tho rigfit theory to win with, rnado him a power ful acivocatb beforo a jury. His man nor was so plain that it onforoed at tnntian; hi* ryes were piercing, his look bo earnest, his words so apt whilo speaking, that even an advorsary bc oamo convincod by his tbasonlng. Ono who hoard him in Loavonworth, dur ing tho early Kansas troubles, said: "Although his audietico was largely of enemies, liftoen minutes lator thoy woro cheoriug him liko frionds." Ho put a olear reason in 'all that ho said, and clinched it by an incident that car ried conviction straight to tho hoarts of his hearers. Hiskeon, quaint, crisp storios woro only side-lights to bring out his. word-painting in bolder relief. Liko tbo brllllaut Carpontor, whoso style was somowhat similar, he held his audionco by a ilowor or a tear, as best suited his purpose, oven without sooming to bo eloquent. His modest ofiloo in Springfield was in tho sccond story of a plain rod-brick blook, reached by narrow, dingy stairs; largo and poorly furnished, supplied with numerous odd-looking chairs and tables and not very inviting in appear ance. Such conveniences as type writers, fllo-cases, letter-files, and book-racks woro thon unknown in Sprihgfiold. A fow old briofs romainod in his plain hand-wrltine, and very many law-books lined tno walls, in oasos, but noithor rich carpets nor lino ceilings adorned tho firm's oflico. Tho days of good law-olllccs had not. ar rived, and tho solid comforts of tho av-rago oity lawyer woro all unknown to Mr. Lincoln, savo as ho found them with his favorito *ounsol, Leonard Swott, in Chicago. Born and roared in povex*ty, ho in herited by it both a fund of humop and a voin of "sadness that never loft him. In his struggle with the world in youth and with war in manhood; called to high stations beforo ho was fully known to tho pooplo, it is doubtful if ho ' over fully roalized tho fame ho had won as an advocate, or the gonius ho possess ed jts a man. Ho was born of his time, a oroatttvo of the ago of giants, a gen ius from the people, all the greater for Kiistruggles, for lio roaily did tuoro thai) any man of , his day to dofctroy " Tio 1 Jovtly, MrPtighW . -r .. ^i' tho, . _ jan fn rqdp/iqiwble,v tiio Iplain cover to a gentlo jqfttupe.i tho giant frame and noble Intollect! The shaft that marks his silent rosting plaoe, the books lio road, tbo office he used, tho strong body that oovorod his warm heart and wiso purposos woro only tho outer symbols to tho highor gifts of his Croator! All gifts and graces are novor found id one porsotr.' Ho iftgreat j if thd good prodominatos. AU- uro not born equal. Gifts aro divorslildd: bnt if evor a man had tho genius of greatness it was Lincoln. As all aro oloqtient in that which thoy know, he was eloqttont in tho affairs of life.?J. IK. Donovan, in the Current. Pen Paralysis. Many stenographers and porsons who make thoir living by oonstnnt nso of the pon or penoi? avo afilictod with pon paralysis; and, although, as a general thing, this trouble can bo onrod by a few months' rest, somo of those writers atflioted with it nover recover. No bodyknows the strain of incessant pon manship upon tho musolos and nerves of the hana and wrist bottor, or pnr hapa as well, as thoao who paaa through a daily exporleaoe of 'that na turo. Telegi^ph operators aro llkowiso afnlotou, with paralysis of the samo musolos. A Timet reporter had a con versation recently with a first-class operator, and askod this question: "I understand that first-olass tolo graphera are the only onos who get tel egraphers'; p-ralysis; why dOirt tho Beoond and third-rate operators got Itpn ? ?? ? ? : * ? ?'???*' "HooftUHo," replied tlio Morso man, Ma good operator is paid a good salary, ana is consequently kept constantly forking at tho board, while a sooond or third-rate man has rftany resting spoil*, which allow1 him to stretoh his ttrauf* and thus escape paralysis. Many toon who have been working for the company for years, and wore getting good wagdft, hate boon compound to give bp' their lucrative employment by tolographers' paralysis. Yon notice ft first in the musolos of your arm, whloh becomes htanib after anard clay's work, and within* six month* aftor tho flt-st shook tho stoutest oporator will suo onmb. This paralysis, howover, doos not destroy tho uso of your arms and fingors entirely, but while you are atylo to Tift and handlo objects of any con* sidorablo size, you will not bo ablo to btitton your ooat or suspondors." '"Don't that account for semo mis takes made in tologranhlngP" "Yos, indeed. Many mistakes in telegraphing, charged at first to defects in the maomnory, haVe beon traced to paralyiia in the operator, booauso it sooft booomos evident that tho Oporator has lost his sens6 of touch. You see, the slightest pressure on the koy ovor what is requirod will produce another lottor than tho ono intended bv (ho op erator, and so it soori comes about that what the unfortunate operator at first attributes to overwork finally comes to be an ovldont loss of sensitlvoness of touoh. This usually ocours from six to eight vears aftor an. operator has boon working steadily as a first-olass man.1' ?Hartford UHmes. , ' i ?? m ? ? 1 Bald Hormsn (Has*, a grasping Gal veston landlord, to Tom.Soantling, oSio of his tenants: "I want you to pay up your rent right off." "I haven1 got any monoy." ??lint you have got to pay it anyhow."' "Now, you look hore; If you koep on dunning mo for that rent when I've not got a cent, do yon know what I'll doP I don't like to do it, but you'll goad me to it." , "What will you doP" "I'll byy mo a houso for ossh and put a stop to this paying rent by the month.".?Texas Siftingt. wi ;? a in-Moit. "Cavo may kill a cat, but a bootjack sont with propor precision is moro speedy in its action. "Chartered oppressors" i? the latest for "blasted monopoly," and it comos from tho wild West, too.. Givo a tramp tho cold shoulder ona day, and ho will come back tho next for potatoosrto go with It. "I can do what I liko with my colors now," said tho proud young scholar. "So could I at your ago," answered tho master, ."but now I cm only do what othor people like." ' A Washington photographer is got ting a portrait o( an Indiana man in tho act of not gotting an ofllco. Tho no^ativo will bo presorvod.?Louisville (Ay.) Courier-Journal. Tho advanco in tho prico of nails is probably brought about by their scar city. So many catupuigu lies woro nailed last year that it has sent tho market up. ? Brooklyn rJ\mes. A city photographer wont into tho suburbs for tho piK-poso of taking a live bull from life. For a two-milo run tho chancoi seoiucd good for tho bull taking tho artist from lifo.? Yonkcrs Statcsma >1. They had boon quarroling. "So you wish thcro was auothor war, do you, WilliamP" sho observed. "Yer, I do," ho roplied. "Woll, William, 1 will try to accommodate you." And sho did. N. Y, Graphic. A forlorn-looking man said: "I've tried everything that I could turn my hand to, but couldn't mako anything answor; and now I haro deoidod to go up among tho hills, whoro they say thoro's a wondorful echo, tosoo if I oan mako that answor." It is not truo that the wholo is al ways equal to the sum of all its parts. Tho axiom, for instance, falls to picces in tho caso of a head of hair. In that instance, tho larger and moro numerous aro tho parts, tho less is tho wholo hair.?Life. Ratiocination: Small Gertrude (5 years old)?Mamma, I qulto agroowith you. Mamma?Why, my ohlld, what does agreo moanP S. G.?When two persons think aliko. Mamma-?What does disagroo moanP S. G.?Whon ono person thinks aliko. On ono of tho littlo brown jugs sont out by a Methodist Sunday-souool and gravely prosentod to his frionda for their contributions, an old deacon had pastod tho motto, "Whon I am'full send mo homo." Evidontly- tho old doaoon didn't kuow about tho boys on Now Yoar's. t t I hold her tiny hand in mine,, and clasped hor fairy form, and told my taloof ardont lovo in languago swcot and warm. And whon I paused for want of broath, sho raised her'dimpled ohin and whispered low, "I don't oateh on, ploaso stag your song again,"? Hartford Times. "Suoh a splondid sormon," said Mrs. X. as sho sailod majosticaUv out ol church Sunday morning. "Wa?nft It doll and prosy this momingP" said half a dozon other ladles. Mrs. X. vroro a tiow dress, the ilnejt at churoh on this yrn lloulajroccasion, and all the fore ino, indignantly fair damsol iqi a restaurant tf day, -Ago before beauty always/ you know, ma'am," replied the polity at tendant,, who well Know, how to servo his employer and a tough ohloken at the samo timo.?Stars ana Stripes. A lady travoling in a Pullman'oar, , whon sho retirod fqr tho nigbt,v staffed 1 somo cottpn in hor oar as a preventive of caracho. In tho night it tiamo out and Bho stuffod ono of tho pillows in by bmtatako. The porter noxt morning wtorioing to nti^hor arrested for laroony, tMitil sho iwlainod matters.? Brooklyn 'l\mcs. ^4 ' "Why do you sunposo Ifid femln^no is usod in speaking of the moonP" asked Kosciusko Murphy of Miss Esmeralda Longcoiflrlf. "Beoause she is so beautiful, I suppose," replied Esmoralda, who is on the shady slqo of 85. "No; it's bocauso thoro's no find ing out how old sho is," replied tho lunatic.?Texas Sijtlitgg, Fond Mothor?'What a doar, swoet littlo follow Hobby'.lst Ho asked mo last night if ho wero to dlo and go to iloavon if I thought that God would lot him piny with tho stars. Father (turning his boot upside down and shaking it vlolontly)?Now, who put that tooth-brush and powdor in thoroP Fond. Mother (resignedly)?O, I sup poso it was Bpboy?N. Y. Times. "Won't you havo another pleoo of pie, Mr. Foathorly?" asked Bobby, hospitably. Ills mother Was enter taining a few frionds at dinner and tho dessort was being dismissed. "Thanks, Bobby," Foathorly ropliod, laughingly; "slnco you nro so polite abbut it, I bo liove I will thko a small plooejitioro." "AH right," said Hobby. "NOW, ma, romombor your promise. YOtt said if it was noc.ossary to out into tho seeond pio I could havo two plecos." "Now," spld tho briddjSproom to tho brido whon tboy, returned from tho honoymoon trip, "lot tfs hard a 4toar nndCi jUhding bofore wo settle dfwn lo mhfriea life; are you toybo President Or Vice-President of Ails ooncomP' "I want io bo qoithpr. Prosidont nor Vice President," snb answorodj "I will bo content with a subordinate position." '?What Is that?" "Contfoller of tho curronoy."?liotton Courier. A woman not far f?om Paw Paw, Mioh., says Obsorvor in tho 7'rtie* Northerner, during tho absonoej of hor husband, took up hoi: parlor oatpetj re moved tho fomltnro, bought a brand new pair of .ologant $6.60 skates and bogan prnotiding for tho ohamplonshlp. h than mtoon minutes she fell, b/oko hor wrist and nearly Vnookod out her left oyo. Tho surgeon who ro dnood tho fraoture and patched up tho eye charged for tho Job. "Thoy say that republlos aro un grateful," said an Englishman to an Amorloan friend at tho theater the other uight, "but they do not seom to 1)0 niggard in conferring honors. That fpmtloman in the orohostra ohatr thorn s cno of your distinguished Gonerals, I presume.' "Whoref" asked the Amer ican. "There, that gentleman whoso breast is oovorod with medals. Who Is hoP Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, pr ??"' "PshawI That's no General." "WhatP" "Ho's no military man. Ho's a chamnlon roller skater and olub swinger."--/lotion CourUr. First Koundor?By Jovo, X thought I had 'ent again this morning. Becond Ronndor-r-What was the matterP You wero not vory unusually full last night. First. Bounder?No, but I had a head on mo, and didn't got up till lalo. While I was asleep my wlfo threw a crazy-quilt ovor mo, and when, with my oyos half opon, I saw all thoso things 1 felt that my time had como. Womon havo no consideration*? JYo yrets. . \