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> UTE m*lM>?.RST OOP. BY HATTIK K. CRE"T. through life tniMiniltrrsliiiiilitig A>i aiUuu<ler*tuo?l. \\ i T'wvpr<m<> Vt we hi ouieri i/.ii instead of good. Vf -ninot read each oilier* hearts. There is a bidden history I * lite; we are to a. h *!ber Alia niysii iy. -(. ry heart iheivls a grave A '!?! ?'< lay Cv* i>'?!ii*n!ir rnnlifi| ho|*-> d,.wa Til! ad d.vav. ver-wasting rare* of eaitii hfe UVihi'Mi'iitwa! T :1 !:! lias no more bitterness ? That we can feel. (* hatred and stiife I Too oil oil tilld [ A fdaee in tiiat receptacle? kl 'the human mind, T'.'.i !ove. hope and sympathy p < annul alioiuid; | i >; vile, utignvertied passion* hold The vantage Wound. A", length the soul in ruin sinks At what a cost! Ami ?.itii death snaps tne vital chord A i l all is lost. ?Columbia i Conn.) register. A good-night song. Tod isei ye n safe. ro.y little lore. AH through the night: Ssst rtosn in His encircling arms Until the light. My h?jrt is with you as I kaoel to pray: Oood-ci?;h:: Ood keep you iu His care alwsw. Thick s'j 1 i > v* creep like silent elicits Ale ut my head; I los? myit*':' ::i teiidordream*. Wiii? overhead to ) -a e-.m-s stealingthroc.'h fhewiudow bars ?:kie gleaming 'mm th- stars for though 1 atu so far away, Feel safe and strong. To inst y >a thus, dear love, and yet? Iha night is long? X say w,th s Veiling heart the old load prayer, Oood uich41 Sweet dreams! tiod keep you ovarywhore! GERTRUDE'S STRATAGEM. My sister Patricia wa3 an heiress. Strange enough, for we had always been terribiy poor down at Lowbridgc, my widowed mother bringing up her four daughter- with the greatest difficulty; but, we?n brought up, were worth looking at, I believe. Healthy habits and frugal living are apt to make good condition-. nud Bess and Amy and Patricia and I were a? bright and handsome girls as are often seen. Bess and Amy were twins, with eyes as blue a* the sea near which they were born, rosy cheeks, and long, light-brown curls: Patricia was a sparkling brunette; while I was a perfect blonde, with crinkled hair like molten gold. Great had been our excitement when Aunt Betty wrote f rom Fairhaven: "Dear Sister-in-Law?I am going to do myself the pleasure of visiting you this summer. I hoar that brother Abel left four girls, *nl I want to see them. I am getting on in years, and will in&ko one of them my heiress." Aunt Betty, ot Falrtiaven, was worth $100,000 if she was worth a cent. Well, in due time she came. She put up at the hotel, for our cottage at Lowbridge wasn't big enough to hold her, with her maid, coachman and carriage, but fortunately that was close by, ana she spent the larger half of three days with us. Wo all thought Bess would be her choice, for father had named her Elizabeth for Aunt Betty, though she had always been "Bess"with us. But it was neither of the twins and it was not I. It was Patricia. "Where did that girl get her black hair?" Aunt Betty asked, as soon as she saw her. "I thin'k she looks like my brother Luke, don't you?" asked my mother, with a wistful look. "The very image of him," answered Aunt Betty, turning pale. I divined then, as 1 learned afterward, that Uncle Luke had been a lover of Aunt Betty's, when both were young, before their marriage, and the fact eemed to have a power over her. She looked at Patricia until the girl blushed rosy red, and would have slipped out of the room when she called to her, and drawing her down upon her knew upon a footstool before her, she put a withered hand each side of the young cheeks, and said, warmly: "My dear, you shall be my heiress!" So it was Patricia she cliose to leasee her money to, but wc were not out in the cold, for she ser.t the twins, who were only sixteen, to school for two years, and invited me, with Patricia, to the Hermitage. It was her home?a stately old mansion of gray stone, gloomy looking on the outside, hut luxuriously comfortable Tv itliin, without being in the least mod em. We had each a maid, and the free use of the horse and caniage. After making this provision for our comfort, Aunt Petty excused herself from making company of us. and we were as free a- air to enjoy ourselves as we chose, provided we did not interfere with her nap. We ehosc to make a great many acpinintances, guided cautiously by Aunt Hetty's wisdom, and the result was that I returned to Lowbridgc in the summer engaged to Mr. Clyde Sherrington. lie was wealthy, handsome, agreeable, well connected. Everybody said, "Gertrude has done well for herself.'" "" - ? a ?> _ j j.__ .! _ J1 T> . i.aat autumn Auni nciiy uieu. mtri< ia was to come in possession of her fortune in a year, when she was twenty, one?full and undisputed possessor of $100,000. 11 was arranged that we were all to come to the Hermitage to live. We did so, and lived there quietly as was becoming for nearly a year, when Patricia made the acquaintance of Mr. Gage Redmond. She met him first at a funeral?of all places!?the occasion caused by the death of our next door neighbor, Gen. De Lacy, Gage Raymond being a neighbor of his. He was well connected, but as poor as a church mouse, people said; "so, of course, he was after Patricia's fortune," mamma declared. "Patricia is rich and beautiful. Pray, don't let her marry a fortune-hunter, mamma," said I, looking up from a letter I was writing to Mr. Sherrington. "I would not if I could help it; but what authority have I, Gertrude?" said my mother. "In a few months Patricia will be in undivided possession of her fortune. We are here only by courtesy. The Hermitage is her home. I have no right to control her whatever." "But your influence, mamma?" "Will have very little effect if she sets her heart on this Gage Redmond. Pray stop staring vacantly out of that window, Gertrude, and attend to what I say. I want assistance in this matter." "Please excuse me; lam thinking of my own affairs just now, mamma. They mav 1ip nf nn rrmiieniif'Tn'A tr> vnn hnfc my letter is a matter of some importance to me." I did not mean to be saucy, only pettish ; but mamma, having had long experience with her four headstrong girls, bore with me patiently. "Well, finish your letter, Gertrude, and then advise me." But my train of thought was broken, nud after a few moments I put my sheet in the writing desk. "What can't be accomplished openly must be done by stratagem, mamma It is probable that this Gage Redmond is after Patricia's money. She is a great prize matrimonially. Well, you say I am prettier than Patty. Suppose I play decov?" "What!" cried mamma. "Mr. Redmond is dark and reserved. I am fair and volatile. Don't you think he will appreciate my style and beauty if I take a little pains to make him do so?" "But, Mr. Sherrington!" "I Trill tell him [-To will notobiect." "I think he will." "0, no; he will be interested in the good of the family. He comes next week. Fortunately Patty is sick with a cold, and Kedmond can see but little of her till then." Quite pleased with my scheme, I ran up-stnirs to give Fatricia her cough drops, sitting down at the window of her room, and bowing cordially to Mr. Redmond, whom I could see writing in his uncle's study, in the great mansion across the way. The larches hid all the house but that one window. He was there a good deal, and I reflected that Patty's blue silk curtains were more becoming to my style of beauty than hers. "I'll bring*my embro. dery up and sit with you, Patty," I said. "Do," she said; "I am tired of watching the evergreens- swaying about the gay spring sky." i?o I filled my lap with rose-colored worsted and framed myself in the blue window draDerv for Mr. Redmond's bene fit. Just the colors to set off the pink and snow of my complexion. I had the satisfaction of meeting his eyes more than once when I glanced over the wav. "Scent's to me you've wonderfully good snirits, Gcrt," remarked Patricia, languidly. The DoLacy dinner bell rang, and Mr. Redmond disappeared. "Well, I must take them in another direction now," I said, rising. "I can't give any more time to you, sis, for I want so finish my blue silk 6uit before Mr. Sherrington comes. You'd better take a nap." Patricia settled herself obediently among her cushions. Suddenly she lifted her beautiful head. <;Has Mr. Redmond called to inquire forme to-day, Gertie?" "No, I believe not," I replied indifferently. She showed a moment's surprise, then settled herself on her couch again, ana in five minutes was sleeping sweetly. ^ The blue silk was finished, and having laid asido my half-mourning for Aunt Betty and donned it, the family pronounced the effect charming. "Is Mr. Sherrington coming to-night, Gertrude." asked mamma. "Yes." "I want to say to you, my dear, that on Mr. Sherrington's account I don't think you had better?" she whispered, but I interrupted her by my exit from the apartment. The next day brought Mr. Clyde Sherrington. "How delightful that the spring is at hand," said he, "the sunshine growing warm, and the grass springing! I passed a bit of wood coming up from the station flint ia full nf nrlmtiin We will lifl-co some delightful walks. Gerty. I am very tired of city life." "Yes, Clyde, dear; but you see 1 have b?en obliged to make a little plan which will interfere somewhat witn that arrangement," I replied quickly. "I want to lend you to Patricia." "Lendme to Patricia!" "Yes, while I lure away a most ineligible suitor she has. Mamma and I conclude that it is the only way," I added. "Patricia has a fortune of about $100,000. you know." "Yes." "Well, we think that Mr. Gage Redmond is after her money. We can't afford to let Patty make such a match as that, and so, I don't think I'm totally an uninteresting person?do you, Clyde??I j am going to try and flirt n little with Mr. Redmond. Now you won't be a bear, audsay no, will you, dear? And you'll try and help us by devoting yourself to t'atricia, won t you. At first iny companion did not believe I was in earnest, but when convinced of my sincerity, his astonishment was inexpressible. I remember he stammered out some faint objection, but I would not listen, and before retiring that night I whispered to mamma that T had made it all right with Mr Sherrington, and she had only to observe how nicely I would manage the whole affair. I sent Patricia off in the morning to find arbutus with Mr. Sherrington while I waited to receive Mr. Redmond. When he came I was in the garden, and had ordered lunch an hour earlier than usual. My pule blue silk looked beautiful in the lawn grass. " Pray come and see my tu' ips, Mr. Redmond," I called as I walked up the avenue. He came, pleased enough, and as he was especially fond of flowers, I had no difficulty in detaining him more than 1 half an hour. Then, seeing him look at his watch, I observed: " IVa rvttn't troif Innpli for Patricia. for Mr. Sherrington is with her. They have gone roaming ofl'after spring flowers, and may not be back this three hours. Come in have a bit of salad, with a cup of chocolate, Mr. Redmond. I made the chocolate myself, and can recommend it." So I kept him for another half hour, and he left pleased with his visit. Patricia and Sherrington came hack only fifteen minutes after the usual lunch hour, the former so delighted with r?; r _:_i I a proiuttiuil Ul pl&lK UIUUUIO uniuir \aj i heed when a servant informed her that I " Mr, Redmond had caned to see ner, and stayed with Miss Gertrude for lunch." She had put the rosy clusters in her dark .hair, and on the bosom of her graceful gray dress, and flushed with tier long ramoie. l iuiqk i never saw her look so perfectly lovely. " hie has been here. Very nice for ' vou to keep her out of the way so long," j 1 whispered to Clyde. He looked at me queerly, but said nothing. I did not want him to expostulate with me, as I believe he wished to do, and so kept apart from him during the evening, leaving him tosing and play with Patricia. He was interesting with his very natural manner of reserved modesty. I was glad Patricia found him so. He had pale, silken hair that fell in shadowy curls over a beautiful forehead, softly modulated tones. He contrasted nicely with her dark spirited beauty. " Clyde lias an elder brother?Hay* mond?just the one for Patricia. I wonder if it cannot be brought about?" But I soon had my hands full, for at all hours of the day "and night, Mr. Redmond came to the Hermitage. And it was not long before my success as decoy ? it./v AKcnrtrnr was paieub iu wic uiusiuih/ikiiuuovi> v? He asked only for " Miss Gertrude." In three weeks the crisis burst upon me. He proposed. " I usea to think Mr. Sherrington your lover," he said, standing before me, the light on his frank, handsome face, " but lave observations have shown me thai; his visits here are for your sister. Since you.. are free, then, will you not marry me? I can support you well, Gertrude, or 1 would not ask you to join your fu ;ure with mine. The death of my grandfather two years ago left me $50,000, besides some real estate. I have a pleasant home on the Hudson?retired, but elegant?where I would like to take you.' What do you think, Gertrude? Could you be contented to leave your friends and live at Rose Cottage with me?"My amazement allowed me to stammer nothing intelligible. In some distant way I temporized the matter, and begged Mr. Redmond to give me some time for reflection. He went away, making an appoinmcnt for the next evening. So thunderstruck was I by the revelations of Mr. Redmond's wealth that I wandered about tne nouse in a ua;:ea way, not heeding how mamma was fretting about Patricia, who had gone to ride with Mr. Sherrington. " What's the matter, mamma?is it going to storm?" I said at last. "To storm? Nonsense! Where are your eyes, Gertrude? It is nearly nine o'clock. Patricia has been gone seven hours with Mr. Sherrington, and I know something is wrong." "What?" I demanded, rousing myself. " I don't know." Nine, 10,11 and 12 o'clock passed. No carriage?no news. At noon the next day the bugj^y drove into the yard. Patricia coolly p resented her husband. They had been married the evening before by our pastor at Lowbridge. "So nice and quiet," said Patricia. "No fuss, no notoriety." She took her place coolly at the table. " You needn't hesitate "to take Gage now, Gertrude. He's dead in love with you; and, as I like Clyde best, I thougni I'd decide the matter without any com. | nlications." I -? t j 1 - ? ,1-/1 T>.,4 T x iQinK x was auiuuiuuiiucu. uuk x found my tongue when Mr. Redmond came that evening, and said " Yes." I give my experience for the benefit of others, it 13 dangerous?loaning one's lover. -^____T===== General Crook on the Indian's Wrongs. General Crook, who is doubtless the most experienced officer in the army in Indians affairs, makes a forcible statement in a recent letter, of the wrong;s to which the Indians are subjected, because they have no legal status. Last winter and spring two bands of Sioux were robbed of 1,0UU ponies. The agents, although zealous men, were powerless to check tne outrage. Congress had, by the posse eoir.ifotus act, made it a crime for the military to interfere or to stop the depredations, so the plundering of tlicsoIndians by bands of -white thieves went on. As to the matter of redress, General Crook says: " For all this there is no redress whatever. As I understand the law, wc can not seize Indian property when found in the hands of well-known thieves. The Indian owner has the privilege of suing for recovery in the State courts, but this would prove to bo, in most cases, a very shadowy consolation. It seems to nic to be an odd feature of our judicial system, that the only people in this country uho have no rights under the law, are the original owners of the soil. An Irishman, German, Chinaman, Turk or Tartar will, bo protected in life or property, but the Indian commands respect for his rights only so long as he inspires terror for his rifle." ^ , General Crook believes that this policy of injustice should be stopped, and ad-, voaatcs the following line of action: " The true, the only policy to pursue with the Indian, i3 to treat him just as one should a white man; if he in ikes war upon our frontier, punish him; but after lie has been reduced to submission, protect him in life and property. Keep white thieves from plundering him; let him see that peace means progress; that he has a market for every pound of beef and every bide, and every sack of grain, and my word for it ho will make rapid advances. Self-interest will impel him to imitate us, to send his children, to school, to adopt clothing, perhaps our language, and to devote his attention to raising cattle and horses, and eventually to qualify himself for citizenship." Risky Business. At the Western railway station two young men arc awaiting the departure of the St. Germain train. The elde r of the two says to the other, who is watching a lady with some tenacity: "Don't look at that woman :hat way." " Why not?" " Because, one day, iu this very place, I contemplated a little lady as you are contemplating this one." "Well?' "Well, I have been contemplating her I now for eight years: 1 Enssians In America. [Detroit Free Press.] Although, with Mr. Seward's aid, we annexed Russian America, the increase of Russians in America does not 6eem to be very marked. A native of that country, living in New York, estimates the whole number at less than two hundred; but in this he does not include the Mennrvnifnu /\n nr?PAnnf nf fViPir Vw?in<T f-rPT* UVUiVVCj VU U'jbVUUU V*. IUVA& w? % mans, or Jews, on the ground that they are cosmopolitans, or the Folcs, who do not call themselves Russians. Of those who have immigrated, more than half have returned. They did not find as easy work and as large pay as they exexpected, and could not compete with American or German skilled workmen. Some of them! went tor Kansas, Virginia and Florida, and established communistic colonies, but the disturbances at home have taken them back arain. A few, 011 their return, made a good deal of money by publishing books about this cquntry, in which tho Russians are greatly interested. They speak of the Americans as "our transatlantic friends." There is not much community of feeling between them, in spite of their communistic tendencies. A Russian Society of Mutual Help in New York, did not outlast its third year. They illustrate their Russian proverb, that where three Russians meet there are four opinions. They generally lose their money here when tney bring any, but others leave fortunes for the sake of liberty. In Kansas, a gradu ate of ttie nigiiest military academy, h- ver of an assistant Minister of War, i -.nfe an aristocrat, also, have nearly wSrved for ten years. A promising candidate fox a professor's chair in the University of ..St. Peteisburg, recently tramped from Kansas to New York. They don't easily get rid of their Russian way3 and notions, their aristocratic or socialistic ideas, and so they fall. There are no Russian peasants in this country. One in full dress would be arrested in a large city for drawing a crowd; though Barnum might bail him out and make money on him by putting him on exhibition. The Russian Government does not allow the peasantry to leave the country. ___The Dream of Life In France. [Pall Mall Gaz.Uo. j The dream of every young Frenchman whose pockets are empty, is to marry a girl who has from ?2,000 to ?4,000, and earn about ?200 a year tor himseil by means of a situation affording a fixed Salary. It is not an extravagant dream, and, to do the Frenchman justice, he is quite happy if he realizes it. Having got ?300 or ?400 a year, he does not seek to enlarge his income,-but-^lives prudently within his means, and invests some savings every year with commendable judgement. The vary fact, however, that most Frenchmen should pitch their ambition so low as to require nothing more than what an Englishman would call a little competency, shows how keen the st aggie for life is, and, when one reflects that the thousands of men who cover the position of ]>etit-renticr are joined annually by 20,000 young recruits fresh from the schools, and with all their talents whetted according to the newest systems for the social fray, one cannot wonder at the large number of educated young men who find their way into jails. The last annual report of the Ministry of of Justice dwells upon the increasing number of well educated persons who are imprisoned for offenses against property. M. Victor Hugo and his frienas, ?t. ..a/v/1 4-n lmwl orlnpofinn na fVlA YY11U UXU IV iuuu vu uvmvavu ?w ?MW panacea for all social and political ills, may find this a hard fact to digest, but there it lies; and one may add that for determination in offenses against life, as 'veil as in swindling, the highly trained young men who have been through the best lycees are quite equal to the uncultured rough. Where a Forged Note Proved Good. The wiry old president of a New England commercial bank is known among the younger financial fry of his town as " Old Nails"?possibly from his incisive 1 J J decisions ana uriviug wny ui uuiuj; uuainess. Some time ago a business man of the place, and a brother in good standing of the church, had a note discounted at this old worthy's bank. When it camo due, the president, at the solicitation of the maker's-friends, though against his own judgment, extended it. When the final time of payment came, the note was discovered to be a forgery, to the scandal of the church afld the astonishment of the town, hut nW that of the astute bank president. The brethren, however, rallied around the erring one, the note was paid, and the matter supposed to be hushed up. Some time after, however, the bank received a letter from another financial institution, asking their opinion as to Mr. M 's note. " Old Kails" said he would answer the * i i r . 11r letterwmcn ne oiu as iuuuhs. " President BarJ'i: " Dear Sir :--In regard to Mr. '3 note, we would say: " If it is a forgery, it will bo {aid by the First Cburcli of Buabvtown. f it is genuine, it is not worth a cent, lleipectfully yours, Nathaniel Nails. President." As to Original Matter. The Monmouth (111.) Atlas reflects a patent fact when it says: " We never could see the virtue of the boast which is so often made by the papers and magazines that so large a portion of their pages is original. " Such .originality is often maintained to the detriment of the paper. The best exchanges of our acquaintance are by 110 means those which have the greatest amount of original matter. There is more of editorial tact and talent required to make proper and practical selections than is put in requisition by the production of the vaunting original papers, that seem to consider originality the only requl-ite for a good periodical. A good newspaper is always dependent upon other resources than its own. And thejboast of a periodical that it is entirely original is too nfton lit-<? thft hnust of a librarv if it should claim to have the production of only one author." Strange Enough. A pretty incident occurred at Lebanon, Out., the other Sunday. Into the Methodist Church flew a robin during service. Perching on a rail opposite the pulpit it sang loudly when the people fiang, wassilent during prayer, but when the minister preached it chirped occa {lionallv as if to encourage liim. It remained until the congregation was formally dismissed, and tltn 2e'.v a*v.xy. 3 Adam ami' From the Old Judge gJRtius Swan, of Columbus, Ohio, was a. *' character 'J^f his day. He was not a member of the church, yet he was a constant attendant oh the ministrations of the venerable Dr. Hoge, the distinguished pastor of the Presbyterian Churcn, and it he could not be. called a 1 pillar he certainly might, with his disl tinguished English prototype, claim to I be a buttress of the church, supporting it from without. The judge was a constant and diligent student of the Bible and had a decided penchant for theological controversy, and it must be confessed seemed to take a special pleasure in puzzling the clergy, who frequently called upon him, with his knotty questions. One day a missionary called on him for a contribution. "Now," said the judge, "I'll tell you what I'll do; I will ask you a simple question in scripture, and if you will answer it correctly, I will give you twenty-five dollars; if not, nothing." The clergyman brightened up at once and agreed to the proposition, being quite sure of his twenty-five dollars. " Well now," said the judge," can you tell me why God drove Adam and Eve out of Paradise?" ' 'Certainly," said the clergyman, " that is a very simple question; it was because they ate the forbidden fruit contrary to the command of God." "There," said the judge, "It is as I supposed; I have asked that question of a hundred different clergyman and never yet got the correct answer. I see you are no wiser than the rest. You ought to give me twenty-five dob-, lars for being so iguorant of one of the most important, facts in connection with the fall of man. But I will send you away with my simple blessing and the true answer to the question. If you will look into vour Bible which you seem to have read so carefully, you will see it written: 'And the Lord God said Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put his hand and tale also of the tree of life and live forever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.' Think," added the judge, with a sly twinkle in iiis eye, " wiiat a great mercy it was thus to drive them out, for suppose they had by some chance got hola of the tree of life, and thus the race had been perpetuated forever on this earth. Why, by this time we would have been piled mountains high upon each other, and what an awful struggle there would have been for life and happiness." The clergyman departed, a wiser if not a_happier man. A Sketch for Pilferers. Yesterday a. fruit-dealer on Market street, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, incensed by the liberties taken by the loafere with his wares displayed at the door, placed a half gallon of Cayenne pepper in a basket, laoelcd it" New Zealand Cherries," and hung it in a conspicuous place in front of his stand. In a few minutes the next-door merchant sauntered up, inquired how trade was, picked up a New Zealand cherry, placed it in his mouth, and suddenly left to attend to a customer. The Rev. Dr. Bowly rounded too, observed that the yellow fever news from Memphis, was not very encouraging this morning, and ?ah! it had been years since he had a XT r7__ 1 A nevv /xaumu uich * , ?ih.ii;u|juu uc ui? one, remarked that it was .superb, wiped his weeping eyes on his coat-sleeve, supposed that New Zealand was getting warmer every year, wished the dealer good-morning and departed, lamenting the growing weakness of his eyes in the sunlight. A chronic dead-boat then came up, took a mouthful of cherries, spluttered them out, with an imprecation, all over the fruit, stuffed a pear, a banana and a bunch of grapes into his mouth to take out the taste, informed the dealer that he would have him prosecuted for keeping green fruit, and went down the street to the pump. A lady with two children next appeared, stopped to admire the cherries, asked if sue mightn't just taste of them?she never had seen any before?supplied the children and' walked away?walked away with a face fiery with scorn and anger, while the chiiuren set up a howl that brought all the people to the doors and .windows and drove all the policemen off the street. Thus the fun went on all the morning. The fruit-dealer never laughed so much in all his life. The occupants of the adjacent and opposite stores and a shoal of small boys soon learned what was up, and watched and joined in a ringing roar as each new victim tried the cherries. Finally, a solemn-looking countryman lounged up, inquired the price of them'ere New Zealand cherries, invested in a pint, put one in his mouth, took it out again, gave the fruit-dealer a lingering look of mild reproach, pulled off his coat and "waded into" him. When he left, the fruit man with ten dencies to practical jokes unci a oute eve, a red nose, a pupje face, a sprained wrist i and several bushels of fruit scattered i around among the small boys, while the same ringing roar of laughter was going up from the"lookers-on. j A Hoy's Dishonesty.?II. Lcgouve tells us of an interesting consultation a mother had with him about her boy who was in the daily habit, as she was iiorrified-to learn, of sLcaling sugar from his aunt's drawer where she kept it for an occasional and an extra cup of corTee. The fond mother, who had believed him almost faultless, foresaw in him the makings of a thief, a burglar. Her friend laughed a little and predicted that he would outgrow it. Soon after, while strolling through the garden with avisi tor, the mother to ner even gienni nuiror, saw liiin go into her room, take some money from her purse and put it into his pocket. She was thoroughly alarmed. She recalled several instances where children of her friends had been detected as thieves. Only a few days before a lad of sixteen was expelled from college for stealing a live franc piece from one of his comrades. After long thinking about it, but without informing anyone, she1 resolved to put him to some test, which would show whether his fault was mere - ^ : i thoilgiitll'ssn.ess or iugruiiu;u uisnuuL-aijr. | Ilis father, himself, and his mother were sitting in the room, the bov engaged in writing out his lesson. i. >. i Science, the Fraud. t*VV [Peck's Sun.] Stop this scientific business where it is. and don't let it go any further. It ia robbing life of all that is worth living for.' Only a short time ago one of these scie^v_jf^H tific" joskins analyzed a tear that haflfcg^ ^ trickled down upon the oHfcek of a who wanted a new dress, and he foiratfjj^Hj^Hj XllUt It COLUaiiicu [luvspuaic vji chldride of sodium and water. EvttF"'^fln since reading that analysis wc have low ^fl^B |B faith in tears, and no matter what a per- *^^HS son is bellering about,- wc can only look j^|H? ftt the tears as they flow over beauty's . *SB^^B damask check and think of the phov phateof lime, chloride of sodium and ~ water. The infernal Analysis has knocked all the poetry out of the tears for us, Bid we feel as "though we wanted our money back. If the scientist will refund what he has taken from us, ha can have his-old ^analysis. We would fj like to throw him in a corner and jump j? on him. He has robbed us. 0, give us dP back them other days, when tears were tears, and not lime chloride of sodium other nauseating drugs. And now another yahoo has been at it, aud he states that blushing is caused by the enlargement of the blood vessels, at the intersection of the veins and arteries! There goes another pane of glass mashed all to thunder, flushing is caused by the enlargement of the blood vessels is it? Well, suppose it is! Couldn't you have kept it to yourself, vou Ethiopian? Suppose we go to a call, now, lilce the ballot Oshkosh week^before last, and after dancing a waltz we take occasion to compliment our fair partner, as any gentleman would if he had any stvle about bini?and we look up into her innocent hazel eyes and peachy complexion, and what ao we see? We see the blood vessels are enlarging at the intersection of the veins with the arteries. Once we would have noticed a rosy blush ?but not now! Ah, no; not now! T^e scientific ftend has got in his work on us; he has accomplished his devilish designs; and we stand there like a butcher that is bargaining for beef, and notice only the enlargement of the blood vessels. Who was the man who first started this thing about blood vessels. Let him be hunted out; let us know his name and residence, so we can see if we have got a pass on a railroad to the place where he [lives. He is doubtless some chemical cuss, that wanted to set a little free ad ' vertising. If wo can^find-out who he is we will give him some advertising that , shall not cost him a cent. Blood vessels I I By the etherial. How to Get Along. Don't stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business bo found" there when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting around stores and saloons. Never fool in business matters. Have order, system, regularity, and also promptness. Do not meddle with business you know nothing of. Do not kick everyone in your path. More miles can be made in one day by going steadily than by stopping. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond. j Help others when you can, but never give what you cannot afford because it is fashionable. Learn to say no. No necessity of snapping it out dog-fashion, but say it firmly and respectfully. Use your own brains rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for yourself. Keep ahead rather than behind th? times. Mortality in India from Snake Bites. Ecaders will be startled to learn that, according to a return published in January, 1878, no fewer than 22,000 human beings lost their lives in India during the previous year by snake bites. Ihis lamentable sacrifice of life is occasioned not only by the cobra and krait, but by other deadly species, and notably by a snake barely a foot long, the Echis carinata, known also by the name of -n OIL- _ a-?i I tuipperor roorsa. ine cucuwj piuuutcu by snake bites vary according to the species. Thus the bite of the cobra produces coma and speedy death, whereas the noison of other, such as Kussells viper, produces excessive pain, convulsions, and usually death. The bite of Ecliis carinata causes blood to ooze from the pores of the victim, who, after lingering for a week or more, succumbs to the fatal pcison. The number of harmless snakc3 is enormously in excess of the venomous species, else the mortality would unquestionably be greater even than it is; and it is to be deplored that more strenuous measures are not taken to eradicate, as for as possible, a tribe of animals so deadly to man. Personalities in Politics. The New York Evangelist on " personalities in politics'' says: " There should be no hesitation in telling the simple truth about a bad man who is lifted into publicity by nomination to oflice; for the community would suffer more from the election of such a man than the publication of bad deeds. It is only in this way that parties are compelled to choose good men, and that tlie community brands evil doing. Put never beyond this point should personalities be allowed to go. Unfortunately, a great many ' good men are deterred from accepting | nomination to oflice from a natural j shrinking dread of the abuse and slan! dcrs that would be heaped upon them. | The misrepresentation and vilification of public men in this country are really fearful, and tend to lower the moral rvf mir onlilir lite. and degrade our politics. The indulgence in persona-:ties without a just cause is had in every respect, and should be everywhere discouraged. A Generous 3Iau. A certain old gentleman, very rich and still more stingy, is in the habit of wearing his clothes to the last thread. One of his friends, meeting him, exclaimed: "They told me that "you had I _ A.i _i mi L- i i <? a new nat, ana ni do nangeu u you haven't!" "Oh, yes," said the miser, looking as if he were a trifle ashamed cf himself, "you see my wife kept telling me that the old one was a good deal worn out. Well, yesterday was my wife'* birthday, and I got myself a new hat for her birthday present." i