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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.'"
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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."
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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*
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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