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% tit for tat. • -—— ' itiilcn. or o»mtr rptf xiny. A brxrt that vox lislit am a f<*atij«*r > Buoyant and free, and bright a* Uir day. So matujr what kind was the weather. Hello, little nmtil, I won't l»e raoli— * you don't look it; But, aa my beiui went off like a Oa l-«urt uf- tmaglond you took it. “Now I hatu to believe that a fare. The angeU might oorct for le-uuiy. W ould be Uoke*l with #o dorp o disgrace, And yet. to tadieve u my duty H. ruy heart went just aa you come; A moment before tt wa>> Kle»*piiig Own up at once your jiort in tliia game - 1 m certain lbejthiu|''a In your keeping \oti won't glj* it back? well, now ihot'i cool; Some folks would make quite a case of It! But tit for tat'a a very gixxi nile. And I'll Just take yours ui place of It.” He did.and the eud'a nut hard to t»-Il — T«a« an easy way out of the bother They tramp through life now. happy and well. While each keeiei the heart of the other. ^ — William I.yle iu Buffalo Kspriwa. THE FUTURE. engape to Rupply me with berenteen attoboiwMarlly similar,li. th»." -—mu .. ImpobBihle. moiiKeigncur, «aia the That marble door * - jeweler*. “1 hare only six of this putteni Admit# 1>o fruit of all our Mug end<'avor, in stock. Still." lie addetl. after a tuo- * No fame wreuthed erowa we, I uiuiit'a reflection, “l might perhaps he able to manage it. May 1 ask how s«»ou | your higlim ss intenda leaving ParisT’ i "Li a^Artnight from t*Klay." — — "That will l»e quite suflinent. The t>ix Ilavxia. ^ r - c " 'ill wan at ^tv A FRENCH DUDE* FT5H1WQ. time it* feeXle health, vv as te remain at • ho5p»tality. ’HaU 0V€R*MR0r Nogmrnerud loro worn, What can we liear Vn'yond tho unknown portal? No gold, uu gaiiut Of all our lolling; iu tho Ufc immortal No liosnk-d wealth rriiutlua, SorgUda. uor ataiux. Naked fr#i out thnt.far ab)<at behind ua We enlen'd h<*rn; No word came w ith our coming to remind ua What wondrous world waa tiuar. No hope, ua fear ftnulT boxes sliail be distributrsl irumctli Htely. In a few ilays t»ix more will be reatlr, and I think I can promise the re maining fire before the time fixed for your highness’ depatiure." j, On the following day tlie six lioxes. Into tha tilent. atarlms night before ua each accoropamed. hv a compfimcntanr Nutasi *• gikia; ; , *. , . , So baud baa inupptsl the couatidUitloua o'er ua, letter, written by florin and signed by No comrade at our tddev the pasha, were duly transmitted to the ; .—:— N^efcan. dogulJo. ^—r^===* privilegetl individuaU heiidirig the list. , , . ,. Toward the end of the week the jewrter ^ rcapiieared ac^ordiiig to promise with a Our roouiej* fam; second installment of another half dozen, The beckoning of a Futimr'* hand we follow— 'A PASHA’S SNUFF BONKS which were also forwarded to their d«rs- tinution; and J^efore tlu; furtniglif had expired live more snutf boxes were in his highness’ jiossession. The pasha expressed himself perfet'tly sati-ified with the pion.pt e.\ecutiou_of- his order. "It ij evident.’’ he said, "that< the t'ecipients of mv gifts are highly pleased. for 1 have received the most Mattering letters from all of them cx'.vpt one.” _ .‘:Iin:cpt vnur highness-aai-?’-- Some half-n dq/xn years previous to the sadden collMpse of the Napoleonic dynasty, in 1870. a eertnin sensation wjuj excited in Paris by the arrival In that city of an oriental potentate of ambigu- tHts nationality, but |K>pularly known and spoken of as "the padia.” Whether he cam# from Turkey , or from K/v jit* was regarded as a matter of con»i»ara- tirely small iui porta nee; the iwu csm>ii- tial }*oints in his favor were, first, that he was undoubtedly the |s»s£fc.sor of an immense fortune; and. secondly—no slight n-coimdeiuLition in the ImMian capital—that he sjmke French with tol erable fl>iencr._ .\s a n):ULc-r nf e.mrse NO dosTriJdo an acquisition to Parisian •ociety iNX’ame the lion of thp liotir. and no sooner wju. it ascertained that a spa cious hotel overlooking the* Park de ■ i riY 1 ^ l, ”i ipi»i i. l 1 "' 1 In" ^ cy ai’id suite than a shoal of vi-iters. IIK lov<«alt>n'' Is there, No^uret:, uu cart*. , -Augusta C. Wlnthrop. home with her mother and children until tho return of the party. In the following spring Cicnti returned hon>c, and to the inquiries of his wife and mother-in-law regarding the non- appearance of the three girls, quietly explained that the trio had died of yel low fevet*-two rta eekS Ik-fore his depart ure from 4iavana. This startling irftel- ! lige/ico wull nigh killed) old Mrs. Paine, i who was then well advanced iu years. In the summer of that year she died iu ' a mAnuer similar to her husband, her ' illness being short and painful. • The property belonging to the Paine i family now reverted to Cienti’s wife, I but as no actual proof existed as to the' death yf her Ln.ithcr-su- ^wMers. a -irtTir J clay foll'>wed l>cfoix* the decision of the courts ui tlte matter was rendered. Meanwhile Cienti, who nbw appeared fi» possess a considerable sum of ready * nibble, immediately c.vcryjjy_ cash, began to grow dissipated, and ill * turned on the little red fl&ur on his la a IWvIIm charge that Uic old A SOLDIKli’S STOBY. The Gallic &4c» of Sport Typified raruiait tMacolor. . lunnll never forget a feflow I aaw one lay last summer, just* ouUido of Pari i, fishing in the Seine. To pn-ludc. theTktWs am very strict over there in reganl to fishing und shooting. The seasons open und shut like a jack knife witli n snap, und woe to the transgressor. On a certain day iu Julv, I think, the season o|m>us, and long \jfcforw uuylight of tfie day the banlwK of tho l iver all along the I Bci.s dc iknilogne arc lined w ith tishcr- 1 men silting side by side, almost elbow , to c)l>ow. I strolled down tothe>river : oueday and wiUM>aatd theaport. Tak ] JL.HgjpiU. _a. cigar 1 pmd a woman «iwrr ' try cmisim sous for n chair, and sat down tnTgi't n regular vIm wrinkle in Preuch fishing. For half an hour all sat in silence with not u movement.' Presently one fellow had a nibble. Immediately every of th« Old TaaMowd llM«aoiM f.»r tb« Cliaftjpr. There is something more than the talk of the traditional grumbler inHhe fashioned virtue T4 . . Tl*« Startliac Cry w*. fiblpbrtwrfi— I AalWtt •» fiosr —— There fs no eound.i moralixing aj that board 1” It strikea terfor totba bant rl - .. t*. .» i . \* ■ , of the bravest of men, and only tha of lio.piUI.tj ..on the d«)u.e. W l.«« u»t ducipliuW ‘ ' in the oeys of our father! or crane- 1 .U-tume rt u«utliT lKtriu< father! .1 >ra* not unusual for |>eople i arerv .hip hose oeculivniSof U, have their houee* literally ore. j fofr Wl. occufrSStTb* ' llow.i.g n.th (ju.*sta, it.. now hanl-lo , cor.rrrp.1 .rranertneritv however, are Iml onyhody who ever think, of en ; ,rf U .. inapplicable, and Ak terniinintr more thui. one or nt the luais | } . , he mmd if u,o n.o»t two at a tmio and it ha. become „. aU .|' i1h . Iuall , t (U | ife baoy, and » exception rather' than U.o TO e ,| 1C uonual eemditia.. of .the bnak that it used to be for anybody oQbiide of a country liousu in sununer to have guysU ut all. Tlie .succa^iou of conn- Til vvtro -\vcrd once otmort us ' ^ u ^j 0r ( j 0 anxiously impiired Dorr. • "Yas. My secret an informs me that TiTTFTfr'Yhe gentlemen at whose house my present was left is absent from Paris^ which Accounts for hi-t .silence, and that he is not exf*ectcil bock until Sunday, tlie dtry AfTer my Intended departure. ButY continued tjie pnsha. “Imw ii_iikisa AL In a small town in southern Now Ilnmpshiro lives Capt. John Godfrey, one of the most genial of hosts. If any of my readers In-hove he is a myth, says a vvrilPi; in Thrt llidton riiminna..i..> Raat. letin, th«‘y will fiml him a somew hat sub- ftiiarrthrl one and rat Tier a stublsyrn ftx- to tnekle in spile of his seventy o«ld years. (JurUmbly enf>ugh each f»f the knot of gue»ts gathered Ix-ueatli hfs rfn.f hail seen MT\ic<.' uml.-r I’nelt- Sum. I here is always q f« Ilow ship among old soldiers -fHnt t*rg**iA ( i111fiden, |flitTeotTSuju•• n11>■ treat Ins family. One by one the children sickened and diet], and in the end liecky herself took To her bed, ond in a few weeks died, as did her parents, after a short hut )>aiiifii) Illness. ‘Dy this time suspicion became aroU9*-d that C'ienti was in some manner connected w ith the death of the mem- l»crs of the Paine family as well those of Ida own." * In those days detectives were well nigh unknown m New Hampshire, and a criminal who might prove to lx* an effective actor did not experience much difficult} in evading j'*>tice. At a secret meeting called by the farmers in our ntighN'rhobd a'iitl the udjaceni TTIIHge. (I will (YhanimoiLiiy agreed iho anthori- e w as ‘tors to all well regulated j ||Car tfieMcrtt -ity dwellings ns the tax collector and ! ^ lllC o{ncCf of ^ the gas man. ares«*ni nonitm- hwever; 1 ” v . .. and the modem housewife would , h* s<n)u'think of tHk nun has got OHrit -peT-wnirttuaj^ deck »hc should bo cool and colh-cUrtl. .line. The lloat moved j»erceptibly. The man, with every nerve MraimHl Qiid eyes riveted on the lloat, bretitli- Icss with excitement, watched. The float dipped u- r aiu. The man pulled, und the cork cinnc to lhcaurfa<M‘, but no fibh. All along the lino of tishcr- men there was an ejaculation of "Ah!” Tlie disnp|>oiiilcd fisherman o(H-ning n boarding house ut once os of havitig her home so overrun as it wrtiin tlie dny» of her grandmother. The reasons for this change are nu merous. In the first place, tho in creased facilities for traveling of mod ern times has made it w> coxy for visit ors toeome to town that if tiro d«»ors sw ung as liospiUibly o|mmi an of old it is feared that tho rightful owners of Hear Admiral S. B. L^co lays down the principle that the nu»Ht important * cpusideruthMie whett. a nrtm fall! over- amatinjp the boanl are; Finder most efTcctuul way of khip’s nrogren and bow to keep near the spot where the man fell afi imwihlc. Hrodnd, to preserve the gen- erui diacipline of the ehiji, to maintain silence, and to enforce the most prompt obedience, without permiting l „ i htfdhanly v^dturteceing fifty kjild t mt on n frrsh pMyof teirimd waiMl. -yiy given domicile would bo lii w-rious . Th j rT | t to ^ t h«t the boat appointed * Presently the fish took hold aguuu danger of being crowded out of their ' to l)e used on thear occasion! U plficed und this time he had him. Carefully own premise*. There is, moreover. m 1 i 11 > T TT v r . C he worked him in to the bank, and uu the increased rxpen*« of ttvtflg aruf" | IKJ ^, * nH»mciit «fld -when ready attendant slipjicd a delicate landing the complex I’efljjjriiiiimltt-of-modorn— f <tr t n ttt mm*. net under tho fish und carried him up cew*i#.ty- fi inip™ i " ,KI ' > >r> ' ■■■■i mnrTnijil aiv #■ mThM is • the hank. There was u cry ah Along Ifiyp up the old fashioned' customs, | 0 jj irspcctq when thy the line of fifty or -mum fiUu-ruuui of | wfili iHtimnottl i^'inyr oljyfimliwj*zmr J woler. ronrtlj to take "Brni.-hon,tre^jAh.S<’I'er^TTMiJih>wn * oru!nary income and anv ordinary 1 ; ' ‘ ‘ ‘ a-Bl w i _ . tl*rir ro<l» and gatherssl unMuul the , strciigth ln»ptde*ly overtaxeiL Mo*. gWi unn tier Duit? 'Ton Ti.Tve bfought me only liNv wlu-n I .imLisI him a rather liui**rtincut tie!4 :i1 l , * ,rts,n °utli U* ut om e requ bUsl lyoakei, lined with leave**, in which the •rur housekeeping, it is U» be added, is { Ami, lostlv, to bftYfi 1 suflBcient h U».\»*s. Where is the sixth? It is abso- question a* to the tcnotit of a grave tliat 1( > cause tlie arrett of fiemi unun HiiAuir-l-fitefi-wn# camfnHy plaord. He was a io much more elaborate than that * ‘ lutcly oitsenti:.! that no one .ou my list lav in the very center of his be.-t hav cion of murdi r. monster, nearly six inches long, and which ohtaine*! in tho uliicii days that should Ik* neglect**!." . field, he reatlily told the f*.How ing.local New? of ihc nsscmilling of th**se men muxthav* wrightrtHibom four ounc<!;T1t cannot wi iug the boat neither sw amp her nor to pitch in lower* stars nor e men out. her of the shai "Your higlim-.s* may rent HHsuml that ■m 4* i lire utruMr/ 1 " history, which in every J. tail litL-rallv .trth.M 1 -' ' ——=z- re;»chc*l Gicnti.-. car*- w bo. p< >•**...* .... 1 Im... ».il oflh-ial and nnn-oflicia!. duixtened toHn srrilN* tlicir itaiues in a book (U*pusit*'d f*ir the purjMMse in the portf-r s hnige. Every iLiy brought u fresh inMalluient ! of •ignatures, until before a w.*«*k had ' elapsed the list .^threatened to rival in l«*ngth the traditional catalogue of Lcpo- rello. m J IIuHseip Pasha—<ni oasuini'd title, 1 fancy, tad the only *»ne by which he wan generally known—waa short und corpu lent, of sallow coiuplctJi>u -«bd referred manners: hehnr>k. A jittle. but what hedid ' ►ay wo* <*onci>e .and to the point. He waa extremely oWrvant, but chary c-f cxprvseing his opinion of w hat he saw or hoards—only *hh? instaiu'e being recorded *.f a tciu|A>rwry de|>nrture from hit habit ual taciturnity. Having liecti jn'r^uad. d by a memlicr of tin* French Jockey dub • to acoom|>nnv him to iheo|M-r.i. he wan escort'd U*twee»i tin* acts by hiscicerone to tl»e foyer de la dun-'O, thereby occa sioning great exciu*in*-nt among the cor|.8 de Iml let, many *»f whom doubt lc.v*antk'i- |taU*'l th:4. in accordance with ea.stcrn > cumV'Hus. the reremouv of throw ing tiro lumdLerdiief would In' reviwd for their own «*»*pecial gloriiicaii >n. Nothing *»f the sort, however, *»ccurr*-d. After a very cursory glan<*eat thea>*cmbled a* Iphidi a AH'! a muttered ejaculation which aoiind- j etl remarkahlv like "niaucoa a bal.ti” j (br'MMii-xticks). the visitor ttirn<*d abrupt ly on hi* hceU and curtly intimated In* derire to n*turn to hi* b .x. A few minut*** later Fount w»m Atari led by a sudden dispUy of anima tion on the part of hi* c*mi|»auion, who wan ga/.iug with ahaurbed-uitemion at an enonu'tualy stout lady occupy nig tlie enlin* front of one of the stage boxea. "Ah. la hello femme!” enthusiastically rxclaimed tho |kaahx "Look, is she not su|ierhjr" "li’m!” renlie l ihe'Jockey clubexqui-'. site, hardly”able t , repress a smile, "that I* a matter of taste. Di<**not your ox- OPilwuay Uiink her porhaj** <Jh t!ic* whole a trifle too voluminous?" "JarnaiH trop. uionsicurr* indignantly retorted HusA -in, "jamais trop!” After a sojourn of threo months in . I'urih the |Kksha. who had employed h considerable portion of Ins time in a practical atudy of tho latest inventions and improvement*, scientific and me chanical, with the \iew of introducing them into hisowndominion*, announced lii* inU-ntion of breaking up his estate liidiment and returning to the east. IV*- forr doing so, however, lie w as desirous of exprcSioing hi* ackfiowl**IgmentN in the shape of a suitable pres**nt to certain | officials of high standing who iiad i**eu jiarticulariy M-rviceahle to him in hi* ro* j nearehn*. ninl consult*.*! his secretary, an intelligent young Frenchman, ou tho subject. "M. Morin," he said, after explaining his project, "it seems to me that the simplest w ay would l*j to send a few thousand francs to each of*them.” "Pardou me, your fughne*.*,” objected the secretary, "if 1 venture to remind you that a present of money would be considered a broach of etiquette and con- i aeqnently resented as an insult.” ""^.u French are very singular people,” obaerved the pasha. "With us no mat- ' ter how rich a man may be, he is not fool | enough to refu e piaster* w'lien ho c;in get them. What, then, would you au vise mo to do?” "May I lie allowed to suggest," re plied Morin, "that an object of artistic value would bo a fitting token of your highnetM* good w ill—a gold snuCT box, for instance." . . "Th© very thing,” said Hussein, sp- | provingfy. "Where sro such articles to to found?" " A t DurrV m tbo- Koe de !« Pntx." ~ * "Guo*! I>H him know exactly what ) require, and see that he is hero precise ly at 12 to-morrow.” On being admitted to tho {tasha’s ' preaence at the appointo*! hour, M. Dorr luced, among other specimens of his tepTuvTiae jeweler. “If M. Moiin will kindly al'tpiaint me. w ith the name and address of the jw-r^.n for whom't!ie ls.\ isdeslim*d it ►ball he d> livered to him Wednesday without fad.” "Exactly sirudur to ili.Kse, of course?" "1 cau-aafcly giiaramee, luoiiM-igm-ur, that there w ill not I** a siiade *.f <lilfer- ence between them." "Very g»sxl.” Haul the |iasha; "I r*-l\ on your punctuality. My secretary w ill pay you the T'i.uiO fiam**. ami on my next visit to Paris you will probably hear from uio again. Au re voir, M. D.rr.” If any one endowed w ith the pcculi.-yr facullic* of A-uno.il u* had p'-netratod some leu evening* later into the small room forming the l'a<-k shop and private sAiH-ium «*f tin* well known j^wrli'T of the Um* de la Pait he would ha\e been onlighteneil as to certain supplementary tidjtmcss to the ordinary business earried on by M !> >rr. He Wri>uld have* seen that otinialde tradesman K-at*sl at a tal.le on w liich wa re 1\ i;tg six gold snuff tJottuirfr.nu tlu> dUlike ti». his pr«*s***nce. Years U-fore her d-ath. wild the cap- ;is r.vcntly sirown iu the action of the tain. I nocame acquainted with the wo ’ t**w nsp-o|.lo toward liiui, that he was man w ho mm-lie* Intried ^xunli.*r»-' Her KHspected of crime, suddenly disap- name was IW-cky Paine, and her mother l** ;ir,, d. ^ A f**^ night* later all huiidingr. w as at one |s-i i.el of her lift* a slave In ll,e 1>ail,,> Wt>r ” destroyed Iry the household of Gen. George Washing- ,iro ' T1,e coUntr - T for ,mUlm around was ton. After tho Revolution slie* married f; ‘* ll ‘ f “lly scoured by band* of farmer*, nt Portsmouth a light complexioned ■ t ‘ arch,,, « f,,r ,1,e fu e‘l*'e Cieuti, who; negro, w ho might easily liave passed anv- uas Ulievvd lo !iUVt ‘ a,llJ, ' d ;ir * on *•*» wlu-re as a Guban or Spnuiard. In tm\, <>‘»‘«*r crime*, btit lie ultimately succeeded he was ls»rn In Havana, and omthl both—in ui oidingampture. write nml converse in Spanish with eas** 1 lie most remarkable part of tny story and fluency. He wa* a plain, hom-st remains t*> lie told. As I have already T dtacorrriiii board, but of pniDtinjr tl ooC out to ! (prat etitforenec. The 'l»oui*‘ki***|»*‘r of rcsently a cab drove up and there t«Klay i* at the head of too intricate a i tnr.n ir> «i.^ k^-s u olbfir* cluhu- - r uynifiAuft Ilia * IMiiemf* mr" “f^tuow in what direction to pul! With etcumcra the diflcultaes to l<M>kmg fellow. And, as 1 now remember him. had nothing of tlie actions of a ruf fian or d**s|M*rado alsiut him, despite the fact that he was said to have In-en at one time a pirate on the Spnnisli main. He tlmt/as it may, Dick Paine soon accumu lated C'»n«iJcraMc | u.p riy in llu.s »s-c- tion. ati'l although it w as never rightly known how he obtained his money, cer tain it is that Ik* always «pj»caiod flush, und in time commanded the rctq«ect of his neighbors. I Aanalsiut 10 years of age whin the Is'.ves Is-arhig a suspicious resemblance! daughter Dcvky.tlicn a young girl of 1^, < M’t out on a voyage to (Julia, uccom* ! p:ini«*d by h'-r fath<-r. In the Paine'fam ily were five childn n, four of their nuiu- | lier li**ing c*ml black. Becky uloue |>os- SPsaing tlte somewhat ghastly complexion Of In.r father, bhc, however, was fur from ill looking, and had it n<*t lieen for the ncgio blood flowing in her veins, I ^ am of the opinion lhal more than one of the fanner lads living h*-rcai»outs would have lieen satisfnoi to wedlicr. j After an a'fcencc of eighteen months told you, I wa* wounded in the head ut Cold Harbor. Contrary to tho pr<*«lic- li m of the surgiMii*, I did not die, but lived to be in limo r«'move*l to Frederick City and Liter fo tl»c Lincoln hoi'pUji! Washington. A fter a. while I bcco»i»e eonralcwcnt. and w as granted |N*rmissiqn to Imard at a hot. I, it In-ing stipulated by the sur geon in charge that I sluail.l n-port for treatment at tlie hospital twice daily. While strolling .through Vermont a\**v nuc 1 chanced to pome upon a group of darki«*s, in tho midst of which wen several women. Judge of descended from it u dude in an calc sporting costume—eyeglasses and a broad brimmed bat Yv nlking lci& j urely to the bank, a man who hud ev iilenily been sent ahead to st-enrea po- ; silion vacate*! * A servant brought from tho cab a folding stool and placed it on the bunk ; reluming to the cob ho pmducvd a delicate rod and satchel. The rod wits put together; the satchel was opened and n small sil ver bait box. a towel, a pkee of soap and « bowl Were placed on another *too) alongside. The servant opened an umbrella nnd Meld it over the fisheruiau's h«-ad to >cn*cn him from the sun und the fish- v | mg began. It was a oite mis*; scvcnii more monies auu niiss**s, und presentiy then* was a HnH. sure^ 1 . nough. overeome in n scuing a tpskn overboard urn «**>mpunitive!}* few, inasmuch as a Ktcam.vrwfl*) is always under control so’ long to* her machinery if in good order. The nile is lb stop aaauiekly m ifrboat, and long wait for a iMi wnjrp arrival t>f guest* which threw out of gear the whole mechanism. We arc I more selfish than of old, and Wc are j forc**l to bo if wo hope to keep un ut j all to the reatiifoments of so*!icfy. \\’e • arc asked to txiublo to do so much that tlie country cousins, the jsair rela I lives, the strangers of all sorts, must' be utleuded to iu Some other way than • that of having the house door* o^icucti t*» tlmin. The sense of individuality which ! has been developed so greatly within ! the last century has. undoubtedly much to do with tho present suite <A tilings. It is recognized that a man a j Acamanltke qualities. -I |Mn*siblc, lower the lc*i 1 pick tiro man up. The points of sremanuiip cot fiua ihl Xl. w hen sailing ships are being ba Tho ortlrwl is a trying one for the befit of oll'u'crs, und the foaog reamea w h*> can properly place a large sailing ship and rescue a man that has fallen ovcrl*oard deserve tho highest credit tho Link was intense. With the aid of the landing net tho fish was se cured. The servant essayed to take it oil* the hook, hut the fisherman uu ^ Lliciputed him and held it up in tri ...v. airv , r : umph. Hut this operutian wet tho , i , ,, . , , \ dmlc’t* glov**?*, and Iro took them qtf at being ^addressed l*v name by one of . i yu tite fatter, whom I had htilo difhcu tv house must bn hi* castle mentally ns Finally there was a nibble and; ax well us physicallv if hois topre- x; M vcral more nihblrs and misscH, servo ^iix individuality fr**m tlte im litly then* was a t1*h. sure # ! portumties of tho unsy mpathetic, the The excitement nil along j vexing, the vulgar and tha idle. It may he a Buhlunale*! form of so I fish news, but it is otic of the things which iu recognizing a* Libbie Puinf, whom 1 huil nil along ln-ln-vcil to he 'Icii*! In a few words the girl told uro her story. AfU'f having home ,Jn;e Ficnii had procured |>OMSAge in a hark for her ; and h.-r sixters to Charleston, S. C. Here ♦ he deliberately sold the girls into slavery, i Lib'oio wa* fortunate in being purchased by a planter who fcxm afterward re- [ moved to the eastern shore Of Maryland. Things were getting interesting and exciting, and blank the c&j>ctifle. Presently another fish, which, being to tims** recently purchaHcd by In.* hi ;li- r..->s the pasha, and carefully |iolu<hing | each in turn w iilYti silk handkerchief. ■ “Th.-y all conic l»:i«-k to me a:.un. every nne«-f them,*'’muttered *.M. Dorr, w ith a M-lf saiisftevl chueklc, w hile *1« li- , entely r* f i»io' ing a s|**« k of dust from th** last of the half dozen. "Noone e* er | ke**j*s thetu l‘'t\g. for snull lH>xe?i are , loek(*d up ('H{Mtai, an<L overylx».|y, from : N.i|»ol*s>ri downward, knows thi* valuoof r*-a 1y money. They discover my iiainc ! inside the ls»x and itaturallv bring it to i the girl returned to Portsmouth, and ul- i , . . • j . .. . , me. and. as 1 treat th.-.u liberally. 1 am timatelv reached home, where she wa* [ 0f ,H ‘ r t**-***™ fate she knew qoth , ConvcrsqlKui with much gcaUculuting, safe to sec them again. A ve* r> f.dr i 'varndy wcleinned by her family and im- 'l"- [* A ' t f^rls hmrtng been sent lo | ■wmjiigl} U piOtG^ Hgoiim StICh iii*m fortnight’s work, 1 must Kay,” he added, consulting an open account l**H>k. in winch the following statement was Fg- Ibly Inscribisl: tho ago demand*, and to wliat tho ng< demands it is pretty hanl not toerreode. Nor is the n-sult wholly without its good hide. People arc certainly jpore interesting who do defend tneirfudt viduality, und develop their iiereonal ity, and in the stress of our over ner vous time and climuto it would be practically impossible b> meet tho re secured, the servant dipped up water quirementA which stAnd ready to meet from tlie river und hunded the dude thcb*>up and towel: and he wushed hi> . hands. This was repeated every time ! he caught a libh. All this time a gen- | durme had been walking up and ! down, and approaching the lucky lisli erntau there followeu . an aniiualcd T*i. At t Tom richtern cv)l«l Anuff •■otc*# T?.om Dflqct from abuvti commiss.yn to »sTi*.ir}f ('*!*harp-'f<-ll.i\\, iliit, bf thr wav.” |>-»r«:utlu-ti-.illy solilo- quiya-tl M lv>rriat ^Ifr.uu-s p-r tir'i T<* rv|inn-li.-vs^ of •■iirlU-s-u cW %Mtlt 1«>x<*h Irom tlwur oivneni at fratK-sracB 00) warmly welcomed 1 mediate neighbor.*. Accompanying her was a slender, graceful young man to whom she had lx*en married while so journing in Havana. This young fellow wits likew ise^ifiiicgmexti'actum. and lie, too. stood well in th** ***tiroation of thc^ Georgia soon after Ix-ing purchased. ! criminate slaughter. Libbie, who wa* now well advanced in ! „. fhe du ‘ ,c, indignant aud quit. men and w-otnen the moment they step over their ovni threshold, did they a lot make that threshold u bur to the claims of tho outside world os far os |K>ssiblc. The danger perhaps lies in the di rection of tho home life's becoming stagnant, and the Kanetuary's Ikxoui tug a mere resting placv*. There is, Uto. iu the exerefiw* of perxonnl A*ie]>i tality u lino bruudciung of the char year*, was extremely anxious to obtain T,,e wvant uujointed tho rod,.gulh- i acU-r which ia to be cruijii at | Itenr Admiral Luce, one of ths basfi seamen in the Fnitcd States navy, ami' now on Ute retired list, bad a favorite huhit while in command of |he North Atlantic Kquadreu of ordering a told- sliiptnan to relieve the officer at tha deck from duty, and the instant tha young mnu took bold of the speaking trumpet tho obucrvuijr uAorr would quickly pass a signal and .in a twink ling the terrible cry of *‘3fcin over* board!” would ring through the ahio. it was all done to test thq young mid- shipman’s Irorve and fitneaa Tor bis railing, and the admiral's delight ia catching a young oflicer napping waa amuxiug. Generally, howevpr, eom- mandiug o^lcers refrain from allow ing the cry to he sounded solely for practice purposes, inasmuch'as sea men havu been known to jump over board to tha rescue of their supnoeod unfortunaK slnpuiatc. Tlie gulc is’ a stringent one jhut no ^dlor shall jump overboard f*>r retiring purposes un less ^lemiilled by the pdteef of tlte deck, but many brave MRotredo so iu spite of tlie regulstioa. and «io few M»T «*r about him three* grnndchihlrcn, all of the latter b**ing a* block iu color us their grpniliuolhcr. Paine was then held to Ik* worth some where in the neighborhood of ten thou- _ Kiini dollars—a princelv fortune,’ hv the Total n*t profit S.VKX ! . ‘ . wnv, in tlK»e «!av8. Tin.* was some tune "Not to mention,” pleasantly summed 0 fu T Uurwitr of 1812. Just what tlispo- up the jeweler, "that the smitT »»oxer | B ition the old. man would mako of his pob.M'tit'ions was hardly known, 1 verv much doubt w hether he* ever thought of such a tiling as making a will, a.* no document of that character was ever found after his death. It is true that in presence of witnesses Iu- had more than Threngb a friend employed in the js-ople residing in this conunuruty. Mu l-Freodmen KlMireuirl now-procuredtrahs- limi? old man Paine was ennhled to gath- i ^ is to be yxujjn at kJJliLyiMr— llnat bsnretest-Iwtadhardv un news concvrhiug her parents and C'-icuti's y , c Y 11 P ^ ll< ’ Aluukk- imifirelia Mid fish oflit r wny so surety. Whr chntuAj of dertokinjs.—New A*ork Tinsesk Hi f c ' basket ilTid plural them in the cab. entertaimng angels unawares is i*o , *--■■ , v w hich had been waiting. Tlie dude much diminislted by modem fashious ! entrre*! and v'as driven oTT with his that there is js#uin for f**aring that we catrh, imnils-i'iiig about six, tho ug gregatc weight of w hieh niiglit have l>ccn two |ioundw—uu iuiinciiso suc cess. 1 have no doubt tins great catch shall nil too soon forget how it might seem to entertain tfie heavenly visi tants at ul! Of courro each must in lhi\ os in other mutters draw' the are ready for a tweond edition of the lu ll** game.w hen ever another (Kisha hap peii* to come this way.”—C’liarles Her- vcy in Tiro Argosy. Du* ChrUtlMN lliiilillia. Tlie' late J. t’roftsett. the lnd«*|iendent American missionary, is described in an official eomnmnication to the stab* de partment at Washington, in the highest terms, um devoted to doing goo«l to the portation to her homo ft»r Libliie, w lio ! iinmediatelv started on lu-r way to thi* i place. After cx|M*riencing no end of | trouble and delay s mIic at length fully es- : tahlished her right to what property was . left lielonging to her deceased faoW. all | of whk h w as in land situate*! hereals*uts. 1 | 0 s|. ~ ~ 1 nearer Uio old fashioned idea Uian is j and which property she in time disfK*sed I had learned how the French do it generally doue iu these days.—Bewtou , of at a bargain. Evidently a littl^ fishing goes u long ! Courier, - ) In the bumiu«;r of j870 a letter was re-' way wifu a Frenclmiau. No doubt > ceived at ihe town clerk * office here, my little man went home, took a lose postmarked Havana. Tho missive con-j water bath and lay down for a rci*t * A Owi* •( rm« Tlie day will doubtless come .when 1 shall think 1 have found a man. hut, if ay, I shall .deceive-myself wofully, Writes Marie Baahkirtself in lierjour- tnadc an item in next morning’s ini per, • line for himself, but out of regard lor ,, T 41 ? S er 7 ^ ^bat day; with the usual lie about tho weight of ! himself und for his own character it \ *b :i " be blind. I sar this now whuo the string uud tho big one that wa^ will he well if he draw it a great dHil ^ V e4r -^ cam . ■■■ 1 why litei, since there is ndthii) tamed a full confession t»a Uio'part of! after such a fatiguing and exciting tho fiend Cient! setting forth the fact of -episode. f his having 8*H*rc*tlv murdered Paine’s i would like to get that chap out in tjie onlv Kon. and 1a»cr of having poisoned ' liockie* on u tiiorn bush creek, of a Hot once promised Ins own .-hiMfen tiiat'tli'o ! th *’ remainder of the family, w ith th> 1 da J'* aud biin ‘be stream. ‘ ... , f , execution of tiro threo irirls so’d inin : w ith un occasional stumble over a slip bu k of hi* property would be L-ft Ukmu ’ t,^ v ,01^1^111 mrwal do, c ! bowlder and a souse under. Ht In* death, and -lie u!m> sjM‘cilit!«l the , 4i ' cr - v - 1 l,H V lion s.uo Willing was Uonc I»*| t n4 . v ,^ r trfvnl *i would do 1 by him out of revenge for the-slight catst . , ‘ il a w i ou ‘? rto him, and what fun for nic.—Torest Lug but lucawaa ami wickedness It, the woridi Whyl Because 1 am Vscon- eil^d ip t’nt know led go that this is so; Tba\ Crotelirtjr Meter. j bccnutK*, VluttCVOT pcOpU may Saj, A gaa moicr is to mv notion o thing ‘ i* ytry bcautifv.I. And because. uinouiii he desired to go to each indivki- . ual. His wife, who was an i; norant, objoc p«x>r: "Ho was known by the Cliiuese a.* g<»rwl n-itnr.w| c**h4-, rp^ the ‘Christian Buddha.* He w a*attach'd tion to tliis plan of her husband, simply to no organisation of men. Ue was a declaring that she was content to missionary, pure and simple, devoted to sjid de chilluros.” charity rather lliun prosckrwm.' He | S<jme time early in the twenties old literally took Christ as hi* exemplar. ' Paine died. afu*r a painful illness lasting Innkeepers would take no pay from him, t nearly a fortnight. A day or two before an<l w ere ever gla<l to entertain him. hi* death the dying man called to his "It must l>o said that hi* wao < t«i were bedside the tneiubors of his family/the upon hi* family by the elder Paine ut his j deotLi, and to ubtatlT'VvTmt he coufd of *** *' rc '* 1111 ' few. He wore the Chinese drc.>», had no regular meal*, drank only water, and lived - on fruit, with a liltlo rice or millet. He aimed at translating his ideal. ‘Christ into reality."’ He foupd good in all re ligious. After a long conversation with hint ono day, 1 told him he was not a Christian, but a Buddhist, lie answered that there were many good thing* in BuddhiKiu. He completely sacriticc-d himself to the good of the poorest of tho j»oor. He acted out his principles fo the end. He was jioor und lived o» plainly a* the pooreMt «*f his patients. On’char- latter haring also Miimmoned as wit- m'K'-es my fr.thor and two other tieigh- Imre, I, Uk>, being prrteut. Pame, in a char voice, made known bis wishes re- ganling the di»i>osiiion of his property after, hi* death, and for the first time it was learned that he did not favor his daughter Becky's union with hor hus band, Jose Cienti. Tho latter appeared to tr'-at_lig!nly the fact tfiut neither himself, liis wifo nor children wero to receive any |>ortion of the wealth left by their dying relative. Two yearn later .Gsurge-Eaim\ lb« tho lattcrs proiiorty. Tiro letter further ^staK*! that Ciciiti was then aliout to suf fer death by the g irroto in More rattle, in which prison he was confiued ^ a charge of munlcr and robbery. Every effort was ma'le by the author ities here to ascertain the whereabouts of Libbie’s sisters, but no traces of them could over Ik* obtained. Libbie herself ^ of cousctiL I wqpjd like tohavesome . if one does not analyze loodccply, one I though to^niyself how 1 1 uiic couvineo me that it in any way » niay live happily. To count neither indicates the amount of gasburnao,! wn fnendship nqr |rratitude, nor lov- as a bushel or a pound represents ulfy uor honesty; to elevate oo^s self S'Mirothiug that wo can prove up. The • courageously above lbs meannesses of gas meter will .refirister air blown into humanity, (Jtd take one’s stand'bo lt ;u» wcli*ns gus that passes through iL I ^ wgen them ami God; to ffik all one Would it not be a more rational, tray ^ can out of life, and that quickly j^lo do to us«eKs gas bills as the wafer depart 'If 5 ‘“jury to one’s fellow beings: and nient does—-ou the basis of the num to make cues life luxurious and Vitag- her of rooms in a house? Ally one, pificent; to be independeui, do far aa who will make the experiment will . ^ P'jssiblc, of olhen; lo poamas Und that if every burner in tlie house } T K5 ' rer l jiower!—no aiaUcr by is lit and tumwl full head on every . w ‘‘ a * means'.-—Uiis is lo be feared, and night fora month that the bill fortluu • month will be no larger than u*ua! j The gas that is forced through tho j : meter, if uot burned, will le^k away anyhow. That is tha explanation of [ Th* Thumb Ring. It has taken a long while for the thumb ring to mike any headway in New York, but it is very slowlv gain- jug grouna. Mr. Dixey was tlie th-st .man to wear a ring upon bis thumb, and he has clung to it tenaciously for two yours. It is a plain gold I mid. respected; this is to be strong, and relfcity. thaj is the height of hutnatf died a few years ago ut th< r *si<ivaDced age-F- lx.*low the joint, and it was of 93. her bent form and.yeucrablc cp- : there at flrst merely aso.lark. peoranco la*ing for nesrlv n quarter of a 1 < x<nted so 0‘ueb talk among the cenrury a familiar sight to every inlialv | w ^° kn 5 W ^ e t b . u t rl £*l u4 /f t,.. n that ho has refused to tako the ring itaot ot this Tillage.—True Fla^. ; — - ^ r -|f rinff Actow always have a certain following among young men whose bruins arc not of dangerous weight and who are capable of devoting their energies to small things. The small tilings have taken the form of u thumb ring, and : pis bills rendered lor mouths when a | nouse is closed up and no gas btlmod. Some safeguard against waste is to turn off the gas behind Che meter dur- ; ing the day. —Irntemuf in St'‘Lotus Globo-DcmcxyTiL ' A Southern Sympathizer. Von IWeall-W,. you no, undn«Un.l linislu-d. and cncirekd wuli modnralo " ,e - tjl< ' v? 1 O -ulh Oo-morrow. sized diamonde. tho interior of tiro lid bearing the jowpier's name engraved in microscopic characters. Husiw'in ev- amined it tuiuuteljr und inquiiud tLv prico. - * "Four thousand francs, your !nghneex.r_ replied Dorr. "a wiii uka it on canditioa that yon jUfclfi^ , S^ftv~t.Tz^T" TmtVS^h'TTi the family, uiyst'-riously di to him was practical. Is*t this American appeared from view, aud was never bo enshrined in tho annals of men who afterward, to tny knowledge, board* loved their fellow men.”—I]all’s Journal from. About thi* timo Becky’s hus- of Health. . baud, who heretofore had proved to bo * a rather shiftless sort of a man. l>egun lo display more than didiuary activity ns a farm* r Ho,; too. in timo. l»c*g:ui to in some way accumulate wealth, and I'oing now placecTm cliarge.of tiro Paine farm he w/is well com{H*nsated fur his bi-rvice*. considering the amount of wages lIron paid to farm help. One fall it was agreed upon by the rh*ee unmarried Paine girls that they should accompany Jose (.’-rooti upon a Uosiness trip cvuteiuplatod by ym to A G'tod Hoy. "Been ffround tow n any, sirT asked a bootblack of a man smiting at the De troit and Milwaukee depot tin-other day. "No, buh. I haven’t," was the reply. "Shan't I call a carriage for you£\ , _ , , , , :rva ronropyy fb psvTor sucli ^ber younginFfFIwnridwh who are luxuries.” ' following Mr. Dixey’sexample.—New "Ofin't blow in $2?" Vork Sun. "Not ever/two shillings, my boy." "Humph! TLat's too bad. If I only Mr. Or»4j*s Honk LUV At homo Mr. Grady was full of fun and frolic. Oac of the funuiot scenes 1 ever witucs.se«l was during a (buner at Mr. Grady's bouse. when seated ourselves at tho Lablo ncigr ^, because one's f<dlow. beingfiara then muzzled, and either through cowardjre or for other reasons will not ssik to tear one to piecea. > ’ j Is it not strange to hear me WffcfiM in this way! Yea, but tins manner of reasoning in a young creature’like me is bnt another proof of bo# bed the world is; it must be thoroughlyaet- uratVf with wickedness to liave so sed- deiss# me in so short a time.* I am onlv Me* ^ wo I ll'ore isavfry counJpft^i) porUun X ~ ~ a, who had Tw* BemarkaJM* Ii Some of the roonasterie# ItMjr nnd France commenced to chickens, as .she said: llnalnew la nosloc bad & key to the pfdice box I’d ring fora Insurance . patrol w.igon and l«*t you hsv* a ride ^ hat did Mr. New< life Insurance Agent (out weet>— '’hat did Mr. Newcomer say 1 - - and tee-kmiio of the business streets fur** —Assixtiwit- He wouldn t talk with nothing. ’—Detroit Free Press. 41 Have you nothing to lay? * Miss Lucy (coolly)—Yes. I ran say earnestly and from iny heart, that — Von B. (aside)—Sweet girl, 1 knew she’d be sorry. Miss Lucy—That my sympathies are entirely with tho south.—Ijtuhurg Bui-- ktin. In the utiU of a codfish. or.Jn the water in w Inch vegetiiM«-» havo been in fused, the microscope discovers animal- full iv minute that 100.000 of them would iMA^xyeod ia hpHr a* stogie ratss- turd seed; and the infinitesimal creatures are supplied w ith organs as rooipWtc as I those of the * Bale cr elephant. bus bant curve the "Henry, I am going to say grace.’ With a resigned air Mr. Grady sat, bis bead a little inclined to the right, his lips pursed »p. Mrs. Cb^Iy, who was a devout Methodist, began*to say grneo, while Mr. Grady Let A up ac undercurrent of soft toned, sotto voce parentheses: "Now, dear, the chick ens are getting cold.” "Now, dear, « A '*» * uto qt all ; said he was too busy to think* al*out life inauraiioc. "Well, I'll hang around his house cus are ro lb-night and shoot holes through hikf don’t make it longer because you’ve windows, and when ho eonira down got company." "Now. dear, these • ? town iu the nu>rwuig ytm hid'* l)rhind jx-ople can’t* be thankful; they look - V I'ooa _p a feiidte in some vacant lot nnd put a t nadv to .tat me.” And yet bleary frw bells through the tojvof his hat. ('»ran v v.ks a ^inurolj' religiotm man. i lien wlien lie rearhes his office I'U ITe ottnp'y c«)uld not supureoT his bub- drop in and. talk life iirouivM* again. ” . Wing spirtU. That’s all. -i’hiladci* | - New York " ockl^. ^ ^ • ^hu Nt-x. in Florence was a watch but tbeioufth of on inch iu diameter, having*threw Lauda, minute hour and sectmd, be sides so indicator which p«UM the day of the week, mu A monastery in Brittaq; tributed a plain tables w itli an inlaid surface. The inventor, oronj desires, seta the _ sits alone ou one' plays cautiously, and ifcr teces move automatically t the requentiy come out edds bow tifieoll • piaya. Tiiere is no ent beneath the table { to be a solid Louis He public , \ , ia~w zm