tmmrmr\1 W 11 I I T IMIIIII?
Kqulvoonl?oii.
Wo lingered, lu tho not to part,
Tho lust word still unspoken,
I3y tho quick beutinrj of my honrt
Tho sllonco faintly hrokou.
So beautiful Hbo scorned and jjuro
Ali mo i how I should miss her,
Unnblo longer to enduro
My wlab, 1 asUod to hiss her.
A blush of deepest rose o'orsprcad
i 1er frico, ns if to mask it,
As, with a woman's art, sbo said,
"Wliy, Frank, you should not ask lt I
TI IGIRLS WON THE RACE.
Every summer of my girlhood was
spent on Grandpa Adams' farm. Per
haps heaven will bo moro beautiful, and
perhaps tho eternities will yiold a falror
host of delights, but I doubt it. Tho
old farm houso was set bohiud a row of
poldar trees, and even yet I can seo
when I close, my eyes tho sway of their
stately tops, when tho harpur of thc
winds called time for sudden storms, or
when on breezy summer afternoons tho
changeful silver of their reversed leaves
gleamed Uko the crost of a breaking
billow. Leading up to tho houso was a
garden walk bordered with pinks,
bachelor buttons and ribbon grasses.
Tho lower windows wore hidden behind
syringa bushes and plumy lilacs, and
tho big timo-worn llag-siono which
formed tho door-step was bordered with
scraggy tufts of chickweed, broad-lea ved
plantain and tho golden plume of that
stealthy marauder, tho mustard - weed;
an uncanny crew winch grandma's
patient weeding could never quite
eliminate.
Around at the sido door was a low
bench, whero tho milk pans were always
sunning, and an old well-sweep balanced
lightly among tho applo trees. A few
holly-hocks formed a pretty barrier lo a
spot which was set apart for boo hives,
and a long lino of currant bushes was
tho chosen ambush for troops of amazed
hens, and an astonished rooster whoso
chuckle of dismay proclaimed tho ap
proach ol' every wandering footstep.
Tl lore were three girls of us wdio
reigned supremo in this lovely spot.
Cousins all of us, and each sent down
from Boston by our respectivo parents
to be gotten out of tho way, whilo tho
elder sisters took tho triumphal round
or summer watering places. Our turn
came later, but nothing that it ever
brought equalled tho rapture of those
perfect summers on tho farm.
Our privileges wore absolute, and
only at tho stable door did dear old
grandpa draw tho lino.
"Von or.?y take \hi old innre
hi .1 w,hei eyer 'you like, liarnosgi I ici tip
lind drlyo lo ?)onehp i ' yob want io, '?':;
bearrfc huco yovjt in'oaking youi iio?ks
willi ilie ooh'*. '"
".<bd ffi.in.ijn?, ?!... ut go raft'., ; nd
dit ni Kitty.
"And she's homely as sin I" remon
strated ?Sue.
"And slio breathes so hard, I'm
always afraid she's going to lio down
and die," murmured I.
Hut our remonstrances availed us
nothing; it was tho old nutro or stay at
home, so finally wo grew reconciled to
her, and ber peculiarities gayo us little
concern.
Ono lovely August morning we
harnessed her up for a drive over to tho
village lo get the tri-wcekly mail. Tho
sun promised a sultry day, birt tho
morning hours woo fresh with undried
dew, and a brcczo of tho night like a
belated bird, was loitering and rustling
in thc tall poplar branches.
"Hotter drive lier along middling
smart," said grandma, "thc windMl die
down by ten o'clock, and J. reckon it'll
bo. a powerful bot day.
"Grandma," said Suo, "if you tied
"kingdom como" to hor tail tho old
maro couldn't mako over a milo in
forty minutes."
"I don't know about that," said
grandpa as ho unfastened tho gato for
tis to rldo down tho hmo, "sbo used to
be considerable of a traveler in her day,
and onco in awhile sbo lets out even
now, and shows tho old go ain't quito
dead yet."
"Don't you think wo had hotter lake
one of the colls, dear," said I sweetly,
"perhaps she may "let out" suddenly
and run away with us."
"Go 'long with you, sauco box," said
the inflexible old gentleman,"! wouldn't
give live coppers for your necks if you
were behind ono of them frisky colts."
So away we drove out of Ibo bloom
ing lane, and onto tho dusty,'lovol high
way, which marked the good two milo
distance to tho villago.
Wo sat crowded in ono seat for there
was always a drawn battle as to who
ahould drive, tho things wcro easier
adjusted if we all sat together so that
tile reins could bo easily shifted. Sue
carried a big gingham umbrella, which
(lapped in tho wind like a yellow sail;
Kitty held valiantly on lo it big earthen
crock lilied with butter, and bound to
the villago storekeeper, and I tempo
rarily handled tho reins. We had no
whip, wo bad long ago found it to bo a
matter of utter indiiVerenco lo tho maro
whether wc wished to go slow or fast,
itnd ibo sight of tho old girl playing tag
on tho villago gteon or skipping ropo in
the. stable yard, would liavo given us
less surprise than to behold hor break
from ber hippoty bop gait.
We reached tho village, deposited the
butter, took in exchange a mighty jug
o' ?" ila.'sev. gathered In the mail care
fully counting it all over to bo suro of
no mistake: Tho Baptist Wookly, Tho
Advocate timi Guardian, Tho "Western
Beacon, Tho Southern Clarion', yes, all
were Ibero; anti wo laboriously turtled
Ibo old mare and started hor for home.
The broo/o bad down away. Uko a
belated bird to join its iloek, and tho
sun was ns ardent us grandma had
prophesied.
"Oh, hurry her up'," said I, Unding
tho ccstacy of holding tho molasses jug
lo my breast palling upon ino; "Do for
hcr/ven's sako bit her with tho umbrella,
Kit, I'm scorching."
"I'm afraid site might kick 1" "Don't
you do it," said Sue, whose grasp on tho
lines was rather languid.
"Here, give it to mc;" said I, reach
ing ovor and snatching at tho umbrella;
"I wish to gracious sho would run, it's
tho only thing to savo us from sun
stroke."
But my first whack with the umbrella
was mot with a gent?o flourish of tho
old marci's tall, as though dreamily
mindful of a sottling fly, wliUo at tim
same moment a strange voice ?aid.
"Shall I get out and lead hov for you,
or would you wait long enough for me
to get a chargo of dynamite and tio it lo
tho dashboard ?"
AVo looked hehlnd us, and there, in a
gossamer littlo sulky, drawn by a satin
skinned bay, sat a stranger young man.
Nothing like him had ever met our eyes
out of Boston. Ho was immaculate as
lo linen and beaver, and upon his
shapely hand glistened, like a chip of
the radiant sun, an undoubted diamond.
'J'li.-. girls nudged me, as the ever
ready, but for once surprise had sealed
my tongue.
"I should hardly bavo thought,"
said the mocking voice again,"that such
a lovely cargo would have been entrusted
lo such a reckless steed."
"We're holding her in," said Sue.
She wants lo go bul it's too warm lo
give her her head."
"Ah," says the unknown, "tho um
brella then was used only as a check to
her frantic ambition. "
1 shaded my face behind tho molasses
jug, the umbrella descended like a pall
abovo our young heads, and tho dust of
tormentor's Hying wheels blew in our
face, as his light wheels flashed by. Ile
went at a rattling paco up Hie level
stretch of road, then turned and ap
proached us, tipping his hal jauntily as
ho again fell to Ibo roar.
As thc sound of his horse's rattling
paco carno flying up tho road ( nco moro
to overtake us, a strange transforma
tion began in tho old maro. lier cars
pricked up like a squirrel's tail before
thc wind Her f "M fluttered nut like
! titosp'tub of an an;: cy >e.:. I lei bead i
weilt rip ?o?d a sn or I- like ll ie b.ljysi <>i j
11'umpr.t / 'it ibo stir.
\ ','Go?d ufl's.uii?pk' I" >i'< > v Kit, ' "Ir-O-!
I mad I <.,.<.'I hold hov
With thc ??rsl slrxOs I had pu raptly 1
dripped ?the inoias?cii jug, and ii.. n,?.
tents wore strewing tiie road with stiff
ened gore. Tho umbrella sailed out of
Sue's hands, and went to join tho
heavenly constellations.
"Sim's gol the 1 il between her teeth,"
sang Kit; "she's running away."
VGivo her her head I Let her go I
Go 'lang my beauty !" shouted I.
"I can't hold on! 1'rn falling out !"
shrieked She.
"Hold on lo tho scat," cried I.
"We'll get in ahead ol: that man or die."
Faster and faster flew tho mare.
The road behind her unrolled Uko an
old gold ribbon fringed with flame. The
sound of her breathing was like tho ad
vance of a brass band. One glance over
my shoulder showed mo tho stranger two
lengths behind, and breathing heavily.
"Get 'ep ! Fly I Scalier I Go 'long
forever I That's my nico girl I On,
my beauty," shouted 1 to the mare.
Sho made a while streak of herself.
Sho leaped through Ibo dust liko a rub
ber ball. I looked over her shoulder
again-three lengths behind and losing.
In tho road before us appeared a band
of familiar forms, waving milk pans
and shouting "Whoa !"
But tho mare, regardless of Ibo voieo
to which she had listened so many years,
darted by the restraining group that
sought lo stay her and bravely passed
tho second quarter.
A last glim po over my shoulder dis
covered the total back down of tho
stranger horse, which had turned tail
and was disappearing down tho road.
Tho old marc died that night, but sho
died in a blaze of glory, ns a victorious
warrior dies on the battle held, his prow
ess has won. She lived long enough to
accept sugar from our hands to a cloy
ing extent, and I think her bravo equine
spirit appreciated our homage and our
tender ministrations to tho last.
"After all,"-said Kit, "sho brought
her fate upon herself ; I could not hold
her in."
"And I would not bavo dono so if I
could, said f. "I'd rather dio as sho
did than live lo have boon beaton."
"Yes," interlopes Isaac at this late
day, "and don't you know tho only rea
son I turned back and gavo you tho
race, was because you looked so scared
each time you glanced over your should
er at me. I didn't want lo seo you die."
4
Do not poultice your own elbow for
the boil on another man's neck.
Nothing is troublesome to you that
other peoplo do for you willingly.
When angry, bo suro you catt handle
your man boforo you oall him a liar.
Novor buy what you don't want, sim.
ply because tho man says ho ls Just out
of lt.
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CURIOSITIES OF IJANUUAGP.
_I
How Words anti Their Mean I ti
Cilanco lo Crossing tho At him lc
Tho subject, ol' English pronunciation; !
of tliitoront words, name*, mu? pl; :i ,
totally out o? accord with tho spelling,
together with tho difference that exists
in England und America in respect i<>
tho expression ol' tho samo thing, hus
been frequently touched upon in lel;
from bot h sides of tho Atlantic, refei cd
to incidentally in books of travel, and
ofton niado tho topic of conversation
among returned tra velors, whether froui
Liverpool or Now York. Hut I don''
think tho subject has been thoron?:lily
gone into. Yet a knowlodgo of those
pronunciations and expressions wom.i
ho extremely useful to tho Amer! m
traveler in England. Tho avon gi
American who lands in England kn?v ?
that tho Thames is pronounced Tom ;
Pall Mall, Pell Mell and Cholmondt Icy
Vhumly. Beyond that ho never give a
thought, and. hanny In that, ignor?t."-.
which by its display ol! nntiohnTlty leaves
tho possesor an easy prey to libtol-ktep?
ors, cab-drivers, etc., and is thoiel <v
far from bliss, ho goes serenely on, mri
consciously "giving himself away' ?ii
every step.
Let us now consider tho ways of
pressing the samo thing m both count
ries, and seo how they differ. Tiki
dress fust : Pantaloons aro called ti
sers, never pants-, suspenders arebnv
a suck coat is a jacket, an uudOrsbiit
?i Jersey and a vest, and a vest a waist
coat-pronounced by tho bye, wescut
Tho gnuie of billiards furnishes si". >
curious variances of expression:
shot is called a stroke, a run a br il
and a carom a canon. Then cracl
aro biscuits and biscuits rolls. Cl*a<
ors in longland aro what aro called sr
ping mottoes lit America. Syrup :
molasses aro both known as trench
pie (of fruit) is a tart, ti sugar-bowl :.
sugar-basin, a stoop a porch and an - il
try a hall; a pitcher is a jug and a bi?
renn a chest of drawers; a cano i;
walking-slick, tin overcoat a great ct .
a check-rein a bearing-rein. Heins ill
never called lines, and thc coachman
hover called tho driver. Every stoic
a shop, ;i fruit store is it fruiterer^,
hard wilie store is an ironmonger ..
dry goods store a draper's or haberdn
er's, a drug store a chemist's, and
vegetable store a green grocer's, ( ?
is invariably called coals, calico, prie
thread, cotton and a spool, a reel,
frock coat is never called a Prince \
bert, nor is a high hat called a st,
pipe. Karo meat ls always uridoitlbb
and thc stubs of a check book ate t
t.'?tMi?-.'j ???l?j SlooVe buttons au; r
Iii I . a ml /'liri-...mis y> ristl>,uids Mu
'w ?Vfri'klg?'. A balk th ! horse ii ii ji
bing Iii rae, tint! to balk h, loJiK A i
../.,< stO'?V u tobaCviOiy"::*!. Pu
(ivjokTidj bel- cot; tho (terni
; Ifu .. . 1 .ii ya y H ti?lled cotillion, si ci
iviiideii is <i key less watch, and beer (
bars) bitter. Of course, Iii this, I exec
lager-bier, which is now iii such gre
vogue iii England. Tho lingoof rn
way diffojtt wonderfully. Railroad
railway, uio track is tho line ami t
rails tho metals, the cars arc thc tra
to switch is to shunt, a turn-out is a s
lng, a locomotivo is an engine, an <
gineer a driver and a fireman a stok
Thc conductor is the guard, a car a c
ringo, baggage, luggage, a baggage-o
a luggage-van and a frieght train
goods train. A depot is a terminus
a station, and u switch tender a poir
man or signal man. Sick is always
for sick in England means sea-sick,
good natured person is never called cl
er, nor is a clever person ever cal
smart. Smart in longland now me;
well and neatly dressed, and I he won
also applied to what is well and propc
dont! in fashionable life. Smart li\
?es, it smart carriago are frequent
pressions. Homely is plain. Now
a few samples in difforenco of spoil i
Tito following words are always spe'
thus; Labour, neighbour, honour, 1
hour, favour, etc. Tho only except
is in governor, where tho u is drop)
Cheek (bank) is spelled cheeqito and
plural of scarf, scarves.
There aro many peculiarly A trier h
expressions and ways of speaking
as thero aro English) which ?it
shows nationality when traveling ubi
It takes an American ri long timo be
ho discovers them ?ill. Strictly Am
can expressions, as distinct from :
lish, are: J NV hy, certainly, Quito a \\
Quite a bit, Quito a nice time, I gi
1 reckon, 1 calc?late, Onco in a wi
Why, pshaw! You don't say, (Will
so), Pottom dollar, Don't go a cent,
slice, High toned, wagon (foi' carrin
ride horseback, buggy-riding,
stick, Say, Oh, my! Look adiorc!
nice, real swcot, roal mean, too
for anything, way np, awful (wi i
the ly) nicc-or anything else, ll.
boss (as a verb), loan (as a verb .
aro tho following expressions si
American slang: Tumble lo tho n
don't seo it, skip, catch on, hi
time, laity, what aro you giving tis?
yourself away, not much, yon rniih
tired. I should remark, pointer, i
nut, I should say so, that's aboi
size of il, size tip, louey, bully, nil
snide.
The manner ol' laking a riillwo
ct in England is peculiar to
and. You go to tho bonking
by which nanto tho ticket ofiU
called, and, say you aro going
London to Leeds, you say, ont,
singlo, Leeds. That is to say, yo.
ono first-class ticket fora single .kn
? i
to leeds, You eau, of course, altor tho
class to second or third, if you so wish,
tied say two ol' titree, or any number
?? cording lo tho number of tickets you
want, ti' you want a return ticket you
i'llnply say J turn instead of single. In
laking ii (ic kui lo London you never
(ion I < Ion. I don't suppose there
is anything tliat would moro quickly
?li - loso i\ foreigner than that. Every
titi I way Hu? running into London basa
OTinlnal station known by sonto special
danie Thus tho South "Western has
l\ut :. ", fbi North Western Euston,
Iii . midland St. Panera/., tho South
Waste ii Charing Cross, tho London,
llrlghloi and South Coast, 'Victoria
and the ( Ireat Western, Paddington,
s thal when you ask for your ticket
' ' jm say Waterloo, St. Panera/.,
eli Instead of London. Cabmen only I
need I ?ni .. tho name of tho station to
Itu .vhero to drive you lo. Just say
Vii ?i, I 'itdd lng ton, or any other you
: visit to go to, and that's all cabby
wants,
N > v. ! don't mean to contend, andi
i X i hall not be understood as cou
le ding That It is necessary, if, hi
llel : i . es desirable, for any Amw
il in vi ifing longland loin tho least
! 'mal identify. Far from it.
liol) big that a true and sincero
I : Uli niau likes and admires moro
'i im ii true and sincero American Hut
pinebody once said tliat atnie genlle
Wit! ' no nationality-ho was a
mail o' Mt? world.
Pli id otis Deatl Iiot tei'8.
INO ino can have a notion of
lui,! ''i* pooplo sond through the
mails ;; . il hq looks over tho inventory
' i io cs th lio sold at the Dead Letter
Cfllce ile, There is something humor
d in tho dropping a sowing
ii i\ letter box. lt suggests
ai.iiUi v mill, a steam engine orja
i ?f sti s. Yet sewing lnachines
db (bi theil way to thc Dead Letter
Officie.
Vi ' c irions Secrets aro unfolded in
tl P ?id I .otter Ollico and there are
be owners never como to claim
There Stands iioW among tho
i dead Idlers" a pair of number
I six, ''ladles' Khoes." What an nfllctioh
I ? to lay claim lo! The lady
! thanks fortuno that her name was not
; on lin i : ige, and allows them lo ho
old auction. An old wig has been
in fbi ofllco for two years without
rla?n tut, while tho owner probably
w ir.ibij hat ju church. A pair of coi
ls made to embrace a tbirty-threo
ll ich Viv I < an (ind no ono to confess to
?.' r,M->?*stand around JwltliSev'el'id
. ber pairs of sm?ll?r ? i/o, ?waifihg the
I Hui ?ors?is and wigs and sowing oin
": "'? ...ye. /?<>', i)v> w\y%&n*i(>n%)v.*>n\ff-.
\?\?\ tnrii up In dead letters, Besides
: bihunioi'tiblo rm i ri Of shoes, suds pf
. ,. . rohiof?, collarti and cliffs^
if wei ry, with an occasional lock
;md in engagement ring, tliere
j arc luuiorbus ladies' bustles, brown
h?ii ". '. ; li ?sj .'also bangs and frizes, and
licles of under wear and
pall of. ga : ; . In ono packago there
two . imaged night-dresses," in
aiii of tobacco, in another a
ol sur-pins and hair-combings,
it her packago lhere are six
j tin ni and a second-hand tooth
bri fi io umber of packages mark
huir hugs" suggest that they
i Cv s (o vs that some unsent I men
tluis vowed. Cosmetics
. ) small quantities. Ono
, bair switch" and several
ii. ol nu -skirts were miscarried in
he ii : \ gent's seersucker suit and
j a hi i-aiso and unfinished night
dresiaii ...> nt astray. A pair of artificial
ure i laimcd. A pair of artificial
l ey ari mOng thc dead letters.
..H ng oilier curious mail mellor dis
rough tho dead letters are a
i n hoi ses* a lady's black cloth dol
man old frock coat, "Old Judge'
. ?otts, ld broken screw-driver, la
I light caps, gray bair waves, hair
rbi >, ladies'woolen facinntors,I four
II pounds of cheap tea, an old
nil i-1 de, a bunch of langled thread,
: ladies! corsi '.; covers, thirteen old pew
i spoons, a dog blanket, a lady's old
diinu d silk dress basque, nutnieg gra
, in II isli, gent's dirty clothes and
old (raw I st, lady's blue jersey, a pair
! (,f bathing i . links, old felt bat, bird sling,
: I ?y ?gun i ettie cleaner and tinware,
. I lb i r, ii dozen polatoe parers, a
I min boil ucl , doll's corset, doll's ovor
Ia 11 clock, a pair of pruning
henri: a tzor, and 91) pounds of ron
and metal castings. "
('.<.?.ton Fifty Yen rs Ago.
i ins MUnlhis Sargent gave in his
j IK??I? nt >lished several years ago, a
iib {(ration of tho customs which
j rdd?i'ued !'oro in Boston within tho past
foi i i ii years. Ile said that as lhere
were \ . ! few inexpensive amusements
: i i I tost?n besides tho Thursday lecturo
! han were especially attractive.
Wh1 ' ng out of t he city in a cbaiso
Was ? unpolled to halt and remain at
rest we ,ty minutes on Washington,
,;. i' (Mi i taut street, whilo an i inmenso
. i men, women and children
ni il bj on their way to thc execution
j ol! au i . fhmen which took placo at tho
ws near tho graveyard on tho Neck
il pri ncr was in an open baroucho,
publicity takon in connection
li ll way in which lie was dressed
; hewed now dosirablo a parado was
: , 'iii to be in connection willi au
I execution.
DIAMONDS.
!
An Advanco in. Their European Valu?
That "Will Soon Uo Felt Hove.
A roo?nt tologrnm f toni Europa tin
rionncod "a great revival in the dia
mond trade of Brussels" and great
salos of diamonds to America. So far
as concorned a revival of tho diamond
trado genorally iu Europo that is all
right, but Mr. Dreyfuss, who is cred
ited with knowing all that is toho known
of tho diamond business, says that
"Brussels is no moro a market than is
Now York. Thoro aro only two great
markets, Amsterdam and Antwerp,
and noxt to thom stand Tails and Lon
don. But it ls quite truo that not only
is thoro a gratifying activity in tho
diamond trade, but a noteworthy in
crease in values,. Tho ?jost precious of.
stones aro worth now, in tho European
markets, lo to 20 per cont, moro than
thoy woro a month ago. They had
boon appreciating gradually for a year
past, but have mado their principal
Jump within a tow weeks. As yet this
advauco is hardly felt on this sido of
tho water, but lt will bo just as soon as
importers will baye to replace their pre
sent stock by now purchases in Europo.
Thero aro still boro dealers who havo
cheap lots on hand that they can sell
low at proilt, and others who aro com
pelled to sell irrespective of rising
values, but tho popular demand will
soon exhaust those sources of supply
and romovo their inti uenoo in keeping
Ibo market down, and thou if tho pre
sent European tendency continues dia
monds may corne to lie regarded as an
expensive luxury,
A letter received hore tho other day
from ono of tho principal Parisian
doalers says that ho has sold off his en?
! tire stock of diamonds on hand at much
larger prices than ho over expected to
get, but if ho had to replace them ho
could not do so for oven a greater sum.
"Thero are two reasons for tho pre
sent riso in the value of diamonds, al
though both como to tho samo thing
tho falling off in their production. Tho
first is, that during tho winter season
at tho Capo thero is annually a greatly
dimisbed production, even when there
is nothing to disturb the regular course
of events; Ibo second, that tho South
African gold fields havo attracted to
them groat numbers of tho minors
formerly employed lu tho diamond
mines, and that these aro no longer
operated to their full capacity. Tho
actual cost of production is just about
whatsit was when these diamond Qelds
were first developed, for, if tho cost of
mihing baa jncreanod with tho accpen
ing of. the mines, as it haw io tho ex?
teni of KOtnn 25 per com., that ia fully
offset by tho reduced cost of havel and
Jft?njnuj w\ to ^pd (rom tho dhunond
j mu es, that Clio Brazilian diamond
mines have yielded comparatively ll ttl*
iii late years, ls a Lie: already iyeil
known. And, by the way, the fanciful
distinction In favor of 'old mino stones'
no longer exists, except in tho ardent
imaginations of Ouida and other story
writers, and in the easy credence ac
corded by their readers. Dealers only
considor tho color and perfection of the
stone submitted for their judgment,
not where it comes from. A fine blue
white stone is i-, fine bluo-whito stone,
whether it conies from Brazil or from
Africa. African diamonds wero rated
low at first, because nearly all of tho
earliest that entered tho market wcro
off color, but slnco then other and bet
ter deposits havo beon found, and Bomo
of tho finest stones In tho market to day
aro from the cape.
"The private persons who make their
purchases abroad 'because it is the pro
per thing to buy ono's diamonds in
Paris or London, you know,' aro now
paying very much higher prices for them
over thero than they would have to pay
hero, even with tho duties honestly
laid.
A Crab That Can Conni.
The teller in ono of tho banks in
Palatka, Ela., has a remarkable pct in
tho shape of a largo land crab. Lord
Timothy Dexter, as this thing is called,
has developed a peculiar degrco of
intelligence as a mathematician and a
detector of spurious monoy. Mr. Blank
will place a package of bills before Lord
Timothy tobo counted and his lordship
will grab tho bundle with his left largo
claw, while he rapidly slip liles over tho
bills with ld? right, When bc bus
finished counting Mr, Blank lays down
a printed slip with the figures 0, 1, 2,
3, 4, ?, 0, 7, 8, 0, and Lord Timothy
scuttles to it and tells off the proper
amount with bis claw. Tho wonderful
fish can detect a spurious coin or bill at
a glance. If, in counting, ho comes
across a bogus bill, Lord Timothy
immediately sets up a vigorous thrash
ing with lils logs and claws.
Tho bank examiner, when hero last,
tried lo pass off on Lord Timothy an
excellent counterfeit of tho United
States $10 note, series 1890. When
Lord Timothy came to it in lils regular
courso of counting ho clearly Indicated
that ho could not bo fooled by dancing
a minuet upon tho polished desk.
Mr. Blank is teaching Lord Timothy
to writo Pittman's system of shorthand,
and will probably uso bim as an amanu
ensis this Winter.
The thoughts we havo had, tho pic
tures wo havo seen, can bo again called
back before tho mind's oye and boforo
tho imagination; but tho heart is not so
obliging; it does not reproduce its pleas
it ur emotions.
FOOD FOU THOUGHT.
Never . trouble yourself to I do fot
another what ho cnn do just as well for
himself.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forgo
yourself ono.
Do notdespiso fi twenty cont cigar or
a two dollar dinner because another
man pays for it. .
Jlomembcr it costs moro to go to a
high priced theatre than it does to talc?:
a back pow in a freo church.
Nothing ls beneath you ?C it is in th?'
direction of your Ufo; nothing is groat
or desirable it it is off and away fronv
that.
livery person has two educations
ono which ho recolvos from others, and
ono moro important, which .ho g ty ea
himself. _ 111 *
Without a belief in personal immor
tality religion surely is like an aroU
resting on ono pillar, like a hndgo end
ing in an abyss.
In tho sight of God no man is poor,
but him who is wanting in goodness;
and no man is rich, but him who
abounds in virtuo.
The sweat of ono's brow ls no longer
a curso when ono works for Ged; it
proves a tonic for the system, and ia
actually a blessing.
Tho mind ls weak when it bas oiico
given way; lt is long before a principle
restored can become as firm as one that
has never been moved.
Whatever you would not wish your
neighbor to do to you do it not unto
bim. This is tho whole law; tho rest ia
a mero exposition of it.
Dad habits are tho thistles of the
heart, and every Indulgence of them is
a seed from which will como forth IA
new crop of rank weeds,
Chai itv towards tho weaknesses ot'
human nature is a virtuo which we de
mand In others, but which we find very
hurd to practico ourselves.
There aro many things tliat aro
thorns to our hopes until we have
attained them, and envenomed arrov/a
to our hearts when we have.
Great effort from groat motives Li the
best dolinitlon of a happy life. Tim
easiest ?abor is a burden to bini whe
lms no motivo for performing it.
A Imo niau never frets about bia
placo lp tho world, but just slides into
it by the gravitation of his nature, ami
swings tliero as easily as a star.
Memory and hope aro sot like stars
above tho soul-tho ono shining dlmiy
through tho twilight of tho past, 'th?
other lighting tho archway of the fu
ture.
A zealous soul without meekness is
like a ship in a storm, in danger ol'
wrecks, A meek soul without zeal is
like a ship in a calm, that moves not
as fast as it ought.
It is better that joy should be spread1
over all tho day In the form of strength;,
than that it should bo consecrated "into
ecstaoles full of danger and followed
by reStf toil ohs.
l.'reeept and example, Uko tho blade*;
lol a. pur of scissors, aro admirably
i adapted to I heir end when conjOluedj
; amputated, they loso tho greater portion .
j of Vmn'r i tmty.
t Ail Hie idee things of this world at?
i Of ho I'lirth^r good to US thou Lhoy are.
o? us; aud whatever wo may heap up
to others, wo enjoy only as muon aa we
can use, and no more.
A charitable untruth, an uncharita
ble truth, and an unwise managing of
truth or love,'aro all to bo carofully
avoided by bim that would go with a.
right foot m tho narrow way.
Polished steel will not slime in the
dark, no more can human reason, how
ever refined and cultivated, shine ef?
caciously but as it reflects the light of
divino truth from heaven.
Think not that a pleasure which. God
hath threatened, nor that a blossing
which Heaven hath cursed. True spir
itual joy and pleasure como only by
following that which is good.
Froudosays: 1 'TheProvidence which
watches over tho affairs of men works
out of their mistakes, at times, a heal
thier issue than could havebeon accom
plished by their wisest forethought.
Wo can easily manage if wo will only
take, each day, the burdon appointed
for it. But tho load will bo too heavy
for us if wo add to its weight tho bur
den of to-morrow before we aro called
to bear lt.
Ho that will put time and eternity
boforo him, and who will dare to look
steadfastly on both of them, will lind
that tho moro often ho contemplates
them tho former will grow greater and
tho latter loss.
Want of goods is easily repaired;,
povorty of soul is irreparable. Socrates*,
seeing a great quantity of riches, jewels?
and furnituro of great value oarried lu
pomp through tho oity:- "How many
things," said he, "do I not dosireV"
Suffering well homo is better than
suffering romoved. "Whoa wo reach
tho blessed gardon above, wo shalt lind
that out of tho very bruises and wounds
ovor which wo sighed and groaned on
earth have sprung verdant branches,
bearing most precious fruits for eterni
ty.
A littlo boy ran away from home, and
while enjoying himself in forbidden
Holds, a thunder storm came up. and it
began to ball. His guilty con3oiencn
needed no licensor, lloturning home,
ho burst into tho presence of bis aston
ished mamma, exclaiming breathlessly:
'?Ma, ma, God's frowing stones at
mol"
Wo shall never mako much impres
sion upon this present world with our
proachiug and our religious machinery
till wo mako a great deal less than wo
now do of some small things, and u
groat deal moro than wo now dofyoT
some great things; till wo get it ilrmly
fixed in our miuds that tho only really
sacred and precious thing in the world ,
is character.
Ho who is constancy looking Mob;
and bewailing that which he baa lost,
docs not only thereby unfit himself for
Improving in any way tho discipline to
which God has subjected bim;'wheroas,
the man who brings his mind down to
hlB lbwor lot, and deliberately examines
how ho can sorvo God best in that,;ila
already on the road to happiness and to
restoration,