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Pr£||F: L ! l -ff: r »t T, ■ vf, f f r.f bi i p' i iff t i «.! u J I . f i fr H s ■a I i.' unto b«r fwt— I on bar oodbtolbne— Aoroai tbo purpled coverlet, The mtidon'a Jet Week heir h*» Rrown— Ob either aide ber tiunord form fortfa atreamm^ Iroin a brtuil of pearl; The alnmbrooa light ia rich and warm, had move* not on the rounded curl The ailk-atar brohlcr'd oorci lid Outo her limba I tec If doth mold Languidly ever, and, amid Her fnlftriack ringlet*(loanward ndl'd Glows forth each aoftly nhaduwed amt With braceleta of the diamond blight; Her conaiant beauty doth Inform •tillneai with love, and d»v with liKht. Sha aleepa; her breathivpa are not htat'i In palaoe-ehambet a far apart. v The ftwjfrant treaaea arc not atlmd That Be npon her charmed hrarr. She alaepo; on either hand npawcila The gold-fringed pillow lightly preat; She aleepa, nor dreamt, bnt ever dwella A perteot form In perfect real. Twsthon. THRILIING WOLF STORY. Babe Wexford oagbt to bnve been a happy fellow. He waa certainly consid ered one on the day when Kate Wilde became hie bride. He waa the envy of every yonng man in the rude Western hamlet where the ceremony took place, and many were the good wishes show ered on the heada of the newly-wedded pair for their future happineee and pros parity. Still there were thoee who not only tnalnnated hot boasted that the Ittilpmali of her choice was not worthy the woman he had won. Kate’s father and mother were particularly opposed to the matoh, and did all in their power to prevent it, bat the girl, betides her un wavering lore, possessed a determined will which, when once aroused, carried much before it Rube Wexford was never accounted a strictly temperate man. Indeed, there had been times lie- fore marriage when he was for days un der the influence of liquor, and Kate had seen him in this state and therefore knew fully the extent of hia weakness. Bnt the woman loved the man, and with in herself resolved that his reclamation shodM be her duty. That success must erown her efforts she little doubted. Antama drifted away, the crops bad been gathered in and all the indications pointed to an early and severs winter. Baba's tprscs continued. No wind waa too cold, no snow too deep to keep him from Wash barn’s, a not distant tavern. One evening in the latter port of De cember be took down hia logging goa from the pegs where hung Rnd was preparing ^ Kate went to “®«*&amd: J ‘“* , Rube, you must not leave me to night. Give in to me this time and stay at home.” "I ami coy going for a jaunt,” he re plied. "I’ll be back soon. ” "No, yon are going to Washburn's. To-night yon will, you must gratify me. I am afraid to remain here alone.” "Afraid 7” he answered. Such a thing as fear waa almost unknown to Kate Wiide. She clasped her arms around his neck, whtopered into his ear, her cheeks flush ing brightly, then aat down in the rocker and cried ae if her hearl would break. Robe stood the gun in a corner, threw aside the leggings and cried too. The next morning when the winter son beamed npon the cabin, the log •belter held three souls instead of two. A wee stranger had come in the night, a bright-eyed baby girl. Her weak cry sesaaed to move all the better part of the husband's nature, and hia wife looked on with a new-born confidence in her face. oat, leggings, tmffido coat, gnu, and all Kate worked away and said never sword. He opened the door, and, withoat look ing back, remaked: "I'll be here by annas "See that yon are," waa the reply. "If yon come here later the honie will t»e empty.” ( . The wife watched his form across the clearing, and saw it disappear in the heavy timber which circled the cabin. She tqrued to ber household duties, bnt had no heart for them. Wall she knew Rube Wexford would break hia last promise, as be hadbroken others before it If so, he mast abide by tbs result. She was determined. The day went by at a snail's pace, and the afternoon seemed never ending. Kute fondled the baby, listened to ber crow and cry, and fed her a dozen times. Then she prepared sapper, and sonset came when it was completed. But it bronght no Robe. Another hoar and still he was absent So the moments passed until the clock struck 10. The Imby was fast asleep. Kate rose from a chair at the cradle's side, a look of firm determination on ber face, and opening the cabin door, she peered across the clearing. Not a soul was visible. She closed the door, went to the chest, and (ook from it a pair of old fashioned skates, whose steel runners gleamed in llio relight She laid them ready for use and proceeded to wrap herself as warmly as possible. Then she bundled the bsby in the same manner, lifted her tenderly in her arms, and with tbs skates slung over her shoulder, started across the clearing. After reaching the timber she left the beaten path aud made for the river. It was coated heav ily with ice, and the winds had blown it almost entirely free from snow, leaving a nearly naked surface. Kate laid the liuhy down for a few moments while she ftulcnud on her skates. Then she lifted her bnby onoc more and started for PuYcvifKv 1& miles away. Tire mbtfri vhouo brightly, sho was a wonderfully rapid skater, and she knew no slightest suspicion of fear. Unite Wexford sat near the warm fire which was surrounded by a dozen men lieshlo himself. He had been there for hours listening to anecdotes of hunter's lives, even adding to ttte general land with some <>l his own experience*, but ihough his companions coaxed aud per suaded him, they could not prevail uoo^^ him to taste liquor. This ^ ZZ& 'aome- thing »o futird^w timt many a laugh d,i *l j^ko.YAia Inal ut his expense. He •Itaweivd all ih’ishu.ions to imbibe lu be same war, saying only. "Not to day, lioys; not to-day.” When sunset calhe ho wss still in his scat. Ho wanted to bo at homo, he wanted to keep his promise, but he thought ho would wait awhile and start later, so ns it would not look to Kate too much as if ho were giving in. Sothink- iug he wont to a quiet corner by him- aelf, and had not been there long before ho fell asleep. It was eleven o'clock when he awoke with a start, and said hurriedly: "Wh«A»it, Kate? - ’ A loud roar of laughter brought him to his senses, aud a rough voice cried: "Rube, guess you have been dream- ^ ing.” "Yes,” he replied, foolishly; "I thought my wife wok calling me.” He glanced at the clock and said: "Boys, 1 must go. “Have something before you leave,” was the general cry. "No, no; not to-night.” Then he was gone. His conscience unote him as he trudged through the. up, Rune wentio relate the happy event to hia grand-parent*. It was the first time be had visited them for months. Very early in the morning he started, end when the afternoon shadows began te lengthen Kate looked oat eagerly for his return. It was toward daybreak when he appeared, hie hands and feet slmoat frozen, and his senses stupefied The wife's by liquor. The wife’s new hopes were deetined to be short lived. Freshly- made promisee marked the morrow, bat days went by only to see tnem unrui- filied. Now there was a new torture. Babe bed forsaken Washburn’s, and made hie vimta to Pineville instead, where Kate's father and mother lived. It waa almost more than the woman’s nature could bear to know that ber parents were the frequent witnesses of her hus band's disgrace. This wss s sort of thing which she could not and would uot tong brook. Little Kate, the baby, was a month old to a day whan Babe made prepara tions one morning for a trip to Pineville. Kate looked on silently for a few mo ments, end then said: "Where ere you going 7” "Only to Pineville." , "Whet for?" 'To see about some powder and stuff." 'That is an true. You. ere going to •psnd the day with worthless eompan- iiM. sad you will come back stupid with liquor. Rnbe. listen to ms. I have stood all it is potsible for me to endure. I hove prayed and entreated you to abandon a habit which has disgraced ns both. My pleadings have brought noth ing. I cannot sod will not have our eMld grow up to know a father whs is a dnmkncd. If yon refose to stay at home, 1 have said my lard say. Go to Pine ville if yon iuaht on doing eo, bnt if yon am Ml ben sober by sunset I shall eo x wUk the baby to father’s, and in this bones I wfll never set foot again." "Theft all talk," Babe answered, in s rough, Joking, half-serious fashion. "Why. ift fifteen miles to Pfoeville-” - „ TfegmUir," was the firm rejoinder. '1 will make the efokt if the child and I could save her, when, qntsk aMn arrow from a bow, she swerved to one aide, the maddened brutes sbd forward on their hind legs and she had gained a few steps. Again she flew onward, and again she tried the rose of swerving aside, the man on the bank in the meantime firing rapidly, and picking off wolf after wolf. A fresh danger arose. The woman evi dently did not see the abrupt break in the ice above the falls, and the dark, «wift current which lay 4 beyond. Per haps she was too frightened to hear the rushing waters. On she went, making straight for the fall*, the wolvw almoet on her heels, and the man’s voice crying nnaiAMU MAM AT TUB MtWMlHG CKNTKOUAL. ington. Great everywhere and at all in terrified accents as he dropped on his timea, the part played npon this field in these closing months of the Revolution was not less conspicuous nor complete in kn** in the snow: . "Kate I Kate 1 My God save her!” The woman was on the brink of the ice, when she made a sudden sweep to one side. Nearly the entire pack, unable to cheek their mad flight, plunged into the water, which carried them swiftly over the rocks, and Kate Wexford was flying toward the river bank, where she fell helpless in the snow, her baby in her arms, while Babe's rifle frightened was some time before tier husband's voice. d answer en strength enabled her to do so she arose feebly in the snow, her resolution to go to her father as etrong ss ever, but Babe took her hand, knelt down, And said: "Kate, beer with me for the last time. As God is my judge 1 shall never again taste liquor. This night has taught me a lesson which i cannot forget” Kate believed him and accepted his promise. They then started for Pine ville, Babe carrying the baby, and more than half carrying his wife. When they arrived there Kate told her parents she had been dying to show them the baby, and taking advantage of the moonlight night, had made the journey on skatea. Rube kept lus vow, the roses bloomed again on Kate's cheeks, and to-day a happy family of boys and girls feel no. lonoh of shame as they look up with wide to their father. Jimmie’s Old Watch. snow. It would be after 2 o'clock when . . . „ . .. . , he reached homo. One thing consoled UUt - - r v vbm ■&(. .« .Me a rtt y. wmewh „. W But would It ha. 'Bubo laughed half a donee Kate be in the cabin when he returned 7 Of coarse, she mast ber Nothing short of madness could tempt her to keep the rash vow she made iu the morning. So thought Rube. This was because he was incapable of estimating the great suffering which he had caused his wife. On he wont until through the stillness of the night was home to his ears the sound of falling waters. It proceeded from a spot which marked the half-way lictwecn Pineville and his own home and was caused by the river tumbling down a steep descent of 15 or 20 feet of nigged rock. His read at this point lay close to the river bank, and soon he was in full view of the cascade. As he passed it he noticed with a sort of shndderhow cold and dark the water looked as it tumbled down. For thirty f e| above the falls there was no ice. it broke off abruptly, and the current rushed from Ixmeath with terrible velocity. Beyond ill the moonlight glistened an unbroken surface of clear ice for fully half a m’le before there was a bend in the river's bank.' T'uo sight was an old one io Babe, and be paid little heed to it, but stalked on silently, still thinking of Kate and won dering would the cabin be tenantlesa. Suddenly he stood stock still.aud lis tened. Many an ear would have heard lolUing but the sound of rushing watara. Kabo’s acute and practiced hearing de tected something more, and he felt in stinctively for his ammunition aud coked to the priming of his rifle. Then irom s distance the sound came again— a peculiar cry, followed by another and another, until they ended in a chorus of unearthly yells. Rube muttered to liimself one word—wolves—and strained bis eyes in the direction of the carve to the rivers edge. 5 The ery proceeded from tint direction and grew loader every instant. Before he could decide on A plan of action there shot oat from the band in ihAamwhatVaoka&taMM Uk* » wo man carrying a bundle and, •hating far dear life. She atrsinad every nerve, but never oooe cried oat. Mart eame a wolf, followed mptcdyty r the pack to a dozen, all jftjMboqo, yalp- On Brush street, near Jeffeson ave nue, for an hour the other day a bruised and battered old dumb watch and ghsiu lay in the gutter, where foot had kieked ii^frexn if anyone gave th” t,jy a second glance it was to J'TCegnize thai some child had lost or flung it away. The case wss battered, the face scratched and scarred, and no boy would turn aside to pick it up. By and by a curious procession came up from the Brush street depot. It was composed of a man aud his wife, lioth past fifty years of age, and four children, the youngest of whom seemed to be about twelve. They were spread out on walk and street, heads down and moving slowly, and there was a look of anxiety on every face. Some one asked the man if he had lost his will let, aud he replied: "No, not thak- Somewhere as we came along we lost our Jamie's watch. ” "Very valuable?" "Well, sir, not safer as money goes, but it’s a relic of the dead, and sir— and-” "Ob, it was an old dumb watch, eh ?. Yea, sir I” You'll find it in the gutter up by ITkalto »< (It Altar a Ob* H*a4r*A Year*. The address of Wm. M. Everts at the Newburg Centennial concluded with the following impressive words: "The interest, the reverence, that we feel as we recall these great transac tions, as we stand npon the spot where they were enacted, centre npon Wash' its greatness than any manifestation of his life. A ad these events closed'hia publio service, had he then forever re tired from the great theatre of action and renowh, had he never filled ont our admiration and gratitude by the eight years of private life and the eight years of the Chief Magistry which followed the surrender of his military command—if the remainder of her pursuers away. It hia great presence in the framing of the THE HUMOROUS PAPERS. WHAT WB PlNOfN T—M TO I that poet” The entire family made a rush-for-the i.pot, and the watch hoi] no sooner been lifted than the mother kissed it and the children shouted their exultation., „ "It may seem foolish to yon, sir,” ex plained the husband, as he slyly wiped at something lik? a tear in the corner of Jus eye, "bnt it’s a long twelve years since Jamie died. That watch was the first toy I ever bonght him. We’ve lieen burned out of house and home twice since he died, and that’s the only scrap or relic left ns of the little one. You see it's old aud bjuit, but money ooaldn’t bay it. Every lime we look at it we can call up his blue eyes and chub by face, and the thought that he is wait ing for ns up there almost answers for • meal with mother.” "Are you going away 7" "Yes—across the ocean to our old home in England. We must leave the dead behind. Had we lost the watch I lielieve the mother would have broken her heart So long ns we have it the boy’s face comes up to us. Wo can al most hear his laugh again, and it seems more like we had laid him away to sleep for an hour or two. Thank Heaven that we have it I It was Jamie’s, sir, and we are never to see his grave again.”— Detroit Proe Prat. Constitution and in the guidance of the nation by high statesmanship and pare administration—if all this had been wanting to the foil splendor of his fame —if he stood to his countrymen in their memory as he stood npon this very spot one hundred years ago, his face would have shone to all this people as did the face of Moses to the children of Israel when he delivered the tables of the law, "And now, after a hundred years of marvellous fortunes and crowded experi ences, we confront the days and the works and the men of the first age of the Republic. Three wars have broken the peace here proclaimed. The war for neutrality to complete our independence, by establishing onr right to be at peace, though other Powers sought to draw ns into their wars. The war for boundary, which pushed onr limits to the Pacific and rounded our territory. The war of the eonstitution, which established Joj^ this people that, Jor>,heIh and forever, ' ‘Liberty 'Union are one and insepar able.’ ^hese rolling years have sho mi growth, forever growth, and strength, increasing strength, and wealth and numbers, ever expanding, while intelli gence, freedom, art, oulture and religion have pervaded and ennobled all this material greatness. Wide, however, as is our land and vast our population to- ,day, these are not the limits to the name, the fame, the power, of the life and character of Washington. If it could be imagined that this nation, rent by disastrous feuds, broken in its unity, should ever present the miserable spec tacle of the undefiled garments of his fame parted among his countrymen, while for the seamless vestures of his virtne they cast lots—if this unutteia- ble shame, ii this immeasurable crime should overtake this land and this peo ple, be sm that no spot in the wide world is inhospitable to his glory; and no people in it bat rejoices in the in- fluenoe of his power and his virtue. "H the great statesman and oratdr Mr. Fox. could, in the British Parlio- ment, exalt the character of Washington ss that ‘illustrious maff deriving bohor less from the splendor of his situatiou khan from the diguity-ot his mind, be fore whom all borrowed greatness sinks into insignificance, and all the poten tates of Europe become little and temtible;’ if the famous eloquence of mtifTATjOK rmnoeoFBX. I dpan know ob nothin’ what tries ter sing dat makes so po’ a out ob it as de owl. My ole gr_n’fedder what come from Africa tole me de reason ob dis. Once <le owl was a putty good singer, an’ wss invited ter all de parties in de neighborhood. One night at a big ball gin by de parrot, d^ owl she come an’ sung tea everbody praised her. Dis made her mighfy prond, an’ when she was gwine along home through de woods she ’gratulated hersc’f an’ laughed mightly. Airter a while de hawk ootoh up wid de owl, an’ sex ze, "Yer thinks dat yer*s a mighty singer, doan yer 7" “Git oaten my way,” says de owl, '* ’case I doan ’soeiate wid common fokes.” "Dat’s jea’ what I wanted ter hear yer. say,” said de hawk, and when he had put his claw in his mouf’ an’ gin a loud whissle, two jay birds an. a whipporwill come rtown outen de tree. Da grabbed ole Mizzes Owl,an’ tuck ’er ter de branch an’ hill her head un’er de water, takin it up once in a while ter let ber git her bref. Da kep’ on at dis tell da got tired, an’ den da let ole Mizzes Owl go homo, but bless yer life, de naixt mawnin’ she had sich a bad cole dat she couldn’t sing, an’she’s been hoarse eber since.—Ark- antaw Traveler,— » ANOTHER FAILURE IN LIFE another Good man who tried to BEAT WHM&Y AND EAILBO. A W*rt*ra LeetBr* Ob T*w»araae* Oaabt t* Hare a G**A KBtet. [From the Milwaukee Sun.], Fifteen or twenty years ago there no in Wisconsin whose name more familiar, or whose presence created a pleasanter feeling among a company than the name or presence of S. Park Coon. A few days since the gentleman died penniless in a Milwaukee hospital, and was buried by friends who had known him all these years, who respect ed him when he was at the top of the ladder, and who pitied him when at the bottom. He had been attorney-general of the State when a young man, aud con tracted convivial habits which caused him to be Hie wrong man at the head of a regiment, which was soon discov ered when he was placed at the head of a thousand brave Wisconsin soldiers. Jay-Ej^See and his Owner. , The New York//our says: "Jay-Eye- See will probably go into winter quarters early next morith. Mr. Case has, since his departure from New York, received many offers for the horse, despite the prohibitive price of 850,000 which waa placed on him, but he is determined to keep him. People in a position to know say that hia winnings foot up to very nearly $200,000. On the Monday after the 'yocmg ’on* beat St. Jnlien he bought a $1,000 oamel’a-hair shawl for his wile in a well-known dry goods house, and offered in payment a check for $1,500. "The proprietor naturally hesitated about aooeptibg it 'I don’t know you, sir,’ be said. 'My name is Case, of Racine, Wis.,’ he replied. "The merchant looked blank. " 'I’m the owner of Jay-Eye-See,’ added Mr. Case with a smile. "The man of yards ticks jumped up. ‘I bag you pardon, air; I dii not know that’ 'Mr. Case then drew his wallet, which • full to over-flowing with cheeks ranging in value frees $800 to #4,000. - 1 *8aa if yon oan find a ehaok among m,’ said Mr. Oass, ‘whose mate yon know.' as was found, and as )fc ing, ap*rllng t and gaining i prey. Babe r or their began to load sal VK- NEVER AGAIN. He had just go£ bis oyster shop opened to the public the other day when in came a man who asked: "Got any raws ?” "Yes, sir.” - "Serve ’em on the half-shell ?” "We do.” "Extra large?” "We have some of the largest oysters I ever saw.” - - The price was UkfduuS given, and ns it seemed to be perfectly satisfactory the man ordered a dozen and added: —‘‘I’ve got a slight ooutraction of the muscles of the throat, and sometimes I choke. . If anything happens to me run me to the door where I oan get the air and then rush for a drink of water.” The caterer promised to observe the caution, but it was only when the twelfth aud lost oyster was taken in between two rows of teeth which stood' out like ten-pcuuy noils that anything happened. Then the eater suddenly raised one leg, his eyes bulged out, and bo began to skip around like a goat dodging a club.! The choke had come. The caterer seized him by the arm and ushered him to the door, and then hurried to the rear end of the restaurant for a gloss of water. When he returned with it, half expect ing to see the customer lying on the floor in the agonies of suffocation, no in sight. The man was not in oarriad away foe. Now if one Erskine would speak of him ‘as the only human being for whom he felt an awful reverence;’ if the political philosophy of Brougham prescribed it as ‘the duty of the historian and sage of all nations to let no occasion pass of commemorating tlrirHhiatrioBS man;’ if he asserted that will the door, nor at the door, nor around the door. Ho was two blocks away and the twelfth oyster had gone down to keep the company of the other eleven. Just exactly another such thing won’t happen in that place again. Borne other man with a contracted throat may start in to play the game, but befotp he has eatem his second oyster he will be dis patched with a hickory clnb, and his body sent to some medical college to e loose spoke wus.—Detroit Free Press. KENTUCKY ETIQUETTE. "Good morning. Is Mr. Black in?” "No, sah; he’s gone to his business, sab.” 1 ^ - V :Y, , , "Well, is Mrs. Black in?” "Dat depends, sah. What does ye want wid her 7” —^ He was a mau good at heart, a man of ability, a man loved best by those who knew him best, but the fatal defect was his entering the lists to wrestle a catch- as-catch-can match with whisky, a trial which ultimately beats every man who tries it. When the writer first saw S. Park Coon^he was the orator at a political meeting, hail been met at the depot by a band, wore a slouch hat, and was ad mired by .five thousand people as a thoroughbred. He could talk spl ndid- ly, had been a colonel, and bis cordial greeting ou being introduced to a stranger captured the stranger at once. Though ho went to lied with his boots ou that night, and got up tho next morning with bis hair pulling to take the train, his getting full was looked upon as au eccentricity of genius, boys talked about it and said, "Well, he’s a daisy, anyway,” and they forgot bis elo quence of the evening before in admira tion atJak don’t caro-a-darnativeness as he took the train that morning, knowing that every man, woman and child in the country village knew ho had been as full as a goose tho night before. There was ait independent air about him that boys could not help admiring, and we wish the boys who put their hats ou one side aud winked at each other at the connlry depot that morning, and ad- mired the orator, ooukl know how the poor man turned out. All who stay by whisky are as liable and more so, to die in a+rafpital, than S. Park Coon was fifteen years ago. It always seems hard to speak of men's mistakes when they are dead, bnt if more good can be done by speaking of them than was ever done by the man when living, it seems as though we should not shrink from speaking. No harm can be done to the deceased, aud no More chagrin can be felt by the rela tives than has been felt foY many years, so, while admonishing yonng men to bC'-" ware of the fate that befell otir friend who is dead, we shall not forget Uie kind heart the man always carried when alive. No matter how great, or brainy, ‘until time shall be no more Will a test of the progress which onr race has made in wisdom and virtne be derived from tne venefatiOtT paid to the immortal name of Washington;’ if our own great statesmen and orators join in this ac claim, Nil oriturum alias, ail ortum tale fstentes. letSfil and cherish the splendid posseesion, and exalt and perpetoate it now and forever. ” ” . Oar Olvorce Lews. '"••Y 1 "Why here's a milk bill of $32 I’d like her to settle.” - "She am not in, sah.” — "Bat I know she is in.” "Can’t help it, sah. De orders am dat she am never in for milk bills and meat bills and sich. Good mornin’; I has to go; sin am callin’ me.’’—Afen- tucky State Journal. , NOTES AND COMMENTS. Thb raws which Lieut. Stohet has bronght from Alaska of the fete of Master Putnam, of the ill-starred Rod gers, is' melancholy enough. It was known that Patnsm wss beyond help on floating seems probable that he a lingering death. The natives in formed Btoneythst four of their number had seen the body of the- unfortunate officer, and thought from its appearance that he most have starved to ; death. v His sledge was by him, and the bones of several dogs. The sad story of De Long and his companions has thrilled the world; but not lees pathetic k the com paratively little remembered fate of poor Pnti am. The victims of thp Jeannette at least perished together, and with the one boon of eompanionship loft them. Patnsm starved to death aldhA, on a field of ice at sea. It is known that many tramps who lead a delightfully lazy existence during the snmmer months are in the habit of celebrating the first hard frost by some slight crime which will secure them snug quarters daring the winter. An analo gous practice has lately been discovered by the police of St. Petersburg, where the frequent commission of petty thefts by yonng men who appsrenlly were not tempted by want has. caused^ bewilder ment. The police have now ascertained that these thieves arc natives of the Grand Duchy of Finland, and that their motive is to escape from military service under the law of Finlan, which does not allow any one who has been convicted of theft to serve in the army. Their rea son for going to St. Petersburg is sim ply thav the punishment for theft is much more severe iu Finland than in other parts of tho Empire. David Dunum Field is indignant aliout the growing disregard of smokers for the rights of their non-smoking be fogs. He has nothjpg to say against the use of tobacco as such, bnt confines himself to the assertion that abstainers have rights which every smoker who pretends to be moderately considerate of others ought to respect. In tho Con tinent he asks how the smoker and non- smoker can reconcile their respective pretensions. Nothing is easier, he thinks. Let the smoker smoke nnto himself, bnt let one who does not smoko or take tobacco into his mouth or blow it ont of his nostrils be free from the at.- uovanc«. The non-smokers have tho.r n fiedy in their own hand#. Let them resist every encroachment ou tin ir rights.' 7 'Let them refuse to frequent places of amusement or take passage in conveyance* where they are not pro tected arninst tobacco. Mb. Howard Yinukst, the Eng’iah Director - of Criminal investigation, places tho direct cost of crime in Eng land, Wales, and Scotland at thirty mil lion dollars. Over seventy-four thon- * sand persons arc maintained for the p’e- G 1 o ventiou, detection, or educated a man may be, if he ties his cart to the rum locomotive, he will have his cart tipped over, and the greatfiiihe man ia his profession the worse his ex ample is to the lioys. A boy who has read, and heard his father talk of tho greatness of a states mau, and who would give more to see that man than he would to see a circus, is injured more by seeing that statesman drunk than he would be in any other way. He is more liable to imitate the drunkenness of the man, be cause he sees people laugh at that, while they take his oratory without a smde. — ..—_ , The greatest orator that Illinois ever praduced, who is now dead, did more barm once to yonng men by appearing educated men, and certainly hu advice to boys would be, "Never look at the stuff.”’ : V 1 The Grave of Jeffcmon. The imperfection of oar divorce laws, says the New .York Hour, was recently shown by a case of peculiar hardship. Something over two years ago a New York heiress married in this State a citi zen of Montreal, where the young couple went to live. Immediately after tho marriage the wife handed over to the* husband more than two-lhirds of her for tune of $300,000. Afterward the wife,, becoming aware ot the husband’s mis conduct, sued for and obtained a divorce the New York Supremo Court, tho in defendant making no opposition and re turning a portion of the plaintiff's for tune. This, however, was not satisfac tory to the divorced wife, who bronght snit in the Canadian courts for a return of the entire sum, $220,000, which the had given him, or an acconnt of what ho had done with it. This action has just been decided in favor of the defendant', on the ground that the plaintiff is still his wife—the Canadian decision thus si- , mitting the validity of the New York marriage, hut refusing to recognize the New York divorce. By taking mp her residence*Jn this State, of oonrse the plaintiff Mm enjoy, the advantages of her judicial release from her husband, but at thi |0st of nearly al her fortune. lieut-Coh- Thomas L; Casey, who was charged with the execution of the resolution of Congress providing for the erection of a suitable monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson at Monti- oello, announces the completion of the work. The grounds were surrounded by a wooden fence, and the old monu ment to Mr. Jefferson was muoh worn by the weather and disfigured by relic banters. The work just completed con sists in the grading, seeding and sodding of the surface, the erection of a new monument over the grave of Mr. Jeffer son, and tho bnilding of a strong and handsome fence about the burying- ground. The monument cousists first of two foundation courses—th(flower 12 feet square and the next 8 feet square, aud each 9 inches in height—which oovgr . , . , , ., .the grave of Mr. Jefferson and four of ^ ard , for , H8 U> * ee V ^ e , ad ° f em ' "L.” w^tes to the London Times. "T find Httle article ‘the’ occurs 200 times in the first column of the Times lot the sake of average, aay, 1,000 time* OiWvM? *»$•> MsWntJKflOO for entire CQpy, equal to 48,000 letten. Now, if we reckon that every line in a column numbers forty lettsxs—taking leading article type as an axaaspla—and that T of 150 Unas, then we attars are low. his kindred who are buried at his head and feet and on either side. These foundation stones are surmounted by a die, 4 feet square at the base and 3 feet 7 inches in height, and this by a granite obelisk 8 feet 2 inches square at the base and 12 feet 11 inches high. The total height ot the monument above the ground is 18 feet Theinscxiption composed by Mr. Jef- erson add fo aeoordauee-with his direc tions, ill a cod on the obelisk is as fol low*: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independ ence, of the statute A Virginia, for re ligions freedom, and father of the Uni versity of Virginia." Upon the die is inscribed: "Born April 2,1748,0.14. l>ied July 4,1896.” On the upper surface of the four sides of the lower foundation step are inaerip- tions marking the four graves surround ing that of Mr. Jefferson—the grave of Martha Jefferson, his wife those of Martha J. Randolph and Maria J. Eppaa, 4 hia daughters, and of Governor Thomas If were upon the .. y*r*# I [ expenditure In MAM A Moileru Boj's Seven Ages. and punishment <•( crime aud control of criminals, lint he qnt that inasmuch as 823 Ci.7 persons (being nearly one in thirly-sfi of population) were either apprehend d, proceeded against, or cited, neither I he criminal staff nor the cost could l o deemed excessive. Of this enormous nnmbef'TjuT 94,868 were arrested for effepcee against the person, and 12*2,761 for those against property. Mr. Vincent is a stanch upholder of capital pniiialo- ment. He believes that it is due to the cortaiuty~of this being inflicted that London had far fewer capital crimes than Paris, Berlin, and Vienna." Iu Great Britain al>ouk. fifty per cent of hose sent enced to death are executed, in France leas than forty-six pgr cent. ,in Austria abopt two per cent., and in Gor- many only one-fifth per cent. He flim- ~ ly believes flogging to be the 1>< sjkq Mr Shakespeare says that a man has sev.n ages, but to my opinion a boy has nl iout ton of his own. He begins, with his first pair of breeches and a stick" - horse, and climbs up by degrees to toy gtms and firecrackers and slingshot and breaking calves and billy goats, and to, sure enough, guns and pointer dog, and tho looking glass age, when he admires himself and greases his hair, anil' feels of his downy beard, and then he joins a brass band and toots a horn, and then he reads novels and falls in love and rides a prancing horse and writes per fumed notes tb Tiis girl. When his first love kicks him and begins to run with another fellow ho drops into the age of despair and wants to go to Texas or some other region and sadly sings: This world is all a fleeting show. Boys are mighty smart now-rflays They know as much at ten years as we Used fo know at twenty, and it is right One of these modern philanthropists was telling my kinsman the other day how to raise his boy. "Never whip him," said he; "raise him pn love and kindness and reason,” and then he appealed to me for indorse ment. "And when that -boy is about twelve years old," said I, "doyou go and talk to him, and, if possible, persuade hfm not to ship his daddy. - Tell him that it is wrong and unfilial and will injure bis reimtation in the community. ” .The modern boy is entirely too bigity. —Bill Asp. Two San Francisco women are at law about a wedding dress, each claiming it; and the testimony is so mixed that the judge can’t decide. Let him try Solo mon’s scheme with the w omen aud the baby I Let him threaten to spill a plate of soup or a dish of foe cream on the dress; the woman who screams and calls him ‘‘a mean old thing” will be the zeal ">ynu$.—Detroit Free Press. "Tv,” Mid Mis. Boodtngton, Smith is • clever sort of * 1 deterrent to crimes of personal vio- lencc. ' -' ^ Jn tile Caubiaouiakxiis’ Convention in New Haven, Conn., slier the Com mittee on Apprenticeship had reported in favor of restoring tho old system ot indenturing apprentices until they reach their majority, Mr. John W. Brittou of New York saidT **Oae of the serKnw wants of this conutry and of onr faulc is good boys. Our boys arc deteriorat ing, as are our men. Tho greatest diffi culty that wo experience in New York is that of getting boys who have Lrauis and are willing to learn a trade thor oughly. The example of men who have made millions in a few years is held up before oar boys in school, and the bpi s become inflamed with the notion that they must make their millions and 1* able to found cross-roads colleges lefiae they die. So they eschew trades and become poor professionals.” Certain Cuban citizens, whoare ia - d to have been connected with the late Hi- snrrection, have sent to New York city a protest against any further agitation. They sky that they have "road wi:h pain” a recent pronunoiamento that emanated in New Tork and has been for warded to Cuba, and in which neurtmt- breaks are incited. The signers of this protest declare that ruined homes, deso lated plantations, and poverty arc all that remain to them, and that they must refase to aid in any prolongation of the strife that has ravaged the country. The purpose of the New York branch of "Cuban patriots” is probably referred to when it is declared that to these men "the destruction of Cubs means nothing if they could by it extract from barren fields sufficient to sustain agitation io the dubs.” A railroad sue eels veedent has given the dan Francisco Call an aati- mate of the coat of an average train on a’ fust-class railroad: For an express train, locomotive, $12,COO; baggage ear, $1,200; amoking car, $5,000; dining room oar, $18,000; five first-class Poll- m «hs, $18,000 each; total, $120,000. The ordinary express train represents about $63,0001 Boms Pul Imre can coat $30,000 each. The average valua of a