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- ; ---- r -e- -w .- -wne-m- sseea .sm n .m--u .sa.M . 6 .., s, e d s n e . I- L .E T O W. I TI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNS1ORO S.T~JNAY8 80 O.I.N.4 Tw . PORTRAIT.~--. Twoesy I se. n ottest blue 6 .xls toon ryryO a1ties; vo lips? b'trho63e.cheorf hue The bright carnation dies. A ringlet here, A ringlet thero, An antique comb to heep them atralatht, A sweet and simple face, most fair Pressed on my heart is this portrait. PLODDING JIM. 'Jlni Dunn, do you know your lesson yet ?" The question, uttered in an irritated tone, eame from a young man who had been reading a newspaper, waiting for the tardy boy of his class. 'N-no, sir) I dOn't l liedo I do quite," was the hctitatlag'reply. - - " "Are you aware what time it is I" - "Ono o'clock, sir," said young Dunn. Ho knew that well enough. - Had not his eyes lingered on the tardy hands of the old moon -faced clock. and thence gone roving out throul ,the yindow. to where the fields were sl ping in t4 o noonday haze? And thek he was 8o ,u'gryL. "Jim, come ie'b. "I- can't 'tmderstand what makes you so stupid I" said the mas ter ; and taking the book, he proceeded to hastily review point.after point. "Do you understand this t" he asked, "and this and that I ' Jim's brow lightened. He was mote ple$sed w th e lacl ,that. things ,looked clearer, ,h e u t vaniblhbd, and his hear y 'b hhnkoi, sir ? xado tho teache-mil "You're very slow, Dunn; very slow. I don't think I ever saw a fellow just like you ; but I guess what you learn you learn." That was just It-what-Jim Dunn knew, he knew thoroughly. "Well, if here isn't Jim, just at dinner is done!" cried his sister Anne. - "And every; bit of the pudding gone," said Oscar, the next oldest brothpr. mado suro you'd stay all day. "Poor boyt" enied his nmdthef -;he al ways scens to be behind' In everything. Ever-since he wab a bal,y-he has been slow."? ' Jim.: sht down,. ho*ovor, and ate the scraps. Nobodyjceme4 to think that Toni would care. "I don't know what we shall do with that boy,'" Dr. nn qftn said, when talk ing over lfe p e of- fhetr childred. Charley incli'it ct hi i&, And Oscar ill be a doctor; but what ability has Jim for anything ?" Hp li so slow and plodding, eo littld atObitides, that I am discotfraged when think of his future:'o 4Poor' Jim I" -said Mrs., Dunn,. half sighing, half-laughing; "he is the black sheep o* f W,tJ, A''satl fellow, - is+otnbb b ' led-by Ue'owl: like wisdom of his face. I never thought then'tliat it as bllhdeas." IIo cab't -h6lp it. Ills motions are slow,jhls mind is tardy, but I hopo he will make his way in the world. Jim was the bttt'of all thp fatalfy, but it did not seom,to hngerhih at\ah:' He kna v he was alpw (hnrlniy emilrl iay brillinL ly, sing a song with excellent offect, play any game well. . Oscar, his youngest brother, was famous for his compositions and his power of elo cution. All the rest excelled, outstripped him, and yet; hi plodded on patiently, "Going to the theatre t'-higlt?" asked-a well-dressed young man of Jim, as they left the store together, This was four years later, and Jim was one of the clerks in' Dol man & Dolman's great establishment, and - so slow and undemonstrative that the'oth'er clerks were always chaffinghim. Ho thought for a moient, rattled some loose coins that were in. bis:pket : and said 1 :av you ever buou ?" querled the other. Jim looked pt him in lia usual'ddhlborat'o way;'aihd replied:i "No." "Then you don't know anything of life." "Then I don't want to," respond(edl Jin' "By the way, where are'you boardIng?" asked his friend,.pul.Ung on a pair of very tight gloves. Jim'noyer wore gloves.' "At Glen's, in Ilbrook Btrcet," said Jun. "-Oh, you're slow4 Why that's 'way down'town.' "Thut's why I bomrd there," said Jim. I onlypmy four dollars a week. Good eve . inig "The meanest fellow I ever saw," mut terod Dick Dalton, as lie planted his fancy cane aa.heavily as its fragilbty W6uid permit on theidewailk. 7: I Jim gained his boarding..house, a tall, rusty4ookirig tenemelmt, in the.fourllh story of which wes;'lle-roogi. It was a very des olate-looking 'apartment, for, save In the coldcst weather, Jim never had a fire. T1here were three shelves, full of excellent woodn am chir.Bits of pine, afe tools and a paper Wlled with saw-dust, kept them company. Of course Jim got fral meals in this place, A widow and, y rdau)i,tgr kqlji the house, letting nearly 1l the roofi 'to' ledgers; but Jim's quiet ways and pleasant face had won an entrance to their hearts, anid they took him to their table for a small. considen'tion. Jim ran up stairs as soon as ho reached the house. -e never ran up slrs in any, No sooner had ho seated himself at the table and taken up a screw, than so po' knocked at the door. At the low"cme' In," his oldest brother .presented hl'maelf, - h ir) h9j sof 'f r nler "Well, Jim, so these are your ldi/a my boy," sait~ yting man. "Not much te kd gvs aidthe gold oh1m. -"Oh, se.o.o OfQrso it hasiR A deal of onyt uiElish offie" pos .i supper now and then, treat your compan ions, and freque it the theatre," said Jim. t'Oh, hang It! Your blood's water, Jim-; apd besides, your position is difereni from iine. Things are expected from,.me. I must go Into societyy, ,ly-and-by I shall get a ease that will pay me richly for all these sacriflecs." ."AS,,flcea.l" ,reated Jim, in a tone that made Charley s blood move faster, so that he said to himself, with the addition of an oath. "The same old slow boy, with no more brains than an ox." - "You are still at the machine, I see," he said aloud, a niomtont after. "Oh, yes; it costs next to nothing; and if it never succeeds, it gives me something to think about." ''You don't say that you ever think," was the sprcastic response. "Well, now and thenk" was the slow re joinder. Charley rose, sauntered back and forth for a few moments, and then stood still, his handsome face reddening. "I say, Jim, can't you lend mne ten dol lars? I'm absolutely out of cash." "I never lend,'. said Jim. 'Charley 's breatti grew hort and quick. $orpenstiiting speech was on the end of his tongue, for he felt both rage and con tempt; but Jim, rising quietly, went to a desk and lifted the lid. "If -fve dollars will (1o you any good, you are welcome to them," he said. 'Thoy are all I have by me," "Jim, you're a good fellow I" gasped Ciarley, his tongue yet hot with the words ho had iLtended to say. Jim went-onco or twice to his brother's oeice, and did not like it. '"Why Should the young lawyer spend a hundred dollars in pictures?" he asked himself Indignantly; "and why does he keep the company of such men as t have met there ?" One (lay Jim received a letter from his brother Oscar: DBA OLD JIM:-I expect I shall have to leave college. Things are going wrong at home.: I don't suppose any one has told you.. They seem to think you have all you cap do.to take gare of yourself ; and so you have, I suppose. Charle'y has been an aw ful weight upon father, and this year the crops have all failed, and father Is disabled from work by rheumatism. I don't care much about myself ; I only studied medi cine to please father, and should rather he almost anything else. I think I could write for the newspapers. Can't you get me a place in some store ? and I could write evenings, and live with you. Think- it over, for I'm sure father Is going to lose all his property. Charley plays billiards, and I'm afraid cards. Write Inc as soon as you can vliat can be done for Q10. , 4, wrote In less than a week. His em. ployer wanted an under salesman. Then lie set himself to look carefully Into his fa ther's affairs. Everything there was going to ruin. The farm was to je sold; his father and mother tyere nearly heart-broken, and no one thought for f mement gf looking to him. lit. navorthn1v'o h. 1 1 r pay the mortgage was quite impossible, jut lie hired some comfortable rooms in the Dld house where he stayed, sold what he auld from the stock of the farm, had the necessary furniture brought to town, and Iestalled his father and mother in a -com ortable home. . The months passed. ,The Id folks learned to depend upon him, and his sister found a situation as bookkeeper. One day a gentleman called upon Jim, and was invited into his room.. "You've bebd at woic fifteen years on this machine, you say ?" remarked the gentlemen when he had examined it. The speaker was a business man, whose favor was almost equal to a fortune. "Yes,-sir," said Jim, quietly; "I was always a plodder." "Well, you've plodded to sonme purpose," was the answer. "I am very sure there's monegy enough in It to make you a rich Jim grew vcry red, and the room-seemed to go around for a moment. "Thank you," ho madIo reply. "I should like to be rich for the sake of others. And so, eventually, ploeiding Jim won the race, and became the practical, oellont and prosperous man of the family. Ohewing Gnam. Among the qiet . litle manufacturers of the country le that of.chewing gum. Only one factory exists In New York city, and the few others a're In New Elngland, New York S3tate, Ohio, Illinlos, and Tenneqse. The gum Is sold by druggists, grocers and confectioners in cities, and any coui,ry grocery that hasn't It is consider incomplete. Gum from spruce trees was exclusively used until. rceoAtly, whQn it found a rival is gumi m tie,gwhte anfi attreepiv6 article made f 6h paraiilne, which ii sw'eetened. The. consumption of this chewing gum In the U. 5. 1s about thirty tons yearly ; that of spruce gum somewhat loss, and that of a gum made in Tenneese from balsam tolu, and sold in t1l isduthbtii States, about twenty tons. Lately -a material has been used styled "rtubber gum." It Is from the sap of the sapotss tree of South and Central Amorlea. The sap like that of the India rubber tree, lias a milky look. The sap .was liret hm ported into the United States with a view of molting it with India rubber, In order to l)')uo i le h t r r4~I chewed by South and Central American Indians, aiid found useful in allaying thirst.' )Experiments *ore therefore made here in~ purylfying It for cewing and with f1npl success. It is tastless and has the merit o,f .goro quickly dissolve and~ crumbl.e in the mouth. 8o great it its duellity that a pie*' half an inch wide, after being heated ir: the mouth, can be stretched Into a thread at hundred feet long. Its consumption is $ttflftyrtbhe l6yd.* (JhioWIfik gdth does *iot,,ikoe uire that' the saltid 69 teducing_flis salary. SA ODCainanious to gtrdb rbonerbe discuslir A iael Wol's Itavngoe. During the month the peasents from the adjoining villiages had not collected togeth er at a fair which was held at the settlement of Barvenkoff, district of Izcune, Russia, and the male portion of the assembly had dispered to .the drinking shops to make bargains and drink each other's )'ealtlis, leaving the women and children in- charge of the carts. Suddenly there resounded through the square a heartrending shriek for-assistance, and then all was quiet. The peasants rushlled out of the drinking boothe into the street, and before they haid time to collect their thoughts there appeared from behind a building situated on the edge' of the square, an enormous wolf. Everybody rushed in great confusion to their carts, shouting, ''Mad wolfl" ' Meantime the gigantic wolf, frothing ' at the mouth and with his tongue hanging out, made for the carts. A dreadful tumult occured. The horses and oxen dashed in all direhtions, but the majority, getting entangled, fell, overturning the carts, while the noise made by the pigs, sheep, geese, fowls, etc., added to the uproar and confusion. Tne wolt when within a short distance of the first group of carts, turned round, sprang on to a woman who was running past, and in i moment she was prostrate on the ground, having lost her nose, scalp and the lowet part of her face. The wolf then ran furth e6and attacked a small lad of about sever years of age, but just at that time a ig rushed at the wolf and bit its tail. The wolf turned on his assailant, but not before it had bitten the boy's face and hand. Leaving the pig, the wolf ran down' th< main-street, attacked a woman with a baly, then two boys about four years of age, nnd having bitten their heads through to tht brain, rushed up the street, aad after biting several other persons, turned off upon th railroad. By this time a large crowd, headed by the village elder, and armed with whips, guns; scythes, etc., gave chact to the terrible animal. They c ame up with the, wolf about one mile from the village, and. a peasant, allowing it to approach hin, within about fifteen paces, shot the lnhnal straight in its open jaw. Notwithstauding the wound Ite had received, the wolf Aprang up'aid attacked the -peasant. The latter did not lose his presence of mind. and struck the'abimal with the butt end of his gun, which shattered at the blow, and the well seised the peasant by the side, but owing to the man wearing three coats his skin was only scratched. The courageoua man then f"rmly gripped the animal with both hands. During this struggle between a man and a mad wolf the crowd which had come up hesitated through fear to attempt the rescue of their comrade. Fortunately a local pol ifoman galloped up at this juncture, and drawing his revolver shot the wolf through the -bead. The wolf hat bitten no lese than twenty-two persons, ten of whom are in a dangerous state. The sufferers wore Isolated-from the rest of the inhabitants and medical aid was at once administered to them. It is reported that the wolf came froi the settlement at Dovgcniktg (situate about eighteen miles frcn Barvenkoff, where a mad ox had died and had been burie but soa ees h *ing moitrning 'ti vaJ ft"z0Uml sCa'$c li about. It Wasn'$ a 11oes-1l3ankot." She had brought that bpread forty-one miles over a dirt road, -and she was'sosure ol' taking the first premium that she brought her a new back comb and a pair of red stockings on the strength of It. When the niomentous hour arrived,' her spread was left out In the cold. The woman hadn't yet recovered from her shock when along dame Andrew Whitcomb, picked up a cor ncr of the spread, and called out. "Hey, old woman, how much for this hoss-blanket?" That was too much. The woman picked up a handy broom-handle and gave him -several first p)remuiums over tile head. Andrew bacaped to the street, pulled ofl his coat, and lhe was daring the old lady an 1hcr bedspread to come on when po ceman took him in charge. ~How mean it was of you to add insuli to injuryl" exclaimed his honor as Andrew kicked the sawdust In front of the desk. *"I thoug4ht~ It was a 1hoss-blanket-I really didi' persisted the pr-isoner. - "I am afraid you have been drinking." "Your honor, I cannot tell a lie--yes, I had been drinking.'' "What?" "Water." "Water-um? Well 1 can't help it. If water affected you that way It won't change our brices here a bit. I should fine you $5."-* "'l1 pay, of course, but I tell you1 thlought thlat was a hess-blanket!" "Can't help what you thought; hand the money to the Clerk." "I'll hand the mo,ney to the Olerk, but I must insiet that it was a hoss-blanket!" "I don't wan't any more talk. You'd be'te g,of course, but If that wasn't s hess-blanket, I never saw one." 'the L.ongevity of Icebergs, Tceberge are subjected to dismntegratlon in somnewhat the same manner as-rocks. TIheyare fu'll of orovasses, into wvhich the water formed by melting'penetrates; In winter this water freezes, and by 'Its ex panion all throug' tihe glacier a rupturd o1 the m~ass ensues. "It-i. highly probable,' he says, "that most of the icebergs afloat in winter are in such a condiltion that a: -ery slIght' cause Is sunicient '9 make them burst because of their state 01 Internial ten sion. Every polar traveller can tell how a shot,, the drijying-In of an ide-auchor, or gny other end8en-:vlbration, has bi'ought. about 'catastrophes ; cases have even-occurred in w*hich the~ sound of' the "toicl alone. Mva sutffident. Ati 1cebrg M alwaya$ap un pheiaaat' neighbot." - So many -are ethe iauseg ihich teu4to.destxy icebergs that the author coniolude6 that nio berg existe blfCi could 'rttietand them~ more than ten~ years, and that coinmonOly thie life of .aJera is miuch shorter."- Howeyer this ap be, doubtless thb much larter Antaretic 'last e n h nger, asc t o el nte t p ch zey aro ekposed one. AGirl and ft tlear. About a month ago Mliss Alice Corey, o New York city, caine to visit her uncle, a German, who owns a si$ali farm in thn mountains, six miles northwest of lInnter'i Range, Pa. Miss Corey is about sixteet years old, and her I aront4. arc well to do, 11cr uncle has a daughters Clara, also aget about sixteen years. .llertfitther having bul one son, Clara has for ytgs helped to do th( work on the farm, and she has become at expert shot with a rifle. .$he has a mania for hunting. and frequenty goes into th forest In search of game. : A few days iag Clara invited her cousin SF accompany lic on a hunting expeditio. 'T'hey startet from the house shortly jafter breakfast, Alice with a double-barelled gun anc Clara with a rifle. A fer scouring th< woods for several hours ti thout much suec cess they visited "Ilark Swamp." Ti swamp embraces several hundred acres, ii densoly wooded, and bears are frequentl3 seen there. The girls relhed the edge of the swamp at noon,: and'Startcd into .ti thicket They had gone .but a short dis tance when Miss Corey, Who was walkinp a few yards behind lieu cousin, heard a crackling noise in the' bu es a short (lie. -tance back. Looking aro nd, she saw a large black bear coming to ard her. Clar't who had frequently encountered the shag. gy monsters, called to her frightened cous. in to come to her. She then drew her rillk to her shoulder and, taking deliberate al at the animal, awaited until it cane withir easy range, and then fired. The boai uttered a howl of pain, and fell bleeding As Clara's rifle was a single-barrelled one she seized the double-bartelled gun fron her cousin, and discharge(k both barrels a the infuriated animal, in tl a hope of killin1 it outright. But, with ti Cl disappearanc< of the smoke from :the gu the bear wai seen writhing, but not d d.. The brav( young woman then appro hed cautious3 to within reaching distanc of the wcunde( animal, and, taking fr;om dw large leathei belt encircling her waist ti bone-handiet deer knife, plunged It to. tJo hilt into th< bear's neck. At this n)Ol)lent the tiyinl monster gave a sudden lunge and fastene( its sharp claws into the girl's skirts, pullin. her down. Her frightened nousin rat about wildly and screamed, at the top of her voice, but as there was no house withi: two miles. her cries were not heard. Sb< then returned to where Clara was stil struggling with the-animal. The bear stil held the girl in his grasp, lut was rapidl3 growing weaker. The grl was all th< tune using her knife with od effect. Sh dealt the dying animal bloty after blow tin til it finally released its ltold and rolle( over dead. Though very much exhaustc and considerably scratched by iho bear'i claws, Clara, with the assistance of lie: cousin, was soon able to walk. The3 marked the spot where the dead bear lay and then returned home. Clara's fathei and brother drove to the swamp and brough the bear in, w'lich, when dressed, weighet 840 pounds. T e skin is to be sent to New York taxkagruiit to 4e stuffed, and i will be kept by thd youpg woman as souvenir of her . rret - -t "' Quails and Pigcois. There Is a physician in San Fiancisc< who is an iconoclast in the bfoadest concep tion of the term. .To shatter an idol, time honored truism or a popular delusioi gives the gentlman as great a delight a the discovery of a new and interesting die case. To disprove an accepted article o faith in religion, political economy or med icine he has been known to devote weeks o months of study,. and in some instance to undergo actual suffering and deprivation successes alone repaying him for all hii efforts and trouble. He is now engaged ii disproving by actual demonstration th popular belief that' a man cannot eat quail a day for thirty consecutivg days. reporter recently called on the gentlemlal to learn how the experiment Is p)rogressingi Thb reporter found the doctor, who~ Is hearty, healthful, rosy-faced Treuton; in his oflice on Kearney street. "Well, dootom', how are the quail far ing ?" "Not nearly as well as lam, thank you.' "How dId you happen to enter into the undertaking ?" "Well, .I wae seated at a table with som< friends a fow weeks ago, when the old subl ject of a.qual a day came up for discus alon. All -the gentlemen saving- pnysel supported the theory. As a matter o course, wagers were offered, that.'thme die could not be sustained, and I accepted thenm Whlen I dikprova a tfuhg I always attemp to do it thoroughly. I wagered $800 that I could eat one qual each day for thirt; days, and after the wager had been ac cepted proposed to do more. I am to ea two quail and one pigeon a day for th specified time." "How long havo you beeca engaged hi the task ?" "This is my Aifteenth (lay." "What efetas it hd upon yqu?" "Ione whmatever, physically or mentally. ''Tell me 4bout the arrangemnent of th diet." "'I cat the two quail for Inuch mit 'noon and the ylgeda in 'the eveniing, for dinner I amn allowed to have them' cooked In anj manne.r I pleaAe, but thius far .baye no1 changed thiy'BrAt ordOr to the co* k; Th< quail I have served as a .ft oe/ thi pigeon. I havd'frled'and n6obrec?*r a btt ter grivy. 'A the inca 1with Wi'niI iads the wager'supply the game, tanm having rather happy time of It. It Is nonsense te suppose that bird-meat- should have an3' monre deleterious .effects on a perabli's phys ical 'condition thuan meatdof anyrother kind ~In pohit of facti It is lessa harmlhfu 'as at article of regular diot, beig lighter and 'ngoro 'easily digested,. Why, when Ifial with this wager I wIll offe.rt to. ibojt :$1,00( that I can.contirnie theAlet for, tJuIrty day more.' I eti cotident. hat;mu' 166 with some aceiden twil if o rgtingnay dog, uxnti aft9r topty gr qwenty-flyp, dat af passed. TIhe result las looked forward t with intere.k ,l 6cilal 1i~ A rt'' o ahl4 1 n 'il ah~f d$l1 Whchd dinot bnei permitted to go our in fl *ntumle otdekly$,, uP* to leoj , Flmuno Coloretd Ki(t. A young man gets on the train and seats himself opposite me. Ile wears flame-col ored kids and a poodle dog. Now, I do not object to a man wearing any kind or color of kids, and love of the angels, how I do hate a poodle (log. The young man holds the poodle in his lap, smooths out the blue ribbon around his neck. placidly strokes his whiskers, and languidly stares at mle. As I look at them I notice how imuch they look alike.' Father and son perhaps. As I think the thought, the dog snarls and barks anl1 indignant denal. Presently the young man. with a painfut effort opens the conversation by saying: a'htt's news(" I tell kini the elections have all gone one way Md he says: "1law." And presently adds: "Who's 'eketed?" I tell him Cornell is elected in New York. "Ya-as," he says. "I've been in Noo Yawk. Cornell," he added, brightening up), ''Cornell lie's a college or something 'f that sort. ain't lie?" I explain to him as well as I can the difference between A'onzo B. and the unl versity at Ithaca. The young man looks painfully astonished upon lenrning they are not the same man. "Who runs 'gainst him?" he asks. 'Itohinson." "A, ya-as," hie says. "Know hinn. Runs a circus. Funniest thing 'f the kind you ever saw. Tent all striped. like-like -like liedtick, you know.'' Then lie paused and rested himself. and presently sal4l: "Wha' you writin'?" 1 told him I was getting up a little work 3 for the paper that honored itself by secur ing. at an immense annual outlay, my val lable though erratic, service. "Wha's it's name?" the young man ask ed feebly, at the same time fondling his dog. "The Flawkeye," I told him, "for sale by aill the news dealers, and only two dol lar< a year in advance. The best paper in America, and the finest advertising medium in the West; devoted to-' 'Ah ya-as," he said, brightening up, "and you're ti' feller they call 'Hawkeye?"' I admitted that sometimes people Who I didn't know my other name called ne I that. "Oh, ya-as;" ie said, "I know you." I flushed and bowed and lie went ol. 1 "I know *you. leard of you often. - Seen you play once. You'r'b the Injun I chief in Buffalo 3ill's pitrty, ain't you?" I Then lie leaned back, exhausted. -And I I r Well, I felt about as tired as lie did. . A Uutetive's Adventure. t, One pleasant evening recently two men I were seated in a cosy little room not far i from ' St. Louis, engaged in conversation t concerning criminals. One was a detective i connected with C ao ae ey. "'li the conversation, "I will tell you a peculiar little incident that happened several years ago to a brother detective, which will illus trate how luck sometimes assists us n ac complishing an object, which otherwise Snight be unlattaiable. "Several years ago," lie continued as lie ejected a cloud of smoke from his mouth, "ia noted forger was wanted very badly in Chicago where lie had been Indulging in such crookedness as rendered him liable to occupy the peni r tentlary for a term of years if he were caught. The case was placed in Pinkerton's hands and one of his men detailed to work it up. le was fortunate enough to obtain a clew to the much wanted Individual's whereabouts, and following it up lie at length spotted his man at Toronto, Canada, which you know is oii Lake Ontario. The detective threw himiself in the way of the fotger, became acquainted withl him under an hisuelfd natme, and gradually Ingratiated hisl nhis favor. Forgery not being an extraditlable offense It was impossible to -make the arrest In Canada, so the detective was obliged to adopt another line of tactice. HIe made known lia intention of crossiing over Into the states, and the forger deter mined to go to the boat to see himi off., Once on1 board, the detective kept himn en grossed in interesting conversation, and with such conisumnmates tact did lhe p lay his part that the crooked gentleman did not notice that thae boat had started. until it was far out, In the lake, for they had gone below to take a social glass at parting. When the fo' ger foundi the boat gradually receding from the Canada shore, with no possibility rof getting back lmmediately, ho fumed and swvore for a time, b)ut seeing that did not better matters In the least, cooled down and *determined to make the hbest Qf a bad job. "As soon as that imaginary line in the middle of the lake which divides the two countries had been passed the detcotive revealed himsealf, and, clappng on the nip poe, arrested his man. Tey arrlved on theo other shore at length without adyenture, and, boarding the lightning express on the Lake Shore and Mlichilgan Southern that night, they started on their journey. There happened to be a few, peglons mn the car in which the two-aat. 'ie detective was al most comipletely worn out from loss of sleep, and, as it was a through train, he determiti ed to obtain a.little Morphoe. Placing the prisoner oQtho inper sIde of tehe eat, hese disposed'hlmself.next him that he ipnagled the slighest:move would awake Ihn. The~ arrangemonts com1pleted, lie. fell asleep in' an easy pste. of mind, HIe does not know ho.iw lqpg.hie, bept untp lhe awoko Qyddenly with a start, and fouhd~ to Nhp vopargrln that, theo, f.orger was gone, ;It, ia a, ru e,of ot[ agoecy that if a man is seitpn tleo trail' Sof t depredfItor, and fails ringIng him ~bapk, h9loseis hi, lace on 'th fore, so that ,yQlIbi aroputa on as well as hi9 position, ~ pded . oiQ, hs; .p onip( aCion. 'le , q i~ly deeldduppp h ofaction, d, walkng with assumea opeles,ne o)g theo entire train, he ex 1nipe# every no ,aid gorper that.the plon1egi les n ius rpIur~n hie waccustAd ,al's an, who in~r1 orr9d' i fo'; your fro.nd?' e ''i d9et ye answpirod in a(h1mk going in the direction of this particular tov'n to pass them. The conductor signaled it to stop, the detective got aboard, and in the course of an hour or so was standing in the lit'le villinge where hetlesired to be. It was a primitive Ohio hamlet, and the only alleged hotel it could boast of the most wretched desri tion. The detective concluded that he could do nothing at that late hour and in his exhausted condition ; so he determined to obtain a little sleep and scour the country in the morning. With infinite difficulty be succeeded in arousing the sleepy landlord of the hostlery. 'There-were no accommoda tions,' he said, in reply to the detective's, questions, 'unless lie was willing to occupy the Anne room and bed with another man.' "The detective thought it was better than sleeping out, so lie asked to be shown the room. Ile had just unrobqd, and was about extinguishing the tallow dip, when some thing prompted him to take a look at his bedfellow. Ile did so, and what was his suprise to find his whilom prisoner snuggled up in the bedcloths. Accustomed as he was to. repressing his feelings upon all occasions, he could scarcely retrain a joyful shout at his good fortune, and it was some tine be fore lie recovered sUUQlclent calmness to act with coolness. After much sclf-congratu lation he secured the forger's clothing to a piece of twine and supenled them from the window. " Ile then resumed a portion of his own clothing, and hid the remainder, locked the door, and placed the key In his pocket, and getting into bed he placed his revolver in such a position that, although out of sight, it was within easy reach, and sank into a peaceful slumber. In the morning he was awakened by the sound of some one talking in the room, and peering cautiously around lie noticed the forger rummaging about, clothed only in an abbreviated under garment and endeavoring manfully to give proper vent to his feelings in choice but emphatic expletives. ills search for his clothing proving unavailing, lie approached the bed opposite to investigate. 'As he did so, 'elick' went the revolver, and the detec tive stood revealed to his aetonished gaze. IIe started as If lie hail been struck, and before lie could recover from his astonish mont lie was properly handcuffed and at the detective's mercy. lie was soon assisted into his clothing; the next passing train was hailed and they arrived at their destination without further adventure." "What became of the forger?" inquired the- reporter, as the detective applied a lighted match to his cigar. "Oh, lie was tried soon afterward," was the reply, "and the evidence against him was of such an overwhelming character that lie was convieted and sent up for a long term." Napoleon's Parents. The family of I3onapartes were of pure Italian race; there was not a drop of French blood in any of them. Their ancestors had come from the main-land in the early his tory of Corsica, and their natnes are found in the remote annals of Ajacilo. Carlo fidiflirighIsd"c iaritee, cvio"maried in his youth a young and romantic girl named Letizia Ramolino, who -followed him in his campaigns ip to the moment of the birth of Napoleon.. It is imposslble to say how much the history of Europe owes to the high heart and indomitable spi'lt, of thiA soldierly woman. She never relin quished her authority in her family. When all her children were princes and poteitates, she was still the severe, stern Madame Mere. The beauty and grace of Josephine Bauliarnais nevet- conquered her ; the sweet ''yroleae prettiness of Maria Louisa won from her only a sort of contemptuous indul gence. When her mighty son ruled the continent, she was the only human being whose chidings he regarded or endured. Shie was faithful in her rebukes while the sun shone, and when calamity camne, her undlaunted spirit was still trite and devoted to tihe fallen. 11cr provincial habits of economy stood her in good stead in her vigorous 01(d age; she wvas rich when the Empilre had passed away, and lier grand children needed her aid. it must have been from her that Napoleon took his extraordi nary character, for CarloBlonaparte, though a bravo soldier aind an ardent patriot in his youth, was of an easy and genial temper, inclined to take the 'world -as lie found it, and not to insist too much on having it go in his especial way. After the cause of Corsican liberty was lost by the success of the French arms, ho accepted the situation without regret, and becoming inttmnate with tihe conquerors, lie placed as many of his fam~ily as possible on .the French pension list. Ills sons Napoleon and Louis were given scholarships at Brienne and Autun, and his eldest daughter, Elise, entered the royal institution at St. Cyr. While yet I, thme -prime .of life, lie died- of the ,same deadly disease which was to finish Nape. Ieon's (lays at St. Helena and the heroic luother, her responsibilities becoming still heavier by this blow, lhved for eight. years longer amid the cionf ueion and civil tumult which had become chronic in Corsica ; and then, after the capture of the island by the English in 1793, she made her escape with her children to Marseilles, where she lived sev'eraI years in great!penury. Clear the KCitohen, : A famaus nobleman once, called on Abernethy with itofcrerico'to. an,i nflamed: eye.- Is lordship after'waiting an hour for Abernethy to get through with a nium ber of charity patients whon.he 'never - oft to.attend upon the, highest nobleman, to gat thme conversatioff byisaying:'.*,. m - "Doctor .1 wish.you would examine this ef'ei I fearaOme deadly mischiefise at wogk, hero." ' s .'. "If you wi I sit there 'In mys pat;entA chai.r, and ile-me'do the-talking, I ~Ill goof id oute what"ls otio 'm&tter amth ' A few shaftpftestionk add' the -doctor doneltided the itbrview 'with thd folloWilg .:"Youmr difficulty- Is not lihe you tl it it Is, in yotir '3ye,'btit".-.p6inti6g this a*it ger~ &t thepatient''otormnout stomaoh4-,"la thoredgi eidktchebe Of Cns,whop thlkio isoCt'of- ordiy theig r. rnd i alltl(fe: ef fomsTnb'4ho1ihIisoe 11 diW' ti 0e'Lqk4010'o1atlss1)Utiche#au4 thK ~~ttW~I 6~iurd dotspbbial)pg ide Q ~Ik~ah' thtdo.Wthtt FOOD FOR THOUGII. Love, faith, patience--the three, es sotials to a happy lie. The truest end of life is.to know the life that nevt)r ends, Virtue is the%afest helmnet-the most seecure defense. No rak can shild uis from tih n partiality of death. The power of eloquence is Sometimes superior to military force. It is in the power of the meanest to triumph over fallen greatness. A stroig will does a nan njore good in this life than a lively lInnginiatlon. Wisdom Is a pedestal ft'om which en vy nor malice cannot hurl the oce'upant. As too long retirement weakens the mind, so toc mouc!h company dissipates It. It ts sad -o see so many walk in the dark t.heImnelves who eatry lanterns for others. IIe'who refuises Justice to the diefenbe less ill make every coniccssion to the powerfuil. Main usually follow their wishes till suffering compels them to tolidw their juidgrnent. Some mourn more the shame which sin brings than the sin with brings the shame. Truth and virtue can do-)ess aIn thu world than their false, well-acted coun terfelt can do evil. Eivery saint is God's temple, andhe whet carrriet, his temple about him nity go to prayer when he pleaseth. Most .of their faults woeieIt owe to us, wlhil.e we are indebted to them for moast of our hetter quitaltias. There is only one thing that is more terrible. than t,o say a nmoan thing, and thait Is to do one. It is all very well to be a promis1ing youth, but the hard part Is to keep your promnise in attter life. Preserve the privacy of you' house, muarr age smate, and heart, from rela tives anid all the worltd. Don't, con tide your secrets to a per son of noble liue.ge, because the old aihage !ays that, "1310'l will tell.'' As sias proceed they ever multiply like ligures In arithmnetie, di-last stands f'or more than all that went before ti. It Is a fact of h istory that the a' alest and noblest life ont God's gt'een earth has been born of the Christian (alth. Pleasure is sometimes only a chahige of pain. A man who has got the gout. feels tirst rate when he gets down to rheuttatist. My al'ice is to 'consult the lives of other men-ias we wo l a looking-glass, anid fromn thence fe'tch examples for ur lmitatIoni, Do not go to your hands to work, or to your feet to walk, of' to yotur heat to thiuak, before you have gotie to your knees to pray. W1e-take lessons in art, literatur'-a tlaom4amad th fdh)'s bjit tiat. lii, lttc4rms.' forgot ten. . - - A poor relation ais like a fit Q ', the gout, for the of tener he coines th.e Lang or lie stays, and by a ml by lie will c.'bae to sta.y all the ihne. When y',i can s'ty or it in:1mt that his religion ias got hold of his ioilkotbtlok, you, uaay be reasonably sure thitt hie religion Is the right kiun . A bad habit is lIke a et In thiat it has nte lives. And like a Cat a1'sd yoa must kill It nine times *before you teani by sure that. It ileanl. ;. .Patrtimony- imy te detlud,s. sqamie thing w1hliteh every b'ody If glad to get. There is onaly one thing wil has greater cliltrmS, and that is matrinitny. A grest many ntory-wrttArl'tiho hood thea'naraket w Ith thet t.rash, cotildiges a large suaau for their last .a9vl, y iey wquldl on ly' p'omaise t. It shnbe the liast. j ]Rieh peopld can better' aff'ord to be religouas tan'a oth re--for--they:'canU co.nel:their ser!vanOts to keep thiQ fpsts of d.he c.hurcha wile. t uiy aI9yieeys keep tile f'easts, It Is a aome Whait sad fant " h''Att {oatie. people hav's higher Ipo lh on hhemir bouts Lhant ona their wmn1ere. 'U their hecad(s wecre ontly w here thmeir, fgt are howv thecy would shaie. If we woulid.have powermf'ul 'inds, wve amust-thmitk ; if -We ivotmId hae fiIlh ful haearmts, we muatst love; cIf we Would have str'ong apuseles, we mlst ,4por. These include, ne4rl,y all, t1ht Is/'vguai ble iii this life. T1he 'man who professer o b l3blleve that QvIlIjI only the unider sido oet 'good, tlp dhatk; skid of the moon, a4.d ppPrly a comaponnm part of hua , will never hivo .tIhe' satlstadtiott' fla froth'inthammatiott 6of the ba'iat. & All''thlmtgs 'metst' elfd&hgW4 Fienda amust be tora asunderaud .swept along in tilIe .eu Iren of ev0puts, tq9, eaoh pther soom and, porepp1nee, 1io wore. Furea'vor a~t'nveyd i. thude'dtes 0f 'ime and1( acCIdenitWOr Whirl away0' We sall loepleaseure iand 'bb'orosor row. Noione will'ohuoose a'clomudy sky - -- an,d .qagi9 path ; l.t4hSl'esq ovi ve tergoot ~rar athose wlo yt fdgior i ace and VayytitiEh i? try to flad outpand xSraoc them, Itbf of lurying. alonagi reseotfullye,ojdrith T,hte.oig tIory, Rbu ear 1y is, atla, ha y'xp~lI One en btvgd ob &n 8itth6 he pleaseg wIthoutahavidl that,'fat4i'pro. phi losophay tells.us ~kty t~edo be' .4r .ota q ee c ayng dt p lie re a'Bssbd ja n)rlR une at ulthey- shdi1 se1 $d th a w n anddaat.Q n~IEe 0 l