Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-. KINDLY Aspark may to a fire grow, And so another heart may glow From one kind word you've said. lnon life's field some have been slain. $y those who from their hearts disdain To say a kindly word. e IN THE NAME fTy BELLE ELL, Miss Doris, I've come for my answe:n; how's it to be?" ' \ Doris viewed the intruder with ill- suppressed dis favor. He was a f tall, loosely strung individual, whose bare pres k an - enco seemed to fill every nook and corner of her rath er cramped quarters, and although he only stood carelessly against the open -door, he hid from sight the imposing Shingle, "Doris Woodford,. Attorney at-Law' which was that young wom an's pspecial pride. Come in, Mr. Watt," she said resignedly; thankful at last that the swinging door would close behind them, and so shut out the result of their interview from the. gaze of the Curious. Re obeyed her, carrying his whole length across the little offce in one big step. Doris pointed to a chair, vhilt she leaned back in her own. 1,took it, farmer-fashion, legs astride, = bis gaunt arms folded over the back, his watery blue eyes full on the bloom -ing face:in front of him. "Well, he reiterated, his leathery countenance wrinkling into something ! like-facetiousness, "what be the ver dict of the court-that's the lawyer's term,' ain't it, Miss Doris? Though it 'pears to me- that another kind of -cqurti.would likelier come yohr way. a, ha!" Farmer Watt exploded with laughter, and slapped his thigh in huge enjoyment, while Doris bit her lip angrily, and pulled an aggressive brown lock until her head ached. "Please be brief," she said with dignity, "Iam very busy to-day. No doubtyon have considered the matter and will allow me to take the case on my own. terms." On, comenow, not too fast; I ain't thinin' but what you're in the right. I own to that; but, on the 'ther hand, I'm riskin' purty considerable in fac in' the law behind a toddler like you. ;kowIa''t got much of a case-" "Nhost of one," said Doris, "Well, all the same, I.sain't goin' to pay thit meney to Widder Barnes. * er cow had no business in my pas ture;dsaid I'd shoot her, and I done it. - Now, if you want the case, jest for practice, take it, or leave it, as S you like, 'tain't none of my business. Til put up ten dollars on the job; it's all im willin' to p&y. Of course, if the ia#'sits -on me an' makes me hand lows:that you don'. get none. See? j Ican't' spend but a 'tenner' on this t coneern, whichever way you fix it." I " Which mneans, if I .don't win mye ease.] receive nothing," observed Doris; in her chilliest tones. "That's about it. You must take your risks, too. But I was thinkin',c and so I said to my old woman thist very morning. it would be a gooda thing for you to come for'ard and'a m.ake your bow before them lhig guns, even if you didn't go off no louder than a firecracker; you'd have your c sizzle and bang, anyhow, through my a helpin'."C "X?u are very kind," said Doris, f earcastically. "Don't mention it. The p'int is,c "Yes; for the glory," with a grim smile. S "That's right, that's right," he said 1 genially, uncoiling himself from about the chair. "It won't come off, that1 case won't, till next week, and as, Ii - dessay, you're not too busy, you'11 t ha.ve time to look it up. Good morn- t in'." After he had slouched away, Doris H rosa with a swift, sudden movement, I and locked the door; then she flung herself into her chair, leaned both -N. arms upon her desk, rested her pretty I: chini upon her upturned palms, and lost'herself in gloomy meditation. - Was it for this that, she had studied< and won her laurels, to defend a1 niggardly farmer on the wrong side of:' - -the case? It was a mean, contemptible': deed,- the shooting of the poor widow's , cow, which had inadvertently strayed. into a disused pasture, and she had1 expressed her opinion pretty freely,. half hoping that Mrs. Barnes would employ her to recover damages; but women lawyers were as yet a rarity in: - her nativ'e town, and Mrs. Barnes had: held to the beaten track, securing oward Peyton, as Doris feared she Now'this young man was eager to embrace the law, in the person of Miss Doris Woodford, a:d- even went so far as to hint at the rendering up of this case into her very cap'able hands; but M~rs. Barnes set her broad foot flat 'upon such an idea, and Doris herself recolled in high dudgeon. "Think of it!" she said to her sym -pathizing family, "after the kindness I've shown to that hateful old woman! I wouldn't take her case ifshe were to -beg me on her bended knees." But Mrs. Barnes entertained no such: abject notion; on the contrary, Farmer Watt brought his eloquence to bear unon the irate young professional, and the bargain was concluded in the man mer just set forth. That night at dinner the family raved. Seach member according to his or h.er views of the subject. Paterfamilias shook his head,-Jack asserted that she hadn't a leg to stand on, Marcia. sniffed disdainigJly.oyer the shadowy ten dol lars, aathe':nater" expressed her self-graeI' and ditabprovingly. -' "Youtshoidl't go against your moral cduviction, Doris: that is what belittles the law. I'd rather have you lose your case, than sacrifice a princi ple." said this unwordly woman. at3~, mamoma, legally, the man has ight or~ his side. The only trouble WOR DS. A friend upon his dying bed - Has fell asleep, and you have said So many kindly words, .Bat have you, when the road was hard. And he see:ned drifting from his God, Said any kindly words? doiph A. ueater, in New York Tribune OF THE LAW. 7. 11SE9.'7S is, Mrs. Barnes has Howard Peyton on her side, and--and--I'm no match for him." "I fancy he thinks differently," said Marcia in her slow way. Doris disdained this little side re mark, though her cheeks flamed; she valiantly returned to the question in hand. "In the name of the law, the case is mine," she declared. "One can't help one's moral convictions, mamma; but my maiden speech may spoil every thing. I confess, I'm very badly scared." "That's the least part," said Jack sententiously. "Just get up and fire away; nobody's going to eat you." This very wholesome advice Doris stowed away as a text. She went bravely to work on the defense, being materially assisted by the anxious farmer, who was continually "drop pin'" in to make suggestions and cre ate new perplexities, "Look here, Miss Doris, I've got a p'int for you," he said one morning in high glee, "as purty a piece of legal reasonin' as you ever seen, an' Iheard tell, the other side's goin' to use it as one of their trump cards. It 'pears that Jimmy Harroway seen me shoot that there cow, an' he up an' says, the beast hadn't nothin' but her forelegs, an' her head an' shoulders in my pasture. Now what you got to prove is, in the first place, that Jimmy is a liar. Give him the lie right bold out in the court. He's a kind of soft chap; he'd never dare to say 'no' to a lady. Then you can go on to prove that the head is always the biggest part of any animal-the thinkin,' feel in' part, you know. You can make that great, and you can upset little Jimmy clean into the ditch. Ha, ha! I think we'll pull through all right; 1 ain't afeard," he remarked with a con descending chuckle, as he went away. Yet, in spite of her bold front, Doris was afraid. She went over and over the scanty evidence she had in hand, trying in vain to evolve therefrom some point which might appeal to the jury; but a week's untiring work forced her to the. sad conviction that there was no hope for either client or herself. Old Watt was too unpopular in the neigh borhood, and she too newly fledged, to make much impression upon the court; and the loss of a good cow un der su.ch circumstances was such a seriou consideration that it well might infuence the most unprejudiced juror; and thus, in the very teeth of defeat, poor Doris ~ ~rself.~ When a oris was consid heshowedl oined the family at the breakfast able. They were all in holiday trim, or to them "the case" was a grandj vent, and Doris' professional debut ras quite as exciting as her first ball.I lut in her secret soul their evident ntention to be present at the conflict only added new terrors to the situa ion. Still they were most consider te, making very little fu.ss over her, d allowing her to set forth to the ene of action quite alone. The courthouse was crowded. Not nly had the ease itself exeited unu al interest through the lamentations I Widow Barnes and the dogged de jane of Farmer Watt, but Doris her-. elf was too well known in the little ommunity to escape the general atten ion, so when the case was called, and hie led the way to the space reserved or the combatants, closely followed >y her beaming client, there was a nurmur ana a stir, which might have mpressed her.at any other time. As t 'as, she merely bowed gravely to he opposing lawyer and the fat plain iff, and began to arrange her papers. Ld prepare for battle, with business ike precision. Then she leaned back Ld studied the audience. The front rows held the town sup-. >ly of lawyers, old fellows, most of hem, who beamed upon her with atherly interest, and brought pain 'ully to her mind the not very distant lays of sugar candy and gingerbread abies. Even the heavy watch-chain ht Colonel Stokes fingered so pomn ously, recalled the times when she and besieged that stately stronghold of e'a lore, and grabbed the sacred inks with the irreverence of pnivi eged childhood. She wondered, while the court was being called to order and the prelim naries were arranged, if she looked as ridiculously young as she felt; if she seemed as unchanged to the people who were looking at her, as ihey ap peared in her eyes; and then the case was opened by the plaintiff'. Doris forgot her nervousness for a while as she watched Howard Poy ton's fine figure, and listened to his few well-chosen words. She owned to a secret admiration for this young ma, his manner was convincing, his delivery excellent, and his method of handling witnesses incomparable. But then, to begin with, his case was a strong one, the judge and the jury were plainly with him, and Mrs. Barnes's funereal aspect helped him greatly, indeed, 'if people had not known that her widowhood was of many years' standing, they might naturally have concluded that her weeds were assumed for this occasion -in memory of the defunct cow. But the strongest evidence was that of little Jimimy Harroway, all starched and laundered for this public exhi bitin, who "seen it done," as he as serted from the stand. At this point Doris received a poke in her back-Farmer Watt was lean ing over her chair. "Here comes your p'int," he whis pered. "Watch out, you can trip him up by them greased boots of his. He's skeered -into what he's sayin' now. You can skeer him t'other side. You won't have many-witnesses to bother ,..-ter wa niy mc nda the cow left--which last party can't appear. Ha, ha!" laughed Farmer Watt. "Just you keep them purty ears well cocked, and we'll beat 'em yet." He ge&e her a little friendly pat on the shoulder, as he subsided, which filled her with suppressed fury, and roused a faint titter from. some corner of the room. Doris caught the sound, and her-soul was sore with indigaa tion; but the plaintiff's lawyer was closing his side of the argumant, and hurling his sentences straight into the jury box, with the true aim of long practice. Doris felt her ground slip ping from under her; all her cleverly planned defenses were swept away by this masterly eloquence. What could she say-how could she refute those solid points which be was driving i with all his strength? Once the jury laughed, to a man; even the judge smiled at some droll allusion-there was an art in provoking laughter. She would never be able to do that; she could only go through her speech, stolidly, and thank her stars when the ordeal was over. When Doris rose there fell a hush over the room. She may not have known it-this fair, slim girl-but her presence alone sent a telling thunder bolt into the jury box. It was their first public tussle with a woman, and they were making ready for the fray; but the sight of her standing there, so pretty and so earnest, touched a chord in their flinty hearts, and scored one in her favor. The family, over in the corner, was visibly agitated. Doris would not look that way; she faced the judge, and brought her mind sternly to bear upon the subject. She had declined to cross-examine the plaintiff's wit nesses, preferring to score them well, in her speecb, and so when Farmer Watt had given his broad and humor ous view of the tragedy, it remained only for her to provide the jary with the last threads of~the narrative. i But the mind is peculiar, a most erratic bit of mechanisn, and Doris. I who filled all the little recesses of hers with such persistent care and energy, began suddenly to' grope in the dark, and not to find what she wanted. She ransacked the corridors of her brain, only the echoes mocked her-there was a huge undefinable void. Thought was no more, mem ory was vanished, words seemed mere ly a chaotic mumbling. What was the meaning of it all? . What was she doing in this crowded roo.m, facing this strange assemblage? She must go, she could not stay here; but she was rooted to the spot, her limbs were deprived of motion; she tried to speak, but her tongue seemed para lyzed; she passed her hand over her eyes-she must do something, but 'she could not see, a great mist rolled between her and all that outer life a horrible, swirling, engulfing mist; a frightened gasp, a little cry, a pa thetic stretching out of small hands, and-she burst into tears! Of course, after that, all was emo-' tion. The family, in consternation, clustgred round and hid the attorney at-law from public view. The judge briefly summed, up the ease and hand ed it over to the jury, and the court took a recess. Farmer Watt stormed up and down: "If Ilever put my trust in a woman again. Twice E done it to ruet hn a pipe bustin' in winter. Hory re you now?" he snapped, pausing ~ a front of poor Doris, and glaring at "Better, thank yeu," she said, t eeky. "I-I'm sorry, Mr. Watt." e "Well, you couldn't help it, I-sup- t ose. Bein' sorry don't mend the It itcher, howsomever. "It's a pity 3 you're built that way; your j'ints ain't seasoned yet." e "I guess I'll go," said Doris; ( "there's no more harm to be done." "Humph!" said Farmer Watt. I "The jury is cowJng in," observed' e Sai-cia; "they didn't take long to 1; :onsider." And, sure enough, they were filing ? into their box. The court was quickly a alled to order, and the foreman a stepped forward after the usual for- i malities. t "A verdict in favor of the defen- i ant, your Honor!" -t For one moment there was dead ci ence, then, despite the efforts of the zealous clerk, pandemonium broke forth. Farmer Watt stood stock still. his i hands in his pockets, his eyes andc mouth wide open with amazement, f then he ~uttered a strange whoop oft triumph, and - scattered the family ] right and left, as he plowed through] them, in his frantic efforts to get at t Dorris. "You done it; you done it!" he t cried, making a dash for her hans, and churning it up and down withi great force. "Blest, if you didn't play that little game well. Great I of sal Imght have leaked buckets flofal water and' it wouldn't ha'f made no -difference; but you just squited a few drops of brine out of< thema eyes cf yourn, and you cleani melted them soft fellows up there.i Hooray!" Howard Peyton jumped to his feet ani cut him short. "Your Honor, I object to the verdict. I consider that the jury has boon unduly influ enced, and that the case, as they re ceived it, was clearly in favor of the plaintif'." The jadge frowned down upon the young lawyer. "MIr. Peyton, you are out of order, but this peculiar case calls fey pscu liar treatment. State your objections." Howard Peyton glanced sidewise at Doris, but that young lady, now quite r-coveredi, kept those dangerous eyes of hers glued to the floor. "I think, sa.d Peyton, slowly, "hat the resor t to tears was unfair on the part c.i the defendant's lawyer. They are a weapon of which I have no knowledge, and I ''m bold enough to say, thiat it was iibery andi corrup tion to those '"welvo good n cu and "Gently, gently, M reyton, y,u|I are excte'd, we will argue this, iu you I please. Miss Woodiord, be so good as to answer a few direct questions." Doris rose obediently. "Did you, with willful intent, seek to innee the jury by that startling burst of tear's?" "No; oh, no." "Did you come into this court re soled at all odds t.o play this truum crd wliich, according to your op ponent's expressed opinion, ly won this case?" "Indeed not," said Doris in nt' II'll be hanged. if she claimed Farmer Watt. "Ain' ce_ atchin' her all mornin', and boost her up? Didn't I see et tin' white, an' I up an' sez to "Order the.re!" cried the 'to "Order be blowed! I ain to pay my money on t'other si keep it on this bank, you be "Order, or leave the co cried the clerk again. "In view, then, Mr. Pav d tinned the judge, "of this tated move on the part of: nent, I fear the decision u y will h. Mr . ars a dare' under the head :ribery n corraption. Any playison the o tions is authorized in' t settingd " of a legal point. It ii well-kn W fart that la wyera se influence ter feelings of their hears.. Lanetei Lnd tears often find thir way i 0 , courtroom, and no ittar thr4E.a what medium, they arentitled to air consideration. And Put it to !oui candor, Mr. Peyton, bd you beet in the jury box, could .ch an ap have left you quite unwoved?' b At this there was a, unmistak bls sound of suppressed iughter. ;Bat Doris still kept her e's on the 0=', and Howard Peyton'olored to the roots of his hair. "I witharaw- my-bjections,' h said, with a low bo, and the "se was ended amidst a ippo of m rr ment. Widow Barrs alone j back, like the woa in the B'ble, "She lifted up her cd'e and cep b Doris was escortediome in sta y Farmer Watt. As tey parted ather door he put his h. d in his poPk and fished out the pimised fee. 3. "You done me 'priid, Miss D S he said, in his hertiest way. never had no doubt 4f you. I owjt bein' sheered at ti end, mind, but that was from not inowin' that ars was a legal p'int. jOh, the wayh judge set down on iat there Pe ada feller was great-- say, great!' nd Farmer Watt trampi off, well ple, with himself and t1j world. Bat the famous ,'tenner" in ome miraculous fashio ound its wa' in spite of everythin 6 Widow Bai 3, and although Da Rumor is tdis erectly silent, - rid not sur'ise that small world.- greatly one of th ese fine ing "shingle" disapp tl ofce, and "Do torney-at-Law," a er ship.-Short Sto iinrveating Sna Of all queer o ceeds in -danger of the Madagascar ud .d packers. Here~ i ch the profit is abo sonal risk and ur suit. It is like earth, and as it h ten about before g is known about it. The method o es alive is decide ass is first set afire- .es around a certair. ine or immense fish the poles like a circy h snare into the -,a sands of the js iicken by'the p uing flames..r This part of t procedure in aring live snak~ for the .mark an-i ot the most diffi t. The real r and trouble e es after ter es are enmesh the big net.e reatures are not Ias trifled wit sl bis stage of the gamne. Oati 'ly hey are approachd by the oily, 4of adagascarians, ad by the pow out ypnotism, largel aided with a s ad. lb, the scaly fatives are subder fret care muste~ -taken, how aer .ot to injure thendor the slighest kin r disfigurement n the delicate ar f the snakes unfithem for the :et for whic~h therire destined. na Once in hand, he clever black ase ives handle -the ritiles with an In d quickness thtiis marvelous- mly twinkling each geature is its oundto a long~- mboo rod and as onth strapped~ ?wn, making i r armless as a kilin. In this ed housands of live aakes are si ut of Africa evergear.. yspepsia an Easytnemy to Vsn' "As painful anamnoying as kly epsia is it may beasily and qui re ured if the sufferEvill.only be c -ta ul in his daily die' is the autho .T. ie statement wit which Mrs. '. to lorer opens her aieeon "Wh ,i sat When~ You He Indigestion, th he Ladies' Home 'urnal. In fu om r pointing the wa;o immunity i his all-too-comm ailment, an orer tells what sicles of food and ~eneral classes of od ,tLo avoid r vhat may be eatemnd gives die om ists for those wha-o suffering tomach troubles.;Those who r ought against dyepsia will beur rised to find hoNally few arar f food are prohibd, and to I_ hat the commoneirticles of fo the hose in most ge4tal use-are i vorst breeders .ofyspepsia' ter ikewise a surprise know that w ntrnally and exteilly-and "et has ily," as an emint physician era idded-has very gui curative po re. *n the treatment ofomach disor' siiful fating. A private perfornce was give si Eria afternoon tthe Royal M e Btll by Colonel. Gon Bordev f~gf vho is represented be "the gre his istol shot of the -ud." Two o hi a rieks were strikini He cut w us istol bullet a swing thtread, and ] ing the dependentell to fall eng, and he 'hit fri a most un ard ] :ortable attitude t:edge of a a held sideways to a. Also wi he pistol bullet and- short rang ~ra.ed the head of ierect lucife - us to e I a that exploit seemedh bright who bystander with a riperformed pe. eisely the same feaLondon Tim .A Wouso Fulirreasure. A baker residing very old ho se at Melines has just le an inter it ing discovery in hiu-ret, wher had been freq.uentlin noticed a the rafters, when bed, e-mitt ch t hollow sound. Agorous se he ,rought to light a y lock in ' - corner of one of thfters, an on b~ig forced, the caiwas foun *t contain Spanish golans of the ( OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR. LAUCHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN, A Tragedy of the Day-.The Antidote After Marriage-The Editor's Little Joke-it Was Possible-A Remedy For His Case-Sweet Charity, Etc.. Etc. The year had gloomily begun For Willie Weeks, a poor man's SN. He was beset with bill and du: And he ha: very little "This cash," said he, "won't pay my dues, I've nothing here 'but ones and TUES."' A bright thought struck him. and ho said "The rich Miss Goldrock I will WED."' But when he paid his court to her. She lisped, but firmly said "No, TRUE:" "Alas!" said he, "then I must die!" His soul went where they say souls FRI. They found his gloves, and coat, and hat; The Coroner upon them SAT. -Carolyn Wells, in Life. The Antidote. She-"Is there anything I can do to make you stop loving me?" He-"Yes; marry me." The Editor's Little Joke. Disappointed Joke-Writer-"Why don't you want this joke?" The Editor-"It's been cracked." It Was rossible. Jones--"Is it possible for a train boy to become president of a road?" Smith-"Yes, if he doesn't reform." -Life. After Marriage. "De Brush has become wedded to his art." "I thought so. He's getting aw fully careles3 in his work lately." Pack. Sweet Charity. He--"Don't you think Miss Plainly is the very image of her mother?" She-"Yes, indeed; the resem blance is something awful. "-Chicago News. A Remedy For His Case. Brown-"Jones strikes me as a man who is afraid to think for him self." Smith-"Why doesn't he get mar ried?" -Puck. Too Sharp Diet. Museum Manager - "The sword swallower seems out of health." Keeper-"Yes; he quarreled with the fat lady, and she made him eat his own words. "-Detroit Free Press. An Uncertain Future. He-."My darling, I always feel like taking off my shoes when I enter your sacred presence." "Well, I would rather you did it now than after we are married." Love and Folly. -A Mystery. "While Miss Fitz was away George took her parrot." "Anything happen?" "I don't know; she keeps the par rot down cellar, and the engagement is offE "-Love and Folly. A N~ew Order. Uncle Frank-"Well, Willie, what did you see at the circus to-day?" Mftn the Shetland ponies)-"Lots and lots of things; but the best were the ondensed horses. "-Judge. Settled. Nodd-"My wife told me if I want d'peace with her I would have to re gn from my club." Tod--:"And you are getting along ll righ't.now?" "Oh, yes. I'm living at the club." -Life. ___ *Chanaed Conditions. "Is it so that the'Truers belong to one of the oldest and best families in the country?" "I believe that they had some such pretensions, but the old gentleman got n the wrong side of the wheat mar et last fall." Too Much Progress. M'ir. Chipps (looking up from the >aper)-"The doctors have discovered another new disease." Mrs. Chipps-"Well, I wish they'd stop looking for new diseases long enough to fmnd a cure for my old rheu matism. "-New York Weekly.I H. Enew. Sunday - school Superintondent "Can any little boy in the class.- tell e anything about Tyre?" Little Boy - "Yes, sir; I can. Iine busted one day last summeri hen I was out on my bike and I had to hoof it home. "-D]etroit Free Press. Q uick Distribution. "I'm proud of you," said the~ head1 of the firm. "I have letters from all over Kansas saying they that they ave seen our samples. How in the world did you manage it?" and he patted the traveling man on the "Cyclone." _____ Pashed For Time. Eglishman - "I say, ye knaw, what's the bookage to Boston?" Railroad Ticket Clerk-"The what. Englishman - "The bookage, ye naw-the tariffE What's th' tariff?" Ticket Clerk-"I haven't time to balk politics. "-Lewiston Journal. Hard Luck.] Casey-"What's the matter with oolin? He looks as if he was in aard luck ?" Murphy-"He is that. The kind- 1 aearted, rich man who has been sup ~orting him for the last two months ias got a job for him and he has got > work. "-New York Journal. An Artist in His Line. "What are you waiting for, dear?" Lsked Smithly of his wife, as st a ingered in the cafe aftcr they had aten. "I would like to interview the chef a nd get his recipe for making that I a chowder without using any p lam."-Detroit Free Press. t: d Not So High. Lady entcrs barber shop with Skye "Mr. Barber, can you cut my dog- b o's hair?"d "N, I can't-or rather I won't!" a "Id::ed, you seem to hold your- a elf prtty high for one in your po- l "Perhaps I do; but "I'm no skye scraper."-Truth. The Prudent Course. "Updyke is an exceedingly quick witted chap.".. "So?" "Yes. For instande, last night, at Jammer's party, he, unfortunately stepped on Miss Quickfire's dress and ripped in the neighborhood of three miles of ruffle off it." "I see. He immediately mollified her by some exceedingly witty apol ogy." "Not much! He immediately. dis appeared." A Fatal Oversight. "I should like to know," began the city editor, as he stepped among his subordinates with fire in each eye, "why--" A noticeable shudder of fear passed through the entire staff. "the man who wrote up the dog show never once said that society was going to the bow-wows." From an adjoining room came the sound of a pistol shot and a heavy fall. The culprit had chosen not to sur vive his disgrace.-Pack. WORDS OF WISDCM. Truth is moral dynamite. Faculty measures ability. Error is self-propagating. Doing is* an antidote for doubting. Friendship is the crutch of sorrow. Ideas are the molds of public opin ion. Faith never outruns our understand ing. Self-conceit makes some men wiser than God. A good occupation prevents mental dissipation. - Finding repays for searching-get ting for waiting. Some great men have won their fame by doing little things. We must be divorced from error be fore we can be -married to truth. A big error shrinks into n6nentity when placed beside a small truth. Beware of the tyranny of custom; time gives every crab a hard shell. - The greatest kings were men so un selfish that they could refuse a crown.. It is not right to sacrifice your principles to save another's feelings. It is the duty of the preacher to im press the truth as well as to expect it. Repentan'e is the shortest road out of sin, but the last which most people take. The world's greatest men and best reformers were light weight when weighed in the scales of bigotry. . Doi't try to raise too large a crop of religion on too small a plot of ground. Increase your territory as you in crease your seed. The reason some folks "lose their mind" must be that they have given others "a piece of their mfind" so often, they have none left for themselves. Ram's Horni. Twenty-one Millions of Candles. In St. Nicholas there is an article entitled "A Giant Candle," by W. .& Harwood, describing on6 of.the sights It seems strange in this Aay;.of elec-j ricity that there can be found in a art of the world where civilization has gone a people who are so generally1 iven over to candle-light as sare theI one firm in Sweden manufactures, for he trade of Sweden almost excluiively twenty-one millions of candles of all sizes, fromi two or three* inches in eight up to seven feet. In spite of he introduction of electricity into-the ities, the people keep using candles, nd they even seem to think them a ecessary part. of their household ef fects. Dar-ing the weeks from the latter art of.May to the first of July you ill rarely find any one during the ight using an artificial light -of any ind, for the nights are almost as right as day. If you choose to stay p all night daring the period of long st days, you can read the finest print ith ease at any time in the twenty our hours, and you can make' photo raphs, if you so wish, all the night ong, with capital results. Up in Lap and, as late as the twenty-fifth of July, Ihad excellent results in making pho ographs at twelve o'clock 'at night, ad at one and two o'clock in the morn ig; and the only failure I had was in ~ne case when I gave even too much ime to the exposure. - She Liked Sailing. About twenty years ago a steam acket company of Liverpool wished o buy a piece of land which~ was wned by a "stay-at-home spinster," ae her neighbors described her. She old her land at a very low price, but asisted upon a clause being inserted in the agreement giving her the right it any~ time daring her life to travel rith a companion in any of the com any's vessels. When the agreement as closed she sold her furniture and rent on board the first outgoing ship ~elonging to the packet company. E'or years this wise spinster lived early all the time upona one ship or ~nother, frequently accompanied by a ompanion, according to the agree ent. This was always a person who therwise would have been a regular ~assenger, but who purchased her cet at reduced rates by paying the pinster instead of the packet com any. The company offered her mnore an twice the value of the land if she ould give up her privilege, but this e would not do. Her reply was: You got the laud cheap, and I like iling, so we ought both to be satis ed."-Lippincott's Magazine. Wooden Shoes in France. Wooden shoes in France are pro [nced to the extent of about 4,000,000 airs yearly. They are made in Alsace d Barriers by machinery, and in ~ozere by hand. In the last-named rovinee 1700 persons are engaged in ie manufacture, and the yearly pro ct is more than half a million pairs. WVater That Petrines. Extraordinary qualities are possessed the :River Tinto, in Spain. It har es and petrifies the sand of its bed, d if a stone falls in the stream and ights upon another in a few months ey unite and become one stone. The longer on this earth we }ive And weigh the various: quaities ot. m Seeing how most are fugitiye Or fitful gifts at best; of'now,and then Wind-wavered copse-lights, daughters of the fen The more we feel the high, stern-featured beauty Of plain devotedness to duty, ' Steadfast and still, nor paid with morta: -< praise, But finding amplest recompense For life's ungarlanded expense In work done squarely and unwastec' days. -James Bussen Lowell. PITH AND POINT. Jim-"Is Maud's hair golden?' Mab-"No-it's plaited."-Standard. Staylate-"Won't you. giveme a kise before I go to-night?" Miss Wary "When do you intend to go?"-Stan dard. . When in doubt about the freshnes of eggs, they can be tested byessaying. to play "Hamlet" in a coantry.'villrge. -Norristotn Herald. Nell-"Mr' Sillicas is. only 'An. - apology for. i an" Bele--"Well, wouldn't you accept. an apology J..it were offered?"-Boston Traveler. An Irish tenant observed that it was "a hard thing fora man to ba Lturned out of the house which his fathei built and his grandfather was born iu."= London Tit-Bits. . "We are going to give up haigag Johnny get an education." "For what reason?" "Well-we can't ge :him sterilized eve:y morning in time to go to school.""-Pack. He (the'atrically)- 'You have re fused me! To-morrow I go to seek my fortune in the Klondike." She "May I have the refusal of you :when you retarn?"-Pack. Uncle Hiram-"When they talk about the lower branch of the legis latur' they mean the Assemblymen Uncie-Abner-"Well, Idunno! Itlnk - some of the Senators is jest as low." Pack. Ethel-"I was just tellingMr Ben gle it costs Cousin Bob:only five ia dred a year to live. Penelope-"HV does he ever manage it?" Ethel-: "Why, he runsin debtforthebalance. -Judge. - '-Wh.xt decoration is hat you a e . wearing?" said a recruiting sergean: to a new recruit. The -man blushed deeply and responded: "Ita md our cow won at the cattre show" Standard. ."I wonder," said Mrs. Meekton, "why they say that silence-is gofdel" "I gaess," replied her husband,.i'ery unguardedly, "it must be eaasegolx A is so hard to get sometimea."--WVai- =4 ington Star. Gertie-."Pa's awfullycrowlits-mC for coming in this drss "Is he, really? I don't see m ~ u it-er--to object to." G "Neither could he. That t+ so angry. "-Sandard. ' "I am afraid that aetorsa__ deceive us aboutthesaariestht~~. remarked thelie lm ~ er& S "No;" replied the kee -"they may think they do, don't."-Washington Star. - 7 '' First Citizen-t.~ have -a-lot of ne Second Ciin -" h I First Citizen-"K~s "Miss De Sweete nis som etng very barsh 'rhe rying to whisper in her e r~ you jump away."" "Younare istaken, I happened todeinaa: - er hatpin. "---Clevelad PlainDeae. - The Eaiperor of Ohina-'Ad -al his trouble results:from thre attaci on; he German missionaries?" IUXn hag-"Apparently. As sed?a aiser Wilhelm heard of the adhi on he missionaries he got ze~2- -- Kiondike Bride-"And doj*istsl ' hink I am worth my.weigb ngold, . ove?" Klondike Bridegroom "Worth your weight in gold. -pet? --- Why, blame my eyes, if- I don'ttinki ou're worth your weight in caibed oods!"-Pack. "'I"' The Prince of Wales' DInner Table.' Good taste reigns over all -the rrangements. Thus, the tableclothn reseverelv plain, thougb.ofthinest qality, an~d simnpry workedwithi the oyal arms-the rose, the thistle ad he shamrock--while thetableninins are invariably folded into :a mallA quare to hold the bread; and-neiffina the fancy shapes in vogue elsewhere o each guest two forks, and no-more. are provided, and these are place rongs downward. In addition there - are one large tablespoon and one - large knife, for in no circustanes are two knives together -given to any gest. A great many reasons have een assigned for this rule, bat appar ntly no one has summoned up the - ourage to ask the roy'al host and host ess. . It has been asserted that:his royal highness has the old-fashioned dislike to seeing knives inadverteily rossed. Small water bottles are used, but the princess holds- to the ^ anoverian habit of never having nger bowls. At Marlbordugh House ~iner begins at 8.45, and is, never allowed to last much more thai an our. Occasionally during the dinner soft music is played. The menu -in lways served a la Busso-that is. to sy, nothing is carved in the Miang oo.-From "Our Prince-at Home." sedby Hi Dog. A peculiarly sad case, arising out of the late disastrous flood at Eimley,. oe of the smallest and most isolated parishes- of the Isle Sheppey,'is re' por ted from Sheerness. Mr. Frederick Brice, dif Kiffg's Hill farm, who,aby bhrift and perseverance, -saved auf Lient to become a farmer,ihas lost Iis entire s.tock, consisting of 30X) sheep and thirty-seven bullocks, be. sides calves, pigs and poultry. His saystacks were also carried away -by the rush of waters, 'which broke hrough the sea wall. Mr. Brice him. self was only saved by the sagacity of i dog. Fearing the sea walls would e submerged or give way, he -went ito the marshes to drive his stock to tigher ground, but before lie had ac' . ~omplished his task the sesa broke hrough-the aals.and the advanciing bide overtook both him and his-cattle. " sfr. Brice tied-his handkerchief aronda Iis dog's neck and managed t-akhep s head above water- until:;land was Leaced-London Teleg-raph.