Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Be that hath striven as he could Has su iven as he ought. A. nvt how destiny was planned. The little that we understand is !o'iucat.witk; the command, Don't worry." e Nobody's Papa.; A somnbre-looking man wandered gloomilj from picture to picture. He had no ca.t dogue, some people prefer to go without and gaze untrammelled by prejudice. He was not perhaps the only man in the room without a cata logue, but there was that about him - which iistinguished him -effectually -ifroni eveireiher human being in that - rerowd6 No one else looked so utterly unamused and indifferent as he, though manywere less critical. He knew a good picture at once, and gave it a quick, appreciative scrutiny, while the worthless specimens he passed by with a glance of contempt. Presertly he turned listlessly away and sat down on the ottoman in the centre of the room. Folding his arms, he sank into a brown study. What was he thinking of? -r wonfd n of course! Yes; but not a woman that he loved. Be thought of her as the beautiful heiress whom he had wooed and won. She was courted as only such women are courted, and from all the host of admirers he had borne off the prize. He, penniless and obscure, with only his personal qualities to recommend him-ah! she must hav e loved .him t How .beautifil sha -s, and how sweet-she seemed! A bitter smile curled the man's lips. Sweet! she.?was made of muriatic acid. He ii.,self, to be -sure, was not all honey and sugar. Men are not-but a woman! His ideal of womanhood had - always been softness, gentleness-she should be a hero worshiper-and her hero naturally should be her husband. Gertrude had been accustomed h e. She had not been willing to ,.."i{ a" had expected apparently " sloiiba e mlae-slave! She be. They had scarcely a week of love and happiness, and in six months he had left-rer. "You married me for my money!" was the last. fatal insult she hurled at him in her pausion. - '"Very stldl, madam. I will leave you your money and relieve you of the ~- presence of :a dlespised husband-for. everY" T . hose .were.the last words he had -ever spoken to her-the last words he ever should speak. He had left her theni and there, to her grand house, with her graadUsevants and her grand friends, a*ud he had gone to Australia to begin -life'aieV with only his b)rains for gaptal . T,e c.apital,however, wvas - - go' one. 'H had made his fortune, and he~had come home, yielding to a Str giel6mniingto see -not her-elh, no! nor auv man or woman alive, but to'tAedd'li haftive soil; to revisit- the scenes where he had spent a happy boyhood--and then--he should return to Australia. There he had friends; --there he~ had laud. It was his home now. No one knew of his arrival in * England; no one should know. From his wife his separatida had been comn plete. There had been no letters-nio iniries.~%eeh-other They were as dead. ~ It was seven years since they had met and muarriced and parted, and he did not know if she were living or .dead. .Os e1&ree be di- not wan$ to EnQw.: Sle-p-er4aps frvas anxious to 'hearoGf ~i 'eath. in. order that she might marry somneb)ody else. Perhaps in time she would assume his death. He started up. The heat was in tolerabie. the p)ictures odious, the peop~le detcstable, their 'caekle unen durable. "He would go straight out. He. would not look at another daub. That one was not so bad, though! In spite of himself he stopped to look at . It was~ the p)ortrait of a little girl -a dear little girl in hat and fur tip - 'et and onfi standing in the porch of "conm Ibsxme. 3t was evidently a tormy winter's day. . Her feet stood in thin<*,-A~but she'was standing quite -t il.in an attitade of eager expectauey. It fascinated him; he looked long and * enraisdy. Itwas a good picture, but it en ut altogether its artistic me-its tht iiae him. The child's face seemnei to awake some far-off menory -a '\iemhory tna kept on eluding hiiE jin~ prpe\ing iatner. Thien at last it ri to hilli. .I he likeness' was a in early cheild.hod: she had been his - oyh l' companion. .He had loved herdeely:he admourned her lone. . uo Nelli'. Her name. had excited Abe hprstYWagreemnenV- betwveen his anu* d hlimself. He had said that if .he shuld1 have a daughter he would ish her to bte called Ellen after this -s's er of.hzis. His wife had declared b.t heat that she hated the name. s it possible that she could be jeal ons~ even of a dead child? Or was it sifli)ply that love of opposition which enided by making their life together - inposdible.? Ah, if Nellie had lived, her~oula have had some one to love ste e one to turn to in his desolation. T likeness was extraordinary. Dio von like my nietare?"' i tned round an:d saw ithe orig elbow. What a pretty little girl she was! And how.much prettier than her picture! The artist ha1 done h.:s best, but he could not ade:lu*ely render the light which danced in the dark eyes. nor the dimoles that caneand went in the round, rosy cheeks. "It is very nic', but you yourself are nicer still," he said with a smile. How that smile hecame hin! "What is your na'e?" he pursued. "Nellie.' He started. 'It is a cur-ions coincidence," he said, "that you remind tme of a Nellie who died long ago." The child looked up with svnl a he tic, woidering eyes. "You weren't har papa, were you?" "No: I am no little girl's I ap i'" "Oh!" said Nellie.in a disappointed tone, and her face fell. "Then it's no use-I won't tell you. No, 11 won'i tell you now." :hen made as if she would go. He nE lid not want her to go; he took her lnd. th "Tell me-oh, do tell me!" he said. pi "It's a secret--why th*at piv-ture wvas i >ainted-why I come here every day, se but I won't tell ycu -no. I won't tell is you. Good-by'. noboiy's I.apa!" ac She bounded off like a little colt to Eo aer mother's side. He supposed she m vas her mother--a tall woman dressed th in black, who stood with he' back to ar Lim absorbed in a landscape opposite- in "He says he is no little girl's papa," T :nnounce:l the child,in her shrill voice. SO The lady hushed her, took her hand m Pnd led her quickly from the room. tb "Excuse me, but will you hand me rour catalogue :oi a mnomle-1t?' The old gentleman addressed started, b dropped his double eyeglasses, looked . somewhat annoyed, but nevertheless l put the catalogue into the eager hand ca held out for it. tl "No. 179. 'Waiting for Papa.' fc Portrait of Ellen, daugiter of Hugh Marston, Esq." fr "Thank you." His hand trembled i. so as he handed bark the catalogue fr that it fell to the ground. "Drunk or mad?" muttered the old gentleman, as lie stoped, much dis composed, to pick it up again. w Our friend meantime, passed through n the crowdand hurried breathlessly on, e through the turnstile, down the steps, a just in time to see an open carriage 'T' with two horses, and a footman in r< livery, drive off. In it were the lady in mourning and little Nellie. Nellie waved her hand to him, but the lady averted her ga-e. "Ia your mistress at home?" v The gentleman whoasked this qne: tion of a stately butler at the door of p a house i- ' - - ar.e Wai..Qc u -zrrena of the Royal acadei y, iat he was no longergloo-ny and morose. He was eager and excited. So great was the difference which this change of e:x pression made i-n his countenance that be seemed another mau. What name?" The butler looked at him a little askanee. "'Never mind my name; show mec Teewas an imperiousness about his manner whtich e-anquered the but 'ler, in spite of the deepeningmvstery. The visitor was shown in silence into the drawingroo:n, where a lady dress.:d in b)lack, a still young and( beartiful lady, but rale and thin, sat .with her head on her hand. Nellie played at her feet, but the mother was not paying any attention to the child. She sprang to her feet, and for a moment a look of the most intense jo~y came into her face. She seemed as if she would have fallen into the arms stretched out to her, but then suddenly she recoiled, saving, with .hitterness: "'I will not ac-knowledge for a hs band the man who disowns my~ child." ''Perhaps he can't hellp being no little girl's papa," interceded Nellie. ''Disown her! Never! Did I dis own her when 1 foun d out?"] "You did a few hours ago, and yonm must have known. You said it toin suit me." "Gertrude! Gertrud.e! How could I even imagine?"< He caught upl the child and h:issed her wildly, passionately.. "You might very easily, and if yon had ever troubled yourself even to inquire whether I was alive or deal oh! to abandon mec like that for one word-one hasty word-it was cruel - cruel and brutal !" "No, no," said Nellie, "he's soirryi now. I am sure' lie's soirry" now.' She p)attedl his cheek, dowin whichI the teat's were running. "OCh, run away', childi-run away'' cried the mother-. "No, Ican't forI give you. Hugh, tnot eveni now yon arec here, though the picture did bring you -I can't." She was weeping now, and lie was I kneeling at her knee.4, imploring her I forgi"eness with broken. sobs. Nellie ranl to tell the servants that her papa had co:-ie hotme at last, butp mammatd was angry with him b'eeanse t he said lie was tnot her p'apa.|r "Oth, hush, Mdiss Nellie!'' cried tile| nur *e. "'I ihought who it was wh'len lie wouln'tgivehisname,"' said the but-t leT su;ppose they won'i't. want no din net.'' ob.served the cook sar'castically.j No. they' wanted no dinner, nor~ one other earthly thing- -that couple up stairs. Thtey~ were in paradise, antd there it would be a pity inot to leaveI the.-New York Ledger-.V A Newv Inst rument. I{{ There has been dlisrovered among g the Ute Indians of Colorado a sort of ti larinet which is a sweeter and more al plain-:iv'e tone than any of our orches- ft tral inistr;uments. The ell'eet of its e sound, wvaftel up the~ mnon~tains from le the Iadiat v'ilhages, is desribed as, beno mua~ ' - ODDITIES OF FALCON ISLAND. It I. A.waya Getting Discovered and Ap propriated by Some Nation. Far away out in the deep Pacific ocean exists a small strip of land which shows that it has decided spirit and sweet little will of its own, for it will not undergo allegiance to any country. (ovcrnments often experi cnce considerable trouble in preserv ing the allegiance of people they have conquered. but as a rule a piece of propert-y or real estate has been looked I upon as likely to remain in the same place for a considerable period of f timie. This little island;whieh has received the name of Falcon island, proves an exception to the rule, however. No soon.r has it been annexed than it I disappears off the face of the globe, lea. i=ig only a dangerous reef to indi cate its former whereabouts and coi ing up in a few years' time, when the xation ha given up all claim. t Our old friend John Bull,aways on ste e watch to increase his imperial em- of re, wa3 the first to encounter it. In 89 the British corvette Egeria, was Di; nt on a cruise among the South Sea tat auds. with orders from the British eat mtiiralty to seize upon any islands or rat ral reefs that had hitherto been pe iclaimed and to take : possession inI an e name of the queen. Cruising of onnd ghe noted from afar off a prom ent island, toward which she sailed. tit ll palm trees were growing on its to uthern extremity, which was a coin .nding bluff, rising 150 feet above da: e sea. Having"reported the results o his lo+ yage to the admiralty, next y ar .oi ey sent out a transport ship, with . of ders to make further discoveries and of ports. What was the dismay of the sig ptain of the Egeria, on arriving a HF e place where he had the year be re left the island sporting the Unian It rek, to find that it had idisappeare.l an om view. Instead of the beautiful co! land stancing out so proniineitly ba on the ocean was a low and danger- yo is coral reef with the sea btatiug of ad surging up against it. p Two years later France, al o seized i?h the inordin:te desire of annexi"g I he ?w tenitory, sent th^ cruier 'uch- an auiit to the Pacitic. Cruising cle onnd she found .her way to Fa'cona- n he -e, instcad of finding a sanken vf, litene1 with the foam o, the att rakers, the vessel's crew discovered po island the exact shape of the island ba ,tnd by the English corvette in 1S89. n Scarely two years had passed. away or ien a brig sent out by France to re- in sit her possessions found her wity to pe o'lan idad. It had again disap- foa cared, it being simply a reef danger- wa was obiged to give up all -1 * e possession.-San Francisco (its' of in - bnicle. sen When a Woman Should Refnr the She shotild refuse-him (write'"n correspondent) when she kliolady neE liiits to be intemperate, for the his pot be no unhappier fate than maican bo< with a drunkard. She should rCge sic hin. when there is any heridlitary se arr ease ini the famuily, sa:b' as consai tion or insanity, which wvould in - ilit probability show itself andl cause ern finite misery in after years. Sh jso: should refuse him when she sees lie i. an in the habit of associating with bai be companions, who may lecad him into a gamlfllin g, drinking and c'ardl-plIaying ga life. She should ref usa him when' sy faj knows him to be that dlespicabile I thing-a male dirt; she shonl rehiert i hat as he has treated other gir-ls so he j mafy treat herself, and no womn rares to lay herself open to suich troat- } mnent. She should refuse him whei ~ she feels she has no love to give him ~ and not marry, as many girls do.for a s home; no marriage can be truly huappv c; without love to sweeten the bonds. 1 She should refuse him when he is pro- Uj poi)ng' to her for her mo:mey or fro:n igne. A girl can generally (list in- b ~nish real,love from feigned and even al f she cares for him should not neceput im unles3- convineed his motives are lisinferested. She should not refuse iim when she really cares for him and ~ ws him to be a steadyv, faithful man, s . lho will make her happy and1 not -ase her heartbreaks. whicb,perhaps, c me of her more brilliant lovers might ave done. -The Ledgier. Instruction for D)octor.s. w T1here is a movement on foot in is 3erlin to parovide free conrses to pahysi. -ians in whicit they shall be instrawted ni all thle lawvs bearing upon the 1pro essiona and its pracrtices. There, as ga aere, thec youngi man fresh from the s) miversity dloes not know much and is ea] n great need (of a post-graduate au ouirse to ac:puaint him with braihebes w rf his profession of whlich lhe will th ome day stanad in urgent need. Ace- w ording to the plan p)roposedl, those ca iho have taken degrees and diplomas L r-e to be suppl'ed with further in- ar truction1, reeivinj~g elear explanation G3 f the laws concerning accidents, in-- 1 urani'e, judiciary functions and thle br 'ke, qo far as possib!e perfecting hi beiragnpment for the ardmous and lii esponuihl dn lties of their profession. wr 'ormerly 'hey pickedn upi this informa- $5 ou ais they went along, with the av bne f possessing somiie sort of mas- to iry of it late in life.; now it is to be to npar.itedl pratialy s partI of thme ro. alair couirse of study-New York fig 'ribune. 01 -- an Mule Shippe l in a Crate, 01 Santa Fe No. 6, north bonnd, re- eas ently carried by express a large'male alc -ated just as chickens might be. He eighed 1:250 po;inds, anid was billed >r Abilene. lie stood mnaje:tic and] rand ini his nafrro'w box, whiich was tel lIed with straw and made comfuort- t.ht ole for his transportation. A large boa >rce of men was re piire I to lo:ad the -atc in the express ear, anid whena his Mr m ars hit -the do: jaibs b- ny 'L AY1 El) HER CO UK . N EXECRATED CUBAN W N WHO WA.?WEYLER'S -SPYYr -n:i Uinz Sacrificed Her Fried'c. Her 1;1-tiv. i and Her Natiii I '-I for La.v of a Spanisi Officer-Solue G. ' Her 1):eriz~ Exploits -Not a Pleasant tory. Cuima women have run the gjmut umsery and suffering for tl' be ovc.l i.l-and. But here is t story if a Cuba- woman who sacrifict her riends, her relatives and her.coi'ntry o: her Spanish lover. It, is not a pleasant story-th+s of sina Dia7, the beautiful, fa cinasing, tuscinpuiious spy of the bloody Aey cr's regime. Well for the fair game > Cal an womn that theie . no th 1 stories like it. Thro h r in ion for a Spanish ' >)1 of E oral- responsibi . a'trocities comm' r general may be this traitress to h el=" cina Diaz is the da .nte of tz, who owned asinlt tobacco zI ion near Santiago, Cuba. his ned a comfortable incoie froi mde ich, but when the struggle for -. idence began he left his planta ' 1 with his tv:o sons joined the rmy General Capote. :)me ina and her mother left their i >me the.saije time, and went to..Ha n live. Nina was a typical Cuban b zling, voluptuous and entic' When a daughter of th es, it is with her whole i. Nina fell in love w.r Weyler's staff, a you infantry, who had ned to the Spanish in vaua. Res. Weyler wanted some was his thecry that a was the best poss' iducted her campa tue is To tii end urng officers about lii a . he their sweethearts to discover. us of the insurgents. .. the lover of Nina Diaz persua<< r to join the Spanish secret seric throw all ihe ferce of her be I verness, and magnetis ti ive country. a Nina's beauty an si racted attenti a pular with as. On steam do her prom:en a upon'the dec this -A: .o >ple, and -maton, si art ia Diaz's success was-so s i na1 Havana that Weyler decideT to d 'er into te-)rovinces to reporc,f movements of the rebels. ler first venture was in Santiago, r her old home. Disguised r, a r girl, she went about with a s all >k begging for contributions.for he h k and wounded of the insur nt b ~ ~. b undreds of arrests followed. i s were broken up, unhappy 4( - and children were thrust into,; -a 1, a trail of misery and sufef' g death marked the -path -of s: 0 autiful, truel spy., - une day Nina was caught by a - i picket in communication wi anish c4eecr. The spy and , auiardug captured, and bron tE fore the 1o-f of the insurgents. $ns an4.sang-froid I t desert .aer. She informed r )tors that she was the daughtetr x Diaz, 'a Cuban insurgent, Iwh t bko wn to be in the neighborho0 wts on her way to visither fathe! itteclared, when the Spaniard h~ rieed her, and endeavoOrea aiand th*eats to make her i v itTheLr was no cedited at Ifrst, ad tha7et sent for her father1 areeers, and on their arrival shed Adsgthat evening Nina escaped de iefcread the Spanish lines. Usmg nirma ti.on she carried thema, paniards, n xt morning attacked t[ s ets -and a fearMsauir By Cubans th nm Niaia execrated,. h aeNn But Weyler -leclared. her tha sht as the only loyal han oK t land.th Ralroadi L- i by OW$ Floo]% It was surprisi oto tb expe'a mleral officers of othe'Penns 'stem to note th , g t am sioned by the tee -~ nodasa d they wvere exceet igly welilp th the progress m e in :e~p eroad at the differ.- t places ' ishouts occturred 'r . bridges riie- away. Geneil M~anagei >r'ee, Second 'Vice ?es -a dent B d Thir'Vice Presient Wood m Supernendent Peck and. ake, "and other dficers sy for thr.ee da' inspe~1 es. They foundhat the L-damaged to thextent : 0,000O,. bridges ad . been 's -ay on the brancis, anlt trafic and the rrackage ne e paia to the Ig Four an ids will swell tb aggregate da ure to a vast etent. All the iio roads suffesd similar dam T it is now esimated that $1, -. ) will scarcely cover the losseI0 ;ioned by therecent flood in O . n.-Pittsur; (Penn.) Post. 'ci A Ecurn Shot. V ol dr. Boarder'.Mrs. Carter, lef ame ti t yon that if rou want to be up'4o ~ times you'l have to get a ~side.. o Lrrd. - t dirs. Carter-And let my tell you, z< .Boarder, that if you ain't more l time in .your payments you'll i i. 'e+ t.+ get t s honed --.Bon1: STRANGE CONFESSIONS. Men Who save Cozfe:;sr-d to Crirne Which They Never Coznmmitted. That a man -on the rack, with eer. nerve quivering, with every nervc drawn to its utmost tension, with the pain increasing in intensity and vio. lence, should confess himseIf the per petrator of crime is natural enough. The prospect of relief from actual pin is a temptation that binds the sifrer to the future. But it mayseei strange, and is indeed one of the most inexplic able things in human history, that men have been induced by religions exhor tations and other means of persuasion to sign their own death warrants by confessing crimes actually never com mitted. Such in England was the case of John Perry, executed near Campden in 1661, with his mother and brother, for murdering William Har rison, steward for Lady Hampdcen. - onv against them was chief ' John Perry him ishment of all. kidnaped and years after the execution.. -In 1812 a man named Russell Col vin, living at Manchester, Vt:, dis appeared, and suspicions of foul ' cy were entertaiued. Public opinion atw tributed his murder to Stephen and Jesse Boorn. Still, as there was no definite ground on which to arrest them, the excitement gradually drew away. In 1818, however, a Mr. Boorn dreamed that he had been murdered by two men, whom he fixed upon as his nephews, Stephen and Jesse. The ghost of'the murdered man even speci fled the place of the murder and the old cellar hole where the mangled body had been thrust. Here a knife %nd buttons were found, which were identified as belonging to Colvin. On this the men were arrested. Stephen ind Colvin had quarreled just before ,he disappearance of the latter, and tephen had been seen to strike hinr. vith a club and knock him down. In- a short time Jesse confessed that r6and Stephen, with' their father, tfter Stephen knocked him down, had ;arried him to the old cellar and cut tis throat With a jack-knife. He fur er stated-that the next year they vay with most of the bones of adle . Stephen, after a time, teir victim. .sse's confes lmittec; the truth of ere convicted on. On this they i n the id sentenced to be hangec. - 3th of January, 18::0. They applie<< r commutation of the sentence, id, as some believed their innocence, 1vertisements were inserted in vari is papers for Colvin. Not long after ,rd a letter appeared in the .N trbEvening Pyst, .signec by a Mr. ya.wiek,and.. ., stating that a 1 ightly derangediman named Russell 1 olvin had been there five years be ne. This was generally looked upon < 3 a hoax, but Jas. Whelpley of New , ork,. who knew Colvin, resolved to >llow up the clue, and actually found olvin at the house of William Pol emus, at.Dover, N.J., where he had i oen since April, 1813.' Mr. Wbelpley took him to New ork, the common council gave him Leans to proceed to Vermnont, and he] ~rived at Manchester on the 22d Ulay E Decemb er. The 'iole place.was in a state 'of ild excitement. People gathered in -omi all the surrounding country to se the dead alive. A cannon was rought out, and Colvin was saluted ith a discharge of cannon and LImall rms, .Stephen Boorn tiring the first iece. There'ainumch discussion, amne attributing it to the effect of' im risonment, a'general sort of panie, error, and others to the injudicious drice and exhortations of a clergy ian. .Franklin Pierce's Ring. The ring treasured by the descen ants of Fraaiklin Pierce, president of he United States, is interesting for everal reasons. -For one thing, it veighs nearly a pound. It was presented to hinm -hy his riends in California and has no equal n the world. It is of gold dug from California mine, the circular portion s cut into ..quares;-which stand at ig.-angles to each other, and each is ~mbellished wit-h an odd design, the ntire group representing~a pictorial istory of California. There is a grizzly bear in a menae ng attitude, a deer bounding down a lope, an ,enraged snake, a soaring agle and a salmon. Upon another quare in an Indian with bow and ~rrowv and a. iatijve mountaineer on orseback throw ing his lasso. Next eeps out-a Californian tent and a niner at work -with his pick. These lesigns are .surmounted by two nerican flags, with- the p)oles crossed Lnd groups of stars in the angleM. [he part of the ring reserved for the eal is covered by a deeply carved plate f gold, with California's arms, sum aougted by the flag and inscribed 'Frank Tierce" in old Roman charac ers. This lid opens with a binge and hews beneath a square box divided y bars of gold into ni-ne separate ompartments, each containing a pure pecimnen of the varieties of ore found u the- state. T.he iniscription within reads; "Pre ~nted to Franklin Pierce, the four .nth President of the United States." ring is valued at $2000I. S A Cdi Night in China. On~ of the facts that are incffaceaoly it inL' my memory during j v first inter in Ne wchwang was the findingI ione 4mrnn aot New Year's me thl'ty-five masses of ice, each ass havg been a living man at 10 lrok t~ preceding night. The temm .rwas a good bit below ~ro (Fahreenheit). The men had just ft the opiun~ dens, where they had ten enleyingL. themselves. Thc !. 3en r sent then ~o sleep, and they never kene4NQ 4h China Herald, Do Yon Know Them? I'll give you a riddle to guess today Two pretty curtains were rolled away, Two little windulows were opened widh And Lcould see who wa" livim, iuside. A dear little girl prp.ld out and smiled A fterward came a nau;ghty child. And the windows werc dim with a sudden shower And the curtains were crumpled and red for an hour. ,But the sun,eams burst through clouds,and the,n The good little girl came back again. There she stayed, to my bea:t's delight. Till the curtains fell and she said good night. ki u :tw-"s w ^ indows were opened And e children that live inside? -Anna 31. Pratt. An Ainusing Egg Trick. Here is a trick that will amuse voi. Puneture the shell of a raw egg with a pin, and through the hole thus made extract the contents. When the shell has beconie dry, rour fine sand through the pinhole until the egg is about one-fourth filled. Then seal,up the hole with wax, and your imita tio- egg will be as natural in appear ance as a real one. Then tell your conianions that you can make the egg obey your slightest wish, stand ;} on the edge of a knife, the rini of a ?ass, or whatever you will. Of course, no-one, will believe you, but you 'can P:oVQ that you are right. The .only sgeret, Jis to tap the egg 3 gently every tine you change its posi- 1 tiop, so that the sand will settle at the bottom, and keep the egg upright 1 in just the position you wish. -, - I A Great St. Bernard. 'r A lady in Newton was drawing her n tle girl on a sled, just after the h snowstorm, thyough a long. nar ea to the schoolhouse, the snow s o" athei .-n up very high oq each b ide of the uath, en she me ay a large go '' tra ger. .She urn as she won laining that the pa was narrow and he snoc deep, and hat he must turn f< round and go ba- He listened a arefully to her exblanation, then s) sheeled about and walked back a con- e ;iderable distance, rintil he found a j )lace where the snow had been ;hovelled out a little at the side. In- p > this he backed, and waited quietly intil she passed him with the sled and e .hild. The lady thanke:l him for ' eing so mnuch. of a gentleman; and e then wheeled about, and started I gain ou the path.-Our Dumb Ani- ~ al s. I< If I Were You, My Boy- a I would learn to be polite to every s. od v.' I' wouldn't let any other boy get p head of me in my studies.a I wouldn't go in the company of s a 1 hors who) use bad language. a I wa'uld see if I conlan't get people v o like me, by being civil to every- t ody. I.'would never make fun of children <l >eause they were not dressed nicely. I wouldn't abuse little boys who I ad no b)ig brother to be afraid of. I I would keep my hands and face. lean, and hair brushed without being i old to do so. I wouldn't get sulky and pout when ver I c>uldni't have my way- about verything. 'I wouldn't conclude that I knew 1 ore than may father, before I hadt een sixty milies away from home. I wouldn't be ashamed to do right< anvwhere. I wouldn't do0 anything I hat I would not be willing for every >ody to know. I ivould try to learn somethihig use ful ev-ery day, and whenever I saw nthing made .1 would watch and see ow it was done.f The Rose. Thist le and Shamrock. ] The adoption of a rose as a national foer dates so far back that old Pliny ondered if Albion took its name fromn t white cliffs or from its pretty white 1 oses. Ini Edward the Third'streign a gold oin was struck called a "rose noble." earing a rose on one of its sides, and 'omu that time the flower has been itimately associated with the nation. The R osicincians of the seventeenth entury, popularly styledi the brothers f the "rosy cross," 'brought the rose I ito great promlinenice. The wars of the roses has reference o the long and bloody fueds between the houses of Yor'k and Lancaster for the possession of thie English crown -the white rose being the badge of ] the former, and the red rose that ofI the latter. Regarding the thistle,tradition says that it along with its motto, "Wha daar meddle wi' mae." was tirst adopted as a symbol under the fol lowing circumistaflesr. A partyv of invading Danes attempted to surprise and capture the Scotch army under the cloud of night. As they drew near the slumbering camp, oneof the party trod upon a pricklyi thistle, and leaped into the air with a. cry of pain. Hits cry aroused the Scotchmenl, who ftew to arms and felli upon01 the invaders with such courage 4 ad suiccess- that they were driveni fromn the field. . p'rom that day th~e thistle was worni as a badge, and ultimately became the emblem of Scotland. The trefoil; or three-leafe-1 clover, - - the badge of Ould Ireland, has a story connected with it also. St. Patri;s, when instructing the people in religious doctrines, found great difficuity in conveying to their minds the idea of the triple Godhead. Stooping down, as the people stood around, he plucked a shamrock and used it as an illustration, so satisfyimg to the Irish people that theyhave ever since worn it as their national em blem. With the union of the nations came the union of the emblems, the lilies of France in Queen Victoria's diadem gi%ing place to the -shamrock of the Green Isle.--Home and Farm. . How Much It Cost. . One, two, three! Kenneth nestled uneasily. Four, five, sii:! - He bored his tousled b: ow!r h_al deep into the pillows, and tried' not to hear the seven. Lazy litt'e Kenneth! The next time the clock spoke it said "eight," imperatively, and sent him into his shoes and sto:kings in a panic. Eight o'clock! Not a tardy mark et this term, but here was danger ihead. Oh dear! if 'twasn't so far to ichool, and breakfast to eat, too. Kenneth hini-ied braiely, but but .os didn't behave, and where ccnid he' other shce be? Where was the iair brush? If he'd on'y got up at even!' After all, he didn't dare Jo stop to ~at but three mnffin-bites anda coky 'hen he scat<hed his- lunch pail from he pantry shelf and was off. Mamma' ras up-in the berry garden picking arrants;- It wouldn't do to run up fter his goodby kiss; there wasn't a ninute to sxare. Eenneth was nine ears old, but how 'he did. mi:s thp iss! -He was late to school; anyway,just y an unlucky minute or two, and on is way to his seat he could hear Miss 'eriwinkle's pencil point,, hard and asping, tracing his poor little black iark., Eenneth's heart sank. No rize4orpunctuality now. Wellfit:was a sorry morning, and a mr..!py is it. Keineth was-too d too e to study,so ie to grief. He had to ' tc study it, and lost rrow part of his dinner hungry little stomach. r hisinner pail! It ' -e so s d comforting; and he, iiffed little ?icy ,consoling smells 6'onid the ges of the cover. . Didnht he know tst what was in there? The-other boys wee getting their ails, too. Keuneth waved hi - "My mother puts up the splendi t dinners in this town!" he cried. The splendidest in--this-town!" Somec of the boys object-ed, but enneth, tugging at the pail cover, as insistent. - -- "You wait an' see! -Any o' you fel )ws got spice cakes in your dinner 1' tongne sandwitches-an'--an I ge c-heese? I guess so!" 'The cover snapped off. The -o' ered into--an empty pail! Empt-y ~ spoor Kenneth's little hungry omach! It wasn't his lunch pail at 1. Why hadn't he noticed there asn't any small ired worsted bow on e handle? This was mamma's milk al, and he got it in his hurry. Oh, ear! Of course, the boys--being boys- -- ughed at him loudly; and, of course, :enneth's face reddened angrily. But e made a big, brave effort and'joinel . i the laugh. -There was a great amp in his throat and it was hard ork squeezing th laugh thn-ough; it ot caught, and b n:- 9wo pieces. ~till, it was a l yW~Z put his ands in his pock &.2'alked off, rying to whistle.. "My mother puts up the splen" aled one of the boys after him, .but e didn't get any farther. Benny Brown's grimy little hand as clapped over his month. "No, you don't!" Benny - said toutly. "Ken's a brick! - I guess ou wouldn't 'a' laughed at your'self. ou'd 'a' been hoppin'." "That's so. So would I," agreed ~nil Smith. "Good for Ken!" "Let's make it up to him. Come n!" cried Be-nny, excitedly. And, when Kenneth went back to s desk there was a generous dinner pread out on it, waiting for him. 'very boy had shared hits choicest its. - So, you see, Kenneth wasn't hungry rhen he got home to mamma at night, ~xcept for his missing kiss. 'But he as ever so much wviser.. "You see, mamma," he confided to er aside, "it don't dlo to be a lazy ones. It's dreadful 'xpensive." ~outh's -Compainion. Milit3ry Cats Out of a Job. The military provision' cats which ave hitherto been maintained by the ~ermian government at its provision ~toes and-magazines for the %eetrue ion of mice, 'at an annnal'cost. per'3A1 f 18 marks,. are.to be dismissed fr.om he service. *. It has been- fotud by ~xperiment that more mice and rats ) ,an~ be killed by th-e 'oeffer bacillus -*r vsteni of inoculatin5'-nuce at a much inaller cost. By the Loeffer system - which has been-effectually-tried both n a large' and s.mall seal, i.'.gricul ire and -in various piublie--depart aents) solely by infecting -some food laced for mice and -rats with.- a cui ure of a certain ba'cillus, liar.ni*ess to verything but these- rodeuite, the-l.tt-. e, soon after 'eating of -it, die, gid efore doing so spread the ectio tong the other mice --