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While tl
With II
platiso lir tub cobs.
Sitting by the window,
Looking far away
Oter field* and meadowa
Sweet with new-mown hay,
And o'er tho atroamlot aparkling
®»w I litUa figure*
Playing in the corn I
Floating freely be ok;
Litt.’c hata discarded
he well-wurn track, ""
e ahapely foi ahead*
Clover wraatha adorn—
Chubby, clilldlah figures
Playing in tho corn I
An enchanted forent
*T1» to them, I ween,
With tin golden treasures
Hid In shining green;
Uny people
On its leaflet bom -
Bright-eyed, bonny figures
Playing In the corn. t
Sadly had I risen.
By cold care oppressed,
Worn with weary watching,
Filled with vague unrest,
But completely Vunlahed
Every thought forlorn, **
Watching those wee flgunie
Playing tn tho coral
What has earth hereafter
In the way of bliss
Tbit In heart; pleura
r - ;i coin...... .m. mil,
Wilh no •*'. foreboding,
^""•.tninorwim-
Flittl' fairy flmiroi
• MY SEftENSRER.
“ My dear child,*’ said ^Thaid^u lgfly
r of au ,uncertain age, “you need not
blush so. I duro say the young gentle
man who has just passed the window
lius no idea of your existence.”
“But he passes every-day,.aunt,”
“Well, wlgit of that?j”Virsti*rned tho
lady. *
“ But lie looks in at the window,” said
<ho young lady. r J< ) • ; •
“Ah, indeed!” said her aunt.
"And ho'weori a sprig myttJe in
his coat, aunt, and you knot? that means
* true/*
“ Really yon amuse mo, child ! Any
thing moro?”
“ No, sunt,” was the rdply. “
“Then, my dear child, you aro a bit
of a goose, and ought to know bettor,”
said her aunt. “I am afraid you aro
too fond of reuding idle tales when you
might bo better omployed. .Well; well,
I suppose we cannot put auold head on
young shoulders,, and youra tire very
young yet; ” and she "might llavp added
pretty ones, covered as thoy wore w}th
locks of tho softest and richest bro^u
hair in tlm world. 1 7 • ’
Pretty girls ai'o so common that 11
need not describe pretty Rose Arnold,-n»-
sho and her aunt were sitting before the
tiro in that magic houf’wlien tho glare
of day hns passed, and twilight is only,
just coming; whon tomTenies*8 touches
tho hardest heart; when life .scorns,
more ideal, less dark, and cold, and
dull. (v|V | mi
“ Slinll I toll you what happoned to
myself, Rose?” -
“Yus, do, aunt.”
“ Well; I will. You Will fie* that tliero
v.iis on'oo a time when ytoul old annt was
as silly 4s you pro now.”- ■- * , • '
• Rose laid her beautiful face on her
quint's lap, aiid looked up, cyidL her a out
began:
“ Miss Silksloue kept _a fst^U-
lishmont at Brighton for a limited num
ber of young Indies, from whom the most
unexceptionable references ‘ WiWe re-
jqiiired. '6lio frequently advertised In,
the I^lniea, ‘and always.hkd a vafciifioy for
one or two. But you knowind'wtfll ai'i
that thWo ftfevef was a soluWjf 1 iWr- a fira*\
‘ited nttuiber’that had not a v4oShcjr for'
a genteel and well-connected pupil; I
was that, and more. Why, then, was I
sent to Miss Silkstoue’wy
abode? Well, tho trfrfeJ
our family phys.cian, hinted that a lit
THE SUTLER
W. N. BENNS, JAMES D. RUSS. Editors
L-Kt-T TIItHE UK T.Ki I IT.”
Suhioription. $1.50 in Advanct.
VOLUME VI.
BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1881.
NUMBER T.
mamma. * Wo are getting,’ ndded tho
dour, fat old man. as he contemplated
my growing fijgm<\ 1 *a little {isftu and
tliin;.qi*r,roH^!ft are not quite so red a^
they miglit be? 'Girf.ns' I was, Tluul
_ re,ad | Lord Bywiii’s' 'Corsair,' iihd his
lines' iq 7 < ' | ^ijl4e^aroldj’' Vilil^ing%tT
,,d«;e» and duvkjl'lue ocean on, fthd'
( imd. by, heart TJarr.v. <3rirAA’afl*s fibres;
aija^l Toveu, a^^irls oi l 1 / do lgve, ! phfl-
and jnndc no objogtion ,tf» the arrange-
" ‘toenfc Wiiiclr foV aWhile trkffsplriiited me
from tho paternal roof. It was ( not re
luctantly. ^iieu r ' ! tlik| l i , joWrneyfcd’to tttk J
" ficOhe Ofjnv fRtkiWfesidehco. I wht rtojl
• ‘bud4obWng > ;, dnd'-I knew it hub Jihad a
love of ! W Ixsitlet {whioli would fjehalliAli.q
girls wild. Iliad not. lived at ClaphiWV
for nothing^ ywUm^y be, snfe. (\ //
“ Arrived at school, Idjdas, thq
On Sunday wo went to cln\rcb. ; .Nqwthe,
chuw|b»«wife is-outlier lup?*;
fiVjpjfpftftk^jd ptfperi dis
posed to bo, pfiQ cannot fook-
-ing nt tho minister or at cine’s prayer-
..book.^ yip one of my occn:siofraj jmepe at.
" ttfAt* msT aftliSrt gaWwas BKWle'l t*a»
other Ilian -ihe inoxt Sunday
the fame phenomenon yjras witnessed;
it wflfthe^apj\e(j
# 'yet* annoyed.
many a private lectnre in her own apart
ments. Mademoiselle, as we werAUngbt
.,. to call .our, .Erpnch gqyerpess,. was de-
' ‘' lighted ; W fends all, lartghed ;< ahd, ; to'
' make assurance doqbly- »pre, I h«d been
informed that one of the mfiidshfid llleBn
asked by a gentleman the nomk of, the
new girl, whom he declored to be a * regn-
\vIt*was clear to -me and feil*the
rest of.ua thst thi») inquiry oould huvp
oome from no other than from the gentle-
i man
and, m H seemed, ixresietlbly exermeed
on myeelf. ‘ Prenently another symptom
of his admiration was manifested. Every
evening at a certain hour, under the walls
of 'our garden, wore heard the dulcet
sounds of an accordion ; all said it was
my church admirer thus renowiug on
weekdays th$ homage that he had offered
me at chrfreh on Sundays. I thought
what overy one said must be true, and
listened with poeiillflr pleasure to ‘Annie
Laurie,’ and ‘My Beautiful 'Star,* and
Jeannette and Jennnot,' and **I Dreamt
that I Dwelt in Marble Halls,’ and other
popular airs, ull of which I had heard,
it is true, played boforo, but never, so it
Rcemdd'-tb mb, SvitH ’kddji pathbe and
power as undnrtho present circumstan
ces. What a delicate way of being
goiptedj. 0f ooursb X not in love,
but, girl-like, I was glad,to, think that
some one wns in love with me.
“Just at this time I had to leave
school for a few days ; at the same time,
bj a strange coinoidenoe, the sjtfenad-
ing ceased, and'my-admirer visa ^hbseut
from liis jiow in clmroli. Surely, then,
I was alight in thinking that I was the
object of all those delicate attentions.
mystery was cleared up—tho serenade
was for mo, and the serenader was he
whkm iUJiad soon,' al clunoh. I must
say, when I had come io this conclusion,
I became impatient of this serenading,
and wished either to ohnnge it into
si imething of a more satisfactory ohar-
aetor, or for it to ecoso altogether. Mad
emoiselle and pjyeylf, "Itligut saying a
word to theiother girls, rcsolve^l tp bring
matters to a orisjs. For, this puri»o80
wo resolved to secure the first opportu
nity;, nor was it long before) one pre-
intod itsolf* ii Is.‘ft U udl
: “Oue dark night, when, the Usual
irenading was going on, and Miss Bilk-
stone happened lo ho particularly eni
gaged with tlio friends of a iiow pupil
who had.douu) to Ua, wa UorlUy put oil
old shawl and bonnet apioeo ; slipped
out oMlio house fo) tliwitli, quite nnper-
ceived ; rushed down to tho end of the
garden, and. somehow ©k bthcr found
way to tho top of tho wall. The
night-, as I luivo said, was dark; we
could pee no oju^ and the uuknowq was
vigoroq^ ‘jsywjz througJi.’.liVs ^bcijs^
turned musical 'perform niiCe. ‘ifaqbicd
I could' see tho graceful 1 Outline of my
admirer ns he swept his ftiigt/rfe 'over iiis
loved njuVtoljl |o^the co||d,
darl; t aight cud the sad sfleni stars
fall thfedpto 4|i4Jmpe and purpose of his
heart; listened with an interest that
llirilied my jvliulo ifr.utfe. ’ Thg^o he
nns, languishing fur my ; clrfc'ainin^ thot
I wiq smiliug on his ToVe, ’J?lioiq : coitUl
Koarg’ely iiY-any * dou^i ttVitl' X w'as Hi©
Auine.tiqy^io lor^ whiini he' 1 wofild lijy
him. ^ov^j-qnjl die j. f, wnY his ‘ Boqutiftil.
Star, up in lieavoh ho liign, no less cer
tainly. What wns I to do? Did nbt
such touching love deBervo some grace-
Was he to realizo tjio
»f which ho Hitug? Was
T, sojmung, to be a cruel murderer,
li t lupuglf Jifo ^.bfllnva-iaif liegr t
shock of such a wime ? Yot would ;it
uotliaimprudent to address a gentlqt,,
man to whom 1 had novor been iutro-
(tilbddV ’ I lulls’ iii u- frightful state of
agitation; I could fuel my cheeks ggt-
iug *e<l, jyid my heart Jumped right up
^othjjjOq) (((my throat. • WTi^t* fehoulti
X dp?. ' ; ’ • ' J, ‘ " 1 r,/
, “'f^‘y» J , 0 P' a R, to iuni, rtf
,ijWn'domojselfe^ wliA' w'^j'gottiig
-** ‘ Ooiua l none of that ’ere l’ was his
exclamation.
“ I could scn-ce believe my earB. My
refined lover iidulging in such vulgar
and comtnonplaie langiingo l I scarce
know whether tl laugh or cry. How
ever, 1 did neitba;, but • said, as calmly
as my excited feelngs would allow me :
■ “‘What did-you B^y!’ U . .
“ 1 Why, none o’ tliit ’ere, to be sure I
Pitching lota^o’dirton t^a poor fellow.
What do you menu ?’
“There was some terriblo mistake.
My friend came id ‘ my rescue. Sum
moning up her dignity ahd peeriip over 1
tho wall, she said, severely :
“ ‘ Yeung man. who are you?’
“ ‘Me, marm?\ Why; Joe, thebneh-
or’s boy, to be sure 1’
n r 0h, indeed T said MadembiseTe. ‘
7,4^4 .Wh*t do you h§rq ? r 7 ^
’“.‘Yousee,’ ho replied,, ‘f. hainT uot
no place at homo to prnoGce in; ! 1
come every night here, ’cause tho walls
keep tho wind off; and now it's tiipu fqr
mo to ho off.’
n ,“.An«l away ha. went off. whistli
leaving njo disenchiut|»<l of 'my lovr
nm^r only 'add tliat x emlurbd’ on i
tiunal pang whon, a short timo after-
wiml, I found that tho eyes that always
glared »it mo at church squinted. Since
then I have not been quite bo hasty in
jumping at conohuiopa, pr •*
“ And m»w, Rose, 4*»4r, we Rad better ;
gofrtd work; ring Hen to bring in'
lights, and now draw the curtains.”
Rose got up to dq so. As she ap
proached the window, the individual
with tho myrtle passed. Rose thought
nothing of it, and it was well sho did
not, as later in life she knew him well as
a married man and a friend of her hus
band and her own.
iitlrtentfiicfl- A tiMtMC'
fie-WbUd
pot Como ploying here.’- '’V* 1 ‘
“'•'On, ‘uonBbnHo V* skid sHfe). 11 ' Sp^ak
jto him: it will be citjhtfll ! faii.' ,IJ ‘ rl' 1 ;
‘ No/ uo;? drtyttiing 1 but twit,’ iex-
oiaime j ij iii ktt 'a^bAy of ifCar. !
'A token !’ Ah,'tiiat was capital
-id?aV,T^er^oqqlfl,bp.po harm.in 4at.
He, war j^s| beneath me. 1 1 gathered “a
few ’.eaves aiM tet tiiem tail.”'
“Hush!” said Mademoiselle.
TUB TBEBMUMB OJT WIMJ>.
a paper befora th« Amerioan So.
oioty of Civil Engineers, Mr. 0. Shaler
Smith gives the resultaof many years'
observations of wind pressure and its
effects. He had personally visited the
trucks of destructive storms, ss soon as
possible after their ooourranoe, for the
purpose 'of determining the maximum
force-'t^d ^4 width ff the path Of the'
storm in every ins tan oe. The most vio
lent storm in Mr. Smith’s reoords was at
East St. Louis, in 1871, whon tho wind
overturned a locomotive, the maximum
force developed in so doing being np
less than ninety-throe pounds per oquarp.
foot. At St? Charles, in 1&77, a jail was.
destroyed, the wind fdroe required being
eighty-four and three-tenths pounds per
square foot At Marshfield, Mo., iZF
1880, a brick mansion was lAvsled, tha
force required being tiftj^bight pounds
per square foot. Below these extraor
dinary' pressures, tmere- wera sundry
coses of trains blown off rails, and
bridges, pto^i; blown ^ewp by/gales oi
ItUC TABUS If HOTB ABKOAD.
, Breakfast on the contlnout always
means only bread and coffeo. To the
laboring people it meauB a bowl of broth
and a bit of bread, or of bread alone.
The American, however, will find him
self served with butter and oggs, or meat,
unless he has previously ordered “a
plain breakfast,” when he will receive
the usual bread aud coffee. The notod
table d’hote is perhaps the least suscept
ible of change. It is usually served at
6 o’clook—an hour when the day’s work
is over, and when the meal can be taken
at leisure, it is the social meal of the
day, and all tho guests of the hotel are
expected to meet at the table. It re
quires never less than an hour—oftener 1
two; and unless your company is enter-
f **TVitf ’* i* A long and dreary prooess. ‘
Perhaps you hate been told that there
lUuvPr fifteen courses; and, if.
uninitiated, you have your mind mado
up that for once you will havo your
isuki “ square meal.” But when the
wuter, with necktie and shirt-front of
inmaptfate ^jptenean, brings you a
•Y»*Uh'i Covtpanio
i Quart
wini) • twehty-lqur,,
lhirty-6ne Jjbhnds pbr e
Smith observes that in all his examples
ho has taken the minimum force re
quired tp do the observed damage, and
has considered this as the maximum
force of iho wind, although, of course,
it may have been much higher. Some
of the hf
the (Joni
everything along a path forty-six miles
long and 1,800 feet wide, killing 25Q peo- /
pie. Mi\ Smith has iormed ihe con-
elusion 4hat, notwithstanding these
suiUcient wind pressure to allow forma
working speoiiication. Aa, neqaej$B for
this conclusion, Mr. AapMsde*'-
doubts as to whether a diroot wind or
A PHOMPHOKESCEJfT CAT. n
They had a bilin’ old tii^a at tlio West
End recently. Mr. Monkpy’s boy took
the family cat and rubbel phosphonuj.
all over him. It was axrat nightfall
when he completed his jo> and let the
oftt gq. The hoodoo began right away. *•
The cat got into a barrel and began to
yowl, and that attracted ,he attention of
a boll-dog, and he cams' along sn$.
danced about and barked and got terri
bly excited. Jt was a ca#e of “ dog in
the li^ht, cat' in the shadier, dog full
of fight, oat growing madder.” Pretty
soon tho dog upset the barfiel find went
in after the eat. Bus it wis a surprise
party for bijn. The phospLorus glowed
in tho darkness, and he hol.eld a oat of
fire. Ho enmo out of that barrel and
went off howling os though i policeman
g»l« JwA UAa ptMa^.’Wh.rl,
.Mceai.t, buuUM.Mdtt.al
the pathway of maximum effort in these
le pathway of maximum effort m these
„ ... . .
■ - hU’i.i.w 1'ini‘jl /in' only, hmnd one example, already quoted, tlio roofs with clubs. And at first the
!iy cdld/* dr hB Wni be laid up, Mty the ^thjqf phflfkfa^tjvvr jthiHti i *Hom,
- u.1. . . ■ •• -• . ... .. and o^e lady who saw.it sei’eamed-and
‘ftfll tliiuOgi a ikj li^bi nearly killed
quently not igBnb oould be
making tho bridV&fctrojfe*%nfeTfei^
aifit 4 simp » trap off
iL—SoUtUifUi American.
U
MAS HOOD AND HKL1UIOS.
Tlio dmfarity,of tlio 8exe8*iiJ chi
j. “The^ aqoordiop. jWent on as usual, j Wb&
The leaves evidently had produced no J startling stat
iefhot. K, •' tok ® tho ch
“ 4 -i L‘ lx i country
[idW We KfiteiedMBo ackbowU .| not iporg
Ipb (ipt go,’ said I, not c little
frightened.
serenader changed his position, but in a
moment VcoOmmeneed liis amorous
attain. , X grew quite frightened,
6h 1 dolet iis go,*Ifrhik^red.
;;fj 4 No, mo,’ eaid- Mademoiselle; ‘try
once more.’ ' ^ *
“Again fell the leaves, again ire lint
•read, aad a dish of
•lighiy-oolored water called soup, ypu
proceel with quiet resignation, in the
belief tiafc you will have the dinner pres
eAfiy. 'fin# oxUtoeity is only the moro
are ohauged;
'siting you ro-
ecive a Vely amiih hit nlfish. Then the
table is cleared agon, aud you are served
with a bit of ohiokei. Like a truo Amer
ican you have diipaUhed your bread long
enough si&oe, and y«u take ohicken ahd
“ play it alone; ” bu; you oonelude that
it is “ passing strang?” when you learn ^ ^ ^
th»t buttered ohestn-it, eud nothing else,rj rf nUeond-h.ndhik-.tore;
or a hit of cheese alone, will be served^
for a course. And so jrou continue for
an hour or two—in patient expectation
of the meal that never tomes. My Yan
kee Wend put it righ. whon lie said,
“There is a fuouthful U eal, and thon a
square sore of alienee!” I shall always
respeot the American vho, the other
day when he had bonio patiently until
the meal was half over, thundered ouf
to the waiter, " Good grno.ious! Life in
too short to be -wasted in this manner^
sir I For heaven’s sake, bring me some*
thing to eut 1”
OUTt JUVENILES.
Ploy'*
Bobln, In the rber ry traa
■In* n litU* ctiU* to in*;
Tnll mn, Bodbicart, wbero yoa go
Wh*n Uia ground I* wh;to with imonf
Wbna th* flower* II* burlod deep,
Whon tb* brook* aro all saloop?
Rbbtn Bodbmaat, Ull me true.
When tl* winUr, where ere you ?
Vo *00)0 fair lend do you fly.
Wbirc ihe flower* die? - ■— w
Where th* UreolIc U gently flow,
Whom th* *ofte*t breeze* blow?
In * dltUut *unny clluie,
Wh*ro 'tl* alway* »ummer-tlme, :
' “ Do you sin* your *weete*t^ong—:
Bln* end tin* the who!* da* len*? f.
Tell me, ltobln Redbrteat, deer, i
How yon know wheu eprlngi* here? >
’ l " 'How you know the'tlrti* he* eoroe I
For ybur elry royago honie ’ “'“t
To tb* deer old obarry tree,
To the beby and to me? . -f
lf ,. , (| BlnB,»ud Ull me. BoWn, 1 *ln*, ■ ■ ■&
; ^,-Jiow khbvf wheA It Tk *
Do the felrlee of the flowere
Which have bloomed lu •ummir hour*
In their snug home* underground
nonoytucklo-tnunpeU round?
Do they ring the lily-bell*,
klalilng niueio sweet, which tell*
All the pretty bird* that nn*
Spring I* coming-merry iprln* ?
umamlit Were Very d£ttu ktivA.J had Japped on him. The OS ihe cat went
> •^AlarsfiHeldSjaving am doml* upAnJiho iw&^Lwhnre iptker cats do
congregate, and tried to ohum round
with ’em. But it was no go. They fie^
from him as if he were a bootjack, j Hy
dufii’l uuderaUnd it._and paye chuse,
Qii Iftfftttfth.tms tititufttyortj Oftte on
tlioso ‘roofs,"aM at tfiey Wer& rtll^koared
’wld fled from him, liowling dismally,
the noise was something fcaiful, so that
folks in tho vicinity who heard it were
fsdMtod ppd l\Rd swekts. Jho cats
totted arquud ftwl.yoU so
that it couldn’t be endured. Mr. Mon-
u l ,on
fined, agpin the aocordion oessed. There 1 several great national highways, includ-
w&g a pwuse. then Aeonglq thin Mother I ing thq 'flveYJ^d/jJ-eyJipe
epug|i, aa ii the perenader was impatient, there is no harm in shaking Qf Jay
and expeoted to be addressed. We ! Gordd!n«gj^^Dfiliopal /riJ^v^sJfidAik;
' u ted , nd Mn „ we „
outline of a figure. .I'blsek O-T^ I.d.
led sixty
'Hit. .
unusual, and, referring more p .rtioularly a man sleeping bencat it, and made 'hli£
to railway bridges, it is t^at^a* think Mother Shipton wns right.
cat, and t^u porir cat. took a flying leap
VJhiWWtWi WHo hit on a policeman,
l; «fvmg bptj newiy.pqaring the
office^ out of his. as lie thought
slrtick by ifghming. ' THe cat jimqied
to the ground, andean ^straupmer came
and tpfik hhh XpT [*4 ierolitu and
JtrlefLto piiifi ^im iip, ; 'ioii|s^mazemeut
J itiie4rolitl|^ < £^pjliBy4g J |cared, too.
Finally, flit? cat got into a haymow and
■ ght the barn was afire,
out the engines and got
seven streams turned on him. He
fo U m y#!l, butrmijft-fixed blm. And
thfn\j&^tigat^qj9i*A&vwed^i4 but
only a dead cat. And they told the
inotreaoh0d4h*fr iin«tWito , ' '~-$fa is L^ta^lema^ he .was a oross-eyed fool to
lobe>lWr^iitjifaiUiao^j<nM7 WSffl°y e * ,or a
they left him. And all the West End is
talking of tho mysterious fiery cat, and
only ■young Monkey 1 understands th*
mystery.—Boston Pott
Ambiika. lias .for years been sending
nogro minstrels to England. A retalia
tion'is abont^W) be made by Sam Hague’s
comjikhy, oHjivApool, who will nwkp a
passed their meridian, and youths who
have not
also
oommunity the majority of the ener-
getip, enterprising business men are not
avowed and active Christians, and if they
are identified with the ohureli at all, it is
usually duly jin the most superficial
W^- Q .. .A t«.,
Tpa St/ Louis Poat-JUtpatoA play-
^Uy. fiuggeBfr. that the 4#mer qf
I V -» i l -i
Up to thp time Emerson thoughtlossly
1 wrote, * Every Natural ‘action is gToc^ r .
ful,” no woman bad ever sat on the
of a dock to flab. “ v
> JL*
Borroi
Three city boys were on their way
homo from school, and, as there were nt
least two hours before.dark (and before
supper-tune), thdy wefo quite ready to
A&p and look at anything, Mm a circus
a dog-fight.
^ tmys, just look 1” |rfrd Charlie
“What? Whdre?” exclaimed his
corny anions. .They were now in front
idj^xdnt-
mg to a thiok green-oovered volume in
tho wincloW,, Gharjjo .ajiblaimed :
. i‘ Why, tliojre’fl .U19 N i ghts ’
-—real good, not torn, a marked
.^ooly 25 cents I’* Full oI jno4 r es, too L'
U “ Oh I” said, or rathej: sighed, Edgar
Denny aq4 t^ill FanjUajp.
Tlireh faces werP'pras^n'd close to the
bookseller’s window, tUlPft .pairs of euger
eyes giopied ever tljo ’ .treasure ; r for to
what A0i>r l2*jear> old- boy is »*ot the
“ Arabian Nights” a treasure ?
Neithe^J^dgar, Charlie ti’6r Will liad
ever rend, Jliq wonderful book; Ljit ono
of thfi'iattur’s oausiua Imddoueso, and
bail retaSted ontyor two of tho stdiios to
‘Will, ft^^io.iil turii, jiad repented them
to U»a ^nfinda. jj ^id tq'. tlunk that
all? thiir-mo'fl eggs, - .yvo-eyed oidiphs,
sporklitty jewels, genii, paluces^might
,,bq pi^alqcd' for.’^fi cpnts. ;; r J *\'*
“ I say,”^jigtfully,
“.ftasAuy fallow gpvivflwrtf r ?”
1 ' No feliotv llHd; what was worse, the
united wealth of the threl “lallows ’’
“Perhaps, if I tell papa about it, lie’ll
buy it for us,” suggested Charlie.
“ Pshaw! Somobody’ll snap it up be
fore yon can got to your father’s storo.
A bargain liko that isn’t to be hud every
day.”
“ If Tom Baker sees it he’ll buy It,
turo pop. He’s always got money,”
sighed Edgar. “ If ho hadn't been kopt
in, like os not he'd havo bought it before
this.”
Suddenly Will’s face brightened. Put-
tLpgfif'hnVd it| b> 3 rocket lio ihrew out
to *1 bi*, mU iinhouKCd liis inhmlion of
buying the bqqk,
“A. dollar 1 ( Where did you get it?”
asked Charlie, ii. amazement.
“ Tisj.’fc mine ; it’s Auqt Mary’s. Sho
gave me tt dollar thiq nqon, und asked
me to pay 50 ecuts that she owed to Mr.
Jonnison, tho apothocary,. you know.
Slto will| not bo home until late thia
evening f 'and in Hie meantime I can run
up to ^/ihdmft’s tkrid got a qnittter-slie 1
owes mo'for. s6mo eggs I'sold her
little bantam’s eg^s I Aunf Man
not mind, ifTdo borrow a quarto** from
bqr for ajittlq prli^e.” ,
. kio.tho trP}l¥ipiS| bf pagYed iuto
Will Fornhaux’e .pqsscaaiop, . npd Uif
three happy boy*; mtule immediate or-
rongeuicntc foe reeling it aloud, turn
and turn abonts At overy street corner
tliev pnosed to looU'atjhsf hno mere
picture,” and it wai with a violent oflbut
that Wdl to^o himself away to “ run iqi
id grandma^s.”’ c 4 " * 1 ‘.
“ But you boys may look at jt - while I
am gouo, if you’ll bring it to me before
supiier,’,’ he remarked graciously as hd
left them. ;
Unfortunately he got to his grand-
toother's just a little while afte* kho liad
left' homti for a two days’ visit to one of
her sons; so tho littlo bantam’s eggs
could not be paid for then.
“Oh, well, it oan’t bo helped now;”
Will said to himself. “ Grandma
oertuin to give mo the quarter in a day
or two, and I’ll tell Aunt Mary about it
ae soon as she comes in.”
When ho got homo his mother told
him to put his anil's change
bureau, aud then run to thogruoor’s and
get some sugar for tea. After supper he
betook himself to his new book; und
soon was a thousand years and u thous
and miles away. He dimly hoard some
one ask him about Aunt Mark's money,
and he gave a dreamy answer } aud bis
father had to speak to hiljl.tbrco litooa,
‘before rpeliadd it was‘bedtime.
of b good intentions,” he felt no anxiety
ri"unt tho matter.
“ Isn’t it too bud, Will, that our new
rviuk, who makt-s su»*li nice cake slid pie,
is 1 >t h«-nest,nnd to™.ms hss got to dis
ci;. irgo her?" said his sister .Tunat©, the
next morning.
“ kes, it is a pity. What haa she
token ? ”
“Notvery much; but,as mamma says,
it shows that her principlesur* not good.
She or some fairy (for there was not a per
son but her in the room from tho time you
went there until mamma went in and dis
covered it) took a quarter out of Aunt
Mary's room. You put the change on her
bureau?”
“Yea, on a little blue mat.”
“Thilt was where I &aw it,” said Mrs.
Faruham.
Then it wus lucky for your purse,
Aunt Mary ,” said Will, with- a laugh,
“ that I borrowed a quarter of you, oi
you would bo 50 cents i»oorer instead of
25.”
“ What do you mean ? I lont you no
quarter 1 ” was the surprised reply.
No ; but I borrowed it”
Did you lay but ono quarter on the
bureau ?" asked his mother.
“Yes, ma'utn. I borrowed the other,
“ Oh 1” exclaimed Mrs. Faruham, with
sigh of relief. “Then the cook is not
dishonest, and I have unjustly suspected
her. ”
am very sorry that I did not e
plain soonel?" 1 said Will, earnestly.
“ So yftjf oBjHit to be 1 But sup/v^se
>u exploi&'hoVr,” interposed his fujher,
And Will told the whole storil'. add-
ig, “ Y!ra%<l83f l J/Hii& 1 Mary, 7 didn’t
know tBttiwwiudnbtiahuj goint/
and I *^|yht jpijoiiLi^get tbs mon- v
at one#. *"
“Oh I it it nB right. Yo» are wol-
corno fa the m8n^”^MlWftt'ed his aunt.
“I disagree with you, Juary,”
claimed Mr. Farnlmm, quickly.
think there is a great principle at stuke,
and that Will did not do right. There
is but ono step, one very little step, be
tween borrowing without ito owner’i
permission and steeling.”
“ Oh, pap.i!’’ cried Jennie, horrified
nt tho word, “ our Will wouldn't steal I”
“ I sincerely hope and firmly believe
that ho would not; but no ono can tell
what he may do under strong tempta
tion. Tho clerk who borrows liis
pi oyer’s funds fully intends to restoro
them. Yet how often we read of a clerk
or cashier involving himself beyond
call, just by ‘ borrowing’ a few thon-
Bunds to speculate with. I once knew
gentleman, highly oducatcd and very
intelligent, whom. I woidd have trusted
with my whole fortune, suoh implicit
confidence did I and all who know him
have in his thorough integrity. He had
a few hundred dollars invested in real
estate, and felt himself honest (as c
Will did) when he * borrowed’a less’si
from liis employer’s fluids to invest
some stock that was sure to sell at a high
price. Even if I10 lod oil lie know he
could repay,it ig a.duy qr two, long lio-
fore his employer'needed it. Unluckily,
he did notjopo, Soho * borrowed’ again,
and won; and yot again. And so on,
until, -ono. fine morning, the tables
turned, nttd hofahtw-lost fe7,(>00!’’
Boor man l- What did I10 do ?"
“ Wliafc could I10 do? He confessed
his dishonesty,'‘but lie eouhl not make
restitution. Sb'Mio was kent to State
prison, arid died there, Overcome with
humiliation and contritidji. You see.
Will, what an honest wrtfi may bo led
into by borrowing onotlitr man's goods
without pehnUisiou.” 1
“ Father, I ani very sorry I did it. I
felt ho Hurfl tjf* being liblo to pay it at*
QU.ee t Bu.t j can understand now why'
y<ui 6py there Jh such a little step bo-'
fcwoeu borrowing without, leave and
stealing. O l.mamma,- did you accuse
tho 000k? ” . . . .
•a No, I only Im^ooted 'btf- -1 waited
to bo very Htire.” »■ t<> 7r . . j
“Theto'it Wiltl’ Y6u came vqjcy
ucitrbMnfe-the iHnoceift ctmso cf grc^it
mjustice to^ookrifrd of fereat troublo to
ydfir mdtlib'r. ' lt to ‘emqL^cdtamifc an
apparently triflin^'.'fuulp *but difficult,
.* -*“ ft -‘ - x - “ whfct' calami-
frqm
t ^ w motto
for; boys aa well as mep.”—FVanrc* E.
]Va4lt*i<jh x in Chri^f j^r} licffiafer,
A tosir-imopAOAitko company of Obli-
forpia Is expriimcntitlg with a ftog fnrm.
Neiv^fai’unswick fiitiiisUed the iuaterial-
to L-tiirt with. 180 iVqgs'being sent from
ilmro packed in .fresh moss ip a, Irqt plen
tifully Buppliu) with {rerforatiouB for tlio
adpijHiyipp of air. Thi moss was fro-
qutpiMy inoisfrned on thp way. Ou the
111 rivid of tho box at its destination only
110 frog* were found, and of these ton
were dead. It is supposed that tho
eighteen that were missing had been eat
en during the journey by their compan
ions in cohfbn*ynont:
riKiii^num
A hah is known bytk# ttmftmf
keeps out ot
When ha cams hoaitfMr *• *0“ W»
u.a iu»« n out ilmrynading.
To make a successful run tor oAoa a
man must imitate snow. Ha most aoata
down occasionally.
“I wish I vm a pudding, mamma.”
Why?” “’Cause I would have a lot
of sugur put into me.” •
It is only after long reflection that I
go to an entertoniment with any yoong
man,” said the maiden to her minor.
When a woman leaves a man who has
not earned hie salt for yean, he immedi
ately advertises tha*he will pay no debts
of her contracting.
A certain gentleman must have been
very proud of his wife wh6n he des
cribed her as beaotifii, dutiful, youth-
tot, and an armful.”-
Eli Perxins says Te«a is the largest
Mate in tho Union. N#w the fl^tte will
have to be gprvej-td all ovex igain to'
asccrtuin if tliat is ao. — Texas Ufa..
1 This is .a sad commqntorj on our
f)oastod civilization,^* a tramp depond-
ingly observed, when he disC'iVmwl the!
the ham he had tahen from the- tool of
shop was a wooden one.
A perfect jam ia made of pldl^ and
yet a perfect jamb is never oqt of pumb.
“Thina of it,” says the Emigrant Hu I,
“and yet Frenchmen are expeetd to
write good English just the same,"
“ A uood husband makes a good Vie,”
says a pnilosophcr, but be stops tWe,
aud don’t say what he makes hex So.
Probably build tho fire for him in he
morning and sit up late for him at nigat.
“ What kind of a mark ia that ? " said
Mngrudy.to his friend Talthorpe, point
ing to a scar on his face. “ It’s a ques
tion mark,” replied tne other; “got it
for asking a man ‘ if it was hot enough
for him.’”—Puck.
Scene : bridal rception. Several of
the guests, after shaking hands with tha
bride, and all speaking at the same time:
“Where is the bridegroom?” Bride^
naively: “Oh, he’s up stairs watching
the wedding presents.”
“I sat, when does this train leave? ”
“ What are you asking me for? Go to
the conductor ; I’m the engineer.” “ I
know you’re the engineer; but you
might give a man a civil answer.” “ Yes,
but I’m nooivil engineer.”
Relationships are rather far-fetched
sometimes, both in Ireland and Scot
land. “Do you know Tom Duffy,
Pat?” “Know him, is it?” says Pat,
“sure lio’s a near relation of mine ; he
once wanted to marry gay sister, Kate.”
The following laconic correspond
ence is reported in a Maine paper:
M. Y.—“ Do me the favor to lend me a
dollar to get my oow out of the pound.”
G A. D.—“ I would, but I paid my laei
dollar to the boys to take the oow to the
pound.”
A you no couple have just begun
housekeeping and wish to engage a
maid-of-all-work. Josephine presents
herself. After detailing tho dujties re
quired, the lady of thd house remarks :
“Well, my good girl, I think you will
be suited; the work is light, and wa
have uo children.” Josephine (with a
gracious smirk)—“Oh, madam, do not
put yourself out on my acoount, I beg.
I adgre them.”
The locomotive commenced running in ^
1825, and at the beginning of 1880 the
railways of the world had. readied the
enormous aggregate of 219,804 miles,
representing a capital investment esti
mated at about $19,000,000,000 I The
estimate for each g*md division of the
glolw dt that date is os follows 3
Srr.iisi™:::::-:::::
South Ani«rlc*
Mlt*. invtMtd.
,1W Wj | 1 2,1^,000,000
! 7,loo 'ms,'0.1)000
8,083
900.000. 000
040.000. 000
*Total 310,804 $19,068,000,000
Tlio estimate, if brought down to the
present time, would undoubtedly give
the full round number of 240,000 miles,
or. ton times tho circumference ol the
globe.
, Tmt total population of Austria-Hun
gary by the late census is 8^,7^1,113, or
about 1*,60O;O0O lurgor than that of
Frailce, and 2,000,000 larger- than that
of Great Britian. The inoreare)
gury during the decade
f-only one-ninth of l per bent.
• jlii» ... --
Why is a. turppljf^ gflto
dog’s tail? Boeause H si
Col. Henry T. Titus, wbP died at
Ti,tuav%, Flo., & frw day^ sgo, hail a
rcjuiurkably-odventurous career. He wus
born in' Now Jersey, and in his youth
xterit to Fldfiilfl, where he joined t^ie
Lopez expedition. In a liand-to-haiul
enoountor nt Ciu'denqa h® bleft tho skull
pt a Colonel pt lunqers nt a singlo blow.
He essayed auothur landing in Cuba,
liut was ubsucodi8fttl. He was in the
iliiok of the quarrel in Kansas in 1859,
land onoehada souffle withOssawatomie
Brown. He sorved in tho Confederate
army, joined the Walker expedition to
Nicaragua, led a wild life in Mexico,
Arizona and Colorado, and in hi old age
founded. the flourishing Florida town
that bears his name. I
For some unknown reason the Chi
nese Government reoeatly issued a de
cree oonniiondiug its subjects to abstain
from shaving tlio heu^t for p period ui
100 days. Detected in the aot of dis
obeying tliis arbitruty injunction, nearly
sixty persons in tJio oity of Foochow
ilium- were sentenced; to receive a casti
gation with baml>oo rods, qnd to pay a
tine amounting to about $6.25 apiece.
Before lilieration tha heads of tho of
fenders were oarofully painted and var
nished, as a warning toother rob*-
ly-iucliund citizens.
There are 111,887 illiterate
in Maryland. Of this) number
are oolored. The Btoto has 2,020
muutary schools, and /390 schools
Hun-ffl colored children; these)schools
ducted by 2,692 white froohers
oolored ones. Ths average sals
, €81.89, and' the average
9ntha during wh^th, tl$
iployadislia. *