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T w ‘ 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. *