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W' vw r l 1 T Void#i . And <Uf* I draw f T t> • ' dt#«r pro**grm of hzp!®*« ehd Dltmny.*«iio*| MbfhiJli Blitpi Blitpthzmons in— !■ d|>IW afcor*. '(»Ufbttot«at4iid,iWb4,’"i ii , 'I '' ' Vet, Wlmlj Into port I g6. i»Vbo^e'Vfliirfoi4'«dr44 , »<*ieeAiyi*id^/ ’ } How U^tl am fpfyty•*>!l l . ' ,.• ■ it'becauaa my njpth^[ ajaada-r ' 1 IftU 'rfrgrd-tnotned.'falrwnd wlaa— l.^#t,|»l}tro;iba warn bttkk oh tbe taada ’ Reaching to metier welcoming hand*, . 'Lifting to taxi her firiyMl cyei V 1 D, frlndd, I’m drifting ftam yotn 1 eight— The homprllgbla brigbUmfuomehHy—.» »more jou r ■Ignal-llgAt, [u aaawer toi tny latt'gobd-irfgbt) And tell me you are glad formal A POLICEMAN* % MISTAKE. It was a dull, rainy day, toward the] ond of August—ono of those days when earth and sky alike are gray and drq^ry f| and the raindrops pattering against the window soltnd like human sobs. The oloek that hang against the wall pointed to the hour of 3 in the afternoon, and I waa sitting by myself in our little iu-' ner offioo, looking out at the expanse of dull, gray wall that formod my only prospect from tho • not over-clean win dow, and tliinking. I had read every squaro inch of type iu the newspapers; I hod wnde put all the necessary pap tin oml documents, and now, with literally ** nothing to do,”, I. was musing about Kitty,Eltou, and wpnderuigbow-lonq.it would bo before t iUould be able, .to wnrryW, . !’ , , Dear Wtf 14 Kitty I She was as sweet, und ns patient) as it was m tho nature of a woman to bo, but I knew it was n hard life ftH bev . in that overcrowded milli ner's |work-room, day after day and month aitor month, and I longed to set hor free from U iu monotonous captivity. She was j protty, blue-eyed girl of 20, with a dimple in hor chin, and tho sweet est rokeb on her cheek that evor inspired, the pen of a poet. I wa^ po poet, .yqt J think t'understood and. appreciated all her womanly grace apd delioqjp Vemity. as fulry as 'if my heart’s thoughts cpijld shape thonasoives into verse. And it was of thtitn I was thinking when the door ditened'hhd'Mf. Olenner camo in. Mr. 1 Olehnir was orfr “chief a dark, silent*- fittle' nfiuV, *wttfi stern mouth Mid tsfoUdfeH' gidye^osj which ap- peared ttlmpstf fefipr*sWonlbk4'ifrhed they were jturued; full i tnPpa 'yoUp '«hd '\el> which sc^fned ,jto feR-.eveiythiDgrut a * didn’t yon say you of doiygnothing.?.”v\ . »• in TV fl l f * 1 " Well, I h»j. {fftljW, to W. Ni'BENNS, JAMFS D.'RUSl' Editors, VOLUME VI BUTLER, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1881. NUMBER 9. Matte son—Mrs, Matteson) I don’t know her, but I gues* likely I can tell you Where sho livos. Just you follow tho malu,street of ths village out about half s mile, and ye’ll cpmo to a patch o’ woods .with bars at the feuoa Go tltrough them Lara a little further- on, and ye’ll see a little yaller house, just tho last place in the world where You’d expect to see a house. That’s where Mrs. Mattcson lives.” . I thanked my informant, and set out on a brisk walk, currying iny |ntt**ling bag. It waa quite a distance era I emerged from the suburbs of tho “main street” into a quiot and seoluded <oftd^ or, rather, lane. The “ patch o' woods,” with the liars, and the “ little yoiler house ”—a cream-colored cottage, 1/tor- ufly overgrown with honey-sunk l cn—. rewarded my search* aud as I knocked' «.t the, door a clock somewhere inside struck 7. , ‘ A decent-lcfoking, elderly woman in w idow’s weeds came to tho door. “ Is Mr. Mntteson iu ?• Mr* Parley I ” “Nd,” sho answered quickly, with, , m l imagined, rather a ^confused look. I did pot believe her, and asked quiqtly: 4 ‘ When rt<> you expert Upn-Jiyiyy Not at present/’ , . Apparciirty.jjhD' ek^cqtqd me. to .'go f, buL ipJteqJj ^ stopped in, ( IN ' \ % *»V , * v **'Y A. “ rl' tu i »*S 1 Mother,” asked a soft ydiflb, at tb4 head of't^io staip, “ who is it ?” And theh, for tho first time J. beparac a 1 ware that some one’hod been watching, bur colloquy from tno head of the ajaiu r—a ybUfift gifl, 1 dressed, like til& nibther^ in’de^'Malik, with. Very bfiftiAntUyos, 'arid atprdfusion of jbUblaok ringlets. BoMe (ini'to boo y*otir brother!** ‘ She lialf way ‘doWA 1 l plisbing back her dufl^ with 'oiW' luindl 1 und looking pt me >w|th wondrbbs nyek. .iivcntheu tor* beauty Hliusk'.mb iW'il r.totKl gaEipg at hor.’ '“ ’'i • «J'| W-v» “ Terry, .ii not- at liopiej” burryotlly, j f* fie has gouo awayi f !We dp npt knojw whien ho will 1 reUinv. "■•*>’ . Evidently .tips pnothoy and daughter were ip^e s^re^.of: Wirt We^o.^oiug,theb- bjjat tft^oie^bnii 'frbn^ its 'cansdduoncvs. My.ljuisrt M«d for-ljolh o^ jbpt it wi^ n^tiipu to indulge M bepUrwv)d,4lity. tpp^iking *v* 1 , \ J w. Muly locoiu^ H^Jajr«Ww|9..fIiere | they were while I sva^lih^J.ihe^aifse.^, niMrB; / ''hfuty2son ,snt,,pa|V aud, trembling; lief duugliter colored high. Mnlfipr.'" onA MiitiT wTi*v vo speaking scafcply *Vpv/^ ^.^wbbiphr^ told me the spccii‘1 business onr^ was to’ a be *iwnt. Theife .haq 1 seems, a Idriea o'! very helfv^ i lately committed, with a bol| audacity, that Jarijfly seemed \ . ' Wf -. tnnaoy nnd progressed. Bhe smiled, hnng hor head, aud, taking a pnir of scissors from tho tublo, severed ono bright 1 black curl from the abumhuit Hies that hung over her forehead. “Keep this, Mr. Meredith, in memory Was I foolish to press tho jetty ring- Jpt to niv lips ore I laid it elosqly against ri ? Clara evidently thought I was—for Bhe had laughed, but did nLt ilinpleasecL Clonner seem<nl annoyed when I got back to tho bur. au—rather an nn- lfwsuuablo proceeding on his part, for I tninly did all that man could do under the oircumstancos. We havo been mistaken all tho way through, it saoms,” ho said, biting bis lip. “Strange—very strange—I was nover mistaken before in my calcula tions. Well, wo must try again." I went to Kitty Elton’s that night. Shu received me with ft sweet, shy sad ness of welcome that should havo made the the happiest mAn in the world ; but it did not. Clara Matteson’B dark beauty seemed:to stand between mo aud her like a visible barrier. When I took my leKv*y there were tears in hor eyes. f r “ Kitty, you aro crying I *’ “ Because you are changed. Edward, ybu do not lo7e me as well ap you did 1” 1 “ Kitty, what nonsense 1 ” I was vexed with bur* simply booame I know her accusation waa truew lipt l kissod her once more, nhd tobktnyidaVo' inoddy, and dissatisfied. 1 1 '' ^yiion I rescin d tlie office next morn ing, Mr. Closer was hot there. f [to lias gone to Drownvillo,” Bipd my l(Mc w detective ; “he ^rentlast night. , Co Drown tille f * ' „\f. ras seriously anpoyc^., pidi Mr. l^i her di^trusf'the W&uracj. ol myxo-. port i? Or did ho imagiuo that I waa unAl >lo to institute a'thofbUgh and Com* plot investigation 6! tho premisoi ? “ Veiy strange,” I mused' aWd. 1 *“ Tdiies laughed. ,*; / 1 Well,” he said “you know (blpnper hks a way of doing strange things. I^o- l«'hd qpon it, he has gopd reason for his conduo^” > ' 1 « il ‘ in K “y amk tw0 <J"y» whil.. I .iorffi UialuiuM.,, L “fHqnenUy, when the -W glided *• J r .” i TnbisijleHsly open and Clonhflr himself Entered. " • ’’ ,l . l.i;. £ Yurt are back again, sift and what iu6k&” ■ • •' J, t’ho bftst:”' ' ( , r ’ “You don*t mean to hay ii” “ ^Idwardj Meredith,'/i knew ( I eonld HOW THEY VLA VIC It IT ON A nitHJOVKItBIt. He was on his way home from Jieat-. villej says an exchange. He had oh a ragged, old summer suit, a bad hat, and he hnd been (akiug his meals about thirty hours apart to mako his money carry him throngh. “Yes; I like the country out that way,” ho replied to tho query. “ The climate is good, the kceucry is tine und sumo of tho people are ns a honest as needs be. The trouble is knowing how to take the bad ouos.” “I should think that would bo oasy." “Xfls, it looks-that way; but I bad some experience, t ani the original dis- kiverer of the richest mine around Lead- villo. Yes, I am the very man, though you couldn’t think it to see those okl clothes.” * “Then yon don’t oWh It now?*’ ~ “ Not a bit of-it. I’ll explain. I was }>oking around on tho hills and found signs. I collected somo specimens for assay, staked off u claim and weut off to tho assayer’s. It was two days before he let me know that I had stmek the richest oro that ho had ever assayed, and then I hurried back to my claim. Hung my buttons if it hadn’t been jumped.” “ How?” “ Why, a gang of sharpers had found tho spec, and built up a polo shanty, and hung out a sign of First Buptist Church over tho door. True a3 shoot ing, they had; and the law out there is that no m^n .ean sink a shaft within, £00 feet of a church building. Thoy saw mo coming, nnd when I got there were hold ing a revival. There wore six of them, and they'got up ono' after another* and told how wicked they had been grid how sorry thoy were, aud—would you believe it?—thoy hod the cheek to ask njb to lead off in singing. I weut to lutf) but they beat me. Three days after tho QUR JUVENILES. Th« Arthrry Club, J’U try iLe arrow And bend tbe bow; Tlie archer* are wetting, And we mbit go. Oi r dub haa offered . A loTely prlxe— A bow and quiver Of monitor aim I TbeAxjw of lanoe-wood la five toot long; The fathered arrow! Are true and atrong. j If I should win it- Ob,. dearie me I Tbe bappleat girl In tbe world I'd be] We eack have a name la our “ Indian Club * Will la our chieftain, " Rnb-a-dub-dub." /■an** Palebloaaom," Queen of our raee; Elate to ** Reaebud,” Carrie “Bn-.wuface " Ea^lo-Eye,” " Blackbawb," “ Never-aay-dla,’’ “Thunderclnnd." “ BnowCake," “ Up-lu-tbe-aky," Are tillea we give trley and Dan, Robert aud Eddie, Lily and Fan. Oh, vrhjoh of tbeee tea The prize shall win f I bear Ibet mlng duo , nlu rf. , j J ' , stand "by (tnd K-tHa to 'siieii Blauuerii ? It is fAlsef' Lo^ watoh'^lie hdtfsp 1i !h!e 'trill'] ’ toy brckAer is as inno- iqcu» jtolllilfai t'*! ‘ " “ What is it, sir LV * ! >* '•i'* 1, "ill” 1 “Sopaothikg that will bring you both credit ^and,.friends/liT- jou manage it’ skillfully. .Ih^dmtoR^4ito|g^J»ysqfiV. but circumstances happen untqwardljL. _ ItenAag^-Wd hoi f 1 !^ ■» > 'xfe^*pptowhorfc -anv.trace of * Novertkeloai I ce6- # i jfherh Kpritrt'ly.for a divf wllith little waiting mfglit brjna forth; 5 5 ‘ .. 1 . 1 ’* ’ ' ' ' . The’itourib ‘afWrhcoii:<511»ra Miittcson’ Caine ijvtftf ltfat byfhe^azM window,‘ keeping U'quiet watch oh nil' th’4 siuf-' ^fOtodtogto ” ; »i >»• | I'L' 1* * // “Mi*. MbTfedith, 1 ” ahi'-anid, *'' sdfftjl, mother tlfiuks IhaWlieerfriido 1 1- > you. •Bhe says it wn* not ydu¥ fhtllY; jMrtbnal^ lypthai ydik Yrere , *44nVhei , e-!-on niich* a mistake; and perhaps she*?b right, I am v0ry atgry if I hare hiirt your fUel- ta to the perpotratot U IK©.1 ttHtobJ** but,' after much quM'iHtWtiiqttol and caatin® hither and thither^ltAhaideteoted'ihe hidden spring—one Eaclay Mfttteaoa— who l)ad : skihlully e|u^d all i pursuit,i’ anil wijs ji,qw somewhere hiding in rthe northcfuiteVu portion of the btuto. <|Hib whereabouts had. been ascertained ffl, neurlyjas p0ssiplp,,aqd. ( it ,woto. go qujetlyup ^nd, approUond fore he~ ahpulA petjome aware ®<3f out knowledge of all hjs movements , >• I sat listening ’td oil the , Various de tails oi our plad as they were sketchod out by Ml*. Clenher. Tho Toward that liad b4en privately offered was high- nay he'rtrt lptfped us I reflected how much neore/it would bring mo to Batty Elton, nor did the enterprise seem particularly difficult to ac^hmplish. *' Do ydu tlfiuk )/ou can do it ? ” Mi. Clonnpr asked, after the whole thing hod been liud.betoto tob. “ Yes, sir. When shall I start ? ” “ Now—within half an hour.” “ Yes , why noj ? ” I oould think- of no sufficient 'reason except one, which I did not care to oom- munioato to my superior—tho longing wish to see Kitty once more before I, started. “Jnstftsyon deoide, Mr. Olenner, of course,” I said, rising. “ If I take the 4 o'clock express I shall bo thereby day light to-morrow moaning.”. “ Yes; and that is altogether tlie best plan. Ho will not remain long in any ono place just at present, depend upon it, and what Ton have to do must be done at once.” All through tl*at long night journey I mused to myself «q>on the task that lay licfore me. The *ouse to whioh I was direoted was intftmidstof woods, about a half smile beyond the village ot Drownville—the residence of Mrs. Mat- teson, the mother of the audacious forg er. If help was needed I fras ‘fully au thorised to call for it upon the’ constab ulary authorities of Drownville, but I expected to need none. The rosy dawn was just flushing the eastern sky when 1 alighted; Stiff, weary and jaded, from the train, at th§>-tittle wav action of Drownville. > . . direct me to Mrs. ~jMatte- ' she spoke quite won my heart, and few questions ofi myi part seemed to uti- lockthd hidden .jccenaos of .her <wnA* deuce. She | talked at, fir jit shyly, but uiterwnrd wilh more assurance, of her self, her absent brother ami her mother, giving mo a thousand artless littlo fam ily details which I* almost dreaded- to hear. The twilight talk was one of the pleasantest of my by-no-meaiqj univer sally pleasant life, and I was considera bly annoyed when it was broken in Up on ,by the arrival of the Drownville con stables who were to watch through the night. Ai the sound of their footsteps on the piazza floor, Clara rose' up and sat down again, confused and fright- oned. , . ? i. i rtf.i ■ “ O, Mr. Meredith-rthoae mea—” “Be easy, MiaS .Matteson," I said ; “you shall in no way lie annoyed by them. Your privacy shall not be broken in upon, believome.” “I know I am silly,” faltered Clara, " but oh I it seems ntf drosdfnl! ’’ My orders to the men wore brief nnd succinct. I stationed them as seemed best to mo, and then returned to spend the evening with MiBs Mntteson. And when I was at length left alone I could not help thinking—God forgive I hbt'ho cntjrjdy mistaken. ’, ITerley Matj- I&bOiI is In th® next jjoopj — ball an lionr; now he .yvjll lip. in prisou.” . !’**•• Where did yin} apprehend him ? ” At hpmu in hi*.another's house.” lhr wip-there all the time you re- tooiued there. Ned, ,W hoy, yvif’ve tqnde a blunder for onoe; but don’t let it'happub again.” - -- r: “ What do you moan, sir?” f iFor reply he opened thtf dOor df- the private inner upnrtmeuty liisV»wn special sanctum. A kllhbt, bovish' figure ib'aned sgaiilst the wihao^r Smoking a oigiirolte, .with block curls ^iw^ied, ^bitck. from o uiiprble-white bro^ and hribiapl* He mockingly inclined' hi* head as I With whoop ud din I Then I than toll joe Who wins to-dzj T —FnilAY, Companion. f , . “ Well, well, my brave lad," answered tbe cheery voioe d old Sir 1 William, who find entereil the room unoeroeived, “ you’re on the right road to It by being diligent at your work.' Keep to that, meanwhile, and never fear but the chanoe’of doing great deeds will come all in good time. Little did either bpeaker or hearer guess how soon and in wliat way those words were to come true, scarcely nail the old knight left the room when the boy was startled by a sudden snnelc from the balcony overhead, and by something whits flashing past the win dow. 8ir William He wet’s only child hail leaped out of her nurse’s arms, and fallen headlong into the river. The faint splash was instantly glvered by a much louder one, and the distracted household, as they rushed a body to the fatal baloony, saw Ed ward dsborne’s brown cnrlv bead far down tne snrning stream, snooting straight as an arrow toward the tinv white speck that floated a little beyond him. “ He has her 1' “ No 1 ” “Yes I” “No, he’s gone past. Btay! he's turning again." | “ Hurrah I he’s got her at last. Thank God." .ii | The anxious father’s strainuig eyes were already .too dim to see anything clearly, but tho joyous shout of tho keen-eved serving-men told him tliat^dl was wen, ana ip anotner moment ne wu» !' hurrying toward the sceno of action as fast as his feet could carry him. But tlie peril was not Ovef yet. Good qwinimer ak he was, the furious whirl of BEE^lltnKtllwi is n! YbWy , ,com)X Arran nym camq ^voman. has been after Vim ever since. Electricity in Franklin's ti wonder; now we make light of it. y The difference botween a boy and to boe is that a boy’s’happiest dpys are hi* school days, and tt bee’s are -ta swarm lays. A little boy remarked' * grandpa because be is sue * 8 e *le- manly man; he always tolls i myself to sugar.” We are told tuut a ma three-fourths composed of w is hard to believe thftj while a Cincinnati man.— Boston Post. Old proverb: “-The darky’s hour is just before tho dawn,” remarked Sambo, when he started out!before day break to steal a young cbioken for breakfast. - It is snid^liat kerosene will remove htains from furniture. It has also been known to remove the furniture, atoms and all, with the stove und a red-headed servant girl thrown in ofttimes. Whenever an enthusiastic fisherman speaks of choice trout ns “speckled lieauties," all tlie frock led-faced girls within hearing simper, blush and mur mur : • “0, the'fciBi&ete man.” Mns* BFEioaiss'wtts boasting of her oew house. Tlie windows, she said, were all stained. “ That’s too bad! But won’t turpentine or benzine wash it off?” asked tho good Mrs. Oldbody. I'Ve often heard of tho fruits of mar riage,” said Bubbles, when informed that he was tlie father of twins ; “ but I most seriously protest ngaiuBt having those fruits presented to me in the shape ofpaiw.” ijoai^SSM Hved; a chicken died; HI* dninuUck* andhlayrluga jv-ra fried, HIh fe|ther#l»y a dealer dried, diet the First Baptist Ohurch^ybrfthit-Efed tbs’early sbttlfeqieut of that part of tho Grandpa'» Wolf Story. “Grandpa, won’t you toll us stones irom now till bed-time about what hap- p4n0d A long ’tftxie ago, when you first. t iie current, together with tlie weight of came to Indiana?” said*a little girl to bis own wet clothes and those of the her grandpa, a few evenings ago. . child, was fearful odds against the bravo »o grandpa related to us a story of a apprentice. Twice liia head dropped young m*hi Being pursued by wolves, below the duMace. and s31 9t , rim‘dbf<*: which occurred in Putnam county, in but 4ie still held-the sesCued infant, above the water with one baud, wl^lg down, and before the ashes wefo ‘colei • vcmntry.-. Vii that time tliero were a straggling for life with 4he other. ^ tho congregation were developing a mine great many wolves in the woods. The “Courage, my, hjairty, ’Hto* R. hoarse worth over 83,000,000. Tou mo, I itfdu’t 1 men wotfld UM. thXr'"gww end go to yoloc hl “- "HoM up jn.tau- know how to tuko them.- . .. ptitlhML' - X - " h^muivedhr “ Wus there any particular way to toko j flOnaevening,!’>aid grandpa, ‘ta party twp sturdy watermen, who uad put off them?” J ^ ! v ., |.-ef-these menipbk at qnetrf'4he houses in from tlie shore on the first alarm, cjuqe “ You bet there was! I ougm toliftvo* tlio settlement to go wolf-liunting. As sweeping up to tho sinking boy."* - A opened on that revival with ^ Wip^lps-4bey wasd'aunkpg'preperAions• tow tliq strong haiid ^aqgbL tlio cliiUl Jpqm his. ter rifle, and given tho Coroner 350 f<fcr al frtohvr (}i*t^hoj might \* yore lnijihg gra'-p, while, in another instant, verdiot that thoy came to their death successful, they rubbed a certain kind of he wfis selked'and dragged into tKo l»oai from toamuch religion." ^ ^ ^U>#ii ’fige soles of'#h«tHtoolR, tte^cefil^i/U^r her, just us the last rguuiaut of his — - i " jif Stijifib “jam- i overtasked strength gave way. Tho average English joko has its pe- mals. While doing this a young man** ’ ^Git kdrJieadrvouml, Tom,“said one culiurities. A sort of mellow distanceT'UeWg present, asked them to put some of IJie boatmen/his cojnrade, “ asd A kind of chastened reluctance. A coy on his boots, only making light of them, pulfwitli a will,’for that’s tho young- nnd tiigid» yut trusthig, though evauss- • which thejpdid. i Tbeu they set oflt' 04|'*ktor’s father running this wav, or I’m and timid» yut wustuig, though evauss- t which theywLb IXBCU they set on on ‘fTurs : cent iutougibifify which softly liugor^in fi their hunt. This yoij^ig man liad qto|^:|iflin* 1 ’.!* mistake^.” the troubled air, and ^liifls the tired ifiltu^qe.ty travel that evening through BoA-Vcty had the lamt touched the senses to dreamy rest, like the subdued a denin jn whioh were no settle- wlmrf on her return,-when *>ld -Hrwet murmur of a hoarse jackass aliout nine meats. As he walked leisurely along all ' spfaug into hiV 'like ‘a Wdrnnh, nfid, miles up the-gulch. Hu must be a hard. • napntioti quietly forattmey but at lkngfii ' finding his child unhurt, flung his arms oued wretch indued wl^o has not felt his ViiK.attention was attracted by tho biowb!-rmiijil_the neck of the hulf-diowned ajv bosom heave nnd tho scalding tears steal of a wolf; however, at first it caused no | jreivtwe. down liis furrowed cheek after ho hair—-parttouliw-iilarm. But, before he liad j V God bless Iboe, my son l ’J cried hq. m . .. ... . ... .stared at him, : with a nidfion rifit unfa- Tlie .pretty, iWr.^S'^piniHarto me. I" ** Olarii Mntteson! ” ' ^ ' “Yes,” he said, in ^ so^, sarcnstic voice; “ ClariMatteson,.,or Perloy Mat- trisen, or wlwjver you,,choose to cydl we! Mtui^Huiks for your politeness, Detective Jdfflodith, nnd^ if you would like auother lock of hair—” muoli more winning and graceful she was than poor Kitty Elton. At length* an answer came to my re port to Mr. Olenner—it was shert ond to the purpose : “Como back—vou are only losing Ume. If tiie bird has flown we must look elsewhere for him.’! I read tlie missive with a pang. Clara. Matteson’s cheek * deepened in color as ^ announced my departure to her. ’ “Yon have been far kinder than wo dared Jo hope, Mr. MMfedith,’” she safd as I hold her li#nd in mine. I tfimed away, burning scarlet, while Mr. Olenner closed tho door. “Never mind, my boy, it will boa lesseji to yon,” ho said, laughing. “ He makes a very pretty girl, but I am not ut al| susceptible.” Wliat a double-dyed fool I had been! I liad lost tbe reward—failed in the esti mation of my follow-officers, and be haved like a brute to poor Kitty—and all for what? I wont to Kitty and told hor tho whole story, and, to my surprise, the dear, faithful little creature loved mo just as well ns over. “ I won’t bo jeojons of Perloy Matte- son, Edward,” she said, smiling, “what ever I might be of his sister. And, dearest, don’t be discouraged. I’ll wait as lqng as you pleoso, and you will bo u second Mr. Clenner yet.” . Sho was determined to look on the bright side of things, this little Kitty of mine I Bat I folt tlio mortification none tho less keenly, although, as Mr. Clea ner said, it would undoubtedly prove a good lesson to mo. Perley Matteaon’s girlish beauty is eclipsed in the State’s prison—nor do I pity him. Tho stoke for whioh he played was high—and he lost.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Mbs. Julia Waud Howe has been ap penring in private theatricals at New port, aud is pronounced an excellent sotresn, .'OURtSFONDKNT 01 Wie VTTVrtCrQUll read an English joke. There can bo no proceeded for, he found that the wolves hope for the man who has not been were collecting in quitq.a largo nunjber, touched by tho gentle, ploading, yfet ill TjaidArAe fa|OuHpinglihn.’ tidier potent, sadness embodied iu tlie humor-1 lAeksik-lnuelri olWnfckf be-llfoew «int ous paragraph of the true Englishman. ! beforo bo could reach home, or even get Ono may fritter away his existence in out of the forest, the wolves would over- ohtudng the follies of our day and gener. K take him. He bow bo must soon seek a at ion and havo naught to look bock upon place of refugo from the hungry and ex- but a clioico assortment of robust rugreUt, «%\»»ft konod UIa tnm ^ but if 1* WU • OP “ ^ ‘o Uf hurried 10 read an English pun his attention will J 7. „ . . *7 bu culled to tlie .oleum thought that life W r.pu ly gum.,g on Irim i after all hut a tearful journey to the Ho uo* MpW . p.rluUly completed h*t . , n„u*i. a,..i Viiuuufnr nn Uuj ^ 1)0 tlionglit to take refugo, but on reaching the place the wild animals itly. “ Let thorn never call thee ! boy n::nin, for,ioy^n#ui u ould lutsudurw} HI* plume*—! morud’chlckeu’*—rUo A gloriou* bird of ptrzdUe. ’ “ AH,” said a great riscal to a writer, “wliat a capital story you could make if I were to tell yuu my life.” “ Go ahead. I’m listening.” “ Yes, but you. see that which is interesting I can’ttell, and thuk which I can (ell is not interest ing,.” ■ Ax the Yostaurunt: “Bal} l wlinb a oteak. Ouprhalf the cpolu ought to be sent where they came from.” “Yes, bnt where do they come from ?” " B'avo Tou'neVbr board thfcf : ’.(5*xl tho food aqd Hie IgCHtlemaj thy. cooks ?” •/iWpjtRB is the island of Javw sit uated T* asked a sohool-teache* of a •pniaHytythunioriefTliHiang boy.- “I duano^sfr.V “Dyu'lyiU know whero coffee comes from?" “Yes, sir, we bb’rrowa it ready parched from tbe next- door neighbor." r *’ Swr. i-.t SdVori! ttS iA>m you r dunnj poota , ’ fllvqwt-IcoBje to’tlio Vf-rn«Thuu ! A | Aad ho up *% t Wpd ajif•* frpt fi And got-iupojt 'T^uro j>9 hi* p.«ow. tomb. Death aud disaster on every hand may fail to turn the minds of a thought^ less world to serious matters, but when tho London funny man grapples with a particularly skittish and evasivo yako, wilh its weeping-willow attachment, aud hurls it at a giddy and reckless humani ty, a prolonged wail of anguish goea\up from broken hearts and a somber pall were* so close upon him he li»dnpt Ume . to oloso the door, bnt sprang upon tlie joists, for there was np) ceiling or loft in the bouse, but soon found this to be no piece oi saloty, as tno woives leaped fiercely at liim. Bnt now lie must plan some means of -escapo, so bo seized a board with which be managed to push h&igB in-the gladsome sky like a pair of ! the door shut; then, slipping a board in soldier pants with only ono suspender*— ‘the roof, Ire climbed out and down the Laramie lioomcrang. i outside of the hut. Leaving liis enemies _ ...I 't Intrapped in the room, ho hastened to Thf. report of tlio Bnti»h PostmM^r. ^ „ nil General shows an increase of 14.8 pc the nearest settlement and got help and killed the beasts which had sq eagerly pursued him. There were about fifteen of tho wolvos. Ho proved moro success ful than the hunters."—Indianapolfo Journal. The Apprentice’! Leap, Sunset over London on a fine summer evening in the days of “good Queen otfco. There are too many form, to be , Bc “" > " “>• < l“ aint “ ld with observed; tho delay in getting tbe order I lcnko ‘ 1 rno,s I ' na ™™tlo.agHblo^»tand- ortho “advice” la often oonaiderable, ^ and the Tham0! ' and the loaaoftime in proportion. Tho I lying in the mhlat like a broad1 sheet of cent, in tho number of registered letters for the postal yoar ended March 81] and a decrease of 2.2 per oent. in number und 2.7 per coni, in amount of monoy- irders for tho same period. Tho money- order system lias not come up to public expectation either in this country ot Great Brituin. It is a clumsy contriv- utility of tho money-order is much di minished in this country by permitting tlie clerks in large cities to keep bank hours. Laboring men and women who have to go to the office in person to got orders cashed or written lose part of their valuable time merely to savo tho postal clerks from inconvenience. The money--ordor system is, in a moasure, a failure. It will eventually be super seded by tbe introduction of negotiable }K)stal checks and an extension of the registry system, whioh is now almost uu absolute protection against loss, and is more expeditious and economical and simpler than the money-order. Tim hippidmmo in Paris recently started ritnjiiiiffTfnnWhcfl - fo^laftics, and gold, savo whore it waa flecked by the dark ahadow of Loudon bridge, then a regular street, with housos along each side of it. Just aliove tho middle arch rose a bouse larger than tho rest—that of Sir William Howot, cloth-worker and Burg ees of the city of London. The sunset made a glory upon tko windows of tlie old mansion and lighted up the balcony, on which Sir William’s baby daughter was crowing and clapping her tiny hands with great glee at the sight of it. nnd stole into the work-room, whero the youngest apprentice, Edward Os borne, was beginning his task by sing ing tbe ballad of “ Brave Lord Willough by,” whioh was as popriar in that age *“ »f doing snot • <S*d a»«fca«A*umured our *• he ended. much.” i m “ Let them call him a heroj” said a 'ire behind lam. The l>oy looked up with a start. Bo ra him stood the handsomest man he had: ntfer Isefcn, in'rich court dress, looking^ down upon him with grave, kindly 4y&£ It was Siir Walter Raleigh, famous even then as one of the greatest whom England had evor produced, Imt iKwneii to toxiome more tamoui still os the colonizer of Virginia. Ten years from that day there was a greut merry-making in tho old Loose on Loudon Bridge, aud Sir William Hewot, still brisk aud chpery .as over, though his hair wasTK/tr white as snow, sat at tlie head of his own table, amid a circle of guests, whose names are in every history of England. At his right hand sat liis daughter’s newly-made husband—a tall, fine-looking young man, whose clear, bright eyes faced that briUiaut assemblage as boldly as they hod looked dewn on the foaming watera of the Thames years before. “This is tho man to whom I have given my girl, fair sirs," said the old knight, “ Many a rich man and ranuy a-graudoo have asked me for her; but I always'said, ‘ Let the Ikib* mau win.’ ” “ And so ho has," cried Sir Walter Raleigh, grasping Osliornu’s hand; “ and the fairest lass in London may be prond to bear his name, for I’ll warrant it will bo famous vet.” Raleigh sj>oke truly. A month later, the ex-apprentice was Sir Edward Os- oorne; yet s lew years, and he had bo. oome Sheriff; and when the Spanish Armada came, foremost among tho de fenders of England was Osborne, Lord Mayor of London, from whom the English Dukes of Leeds aro still proud to trooe theis descent,—Harper’a Young People. . The lash word raewivf d- from tho nd- vent urdus Stanley was To‘tlio effect that lau aha Hying at til e point of dcuth in Central Africa. JThe utiivi rsul sytnpn- uiy which hjstlefftli tinder such cifeuiu- stwioos woufd excite, would 0how how different his jh mi lion is now irom what it was when ho first became known as an African explorer. Doubts were tliou. east uppu-Uis vyraoity. It was said tfiftt his reports from Livingstone were bogus und sensational; that he luul rely skirted the coast and returned to civilization ; that lie was not much of an <ER0>toror lifter all. Then liis soienco wus attacked, his written style, his courage, and finally his humanity. He came out of tho trial well. Oivory word tliut lie brought from Livingstouo was estab lished by proof. Ho uilded iq his other exploits the marvelous trip down tho Congo, and at Just had the pleasure .of ■ seeing his fame as an African explorer restiug upon a soliil foundation His re turn to tlie Dark Continent on a commer cial expedition was a wild goose chase. Ho must lmvo known that tho plan of fixing .tnuling-stations in Equatoriul Af rica was doomed to failure. His con nection with that enterprise is the more remarkablo on this account. The Now York Times advances a now theory to account for it, supposing liim to huvo been affected by the Africnu fever, whioh lias seized all oxplorera bet n*o him, and has soldom let ono go u-ilH death. Livingstone’s mind was touched by it; and Stauloy himself in his lusti visit to America showed what ravogiit had wrought upon him. Tho theory in ingenious und plunsible. htoribb aoout inaians wno have taxes kindly to the plow, aud who have even worn toothpicks, oome in from the West now and then, but not until lately waa there any positive evidenoe that tho sav- ugo is becoming really civilized. White Thundor buttonholed Secretary Kirk wood and aotually asked liim for an office—the position made vacant by tlie doath of Spotted Tail. It is true that the Secretary has no control of tho oliioftaiu- ihip of tho Brule Sioux, but the fact ro ts sn offioe-seeksr. The mummies found recently si Thebes iu an ext raordinarily-exoel k - id state of preservation wore contain] • »r« arics of Moses. One of thorn was wliak we Americans call tho “remains ” of the particular Pharaoh whp made it uncom monly lively for tho chuaeu people 1 kj- lore they ooncluded t, quit tho land of Egypt and the house of bondage. Sev eral papyri, supposed to bo of great his torical value, ana exhumed with the company of Kings and Princes, soma thirty-six in all. Those papyri have not yet bova deciphered. Should thoy be, soim. additional mistakes of Mosel may l<* discovered.