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THE WORLD FROM THE SIDE
WALK.
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DM jbo ever stand to the crowded street, ;
In the glare of the city lamp, 4
And list to the tread of the million feat
In their quaintly musical tramp! V !
As the surging crowd gc to and fro ]
*Tis a pleasant sight, I ween, *
To mark the figures that come and
In the ever-changing scene.
Here the publican walks with the ajmer
proud,
And the priest in his gloomy cowl,
And Dives walks in the motley crowd i
With Lazarus, cheek by jowl; '■>
And the daughter of toil, with her fresh
young heart
As pure as her spotless fame, * "
Keeps step with the woman who makes her
mart
In the haunts of sin and shame. " I
How lightly trips the country lass
In the midst of the city's ills,
As freshly pure as the daisied gram
That grows on her native hills;
And the beggar, too, with his hungry eye, **
And his lean, wan face and crutch. i
dives a blessing the same to the passer-by la
v As he gives him little or much.
When time has beaten the world’s tatteo,
And in dusky armor dight
Is treading with echoless footsteps through i>
: The gloom of the silent night,
How many of these shall be daintily fed
* And shall sink to slumber sweet, -*>■ j
While many will go to a sleepless bed '
£ And never a crumb to eatl >
Ah, me! when the hours go Joyful by,
i How little we stop to heed
Our brothers' and sisters' despairing cry
In their woe and their bitter need!
Yet such a world as the angels sought *
. This world of ours we'd call,
If the brotherly love that the father taught
ft Was felt by each for all.
Yet a few short years aqd this motley
i throng
r Will all have passed away,
And the rich and the poor and theold and the
t young
* Will be undistinguished clay;
And lips that laugh and lips that mourn
Shall in silence alike be sealed,
And some will lie under stately stone,
And some in the potter’s field.
But the sun will be shining just as bright,
And so will the silver moon,
And just such a crowd will be here at
night,
And just such a crowd at noon;
And men will be wicked and women will
sin,
As ever since Adam's fall,
With the same old world to labor in,
And the same God over all.
—Exchange.
A HEROIC DEFENSE,
Bine Indians kept at bay by a man
AND WOMAN.
If the heroes and heroines of the last
fifteen years of Indian warfare in the
West had their names and deeds em
blazoned on the pages of current history
the world could furnish no more glorious
record of heroism. Hero and there a
name is known and a record of thrilling
experience is given, but the great major
ity will live on unknown to the world at
large, or sleep their last sleep in graves
unmarked and unlionored.
One forenoon of a May morning a
stockman named George Webber was
riding along the south bank of the Loup
Fork, in Western Nebraska, in search
of stray stock, when he was firel upon
from a grove by Indians who had
broken away from one of the agen
cies in the west. Half a dozen
shots were fired in a volley, and Web
ber was hit. in the calf of the right
lw, in the right side, and raked across
the shoulder, and his horse was also
wounded. As soon as the shots were
fired nine mounted Indians dashed out,
and Webber put his horse at the top of
its speed and headed for the ranch of
Charles Moss, about four miles up the
river and on the same side. For the first
mile Webber had no hope, as the Indians
were elsse enough to use their revolvers
and arrows, and his horse was a common
animal. A score or more of bullets were
fired at him,, and fully twenty arrows
zipped past him, but the wound his ani
mal received, aided by the continued
shouting of the red skins, made him pull
out like a born race horse. He soon began
to widen the distance, and when he dashed
up to tho ranch Webber was fully half a
mile ahead. His shouts as he neared
the place gave the alarm, but to his dis
may he dashed up to be informed by
Mrs. Moss that she was the only one
about the place, her husband and his man
hving gone away an hour before.
_The cabin s'ood on a rise of ground
about twenty rods from the stream, and
could be approached from any side, The
halted at long range t > see who
about the place, and thl3 gave
Webber time to make explanations and
do a little planning. He knew his pur
suers were “bad” Indians, who had
skulked off the reservation, and realized
that if he could keep them off for an
hour or two reinforcements would come
to him or the enemy would withdraw for
fear of their identity being discovered.
“What arms have you got?” he asked,
after explaining the situation.
“A Colt’s revolver.”
“I have a Winchester rifle. We must
hold ’em off until aid comes. Help me
off.” F
The woman assisted him to alight,
and he gave his horse a slap and sent the
animal galloping off up the trail. Some
of the Indians pursued, but without avail.
The first white man whom the horse en
countered would understand that some
thing was wrong, and that his assistance
■was asked for down the trail.
The house was a primitive affair, di
vided into two rooms, with only a lower
•ash in each window. The only point
from which the Indians could approach
with shelter to cover them was the east
aide.' They could approach this aide 1
within revolver shot by creeping up a
ravine. Webber realized that 'if the nine
charged together from this ravine, with
only the fire from a single window di
rected at them, not more than two or
three c mid be stopped. If the others
reached the house the game was up. He
therefore insisted on taking up his posi
tion outside the house, without even a
twig to sin iter hun. His back was to the
logs and the ravine in his front. For
fear Some of the Indians might approach
the home singly iioin another direction,
the worn in was instructed to first fa-ten
a*l ihe doors aud then imiss from window
to wiadi w and maintain an active obaer
ration, 8 o was a woman of thirty-five,
who hii been tenderly i eared iu an Kiisl
•rn tat , aud had Ix-eu in the We>t less
that, two year•. The sight of u snake
would have made tier scream out in af
fright on that Very morning and the
th I,..'hi of an attack by bull .ns would
have l-cn sufficient to i bill her blood.
Vet, visit brought face to face with the
ierrib!" mi-naee, atie wis a heroine With
tm *wl tumpwtwl Hjm, *t4 rtoj>-
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ping not to question the policy of the
wounded man’s plana to save their lives,
ah 'J ro ®plj obeyed.
The Indians must have known that
Webber and the woman were alone, and
that he was wounded, but they did not
dare make a rush. Much as they desired
scalps and plunder, they did not care to
recklessly expose themselves. They
crept up the ravine, as was expected, or
started to, when Webber saw that their
ponies had been left within range of
his Winchester. He opened fire at once
and dropped three of them to the grass
before the redskins discovered what he
was at. This cal'ed a halt in the pro
ceedings until they could remove the
other six to a place of safety. Ha
counted them as they returned ts the ra
vine and saw that three were missing.
The trio had separated from the others
to creep upon the house, and this fact
was announced to Mrs. Moss. In the
course of fifteen minuts the six had gained
the position sought for opposite, and
Webber gave all his attention to them,
trusting to the women to watch and
defend the house from the others.
From the house to the ravine was a
gradual slant, the ground being covered
with grass and entirely clean. Webber
sat there, ns plain s target as a man would
desire for his pistol, the blood from his
wounds soaking into the ground, and his
eyes watching the ravine with the knowl
edge that he was one to six. No Indian
could fire on him without raising his
head above the bank, and the first head
up. got a bullet through it, and one red
skin tumbled bock a corpse. This was a
caution to the others, and instead of
raising their heads they rested their rifles
on the bank and fired blindly. Thirteen
bullets struck the logs within six feet of
Webber, and others only missed him
by a shave. It was simply a ques
tion of time, if the firing were kept up,
when a bullet would hit and finish him.
Meanwhile the three bucks who had
left the main body were creeping toward
the house from different directions. Mrs.
Moss could see two of them, but the third
crept along a deep furrow, and finally
gained a point from which he could fire
upon Webber at fair range. From this
point the red fired nine times at Webber’s
right side, which was exposed to his
view. He either had a poor gun or was
much excited, for not one of his bullets
counted, although some of them whis
tled uncomfortably close.
“I knew what was up,” said Wcbbei,
in modestly telling his story,' “but I had
to trust, to luck. He was not where I
c mld hit him, and if he happened to hit
me it would have been no worse than to
be kii'ed by the others in front. After
his first bullet I didn’t even turn my head
that way. The woman came to the win
dow near me and said the other two were
in sight, and I instructed her to open fire
with tho revolver. She had fired a pistol
only a few times, and I did not count on
anything beyond her giving the bucks
something to think nbout. It must have
been entirely by accident that at her very
first fire she wounded one of tho fellows
in the hip, and he at once crawled away
to take care of himself. The oth'T one
sent three bullets through a window at
which she wag standing, but she kept
firing away at him and sending so much
lead around his ears that he dared not
ad vnnee.
The fight in front lasted about ha'f an
hour. Whenever there was n lull in the
firing Webber looked to see the Indians
spring up and make a rush, and to pre
vent this he fired at random along the
bank, tearing up the sod and flinging
dirt over the red -k : ns in hi ling. He had
no idea that help was at hand, and was
vet depending upon himself when the
Indians suddenly ce ised firing and beat a
retreat, and ten minutes later Moss and
his man rode up, having been met on the
open.prairie by the riderless horse. In re
treating from the ravine the Indians car
ried away the dead warrior, but the one
wounded by Mrs. Moss was left to take
care of himself. He was found in the
dry furrow and despatched. The hero
ism of Webber in takingand maintaining
his position, severely wounded as he
was, and of the woman in obeying his
orders, hopeless as the defence must have
appeared to her, deserves a place on the
pages of undying history.— New York
Sun.
How a Bully was Beaten.
It was one of those girls, and exactly
that kind of a fellow, that I saw in an
encounter at the St. Thomas charity
fair. The waitresses were volunteers,
accustomed to silk and satin, but here
clad in calico and gingham for the task
of benevolent servitude. The customers
were polite folks, as a rule, but an ex
ception was a coarse, intolerable boor,
who may have entered by design to find
out how it felt to lie waited on by an
heiress. The girl at whose table he took
a place was not going to be scared out of
her duty, and she demurely solicited his
order.
“Give me a glass of whisky,” he in
solently responded. “Ah, ray friend,”
she murmured in a neat religious style of
Speech, “you re calling for S9mh : rig
lhat 'stingeth like & serpent and biteth
like an adder.’ We don’t—”
“That’s precisely the brand I want,”
he retorted, “a stinger and a biter.”
“You shall have it, sir,” and now her
eyes flashed as she disappeared, to
quickly return with a colorless liquid in
a glass. “Now swallow that,” she im
pressively added, “and you’ll vow you’re
astonished. Drink it down.”
The loafer was frightened. He
thought the fluid was nothing weaker
than aquafortis, and he slunk away,
leaving it untouched. It was only water.
Quiet bravery had once more vanquished
blatant cowardice. —New Tori Letter .
Bulldogs of the North Paeifle.
The Hyd vh. a tribe of native Alaskans,
are tall, well-formed fellows, noted for
their bravery and ferocity. They are
known as the bulldogs of the North
Pacific, and they have not hesitated even
to attack and plunder English and Amer
ican vessels. Among the Hydahs the
husband buys his wife frequently while a
mere girl. If she does not suit him he
can return her and the price will be re
funded. Hydahs live in houses
made of boards and one story in height.
Their houses are forty or fifty feet square,
with a fireplace in the centre of the floor
and a large hole in the roof for the escape
of th" smoke. Civilized customs are
uow creeping in, and bedsteads, tables,
stoves, and dishes arc becoming common,
These llydalis have what arc known ns
toten sticks raised to protect their dwel
lings. These nro carved logs from one
to two feet in diameter and from twenty
to sixty feet high. Tuese are painted
with horrible faces mid figure* ami serve
to drive away evil spiiits. The Hydahs
raise a great many itoiatoct ami their
eo intry abounds in wild berries and deer.
They keep the-o berries for winter use iu
Asli oil.
Alcoholic liquors tan lie made from
any substance that coutauia saccharine
matter already formed by nature, <n
from any sulMtanco (hat contain* tin
ton idiicnt eleincnis that ran I* eon
vailed by aotne artificial process lulo (Its
A TALK WITH A TATTOOER.
THE VIEWS OF A PROFESSOR OF A
PECULIAR ART.
His Methods and His Customers.—
Odd Aids to Feminine Beauty.—
A Great Show Scheme.
Securely fastened to the brick walls of
a neat fonr->tory house, in the lower
JfUrt of South street, is a sign, with a
background of white, on which are
ptint'd, ia blue and red letters, these
vrordt: “Tattooing Done with India Ink.”
‘Surrounding this rather unique an
nouncement arc figures and emblems, ex
ecuted in the same colors as the letters,
evidently drawn by the same haud, and
designed to show the character and scope
of the work done by the artist. Inquiry
reveals the fact that the painter of this
¥ign occupies rooms on the fourth story
of the building. Tw# long flights ot
stairs must be ascended, a turn to the
left made and a walk down a narrow hall
taken before a visitor can stand on the
threshold of the “studio” occupied by
the “professor.”
The room itself is large, airy, and well
lighted. On the four sides of the room
are chairs, giving evidence that the pro
fessor is obliged to provide scats for
many callers. On a table are much
fingered scrap-lmoks, containing designs
which serve at least an unusual purpose,
that of enabling their possess-' r to make
a fac simile on the breasts, backs aad
arms of his patrons. The walls are cov
ered with highly colored pictures, ad
vertising- tobacco, snuff, watches and
starch. In one corner stands a
group of three chairs. One is
occupied during the operation of tat
tooing by the professor, another by the
person to be illustrated, and the third,
which is backless, contains the ma
terials for work. On it are two
bowls, filled respestively with red and
blue India ink in solution, a cup, and
find some much used rags. In addition
there is a marker, a pine stick whittled
to a point, and three or four innocent
looking little instruments. It is with
these, however, that the actual work of
tattooing is accomplished. It is a per
fectly simple device. A piece of hard
wood or bone is reduced in size until it is
about as large around as the small end of
an ordinary penholder, aad some four or
five inches in length. At one end of this
are securely fastened five very fine
needles, with the points projecting about
a quarter of an inch. Thia comprises the
entire outfit of the tattooer. In tattooing
the needles are dipped into the ink and
the skin alternately. There is no sensa
tion of pain during the operation,
though, ot course, when a person is com
pletely tattooed the skin becomes sore.
The “professor” is a man of about
fifty. His face indicates that some time
in nis life he has followed the seas. He
is courteous and talks intelligently. His
history is interesting.
“I used to be a sailor,” he began. “It
was while following that occupation that
I learned the art of tattooing. - I had a
natural taste for it, and that is necessary
to become a good tattooer. I believe I
could sketch anything. Well, some
thirty-three years ago I knocked off sea
life, and began tattooing as a profession.
I hive followed it without interruption
ever since. I have made thousands of
dollars, but, s tilor like, have spent every
cent as fast as I earned it. Still I have
made a good living. I commenced busi
ness in New York in the Bowery. lam
the oldest tattooer in America, and the
only one who makes a profession of my
trade. During the four years of the war
I was with the army of the Potomac.
My earnings averaged S2O a day. Away
back before the batrle of Bull Hun I tat
tooed a Masonic emblem on General
Burnside at Camp Sprague. I also put
a Masonic emblem on Governor Sprague’s
arm. After the war I returned to this
city, and have continued practising my
profession here and in the Bowery ever
since.
“Some have an idea that tattooing is
only for sailors, dime museums and side
shows. That is not so. My customers
are from every class of society. I tattoo
men, women and children. Men come
to me from all over the country, Show
men send for mo to fix up ‘Captain Fin
ley, who was wrecked among the East
Indies, w ashed ashore on a desolate isl
and in the tropics, captured by a savage
tribe, and—you know the rest. Then
after Charlie Boss was kidnapped, moth
ers brought their children to me to have
their initials and names dyed into their
flesh. Some como purely from motives
of sentiment. After General Grant’s
death many of his old soldiers came to
have the bust of their dead hero and an
appropriate motto stamped upon them so
that they might carry it around with
them for life. Mothers, fathers, sisters
and brothers have the names of loved
ones pricked on their bodies. Girls
have their sweethearts’ names printed on
their arms—aud then they returu to have
it effaced. Fortunately, I have a receipt
which will take the India ink out. of
coigs? I do lots of work for sailors, But
you know all about that. I put all sorts
of designs on them, and on every part of
their bodies. A sailor would not be a
sailor unless he was tattooed.
“I presume I have tattooed more than
1,000 women. There are six ‘tottooed
ladies’ in the United States: Annie
Grace, Philadelphia; Ida May, Cincin
rati, and Little Mamie. The remaining
three. Nora Hildebrand, Mary Baun and
Ida Woodruff, all of New York, are the
result ot my work. They are all in the
show business, some with circuses, some
with side-shows. It cost about S2OO to
tattoo each one of them, and they make
from $45 to $55 per week. The operation
takes about six weeks for a woman.
“Some time ago, when I was in Chi
cago, it became fashionable for girls,
particularly blondes, to come to me and
have marked on their face what they
called ‘beauty spots.’ It consisted sim
ply of rather a large dot of blue India
inW. The effect was the same as that of
a piece of black court-plaster. Then I
have very often gone lrghtly over both
cheeks w ith the red ink. It gives to the
wearer’s face a healthy, rosy appearance.
“I have now in hand the great scheme
of my life.” And the Professor pointed
to a goo 1-looking, though rather pale,
young man. who had been a silen*. lis
tener to the conversation. He asked the
man to cx|*ose thi upper jiart of his
body. The effect was that of a mads of
blue and red branded in the skin.
Scarcely a speck of the original color was
visible, so closely were the figures placed,
to each other,one might almost say inter
woven. A great variety of dcsigrs had
already been executed. On the back was
a picture some twelve inches long, and
eight high, representing Molly l*itcher
taking the place of her hu-baud at the
mouth of tue cannon. Then there wan '
IVahontus and her father, Powhatan;
the American coat of arms, Goddess of
Liberty, Young America, the sailor’s re
turn, crucifixes and rupids. On the aim*
alone were 100 sepniule figures. When
1# Prof# sol- is (hr,ugh with the man
(litre will be on his body iOO Urg * de
signs, and the Professor addon, "out) fig- ]
uresin all. ns the Iteturar will *y." It i
Ink.* shout two mouth* ..f steady work
to coiuolt lely tattoo a lunii - Vsi Feck
bELECr SIFTINGS.
Bhakeepeare refers to America in “Tf>
tYjmedy of Errors," act 3, scene 2; f
Mtxico in “The Merchant of Venice,
act 1, scene 3, and to Bermoothes
Bcmuda* in “The Tempest,” act
sc-sae 2.
A. miner of Bodie.Cal., has a dog whir?
is constantly wandering about in a gol<
mice with his ma-ter. The latter ro
cently gave the dog a thorough w ashing
and then carefully pann and out the muddy
vz.-ter. The dog assayed $23.17 in tiue
gold.
The United Sta'es leads the world in
point of height of building. The princi
pal heights of monument, 555 feet; Co
logne Cathedral, 520; Rouen Cathedral,
10‘j; great pyramid of Egypt, well-known
tructures are as follows: Washington,
17.1; Cathedral of Strassburg, 455; Ca
thedral of Vienna, 452: Saint Peter’s of
Horae, 433; Capitol, Washington, 28S;
spiro of the Invalides, 344.
If the teller of a French bank has
doubts as to the honesty of an unknown
customer, he does not trust to his mem
ory to recall the features of the person
he suspects, but calls on science to pro
tect the bank. He gives a privet ■ signal
to the cashier, and that responsible offi
cer, .while the teller is in the act of
making payment, brings the photo
graphic camera (conveniently placed be
side him, but invisible to the customers)
to bear upon the unsuspecting party, and
on leaving the bank he leaves a proof of
his identity after him without in any de
gree being conscious of the fact.
A spider, as shown by an estimate by
means of actually weighing it and then
confining it in a cage, ate four times its
weight for breakfast, nearlv nine times
its weight for dinner, thirteen times its
weight for supper, finishing up with an
ounce, and at 8 o’clock p.m., w hen re
leased, ran off in search of food. At
this rate, a man weighing 160 pounds
would require the whole of a fat steer
for breakfast, the dose repeated with the
addition of half-a-dozen well-fattened
sheep for dinner, and two bullocks, eight
sheep, and four hogs for supper, and
then, as a lunch before going to his club
banquet, he would indulge in about four
barrels of fresh fish.
There are Creole remedies for headache,
which, by reason of their savage sim
plicity, seem worthy of an African origin.
These chiefly consist in applications to
the forehead, temples, #r head of fresh
leaves, which are changed as soon as the
leaf begins to dry or wrinkle up. Leaves
of. the wild plantain are very popular tor
this method of cure; fig leaves, elder
leaves, and orange leaves are also used.
But the orange leaf is usually smeared
with lard before being applied. Another
remedy is to pour a little hot water,
mixed with laudanum, into the ear.
Wild plantain leaves, dipped in cold
water, are very often used also to allay
inflammation of the eyes, when the fresh
skin of a certain fish, or the excellent
egg poultice, is not immediately procur-
Blg Tt Ings.
The greatest wall in the world is the
Chinese wall, built by the Emperor of
theTesin dynasty, about 220 B. C.,'as a
protection against the Tartars. It trav
erses the northern boundary of China,
and is carried over the highest hills,
through the deepest valleys, across riv
ers, and every other natural obstacle.
Among the most remarkable natural
echoes are that of Eagle's Nest, on the
banks of Kilarney, Ireland, which re
peats a bugle call, until it seems to bo
sounded from a 'hundred instruments,
and that of the banks of the Naha, be
tween Bingen and Coblentz, which re
peats a sound seventeen times.
The greatest cataract in the world is
that of Niagara. The Horseshoe Fall, on
the Canadian side, has a perpendicular
descent of 158 feet. The height of the
American Fall is 167 feet. The Horse
si'o 3 Fall, which carries a larger volume
of water than the American Fall, is about
600 yards wide, and extends from the
Canadian shore to Goat Island.
The biggest diamond in the world, if
indeed it be a diamond, is the Braganza,
which forms a part of the Portuguese
crown jewels. It weighs 1,860 carats.
However, not a little doubt exists of its
being a diamond, ns the Government has
never allowed it to be tested. It was
found in Brazil in 1741.
The largest tested, but uncut, dia
mond is the Maharattah, belonging to
the Hajah of Llattam in Borneo. It is
of pure water, weighs 267 carats, and is
of pear shape, indented at the thick end.
It was found at I-andark, in Borneo. It
has been the cause of a sanguinary war.
Before it was cut, the Kohinoor, which
is one of the English crown jewels, was
the largest tested diamond. It then
weighed 793 carats. When in possession
of the Emperor Aurenzebe it was re
duced, by unskillful cutting, to 186
carats. During the Sikh mutiny it was
captured by British troops, and presented
to Queen Victoria. It * was reeut, and
now weighs 106 1-6 carats.
The “Isle of Jnne.”
“What is the most beautiful place that
you have ever visited?” asked a lady of an
old English naval officer. “New Provi
dence; in the Bahamas,” was the answer.
To this view many trave'ers would not
assent, but Nassau, as the island is popu
larly called from its principal town, is
one of the most beautiful gardens of the
sea.
Columbus, who vi-ited the island during
his first voyage, called it Fcmandia, and
Ponce de Leon thought that he had found
here the earthly paradise. An old Eng
lish adventurer named it New Provi
dence, and tourists of recent years called
it the Isle of June, because the winter
months are like June i* the temperate
zones. Nassau is the capital of the
Bahamas.
It is a place of old sea romances, from
the dramatic pirates to the blockade
runners. English naval officers, worn
with service, are often seat here to re
cruit. Eugland holds it to be one of
her most health-giving retreats.
The island is s >mc twcuty-onc miles
long and seven wide, and is famous for
its cocoanut trees and pineapple farms.
The winter market of Nassau is oae of
the most wonderful in the woild, as in
it are found alt the products of the tropics,
together with those of the temperate
zones. Mr. Frank Stockton, in a
magazine article on the “Isle of June,”
once gavc|i list of the fruits to be found
there, a:i amazing catalogue of familiar
> and unfamiliar names. It is also famous
for green turtles, and the sea is as prolific
in food as the land in fruits. —YoutM
C/mjxrnion.
The Brightest.
Johnny had a baby sister who was a
particularly bright child. After a short
time on eaith the little one weut bock to
her home beyond the blue. One night
shortly after her death the children were
looking at the stars, when Johnny cried
out ■
“Oh, see the pretty stars; and one of
them is baby s| ier."
“Which on#l' asked another of the
chi'drcn.
“Ihe brightest, of course,” proudly
answers I Johnny, sell lug all further
THE LAW.
life ts a Khylocb: always it demands
The fullest usurer’s interest for aacb
treasure.
Gifts are not freely scattered from its hands;
We make return* for every borrowed
treasure.
Each talent, each achievement, and each
gain,
Necessitates some perv*./ to pay.
Delight imposei lassitude and pain,
As certainly as darkness follows day.
All you bestow on causes, or on men,
Of love or hate, of malice or devotion.
Somehow, sometime, shall be returned again.
There is no wasted toil, no lost emotion.
The motto of the world is: “Give and take.”
It gives you favor3—out of shear good-will.
But unless speedy recompense you make,
You'll find yourself presented with its bill.
When rapture comes to thrill the heart of
you,
Take it with tempered gratitude; remember
Some later time the interest will fall due.
No year brings Juue that and >es not bring
Decembar.
—Ella Wheeler Willcox.
PITH AND POINT.
A barberism—“Next.”
About face—Whiskers.
The Woman Question —What shall I
wear f
If the tailors can’t patch up their
troubles, who cant
Goes without saying—A deaf and
dumb man. — Lowell Courier.
The lightning strikes, but it doesn't
boycott— Norristown Herald.
When a girl elopes with a coachman she
is resolved to take him for wheel or whoa.
—Li/e.
A baseball player in New Jersey is
named Spuyder. He catches lots of flies.
7Vi<y Time*.
Appearances are deceiving in this
world. The nicest man you ever met
wa? a bunco-steerer.— Life.
Look out for another Indian war.
Joa (itin Miller is te ichinga young squaw
to write poetry. — Bitts'mrg Chroitide.
“Above all, Arthur, dear, mind you
buy me a thick engagement ring; the
thin one? can’t be seen under the glove.”
An Austin avenue grocer has lost so
much by selling on credit that now he
won’t even trust his own feelings.—Sift
ings.
When a poet sings from the innermost
recesses of his soul; “I listen for the
coming of feet,” in all probability he’s a
chiropodist.— Statesman.
Many a man doesn’t realize that he has
had a swell time at an evening party
until he tries to put his hat on the next
morning. —New York Graphic.
Rose Terry Ccok has written a novel
entitled “No,” and we mean kindly
when we say wc hope Miss Cook’s No’s
may be read.— Boston Bulletin.
If all this trouble about the fisheries
ends in the discovery of a plan for mak
ing mackerel fresher the labor will not
have been in vain. —Chicago News.
A physiologist has written a three-col
umn article on “When to Eat,” Eat
when you are hungry, we should think,
is the best time.— Arkansaie Traveler.
“Well, old fellow, it’s all settled. I
am going to be married in two months.
You will be one of the witnesses, I
hope!” “Count upon me. I never desert
a friend in misfortune.”
A correspondent of the New York Sun
asks: “How many members of Congress
are farmers?” All of them when it is
necessary to appeal to the farmers for re
election.— Texas Siftings.
A Michigan sheriff who went to serve
an injunction on the proprietor of a tan
yard accidently let the document fall into
a vat full of acid. The injunction was
disolved.— Goodall's Sun.
Cora (chewing on the last caramel) —
“What makes you always twirl your
cane, Mr. Merritt?” Little Johnny (who
is always around) —“Because he ain't
got any moustache. — Judge.
The railway companies want to lay
their tracks with hardened sleepers. One
of the New Haven ministers says that his
congregation has ma 1 trial enough to set
up a whole parallel road. —Hew Haven
Hews.
The politeness of Jsew York waiters is
illustrated by the following incident:
Customer in Park Bow (late Chatham
street) coffee and cake saloon—“Aw,
waitah, a napkin, please.” Waiter—
“ Yes, sah. Wid or widout fringe, sah?”
A young gentleman well-known about
town called to see his inamorata, after
being absent from the city for several
days, and was greatly shocked when she
said: “George, dear, I fell the evening
you went away, and was unconscious
for several hours.” “Where did you
fall?” he asked, eagerly. “I fell asleep.”
—Boston Gazette.
For meiicines and visits
The doctor sent his bill;
Month after mouth went over
But found it owing still.
At last a note was sent him,
Who e sens:; you may discern;
“111 pay you for your medicines,
Your visits I’ll return.
—The Judge.
An Artist’s Secret Out.
The artist J. G. Brown was a witness
a day or two ago in a suit at law. After
ho had given his testimony the artist was
somewhat astonished to hear the Judge
inquire in a matter-of-fact way, as if he
was taking up the examination where
the counsel had left it: “Are you the
Mr. Brown who paints the pictures of
street gamins?”
Mr. Brown bowed assent
“Well,” coutinu and the Judge, “there
is something I have long wanted to
know. I have noticed that your boys
have phenomenally dirty clothes and
phenomenally clean faces, which is con
trary to my experience, and I want to
ask you why you represent them so?”
“Oh,” said the artist, “the answer to
that is easy. I cannot sell pictures of
boys with dirty faces; folks won’t have
them, and you know I must sell my pic
tures.—Cleveland Leader.
AH ts Vanity.
He whistled an opera air.
As those who can whistle will do;
They said, with a sarcastic stare:
“why can’t you invent something newt*
He told them a joke that he read,
But soon be hu folly did rue;
Thev simply looked tired and said;
"Why taa’t you invent something newt*
He sang them a popular song;
Ilia voice it waa equaled by few;
Their faoee told something was wrong;
They told biiu to sing something new.
He made a remark that was bright,
Rut instantly weary they grew;
Ami one of them said in his Mighti
“Why can't you invent something uewf*
The strain on his poor frightsusd wits,
T6something quite horrible grew;
How in au asGum he sits,
And tries to imsut something new.
w ed Wits,
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STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
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Mr. W. E. Veazey, Greene County , Ga.
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