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on wheels, resembling in shape a clumsy,
small building, having house-like win
dow.,, ai 1 a door at the rear. The front
end held the driver’s seat, high up; and
the sides were elapboarded. The two
rows of seats in it ran lengthwise, as in
the modern horse car, aud “a deal
table” was fixed in the centre. This
eir was drawn by one horse, on a track
where a locomotive, built by Stephen
son, was drawing freight trains loaded
with coal. The successors of this primi
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ch - I the “Express” and the “Defence.”
These were shaped like the old-fash
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VOI, XI. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24, 1884. NO. 49.
A THUE STOEY.
“ Where is the baby, gran 4 main ma?”
The sweet young mother ca Is
From her work in the cosey kitchen,
With iU dainty whitewashed walls.
1 And grandma i< aves her knitting,
And looks for her hll around;
But not a trace of baby dear
Can anywhere be >ouud.
No sound of its merry
No gleam of its sunny hair,
No patter of tiny footsteps,
No sign of it am where.
All t‘ rough house and garden,
Far out into the th 11,
They si arch each nook and corner,
But nothing is revealed.
And the mother’s face grew pallid ;
Grandmamma’s eyes grew dim;
The fa her’s gone to the vil.age;
No to look for him.
And the baby’s lost! “Where’s Rover !’
The mother chanced to think
Os .he Old well in the or hard
Where the cattle used to drink.
“ Where’s Rover? I know he’d find her I
R >v» r In vain they ca l,
They htury away to the orchard;
And there by the moss-grown wall,
Close to the w 11, lies II ver,
Holding to baby’s dress;
She was b ailing over the well’s edge
In perfect f carle? rim &» !
She stretched her litt’o arms down,
Bui Rover held h< r fa«t
Am! never seemed to mind the kicks
The t ny bare feet east
So spitefully upon him,
But wagged his tail i istead,
To gi>’ t the frightened so «r here,
While naughty baby s.id:
“ Derr’s a ’ittle did in the ’ater;
She’s du*’ as big as me,
Mamina; I want to help her out,
And take her home to t« a.
Bui Rover, h won’t let mo,
And 1 don’t love him. Go
Away, you naughty II >ver
Oil! why are you crying ho?”
The mother kisse d her, saying:
“ My darling, und< rs an I,
Good Rover save I your life, my dear—
And. sec. he icks your hand !
Kiss Hover. ’ Baby t uea him,
But grandma un ’trsto id;
8h Hud: “It’s hard to thank the friend
Who th waits in for our good.”
—Abbe Kiimt, in liaidifiuin MouUdy.
THE KINGSTON’ FAMILY.
A CfIHISIMAS HIOKY.
“ I don’t enre," growled Fred King
ston, “it’r too downright mean that we
can’t have any good time Clniatinaa.”
“Why, what’s the matter?” said hia
sialer Fannie. “We bad a lovely day
last year; aneh beautiful preaeuta, just
what I spoke for; and 1 told father and
mother weeks ago I wanted aaealakin
cap and muff, and lots of other things.”
"Well, Alirs Flamina Fiumhiga I” a
pet name for Fannie, which be delighted
to use. "Ton won’t get a sealhkin cap,
or any other skin cap, not even a cat
akiu. Father’s given out that he is
short of funds, ami we can only have a
j few stingy dollars to buy presents for
each other, and for all the Kingston an
cestors and desceiio..nta that are to visit
I us. If that pack of cousins were not
coming from ont West, I wouldn’t care
so much, but they have never been here
liefore, and 1 did want to show them
that we kuew how to keep Christmas.
Now. it’s ail up.”
“I don’t believe a word of it,” said
Fannie. “You’re joking. Father didn’t
tell me.”
“He didn’t dare to tell yon, for fear
you’d abed such a copious shower of
tears as to deluge the whole Kingston
family, so I have broken it to you gent
ly, mv dear Flamina Fiaminga, haven’t
I? Father ire tends to be as poor us
Job’s cat, but I believe he is growing
mean.”
Just then Fred looked up and received
a reproving glance from has mother, who
was sitting on the other side of the
room. In a moment he was by her side,
humble ai d crestfallen, saying:
"I didn’t mean that, mother. I have
got the best father in the world. I'm
sorry, but I was so outrageously aggra
vated. ”
"If yon had seen how badly your
father felt when he a-ked me how he
conld tell you children that we must cur
tail in our Christmas expenses, I thick
you would pity him, instead of your
selves. We mmt remem>>er that we are
not debarred from receiving the grealest
of all gifts, the Christ Child, who,
through the celebration of his birth,
seems to be offered to us afresh each
Christmas. If you accept thia gift you
are far richer than with all that wealth
can bestow.
“It is no matter if w>e can’t have any
great time. You tell father we don’t
care,” said Fred, bravely.
"But,” answered ins mother, “I know
father will lie fur from happy that day,
unless he. can see you ail having a merry
time, and I have been trying to think of
some inexpensive plan for our amuse
ment. With a ccnteuted mind a little
■ may give great pleasure.”
“Ob, mother, you always think of
such lovely things. Nuw, do tell us
your plan,” said Fannie, settling herself
i on a hassock at her mother’s feet, while
Fred stretched himseif at full length on
the lounge, with his hands clasped over
his head, eagerly exclaiming:
“Your just spiel: lid, mother I Now
proceed. Yaas audience is ready.”
“Since we caunul remember each
other by car usual vastly gills, we might
i exchange im. at-- . j -euta, which we
c«.u make ourselves, ut very little ex
jienae, and yet have sojae of them very
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pretty, and many of them quite amus
ing.”
"That will be jolly, mother," exclaimed
Fred. “Can’t we make them for our
company, too? I tell you we’U have
fun. Let me see, what will 1 contrive
for Miss Flamina Fiaminga. I guess
I’ll ’’
“Don’t tell me,” interrupted Fannie,
excitedly, putting both hands over her
ears. “I want to be surprised.”
“I thought we would, each of ns,”
continued Mrs. Kingston, “prepare at
least oue present for each of our invited
guests, and also for our own family,”
“Now, let us see how many there will
be,” said Fred. “There’s uncle Albert,
and aunt Lucy, John, Josh, and Bess
from Chicago ”
“How old is Bess, mother?” broke in
Fanny.
“Hold on till we've made up our list 1
Five; you count, that’ll keep you still,
chick."
"Is aunt Jenny, with her three chil
dren, and their three darkey nurses,
coming ?” asked Fred.
“I expect them, and also uncle Caleb
and cousin Beu,” sail the mother.
“How many does that make, Puss ?”
said Fred, pinching Fannie’s chin,
for he had, during the talk, dropped
Limsilf from the lounge to the floor,
resting his head on Fannie’s lap.
"Fifteen, with ourselves,” answered
Fannie, promptly.
"Bight, go to the head I” said Fred.
“What can I give to Bess, mother?”
inquired Fannie.
“How would it do to make her a set
of jewelry ?”
“Splendid ; but how can I ?”
“You can make her a gold set, of pin,
necklace, bracelets and earrings to
match, with lemon or orange [>eel, cut
into suitable shapes and fastened by fine
wire. The earrings can be attached to
a slender thread that can be hung over
the ear; or you can string, on rire or
thread, barberries, cranberries, or pea
nut shells. 1 heu Fred cau make Beu a
watch.”
“A watch, mother,” said Fred, jump
ing to his feet, “capital, cupitaler, cap
italist. Please give your directions in
stanter. ”
“Take a fair, round tnrnip, and
scrape it till its surface is smooth and
flat. Ou one side mark carefully with
ink, figures as on the face of a watch.
For the hands nse two different sized
un dies, the eies of which iiicsi.ffi :ient
ly large for a pin to pass through them
and by means of this pin, fasten them
in the oei tre of the turnip. Then cover
the back and edge with plain or fancy
silver or gold paper.”
"That’s tip top and a half,” shouted
Fred.
“Fannie can give Ben,” resumed
Mrs. Kingston, “a set of gold studs.
Cover thro, boot buttons witii gold pa
per, and insert the eyes into a small
piece of card-board, Then pli.c:-tliem
in a little jewelry box, with a bit of pink
cotton, and they will look as if they had
jnst come from the jeweler’s.”
Fannie clapped her hands, exclaim
ing : “That’s perfectly charming I Are
the presents to be put on a tree
mother ?”
"I think not, my dear, but I have f
plan which I urn going to divulge.”
"Just tell me,” whispered Fred, put
ting his ear toward his mother’s mouth.
“No, indeed, Fred. We wnll have all
the presents labeled the night before,
and I will arrange them, ready for dis
tribution Christmas morning.”
"It will be a heap more fun not to
have a tree, as * very body does, won’t it,
Fan ?”
“Yes, I guess it will 1” answered
F innie. "Now, mother, do tell us
some more things to make.”
“With tissue paper you might make a
lovely blue and white breakfast cap for
Aunt Jenny—a white apron with pink
pleated or gathered ruffles, for Aunt
Lucy—a white neck kerchief, with an
embroidery pattern traced around the
edge, for Cousin Ada—a blue neck-ker
chief, sprinkled with little pink rose
bnds, cut out of paper, calico or
cretonne, for Cousin Beriba—and em
broidered and initial handkerchiefs,
cravats and various other things suitable
for nncles, aunts and cousins.”
“Oh ! oh ! oh I” exclaimed Fanny,
“how I shall delight to make them.
This is going to lie better than any
Christmas. What will be nice for
father ?”
“A pair of slippers of card-board and
fancy paper will be a good present for
you to give him. I think I will make a
dressing gown of brown paper, with but
tons, cuffs, collars, pockwelta, etc., of
cardinal paper. I mean to baste it to
gether so firmly that he cau put it on.
I think it will be well to make each one
a present of some ai tide of wearing ap
parel, so that we cau all be gayly decked
with our holiday riggings, tor at least a
while, Christiuiiß morning. From card
board and gold, silver and fancy paper
yon cau make fruit and pen knives, the
blades of which cau be fastened by a
few stitches, so loosely as to allow them
to be moved in and out; a variety of
finger rings and napkin rings and toys,
such as sets of furniture, sleds, carts,
etc. From fashion plates, you can cut
paper dolls aud dresses to fit. You can
make a pretty book of silhouettes by
tracing Kate Greenaway figures, then
cutting them out of plain, black paper
mid then pasting them in a blank book.”
“I've thought a thought,” exclaimed
Fred. “Attention, company 1 Won’tit
be cute to give Uncle Albert a cane of
stiff paper, rolled into the right shape.
That will be sham support, sure enough.'
“Yes,” said the mother, “that will be
just the thing, tor we used to laugh at
his fancy for cane*. There is father
coming up the street. I shall have time
to suggest but oue thing more—stereo
scopic views. Cut a piece of card board
the exact size of a view, aud finding two
pictures alike so arrange them on the
card, while looking at them through the
glass, as to see only oue picture. You
cau have fancy views and I think I cau
find some mountain guide books which
will supply you with mountain views.”
As she finished speaking, Ihe chil
dren, with one bound, dinted into the
ball, to tell father what a splendid
Christmas they were to have.
After Fred and Fannie and thoi.
ancles, aunts and cousins have parted
for the night, Christmas Eve, with good
wishes for a merry awakening, Mrs.
Kingston expects to be busy at work
arranging the packages which are to be
given in the morning. In the dining
room will be spread the table, as usual
for breakfast. Mrs. Kingatou will lift
the lid of the coffee urn and stow it with
packages ; she will fill the cover dishes
in the same manner. On the platter
she will put bundles containing fish
hooks and tm-kl ng, bait boxes, etc.,
covering these with a large paper fish
which Mr Kingston made for the occa
sion. Ou another platter will be a nice
ly-browned turkey, which the cook has
omitted to fill with the usual spiced
compound. Mrs. Kingston will substi
tute bundles, wrapped in oil silk, con
taining a different kind of dressing, in
the. shape, of articles of wearing apparel
for the guests.
There will be a dish of baked potatoes
from which the insides have been re
moved, and in each hollow skin she will
put a fancy curd of Christmas greeting.
Then she will take egg shells, the yolks
and whites having been taken out
through a small aperture at one end,
and fill them with confectionery, pasting
white paper neatly over the opening.
For her dish of fruit she will have
apples and oranges. Taking out the
stem ends of the apples, like a cork, she
will fill the centres from which the cores
have been scraped, with nuts and raisins.
The peel of the orange has been cut in
quarters, two-tuird.s down, ami all the
pulp very carefully removed. She
will place a tiny buttonhole bouquet
within each oue, and then confine with
one or two stitches the peel at the
tops.
She will fold into each napkin an en
velop containing an imitation check tor
one hundred dollars on the Christmas
Bank of the Wt stern Hemisphere of the
W orld, signed Santa Claus.
The larger aud more valuable presents
she will place on a tray.
After the company shall partake of
the delectable viands, prepared to satisfy
the appetite for fnn and frolic. Mrs.
Kingston will be ready to gratify their
appetites for dainty aud substantial
edibles, by a most bountiful breakfast.
If all these preparations are carried cut,
if the vsrious odd tokens are finished,
aud served at a breakfast table accord
ing to the mother's plan, Fred. Fannie
and all the w'iij be sure to
enjoy a "Merry CUrtstma£
FARM AND GARDEN.
Stabtino a Farm Garden. —A prop
erly worked aud manured farm garden
improves every year. Stinting with
ordinary farm laud, it is almost impossi
ble to get it in the best and highest con
dition the first season. The chief reason
for this in probably because, no matter
now much manure we may use, it is
difficult to get it thoroughly mixed with
the soil. An eminent chemist, the late
Professor Way, once said manure needed
to be digested by the soil before it was
in the right condition to be assimilated
by the roots of plants. Tais may be
somewhat fanciful, but at any rate,
every gardener must have observed that
raw laud, even though it may be heavily
manured, seldom gives the best results
the first year. To avoid disappointment
the first season, therefore, we would
earnestly recommend those who are
about to start a new garden next spring,
to commence preparation this autumn.
If there is time for nothing more, remove
all the rubbish and weeds and large
stones. Plow it deep and well, and if
the soil is dry enough to pulveriz ■, put
on the harrow and roller, and reduce it
lo the finest tilth.
Tub Cuutivation of Onions.—Onion
growing is a specialty in certain sections
—principally on black, mucky land.
The onions are grown year after year on
the same laud. In many localities,
where onions were once largely grown,
the crop has been abandoned, owing to
the ravages of the onion maggot. This
gives farmers, in places where the crop is
not extensively grown, a decided advan
tage. The maggots are not likely to be
very troublesome for a few years. To
those proposing to grow onions for the
first time wo desire to offer some sug
gestions: Get the land ready for sow
ing in the fall. Plow it, harrow it, pick
oft' the atom b aud rubbish and work in
all the manure yon can. Act exactly as
though you were going to sow the seed,
but do not bow it until spring. D.iil in
the onion seed in the spring the first
moment the land is dry enough to work.
There are a dozen other little matters of
more or It sb importance, but these
pointe, properly observed, will do more
to insure success than the whole dozen.
As to the best land to select for sowing
onions, we may say that we have bad
good crops on light sand, and on heavy
clay, and on black mnek, aud on soil
pohsessing a greater or Jess degree of all
these characteristics. Success depends
more on the man than on the soil.
Sbabonabue Hints.—B aled sm ill po
tatoes, mixed with meal, will cause pigs
to grow aud fatten. Give horses cut
feed iu the winter. Cut the hay and
oat-straw together, nnd sprinkle on the
m< al; it saves the hny, uhTzes the
straw, and the meal itself does better
service. Corn stalks should be cut for
cattle. If yon own an old horse, that
has barely lived through the summer, it
would be act of mercy to put him out of
the way now. He would otherwise eat
a ton or more of hay before spring opens,
and then be worthless. Keep salt be
fore the cattle, or at least so convenient
to them, that regular “Baiting” will not
be forgotten. Farmers should make a
careful study of the feeding of store cat
tle. They make a mistake who feed
simply to keep the animal alive through
the winter. It requires two thirds of a
full ration to sustain life withoutgrowth
whereas the other third will pro Ince
growth, and yield a profit on ail the
feed. The animal, which comes out in
good condition in the spring, has a long
way the start of one that, from insuffi
cient food, must take a month on gras
to get thrifty again. Do not delay fill
ing the ice-house, for a single day, after
the ice is six inches thick and of good
quality. Get out the year's supply of
fire wood, and auy logs needed for tim
ber, lumber, etc. -American Afjrlcul
turist for December.
The larger boy had a uniform cap on
his head, aud the smaller oue carried
an empty kerosene torch. As they
were about to separate to “parade”
around the block, the larger one said:
“Now, Put, you go down that way. If
you meet a smaller boy than you are,
hurrah for any candidate you want to,
but if he is the biggest, don’t you do any
hurrahing until you find out who ho
hurrahs for. Then you must yell s>r
the same man, or he’ll lick yo,”
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
FactN nnd Fiaur* m ilmt Bewilder me
.Umd.
The figures representing values atm
quantities employed by Mr. Joseph
Nimmo, Jr., Chief of the Bureau of Statis
tics, iu his report for 1884, on the for
eign commerce of the U nite.d States, tire
almost bewildering from their magni
tude, and evm to minds familiar wi ll
such subjects, those which represent the
natiou's growth are astonishing. The
value of the imports aud exports com
bined for the year ending June 30. 1831,
was $1,408,211 302. Our comm-ace
with the countries of Europe was $9)4.-
752 (63 or 67 8 ) per cent ; with the
colonies of N >rth America, M xioo, Cen
tral America, and West Indies it was
8'2’28 538 551, or 16 23 per cent.; with
South America, sll 6 980.891, or 7 60 per
cent.; with Asia aud Oceauica, $96,166,-
320, or 6 83 percent.; with Africa aud
colonies, $6 669 816, or .1/ per cent.;
with all other oouutries, $15,103,658, or
1.07 per cent.
The six principal ports stood, with
reference to imports of merchandise, as
follows: First, New York, 66.14 per
cent.; second, Boston, 9.37 per cent.;
third, Suu Francisco, 6.32 per cent.;
fourth, Philadelphia, 4.77 per cent.;
fifth, Baltimore, 1.62 per cent; and
sixth, New Orleans, 1.56 percent.
With respect to value of exports of do
mestic merchandise the first six ports
stood in the order of magnitude as fol
lows: First, New York, 46 83 per cent.;
second, New Orleans, 10.53 per cent.;
third, Boston, 807 per cent.; fourth,
Baltimore, 556 per cent.; fifth, San
Francisco, 5.51 per cent.; and sixth,
Philadelphia, 4.70 per cent.
In 1884 the value of dutiable merchan
dise entered for consumption was $(>G7,-
575,389, again5t5700,829.673 the preced
ing vear. The total amount of duties
was $190,283,836, against $210,637,293
the previous year.
The number of immigrants arrived in
the United States during the year was
518.592, against 603,322 the previous
year, to wit: From Great Britain and
Ireland, 129 294; from Germany, 179,-
676; from all other countr es of Europe,
143 236; from British North American
provinces, 60,584. The immigration
from China fell from 8,031 in 1883 to
270 iu 1884. The percentage of female
immigriuite was: From Ireland, 49.7;
irom England, 38 2* from Scotland,
37 5; from Austria, 42 3; from Denmark,
17; Ir >m France, 34.3; from Germany,
l'i.6; from Italy, 19.2; from the Nether
lands, 40 2; from Norway, 37.7; from
Sweden, 37; from Russia, 37.3; from
British North American provinces, 38.3,
md from Asia, only 15.
The total tonnage of vessels entered
at seaports of the United States fell
from 13 36) B>7 tons during the year
ending June 34, 1883, to 12,085 613 tons
during the year ending June 30, 1884.
Ihe percentage of American tonnage
entered fell from 71.56 in 18 >6 to 23.34
in 1881, aud the percentage of foreign
tonnage entered increased from 28.41 in
1856 to 76 66 iu 1884.
The percentage of imports and exports
of merchandise carried iu American ves
sels is now less even than the percentage
of the tonnage of American vessels
entered at seaports of the United States.
The percentage of total imports and ex
porte carried in American vessels fell
loan 75 2 per cent, in 1856 to 27 7 |>er
cent, in 1865. Since the year 1865 the
proportion of imports aud exports in
American vessels fluctuated much, but
luring the year ending June 30, 1884,
it was only 17.5 per eeut.
Tue figures and statements relating
to our internal commerce are most im
pressive. In 1850 the number of acres
of improved laud in farms was 113,032,-
614, against 284,771,049 in 1883. In
1850 the number of miles of railroad in
operation was 9,021, against 121,592 in
1883. The number of tons of coal pro
duced in 1850 was 7,358.899, agaicst
96 000,000 iu 1883. In 1850 the value
of products of merchandise was
$1,019,106,616, against $5,369,579,191
iu 1883.
Hard Eating.—A cure has been dis
covered in South America for elephan
tiasis. It is to eat the flesh of a turkey
buzzard—a bird bo loathsome that staiv
ing people have been known to refuse it
when ottered as a dish.
THE HUMOROUS PAPERS.
WHAT WE FIND IN THEIR COLOMS
TO SMILE OVIK,
Giving It Asvny—All Uneetlvlwv f.cs-on— On
n Very Liirire -cnle—.ilo. e tiiwn a Uurlos
hy-Did Nor Keep it. Ele.
didn’t KEEP It.
“Well, Mr. Slickers,” said the doctor,
to a patient he had not seen the day be
fore, “how are you getting along ?”
“Nearly starved to death.”
“Why, didn't you have oysters?”
“No, I couldn’t get them the way you
said, and I was afraid it would be dan
gerous to eat them the other way.”
"Why, that’s odd. Couldn’t get
stewed oysters ? I told yon you could
eat stewed oysters with impunity.”
“That’s just it. I could get the
stewed oysters easy enough, but I sent
to all the restaurants in the neighbor
hood for the impuuity, and the blamed
fools said they never had such a thing
on the bill of fare.”— Texag Siftings,
ANTE-NUPTIAL HINT
Eulalia (>entimentally)—Oh, no> I
have no desire for great wealth. I
should be happy, very happy, as thi
wife of a noble bread winner.
George (practically)—And I sbotud
be happy, very happy, as the hnsband
of a good bread maker.
She concluded to learn.—Philadel
phia Call.
AN UNEDIFYING LESSON.
They were young and romantic, and
although the minute hand was pointing
to twelve o’clock they stood upon the
porch gazing at the stars.
“That’s Jupiter, dear, isn’t it ?” she
murmured.
“Yes, pet, and that is Sirius,” he re
plied, poiuting to another star.
“Are you Sirius?” she cooed.
He kissed her several times. Then he
pointed upward and said:
“That’s Mars, dove.”
“And that’s pa's,” she whispered, as
a footstep souuded inside, and if the
young man hadn’t scooted he would
have seen more stars than he ever'
dreamed of. Her pa wears a 12’ witba
brass toe.— Washington dial diet,
THAT COUGH.
A New York judge w.h minovcd bv
the coughing of a (htuh. G
and after remonstralu 2 sev i .1 n
vain, exclaimed, "I am bound t" ,
that coughing. I’ll fine y u -&10. I
think that will stop it.” “Jeilge, ’ said
the cadaverous man who bad cau-i <1 tlie
trouble, “I'll be willin’ to pay s2t> to
hev that cough stopped. Es you ken
stop it for $lO you’d better git down
offen that bench and go to practicin’
medicine. There's money it, Judge—
money in it. ”
LOVE IN QUEBEC.
"Whose 'ittle embezzer is oo?”
"Use oose ’ittle embezzler.”— Life.
SHB GAVE IT AWAY.
He took her hand in his and ponrtx..
into her ear the soft, sweet story told
over and over again since the world was
youug. She smiled into his trusting
face and coddled unde.r his downy chin.
"I love yon so,” he gurgled.
“Do you?” she murmured. “Then I
will remain so ?”
“Do you love me?” he inquired.
"Don’t ask me oonundzums,” she re
plied.
“But I love you, darling,” he went"
on, “and I’ve given you my whole heart.
I have kept none of it back. It is al)
yours—all yonrs.”
“Mine to do just what I please with ?”
she asked, in the sweet simplicity of girl
womanhood.
"Yes, darling.”
“Then I shall give it to Mary Martin.
She wants it, I know, and I haven't any
use for yours and Bob Brown’s, 100, and
Bob gave me his last night. You are
too late.”
He had discovered that he was.—
Ci> ".innati Traveller.
DO IT ON A LARGE SCALE.
Old Gent—“ Stop? Stop! Do you
know what you are doing? '
Seedy Stranger—“ Yes, sir; bnt I can’t
help it, sir. I was about to steal a loaf
of bread. lam starving, sir.”
“No matter. Don’t you know that if
vou should steal a loaf of bread you
would be imprisoned ?’’
"Yi s, I know that; but what can I do,
sir? I must live.”
"Well, if you will steal, take the
whole bakery, and then y< n can com
promise with the proprietor."— Ph I
Call.
MORE THAN A CURIOSITY.
"What is a curiosi y, ma?” asked lit
tle Jamie.
"A curiosity is something that is very
strange, my son.”
“If pa bought you a sealskin sack thia
winter, would that be a curiosity ?”
"No, my son; that would be a mir
acle.”— Graphic.
NOT SO STAJ W AFTER ALL.
Mother (to slow small boy): “De
hurry up, Bob. What jnakes you bo
slow.”
“I dunno.”
“Then von ought to know; and c‘ •
tell you, my sou, that unless um
i to huriy, you will never be anyth egos
! a businessman when you grow up. ’
i “On, yes, I will, mil.”
“How ?”
“Oh, when T grow up I’ll go into
business, and I'il hire a lot of clerks to
do my hurrying forme.”— Philadi iphia
Call.
Very Good Marksmen.
The extraordinary proficiency of the
’ Dutch Boers of South Africa in marks-
I munship makes them dreaded enemies.
I An Englishman who has been hunting
' among them lately says that he saw oue
fire hastily at a bustard which was fiy
■ ing about two hundred yards distant,
I and send a rifle ball through its body;
; but as this did not wholly stop the bird,
which flapped rapidly along the ground,
the Boer tired a second time, and cut off
its head. British soldiers dread, with
good reason, therefore, to face these
sharp-shooting bush-fighters, animated
by the idea that they are defeoidiug their
firesides.
tie Jamie.