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• '/1 Wijlt Anglo Baton,
And yon norr JipineM,
tVt'dirtmly it'i-kii toffothfrr.
Pluck out th« peacock** footber,
And lr»n our languid \+e\ <•■
«tilT«at of anttnea —
If 1 were An/]lo-8axon t
And you were J&j»ftiiMt. *
If you w+rti I>o\U-Cru^an,
AM 1 worn A.-M<ncw]n«,
We’d make our llinl* ionk hm* to
Artfatic fuhla aud dr*'** la
Wkal once aero tntc<*i7 n»«nn
la l>mt«'a <U>a grotai*ji»4—
If jo*i were Pella-Cr'iacan,
And I were A.-M tttfeqn**
If I were mock Pompa'an,
And you lialgrnxten Greek,
We'd glide 'mid ynji.ng \andal%
In khapalaea aheeta and aandala,
f-Ike t tiat.it* pi Tartarean,
I’ «n waya remote aud h'eak-e
If I were moot P iin|M San,
And yon KA lyruvlati a reek.
H f were uhat'a “ f onfuiminatc,"
And you wnre quite “ too too,"
"iwi'tilil | W our Kl Hondo
To kate a yellow dado,
Qlir happlueae U> hum at
A teapot palutrd blue— •
If I wer* wliat a “romumimate”
And you were quite • too tun.**
If fem ut*r% w bat •• lutenee ’ la.
And I were like ** daok>,’*
^#*4 mnMy mul*, or mutter
In t«riua dteUnqily utter,
And And out what the aenae la
Of flic enthettr lay —
ll yvn were wkat ,4 intanaa > ' t*
And I wera like ** d*»o*j. H
If yon were wan, ir.y lady,
•AM 1, yi*ur lover, weird,
We’d alt and wink for hoar*
At lac.guid JH| fl >war«.
Tin, fain of autiiiMra fady/
We faintly—dl«a|>|>earadt
If you wait wan, my /arty,
And 1, your lover, weled.
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TPASIM4 A HACnil.Cn.
Hitting upon the edge of hid lied, on a
K>ld nnd frosty morning, Linn Tlminp-
• .'i *ou absently surveyed the proapcaa as
•"J* furnished by hid tsn-by-lwelvc r<«>m,
1 and fhi’ more ho stirreyed tho more per-
** 4 plexod did liu become.
Liuu oonld scarcely rivnl Apollo in
;i A nmnly beauty. Wluit of that? Pew of
otii uh do. Iii fuct, this morning, Linn'a
fl* * rlnims in such direction wore mure
.. r leol'ln than ever ; ami, to make it worse
a i (or this poor old bachelor, hiaauiall nur-
• wr, which ho unhappily faded, showed
> ' • him to Ik* decidedly uglhg'.
*' , Bad waa it for him to J>ctiovc it, Flo
|M) kaa enraged at the etidsuuo.Indore him.
•'Oad I Laid night that saucy Ijora
Maun, iti her mtmt innocent, childish
. inauner, with tho liaro suspicion of a tour
in her lovely blue eye, tmid ‘ ahe wat so
sorry to notieo (link 1 waa getting to l>e
uuj^'Karo o| haaiyig ! ’ 'lira irnpuil.iin*
W ol^W^tMeb/nl 1belli m is stit'pr&iiig.
One consolation, her mother never'iu-
anltcd me in DU years of ljor j-oiitli,"
ft* ’ H»)d Linn laugh'd miriJ.inieallv,
l.'/M * *• * > s • ’ •
„ I linn Thompson had boon u fearful
'-’“Indy killer, ffe find only to hxik 'jo eon-
«• quer inhiawrlynianliooil. Lera Mann's
j ( motliiut: had beeu one of bin viutitua, He
hndalwayH ntannged to keep just outaide
• of committing himnelf. Every young
t;:fi boeuty whom ho deigned to uotine waa <
morally oure «liu waa tho ohjmuinl object
of his regard, ami wove rosy fiuiei >s
• al*«mt the flirty fellow, which ho in no
• ' ■ lensc wm Worthy of.
•• Girls, let’s make all the -.port of t hat
. man that we can. Our uiothera and our
J tj aunts have ahuil many a bitter tear over
. t tlw didos ho cut up when bo and they
. wore young. Now ho is old, poor,
homely, and, nobody cores anything
’ i,c abont him. Y(t his vanity remains, 1
>ally believe lie bunginos he could win
his wuy to the fttleetionw of tho fairest of
le . the fair. Why, liemtny even think hooowhl
load oitlier of us to the altar }*’
latl! • “ The conceited old goose | ’* cried
Lily Green, whose mother hud also
oi Jfihought of bun vrlth tears.
“Buell a homedv orcalure I " auid a«-
other, aurveyiug her youtliful charms in
•Vf tho mirror. “I can’t hfju- to have him
ipproaeb mo. JIo is to old to live.
4aJ ^ ou *' ' l0 ‘('n ? ”
This conversation took plnee in tho
j',; ari -“ u 'g- r o<>n‘ Mrs. Baugs’ tasteful
resideneo, on tho evujiiug preceding
..your introduction to our livro, dear
"'' reader.’ Descending, Lora Mann bad
boated gracefully from olijoct to object,
*tbeuntil she found herself dose to 1dm.
< Putting her rosy l|j).s to his ear, she
slioutiugl.v inquired nttar hia lhoum-
, i Aliant. I’urjiOBeiy inti rpruting big look
..of astnuwhmeut ns indiuativu of doaf<
,, . peas, hhe assured him, in bums sad as
. aweet, of her sympathy for his failing
• *' VsOso of hearing, and nddod that her
•*i J (vandfsther could hear quite as well as
laorself, “ and yon and ho are about tho
'•lineage, I judge," she hud also as in-
•ooapily atldoiL
■ i ■ Gkgles near and far (ho svas 30 do if,
Linn maintained a most re|>elling ei-
iadlea—young when he was—were po-
nsnd ametint at small talk, not one of
the young ones would trouble her giddy
heed about him. They let him severely
alone; they Would neither Hanes nor
singwith him, nor play any of bin setae*
tiona. Even Miss Bnotlion refused to
accept him ns a partner—with thin os-
■Miao, howovor :
•• I think wo are too old V> make such
an exhibition of ourselves. Dancing
belongs only to youth aud beauty, in
my opinion. Mrs. Bangs insisted upon
mv nrcsenee. I’d rather ho sitting in
•ny-t’hfiy little parlor, with my books
and knitting-ttutk." ........ -
“ Faith I i believe 1 had—I mean
the 1" 10k pint of it, of course," In im-
Diuidvelv added, impressed by the solid
gisst souse as shown in iter ndn.irK, and
which also iN'amed from Uet honest, re
liable coiinteuunca,
“ Mias Bnotlion. yon are tho heat-look
ing woman here,” lie added, wondering
vliy lie iieyta: thought of hoe as an at
tractive woman Wore.
She laughtsl low and sweetly, and as
if his compliment were cetiiiflui indeed.
“1 know just how much L deserve
thnt. Don’t think 1 cure bocauao none
of these young lieuux think of inviting
me to dance. They-ought to prefer these
lnvolj girls.”
Linn seated himself liesidn Jier, mid
soon was onilmrkcd on a most agreeable
conversation.
“ Lily, ibd you essay to make a match
when you resigned our nnciunt tint*to
the tender mercies of Miis Buethun ? fj
" Miss Hnetheo isn’t so f«H>1ish, Is ire.
We would aooi.pt him matrimonially
quite as readily as she. Bill) is 0110 of
those rare, good women, who remains
sihirle from choice, I apprehend."
" You neiigii’t do anything of tttulcind.
Hhe, instead, so imniurwul boraolf in the
ea.es and interests of her parents, mar
ried brothers and sisters, thbt she Iliad
not sulUeiei't titnn or thought btr a |iro-
per ‘s tiling down'for herself."
" Amin iliisly tlianking her half enough
for her self-iininolntion," put in Mrs
Bangs, w ho had listeued amusedly.
more imd more. 'Mm. Bani/.s relieved
him by loading childlike Lora to the
piano.
“ You did thst lovely,” whispered
2., , Lily, a little later, Tlieu Lily sauntered
near film, just un the musicians began a
* lively waltz.
<■ y OU n f uw tujns with me ?”
’, ’s.'-Jd Linn, who had a great reputation
’’ “ at> a partner in a dance.
J “I don’t like to nppeor on tho floor
visit srlth so otd a partner; why, my papa
vi 1 - 1 vronld not be caught daiieing. 'Ask
' Mis* Saethen to waltz with yon. She
o is sitting sad and lonely, anil would bo
delighted to, perhaps, though even she,
i poor old lady, may hnve her prefer-
. enoes,” anavrvad Lily, just fclien whirlwl
, away, smile, all ever her lovely face, by
- I youth as handsome as herself.
But we hnve left Linn quitu too long
sitting by the side of his bod the morning
succeeding Mrs. Bangs' musicnio.
Ha had not slept a moment ninoo Ida
return.
“I am growing old fast," he solilo
quized, giving another look at hie reflec
tion in the glass. An old haeUeloi, bnlil*
hooded and hmg-neekeil, Is nyt 0 Vary
attractive object to gnzs at. Baaing,
with a sigh, lie flniahed dressing, and
fix'll hurried below, where impatiently
awaited him his landlady, who, ItceaiiHo
of her dependent family, Ismrdixl him
cheap, Blia blind him passing well,
|HK>r womon. Hhe would have liked
uhv other man quite ns well who seemed
to present a chance for relief, ao heavily
diil her biinh u of ear* and labor press
U]>on her, f
" Did you an joy ,t)i« jiarty?'' she
asked, passing a eup ol colleo, gnxi' ty
ih pietoj in bei care-worn inoe.
•• Hli no,” ha rather eorwtescendtqgly
auswereiL Ha wae rather inelined to
lepul her eonversiciiona] ndvanees, deem-
iug her his inferior, socially, aud quite
realizing tier interest in him.
“Once I nsod to enjoy parties," she
srtid, with a sigh. "Thou I was yoilng
and happy."
" I bunt to ask a question,” put in
Bobby Wright, the widow's eldest hope,
end thg youth plnoed an inquiring ami
luueh-butroiiclod face within range ' of
the boarder's eyes.
"Aak away, Bobby ” indulgently.
• Wiilf,” said Bobby, honestly and
squarely, as became an embryo voter,
"1 o'ny want tor ask yol if yer went in
ter tiie ark with Noah an' all bis ani-
intlea?”
" Mrs. Wright, what does this luoun?"
angrily donmuded Linn, rising ; roaull-
A STiuimr in Wusluugtou is to lx) called
Garfield avcnim.
mg painfully ttie atmilar treatment of
the piovifniH evening.
"Oh, Bobliy, wluit have you done,
you bud, bad \»oy? Excuse him, Mr.
Thompson, lie didn't meuu anything l»y
his ridiculous question, did you, Bob
by ? "
'•Yes, I did. I want ter know,” ik>g-
Redly replied Bobby, " lie looks like
pirn of Noah's sons. Mobile lie is bno
of ’em. Tall me ;" ana B'»bl>y looked
ready to dig his small fists iqtokis eyes,
" Tell me, quick.'*
" I'll cowhide yon first, you impuiVmt
buy.”
Hastily cuongh Ijinn (iejiartcd for the
ottleo where lie waa bookkeeper upon a'
pot-generous salary, anger mid surprise
struggling for suiircniacy in his breast.
Bobby was long in understanding
why ho was summarily Seized, laid across
his mother’s knees, and treated to n oor-
rnative dose of her slipper.
“Thompson, what ails you? Glum,
cross, preocoupied enough are you this
morning, " observed a fellow clerk.
“What do yon think of doui-stio
life ? ” was Linn’s astonishing rejoinder.
"The happiest kind is the uearest
type of heuvon we can have on this
mundane spliure. Ah, X thought you'd
come to it some day. Who’s tho lady
of vour chutes?"
" Oh, bother ! I havon’t got so far as
♦hat. The fact is, I’m sick of second-
rate accommodations and fare and land*
ladies who make love to rao.”
“ Queer statement, that last.”
“ Why so? 1 Hatter my—"
“Yes, 1 dare say, aud it's the crying
sin of your life. Put it away, trample
it under foot.' A vain old man is a piti
able affair.”
“Old?" haughtily, donbtingly,
“Why, yos, old. Why Linn, .when
I reach iny lilties, I shall think I havo
fairly won that disagreeable, descriptive
word. But, I suppose, bachelors novor
Poor Linn I What did this sort of j dream they grow old, at least, I nnvur
treatment mean? He rqbliu} ^*is fiend 11 t ime' who did; although they are
in perplexity. He at lust inude a husi- j quits apt to know it the minute womon
uese of finding out. Although the older begin to grow aneient.”
vcrtiK'Bieut for^ yife, which I10 caused
to be inserted In (he coltHtins of a leading
diuly the m*t nfion. Ifdl that he ex-
pectedor dnsired any result matrimonial
rrom^lhe eCOtntrii' anil luftardons vena
uro. Bo did? |o kiff tin*, in truth,
lie had grown timid abont apjioaring in
tmbl'o, since Mrs. ILngV nltiaicitlo. ltd
shuddered to think vriist he might have
to Hudargo ii lie-wwu, P*. Uopiies utioi
inpromptly and numerously, anil in cv
ery conceivable stylo of penmanship.
Boine were in rli.vnie, some in torvign
tongnee; atj, * b»warer, proving fkmcltt*
sivtly that plenty of idle, advoutqroua
|tooi»lc were iiliovs os well as below the
daisies.
"Here’s a letter you dropped cornin'
upstairs, 1 send it and lining it up,”
said Bobby Wright.
„ "Thanks.” and Linn flashed aa he
thought how easily tins leU/ r might havs
exjsVfted him to the ridicule of his land
lady. Jfmv he Massed* Bobby.
“ Now, ain’t l quod propound
ed Bobby.
"You are, that’s a fact,” and IAan
the urohim a
"An* now won't you Ml ms If yea
went into the ark with Noah ? "
" Bobby, I've a great mind to throw
you ont of the window I" angrily.
"I'd dmtlier go down the stairs," im*
iiertnrbably answered Bobby, suiting
fcctiffn to vtore, depar'ing wttii a titt m
his ay*. .
1DU you give it to him t" asked
Mr». Weight.
“Gin him what(" blankly asked
Bobby,
"The letter I saw yon pick qp."
"'Course 1 did.”
"How dal yon know it waa for him?”
"Cos, nobody else goea up our stairs."
IDs. Wright, was certain Imr Bobby
posiosHiid pertain characteristics which
a lending political life imperatively <ls*
innnded.
“'My Aul, what lengthy and trashy
letter!' women write,” said Linn, oon*
signing ft fresh hatch to the fire. " Not
one of thee* writers that 1 cun Irnst 1
guess I’ll oalkon Miss Buethen."
He called. More, he did what ho hod
not intended To do when he left home,
lie made her aft offer of his hnsrt, hand
and fortune. She declined, for didn't
Admiratn's wife need her to help toward
womanhood and manhood a moat unruly
tot of qhildron ? And did not her aiaters
Amnndu and Delia need her aerviccH in
a similar direction?
"I believe you are too good for this
world," said Linn, looking regretfully
'into the honest faeo of oue who oonld
not be tils, lieeuuau site bad to he every
body else'a. Hr imagined that was the
onlv reason.
" Poor man, ho meant well enough..
Littlo can ho dream how fur from my
ideal lie is,” thought Miss Buethen, aa
she sat listening to his departing foeft-
ftfcP".
His landlady had busied herself In his
lei •send-In Writing a letter. This reunited
him in due xeosoii. it invited Ksiulall
—his soul n iljuot- to meet her thst even
ing at 8 outside the village green, under
a certain big elm. Ho would know her
by a wliitc bow which she would wear
on her left slumldor. And would ho
speak her name when they met?
" lioiiitmtio, by George | Yea, I’ll
meet you, Kate Carroll, and speak youi
name, too; that iissnrunee may lie doubly
sure," soltlixiulzed Linn, quite exeited
ovar the ovnnt.
' The pair met, and held a short-, quite-
Hgrsoabloicliat, although the lady would
Uid lilt her veil and was quite liuii-eem-
mitfal. They met 11 nuinhur of times,
Linn growing mere and more interested.
Here was 1 woman who i.rved him for
diimaelf iilouu ; who did nut twit hiiu of
his years aud faded chariuH ; who owned
to the beauty of his conversational )x>w-
ers. anil dclicnUily hinted that with such
11 tiguye and so much grace, I10 must lie
a lovely dunocr.
Meanwhile his premises improved. A
now carpet and curtains, together with
now paper and paint, and a lavish use of
varnish upon tho fiu uiturc, mode a very
plcnsing den. The cuisine iiIho im
proved, ana mat areuatui noy, nobby,
was not permittcil to come to tile table.
Thu little parlor had also lieen im
proved, and into it the widow had l>e-
gniicd him, to talk about an investment
in stocks which a drummer had lately
qrged upon her consideration.
At last, Carl Kenilull grew impatient
and deduced he must see this charming
ana mosi-pruaent ^incognito unveiled,
Hhe was sure of his undying regards, so
why was she still so mysterious ? She
agreed to inform him witliin a day or so
where she would drop tho mystery for
ever and foreviiV. ”
"And name the wedding day?” he
ardently demanded.
"And name thewoddiugday,” she re
peated.
Tho following evening, whilo at lea,
Mrs. Wright said: “Iwonld like to
see you on a matter of business in my
parlor at 8. ’’
•“ I will be there," ooldly, absently,
said Liun thinking «f Kate Carroll.
At the hour named, he entered the
pleasant little parlor, and there, veiled,
with drooping bond, sut Kate Carroll.
“ Why ! Whut?” ho commenced, go
ing eagerly toward her.
"Do you really love me?” she asked.
“ Better than my life,” wus his ardent
reply, taking her gloved hand.
“And nothing can muke you change.”
" Nothing I Btay—what does all this
mean?" be demanded, suddenly remem
bering that lie had not expected to see
her in that room, where he had agreed
to meet his landlady on business—her
business; another investment, very
likely.
“Onlv that if you go back on Kate
Carroll the epitaph on your tombstone
will be: • Ha died because of having ad
vertised for a wife.’ Ridicule will be
snro to follow you to the end of your
days,” s»i(l Mrs. Wright, lifting her veil,
mid so ending her masquerading after a
husband.^
Linn mused. She had told the truth,
ridicule wauld follow him (a the end of
♦ristkyar —— — —
f " Well, if i mask l tanak’^ho at
length anawetod.
"Did foft gu iftto Oieftlkr'r^
•otijidi'd Bobliy, on the wedding night. ,
‘♦.Why in tlii' ilsjoe KVuldft’t I havq
don# that Mid ai>-»"anfp.lb cotamcnqed \
Lino,
"And so have escaped the faithful,
loving care of a wile wholly devoted to
yah,” Intermptftd *'< bBfts. "Bokbyp
dear, kiss vonr new pans !"
MOW KtHUH IS, aOTKtttfKD..
The gotAt-.dkg h»rdeft •If Unstia Wta
very unpariautly. ua lustoml in ibis
country. Among tlu sc gt/vexning holl
ies Is, fn tile first plane, the QtmoaQ of
Rtetc. Dompos, d itf ttle flighdel digni*
ti.riseof the entire, lei! op,•<anted by
the Gzar, thin lusty plays the role of a
Legislature. It is supposed tliut all tho
laws 0/ the country are framed by it,
but, ill fact, nothing of the kind ever
tnkes place. The (Verticil is not an as
sembly of iegislntors ; it is rather an
asylum for the ex-Ministcrs and ex*
Generals who, through age and infirmi
ties, have lieeumc unfit for active ser
vice. If, porebnnoe, an energetic and
ambitious p^fson -ciitcas this decrepit
council he may maih^acquire a great
influence. Then comes the Governing
Beuate, the highest judiciary tribunal
in Russia. When he created the Ben-
ate, l’eter the Great left at its disimsal
the im|>eriid crown itself. But, aa Bon-
atora were not elected bat appointed by
the Czar, they naturally became tlip
obedient touls of the nftkiinistration,
and mm in lost all political )x>wur. Now
the Benate is nothing but a mere wheel
in tho complicated ImrsivitCratio ma-
oliine. His Majesty’s owu Chancellory,
formerly composed of Hhe tour Boctions,
must not tie overlooked. It is Into the
Chaiicollary has lost its prestige (and
most of its odium) eince the alsiLition of
the Third Section—the Russian Inquisi
tion. But its dreadful power may be
resurrected at any time, though' per-
liafw in a new ahnpn. The Cliief of tho
State Police uatursily heeouV's the mas-
of the Czar, uud, therefore, he
ands above the laws of the couawj.
The Minister of the lnU>rior is at pres
ent the Chief of the .Stab)- Police, uud
therefore the minor (Jzar—that is, the
real ruler of tho country. The Commit
tee of Ministers has absorbed the pow
ers both of the Council nnd the Benate.
As the Ministers are irresponsible, each
of them is it real nut net at In his owu
branoh of the Government. • Aud, ns
there is no well-defined limit* Ixitween
the different branches, there is no end
of collisions nud wars in the administra
tion, and there is no adequate anthority
to settle rival ministerial pretensions.
Tlio'Csur, Council, Benate awl Minis
ters can merely issue ukases aud orders,
wherens the judgment of the ukases
end ^/duta is the sfiecial function of a
strong and wefl-orgnnizod lx sly called
the bnrenucrucy, Thu lttfkM«i buieias-
cracy ie an omnipotent, ubiquitous, om
niscient institution. In the Czar's coun
try nothing eau be done without the
bureaucratic machine, nnd everything
is done In the way prescribed by the
machine. The bureaucrats form a caste
by themselves, and no individual Minis
ter or Czar can change the traditions
and character of Mils caste.—PhiicuM
phia Tth uroph
OUB JVrEXILKB.
At* Otd tows
A 4»r Iftta MM* I Ii Kl'lta» sto ' ,
In th,* stta nflW <t»y wtlti > mrrry Moat '
WUh Duwtax fwi >nd *IUi fcm* Bair
■to isn( wttt It In «to ■wtoinx sir.
"tf yrst ting U/ort ItmVitt, fto it *rf tVW»
fnjktr
Whit • rml to daffem (M ebeiV* dSHahtl
And tho util fid old no rao, >c*lt> and tgola.
Bo,««t—l tho anDent, doll raf rain.
Tho child ptnooS, tryinf to andoralund,
Bet tot -VM m* tho ■*>•( as *>14tintir« •ssnnod;
Hdr light llttlf- foot hardly touch—1 tho earth,
AM her to til brlnined over with 1*
nili.d- dmet Uetan—o tweat littlo mold I
rf 1 M+r hiowdag ■eonr,” I aald
dpQ - hut fate was •
then prophecy, lor
'£
Bitppost'. Secretary Blaine and Preri-
dunt (lurlleld’s son should appear be
fore the public.managing a prize-fight
with Heerethry Kirkwood as referee
what a row thiTh would be from Maine
to California? Tins incredible snggeh-
tion, however, lias a parallel in a recent
event among the British uobility. While
attending the Goodwood races, their
Graces, tho Dukes of Portland and
Hamilton, found the "Birmingham
Pet” and a London pugilist in tho
sporting circle, ami between thorn made
up a purse of 81,000 for u fight. When
tho races for the day wofo over the two
Dukes selected a party of choice sjsirte
like tliomsclvod, adjourned to a hollow
about a mile from tho oourse, and there
tho ring bring ifcade, and the eolors of
the rival fighters being tied to the
stakes, the tight began. For about half
nn hour the men afforded tliuir. noble
patrons mucbsolid enjoyment l>y discol
oring each other’s eyes, dislooating jaw
bones anil plastering each other's faces
with blood-broken knuckles, the London
man getting muoji the worst of it, when
that chronic disturber of tho gentleman’s
pleasures at quiet, refined cock-fights,
dog-fights ami man-fights, the police,
appeal ed. Ot course a fight ensued at
the riug-sido in defense of -that tine old
British institution, tho prize-ring, now
threatened with extinction. The con
stables were countrymen and trained
only to oo])o with rural bumpkins mid
Noah Cluypolea; the Duke’s audience
were Loudon xneu-nbout-town. They
easily got tho best of the clod-hop|>er
'"cops.” The constables came buck re
inforced, but their Groce* of 'Portland
and Hamilton hail bud fun enough for
their money, so, throwing a few pounds
to pay,for the beer for the mob, tlicy or
dered tho ring to be broken up nud the
money divided.
oar
“And If Jmiii 111 tot 111 Ml yon, why, *11 tbw mora
f> flit of Wt raids rs »«t «tV.'1»tafa “ r
taira USA anrrnwS arc titsntjr MinS«l,
•lornia may ba hltor ami pwUia b* ronxb,
hut obr i*ara abunld tall Iltia tha Arar Mrtb'a
ah.-war*
That liclp In rl|* n Iba fr vita and lowaft.
"8n Kladdrn tls day with your lillawful ann*.
Sll:(T on wblla yon may, itrar, awwat md atrong !
Make aura of ] our mriiiMit of | ut« d-llsht,
tt.i mattrr what triala may eotne before night.”
‘' Wilts A train.
What it (Tutor Twr f
Water la no common we hardly think
of it. To Itcgin with, water wns God’s
Vmllder of the world, aa we nee it. The
rocks were mud and aand mode by wa
ter and laid down by it, on* kind on top
of another. Coni, mode of plant*, was
eovored tip by witter, so thnt the rottou
plants were kept there nnd changed to
coal. Veins of lead, copper, gold, sil
ver, crystals, were cracks in the rocks,
filled with water that liod these precious
things dissolved in it. And water aa ice
(glaciers), ground tip rocks into earth,
in which plants can grow, the bos and
streams helping to do the work. Water
builds plnuts, aud animals, too. Three-
quarters of what they are made of in
water. When yon pay 90 cents for
s peck of potatoes, you are really paying
15 cent* for the water that ia in tho
1 iota toes. A boy who weight eighty
pounds, if perfectly dried np, would
weigh only twenty pounds. And thorn
could be no potatoes nor boy without
water. It must dissolve things )o make
them into now thing*; and it carries
them where they ore wanted to bnilil
• the new tilings. It aoften* food, and
thun as watery blood carries the food
to every part of the laxly to make new
flesh and bones, thst we may grow’
and havo strength. It carries the
plant's food up into the plant. Water
carries man and goods in lioata, and,
os steam, drives his cars. It makes the
wlioels go in liis factories. It is s great
worker, nnd we oonld not get along
without it. And it makes much of the
Ix'tnty in the world. Ask your friend
how it does that?
77m M0ftrl Mmrchant of th* MittiUo dflfN.
Out into the wido, wide wotfd, where
the fsury of high-Bptrited youth sees
fame and fortuno awaiting the daring
adveqturer, trudged the hero ot an o(t-
told romance five hundred years nnd
more ago. But the story of Dick Whit
tington is not till romance, and for the
retisoa that H i» in groat j*rt, real his
tory, it is more interesting. ,
The son of a gentleman of good birth
but of wasted fortune, Richard Whit
tington wns early sent np to London to
bo apprenticed to a merchant in that
city, wliioh even then was among the
greatest nnd wealthiest in Christendom
A11 apprentice's lot was by no means a
happy one. He was honnd to his em
ployer by law until he shonld reach the
Rg.v of twunty-ono years, and his duties
were often of the most disagreeable and
humble character. He lived in his
master's house, and was treated no bet
ter than one of the lower kind of serv
ants. It can easily bo understood, there
fore, bow distasteful such a life must
hnve been to a high-spirited hoy whose
duvs hail been passed in the freedom of
th'.i woods niul fields. Aud so, wearied
by tho tiresome life he led, the North-
country boy determined to venture forth
into tha world to seek his fortuno.
Doubtless many apprentices had done
as Diok Whittington did, but neither
history nor legend has .preserved their
memory.
With a few articles of food and cloth
ing tied up in a bundle, he left his mas
ter's house in Cheapsido ,pne summer
evening, and set bis face toward the
north. After two or three hours’ wulk-
iug, he sut down to rest before asoeml-
ing Highgute hill, which wa» then for
out in tho country, though now it is s
populous parted thegreat metropolis.
Already he must have been tired- nnd
hungry, for ho had done a day’s work
before lie started, uud htui prolmbly
saved his supper to swell his little stock
of provisions. He Had walked several
miles, darkness was coming on, nnd he
hml met with no adventures. Wlmt
wonder, then, that, as lie rested, tlie
tones of Uowhells on the soft evening
air fitted themselves to words suggested
by hi* lonely situation, nnd the ldgb
hopes that were within him, and bi.de
him return and thrioe reign over the
oity which had.hitherto treated him so
roughly. The romance of the runaway
was over. He Jhoyed the fancied sum
mons, nnd retained to fight the dull,
stern buttle of life, and win the victorlee
which destiny had in store for him.
But if young Whittington seams to
Bowbella hod promised him that he
thawU ha thriea Lord Mapor U Lae-
even kinder to him
Whittington held
that ancient and honornbki office no
fewer than fottr time*. During one of
hfe terms at oflee he entertained nt a
gfhfld baOMat King Henry the Fifth,
the hero of Agin Court, who, beside be
ing his sovereign, wan also his debtor to
a very large amount, for Kings in those
days were not above borrowing from their
subjects. After the banquet tlio Iiord
Mayor cattscd a great fire to lie made in
the hall, and, in (he presence of the
King and Queen and all (heir QoU*
latumn, be threw into the fire the Umda
which the King had given him as ac
knowledgment of the loftn, thus re
leasing hia sovereign from the debt
Henry, who was himself s man of gen-
erous nature, was greatly moved by this
striking set of loyalty, and exclaimed,
." Never, surely, had King ouch a sub
ject 1"
" Ah, sire,” returned the courtly Lord
Mayor, " never had anbject such a
King I”
It weie hard to believe that to noble
n Prinoo an Henry the Fifth took ad
vantage of this generous not, and fbrt-
nnattly history does not tell ns whether
the debt remained unpaid because the
evidence of it was destroyed. Let us
give the King (lie Imneflt of the doubt,
and trust that the money wns afterward
honorably repaid, nnd went to swell the'
number of tlioso ebnrities with Which
tho name of Sir Richard Whittington is
for all time oon nee toil.
No one person ot that time hns loft
greater or more varied proof of liencv-
oleliec. The sick who lay in tho wards
of Bt. Bartholomew's Heap till blessed
the memory of its benefactor, the great
Lord Mayor ; nnd the felons confined in
the cells of Newgnte prison owed their
comparative comfort to that kind heart
which recognized the fact Hint even those
whom crime has ontlswcd from society
■re still our fellow-hciugs. Scholars owe
to the 'prentice lad, whose "chixilitig was
mostly of the sternost practical sort, tho
foundation of aoolU^e and two libraries,
which are still in existence ; nnd thanks
are duo to him in groat pnrt for the nave
of Westminster Ablaev, the cost of build
ing wkioh Whittington bore in common
r/it.h another London merchant.
But Whittington wns above nil things
n great m .-reliant, and, as such, did
much for eommoire. Boms of our
readers may havo scon tho London Di
rectory, nn immense, closely printed
Ixxik, which contains the names nnd
residences ol nearly 4,000,000 of jxxiple,
Five hundred years ago, Bir Richard
Whittington caused to be prepared n di
rectory of all the trades in London, nud
thus wns the first, so far hr we know, U»
issue what hns now become s necessity
in our daily business, and aa familiar as
it in necessary—a city directory.
Do yon not think he is rightly ealhd
“tho model merchant of tho middle
ages?"—Harprr't Youny Paoplr.,
PUS A SAJCTMUta.
| have shown a faint heart by so soon
Bert Harris camped ont in Logan j abandoning the adventure on which he
canyon, U. T. About M o’clock nt night j ha-1 embarked, he proved that he pos-
he awoke ami iliscoveredtha*. he and his | sensed courage of a more real kind by
bedding wen- being dragged down the
mountain side by a lingo privzl.v b n'-.
Harris was almost paralyzed by feaf, but
managed finally to wriggle out of the quilts
drop lo the ground nnd crawl away uiuong
Hie rocks. The grizzly went some distance
with the bedding, fmt, finding thst his ex
pected prey had escaped, he set up a dis
mal howl. Harris stayed shivering in
the canyon for the remainder of the
night.
returning to take his part in that life
where, st least as much ns elsewhere,
fame ami fortune were to be won. Re
stored to his former position in the mer
chant's household, the strong-willed lad
l*°re his part bravely, aud soon gained
tho confidence of his employer, whose
daughter he afterword married. He was
taken into partnership, and by a fortu
nate speculation in cats, if we socepte.l
tho legend (which, however, though the
most piuturesquu even in his career
Fivb car-loads of dromedario* were
utly shipped from Texas to Arizona, | probably the least tmey, helanl the
foundation of the largest fortune of
those times gained in commerce.
to be used in transporting Unite*I Btntes
mails.
HU AVISO THK FACE.
Thirty years ago a few persons of for
eign birth appeared in the streets with
hair on the upper lip, nnd were objects
of curiosity and sometimes of public
ridicule. In 1850 some of the yoaug
swells of tho metropolis tiegan to wear
mustaches, but for some time no clerk
would venture to imitate them. In one
ease s merchant on Pino street who had
just ongagnd u clerk for twelve months,
or during good behavior, disehargod him
for wonting a full l>eard, claiming that
tho adoption of the fasliion laid the
clerk open to dismissal under tho good-
behavior clause to the contract. About
the same time a number of leading mer
chants gave notice that they would em
ploy nobody who woro hair on the up
per lip. As late us 1851 the senior pro
prietor of this jwper made his cashier
shave off an incipient mustache, and
soon after brought his own sou under
the razor. In tho churoh of Dr. Bo-
tlmhe, on Brooklyn Hoiglits, an elder
who was suffecing from a lame wrist al
lowed his beard to grow rather than
submit to a barlier. Tho habit, begin
ning in necessity, continued on account
bf tho increase of comfort which it af
forded, and tho elder flaunted his beard
before the congregation constantly. Tho
result was laughable. Many of tlio
brethren called upon the pastor to insist
upon doing away with such a scandal
ns a full-bearded elder. Ho led them to
his library and showed them how some
of the early fathers had pleaded against
cutting off the board. “ He turned to
Lnotautius, Theodoret, St. Atigusline
nnd Bt. Cyprian, who hml stoutly con
tended for the growth of tho whole
lieurd. Ho quoted from Clement, of
Alexandria, the assertion that ‘ Nature
adorned men, like a lion, with a beard,
ns a mark of strength and power.’ 'When
oue of the visitors asked him how he
would like it if the clergy* assumed the
mustache, Dr. Betbane referred him to
s decision of the fourth Csunoil of Car
thago (A. D. 252, caa. 44), in which it
was positively enacted that a cleric shall
notBhave his beard, and to a statement
made by Imriier is discussing the sub
ject, that ‘ all the Protestant martyrs
were burned in thsir full beards.'" This
diil not settle the matter, for subse
quently tho ladies of the congregation
put in thsir protest. But m n few
months a venturesome lawyer let his
beard grow after the maimer of the el
der, and in a little while smooth-shaven
faces were no longer the rule bat were
the exoeption.—New York Jourrutl oj
Commerce.
Mn. Kirkwood, the Secretary of the
Interior, hns issued an order that all the
lands in tho Duluth district, Minnesota,
be sold nt public auction. The lands
are heavily timbered and are very val
uable, and it is believed that by this
method of sale the Government can re
alize something nearer their real value.
Cruruox sufcrs—Lawyers.
Switch teadaxa—Hair pin*.
A bad policy—One that ha# run Mi
Food for tiie Celestial—A Skye ter
rier.
Whhn is a gat* not agsta? Wbe»
it’s "to."
A* attached couple—A P** oyster
shells.
A don a nnd successful reign—Thnt of
Hie deluge.
What better pastime for frogs thau
croak, eh?
Thf.hk is one Individunl upon whow
the letter "s” produces a marked effect.
It makes Knowles kuow less.
Thr hangman would make a good
journalist, because he liondlss the noose
and always has something rersly for the
neck’s tweak.
Dr. Thomas D. Bfbncur says s man’s
birth is more painful than his death.
This may lx) so, hut wo would rather lx»
born twioe than die once.—Norristown-
Herald.
Thu papers tell of s coartship and
marriage Drought about by a note writ-
tan on an c^g-sliell. It is a most oggs-
traordinnry affair. Tho two he.arts are
yolkedtogother.
A rr.MAi.B seminary 1ms lxx*n estalv-
1 is lied in Liberia, where gum grows on
nearly every tree and beans sell for 10
cents a jxxjk. The steamship sompany
gives reduced rates to emigrant*.
Wk hnve seen ladies who wire iusuf.
fernbly ohooked at the sight ef a man in
his shirt-sleeves ; nnd their own arms
were bare almost to tho shoulders 1
Women are strange creatures.— Huston
Transcript.
Touaiitr—" Where ia Block island ? ”
Polite American—“In Rhodo Island."
Tourist—"But how can yon put ouo
island ill another island ? ” Polite Amer- .
icon—“O, that’s nothing—we accom
plish any thing in this country.”
Wmtftss—" But, your Henor, I only
wish to say—" Tito court—“Silence
sir; no more of your insolenoe, or Til
fine yo« tor oentompt, sir! Nobody
can bo insolent here except, the court
and the gentlemanly attorney who is
putting the questions.”
It Is indeed Inspiriting every morning
to see the crowds of milkmen wending
their way toward the city earnestly stag
ing: "Shall we gather at the river?”
And how sweet comes the reply from
tlx-ir lusty throats :
Yen, »« wrtll gatliar *t lb« rivnr— ^
Tto txxuitlfnl, Uio beautiful river—
(tetber every morn at the river
And temper our milk on the eljr.
—Frtt /Vree.
" Thb Sweet Singer of Mictiignn ” ho*
gone to resido in the wilds of Arizonn.
The ong dee in the Western literary
circlet is that tltis gifted lady will
shortly givo to the world a wore extend
ed effort than she has vet attempted.
The title is lielieved to bo “Don Hnsitn ;
or, the Winger Biting.”—Cincinnati
Commercial.
hoso swims nr sins a so animals.
Referring to tho wonderful fonts of
Bwimming performed by Webb, tho
opinion is expressed in Nature thnt men
uud animals would sustain thomsolven
for long distances in water muehofteuer
were they not incapacitated by terror or
completely ignorant of their real pow
ers.
Borne years since the second mute of
a ship full overbourd while fisting a
mol. It wns blowing fresh, tiie time
wits night, nnd tlio place some miles out
in thu stormy German ocean. Tho
hardy fellow nevertheless managed to
gain the English const. Brock, with a
dozen other pilots, was plying for fares
by Yarmouth, and, its the niniusheet. wits
belayed, a sudden (niff of wind upset
the bout, when presently all perished
except Brock himself, who from 4 in
tho aftcnaxin of an October evening to
1 the next morning swam thirteen miles
before ho was able to hnil n vessel at
anchor in the offing. Animals them
selves are eajwblo of swimming immense
distances, although uuable to rest by
the way. A dog recently swam thirty
milcH in America in order to rejoin hia
muster. A mule and a dog washed over
board during a gale in the Bay of Biscay
have been known to make their way to
shore. A dog swam ashore with a letter
in his mouth at the Cape of Good Hope.
Tho crew of the ship to which the dog
belonged all perished, which they need
not have done hod they only ventured to
tread water like the dog did. As a
certain ship was laboring heavily in the
trough of tho sea it was found needful,
in order to lighten the vessel, to throw
some troop horses overboard whioh had
Ixtenp taken in at Corunna. The poor
things, a stuff sturgeon said, when they
found themselves abandoned, faced round
and swam for miles after the vessel. A
man on the east coast of Lincolnshire
saved quite a number of lives by swim
ming out od horseback to vessels in dis
tress. He commonly rode an old gray
mare, but when the mare was not at
hand k* took the first horse that
offered.
Cuardeb O’Conor si* years ago was
given up by his doctors, who left his bed
side nnd pronounce, nim past hope and
recovery ; but the old irnu oi 71 rallied,
oven after tlio closing rites of the church
had been performed and the consecrated
wafer placed in his mouth, and called
for wlmt he hud long been begging, n
pear, ate it, anil is alive to-day.
A farmer at Port Rouge, near Que
bec, lighted a tire under a bulky horse,
the other day, and the horse stood it
until overcome by tiie heat, when he
laid down outlie pile and was burned to
death.
Cotton planting requires only twelve
months ol hard work during the year.—
New Orleans Picajjune.
