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Aleck the Hunchback Boy,
-OR-
WIio First Made the Jumping
Jack.
Something 'ike twenty years ago, a miserable
brick boaBe in a ta;k alley was the home ol
Archibald Ramsey, a Scotch •arpenter. He
worked down-town, in a shop, mr-kmg cornices,
moldings, mantels, and a variety of the more
elaborate parts employed in finishing houses.
Every evening he took home pocfeeilu.’s, and
ot en Landfuls also, of bits and ends from the
shop.
lnese oddly shaped fragments of soft, sweet-
smelling pine furnished amusement for poor
little A eck, Hr. Rimsey’s hunckback boy ; and
when they had seivod this purpose, they were
used as k ndlings in the kitchen st >ve.
Tnere was a houseful of little Rimseys, of
whom A ec was the oldest, and when he was
amused, so were the otners, thus giving the
overworked mother time for otner duci*s.
Alec was sixteen years old, and not taller than
an avarage boy of ten. He was very much de
formed, and had he lived in an age and c .untry
ol kings seeki ig dwarfs and human oddities
for “court fools ' or “j inters,“ he would have
been a pr.za to some iron-handed tyrant. His
shoulders were almost as high as his htai, his
arms hung out loose and da giiug, and tue rest
of his body was shrunken and sLnder to a most
pitiable degree. But whoever, with a tender
hiart, looked into his srreat, questioning eyes
and noted tis broad, fair forehead and his clean,
dtlicate bands, would soon lorget the sad shape
in the nobility of the tac?.
1 need not linger to speuk of his studies,
which, all ui a.ded, he pushed along with suc
cess ; nor of his constancy in th« Sunday-school,
where he was a universal favorite. It ts about
his play with the bits of pine from the shop i
wish to tell you.
Many a dioli pile he built on the kitchen-
floor ; many a ltinny thing he whittled out to
amuse the little ones ; many a comical toy he
made and gave away to neighboring children.
Often he said, and oitener though!, ‘What can I
whittle that will sell?’ For only money seemed
likely to bring him the changed life tor which
he longed. Once, when he sold tor a few pen
nies, a queer little pine trinket, his father
stroked ins silken hair and said :
•Ab, me puir bairoio, I dinna ken but ye may
mnfc' your fortoon wi’ your koiie.’
How that little piece ot encoorigement rang
in his ears and stimulated him to think and
whittle, whittle and think !
One genial afternoon in May, Alec crept out
to ei joy the balmy air, and, by the noise of a
crowd of nrchins on a vacant lot at a little dis
tance, was drawn in that direction. Here he
saw a colored boy, named Jack, attempting, for
the amusement ot the party, ail sorts of pranks
in imitation of circus per.ormers. Bareheaded
and clothed in striped red and yellow garments
of coarse quality, the negro lad almost seemed
made of India rubber.
Ab.e watched his capers ia amazoment. Nev
er before had he seen such antics, or even
thought them possible. It was no wonder that
the trail, stiff join ted little hunchback dreamed
it all over again, as he did that night.
The next morning his whitiling genius took
shape from this event, and before noon he bad
produced a ru le pine image of the negro,—head,
arms aud legs loosely hung with bits of broom-
wire, aud the whole curiously arranged, so that
by working a string, it would jump, nod, turn
sotnersnul's, aud go through quite a series of
contortions. With colored pencils, of which he
Lad some cheap specimens, tie biacked its head,
neck, hands and leet, reddened its lips, whiten
ed its eyes, and rudely striped iu yellow and
red the body, all in imitation of the little negro
gymnast. Before it was completed, his youn
ger brother, who had been with him the day
belore, named it “Jumping-Jack.” Aud in the
afternoon, when he went to the vacant lot and
exhibited it to the youngsters there, it was not
only universally but boisterously hailed by the
same name. Wnen he returned home, he
brought, instead of the Jamping-Jaok, a silver
half-dollar, for which he had said the toy to an
•eager, well-dressed lad of his own age. And
not only this, but he had orders from the boys
for half a dczjn more, to be made as soon as
possible.
Oh, what a proud, g’al heart beat within that
deformed little body of Aiec s ! How his tem
ples turobed! H>w elastic his step! What
flashing eyes! What a skriu ol wild and hope
ful talk he unwound to his mother! So much
money for his whittling, aud a chance for more
aDd more! Castles, sky-high and star-bright!
Never a great hero telt a victory more than
Alee felt bis success. To you who are not de
formed, who are not wretchedly poor, who nev
er longed for advantsges and comforts utterly
beyond your reach, it may seem absurd that a
Jumping-Jack, sold for a half a dollar, should
cause so much rejoicing. But you cannot
judge of the ctse. Alec was loving, brave, am
bitious and capable, and yet a mere weakling.
He was the eldest child ; his parents were poor
and growing old ; there were several y ounger
children, and thesepoints he bad often thought
ovtr and over, weeping bitterly at his
helpless state. He longed fircely to help
iu some way, to do something usefal, to
earn even a small part of his own living. To
his eager desire, money was everything, bc-
oatso it would buy everything. Money meant
enough to eat, a soft bed an easy chair for his
crooked, pain-fall shoulders, a better house
and easy circumstances for the family. Money
meant corn! r , education, good clothes, an hon
orable position and the means to do good to
othtrs. But, above all the silver hali-dollar he
had earned seemed like a key to unlock the
gates of dependence behind which he chafed S3
constantly. Besides, it was the first Jamping-
Jsck ever made, and a voice seemed to whisper
dreamily that in some way it would carry him
thereafter, instead ot his being left to creep so
wearily around. And the boys had hailed it
with such upn arious delight that he could not
help feeling he had whittled out a triumph.
Who shall wonder, then, at his elation ?
But I have not told you all.
Tuat evening he whittled, and the next day
he whittled, and before night had added to bis
capital three more shining balf-doilais. The
next day he doubled his money. The demand
for Jnmping-Jr.eks increased. Boys came to
the doer, silver ia hand, to get what he tal not
time to make.
His grave Scotch parents began to hold seri
ous counsel over the matter. If Alec could find
such sale for these pine images in that neigh
borhood. why, the whole city would rtqure'
thousands ; and what wou'd sell to delighted
children iu one city would sell elsewhere also.
If they could supplj the market, a fortune
might readily be made.
Scotch blood, once aroused and challenged,
is sanguine and venturesome.
Bat it would be uninteresting to repeat all
the details ; so the rest of my story shall be
brief.
Alec's Sunday-school teacher, who was a law
yer, procured for him a patent on Jumping-
J. eks of every description ; a rich old uncle of
Alec's mother built him a factory and started
him in business ; and, within a year from the
the Rimsey factory were selling in gr.-at num- j were such wonderful recitations, and such good
hers all over America. I music to listen to. that it was after one o'clock
Truly Alec did “mak’ a fortoon wi'his knife.” when we reached home. Mr. Driscoil took my
To school he went; into a better house, all j key and softly opened the door—I whispered a
their own, the family moved ; easier circum- j good-night and closed myself in, It surprised
stances, better health, less weariness and am- | me that tbev had not left a light burning in the
pie means for doing good, came to the Ramseys. I hall, especiaily as I was not used to the house;
but I groped my way up two flights of stairs to
Surely, there was a carpet on the
But the best point in my story is that a fine
asylum and school for hunchbacks, free to the
poor, is one of the noblest enterprises to which
Alec has been chief contributor.
Go into the park on a fair day and you will
see an elegant turn-out—a magnificent span ot
•iapple-grays, a carriage to match, roomy and
costly, hut net gaudy ; a driver not in livery, as
many are, but looking just the man for his
work ; and such a load es are making merry
within,—everyone of them a hunchback! Yes,
from the crooked gentleman on ths back seat to
the little fellows up by the driver, all are hunch
backs ; well dressed, happy-seeming, but with
a wistful look.
Tnose deformed lads in the carriage are from
the "Ramsey Asylum for Hunchbacks,” and
this is Alec’s carriage, and that “crooked gen
tleman on the back soat” is Alec himself.
my room.
fl oor! Who could have put it down since I left ?
Just as I reached the bureau, and was feeliDg
for a match, I heard some one breathing in the
bed! In a moment the truth flashed over me. I
bad entered the wrong house! Down I ran, as
fast as my feet could carry me, opened the door
and gained the street. Trie agony I suffered lest
some one should seiz s me or shoot at me before
l could g*t out was indescribable, but no one
awoke. Is ood in the street alone, but in a mo
ment I heard a boy coming down the block,
whistling- How often I had blamed my brothers
for whistling—I never will again- That bojish
whistle was a herald of safety for me, for I felt
sure I could trust a boy. The little fellow, a
messenger boy of not more than thirteen years,
came hurrying past; I stopped him, and begged
Every fair afternoon he is out in this way, tak- I him to Had me a policeman. We walked a block
mg a load of “his boys,” as he calls them, and | or two together till w* found a watchman, who
thus, as often as once a fortnight, Le gives
every inmate of the asylum a turn in the park.
THE MISHAPS OF A MOVING
DAY.
BT HOPE LEDYABD.
It was the first of May and we were moving;
do you need to be told more to imagine the con
fusion? I was the eldest of six, and though
mother had the name of attending to things, as
she was not strong, I was the one who worked.
I don't think one ever feels tired on moving
day; it is not while you are packing and plann
ing, and contriving—hurrying from the old to
the new house and back again, getting up pic
nic meals, which in spite of the dirt and disor
der are very jolly—it is not while ail this is go
ing on that you feel tired. One's spirits seem
to rise with the demand made upon them. It
is only when, having improvised a crib out of a
big bureau drawer, and delighted the little five-
year-old by letting himsleap ia mamma's room,
you make up your bed hastily and lie down on
it, that the Mired' comes out.
But the year I am telling about was my first
experience at moving, and I did not know what
a false txhileration the day was to exsrt upon
me. I had been up at dawn, packing and con
triving, for we were by no means rich, and papa
had said if I saved him ex ra expenses iu mov
ing, I might have the new jarlor curtains I had
beea so long sighing for. It was two o'clock in
the afternoon; 1 had left my little brother to
watch the front hall, and was seated on the top
of a step-laddersorting over a lot of rubbish and
magazines, when to my horror, I heard Jack
say: ‘Sister's right back there, you-ll see her if
you look up.’ Who could it be that was so fool
ish as to come to see me in this confusion? I
heard a man's footsteps, but could not look
round without standing up, and that I would
rot do—there was not time to descend.
‘Oh, Miss Hurst! Excuse my coming in—I
had no idea you were moving.’ There stood Mr.
Driscoll, the one of all others in whose eyes I
wished to appear well. He was, I had heard,
most fastidious as to young ladies! I murmured,
with no thought of punning, something about
it being ‘a very sudden move, 4 and tried to apol
ogize for my appearance.
•Indeed, I see no need for apology, 4 said Mr.
Driscoll kindly. ‘I am sure you area very good
daughter to be lightening your mother's respon
sibility so much. I ran in because I have most
unexpectedly ricc-ived an invitation to inset Mr.
aud Mrs.—‘meLt.oniug a lady and gentleman
very well known in literary circles,‘andas I find,
at the last moment, that I nay bring a lady, I
could think of no one who would enjoy i: so
much i s yourself. It is such very short notice
that I fear you will think me somewhat rude in
asking yon, but, if you can possibly manage it,
I should be delighetd to introdu e you at Mrs.
C —‘s. 4
The very name was tempting bait to me. I
had heard of this lady's literary receptions, anc
dreamed of the honor, at some far future time,
of being invited to one of them.
‘To-night, did you say?'
•Yes; it is awfully short notice!'
I'll be no cs o at home after eight o'olock, I
thought, and I know just where my best things
are —I can dress quickly. 'Yes,' I said aloud,
•I'm only too glad to go, Mr. Driscoll. But I
shall not do you great honor, for I cannot make
any preparation.'
•On, mat makes no difference. I sincerely
-bought it would give you incri pleasure than
anybody I knew. Now, I will not hinder yon,
but call at nine o'clock.'
Any girl of eighteen knows how much harder
1 worked after that. I felt peculiarly pleasant
toward the boys and tenderly solicitous ot
mother's headache. My dress gave me littie
anxiety, simply because I La 1 but one best suif,
which, carefully locked iu a little old-fashioned
trunk, had been sent to the new house on the
first load. My brother George and I each bad
a small hair-covered trunk, studded with brass
nails, which from the time of our babyhood held
our treasures. At first these consisted of doll's
rags and tea-?ets in the one, and kites, marbles,
and tops in the other; but the girl had matured
earlier than the boy, so that, though his still
held what I called trash, mine was the recepta
cle of my very best suit and a few keepsakes.
The last load was unpacked, tea had been
eaten, the excited young ones put to bed, with
promises of unlimited treats on the morrow if
they would do without the usual story that
night, and at last, at eight o'olock, I ran up to
my room where, amid rolls of carpet, and scat
tered furniture, with the aid of a broken glass,
I was to make my toilet. There, in the middle
of the room, was tho little trunk; how glad I was
I had basted refits in my suit, and that ali lay
in readiness; I turned the key in the lock and
lifted the lid—what a sight met my eyes! In
stead of neatly folded silk gloves, hat, and fan,
there was a collection ct birds-nest, twine, fish,
ing-tackle, and I know not waat!
I bad not a moment to lose. Down I rushed
to explain to the others: -My trunk is at the
othc-r hous ! I put the one I thought was
G -orge's but which was mine, with ail the last
lot to come to-morrow.’
My kind father, tired as he was, looked at his
watch to see if by any possibility he could get
the trunk for me, but it was half past eight-
Mother forgot her headache and hurried to her
own trunks. ‘Here is my black silk—you might
wear the skirt, but the waist would not fit you.’
As she lifted the dress I caught sight of her
great treasure—a red Indian shaw. ‘If you'll
let me wear your shawl,’ I ex:l dined, ‘I'll man
age with an old waist.’
•There, hurry child, curl your hair and take
mv things—you mast go without a bonnet, but
if Mr. Driscoll brings you any flowers put one
in your hair.’
I hurried back with my spoils, and had bardly
completed my toilet when Mr. Driscoll rang the
bell. S:e, mother, will I do?' I whispered as
I passed the sittiDg-room.
•You look very nicely. Hers is th« la'ch key;
we are too tired to wait up for you.’ Putting
the key in my pocket I hurried down to my es
cort, who completed my happiness by present
ing me with some lovely flowers. We enjoyed
explained that the coachman had driven us to a
row of houses just like the one I lived in, but
four streets below. He piloted me to the corner
of our street, but could go no further, so I had
to walk alone to the house. There was a light
burning for me and I was soon by my mother's
side, telling, between laughter aid tears, my
Moving Sttry
Wiiat do our Children Head J
The reading, which, unknown to parents,
finds its way into the hands cf their children,
is often of the very worst kind. It is stated that
there are twenty-five pernicious stnrt-papers
for boys and girls published iu Now-York City,
alone, and their popularity is shown by the
fact that these vici >us sheets have a circulation
of over 375,000. They are printed on cheap,
poor paper, are widely advertise!, and are
offered for sale at prices which enable 6ven the
poorest children to obtain them.
As to the ‘dime novel’ code, Prof. W. G. Sum
ner, of Yale College, sp<akingof the effect of
dime novels upon the young, says: ‘We may
generaliz o the following, in regard to the views
of life which these stories inculcate, and the
code of morals and manners which they teach:
The first thing wbi-ch a boy ought to acquire,
is physical strength for fighting pa-poses. The
supposed code of English brutality prevails,
but it is always mixed with the code of the re
volver, and in many of the stories, the litter is
taught in its fullness. These youngsters gen
erally carry revolvers and use them at their
good discretion-
‘A boy ought to cheat the penurious father
who does not give him as much money as he
finds necessary, and ought to compel him to
pay. A good way to force him to pay liberally,
and, at tbe same lime, stop criticising his son’s
habits, is to find out his own vices (he always
has some), and then to levy blackmail on him.
Q riet home life is stupid and unmanly.
Boys brought up in it have to work hard and to
bow down to falsa dec lines which parsons and
teachers, in league with parents, have invented
against boys. To become a true mao, a boy
must break with respee'ability and j oin the vag
abonds and the swell mob.
‘No fiue young fellow, who knows life, need
mind the law, still less the police. If a father
is rich, the son can easily find smart lawyers
who can get him out of prison, and will dine
with him at D.-lmonico’s aftsrwar 1.’
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SHIPPERS OF FERTILIZERS.
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‘I want to find out who is the master of this
house,’ said the mau with a book under his arm
to the viuegarj^looking woman with a pointed
nose and a very small top-knot, who opened the
door tor him. ‘Weil, stranger,’ she said, with
arms akimbo, ‘you just walk around into the
back-yard and ask a little spindle-shanked dea
con you'll find there fixin' up the grape-arbor,
aDd he'll tell you if I don't bos3 thisraDch he
don't know who does. Now, what do you want
with me?
Milkmaids are different. The milkmaid in
oe country is different from the mil made in
he city.
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COMMENCING SUNDAY. 19th inst. 6:00 p. m., the fo
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afternoon when the poor lad wondered at the | evening, though I found I was, after all,
pranks of the colored boy, Jumping-Jacks from weary than I had suspected. Still, there
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