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% VOL. I. There is a variety of posts and poles is New York streets. There are lamp posts, jewelers’ posts surmounted by docks, Fire Department poles, 'Western Union Telcgragh poles, electric light poles, and poles for the electric light. wires, barbers’ poles and police signal bos poles. The Tribune savs facetiously th ,nal .t' “all that is wanting now to com plete the equipment . of our streets is the North Pole, and then the average New Yorker ought to be satisfied.” The German papers announce the death of Louis Harmuth, a mechanic and inventor, who had been wholly blind since his tenth year. He had not been able to reap the benefit of most of his in ventions, owing to occasional slight de fects, which a person iu full enjoyment of his eyesight might easily have over come. Most of his inventions Were of a scientific character. The last patent was was taken out by him as late as June last. He had been brought up in the Royal Blind Asylum, in Berlin, where he began by making fine braidwork. In thc latter years of his life he devoted hitnself principally to intricate machine work. According to the New York Tribune, “the cremation movement continues to gain ground steadily here and in Europe. A dozen or more crematories have been opened within tiio last year, and at least double that number are in process of construction. Cremation soeietbs now exist in most of the States aud Terri tories. In some European countries, Italy for example, there is scarcely a city without one. When once a society has been formed, the erection of a crematory becomes simply a question of time, two or three years at the outside. To those who recall the perfect storm of opposi tion that the first proposal to revive this ancient custom raised, this progress ap pears remarkable.” The Railroad Curette gives the follow ing account of thc northernmost enter prise in t he world: “Thc Swedish and Norweigan railroad, which is uow build ing from Luloa, on tho Gulf of Bothnia. to Lafodcu, on the North Sea, is partly situated within the Arctic circle, and is 1,200 miles further north than auy rail road in t anada. The winter has not, however, been found too severe by the English employes and their wives, and the snowfall is less than in some more southern latitu les, while (lie darkness of the long winter nights is partly eompeu snted nf1 ® 1 v 1 ao i i, by tan lights .. . of the . The aurora. line is being built by an English com panymorder to tap the enormous de* posits of iron ore in the f’e’livara moun tains. It is feared that the ore in tin Bilbao Bilbao district district ts is nearly , eximuste 1 and , as this is the source of supply for many steel works in the Ented States and Europe, a non-phosphoric ore sutn able for steel rail mak ng is very de suable. A considerable demand exists already for the Gellivara ore, and by .i drauhe r ..r machinery ,. capable . of delivering on board ship 10,000 tons of ore in twen tv-four hours is being installed on the andearsol company’s wharf at 1 idea The h « ™ ine . s used h have • t neen built , . m Lag and. The former have eight- coupled wheels and weigh 121,00) pounds in working order. The ore cars are made of ui steel sieci throiioffiot tnioughot and are of .>6,000 -com pounds capacity. The ™ announcement that Mme. Bond cault, the chief proprietor of the unique store in Paris, called Bon Marche, lias left ittt *3,000,000 .let noo 00(1 to bodwided ,>:. among all I, mployes who had been in her service ten years, besnlcH numerous other chart table bequest--,will surpri-c no one fa-nil iar with thc history of this remarkable enterprise. M. BouoiciuU made the web fare of his 3,000 cm ioyc, his constanl care, and his wife continued that policy after his death. Glasses in music, liter aturt a t MKl and , in(1 the languages , are provided . -t - for them during their leisure hours, and English and American visitors h ive the pleasure of being ° shown about by a clerk 5 speaking T*>aPir.„ excellent 11 , English 1 -ri who , has never been off of f reach soil. Employes,when sick, arc attended by ' phvsi ians of thc lea^i'-,* establishment if M Boucicaut f- even leased a fmest not far from t 1 arts • where i the men might hunt during their vaea tioBs. Ever,- employe receive- a share of the profits! the co-operative thT,he SI principle bein-carried s SO far , " • governed i by board j is u a ■ made up of those who have worked their way, by longber vice and ability, up to the highest posi tions. One of the features of this unique establishment, . 4 and . not . the . , least interest mg. is that all the persons employed there, from the porters to the partners, me fed within its walls, ,nd that they all get g precisely pr cp.iy the n same m fare are. There I n re is is probably no business house in the world where the paternal principle is carried cut so thoroughly, and this is evidenced ■ i. „• the .. _ a tn-st impor.m. airection caie ■with wh eh the young girls are shielded against all demorali/ins iefi e. M 0ar Ambition ii to make a Veracious Reliable is OKAY’S STATION. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1888 . 1 BIDE MY TIME. i bide my time. Whenever shadows darken Along ray path, I do but Uf t mine eyes, And faith reveals fair shores beyond the skies, And through earth’s harsh, discordant sounds I hearken ^ hear divinest music, from afar, Sweet sounds from lend, where half my loved ones are. j bWe my timfr 1 hide my time. TV hatever woes assail me 1 know the strife is only for a day; A friend waits for me further on the way— A friend too faithful and too true to fail me. 1\ ho will bid all life's jarring turmoils cease, And lead uie on to realms of perfect peace. 1 hide— t bide nvy time. t bidemv time. This conflict and resistance, this drop of rapture in a cup of pain. Tins near and tear of body and of brain, But fits my spirit for the new existence Which waits me in t.ho happy by-and-by, Socome what may. I'd lift my eyes and cry: “ I hide—X bide my time.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A TURN OF THE WHEEL. BY EVKT.VN TtlOKt’K. Horn would have liked to say some tmtjg the more—to have softened in some way But-, after edge of what had gone before, Maskclyne did all, what could one say? not seem to expect, or wish for, anyting further. He walked on in by her side speechless, sullen, staring front of him. Once or twice, when the roughness of the descent rendered such- service necessary, he offered his hand, and always without looking at her. Flora concluded determinedly at last that the silence should not be iu-oken by her. He was taking liis refusal as a man might be expected to take these things. Of course it hurt their pride dreadfully. And not more than one of them out of "a thousand really cared enough for a girl to be truly her friend after she had done his vanity this, to him, unpardonable in jury. The camp was in sight now, in the valley ix low them. Flora hoped, lantlv, that, since her rejected suitor would assume so uncomfortable and d agreeable an attitude hr would at least until keep ns she much should as possible for out of her way start the East, in a few_ This days. Maskelyne scrupulously did. And yet Mora was scarcely There was a vague discomfort in her senses. Once she brought herself sharply to task. Well, after all, what did she wanti Would she have liked to accept Maskelvne, to marry him.' She was very young, she knew she was beautiful, and now, with all this money that laid come *° **««• ambitions, slumbering before, bafi ‘ 8 P r ““* Mr vivid and insistent Ann why not? Was it not natural, Flora Wide asked he^K. defiantly, that ] a girl who felt su h capacities within to lei as s | ,c them, conscious hrilliaut of should field, want and < -“ x « ri:| se in u , social prestige they gave? as i’ ora little wuile, a few years at least, she wanted to live-to live!-and to ea W her life! If she married now a poor CS ;,'y wll<1 ” what Toved nmcL . f a man very T? But she did not love Maskelyne, she assured herself, fiercely. Not, at least, enough !°.' frivolous, Gh flippant, yes, he would think shallow, her worldly eoquittc. vam. a lie would say she had trifled with him -had 1, d him on. Flora stopped be!, in lier inward soliloquy, quickly: Her heart t just a little more ^ tall, fair-haired fellow had crossed slowly in front of the open door. Ho was not conscious of beim<- seen. I ie was brows walking with Ids cap pulled over his eye atidtunoadv look in hts dowa-bent “if,, might at least have the decency to wish me a ‘bon voyage,’” thought ” Flora, with angrv bitterness. She was going East l he very next day. Her trunks were packed. A letter from the distant relative, a fashionable woman { . J’ who was to .haperon ami herdur ing had thc st fewyears, who already Flora’s younger s ster with her, lay before her. Vis ons atid dreams of cess, of liapptne.-s such a- the brilliant ithad quite faded and the shadows filled the valley. When she finally rose from her c ' halr - *?? ne !ii,ak ." 1 S: “«. sic, ’P- there was a suspi ious moisture m her darK eyeg After all, if Howard Maskelyne had bided his time, if he had not, been pre cipitated, have perhaps East Flora Wade would not gone * the next morning, - who kno s? _____ Howard Maskelvne remained West for three years. His resolution to sue:, —to “get'ahead” had. as some of hi ani „ ns who knew him better rim ,> the rest perceive without perceiving the cause, been reinforced bv a soil of dogged defiance. Hc gave himself up to his work with that undivided and tireless allegiance which aman manifests toward the stern aspects of life when be ba.s suffered a sentimental disenchant ment-if, that is, he does not take the opposite course and slight that aspect altogether. ; He did not take a vacation whe h * could have done so. He seemed to dread even a day’s idleness, He grew older, and the lines deepened » his face, borne of the other fellows 8unnlse ' ] ’ t,rof ' s ’ th^ there was a wom; , n j n the ca.>e. But tbeur habitual cagt c f though' did not induce them to dwell upon suppositions of this nature very abidingly. It is probable that .Maskervoe would g9Rf cs j 0 .bis fashion tea years looeeJ, slowly but sorely rising in bis nrofession. »nd making money which he oo i 9 • Jl ■>J*r.. M ? * did not seem to care for or know what to do with, if his father had not suddenly died. Maskelyne, on this event, East. Old Mr. Maskelyne had been frugal eeilent person, highly respected as an ex citizen. He had not been to have laid by much of this goods. But it proved contrary to ex pec that tation, in the course of he had left a large fortune behind. Howard Maskelyne was East. He mined to stay. He took up the old existence now, his long absence be, onus a new one, lessly. back, lie thought the zest would but somehow it did not. He looked back at times upon that episode in life which had made all this difference-* this break which did not promise evertp be wholly bridged over—with almost p fury of resentment, It galled him to thp quick to a knowledge that the treachery of a mere hollow woman of the world should have laid his life barren m this way. He had gotten to feel that he had lost all reverence for her sex through hety She had lowered his whole standard. There were occasions when he told self that if he despised her less he would hate her for the wrong she had done him. A friend of his who knew the figure of the Maskelyne estate with approximate sister accuracy and him who his had a marriageable house took to mother’s one day and introduced him. Mrs. LetH bridge’s degree, house was homelike liked in an Leth- end uent and Maskelyne bridge, even though he was conscious no special admiration for his sister. returned there several times, as much anything ....j _____ hc^walked s from want of other ............... Lethbridge, Lethbridge, interest. Once Once he walked uptown uptown with with and and entering entering on on his his invitation invitation he he in in the the hall hall a a slight slight young young girl girl in in black, black. The The light light was was rather rather dim; dim; it it was was at at close close of of the the afternoon afternoon; ; the the gas gas was was yet wheiAhe yet lighted, lighted, and and he he only only the saw saw her her when she was was close close upon upon the two two men. men. Then, Then, however, however, lie he saw saw it it distinctly distinctly she raised .u.ovv..... her startled ............. eyes to .„ his. ...... Lethbridge Lethbridge had had sprung sprung- forward forward and and ' She opened - ’ thedoor 1 for *■ ’ her. ......— went idly out with a slight inclination of head. Lethbridge had a color on his face. when they had gone back into ijbrarv Maskelyne j,‘ ^pj'. standing n with ‘ ' to t ladywho' e t< *• That passe 1 out looks tonishiugly Miss like Wade a Miss Flora Lctfibrkhm Wade.” , •* It is ” • U)) A a |, (H) j v !U1l ‘,. | laid. It down again. Two a , uirsc sisters’" v o-ovemess to of voum-er Miss'Wade “The who was out West jpause : f ew years a"o ” said Maskcivne ’ aftet 1 “was an heiress ” “Flora Wade was an heiress until i ij,y year ac r 0 __ves J suppose vou have : ’ i ,V story ~ . & sa| . o Maskclyitc, oryly. w ' lde J made - Ids monevbv ^ ,f * \ k r \ or „ lucky \ y ' 5“ d ae , ,ast ? b ? ° nc aniuck y oae * lh * he fhiuSfee blew f , h:s "i brains !uqtect° out, 11 bwarof more Saw than --- • • - - - * - - we n5foitndpcl stisnicions that all transactions had not been nerfectly gjtimate The Wade^had two girls were with ™“oad { been ™ and had refused it is 0 od u ducalcorc.net i’ortwo she led everything before her J\Vcome ^ o j e u c .,t e '„; f or the surmort and care of two vo , ln „. y r i u Miss Wade had bad t brill.ant education, - lmt, , passed , ,lnd j n ' VUW "■.th.eleiencc to such ’ Ls Jf"" 1 P»^ !•?!',“h 1 1 !i P^ a T L<1 that tl ere was a . to an< i i her . young ? S'S.e.. he . !l nursery^ g°\ erne^ nowc. er, ami 1 . . ftat '5™ ,s " PcMi‘rid'7 *-'} c ls ’ -• yp ■. a S ’ - ’ - step forward. 1 don t in ox Mffl.n.r , ton, . . , he said, , , > lean, "f ff ,nsl ,hu l mlwr f f inautel, that I have an immense a^mira tion ll °n for *or Flora nora Wade. ' a^e. ” If sho sit” will wlU marry I1Klrl v - V* Urs ^bridge r ii an l i.eroideA „„ j, “j laughter. „ ' ’ st “ SclffincrS ^ IT ?£ kd ^ hosiiit ibiv ,„. rv , Bn ' ‘ *" ’■ 1 ’’ out, and the engage 'oent proved a maming of th streets un- 1,1 *Vf" TinTthe n ** co-mmncti, ^ 1 n „!o Mine in a n u nuvc ‘', 1 oia : <,v A aL throbbing , had . . . thought with the . opening o: a wound he cicjitrized .-(ud quie-ccut, n e ^ il arrayed tierce argumeni.- out ot the - elements , of and he scorn meutment had been Unrooting and accumulating through these four years past in hissoul. W hat if misfortune Lad ialier. upon h^r: ^ iat ohnnno. her? \V /*u!« * a hat ou.kc a true woman in a day of one who hitherto had lived only for the flimsy vanitm* of the world and her own-self k ';P; Why, be kept urging unoo him rcit brutally, she had seemed blooming enough ." hen he caught that one glimpse. f i her in Mrs. Lethbridge’s halt. "as not changed b so very much in ap '.**™<* y misfortune as might be ex D was proper, of course, that ; ie Kho ^* fl H f Jomnre and Jf^Id be iikTv ^ TO PJ a ^ P, ™»- Was not her reward withm . her grasp already . A,,en Lethbridge* ad miration and intentions were probably ofTer difcdtJ bvT^ ^ ^ easv J P a ' h of matrimoDV matrimony. Thus the hurt he had himself received goaded him to brutal injustice, crying dowh with a high voice the appeal of every other sentiment He went home at last and threw himself on his bed. braked and sore in all bis member* from the conflict in his soul. <> Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in its Views." • He did not return to the Lethbridge*’, spd ’A One he day, kept about out from week Allen’s wav. ; ^picture gallery, a later, in passing he wandered in. There -.jus one other person only in the gallery; j a Maskelyne lady in black stood with her back to the door, ’in still, with a sudden pang a moment the lady turned her his Ijead heart slightly had and deceived Maskelyne him. saw that not , Flora was unconscious that she was no longer alone. In the silence and secluded remoteness of this curtained room the burden she carried day after day dropped away from her in an interval of blessed calm. She sat with her hands clasped in her lap. All the worn lines of her de licate lyne’s profile were revealed to Maskc eyes now. Not changed! He stood glance there and devouring lump ached her face with his a in his throat, small Not changed! hand in She suddenly put up a a little shabby black glove and brushed a tear hastily from her cheek. At the same moment, as though j afraid her feet. of her Muskelyne, weakness, simultaneously, she started to had taken several steps forward. ; They stood and looked at each other ! for one instant as people who have again parted and estranged look on each this earth may in meet at other some j other World where misunderstandings and mysteries are made clear. ! Then Flora, with another glance of het , worn eyes, murmured “Good bye.’’ j She was going toward the door. He followed her. “ May I not walk home with you t” He had small consciousness of what j he was saying. humble humble Sho Sho ; It It was was a a place. place. made made no no ! ! apology apology sit sit down. down. for for She She it. it. stood stood She She did did though though not not ask ask she she him him to to as as ex- ex* : pected pected drawing drawing that that every every off off her her moment moment he he would would them them go. go. ; In In gloves gloves one one of of fell fell to to the the ground. ground. "Maskelyne Maskelyne stooped stooped and and seized seized it. it. He He raised raised it it and and with with a a blind blind impulse impulse carried carried thc the poor poor bit bit of of shabby shabby kid kid passionately passionately with to to his bis lips, lips. ; ; Flora Flora looked looked athim at him with startled startled eyes. eyes, She bite put put out out her her hand hand for for her her glove. glove. : “Flora.” “Flora,” he he whispered, whispered “will “will you vmi forgive me?” He had her hand in both his own now, tightly locked in a trem ! 1 bling clasp. I °V “forgive s «® «u*ed you?” her she arm slowly with repeated, a ; tiful motion, “ it is you who ought to for ve -” “ No, no,” After an instant she drew t herself softly away from him. The youth had comc Lack to her face. She stood with her repellent hand against hi* breast. “Would you,” she said searching!?, and in the glance and attitude there was once more the Flora Wade of long “would you believe me if I told yon that I cared for you even—even that day in camp, years ago?’’ .Maskelyne was silent. Hcdrewadeep breath ’ “Yes .”—New York Mercury. -—— Superstitions Lake Marines. mar“ne?s In speaking cnp „t; S)fain nv n of r the superstitions hSS nf ol oldest oldest mariners, and and Captain experienced’lake-faring experienced J .T. W W. Hall, lake-faring one one of the the most most m( men -* n in Detroit, Detroit, said said yesterday: yesterday: “Did 11 Did you ever notice that there is no vessel on the lakes named The George Washing ton? The first vessel that ever bore that mime was a steamer launched in 1833. She went down during the same year with the loss of one life. Another was S ^ idea that there is bad luck in the name never been overcome, and I doubt whether you could now induce an un to nlme ini.- n rick L7/’1/V nnon n t,oat bearing that that na me. -D / el, C art t,u Prm. »s intelligent Terriers. *• Here is acute story of terriers,” sa ;,} a gentleman who had read the ‘ Wayside ’ on these dogs the other day. “When grace is said at the table the t .'T> canine* go at once to the corner and i erect untd it is finished. If i say I would like to see how a little dog would ; j 00 |j j„ the corner, without in the least appearing qi to direct my remarks to them, j lnme a tcly the corners are occupied, if I say I'am tempted to j>ull a little ( dog’s tail a wicked growl is the answer, and it is kept up until I say that I be* ! lieve I will not”—Philadelphia CM. ------*-- Turkeys and Walnuts* It hies long been known that the flavor of game can be given to the flesh of hnw'it ,.r f T,, he 7/7/;/% A , comes that the Italian farmers, at home and in the South American markcV in tiferc the kif jV., T.h rl.wl A ffim , ° ' » walnut to eat rvp rv J ( i» v ■ ----- ---- -- Brutalities Uriital.ties in in Cnnningsl* t oomassie. crjmmal laws appear to be ex |re!nei\ louslv tmial seyeiennd often, the in!!owmg punishable,by ridicu c.s an death: Whistling in Coomassio: suffering an egg to I c broken jn the townlooking at the > ing s wives or not hiding when lbe ’' r, T'' eunuchs fat to announce their . approach, and picking up gold that has been this dropped in the market place. tom 1 ui be seen hi every-day life in Coomass.e, Africa, must have its drawrjacks. J/m ^ on titd. .mm* --- tor »« What k thou^the , .. sky , kdulUnd . , ar , A gray, Let others worry an they may, I’llnot be (tad. Though life seem dull and friends be few. Ull not repine: For roe the world is fresh and new, Why should I whine? Glad, hri ■ight and joyouj 1 will he. For Fortune My caret, allayed smiled ha- just on me, My bills are paid Somerville fr.'/yno Ull) lAUJl/uu TAITQ AllfO * | ri< TO 1" 811 '‘Lul' 1?P ' - CURES FOR INSOMNIA FOUND BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, Evenings should bo Periods of lie luxation—Hair Pillows Preferable • o Feather—Simple Remedies. , It will be interesting to collect th | many remedies that have been suggesteo for bed sleeplessness. time cleanses A hot shower and bath predis at the skin poses to sleep, it is claimed. The out snre of and mile safe two way before is to take going a brisk to walk bed. j a or and then after the walk holding the head | tinder a stream of cold water. This, I however, should be done when the habit j of sleeplessness first begins, A business man with a mechanical turri of mind should lit up his attic as a car penter shop and spend an hou r therein after supper. A walk of two or three miles a day is sufficient, says one writer, while another maintains that nothing will do but horseback riding. Again, relief from sleeplessness can be found by and wetting placing a linen it haudkcrcliicf, of folding the neck, it under the back with a dry cloth under the kerchief tc protect the feet the by friction, pillow. Still again, warm extra wrapper, etc., and cool the head cither in a draught or with cold water or ice. One sufferer has palliated the distress of his vigils by leaving his bed, lighting a fire, and sit ting in a chimney cornerreading and cat Sng by turns until the demon intimated a to A physician writes that the evening should be a period of relaxation and recreation, relief from care and anxiety to be found in cheerful conversation, pleasant games and light reading, while persons of sedentary occupation arc to take plenty of open air exercises. A lec Lie circulation is to be overcome, and cold feet arc to be warmed. The stom aeh is to lie attended to overloaded if the digestion is not, good. If it is easy Weakly and refreshing and sleep invalids is impossible, often find persons brother gruel other a cup of hot or some light and easily digestible food taken on retiring to be the most promotive of sleep. 1 he l ed should neither be too hard nor too soft, nor the clothing loo abundant nor too scanty. All should unplcas hnt sights, sounds and smells he excluded. Regular and early hours ot retiring arc essential. No victim of in somnia can with safety burn dissipation. the midnight The oil or engage in evening man who observes these precautions and adds thereto a clear conscience and a sound mind has the promise of unfading A student troubled with insomnia carded his feather pillow for one of with wonderful effect. The hair pillow does not " cl *«»« U P to a » »» fortable degree because it rapidly con ducts away the heat impanel to it by the head. T he same person found sleep eoutd be brought especially on by sunnly warming the bodv, the feet, or by taking a walk or by a co!d shower or sponge bath, foLowed by Jobbing with a coarse towel. Getting out of bed for a few minutes when the air was cool often brought relief. He had lam awake half the night, and then after being up long enough to mix ami drudi a lemon to'^^’^atJ^nt’fouud ^ that'Awrt Miefed before gohig to bed bra |" % drawing the blood to his stom ach. that Another viettm of low sleeplessness favored found a continuous noise ^ The sound of water dropping on prcsc ribccl by a tW physician, The explanation seems to be a sim pie Win monotonous impression quiets the by occupying it to the exclusion of more varied and interesting, and there fore stimulating, impressions. On the same principle are the devices of count ing backward or forward, imagining sheep jumping one by one through a gate, etc., but they are open to the ob jection of causing exerted one order portion of the brain to be in to control A man who has “struck upon the right plan at last,” and who opens up to the world something calculated to make mankind re joke, writes that all going you have to do is to imagine yourself on a long journey. Think over the details of it every made night when sleep kgs. The plan bun healthy and happy. Quires no medictm^ '(Z« the mind as much as possible, ’confine ,hl ' tho, Jg htj 0DC ■ ub j« s ‘. r|ose,lie rolling them continuously in one direction. In a short time consciousncsH will be lost, and you will be in the bliss fulland of dreams. After an experience of two years, another man found that he W as always able to go to sleep keeping very shortly ' after retiring ? to rest by ' hjs lookj fi< wn iiewasslecpless . hc fo Un(i tha t they turned up when and was cogitating T something that kept him awak( A e()itor 8nds by wetting a cloth with coM wat er and binding it acr08S h j s forehead. Another plan is to draw a long, slow breath bv the mouth an(1 to force the breath out through the BM|)> inwg5n j Dg that the. current be made - an In An attempt * may also to rRafJ amnsi nove , in hed or to re p*»at « familiar poem, but ail study or RC rioue reading should be la stopped read half an by ! before going to bed a paper I ! a Tlic.il phv*ician before the Boston society for improvement he aid that sleep* | lessness is often caused by starvation drank and th* that a tumbler of milk if in i rnid to sleep 1 le of when ni hypnotic: « bt wiU 0, ' 1cd would P“‘ ^ fail of their purpose.- GW A handsome variegated thing is Fiseus plastics variegatv. The marking is ex tremely handsome. shading from pale ye! ! low to’ grew, at dthe general habit, b »* i kebiist *» in the plain green • sriety, NO. 1.4. OLD SAYINGS. As poor as a church moua*, As thin as a rail; As fat as a porpoise. As rough as a gala; As brave as a lion, As spry as a cat; As bright as a sixpence, As weak as a rat. As proud as a peacock, As sly as a fox; As wad as a March hare, As strong as an ox; As fair as a lily, As empty as air; As rich as Orasus, As cross as a bear. As puro as an angel, As neat as a pin; As smart, as a steel-trap, As ugly as sin, As dead as a door-nail, As white as a sheet; As flat as a pancake, As red as a beet. As round as an apple, As black as your lmt. As brown as a berry, As blind as a bat; As mean as a miser, As full as a tick; As plump as a partridge, As sharp as a stick. As clean as a penny, As dark as a pall; As hard as a millstone. As bitter as gall; As fine as a fiddle, As clear n» a hell; As dry as a herring, As deep as a well As light as n feather. As firm as a rock;. As stiff as a poker, As calm as a clock; As green as a gosling, As brisk as a bee; And now let mo stop, Lost you weary of me. —New Orleans Times-Demmra/. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Tho school question—Please, may I g’wout ?—Lowell Citizen. .Men who are, a great deal run after— fugitives from justice. -Boston Courier. The fireman of a locomotive generally Rochester has a “tender” disposition.— Post-Express. “Oan’t you work?” asked a lady of a tramp. “I don’t know, ma’am. I used to, but I’m oiVt of practice.”— Merchant Traveler. Many S. is said to have « stride of fif teen feet. How a police prize fign. aftor him.— i *>'■ t e*!f envy her when the are AVvt' York News. “Why do I live?” is the title of a re cent poem. problem A perusal unanswerable.— compels us to Rur- give up the as limjton Free Press. It would be tho most, natural business thing in the world for the young man to put the letters of his “dove” in his pigeon holes .—Burlington Free Press. Raspberry jam is now made of stewed tomatoes and hayseed. (live them alit tle time and they will make white clover honey out of bone phosphate .—DanmlU Breeze. “How are collections to-day?” asked a man of a bill collector yesterday. “Slow, very slow; can’t even collect my thoughts,” was the reply .—Pittsburg Chronicle. A South Carolina paper tells of a farmer in that State who hits been at the plow for sixty-eight years. It is time to call the. old man to dinner .—Ban Fran cisco Aha. “Johnny,” said the Sunday-school teacher, “what is your duty to your neighbors?” “To asked them to tea as soon as they get settled,” said Johnny. — Js/wiston Journal. Landlord—“Come, Repp, that is the tenth match I’ve seen you strike. What have you lost?” Repp—“I’m looking the for a match that I’ve dropped on floor .”—German Joke. . The public look upon the college yell' as a useless accomplishment, but in later years, when some of the boys get into the ilinerant fish business they find it comes in powerful handy.— Statesman. Morn drummers tlmn ever are out on the road This season, the papers inform us; Awl w« the rise chestnut to remark, in a mild sort ol way, That crop is enormous. —Hold Mail. “Your bill has been running a long time,” insinuatingly remarKcd the butcher to Slopay the other morning. “That’s had,” remarked Slopay, sympa thetically. “Why don’t you let it walk?” — Washington Critic. Mrs. Yotingmater- “Do you know, Emily, I think baby has inherited hi* father’s bald)—‘I'm hair.” Mr. hear Y. somebody’s (prematurely in glad to herited it, my love, for I have often wondered what became of it . — Terra* Siftings, Reckoning an Income. A capable domestic servant in our cities may annually lay by a sum equal to the income upon $3,600 in govern ment bonds; and an industrious mechan ic, in steady employment, earns a sum equal in to Montana, $20,000 at 4 per cowboy cent. A team ster or a in Colora do, finds that his strength and skill arc worth to him, in money each year, a* much as would be $40,000 invested in the same lands,even if he could buy them at par. The who lawyer or his physician $2,000 in a county town earns annually, if suddenly debarred from practice, would requirfl $00,000 in bonds to yield him the same income and the editor-in-chief of a great city daily has a power in hie tire in worth to him, in hard oaah. th* capital of $500,000 .—Boston Cnu'icr