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“Onr Ambition is to make a Yeracions Work, Reliable in its 1 |Spl statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in its Views. ”
YOL. I.
The French Republic put $212,000,000
the Panama Canal before she got
The English steamship companies an
a large increase in Irish immigra
the coming season, and will run ex
steamers for that purpose.
If the expenses of carrying the mails
the United States were paid direct
the pockets of tke people pro rata,
citizen would pay an average of
eighty-five cents a year for having his
mail carried.
The Atlauta Constitution declares that
the fact that the farmers are able to give
mortgages aggregating $1,200,000,000
shows that the land they own must be
worth considerably more, and thinks
that this makes a very good showing for
the farmers.
The latest Iowa idea is a coal palace
which is to be built iu Oslcaloosa of big
blocks of coal. It is to be finished by
the middle of August, the very time
when Ihe, ice palace is a fond dream of
the soul and the thought of coal a misery.
But the Iowa people must amuse them
selves in their own way.
In Denmark young men are ap
prenticed to farmers all over the king
dom for two or threo years under the
oversight of the Royal Agricultural
Society. They work one year as learners
for shiall wages. The second year they
are transferred to a farm in another part
of the country, and they spend the third
year on a third farm in a district whore
a different laud of agriculture is prac
tised. In this way a thorough knowl
edge of practical farming is obtained.
At a recent sale of old coins in New
York one American piece brought a high
price. Tne collection belonged to the
late Dr.- Lindennan, Director of the
United States Mints, and the piece re
ferred to was the 1804 silver dollar, of
which only twelve or fourteen examples
were struck. The last one sold brought
$1020. That was three years ago. But
Dr. Linderman’s was undoubtedly the
finest in existence, being a perfectly sharp,
uncirculated specimen. Still it went for
a low price when the amoiint paid
for the last similar coin sold is considered.
The assistant editor of the Pall Mall
Gazette, Henry C. Norman, who is mak
ing a tour around the globe, says that the
chief surprise of his visit to Canada was
the prevalence of the sentiment in favor
of commercial union with the United
States. The abstract question of com
mercial union between the United States
and Canada, according to this writer, is
“ intimately interwoven with the person
ality of its foremost advocate, Erastus
Wiman, and this personality is interest
ing enough to call for a special descrip
tion. Mr. Wiman combines the solid
basis of the English and Canadian char
acter with the immense energy and
breadth of view of the typical Amer
ican. He does what most people would
consider a day’s work before breakfast,
and his name meets you everywhere—in
the newspapers, in the pages of reviews,
and on the platform as a capital speaker
—and always as an enthusiastic and al
most resistless advocate of his pet idea.
He must be the very man for whom the
phrase was originally coined, that
•when he pulls, something has to give.’
This time it is very likely to be two na
tions.”
An accidental discovery in the records
stowed away in the vault of the Min
neapolis (Minn.) Court House will result
iu some very lively litigation in the near
future. It is a discovery which affects
the title to nearly the whole of the ad
dition called Kenwood lying out by
Lake of the Isles. The story runs back
into the early history of Minneapolis.
In 1857 Nason Stoddard owned the tract
of land which is now called Kenwood.
It was farm land and not thought to be
valuable, and Mr. Stoddard mortgaged
it for a comparatively small sum. That
mortgage was never lifted, and in
1870 or thereabout it was foreclosed.
The land was subsequently plotted and
quite a number of different owners have
an interest there. In the meantime
Nason Stoddard had wandered back to
, . i old ,, home . Ohio, where he died
in
several years ago, but his sons have now
grown to manhood and are prepared to
fight for certain rights ° which they J claim
, , discovered the property. It
... .„ve in
all turns on the fact that Mrs. Stoddard
did not join with her husband in making
the mort"ao if'.i- , e, and L in fact knew nothin^
aboutU. ff this be so, it I would follow °
that the mortgage was invalid, the mort
gage foreclosure illegal, and those who
afterward thought they were getting a
® good titlp ‘ tn Gib 1 e P ro P ert y aisn’t U to!
anything of the kind. . The property is
now worth $750,000.
GRAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1888-
THREADS OF LIFE.
I’m weaving my rags of carpet to-day,
And watching the warp as it fills in fast,
While my thoughts are broken like ends that
fray—
Shuttle fly ini
How first and last
The colors fling
Through the webbing of life like rags and
string!
Tight in the loom is the warping of Fate;
Ah! feed in the dark woof certain to
cleave—
Gray, when the years get lonely and late.
Shuttle fly out!
Joyfully weave
Scarlet and gay,
For youth when we sang with the birds at
play!
Mingled for sorrow, and clear when the
heart
Wore with a passionate tenderness
through;
when jealousy tore love apart
Shuttle fly in!
Blue for the true
Wafted away.
And black when we knelt by the beautiful
clay!
Fill rags in the carpet with random rife,
Bright ones, and dark ones, knotted and
tied,
Typical checkers that vary in life.
Shuttle fly out!
White for tho bride,
Black for the bier,
Warped and woven as life they appear!
—hula 11. Hays, in Independent.
TULA VELASQUEZ.
BY AD D. GIBSOK.
Leo Gordon was a handsome young
Southerner, balmy whose home was on the
banks of the Pearl River, He
had served in the Confederacy with all
the enthusiasm and confidence thatchar
acteriztd the most intrepid wearers of
the gray. It was not so much the dis
comfiture he felt at the termination of
the civil struggle, as it was the spirit of
adventure which had led Leo to aban
don his Southern home and seek that
land of thrilling romance, Mexico. Leo
found Mexico then in a belligerent state.
the Immediately on his landing he joined
army of Juarez, who was fighting
against Maximilian.
Gordon, Many were the brave deeds of Leo
which won the respect and ad
miration of his comrades, and of the
great chief himself. But it is not of his
services in that struggle that we intend
to write; but of a certain adventure,
deeply rose-hued with romance, in which
Leo played an active part.
Withreveral of bis friends, who had
followed him from the United States,
Leo went one night to the luxurious ha
cienda of a very wealthy Mexican ran
chero, and asked the savage browed
master to grant them permission to pass
the night there.
With a few crusty words in a surly
voice the ranchero refused the request.
But the Americans persuaded, aud on
their saying, at last, that they were de
termined to stay any way, he gruffly and
sullenly acqu.esced to their lodging be
Death his roof.
The hacienda had a somewhat rambling,
partially furnished wing that was not.
used by the ranchero’s family, but had
, long been , abandoned , , to the . bats - and ,
spiders. ago assigned
This wing was to the
accommodation of.the half-dozen advent
American * Here they would
urous l
be wholly to themselves, save the stealthy
gnawing that broke the silence of those
tude unused rooms, aud suggested a multi
of rats.
'Ihe moon was up and was filtering
her silvery beams over the breast of
warm, delicious night. Leo was windows leaning
out of one of the long, narrow
of the wing, looking with sincere ad
miration at the ample and beautiful
fiofver gardens of his host. The flowers,
in the moon’s wealth of pellucid tossed splendor,
with their rich perfumes to him
ever and anon by the bland south
winds, carried the young southerner’s
mind to liis home on the I'earl, with its
flower-bedecked walks and balmy nooks,
8o lost was he in the memories which
the scene before him had evoked, that, at
tirst, he did not observe a beautiful Mexi
can girl cautiously which approaching leaned. the win
dowfrom he
As she drew nearer, the young soldier
became aware of her presence. Bhe was
very handsome. Her form which was
plump, was richly clad, tier eyes were
dark and intelligent. She looked search
ingly at Leo, and as if satisfied with her
swift scrutiny, she raised one soft, dim
pied hand in warning and lips placed enjoin the fore his
linger over her crimson to
silence. »
“This is mystery himself. personified?” Leo ex
claimed, within
But he preserved silence, and not a
movement of the graceful girl escaped
his vigilant eye. He did not even shift
his attitude, fearing he might arouse his
companions, who were resting on the
couches of the long apartment, and he
cared not to disturbed them. What
could be the meaning of the strange pro
cedure of the lovely Mexican girl? her
As she stood with her finger over
lips, she glanced quickly over her shoul
f j' r to ma j l0 sure that her movements
-were not observed by other than the
young American. Assuring herself that
she had not been suspected and watched,
she glided up as close to the window as
“ could, and whispered in musi
s h e ell a
ca i voice;
“Look, senor! I place this down here
for. vou. Get and read it as soon as I
am wone.” she
^ndas she uttered these words,
stopped and placed a note under a rose
bu-h. Then plucking several blossoms
Horn the bush, to avert suspicion, if she
should be seen in that quarter, she
turned quickly and left him without
vouchsafing him another glance from
her dark orbs.
Leo’s curiosity was deeply stirred. ad
was promise of romance and
beyond the spectre of a doubjb
He gazed after the girl until she was
from view. lie was fully satisfied
the girl was a lady of considerable
refinement, but in some trouble from
which, instrumental no doubt, effecting she hoped he might be
in her release.
When they had ridden into the plaza
that evening, Leo Gordon had noticed
at the blinds of the casement, several
feminine forms and faces. But so care
fully had they concealed themselves,
that the Americans had caught but a
transient glimpse of them.
“I’m just in the right mood for »n
adventure,” ho uttered to himself. “I’ll
secure that note beneath the rose if the
old duenna herself rules tho flower
garden.” door, which
stood lie stepped softly to the looked
about ajar, and passed out. He soul
him circumspectly. Not a
was in sight. The night was lovely a»d
everything scented to favor his plans. >
With an elastic spring, Leo’s strong,
well-trained limbs carried him over file
fence which shut out the garden fre i
their quarters. Once over the fence L< o
sauntered bush nonchalantly towards hid- flie
where the note of mystery lay
den.
Feigning to admire the roses, lie
stooped, the mysterious and soon epistle. possessed He himself walking jaf
was
leisurely back to his thrust room in with his the deli
cately-scented note bread,
when his dignified steps were vastlyde
celerated by a huge Mexican bloodhound
suddenly materializing among the bushes u::d
at the other end of the garden,
plunging headlong after him. the
Leo felt that, perhaps, the eyes of
Mexican beauty might be following hiin,
and would have fain preserved his dig
nity during the retreat. But he fould
it expedient to change his will after cue
sweeping red mouth glance canine into the capacious
of the monster taat
had been so quick to resent an intrusion
on his master’s private grounds.
farewell Leo, for once, bade dignity a hasty
and vaulted the fence in the
very face of his savage foe. He ust
barely made his escape, and that was all.
Ile congratulated himself, as he hastily
entered the wing of the hacienda, that
the Mexican dress he wore had no sqpcr
fiuity of coat-tails to have suffered ai. in
glorious diminution in length.
Safe within the quarters which had
been assigned to him and bjs compan ons,
Leo broke the seal of the dainty it’le
note, and perused with eager eyes tile
following finely-written lines; penna/
Senors Americanos —This is you
by an unfortunate maiden, who, oelienng in
your nobleness of soul, implores your V p to
save her from a cruel fate. i .
force mo to wed this night an officer i it the
vehemently Army of Maximilian, detest: a man whom I jiost
but he holds some Teat
power over my father.and I am to be th .vie
Theman of the bravest rtmiy^ovtfis in th; El Capitan of Km jdo, iaf,
one army nnrt
Juarez. I desire to fly to the protects i of
my lover, and I implore your aid that I iay
The ceremony is to be held at ten o’, eck
to-night, when that detested man, Co nel
Henrique Fernandez, will be here to c lira
me.
He dare not venture within tho lin ,, of
j llarez except under cover of deep n fit.
The little chupel, which you may easily geo
from the wing which you occupy, is the piece
where the marriage rites are to be per
can^V In writing this, good, brave Senors Anjeri
appeal this to living and so)do
save me from death, in
ing of yen wdl ever receive Tula the sincere ei-asqujcV. prayers
poor, unhappy \
horses^-wiOvmi/th 8 grova'beyondthegari'i proteft.or. om
and we Leg to fly under your i. to
that of my noble Eznaido. Tula
Leo read the letter through seviral
times, then lie said to himself.
“Tula Velasquez! assistance, And th s girl who
appeals to us for is the very
same of whom I have heard my friend
Eznaldo speak so often in such lofty
praise. willing V erily, it is all so strange 1 i.'ut
I am to take any risk to protect
a lady from such an unwelcome fate as a
forced marriage. This is promise of
adventure,” and he aroused his sleeping
comrades and read Tula's letter to them,
The party was composed of young men
of adventurous spirits, and most of them
knew the handsome Eznaldo iu Juarez’s
army anil were ready to engage in any
combat or undertaking, however daring,
if in so doing they couidserve that young
officer or the girl lie loved.
Accordingly, they made all things
ready aud waited for the hour often to
roll round.
Leo was on watch at the window, and
when, at last, he beheld the bridal-party
moving swiftly and assilently as spectres
towards the chapel, he gave the signal to
his companions to follow him. They filed
orderly out of the wing, and very soon
the wedding party was joined by six un
invited guests,
The ranchero, who was leading the
lovely but unwilling Tula, halted near
the door of the chapel and looked over
his shoulder. Perhaps he detected the
tread of the Americans, though they had
arrived almost noiselessly.
grizzly At the bearded same time, Mexican a tall, officer, middle-aged, Henrique
Fernandez, the would-be bridegroom,
who was a little in advance of the bride,
became aware of the American’s presence,
Fernandez was attended by two younger
officers, and all were dressed in the most
gorgeous uniforms. The party stopped,
Fernandez, in an imperious voice, de
mantled:
“Don Velasquez, I particularly re
quested that this ceremony should be
free from all intrusion. Who are the
strangers?” “It the Americanos,” replied
is Senors
Velasquez: “Why are you here, senors?”
he demanded.
“Don Velasquez,” be the replied Leo, step
ping cruelly boldly forcing tore child ranchero, “you
are your to marry,
this night, one whom her soul detests,
while her heart is in the keeping of the
brave Eznaldo of Juarez’s army. It is to
»ave TulaVelasquez from the evil fate
have selected for her, that we are here.”
With a glad cry, Tula Velasquez tore
herself away from her father's side, and
rushed up to Leo, just as he struck the
revolver, which the Mexican officer had
leveled at him, from his hand.
the Quickly face leveling his own revolver in
of Henrique Fernandez, he said;
“You are my prisoner, Colouel Fernan
dez. Stir from your tracks at your J
peril.” The
Mexican officer knew that he was
no match for the young American, and
one that glance was su i cient to show him
the least resistance would invite his
death. But he had not been forbidden
to use his voice, so he called to Velas
quez, who, at first, was too da ed at the
very “Don unexpected attack to move.
vants for Velasquez, help; inform call upon your ser
my men with
out!”
The young officers who had accom
panied Fernandez, had all they could do
in a hnnd-to-lmnd struggle with two
robust Americans. However, the strug
gle was of short duration, and the Mexi
cans soon surrendered.
The ranehcro gave a call for help,
which some of the men-servants quickly
answered.
A melee commenced. There was a
scene of confus ou by the little chapel
door. Pistol shots rang out on the still
shrieked night air. ’ihe women in attendance
and fled through the garden.
In the height of it all, Leo, with
Severe wound in his left arm, received
scarcely knew lioW. cut his way out,
dragging still Colonel Fernandez, a prisoner,
with him. Tula Velasquez and
Eela, her maid, were near him, and
other Americans came soon after, bring
ing the two officers that had been capt
ured.
grovel” “Here, whispered through the garden to yon
Tula to Leo. “Wo
shall find horses there for our escape,
Go not by tho front entrance, as soldiers
left on the plaza by Colonel Fernandez
will again oppose us.”
It required little time to reach tho
grove pointed had promised, out by Tula Velasquez, their
As she they found
horses ready for them. Zela, with the
assistance of her lover, one of the ran
chero’s servants, had attended to that
part. They soon mounted and started
briskly away through tho grove, the
shouts of the Mexican soldiers, who were
trying to find their route of escape, ring
ing in their ears, their trail discov
When at last was
ered the Mexicans gave them a hot. chase
for a short distance. But they had the
prudence to relinquish the pursuit, as
they were being drawn toward Juarez’s
camp. and his companions dashed into
Leo
camp, where the lo • ely Tula was placed
oners surrendered *•«; to *•»««.e™: Juarez himseir, who
found in Col. Fernandez a foe whom he
jj a( j l 0D ,? rr desired to capture,
Leo or don’s wound was so obstinate
in healing that he was compelled to leave
the service. Before he had quit .Mexico,
however, he saw Tula Velasquez and
Eznaldo happily made one. Three vears
after when Leo returned to visit his
friends in Mexico, he met Eznaldo s
handsome and accomplished between sister, them, \ al
letta. A love sprang up
and they were soon married. I eo bring
ing his bride to dwell on the banks of the
Pearl .—Yankee Bl"'e.
The Secret of the House.
On the Palisades, back of Hoboken,
stands a queer looking building, in the
center of a big hollow, ju t oil a street,
and not more than 300 feet from the
^ v ® r -V*hing about the place is
mysterious • looking, and a superstitions
stranger wou.d at once feel convinced
that it was a haunted house, the scene ot
some dark and bloody crime. 1 cople
arc s ? e ? at times going in and com i g
trat of the house, and years ago th s fact
and the general air of sectccy gate ri*e
t0 il rumor of a l and of rot) >e s, etc.
^ lien it was whispered that whisky was
being disti led there, the proprietors
neglecting t.io formality of pay ing H io
ute *° government. indeed, so
strong did this impression become that
the revenue officials began to watch the
P' lu e - finally they made a raid, but
I“ elr . snatch proved fruitless, for nary a
drop of liquor of anything could they bearing bnd, the nor remot- hide
nor hair
resemblance to a still. But they
f oun<i who the people in the mysterious
house were and what they did lor a liv
ihe e.dest in the party was a
Frenchman, anil he hail discovered a
method of growing mushrooms. It was
J° Dis interest to preserve Ins secret,
hence the loneliness of the house and the
mysterious movements and of its occupants, mush
luthis day, winter summer,
roolas are grown there and find their
way to the tables of hotels all over the
country .—New York 'Idegram.
Hot Water for lilack Eyes.
There is a world-wide superstition that
as soon as a man gets a black eye he must
use cold applications for hours, and that
the best cold applic ition possible is raw
beef. I call it a superstition because it
is without reason and against reason,
Everybody knows that what makes a
discoloration of the skin by a bruise is
the congestion of the part with the
blood that cannot get away again, color, so
that, it decomposes and changes its that the
and everybody ought such result to know is to facili
way to p;event a
tate anil stimulate the circulation in the
bruised part.
A cold application retards , the , circula- . ,
tion, and the best thing to stimulate it is
hot applications. Twice in my life I was
threatened with a black eye. On the first
occasion I applied raw beef and other
cold applications and succeeded in pro
j during the blackest eye I ever saw. On
the second occasion I got some hot water
right away and bathed the eye for about
half an hour in it. The result wastfiat
there was not the slightest discoloration
visible at any time. These hints are well
worth pasting in the hats of some people
In Chicago. — Chicago Journal.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The mean depth of the whole ocean i«
12,480 feet.
A Providence man has itvented a fog
horn which cun be heard eleven miles.
A mercury plutnb bob has lately been
made. It consists of a small steel rod,
bored out and fllltd with mercury to give
weight.
Palladium, a metal of the platinum
group, but of far lower density than the
latter, may be substituted for steel in the
manufacture of watches.
The weight of air on each person’s
body is about fifteen tons. A surface
covering of lead of equal weight of the
air would be a little over five feet thick.
Though there arc from than two females, to six per
cent, more males born yet
there is an excess of more than six pet
cent, of females in the various popula
tions.
The area of tho dry land of the world
is estimated at 55,000,000 square miles,
tho area of the ocean at 1:17,200,000
Square miles. The bulk of the dry land
above the level of the sea is 23,440,000
cubic miles, and tho volume of tho waters
of the ocean is 328,800,000 Square miles,
A Belgian entomologist has pro ’need
the numerous color varieties of certain
coleoptera by chemical incans, though
he does not claim that liis process is that
of nature. Alkalies and acids give colors
varying from brown through red to yel
low, and calcic chloride and heat yield
all the tints from green to violet.
A French geographer, mentions hav
ing seen on the flanks of high mountains
in Mexico clay strata not decomposition deposited by of
the waters nor by the
the rocks, but produced by the dust
raised from the plains by the winds and
left on the ldils. These thickness. deposits vary
from 100 to 300 feet in
The use of the mosquito has been at
last discovered. Professor Webster says
that “injurious organic matter in the
water, instead of decomposing and poison- tails,’
ing people, is changed into ‘wiggle mosquitoes,
wh ch in duo time become
and the winged matter flies away, leav
ing the water purified to the exteut of
their ability to remove the impurities.
The interest at last aroused in Egypt
makes it probable that the Nile will soon
be admitted to the valley of the artificial
lake Moeris, by a canal eleven miles
long. Tho creation or restoration of
this great artificial lake will give fertility
to a wide area, and will reduce the
annual inundations of the Nile, while
storing water to replenish the river in
dry seasons.
A striking confirmation of the theory
of the source of supply of the artesian
waters has been observed in Tours,
the water, spouting with great velocity
from a well a hundred and ten metres in
depth, brings up, together with line sand,
fresh water shells and seeds in such a
state of preservation as to show that they
could not have been more than three or
four months on their voyage. Some of
tho wells of the Wady l.ir have also
e ected fre-h water niolhisks, fish and
crabs, si ill living, which must, therefore,
have made a still more rapid transit.
The cooling effect of ice is nctua ly
dependent u on its melting, as in this
pro -ess the heat which causes it to melt
is ab orbed from the surrounding bod.es.
A puiin 1 o. ice in melting will absorb
sufficient heat to cool a pound freezing of water
from 17 i degr ys F. to the po nt,
or to.cool 11, pounds of water one de
gree. 'I he h at ng p iwer of steam is due
to t. e c inverse of his principle A pound and
of water ■ on verted into steam,
passed into a radiator, wdl, upon con
demn:.', give out enough heat lo raise
one pound of water, or about 1.2 degrees. pounds
of air, from 32 degrees to 1001
A plan recently introduced into Bel
gium for preserving wo d from decay
pioduced the y the atmosphere, wiih liquid water, etc.,
is to 1.11 pores gutta
percha, wh ch moisture is slid and to perfe. the action tly pre- of
serve it from
the sun. The solid gutta-percha is lique
fied by mixing it with pari hue in pro
portions of about two-th ids of gutta
percha to one-third of, ara.nne; the mix
tore is then sub ected to the action of
heat, and the gutta p reha become; suf
ficiently liquid to be easily introduced
into the pores of the wood. The gutta
percha liquefied by this process hardens
in the pores of the wood as it becomes
cold.
Pay of the World's Statesmen.
The Deputies and Senators in France
receive 2-f aday; they are better paid
than in other countr es In Belgium
each member of the Chamber of Repre
sentatives gets 420f. a month during the
session. In Denmark day. the deputies In Portugal are
allowed 18f. lfic. per
the Deers and the Deputies In Sweden receive a
yearly stipend of 1705f. the
members of the Diet are months, paid 1762f. but they for
a session lastin'; lour
have to pay l;.f. 75 c. a day in case of
absence; a capital idea.
In Switzerland the members of tho
National Council Dave I2f. 50c. a day
paid out of the f Councils ederal Exchequer; receive the
members of the of State
from 7f. 50c. to 12f. 6t’c. per day. In
the United States the representatives of
the States and the delegates receive
5200f per annum and an allowance of
If. per mile travelling expenses. and Deputies
In Italy the Senators are
not paid, but they are entitled to free
passes on all the railways in the King
dom and to other advantages and priv- the
ileges. In Spain the members of
Cortes are also unpaid but enjoy certain
immunities. In Greece the Senators get
500f. and the members of the Chamber
of Representatives 25()f. In Germany
the representatives receive on an average
Ilf. 25c. In Austria the parliamentary
remuneration is, ns in France, 25f. per
day. In Great Britain alone the mem
bers of Parliament receive no pay nor
are they entitled to any privilege.—La
Famille.
NO. 28 .
TWO SURPRISES.
A Torfcroan plied hi» clumsy spade
As the Run was going down;
The German King, with his oavalcaia,
On his Way to Berlin Town,
Reined up his steed at the oH man's stda
“My toiling friend,” said he,
"Why not cease work at eventide
When the laborer should be freef
“I do not slave,” the old man said,
“And I am always free.
Though I work from the time I leave my bed
Till I can hardly see.”
"How much,” said the King, "is thy gain in
aday?"
“Eight groschen,” the man replied.
"And thou eanst live on this meagre pay!”
“Like a King,” he said with pride.
“Two groschon for me and my wife, good
And two for a debt I owe;
groschen to lend, and two to spend,
For those who can’t labor, you know."
dobtl” said the King; said the toiler,
“Yes, $
To my mother with age oppressed,
Who cared for me. toiled for mo, many a day,
And now hath need of rest.”
“To whom dost lond of their daily store?"
•’To my boys—for their schooling; you see,
When 1 am too feoblo to toil any more,
They will cure for their mother and me.” i
“And thy last two groschen?" the monarch
said.
“My sisters are old and lame;
I give them two groechen for raiment and
bread,
All in the Father's name.” 4.
Tears welled up in the good King’s eyes,
"Tliou knowest mo not,” said he;
“As tliou hast given ine one surprise,
Here is another for thee.
“I am thy King, give me thy hand"—
Atld he heaped it high witli gold—
“When more thou noeilest, 1 command
That I at once be told.
“For I would bless with rich roward
The man who can proudly say
That eight souls doth he keep and guard
On eight poor groschen a day.”
—It. IF. MoAlpinc, in St. Nicholas.
PITH AND POINT.
Cold daze—A frigid stare.
A hard lot—A marble quarry.
The suit department—A court room.
Private Washington business—Carrying Critic. a musket.
—
Most men in jail are there on
of their convictions.
The water for military posts
come from drilled 'wells.
Teacher—“In what battle was
Blank killed?” Bright Boy—“His last
one .”—Omaha World.
The new Chinese Minister is said to be
great lover of p ictry. Even the pro
posed new anti-Chinese treaty will be
a-verse to him .—Boston II raid.
“It’s your duty,” as the Customs in
spector sententiously remarked, when
insisting upon settlement for the attempt
to smuggle a lot of valuable laces.—
Lowtll Citizen.
“I wish ray name were Notoriety, s
sighed a th rs- tv-yeai-old .Vlt. Wa.-h.ngto a
maiden. VVliy,” asked her mother.
“Lee m e so many men court notoriety."
--Pitt lung t. Commavial.
“If I take hold 1 of this string, you
know,” remarked the tar to the roofer,
“i’h stick to it; l never let go of any
thin;; I go into ” And the tar kettle
said lie could indorse the last statement.
— Burdette.
“Will you give a penny to a little waif
from Liverpool?” whine a ragged Broadway. boy us
he npproa lied a man on
“You are a big way from I iverpool, reply. my
lad. so here’s ten cents,” was the
— Sifting-.
He — “Poyou know,Miss Mabel.I have
discovered why my brain is so active.'.”
She—“No, Mr. .vmiuswit. What is vonr
theory?” He “It s i ecause I so often start
a train of thought.” “the—Ah, yes! The
‘limited.’ ”— i id-Bits,
Senator Ingalls says that the preval
ence of suicide is one of the most alarm
ing features of our civilization. And yet
only a few weeks ago this name Senator
came out in a long newspaper interview
advising every man to shave himself.—*
Si. Louis Magazine.
How n Slave Heat a Sultan.
The Sultan of Morocco has a slave, his
chief < ook, who was an arti t in his way
and could manipulate into the most cun
ning dishes the Aryan oil and three-year
old butter that, the soul of a Moor loves,
says the London Ae *. He ac. emulated
honors and wealth arid became a man of
great importance in the royal household.
The consequence was that he began to
fancy that the empire could not get on
without him, became fatter and fatter
and took to sending up dinners to his
muster carelessly and slovenly cooked.
The Sultan remonstrated with him, but
the cook knew his own value. The Sul
tan threatened to sell him, but the slave
took little heed.
At, last, Iris patience being worn out
by bad dinners, the Sultan sent his slave
to the market and put him up for sale;
but nobody would buy the man, he
looked bo fat und lazy. This was a ter
rible shock to the cook’s vanity; but by
the law of Morocco it had the curious
cllect of setting him free unless his mas
ter chose to buy him in. This the Sul
tan did, not being willing to lose his
cook, and hoping that he had given him
a lesson; thus the slave beat his master
by force of sheer worthlessness.
Strange as it may seem, more people
eater Russia than come out of it.
tween 1873 and 1881 the number of
igrants was 8,000,000, and the
of immigrants 9,450,000