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CC'.NG BYE BYE. i * ET MAURICE SMILEY. And it’s lio! for the Land of I’ve Bye Astraddle of papa’s knee, With two big hands for the stirrups And two little lips for the fee. And now we are otf at a gallop Thro’ meadow and valley aud wood For a -visit to Peter Piper And Little Red Riding Hood. And maybe we’ll call on the fairies Down there in the haze! dell. For where Papa Horsey will take us ' \ The ho; rsey himself can’t tell. And maybe we’ll call o:i Miss Muffet, And maybe—and maybe we’il come To where one little pig went to market And one little piggie stayed home. But this I know, tha f so surely As the litt’est piqrgie could talk, So surely we’il nod in the saddle And the gallop will walk. ’ came to a * And then we will be at the stable, And tenderly horsey will stand While mama lovin y le Is us To th creain-ae ; .td Lullaby Land. Oh rapt ous, radiant glamour That reoles vanished hours: Oh rest for the hearts that are weary And memories sweet as flowers— Back thex-o in the Land of Bye Bye Where the romping fancies roam, M litre one little pig went to market And one little pig stayed at home. T travel the big world over. But none of the scenes I see Is like to the wondrous places Where I went on papa’s knee. I want to give a!! of my journeys In the wide, wide world of men For one hour of that dear dead childhood— I want to go Bye Bye again! —Collier's Weekly. Ji. J -:TATTERS> kickick-ikkirick Dy OKRIYCTON LADD I'C'OKHw^E wasn't very much of a * /l ' dog to look at, just plain 7r. 3k H 3K yellow ragged at dog, that. mostly, His and man ners were unspeakable, and it was plain that he had never had a master to call bis own until lie came to our house and adopted Shazzar. “He’s a very smart dog,” said Shaz zar, stoutly, when the family rose upon him for welcoming a tramp cur. “He's a very smart dog, and there’s a lot good blood in him, too.” “Shazzar,” I should explain, is short for Daniel Beltesliazzar, which latter, according to Uncle Dan, is short for Daniel - -.v Gordon Bank \ aged nine. Or. ‘ question of parting with Unit dog was modest and respectful b -Vi, Ho felt the sopmlnes? of Ills posii ion. jue liau long beeh promised a dog; here was the papa, of course, if you make me, I know I’ll have to give him up, Fuji. 1 know that you won't ask me to iW' 4 1 er that there was nothing for it but to let him take the poor szmkbig : Fdng over to all Bernice naming. to be named, V, lm j B ruice does our i 1h? l‘5\v uog was brought to her she | eyed him with disfavor. ’ J “Tatters!” she said, scornfully, and returned to her bread and molasses act v in. b- of the S'o Tatters became a member family. Ills education began at once under Ids new master. It was a very painful process a constant surprise and grief to Tatters and a matter of grave con cern to the boy. Shazzar explained it all out when he gave Tatters his first hard scrubbing. Shazzar himself was used to having advice on morals and manners rubbed in with his morning soap and water, and he wanted Tatters to enjoy the same great blessing. “You see, it’s this way, Tatters,” he said. “You’ve got to be a good dog and keep clean and toe the mark or you’ll ba sent away. So if I dig into you, or pull in tbe tangled places ayd make the tears come, you've just got to stand it, ’cause I’m doing it for your good. And, Tatters, maybe I’ll have to punish you sometimes to make you un derstand things, but don’t you go off afterward and sulk and hate me. ’Cause I have to dis-ci-plin? you, or else maybe I’ll lose you. And remem ber. if ever I do have to whip yon that it’ll be hurting me lots more than it will hurt you. • * Before long a real change began in Tatters. liis coat became smooth and glossy, and his lean bones put on flesh. His tail, that always used to hang at half-mast, ready any minute to surren der and be hauled down between his legs, was now raised bravely to the breeze, and never came down till sun set. And litti? by little it dawned upon him that the house was not the •same as outdoors, that muddy feet meant trouble as soon ns they came near the kitchen floor, and that no gen tlemanly dog will ever jump up and vnu.^s people's clothes, no matter how glorious he may feel. But if there was a change in the dog there was no less a change in liis master. Shazzar’s mamma noUced it first, of course, and became reconciled to Tatters from that day. As Shazzar explained to Bernice: “You see. if Tatters doesn't behave I'll lose liim. Aral if I don’t brace up and set him a good e'zample lie won't know how to behave. An’ Tatters, lie’s the happiest dog in Norf America. ’Twou.ld .iust break his heart to be sent nuv.y. Bo f simply got to be good, and I can’t boost you up to reach the jelly jar.’' So it is easy to see how the fall of I Tatters came to our household like a boit out of a clear sky. It was this way. Cousin Bernice had a canary, “Mr. Fitz,” that had the prettiest songs and the most engaging manners in the world. He was often '■ let out of his cage, but Tatters had been made to understand that it was safer even to chase the neighbors’ chickens than to so much as bark at j Mr. Fitz. Late autumn afternoon, while ' one Shazzar was playing with Bernice in j her yard, they heard an outcry such as Tatters was wont to make when he chased swallows or settled accounts with some other dog. j “That’s Tatters,” said Shazzar. Sure enough, as he spoke the dog came bold- j ly round the barn into the yard. | “Oh, lie’s dot somefin’ in his motif!” | cried Bernice. “He’s caught a swal- i low, I dess. Why, Tatters!” But Tat- | ters marched soberly up to her and laid his lifeless prize down gently at her feet. It was not a swallow, it was Mr. Fitz. For a second poor Bernice j was too dazed to cry. Then she lifted j up her voice till Norah ran out to see | who was hurting that child. j lt was then that something rose up inside Daniel Beltesliazzar. He grabbed a big stick and dealt Tatters such a blow that it knocked the dog ten feet away, and as he picked him self up Shazzar rushed upon him again and heat him out of the yard. * • And if you ever come back here again,” he shouted, “I’ll kill you, ! dead!” Tatters lingered a moment to see if it could really be true, but when Shaz zar threw the stick after him and turned into the house, he sat down in the street, lifted up his nose and howled. Shazzar took no notice of him, so ] with one last protesting yelp he limped ! away toward the city. j That night Shazzar ate no supper. j He guessed he had a sore throat. The j next day they buried Mr. Fitz. When the procession reached the burying- | behind tlie barn, the bearers rushed on ahead. There in trampled grass lay a scrubby little, I white dog, stone dead, with some I Mr. Fitz’s golden feathers still j to his jaws. Daniel Belteshaz- ; sat down on a rock and thought it a bit. Then he clapped on his hat started for the house, forgetting' about the funeral of Mr. Fitz. He liis father to go out with him hunt for Tatters, and he was still fling when they finally tucked him' j net". ■ “ ’Cause, daddy, it wasn’t Tatters ' difl it at all, it was that inis'able Lira . dog, and ThHcrS kUlfl't for and brought Jfr. Fitz back to us just j carefully, and then—I—I—I and lie sobbed himself to sleep. About a month later Shazzar’s mam- i heard SYreli a racket at the back that ^4e ran to see what was going oji. Out in the yard there was 1 a -ray Vnixtr.i’h of boy and dog, waltzing | - together, 'while a whirlwind of little• girl circled round them. When they at ! last separated themselves and set off on a foraging expedition to the kitch en, waving joyously to her as they did ; so, and she hollow noticed and that ragged. the dog But was his head lean j was up. and the same old tail was raised bravely to the breeze. He was j i himself again, was Tatters.—Youth's Companion. Obeyed Orders. Capt. Hank Spm-rer, ot rittsbui-g an i d Ohio Hirer steamboat captain : vas in the lobby ’ at S-eibacYs " Hote f , .. , . , . - , “I romomher wed my first trip up tup. Ohio ” sii,i r-int the' Snu’Tpr “I was in command of Salh- Ann. Mr. Co-rstock th» mate was -it bis sta-' ‘his tiou in the front ‘steamer Vccordin- to ,lotion of things the was get ting a little too close to certain flats which lav along the larboard side, So up lie comes to me and. with his hat cocked on one side, says: “ ‘Cap'll Spurrer, you're gettin’ leetle too close to them flats. Hadn’t you better go about?” it i Comstock,’ I replied, ‘you just go forward and attend to your part of the boat, and I'll attend to mine.’ Comstock went l’or'ard in high glee and yelled out: “ ‘Boys, see that thar muuhook all clear for letting go?’ “ ‘Ay, ay, sir; all clear.’ “Let go, then,’ said he. “Down went Hie anchor, out rattled the chain, and like a flash the Sally Ann was brought up to a standing, “Comstock walked aft to me, touched his hat and politely said: ii i Well, can’ll, ray part of the boat is attended to. It’s in anchor.”—Louis ville Herald. it Fourpence the Gr*b.” London possesses a curiosity in tile Southwark eel mark t which is said to have been held regularly for over 300 years. It is little known except in the neighborhood where it is held— viz near Blackfriars’ Bridge. "caught Origin ahy the eels sold were off Biaekfriaus’ V.-om Bridge, but now they come mostly Holland and Scotland, They are not sold by weight, as is usual, but by the handful, the price in£ “fourpeuce the grab.” How America Opened Japan to TrccL & Cy Commodore S. NDitolson, U. S. IN’. (Retired) EFORE the beginning *! the year 1853 the Japanese Government *> * sent word to Commou re Perry, through the Dutch traders, that • r % the Emperor was dead. As it turned out, this was true, but our commander did not feel sure of it, and he was by no means dis posed to accept tiie suggestion, conveyed with the message, that ft it would be impossible under the circumstances to renew’ the negotiations for a long time to come. Accordingly, early in February, 1854, we found ourselves once more in the Bay of Yeddo, our 'squadron on this occasion comprising eight vessels, three of which were steamers—the Powhatan, Susquehanna and Mississippi. The others were the Macedonian, Vandalia, Lexington, Southamp ton and Saratoga. The commodore made the Powhatan his flagship, and 1 was ids navigating officer. Tliis time the Jans were convinced that we meant business. The Emperor appointed five high counsellors of state, three of whom were princes, to nego tiate the treaty which had been requested by President Fillmore in liis letter, and a building was erected to furnish a suitable setting for the ceremony. It | was of wood, if I remember correctly, covered with some kind of cloth. The dignitaries, on the appointed day, came down from Tokio on a magnificent barge, and all the resources of the fleet were employed to make the display on our side as impressive as possible. All told, the Americans numbered something like 500, including officers, sailors and marines, occupying about thirty boats, which advanced toward the shore in line abreast. As we marched up the beach the bands played, and howitzers mounted in the bows of the boats fired in unison a salute of twenty-one guns in honor of the Emperor, It was really a wonderful spectacle, and was additionally interesting be cause it represented the culmination of a great historical episode.—Harper’s Weekly, The Wife’s Relatives liy Morion Foster Washburne F any of our relatives are really in need of shelter, car?, and h a home Avhich we only il give, it is so true that our bus- 1 bands ought to be willing to help us give it that the dazzle of the truth fairly blinds us. It blinds us to that other less .<fU ;S effulgent truth, that no man can be compelled or nagged into 2 the daily exercise of the Christian virtues; and nothing short of daily, hourly exercise of the highest of the Christian vir H tues house, will enable only him place to bear where the constant presence in his own the he is entirely himself, of a person belonging to his wife’s family, and possessed of all of her peculiarities and none of her charm. If these virtues spring spontaneously in his heart, we are fortunate indeed, and the intruding kinsman performs a blessed mission in bringing before our proud eyes a daily vision of the magnanimity, gentleness, and patience of the Man We Love Best. However this may be, out own obligation to his people remains—an obliga tion none the less real because it comes third. We must consider ourselves first, indeed, but only so far as it is necessary to keep our useful qualities in good working order. Our enjoyment, our selfish ease and convenience, are | not, of course, to be considered at all. Neither are our personal likes and dis likes, Then we place our immediate household second, and in doing so dis cover that we have a double motive to spur us to meet this third obligation. For while we may not force our husbands along the path cf duty, we may— indeed, we must—run with them when they incline of themselves to walk therein. The better son and brother a man is the better husband and father lie- will be, and our sacrifice will be made up to us in ways that are dearest to women—provided we do not sate our hunger on the cheap pottage of im mediate approval and recognition.—Harper's Bazar, e? Hie UiirscogMZi C, & pportii Ities o! 1 * | ■ ■ Dy John D. Rockefeller, Jr. IIIS question of unrecognized opportunities is a subject which GAKS we have discussed here before, and it seems to me it is always pertinent. Let us consider and ask ourselves whether we recognize the opportunities tha.t are constantly put before, us in life. Had Paul waited for the great chance which men are always looking for his life would have been a failure, as it is with so many others. Opportunity does not seek the man, {W ‘‘^1$ it comes to men, it seems to me, but the mail has to be awake and watching for it. It is like the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Some of them had prepared themselves, the others had been foolish, and when ii: came lor them to go with the Lord the foolish ones were left behind. It is the men who arc watching for it, who are ready and recognize the opportunity when it* comps, and take advantage of it, that make a success of '«"• ^ 'vho arc throughtless, who- lack faitl, and sincere and earnest de s re - " *■•<> I- * «»« tlwushtiess way and who are not prepared lor ,1,e opportumty-lt is those men who fail. Just think what the world may ho missing because you and I are failing to-day to recognize the opportunities of ^ f and ^ do not s f ! ° f always the large opportunities; . f . . +1 them easily course we see we recognize bnt ^ere ever a man fit to be a general who had not first been a sergeant and worked himself up, showing himself capable and trustwortny i Was there ever a man who held a high position who had not first filled posi «ons of lesser responsibility? And so by analogy it is quite evident that it is God as it is with us m our daily life. Do you and I make the most of our opportunities? How are we going to meet the grand opportunity if we have failed to prepare and develop ourselves to a position ot fitness to make the most of it? Ilie Satiated Age An Open. Fetter in the Century LERGYMEN in great numbers remark in these days upon the difficulty of interesting audiences, much more of drawing audiences. In New York a late census indicates the sparse ratio of population attending divine worship both in Roman Catholic and in Protestant churches. Religion is no less fundamental or needful, but the attention of people seems ,y harder to gain. Sensation and advertisement attempt the problem, but the desired results do not saem to follow. Tc Strange and far-away subjects do not startle the people, aud * 5aser ' a/- many clergymen droop in enthusiasm and take on pessimistic views, The same cry goes; up from the theatrical managers along Broadway, who decry the small audiences and the lack of appreciative response. Newspapers by the million tell the world’s news, coupled with fiction and philosophy, often of a high order, often exaggerated rubbish. Blazing heart lines no longer make readers shudder. Great accidents and foul murders seem no longer to stir them as of yore. It seems to be a satiated age. well fed. well instructed in matters as they go. but difficult to interest. Formerly tbe traveled man was the joy of his friends. Now all seem to have traveled, and few will listen. Formerly the college graduate was a centre of interest and influence. Now college men are legion in every community; do they command ns much respect? Formerly the boy loooked forward to college days, and von dered at the mystic life he hoped to live. Now that is all lived and experienced in t5l ° preparatory school, and tbe boy goes solemnly forth to the university with no smile upon his face, a sober youth hard to interest. lie also b-v’ongs to the satiated age, and this makes it more difficult for those who are called upon to handle him. In short, in every avenue of life knowledge has been ' I (Spread almost to sadation. CANAL LANDS JL m p< Old Glcry Now Floats 0- er Wat way Zone in Panama. FULL POSSESSION IS GiV?; From Nov/ on Unde Sam Will - f C-Se Fu.l Authority Over ■ Acquired Possessions. I Advices from Pa nama state that United States canal *1 cemmi ■ta We® oesday took formal possession canal o; J route and of the pr property f fJ Panama Canal Company 0 William W. Russell, the retirm minister to Panama (recently ed United a .Toini States minister to c< bia); Secretary Lee, 0 f the T w, f States legation, and Dr. Pierce ......' perintendent of the sd samtati ton work were among those present. From date the canal works will under the direction b of Major > ^ Brooke, of the engineer corps of United States army, who the the canal commission represent* at the cerer uonj of the transfer. Immediately after the transfe- -t, I Uxed States flag was hoisted °ver I the legation and over the canal of fices in the cathedral plaza. Knox Reports on Transfer. A Washington special says; Tie president has received a length-,- re port ‘from Attorney General Knox the Panama X OB canal transfer, Tlii s re port gives the details of the a rronge rnents made with Morgan & Co., to j. nance the deal in Paris and m; the payments for the canal properties. In connection with these payments it is said at the treasury deoartniGnt, that Morgan & Co. will be designated as disbursing agents of the govern ment and following the invarial i - '"ale in such cases, they will be reguit to deposit $40,000,000 bonds as security to the government. The payment will be made a; toon as the bonds have been received,waich probably will be in a day or two. Cana! Commission Meets. There was an informal executive conference cf the members cf {he isthmus canal commission at Wash ington Wednesday at which a number of matters of interest were discussed. It had been intended to elect a sec retary, but this action was not eakai at the forenoon session. It was stated that no matters of interest to the public were in shape to be given out GREAT VICTORY CLAIMED BY ffijS'U. Frightful Slaughter of Japs is Alleged to Offset Bad beteat. The gloom which prevailed in St Petersburg Tuesday says an Associa ted Press dispatch, was almost com pletely dispelled Wednesday morning when the people read the sit oi the glorious fight made by General Zassalitch’s handful of rough regi ments against the flower of the mria do’s legions at the Yalu and of the ni ter defeat of Vice Admiral Togo’s new attempt to seal the entrance to Port Arthur. It is now plain that not more than 8,000 Russians were actually engaged in the fighting at the Yalu against the Japanese army, of a total strength of between 30,000 and 40 000 . The , losses on both sides, which are ex pected to reach 1,000 and po slD iy 1,200 in the Russian force and twice that number for the Japanese ranks it one of the bloodiest fights in history, At the river crossin nr the Japanese dead lie piled up literally in keaps> am. General Kuroki’s success was par chased at such a heavy cost that the Russians are disposed to regard u aS rather a defeat than a victory for • General Kuropatkin’s dispatch shows that the Russians foug 1 with - such bull-dog tenacity and bravery against overwhelming superiority that the latter’s nominal vie enemy of tory was eclipsed by the prov. y-ess the czar’s soldiers. deadly work done by CYCL0NI. Further Reports of Fatalities in Various Sec tions of Lone Star State. that It is reported in Cisco, Texas , many people were killed and esuch property and live stock was destroyed by tornadc^ just south of Mon:’- IS a all miles north of Cisco, Wires are down and it ?s impps: bis to get. pah ticulars at this time. Relief parties cannot start on account of the in: - 3 sability of the roads. At .Moreland, in Shackelford coira have- .-' several people are known, to. been killed.