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WISDOM.
In the clear strawberry weathsr,
When the sun in splendor shone.
Maud and I went out together,
Beaming through a woodland zone.
She wafi fair, and I was spoony—
She wsb wise, and 1 was not—
For a fellow’s always looney
When soft hair with gold is shot.
Ah, her hands were white and slender,
And her voice was like the song
Of a bird, whose oleepy, tender
Caroi thrills the air along.
And I thought her like the lily,
Swaying with the restless tide;
If the simile seem silly,
Thick that she was by your side—
That the sir was cool and fragrant,
And your face was softlyfanned
By a tress, that breezes vagrant
Loosed from out its azure band.
Think the path wag lone and narrow,
And quite willing to eclipse
All the world, save some pert sparrow,
When ehe turned to you her lips.
Think of this and ihen remember
That May's supple, winsome grace
Makes short work of wiBe December,
When backed by a pretty face;
And then vow that Tm a softy,
Just because the papers say
That your servan* and Maud Lofty
Soon will travel Hymen’s way.
Do I like my meBS of pottage V
Maud is handsome as a peach;
And the owner of a cottage
At Nantasket on the beach,—
Is well-read, and shrewd and witty,
And has all the points to match;
So I doubt if in the city
X could find a better catch.
Don’t be heavy on a fellow—
Wait till Love shall play his hand;
Borne fine day when skies are mellow,
You will bow to his command—
¥es, and think, oh, scorning mortal,
That the acme of all bliss
Is to wait beside the portal
That you open with a kiss.
Thomas 8. Couuf.ii in Life.
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
A RBJHAKKAJJIiK ADVENTUBK OF A FAMOUS
PRIMA DONNA.
On the 18th of August, in the year
1870, a number of the inhabitants of
Berlin were seen rushing wildly toward
Lnetins get that*had just been put
up
Tetout old gentleman, with spectacles
on nose, now begged for he quiet, read and when
this was established out in a
clear voice the dispatch from Pont-a
Mousson, announcing that the enemy
had made a sortie from Metz on the
16th, but had been driven back again
into the fortress, after twelve hours’
hard fighting. Heavy ending loss on both sides
was, however, a sad to the glori
oi ° s news
The crowd was just lieginning to dis
perse when an open carriage drove np,
and the tastefully dressed occupant, or
dering her coachman to stop close to the
pillars, told the footman, her who hastily
jumped down, to tell at once the
contents of the telegram.
“I can spare your servant the trouble,
MUarne," said our gray-haired old
friend stepping toward the carnage and
lifting his hat politely. morning, dear Doctor,”
“Ah. good pleased. “I have
cried the lady, very please tell
not Been you for an age; me
qmekly, have we gained another vie
“General von Doring and von Wendel
are killed, and von Ranch and von Gruter
are wounded," replied nothing the about Doctor. Lieuten
“And is there
ant von Rliaden?’’ questioned the lady
in au anxious tone.
“No Madam, your husband is not
mentioned,” smiling good-naturedly at
her naive question. telegraph at once.”
“Then I must
“Wbe w«s that interesting-looking
lady Tasked a bystander of the District
Inspector. prima donna
v “That little lady fa Pauline tlie Lucoa, the
of our opera, Mme.
wife of Baron von Rhaden, who is now
Mme. Lucca had scarcely entered her
door when .the porter placed a telegram
in her hands.
Hnstily tearing it opeu, ehe read:
“Lieutenant von Rhaden fa wounded,
bnt nofcdangerously.” I feared ("she concluded,
“Ah, it is as
-‘It, was not for nothing that I dreamed
tfiree nights running about snakes ! Ii
is true the telegram says he is not dan
geroualy wounded, but I am sure he
must want nursing; and here I am—
hundreds of miles away from him 1”
Then speaking ^No. to herself, she con
tinned: mv-I know my duty ami
will fulfill it 1 John must not take the
horses out. I must drive off at once.
Where is my maid?-Editha, you have
just _ come m . ^ flma. n Get . everything ...
ready, we start linen at once. small trunk— s, ’ nu '
changes of in my
dresses we shall not require, as we shall
certainly not be asked to Court, Here
is some money, go at once and buy
everything that will strengthen my sick
KftLSSTii "“Xi:
vou can get a small barrel from the old
Russian In Charlotte street, and dou’t
forget the very best cigars, and take one
dozen bottles of the oldest wine in the
cellar. But I must have a pass from
Counf Eulenberg, the Minister of the
Interior. Quick, quick, Efiitha, pack
everything J into one box and send it off
to the station. . As soon as you are ready
we stark”
‘'You an really giving . . yourself un
necessary expense and trouble,” insisted
the Doctor. “If you want to take
something with you, let it be com
pressed vegetables,condensed coffee, tea, milk, all these Lie
big’s extract, enjoy, and if sugar; Eke, I will
he caa you go
and make the necessary purchases. ”
Having eetued her commissariat de
pei risen t, Mme. Lucca got into her car
riage, and drove to Count Eulenberg,
whom ah a entreated to grant herself and
maid a pass to the seat of war. She got
it.
Early on the morning of the 21st of
August, we find Mme. Lucca and her
maid at the railway station and soon
they and their baggage, including the
much-discussed commissariat hamper.
were en route for the seat of wax. Aftei
numerous interruptions and stoppages
her journey was concluded. It was late
in the evening when the train reached
Saarbnicken, where Lucca and her maid
got out; the officers bade a friendly fare¬
well to their “Comrade Frau von Eba
den,” and with many good wishes for a
speedy meeting with her husband, they
hastened away in search of their respec¬
tive quarters. Turning to a porter,
Lucca asked him where she could get a
night’s lodging.
“A night’s lodging!” repeated he,
looking at her in surprise: “there is no
chance of a lodging anywhere in Saar¬
bnicken. The whole place is crammed
with soldiers.”
“And I’m so tired!” exclaimed Mme.
Lucca. “Don’t you know of any place No
where I could rest for the night? would
matter how small or poor, I re¬
ward you well. ”
The porter shoved his cap on one side,
scratched his head, thought for a mo¬
ment and then said:
“The engine house—there I could ar¬
range you a good bed of clean straw or
hay, if you th’ink it is respectable
enough." enough and why not?”
“Bespectable 1
“Because, madam, in peace time we
often shut tramps up there. ”
“My good man, that won’t trouble me
in the least—but could yon not get us
some blankets ?”
“Oh, yes,” answered the porter, “I
can get plenty of blankets from the offi¬
cers, if I sav they are required for la¬
dies.”
Feeling secure by the knowledge maid that
they were guarded, mistress and
lay down and thoroughly tired out, did
not awake till four in the morning; when
suddenly drums began to beat, bugles
to sound, words of command were
shouted out—warlike noises were heard
all round; something Saarbrucken. extraordinary must
be going on in
The barricade was quickly removed
and Mme. Lucca stepped out, just as
Lieutenant von L-came spurring up
on his fiery chestnut, reporting hurriedly:
“There is an alarm, Madame, the French
won’t wait any longer. Everything left behind lias
gone on, and I have been to
report to you. Au revoir 1 but stop—
I had very nearly forgotten to tell you
that your husband is in the hospital at
Pont-a-Mousson."
*ow far is that from he.?’’
eloped like a bullet out of a ehassepot
a ‘ , P e ® t
deed , deso * a ^ e wben the r,
Seeing an old . man coming along, Mutt
Eucca asked: My good man, is any o
yourarmystill "Oi*r the Grand here! Duke of Oldenburg
there he comes up the street with hi
Bta ®' and off he went,
G*** 1 mor ? mg ’ ? our Highness,
waul . the - donna, loud ,
T pnma in a voice.
, . horse £ e Grand and I>uke, looking surprised down at pulled her said: up
Frau T -® an . Lucoa, * * )e mistaken. donna! no, surely M it is
have our pnma any a
I had the great pleasure of
hearing you at the opera,
Yonr Higtoess, I am delighted that
y ou graciously V**}™ remember 1 introduced my insigpnh
< i“ ce - a f to
d,1 ^ es at court; here, however, I must
do myself m the open street. I have
°°me to fetch my husband, who lies
wounded at Pont-a-Mousson. I entreat
of yo«r Highness to help me.
^ ^ ^ kdy.j, year, mjpoji;
answered he pityingly; “for at this mo
“ 6nt there 18 nothing at hand but the
baggage-wagon which follows ns with
the servanta
T Lu “Serene Highness, exclaimed , . Mme
« ca - l,ad ^“8 18 bette f th a ? ^
walking. If that is your only objection .
the baggage-wagon I, please order and
flown three men, so that my maid
baggage The Grand may Duke mount. laughingly complied,
"book her heartily by the hand, ex
cused himself that he could not do more
f° r ber and rode off. Mme, Lucca and
ber maid got np, Pont-a-Mousson. and the wagon It slowly
rumbled off to was
a-Mousson was converted into a huge
hospital, and nearly every house had the
Geneva flag. Fran Lucca went indefat
igably from one to the other, till at last,
she got the information: “Lieutenant
von Rhaden severely wounded. First
floor— Room No. 9.” This confirmation
of her fears seemed to take away her
courage.
"We hope to pull him through yet,”
said the doctor reassuringly: “pray,
Madame, do not lose heart; all will go
well I hope. Follow me up the stairs,
but only after I have prepared him can
I fdlow you to go into his room,
She stepped m her looks au^onsly
s«u-ching for her beloved husband; but
what a picture met her eves! In a
small close room stood a bed, to judge
^ length only intended for a child,
ou which lay a tall manly figure of at
g f x feet, the legs hanging over the
end . the head and face , , bandaged, , , leav- ,
-
“8 “ otlul tearfully 8 yisiblelmt swelled, and a nose the color and
0
-h« 3 h„b»ar
«*hed m a broken voice.
“Yes, that m Lieutenant von Rhaden.
^he sankdown on a chair, covering
her , face with both her bands,
“Puubne ? murmured the patient al
most inarticulately.
Madame, go behind the head
*be laid, s* 1 *! the doctor. “Yonr
husband is about to awake and your un¬
expected appearance here might do him
harm.”
The patient moved again, and the doc
tor came and felt his pnlse.
"You have had a good sleep, Baron;
do yon feel any easier?”
“A little,” he whispered, “I had such
a pleasant dream.”
“Of your wife?—you called out her
name.”
“Yes, of my wife—of Pauline! It was
like realitv— I aaw her stand at my bed
side, bending aha whispered, over me with ‘Adolph.’ tears " in her
eyes, as
"And what if the dream were a reali
tv ?’’ questioned the doctor.
“ “Ah, impossible,” murmured the sick
man; “I would as soon fancy an angel
from Heaven coming here to me.”
Mme. Lucca could contain herself no
longer. I here !” she , cried . , in a
“Adolph, with am tears, falling her
voice choked on
knees beside him.
We will not further describe this
scene; suffice it, that the doctor, by
means of persuasions and threats,
brought Mme. Lucca to her former
composure, telling her of what real use
she could lie. The patient, as Mme.
Lucca afterward related with great satis¬
faction, had no less than five cups of this
coffee, she herself feeding him. For
leu days Mme. Lucca nursed her hus¬
band idefatigably, and notwithstanding
all the disagreeables attendant on
wounds, never left his bedside. Her
maid every day cooked and prepared vegetables a
portion of the compressed only
and soups, which the patient could thanks
take in spoonfuls at a time; but,
to good nursing, his health improved
rapidly. tenth day the doctor called
On the
again “There has been another cav
alrv skirmish,” he said, “only a mile
from here. Now, our outposts are only
about 800 paces from the French, so
that with a good field-glass, one can
plainly distinguish their kepis.
“I have brought my glass with me,"
quickly said Mme. Lucca. “Could 1
not go and see this French outpost ?
Can you tell me where I could get pe
mission to go?" who give
“The only person caa you
leave to visit the outposts is the Etap
pen Commandant, Captain H--, of the
Uhlans.”
The Captain was just reading the battle pa¬
trol’s report, according to which a
was expected near Sedan. An aide-de
camp had brought him orders to
strengthen the outposts on the heights
of Pont-a-Mousson, and to do his ut¬
most to prevent the French troops,
scattered round there, from re-form¬
ing. An and announced:
orderly came in
“A lady from Berlin wishes to speak to
you.” lady!” exclaimed the Captain,
“A
surprised. “Did she give you any
name ?”
“Frau von Rhaden, she says.”
“Die Lucca!” cried the Captain,
jumping up and himself going to open
the door. “Madame,” he said, “I am
both surprised and delighted to welcome
you “I to my quarters.” visit and
just want to French. the ” outposts
have a look at the
The Captain thought he could not
have heard rightly. “You wish to visit
the outposts? The theatre of war is
very different, to that of the opera 1”
“Oh, I know that!—on the battle¬
field the ehassepot bullets take the
soprano, the mitrailleuses the baritone,
and the shells the bass parts. Bnt I
should like, just for once, to hear such
a concert.”
“And what if a bullet hit you
“Oh, no fear! French bullets are
mnch too polite to do that. Please,
please Herr Rittmeister, give me a pass
and a couple of Uhlans. ”
“Really, Madam, I am request.” very sorry,
hut I cannot grant your
“If you only hesitate on that account,
I will absolve*you in writing from all re¬
sponsibility,” saying which she took a
piece of paper from the table, wrote a
few words and handed it back to the
Rittmeister. “Here is yonr warrant.”
she said.
“Of course, if yon thus insist, I must
give in.” And without further delay he
handed her a pass, told off a Sergeant
and ten Uhlans as escort, and the whole
party were quickly en route to the
heights.
It was the 30th of August, the sun
was streaming down hot and fiercely,
and Frau Lncea, her sunshade in her
right hand and glasses in her left,
walked bravely on, humming an air
out of “Figaro,” and the Uhlans follow¬
ing behind.
After half on hour’s rough walking,
through hedges and across ditches, they
reached the first line of outposts, where
the sentries, like moles, had thrown up
the earth, to protect them from the en¬
emy’s fire. thither, bnl
Even on their way Bingle
leta had come across from “over the
way,” but fortunately had passed harm¬
lessly over their heads. Now, however,
when the party halted, thus giving the
French a mark, the bnllets began to
fall thick and close, one of the penants
was shot from a lance and the horses be¬
gan to get restive. The Sergeant rode
up, saluted and said:
“Frau Baronin, if I remain here a
quarter of an hour longer with my
Uhlans, I shall not bring back a single
man unwounded; for the sight of a.
Uhlan always makes the French spend
a fabulous amount of ammunition.”
Even as he spoke a bullet grazed his
horse’s ear.
“For Heaven’s sake,” cried Lucca,
startled, “don’t let any one’s life be en¬
dangered on my account. Pray, gentle¬
men, turn and ride back as fast as yon
can, and take my very beet thanks to
yonr Captain.”
There was no need to repeat her com¬
mand. The Uhlans, having received iu
structions to obey the lady in every¬
thing, dashed away with lightning
speed, and were soon out of sight.
Shortly after ceased. their departure the ene¬
my’s fire also
Mme. Lucca was now able to lool
around, and taking advantage of the
quiet, went on till she reached one oi
the formost sentries. Here she found
an old, shot-riddled stump, on which,
being rather tired, she seated herself,
and taking out her glasses was plainly
able to see the glistening distance. of the French The
bayonets at no great French Ger¬
ground between the and
man outposts was literally Here plowed waited up
with shot and shell. she
for a quarter of an hour, bnt no further
shot came. On her return to Pont-a
Vlonssoji she heard a soldier remaj
“She is bnllet-proof; she must be
witch I”
A tew days after the battle of Sedan
Lieut. Yon Rhaden, oarefully bandage
and well wrapped up, started for Berlin
•eeompaniad hr I his wife and her maid
At N near Mannheim, a Berlin
Mi a Lasse what had
brought her here in this time of danger,
to whioh she replied: “I have just been
to fetch my old man from the seat of
war, for I think I shall nurse him better
dS.to”. WM iIeICy “ Ul ‘'
Fo» moX .iter theseevehh, Ita.
Lucca became the h„ PPy mother o, .
chaiminR daughter ^
AN AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY
A Traill Dispatcher Tells Something Aboul
His Duties.
People who climb on a passenger train
when she is two or three hours late,
little imagine what endless planning and
management it takes to get her through
safely. Let a freight get behind time,
and we can handle her by running on
another train’s time, but a passenger
breakBnp everything on familiar the road. with A
train dispatcher must be
every circumstance circumstances.* and every possible
combination of He must
know just on what portions of the road
fast time can be made, and give orders
accordingly. He must never give an
order for certain time to be made unless
he is positively certain that the grade
and condition of the weather will permit
of such time being made. To-day I may
order a train to run from Station A to
Station B, and another for a train to run
from B to A, when the same order to¬
morrow would precipitate all a collision.
You have got to know the men on
the line. Why, on the road that I
worked on there would be engineers and
conductors that could never get a train
throguhpn time. Then there were others
that would never be late except in case of
accident. Why, sometimes during my
eight months of duty I would give 250
train orders. Just think of that a mo¬
ment. Here is a passenger train four
hours late, and a freight train side-tracked
at almost every station. Of course that
puts every train behind time. First I
have to order the operator to put out his
flag and hold the train for orders, and
then I have to send the order and wait
for it to be repeated back.
At the same time a train may be pass¬
ing a station five miles away, when I
want to hold and side-track her. All
this time I must not only keep a clear
track for the paBBenger train, but must
not unnecessarily detain the freights.
Sometimes, right in the middle of a rush
of business like this, the wire would
break, or some Then operator everything jyould is leave to his
Fortunately, key open. the train dispatcher’s order pay.
is obey the it. law. So Every do employee not have is to bound to
we worry
about that.
Once I left the office, by permission,
in care of my assistant, and when I re¬
turned I found that he had two trains
running toward each other on a single
track, and only a station between them.
Fortunately I flag got the a message first train to that the sta¬ got
tion in time to
there, bnt if one of them had happened
to pass there would have been a fearful
accident. It was a very natural error.
On another occasion I lost a train. It
was a little late. It left F. twenty min¬
utes behind time, when it was ordered
to a side track for No. 3, a fast express.
F. and M. were eleven miles apart, and
No. 3 could not leave F. until the local
was reported side-tracked at M. Well,
I waited an hour, and then called M.,
who had the message for the locals, and
asked him where the freight was. He
didn’t know. In the meantime the ex¬
press was at F., and the passengers were
getting mad. Thirty minutes more and
still no train. Then I ordered No. 3 to
run cautiously to M. She did so, hut
found no local. To say that we were
paralyzed is W., putting little it mildly. Ten
minutes later a station near
the city, reported M. the local there. without She
had gone by in some way
disturbing the operator.
Too Much For Them.
The keepers of bathing houses along
the beach say that bathers are much
afraid of pharks; but each is eager to
aver that, while there may be some dan¬
ger at other places, there is not any at
his.
An Irishman, who had a beach wagon
and did hauling for houses along the
beach, entered a bathing house one
morning, saying: oive the foin
“Oh, Misther-, got that
est enriassitay of a fish for you you
iver saw. Oi was cornin’ doown this
momin’ beyant, and found it dhruv np
on the sand fry the lasht night’s storm,
I suppose. You can have it for six dol¬
lars, an’ it ’ll draw thousands here from
New York to see it if yon advertise it”
The bathing house keeper went out
and Baw, to his horror, an enormous
shark that the Irishman had, with great
diffcnlty, got upon his beach-cart. It
looked to him , he says, as long as a
circus tent centre pole, when he first
saw it.
“Take it away ! Take it away quick,
before the crowd gets down from New
York!’’ he screamed. “Take it away,
or I’ll drown you, kill your horse, and
burn your wagon! I’ll tell you what
to do.* There’s a couple of Dutch¬
men who have just started a bathing
place about a mile up the beach. They’re
new in the business. Take it np and
sell it to them."
The Irishman adopted the sugges¬
tion, and the Germans actually paid him
ten dollars for his prize and put it con¬
spicuously upon free exhibition. It was
a fortnight before they could under¬
stand why it was that of all the crowds
that came to see their new place there
were so few persons who cared to go
into the water. When they realized
that their great curiosity was a man- jaws
eater shark, one took at whose
would make a man want to hug dry
land for the rest of his life, they very
quickly buried the awe-inspiring “enr¬
iassitay."
Parisian Cabmen. —In Paris they ie
ward cabmen for their honesty. In ad¬
dition to voted rewards there* is honor¬
able mention. This year three and
twenty honest cabmen got 1,600 francs
between them, and thirty others, whose
integrity was remarkable, but not np to
the level of monetary recognition, were
honorably received mentioned. two hundred The francs. first prize Sta¬
man
tistics give very singular details as to
this race of cab-driving Parisians. It
includes unfrocked priests, rained bsnk
srs, broken-down cooks oat of employ¬
ment, and dis hones t notaries oat of
prison,
A CURIOUS LIFE.
That Led by the Men Wh« Make News
papers.
*“« !»»”•>»■» 0P*»
•»
“ aTA”»X»|
reading what other here, people have written,
striking absolutely out putting in there,
knowing nothing of the world
except that which they road of, sleeping
the better part of it at home, giving to
their families not more than three or
four waking hours, rarely if ever going
to places of public all amusement, individual avoiding
as far as possible responsi¬
bilities, inimdrumming through life,
busy, active, useful, but uninformed out
of certain grooves, Others devote
themselves to specialties, in which they
become proficient, than aside from which they
know chant no broker. more Others, the ordinary mer¬
mersed or in politics, again, are im¬
deal writing upon no other
subject. Some Writers with conventions
exclusively. on ait, whether
it be dramatic, lyric special or the work of the
painter, are of no use as general
newspaper men, but seek and find well
paid which employment afford specialists. upon great newspaper!
can
Then there is the correspondent, here
to-day, there to-morrow, and somewhere
else all the rest of the time. With his
eyes open he has it in his power to know
everything knowable—in a superficial
way. He meets the great men of the
country and the little ones, and is known
to them by name and sight. He is al¬
ways welcomed, because he has it in his
power to serve. If he were to be stricken
blind, or vrith paralysis, or be laid up
beyond the possibility would of convalescence him
and recuperation, they they would see put their in
Hades before
hands in their pookets to the extent of
$1 for him or his.
Correspondents, by the way, are di¬
vided into sundry classes. Some else. men
have noses for news and nothing
They scent an item from afar. Others
are enterprising enly know in the good last thing degree. when
They not but they a it before
they see it, of see its existence any¬ and
body else is how aware utilize it for the ben¬
understand to
efit of their employers. There nothing are gos¬
sip writers, men who know ex
cept stories about this, that and the
other man or woman. If the gossip can
have mi unpleasant flavor to it, stirrers aU the
better. They are mn3 slingers,
of communities, people who are shunned
by reputable and thoughtful men, chief¬
ly because it is unsafe to talk in their
presence, men who do not hesitate to re¬
peat private conversations, to violate
the sanctities of confidential communi¬
cations, who would steal an idea from a
telegraph wire, or read an opened letter
on a friend’s desk without the slightest
compunction. — Jo. Howahd.
A Curious Claim.
“You don’t know how many
claims against the Government are re¬
ceived,” said the chief clerk of one oi
the department offices at Washington.
“Here,” he continued, holding up a good
sized package, “are all these papers jnst
about one man’s that?” body.” asked the
“How’s reporter.
“Well, in 1862 an undertaker in Alton,
HI., buried an army officer in his vault
in the cemetery there. In 1876 he
wrote the department stating that the fact
and saying that we could have re¬
mains upon the payment of vanltage time at
the rate of $5 per month for the the
officer had been buried. That amounted
to $840.”
“Did he get the money ?”
“Not much. We wrote him that we
were not buying, and the body then agreed might
remain where it was. He
te take half the amount, but we declined
to pay anything. Now we have been
informed that the undertaker has died
and that the vault has come into the
possession of the cemetery company,
who desire to remove it to make some
improvements, and they wish to know if
the Government will remove the body to ”
the military cemetery. This we will do.
“Does the company say anything
about vanltage ?”
“No, not at all; and they will probably
make no claim. It would not be allowed
if they should.”
A Wedding Fee.
There fa no clergy end to tell the laughable sto¬
ries that the about the queer
marriages that they solemnize, and the
queer tees which receive. they One receive, of the or some¬ latest
times don't
of these is told by the Rev. Dr. Samuel
E. Appleton, of Philadelphia, Pa., and is
to the following effect: called him long
A young couple him on them, not which
ago and asked to marry
he did. The happy groom then walked
reluctantly to him and asked:
“Doctor, how mnch is yonr fee ?”
“1 have no fixed price, but generally
receive $10," was the answer.
Hie bright smile of the Jersey groom
seemed to leave him then; bnt bracing
himseif, he said:
“You see, doctor, I am a little short
at present, bnt would like to pay you.
I am a bird fancier and am importing a
lot of educated parrots from London.
New, instead of paying you in cash,
suppose I present yon with one of these
birds on their arrival ?”
“I should be glad to have a parrot,”
admitted the doctor.
“Well, it’s agreed then. I will send
yon one in a few days; bnt have you a
cage to put the bird in ?”
“No, I have not. How mnch does a
cage cost ?”
“Oh, you can get a good one for
$2.50,” was the reply.
Dr. Appleton handed the young man
the amount required to buy the cage,
and that was the last he ever saw of the
groom, bride, parrot, cage, or the $2.50.
Louisiana Plantation. —Some of the
Louisana papers admit “that should
the railroads take charge of the levees,
crevasses will become things of the past,
and our lands will be eagerly ail sought of
after by men of capital from parts
the oountry. There is no reason annually why a
plantation yielding worth $200,000, $20,000 except it
should not be
be that eternal fear of being crevaued
which has taken bold of the people, bat
aarticularfv of strangers, ”
WIT AND WISDOM
buyer, at goes to the eellsj 8 g to tha
that SSS housesTere Tn^V**' in a,
five ice week.-^/^
Massachusetts last
We hear of an amateur singer
Chenango of county who frightened t * P “ •
canary birds to death. It mi F*
^eat^hange was seen gozng ffi onto lman a beer-saloon m SS e bire1; yesTe
needles idea with who has Seiie broken Iff“ iWht ,°tej '
“,0 2S£.-— done this. ’’
Mbs. Homespun, who has a terrikll
4 J
The cost of stopping a train of cm
PMd to be from sixty to forty *
When the train is stopped by ceci
train, these prices become anotka
fi tied.— Courier- Journal, somewhat id
An exchange thinks the “theatre i
the futnre” will be fire-proof It
have to be if there is not an ‘improvi
ment in the moral tone of the plays
dueed. —Norristown Herald *
. tlJ
Two women shall be grinding at
mill, the one shall be taken and tM X
other left, and if the grinding i 8ve
hard is pretty and it’s badly a hot left, day, the poor worn J
too .—Texas SiM "I
ings,
A young woman in an Ohio town hm
married When last her seen brother’s she wife’s busy fatheS
compass and a dictionary was trying to with!
out what relation she stn® H
was to herself
Peck's Sun.
“Yeth,” said the dude at Watch Hi¬ sajH
lt. L, “I came here because they
the in British 1812, ” landed said bystander, here.” “But |
was a < ‘Yeti . «
said I’m leaving the dude, “so I’ve found out a I
to-day."
‘Alias,’ “Nbveix would call a boy HimtevillH of miij j I
said Mrs. Jones, of
Ala, “if I had a hundred to name. Mi 1
by that name is alius cuttin’ np cape:
Here’s Alias Night-hawk—all Thompson, Alias Wilimn
Alias the been took i
fer stealin’.”
“Mamma, what is a book-worm^
“One who loves to read and study and
collect books.” The next evening cent-;
pany rings innumerable, called. Miss Edith; present. who wei|f “0k
was
mamma, look at Miss Edith’s rings. 1 | ,
guess she is a ring-worm, ain’t she ?”
“Ma, the telimbraj hers have struck! “Teiiij|
“The what, my child?” t«iegra|||
braphers, mo—the men in the dauJf|
offices, don’t you know?” "My
ter, I hope you may always be as careful vfil j
in expressing telimbrapher, yourself. Some day r ’gf|
may marry a my deat.
Lonfeulow said, “In this world a e
most be either anvil or hammer.” Lo
fellow was neither wrong, the active however. hammer Lotefl ijot
men are
the sturdy anvil. They are nothing but
bellows.
Some people have suoh a pleas®
way of putting things: “Now, do let tie
propose you as a member.” “But mijj
pose they blackball me?” “Pooh!
surd ! Why, my dear fellow, then
not a man in the club that knows ;
even 1”
A Haytlan Princess.
The Prinoess Soulouqne, whose de
is announced, was born in Port an Pn
in the year 1843 and lived there till
overthrow of her father, the EmperBjpj Hi
in 1859. left with .
On that occasion she me
father and a large retinae of followBH
for Kingston, Jamaica, where they stawl
for several years. On the outbreak
the negroes in that Island under the imM
ministration thought it prudent ot Governor to retire and Eyre left tlijB ■§■
Curaooa, where they remained in Kt'Pl
ment till 1667. Hayti, _ havl
President Geffrard, of
been driven from power and Sato*
succeeding to his place an mvita«
was extended to the Souloucjue respond! fanulj
return to Hayti To thfa they harbor
but when they reached the
Port an Prince the officer in command
the arrondissement, General Philant
phe, declared that be hadno orders
allow them to land, and of they ottemp
to do so he would instruct his soldier!
^TheEmperor suspected was treachery, greatly troubled,! » hub?
at once much expeneneew
which he had hePm«
ruler of the country, but
his cast daughter, in the heroic was one mould, of thow and des wcj
sjjfWR and address she won over to B nersia
like permitted a dog, to and land m and one to lay^ P ro ff“ J dl ;
place at Petit Goaves, he sua«
native
ly expired._ ____
Subject to Delay.
graph operator wuo 7“^ « that
men he received to to the *
strike was over he wanted
frjthe to apply for a job, so be sen
part the manager, of town wherehe^pp astog ***
to be, to ^^
and he thought office
did not appear at the ^
were »
filled. 1
